Ken Dodd's Stalker / Ruth Tagg

You may not be aware of who Ken Dodd is. A surreal stand-up, family-friendly Liverpudlian comedian and ventriloquist, Dodd began his career in the 1950s but really had his heyday in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. He is a distinctive looking man—his prominent features, a head of fluffy wild hair and protruding teeth, were often accompanied by a red, white and blue feather duster, a prop that Dodd called his tickle stick...

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Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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Take Me to the Depths by Midnight North

The Wish by Devon Church

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A Great Darkness Approaches Can You Feel It by ELPHNT

Spring by HOVATOFF

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