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David Tynan O'Mahony , professionally known as Dave Allen, was an Irish observational comedian and satirist.Initially becoming known in Australia during 1963–64, Allen made regular television appearances in the United Kingdom from the later 1960s and until the mid-1980s. The BBC aired his Dave Allen Show 1972–1986, which was also exported to several other European countries. His career had a major resurgence during the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the height of his career he was Britain's most controversial comedian, regularly provoking indignation at his frequent highlighting of political hypocrisy and disregard for religious authority. His television shows were also broadcast in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, former Yugoslavia, Australia and New Zealand. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. July 1936 – 10. March 2005
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Famous Dave Allen Quotes

“I've stopped smoking… I think the cost was a lot of it, and not being able to breathe. I first gave up smoking when I was eight.”

Dave Allen

Compilation by the BBC 11 March, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4340205.stm

“I don't go out of my way to be outrageous, I just go out of my way to look at things.”

Dave Allen

Compilation by the BBC 11 March, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4340205.stm

“If it's sent by ship then it's a cargo, if it's sent by road then it's a shipment.”

Dave Allen

Compilation by the BBC 11 March, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4340205.stm

“I still think of myself as I was 25 years ago. Then I look in a mirror and see an old bastard and realise it's me.”

Dave Allen

Compilation by the BBC 11 March, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4340205.stm

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