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Life with Cooper

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How it feels

This is a British sketch comedy show from the 1960s where Tommy Cooper performs magic tricks and props comedy. It features a rotating cast of other performers appearing in various sketches across three series.

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What happens

Life with Cooper is a British comedy television show which was originally broadcast on ITV from 1966 to 1969. A sketch show vehicle for the prop comedian and magician Tommy Cooper, it ran for three series. Other performers who appeared one or more episodes during the show's run included Warren Mitchell, Robert Dorning, Claire Davenport, Arthur Mullard, Totti Truman Taylor, Frank Williams, Bob Todd, John Clive, Sheila Hancock, John Junkin, Deryck Guyler, Ronald Adam, Cardew Robinson, Dandy Nichols, Willoughby Goddard, Patricia Hayes, Kenneth Cope, Garry Marsh, Dawn Addams, Anna Karen and Glyn Houston. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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