{"id":265222,"date":"2026-07-15T02:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-jimmy-tarbuck\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:44:23","slug":"laughter-is-the-best-medicine-jimmy-tarbuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-jimmy-tarbuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughter Is The Best Medicine – Jimmy Tarbuck"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018Excuse me, sir,\u2019 he asked. \u2018Are you a member here?\u2019 \u2018No, I\u2019m not.\u2019 \u2018And are you playing with a member today?\u2019 \u2018Yes, I am.\u2019 The guy clearly didn\u2019t believe me. \u2018And would you care to tell me which member it is?\u2019 he sniffed, with one eyebrow raised. \u2018He\u2019s with me,\u2019 said a voice behind me. And there was Bob Hope. Well, the snotty feller almost bowed when he saw him: \u2018Oh, I\u2019m so sorry, Mr Hope. I had no idea.\u2019 Because Bob Hope was royalty in those parts. All over America, in fact.<\/p>\n

We played a round. Bob was a great golfer; he\u2019d already begun running his US Bob Hope Classic pro-am tournament. But I\u2019d got good enough by then to give him a decent game. Bob must have been impressed, because he said, \u2018Jimmy, you must come and play my Classic one year.\u2019<\/p>\n

And I said the same thing that I\u2019d told him five years earlier: \u2018Yes, I\u2019ll take you up on that.\u2019 While I was in California, I did a set at Bob\u2019s golf club, which he put on his TV show. I also had a walk-on part on his friend Don Rickles\u2019s telly show. Rickles was known as \u2018the insult comic\u2019 because he insulted all of his guests. I was unknown in America, but that didn\u2019t stop Don taking the piss out of me. \u2018This is Jimmy Tarbuck,\u2019 he told his viewers.<\/p>\n

\u2018And if you don\u2019t know who he is, he\u2019ll soon tell you. Because all he ever says is, \u2018I\u2019m Jimmy Tarbuck. Jimmy Tarbuck. Jimmy Tarbuck from the London Palladium. Jimmy Tarbuck. London Palladium \u2026\u2019 It was a brilliant trip to America \u2013 so exciting that I went back just a few weeks later. And, let me tell you, this trip was even more memorable. By the early seventies, I was proper big mates with Tom Jones.<\/p>\n

Jonesy had made it massive in America, and by now he was doing months-long residencies in Las Vegas. And he invited me over to see him play at Caesars Palace. Yes, please! The girls were in school, so Pauline and I left the kids with her parents and flew into Vegas. Jonesy looked after us well: we got picked up at the airport in a Lincoln limo and driven to our hotel on the Strip.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019ve heard that Vegas is very tacky nowadays, but it wasn\u2019t so gaudy back then. I was surprised by how small it was. Pauline and I had our gobs hanging open at some of the big American stars who were performing on the Strip: Frankie Laine, who was a brilliant singer; Phyllis Diller, a fantastic comedian; Jimmy Durante, the legendary comic.<\/p>\n

Pauline and I went to see all of them. Durante was nearly eighty by then, and he was sensational. But one name towered over all the others.<\/p>\n

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Comedy legend Jimmy Tarbuck OBE has had a hugely successful career in entertainment for over sixty years. After his breakthrough moment on ITV\u2019s Sunday Night at the Palladium in 1963, he shot to fame, and became host of the show from 1965 to 1967. In that time, he also became the youngest British comedian to have his own TV show, with his ITV series It\u2019s Tarbuck! Jimmy went on to host numerous popular quiz shows, including Winner Takes All, which he presented for over a decade, as well as Full Swing and Tarby\u2019s Frame Game.<\/p>\n

He then returned to stand-up and presenting variety shows, such as Live at the Palladium, Live from Her Majesty\u2019s and For One Night Only. Jimmy is an avid golfer and has competed in pro-celebrity golf matches. Every year, he hosts Jimmy Tarbuck\u2019s Golf Classic charity tournament. He is also the President of the charity Variety Golf. In 1994 he was awarded an OBE for his services to comedy, as well as his charitable contributions.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the Variety Club honoured him with a lifetime achievement award. Jimmy continues to tour, reflecting back on a remarkable life in showbusiness. Jimmy lives in London with his wife, Pauline. This is his first book. OceanofPDF.com Jimmy Tarbuck with Ian Gittins LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE My Autobiography OceanofPDF.com Contents Introduction: The last of the dinosaurs CHAPTER 1 Dan Dare is from Liverpool CHAPTER 2 Cold tea on my willy CHAPTER 3 Tarbuck, England schoolboys CHAPTER 4 Sell it to the Everly Brothers CHAPTER 5 What\u2019s trumps?<\/p>\n

Crusts. Buttered. CHAPTER 6 A Meccano death trap CHAPTER 7 She needs no introduction from me CHAPTER 8 Hair like a lavatory brush CHAPTER 9 The man who runs the Palladium CHAPTER 10 Look at Buttons. He\u2019s pissed! CHAPTER 11 A difference of opinion, Geoffrey CHAPTER 12 I\u2019ve run out of soap CHAPTER 13 This isn\u2019t right.<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t rehearsed this. CHAPTER 14 You nearly took my bloody head off! CHAPTER 15 On a cold day, a tea leaf CHAPTER 16 If it had been ten Tiller girls \u2026 CHAPTER 17 My God, you\u2019ve given the catalogue a bashing Epilogue: PAULINE! WHERE\u2019S THE CRISPS? Image Credits OceanofPDF.com For Tom Jones who introduced me to Elvis Presley OceanofPDF.com Introduction The last of the dinosaurs It wasn\u2019t that long ago that my son, James, suggested making a documentary about my life.<\/p>\n

I was up for that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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