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Sunday Express
|August 24, 2025
ON TUESDAY, Jasper Carrott told his studio audience he hadn't been on telly for a while “for a very good reason - I can't dance, I can't skate and I'm a crap cook”.
Like every good joke, there is a kernel of truth in that. Modern TV execs spoil us with thrilling evenings of competitive pottery and cutthroat sewing, yet making us laugh is often beyond them.
The Beeb’s belated tribute to Jasper, who turned 80 in March, was tucked away on BBC4. A shame. The evening overflowed with comic joy as Carrott noted “a cougar for me would be 98 with an insatiable lust for bingo... Where would you go after a date? Back to her place, the care home!”
This story is from the August 24, 2025 edition of Sunday Express.
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