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[Andy B]

As a  kid I always wondered what happened to his finger.

I still do. How sad is that?

Allen lost the top of his left forefinger above the middle knuckle, after catching it in a machine cog. However, he enjoyed telling many differing stories as to how that happened and this became a minor part of his act. One version was that his brother John had surprised him by snapping his jaw shut when they were children, resulting in him biting it off. Another was that it was done deliberately to avoid National Service. A further explanation he gave on his programme Dave Allen at Large was that he often stuck his finger in his whisky glass and it had been eaten away by "strong drink". He also said the cause was repeated brushing down the dust from his suit with his hand causing the finger to be worn away. One of his memorable stand-up jokes was that, when he was a boy, he and his friends would go see a cowboy movie at the local cinema, then come out all ready to play "Cowboys and Indians". Staring down at his truncated finger, he would mutter, "I had a sawn-off shotgun." On his show he told a long, elaborate ghost story, ending with "something evil" attacking Allen in a dark and haunted house. Allen grabbed and bit the attacker, the studio lights came back up, and it was his own left hand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(comedian) 

[r1]

dave who?

[Andy B]

dave who?

<shakes head in disbelief>   

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGASvVqzOa0

[Lizzie_Zoom]

dave who?

<shakes head in disbelief>   

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGASvVqzOa0

These youngsters Andy!!    

[Andy B]

dave who?

<shakes head in disbelief>   

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGASvVqzOa0

These youngsters Andy!!    

I know!
It does make you feel old at work when something/someone crops up in conversation & they've no idea what-so-ever what you're talking about. Or when you say 'do you remember XXXXX' & then realise they were even born then! 

[phill osey]

OMG!!!! Andy thank you for the link to Dave Allen,

I haven't laughed so hard in a longggggggg time

Lee

[Andy B]

I think Dave Allen is also well remembered for this sketch too   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt7h3CghJEg

[0795omega]

my late mum loved dave allen,i thought it rather cool how hed sit on that stool with a glass of scotch in one hand and a fag in the other! wouldnt let him do it today nanny state!

[Andy B]

my late mum loved dave allen,i thought it rather cool how hed sit on that stool with a glass of scotch in one hand and a fag in the other! wouldnt let him do it today nanny state!

He succumbed to political correctness early on & had his cig taken from him. The 'whisky' was apparently just ginger ale