Why do we like to be by the seaside? Apart from the sun (occasionally) and donkey-strewn sand, it is the ‘end-of-the-pier’ stand-ups who stand out. These staples of summer seasons still populate the nation’s collective memory so we thought we’d bring together some of the greats for our Summer Comedy Special.
Joe Pasquale started out as an entertainer in holiday camps and before New Faces in 1987 started his TV career. He has just finished a tour as Frank Spencer in the stage adaptation of Some Mothers do ’Ave ’Em.
My earliest joke as a kid: I don’t eat winkles… they look like bogies with crash helmets!
My first big laugh on stage: Knocking myself out accidentally with the microphone. When I came to everyone was on their feet – my first standing ovation.
My breakthrough joke: On New Faces I started with a Spanish folk song called Amoosh z’do a’gee! Then sang the song How Much is that Doggie in the Window in a Spanish accent!
