Les Dawson, another great English treasure. Bless him.......
@ukphone41832 ай бұрын
Funny bloke 😢😢
@normanbrydon22262 ай бұрын
Wish we had these wonderful times back fantastic les was ❤
@annmozdzer12583 ай бұрын
Absolutely adored Les,broke my heart when he died,moreso as my dad died three months later also in hospital xx
@R08Tam3 ай бұрын
Oh my dog. Bloody Hughie Green
@davidstrange69143 ай бұрын
Peter whittaker what a ridiculous comment
@Kevin-df5ob3 ай бұрын
These truly talented Comics will never be replaced
@MichaelWalsh-qn3ef4 ай бұрын
Jane Horrocks, what a rude women. You are an actor dear, read repeat,read repeat, don't take yourself so seriously.
@joe-vl3nd5 ай бұрын
Les Dawson is a national Treasure 👍🇬🇧
@chicagogyrl48466 ай бұрын
Wow! His side burns are something else!
@firebyrd4376 ай бұрын
I'd take this mans comedy before any comic alive today. it's just not in the same class. We thank the internet for hooking us up with the classic comedians of yesterday
@shylo85905 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more! He was an absolute master of his craft.
@rulebritannia15536 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@Wench646 ай бұрын
Loved les wished we'd got people like this now, all to fake and full of themselves
@KEVIN-tx6bt7 ай бұрын
One of the greatest comedians of all time. The world is a much duller place without Les.
@romansseja40627 ай бұрын
Les, we need you now. We have no laughs.
@romansseja40627 ай бұрын
There is no comedy now, just reflections, not a smile.
@harryhill85437 ай бұрын
I am midway through his autobiography, easily one of the best written biographies around. At this time you can still pick it up for less than the price of postage. The reason he looks so gobsmacked is he was worried his wife was having an affair, due to silent phone calls and home visits of strange men to his house when he was out. Of course it was only the show team arranging this episode.
@DaimKhokhar-v6w8 ай бұрын
Aok 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
@brianschmidt99198 ай бұрын
IM so glad to have stumbled upon this guy, literally laughed until i cried -
@Slate-writer8 ай бұрын
that raised platform on set is a health & safety nightmare 😂
@MMattJ728 ай бұрын
Genius - thank you for uploading.
@joelford72929 ай бұрын
Bring back the good times we miss
@xr6lad9 ай бұрын
Honestly. Bit tacky of this doco to term Les’s wife as ‘widow’. Why not just ‘wife’
@xr6lad9 ай бұрын
100%. I’m only 57 so was very thing at the height of most of these but I live in the past. Today comics are so afraid to offend their comedy is often talking about one subject - themselves. And that’s an act that gets old very very quick.
@babavee1009 ай бұрын
I met him in Wolverhampton many years ago at the theatre bar. the matinee performance of a Pantomime. and just wanted to say how much I loved him as a comedian. i timidly touched him on the shoulder and said, ''Mr. Dawson? '' He turned and said, ''Do I owe you any money?''I said No.... and he replied, '' Do you want to borrow any money?'' I said no..''In that case, I AM the right honorable Les Dawson.''and asked if we were coming to the afternoons performance. '' Take my advice and don't ! I have no idea who I am supposed to be, and I make all my lines up in the afternoon anyway.. '' it was as if I was talking to an old friend. Well we did go of course, and he was superb... as usual.
@martyncarroll50359 ай бұрын
One of the best comics every No swearing no sexist remarks No racist remarks just go old Fashion comedy Not like today’s comedians Sexist disgusting and racist Remarks The old comedy was a lot Funny than todays Crap
@peterwhitaker40389 ай бұрын
southern comedians try to be funny..Northern comedians ARE funny!
@aclark9032 ай бұрын
I will have you know #Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest (which is very funny) in Worthing, #Sussex.
@myfanwymorris40839 ай бұрын
V G by B😢
@myfanwymorris40839 ай бұрын
Don't like evethat blonde she can't act her voice is sickly. Every one is praising him she seems to snidley pick holes like we were all actors and he sort of bended in or he thought he was thinner than he was les knew who hw was a genius
@shaunmorrissey73139 ай бұрын
What a genius, he was often much quicker than his audience, show me someone as funny today, you can try but you'll fail.
@mikehunt-qr9so9 ай бұрын
If u ever on a downer just watch Les best upper ever
@clivestuarteardley604910 ай бұрын
Absolutely 💯 brilliant. Along with the greats😊
@stevenwade746610 ай бұрын
My dad used to work at Lytham crematorium & knew les Dawson. Les used to come to the crematorium to visit his wife's grave . Whenever they saw each whilst driving they'd wind the window down & stick two fingers up at each other.
@deejannemeiurffnicht179110 ай бұрын
Dawson: the face that launched a thousand expats! With his piano playing, it wasn't just that every fifth or sixth note would be off key, but that the deliberate choice of ''wrong'' notes were perfectly crafted to garuntee a laugh. Genius.
@Kiki-yw9kc10 ай бұрын
Legendary Genius ,,,,,
@lobonskerva544111 ай бұрын
Hmmm not quite Frankie Boyle
@garymitchell589911 ай бұрын
Apparently Hughie Green tied the Opportunity Knocks people into very unreasonable contracts.
@iap-ug3oy11 ай бұрын
My parents were born in collyhurst …My father was the youngest of 15 and they lived in a two up and two down,,, coal fire ..no hot water…and my mother came from a family of seven……. They were all immaculate …that all went out into the world and achieved great things…. Unbelievable..How things have changed…..
@bobpert403011 ай бұрын
Ever associated with the great Les, it's a shame to hear of Mo Moreland's passing the other day. ❤
@williamparker108511 ай бұрын
if only he had taken better care of himself
@stewartlone344511 ай бұрын
Les had so much skill and so much presence; he could just stand on the stage and, without saying a word, with just a look or a glance, make you laugh in anticipation. His performances on The Good Old Days are absolute classics!
@deejannemeiurffnicht179110 ай бұрын
Absolutely, he's still good now we're awash in middle class biege safe bast&ds at the moment. But, yeh, presence he was the ideal choice for blankety blank.
@isthereanybodyoutthere93975 ай бұрын
23:46 classic!
@LuanaMaria-hc3mf3 ай бұрын
Roy Barraclough and Les, God be good to them, made me laugh so much as they were always trying to make eachother laugh with their ad libbing, Florrie's cream lagoon will never be forgotten. Les' imaginative and eloquent use of the English language painted a picture no poet ever could. For those who met the great man, what an honour🙏
@conwaynoel371511 ай бұрын
Great character !
@peterlunn476811 ай бұрын
Dawson, Dodds, Manning, Freddie Starr, Cooper, Benny Hill, Milligan, and Sellers, you'll never see their likes again. We all now live in a PC world. Todays comics in the main, with the odd exception, are rubbish.
@270sputnik11 ай бұрын
Sir, you are so right!
@Conzdunchad11 ай бұрын
Add Dave Allen, Eric and Ernie and the two ronnies and you’ve got the golden list.
@krugerfuchs10 ай бұрын
This is why I live in the past with the aforementioned
@krugerfuchs10 ай бұрын
And on the buses
@xr6lad9 ай бұрын
100%. I’m only 57 so was very thing at the height of most of these but I live in the past. Today comics are so afraid to offend their comedy is often talking about one subject - themselves. And that’s an act that gets old very very quick.
@gilberthill981611 ай бұрын
Met Les once in the Empire bar during pantomime season. I was a serving PC in Liverpool at the time in charge of the kids of serving officers from F division. I was in the bar and he came in dressed as Widow Twankey. Just the two of us. Ever stopped laughing for 30 minutes!😊 Anyway when he went back on stage he told the kids I was in charge of to get their heads down for the night as their chaperone was pissed in the bar!! Maybe one or two minor details might be wrong, I’m old now, but i will always be proud of that memory. A wonderful man.
@isthereanybodyoutthere93975 ай бұрын
23:50 "Have you had the shish kebab?" "Ever since we arrived". Completely classic!
@gilberthill981611 ай бұрын
Just makes you realise how much we have let go.
@mcfcguvnors11 ай бұрын
His face what a lovely fella Les was Hughie green showed up a few years ago in some UFO documents seems his military service was quite interesting