back from the dead

[princerupe74]

if you could bring any entertainer back from the dead and have front row seats to watch them perform in their prime, who would you choose and why?

[hideaway]

Liberace - he was the greatest.

[jamesnan]

Tommy Cooper - we could all do with a good laugh at the moment!

[Psybbo]

Tony Hancock

[sir.prize]

Dave Allen - not just because he was a comedian, but because he took his material from everyday life, it was original and at times almost unbelievable.

[chi-chi66]

Les Dawson good entertainer...and Dave Allen..

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Bill Hicks because the world still needs him.

[Answerprancer]

Ah what an inspiring question !
Frank Zappa - because he told it like it was and delivered serious messages through (excellent) music in a uniquely witty and humerous manner.
(Also agree with Mojo Jo Jo Jo Jo!)

[Answerprancer]

*humourous - oops

[Psybbo]

sir prize, of course Dave Allen was and remains the best

[starone]

Sorry mojo and AP who is Bill Hicks? I agree with jamesnan about Tommy Cooper - he only had to amble on the stage to get me laughing and his humour was always clean - no mucky stuff.

[giveup]

Elvis

[craft1948]

The one and only Freddie Mercury.................

[tearinghair]

Dave Allen and Matt Munro

[jno]

Shakespeare (he was an actor too)

[sunny-dave]

Hendrix - and perhaps I can be sober/straight enough to remember some of it this time (ref IOW 1970 threads passim).

[giveup]

yes craft 1948, a very close second

[tearinghair]

Sorry, Matt Monro not Munro

[sunny-dave]

... if we're going literary then can I have Anthony Trollope please - "now can you just summarise the Barchester Novels in a few words please AT?"