You’re not alone, Jack. I never found Tommy Cooper funny.
The two ronnies, morcamb & wise, tommy cooper etc... were all initially shown here exclusively on the ABC.
In our household the ABC was considered to be a very boring channel & was rarely watched.
It was only on my visits to Grandma's that i was introduced to these shows.
She absoloutely loved them, including tommy cooper & as a 10 to 12 year old, i also thought that his prop style of humour was hillarious.
I have to admit that after reviewing a " best of " tommy cooper tape recently, i struggled to raise a smile until i suddenly burst out laughing as one of Grandma's favoutite sketches came up.
All of a sudden i had a tear in my eye as i recalled Sunday night at grandmas, home made scones with lashings of jam & cream ( far more than we were ever alllowed at home )
Grandma had a peculiar laugh, when she laughed her whole body shook & for some reason it was the type of invectious laugh that once she started everyone else automatically joined in.
Absolutely full to bursting, cuddled up on the lounge with my head resting on grandmas thigh as we laughed together at the shannangigans of tommy cooper oblivious to the arguments that were going on in the background,i felt safe.