Comedy carpet celebrating the jokes, funniest quotes, catch phrases, quotations, monologues, gags, punch lines, sayings of comic greats, performers and writers from the music halls and variety, one liners of comedians and comediennes & entertainers, typographical tribute at Blackpool seafront promenade, Tower Festival Headland, Lancashire, UK
On a rainy and windswept October day in 2011, the comedian Ken Dodd unveiled a comedy carpet in Blackpool. The carpet - made of granite and concrete - features catchphrases and jokes from hundreds of famous comedians, including Dodd, Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and Morecambe and Wise. It was constructed beneath Blackpool Tower. Officials in Blackpool likened it to the Angel of the North - but horizontal. The larger catchphrases can be seen from the top of the tower that looms above it. The 2,200m square installation features 160,000 individually cut letters spelling out the famous one liners. The Yorkshire Post described the attraction as a "gag pile carpet".
Size: 5412px × 3608px
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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