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Les Dawson (1934-1993)

Ephemera from the life of Blackpool's Greatest Comedian

LES DAWSON starred at the Grand Theatre in the 1984 summer season show, Laugh With Les, with the Roly Polys. Then, in 1986 he starred in the summer season play, Run For Your Wife. Long-time resident of the Fylde coast and a Grand Theatre devotee, Les Dawson was one of the greatest comics of the twentieth century. His widow, Tracey has kindly provided the following ephemera.



Some famous quips:

Tomorrow it's the mother-in-law's funeral...and she's cancelled it.

I took my mother-in-law to Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, and one of the attendants said, 'Keep her moving Sir, we're stock-taking'

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough."

In awe I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebon void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang forever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought...I must put a roof on this lavatory.

He had ambitions, at one time, to become a sex maniac, but he failed his practical.

Funny thing how you first meet the woman that you marry. I first met the wife in a tunnel of love. She was digging it.

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps.

The wife's Mother said, "When you're dead, I'll dance in your grave." I said: "Good, I'm being buried at sea."

I went to my doctor and asked for something for persistent wind. He gave me a kite.

Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.