Dave Allen

I recently watched his sketch on UTube, where he was attempting to teach his child to tell the time. It is priceless.

Loved watching Dave Allen, shame his programmes can’t be shown, I thought they were so funny.

I've seen him live (in his later years) too and he was as hilarious as ever.

I think it was Spike Milligan whose epitaph is "I told you I was ill".

crazyH

Handsome and witty - I often wondered how he lost one tiger - I could read it up online, I suppose.

He lost it as a child playing in an old mill and it got caught in a cog wheel apparently.

Daddima

crazyH

Handsome and witty - I often wondered how he lost one tiger - I could read it up online, I suppose.

He lost it as a child playing in an old mill and it got caught in a cog wheel apparently.

He has never revealed how he lost part of his finger. He has made up various stories over the years with a twinkle in his eye!

mokryna

Loved watching Dave Allen, shame his programmes can’t be shown, I thought they were so funny.

There are loads of his videos on Youtube and his biography is a great read.

I loved Dave Allen as well. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.

Quite a few DVD's available on Amazon.

escaped

My husband worked with him on Dave Allen's one man show at the Haymarket. Behind the stage every evening they had a sweepstake for what time the show would finish. Dave Allen knew this and used to come off stage asking who'd won each night. It could vary 10 - 15 minutes depending on his audience!
We had a lovely engagement gift from him.
So funny in real life.

What lovely memories for you escaped😊
My late DH and I went to see him at the Haymarket. He was absolutely brilliant.

Thank you Bellasnana.
DA was everything posters have described here.
He was also a dab hand at cards, and used to come in early before shows to play with the crew!

I loved Dave Allen too, but don't think he would get away with the Sister Matilda tale now.

interesting coincidence but I just spoke about him with my friends the other night...

I was lucky enough to see him live in Edinburgh and he was just brilliant - even funnier than on television, because he could get away with a lot more. Such a sharp, dry wit.

When I met my husband in 1966 viewing one of his flats he rang me later that afternoon inviting me out to a show the same evening. We saw Dave Allan at the local nightclub and later danced to the early hours of the morning. We got married the following year. I remember the audience being in stitches all the time he was on appearing to do very little just sitting on his bar stool with his glass of whisky. I also seem to remember he had a cigarette then, so perhaps that was before he gave up smoking. I was 22 so a very long time ago.

I remember going to see him live in Bournemouth. I was about 10 or 11 - probably not appropriate humour for that age but we were a very liberal family. Even at that age I found him funny.

a family favourite

The BBC showed his programmes a year or so ago. Apparently he, or his family (I forget which) didn't want them shown very often. I thought he was the best and was sorry that he died so young. I doubt whether he'd be able to make similar shows now.

Comedy genius, all our family would tune in and watch him…

He was one of the greatest comedians ever, along with his little band of ladies and gents who did hilarious train scenes etc.!

Loved Dave Allen. We saw him once at Sandown race course and I was surprised how short he was, I’d always imagined him to be very tall, don’t know why. May your god go with you is especially pertinent now with all the religious conflicts around the world. A bit like Lennon’s Imagine.

Love loved him and his weeshort pinkie finger! Brilliant comedian made fun of everyone...This humour would no doubt offend someone now!

He was brilliant. My parents loved his programmes too. I don't find comics today half as comical - some are just crude

Like others here, DH & I absolutely loved Dave Allen. My mum also was a great fan.
Terrific raconteur and IMO his humour stands the test of time. I wish there was a re-run of his shows.

Loved him back in the day

I loved him, so funny. Before my dad died in 2014, he would get out his Dave Allen videos and have us all laughing.