Dave Allen on the Vagaries of the English Language

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1. Thank you for sharing that video. I remember watching when I was a little bit younger lol. However, this time I thought I may never breathe again lol. I had tears gushing in a torrent down my face lol. He was a rare talent, may his God bless him. ???????

2. True comic legend!???

3. As an American, the shit he was talking about sounded like cocaine, not weed LOL!

4. A true great in comedy

5. Thank you so much for the laughs Dave!
   ???❤️???

6. Whoever is responsable for the subtitled intro is pathetic

7. Dave Allen is one of those people I would not want to have grown up without.
   I think ever generation needs somebody like him to nudge them in the right direction, and to teach them to think for themselves.

   … but maybe that's just me.

8. Though we adored him, Dave Allen clearly hated Aussies. We went to see him perform. Every second word was 'f–k' & he performed 90% of the night with his back turned. As soon as he voiced the punchline, he turned his back until he was ready for the next gag. Not a single smile from him all night….just a face like thunder. He didn't come again & we wouldn't have made the same mistake. better to remember his TV shows with the eye twinkle & the cheeky grin. :/

9. He was great, and still is.

10. The irish george carlin……….genius

11. Ahead of if time

12. Probably one of the best comedians of all time. Love him!

13. Comic hero. Genius of his profession. ?

14. "You wanna buy some shit.?" Classic.!

15. to you dave allen admirers: look up george Carlin's "how to speak English".

16. I remember discovering old Dave Allen skits being run late at night on some obscure cable channel. I became an instant fan and watched for several years trying to see them all. He managed to be irreverent about so many issues yet closed with "may your god go with you " . How many today are willing to recognize that this planet has many different faiths? You follow yours and let everyone else follow theirs, wonderful solution but way to many groups try to impose their beliefs on everyone else.

17. One of the most underrated Irishman ever, i so miss his half hour shows where he sipped his whisky/ginger ale & held his smoke between his stunted finger, swapping it from one hand to the other as he regaled us with his genius.. good times.

18. Pc has killed comedy

19. Dude, shit is not weed. Shit is meth or crank. (I don't do them, so I don't know which is which).

20. ill be millionaire in a week looool

21. A legend, thank you Mr Allen

22. Remember being allowed up late to watch this guy, just a comedy legend…

23. Back before comedy got too PC…

24. Up there with George Carlin.

25. I never laughed so hard on such silly thing.. OH my god..

26. To be funny humour needs to have an element of the unexpected. Dave Allen was too obvious and predictable.

27. I laughed so much at this shit my coffee went down the wrong hole

28. Haahahah can you imagine how they'd freak out today?

29. I haven't laughed so much in ages

30. I laughed so much I nearly wet myself. And my jaw's absolutely aching.

31. Irreplaceable comic genius. May your God go with you is one of, if not, the best closing lines ever.

32. I saw him live in Belfast. Best live show!

33. What a legend of a man, comedian he was. I can never get fed up with his humour.. Brilliant.. !!

34. Salman is still alive.

35. Outstanding virtue never dies, it lives on through people with morality. "What is freedom of speech, if it cannot offend then it is not free speech." – Salman Rushdie.

36. OMG…. YES…, Americans always talk like the rest of us are idiots or retarded ??

37. This bit was done by george carlin also great mind think alike

38. Sorry, this doesn't meet my standards either.

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