How does one objectively measure "talent"?
By comparison generally
Compare Dodd to any other comedian around at the time who in terms of sophistication of humour outshone him in every way
Talented comedians change and evolve the medium of comedy. Dodd was effectively a theatre hall vaudevillian, very light hearted and inoffensive but basically bland
Barker was probably a bad comparison. I think Dodd was just of his time. People found him entertaining enough back in the day. Like Wenger.
In brief:
Baker > Dodd.
But still Dodd
"[Dodd was] an icon, a one-off and a true professor of comedy"
-Russ Abbot
Doesn't get much higher praise than that
Dodd in!
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
He was no Pat Lampard.
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