"When I'm Cleaning Windows" performed by the late and great Peter Sellers on ukulele

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Peter Sellers was an accomplished ukulele player and a great George Formby fan. Here he is on the Parkinson show in 1974 performing "When I'm Cleaning Windows"

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  • @GeorgeStewart-zt9jh
    @GeorgeStewart-zt9jh 4 месяца назад +11

    Come on who doesn't love the late great Peter sellers he was brilliant

  • @georgepj1
    @georgepj1 8 лет назад +142

    What a talented man he was.

  • @binaway
    @binaway 7 лет назад +96

    Sellers looks so happy doing this.

    • @mariajukejax9649
      @mariajukejax9649 5 лет назад +6

      It's a happy instrument. Whenever I play mine, life feels so much better.

    • @timsan55
      @timsan55 4 года назад +4

      He does. And he's brilliant. Look at the chord changes. Amazing. Probably one of the few times he ever was happy.

  • @timcolledge3732
    @timcolledge3732 4 года назад +105

    Peter Sellers, absolutely brilliant, god rest his soul

  • @paulhunter5764
    @paulhunter5764 7 лет назад +33

    My grandfather is 92 and loves to sing this song all the time.

    • @ynot6523
      @ynot6523  7 лет назад +4

      Paul Hunter 👍😊

  • @COOLSAMMYJO
    @COOLSAMMYJO 10 лет назад +90

    Peter Sellers singing George Formby doesn't get much better than that :) thanks

  • @weejim48
    @weejim48 3 года назад +23

    A time when you had to have talent to get on tv. 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @papakumar
    @papakumar 11 лет назад +78

    He was the funniest actor ever lived! His imitations were uncanny. We miss him.

    • @acbenepe
      @acbenepe 2 года назад

      I agree but I was thinking maybe Groucho.

  • @CharismaticMegafauna
    @CharismaticMegafauna 5 лет назад +54

    God he was absolutely adorable. He had his problems but he was a hell of a performer.

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 Год назад

      Of course he was, who doesn't, and by the devil, yes! In that order.

  • @russellcampbell9198
    @russellcampbell9198 11 месяцев назад +9

    Those split strums that were a Formby specialty played perfectly. Real talent.

  • @CliffLewis28
    @CliffLewis28 10 лет назад +64

    I've watched this particular clip hundreds of time, and I am still astounded by this man's talent. Peter Sellers was an extremely gifted comedian/musician/actor, but his amazing impressions trump the lot, in my opinion. Thanks so much for sharing. I have to go practise on my uke now ;)

    • @garyjones9910
      @garyjones9910 4 года назад +4

      A true great. Just wish there were more great scripts around for this monumental talent to get his teeth into.

  • @cynthiaspanton4745
    @cynthiaspanton4745 10 лет назад +48

    I was looking up George Harrison and his ukelele--somehow came across this gem. I had no idea Peter Sellers could play the ukelele!

    • @Bobmacca64
      @Bobmacca64 2 года назад +2

      He was also a pretty good jazz drummer:)

    • @ibuprofen303
      @ibuprofen303 2 года назад +1

      I've got an album actually - "George Harrison Ukulele Classics". It's a bootleg.

    • @paulbismark8510
      @paulbismark8510 Год назад

      Excellent uke player - look up "Haven't told her' as well!

  • @jonthebru
    @jonthebru 10 лет назад +47

    That was great! Stuff like this makes RUclips worth the chaff.

  • @lostsoleful
    @lostsoleful 8 лет назад +91

    I remember my first girlfriend got me a uke as a surprise present after I'd mentioned it in passing. I nearly cried. I got to play some chords and my own compositions but never really got good but enjoyed it. We were listening to When I'm Cleaning Windows the first time we made love. I married her. Still together. Still happy.

    • @alicrump3552
      @alicrump3552 7 лет назад +17

      you were listening to this song during your first time? what decade was this?

    • @kianucollis3929
      @kianucollis3929 6 лет назад +2

      Brilliant. So the moral of your story is...women should listen to their men....I want a Porsche 911...!!!

    • @willjanowitz7397
      @willjanowitz7397 5 лет назад +12

      How tf do you maintain an erection while listening to George Formby. Props to you

    • @darrenjones3784
      @darrenjones3784 5 лет назад

      Kinky

    • @AllOuttaBubblegum123
      @AllOuttaBubblegum123 3 года назад +1

      So random lol

  • @alanmerzcharles
    @alanmerzcharles 3 года назад +10

    Gone are the days are real talent.. RIP Peter

    • @lyricberlin
      @lyricberlin 2 года назад

      plenty of real talent around. Just open your eyes, ears, and heart.

  • @franceleeparis37
    @franceleeparis37 2 года назад +8

    Absolutely brilliant… he was also a great Jazz drummer.. a man of pure talent… how he remembered all the lyrics for this song.. it’s a gift from God.. no other explanation 🙂

  • @adognamedBoo4me
    @adognamedBoo4me 10 лет назад +22

    Love you and miss you Peter. You gave us all a good laugh.

  • @Zizzily
    @Zizzily 8 лет назад +8

    George Formby and Peter Sellers is quite a combination! It's too bad more folks don't appreciate what a brilliant actor he is, and it's unfortunate he had a troubled life. At least we still can see his movies today, though I'll always wish there were more. Cheers for this!

  • @sparrowhawk1936
    @sparrowhawk1936 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for this. Sellers and Formby - what a pair!

  • @worldcoup
    @worldcoup 9 лет назад +19

    Watched in amazement. Genius at work.

  • @northbridge23
    @northbridge23 8 лет назад +2

    My 15 year old daughter plays ukulele I'll have to show her this. Classic.

  • @THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of
    @THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of 10 месяцев назад +4

    WHAT A TALENT SELLERS HAD

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 3 месяца назад

      What a talent Sellers had. (Using both the big and little letters).

  • @boleyn123
    @boleyn123 9 лет назад +5

    One of the foremost talents of our time. God bless you Mr. Seller.

  • @kevinwootton205
    @kevinwootton205 10 лет назад +84

    Good stuff. I am 58 never played a thing in my life, and just got a Ukulele for Christmas.

    • @ynot6523
      @ynot6523  10 лет назад +4

      Good luck with the uke Kevin - enjoy it :-)

    • @jrgboy
      @jrgboy 9 лет назад +3

      +Kevin Wootton George was a great player but he could only finger for the key of C major, so he had loads of uke's all differently tuned so he could play in any key using the same fingering., clever stuff.

    • @darrenjones3784
      @darrenjones3784 5 лет назад +1

      Have you learned yet?

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 3 года назад

      Hows the uke playing now?

    • @calumsmith9191
      @calumsmith9191 2 года назад

      Hmm. Might not be going well

  • @MrJimbaloid
    @MrJimbaloid 6 лет назад +2

    It's been a long time now but the hole that peter left has never been filled and never will. God I do miss him.

  • @joannefalkinder393
    @joannefalkinder393 Год назад +1

    Only found this the other day. Can't stop watching. GENIUS 👌 🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @andrewtoeman282
    @andrewtoeman282 6 лет назад +8

    What a supreme talent we all lost...

  • @siddywiddyb
    @siddywiddyb 6 лет назад +7

    He is so so funny especially as Inspector Clouseau! And then this George Formby impression! WOW Incredibly talented man. Unlike the bulls*"t they call comedy, these days.

  • @rainbowchimp2225
    @rainbowchimp2225 8 лет назад +9

    another great taken from us at an early age

  • @TheLio666
    @TheLio666 5 лет назад +4

    Formby...Sellers...man i m getting old... I don t understand this century...it was beter long time ago ...

  • @kyawkyawwin1
    @kyawkyawwin1 Год назад +2

    Outrageous talent.

  • @PurdyBear1
    @PurdyBear1 9 лет назад +19

    I really miss the pure talent of Peter Sellers. I didn't know he could play the Ukulele. He just seemed to make everyone smile no matter where he went. A great sorely missed.

    • @Bobmacca64
      @Bobmacca64 2 года назад +2

      He was also very proficient on the drums apparently. Played jazz in his youth:)

  • @dudeanwalker
    @dudeanwalker 10 лет назад +16

    wicked! I just bought a ukelele because of this tune!

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 3 года назад +1

      How's the uke now?

  • @skywalkerranch
    @skywalkerranch Год назад +1

    If this doesn't put a smile on your face, then you're dead inside.

  • @paulcalhoun436
    @paulcalhoun436 7 лет назад +24

    I think that if those two got into a Formby soundalike competition, Sellers would win.
    But then again, Sellers would probably beat a lot of originals at that.

  • @GordiansKnotHere
    @GordiansKnotHere 8 месяцев назад +2

    Incredibly talented monster of a human being.

  • @saragrant3667
    @saragrant3667 11 месяцев назад +1

    Oh, Peter was a hell of artist, performer and a man! His impersonifications were something else! He was able to speak by phone exactly like the person who he wanted to imitate because it was soo perfectly done! He has had his probs but the he has that special class as an artist he held it was from the highest shelves! I am still giggling watching "The Party" or "Inspector Clouseau"...Rest in Peace, Dear Peter! You're so badly missed nowadays at this silly and cowardly up-side-down thrown world!

  • @michaelholmes5687
    @michaelholmes5687 10 лет назад +5

    Loved it...always loved Peter Sellers

  • @DaisyLee1963
    @DaisyLee1963 10 лет назад +13

    Oh My God this guy is awesome!!!

  • @midianholic
    @midianholic 12 лет назад +5

    Thanks Tony, love Peter Sellers for all his faults. A true genius.

  • @juv7
    @juv7 9 лет назад +3

    The man was genius Peter sellers r.i.p

    • @jrgboy
      @jrgboy 9 лет назад

      +juv7 Yes but he could be nasty, only left his kids £700 each the rest went to his 4th wife Lynn Fredrick, an alcoholic who died young, she remarried and the money went to her daughter, no relation to Peter at all, Peter did have heart problems, was one of the first to get a pacemaker back in 1964, but too many drugs in the 60/70 let him with a very weak heart, he was booked in for a bypass but died a week before the operation, sad but true..

  • @africatwin07
    @africatwin07 14 лет назад +14

    Legendary, I had no idea Sellers was a Uke player, one of my heroes.
    This made my day.
    Thanks Tony.

  • @EastyUK
    @EastyUK 8 лет назад +5

    Never seen this. Delightful! Thanks

  • @chinzebo
    @chinzebo 11 лет назад +6

    How great..Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 9 лет назад +23

    Great that this was recorded for posterity.

  • @LadyMerton
    @LadyMerton 13 лет назад +3

    I had the record of this interview for yrs- great to be able to See it!

  • @Michael-dz9vk
    @Michael-dz9vk 5 месяцев назад

    ❤absolutely brilliant ,the playing spot on,shut your eyes and its george on the ukalele,good to see this again,😊x

  • @angelosegall5938
    @angelosegall5938 Год назад +1

    Late Peter Sellers we miss him a great multi talented actor!😇

  • @premasru
    @premasru 11 лет назад +32

    ohhh, Peter Sellars. I miss him. How nice it is to find this video of him playing the uke. I've just started learning.

  • @worschtee1
    @worschtee1 10 лет назад +4

    Thanks for sharing tony boland ;-) Peter was an amazing talent that the world needs more of! I also LOVE good ol' Formby...what a talent! And to have Peter performing on Parkinson...you've got the best of ALL worlds!!

  • @bobupanddowne5532
    @bobupanddowne5532 8 лет назад +4

    I loved that, thank you.

  • @fransb8543
    @fransb8543 2 года назад

    This cheers up my Thursday morning

  • @anythingoldmechanical
    @anythingoldmechanical 6 лет назад +2

    Loved Peter Sellers...
    One of Britain's finest and most versatile actors..
    I loved him in 'The Party' super funny!

    • @stephmabee8155
      @stephmabee8155 Год назад +1

      The Party is my favourite Peter Sellers film.. so funny.

    • @anythingoldmechanical
      @anythingoldmechanical Год назад

      @@stephmabee8155 birdy num num!

    • @stephmabee8155
      @stephmabee8155 Год назад +1

      @@anythingoldmechanical hi, ha ha of course! We actually called our own parrot NumNum. Sadly he died after swallowing a ball bearing..
      anyway, what about the dinner table scene! I often think about him in that little chair 😂😂😂

    • @anythingoldmechanical
      @anythingoldmechanical Год назад

      @@stephmabee8155 🤣🤣🤣

  • @eastend59
    @eastend59 10 лет назад +3

    What a talent indeed and how pleasant he was for MP to interview. :)

  • @bravotwozero007
    @bravotwozero007 10 лет назад +3

    brilliant, my generation could learn alot ;)

  • @stevenparker4199
    @stevenparker4199 7 лет назад +2

    I play the banjolele and guitar been, playing for many years now just love it, can't read music tho But thanks to RUclips which is a great help with lots of talented people out there to listen too, just want to say Thank you.

  • @wildfire7250
    @wildfire7250 Год назад

    Superb RIP Peter

  • @wildfire7250
    @wildfire7250 Год назад

    Absolutely fantastic what a man loved Peter Sellers

  • @christschinwon
    @christschinwon 9 лет назад +42

    I swear the girl from number 4 makes love to James Bond on the floor. She keeps on shouting roger more. When I'm cleaning windows. Hey hey turned out nice again!

    • @stevepayne5965
      @stevepayne5965 5 лет назад +3

      Boom boom! You should be on the stage ... sweeping it.

    • @davy_K
      @davy_K 4 года назад

      Bravo!

  • @stephmabee8155
    @stephmabee8155 Год назад +2

    Peter Sellers - my all time favourite - brilliant rendition here - what a shame it cuts off at the end. My favourite Sellers film: The Party. Genius! RIP Funny man.

  • @TheZ1A900
    @TheZ1A900 Год назад

    Totally watchable !

  • @indiosbravos1896
    @indiosbravos1896 11 лет назад +7

    What a legend

  • @1339LARS
    @1339LARS 9 лет назад +9

    Peter is just marveoulus !

  • @st.apollonius5758
    @st.apollonius5758 10 лет назад +5

    I miss the Great Sellers and Form by.

  • @ibrahimkocaalioglu
    @ibrahimkocaalioglu 10 месяцев назад

    Peter you are great 👍🥰

  • @mick62mick
    @mick62mick 10 лет назад +5

    Wonderful.

  • @fanshaw2012
    @fanshaw2012 10 лет назад

    .Sellers a comic genius - widely mourned by millions - a true giant in his heyday and Formby a virtuoso on his banjo-uke
    loved George since a kid and saw him on TV each and every week

  • @ezcheeze590
    @ezcheeze590 8 лет назад +2

    holy crap what a spot on impersonation of ol george! thank you for the upload

  • @fionathomson4436
    @fionathomson4436 3 года назад +1

    Peter Sellers are a genius at whatever he did.

  • @brendalandes1813
    @brendalandes1813 Год назад

    Unfortunately this would be Woked today,I loved this. Memories

  • @TheSarah730
    @TheSarah730 11 лет назад +4

    I love him

  • @Bazonthebass
    @Bazonthebass 2 года назад

    Fabulous.

  • @UkesterBrown
    @UkesterBrown 14 лет назад +1

    Just found this Tony! Really cool. Too bad he died so young. What a talented guy. Love watching the videos of the band he had too. I put it on a favorite list.

  • @comanchio1976
    @comanchio1976 11 лет назад +2

    Ooo so many connections. Sellers mentioned Ravi Shankar, good friend of George Harrison... who just happened to be a member of the George Formby appreciation society and played the uke. Sellers also sold Ringo a house.

  • @peterhaynes8258
    @peterhaynes8258 3 года назад +1

    BRILLIANT ! R.I.P. SIR.

  • @Mad826
    @Mad826 14 лет назад +7

    What a talent he was, bless him

  • @debs4mysweetbaby
    @debs4mysweetbaby 7 лет назад +2

    wonderful! thanks for sharing! :)

  • @KimSenior
    @KimSenior 2 года назад +2

    So talented, sadly missed.

  • @markbowles2382
    @markbowles2382 2 года назад

    Thank you for this post sir, thank you very much!

  • @blackukulele
    @blackukulele Год назад

    very fine playing

  • @1wannabee1
    @1wannabee1 10 лет назад

    Godddddddddddddddddd, that bloke was simply a true genius in every sence of the word. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the memories :))

  • @dbutcherbb
    @dbutcherbb 11 лет назад +2

    Genius Mr Sellers

  • @briankinnear1314
    @briankinnear1314 3 года назад +2

    The man was fuckin brilliant!

  • @ynot6523
    @ynot6523  11 лет назад +5

    Hi Charmian, Glad you enjoyed Peter doing Formby, good luck with the uke playing :-) Tony

  • @patrixspringer2753
    @patrixspringer2753 9 лет назад +5

    Awe! the end got cut off; but amazing none the less! Sellers did the George Formby National... an amazing bit he recorded on "Seller's Market" where he did all the voices of the international Formby club doing various impressions at wembley stadium! Fun stuff!

  • @Sprongo
    @Sprongo 7 лет назад +2

    Pete Sellers is my secret hero.

  • @vantheman1238
    @vantheman1238 8 месяцев назад

    I love Sellers. Britain’s greatest ever truly world class.

  • @joannajazzyrimmer
    @joannajazzyrimmer 11 лет назад +1

    love this.

  • @davequinn4701
    @davequinn4701 5 лет назад

    Peter Sellers just to know round gentleman and genius I miss him greatly...

  • @thegreatcarraway
    @thegreatcarraway 8 лет назад +20

    His comments on critics will always be relevant.

  • @stevensmith743
    @stevensmith743 3 года назад

    Brilliant as ever.

  • @jeremywilliams8463
    @jeremywilliams8463 3 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @tenkloosterherman
    @tenkloosterherman 2 года назад

    Goon, but not forgotten.

  • @marksullivansullybcs8340
    @marksullivansullybcs8340 6 лет назад +1

    Great .........turned out nice again

  • @jacquelinekalich7463
    @jacquelinekalich7463 3 года назад

    Clever man.

  • @dingopisscreek
    @dingopisscreek 3 года назад

    only 54 when he died in 1980. such a talented man. amazing variety of voices, great actor and of course one of the Goons whose humour is still funny today

  • @kevgish
    @kevgish 10 лет назад +1

    Brilliant Peter Sellers

  • @GrandiaKnight
    @GrandiaKnight 11 лет назад +1

    Fantastic!

  • @skywalkerranch
    @skywalkerranch 5 месяцев назад

    A genius who is sadly missed.

  • @lindamanas954
    @lindamanas954 Год назад +1

    I didn’t realise Peter Sellers could play the ukelele. He was really talented!