The Anarchy of Ken Dodd

"OH NO, LOOK OUT... It's Ken Dodd"

As a young man, Kenneth Arthur Dodd was known to be a slight social misfit.. "a nutter??" I hear you say.. Locals spoke of his menacing character and fascination with midgets..

It didn't take Ken long to clear a whole street in those days... he was feared by many and avoided by a few more...

After his accident involving a high-speed chase and a brick wall, things changed dramatically for Ken..

His face actually ended up in the back of his head and medics had to crudely suction all the parts out of the cavity and fit them back in like a Jenga puzzle. An almost impossible task based on the fact that the remnants of his face were largely made up of splinters, bits of enamel and jelly.

The surgeon held out hope!

Unfortunately we know how the story ends...

After days and days of reconstruction, the medical team decided that it was as far as they could go. Ken had no visitors apart from the Hospital radio DJ.. Ken discharged himself 3 weeks early against medical advice and insisted staff take his bandages off before he left. He'd had enough of sitting in a hospital bed.

Doctors told him he may need counselling for what he was about to see and told him to sit down..

Ken was prepared.. I mean.. How bad could it be? He thought to himself.

Well as we all know Kenneth Arthur Dodd subsequently morphed into the hugely popular but slightly repulsive entertainer Ken Dodd.

The effervescent toothy, dribbling, boggle-eyed veteran of variety entertainment and tickling enthusiast, hides years of mental turmoil, anguish and pain from his full facial reconstruction but did end up a nicer person and now has friends... A far cry indeed from the days of plain old Kenneth Arthur Dodd.. menace to society...