PETER KAY “Johnnie Casson - my idol”
BOB MONKHOUSE "Johnnie Casson is one of the top four comedians in the country"
SHIRLEY MacLAINE "I love this man - he is so funny”
DES O’CONNOR “one of the funniest comedians ever to appear on the show”
BERNARD MANNING "Johnnie Casson is the second best comedian in Britain"
JIM BOWEN "Johnnie is the head of the comedy class"
SIR JOHN MILLS “I haven’t laughed so much since i saw max miller in 1935!”
FRANK CARSON "Johnnie Casson, I hate him - he's funnier than me, and younger"
BRUCE FORSYTH “Johnnie Casson is so funny he could become an enemy”
GENE PITNEY "Johnnie is the only comedian who can make the band laugh - night after night"
BOBBY BALL "Johnnie is one of my all time comedy heroes"
STAN BOARDMAN "Casson is too funny for his own good"
ROY WALKER “Johnnie Casson has to be my favourite comic”
GARRY BUSHELL "Johnnie packs more laughs in 5 minutes than most current TV comics can in 30”
Paul O'Grady "he should have his own show"
BOB MONKHOUSE "Johnnie Casson is one of the top four comedians in the country"
SHIRLEY MacLAINE "I love this man - he is so funny”
DES O’CONNOR “one of the funniest comedians ever to appear on the show”
BERNARD MANNING "Johnnie Casson is the second best comedian in Britain"
JIM BOWEN "Johnnie is the head of the comedy class"
SIR JOHN MILLS “I haven’t laughed so much since i saw max miller in 1935!”
FRANK CARSON "Johnnie Casson, I hate him - he's funnier than me, and younger"
BRUCE FORSYTH “Johnnie Casson is so funny he could become an enemy”
GENE PITNEY "Johnnie is the only comedian who can make the band laugh - night after night"
BOBBY BALL "Johnnie is one of my all time comedy heroes"
STAN BOARDMAN "Casson is too funny for his own good"
ROY WALKER “Johnnie Casson has to be my favourite comic”
GARRY BUSHELL "Johnnie packs more laughs in 5 minutes than most current TV comics can in 30”
Paul O'Grady "he should have his own show"
Johnnie Casson
Often Copied
Rarely Emulated
Rarely Emulated
What Johnnie's Peers Have Said
Click play to hear what Paul O'Grady, & Ricky Tomlinson say about Johnnie Casson
"Billy Butler made a very poignant remark, as only he would. After Johnnie Casson, who tore the place apart, went off stage, he said: "That man's too funny for television."
When are the TV executives going to get real and realise there are millions out there who want variety back on TV?"
When are the TV executives going to get real and realise there are millions out there who want variety back on TV?"
