The Royal Variety Show 1980 - Featuring many veterans of Variety.
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2020
- Sadly I only have 26 minutes available but included is a show opener by Arthur Askey (who died just 2 years later) and the wonderful Mary Martin. 11 old timers do a collective "stroll on" and the final touch is a walk on by old movie stalwarts,
James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. 
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Just absolutely wonderful. Such history. Entertainment as it should be. Thank you very much indeed
My goodness. Each one a totally bona fide star with a lifetime of honing their craft to perfection. So unlike today's reality tv people and autocue readers. This was entertainment!
My favourite show and there all gone bless them all
Bringing back wonderful memories of Arthur from the Palladium in 1968 when i got to see him along with Engelbert Humperdinck.
I worked in the stalls here, the guy in the monkey suit ripping tickets and pointing you to your usherette to seat you. This was my first job. I started two weeks before I turned 16 and worked for 2 years. This was sooo amazing. I was star struck. This was the years we’re king and I years with Yul Bryner and Virginia McKenna …. Boy they were good times..
every single video, some twat invents a story like this and embellishes it with more bullshit, hoping for attention
What a great tape, all those proper stars on one stage. Thank you Malcolm.
You are welcome. I am glad this upload has produced so many positive responses. Pity I didn't record the complete show but that's hindsight for you!
SO MAGNIFICENT! Thank you so much, Malcolm! I got awfully misty, watching so many of them: but when James Cagney (my life's idol, really) was announced and he walked on ... with Pat O'Brien ... I just started weeping; didn't expect to, but ... . THANK YOU! - VCH & Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ, USA - Social Justice & Environmental Awareness
I wonder how today's comedians with all their vulgarity and profanity would have gone down here in 1980? The mind boggles with how far down the road of depravity we have come!
Brilliant brings back so many memories thank you
Made me cry seeing all these paople who were part of my childhood, thank you
.brings a lump to my throat, so beautiful
James Cagney was in London for filming of RAGTIME. He reused to fly so travelled from New York on the QE2. His appearance here was a closely guarded secret - even from some of the other acts, as I was not clear if Mr. Cagney would attend until the day of the show.
Many thanks for the additional info.
@@MalcolmDrew My pleasure Malcolm. Thanks for all the excellent uploads. Stay Safe.
Every time I watch this it brings back wonderful memories of my Grandma Sarah. I know the artists, literally, I know the songs. Now I have grandchildren and I know I impart a little of my past to them, and, because I know them as well as myself, I know they will remember me for it and that’s a rather warm feeling.
Me tooremembering strolling by Ralph reader I saw. Him sing it t one off the scout gang shows
Legendary performers! Unlike so many of the so called stars and celebrities of today
Iam 83 and this is making me well up with all my memories thanks for the memories cw
What an amazing line up.
Wonderful viewing from a wonderful era! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I always had a memory of Cagney coming on stage in a wheelchair, convinced of it. How your memory can play tricks on you.
Sadly... Cagney was wheelchair bound for the 1984 T.V. movie 'Terrible Joe Moran'... such a physically fearless performer in his prime...
This is truly wonderful to watch
I remember this one very well. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing I was there that night it was magical
You were? How WONDERFUL!
Oh thank you for this tape,I have really enjoyed it.
xo xo xo Love James Cagney.
Always a treat to see Cagney! Yankee Doodle came to London not to ride the ponies but to flim Ragtime with his good bud Pat...
Yes! My life's favorite and idol ...
@@MsVirginiaHammer Yorkville Jim's 1980 Kennedy Honours salute has recently been uploaded to RUclips. Emotional stuff...
What a line up of great stars.
There is on RUclips a video of Cagney & O'Brien being interviewed by Michael Parkinson.....have to say it made me shed a tear the comments made by James about his friendship with Pat...
@ 15:15 the amazing Lillian Gish. She is 87 years old here and had a career in movies that spanned from 1912 - 1987. She was a pioneer of cinema as a silent screen actress and died just short of 100 years old in 1993.
Love Arthur askey I have one of my favourite comedy films The Love Match on DVD with Thora Hurd so funny bless his heart
Bernard Manning suggested Arthur Askey's act was like a burning orphanage.
Legendary stars of the past 😢
James helped Pat so much.
I was there that night.... I'm looking for DANNY KAYE who topped the bill , if any one can find him .... or the whole show!!
I remembered Danny kaye in this he sat on a box and was amazing Real class
I was working backstage on props (stage left). Dave, the prop master and I were sent to Moss Bros the day before to be fitted for evening suits as we had to go on that night and collect chairs etc.
Favourite moments: Seeing Sammy Davis Jnr. , Danny Kaye and asking Peggy Lee if she wanted a chair.
Ahhhhhh, how wonderful! SO jealous ...
This was the one where the great Larry Hagman blew his lines, and his mother, the actress Mary martin jumped in to help him .
Il try to name the old variety gargoyles.
Entering from the right, front to back, Chesney Allen, Billy Dainty, Charlie Drake, Charlie Chester, Arthur English, Cyril Fletcher, Tommy Trinder.
Entering from the left, front to back, Sandy Powell, Ben Warris, Richard Murdoch, Arthur Askey, Stanley Holloway, Roy Hudd.
Stanley Holloway was 90 in 1980 wow
Well ... I might call it a TINY bit unkind to call these brilliant professionals, "gargoyles?" But I do hope and trust you mean it affectionately and joshingly, of course. Thanks for naming them.
@@MsVirginiaHammer Sorry for the late reply - yes I was only joking! x.
Everything you always wanted to know about the death of variety but were afraid to ask
Just wow ...!!
From this 1980 production - i'd like the whole show but if any one has the Danny Kaye - end of Act II I would be thrilled.
I'd like the whole show, too. As I mentioned earlier, seeing Sammy Davis jnr would have been great.
Lovely to see some of the 'greats'. Sorry Sammy Davis jnr wasn't included, I bet he was amazing to see live.
Thank you, anyway.
Brilliant
Save the best for last... James Cagney!
Hes also the funniest turn as well
Gordon Jackson ... what an old ham ...
Arthur Askey - described by Bernard Manning as 'funny as a burning orphanage'.
Oh, my goodness!
In the days when entertainment was naughty but clean.
12:07 you would think they could pick a better stand in for Bud Flanagan.
What a line up ?
Who were the guys after Roy hudd I know all except them
Chesney allen (from flanagan and allen) and billy dainty
Only 5 still alive from that bill as of Dec 2022. 6 if u include Angela Ripemm
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I remember Arthur Askey and Tommy Trinder very well. Even in those days, they were both about as funny as a bad case - a very bad case - of toothache combined with a migraine.
ah Trinder! What a wally
Who would've thought that 40 years on Arthur would be forgotten and as irrelevant as the Queen mother?
Less than 1400 views.
A Kardashian's on 5mill plus.
It's all over.
Would I fight for this country?... Nope.. I don't know what it is anymore.
What a great twerp Askey was. A one song Jonney!
That's one more than you.
stanley Holloway hardly seemed to know where he was....Mary Martin was excellent , one of her very best late career performances..she saved her son's debacle....the Max Miller routine only shows how far we've come in tbe treatment of women : what mysogynistic shite that was
He was 90 at the time. It looked as though he was staying on to do a solo piece
He was 90 at the time. It looked as though he was staying on to do a solo piece
Brexit has given a voice for that crap type of opinion/jokes to resurface. How depressing.
Brexit Derangement Syndrome ... rather pathetic delusion @@mazzab1970
What a load of c**p you talk.
Proper stars not like the nobody's we get today
Arthur Askey, what a bore! As for Rod Hull , I've had funnier toothaches.
arthur ashtray ffs hated that wee unfunny shit
Thank god comedy moved on....i. was in my twenties when. this was on it was shite then and it’s even more shite now...
Yes, much cleverer now. 1001 ways to say the 'F'word
comedy was shite then,? what planet are you on? if you think comedy has moved on, comedy now is dead as a door nail. every one of the so called comedians today are far from funny & there,s not one that could make ya laugh or be anywhere near as funny as the past comedians we had, but thank god for youtube cos instead of watching up to date comedy crap on tv, we can come on here & watch real comedians that we had in the past. & know that we can have a good laugh.
Bit of a back-handed compliment to the Queen Mother to wheel on the zombie squad ... like singing war time songs to the captive audience in an old folks home.
what a dull show.
Better than any of todays so called stars
@harryboy3305 better how?
Matts an edgelord
ok @@seanjones180
Awful, like a fucking funeral.
Most of the new comedians today are crap. They all run around the stage swearing and think that is funny. They cannot stand there and tell a good joke.
Just absolutely wonderful. Such history. Entertainment as it should be. Thank you very much indeed