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Kung Fu Kapers. " Kung Fu Kapers " (sometimes stylised as " Kung Fu Kapers! ") is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. It caused a viewer to die from laughing on the day the episode aired. This episode is also known as " Ecky Thump ".
Jun 22, 2012 · Alex Mitchell, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, suffered heart failure after viewing the Ecky-Thump episode in 1975. His granddaughter Lisa Corke, 23, had a near fatal cardiac arrest at home on the...
Jun 21, 2012 · Now, 37 years on from the infamous ‘Ecky-Thump’ episode of the TV comedy, doctors think they know what caused the mysterious death. The clue came when Mr Mitchell’s granddaughter Lisa Corke, 23, recently suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest while relaxing at her home.
TIL in 1975, a man died of laughter watching the "Kung Fu Kapers" episode of The Goodies. The skit featured a kilt-clad Scotsman with bagpipes battling a man with a black pudding. His widow later sent The Goodies a letter thanking them for making the final moments of her husband's life so pleasant. : r/todayilearned. Go to todayilearned.
TIL: In 1975 a 50 year old bricklayer died laughing whilst watching an episode of the TV show, The Goodies. His widow wrote to the cast of the show to thank them for making her husband's final moments so pleasant.
Kung Fu Capers: Directed by Jim Franklin. With Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Michael Barratt. Graeme and Tim must outwit Bill, when he turns to his heritage of martial arts known as 'Ecky Thump'.
Apr 12, 2020 · After twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter Mitchell finally slumped on the settee and died from heart failure. His widow later sent the Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mitchell’s final moments so pleasant. Here is a dramatization of the event.
