The Mike Harding Show - Live From Buxton Opera House 1982

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @densalbeach1
    @densalbeach1 4 года назад +11

    Saw him live in Liverpool years ago and been a fan ever since, incredibly talented man genuinely funny and a great musician. Mike Harding and Billy Connolly still out class any comedians around today.

  • @jimbeckwith5949
    @jimbeckwith5949 2 года назад

    Always loved Mike Harding when I was a kid, highlight of the week when he was on telly on Thursday (I think) night. Got on a train a few years back from Manchester to Blackpool for the Airshow with my then 9 year old lad, and Mr. H. got on at Deansgate, with his guitar strapped to his back, on his way to gig somewhere i guess. Don't think anyone else recognised him, but we traded smiles.

  • @junebarber8459
    @junebarber8459 Год назад

    I used to work in the Old Wellington (the welly) in the centre of Manchester in the 80s and remember he came in one day and we were delighted to see him and we had a right laugh with him. Always thought he was a great comedian when he was on telly. His best joke ever was when he talked about his mittens on string going through each sleeve and his mam crossed his scarf at the front and ties it at his back and he couldn’t wipe his nose and when it was freezing he was covered in frozen snot on the way home from school. He used to have me crying laughing. The Rochdale Cowboy indeed. He’s up there with Connolly and Kay …

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 4 года назад +5

    My hero when i first joined the forces! Wish he was still on. He used to do a song called ‘ My Brother Sylvest’ me and my best mayebused to record his shows on a simple cassette recorder with the mic taped against the TV so we could listen to it later! Happy days no mobiles, no PC’s just phone boxes FAN BLOODY TASTIC can we have those days back please? 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
    Thanks for these happy memories just sat and watched it right through nearly 3 hours BRILLIANT! 😂😂😂

    • @Floydrush-zx9wz
      @Floydrush-zx9wz 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/QazSl2-hLuM/видео.html
      My friend and brother-in-law, love to get us all singing
      this, (after a few bevies ) he passed away last year,
      a sound bloke, it STILL gets me laughing

    • @roberthardy2013
      @roberthardy2013 3 года назад

      More than 40 hairs on his chest- big chest - priceless!

  • @anthonytindle5758
    @anthonytindle5758 4 года назад +1

    I watched Mike harding on a b/w TV back in the days we only had 3 stations and no net or all night TV. And he did one song called me and my grandads mates well I remembered the tune and chorus so the next day when I went to get papers for my dad I told my grandad about this comedian on telly last night and sang it for my nannan and grandad which made them laugh to a point my grandad had tears in his eyes I've never forgot the song 40 years later then when I became17-18my grandad was the one who said come on go home get changed tha coming for a pint or two with me, so that's what I did my mam winjex about it but I said he don't drink much and I want be long so I taught well he drank drank it quicker that it could be poured but I kept up with him that night because me and my grandads mates

  • @neilmurrell281
    @neilmurrell281 3 года назад +1

    Forgotten how much I liked Mike Harding.

  • @mikethorne8593
    @mikethorne8593 Год назад

    i'm 56 now but still remember these routines word for word as i used to record them on cassette and listen to them repeatedly.
    its a shame that the weekly shows he did are hard to find.i'd really like to hear the first version of 'The band played Waltzing Mathilda'.
    The innocence of some of the themes and songs had me in tears all these years later.
    What a great comedian and songwriter but also an underrated musician.
    I'd love to get more of his material and also that of a Richard Digance series 'Digance at work' if anyone can help.Thanks

    • @seasmacfarlane6418
      @seasmacfarlane6418 Год назад

      "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is a song by Scottish composer and musician Eric Bogle. He wrote a number of similar songs, such as "No Man's Land" and "The Gift of Years." If you liked "Waltzing Matilda", you'll like Eric Bogle's other songs. He has a number of albums available, and many of his songs are on RUclips. Mike Harding performed his songs beautifully, but I think you might like to hear Eric himself....... well worth it😊❤

  • @TheTongapuss
    @TheTongapuss 12 лет назад +3

    I always thought this guy was the funniest on television. After watching this thirty years later, I still do.

  • @jaygriffiths6793
    @jaygriffiths6793 5 лет назад

    It was in Croydon, mid seventies for me. Every penny spent on the ticket was returned by the man on the stage in form of rich entertainment. God bless yer Mike. Hope you browse the admiring comments here.

  • @gedprice88
    @gedprice88 4 года назад +1

    I have to like this because this man worked with my dad when my dad bus a bus driver and Mike was a Conductor on his bus, my dad was a whistler and Mike used to sing to the passengers.

  • @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican
    @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican  13 лет назад +15

    Luckily, due to a recent lucky find of 2hrs of this concert on an old 80s Laserdisc, Mike may be putting this out on DVD - we've been in contact and he has been given approval from the Beeb... looking good! He's a top bloke and very nice!

  • @richardcochrane1966
    @richardcochrane1966 10 лет назад +1

    Dear God, I had forgotten just how funny He was! Had the pleasure of seeing three of his gigs in Glasgow in the 1980s. His Thatcher line was classic - "You can't do it to me, I'm doing it to the country!"

  • @gordontaylor5373
    @gordontaylor5373 2 года назад

    I really like that song he sings about the Old Green Iron Lamp. It's such a sentimental song.

  • @neilmustow368
    @neilmustow368 5 лет назад

    My childhood is Mike Harding remember him on the BBC in the early 80's as a young kid my parents have a lot of vinyl records from the 70's to the 80's seen him twice live in in my local area still cracks me up all these years later

  • @vanessajohnson2523
    @vanessajohnson2523 3 года назад

    Ahhh, the memories my husband has about seeing Mike live in the Odeon in Doncaster around the same time as this. This is the best therapy yet!

  • @charlieyoung3325
    @charlieyoung3325 2 года назад

    First time I heard Mike Harding was on radio 2 during the week in the 80s .

  • @madwulfus3236
    @madwulfus3236 7 лет назад +1

    Epic Northern comedy! Loved this guy, read all his books and had most of his LP's. 14 1/2 pound Budgy the best story ever!

  • @Redrosewitch
    @Redrosewitch 7 лет назад +1

    I remember this on TV back in the day. Mike Harding's fantastic.

  • @raybenstead2548
    @raybenstead2548 6 лет назад +3

    Laughed so much that the tears rolled down my legs. Brilliant..

  • @mush01
    @mush01 13 лет назад +1

    I wasn't old enough to see Mike when he originally toured, but my mum introduced me to his comedy through the records and tapes of his shows. I loved them. Finally got to see him when he toured again last year, and he was just as funny as ever. Was able to meet him afterwards too. The man's a legend. Long live Mike Harding :D

  • @bernard.w.toland260
    @bernard.w.toland260 11 лет назад +3

    had a beer with this chap one time in the "Exeter pub" in derby, Early 80,s. Pure unadulterated GENIUS!

  • @TheKRU251
    @TheKRU251 7 лет назад +8

    Saw Mike on the Red Specs Tour at Southampton Guamont. One of the funniest comedians |I have ever seen. Could make you cry with laughter then cry with a beautiful sad song then literally get stitch from laughing again within a few minutes. So underated!!!! Thanks for posting this. : )

  • @PlasticPogo
    @PlasticPogo 13 лет назад +1

    I will indeed enjoy this as much you Sir, and I too lament the BBC's lack of recognition for one of our greatest comedians.

  • @roberthardy2013
    @roberthardy2013 3 года назад

    Saw him in Bradford years ago, I had badly aching ribs from laughing so much, great guy.

  • @steveuk1000
    @steveuk1000 8 лет назад

    I saw mike in concert back in my youth Sheffield city hall what a brilliant performer excellent humour and music part of his act was flute and a slide show of his trip to Irelandrose of trelee was the music its still the best show I have ever seen keep it going mike

  • @rogueriderhood1862
    @rogueriderhood1862 3 года назад

    Great guy, saw his show at Barnsley several times, great comedy.

  • @billy2rivers1
    @billy2rivers1 2 года назад

    Memories absolutely brilliant.

  • @elliotspencer2648
    @elliotspencer2648 Год назад

    I saw him live in Bristol many years ago, very funny!!.

  • @lawrencecody9316
    @lawrencecody9316 6 лет назад +1

    Seen Mike Harding a few times, and at Buxton,first heard back in 1975,had me in stitches..last saw him about 2 yrs at the Lowry complex in Salford..he really fiures my childhood with his stories..thanks for uploading.

  • @Azphreal
    @Azphreal 5 лет назад +3

    Remember him from when I was a kid and still have one of his books somewhere.

    • @spacebum
      @spacebum 4 года назад

      Me too. I’ve got the book The 14 and a half pound budgie.

  • @PhilMacVee
    @PhilMacVee 13 лет назад +2

    "My comedy-folk hero", Comedy GOD more like!
    This guy was & is dynamite on stage & on record. A big shame he stopped touring.
    Many thanks for this upload.

  • @quizzerx1
    @quizzerx1 10 лет назад

    Recorded this off the tv onto cassette but lost them years ago.. Brilliant programme.. Thanks

  • @pluggyman
    @pluggyman 5 лет назад

    i never stop listening to mike harding,best comic ever not too rude not too clean either,bleeding funny ;)

  • @richardcochrane1966
    @richardcochrane1966 4 года назад +2

    With his Durex routine, always remember Jasper Carrott's version, which ended with an Aussie walking into a UK chemist:
    "Hello there, I'd like a roll of Durex!"
    "A ROLL?"🤣🤣🤣

  • @misterwibble6411
    @misterwibble6411 4 года назад

    I used to watch his late night tv show. First time I've seen this since it was on tv! Good stuff.

  • @MattJarvis78
    @MattJarvis78 Год назад

    Superb. Absolute legend

  • @aartman01
    @aartman01 4 года назад

    Thanks so much for posting. First time to hear Mike again since I left England the same year.

  • @karenjulieattard4171
    @karenjulieattard4171 4 года назад

    Love mike Harding. His poem akroyds funeral had me and my brother crying with laughter

  • @ziskakhan4112
    @ziskakhan4112 7 лет назад

    I was just going to sleep when I came on this ... neighbours will be annoyed by my yells of laughter coming through the party walls. Not ALL pc, but I did love the gags about 'just going to syphon me python' and the town planner being savaged recently by his guide dog ... good on you Mike! :D

  • @harrolldthebarroll
    @harrolldthebarroll 12 лет назад +1

    Thanks so much for his i remember watching this in the 80s Great Comedian Hope The BBC Bring this out on DVD Great Fun : )

  • @GrezH
    @GrezH 13 лет назад +1

    One of the funniest stand-ups of all time, as well as an exceptionally talented musician. Top bloke. Thanks for posting this. :-)

  • @RW7266
    @RW7266 11 лет назад +2

    Wow, fancy finding this on here. I was just looking for a particular song of his and found this, and I was there when it was filmed thirty one years ago.I will have to find a couple of hours to watch it all.

  • @davidearl2038
    @davidearl2038 11 лет назад

    Forgot to mention what a fantastic musician and song writer Mike is too, love the sound of that acoustic guitar :) January Man and the Old Gas lamp songs Brilliant!

  • @rapr439
    @rapr439 10 лет назад +1

    Many thanks for this brilliant upload. It kept me well entertained the entire weekend. His session of his trip to Australia was hillarious and his sketch of Paralytic man was just priceless.

  • @KundaliniMaster
    @KundaliniMaster 5 лет назад

    Wonderful to see this once more. Delighted to see the bits not included on the Laservision Disc :)

  • @Talvec12
    @Talvec12 5 лет назад +1

    I'd heard about this performance and I've been looking for it for years. I'm currently sitting here literally crying with laughter. Thank you so much for uploading this!

  • @bernard.w.toland260
    @bernard.w.toland260 11 лет назад +7

    I love this man,s British comedy. there must be room for this comedy today. please can he be on telly AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

  • @gerardmarks9157
    @gerardmarks9157 10 лет назад

    Saw Mike a few times in the late 1970's before he hit the big time, at the Both Hall Hospital's social club. Funny then and still as good.

  • @ferrislee1
    @ferrislee1 13 лет назад

    Brilliant! Remember this show as a kid. Goin to see Mike on tour later this year.

  • @killervaark
    @killervaark 10 лет назад +2

    Ah Mike! I remember seeing him the seventies before he became BBCified when the working class working class laughed at themselves rather than the middle class laughing at us.

  • @dchsw
    @dchsw 12 лет назад

    Many, many thanks for posting this. Saw Mike on this tour at the New Theatre in Hull. Crazy thing is, thirty years later, I can still remember all the jokes!

  • @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican
    @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican  12 лет назад +2

    He did two new tours last year and seems to have come out of semi-comedy-retirement. Met up with him on several of the dates and it was great to see him back on the road. He recorded a live DVD which is available on his website mikeharding. co. uk

  • @ivornappinion9406
    @ivornappinion9406 2 года назад

    40 Years ago Wow

  • @davidearl2038
    @davidearl2038 11 лет назад

    Brilliant! Used to watch his shows on TV every week years ago. Thanks for sharing this classic.

  • @philipwilkinson6155
    @philipwilkinson6155 11 лет назад

    I remember his 'Late Night' (just before the test card) shows in the late 70's. So different than anything before - Funny lad Mike .

  • @DaronWoodward
    @DaronWoodward 11 лет назад

    Brilliant find. Thanks for the sterling not to mention 'above and beyond' efforts.

  • @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican
    @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican  13 лет назад +2

    Actually, there is more like this - just been sent a copy of his One Night In Lincoln series from a great guy in Australia. He has the clips on RUclips too in 10min installments if you search for them. Mike may be releasing this Buxton show later in the year after I found a Laserdisc copy of the show (better picture and sound quality than this version) - I've sent him it as he hadn't got any of his Beeb shows

  • @sarkybstard
    @sarkybstard 10 лет назад +9

    Sadly he no longer fits in with the BBC's idea of presenters, so he was given the boot back at the end of 2012. He now produces a weekly folk podcast - google his name to find it.

    • @twitchygiraffe4636
      @twitchygiraffe4636 5 лет назад +2

      The BBC can kiss my arse! Look at the rubbish presenters they have now!

    • @paddymeboy
      @paddymeboy 4 года назад

      To be fair he was replaced by Mark Radcliffe who is decent enough. Harding had been doing it for about 12 years, nothing lasts forever. Personally I never felt it was the same after Jim Lloyd retired.

  • @ogdensnut
    @ogdensnut 13 лет назад

    brilliant, love mike harding, got tickets for march - any more like this?????????

  • @michaelpaul5566
    @michaelpaul5566 11 лет назад

    Thanks for posting, I went to this show !!

  • @srmansfield1
    @srmansfield1 2 года назад

    Awesome

  • @lawrencecody9316
    @lawrencecody9316 6 лет назад

    My favourite Mike story is "Whats what"",very clever, and funny..

  • @villavic59
    @villavic59 12 лет назад

    cracking,takes me back

  • @minors2001
    @minors2001 9 лет назад

    Love this, though one thing I have noticed is that the song Take Your Fingers Off It re appears on the One Night In Lincoln set as Gimme Dat Shaky Pudding.

  • @griffgriffin97
    @griffgriffin97 11 лет назад

    Brilliant.

  • @alanrockunited
    @alanrockunited 12 лет назад

    Saw him a few times when I was young, very funny bloke. Shame he gave it up.

  • @TheBigfella53
    @TheBigfella53 12 лет назад

    the mans a legend

  • @295146
    @295146 13 лет назад

    best comic ever

  • @HrhFish
    @HrhFish 9 лет назад

    Dangermouse brought me here as he wrote the theme tune to the show.Didn't Jasper Carrott do a similar ROOTine with the Aussie expressions? Forgot how funny this guy is. I remember going to see him at the old Birmingham Odeon when I was a kid. May have been this tour. I remember I loved Ackroyd's funeral

    • @josephdolman
      @josephdolman 7 лет назад

      Yes Dangermouse and Count duckula also two great shows before my time but I love those old cartoons I don't like the newer dangermouse though

  • @jamesbomd3503
    @jamesbomd3503 3 года назад

    LAZAR DISK ! BY TODAY'S STANDARDS FEELS LIKE I AM WATCHING THIS UNDER WATER ...

  • @davidbarton5974
    @davidbarton5974 5 лет назад

    Once described by Billy Connolly as the ‘funniest man in England’.

  • @CuddlyGayBear
    @CuddlyGayBear 12 лет назад

    Does any Mike fan have the song, 'Whitsuntide Clothes'? It was a really sweet little love song on one of his albums. I used to have the record but its long gone now - given to some charity shop probably. But I used to love the song, and wd love to hear it again if anyone has it. Cheers. x

  • @Beakerbloke
    @Beakerbloke 11 лет назад

    Indeed. Have met him and had contact over 'tinterweb and he's a bostin feller. Will be great to see a proper release of some of his stuff. Annoying that some of it may still be sitting the Beeb's vaults somewhere.
    (Hopefully not deleted like the masters of Bombers Moon!)

  • @garethsavin4464
    @garethsavin4464 3 года назад

    Just love this guy,very funny,very genuine and very talented. Does anyone know what guitar fx pedal Mike uses during the song 'January Man'? It's so haunting and that sound is just stunning.

  • @ulanbatormongolia1111
    @ulanbatormongolia1111 8 лет назад

    My mr's worked at Matlock co-op! Lol xxxx

  • @josephdolman
    @josephdolman 6 лет назад

    Who animated the intro and other segments was it bob godfrey of rhubarb and custard and the trio adverts because the style is so similar.

  • @cymruisrael
    @cymruisrael 10 лет назад

    Billy Connolly also does the diced carrots in vomit joke!

  • @ai-digital-hub
    @ai-digital-hub 3 года назад +1

    Psychedelic Sid's Brother.

  • @unhban
    @unhban 11 лет назад +1

    I was one of the cameramen on this, up in the gods, in fact had the first shot of the programme. There were two cameras up there and we had two caption stands between us. I remember that one of the cameramen had gone ill so I was called in in the morning to drive over to Buxton and get there a.s.a.p for the first rehearsal. Dave Taylor was the Camera Supervisor and the other op up in the gods was Keith Bradshaw who kept falling alseep during rehearsals as he had little to do... See my channel..

    • @SteveW139
      @SteveW139 3 года назад

      Was the sound engineer Dennis Cartwright?

  • @kiwistu
    @kiwistu 9 лет назад +4

    The funniest story he did was about him buying a turkey (live)for Christmas dinner. Anyone have this one please?

    • @wiganrugby
      @wiganrugby 9 лет назад +2

      Stu Reid 14 1/2 ibs Budgie, classic, still piss my sides listening to it.

    • @skitzitilby
      @skitzitilby 8 лет назад +2

      Townsend records have his cd's for sale.all new and fantastical to get some Harding to laugh at on long car journeys!!
      good luck

    • @wiganrugby
      @wiganrugby 8 лет назад

      👍

    • @ziskakhan4112
      @ziskakhan4112 7 лет назад

      Google 'Mike Harding at Blackpool' :D

    • @Mr13Woot
      @Mr13Woot 5 лет назад

      it's on spotify

  • @CuddlyGayBear
    @CuddlyGayBear 12 лет назад

    hey Mrfluxcapacitator you very kindly sent me a message response. I tried to reply but I cant because you have 'enabled message lock',.
    The gist of what I said was: thanks very much and yes please :) The songs a lost bit of my childhood, you see. lol My sister and I used to like it. and it has sort of stayed in my mind all these years
    so If its not too much trouble I'd really appreciate it. Just upload it to youtube if that wd be easier? Im sure lots of people would love to hear it. :)
    tony
    xx

  • @duxberry1958
    @duxberry1958 9 лет назад +3

    And knot one Efff word

  • @paddymeboy
    @paddymeboy 4 года назад

    It's a one man variety show! What possessed him, though, to put that wash of effects on his guitar? That's the 80s for you I suppose...

  • @Onyourbuzzers
    @Onyourbuzzers 11 лет назад

    My point exactly, Steve, Raconteurs like those took the PC and twisted it to be understood by the audience as being "Innuendo" relating to slightly off-colour topics, which let's face it, most people don't find offensive unless it goes over the top. Making a joke about "Ordinary Life" is not in itself offensive in the context of a long rambling story. Just ask any bus driver about the "Nutter"

  • @Onyourbuzzers
    @Onyourbuzzers 11 лет назад +1

    Where are the stand-ups like Mike Harding, Jasper Carrot, Billy Connolly and Max Boyce - Brilliant Comedy, killed of by Poltical Correctness

  • @TheDon101277
    @TheDon101277 8 лет назад

    Looking for his Sketch about kids waking their parents up early hours Xmas morning and the parents fed up with it loose it shouting "BLOODY THIS BLOODY THAT CHRISTMAS DOESN'T START UNTIL 10 CLOCK TOMORROW" GO BED & SHUT UP"

    • @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican
      @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican  8 лет назад +1

      TheDon101277 Go to his website and find the album Old Four Eyes Is Back. it's on that

    • @TheDon101277
      @TheDon101277 8 лет назад

      Thank you for taking time to reply my good sir. Your advise may actually be what leads me to success as that was an a!bum i used to own and so hasa good chance of where to find it. Thanks again its releif to know RUclips still has decent users that know how to conduct themselves In a respectful manor and not just full of socially inept, bored & bitter 12yr olds pretending to be adults lol

  • @ciaran7162
    @ciaran7162 8 лет назад

    does anybody know how I can transfer this to a cd?

    • @Tigermoto
      @Tigermoto 8 лет назад

      A single CD can't hold 170 minutes, only 80.
      However there are many RUclips to MP3 websites up there.
      Then you'd have to use a program to split the resulting files to under 80 minutes. Audacity is a highly regarded free program that can do this.
      Then any CD writing program (Even Windows Media Player) can put it on CD for you.
      This seems long winded but is surprisingly easy. I daresay others will be able to advise you of an easier way.

    • @ciaran7162
      @ciaran7162 8 лет назад

      Lee Butterworth okay I'll look into that if not save it to my phone and put a adapter in my car for long travelling , thank you very much for taking the time to explain to me have a lovely day.

  • @brybry2054
    @brybry2054 2 года назад

    Funnyy

  • @malthuswasright
    @malthuswasright 7 лет назад

    Napoleons retreat from Wigan! By me!!

  • @swagyoung6056
    @swagyoung6056 4 года назад

    Killer Budgies lol

  • @srmansfield1
    @srmansfield1 2 года назад

    Napoleons retreat from Wigan and Rochdale cowboy

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 5 лет назад +1

    We loved Mike in the Forces shame hes not popular anymore 😕 the BBC are crap these days anyway!

  • @raymondlang
    @raymondlang 13 лет назад

    Can't understand the BBC not repeating Mike's series and getting them out on DVD.
    Modern comedy (Live at Apollo) is rubbish.

  • @MrRaps26
    @MrRaps26 9 лет назад

    bb

  • @oliveroneill1388
    @oliveroneill1388 Год назад

    Never

  • @jasperedwards3341
    @jasperedwards3341 5 лет назад

    i find it irrating comedian and musician at the same time all i want is to hear him play music without interuption

    • @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican
      @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican  5 лет назад +1

      Can I recommend that you just listen to one of his studio albums then?

    • @jasperedwards3341
      @jasperedwards3341 5 лет назад

      @@TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican im on his facebook page he goes on about politics, but i dont like folk musik wat he plays now before he played funny stuff now bill bailey copies him

    • @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican
      @TheBarStewardSonsofValDoonican  5 лет назад +3

      @@jasperedwards3341 I am guessing that he "goes on about politics" because he still cares about the working classes and the people at the bottom of society, unlike the current government. He still tours his comedy occasionally, and is still incredibly funny. Folk music is folk music... I suppose, like anything else, if you don't like it, there are loads of other things in the world to listen to. It is what it is buddy.

  • @bbcweatherman
    @bbcweatherman 8 лет назад

    It's Fred Wedlock, innit?