Heroes of Comedy: Bernard Manning (Part 1/4)

[@windyworm]

What a lovely bloke he was. I'd just driven back from Germany and had stopped at Watford services. He insisted on buying me a coffee and a sandwich before I drove any further as I looked so knackered. Had a great chat with him. A really great bloke.

[@seeker5736]

Windyworm. As we say up north, a heart as big as a shit house seat.

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

@@seeker5736 I bet people don't say that up north

[@seeker5736]

@@dkizxpt-su3ze . They used to john, not in this politically era though to be honest. It comes from a time when the working mens club's were packed out. There are hardly any left now (sadly).

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

@@seeker5736 yes, because the white working class Britons have been replaced by immigrants Apparently if we don't support this, there's something wrong with us I'm sick of these evil genocidal Lefties trying to wipe out white people We're not even allowed to have our own culture anymore. That's how badly they think of us. Disgusting

[@craigmullen9046]

@@dkizxpt-su3ze you tube Patriotic Alternative.

[@jackmcdalter3882]

The irony of Rantzen and the rest of them. All Bernard Manning did was make his audience laugh. No one was forced to listen to him.

[@standalby6949]

Yeah , at least he never covered up for pedos

[@bobjohn1234]

Well said jack.all this woke bollocks now as bernard used to always say its all a JOKE! Its all about peoples sensitive feelings now its embarrassing.

[@chrisstephens6673]

He made us laugh, but now we just laugh at her.

[@shanecopner7827]

And you knew about saville Esther,and how many other people knew at the BBC about saville Harris

[@OldhamSteve52]

A star. When ever I am fed up he always puts a smile on my face. People of my age (62) still recall the good nights at The Embassy club.

[@RefinedRouge]

Meat pie sausage roll come on Oldham give us a goal

[@Dangerous_Brian]

Rantzen knew about Jimmy Saville and said *NOTHING* , yet lets have a go at a comedian who makes a lot of people laugh. Say hello to your moral compass Rantzen

[@chrisstephens6673]

Extreme Ratshit would if she had one.

[@chrisrutter6015]

Had Cyril Smith and Stuart hall defending him. Obvious nonce.

[@JackB59]

Brill post

[@barryisland4674]

Mrs cringe

[@thecatsarse6542]

Amen brother!!

[@emilzaag582]

What a wonderful man. The salt of the earth. Even in 2023 after watching all his jokes again and again… he still cracks me up. Rest in peace Bernard!! Ya bastad. 😂

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Bernard would probably get arrested for his routines today on the grounds that he offended some group or other. Like a lot of Brits, I'm sick of this "woke" & "politically correct" nonsense, I want my free speech back, my right to laugh at ANYTHING back and my country back.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

Most of these people who get offended are doing so on behalf of races they don't even belong to.

[@physicsariel9237]

One of the greatest and controversial comics ever. The delivery is outstanding. Imagine how hard it would be to make a whole room laugh without saying a word?!?!?

[@jasoncoleridge5872]

Rantzen, Cyril Smith and Stuart Hall.. good grief, all we needed was Glitter and Rolf for a full house.

[@humanforfreedom9583]

Lol yeah that kind of fucked the documentary. Maybe it was purposefully meant too.

[@grumpleskiltpin3257]

Makes you wonder about all the others on this programme? Maybe they didn't get caught...….Yet!

[@777petew]

You can't tar Manning with that brush. He'd have thumped child abusers.

[@jameshughes9234]

@@777petew so why were they his friends then.

[@777petew]

You think they shared their perverted secrets with Bernard Manning? I think Bernard would have thumped you for saying that.

[@chrisevans5259]

Bloody rude,...bloody big mouthed,....bloody funny.....BLOODY BRILLIANT

[@liamrowbotham2069]

The best comic ever down to earth and lovely man met him gentleman saw him live 3 times and in tears laughter every gag

[@Graham-1888]

a legend in his time when anything went and no pc mob moaning about everything, he told jokes about everything and everyone and nobody was offended because everyone knew it was comedy, the guy done loads for charity as well. if you weren't alive and didn't know british culture at that time you cannot have a go at the man, he was a comedy hero.

[@stephenreeds3632]

He didn't tell jokes about white, working class Mancunians.

[@Graham-1888]

@stephenreeds3632 I've seen everything manning did, my dad was a club comic so we had all his videos and watched everything on tv and he told jokes about everyone and everything. The guy was a genius and right for his time like every other comic back then. Don't try and bring these guys and that period into today's woke snowflake times because it was a completely different thing just like this period will be looked back on and pulled apart by future generations. I'm just glad I got to grow up and experience the 70's and 80's because it was a joy.

[@sm-eg8lx]

Rantzen friend of saville and a homewrecker with wilcox,but pure as driven snow Lol

[@martinnevey7258]

s.m. ye Esther ransen Jimmy Saville's pal.....yet didn't have a voice to say anything??....she set up child line ffs!....FRAUD

[@stephenturner6075]

@@martinnevey7258 The real reason behind Childline was so that when victims of abuse by paedophile elites called up to report these offences the matter wouldn't go any further to protect the elite paedophiles and the unwitting victim's believed that something would be done now its been logged with Childline and left it at that. The innocent volunteers on the end of the telephones would take down the details and pass it up the chain who then took no further action. Obviously paedophiles were caught through Childline but not politicians, royalty or celebrities. I don't know how deep Esther Rantzen's involvement was.

[@martinnevey7258]

@@stephenturner6075 yes I agree a filtering system if you will....yet the masses still can't comprehend that organised evil on this scale exists...

[@stephenturner6075]

@@martinnevey7258 a filtering system is the perfect description. 👍

[@stephenreeds3632]

Spot on about Rantzen....one day a researcher next day presenting the programme. What a bloody hypocrite.

[@dingle5115]

Born in 1981 , I only discovered bernard through you tube a few years ago . What a funny , loving and wonderful man . Racist !? I think not ! Everyone regardless of race and religion were all welcome to his club . Yes he would take the piss , but that's called having a laugh in this country.

[@Anon.5216]

He WAS racist especially to the Irish!

[@timmydonlon3458]

Watch his interview in Mrs Merton and come back to me

[@dingle5115]

@@timmydonlon3458 I watched it a while back , bbc trying to crucify him with that bitch murton and that lefty prick Richard wilson . Jimmy's mate Esther rancid also tried on another show .

[@garydobbs6295]

Manning was and remains a legend

[@That_Random_Bloke]

Cyril Smith and Stuart Hall. With hindsight perhaps not the 2 best contributors...

[@probablecausetocheckhard-drive]

mts ts Eester Ransom kept quiet about bbc aswell

[@probablecausetocheckhard-drive]

Bet you won't even remember writing your comment 3 years ago

[@billygiles3276]

Why won’t you say rantzen also? Because she’s a Jew and there not allowed to be criticised for there fucking actions?

[@brandycat8513]

Ester R. kept quiet about Jimmy Saville what a hypocrite @@probablecausetocheckhard-drive

[@That_Random_Bloke]

Marcus Smith No I didn’t!

[@TheMiseryIndex]

He had a brilliant creative mind, expert timing, fantastic delivery. A unique character.. imagine the fun he'd have with the scamdemic 😂

[@chrisstephens6673]

He was never vindictive unlike some modern right on commentators, i was going to say comedians but the idea of jokes is an anathema to them.

[@Anon.5216]

He also had a filthy tongue and was a racist!

[@terri6854]

@RiteSedFred123 Imagine the fun he'd have had with the gullible sheep who bleat catchphrases like "scamdemic".

[@petermills542]

Still living with his Mother at age 40/50? is not normal. 🤔

[@stewartmcrae8007]

@@petermills542 he moved in with her because his wife died of Cancer his mother was 95 when she died maybe he was her caregiver like you say he was in his 50's so obviously his mother would have been elderly and frail

[@studogskoff5034]

Chidline founder Rantzen criticising Bernard. Yet she said NOTHING about Savile. Sickening.

[@stevies.1975]

I once served this lovely gent when he came to the cinema I worked in. He was a lovely chap to talk to and even left a wonderful tip to the ladies on the concessions counter. He had time for everybody he spoke to. And I didn’t even rate him as a comedian prior to that encounter. I did after.....

[@Jack-pu4rf]

I personally love Bernard Manning he for me was one of the Greatest comedians that ever lived, he really didn't give a monkeys what people thought of him and pushed the boundaries past the limits of the time, RIP Bernard Manning

[@5threelborn]

Correct 💯

[@indiana146]

He made people laughter is the best medicine Bernard we miss you

[@mikeheap7978]

BM is the best ever standup comic.

[@primavera5037]

He's an absolute legend. Best stand-up comedian,....ever!

[@grimandi]

why can't we go back to the seventies, when comedians were funny?

[@carloslima6705]

Funny and free! PC age has destroyed the possibility of telling a joke without insulting the bunch of snowflakes that seem to rule life now.

[@djohn1671]

god bless bernard and the rest, they paved the way for millionaire comedians today.

[@cadetmouse]

Esther is evil. She hides behind many ghosts in her closet...

[@chuckynickolodean8420]

She is an A***Hole...

[@paulsmith1499]

They criticise Bernard but he brought people together with his humour and he was a faithful family man.

[@DENNISCavanaugh7771]

JUST BRILLIANT COMIC SHOULD BE IN ALL THE COUNTRY'S IN EVERY NATIONS HALLS OF FAME.

[@andlidearmadta9680]

Bernard wouldn't even have to say anything to make me laugh...his face always makes me smile

[@bartdekooldj]

8:45 one of Bernard's top 3 jokes and not a word spoken. Genius R.I.P

[@chorleycake7942]

Nice seeing Bernard taking down Rantzen, what a cow.

[@susanparsons4285]

Bernard manning was great.

[@jeddward9464]

Fucking hell some right perverts on here ...

[@4272005]

Rantzen ironically the one that actually needs a smack

[@standalby6949]

Ranzid knew all about Savile whilst all along she ran childline , how evil can you get ?

[@gunsharck]

@@standalby6949 Honest to god I bet she was a “fixer” for the nonce

[@letsgobrandon.]

Esther Rantzen, knew what Jimmy Savile was doing for years, but said fuck all and let him get away with it ! and Cyril Smith was another.

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

2:10 Yeah Esther, and you tried to use the audience to bully and shame Bernard, but you didn't have the skill to do it Sour grapes!

[@alanthedrum]

If Bernard had known about Hall and Smith they would have had a rough time.

[@paulkelly9074]

Alan Crook paedoes

[@themow432]

I expect he knew

[@hootsmon4723]

A man's man ....unlike some of the people who were always on the television The so called celebrities.. never hit a woman or had any scandal about Interfering with kids ...i know who I would have left my kids with . I,d rather they learnt a dirty joke than been touched up . Bernard manning a good guy.

[@pxrider69]

Comedy genius and a decent man too.

[@davidbrooks7113]

Best comedian ever

[@rockyrowlands3652]

Manning, the best comic ever. Comedy theses days are dead or are they. I will still say jokes that are non political correct. Humorous jokes are not a crime.

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

Esther Rantzen, Stuart Hall and Cyril Smith? Jesus.

[@nooseman2813]

@@bengunns wasn't Rantzen a victim?

[@jasoncorr4619]

NOOSE MAN She started Childline but when victims phoned about abuse from celebrities and she done nothing. So many accuse her of being a friend of pedo’s or not exploiting them. Of course though she denied this

[@omalone1169]

Who are they . I'm the young generation bit realise the first ladies name from the Man Woman myth series...They claimed she was a hypocrite

[@brianmusson1827]

Was Jesus there as well. Didn’t think that he existed!

[@brianmusson1827]

If you believe in Jesus then you must also believe in fairies at the bottom of your garden and Father Christmas.! There is no such thing as god and it is about time people grew up and stopped believing in something that is not there!

[@777petew]

You have to admit that some of his humour was intrinsically racist compared to today, but it was the norm then. Efforts were being made in the 70s and 80s through comedy to combat racism. Whether right or wrong, the intentions were good. But still many people think his act was just a night of racism. It wasn't at all. As the man said, he told jokes about everyone, including his overweight self. He was a very funny man, with a great gift of timing. The harsh humour came from the very harsh environments he lived in of the 30s to the 70s. That's why he appealed to working class people. He identified with them. He would deliberately wind up people who couldn't take a joke, or who focused on the occasional racist-type joke. On the Mrs Merton Show he just went along with the accusations out of resignation, but sadly it back-fired on him.

[@drdassler]

Jesus, how are these people criticizing anyone, especially Bernard? "What about the children?" 😳

[@andy-tu2rx]

Bernard was risque but Stuart hall and Esther rantzan about as exciting and funny as a pint of warm water

[@jasonwindebank5455]

Absolute legend👏

[@carljenyon2882]

Sadly missed he would love what's going on at his beloved MANCHESTER CITY

[@alexbrown6624]

A Master at his trade ! Time served and it showed ? Proper 😂😂😂

[@seanart1508]

I have seen Bernard live once at a place called Memories ( Legs Up Lucy ) in Helsby, Cheshire & what a night it was, i really enjoyed watching him.

[@shanemanchester]

Sean Brookes I saw him in Blackpool mid ‘80’s. On one of the piers. Lots of old dears in the audience. Afternoon show. He didn’t swear ONCE and was equally as funny as when he swore like a trooper. Not many comics can do that.

[@seanart1508]

@@shanemanchester he's a top bloke, god bless him.

[@veraw1221]

Poor Esther,,,,,hes using the Audience against me ,,,,, Oh well THAT'S LIFE!!

[@matthewstokes1608]

Ranzen is dark, disturbing... something dark about her. ...BM - not at all.

[@chrisevans5259]

Manning was controversal,..brash ,..rude....and ...bloody....bloody..... FUNNY!!!!

[@allenbraithwaite106]

He was one of the best.

[@petermoore5689]

Brilliant comic, touching to hear him talk candidly.

[@archiebald4717]

Best ever! She became the laughing stock, because she is!

[@user-pb6fl2sj8m]

Who the fck cares what Esther ransom thinks...BM was probably the best comedian ever, so good to watch

[@strangescribe1]

It's kind of sad though to see Cyril Smith and Stewart Hall in the first five minutes because I believe Bernard's mantra was just anything to get a laugh and not actual abuse.

[@lazru123]

lovely listening talking about his mum

[@lee4171]

Fair few deviants on here, Rantzen included. Bernard was excellent.

[@joanbrown6580]

Actions speak louder than words ignore swearing his humour was great I loved him

[@stevemurphy1109]

bernard manning , the king of manchester comics !

[@bran756]

Nice,thank you,used to deliver Bernard's milk when I was just a boy,ha ha, moved on a bit now,great to see that great comedian,rip mate.xxxx

[@krisinsaigon]

i think it maybe did Bernard a disservice to have as the 2nd and 3rd cheerleaders the notorious sexual predators Stuart Hall and Cyril Smith Bernard manning was better than that

[@billygiles3276]

Totally agree but It wouldn’t of been up to him who appeared in the documentary it would of been down to the producers and most television and media moguls are fellow crooks bordering on satanists like the likes of Cyril Smith and so have no scruples about having them on, same goes for Esther rantzen, what a vile human being.

[@standalby6949]

Peter Kay must of heard of the Embassy club

[@darrenmeears4667]

A true legend I was born to late comics to day are not fit to lick his boots 😆😅👤👌

[@paulmorganmorgan7541]

Top comedian of his time rip 🙏 Bernard

[@briansmith-jones4630]

Must admitt that was funny, when he said, " Jimmy Tarbuck got a fiver, he got overpaid."

[@davidfarmer9118]

Yup. Rantzen. Good for you Mr Manning

[@walterlatham8851]

Rantzen :- it’s ok Jimmy I won’t say anything

[@anthonybardsley4985]

Bernard was funny even Esther was laughing or trying not to .

[@hahanah1463]

Bernard manning. LEGEND rest well good sir

[@AtariCrypt]

Nobody around like Bernard anymore... I miss him - and this un-PC humour. Classic.

[@123prestolee]

Fucking hell, do we ever need Bernard.

[@mozartsmate6358]

Simply the best.

[@stephenhall3700]

GOD BLESS BIG MAN LOVED UR CHARITY WORK, giggs in the dale for charity.................never forgotten u were hilarious EMBASSY CLUB STAG NIGHT BEST NIGHT IVE EVER had TRUE

[@spiderpromos]

Best night of your life? What a sad life you must have had so far, Stephen Hall. Hope it improves for you.

[@wmdee2961]

He put me in a good mood and i love everyone.

[@colinclark8379]

Bernard is a Comedy Legend, Esther Rantzen knew all about J Saville !!!!!

[@fellrunner1964]

Certain people in life shouldn’t be given air with which to breath, and She was a prime example of that.

[@abcbcde9985]

So professional. The key to success. Then and now.

[@stevewalsh-balshaw1727]

Bernard was a working class humble guy yes his humour was direct and crude but so what it's called having a laugh making jokes it was not personalised northern folk loved him along with charlie williams a black comedian from barnsley another great met em both at same time they were friends , ohhh n I'm mixed race never once felt offended sad today's society is what it is as Bernard would say bollocks to folk who can't have a laugh.

[@MrPeach18]

Class man and genuine

[@likklej8]

Liked the Man City one bring back these type of comics. Just to watch the reaction of those uptight correct folks.

[@seeker5736]

likklej8. Unfortunately a great era that will never come again.

[@solcutta-zt9uw]

I'll enjoy this.

[@grahamobrienverynicex9804]

Great man. X

[@grahamdebling6280]

The comments don't seem to favour Ester. Bernard was a very clever and funny comedian and I don't recall him being friends with J.S.

[@davidwinson2319]

Bernard was great. what a great comic he didn’t give a shit about pc brigade. and people who went to see him. don’t take. it. heart he was not racist. he was a. great. comic.

[@toffybatter1034]

Liz Dawn...bless

[@kennethsharpe2199]

You know when they have funny bones he was one of the originals RIP Bernard Manning

[@5threelborn]

Bernard when Comedy was funny The best in the world

[@simonhafford1518]

Very funny man👌

[@alecjohnson5269]

MANNING WAS HILARIOUS BEST COMEDIAN EVER

[@paulkehoe67]

that esther rantzen is a plum! he was brilliant!!

[@ThePaulaon1]

Absolute class.

[@bigvalvader4341]

Some his material was racist. He said as much. No excuse for it now, but it was the time he came from. His timing and delivery was perfect. Love watching him on Mrs.Merton. Everyone wanted him to fail (maybe bar Caroline Aherne) but he owned it. He's vilified now by modern "comedians" mainly because he was funny and they're not.

[@johncook3125]

Not pc but funny as hell. Brilliant.

[@PastorBrianHannant]

How can anyone be a hero telling jokes? That’s a laugh indeed!

[@rogeruk9263]

Praise from Stuart Hall and Cyril Smith says it all 😮

[@TonyEnglandUK]

(And stunning coincidence that these people all had connections with the Royal Family, especially Prince Andrew...) Meanwhile Esther Rantzen saw nothing, said nothing because she was too busy criticising a comedian telling jokes.

[@TheGiokink]

Reminds of the time Cyril Smith nearly drowned at Blackpool....luckily the coast guard spotted him just offshore clinging to a buoy.....

[@skygazer6898]

Bernard was a very funny man.

[@indiana146]

Why did no one raise a question about her husband who was in charge of bbc when saville was at it

[@davidmccormick4735]

Ahhh Esther, the irony. You did such a good job with Childline helping to filter out allegations of abuse against establishment untouchables.

[@shughy1]

Rantzen was looking for a headline, deliberately twisting the context

[@Bwfc-s7n]

Brilliant,