Cat No: TLCD102
Format: CD

For half a century Ken Dodd has been discomknockerating audiences in packed venues around the country with his unique brand of madcap humour. Incredibly at 80, he still performs three or four nights a week with his legendary four hour sets. "I do it because that is what I do. I do it because that is what I am" he said when asked why he continues with this punishing schedule. To many he is the last major music hall inspired variety comic. It's been said that Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and Morecambe and Wise have left him to turn off the lights.

But how did this feather duster salesman from Liverpool become one of the greatest comic geniuses of his generation? In this major new biography Stephen Griffin has interviewed friends, colleagues and fellow comedians to reveal who's the Doddy.