http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7368718.stm
A bronze statue of Liverpool legend Ken Dodd is to be erected at the city's Lime Street Station.
The bronze work will be put on the station's main concourse - and should be ready before the end of Capital of Culture year.
It has been commissioned by Merseytravel and will be designed by Liverpool-based artist Tom Murphy.
The artwork will show the veteran comic greeting the late Labour MP Bessie Braddock who died in 1970.
Nice one. Guy's a legend.
Ditto. Well deserved.
Great news. Ken Dodd is a legend here in Liverpool!
But is it tax deductable?
Ooo, retro!
I was in a room with Ken Dodd and a number of other people and he was holding court, as he does. Talk turned to tax matters, and he made a couple of self-deprecating jokes. But then he started banging on at length with a right-wing rant about the tax system in this country. He finished off by saying "And do you know, I've no idea where my money goes."
I was that close to saying, "Have you tried looking under your mattress, Ken?" but I thought I might have been lynched by the room. Source of everlasting regret, and all that.
Quote: Graham Bandage @ April 30 2008, 9:36 AM BSTI was that close to saying, "Have you tried looking under your mattress, Ken?" but I thought I might have been lynched by the room. Source of everlasting regret, and all that.
More like the sub-continent...
I've met him a couple of times and found him funny and delightful, so I think a statue is a great idea.
