George Formby - Aunty Maggie's Remedy

[@jahno7154]

The look on George's face whenever he does his solos' that beaming smile gives me so much joy 😄😃

[@martinharrison7927]

A Comedian who couldn’t tell Jokes- an actor who couldn’t act. George Formby had a special magic that lit up the stage. He was a unique talent who kept this country smiling in the darkest time.

[@alanrandall49]

Love this song and video clip, the lady sitting next to him is so cute with her subtle reactions to his song! 😍

[@alanrandall49]

I was brought up with George Formby movies, and as a child, my younger brother and I would watch all that we could, and my love of his songs has stayed with me all my life, if I'm feeling down and depressed because of life in general, all I need to do is listen to George Formby and I feel happier again, never fails.

[@richardgoffin-lecar1951]

George Formby entertained Russian and American troops, as well as the British. He was awarded the Order of Lenin by Joseph Stalin. He was always first in, last out of a battle zone. A very brave man indeed!

[@pjl8119]

Wow what an accolade. Awarded a medal by histories biggest mass murderer.

[@thelittleredmonkey]

​@@pjl8119he wasn't awarded for the atrocities but for keeping up the morale of troops fighting the Germans.

[@sasa-ke2024]

How did he entertain Russians? Did he speak Russian? Could he do "windows" in Russian?

[@sasa-ke2024]

​@@pjl8119yeah there is that

[@seanmurphy5770]

@@pjl8119 What a scumbag you are, it was awarded by the state USSR at the time, you conveniently forget were the UK allies at he time.

[@willbaillie89]

Truly one of the greatest British performers ever,his. Films brilliant😁😁

[@ddoeser5830]

Mijn vader zijn idool uit mn tienertijd Onvergetelijk R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 🙏🪕

[@allsorts7049]

I wish he lived longer could have gone on tour with the Beatles.

[@anthonybarrett9353]

What about Sam Smith though! 'They're' such a good entertainer. Ahahah

[@billygillan821]

Its amazing to think all the amazing singers ,entertainers seem be around at a time when the world needed them,sad thing we could do with them now cause the noise they make now doesn't make happy ,god bless you our George at a time when Britain was truly great,and our greatest generation.

[@BarnacleBill77]

See, he wasn't even being smutty when he was about to sing "Now you rub your belly" but changing it to Ankle, and that quick pause made it hilarious :D

[@MOGGS1942]

It's impossible not to like G.F. with his infectious laugh,and he can't half play the banjo.

[@joejohnston3591]

Thank you George for all my smiles. They'll last for miles, and miles!

[@athull08]

When it came to playing ukulele, Formby was a true genius, and it was down to his right hand technique.

[@colettebarotti9078]

I absolutely Adored him as a kid watching his movies and Still do. He had a 1-of a kind voice. I LOVE HIM. RIP

[@benstevinson764]

Yes same here I Love ❤️ George Fornby!!!

[@richardwilliams3862]

a great entertainer, and very saucy with his songs, but he will always be the greatest banjo player, no one will ever to play the banjo like george, no matter how much they try, there is only one george formby

[@rogerjarrett3335]

I just love the banjoele solo. Brilliant.

[@benstevinson764]

George Formby Never Gets Old!!! ❤️

[@wildfire7250]

One of the greatest George and his Uke love him and his films and music

[@weejim48]

Thanks for this video. You have just taken me back 60 years to when I was a lad. Life was easy and simple back then. Definitely the good old days.

[@dingopisscreek]

Dear George - simple songs, but brilliantly delivered

[@angelheart757]

This is my favourite George Formby song. I love the innuendo lol

[@dingopisscreek]

in one of his bbc shows he said that he had different instruments for different songs, as he couldn't tune them - he couldn't read or write music, and his songs were in different keys - and if he picked up the wrong instrument it was ''every man for himself'' lol

[@sweatzy197111]

brilliant song n absoloutly brilliant film the guys a legend.

[@hanson666999]

:-D So Lovely, George was an amazing musician and singer.

[@Sambaliten]

George does have an amazing face. He always makes me happy, and his songs are so much fun to play. God bless Georgie. Thanks for posting this! :)

[@MrStoneyburke]

Is George , Nigel Farage,s Father ? my dad told me he is.

[@Baresark]

Thanks for the music George.

[@lindamanas954]

Fantastic. Alan Randall’s version of this was great too.

[@MrChrisTGeorge]

I knew Bruce Williams aka Liverpool songwriter Eddie Latta. He was a family friend. So this means a lot to me.

[@resonator_95]

Interesting what he did here. That Dallas D banjo ukulele he is playing was endorsed with his name and when he used it in the films (obviously to promote the instruments), he dubbed it over with one of his better sounding instruments. These banjo ukes were considerably cheaper than the big brands like Abbott, Gibson and Ludwig which he used frequently throughout his career.

[@benstevinson764]

I Adored George Fornby as a Wee Lad my Grandad even brought me an Antique Banjo! ❤️

[@PLuMUK54]

Damn! I feel old...I knew all the words!

[@j0hnnyquango606]

I’m your first subscriberr

[@john111257]

happy go lucky george..hours of fun watching him

[@mkcwebmaster]

Well he certainly had the perfect face for radio at least! Thanks for watching, glad you've discovered our "working class hero" from Lancashire.

[@20callenderslady]

@Telmanyi Absolutely agree. We could do with another George Formby right now to cheer us all up!

[@RobertAgarHutton]

Great old song - I remember it from... way back when :)

[@BOT101st]

I love this film!! "Oh, my poor ol' heart" "Chair's just their mother!" or something along those lines!!

[@benjamindouvier8738]

Who the hell are the 36 people that disliked this

[@stephenlivesey4188]

Quality , just like nozza wisdom but I grew up on em both so I might be biased ?

[@RegisPPalmer]

SUPERB !!

[@sweatzy197111]

love this comment. i hope he does were playing one of his songs at mi dads he loved the guys films so much r.i.p george n dad hope u r with george chilling x

[@leonolanofficial4581]

My mam used to play this in the car

[@charleybembridge4964]

his voice is so high pitched its fantastic he should of yodelled

[@MarkTuson]

I've often thought Franzl Lang was basically Germany's answer to George Formby.

[@animateangus]

Brilliant solo in this one.

[@joesnow7216]

+Angus Lamont (AnimateAngus) That's his trademark strum. He uses three fingers. He uses the first knuckle of his index finger and the tip of his thumb on the downstroke and catches the strings again on the way back up with his pinky. It makes him sound like he's playing 3x faster than he actually is.

[@animateangus]

Yeah, called the Split Stroke. I play Formby style on the Banjo Uke, although obviously not as good as George.

[@shifty2755]

+Angus Lamont (AnimateAngus) you do play better than George. ...... He's dead.

[@adamoneale4396]

working class? he was the emperor of lancashire

[@adamoneale4396]

@@czech-street-workout4193 i didn't know that

[@jahno7154]

He sounded working class but he never knew anything like poverty growing up.

[@xanderpromeo]

His face looks like how I feel after I’ve smoked weed.

[@RAGINxxXxxCAJUN]

Just want to say it's ok if someone calls the instrument a Banjo or a Banjo Ukulele. People that aren't musicians is not gonna know it's called a Banjolele. To a non musician it does look like a little banjo. I just don't think y'all need to crucify everybody that calls it a banjo. It's not a big deal. Cut them some slack.

[@baronmeduse]

@@conorgibson7301 Both of you will be pleased to learn that it's actually called a banjulele..with a 'u'. I've been playing one for 30 years.

[@flyingmerkel6]

This is the internet. There are no small mistakes, and definitely no small reactions.

[@baronmeduse]

@Radiant Siren It's exactly how it's spelled. You're free to spell it wrongly if you like. I have no control over it if you want to make an idiot of yourself.

[@blank-dr2kx]

He actually played all 3.

[@MegaStig25]

@@baronmeduse O or U, does it matter as long as you know what someone is talking about?

[@mick62mick]

Wonderful.

[@j0hnf_uk]

You have to wonder whether the second to last line added, 'inside its nosebag', was an adlib, judging by the way he laughed and the reaction it got.

[@devynnagy]

Serious question: Why is that funny? :D I must be missing something...

[@j0hnf_uk]

@@devynnagy ​ @devynnagy2707 It's a good question. I guess it's because it was unexpected, like most adlibs, making a reference to the race horse in question having Auntie Maggie's Remedy in with its feed. Presumably, the idea being to make it perform better whilst it was actually racing. Who knows?

[@peterkeane7512]

Typical Wigan humour thrown in there - nothing complicated but to us would sound really funny.

[@akiIkennycat]

He originally trained as a jockey and that could be how he was able to ad-lib so quick.

[@PickinPal]

Magic! 💚❤️

[@321bytor]

Brilliant

[@ZepperPerry]

He didn't write many of his songs, his wife refused him to play a song unless his name got put on it. Most agreed because if george played it it would be a hit

[@peacec47]

My dad used to watch these films

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Anyone that hears this and don't come away with a smile has a serious problem.

[@TheAien123]

Lovely...

[@KB4QAA]

So sweet.

[@whatsfordinner3740]

1:43 The look of a lady saying "I think I've made a mistake!"😊

[@animateangus]

Good old George!

[@leedsman54]

Brilliant harmless fun.

[@BrianJohnson-eu2on]

George can really play his instrument.

[@Kevin-ro1fo]

I'm surprised this hasn't been a Cough n Cold Ad 👃🗣"''

[@Phaedrax2]

@witchdoctor180 Good for you! I often think that it's all in the mind - I have been listening to a lot of George's songs with their funny lyrics and those who call them smutty must have a smutty mind! ;-)

[@soupdragon151]

Apparently he holds the record for the most amount of banned songs by the BBC to this day

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

George as a romantic lead? Will wonders never cease?

[@SuperFerdie1965]

Maybe the ladies liked his Bentley with reg GF1.

[@EmmaRiddle543]

I just got a Japanese advert..........I live in the uk

[@jrgboy]

George had lots of ukes, he could only play in one key so he many strung in different keys..

[@newforestpixie5297]

He must’ve inspired David Gedge & his Alternative Rock / Pop Band from Manchester, The Wedding Present 😁👍

[@nebula1919191]

Those triplets are so clean.

[@tortybits]

You can see his "George Formby" logo on the head of the uke.

[@PRR5406]

innuendo = Italian suppository Honestly, that's the charm of the song. It's leaning towards booze or something "naughty".

[@trevorpettingill4871]

beats this rap crap timeless

[@grooveyloop]

@SrMorphine I couldn't agree more!

[@witchdoctor180]

Well when everyone on the screen laughs after he says Auntie Maggie's Remedy it is sort of suspicious. Kinda hints towards a joke I'm not getting.

[@leedsman54]

Probably gin?

[@suzphillips8162]

There were a lot of "medicines" (also known as remedies or cure-alls)sold/created during that time that were primarily composed of alcohol.

[@wesmatron]

@sweatzy197111 I'm sorry to hear about your loss mate. Keep smiling, it's what they both would have wanted.

[@leeharrison3570]

Wigan legend.

[@finncullen]

George Formby, the singing Gwynplaine

[@jameskrell4392]

The Eric Clapton of his day lol!

[@blank-dr2kx]

*WIGAN LAD and LANCASHIRE LEGEND*

[@aniger33334]

Thre is a nice version of this song by the Liverpool band "The Fourmost" (1966)

[@elma.s4825]

Roy Smeck was definitely the king of the strings, but something about George Formby that is incomparable.

[@spongebo13]

Does anyone know the chords for this on the uke? This is one I really want to play :D

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

I could go off of chord shapes if I had the time but I think he might be using a nonstandard tuning

[@thomaskallmyr5027]

My Biological Grandfather-do I have to Pay someone to Watch my own Grandfather??????

[@mkcwebmaster]

It's not clear whether he actually co-wrote them or just insisted on his name being on the credit as part of the deal, but I read somewhere that it's more probable that it was some kind of business arrangement adding his name to the credits.

[@tehee-]

Does anybody know what Auntie Maggie's Remedy was? LOL

[@charizard4410]

For those of you that think he plays a banjo, sorry to say but your wrong. He actually plays the ukulele. Just saying

[@animateangus]

Banjo ukulele

[@charizard4410]

nope he played the ukulele just the style of his makes it look like a banjo

[@resonator_95]

charizard4410 No that is what it is, its a banjo ukulele, or banjolele. Banjo type body but tuned like a ukulele, same neck and all.

[@charizard4410]

still just a ukulele though, makes the same sound but looks like a banjo. Looks don't mean anything it is the sound produced

[@animateangus]

its not got the wooden ukulele sound to it, its resonated.

[@A1OFFENDER]

He is there ages "peter kay"

[@mojopriest75]

Turned out nice again

[@kelabz111]

sauccccce oh mother

[@trd62wld63]

i would have loved to ask peggy what she was looking at, while filming this with george,..... watch her eyes !!

[@jordanhoyle577]

+terence douglass shes looking at his big banjo

[@mkcwebmaster]

Big Hoyle good job he didn't play an organ

[@j0hnf_uk]

His little stick of Blackpool rock, maybe?

[@graciefields898]

@@j0hnf_uk Funny :-)

[@andrewjames3908]

What does he say at 1:16 'A pain in your....." Sounds like Robert Dilley

[@salamander621]

its Robert E Lee

[@graciefields898]

Robert E. Lee, which I'm guessing is rhyming slang for knee. Although George was from Lancashire he would have been aware of Cockney rhyming slang, so this is my guess.

[@MrMLD1972]

♥

[@downtime86]

Looks like he's only using a few chords, and seems like he's hitting the A, F and B-flat chords a lot, maybe a G minor in there, too. I don't know chord families very well, so I'm not sure what the other ones would probably be. Of course, he may have been using a different tuning than the standard GCAE...it sucks the filmmakers didn't think anyone would want to see his fingerstyle up close.

[@lewisbatt8314]

let's get some smack up in us is right :p

[@stephenforster229]

Its a banjolele not a ukelele

[@boggybogallow]

stephen forster True, but seeing as it is played like a ukulele then it's often casually referred to as a ukulele.

[@stepno]

It's a ukulele (a usually four-string instrument tuned gcea or adf#b etc), and it's a banjo (stringed instrument with a flat drum for a soundbox), so it's a banjo-ukulele, banjo-uke, ukulele-banjo, or (a naming fetish for Formby fans?) "banjolele." The name depends on who is playing it, selling it ... or complaining about the awful racket. ;-)

[@garymacmillan6401]

I wonder if there is a link between this and Big Audio Dynamite's Medicine Show?

[@annturner2960]

Bl**dy Marvellous

[@johncalladine2151]

great in 2015 he will not be for gotten

[@witchdoctor180]

I don't get the innuendo. =(

[@AvitalShtap]

Sex!

[@brian.deller8313]

A bit slow, Eh! Your "endo" is another old English slang word for "anus". A suppository is a rapid working laxative that has to be used by inserting it in a person's anus, hence, in your "endo"! I think he has got it now?

[@stefanjarrett1667]

Any maggies remedy what film is it in I wonder

[@BOT101st]

@mkcwebmaster I suspect it was 50/50... I think he could off sat down with the writers and help write the songs and then he had his name put down for the money and what not

[@swarthyjake4433]

if only he had taken up playing the guitar , he could have been the first Elvis .

[@andrewwaltham289]

That was the film that gave George a wife rather than getting the girl format of his usual films. It was also more serious than comedy#

[@rogerboss6367]

R k. The

[@athull08]

0:40

[@TheDelboyoelmundo]

So taking this stuff causes diarrhoea