John Fisher (4) (1945–)

I guess you can only ever be saddened by the biography of a comedian.

Sure there are laughs but they get lost in there somehow.

Great detail about his hate campaign against his agent which lasted his entire career and ended only with Tommy’s death. Lots of stuff that maybe you really didn’t want to know but then again this is biography not a hagiography, which is what we really want.

I’m glad I read it and I bet you would be too.

Anthologie des paris impossibles à gagner à l'usage des filous, flibustiers et autres arnaqueurs qui veulent se faire de l'argent de poche sans trop se fatiguer

Comprehensive biography of 'the lad 'imself'. I have three biographies of The
Laird of East Cheam (see 'Last of the McHancocks'), this one is probably the
best. Jolly good!

This is the 'definitive biography' of the great British comedian Tommy Cooper. I thought it was overlong and whilst a must for Cooper fans I found it too detailed for me, someone who loved Cooper in his prime but doesn't want the level of detail contained here. For example there are long passages about older comedians the author thinks influenced Cooper and lots of detail about contract details with his manager, TV companies, etc.