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Birmingham's Jasper Carrott celebrates 80th birthday and 'still loves comedy' (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The Brummie comedian talks of his career, how he got his stage name and more to the BBC.

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[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Heard an ubsubstantiated rumour he hardly wrote any of his own jokes... instead, once a year he'd travel to America, go see a load of stand up acts, and steal all their routines. Might be why he wasn't on TV after google came out