Laughs From The Past BOB MONKHOUSE

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    Monkhouse was born on 1 June 1928 at 168 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, the son of Wilfred Adrian Monkhouse (1894-1957) and Dorothy Muriel Monkhouse née Hansard (1895-1971). Monkhouse had an elder brother, John, who was born in 1922. Monkhouse's grandfather John Monkhouse (1862-1938) was a prosperous Methodist businessman who co-founded Monk and Glass, which made custard powder and jelly. In a 2015 documentary, it was revealed that Monkhouse and his older brother suffered from physical and verbal abuse by their mother.
    Bob Monkhouse was educated at Goring Hall School in Worthing, Sussex, and Dulwich College in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower.[ While still at school, Monkhouse wrote for The Beano and The Dandy and drew for other comics including Hotspur, Wizard and Adventure. He established a comics writing and art partnership with Dulwich schoolmate Denis Gifford and the two formed their own publishing company in the early 1950s. Among other writing, Monkhouse wrote more than 100 Harlem Hotspots erotic novelettes.[5]
    Monkhouse completed his National Service with the Royal Air Force in 1948. He won a contract with the BBC after his unwitting RAF group captain signed a letter that Monkhouse had written telling the BBC he was a war hero and that the corporation should give him an audition.
    Before establishing himself as a successful writer and comedian, Monkhouse appeared on stage in London, first as Aladdin in a stage show of the same name written by S. J. Perelman and Cole Porter and then in the first London production of the musical The Boys from Syracuse (Antipholus of Syracuse) in 1963 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, alongside Ronnie Corbett.
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Комментарии • 121

  • @Parknest
    @Parknest 8 месяцев назад +5

    20 years on from his passing, Bob is still funny to this day. He was never squeaky clean but he wasn't too rude of crude either. A comedy legend. I first saw him when he presented Family Fortunes. He was a prime example of why comedians make for the best gameshow presenters.

  • @tehf00n
    @tehf00n Год назад +27

    For years I only saw Bob as a tv presenter doing clean stuff. But when I saw him do an adult set for the first time I was gobsmacked. He truly had a stand-up quality that was the best of it's time.

    • @timcrook2231
      @timcrook2231 Год назад +2

      👍🔝

    • @thepenultimateninja5797
      @thepenultimateninja5797 6 месяцев назад +2

      Same here. My generation only really knew him as a gameshow host. I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw him do a routine that wasn't family friendly.

  • @KeithJones-yq6of
    @KeithJones-yq6of Год назад +4

    Bob was a natural. You could tell the man lived for the stage. One of the best quizmasters too. Will always be remembered

  • @MrPete1x
    @MrPete1x 2 года назад +11

    Watching this I can't believe he's gone. Thank you for showing this

  • @davidhogan4064
    @davidhogan4064 2 года назад +3

    Playing in a music trio I sat behind Bob on three occasions - when they closed
    the clubs doors at the end of the gig the gates of HEAVEN OPENED !!!
    Shear ' unadulterated ' MAGIC and you witnessed a pure (?) genius and perfectionist at work!

  • @weejim48
    @weejim48 Год назад +16

    Bob Monkhouse was one of the greatest comedians ever. Just sharp and witty.👍👍👍

  • @derekantill3721
    @derekantill3721 5 месяцев назад +4

    Comedy of the highest order. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @dafyddthomas7299
    @dafyddthomas7299 Год назад +8

    Simply one of the best - funny as heaven and no need for explicit swearing at all ( unlike modern comics) and best bit - Bob was extremely funny.

  • @paullacey748
    @paullacey748 3 года назад +50

    Just Pure Class. Today’s comics are not fit to walk in his shoes

    • @SuperFerdie1965
      @SuperFerdie1965 3 года назад +9

      I get the impression that Jimmy Carr tries to copy the Monkhouse style but it's like Janet Street Porter trying to copy Liz Hurley.

    • @CC-ff7ft
      @CC-ff7ft Год назад +1

      @@SuperFerdie1965 🤣🤣👍

  • @paulsawtell3991
    @paulsawtell3991 Год назад +8

    I worked with Bob a few times; he was a consummate professional and thanks to his obsessive nature (videos, films, scrapbooks of gags etc) could ad lib endlessly about people he had never met but knew about their occupation.

  • @meirwise1107
    @meirwise1107 4 года назад +32

    The Governor. Many people didn't realise that he was a master of standup. Rapid, fluent, witty. RIP.

    • @geoffpoole483
      @geoffpoole483 2 года назад +2

      I grew up thinking he was just a gameshow host; then I saw him perform a standup set on tv. It was like watching a masterclass.

  • @paulwoolley4957
    @paulwoolley4957 3 года назад +12

    King of stand up by a long shot👍 R.I.P.🙏❤️

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад +1

      Absolutely the Godfather

  • @thesaintst1851
    @thesaintst1851 Год назад +4

    He was a comedy genius… I remember he had a notebook with years of gags stolen and he offered a reward to get it back.. sorely missed. RIP

  • @mohammaddavoudian7897
    @mohammaddavoudian7897 3 года назад +25

    A true legend. RIP.

  • @davidsheriff8989
    @davidsheriff8989 2 года назад +4

    Seamless story teller - a master craftsman...

  • @Jammyhorse
    @Jammyhorse 4 года назад +26

    As a youngster, people laughed when he said when he grows up he wants to be a comedian...... they’re not laughing now..... legend.

  • @saileshramcharan3445
    @saileshramcharan3445 3 года назад +12

    Downright brilliant

  • @artful1967
    @artful1967 2 года назад +19

    some modern "comics" should take a long hard look at Bob. He was never offensive and ALWAYS funny. An encyclopedic comedy knowledge.

  • @davidb1038
    @davidb1038 Год назад +3

    He was the best stand up comedian i think we ever produced in my opinion

  • @Househead1200
    @Househead1200 Год назад +3

    The Des O'Connor joke was delivered with brilliant precision. They half expected it but Bob knew the other half.

  • @daviderrington8224
    @daviderrington8224 3 года назад +17

    The best comedian Britain has ever had. Class

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад +1

      I think I would agree with you there but we have has some great ones over the years.

  • @thecarpfather5757
    @thecarpfather5757 2 года назад +4

    Never watched bob before but wish I had what a genius you can see where all the later successful comics got their material what a legend

  • @TheBrummie60
    @TheBrummie60 Год назад +5

    Mesmerising Monkhouse, scintillating star, greatly missed. ✝️😊✝️🕯️😅✝️

  • @timcrook2231
    @timcrook2231 Год назад +2

    Saw Bob at Lakeside back in 90's splendid show 😂🤣😂🔝👍

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  Год назад

      To know you watched him live must be a great feeling. A True #Comedy #Legend

  • @trevorhart545
    @trevorhart545 Год назад +5

    Bob Monkhouse bought out massive amounts of early Comedy cinema film, including Silent Movies, ALL Comedy. that is why we have access to many things like Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle (vastly underrated) , Lareul and Hardy, Keystone Kops and many others. ALL out of HIS money.

  • @davidjones6470
    @davidjones6470 3 года назад +7

    Completely the master!!!
    Great upload 👍

  • @ReinhardvonHolst
    @ReinhardvonHolst Год назад +2

    Thanks for this! I was shocked to hear my home town mentioned right off the bat. I do miss his wit. Liked, loved and shared.

  • @dennisgray372
    @dennisgray372 3 года назад +11

    One of the best makes these comedians of today poor

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад +3

      The MASTER.

    • @impact0r
      @impact0r 3 года назад +3

      Whatever you wanted to say, your level of English prevented it.

  • @trevorrobinson8577
    @trevorrobinson8577 Год назад +4

    Better known as the 'Million Joke man'...... A comic Genius.

  • @MrBarrynicholas
    @MrBarrynicholas Год назад +2

    That last joke was priceless.

  • @martinguest167
    @martinguest167 3 года назад +17

    I saw him at Butlins in the early 80s at Skegness brilliant stand up comedian we have a Few Wokes on Here Who find it Impossible To Have A Laugh Miserable Sods

  • @tashvadj4914
    @tashvadj4914 Год назад +3

    All hail the mighty, mighty Bob Monkhouse.

  • @SuperFerdie1965
    @SuperFerdie1965 3 года назад +24

    I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep. Like my father. Not screaming and shouting like his passengers.

    • @djmossssomjd8496
      @djmossssomjd8496 3 года назад +2

      The old 'uns are the best...rather like Bob Monkhouse :-)

    • @SuperFerdie1965
      @SuperFerdie1965 3 года назад +4

      @@djmossssomjd8496
      Spot on my friend. Monkhouse was the man who devised that one! Alongside other gems like "I still have sex at 74, I live at 76, it's no distance!" My own favourite of his was "Hot weather we're having right now. It got up to 94 degrees yesterday, which at my age is not bad"! Genius.

    • @mattmid7012
      @mattmid7012 Год назад

      @@SuperFerdie1965 One my favourites was My wife has to go on a diet. I took her to the opera the other night and nobody would leave until she sang.

  • @paulz155
    @paulz155 Год назад +3

    Fantastic 😂

  • @garygrimmett7945
    @garygrimmett7945 2 года назад +2

    Bob genius stand up...and quiz show host...brilliant 👏..gazzz

  • @derekeaton4798
    @derekeaton4798 Год назад +2

    One of the best comedians ever

  • @peterburgess980
    @peterburgess980 Год назад +1

    Brilliant. Thank you.

  • @petercampbell8694
    @petercampbell8694 Год назад +2

    ABSOLUTELY COMIC GENIUS! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @johnnewton3335
    @johnnewton3335 Год назад +5

    for anyone interested you should watch, bob monkhouse last stand then the secret life of bob monkhouse

  • @pyrogian
    @pyrogian 6 месяцев назад +2

    stop bob i hurt from laughing

  • @michaelblackmore3492
    @michaelblackmore3492 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hes my number 2 comedian behind the G.O.A.T Jim Davidson RIP BOB

  • @lisaburnett2771
    @lisaburnett2771 3 года назад +14

    A touch of class... Sadly missed

  • @wendydeeprose8764
    @wendydeeprose8764 Год назад +1

    He is extremely clever ;hilarious .. He kept that going amazing and funny .. lol

  • @andrewwilliams8413
    @andrewwilliams8413 2 года назад +4

    I never rated him, but have to apologize, this was funny !

  • @mikegrigg11
    @mikegrigg11 2 года назад +1

    Probably the best comic ever !!

  • @Bondek1996
    @Bondek1996 3 года назад +5

    Love the image of a burglar doing drive by channel changes

  • @alangeorgehayman4334
    @alangeorgehayman4334 Год назад +2

    One wonderful Man.

  • @Hondanissanman
    @Hondanissanman 2 года назад +2

    This man was classic 👍.

  • @ferraridinoman
    @ferraridinoman Год назад +2

    Funny Guy Bob RIP Mate xxx

  • @nimslennoncruyff8608
    @nimslennoncruyff8608 Год назад

    Some comics are timeless ❤

  • @pfankuche
    @pfankuche 9 месяцев назад +2

    Bob Monkhouse is the best ❤

  • @johngalvin3124
    @johngalvin3124 Год назад +1

    Greatest comic of all time

  • @paulweir7122
    @paulweir7122 3 года назад +8

    Tommy Trinder said that Monkhouse could take a joke, and he didn't mind whose jokes he took.

  • @ronaldpainting5614
    @ronaldpainting5614 Год назад +3

    Because he was a sixties comedian Bob was very underated. He was a script writer for other people.
    Now i can`t get enough of him.
    Bob was miles ahead of the T V companies and knew what we wanted as wiewers.
    Oh i do miss his humour.
    If he was still alive he would have fucked this woke lot off years ago.

  • @frankmatthews7186
    @frankmatthews7186 2 года назад +2

    Absolute genius

  • @seamusnaughton8217
    @seamusnaughton8217 Год назад +1

    The greatest of all time

  • @danw1374
    @danw1374 3 года назад +2

    A true master!

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад

      As someone has said previously - The Godfather! Thank you for your comment very much appreciated.

  • @andrewbennett7756
    @andrewbennett7756 Год назад +2

    The old school way of learning the art from the top bill you work your way from the bottom of the bil to the top on summer seasons like the great oldies hary second .bob Bruce more come and wise Larry greaceson ect I can rember in the summer season shows for people who are not my age Google it you alway looked to see the top of the bill

  • @10MEN
    @10MEN Год назад +2

    Genius.

  • @josephlandrut4154
    @josephlandrut4154 2 года назад +1

    Bob and I could always see eye t eye

  • @byronelenica8329
    @byronelenica8329 3 года назад +2

    The Master.

  • @niceuneazy9965
    @niceuneazy9965 3 года назад +2

    Comics today please take note! and learn from the master!

  • @karltiedemann9329
    @karltiedemann9329 3 года назад +4

    Interesting-- the stripper bit is a dirtied-up version of a routine Jack Benny did several times. Mr. M. was a shrewd appropriator, as well as a brilliant creator, of comedy

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад +1

      Absolutely A top Class Comedian who knew his art.

  • @mrgreenfingaz1
    @mrgreenfingaz1 2 года назад +1

    Bob defo liked a bit of Bill hicks

    • @MrFuzzyGreen
      @MrFuzzyGreen Год назад

      Yeah, I caught that however its hard to tell what year this is. Could be similar era, could be before...

  • @JohnJackson-mn4ts
    @JohnJackson-mn4ts Год назад +1

    Proof that a comedian doesn’t need to be crude to be funny.

  • @NewYorkActingCoach
    @NewYorkActingCoach Год назад

    Yes, the 'jokes' about his wife, and about Arabs, are obviously offensive now, but - amazingly - he isn't really being unkind. In a way he is showing how stupid we were about women, and sex and Arabs then (yes, OK, more stupid) than now. He is making fun of his own stupidity! John

  • @brianbooth679
    @brianbooth679 2 года назад

    Nice dancer btw wonder where bobs wife is now? Lol.lmao.

  • @willsum61
    @willsum61 Год назад

    Of its time.

  • @kevingregory4191
    @kevingregory4191 2 года назад +3

    Master ad libber

  • @dukwdriver2909
    @dukwdriver2909 Год назад +4

    So many un-PC jokes by today's imposed standards by people on the make. I found him as funny as his audience. I take no objection at jokes against us Brits either....Accept humour for what is is....laugh...life is too short.

  • @derekfranklin1868
    @derekfranklin1868 3 года назад +3

    Bob seemed very blasphemous, brilliant!

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад

      A little different from the stains of TV back in the day.

  • @mikemoreno4469
    @mikemoreno4469 Год назад +1

    Who ever was the stripper?

  • @DaveByrdUK
    @DaveByrdUK Год назад

    a man that is sorely missed. unless you watch Jimmy Carr, in which case he's been resurrected with bolted-on bad language.

  • @jamesmalone1680
    @jamesmalone1680 Год назад

    Good in small doses

  • @vaslav030547
    @vaslav030547 Год назад +1

    Just pure smut.

  • @martinanderson1995
    @martinanderson1995 3 года назад +2

    Yes he had an endless amount of jokes but i just couldn't for some reason take to him at all.

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад +2

      I think I know what you mean sometimes he came across as 'smarmy' other times not. He was a great joke master thou!

    • @SuperFerdie1965
      @SuperFerdie1965 3 года назад +6

      I used to think that but, as he got older, I think he dropped much of the smarminess and became a lot funnier and likeable. Faced his cancer with admirable bravery.

    • @toucheturtle...6547
      @toucheturtle...6547 3 года назад +2

      I thought he was great with the public on his panel shows
      And when celebrities were on his show he let them speak and enjoyed their witty retorts
      Confidence isn't smug or proud it just helps you believe in yourself that's why he was great because he knew he was good
      But he worked up to it over time
      There are very few real comics today ...
      The so called comics are limited and acts are recycled over and over....

  • @peterney2402
    @peterney2402 3 года назад +1

    An absolute creep

    • @RobCharles
      @RobCharles  3 года назад +12

      Thank you for the comment it helps with my video analytics. Clearly, your comment doesn't match other people but life would be boring if we all liked the same.

    • @jeebuschabatty4455
      @jeebuschabatty4455 2 года назад +4

      An absolute Gent.

    • @modelsteamers671
      @modelsteamers671 2 года назад

      I agree, an unctuous, slimy individual.

  • @odman69
    @odman69 Год назад

    I never found him funny when he was alive, so, twenty years later, I thought I'd give him a fresh look; still not funny. I'd put him on a par with Jethro or Lenny Henry.

    • @robcharlesrandoms7301
      @robcharlesrandoms7301 Год назад +2

      Let us know who you find funny? Would never put him on par with Lenny Henry. Totally out classed by Bob.

    • @odman69
      @odman69 Год назад

      @@robcharlesrandoms7301 Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, and Jim Jefferies are my favourites, but I also like Lee Mack, and Sean Lock was really funny on panel shows, but not so funny as a stand up, surprisingly. There are others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Oh, Billy Connolly, of course.

  • @willywilz
    @willywilz Год назад

    The greatest 😂😂

  • @kevinscott168
    @kevinscott168 Год назад +1

    ok but hes better than this