I cried with laughter at the Embassy Club after he had greeted us all upon arrival. There were queues to the urinals and toilets during the break after knocking back all those trays of pints, but also there was a queue to piss in the sink, as we were desparate not to miss the start of the second half! Bernard Manning was a legend!
Just for the record, Bernard was a really kind and caring guy. I was filling up my car at a service area on the M1 in the UK after driving home from Germany. I was really tired. Bernard was also there buying some food after a gig in London. He asked if I was pissed (drunk), and I explained about the drive and tiredness etc. He then bought me a coffee and a sandwich and sat chatting with me until I'd finished. Once he was sure I was alert enough to continue driving, he said goodbye and continued his journey back home. How many people do you know who would do that?
Bernard was an act, only that and nothing else.Everyone was in the crosshairs,every race and creed.One of the funniest british comics to ever draw breath, RIP bernard......a legend.
You're dead right, Bernard's delivery was masterful. He did this for decades and made his whole career around it. He owned a club where many many comedians worked and learned their trade and Bernard had some tough audiences.
Back in the 80's I was the Conference and Banqueting Manager at a large city centre hotel and got to see Bernard several times entertaining at corporate events, brilliant comedian.
I saw him at Wakefield Pussycats in 86. At the end he came on in his shoes, socks, string vest and boxers. A "laugh at me" gesture. What a man. Also renowned for his charitable work. (and of course, he was "Due Wish")
Bernard Manning was one of the last big time comedians to come through the working men's club scene. There used to be hundreds of these clubs around the country, the vast majority of them in the North of the country. The clubs used to put on shows every week and there was a large circuit for singers and comedians. With the industrial landscape obliterated the working men's clubs have disappeared and along with it this type of comedian. They knew what these men liked which was straight to the point humour, nothing PC about it, working class humour. Politically Correctness wasn't even a term back then! Bernard Manning was adept at this type of humour, He would turn it down for the tv but it was always bubbling under the surface and ready to raise its head, which it did numerous times!
It's actually a myth that there were more working men's clubs in the north. I live down in Kent and there was at least one in every town and village of a decent size. I used to play local league darts and spent a lot of time in them! Some still exist but they are slowly dying out. Cheap town centre pubs like Wetherspoons took away their advantage of cheap beer and it's killing them off.
@@Wally-H Thanks for that! That’s really interesting! I understood that the clubs were a by-product of the industrial age with the majority of heavy industry in the North hence the preponderance of Working Men’s clubs. As for your second point! Another reason to dislike Wetherspoons. They claim they’re British, all they’re doing is replacing something with a corporate arm.
@@marcuswardle3180 Yes more light industry in the south but still a strong working class element. They were good places - always a couple of snooker tables, decent £100 fruit machines, pool tables and dart boards, usually a bingo night and of course the weekend entertainment. Salubrious they weren't but for a friendly night out it was great. The last time I set foot in one was maybe five years ago when an old pal invited me to his local village club for a game of darts. There was him, me, and two other dart players and that was it, apart from our group the place was empty. To be honest I'm surprised there are any of them still left.
I met Bernard in the early 90s. He was sat outside my local bookies and alcohol shop. Me and my mates shouted "Bernard you fat ba**ard" and he replied "F off" and laughed! He stuck his arm out of his rolls royce and gave us the finger ,with a big gold ring on it!! 😂
I believe that Bernard Manning was the first comedian to ever be banned from British TV lol 😂, closely followed by Roy “Chubby” Brown…. Chubby, went on to become the most offensive (successful, hilarious, popular) comedian
Alan, a lot of things are said about comics from the past who are no longer around to reply. It shows just how humourless people are today. He used to make a point of telling audiences that he told jokes about everyone and everything.
Bernard (Mr. Manning when I was a kid) is a much-missed man around the Blackley area of Manchester. Although his comedy has given him a bad reputation in truth he was a very kind man who was something of a philanthropist in the way he supported local charities and people. There is a brilliant and funny semi-documentary filmed not long before he died where he tells the camera what he's going to say to god, I wish I could remember its name, but I'm sure someone will recall it.
From Beyond The Grave it's called mate, and it's on here. You're right, it's excellent, especially when the woke comedian tries to contradict him. The reaction is priceless.
the opening scene was from his own club in manchester (called the embassy club)you were warned on entry if easily offended dont come in.he made dozens of charity jobs (live on tv and kept it clean)and helped raise many millions for different causes.he was as funny as hell but he upset all the leftie idiots thats where his bad name came from but the man was a comedy genius and loved by millions of brits
I'm a leftie and thought Bernard Manning was very funny, so don't generalise. Plenty of Conservative prudes thought he was offensive. Remember Mary Whitehouse? The way he roasts people in the audience isn't much different to the way that Frankie Boyle does it today. (by the way, I'm laughing my head off as I type this)
@@andyhinds542 Oh lore! Mary Whitehouse was offended by anything remotely tinged with blue. What a waste of space. She didn't seem to understand that if you didn't like it you didn't have to watch it. Manning was indeed so funny.
At his best he was just a great gag teller, yes he sometimes used language that didn't sit well at the time let alone now and I reckon half the time he did it to wind people up. Those who knew him loved him and they came from all walks of life.
I went to a Bernard Manning gig years ago and he took the piss out if me for having a bald head, it was funny so I laughed a young lad next to me laughed at me a bit too much for Bernard so he slaughtered him until he stopped laughing the crowd laughed at the teenager but it was a nice touch.
Bernard was not all he seems. he rightly proudly boasted His wife & family never heard him use a swear word in the house, his greatest hero was Mother Theresa of Calcutta until the day he died. an extremely rare man & hugely misunderstood. As he often said, a lawyer doesn't go home at night & walk around the house in a wig & holding his 2 lapels saying stuff like "I put it to you my wife, may I see the first exhibit, my dinner!" No! it was his act & he was a master craftsman at it, so good that many people believed it was him. Rest in peace Bernard, may God continue enjoying your act all to himself.
Around 1976 Bernard Manning did a show in Las Vegas - told the joke about GI brides in the 2WW. Americans, came over in 1942 to help us out in the war and, on leave, went to see all the old ruins. In 1945 they married 'um and took em back home.
me and my work pals went to watch Bernard at his embassy club in Manchester England about 25 years ago, he was fantastic, so we're the ladies who were on after him 🤔😂
Jesus I haven't wat he'd him since I was young in the 80's. You're right about the set ups. Funny is whatever makes you laugh and that was hilarious! 😂
Bernard was from Moston Manchester, Northern humour seem's harsh and tough, but so are the area's, i went in his club, a good laugh, he did loads for charity.
Bernard was not racist. He had four black horses pulling the carriage at his funeral. That is what Frank Carson said at Bernard's send off. Bernard grew up in hard times. He was evacuated from Manchester during WW2 and he saw kids going to school in there fathers old trousers with no shoes. This may explain why Bernard was accused of being racist as he felt resentful of new arrivals in the UK after the war. Anyway Bernard left many happy memories with a certain generation and to those who didn't like him well he didn't lose too much sleep worrying about it.
Those who say he was racist, have never really thought it through and rally don'y understand what racism is. He played a humor that was acceptable back then. which was looking through 21st century eyes, is shocking. I went to his club, he always had balck artists on, a racist would not. The problem is sadlly more and more people are getting to serious and are trying to turn the world missserable with it.
I don't know if you have yet but Les Dawson is a great comedian to check out. His delivery is quite morose at times and he did a lot of mother in law jokes. He was a great piano player but used to play it wrong which was hilarious. I don't like the C word but in comedy I accept it. Hope you're keeping well EB and keep up the good reactions 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Mr Beard, I’m a Brit and have been watching you for a few years now! Love your content! If you like this you’ll love Mick Miller, absolutely hilarious man and you’ll love his compilations!
I always found it amusing when the " Alternative Comedians " ( i.e unfunny ones ) starting banding together in the late 80's and tried to make Bernard a figure head of their campaign to stop racism in comedy, when in fact Bernard's act's/jokes were rarely filled with racist material. He worked Las Vegas & performed for Royalty and had a 6days a week filled nightclub for 40yrs. They would never credit him for his massive contributions to charity & hospices. He was a true performer and a really funny man. His type are sorely missed.
This is Bernard Manning's live act from near the end of his career. In earlier years he used to appear quite often on TV without the bad language, though still non-pc, but just as funny if not more so.
Bravo Mr Beard for the love of the 'C' word! I always refer to my best mate of 50 years as Cunty McCuntflap. Its banter in the UK and my favourite word.
Saw him in Glasgow in his later years. still great, & coulsd sing also , as he did in the show, as i was leaving at the end he was going into him limo outside in the street & everyone applauded him
He was very much "of his time" . his old club The Embassy is just up the road from where i live today, last i heard was being run by his son. - you may want to react to British TV show called "The Comedians" similar 70's style comics rapid fire jokes - again wouldn't be broadcast on TV today - but still funny in a 1970's style!
A night at the Embassy club was brilliant. In the 80’s you needed a tie to get in. If you didn’t have one his mum would sell you one from under the counter.
It was an act you saw in a club, not on tv. Bernard joked about anything and everything. If you didn't like him, you didn't go. His timing and set-up were well practised. He was actually a very nice human being. He was born and raised in poverty, and in the UK it helped to give you a sense of humour. Those who were well-off would never grasp that. God bless Bernard.
He was from northern England so you have done well to get most of it , maybe try his las Vegas gig , really nice guy offstage and a guaranteed good night on stage 👍
I’ve just watched more 😂😂 most British comedians don’t ever ‘wait for laughter’… they’re being paid to be funny! They just crack on with doing their job. Checkout Jimmy Carr, Chubby Brown, hell even Ben Elton (co author of Blackadder) is totally in yer face funny
This man was & still is one of the best at delivering jokes! He could read the audience & he could make anyone cry with laughter as he was a legend at stand up comedy!
I saw Bernard in Fareham, Hampshire early 90’s. He was a superb comedian and everyone was a target for his jokes. Unfortunately back then, and even more so today, he was disliked by many who considered him racist, sexist, homophobic and everything else we hear about today. He was a brilliant comedian, one of the best I’ve ever seen but as we all know, with today’s society, the woke brigade would have a cataclysmic meltdown if he was still with us. When I left his show, my sides and torso hurt for days with how much I laughed. Not many do that for me these days.
Beard, you might like the show "The Comedians" that was a TV series with various stand up comics, including Bernard Manning. All of it was broadcast on TV so it was all clean jokes. It was on in 1971.
@user-ek2ng7qb6c The English laughing and taking the piss out of ourselves has indeed been done. Monty Python did countless sketches mocking the establishment (often using exaggerated posh English accents in the process) and Blackadder, with its wry look at English history, to name just two. Also, Irishman and comedian Jimmy Cricket's almost whole comedy routine was based on the myth of the 'Thick Irishman.'
We all have our favourites. I only ever saw Bernard Manning on the box and thought he was hilarious. Wished I'd seen him live and unshackled by t.v. restraints. Seeing these clips on youtube shows me what I missed out on.
A little further North came a comedian called Bobby Thompson, I'm not sure if that particular regional humour will translate well ti an American audience but over here especially up North he was a legend. I've watched a few of your videos and your appreciation of British humour is heart-warming.
Long before stag weekends when it was just one night out, I had my stag night at the embassy club(Bernard`s club in Manchester). Put aside some of the jokes his timing was incredible. An incredible talent.
He did admit he’s racist on his deathbed, only because the fact he and his brother was in the army in wwll and his brother got killed on the first day of the dday landings, then Bernard saw his area where he lives filling up with black Indians and Pakistani people and he thought my brother died for this
His light hearted jokes are offensive to those who fail to recognise that he doesn’t pick on a few identity groups but all of them. Including Jews and the Irish, which his is own background.
Brilliant! From a time before the world became so determined to be offended. Folk laughed a lot more back then with and at each other giving back without it being the end of the fkn world!
Bernard, a true Mancunian like me. People accused him of being racist, Bernard wasn’t racist, he just told racist jokes, he told jokes and made fun of every race creed and colour. He raised thousands of pounds over the years for charity. A great comedian, probably wouldn’t be able to perform nowadays, due to the woke left wankers. RIP Bernard.
Working men's clubs were a tough crowd. If they didn't like you they weren't slow in telling you. Bernard was a joke telling machine who battered the crowd into submission. His humour doesn't translate into TV very successfully, but the mechanics of Bernard Manning's humour had few equals.
Just watched a docu about Les Dawson, same era/popoularity etc. Les said 'if I ever lose my TV career, I wil never go back to working clubs'. You could see the scenes in these clubs! He is a top comedian, yet the audience are just totally oblivious doing their own thing! Imagine just starting out as a comic!
I was lucky enough to see Bernard live many times back in the eighties, and he never failed to have us all crying with laughter!
Me too in Blackpool 😅
"Was it cold in the ground this morning?" 🤣👍🏻
I cried with laughter at the Embassy Club after he had greeted us all upon arrival. There were queues to the urinals and toilets during the break after knocking back all those trays of pints, but also there was a queue to piss in the sink, as we were desparate not to miss the start of the second half! Bernard Manning was a legend!
Just for the record, Bernard was a really kind and caring guy. I was filling up my car at a service area on the M1 in the UK after driving home from Germany. I was really tired. Bernard was also there buying some food after a gig in London. He asked if I was pissed (drunk), and I explained about the drive and tiredness etc. He then bought me a coffee and a sandwich and sat chatting with me until I'd finished. Once he was sure I was alert enough to continue driving, he said goodbye and continued his journey back home.
How many people do you know who would do that?
Bernard was an act, only that and nothing else.Everyone was in the crosshairs,every race and creed.One of the funniest british comics to ever draw breath, RIP bernard......a legend.
Absolutely right - nobody was immune!
One of the best British funny men ever.
Very different off stage.x
His humour hasn't worn well at all, away from the northern working men's clubs.
I went to see him at his Embassy club in Manchester in the late nineties, I laughed so hard that a pulled a stomach muscle.
Growing up in the 70s in England was constant laughs on TV, now contrast that with the modern kids and there's the problem.
Bernard Manning was the true governor of comedy
You're dead right, Bernard's delivery was masterful. He did this for decades and made his whole career around it. He owned a club where many many comedians worked and learned their trade and Bernard had some tough audiences.
The C U next Tuesday is the finest word ever👍
Back in the 80's I was the Conference and Banqueting Manager at a large city centre hotel and got to see Bernard several times entertaining at corporate events, brilliant comedian.
I saw him at Wakefield Pussycats in 86. At the end he came on in his shoes, socks, string vest and boxers. A "laugh at me" gesture. What a man. Also renowned for his charitable work. (and of course, he was "Due Wish")
He was a Catholi.
Bernard Manning was one of the last big time comedians to come through the working men's club scene. There used to be hundreds of these clubs around the country, the vast majority of them in the North of the country. The clubs used to put on shows every week and there was a large circuit for singers and comedians. With the industrial landscape obliterated the working men's clubs have disappeared and along with it this type of comedian. They knew what these men liked which was straight to the point humour, nothing PC about it, working class humour. Politically Correctness wasn't even a term back then! Bernard Manning was adept at this type of humour, He would turn it down for the tv but it was always bubbling under the surface and ready to raise its head, which it did numerous times!
It's actually a myth that there were more working men's clubs in the north. I live down in Kent and there was at least one in every town and village of a decent size. I used to play local league darts and spent a lot of time in them! Some still exist but they are slowly dying out. Cheap town centre pubs like Wetherspoons took away their advantage of cheap beer and it's killing them off.
@@Wally-H Thanks for that! That’s really interesting! I understood that the clubs were a by-product of the industrial age with the majority of heavy industry in the North hence the preponderance of Working Men’s clubs. As for your second point! Another reason to dislike Wetherspoons. They claim they’re British, all they’re doing is replacing something with a corporate arm.
@@marcuswardle3180 Yes more light industry in the south but still a strong working class element. They were good places - always a couple of snooker tables, decent £100 fruit machines, pool tables and dart boards, usually a bingo night and of course the weekend entertainment. Salubrious they weren't but for a friendly night out it was great. The last time I set foot in one was maybe five years ago when an old pal invited me to his local village club for a game of darts. There was him, me, and two other dart players and that was it, apart from our group the place was empty. To be honest I'm surprised there are any of them still left.
I met Bernard in the early 90s. He was sat outside my local bookies and alcohol shop.
Me and my mates shouted "Bernard you fat ba**ard" and he replied "F off" and laughed!
He stuck his arm out of his rolls royce and gave us the finger ,with a big gold ring on it!! 😂
My mate once shouted the same it him during one of his gigs. He replied - "that's RICH fat ba**ard"
@@LDGumby Yep he didn't give a toss! 🤣
Watched these gigs so many times now. He's brilliant. Glad you reacted to him.
Even the Woke people who criticised Manning, admitted he had masterful comic timing and delivery.
I believe that Bernard Manning was the first comedian to ever be banned from British TV lol 😂, closely followed by Roy “Chubby” Brown…. Chubby, went on to become the most offensive (successful, hilarious, popular) comedian
Really? More than Billy Connolly? Bernard Manning was a künt!
Alan, a lot of things are said about comics from the past who are no longer around to reply.
It shows just how humourless people are today.
He used to make a point of telling audiences that he told jokes about everyone and everything.
Saw him 4 times in Leeds .The best teller of a joke ever.RIP Bernard.🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴
You either loved or hated Bernard Manning, I personally thought he was great. He definitely pushed it to the limit.
Bernard (Mr. Manning when I was a kid) is a much-missed man around the Blackley area of Manchester. Although his comedy has given him a bad reputation in truth he was a very kind man who was something of a philanthropist in the way he supported local charities and people. There is a brilliant and funny semi-documentary filmed not long before he died where he tells the camera what he's going to say to god, I wish I could remember its name, but I'm sure someone will recall it.
From Beyond The Grave it's called mate, and it's on here.
You're right, it's excellent, especially when the woke comedian tries to contradict him.
The reaction is priceless.
I've seen that it's a brilliant piece of work and not the man I thought he was
the opening scene was from his own club in manchester (called the embassy club)you were warned on entry if easily offended dont come in.he made dozens of charity jobs (live on tv and kept it clean)and helped raise many millions for different causes.he was as funny as hell but he upset all the leftie idiots thats where his bad name came from but the man was a comedy genius and loved by millions of brits
Manning was a self confessed racist & just because he did some work for charity doesn't excuse him (remember Savile)
Right wingers are far more stupid than left wingers mate, most right wingers think the earth is flat and that climate change is fake.
I'm a leftie and thought Bernard Manning was very funny, so don't generalise. Plenty of Conservative prudes thought he was offensive. Remember Mary Whitehouse? The way he roasts people in the audience isn't much different to the way that Frankie Boyle does it today. (by the way, I'm laughing my head off as I type this)
@@andyhinds542 Well said. Bernard was a very funny man.
@@andyhinds542 Oh lore! Mary Whitehouse was offended by anything remotely tinged with blue. What a waste of space. She didn't seem to understand that if you didn't like it you didn't have to watch it.
Manning was indeed so funny.
At his best he was just a great gag teller, yes he sometimes used language that didn't sit well at the time let alone now and I reckon half the time he did it to wind people up.
Those who knew him loved him and they came from all walks of life.
Bernard was the best. His storytelling and interaction with the audience were brilliant, a few other later comedians tried to copy his way
I went to a Bernard Manning gig years ago and he took the piss out if me for having a bald head, it was funny so I laughed a young lad next to me laughed at me a bit too much for Bernard so he slaughtered him until he stopped laughing the crowd laughed at the teenager but it was a nice touch.
Bernard was not all he seems. he rightly proudly boasted His wife & family never heard him use a swear word in the house, his greatest hero was Mother Theresa of Calcutta until the day he died. an extremely rare man & hugely misunderstood. As he often said, a lawyer doesn't go home at night & walk around the house in a wig & holding his 2 lapels saying stuff like "I put it to you my wife, may I see the first exhibit, my dinner!" No! it was his act & he was a master craftsman at it, so good that many people believed it was him. Rest in peace Bernard, may God continue enjoying your act all to himself.
Beautifully said..the amount of ppl passing comment on him being a vile racist etc haven't got a clue
Around 1976 Bernard Manning did a show in Las Vegas - told the joke about GI brides in the 2WW.
Americans, came over in 1942 to help us out in the war and, on leave, went to see all the old ruins. In 1945 they married 'um and took em back home.
me and my work pals went to watch Bernard at his embassy club in Manchester England about 25 years ago, he was fantastic, so we're the ladies who were on after him 🤔😂
Jesus I haven't wat he'd him since I was young in the 80's. You're right about the set ups. Funny is whatever makes you laugh and that was hilarious! 😂
I forgot how funny this guy was. Great video EB
Bernard was from Moston Manchester, Northern humour seem's harsh and tough, but so are the area's, i went in his club, a good laugh, he did loads for charity.
Bernard was not racist. He had four black horses pulling the carriage at his funeral. That is what Frank Carson said at Bernard's send off. Bernard grew up in hard times. He was evacuated from Manchester during WW2 and he saw kids going to school in there fathers old trousers with no shoes. This may explain why Bernard was accused of being racist as he felt resentful of new arrivals in the UK after the war. Anyway Bernard left many happy memories with a certain generation and to those who didn't like him well he didn't lose too much sleep worrying about it.
Everyonr is racist. Who cares?
Those who say he was racist, have never really thought it through and rally don'y understand what racism is. He played a humor that was acceptable back then. which was looking through 21st century eyes, is shocking. I went to his club, he always had balck artists on, a racist would not. The problem is sadlly more and more people are getting to serious and are trying to turn the world missserable with it.
These “controversial comedians “ if people don’t like them they are not forced to watch them. Great vlog 🤣😎
I don't know if you have yet but Les Dawson is a great comedian to check out. His delivery is quite morose at times and he did a lot of mother in law jokes. He was a great piano player but used to play it wrong which was hilarious. I don't like the C word but in comedy I accept it. Hope you're keeping well EB and keep up the good reactions 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Mr Beard, I’m a Brit and have been watching you for a few years now! Love your content! If you like this you’ll love Mick Miller, absolutely hilarious man and you’ll love his compilations!
I always found it amusing when the " Alternative Comedians " ( i.e unfunny ones ) starting banding together in the late 80's and tried to make Bernard a figure head of their campaign to stop racism in comedy, when in fact Bernard's act's/jokes were rarely filled with racist material. He worked Las Vegas & performed for Royalty and had a 6days a week filled nightclub for 40yrs. They would never credit him for his massive contributions to charity & hospices. He was a true performer and a really funny man. His type are sorely missed.
You clearly have never seen him live then- one of the most vilely racist comedians who ever walked.
Just unfunny middle-class University 'comedians' hoping to replace Bernard and other working-class comedians by removing the competition.
This is Bernard Manning's live act from near the end of his career. In earlier years he used to appear quite often on TV without the bad language, though still non-pc, but just as funny if not more so.
He was masterful
Simply the best..
🏆🥇😂🤣🤣👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
I went passed embassy club last week just left redundant with his picture still on the front of building like in mosaic glass .. a real shame !!!
There should be a Statue put up and I will gladly contribute
@@hatfieldmain But wouldn't that become a target for the cheerless brigade?
Yes hopefully giving Bernard another chance to raise a laugh@@teeteringonthebrink.305
Bravo Mr Beard for the love of the 'C' word! I always refer to my best mate of 50 years as Cunty McCuntflap. Its banter in the UK and my favourite word.
Love that lol.
You're right. We call our best friends it as a term of endearment lol
thanks, EB
That c word is one of my favorite also . Thanks for the laughs
Having seen Bernard Manning many times before his death nobody comes close to how brilliant he was.. absolute comedy legend 😊
You were hardly going to see him after his death were you?
@@r4mbo4974jr cheers for that clever ball bag comment 👍
His timing was absolutely superb.
Saw him in Glasgow in his later years. still great, & coulsd sing also , as he did in the show, as i was leaving at the end he was going into him limo outside in the street & everyone applauded him
He was very much "of his time" . his old club The Embassy is just up the road from where i live today, last i heard was being run by his son. - you may want to react to British TV show called "The Comedians" similar 70's style comics rapid fire jokes - again wouldn't be broadcast on TV today - but still funny in a 1970's style!
Another show with Bernard Manning, of the same era was the Wheeltappers and Shunters social club. He and Colin Crompton were the hosts.
A night at the Embassy club was brilliant. In the 80’s you needed a tie to get in. If you didn’t have one his mum would sell you one from under the counter.
Alan, i needed that after the day i've had CHEERS
Here in the uk it's what's known as blue comedy.😂😂
Seen him many times, CLASSIC
The funniest comedian we have ever had 🇬🇧🇬🇧🍺🍺
It was an act you saw in a club, not on tv. Bernard joked about anything and everything. If you didn't like him, you didn't go. His timing and set-up were well practised. He was actually a very nice human being. He was born and raised in poverty, and in the UK it helped to give you a sense of humour. Those who were well-off would never grasp that. God bless Bernard.
Best joke teller of all time. Absolute genius. Unfortunately before my time so never got to see him live. Been told it was a great night at his club.
It was!!!!
Seen him live, fantastic. His comic timing was impeccable. I seen him do a clean set on ITV no swearing or racism. He was good.
He was from northern England so you have done well to get most of it , maybe try his las Vegas gig , really nice guy offstage and a guaranteed good night on stage 👍
Best stand up comic of all time ❤🎉
I’ve just watched more 😂😂 most British comedians don’t ever ‘wait for laughter’… they’re being paid to be funny! They just crack on with doing their job.
Checkout Jimmy Carr, Chubby Brown, hell even Ben Elton (co author of Blackadder) is totally in yer face funny
This man was & still is one of the best at delivering jokes! He could read the audience & he could make anyone cry with laughter as he was a legend at stand up comedy!
A legend. They fought for Free Speech and somehow we lost
I saw Bernard in Fareham, Hampshire early 90’s. He was a superb comedian and everyone was a target for his jokes. Unfortunately back then, and even more so today, he was disliked by many who considered him racist, sexist, homophobic and everything else we hear about today. He was a brilliant comedian, one of the best I’ve ever seen but as we all know, with today’s society, the woke brigade would have a cataclysmic meltdown if he was still with us. When I left his show, my sides and torso hurt for days with how much I laughed. Not many do that for me these days.
Beard, you might like the show "The Comedians" that was a TV series with various stand up comics, including Bernard Manning. All of it was broadcast on TV so it was all clean jokes. It was on in 1971.
Not many comedians telling jokes back then that still works strong today, I've heard some of these gags multiple times and they still get me.
Yes he was a brilliant comedian he wasn't a racist he abused everyone equally
He was a racist tho. Used to end his show with “remember, keep your friends white”
Everyone is racist by today’s insane woke madness. Bernard manning absolute legend.
He used to tell Irish jokes, because he was partly Irish.
@user-ek2ng7qb6c The English laughing and taking the piss out of ourselves has indeed been done. Monty Python did countless sketches mocking the establishment (often using exaggerated posh English accents in the process) and Blackadder, with its wry
look at English history, to name just two.
Also, Irishman and comedian Jimmy Cricket's almost whole comedy routine was based on the myth of the 'Thick Irishman.'
He was a brilliant comedian and i was lucky to see him once but he had two sides to him funny being one and extremely kind being the other.
Best British comedian ever.
We all have our favourites. I only ever saw Bernard Manning on the box and thought he was hilarious. Wished I'd seen him live and unshackled by t.v. restraints. Seeing these clips on youtube shows me what I missed out on.
A true legend of comedy.
In Scotland c-nt can be a compliment. 'he's a sound c-nt'.
Bernhard, an absolute God of stand up, and dont believe the hype, He had a heart of gold
In my opinion bernard was the best comedian who ever came on stage
Bernard Manning was a brilliantly funny man, RIP Bernard.
A little further North came a comedian called Bobby Thompson, I'm not sure if that particular regional humour will translate well ti an American audience but over here especially up North he was a legend. I've watched a few of your videos and your appreciation of British humour is heart-warming.
Had the best comic timing in the business.
Long before stag weekends when it was just one night out, I had my stag night at the embassy club(Bernard`s club in Manchester). Put aside some of the jokes his timing was incredible. An incredible talent.
I don't care what anybody thinks, I rate him tops !!
He did admit he’s racist on his deathbed, only because the fact he and his brother was in the army in wwll and his brother got killed on the first day of the dday landings, then Bernard saw his area where he lives filling up with black Indians and Pakistani people and he thought my brother died for this
Bernard Mannings not controversial just a comedian but the people who label him as..... are the real controversial ones.
I love the way you/Americans' say Bernard. Here, in England, it sounds like Ber-nerd, when we say it. :o) RIP Bernard.
I grew up watching manning. It’s brilliant seeing someone watching him for the first time
"Keep the f-ck-in' egg!" Brilliant!
Simply the best.
If you can't laugh at yourself, you can't laugh at all.
he was also one of the soldiers who guarded Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison in Berlin
Not all good then...
His light hearted jokes are offensive to those who fail to recognise that he doesn’t pick on a few identity groups but all of them. Including Jews and the Irish, which his is own background.
As Billy Connoly once stated,when being asked what was acceptable as humour/joke, "Funny" Is Funny!
You're right there are some good stories in there once you're in the right state of mind. Especially liked the Pavarotti joke.
Brilliant! From a time before the world became so determined to be offended. Folk laughed a lot more back then with and at each other giving back without it being the end of the fkn world!
Bernard, a true Mancunian like me. People accused him of being racist, Bernard wasn’t racist, he just told racist jokes, he told jokes and made fun of every race creed and colour. He raised thousands of pounds over the years for charity. A great comedian, probably wouldn’t be able to perform nowadays, due to the woke left wankers. RIP Bernard.
I went to see him twice. He was hilarious. It was comedy of it's time.
I have great memories of my Grandfather creased up watching him and my father pissed and really rolling on the floor laughing.
Bernard was the best.
Bernard manning was hilarious 😂😂😂 loved your point's on his comedic timing also,, new sub , thanks for the reminder of a truly legendary comedian 🙏🙏
Working men's clubs were a tough crowd. If they didn't like you they weren't slow in telling you. Bernard was a joke telling machine who battered the crowd into submission. His humour doesn't translate into TV very successfully, but the mechanics of Bernard Manning's humour had few equals.
Bernard Manning is bloody awesome 😂
Love watching your reactions. Cracks me up every time. Keep up the good work.
A version of the egg/kick in the bollocks joke is told brilliantly by Buddy Hackett too (it’s a duck on a farmer’s land in his version).
Timing & delivery second to none
He was a genius. So funny. Im irish and we were the butt of so many of his jokes. But thats what they were. Jokes. Brilliant comedian
You did well understanding this. I'm English (and Northern) and struggled understanding half of what he was saying.
Just watched a docu about Les Dawson, same era/popoularity etc. Les said 'if I ever lose my TV career, I wil never go back to working clubs'. You could see the scenes in these clubs! He is a top comedian, yet the audience are just totally oblivious doing their own thing! Imagine just starting out as a comic!
Buddy Hackett did a variation of the “goose egg” joke on the Late Show, and it’s gold. Hilarious, you might be able to find it on YT.
His jokes were from a different time, it was all said in fun with absolutely zero malice. Bernard definitely wasn't a racist. Excellent comedian