Ackroyds funeral still makes me grin from ear to ear. I used to listen to a cassette of his work , that I’d borrowed from my dad’s collection , whilst doing my Citizen paper round in Cleveleys . A true comedy genius ❤️
I remember seeing this in the early eighties....I’d got a flat bed tape recorder for Christmas (Greatest present ever at 11) and mainly recorded Top of the Pops but also this. I still consider it to be one of the funniest things I’d ever seen and used to listen back all the time. The tape must still be at Mum’s somewhere and I will find it one day. Mike Harding’s delivery and timing were nothing short of perfection. People talk about a northern humour but I think this absolutely brilliant monologue translates anywhere. Watching it a couple of days before Christmas as much as anything to give me a sense of what the world used to be like in a far more innocent time. I hope if Mike ever sees this he is happy about how much his brilliance was loved by so many....young and old.
Brilliant mate, used to be on bbc2 at 9.00 pm I think. Do you remember the routine about the guy that shat on a tortoise and it looked like it was wearing a viking helmet? I remember laughing so hard at that I couldn't breathe.
Different people like different types of Humour, and what appeals to some, does just the opposite to others. I have a Birthday exactly 2 weeks before Xmas Day, and I always play the Budgie sketch sometime that day, as a good laugh is a good way to start the Day!
I used to watch Mike Harding at a local Folk Club near Chorley well before he became more well known, and he always told more funny stories than he did singing Folk songs
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?" ruclips.net/video/POO4lrTclNY/видео.html
The krankies playing day we went there can't remember was time of Mexico clock xx my ex husband has died would like it if you found us we were called Mr Mrs Cole from I genres
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Ackroyds funeral still makes me grin from ear to ear. I used to listen to a cassette of his work , that I’d borrowed from my dad’s collection , whilst doing my Citizen paper round in Cleveleys . A true comedy genius ❤️
I remember seeing this in the early eighties....I’d got a flat bed tape recorder for Christmas (Greatest present ever at 11) and mainly recorded Top of the Pops but also this. I still consider it to be one of the funniest things I’d ever seen and used to listen back all the time. The tape must still be at Mum’s somewhere and I will find it one day. Mike Harding’s delivery and timing were nothing short of perfection. People talk about a northern humour but I think this absolutely brilliant monologue translates anywhere. Watching it a couple of days before Christmas as much as anything to give me a sense of what the world used to be like in a far more innocent time. I hope if Mike ever sees this he is happy about how much his brilliance was loved by so many....young and old.
Brilliant mate, used to be on bbc2 at 9.00 pm I think. Do you remember the routine about the guy that shat on a tortoise and it looked like it was wearing a viking helmet? I remember laughing so hard at that I couldn't breathe.
Me Dad has a couple of vinyls. Can't remember which one had 'uncle joe's mint balls,' on it.
@@tetsujin86 Mrs 'ardins kid
@@davidw4639 Ta very muchly.
Class story teller, entertainer and musician. Thanks for uploading this.
I still listen to 'Captain Paralytic and The Brown Ale Cowboys', brilliant observational comedy of it's time.
One of British TVs funniest moments , brilliant and great to see again , Thankyou .
This was on the Red Specs album and I must have heard it thousands of times - never seen it the video before - thank you!
Thanks for uploading this , Terry ✌️
Thanks listened to mike as child still outstanding
Different people like different types of Humour, and what appeals to some, does just the opposite to others. I have a Birthday exactly 2 weeks before Xmas Day, and I always play the Budgie sketch sometime that day, as a good laugh is a good way to start the Day!
Saw him at Wigan rugby club around 1973, brilliantly funny, this reminded me of the surreal flights of humour of the Goons, also a very good musician
Once described by Billy Connolly as the ‘funniest man in England’.
Fucking hilarious 😂.
I used to watch Mike Harding at a local Folk Club near Chorley well before he became more well known, and he always told more funny stories than he did singing Folk songs
Great comic and clever bloke
I can never decide who is the most entertaining, Harding, Carrot or Connolly.
Connolly was funny once, now a pretentious windbag 😮
"Being heckled by a budgie" Now there's a line...
now thats entertainment
A great performer
Brilliant.
Thank you 🤗
thankyou. been trying to get this sketch for ages. had it on a tape years ago but lost it.
sue rockett
As a kid in 70s he made me laugh n laugh n laugh
talkin blackpool blues ....classic
Genius.
😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂
Title is a little misleading. The performance is around late seventies / eighties.
The date shown is the date the video was uploaded, not when it was made.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
ruclips.net/video/POO4lrTclNY/видео.html
Is this where Stewie Griffin got his idea for his outfit from ?
Now that is how to tell a joke...
The krankies playing day we went there can't remember was time of Mexico clock xx my ex husband has died would like it if you found us we were called Mr Mrs
Cole from I genres
Inverness
Was always my favourite stand-up comedian - even funnier than the Big Yin:
Such a shame he turned into a thoroughly miserable old git later in life.
Not 2004.
2004 is the date the video was uploaded - not the date the video was made.
What year was it
@@paulmajor8865 Transmitted around February 1981 - looking for the exact BBC2 TX profile
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What absolute shit. Some like some don't. I often wonder what they think themselves. As long as they get the money.
Tom your absolutely spot on not funny at all bernard manning gave him an audition at the embassy club and kicked him out enough said
@@chrispritchard3775 what a compliment.
Your souls must be tiny wizzened things. 😂
Sorry,not funny at all,boring.
At least you admit it.
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