Mario Fabrizi as the previous Uncle Bunny. One former collaborator Hancock never discarded: MF is also the expresso bar owner in 'The Rebel' and the beach photographer in 'The Punch and Judy Man', promising 'memories to cherish'. Alas, he had melancholia in common with his patron. Both killed themselves.
Proof - if it were needed that Tony could work and did work with other writers - this show is as good as and better than many of the BBC series - the series needs to be assessed - from the first scene with the dress to the final shot - this is one of the great Hancocks and deserves to be remembered as such
Story by Ray Whyberd, better known as Ray Alan, the vent behind 'Lord Charles'. Script by Terry Nation, progenitor of Dr Who's Daleks. Does not match up to Galton and Simpson, though. Hancock wanted to become less parochial in appeal, as he saw it. So less of the 'stone me' and 'punch up the bracket' East Cheam lingo and more Chaplinesque visual laughs. He is almost wordless for the first six minutes. OTOH his ambition to become an international name could have been a rationalization of his difficulty in remembering his lines after his car accident; you can see his eyes flickering round the set for the 'idiot board' cue cards posted discreetly there.
The dummy scene at the beginning of the episode is funny as hell, and you can tell the audience agrees. Outside of Steptoe and Son G & S were hardly knockingit outof the park themselves. There are two sides to every story and forme this series is proof positive that Hancock was just as good without Galton and Simpson.
Adrienne Poster, later 'Posta', as 'Little Girl'. Soon to become a cheeky cockney 'dolly bird' in such films as 'To Sir, With Love' and 'Up the Junction', but she could not sustain her career when the Swinging Sixties passed. Una Stubbs fared better.
I agree the Radio episodes of HHH are the absolute best but the Television version was also pretty great - this ATV series was nowhere near the level of his BBC stuff
It's good, but in my opinion doesn't match G & S 's scripts. After the accident he wasn't the same, eyes looking around for the idiot boards was never a good look 😢
So much talent, but ultimately so self destructive Quality of the writing is far below G&S scripts Sad to see his eyes, following the idiot boards, for his lines
@@MarkHarrison733 No. He started using idiot. boards during the making of The Blood Donor. But only according to interviews with everyone who was around at the time. Galton and Simpson. Duncan Wood. June Whitfield etc. but if you know different.😂😂
As talented as Hancock was the scripts by Galton and Simpson were perfect for him. This ITV series floundered up against Steptoe and Son on the BBC. This script is very average.
Featuring two 'Number Twos' from 'The Prisoner', Kenneth Griffith and Patric Cargill.
sadly the script is also #2
Mario Fabrizi as the previous Uncle Bunny. One former collaborator Hancock never discarded: MF is also the expresso bar owner in 'The Rebel' and the beach photographer in 'The Punch and Judy Man', promising 'memories to cherish'. Alas, he had melancholia in common with his patron. Both killed themselves.
Proof - if it were needed that Tony could work and did work with other writers - this show is as good as and better than many of the BBC series - the series needs to be assessed - from the first scene with the dress to the final shot - this is one of the great Hancocks and deserves to be remembered as such
Anthony Frew
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This isn't By Galton and Simpson. This is from Hancock 's ITV series.
And it isn't 'Hancock's Half Hour' either.
yes - as I understand it there were a number of writers attached to this series
And it shows. Woeful script.
We can tell - G & S scripts’ were hilarious, this is pedestrian in comparison
@@regwatson2017 Terry Nation, Inventer of Dr Who
Tony always good but sorry missing the brilliance of Galton & Simpson. Still, great 2 c. Thank u
It is indeed a very funny show
Plenty of sound from where I am viz, Hastings, New Zealand.
I can't hear it here in Hastings, East Sussex.
Absolutely silent in Winnipeg, Canada. The clip that is, not myself.
It was silent on my phone until I plugged headphones in then I got sound
Story by Ray Whyberd, better known as Ray Alan, the vent behind 'Lord Charles'. Script by Terry Nation, progenitor of Dr Who's Daleks. Does not match up to Galton and Simpson, though.
Hancock wanted to become less parochial in appeal, as he saw it. So less of the 'stone me' and 'punch up the bracket' East Cheam lingo and more Chaplinesque visual laughs. He is almost wordless for the first six minutes. OTOH his ambition to become an international name could have been a rationalization of his difficulty in remembering his lines after his car accident; you can see his eyes flickering round the set for the 'idiot board' cue cards posted discreetly there.
The dummy scene at the beginning of the episode is funny as hell, and you can tell the audience agrees. Outside of Steptoe and Son G & S were hardly knockingit outof the park themselves. There are two sides to every story and forme this series is proof positive that Hancock was just as good without Galton and Simpson.
No sound.
Adrienne Poster, later 'Posta', as 'Little Girl'. Soon to become a cheeky cockney 'dolly bird' in such films as 'To Sir, With Love' and 'Up the Junction', but she could not sustain her career when the Swinging Sixties passed. Una Stubbs fared better.
I just had to turn volume to max, was ok
Me too
I think Mr Hancock was absolutely brilliant, but on the radio, not sure his skills transferred to television or the big screen:
I agree the Radio episodes of HHH are the absolute best but the Television version was also pretty great - this ATV series was nowhere near the level of his BBC stuff
It's not really a sitcom script this one. It's a handful of slapstick routines cobbled together.
Don't hear anything. I turned all the way up
I have no sound
and now there are more Muslims than welsh in these isles. How times have changed
Back to the jungle
no there isn't. According to the latest 2021 United Kingdom census, 3,801,186 Muslims live in England, or 6.7% of the population.
@@mikedown1250 I really believe that.
It's Churchill's legacy.
No sound....
Like all his work after he moronically dumped Ray and Alan, this is as funny as a mysterious dark spot on a routine chest X-ray.
There was sound on the down load
This is not Hancock's Half Hour.
No audio?
It's good, but in my opinion doesn't match G & S 's scripts. After the accident he wasn't the same, eyes looking around for the idiot boards was never a good look 😢
No sound😮
No sound
So much talent, but ultimately so self destructive
Quality of the writing is far below G&S scripts
Sad to see his eyes, following the idiot boards, for his lines
Terry Nation was not a natural comedy writer. Better at action-adventure hokum.
Where's the sound
There is sound
Try using earphones. That worked for my device.
Young wendy craig ♥
This one is better than some of the BBC ones ...
Not in the slightest.
No it isn't.
@@tinahardman9805 Yes it is (this is fun!)
Hancock in decline, sorry Hancock fans
He always looked at boards
He didnt always look at the boards. He only did that after he had his car accident.
@@stewartkee6115 He was doing it before the car crash.
@@MarkHarrison733 No. He started using idiot. boards during the making of The Blood Donor. But only according to interviews with everyone who was around at the time. Galton and Simpson. Duncan Wood. June Whitfield etc. but if you know different.😂😂
@@scottandrewbrass1931 See "Football Pools".
No sound. 👎
No sound shame
Turn it up...
There is sound
@@theartisthawkins no sound for sure 😕😐
It’s because of the programme’s age. It was made during the ‘50s
@Drive.
1963.
waste of time posting
This was great. He was just as good without Galton and Simpson.
What absolute shit. This script is all over the place.
@@scottandrewbrass1931 you talk absolute shit. But thanks for the reply. Now I'll watch it again.
As talented as Hancock was the scripts by Galton and Simpson were perfect for him. This ITV series floundered up against Steptoe and Son on the BBC. This script is very average.
No sound
No sound.
Try using earphones. That did the trick for me.