Seen Frank in ilfracombe many years ago,bought him a whisky and he was still cracking jokes in the bar an hour after his show ended.God bless you Frank.LEGEND.
I met Frank Carson in Heathrow departures 1981. He told me a joke, not too sure what he’s about, but it was to do with an arse and talcum powder. I laughed because I had to laugh. I didn’t get the joke, but he was a Roman Catholic from Belfast, who was in the parachute regiment, the British Army and he ended up being a mayor in a town north of Dublin. What a hero. God bless, Frank.
@@Fredders88 I would believe that, many nice parts were relativeky unaffected. I lived in Andersonstown, West Belfast. Away from there 22 years now thank God.
He was always like this, even off camera. We met him by chance on a Dublin hotel corridor, less than an hour after our Gran died. As he passed,he got in three one-liners which had us in stitches.RIP
I worked with frank carson in st colombs hall in derry where he compered the sundays show.Fr Daly,now bishop daly,booked us.Iremember frank asking,is there any one out there, as we came off stage,(joke, hall was full)quick reply from me,no they heard you where coming on and they have all gone home.laughter from both of us,I worked with him on and off for a number of years and i can tell you ,he was never borning,a great caracter who will be missed R.I.P..Tony sadar
Frank had a lovely friendship with my ex husband. It all started when my ex became Frank’s post man, and the rest was history. So many times, I saw Frank, in the butchers I used. Every time I went in, and he was in there, it was going to be a long wait for my Pork Chops. But I have to say, how he is on stage, in interviews etc, is exactly what he was like in real world. Again, when we saw him in town, u could hear him before seeing him, and his poor wife was walking 8 foot behind him. Every time I go past his home ( for those who are interested, I live in Blackpool) I always look at his house and feel sad, because an incredibly talented, genuine, gentle, kind hearted and selfless man once lived there and it is so sad. It is the same every time I go past the house, which the Nolans grew up in. Every time I go past there, I can’t help but think of Bernie, another talented and kind hearted person. I’m no stalker or celebrity chaser lol. I pass their houses every day whilst going about my business.
A ture legend like his family said it's quite down here now god help them up there keep laughing in heaven frank none of todays so called comedians come close to the wonderfull talent you had rip frank
I think i understand now what Spike milligan meant when he cracked the joke "What's the difference between Frank Carson and the M1? You can turn off the M1." lol he does go on a bit
unfortunately this type of comedian is sadly extinct, the standards for comedy like music have gone down so much now, anybody can tell a big long story about how your ex brushed her teeth but it takes real talent to rapid fire punchline jokes and without resorting to words like shag or fcuk. hopefully kids will see some of these clips.
Frank was my type of comedian, he'd crack joke after joke, like you i cant get me head around these "alternative comedians" like gervaises & mcintyre????
I never knew or heard about Ken Goodwin passing. As soon as super-unfunny Peter Kay dies it will be all over the news, and I'll be celebrating the death of NON-British humour!
Some people are amazing at telling a joke. Like the irish version of rodney dangerfield, just like a machine gun of jokes. How clive could not laugh is amazing, some of those jokes were very funny.
I miss Frank, and all his mates of what I call the golden age of British comedy. He was one of our best loved comedians, and today's overly intellectual comics are so tedious that I would rather sand paper my testicles than sit through their unfunny garbage.
