{"id":8560,"date":"2022-02-03T07:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T07:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=8560"},"modified":"2022-02-03T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T07:49:18","slug":"barry-cryer-was-comedy-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/barry-cryer-was-comedy-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"BARRY CRYER WAS COMEDY GOLD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANOTHER CHIP OFF COMEDY GOLD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Norman Warwick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I heard on the BBC News\u00a0 of the death of Barry Cryer (right)<\/em><\/strong> and when I search engined the various obituaries there were none finer nor more heartfelt than that by the Mail plus reporter, Connie Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tributes have continued to flood in<\/em>, she wrote, for \u2018uniquely funny\u2019 comedian and writer Barry Cryer following his death at the age of 86<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Cleese tweeted: \u2018We worked together on The Frost Report, [At Last] The 1948 Show and Jokers Wild. I never met a nicer, kinder, more cheerful man. Feeling sick. RIP old friend.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Actor Rob Brydon (left)<\/em><\/strong> tweeted a photo of himself at lunch with Cryer and comedians David Mitchell and Lee Mack, writing: \u2018So terribly sad to hear the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A great man. It was my life-enhancing pleasure to know him and call him aa friend. This was taken at the most enjoyable story-rich lunch just last year.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over a seven-decade career, Cryer appeared on radio, stage and screen as a comedian in his own right, while writing for comedy icons including Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, Sir Billy Connolly and Tommy Cooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cryer was born in Leeds in 1935 and featured regularly on BBC Radio 4\u2019s I\u2019m Sorry I Haven\u2019t A Clue over more than four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He had a long-running partnership with late television presenter Sir David Frost (right)<\/em><\/strong> , their collaborations including The Frost Report on the BBC and ITV sketch series At Last The 1948 Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comedian Jack Dee, who hosts I\u2019m Sorry I Haven\u2019t A Clue, said: \u2018British comedy just lost its greatest curator and archivist. Thoughts are with Terry and all his family. RIP Baz. \u201cThere was this parrot\u2026\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC director general Tim Davie said Cryer was a \u2018uniquely funny, talented and generous person\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees at the pub he frequented for decades described the comedian as someone who \u2018always had a smile on his face\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A member of staff at the Moon And Sixpence in Harrow, north-west London, said: \u2018He was a very nice man, a very humble man. He was always kind to everyone who came over to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018He would tell his old jokes and stories, everything always had a punchline. He used to say, \u201cTouring at 80, I am lucky to be doing anything<\/strong> at 80!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It did not matter the day, he never seemed angry, he was always so happy, it was exciting to go over to him… we will miss him dearly.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cryer was made an OBE in 2001 and given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Music Hall Society in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts by Leeds Metropolitan University, after having dropped out of the University of Leeds, where he briefly studied English literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December, Cryer launched a podcast with his son Bob, titled Now, Where Were We?, which featured guests including Stephen Fry and Miriam Margolyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The comedian reached number one in the Finnish charts in 1958 with a version of Sheb Wooley\u2019s (left)<\/em><\/strong> The Purple People Eater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Fry tweeted: \u2018Such sad news, one of the absolute greats of British comedy, Barry Cryer, is no more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A glorious, gorgeous, hilarious and gifted writer and performer, who straddled all the comic traditions. Universally beloved \u2026 farewell, Baz.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth shared a picture of himself and Cryer with the caption: \u2018Here we are only a few weeks ago. Baz was just the loveliest guy: funny and generous. Barry (left)<\/em><\/strong> had worked with everybody and everybody he worked with liked him. I shall miss his happy company so much, and his regular phone calls \u2013 he gave you a gem of a joke with each one.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food critic Jay Rayner said: \u2018Farewell to the great Barry Cryer. A comic genius and a very, very lovely man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Had a habit of phoning people on their birthday and telling them a joke. It was always a good one. But then his jokes always were.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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photo 8 Comedian David Baddiel (left) said: \u2018Ah, Barry Cryer. Lived and breathed comedy. RIP.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked what his favourite joke was by The Yorkshire Post, Cryer recalled one he had told at a student revue in 1955.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u2018A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018\u201cI appear to have killed your cockerel,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019d like to replace it.\u201d The woman replies, \u201cPlease yourself \u2013 the hens are round the back\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cryer is survived by his wife Theresa, known as Terry, their four children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barry Cryer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Baz was just the loveliest guy: funny and generous. Barry (left) had worked with everybody and everybody he worked with liked him. I shall miss his happy company so much, and his regular phone calls \u2013 he gave you a gem of a joke with each one.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8570,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560\/revisions\/8570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}