Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Beloved British TV comedian Norman Collier (1925–2013) was famous for performing a gag involving a faulty microphone. Watch him perform it multiple times, as well as see the club where it originated and learn what inspired him to mine countless hours of laughs from a simple technical fault.


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