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Picture the fate of any modern comedian who dares try a gag like this on a prime-time panel show.
Les Dawson, licking his lips, looked at Sheila Ferguson of the Three Degrees and told her: ‘If I ever get you in that dressing room, it’ll be One Degree under.’
That was Les presenting Blankety Blank on BBC1 for the first time, in 1984. Sheila watched her appearance on the quiz show and wiped tears of laughter from her eyes. ‘It’s not a face you’re gonna forget,’ she said, as Les gurned at her on the screen.
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