What a story teller! Not only did I visualise the house, the corridor, the door. I was walking in the room with her.

Dear god I love this man, Dave Allen was my most favourite comedians when I was a child. He still can mesmerise me in these stories. I love the way he pulls you ever so slowly into his web of horror, only to throw in an hilarious ending and we’d roar with laughter. Dave Allen you will always be in my heart. I loved your stories, skits and witty humour. Hearing them again I still roar with laughter. Thank you for your talent and the fondest of memories. God bless you. I bet you’re making them laugh in heaven. They are lucky to have you.

What an incredible storyteller.

A Master story teller at his best missed dearly

Dave Allen was the best.

A true master , i wish he was still with us.

I was absolutely rivited right to the end...lol typical Dave Allen ..simply the best, I bet he frightened the living daylights out of his kids telling them bedtime stories..

Beautifully told. Not a pause, erm, um, like, you know anywhere. Not just a funny man but a world class raconteur

I can remember sitting engrossed by this wonderful man's tales as a child and I am still engrossed now. RIP Dave Allen, a true legend, the likes of which will never come again.

Don't you just love this man. His voice his very Richard Burton etc. He was the best comedian/racanteur ever.

At a meta level our curiosity in this story meant he had a killing punch line of endless no content, which is what curiosity is. Well done Dave.

How blessed we were to have the comedy giants to watch back then, 2 Ronnies, Dave, Morcambe and Wise and the great stand ups, today's so called comedians, apart from a very select few, can't hold a candle to them.

No one can beat Dave Allen.

What a talent!

I miss this man so much..

I was hooked..

That's why I loved Dave Allen, so good at pulling you in and his stories could start off sinister but you knew he was just going to come up with a brilliant ending and I just couldn't stop laughing throughout!

A tactician delivering masterclass in storytelling.

I used to rush home from church on a Sunday evening just to watch this amazing and oh so funny man. Newer so called comedians could learn so much from this man!

Brilliant!!! Just brilliant. Not only was he very funny...he was also a great story teller. IMO, that joke would not have worked SO WELL if he did not tell the story SO WELL.

Dave Allen was the absolute master story teller. He had so many people hanging on his every word. I couldn't stop listening or look away for even a second. Then with the ending I burst out laughing.

Sweet Jesus! I remember watching this way back in the 70's and laughing so hard. I am SOOOO thrilled that I can watch it again ... the risk of heart attack notwithstanding.

That is how you tell a tale!

Totally mesmerising! How many story tellers can hold your attention like that for 8 minutes?

Classic Irish Storytelling!

God I miss this man. Dave blessed us all with his humor.

That was well played. A master showing us mere mortals his mastery.

Best story teller EVER, so different from others, I am going through all his stuff on here.

Thanks for posting this video man. Dave Allen should never be forgotten and always remembered. His class and style, timing and deliverance was absolutely flawless. A brilliant man.

Sheer bloody genius! Been searching for this one for years....

Amazing series

5:00 you could hear a pin drop. What a master story teller he was. Just brilliant.

He has no equal, is just unique!

An exquisitely constructed, highly articulate narrative, flawlessly delivered. Unique.

Master story teller. I absolutely love this man!

Brilliant storytelling.

never fails to make me laugh

Absolute gold.

What a great master of words and comedy alike

A true classic, right up there with Morecambe and Wise and The Two Ronnie's.

A genius

Just brilliant Dave Allen 🤣✅

Fantastic

OMG just burnt my dinner listening to this .. but I still love you Dave !

Unique.

We used to do these types of tales on each other at school, obviously not as well told. They were called shaggy-dog stories.

sunday night on the tv in wales could not take my eyes off his missing finger and the voice was just first class, (I was eight) scared the shit out of me sometimes but that's an education.

Absolutely brilliant :)

an excellent piece of story telling

He's scaring the hell out of me..eek!!😂😂

Fantastic god bless Dave Allen 👍

He was the comedians comedian

HILARIOUS FUNNY !!!! R.I.P. DAVE ALLEN . FROM (2021).

He was unique.. And no dislikes.

The last time I watched this .....say 45 years ago..... a close relative excused himself from the room. It just came back to me.

There are many versions of this 'joke' monologue, but he tells it well, it needs a deep, dark voice...

Genius

Enchanting, enthralling story-teller.👍

Great way to fill eight and a half minutes, without actually telling a joke.

Timing. Storytelling. And a devastating payoff. It's the Irish way of taking you by the nose and leading you to somewhere you never expected to be taken.

He’s riveting

The great comedians are always great storytellers

Great listening to the old comedians. No fowl language and knew how to make people laugh.

The Irish gift of gab.He sure had it

Perfekt!

Great story teller.🤔😁

Perfect - thats the way to tell such stories

A time of great comedy 😂

I hope you are RIP cos just like you I do not believe in Religion, I loved You. So sorry you left this life.

It makes me wonder, why was I listening for 8 minutes about a door. . I see my doctor.

dave rip love you

Great twist in the end😄

The Bloody Chamber.

Could anyone do that now?

dave wa a comody genius of the highest level

Genius.

best anti-joke ever!!

Great lighting too.

Eight minutes plus I'll never get back!

And to this day, we still don't know?

That ending xD Curiosity level too high ._.

"The Bloody Chamber" - Angela Carter. This is also a very famous 'fable' that is tweaked to fit the chosen scenario. This all comes from the fable of 'Bluebeard', but is merely an extension of the biblical understanding of women as 'temptresses', who are responsible for ALL men philandering from their 'frigid' wives, and who, therefore, must be punished over-and-over-again for their.....being born? Anyway, kudos to Allen for telling the story, and leaving it grim, and open to interpretation. Wonderful story telling, from a wonderful talent.

The longer the story goes on, the more uneasy we (and the theatre audience) become. Dave is daring us to get caught up in the story, yet Dave is a comedian. Are we allowed to titter? Should we expect a punchline?

This sounded like an SCP tale.

Is this where the Price Is Right, Door #1 came from?

Splendid 🇮🇪😜

David... you can go off people you know (?!!!).

Dont you wish he'd been your English teacher ?

The consummate storyteller: We Irish know how to spin a good yarn 😉

Why All The Coughing in the Room, Poor People!

Only just in second place . To see the best story told watch Muhammad Ali and Freddie starr on Parkinson .

A very cool voice; in the same league with Allan Rickman and Garrison Keillor.

8:39 AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHH!!!!!

It's as if, Dave is recounting a story, written by Edgar Allan...then...that's it, the end!

I thought this was going to be a mother in-law joke.

I ought to married an Irish man. I am one,quarter Irish 😊😊😊

😂😂😂👍🏻🇦🇺

ok ok, but what was in the room???

The lonely food immunochemically disapprove because tabletop thankfully cheer given a madly toad. picayune, omniscient germany

What a bullshit story. Is he from South Ireland?