This brings back memories - I worked on a cabaret show in Jersey with Jack Douglas in 1977 - some years after this was broadcast - what a lovely man he was. I was 21 during the season’s run and he sent champagne backstage for me. I will never forget that birthday!
This used to be shown on Granada plus in the morning before going to school and it used to crack teenage me up, especially in the dark winter months. And at night about eleven you could watch the wheeltappers and shunters and then the comedians. All great 70s comedy. Thank you for the upload, great comedy age that won't come back again.
Wheeltappers and Shunters was some of the best TV entertainment ever. Loved Colin Crompton and his bell. Bernard's singing was superb too. A great nights entertainment. Cheap pint there I bet!
Every generation gets nostalgic. For example, Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now (1874-75) describes the Victorian age as “a newer and worse sort of world”. Twas ever thus.
@@MrPlannery Yes, I don't doubt what you say at all (each generation being nostalgic), but matters are far worse in terms of how extreme "woke" ideologies are literally destroying UK culture and heritage, and placing innocent people at risk of persecution (we're watching it happen in real time and very rapidly)! From a Christian perspective, I'm pretty sure the likely ensuing chaos can be seen as judgement on a nation which has , on the whole, turned away from God through Jesus Christ and Christian values/morals; safety, security, and comfort can no longer be expected in other words!
This was a time when humour was humour, everyone took things in good spirit, not as today. Brilliant times, hard times, but well worth living through them. One can tell the atmosphere in this show as one that, as before, was inoffensive, good banter
This was brilliant! I remember it being on the TV when I was a child, but I was only 5 so I couldn't really appreciate the humour. Thanks for uploading!
Absolutely loved this... Year I was born. How much of dudes were Les Dawson & Clive Dunn... All of them Legends & I miss humour like this.. Its all shit now (excluding Father Ted/IT crowd & Alan Partridge) Ahhhhhaaaaaaaa
OH MY DAYS IT'S BOXING DAY 2024 AND I'VE JUST FOUND THIS PIECE OF COMEDY TREASURE IM 56 NOW SO OF AN AGE WHERE THESE GUYS WERE AT THEIR PEAK STRANGE NOT SEEING BARRY CRYER WITH WHITE HAIR TOO THESE WERE THE BEST AND NOW THERE IS A VOID BECAUSE APART FROM A FEW COMEDY TODAY IS DREADFUL BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A JOKE THERE IS ALWAYS SOME LITTLE JUMPED UP ARSE WHO TAKES OFFENSE AND IT SUCKS IF ITS FUNNY I'LL LAUGH AT IT R I P ALL YOU GENTS ON THIS PANEL SORRY FOR CAPS LOST CONTACT LENSE SO USING 🔍🔎 😎🥂♥️😅
Unlike modern panel show doesn't seem stage managed and rehearsed. Les showed his true colours as a comic while the others are actors who came to the fore in comic roles. Don't know about Ray Martine, never heard of him.
Davidandrews comment below mine is spot on, I’m 52 and the days when you could just laugh at daft and also clever comedy is almost dead because it upsets everyone, happy days watching this 👍
Interestingly clive dunne was an actor who served in the British army during the second world war ,having been captured in crete he spent 4 years in a pow camp in Austria
No idea who Ted and Ray are,but the rest were comedy giants. Really miss Les Dawson. And I remember Clive Dunn as grandad,one of my favourite growing up. Thanks for uploading.
He was quite often on Joker's Wild, I recall, but I can't remember him being a "television comedian" otherwise. I'd guess he was more of a club comedian.
Im the same i came about this by chance and I'm 59. Different times mate 3 channels, we all laughed at the same thing instead of complaining about 300 channels we have now being anti this that and the other
Dawson didn't seem to be amused by Ray's interruptions. Butting in during the telling of a joke ruins Dawson's timing. I know that's the idea to buzz in but at least Dawsons interruptions were funny compared to Ray's cheap insults
Thanks for posting. It’s an interesting insight into the 1970s and a bygone age. Some of the panel members here are much loved figures from my youth and I love a bit of nostalgia. But I must say Ted Ray and Ray Martine are embarrassingly bad. When the camera pans to the audience it gives a further insight into how much things have changed.
I agree. Considering it was scripted and they had prior notice too find a joke, you'd think they'd have selected better ones. Les Dawson had a few good lines, but the others were fairly weak. My opinion I realise, and no doubt people will disagree, but that's what makes the world go round!
I do remember these programme, the difference is these stars learnt they're craft on stage with feed back which is why now stand ups are still funny, unlike reality stars ( barf)
You're thinking of the show "Tell Me Another." Wasn't he meant to have eaten the salmon mousse left over by Reg Varney the day before? Jim Dale (who was in the audience) filled in for Arthur.
Actually I think it was " Call my Bluff" when Arthur seemed to have difficulty understanding Frank Muir's speech impediment..in fact understanding how the game worked and in a state of confused frustration stormed off set.
Professional comics who had honed their skills for years on the variety act circuit. In those days a turn like Jack Douglas could tour for years doing the basically the same act because nobody would see it on TV or Tiktok. Modern comics have to develop a whole new act every year. Interesting fact: working class comics like scouser Ted Ray had kids who went on to be incredibly posh RADA types - see his son Robin Ray chairing Call My Bluff. Likewise check out Thora Hird's daughter Janette Scott co-starring with Ian Carmichael and Terry Thomas in School for Scoundrels.
You can rely on youtube to entertain us over crimbo, unlike the utter CRAP that the bbc & itv give us🤮feckin bbc licence should be abolished NOW. Don't even get me started on how BAD the 2024 Xmas outnumbered was🤮🤮🤮
So this is where Mock the Week got its format. Imagine a time machine, sending back Stewart Francis, Gary Delaney, and Milton Jones to form one team. Barry Cryer's pants would never have dried🤣🤣🤣
The innocence of the show is so refreshing...thank you for uploading.
This brings back memories - I worked on a cabaret show in Jersey with Jack Douglas in 1977 - some years after this was broadcast - what a lovely man he was. I was 21 during the season’s run and he sent champagne backstage for me. I will never forget that birthday!
CHEERS from AUSTRALIA
Wow, what a time to be alive and experience England 1971!
Albeit I was only 6 at the time
Same!
Me too.
Its Boxing Day 2024 And this was far better than the cr8p the Beeb & ITV dared to transmit yesterday !
Wholeheartedly agree.
Absolutely! Spot on Ian. (Merry Christmas by the way) :)
Apart from "Wallace & Gromit". of course.
Ray Martine.
Home Alone was repeated more times than Christmas dinner!
Barry Cryer the comedy writing genius and legend !
The genius that was Les Dawson.
Sid's laugh.
Never to be repeated.
Les Dawson was a Juggernaut of a comedian! - this world is not the same without his funny bones! ❤❤❤❤
Never seen this before.
Best panel show I've seen all year.
This used to be shown on Granada plus in the morning before going to school and it used to crack teenage me up, especially in the dark winter months. And at night about eleven you could watch the wheeltappers and shunters and then the comedians. All great 70s comedy. Thank you for the upload, great comedy age that won't come back again.
Thankfully the Wheeltappers and Shunters are on Tptv!
Wheeltappers and Shunters was some of the best TV entertainment ever. Loved Colin Crompton and his bell. Bernard's singing was superb too. A great nights entertainment. Cheap pint there I bet!
Perfect Boxing Day television, so many greats from days gone. 😂
Brilliant!! I'm sure so many of us desperately require a good dose of nostalgia right now, in these times (just to keep sane)!!
So true.
Every generation gets nostalgic. For example, Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now (1874-75) describes the Victorian age as “a newer and worse sort of world”.
Twas ever thus.
@@MrPlannery Yes, I don't doubt what you say at all (each generation being nostalgic), but matters are far worse in terms of how extreme "woke" ideologies are literally destroying UK culture and heritage, and placing innocent people at risk of persecution (we're watching it happen in real time and very rapidly)! From a Christian perspective, I'm pretty sure the likely ensuing chaos can be seen as judgement on a nation which has , on the whole, turned away from God through Jesus Christ and Christian values/morals; safety, security, and comfort can no longer be expected in other words!
@@trevorm1799ah, so you're a nutter. Nevermind! Have a great day.
@@trevorm1799 Will you stop with that "woke" is bad nonsense. Jesus and god didn't exist and religion is all a con.
11:00 I never would have recognised this guy without the flat cap, hair and glasses. What a legend.
This was a time when humour was humour, everyone took things in good spirit, not as today. Brilliant times, hard times, but well worth living through them. One can tell the atmosphere in this show as one that, as before, was inoffensive, good banter
Oh my, I’m 55 in a few days & was subjected to this for far too long absolutely nothing funny, I only clicked for Sid James- clickbait ehh hahaha
Calm down
@@johnd1466 you can click back or home you know,......you're not forced to watch til the end ffs
Let me guess: the time you're nostalgic for, you were aged somewhere between your teens to your mid 20s?
The didn't have Marxists attempting a take over back then. The loss of humour is part of their arsenal.
This was brilliant! I remember it being on the TV when I was a child, but I was only 5 so I couldn't really appreciate the humour.
Thanks for uploading!
Great to see Sid James who looked more than happy to watch and enjoy. Devised by Ray Cameron McIntyre - Michael McIntyre's dad
Seeing Clive Dunn showing other talents than those in Dad's Army is great fun!
They were all great but Clive Dunn was the attraction to me. Always loved his work in Dad's Army. "Don't panic!"
Absolutely loved this... Year I was born. How much of dudes were Les Dawson & Clive Dunn... All of them Legends & I miss humour like this.. Its all shit now (excluding Father Ted/IT crowd & Alan Partridge) Ahhhhhaaaaaaaa
My word there's some serious talent on this show.
Perfect 😂 didn't even turn the telly on this boxing day 2024, OG's of comedy right here 🎉
Thank you for putting this on RUclips, watching it has made my day! 😂😂😂
Enjoyed that so much! Was laughing out loud and it brought back memories of my younger days. Thanks so much.
Great show! I never particularly rated Jack Douglas, but his smooth Gin routine here was really funny 😅. Thanks for making available 👍
I remember his character from my dim distant youth.
Similar to the pint joke in Carry on abroad
Les Dawson was a brilliant comedian loved him back in the day 😂
OH MY DAYS IT'S BOXING DAY 2024 AND I'VE JUST FOUND THIS PIECE OF COMEDY TREASURE IM 56 NOW SO OF AN AGE WHERE THESE GUYS WERE AT THEIR PEAK STRANGE NOT SEEING BARRY CRYER WITH WHITE HAIR TOO THESE WERE THE BEST AND NOW THERE IS A VOID BECAUSE APART FROM A FEW COMEDY TODAY IS DREADFUL BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A JOKE THERE IS ALWAYS SOME LITTLE JUMPED UP ARSE WHO TAKES OFFENSE AND IT SUCKS IF ITS FUNNY I'LL LAUGH AT IT R I P ALL YOU GENTS ON THIS PANEL SORRY FOR CAPS LOST CONTACT LENSE SO USING 🔍🔎 😎🥂♥️😅
Same here & couldn't agree more. A better time back then - in so many ways .
Tell me this is satire
I presume that this was a 70s show, but I don't remember watching it at all.
@@a34rwl It's called comedy - rare nowadays .
The YT algorithm
I remember this programme. Very funny. Thanks for sharing.
Sid James, another great South African talent! So many greats from that part of the world!
The best of the best comedians
I stayed up until a quarter past four Saturday morning watching that , it brought back brilliant memories of life before fun was abolished.
Forgot just how good this show was. Especially with Les Dawson.
Takes me back. I remember watching all these shows with my dad. Simpler times. Cheers
Unlike modern panel show doesn't seem stage managed and rehearsed. Les showed his true colours as a comic while the others are actors who came to the fore in comic roles. Don't know about Ray Martine, never heard of him.
Comedy Gold 😀 I loved this... what a Christmas present. Thanks.
This should come back on TV. Come on, bring it back!!
Find someone funny would be a problem!
@@andrewparnell6656 "Finding" someone funny you mean, also so many funny comedians out there.
Wed have to have a transvestite,black ,muslim woman and gay person fir diversty on these day for diversity.
CHEERS from AUSTRALIA - thanks for this
I really enjoyed that thank you 😀
Excellent!!! i wanna see this on TV nowadays!!
Jack Douglas twitching always creased me! Great in Carry ons.
Such a shame they are not with us anymore. They had class.
Davidandrews comment below mine is spot on, I’m 52 and the days when you could just laugh at daft and also clever comedy is almost dead because it upsets everyone, happy days watching this 👍
The theme tune is the same KPM 1000 series stock music used for the "It's Prof" segments on "Vision On".
Correct....the Mad Professor in black and white only!
A Jew telling another Jew a Gestapo joke, at the end there. You won't find that on TV nowadays.
Wonderful line up comedy gold
I remember watching this. :-)
I don't remember it at all
Where the hell did you find this old gem because I’m very grateful 🙏
I was 13 when this was broadcast and can just remember it! Some great names in there and look how young Barry Cryer looks!
Not to mention Jones from Dad's army.. 😂
@@gatehanger1385 Of course!
Just old enough to remember this prog.
Sadly all gone
Really good..thoroughly enjoyed...thankyou 🎉🎉🎉
They couldn't begin to field a show with that sort of calibre of celebrity these days.
I wasn’t even a year old when this was broadcast! So much better than the 💩 we have today!
Interestingly clive dunne was an actor who served in the British army during the second world war ,having been captured in crete he spent 4 years in a pow camp in Austria
..and they don't like it up 'em Captain!!!
Barry Cryer is one of the comedy greats. So missed
No idea who Ted and Ray are,but the rest were comedy giants. Really miss Les Dawson. And I remember Clive Dunn as grandad,one of my favourite growing up. Thanks for uploading.
Apparently les Dawson saw sid james ghost in a theatre and it had a terrible effect on him!!
It was in the dressing room of the Sunderland Empire where Did died.
@thecelticdruid7707 that's correct 👌
Really?? 😲
@stevenlagoe7808 yep, apparently it shook him to his core, he didn't like to talk about it 🪩👻👻👻👻👻
@@craigworrall8228 I actually believe it.
Ray Martine. I don't remember him. Was he on a TV a lot in the 70s, or was he mainly a club comic?
He was quite often on Joker's Wild, I recall, but I can't remember him being a "television comedian" otherwise. I'd guess he was more of a club comedian.
He was the host for a TV variety show 'Stars and Garters'
I found him tedious on this show
Back when TV was good clean fun
Les Dawson was an abslute genius of comedy, imho.
Wonderful.
Great old fashioned show with real comedians. Sadly all passed away 😢
Les Dawson what a legend, hilarious guy
How marvelous ,great comics ,great times
Omg. I remember this program from many years ago.
Excellent video. Sadly they don’t make them like that anymore.
Im the same i came about this by chance and I'm 59. Different times mate 3 channels, we all laughed at the same thing instead of complaining about 300 channels we have now being anti this that and the other
All seven of these famous guys are no longer with us .... Life is short.
Some great comedians. And Ray Martine.
Wouldn’t it have been great to have seen them on Mock the Week!😂😂😂
Love this show!
Dawson didn't seem to be amused by Ray's interruptions. Butting in during the telling of a joke ruins Dawson's timing. I know that's the idea to buzz in but at least Dawsons interruptions were funny compared to Ray's cheap insults
Good to see these😊
Sad to see that they are all no longer with us 😩
Thanks for posting. It’s an interesting insight into the 1970s and a bygone age. Some of the panel members here are much loved figures from my youth and I love a bit of nostalgia. But I must say Ted Ray and Ray Martine are embarrassingly bad.
When the camera pans to the audience it gives a further insight into how much things have changed.
Well, that was a real tonic!
Those guys are sorely missed
Their wit is brilliant, so fast it is hard to keep up, ..if i may...certainly miss...🤣
CHEERS from AUSTRALIA
This is what Briton was Great for
Don't panic don't panic Mr Mannering we can win this one lol
So miss Les Dawson.
Do any other recordings of this exist? I need some new material...
There are other recordings that exist. I remember these shows being repeated on cable or satellite, maybe 15 years ago.
Comedy at it best, and when television was worth watching.
Any chance we can go back to these halcyon days ?
Interesting bit of nostalgia, hasn’t aged very well, reminds you what a talent Les Dawson was. Ray Martine? Shocking.
I agree. Considering it was scripted and they had prior notice too find a joke, you'd think they'd have selected better ones. Les Dawson had a few good lines, but the others were fairly weak. My opinion I realise, and no doubt people will disagree, but that's what makes the world go round!
Halcyon Days NEVER to return ❤🏴🇬🇧
How refreshing no swear words 😊
I do remember these programme, the difference is these stars learnt they're craft on stage with feed back which is why now stand ups are still funny, unlike reality stars ( barf)
First time I've seen this show..brilliant!
I don't laugh very often but Les Dawsons night club joke got me.😂🤣.
I remember this from when I was around 4 years old. Just look how primitive the score display system was.
I believe Count Arthur Strong appeared on this programme once.... he was asked to leave at hald time though. 😅
Not so ok, I’m afraid, tho it’s a good story
Who he?
You're thinking of the show "Tell Me Another." Wasn't he meant to have eaten the salmon mousse left over by Reg Varney the day before? Jim Dale (who was in the audience) filled in for Arthur.
Actually I think it was " Call my Bluff" when Arthur seemed to have difficulty understanding Frank Muir's speech impediment..in fact understanding how the game worked and in a state of confused frustration stormed off set.
@@greatestytcommentator definitely blankety blank
Professional comics who had honed their skills for years on the variety act circuit. In those days a turn like Jack Douglas could tour for years doing the basically the same act because nobody would see it on TV or Tiktok. Modern comics have to develop a whole new act every year. Interesting fact: working class comics like scouser Ted Ray had kids who went on to be incredibly posh RADA types - see his son Robin Ray chairing Call My Bluff. Likewise check out Thora Hird's daughter Janette Scott co-starring with Ian Carmichael and Terry Thomas in School for Scoundrels.
You can rely on youtube to entertain us over crimbo, unlike the utter CRAP that the bbc & itv give us🤮feckin bbc licence should be abolished NOW. Don't even get me started on how BAD the 2024 Xmas outnumbered was🤮🤮🤮
Just don't pay it, and eventually the BBC will go away.
Les Dawson streets ahead!
pure gold! 😂
Les Dawson was more scared of Sid James ghost than the man himself in later life 😆
So this is where Mock the Week got its format. Imagine a time machine, sending back Stewart Francis, Gary Delaney, and Milton Jones to form one team. Barry Cryer's pants would never have dried🤣🤣🤣
11:36 - Red Skelton would like a word with you, Mr. Douglas...
If we could only have tbe Britain off those days back again instead of the dump it is today.
I wonder what happened to the Jokers world trophy
Ah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be.