Doddy unveils tribute to L& H.HUNDREDS gathered to watch 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, unveil a statue of Stan Laurel Noun 1. Stan Laurel - United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The duo have been immortalised with a pounds 60,000 bronze sculpture in Ulverston, Cumbria, which is Stan's hometown. It was unveiled by Doddy, who arrived with Stan and Ollie look-a-likes in a vintage Model T Ford. Doddy said he was "tickled" to do the honours in front of a crowd which included hundreds of members of The Sons of the Desert, the appreciation society of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy, American film comedy team. The duo consisted of Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, b. Ulverson, England, whose real name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson; and Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, b. Atlanta, Ga. . He said Laurel and Hardy were the "most famous, most loved and most fabulous" comedy duo in the history of showbusiness. "Laurel and Hardy made the world laugh. They were the kings of comedy". CAPTION(S): TICKLED: Ken Dodd unveils a Bronze Statue in memory of Laurel and Hardy |
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