British Comedy Guide

Great people in comedy who are still alive and over 80? Page 5

Leslie Phillips 98 today. Ding Dong...

And Leslie Phillips can be added to this list too.

See you in thirty years.

Quote: A Horseradish @ 23rd April 2022, 11:30 AM

And Leslie Phillips can be added to this list too.

Are you awake?

In a world of his own

Yes....yes.

That's two out of two.

Next question.

Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ 23rd April 2022, 12:54 PM

See you in thirty years.

Oh, happy birthday if this is your subtle way of saying you've recently turned 50!
(Although I see your profile still says "currently in my very late thirties"!)

Quote: a plate @ 25th April 2022, 9:26 PM

Oh, happy birthday if this is your subtle way of saying you've recently turned 50!
(Although I see your profile still says "currently in my very late thirties"!)

Emphasis on the very.

Maybe not "in comedy", although paradoxically famous/infamous for his jokes, Tony Blackburn is 80 tomorrow.

Jim Dale 88 today.

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 15th August 2023, 11:22 AM

Jim Dale 88 today.

Do you get the feeling that, up there in comedy heaven, Hattie and Joan Sims are having a little giggle as they raise a glass to Jim on this special day?

All the surviving Pythons are in the 80s club with Michael Palin and Eric Idle joining this year.

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