The Ken Dodd Show
 One of the brightest new stars to emerge at the beginning of
the sixties was buck-toothed Liverpudlian comic, Ken
Dodd - the man who put the suburb of Knotty Ash on the world
map.
Dodd made his debut at the age of eight as a ventriloquist at
an orphanage, and The Ken Dodd Show established him as one
of Britain's top comedians and as a singer
of slushy sentimental songs.
His distinctive teeth, the result of a schoolboy cycling
accident, were insured for over £10,000 and the insurance company
laid down several conditions;
 He must not eat seaside rock, he
must not ride a motorbike, he must not play rugby and he must
brush his teeth at least three time a day.
It is not clear how
they used to check this final point . . .
He has played Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelth Night and
is one of the biggest box-office stars in the history of the
theatre.
A comic genius whose humour has made him Britain's best
loved comedian.
His fertile imagination has given birth to his famous Diddymen;
Dicky Mint, Mick the Marmalizer, Evan, Hamish McDiddy and Nigel
Ponsonby Smallpiece - who all worked in the Jam Butty Mines,
Broken Biscuit Repair Works and Moggie Ranch, all in Knotty Ash.
Ken Dodd went on to star in several other TV shows, including:
- Doddy's Music Box - 1 9 6 7 - 1 9 6 8 (18 x 45 minute
episodes)
- Ken Dodd & The Diddymen - 1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 2 (28 x
10 minute episodes)
- Funny You Should Say That - 1 9 7 2 (6 x 30 minute
episodes)
- Stand By Your Beds - 1 9 7 3 (1 x 60 minute episode)
- Ken Dodd's World Of Laughter - 1 9 7 4 - 1 9 7 6 (19
x 45 minute episodes)
- The Ken Dodd Laughter Show - 1 9 7 9 (6 x 30 minute
episodes)
- Dodd On His Todd - 1 9 8 1 (6 x 30 minute episodes)
- Ken Dodd's Showbiz - 1 9 8 2 (6 x 35 minute episodes)
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