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The top 20 funny folk

Daily Mail11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Fez askew, fumbling and bumbling as he messed up his magic tricks, he made you laugh just by looking at him - then sent you into hysterics with his one-liners.

Now, 20 years after his death, the genius of Tommy Cooper has been recognised with a poll naming him the funniest British comedian of all time. Here's the top 20...

THE TOP 20

1. Tommy Cooper
2. Peter Kay
3. Billy Connolly
4. Eric Morecambe/Morecambe & Wise
5. Bob Monkhouse
6. Ken Dodd
7. Roy 'Chubby' Brown
8. Norman Wisdom
9. Les Dawson
10. Lee Evans
11. David Jason
12. Dawn French
13. Jim Davidson
14. Rowan Atkinson
15. Benny Hill
16. Jasper Carrott
17. Lenny Henry
18. Spike Milligan
19. John Cleese
20.(=) Eddie Izzard, Freddie Starr

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