Doddy's light trip fantastic.Byline: BRIAN ROBERTS For the CEO of Comcast, see . Brian Michael Roberts (born October 9, 1977 in Durham, North Carolina), nicknamed B-Rob, is a switch hitting second baseman who plays for the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB. VETERAN comedian Ken Dodd Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born 8 November 1927, in Knotty Ash, Liverpool), better known as Ken Dodd, is a veteran English comedian and singer, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or "tickling stick"), and his catchphrases, insisted the show must go on when the lights failed during his marathon performance. Doddy, 76, grabbed a torch, pointed it at his feet and did a tap dance. A stagehand stage·hand n. A worker who shifts scenery, adjusts lighting, and performs other tasks required in a theatrical production. stagehand Noun a person who sets the stage and moves props in a theatre shone another torch and Doddy kept the audience entertained until the interval. Fan Bill Dean, 49, said: "It was incredible. Doddy hardly missed a beat. "He kept going until the interval and then went off for the electrician to fix the problem. How many of the younger showbusiness stars would do that? He was fantastic." The Stockport Plaza was plunged into darkness on Sunday when a main fuse blew half way through his five-hour show in front of 1,170 people. Box office manager Peter Johnson said Ken told fans: "I'm not stopping the show just because you've got technical problems." Ken's agent Robert Holmes said: "The show and the audience are the most important things to Ken. Nothing stops him." CAPTION(S): BRILLIANT: Ken |
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