Barry Cryer's died. RIP.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

He was 86 so had a good innings and a great life, but he seemed indestructible. I will miss him on the radio.

One of his favourite jokes, from the BbC obituary.

"A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.

"'I appear to have killed your cockerel,' he says. 'I'd like to replace it.' The woman replies: 'Please yourself - the hens are round the back.'"

Thanks for all the laughs, Barry!

Gutted. He was just the funniest person I’ve ever heard.

His timing was immaculate and his delivery was a joy. Put that with his way with words, and he was incomparable.

Genuine sadness evident in the responses from people who knew him. Apparently he used to ring friends on birthdays and tell jokes. Lucky buggers!

Very funny man.

Oh that’s sad 😞

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

He was 86 so had a good innings and a great life, but he seemed indestructible. I will miss him on the radio.

One of his favourite jokes, from the BbC obituary.

"A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.

"'I appear to have killed your cockerel,' he says. 'I'd like to replace it.' The woman replies: 'Please yourself - the hens are round the back.'"

Thanks for all the laughs, Barry!

That's funny

I once worked with his son, Bob. Never met Barry, but Bob was a polite sweetheart who told wonderful stories of his childhood with his dad and his dad's friends. RIP.

The world is a sadder place today.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g. Thanks for the bitter sweet chuckle.

RIP Barry Cryer. 💔🕯

The clip on Sky News with him telling the parrot joke made me cry with laughter.
Thank you, Barry.

Oh no, I loved Barry on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, such a funny man. No more Hamish and Dougal. I think Graeme Garden is the only original member left now.

Comedy legend and by all the beautiful tributes, a grand man too.

I’m sorry I haven’t a clue was and still is one of my pleasures. And he shone there.

Shone.

Rest in peace Barry such a talented man, produced so much fun and laughter for so many years ❤

A man of judgement too.

Loving this thread @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g. Barry Cryer still bringing us joy and laughter.

A woman walked into a shop to buy a parrot, a beautiful blue-and-gold job, and she said to the man, "How much?", and he said, "Twenty quid".
She said, "Twenty pounds? But he's so beautiful."
The shopkeeper said, "Well, I have to be quite frank with you, he's got a bit of history. He was in a brothel and, to put it delicately, he's got quite an extensive vocabulary."
She said, "I'll take a chance on that", took the parrot back to her flat, took the cover off. The parrot looked round her flat and said, "New place. Very nice".
Two daughters walked in. The parrot said, "New place. New girls. Very nice indeed."
And her husband walked in, and the parrot said, "Hello Keith."

RIP Barry Cryer - one of a kind.

He seems to have made a specialty of parrot jokes. There are several more on YouTube.

He was an absolute legend.

I agree - he was such a funny man.

End of an era

A sad loss of a comic genius.

I liked @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g's quote about a swimmer. DW has always given me the creeps. I complained to the BBC about the Come Fly With Me series.,

I hadn't heard these jokes before. They're very funny.

A funny, funny man. I’ll miss him on “I’m Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue”.

The Oldie magazine published a Barry Cryer’s favourite X joke every month. Every one a gem.

Top man.

I'm hearing all the jokes in his voice, which makes them a lot funnier.

Here's a good one. Sky News says there's offensive language but all I noticed was 'bastards' which will scarcely register here on MN!

news.sky.com/video/barry-cryers-moth-joke-which-contains-some-strong-language-12526405

Here's another one. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/great_wall_of_comedy/videos/5730/barry_cryers_golf_joke/

@Crowdfundingforcake

A woman walked into a shop to buy a parrot, a beautiful blue-and-gold job, and she said to the man, "How much?", and he said, "Twenty quid". She said, "Twenty pounds? But he's so beautiful." The shopkeeper said, "Well, I have to be quite frank with you, he's got a bit of history. He was in a brothel and, to put it delicately, he's got quite an extensive vocabulary." She said, "I'll take a chance on that", took the parrot back to her flat, took the cover off. The parrot looked round her flat and said, "New place. Very nice". Two daughters walked in. The parrot said, "New place. New girls. Very nice indeed." And her husband walked in, and the parrot said, "Hello Keith."

RIP Barry Cryer - one of a kind.

That’s brilliant!

@LosingTheWill2022

End of an era

Definitely. Such a lovely, funny, talented performer and writer. They don't make them like him anymore.