Hoffnung was a genius of a particular kind. The Bricklayer's sketch had me in stitches while at school; at the time I didn't realise Hoffnung must have been half-cut when the recording was made - which probably adds to the humour; however, the delivery and timing are spot-on. He also sounds much older than the 33 years he was when he addressed the Oxford Union, the occasion of the recording.
The Tyrolean landladies' sketch is pretty good too.
(The Bricklayer's sketch, reworked by Hoffnung to maximise its effect, was not original.)
He died of a stroke aged 34 - what a tragedy!
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