When I listen to this it really takes me back, that’s how many of us were in the 70s and many of us spoke like that in London and in and out of jobs after we left school, I’m person of colour we all took the p….out of each other back then, Jim’s a funny guy with brilliant observations.
I drove Jim's Rolls Royce when i was working in a hotel in the west end. He booked into the hotel Strand Palace, in the early hours, and asked me if i couldpark his car. I couldn't believe the mess inside with the ashtray over flowing, and litter all over the place, b ut that didn't other me, it was an honour. This was around late 70s.
You can say what you want but this fella worked his way up and did the hard yards to make it. Many of this country’s comedians today do one season in Edinburgh and suddenly they’re on Channel 4. This humour is real and it’s funny.
Jimʼs a top bloke. Been a pal of mine for well over 30 years now. Terrific stand up comic and an excellent actor too. We've had some cracking good times. A really nice man, very caring, thoughtful and absolutely not stuck up his own balloon knot like so many are nowadays.
A real comedian , unlike the rubbish woke boring unfunny nasty "comics" that are bitter and twisted we have on TV now with zero talent. He has raised thousands for good causes over the years in particular the armed forces. Well done Jim
@@winklton To me 'funny' equals 'wit'. Stewart Lee is Oxford University educated and his humour is on a much higher intellectual level than Davidson. The calibre of people to whom Lee appeals is much higher than those who find Davidson funny. I find Davidson as funny as a diagnosis of metastatic cancer.
@@winklton It's actually 'YOU'RE in love with' . Getting YOUR YOU'RE right isn't rocket science. It's basic English that a child should grasp with ease. I can be 100% sure that the calibre of people who find Davidson amusing will have a much poorer grasp of the English language than the calibre of people who find Lee amusing. The latter are much more likely to be highly intelligent, educated and cultured.
I was in a nightclub in Brighton in the mid 1970s and Jim was the act on the show. He asked me to dance before he did his act, and his driver asked my friend to dance. He was a real gentleman, and we had a good chat whilst smooching around the dance floor.
Always loved Jim Always will never thought he was racist naturally funny btw I am a person of colour loved his impression of Chalkie my favourite 😂😂😂😂❤
I had a curry with a black friend who went to school with Jim. He said he was sure Chalkie was based on him. He said there was not a racist bone in hus body.
I read an interview of his in one of the tabloids in the early Eighties in which he told of the night he was waiting for a taxi home in London, and two black guys walked past him, stopped and turned around, leaving Davidson suddenly feeling as though he was in a great deal of trouble. One of these guys asked him if he were Jim Davidson off the television, and there was a moment in which he wondered if he should run or say "no". He eventually said "yes, it's me", at which point one of the guys put his hand out, which Davidson expected to have a knife in it. However it was merely the guy putting his hand out for a shake, and the big lad said "I'm West Indian, and your impression is hilarious". They supposedly walked away leaving Davidson feeling a bit better about how "Chalky" was received.
Note - Jim mentions the Golders Green Hippodrome and does a subtle Nazi salute immediately after at 12.09. If that was intentional, his timing was incredible.
J.D.here presents the working class as loverable rouges.But over the last 55years the lower working class have moved from a warm kind of roughness to a scary kind of roughness.London life aint the same.It just aint
i remember my first job i was working in a butchers in 1976 and i got something like chicken pox or the measels and could not go to work in case i passed it on but i went out for a couple of drinks with my parents even though i was only 16 at the time and a guy left his keys in his car door as i went by his house late at night so i took it for a spin and crashed it it was a Datsun 180B IT WAS £1800 worth of damage as i went between 2 trees sideways and it flipped over on its top i had a small rip in my shirt like an L and spent about an hour walking home jumping in brambles every time a car went past when the cops came i admitted what i had done and was fined a total of £150 no tax no insurance and no licence 3x50 lol i paid about half of the insurance but the thing that pissed me off the most was the guy i worked for sacked me because i had not been to work even though i had something that other people could catch and it was not because i did a as its called these days a twoc
@@winklton Correct. When he retired, his father went around the country speaking about his son and pointing out the dangers of taking recreational drugs and highlighting a decline in moral standards while promoting his deep belief in Christianity. Heaven knows what his reaction would be now since his parting some twenty years ago. There are uploads available to watch on YT.
I have never been one of his fans, but the lack of respect he has to put up with now is a disgrace, especially from people who were in their nappies when he won New Faces.
It's not at all easy to be a comedian so I give him credit for getting up there, also I like how he involved Charlie Drake on his shows and got him work doing pantomimes, I think Jim has a kind heart and his humor may be seen to be racial, but its just observation of characters, no where near as racial as some comedians I can think of. I can understand his comment about the Rolls Royce, and cudos for him going back to mum.
Lot's of comments about 'wokeness' on here. People saying 'back in the days when you could be funny' etc etc. Russel Kane summed it up perfectly. Back when Jim Davidson was prime time viewing, comics could say racist and homophobic things on family shows. Yet if he had used certain swear words, he would have been booted off air immediately. Nowadays you can say pretty much any word...but not be racist. All that's happened is the goalposts on what you can and can't say have shifted. Frankie Boyle made a whole TV show slagging off the royals. That would never have been broadcast 40 years ago. So before crying 'woke'...have a think about all the jokes you couldn't make years ago compared to now. That's the trouble with 'woke'...people chuck it into conversations without actuall thinking what it means. It would be far easier to just say 'this is new stuff I don't like' instead of sounding the 'woke' trumpet at every opportunity.
Their entire drivel is based on catching a naughty word. They aren't interested in the message. They are the racists and promote it by harping on it constantly!
Miranda god help us so called comedian, she should put videos on of great comics jim davidson ,bernard manning carry on films she might learn something .
@@jamesbeggs9733 Not much of a barometer really though is it. People get entertained at Royal Variety Performances but it doesn’t mean they’re any good. Humour is subjective anyway. Just because I don’t like it, it doesn’t mean that a right-wing comparatively uneducated person in their late 60s nursing a serious brain injury and a lot of bitterness won’t. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. How many crowds are there by the way - I thought there would be just the one?
@@jasonlee1483What does 'woke' mean?.I thought it ment someone who wasn't a racist,sexist,jingo type.But people now seem to be using it as a derogatory term...I don't get it
Why ? because he tells it how it is ? He has done a lot for returning serrvice men and women , and went to the Falklands to entertain the troops as well as helping out cother charities, so that is horrible ??? Sorry so wrong.
Come across this by chance, bloody hilarious.
When i was a kid we saw him in Torquay on stage - always loved Jim Davidson (Chalky White was the best) lol
When I listen to this it really takes me back, that’s how many of us were in the 70s and many of us spoke like that in London and in and out of jobs after we left school, I’m person of colour we all took the p….out of each other back then, Jim’s a funny guy with brilliant observations.
Well said mate. Im a cockney and i dont even understand londoners these days. It aint cockney i know that.
He still fills everywhere he performs!
like hot air in a balloon?
ok boomer.
With racist bile...
@@whynotbekindThe irony of your screen name and that comment...
@@whynotbekind The joke's on you; you missed some incredible times that you'll never understand.
@@ivorsmith3999 Sounds like your problem.
I drove Jim's Rolls Royce when i was working in a hotel in the west end. He booked into the hotel Strand Palace, in the early hours, and asked me if i couldpark his car. I couldn't believe the mess inside with the ashtray over flowing, and litter all over the place, b ut that didn't other me, it was an honour. This was around late 70s.
My condolences to you
You can say what you want but this fella worked his way up and did the hard yards to make it. Many of this country’s comedians today do one season in Edinburgh and suddenly they’re on Channel 4. This humour is real and it’s funny.
Jimʼs a top bloke. Been a pal of mine for well over 30 years now. Terrific stand up comic and an excellent actor too. We've had some cracking good times. A really nice man, very caring, thoughtful and absolutely not stuck up his own balloon knot like so many are nowadays.
A real comedian , unlike the rubbish woke boring unfunny nasty "comics" that are bitter and twisted we have on TV now with zero talent. He has raised thousands for good causes over the years in particular the armed forces. Well done Jim
Jim Davidson funny? Don't make me laugh. Check out Stewart Lee. Now there's a highly intelligent comedian who'd rip Davidson to shreds.
It’s like a breath of fresh air hearing a genuinely funny guy
@@winklton To me 'funny' equals 'wit'. Stewart Lee is Oxford University educated and his humour is on a much higher intellectual level than Davidson. The calibre of people to whom Lee appeals is much higher than those who find Davidson funny. I find Davidson as funny as a diagnosis of metastatic cancer.
@@heiltd1286 ok we get it, your in love with Stewart Lee ( whoever he is )
@@winklton It's actually 'YOU'RE in love with' . Getting YOUR YOU'RE right isn't rocket science. It's basic English that a child should grasp with ease. I can be 100% sure that the calibre of people who find Davidson amusing will have a much poorer grasp of the English language than the calibre of people who find Lee amusing. The latter are much more likely to be highly intelligent, educated and cultured.
Great stuff 👏 😂
Close your eyes and you’d swear you were listening to a young Dennis Waterman.
Both are ginger too.
Coincidence, or yet another cheating woman putting it about?
Only DNA testing will tell!
@@justinspencer4472 🤣
@@justinspencer4472 Ziggy Stardust !!!
He was a South Londoner too
@@justinspencer4472 Then close your eyes again and let you hand slowly move south...
I was in a nightclub in Brighton in the mid 1970s and Jim was the act on the show. He asked me to dance before he did his act, and his driver asked my friend to dance. He was a real gentleman, and we had a good chat whilst smooching around the dance floor.
Always loved Jim Always will never thought he was racist naturally funny btw I am a person of colour loved his impression of Chalkie my favourite 😂😂😂😂❤
I had a curry with a black friend who went to school with Jim. He said he was sure Chalkie was based on him. He said there was not a racist bone in hus body.
He is called George and He gets mentioned. Lovely fella
He always made out he was working for the armed forces for free as well.
He's not a racist have you seen his youtube channel ? 🤣🤣
@@Jahno71 yes I have actually
I read an interview of his in one of the tabloids in the early Eighties in which he told of the night he was waiting for a taxi home in London, and two black guys walked past him, stopped and turned around, leaving Davidson suddenly feeling as though he was in a great deal of trouble. One of these guys asked him if he were Jim Davidson off the television, and there was a moment in which he wondered if he should run or say "no". He eventually said "yes, it's me", at which point one of the guys put his hand out, which Davidson expected to have a knife in it. However it was merely the guy putting his hand out for a shake, and the big lad said "I'm West Indian, and your impression is hilarious". They supposedly walked away leaving Davidson feeling a bit better about how "Chalky" was received.
He’s brilliant
Love him❤❤
Note - Jim mentions the Golders Green Hippodrome and does a subtle Nazi salute immediately after at 12.09. If that was intentional, his timing was incredible.
J.D.here presents the working class as loverable rouges.But over the last 55years the lower working class have moved from a warm kind of roughness to a scary kind of roughness.London life aint the same.It just aint
The people in London are not the same. 95% of the 71,000 state school children in the Borough of Newham for example are not white.
I call them The Underclass.
Jim does more for service veterans than just about anyone
i remember my first job i was working in a butchers in 1976 and i got something like chicken pox or the measels and could not go to work in case i passed it on but i went out for a couple of drinks with my parents even though i was only 16 at the time and a guy left his keys in his car door as i went by his house late at night so i took it for a spin and crashed it it was a Datsun 180B IT WAS £1800 worth of damage as i went between 2 trees sideways and it flipped over on its top i had a small rip in my shirt like an L and spent about an hour walking home jumping in brambles every time a car went past when the cops came i admitted what i had done and was fined a total of £150 no tax no insurance and no licence 3x50 lol i paid about half of the insurance but the thing that pissed me off the most was the guy i worked for sacked me because i had not been to work even though i had something that other people could catch and it was not because i did a as its called these days a twoc
3:42 Chalky as a bus conductor! 🤣🤣
The character was based on a friend of his.
@@annoldham3018 Yes you’re right. I recall him saying that in one of his standup gigs.
Brilliant!
Absolutely amazing!
He's very different to my memory of him and WOW the hair!
Proper comedy
A really good comedian
I heard Michael Parkinson refer to his other guest as David. Would that other guest be David Kossoff by any chance?
Yes I believe it was him, certainly looks like him in a few shots, good spot!
@@watchreadplayretro he was Paul Kossoff father, guitarist in Free
Think it was Boris kàrloff
@@winklton Correct. When he retired, his father went around the country speaking about his son and pointing out the dangers of taking recreational drugs and highlighting a decline in moral standards while promoting his deep belief in Christianity. Heaven knows what his reaction would be now since his parting some twenty years ago. There are uploads available to watch on YT.
@@winklton What a superb guitarist he was.
He looks and sounds like Dennis Waterman here!
I have never been one of his fans, but the lack of respect he has to put up with now is a disgrace, especially from people who were in their nappies when he won New Faces.
It's not at all easy to be a comedian so I give him credit for getting up there, also I like how he involved Charlie Drake on his shows and got him work doing pantomimes, I think Jim has a kind heart and his humor may be seen to be racial, but its just observation of characters, no where near as racial as some comedians I can think of. I can understand his comment about the Rolls Royce, and cudos for him going back to mum.
Still going stong Jim keep up the good work
Went to watch Jim and the Nolan at the golden garter.....what a nightxxx
Legend
Loves the troops and has done many a show for them.
Yep nice bloke as well
Got very well paid for it too.
@@utv5490 He's done shows using his own money in the past.
What on earth are you talking about????@@seanjoseph8637
Probably from the massive wages the military paid him.
This was broadcast on my 16th Birthday 🎂
I was 16 that year too 👍
I was 16 in April of that year. My lord how time fly's by. 👍🏻
back then he looked a little like ziggy stardust !!!
Nice that he doff'd his cap to Dave Allen
Last of the real British comedians.
*back when the police were on the beat on the streets, while now they do the macarena and police your tweets*
Looking at this interview. It's just the same through generations. Hopefully without the WEF we can have personalities ❤❤❤
I bet chalky thinks 'brilliant, he's doing me again'.
Wonderful. God bless him
Yep. R.I.P.
He's from the same mould as Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger & Bowie - Londoners with the gift of the gab. Fascinating to see
Lot's of comments about 'wokeness' on here. People saying 'back in the days when you could be funny' etc etc.
Russel Kane summed it up perfectly. Back when Jim Davidson was prime time viewing, comics could say racist and homophobic things on family shows. Yet if he had used certain swear words, he would have been booted off air immediately. Nowadays you can say pretty much any word...but not be racist.
All that's happened is the goalposts on what you can and can't say have shifted. Frankie Boyle made a whole TV show slagging off the royals. That would never have been broadcast 40 years ago.
So before crying 'woke'...have a think about all the jokes you couldn't make years ago compared to now.
That's the trouble with 'woke'...people chuck it into conversations without actuall thinking what it means. It would be far easier to just say 'this is new stuff I don't like' instead of sounding the 'woke' trumpet at every opportunity.
People who aren`t white are allowed to be racist...they`re the biggest racists of all....And they do it all the time.
Their entire drivel is based on catching a naughty word. They aren't interested in the message. They are the racists and promote it by harping on it constantly!
Five divorces upto 2023
Must be difficult to live with!
He could be or he has a bad choice of women? You know the dolly birds/gold digger type! 😬
Maybe its like a hobby? :)
@@ChunkyMonkey78 😝👍🏻
@@BrianMurfitt check him out on Aquaholics where he's showing his boat and he mentions marrying a barmaid
Think Jim is a my way or the highway type of man needs a new mummy not a wife
Best comedian on the plannet
Although I'm a Londoner and find Jim absolutely brilliant, I do think Freddy Starr's "insanity" pipped the post.
The comments from the lefty permanently offended crowd are highly amusing…..
Nothing wrong with being offended by racism.
Are you grooming your kids as racists Andy?
@@SolinvictiGrow up. 🙄
@@Solinvictiyou should stop being racist then you won't offend people so much
@@utv5490Bore off
Is it just me or does a young Jim look like Bon Jovi lol
I think it's you lol
Yeah 😂
Who’s beardy?
David kosoff. A great actor
.
Sir Jim ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jim Davidson, comedic God .
Genuinely funny guy.
A Comedic Geniuse 💙
Talentless
@@wrightyafc talking about yourself then
He isttill around, refuses to go away, not a boring wokey leftie says what it as it is a ♠️ a ♠️. 👍
@@markkaminski4496What's a
" Wooky leftie" Chewbacca reading Marx.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Could be, know I meant WOKEY
Good old days when when you could be funny
Beautiful..😂
No he never
Miranda god help us so called comedian, she should put videos on of great comics jim davidson ,bernard manning carry on films she might learn something .
😂
Woeful ! Feel for the other guest, having to grin and bear him.
Lucky barstool getting a free show from one of our best comedians.
What's funny is that some people think think he's funny.
That's cos he was, ha ha, get over it.
...and what is sad are the people who don't.
Humour is subjective
@@stevenbaxter9099 I thought it was objective; so many people object.
An Endangered Accent..Sadly working class Londoners sound more like Ali G now..""innit fam/bro/bruv/homie" etc etc etc ad nauseam.
I can't bring myself to push the "Like" button but I agree with you.
Back when he was a lesbian..
Old nick nick before he became embittered and radicalised.
Ha! Before you did Pal
@@jamesandolini1087 Don't you call him dogfood, Chum
@@BaddaBigBoom But he was disrespectful of Jim's Pedigree!
@@jamesandolini1087 Hahaha :-)
This was when JD was a good comedian. These days he's just a very sad old man.
He’s changed as he’s got older and not in a good way
As horrible then as he is now.
Cry harder.
... and it sounds like you never stopped being boring!
even back then he wasn't funny
Is the correct answer.
Is that how the crowds laughing
@@jamesbeggs9733 Not much of a barometer really though is it. People get entertained at Royal Variety Performances but it doesn’t mean they’re any good. Humour is subjective anyway. Just because I don’t like it, it doesn’t mean that a right-wing comparatively uneducated person in their late 60s nursing a serious brain injury and a lot of bitterness won’t. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. How many crowds are there by the way - I thought there would be just the one?
@@jamesbeggs9733 the selected tv crowds of that time, had signs telling them to laugh
Ha ha now that is funny 😆
Funny as a heart attack
That is not funny.
Watching you having one maybe 😆
About as funny as a burning orphanage !!!!!
Bit harsh to be honest!
One could possibly presume that you are a PC woke person 🤔
@@jasonlee1483 I'm not woke he's simply not funny !!!
@@jasonlee1483What does 'woke' mean?.I thought it ment someone who wasn't a racist,sexist,jingo type.But people now seem to be using it as a derogatory term...I don't get it
@@randybackgammon890 I guess to me it means folk that take political correctness too far 🤔
Good old racist
Not insulting race, celebrating.
Just impersonating somebody with a different accent, it’s natural
Racists do seem to be the funniest storytellers. I would be a dull world without 'em.
@@QuoPaperPlane don’t worry the world is full of them of all colours
He caricatures his own mum, himself, and his own peers too. Does that mean he's anti-white?
Horrible bloke
Why ? because he tells it how it is ? He has done a lot for returning serrvice men and women , and went to the Falklands to entertain the troops as well as helping out cother charities, so that is horrible ??? Sorry so wrong.
Now, now, don't be so hard on yourself! 😂
@@markkaminski4496 "Why ? because he tells it how it is" ...like the good old Daily Mail and Katy Hopkins?
What do those have to do with it ? He does say How it Is, will not hear the truth from the Labour Goverment thats for shall.
@@BaddaBigBoom Definitely not like The Guardian and Owen Jones.