Dickie Henderson - Leg Mania: Eccentric Dance routine with Billy Dainty and Max Wall 1971

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  • Dickie Henderson Show 1971 - Eccentric Dance routine with Billy Dainty and Max Wall

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  • @petergibbs
    @petergibbs Год назад +454

    You know you are getting old when you watch videos such as this one with folk long gone now, and remember them with pleasure, a glow of warmth in your heart for days gone by.

  • @Corinthian44
    @Corinthian44 4 года назад +354

    Wow , Billy dainty , Max Wall and Dickie Henderson , all great performers of a now almost forgotten age ; fortunately , I am old enough to remember them all . Great days , never to return !

    • @richardwalker1880
      @richardwalker1880 3 года назад +15

      Yes Billy dainty was a good man and a great comic genius god bless Billy he was a joy to watch and Diicky Henderson Billy was taken to soon those days will never be forgotten

    • @garybrockwell2031
      @garybrockwell2031 Год назад +13

      Me too old chap, saw Max's one man show late 70s, but they all loved making
      LAUGHTER BLESS ERM ALL.💯🇬🇧👍🗣️🙏😇🤩💪

    • @TheWizardOfTheFens
      @TheWizardOfTheFens Год назад +16

      I’m also lucky enough to have lived and laughed during that era. An era when comedy was funny.

    • @sorryofficer1
      @sorryofficer1 Год назад +2

      Makes me feel old😅

    • @theofarmmanager267
      @theofarmmanager267 Год назад +8

      I know I sound like an old codger but those seemed to have been the days when talent was required to feature on a show. Now, so much is about “celebrities” who can do nothing but try and be “famous”

  • @Corinthian44
    @Corinthian44 3 года назад +176

    No variety bill was ever complete without Billy Dainty ! RIP Billy .

    • @andyelliott8027
      @andyelliott8027 2 года назад +12

      " VARIETY", what happened to that?

    • @des_smith7658
      @des_smith7658 Год назад +3

      If you don't happen to like it pass me by!

    • @darren3588
      @darren3588 Год назад +4

      People tend to forget Billy was a good dancer

  • @GLK-London
    @GLK-London 5 лет назад +331

    Wonderful. From a time when television was worth watching and filled with real stars and talent

    • @michaelsinski8997
      @michaelsinski8997 5 лет назад +16

      Absolutely!!!!!!!!👌👌👌👌

    • @team3383
      @team3383 Год назад +16

      To the extent that I no longer own a TV nor watch it.
      I use a PC to watch what I like and not the BS they try and feed you.

    • @andresn1433
      @andresn1433 Год назад +4

      Wow. Saying this 4 years ago. What about now then...

    • @idachau1080
      @idachau1080 Год назад +5

      I think remember them so well!! So funny when comedy was fun. Today, we are not allowed humour, otherwise you are cancelled and scorned... We had the best laughs and belly chuckles, and was worth living through it. Now it is airheads and smut!

    • @susankelly5585
      @susankelly5585 Год назад +3

      Yes, it makes such a change to watch real talent, rather than someone 'famous' for being watched while watching TV etc! 🙄😢

  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird Год назад +17

    It’s weird how this is wonderfully entertaining.
    Watching this from a very cynical perspective at the end of January 2023, there’s a sense of naïveté about how innocent and simplistic this form of entertainment is.
    Does anyone get what I’m trying to express here?

    • @k9nick
      @k9nick 2 месяца назад

      Your over analyzing it. Just enjoy.

  • @binkyboobosh1
    @binkyboobosh1 3 года назад +119

    I met Dicky Henderson at a charity event in the late 60s. Nice , charismatic man. These 3 gents were really something. They were born to entertain...Max was nearly 20 years older than Billy and 14 years older than Dicky, yet still gives a good performance even though he was 63 years old. Curiously, he still outlived the other two who both passed far too young.

    • @essexpeter6116
      @essexpeter6116 2 года назад +24

      Yes Max almost a generation older than Billy. I forgotten just how young Billy was when he died at 59. I looked it up and it was dreaded prostate cancer, which if caught early, would be treatable today. Poor old Dickie died of pancreatic cancer at 62.
      A lost era with roots in music hall, those guys had to do it all.

    • @phillipecook3227
      @phillipecook3227 Год назад +16

      Being 64 I had a vague memory of DH on telly from my early youth but hadn't given him a single thought until this arrived in my RUclips feed. I was shocked to find he'd died at only 62. I find it slightly poignant that the act begins with a gentle ribbing of the eldest of the 3 by the 2 others and yet from reading the comments I find Max Wall outlived both of them. Carpe Diem.

    • @pauldoree3967
      @pauldoree3967 Год назад +5

      @@phillipecook3227 I'm also 64, remember all 3 very well - though hadn't thought about them in a long long time. A real pleasure watching them again.

    • @nearlyretired7005
      @nearlyretired7005 Год назад +5

      @@pauldoree3967 I'm 60 and remember seeing them,terrific entertainers.

    • @julianhignell8452
      @julianhignell8452 Год назад +1

      Saw Dickie Henderson live in Blackpool too many years ago, very young age, but I remember him being very funny, he played a great drunk routine.

  • @bahons72
    @bahons72 5 лет назад +87

    Now, for those who've forgotten or, for those who've never seen it, that's entertainment.

  • @ouiouipiggy4390
    @ouiouipiggy4390 Год назад +75

    I never met Max Wall (unfortunately), but I had the great pleasure to work with Billy and Dickie separately, the latter on tour with his stage show and the former on the Good Old Days BBC TV show. Both great fun, but particularly fond memories of working with Dickie who along with his wife was an absolute hoot. As a young Assistant Stage Manager at the time, he couldn't have been kinder and more encouraging to me. Such a treat to come across this clip which brought back some great memories!

    • @stigmontgomery7901
      @stigmontgomery7901 Год назад +1

      Nice comment

    • @DrCrabfingers
      @DrCrabfingers Год назад +1

      Back when the whole family would all sit together to watch the BBC variety shows on Saturday evenings...whilst eating supper on their laps if our family was anything to go by.

    • @benholmes1608
      @benholmes1608 Месяц назад

      @@DrCrabfingers Exactly how I remember it!

  • @lindadelderfield7764
    @lindadelderfield7764 4 года назад +96

    Billy Dainty stole the show here. Wonderfully talented man - how I miss him!

    • @RockingTerryLee
      @RockingTerryLee 3 года назад +8

      @74 torino or was inspired by it and added/improvised/improved it? Kinda how Michael Jackson stole James Brown / Jackie Wilson dance moves.

    • @soccer1970-f5f
      @soccer1970-f5f 3 года назад +8

      @@RockingTerryLee Brilliantly put. Hadnt seen the comments, and my first thought was that BD was way better than Max Wall, who is slightly over rated imo. BD translated it, and made it much funnier

    • @evo5dave
      @evo5dave 3 года назад +5

      Loved watching him when I was a kid

    • @binkyboobosh1
      @binkyboobosh1 3 года назад +18

      @74 torino Max was a lot older than the other two and was coming to the end of his dancing. Curiously, he outlived the other two ....In his prime, Max was something else....

    • @binkyboobosh1
      @binkyboobosh1 3 года назад +14

      @@soccer1970-f5f ..Max was nearly 20 years older than Billy...you'd expect a more energetic performance from Billy. In his prime, Max was one of the very best and one of the most innovative.....

  • @ianmedium
    @ianmedium 3 года назад +31

    I swear, the death of variety was the death of multitalented stars like this. These people could do it all and do it beyond good! I had the great good fortune to meet Mr Henderson once in the 1980´s in a clothing store in London called Take 6. he was the epitome of a gentleman, was very kind to this star struck young man and just exuded that thing called specialness. I have cherished that brief encounter all these years.

    • @pauldoree3967
      @pauldoree3967 Год назад +3

      I think the last of them was Bruce Forsyth

  • @MrDavey2010
    @MrDavey2010 Год назад +30

    They don’t make ‘em like that anymore. Pure talent. How I miss those halcyon days of light entertainment.

    • @Morgan-yl3ou
      @Morgan-yl3ou Год назад +2

      Me too...
      ...its been replaced by FORCED entertainment
      ..which lacks soul...

    • @christopherquinn5899
      @christopherquinn5899 Год назад

      @@Morgan-yl3ou Yes, it's all effectively karaoke performers. Gone is the sense of fun, and displays of real talent and craft.

    • @Morgan-yl3ou
      @Morgan-yl3ou Год назад

      @@christopherquinn5899
      Exactly....

    • @nwicconsultants6640
      @nwicconsultants6640 Год назад

      @@christopherquinn5899 And very bad karaoke performers at that!

  • @carpenter284
    @carpenter284 Год назад +29

    Billy's dancing was exceptional

    • @greg434
      @greg434 Год назад +3

      A trained dancer ....& It showed ...

    • @ladywalker8200
      @ladywalker8200 Год назад +1

      ​@@greg434He did ballet in his youth!

    • @greg434
      @greg434 Год назад

      @@ladywalker8200
      Very light on his feet & made it look easy ..
      Fond memories....x

  • @nickychessmen2313
    @nickychessmen2313 5 лет назад +45

    Billy dainty is a joy.

    • @rainpop3036
      @rainpop3036 5 лет назад +10

      Brilliant guy he was missed

    • @Corinthian44
      @Corinthian44 4 года назад +10

      He is missed , everyone loved Billy Dainty !

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 3 года назад +2

      @@Corinthian44 I always had reservations about him as he did other people's acts but it seems from this that he had Max's blessing. He also did Mr Pastry but that was a true homage and introduced his act for those who were too young to know it.

    • @richardwalker1880
      @richardwalker1880 3 года назад +3

      God bless Billy daint he is still my favourite and a true legend poor Billy suffered from prostate cancer for a few years now he s gone we sure do miss him God bless Billy no one makes me laugh like Billy dainty what a fantastic man

    • @Voxac100b
      @Voxac100b 3 года назад +5

      @@richardwalker1880 yes by all accounts a lovely man, bless him he died far too early he was a joy to watch. The man who bridged the gap between the music hall to tv. He was becoming a bigger name just before he died

  • @richardyoung1053
    @richardyoung1053 4 года назад +17

    From someone who wasn't even born back in 1971 it's great to see.

    • @andyelliott8027
      @andyelliott8027 2 года назад +2

      It WAS great, 1971 was the year after I left school at 15 ! In November 1971 I was 17. I'm now 66 with three grown up kids and five lovely Grandchildren. Where did all that time go? 1971 Seems like yesterday.

  • @kenrolandshow
    @kenrolandshow 4 года назад +77

    How wonderful to see the three of them together, what talent there is there, love it!

    • @annie482000
      @annie482000 3 года назад +7

      When I was little, I remember saying to my parents that I'd love to see all three of them together. I got my wish years later by watching this when it was broadcast and it really did make me laugh. 😂😂😂

  • @rainbowqueen1872
    @rainbowqueen1872 Год назад +16

    My late Dad and Mum knew Dickie well and considered him to be not just supremely talented but one of the nicest most genuine people in the business. I love watching these clips from my growing-up years when you had to really be something special to make it to the top. These were slick, classy polished professionals the like of which we’ll never see again. God bless them all.

    • @joanwhite2365
      @joanwhite2365 Год назад +1

      How wonderful. My late father would try these dance routines. What talent they had. Real entertainment.

  • @robertblackburn752
    @robertblackburn752 Год назад +4

    Three well dressed highly talented gentlemen comedians, the ‘monkey walk’ bit just cracks me up.
    We’ll never see their like again.

  • @carlosgomes2783
    @carlosgomes2783 4 года назад +64

    Just arrived here by chance - would you believe I remember watching this nearly *50* years ago?! (I was nine.) What a blast from the past! I would never have believed it still existed. Three of my favourite performers working together, and a rare chance to see Billy Dainty again, a superb dancer and comedian. Thanks so much for posting this!

  • @keshoasubuhi
    @keshoasubuhi Год назад +35

    Dickie Henderson was a wonderful performer with fantastic body awareness - his "One More for the Road" was a classic, looked deceptively easy but impressive acrobatic, timing and acting skills

    • @tonybuk70
      @tonybuk70 Год назад +6

      oh, just been and found it, its fantastic -thanks so much for putting that out there :)

  • @heavyshift1
    @heavyshift1 3 года назад +16

    Live band, live routine, live recording, live transmission. Entertainment that held the audience firstly by the talent but also because it could all go wrong! 😅

    • @marvinmuonekejazz
      @marvinmuonekejazz 2 года назад +5

      Absolutely! But even if it did go wrong (which it didn’t), to me, that’s still the beauty of live television. The blunders, the off-the-cuff improv and ad-libs, make it all more fun and human.

  • @manslayer1972
    @manslayer1972 3 года назад +12

    I wish life was still like this. Remember working in the theatre summer season with dickie Henderson starring. Halcyon days

  • @davidowen2859
    @davidowen2859 Год назад +21

    Three great performers in their own right. My late departed father introduced me to this generation of artist. All lost to the Tik bloody Tok generation of look at me clueless talentless wannabes. .

    • @oldvlognewtricks
      @oldvlognewtricks Год назад

      Variety died out in the 80s… and it’s somehow about TikTok? 🤡

  • @cajsheen2594
    @cajsheen2594 Год назад +6

    When I was little Max Wall used to frighten the life out of me, but as I grew I appreciated him more and more. Billy Dainty was a very likeable chap with a warm welcoming smile. Nice to see them together! XXX

    • @douglasfreeman3229
      @douglasfreeman3229 Год назад +1

      Yeah, I remember seeing him as a kid when he was dressed in his tights and boots and wig doing his silly walking and I found him vaguely disconcerting. As a child I thought he actually dressed like that in public and he'd come into a public convenience while I was there and I'd be scared. Comedy used to be so sinister to little kids.

  • @haydenharris3059
    @haydenharris3059 2 года назад +8

    More energy than people half their age today, magnificent 👏

  • @lawrenceclifton5491
    @lawrenceclifton5491 2 года назад +16

    Brings back memories of all of them. I especially remember Max Wall as Professor Waldoff and his funny walk

  • @k9nick
    @k9nick 2 месяца назад +1

    These guys were entertaining during war. They know how to put a smile on your face.
    Show buz today is very different.

  • @amhunter7556
    @amhunter7556 Год назад +10

    Fabulous! Three highly talented guys! THAT'S the way to start a Monday morning!🤩

  • @cliveedwards9684
    @cliveedwards9684 3 года назад +12

    This clip is gold dust

  • @alecjefferson1251
    @alecjefferson1251 2 года назад +5

    Brilliant 🤩 good old British humour.
    No swearing just 😄🇬🇧👍
    Will watch again now 😘🎉

  • @julianeisner8289
    @julianeisner8289 Год назад +4

    Pure class. Each of them knew their craft which was honed over decades. They took pride and great care in their work in addition to immaculate presentation. How standards have sunk when people are content to watch reality rubbish.

  • @brianmason8205
    @brianmason8205 3 года назад +7

    Talent, talent, talent. There seemed to be so much real talent in those days. Not so now! Very sad.

  • @freshfreenlovinit
    @freshfreenlovinit Год назад +10

    I have never heard of these men before but how wonderful is this dance routine?

    • @randolphpinkle4482
      @randolphpinkle4482 Год назад +1

      Before my time, but what a time it seems to have been. The older gent in the middle was hilarious.

    • @faginzboyz
      @faginzboyz Год назад +1

      Check out Max Wall doing his full act. It's off the scale comedy genius. ruclips.net/video/_GzOU6Gp-qc/видео.html

  • @rainpop3036
    @rainpop3036 5 лет назад +15

    Brilliant and Billy Dainty seemed very fit

    • @Corinthian44
      @Corinthian44 4 года назад +3

      Billy was carrying a bit of weight in later years , but kept amazing fit , a true performer , in the 'music hall ' tradition !

    • @Corinthian44
      @Corinthian44 4 года назад +3

      Apologies , I should have said ' amazingly ' fit , not ' amazing fit ' , must have been late at night !

    • @biggusdickkus2956
      @biggusdickkus2956 2 года назад +1

      @@Corinthian44
      Actually you were OK with saying amazing fit. Sounds a little archaic but totally acceptable English.

  • @RonWylie-gk5lc
    @RonWylie-gk5lc 4 года назад +6

    Thats real old pro work!, still wonderfully funny after all these years

  • @DrCrabfingers
    @DrCrabfingers Год назад +1

    Max Wall was a superb dancer of tap....there aren't many videos of him on RUclips but I've seen him do things that beggar belief. He must be 70 here and still has the gift.

  • @stuartforsyth4279
    @stuartforsyth4279 2 года назад +25

    This is fantastic, it is fascinating to watch the intricacy of Billy Dainty’s foot movements, I have been watching over and over , so wonderful from a better time for sure it has made me smile.

  • @TrevorHoneyball
    @TrevorHoneyball 3 года назад +52

    A different and better country in 1971🤔

    • @23715
      @23715 Год назад +2

      Different certainly.

    • @Chris1553
      @Chris1553 Год назад +4

      So true !

    • @iainclark5964
      @iainclark5964 Год назад +2

      Depends on who you were

    • @23715
      @23715 Год назад +1

      Black and White Minstrel Show anybody ?

    • @23715
      @23715 Год назад +3

      It your youth that your missing not the past.

  • @michaellovell1368
    @michaellovell1368 3 года назад +10

    Three of 'em....and each a terrific entertainer. Much missed......

  • @MrJdp1968
    @MrJdp1968 Год назад +2

    Billy Dainty steals the show, what a dancer

  • @swanvictor887
    @swanvictor887 2 месяца назад

    Awesome...the last fading echoes of Variety and the Music Hall, the truly talented making the switch to TV and surviving on.... pure bloody talent. And they did it all wearing Dinner Jackets....!

  • @darrenbennett06
    @darrenbennett06 4 года назад +11

    Brilliant just brilliant, i was only 3 when this was broadcast.

    • @seltaeb9691
      @seltaeb9691 3 года назад +1

      Then you won't rmbr it then unlike me.

  • @jackmeough6338
    @jackmeough6338 Год назад +4

    I can remember watching this. Anything with Billy Dainty was unmissable. ATV commissioned a show pairing Dickie Henderson with Bob Monkhouse on the basis that they both had a 50% audience approval rating. When it flopped, Dickie said: What you have to remember with the 50% thing, Bob, is that probably means half of them hate me and the other half hate you.
    Thanks for posting.

  • @seeyouinmist3924
    @seeyouinmist3924 3 года назад +15

    Matthew, one of the best things ever - your Dad was an amazing talent, something to cherish

  • @davidstokes551
    @davidstokes551 Год назад +2

    Brilliant, good clean humour. Remembering them all today.

  • @carolynellis387
    @carolynellis387 Год назад +10

    When people truly had talent and knew how to entertain an audience

  • @eldrinod
    @eldrinod Год назад +5

    Oh my god, I feel so old! Tell you what though, what great talents they all were👍🏻❤️

  • @simongee8928
    @simongee8928 2 года назад +5

    This is the result of genuine talent and skill.

  • @zappasmoustache23
    @zappasmoustache23 Год назад +7

    Absolutely effing brilliant!
    Max wall’s face finished me and Billy Dainty was such a skilful dancer.

  • @warringtonuk8699
    @warringtonuk8699 2 года назад +31

    Hadn’t appreciated how talented Billy Dainty was

    • @stevecampbell6294
      @stevecampbell6294 Год назад

      Same here.

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 9 месяцев назад

      Yes. He was very aptly named as he was an exceptional mover. I loved him in Emus Broadcasting Company.

  • @Sandi-ke9mi
    @Sandi-ke9mi Год назад +7

    These guys were the break dancers on their day, lol. More please. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @faginzboyz
      @faginzboyz Год назад

      Max ruclips.net/video/_GzOU6Gp-qc/видео.html

    • @paulreading8980
      @paulreading8980 Год назад +2

      You know other household names could dance like this such as Bruce Forsyth and Roy Castle. Many of the acts on TV during that ears could turn their hands to many things,

  • @phillipecook3227
    @phillipecook3227 Год назад +6

    3 very talented performers. Watching this with the benefit of over 50 years hindsight I suppose what we see here is the very refined tail end of a style and form of entertainment stretching right back to British variety and music hall.

  • @valeriebrookes3591
    @valeriebrookes3591 3 года назад +21

    Seen all of three of these stars on stage very talented great memories forever.

  • @montythepoodlepup9634
    @montythepoodlepup9634 Год назад +1

    Wow how wonderful, born mid sixties and adored family tv growing up then. 🙂☺️🙂☺️

  • @jennydenston5680
    @jennydenston5680 Год назад +3

    Out of the three Billy dainty, for me, was the funniest, all great performers though. Happy days.

  • @raypurchase801
    @raypurchase801 3 года назад +13

    I want to see this kind of dancing on "Strictly".

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 3 года назад +2

      About a million times better than those awful 'street' dances they do these days.

  • @paulweir5031
    @paulweir5031 Год назад +1

    Max Wall passed me walking up Chinbrook Road, Grove Park, not many months before his death; I have never been one to approach famous people going about their business, but maybe I should have greeted him. He did have a reputation for being grouchy, or so I've heard !
    Dickie Henderson was the star who presided at the opening of the Bryansburn Inn, Bangor sixty years ago in '63. His father was the man who popularised Tiptoe through the Tulips.
    My wee sister, long gone, adored Billy Dainty ! An amazingly athletic man.

  • @bowiewhist
    @bowiewhist 2 года назад +5

    What a reminder of three great performers. Billy Dainty was aptly named!

  • @Solero0001
    @Solero0001 9 дней назад

    Brilliantly entertaining, two left us far to soon (59 and 62)

  • @KennyEvansUK
    @KennyEvansUK Год назад +3

    Dickie Hendersom had some moves, the guy was always so fluid.

  • @richardwalker1880
    @richardwalker1880 3 года назад +3

    God bless Billy dainty he made us laugh like no one else can I BILLY suffered from prostate cancer wen he did this but like the man he was he carried on for us thiers no one quite like him any more Billy dainty made us laugh God bless him

  • @MichaelHughes-bq9ob
    @MichaelHughes-bq9ob Год назад +1

    All the giants of entertainment have sadly gone. Now we are left with sneering, profane-ridden nonentities. I was privileged to meet Dickie Henderson in Hong Kong, Exposition Brittanica, in the early 60s. He was appearing at the Mandarin and arranged seats at the front(next to Princess Margaret and Tony Armstrong-Jones) for me and a mate. Fantastic performance from a fantastic artist.

  • @FJMLAM
    @FJMLAM 3 года назад +13

    Fantastic routine. Love eccentric dancing. I remember watching The Dickie Henderson show when in my young teens. he was classy entertainer. Once saw Max Wall in his one man show in London - extremely funny man. Billy Dainty best eccentric dancer there was [next to nat Jackly perhaps]. thanks for this great clip

  • @kharding7328
    @kharding7328 3 года назад +3

    I never forgot the time I was a passenger in a car driven by my then boyfriend who was doing a 3 point turn in London! When a car coming the other slowed down, I looked up and driving it and smiling at me.. was Dickie Henderson, I was only about 20 and thrilled! He looked just the same as on the tv! and seemed gracious & charming.. no road rage! Mind you I was young blonde at the time ha ha.. but seriously must have been the early 80's, how sad to know he didnt live that long after.. as obviously I remember him from TV. RIP MrH

  • @simonhaste2864
    @simonhaste2864 Год назад +1

    This cheered me up no end.

  • @johnbellamy6449
    @johnbellamy6449 Год назад +2

    Wow just come on to this .this was TRUE TALENT, HOW WE MISS THESE FANTASTIC PERFORMANCES BY WONDERFUL ARTISTS WHO EARNED THEIR APPLAUSE. THANKYOU FOR YOUR VIDEOS. WE MISS THEM X OTHERS SO MUCH .. LINDA AND JOHN BELLAMY UK THANKYOU AGAIN 2023 .JANUARY

  • @melodymacken9788
    @melodymacken9788 Год назад +1

    Brilliant, brilliant and brilliant.

  • @peequod
    @peequod Год назад +1

    Now this should be on tik tok or a RUclips short: skill, class, wholesome entertainment.

  • @Cyndithia68
    @Cyndithia68 Год назад

    Omg Billy Dainty, my mum and dad loved him.

  • @garrynorth6269
    @garrynorth6269 Год назад

    Actual talent on youtube, who would have thought.

  • @baraskparas9559
    @baraskparas9559 Год назад

    Gotta be a great dancer to be that funny , deliberately. Bravo.

  • @davidjenkinson6602
    @davidjenkinson6602 Год назад +1

    The three off them were brilliant 👏

  • @colindickins231
    @colindickins231 5 лет назад +17

    In my opinion Dickie was an underrated entertainer. He was funny, could sing and dance and take a tumble. I was looking for a routine, I think was at the Palladium, where he 'fights' with the person on the microphone cable. He also had a sitcom with June Laverick?? OK Found a version of the mike cable.

    • @seltaeb9691
      @seltaeb9691 3 года назад

      I was abroad in the army 1970s & Dickie Henderson came out with a review of artistes for our delectation. Henderson was very sniffy afterwards when we asked for autographs. We were not amused.

    • @biggusdickkus2956
      @biggusdickkus2956 2 года назад

      @@seltaeb9691
      Strange, he was well known to be affable, could perhaps you and your friends over imbibed and possibly a little rowdier than you thought..?

    • @benitobueno3373
      @benitobueno3373 Год назад +1

      1960..I was 7 and my Mum and I were enjoying a week's caravan holiday near Porthcawl, went to a matinee at the local theatre with Dickie Henderson headliining the show..yes he did his microphone cable skit and I can still remember twisting and turning with laughter in my seat ..funniest man ever

  • @ieanmcmillan647
    @ieanmcmillan647 Год назад

    My toes were tapping within 15 seconds. Fantastic

  • @garyowen9044
    @garyowen9044 Год назад +2

    When entertainment didn’t insult with vulgarity.

  • @carylsexton9452
    @carylsexton9452 Год назад +2

    The guy on the right... he is so good...

  • @stephenrose1343
    @stephenrose1343 Год назад +1

    Great stuff. I realise I had forgotten Billy Dainty, the other two I remember well. Clowning with style.

  • @YouzTube99
    @YouzTube99 Год назад +1

    Fun look at the music hall/vaudeville days!
    Oddly enough, Max (in the middle) though a generation older than Dickie and Billy, outlived them.

  • @EtonieE25
    @EtonieE25 Год назад

    Dicky bloody Henderson! I’d completely forgotten about him 🤣

  • @robertmiller3750
    @robertmiller3750 Год назад +1

    Now that's entertainment! 👍😄😄😄😄

  • @Zoro007
    @Zoro007 Год назад +2

    No smut just pure talent.....long lost days unfortunately...great to see though ! Thank you!

    • @23715
      @23715 Год назад

      There was lots of smut in those days. Deeply unfunny most of it. Benny Hill for example. What a pile of crap.

  • @stevelee4952
    @stevelee4952 Год назад

    I am an old git of 71, Billy Dainty was so brilliant. God bless all three.

  • @citywise8773
    @citywise8773 2 месяца назад

    Actual talent!! Terrific

  • @lulassong6524
    @lulassong6524 Год назад +1

    This is great!♥️

  • @stephenbone7034
    @stephenbone7034 Год назад +2

    When people knew how to entertain,compare Saturday nights then to what we have now

  • @jimmyjam4371
    @jimmyjam4371 Год назад

    Wow! What professional perfection!!!!!😀

  • @tschuler9923
    @tschuler9923 Год назад +3

    I'm guessing that this was on British tv because I've never seen these three great enterertainers before. I'm certainly glad to have seen it now. Entertainment has lost it's wholesome quality now days

  • @celtichero9
    @celtichero9 Год назад +3

    Thanks I am a yank but I LOVED This thanks for posting! God Bless from across the POND! God Save the King!! #LYBM

  • @KarenBraceacts
    @KarenBraceacts Год назад

    Pure old skool Music Hall. Love it.

  • @stevehaynes2857
    @stevehaynes2857 Год назад +1

    Max Wall - comic genius from my childhood. 😂

  • @markwalker4219
    @markwalker4219 2 месяца назад

    Three men at the top of there game.i remember all three but forgotten how good the Three of them were

  • @maureenm8462
    @maureenm8462 Год назад +1

    Max wall comes to mind😂😂English humour at its best

  • @postwar46
    @postwar46 11 месяцев назад

    The Britain I loved ! great performance.

  • @alexandermacdonald3970
    @alexandermacdonald3970 Год назад +1

    Good wholesome family fun.

  • @marionclark9564
    @marionclark9564 10 месяцев назад

    I love this - great entertainment.😊😊

  • @tardismole
    @tardismole Год назад

    Three names I recall from my early childhood. Back when cabaret was good, and comedy was clean and polite. Miss those days.

  • @joanne26
    @joanne26 Год назад +1

    What a wonderful short clip of them 'fooling around so to speak' on stage
    When in 1971 we only had 2 TV channels, the BBC and ITV when they were both at the top of their game. People just stopped in to see such great entertainers and then went out to the pub. How times have changed when there is nothing on mainstream TV now worth watching.
    Around the age of 7 or 8 i remember going to see pantomime at the Birmingham Hippodrome and Dickie was star of the show if my memory serves me well

  • @Teapot333
    @Teapot333 Год назад

    Ahhhh the days of real talent. What a wonderful performance. I miss seeing people like this... multi talented and worked hard to perfect their craft. We’ll never see their likes again 😢.

  • @mikeford1273
    @mikeford1273 Год назад +1

    Charming,brilliant and entertaining..a window into another world.thanks.

  • @annoldham3018
    @annoldham3018 3 года назад +4

    My gran used to say they dance like they need the toilet! But it was great fun to watch. I bet it's hard to do also 😃😂🤩

  • @k9nick
    @k9nick 2 месяца назад

    I can’t stop smiling.