Dave Allen was wonderful. He was funny. He was highly intelligent. He was a deep thinker who made people happy. A lot of his humour was about religion and Irish (in particular) Catholicism, but also “Catholicism in general”.
As he said, “I get a lot of letters from priests!”.
But LOT of “those letters” were from priests who appreciated his humour and loved his TV shows.
One of his “skits” was just him sitting in his usual chair, and recounting the story of Genesis and “Adam & Eve”.
It Was in The Pauses and a Tiny Nod of The Head
Dave stayed pretty much “on script” with the Bible story as he described God creating the universe, the Earth, the Garden of Eden, Adam, and then putting Adam in the Garden.
In Dave’s version, God sets Adam up in charge of the Garden of Eden. Then God goes away for a while. Then, in due course, God comes back to see how Adam and The Garden are both “doing”. When God gets there, everything is looking good. The plants are flourishing, the garden is neat. Adam is busy. He is fulfilled. As Dave put it:“There’s Adam trundling around the garden all day”.
Dave slipped in a very slight pause. Then he nodded slightly as he continued:
And God could see that Adam was happy.
Another little nod, and a much longer pause. He “held the pause” as the audience started to laugh. Dave still said no more while the laughter increased. They understood, and they laughed, and laughed and laughed . . . . .