DODDY ALLOWED HOME FROM HOSPITAL
SIR KEN Dodd has vowed to carry on his comedy career after being discharged from hospital following a chest infection.
The 90-year-old was greeted by his Diddymen – played by children from Liverpool Theatre School – as he made his way home to Knotty Ash from the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital yesterday.
Asked what he would do after leaving hospital, Ken said: “I’m going to teach my legs how to work again.
“They’ve forgotten, you know, and once I’ve recovered myself, I’ll get back to doing the job, which is the only job I’ve ever had.
“While I was in hospital, I wrote some new jokes, so it should be all right.”
Ken, who spent more than six weeks in hospital, recorded a video message, which was posted on the hospital’s Twitter account. He said: “Thanks to the NHS and all the people here, all the nurses. The porridge here is remarkable.”
He added: “The doctors have punctured me in so many different places I will have to get the AA in.”
The comedian, who left the hospital in a wheelchair, said he’d had a lot of time to think while being treated.
He said: “It’s been quite an experience but not one I would recommend to anybody.”
Ken commented “what a beautiful day” it was as he got into his Rolls-Royce to return home.