Bernard’s working man’s club was about 12 miles from where I am as I type this. He didn’t do a huge amount of TV work, even before progressives sucked the life out of comedy, as broadcasting was very London-centric and he always wanted to be back performing in his own club. I only saw him a few times in there, and towards the end of his years, but twice I saw black people in his audience who were absolutely thrilled when he picked on them and roasted them, so to speak, and once I saw some young south Asian men who looked a bit uncomfortable but stayed for the whole show. Of course it was mainly a white audience but people would go there deliberately to get torn to shreds just as young women would go to Foo Foo Lammar’s Palace in the city centre wanting to be humiliated. There are black people on RUclips who have done reactions to him, and not just the tame jokes like this video but the n word / jungle drums / swinging through trees jokes too, and accept it for what it was. There’s a stench of people being offended on someone else’s behalf that hangs around these comments. I can’t think of anything more racist and patronising than deciding what is and isn’t acceptable entertainment for someone based on their skin colour when I’m sure the people doing this prefer to make those decisions for themselves. Bernard himself had Jewish ancestry from Ukraine. He went after everyone… women, gays, disabled people, perverts, blacks, Indians, Pakistanis, Japanese, Argentinian, Irish, rich people, poor people, very young, very old, men, women, himself, his wife, and especially other comedians. The only person who was exempt was his mother. There are huge double standards at play. Some people who will call Bernard a misogynist call Fred Dibnah a national treasure, when he treated his wives appallingly in life and death. Les Dawson is a national treasure who pumped out misogynistic mother in law jokes. You have people in these comments asking you to do sketches by The Two Ronnies, and they did minstrel shows on TV in blackface. There’s a narcissism here where people think that they’re incrementally more morally superior with every day that goes by. That they have transcended inequality. When they realise that some people don’t mind Bernard Manning, despite him having the temerity to be born before the war, they come crashing back down to earth and the narcissistic rage comes flooding out to tell everyone else what they should and shouldn’t watch. If you know who Bernard manning is and you see his name in a video title, you either watch it or you don’t. Some of the top 5 most popular videos on some reaction channels are Bernard Manning reactions eg ShadyShae and JPeazy. As Bernard said in his later years… “I’m considered an alternative comedian now; because I get laughs.”
I once had the privilege of accompanying Bernard Manning on the piano, at a club in Chesterfield, called The Aquarius. In the dressing room we met to go through several songs, and he was wonderfully communicative, a real gentleman. The we went out on stage, opened with his first song and it was magic. He had a wonderful singing voice. Even though he'd become dated in his later years, I'd always had admiration for him, because he was genuinely funny and a really nice person.
What a lot of the comments on here boil down to is trying to tell Megan what she can and can't laugh at, or what she should and shouldn't be laughing at. You may not like Bernard Manning or Roy Chubby Brown, and that's your right not to, but it's not your right to make others feel bad if they don't see things your way.
Bernard was the compare of the popular Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club TV show on ITV in the 70s. He also hosted a short-lived game show and was a regular on the Saturday morning ITV kids show Tiswas, again in the 70s, when it was at its most anarchic.
I'd better comment on this before it gets taken down. LOL Bernard Manning was very popular in the 70s and early 80s which is when his style of humour went out of fashion really. There were a lot of comedians at that time with a similar style (rapid fire jokes one after the other) A lot of these stand-up comedians worked in the working men's clubs in the north of England and that was a tough crowd. If you were no good they would let you know. LOL But that's why there was a lot of swearing (and worse) in the act. But comedy (like everything else) evolves and the next generation used a more "observational" style of humour which hardly contained any actual "jokes" as such. Don't worry Megan. You haven't ruffled MY feathers. Keep up the good work.
Two stories about Bernard Manning. He walked into a motorway services at about 2am and someone shouted out ‘tell us a joke’ he did a free show for them despite having come off stage an hour or two before. At one show a man in the audience got up midway through a joke, Bernard shouted to him ‘where the fxxx do you think you’re going?’ To which the man replied ‘there’s a comedian on in a minute so I’m going to get a drink…’ Bernard laughed along with everyone else and paid for his drinks all night.
That 2nd one is great. I saw him 4-5 times and when he first came out he used to pick on people in the audience. One of the funniest ones was he spotted a Japanese looking guy and said “look at him, he can’t wait to get home to build a Datsun” the place erupted. Late 80’s early 90’s.
This mate Bernard Manning so bloody hilarious here! This had to have been the early or late 1980's here in UK! By the way I've heard over the news that two people were stabbed over at Leicester Square in the morning UK time! I avoid Leicester Square and I hope you'll do the same Megan & stay safe!
Great video reaction bernard was a comedian who some people didn't like but he raised a lot of money for charity amongst other things and that's what a lot of people didt see.rip bernard. Oh you must watch bernard manning beyond the grave
Just a quick note to tell you we often stress the first syllable and not the second, so his name is pronounced BERnard, not berNARD.... sorry, as a former Efl teacher I can't help it, but rest assured no matter which way you pronounce his name you will always look gorgeous, and that always helps a lady in any situation.
Red eye spotter here ha . You got quite a cleaned up version Bernard , for God’s sake don’t watch chubby brown , that’s a warning. Stick to rising damp
How many yanks have now sussed out that if they set up a channel and laugh at British comedians and shows they get great views and subs? None of them really understand the humour or the slang words we use, or even really find any of it amusing imo 😅it’s simply a way of scoring views and making money. 🇬🇧
And during the interview Manning stated earnestly that he wouldn't give a black person a lift in his car due to his ethnicity... and yet his fans still insist that his racism was "just an act".
@@MeganRuth Personally I think it's a bit unfair that you are getting comments saying that they're disappointed in you, as you were obviously unable to know Manning's entire background before reacting to him.
@@MeganRuth He was a genuine, bona fide racist c**t. You may win some new subscriptions from reacting to him, but is this really the path you want to go down?
I loved burr nerd manning pronounced differently I suspected most jokes would fly over your head though you dequised it well hopefully they'll fill you in in the comments section the PC woke brigade got him cancelled in the 1990s..
@@trevorlsheppard7906 how do you know it's not Megan? Do you only speak to people called Megan? Must have a very small circle of friends. Do you insist on seeing everybody's ID just to make sure that you're talking to people called Megan?
Bernard Manning was a Mancunian like my good self. Only problem with Bernard was...he supported the wrong football team in Manchester.(City) That said, he did MANY Manchester United Christmas parties as the comic. Bernard also owned his own nightclub. The "World Famous Embassy Club" until his son sold it after Bernard's death. It went from a nightclub, to a roller disco, then...GONE!
City was the C of E club and United the Catholic one. Most Mancs that go back a few generations seem to support City. I’m not interested in football and wouldn’t open my curtains if the premier league were played a game behind my house, so it’s not a biased comment.
His kind of comedy wasn't that unusual in the 70's, most stand ups had paid their dues doing the working mens clubs so it was normal to constantly make jokes about Black people. Pakistanis, Mothers in Law, Homosexuals etc. Thankfully most of the world has moved on from that but Bernard didn't.
@@QuagmiresDooflab Is Chubby Brown still alive? If you were around in the 1970s bar the Monty Pythons most tv comedy wasn't all that funny & people probably had a right to be concerned about Bernard Manning who was a fat white guy punching down.
@@stephenclarke2206 Billy Connoly has never been funny to me. Manning didn't punch down. He made fun of everyone.. Himself included. White supremacist? Don't be ridiculous. Black comedians make fun of white people. Are they black suoremacists? Chubby Brown is still performing sell out tours. Loads of TV in the seventies was very funny..
@@QuagmiresDooflab To put this in context when Bernard Manning was a regular on British Tv they were still broadcasting the Black & White Minstrel show. There weren't very many Black comedians around then but do remember them ever making jokes about white people?
Naughty Megan. I loved your reaction to Manning. It was so cute, and hilarious seeing your face getting prepared for the next onslaught, or suddenly realising what the guy had just said. Have a grand weekend, the two of you. Stay safe and stay happy.
Actually no. "In a Channel 4 documentary to be shown this week, the heavyweight comic sits in what appears to be a confession booth and says with a smile that he "does not like" Asians, blacks, Chinese and Australians'. "
I'm intrigued to know what qualities you term a personality.., maybe I'm mistaking "mouthy" for personality but I would have said he had bags of personality.
Even today people are still in tears watching Bernard ,says it all,when you think now we have dawn french,jo brand ,they don't tell jokes and are not funny
ok who the F@@k ordered bernard manning!!! megan is like...the absolute opposite of the bernard manning audience!! but she found it funny im surprised well done lol
I must have imagined him on Mrs Merton, Clive Anderson, Marc Lammar, British Comedy Greats, and the documentary he did about his death where he roasted himself at his own funeral
@@Poliss95yeh because then every race didn't take it seriously not saying it's right but when I was younger black and white used to laugh it off it wasn't taken as seriously as it is Now
He was on TV in the 70's on 'The Comedians' but very toned down. Clean family jokes. His real forte, if you can call it that, was to let rip on the comedy circuit and his own club. Real raw crude humour, the audience love. I suppose it's a release, all for fun. I thought it was crude but very funny.
Megan. I love your reactions but you have disappointed me, and probably lots of others, by showing this misogynistic and racist individual. He was a vile person and certainly not a comedian unless bigotry is your cup of tea. Sorry.
I’m sorry I didn’t mean to disappoint! When I react to something I usually don’t go in knowing much about it. I wasn’t aware many people feel this way about him…
Bernard was not a racist misogynist, those were simply jokes using everyday language of the 70s. He was hugely popular and was an excellent comedian. He was mainstream,, and appeared regularly on TV, often on the BBC, and even appeared on A Question of Sport where he ran rings around fellow comedian Frank Carson. He was merely of his time. Clutching at your pearls and reaching for the smelling salts simply because someone reacts to him 50 years later is ridiculous.
... his 2007 Guardian (GUARDIAN!) obituary said "Yes, he told Black and Irish jokes, but who didn't? ... He was of his time ... He was bloody funny and had the best delivery of any comedian."
Bernard Manning was about as funny as shingles. Some of the older generation in the 1970s found him hilarious but I regarded him as a right-wing homophobic xenophobe. Let's move on.....
@@rocketmunkey1 Probably says more about people like Bernard than it does about this commenter. The thing about the 70s was that while there was great music & movies etc. for many people it was socially acceptable to be racist, sexist & homophobic- even most right wingers wouldn't talk hat way anymore
Bernard’s working man’s club was about 12 miles from where I am as I type this. He didn’t do a huge amount of TV work, even before progressives sucked the life out of comedy, as broadcasting was very London-centric and he always wanted to be back performing in his own club.
I only saw him a few times in there, and towards the end of his years, but twice I saw black people in his audience who were absolutely thrilled when he picked on them and roasted them, so to speak, and once I saw some young south Asian men who looked a bit uncomfortable but stayed for the whole show.
Of course it was mainly a white audience but people would go there deliberately to get torn to shreds just as young women would go to Foo Foo Lammar’s Palace in the city centre wanting to be humiliated.
There are black people on RUclips who have done reactions to him, and not just the tame jokes like this video but the n word / jungle drums / swinging through trees jokes too, and accept it for what it was. There’s a stench of people being offended on someone else’s behalf that hangs around these comments. I can’t think of anything more racist and patronising than deciding what is and isn’t acceptable entertainment for someone based on their skin colour when I’m sure the people doing this prefer to make those decisions for themselves.
Bernard himself had Jewish ancestry from Ukraine.
He went after everyone… women, gays, disabled people, perverts, blacks, Indians, Pakistanis, Japanese, Argentinian, Irish, rich people, poor people, very young, very old, men, women, himself, his wife, and especially other comedians. The only person who was exempt was his mother.
There are huge double standards at play. Some people who will call Bernard a misogynist call Fred Dibnah a national treasure, when he treated his wives appallingly in life and death. Les Dawson is a national treasure who pumped out misogynistic mother in law jokes. You have people in these comments asking you to do sketches by The Two Ronnies, and they did minstrel shows on TV in blackface.
There’s a narcissism here where people think that they’re incrementally more morally superior with every day that goes by. That they have transcended inequality. When they realise that some people don’t mind Bernard Manning, despite him having the temerity to be born before the war, they come crashing back down to earth and the narcissistic rage comes flooding out to tell everyone else what they should and shouldn’t watch.
If you know who Bernard manning is and you see his name in a video title, you either watch it or you don’t. Some of the top 5 most popular videos on some reaction channels are Bernard Manning reactions eg ShadyShae and JPeazy.
As Bernard said in his later years… “I’m considered an alternative comedian now; because I get laughs.”
Well said!
His critics ignore or don't realise that he used a stage persona. He was nothing like that in his personal life.
I once had the privilege of accompanying Bernard Manning on the piano, at a club in Chesterfield, called The Aquarius. In the dressing room we met to go through several songs, and he was wonderfully communicative, a real gentleman. The we went out on stage, opened with his first song and it was magic. He had a wonderful singing voice. Even though he'd become dated in his later years, I'd always had admiration for him, because he was genuinely funny and a really nice person.
Bernard started out as a big band singer / vocalist back in the forties / fifties. He also released vinyl LP's. He had a good singing voice Megan. X
Oh cool!
Genius, the icon.
What a lot of the comments on here boil down to is trying to tell Megan what she can and can't laugh at, or what she should and shouldn't be laughing at. You may not like Bernard Manning or Roy Chubby Brown, and that's your right not to, but it's not your right to make others feel bad if they don't see things your way.
@QuagmiresDooflab Racism is never funny.
Bernard was the compare of the popular Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club TV show on ITV in the 70s. He also hosted a short-lived game show and was a regular on the Saturday morning ITV kids show Tiswas, again in the 70s, when it was at its most anarchic.
Bracing myself for the comments.... *grabs popcorn*
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hey megan this man was a true pioneer of offensive jokes,,, simple jokes but amazing delivery
Offensive jokes is a very propagandist way of saying it.
@@jgmediting7770what?
I'd better comment on this before it gets taken down. LOL
Bernard Manning was very popular in the 70s and early 80s which is when his style of humour went out of fashion really. There were a lot of comedians at that time with a similar style (rapid fire jokes one after the other) A lot of these stand-up comedians worked in the working men's clubs in the north of England and that was a tough crowd. If you were no good they would let you know. LOL But that's why there was a lot of swearing (and worse) in the act.
But comedy (like everything else) evolves and the next generation used a more "observational" style of humour which hardly contained any actual "jokes" as such.
Don't worry Megan. You haven't ruffled MY feathers. Keep up the good work.
Two stories about Bernard Manning.
He walked into a motorway services at about 2am and someone shouted out ‘tell us a joke’ he did a free show for them despite having come off stage an hour or two before.
At one show a man in the audience got up midway through a joke, Bernard shouted to him ‘where the fxxx do you think you’re going?’ To which the man replied ‘there’s a comedian on in a minute so I’m going to get a drink…’ Bernard laughed along with everyone else and paid for his drinks all night.
That 2nd one is great. I saw him 4-5 times and when he first came out he used to pick on people in the audience. One of the funniest ones was he spotted a Japanese looking guy and said “look at him, he can’t wait to get home to build a Datsun” the place erupted. Late 80’s early 90’s.
If our politicians did their job as well as Bernard did his, this country would be great again.
What a shame your stupid enough to believe that.
The King!
Lovely - it's so interesting to hear your opinion of Bernard. Subscribed!
King Boomer mispronounces Bernard the same way that Megan does.
A true gentleman with such respected opinions. Who loved the british sarcastic humour
Greatest stand up comedian ever ❤
No.mike Reid was closely followed by Mick miller.
This mate Bernard Manning so bloody hilarious here! This had to have been the early or late 1980's here in UK! By the way I've heard over the news that two people were stabbed over at Leicester Square in the morning UK time! I avoid Leicester Square and I hope you'll do the same Megan & stay safe!
Yes it's so sad! Luckily I wasn't in central London today. Stay safe!
Great video reaction bernard was a comedian who some people didn't like but he raised a lot of money for charity amongst other things and that's what a lot of people didt see.rip bernard. Oh you must watch bernard manning beyond the grave
This guy was a a bit before my time, but his stage presence & joke delivery was excellent. I can see why he was popular back in the day.
Truly,.....the Guv`nor.
A new comedian 😂😂😂😂😂😂 he's been a comedian forever
The BEST. !
i like old bernard
I saw Bernard Manning at Plymouth Pavillions around about 93ish
Just a quick note to tell you we often stress the first syllable and not the second, so his name is pronounced BERnard, not berNARD.... sorry, as a former Efl teacher I can't help it, but rest assured no matter which way you pronounce his name you will always look gorgeous, and that always helps a lady in any situation.
He'd be horrified with what's happened to this country. Comedy is dead.
My parents went to see him and were the only 2 people left in the club at the end 😂
I dare you to react to Roy 'Chubby' Brown. LOL
Such sensitive snowflakes in the comments. ❄❄❄
Manning remains as funny as a dose of the clap.
What was it like?
The only way that would be true would be if you caught the clap off Bernard
Red eye spotter here ha . You got quite a cleaned up version Bernard , for God’s sake don’t watch chubby brown , that’s a warning. Stick to rising damp
People keep praising Bernard Manning for his timing and delivery, but the amount of times he stumbles across his words or gabbles is shocking.
How many yanks have now sussed out that if they set up a channel and laugh at British comedians and shows they get great views and subs? None of them really understand the humour or the slang words we use, or even really find any of it amusing imo 😅it’s simply a way of scoring views and making money. 🇬🇧
And engagement farming comments like yours. Everyone’s a winner!
Hello! I'm not a yank and I've lived in the UK for 6 years, so I'm pretty well versed in the humour and slang 😊
You should see his interview on Mrs Merton (RIP Caroline Aherne) where she and Richard Wilson from One Foot in the Grave rip him to shreds.
And during the interview Manning stated earnestly that he wouldn't give a black person a lift in his car due to his ethnicity... and yet his fans still insist that his racism was "just an act".
Wow really he said this?!? My god... No wonder people think he's problematic
@@MeganRuth Personally I think it's a bit unfair that you are getting comments saying that they're disappointed in you, as you were obviously unable to know Manning's entire background before reacting to him.
@@MeganRuth He was a genuine, bona fide racist c**t. You may win some new subscriptions from reacting to him, but is this really the path you want to go down?
@@SirHilaryManfat Thank you :)
I loved burr nerd manning pronounced differently I suspected most jokes would fly over your head though you dequised it well hopefully they'll fill you in in the comments section the PC woke brigade got him cancelled in the 1990s..
Hi Megan,even 40 or 50 years ago his comedy wasn't liked by some people , including me , I'm still uneasy watching him, ❤❤.
I don't blame you!
Uneasy? How?
Yet here you are, watching him. Fud
If your name was Megan I would explain, it's not , ergo ,I don't owe you any explanation.
@@trevorlsheppard7906 how do you know it's not Megan? Do you only speak to people called Megan? Must have a very small circle of friends. Do you insist on seeing everybody's ID just to make sure that you're talking to people called Megan?
He was about as funny as typhoid.
Thankfully most of the Dinosaurs are extinct now
Bernard was the best standup comedian. Lots of new comedians these days couldn't hold a candle to Bernard. 😂
People keep praising Bernard Manning for his timing and delivery, but the amount of times he stumbles across his words or gabbles is shocking.
Bernard Manning was a Mancunian like my good self. Only problem with Bernard was...he supported the wrong football team in Manchester.(City) That said, he did MANY Manchester United Christmas parties as the comic. Bernard also owned his own nightclub. The "World Famous Embassy Club" until his son sold it after Bernard's death. It went from a nightclub, to a roller disco, then...GONE!
I'm from Manchester to also a red Bernard is a class act tho especially when he's not on stage
Imagine Bernard supporting a mediocre City all his life and then soon after his death, they win everything!
City was the C of E club and United the Catholic one. Most Mancs that go back a few generations seem to support City. I’m not interested in football and wouldn’t open my curtains if the premier league were played a game behind my house, so it’s not a biased comment.
His kind of comedy wasn't that unusual in the 70's, most stand ups had paid their dues doing the working mens clubs so it was normal to constantly make jokes about Black people. Pakistanis, Mothers in Law, Homosexuals etc. Thankfully most of the world has moved on from that but Bernard didn't.
No they haven't. People still laugh at Chubby Brown and Bernard Manning but the easily offended have the loudest voices.
@@QuagmiresDooflab Is Chubby Brown still alive? If you were around in the 1970s bar the Monty Pythons most tv comedy wasn't all that funny & people probably had a right to be concerned about Bernard Manning who was a fat white guy punching down.
@@QuagmiresDooflab Billy Connolly was offensive back in the day & much funnier but he wasn't a white supremacist
@@stephenclarke2206 Billy Connoly has never been funny to me. Manning didn't punch down. He made fun of everyone.. Himself included. White supremacist? Don't be ridiculous. Black comedians make fun of white people. Are they black suoremacists? Chubby Brown is still performing sell out tours. Loads of TV in the seventies was very funny..
@@QuagmiresDooflab To put this in context when Bernard Manning was a regular on British Tv they were still broadcasting the Black & White Minstrel show. There weren't very many Black comedians around then but do remember them ever making jokes about white people?
Naughty Megan.
I loved your reaction to Manning.
It was so cute, and hilarious seeing your face getting prepared for the next onslaught, or suddenly realising what the guy had just said.
Have a grand weekend, the two of you.
Stay safe and stay happy.
I can see he was very popular with the amount of comments you got . More rigsby pls pls
Roy Chubby Brown next please.
“50 Shades of Brown”
He wasn't like that in real life. It was his stage persona, like an actor playing a role.
Really? Interesting!
Actually no.
"In a Channel 4 documentary to be shown this week, the heavyweight comic sits in what appears to be a confession booth and says with a smile that he "does not like" Asians, blacks, Chinese and Australians'. "
I can’t remember if you’ve done the 2 Ronnie’s mastermind sketch Megan ?
If so he was mentioned as The Fatman who tells blue jokes
I have! It was over a year ago, though. That's hilarious!
@@MeganRuth
The reason I couldn’t remember is because I am 61 you know 😂
I'm intrigued to know what qualities you term a personality.., maybe I'm mistaking "mouthy" for personality but I would have said he had bags of personality.
Even today people are still in tears watching Bernard ,says it all,when you think now we have dawn french,jo brand ,they don't tell jokes and are not funny
Him and my grandad where from the same area of Manchester now that my grandads dead I like to watch him cause he reminds me of him
Manning wasn't the best mike reid was.
His timing was spot on, probably because his act didn't change for 20 odd years!
@@brianmcneill1972 does any comedians?
His one liners are everything you don't get comedians like him anymore you have to be brave to go to one of his shows haha
Racial/ethnic jokes were common in the 20th c.
megan if you havent tried him yet, how abput checking out freddie starr and english comedian and his "vincent" sketch. i think you will love it
Hi Megan. You should listen to Roy Chubby Brown. If you think Bernard is "shocking"...well, wait and see Roy. 😆🤣😆🤣😆
Chubby is certainly more shocking than Manning, but Manning was more talented by far.
Bur'nerd not Bur'nard..
The best
ok who the F@@k ordered bernard manning!!! megan is like...the absolute opposite of the bernard manning audience!! but she found it funny im surprised well done lol
One of the best but very much of his time.
They wouldn’t show him on tv after about 1980.
I must have imagined him on Mrs Merton, Clive Anderson, Marc Lammar, British Comedy Greats, and the documentary he did about his death where he roasted himself at his own funeral
It just shows how times have changed because you couldn't get away with some of these jokes today times were better then
@@Poliss95yeh because then every race didn't take it seriously not saying it's right but when I was younger black and white used to laugh it off it wasn't taken as seriously as it is
Now
@@Poliss95 when Did I say it was funny I'm saying things we're not the same as today why tf you watching this video if it upsets you so
Much lamaooo
@@Poliss95imagine,iking your own comments
@@Poliss95 do you see a like on my comment 😏
@@Angel-jh4ok dream on.
Not Britain’s funniest….and not as funny as he thought he was
Lowest common denominator!
No! It's Bur-Nud! NOT Buh-Nard!
Never been Britain's funniest comedian. He even admitted himself that he was a full-on racist.
He was on TV in the 70's on 'The Comedians' but very toned down. Clean family jokes. His real forte, if you can call it that, was to let rip on the comedy circuit and his own club. Real raw crude humour, the audience love. I suppose it's a release, all for fun.
I thought it was crude but very funny.
Didn’t he say bollocks on TV and got cancelled from it?
Megan. I love your reactions but you have disappointed me, and probably lots of others, by showing this misogynistic and racist individual. He was a vile person and certainly not a comedian unless bigotry is your cup of tea. Sorry.
I’m sorry I didn’t mean to disappoint! When I react to something I usually don’t go in knowing much about it. I wasn’t aware many people feel this way about him…
I thought he was funny.
Bernard was not a racist misogynist, those were simply jokes using everyday language of the 70s. He was hugely popular and was an excellent comedian. He was mainstream,, and appeared regularly on TV, often on the BBC, and even appeared on A Question of Sport where he ran rings around fellow comedian Frank Carson. He was merely of his time. Clutching at your pearls and reaching for the smelling salts simply because someone reacts to him 50 years later is ridiculous.
@@thegroovetube3247 stop lying.
... his 2007 Guardian (GUARDIAN!) obituary said "Yes, he told Black and Irish jokes, but who didn't? ... He was of his time ... He was bloody funny and had the best delivery of any comedian."
Bernard Manning was about as funny as shingles. Some of the older generation in the 1970s found him hilarious but I regarded him as a right-wing homophobic xenophobe. Let's move on.....
He'd probably regard you as a worm and a kiddy fiddler so swings and roundabouts.
@@rocketmunkey1 Probably says more about people like Bernard than it does about this commenter. The thing about the 70s was that while there was great music & movies etc. for many people it was socially acceptable to be racist, sexist & homophobic- even most right wingers wouldn't talk hat way anymore
funniest northern comedian who wasnt controversial.....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Thompson_(comedian)