great spot, and good old Ken Dodd. For the uninitiated, he's from Liverpool and did a few TV bits with the Beatles. He also famously ran into problems with his taxes (refusing to pay!)
After all this time, I still automatically think that every man is a secret wammer, so here I see a guy thanking his lucky stars that he gets to pie a lady 50 years his junior!
Ken Dodd is a comedy legend. His shows have to be timed with a calendar. And also a superb singer of "straight" songs - "Tears" was the biggest selling single in Britain of 1965, at the height of Beatlemania...
Not to overstate the fact that Doddy is a comedy legend in the UK. Bob Hope, Grouch Marx et al rolled into one. He still performs at the age of nearly 90 to sell out shows and runs hours over. Even if you don't like him, you still know who he is (A famous joke even awaits his demise: - Ken Dodd died today. - Did he? - No, Doddy!)
Great pie (flan) in the face: proper cream with all of the aforementioned patter, anticipation and timing. And as she arrived (No polythene bags, napkins, peepholes or holding back of hair either!).
Although poor Ken clearly struggled to lift his arm to do it.
As an aside, a vaguely relevant extract about Ken Dodd from the autobiography of David Nobbs (late lamented writer of Reggie Perrin & for various comedians).
"At the end of the first show of one series, he had the whole audience covered in foam. He decided it hadn't worked, and tried the same sequence for each succeeding show, finally deciding on the last show it had worked. The BBC got a hefty bill from Diddy Foam Products in Knotty Ash."
Someone else can explain the last bit to readers outside Britain
"Doddy's little Diddy Men!" so went the song. Many performers under 4ft tall were gainfully employed as these elfin characters. Nothing to do with the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy.
Perhaps it could be: "- Ken Dodd was shot by Puff Daddy today - What? Not Doddy?! - No, Diddy!"
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