THE COMEDIANS 1975.

[@alysonross768]

Some of the greatest home grown comedians ever to grace a stage so many are gone now but they'll never be forgotten 😄😄😄

[@glenn6623]

In the 70s I was a young / teenager, very hard times ( three day week) and yet I loved it and now in my 60s I love 70s music x

[@malbig2344]

What a riveting story, it really is.

[@phillipbooth5378]

Three day week, I worked Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

[@robcox1247]

@@malbig2344 So much so you felt complied to reply. Twat.

[@malbig2344]

@@robcox1247 chill out fannybaws, I'm just saying that your story about being poor in the 1970's is really interesting. It really is.

[@oleggorky906]

@@malbig2344 I can just imagine some of these snowflakes on a pub crawl in Glasgow … they would go down about as well as a hog roast at a bah mitzvah!

[@pipelinecenter]

Brilliant! I just love the 70's and would dearly love to go back to those times. Best music, fashion, tv programmes, football, cars and home design. Happy days!!

[@norwegianzound]

When Brexit happens you'll be there.

[@michaelt8682]

This must be a troll surely?

[@norwegianzound]

@@michaelt8682 my dearest Michael. In my observation of British media, I've noticed a clear correlation between Brexiteerism and a harking for some long lost Nirvana when Britain (England really) was a perfect white, isolated and dominant country. The economic damage being wrought on my country by the English (yet again) in pursuit of their own selfish interests makes me angry. Lying, deceitful and perfidious. Sometimes trolling has its place.

[@michaelt8682]

@@norwegianzound i meant the original comment! but thanks for the well thought out reply!

[@Trev359]

Jack F this is a comedy video, NOT a political one. Fuck off and take that massive chip on your shoulder with you. The sooner we're out of fucking Europe the better. Funny you didn't have the nerve to say which is your country. Is it that bad?

[@abbamanic]

Excellent, love these snapshots of a better time! Great humour!

[@ziggymarley4092]

Ken Goodwin cracks me up what a man he is he's not dead is he brilliant comedian I wonder what he's doing now. When things were bad at home and the comedy's was on the box he made me laugh thanks Ken Goodwin ours Ziggy Marley from leicershire in the countryside in England.

[@excelents]

He died on 18 February 2012 of Alzheimer's disease.

[@chrisevans5259]

Grew up to this brilliant show.....great characters,...bloody funny , ..miss those great days

[@paulmcmahon795]

Fbbf the we are a lot of the

[@paulmcmahon795]

Vvfgd vfxvvgggghtyvbbgvhnbv

[@kippertrace5808]

Had a dog, took it t'pub dine t'road. Barman said that's nice dog mate, what is it. A mongol dog mate, he said surely you mean a mungrel. No it's definitely a mongol. It jumped up on the bar I shouted. DOWN SYNDROME

[@madmonk005]

brill remember the show well god bless most off them frank carson at his best .......thanks for putting this on you tube ....

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson I remember watching this back in `75 and having just watched it here again after all these years,still as funny.No swear words.Says it all.Thankyou for uploading this.Brilliant.

[@MirlitronOne]

Gosh, I remember this show back in the day. I had forgotten George Roper, though, but the sow joke made me laugh out loud.

[@solcutta3661]

I was 3yrs old at the time these guys were on the stage..lovely to see how young these guys were.. Grew up knowing them, but as much older men... Who sadly have now passed.

[@EricIrl]

A good antidote for whenever I might get nostalgic for 1975.

[@diepoopie187]

Work of art and a genius parody ahead of its time. Can't believe they got so many big names to mock their own future stereotypes...

[@keithnaylor1981]

Just amazing. There will never be anything to come close to these great shows and the great personalities loved by millions.

[@e3msb]

Been a band guy thru the seventies but I always got some one to record the comedians coz they were so funny, just brilliant comedy. Great times they were, but not PC for these days. Love it

[@as400techman]

It's great watching this. My memory is better than I thought it was.

[@siroswaldfortitude409]

the 70's were awesome...the last decade before greed became king and a decade when the word 'offended' was rarely used...

[@m0rvidusm0rvidus18]

The racial and sexual politics of the 70s led to the current liberal insanity. It's all connected.

[@paulmchugh8695]

Before thatcher ?

[@pipins3616]

Rubbish

[@billpugh58]

No work, no future, dirt and rubbish everywhere, open racism and sick man of Europe. We have come a long way.

[@stephenroche5107]

Sadly a lot of these comedians voted politically Thatcher the source of that greed.

[@gohumberto]

I remember laughing back then but it's hard to remember why now. Much simpler times.

[@oldgeeze1]

i used to watch this back in the 70's george roper was a different class R.I.P. George thanks mate!!!!

[@BackToTheBlues]

George was my favourite, always a twinkle in his eye and a smile when the joke goes down well.

[@routmaster38]

Had a drink with George at Stockport county,s social club and he told jokes all night./

[@silentdog1166]

Truely the best day of my life watching these TV programmes...

[@grahamawhyte]

Many thanks for the dates... Nice to have a good record.

[@grahamawhyte]

Just heard that, on the same day Frank Carson and Ken Goodwin have passed away. A great loss to Comedy

[@jeffallinson8089]

Bloody hell, Charlie Williams!! Brilliant.

[@robseddon629]

He laughed louder and longer at his own unfunny jokes than the audience did....

[@jeffallinson8089]

@@robseddon629 Oh come on, he was a decent comic.

[@robseddon629]

@@jeffallinson8089 Seriously ?

[@jeffallinson8089]

@@robseddon629 I thought so, yes indeed.

[@stevescript]

Ken Goodwin the funniest of them all, Just fantastic.

[@TheJamie43]

It was brilliant back then at least people were more happier even though they had less !!! ;)

[@clearday9525]

Yes, TheJamie43, we could laugh at ourselves back then. I'm Irish, and I used to love the Irish jokes. They aren't allowed any more :( I loved the one about Paddy coming down the street dragging a big heavy wardrobe behind him. Murphy sees him and says, "Why don't you get somebody to help you?" "I did," says Paddy. "He's inside carrying the clothes." :)

[@norwegianzound]

@Shahid Khan nuttin wrong with racists. Sure at least half of the english are racists. Lovely people

[@Mouse2222]

1978 is down as the happiest/contented year the UK has ever been,,, since then down hill and it is all due to over popularisation

[@danielgallucci5387]

Shahid Khan where are the racists?

[@susanparsons4285]

TheJamie43 We had a good laugh then . Never seen anyone laugh now. Younger generation are so miserable.

[@paulware4701]

Colin Crompton's timing is so good it must be digital. And he really knows how to use a cigarette as a simple prop. Really miss that kind of laid back delivery.

[@electricrussell]

Hopefully now that we're out of the Common Market, we can get back to this great British comedy.

[@borderbus3963]

Are we? - Hope you are right

[@robseddon629]

Please no !

[@MrDunkiep]

Right on bro'. Comedy was ruined by these so called euro-comics with their sausage eating routines.

[@davefifteen1]

brings back memories brilliant

[@lantern10]

Great memories, used to laugh to all these guys in the 70's.

[@troy551000]

Thanks for the upload, brings bk lots of memories n even tell the jokes to diff ppl, Bernard manning is class , he'd never get away with his jokes in this day of age lol

[@MrPPKWalther]

Got to be the BEST comedy show EVER produced for TV. No swearing.No lewdness,No boring jokes. Just real comedy with marvellous one liners plus racist jokes that did'nt offend. I watched The Comedians religiously in the 70's and regretted its disappearance when TV comedy went bad.

[@robseddon629]

"plus racist jokes that didn't offend" ....... I didn't think there was anyone still alive that would say something like that.

[@MartinMurray1966]

@@robseddon629 now you know there are two. A joke is a joke, amazing how a black person can be racist to blacks, but a white or asian cant?

[@firebyrd437]

​@@robseddon629the black comedian once asked if there were any darkies in when the comedians did a charity event for the blind. Nowadays no one would say that but I'm sure he wasn't offending anyone because he regarded himself as a darkie. You just be offended by this, the audience wasn't

[@martyw34]

This is good.Thanks.

[@BackToTheBlues]

Also including my favourite, George Roper, at complete ease with the audience, enjoying telling the jokes, like he was one of your mates who just happened to be good at it. I also liked Mike Burton with his surreal style of humour and Eddie Flanagan, so relaxed it looked like he'd forgotten why he was there in between his jokes. Mix in the excellent aforememtioned Charlie Wiiliams, and Ken Goodwin etc how could it not be a great show!

[@yvettewestwood438]

Bring bk the 70s 80s 90s good movies gd music bk then today years are rubbish nothin on music rubbish

[@johnking5174]

I would loved to have Johnny Carson watch this. I wonder what he would have made of UK stand up comedy of the 1970s. Johnny was the king of comedy in the US in the 1970s. He brought on many US stand up comedians on the Tonight Show and made them stars. I wonder of he would liked any of these guys?

[@gremlinuk1968]

great to see now,, cause did not see when as a kid in the 70s,!! / this time 1975,, was a 7 year old back then,!!

[@HansBouwman]

I saw Jerry Harris. Isn’t he Charly Callas? They look alike, same way of speaking, same way of making sounds.

[@bulky800]

Great times wish we could turn the clock back , sadly we been sold down the river

[@jfelton4153]

@Big Bill O'Reilly - it's years too late.

[@johnfeury961]

Absolutely Brilliant...they were far more funny in those days...unlike today. Lots of Laughs.

[@davechristopherbrowne9278]

Proper innocent stand up, with out the nanny state mentality.. Proper belly laugh, absolutely great love it.

[@davechristopherbrowne9278]

But back then comedy i feel was clearly pidgeon hold fyi..working mens clubs..more sort of public school fyi..monty phython..now all the various lines are blurred anything goes..2019

[@norwegianzound]

Why do working class English love to use the word proper for everything they approve of? If you don't like something, would you say it's improper?

[@Trev359]

It's just our slang like stupid Americans always say awesome to describe something they approve of, totally ruining the impact of that word. Don't be such a dick. Anyway, the word proper is used in it's correct context here, so you criticism is invalid. Who the fuck are you to criticise our use of OUR language. You're so obviously a troll. How about actually saying something positive for once instead of just criticising others all the time. If you cahn't say something positive then fuck off elsewhere and take that chip on your shoulder with you.

[@direnova6284]

@@Trev359 Chill out mate. Calling Americans stupid and then typing " How about actually saying something positive for once instead of just criticising others all the time. If you can't say something positive then fuck off elsewhere and take that chip on your shoulder with you".

[@gordonsellar2560]

@@norwegianzound you think to much

[@martinmerlin1952]

Thanks for posting...................best laugh I have had in ages..............talk about the bringing back memories, cheers.

[@cliffcarr3632]

Ahhh I loved them days, when people knew how to have a good laugh, the 70s were the best!

[@arcadiaskies3602]

Back when comedians were funny. Love this video.

[@AuntyM66]

I grew watching this in the 70s.

[@miro9440]

Thank you so much for that! ....:-))

[@bigteno4597]

Loved it! Most comedy now is based on observations.

[@garethjenkins6273]

Most comedy now is based on comedy. Unlike this rubbish. As funny as kidney stones.

[@gremlinuk1968]

was a wee 7 year old back then,,!! i want to go back to then,,!! 70s, did not see this show back then,, ! great seeing now,,!

[@davmax7751]

I imagine people on here criticising "The Comedians" would probably think Frankie Boyle is hilarious.

[@insideout4892]

3 years later.. how do you feel about your comment? lol... i hope you feel good about it, because its excelent. your comment still stands.. lets remember that the comedians of the 70s had jokes that were "too edgy" to be shown on tv in the 90s+.. frankie boyles are just the right amount of "edgyness" LOL... aka- everyone knows they are purely crude comments looking for a cheap laugh.. unchallenging- sympathetic and lazy

[@dougreed2257]

Haha again, absolutely right. Boyle is one of the unfunniest "comedians" probably EVER

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

Yep. Can't stand the fokker!

[@blackie75]

@@dougreed2257 hehe, he makes me laugh. i like the other guy too, um...kevin something

[@urlord6580]

I do

[@Nuttybott]

"Everything was rubbish in the seventies" I'm sorry you feel that way, because I remember the seventies very well, and I don't remember everything being rubbish at all. In fact, I think on the whole it was far superior to the time we live in now. Better TV, better music, better football, better movies...and a lot less government intrusiveness and surveillance than we have to put up with now. Give me the seventies every time...

[@markluxon5605]

People were a lot happier and a lot less materialistic lived on communities were everyone knew and looked out for each other. Thatcher killed it

[@jeffallinson8089]

@@markluxon5605 She sure did.

[@Trev359]

Hugh Jones yes, please take the 90s as far away as possible.

[@georgebarnes5438]

And no f#####g reality television in the 70's. Cowell has a lot to answer for.

[@cdeath5274]

it was ok.if it was so bad the kids today wouldn’t be nicking the music .

[@stofferrussell]

Wow a very young Mike Reid (aka Frank Butcher from Eastenders) and Frank Carson (from Tiswas). Brought up with these jokes. A lot of these comedians had completely different jokes when they played in the clubs or broadcast after the watershed!

[@chrisevans5259]

Proper jokes by proper comedians, genuinely funny , and delivered with perfect timing. these were great times, today's comedy is so poor by comparison, and they haven't got the heart and spirit of these old comics...........miss these great times

[@liammccarron8191]

Great show ! How the time goes was 15 when this went out. Great craic.

[@robloxplayer007]

Jim Bowen is 1 of my favourite comedians. he was a host of Bullseye (UK) too.

[@jsilkcut]

A different world back then ..... I miss it !

[@dawnfinch8873]

me to wish i could go. back sometimes

[@Orangeforever66778]

Disliked this video because of Micky fin

[@evanstj5]

@@dawnfinch8873 Yeah ... no alternative comedy, no Cambridge graduates. And no bloody Michael Macintyre.

[@busliferecords5815]

likewise

[@colinwilkes8957]

Tim yes he’s a wanker isn’t he?

[@Tashyboy15]

memories ! thanks for sharing.

[@leso204]

Ken Goodwin classic gold ......

[@primus7776]

Sheps Banjo Boys.....Fabulous.

[@grahamawhyte]

could not agree more.

[@grahamawhyte]

4 months and 14,000 hits !!! Someone must like this!!!.

[@gjsykes7924]

46:03 'We get worse don't we? Yep, sums this up perfectly.

[@dilwich]

I remember these days they were the days when everybody didn't get offended by everything and didn't call everything racist.

[@craig7248]

I'm pretty sure Manning was racist mate. I saw him perform in the 80s and he was a shithouse and not in a funny way.

[@ddanh4258]

They were racist though.

[@dilwich]

@@ddanh4258 Things haven't changed only today if you say these things you get arrested but people still think the same way . . . .

[@craig7248]

@@dilwich racists thought those things then and racists think them now

[@dilwich]

@@craig7248 The word ''Racist'' has been so overused by offended snowflakes that it has lost all meaning nowadays. . . .

[@johnfellows2867]

They're all gone now, RIP these very funny guys !

[@krapebelg]

Duggie Brown is still alive. He can be seen on some t.v. adverts these days.

[@bambusters]

Fantastic!!!!! love it

[@michelepiteo2196]

There was a paperback that came out around same time. I remember studying it assiduously as a schoolgirl and 1970s the comedians had so much personality. Alot of fun There was a music hall vibe holding British comedy lost since the 1980s. But judging by The Sketch Show 2003, British comedy has not suffered despite the predations of the EU experiment.

[@gremlinuk1968]

1975,, / I was 7 year old , back then,!!

[@Cromper]

I walked around Charlie Williams' house as it was being built. It was across the M1 from Birdwell.

[@cdeath5274]

So Tankersley or Pilley?

[@percystreet]

met his daughter late last year

[@ronbiddle1233]

Great stuff for those of us who remember it, good clean comedy with no smut or swearing. Great family tv.

[@smeggers4]

Luckily, I was born in '65. I was forced to watch these constantly rehashed old jokes when my parents had control of the TV while I was growing up. Then the 80s came along with the possibility of seeing alternative comedians like Alexi Sayle on a portable in the bedroom. Perfect timing for me. The comedy world was blown wide open , and we never looked back

[@ianlang6058]

I'd rather have toothache than watch Alexi Sayle.

[@rabbitskinner]

We had no choice but watch them again we only had 3 channels..lol

[@LFOVCF]

'alternative' wasn't comedy, it was dumbed down slapstick and relied on profanity, just like today. Sure, these jokes are crappy, and in fairness, they never hardly made me laugh, but alternative simply appealed to the lowest of brows. Simple baby comedy, like the young ones, with stupid slapstick and toilet humour (and not even good toilet humour) Comedy never recovered after that.

[@orchidcarpetcleaningrp6061]

Born same year and yes when watch the comedians now have to say so bad it's good. Young ones was brilliant and a start to more diverse and brilliant humour.

[@philjones6054]

I too was born in 65. Whilst I don't think this programme has aged well, it must be remembered there was zero tolerance of foul language, or of "adult subjects" on TV in the 70s. The world we lived in then has gone forever, as through the ensuing decades, foul language and "adult themed" subjects became mainstream humour. Today of course it's fascinating to think we can say THE most foul language, about depraved $e×ual acts on TV without a care, but "The Vicar of Dibley" and "Only Fools and Horses" have warnings about possible offensive content!!

[@kristianscherrer6635]

I was 4 years old ,holeeeee shit,how time flies ....

[@stuarttootell]

Great comedians, great comedy great times and no P.C..

[@paulharrison443]

Genuine question - and I mean this sincerely - what part of this specifically did you think was "great"? I mean, which joe really stood out to you as being top flight entertainment.

[@MrDavey2010]

Fabulous.

[@jimrockford5514]

Brilliant...love this comedy... Bernard Manning Frank Carson were my favorites great days

[@miriammerritt3438]

They are all great...what a laugh...a genuinely funny bunch......comedy will never be like this again, love them all....

[@kpzcbttp]

Great stuff!

[@peterfranks6243]

Remember watching as a kid

[@dange160650]

Fantastic, better than the crap modern stuff

[@p.jacobs643]

Maybe you just don't understand the modern stuff.

[@dange160650]

@@p.jacobs643 i understand it all right, it’s not funny

[@mickeyduke1910]

Gives me such a great feeling 😊

[@caribstu]

My old man was a stand up comic and he did a few of these 'Comedians' Not this episode though. Still searching

[@nigewalker-mead6263]

Absolutely brilliant 😂😂😂😂

[@bluethunder6801]

Ken Goodwin total genius

[@badboybaldy1]

hi ... thanks for that i know it was ken some thing so big thank u mate bless ...they were great hey ...lol

[@750triton]

I was 12 and laughed my arse off with my younger brother and for many years after, until it was sent back to safety, away from the new wave of political corrctness

[@rheababe1000]

great comedians of their day and id love to see the likes back on telly, we all laughed so much and not a sware word in site to make us laf! i can assure you you, we older generations have a great sense of humour as I love all comedy and just achieved my black belt in jujitsu at 61.....so bring back the old comedies xx

[@johnking5174]

+deborah myles The issue is, these men maybe great comedians, just their content is the problem. Live at the Apollo is our modern version of The Comedians.

[@Pwecko]

It was good to see Ken Goodwin again. Just looking at him made me laugh.

[@paulbishop9947]

It’s called life , gd times , rubbish times , no matter what year it is , hopefully it’s not so rubbish now !! 👍

[@gremlinuk1968]

frank Carson,, i was lucky to meet him back in early 80s,, RIP, Frank,!God Bless from Portstewart,!

[@henrybyrd5402]

I tried watching this lot several times back then but never heard a joke that i hadn't heard in the playground.

[@thrippleton]

Absolutely brilliant! These blokes knew how to tell jokes.

[@carolcr4024]

Except for Ken Goodwin

[@johnking5174]

19:42 - Isn't this the same act used by the Northern Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket?

[@amybaker4654]

John King Jimmy has a letter from his son in his letter joke,he is asking for money.....No mon,no fun,your son,,,,,,,that's too bad ,your dad etc.

[@johnloony68]

Ken Goodwin 1933-2012 Bernard Manning 1930-2007 Frank Carson 1926-2012 Johnnie Wager ????- still alive Jackie Hamilton 1937-2003 George Roper 1934-2003 Jerry Harris ???? Charlie Williams 1927-2006 Mike Burton ???? Duggie Brown 1940-alive Mike Reid 1940-2007 Bryn Phillips 1934-2014 Colin Crompton 1931-1985 Jim Bowen 1937-alive

[@soulbrother61]

+John Cartwright good info

[@ziggymarley4092]

Ken come back all's forgiven

[@gremlinuk1968]

met frank carson back when i was 12 year old ,

[@iestyndavies7287]

Jim Bowen has sadly passed away today. You can't beat a bit of Bully!

[@lorrainecorr4483]

They died laughing!

[@stevecook5930]

Back in the day's when comedy wasn't taken seriously.

[@AntGeezer]

Ken Goodwin would smash it today. Plenty worse than him getting away with it in 2019

[@SteveShort-b1g]

The 70s was fantastic

[@ianmatthews137]

Good grief. I'd forgotten how bad these guys were.

[@p.jacobs643]

I agree!

[@GrrMeister]

25:03 *Loved Charlie Williams from page 1 - so funny at the time to hear a Black {can I say that ?} comedian with a Sheffield Accent - RIP Adolphus !*

[@briancumpsty2525]

classic all you get these days is reality tv rubbish

[@kevingreen3781]

Brian Cumpsty youtube is best tv around now ,everything you watch is a repeat ,why do we pay a licence to watch what we’ve already seen there should be an uproar

[@justininfrance]

Yeah, can't even call your neighbour a nigga any more, eh?

[@michaeltaubenhaus6032]

Good old British comedy. Can't beat it. Bernard Manning as Colin Crompton was hilarious!

[@insignia2010]

Brilliant, real jokes by real comedians who were not afraid to offend. Those offended only have to switch off. Its just jokes! So much better than today's PC shite. The only way they can make you laugh now is to say F*** or C*** every other word. This stuff should be back on TV. Thanks for this

[@johnking5174]

+insignia2010 If you were black, asian, Chinese, Irish, Jewish etc, would you like jokes to made of you just because of your race? How would you feel?

[@insignia2010]

+John King I honestly wouldn't be bothered. It's just a joke, people need to learn to laugh at themselves, the Irish never use to complain when we made Irish jokes when they were bombing our country left right and centre, the English have Jokes made about them in other countries. It's not serious nor is it said in a malicious way. A joke is exactly that. I find comedians using the F & C word every two seconds much more offensive.

[@jasonholmes2198]

John King the jokes are about every colour creed etc Jokes my friend jokes.

[@chrisyoung2123]

"I feel like a pair of curtains" "Get home and pull yourself together" Wow, real edgy

[@Trev359]

It was the Irish comedians like Frank Carson that would tell the Irish Jokes so how can that be racist.

[@MrDavey1450]

Not funny? I'm sitting here crying with laughter...it's hilarious!! Much better than most of the so-called comedians of today...

[@keenan1972]

some funny guys just found Ken Goodwin never seen his act before great post mate.

[@jrgboy]

+Wayne Keenan Sadly Ken died in 2012, in fact apart from Stu Francis I think they have all passed on, .this is 40 years old.

[@Cartier6]

Brilliant about time this was released on DVD...Thanks for posting

[@grahamawhyte]

Big difference.. How many can tell jokes these days WITHOUT swearing??? Not many!!!..Alternative comedy MY ARSE!!!.

[@robseddon629]

I've been to Bernard Mannings Embassy club a couple of times and every other word Bernard said was a swear word as well as his usual racist tirades and football jokes...... lazy comedy for his standard audience of white, male, working class neanderthals who tipped up on stag do's etc. Now outdated thankfully.... and he's not here anymore of course.

[@paulharrison443]

Actually most of them - many comedians don't swear when on programs like live at the Apollo for instance. But you're right - the comedians in this video can tell a joke without swearing. Sadly they just can't make said joke funny.

[@justininfrance]

It was early evening programme, of course they were not allowed to swear. Ever hear Manning's club routine? Far bluer than anything you hear today. Racist, misogynist, bigoted tripe. Plus comedians today don't have to laugh at their own jokes.

[@pipins3616]

How boring are you

[@vallejomach6721]

@@justininfrance Hilarious