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- Is the character of Norman Gunston, played by Garry McDonald one of the funniest interviewers of all time? Here he is interviewing Sally Struthers!
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John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated his working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube. thats where the Logie's name comes from.
The Logie was named after John Logie Baird, the inventor of the television.
Norman Gunston's Gold Logie acceptance speech, 1976 ruclips.net/video/sbvWhCHa_IU/видео.html
a logie is like what the UK is to the bafta
The Logie is named after John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor and one of the various inventors that lead towards the invention of television.
Sally at the time of the clip was in the TV show "All in the Family" The married daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker she was married to Michael (Rob Reiner) and the four of them lived in the same NY home, it was based on the British "Till death do us part". The bag was a complimentary bag Qantas would give to overseas passengers back in the 70's.
Did not know that. Kind of makes me happy to be Australian 🙂
Thanks for the background information.
Have gou seen, Mother and Son, it is fabulous, same actor.
@@SuperBOOKNUT Yes Maggie, Arthur and sleazy Robert. I've re-watched a few episodes recently on STAN.
@@SuperBOOKNUT I say Arthur.....Yes, with the wonderful Ruth Cracknell.
Australia did Borat before Borat was born. lol
Not quite true, as Sacha Baron Cohen was born in 1971. The Norman Gunston character if I recall correctly debuted in 1974.
That's true
Norman Gunston never made humour out of belittling people.
@@stupendous1068Borat wasn’t born in 1971, just as Gunston wasn’t born in 1948.
@@thewonkyembouchure Their actors were both born in those years though.
He interviewed Frank Zappa who got his humour immediately and they even jammed together. Zappa when he toured Sydney invited Norman on stage and he played harmonica on stage with Frank Norman is the original all others were copies. He was shown in the UK His greatest interview happened by sheer accident when he got to interview the PM of Australia the very moment he as sacked live. That is worth checking out Also check out his two hit records one Salute To ABBA and Kiss Army
I remember, I think the one and only time the Norman Gunston Show was shown on British TV. It was straight after the "It's not the 9 o'clock news. And because the Its not the 9 o'clock news, often finished then had a sketch and then finished, it at first appeared to be part of the not the 9 o'clock news.
I’m young and even I know this guy. Parents loved him. He was also in a sitcom about an adult man living with his mother with Alzheimer’s called Mother and Son in the 80’s.
He has also done the more serious side of tv, playing Arthur in Mother and Son with Ruth Cracknell. The adult son who is looking after his mother with dementia.
He was also in the Aunty Jack Show he played the part of Kid Eger. I think the character of Norman Gunston was also coming from the Aunty Jack show as well was supposed to be a talk back radio presenter.
Mother and Son is still very much a sitcom though. It had heart but it’s primarily a comedy
@@jimspink2922 Thats HOW we got him onto this, Via the Aunty Jack Show Review
Mother and son was brilliant.
Not many sit coms can make you really cry as well.
Norman Gunston such a pioneer of comedic interviewing. Hard to believe that he put himself out there and took the piss out of people like Ray Charles, Muhammad Ali, Paul McCartney ( Linda didnt know what to think) and Mick Jagger, while the actor that played him suffered from depression and anxiety. Watch his interview with Frank Zappa, that's a classic
His name is Garry McDonald and he plays a mean harmonica! The Zappa interview was classic. Zappa was one of the few celebs who realized what was going on and went for it. Zappa invited him to play with his band on stage at a concert in Sydney that I saw. He came on stage in character as Gunston with all the bumbling and so on but when he started to play - whoa!
He is well and truly over the anxiety and depression now but yes, back then he was in an emotional mess.
@@AbiNomac He does a fair bit of money raising for Beyond Blue I think. Anyway, hope he's still havin a larf.
@@blast3613 - indeed.
He was a funny guy as Norman Gunston
One of the most underrated comedians of all time.
The Logies are real. They are the main Aussie TV awards. Personally, I don't think it sounds any weirder than Oscars or BAFTAs. Norman Gunston was iconic. Have a look at the stuff he did at the time of the dismissal (links in my comment to your last video).
Named after the inventor of colour TV, John Logie Baird.
Oscars sounds normal being a name. BAFTA’s sounds like what it is, an acronym. Logies sounds like something you cough up.
Logie is a name; it is named for John Logie Baird, who invented a form of television.
@@michaelfink64 yes, we all can read. And if Australian, you probably know where it’s come from. You come across upset that people think it sounds funny? How dare somebody suggest coughing up a COVID Logie, lol. Or are you offended for all the Logies you know?
@@m2ad18 I remember Dame Edna commenting once that it sounded like something found in a Chinese hanky.
Mother and Son what a show !!
Him and Ruth Cracknell
Yeah, cannot recall when Mother and Son was on, but a number of years in maybe mid to late 80's. Maybe even into early 90's. The interesting thing is he really plays a straight character to his nutty old Mum, rather than be the source of the nutty character he played as Norman Gunston. Very much like a British comedy from those times. Worth a binge watch for Rob.
Norman Gunston was present at 'The Dismissal' when the Aussie PM was sacked by the Governer General. Amazing to see him standing there with the PM (Gough), a future PM (Bob), and others, almost central to the whole thing. Can you imagine someone having this level of access today?
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Norman was and still is the funniest person in Australia a show called Mother and Son was a classic comic show a must see, cheers Mate.
There's heaps of mother and son episodes on RUclips. Been binge watching it. Such a great but underrated series.
Often funny but the undertone was one of frustration and quite a sad storyline. Still, a must watch.
@@charleskiwi1642 my father couldn't watch it as it hit too close to home!
you have to check out "Mother and Son" - this pairing with Ruth Cracknell is Comedy GOLD sharp sometimes bittersweet (it is a show about dealing with an ageing parent and onset dementia - but the love is huge) but this will have you crying with laughter - so so good
I highly recommend his Frank Zappa interview!!
Frank was amazed with his talent on the harmonica so much so that "Norman" played with the band and is on the album "FZ:Oz" , uncredited though.
Oh my goodness, as the tears roll down my face I remember how much I loved watching Norman Gunston. What a brilliant man.
Back in the day, if anyone in Australia bought an airline ticket they would get a branded bag like that from the airline. This interview was done by Norman on a trip to America. He carries it as an expression of the naivety and innocence of an Australian abroad.
Yes, the interviews are just as much, if not more, about Norman than the talent. Paul and Linda McCartney worked him out and played along very graciously. Keith Moon not so much.
You have to keep in mind, Garry McDonald was an actor, not a comedian. His interviews are actually mostly scripted not spontaneous.
exactly put!
I remember flying from Brisbane to Port Moresby PNG in the early 70's and getting a TAA bag . Norman did a series where he traveled around Australia and I was fishing at the Darwin Wharf beside the Navy Patrol Boats when Norman and the film crew borrowed my fishing rod and went on Patrol Boat and pretended to fish out the back of it. He went to Ayers Rock and caused chaos, because he was filling the cracks in Ayres Rock with Spackle. The Aborigines were not impressed.
@@gjmob Up up and away with........
He used to script them with Bill Harding, a veteran comedy writer, with multiple options available depending on how the interviewee responded. When he reprised the character 20 years later, he ended up suffering a nervous break down, due in part to the fact that he had lost faith in the writing without Harding.
Garry McDonald is an excellent character and stage actor. He suffered from episodes of mental health issues through the years.
You'll enjoy the interview with KISS. Gary McDonald was also in a tv comedy with Ruth Cracknell called Mother & Son. The Funeral is a good episode of Mother & Son to watch.
That’s a classic episode 💜
Mother and Son was a masterpiece. Cracknell & McDonald were perfectly suited to the roles. Such ground breaking social commentary delivered with both compassion and insight. Just marvellous.
Yes! The bag of oranges!
I went to the recordings of Mother and Son at the ABC at Gore Hill in Sydney. They were both fantastic on and off screen.
@@ForTheBirbs Ruth Cracknell was said to have a powerful presence on stage presence by those I knew who had seen stage plays she was performing.
It’s not that obvious in this clip - but his trademark was the little bits of toilet paper he’d put on his face to blot up shaving nicks. That’s why she was asking if he needed a bandaid.
After i filmed it and editted it i then noticed the tissue on his face! :D
The Little Aussie Bleeder...Ha! Ha! Ha!
A treasure was our Norman.
Celebrities usually had their defences up for interviews. Gunston broke them down by being so gormless, and we got to see some of the reality, warts and all. Struthers came out of it really well.
I Romberg Norman interviewing Charlton Heston. No sense of humour
Norman Gunston was known as "THE LITTLE AUSSIE BLEEDER"
Just watched his Paul McCartney interview, liked his Ray Charles interview also. Logie is named after John Logie Baird the inventor of television.
You can’t tell me Sasha Baron Cohen didn’t get some inspiration from Norman :-) Ali G, Borat …
Was thinking same thing as watched this. Wonder how many celebrities interviewed actually thought he was a real character.
@@shaundgb7367 I would guess all… this in excess of 30 years ago too
@@padgaprao2617 Before my time. Whatever year this interview was on tv, I never saw it as just a child but like many seen Norman Gunston character on video. Sasha could easily have come across the character and got an idea for it. Such a fun idea but hard to pull off I imagine. Gunston and him did it well. Like Gunston I not actually seen much of Borat but remember seeing a few interviews of him to American and amusing how most of them seem to think he was a real character.
Married to an Australian…..
@@pennychurchward1481 from “ Home and Away” haha
Gunston eventually got his Gold Logie. Absolute legend! This is one of those clips I always return to when I'm feeling in the need of a good pick-up.
Logies do sound terrible, but John Logie Baird claimed to invent the first television.
Those flight bags were synonymous with travel back in the 70s (Aussies loved 'em).
Garry McDonald (The guy who played Norman) is smart as a whip, and usually did a lot of research before interviews. Sadly, the stress of bringing back Australia's little bleeder for another TV show led to a breakdown. One of the best.
You need to go down the Norman Gunston rabbit hole.
Norman Gunston once interviewed then ex Prime Minister John Gorton on his variety show. After offering him a pineapple doughnut and directing him to the Night and Day, he then asked some typical gormless Norman questions including whether he and his wife got their bond back when they vacated the Prime Ministerial residence!
The bag you see Norman holding was one of the cheap vinyl promotional bags that airlines handed out to passengers in the 60's and 70's - mainly to children.
If you took one to school then the other kids thought you were dead posh because they assumed that you'd been on a plane somewhere.
You just had to be careful that the envious class bully didn't slash yours with a stanley knife.
We have Logies which are our version of an Oscar...it is real and from John Logie Baird the inventor of TV, and this clip is around 45 years old by the way. Norman was popular around that time up until the late1980s.
A Logie is an award in Australia for television and is named for Graham Logie Baird the Scottish man who invented television.
The Bag is a Qantas airline bag...in the 70's Australians were so proud of their airline that the bags had a sort cultural status value...but here Gunston is mocking that through the kind of naive simpleton that is his character .....a master of this
The laughter in the background were Sally Struthers' minders and the crew.
Norman Guston, what a legend, you should watch him singing Kiss Army. Very funny
Garry McDonald classic Aussie legend!
"You might want to use an electric razor"......"I do..."
I didnt notice till after filming he had tissue on his chin!!
So some 40 years on some people are learning of the comic genius of Garry and realising what a talent he has been.
Not forgetting he was one of the legendary Aunty Jack team that had us laughing our guts out over two series on ABCTV.
Aunty (Grahame Bond) and the brilliant Thin Arthur (Rory O'Donohue RIP) made for some excellent comedy with Garry joining for the second year. He went on to create Norman soon after.
John LOGIE BAIRD Was the inventor of television - the Australian LOGIE awards are named after Baird!!!
Now it makes sense! Still sounds like a joke award though
@@RobReacts1 it is a bit of a joke really.
The Tom Gleeson campaign and acceptance speech shows just how much it is.
@@andrewstewart01 Denyer for gold!
The Logie Awards. Yes...I feel you are over thinking our sense of humour or not getting it or taking it too seriously..lol.. To me, Norman is such an endearing character and so funny and impossibly innocent..hahaha That's not bitterness, it's called comedy..You are not laughing and I am crying with laughter...
When i say bitterness, i dont mean real bitterness, i mean the CHARACTER is bitter and that adds to the humour...
The Hugh Heffner interview is gold, the ‘Scotch drawback’ will kill you! Frank Zappa was good, they were on the same wavelength and Norman/ Gary McDonald plays music with him, he’s a fabulous blues harp player!!!
We have a Logie and the golden Logie and a ARIA award for music the most dangerous award of all.
The Logie is named after John Logie Baird...the Scottish inventor of television
The brilliance was that the celebrities he interviewed thought he was real.
And the next year Norman won the Gold Logie :
ruclips.net/video/sbvWhCHa_IU/видео.html
Glad you've discovered Norman ! I've known about him for a long time. There are complete shows on here from his ABC series in the 70's he was way ahead of his time. The Paul McCartney interview is hilarious but this one and his Karen Black 'interview' are the best imo...
He did a series called mother and son, he lived with his dotty mother.
Qantas airways bag
Lovely Sally is a great sport and makes this mock interview a success. It seems that many confused her for Jacki Weaver when Jacki guest starred in Yellowstone.
Heres one of him interviewing guests at the Logies ruclips.net/video/Re1WTruTMuo/видео.html. He did a whole lot of interviews with Hollywood actors, Zar Zar Gabor. He also had a 30 min TV show. Google Norman Gunston Interviews.
You have to see Uncle Arthur.
Have a look at him at the dismissal of the PM Gough Whitlam
People didn''t watch Norman to see celebrities. They watched to see Norman _with_ celebrities, and how they reacted to him. He was in the same vein as Partridge or Ali G.
Also add Dame Edna
Should do the one where Norman Gunstan interviews Kiss and was at the steps of Parliament House in Canberra the day when Gough Whitlam got the boot back in 1975.
Yep he was there at The Dismisal: ruclips.net/video/A4jfR2u_9Kk/видео.html
Only in Australia could that happen.
Logie are Australian TV awards named after John Logie Baird, Scottish TV inventor.
Watch his interview with Frank Zappa. Zappa was so impressed McDonald (Norman Gunston) played in his band for the Australian Tour.
You dont get that sort of reaction unless you really have great skills. I saw a very brief doco where NG said Rudolf Nureyev (who he was interviewing) was so rude, he turned away rom the camera in what was a tiny dressing room….So NG quickly ad lib’d and filmed the mirror reflection. Garry McDonald (NG) knew his craft better than most.
It's a combover gone wrong, comedy genius was Norman Gunston, he was unique, loved his show every week, you didn't know what to expect next. You should watch the clip of him on the steps of Federal parliament when Gough Whitlam got sacked (Knifed by Malcolm Fraser) so funny.........
Gunston sported the combover long before Donald Trump made it fashionable.
The reason she is cracking up at the end is that she has seen the bits of toilet paper on his face from Him shaving. She sort of says that if he cuts himself all the time he should use and electric razor and he replies that he does.
I didnt notice that till after i filmed! The picture quality wasnt the best for obvious reasons
It's a shame we don't have comedy like this these days! Garry McDonald is such a comic genius 😁
You have to check out Mother & Son now!
Gunston also did an awesome cover of AC/DC’s “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll” that sings to the heart of all Aussies called “It’s a long way to the shop if you want a Chicko Roll”, you would of course have to be familiar with the Akka Dakka one first to get the joke
Norman's humour is all built around his characters naivety. He is not bitter. Norman is unworldly. His brilliance was that he listens, takes the cues presented by his guests and turns them into a piece of gold. 'You should use an electric razor." Her response was triggered by the beautifully measured pause, and concerned confusion "I do.". Cue Sally's spontaneous, incredulous, laughter. She gave him the opening. He responded with the comedians main tool, an unexpected destination for the thought. It's like Eric & Ernie, Lewis and Martin, Brooks and Reiner (Carl Reiner's son Rob was Sally's husband in All in the Family). Norman's brilliant distinction is creating the space for the interview guest, to replace Ernie et al, to be the straight man.
We definitely DO have the Logies! Norman Gunston was a ground breaking pioneer character for Garry McDonald. Totally hilarious... totally cringe worthy! You def need to watch more!
I remember Norman on Sunset Bulivard in Hollywood dressed in a Ku Klux Klan gown asking Black people where the KKK meeting was.
Norman interviewed Lee Marvin during this series as well , talking to Lee outside a courtroom in California during his famous law suit , & Lee never suffered fools gladly gave Norman a quick but friendly interview , he already knew him from the ‘Logies’. so was guide chummy as he liked Aussies & used to come to Cairns Queensland fishing every year in the 1970’s .
Like everyone says , Norman was ahead of his time.
Norman on Hey Hey It's Saturday with another comedy genius 'Effie'.
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We have a T.V. awards show called The Logies, it was named this after the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird who invented the first system of television in 1926.............
His KI$$ interview is pretty funny, and Axl Rose too
Normans interviews were so good because it was a time before managers vetted the show and interviewer,so they had no clue as to who and wtf is going on. Watch him interview Mohammed Ali,its a classic,but please watch mother and son. Fabulous show.
Thanks Rob.
He interviewed Lee Marvin, that one is very good, Marvin wanted to kill him. His interview of Kiss is also worth watching.
Garry McDonald's best TV Show would have to be Mother & Son IMO. The plot of the show addresses the problems of ageing and caring for somebody with increasing memory loss, with an often sharp-edged humour which carried with it a tinge of sadness. A triumph for both Garry McDonald and Ruth Cracknell.
Still memorable after all these years. This is comedic timing in spades
Paul Hogan show is a good laugh, it's his early days. Sadly his sidekick strop died yesterday, he was also famous for world cup cricket in its beginnings.
You should watch the footage from him outside the Australian parliament when Gough Whitlam was sacked. That was truly historic as well as funny.
" he used to break wind in the manger, he was terrible, the critics panned him" Garry mcdonald on of australias all time great actors. Also a good musician.
Never forget the time he was at the front of Parliament House with Gough Whitlam witnessing history in regards to the Governor General dismissing both Houses of Parliament.
The Logie is named in honour of the Scottish John Logie Baird who invented the Television… it’s the Australian TV awards.
Love Gary McDonald...excellent comedien and actor...can play comedy, comedy drama, and pathos as well
Norman Gunstan was a great TV star who went on to win a LOGIE which is Australia's awnser to the BAFTAS.
Norman is an Aussie icon and is renowned for taking the piss out of interviewing celebrities ,some of which were gullible enough to believe he was authentic
Garry MacDonald is an Australian acting legend. Search for his advice on mental health and panic attacks.
I met him on a train.
I was the only person who knew who he was in real life.
Funny guy,I made him laugh aswell.
Norman Gunston was a spin off Aunty Jack. As far as I know the 'victims' are an unaware that is a comedy interview, look up the Rod Stewart one that is almost as good. The Sally Struthers interview was definitely the highlight. The Logie is Australian Television's is run by a magazine the TV Week and is popularity contest voted by the public. The name Logie come from the Scottish inventor of Television John Baird Logie google him.
Garry McDonald = Comic Genius !!
Garry MacDonald, the creator of Norman Gunston is an absolutely brilliant comedian.
Norman Gunston aka Gary McDonald is an Australian comedy icon, sadly he had a bit of trouble with mental health issues but still made lots of good comedy.
Definitely a very funny man.
Norman was the best....... My favorite was his interview with Muhammad Ali.....
lougie name after scotsman Logie Baird who invented tv
I can see this leading on to you reacting to a Logie awards highlights video next...
He is like an Australian Mr Bean sort off????? The way he looks is his persona. By the way I'm Australian. Logies are a real award in Australia it’s for work on a TV shows and are voted by viewers to reward the best actor’s by viewer’s my uncle won a silver one for his work on a show call” country practise. The bag he’s holding was the type of bag the Airlines would give you in the 70’s and 80’s for carry on as a gift.
Sorry I updated my message and lost your tag. Cheers
You can in Australia. My favourite all time interview.
Glad I helped suggesting this and of course you liked his work.
At 7:00 is the reference to the show she is from. The daughter in All in the Family.
A US, perhaps licenced, version of Till Death Us Do Part.
Was looked at as pioneering in the US back then.
A clip from the show
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Send me a link! Preferably in discord suggesttions channel :)
@@RobReacts1 I shouldn’t have brought it up. In all seriousness, I don’t think you should go there…. The world is a lot different now.
Mother and Son was another very funny “sit com” that he did. It is hilarious, you should give it a look. Please….
The Brits and the Aussies have a great relation to each others comedy
Hi Rob.
Another great Aussie legend is Barry Humphries.
With his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
Especially Sir Les Patterson.
What a character. 👍
The bag is a classic old school carry on cabin bag from Qantas airlines!
I always think of it as an air hostess bag.
She said she never got over this interview, In a good way.
Gary aka Norman in real life is a very very shy person and suffers with anxiety and depression believe it or not but very true.
🤓🇦🇺
ah such a shame! A common problem with comedians!
Gary McDonald was the original genius to take his character live .
Check out his Australian Governor General questions.
He does a great interview with Cheech and Chong.
Great to see you reacting to Norman he's a Aussie legend
The little Aussie bleeder ❤
The bag looks to be a Qantas bag. I think they were given to people who purchased tickets on Qantas flights.
He does a good brief interview with Jack Lemmon that has even Jack saying "You're too much"
Norman Gunston national treasure little Aussie bleeder I'm laughing with tears now I need to rewatch every thing from Aunty Jack forward