{"id":1213,"date":"2008-11-16T17:46:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/cannon-and-ball-live-in-blackpool\/"},"modified":"2008-11-16T17:46:59","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:46:59","slug":"cannon-and-ball-live-in-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/index.php\/cannon-and-ball-live-in-blackpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannon and Ball &#8211; Live in Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1204\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolcover.jpg\" alt=\"Cover\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolcover.jpg 400w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolcover-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A recording from their 2002 <a href=\"\/index.php\/summer-2002-blackpool\/\">summer season in Blackpool<\/a>. Produced by Barnabas Productions in association with Funny Guys.<a href=\"\/index.php\/cannon-and-ball-live-in-blackpool\/\">&nbsp;<\/a>The show featured a number of other acts (Roly Polys, Barron Knights, Matt Slack and Danny Adams), but this video is just of the Cannon and Ball part of the show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1205\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolback.jpg\" alt=\"DVD case back\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolback.jpg 400w, https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolback-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Cannon and Ball are one of Britain&#8217;s funniest and most successful double acts. In a career spanning over 39 years they have achieved a string of honours, such as their own television series &#8216;The Cannon and Ball Show&#8217; which ran for 12 years as well as many sell out theatre performances, that puts them among the all time greats of Show Business.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy lives in York with his wife Hazel. He has five children, Kelly, Zoe, Luke, Janette and Julie. They are a very close family and Tommy loves spending as much time with them all as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby lives in Lytham St. Anne&#8217;s with his wife Yvonne. He has three children, Robert, Darren and Joanne. He has eight grandchildren and likes nothing more than to spoiled by them all.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy and Bobby are still working about fourty five weeks a year and they say that they can&#8217;t wait for the time when they have to walk on stage with Zimmer frames.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">The video features a beginning and end segment, plus four main sketches:<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Intro sequence. &#8216;Bert and Sid&#8217; get a day off work and tickets to see Cannon and Ball in Blackpool.<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1206\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolpic02.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"280\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1207\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolpic06.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"280\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">Romancing the ladies. Tommy gives Bobby some advice on attracting the women.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tommys golf dream. Tommy explains his dream about golf.<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1208\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolpic09.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"280\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1209\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolpic10.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"280\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">Help me make it throught the night. Tommy sings and Bobby accompanies on the piano.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Me and my shadow &#8211; duet between the pair<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolpic13.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"280\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blackpoolpic14.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" width=\"280\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">End sequence. Bert and Sid are waiting outside the stage door for Cannon and Ball. 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