🎬 BOB MONKHOUSE on BBC documentary ‘Talking Comedy’. At the beginning of this short clip Bob mentions waiting for MAX MILLER outside of the PENGE EMPIRE, he also mentions doing the same outside the Lewisham Hippodrome. Of Miller, Bob remarked “he was so mean he only breathed in”, but went on to say that Miller ended up paying him half a crown per joke, and more later. 🎬 Bob Monkhouse Was born on 1 June 1928 at 168 Bromley Road, Beckenham. He was a hugely successful comedy writer, comedian and

British comedy legend Bob Monkhouse was born #onthisday 95 years ago. In this 1997 interview with Sir Jeremy Isaacs, he drops his guard and talks emotionally about his relationship with his mother. Clip taken from Face to Face, BBC Two, Tuesday 25 February 1997. #BobMonkhouse #bbcarchive | BBC Archive