You can see where Victoria Wood got her 'I'm looking for my friend Kimberly, have you seen her?' from watching this. Thanks for uploading, I've wanted to see this for a long time.
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
Thank you metalbearuk for your comment,this is a classic performance .
@harryacam5 жыл бұрын
My goodness your right
@ellie6984 жыл бұрын
I thought that when I heard those lines.
@anneroberts9841 Жыл бұрын
One of the best comedians of all time
@walverden1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Anne for your view,yes Hilda Baker was one of the best generation of comedians of all time.👍🎭
@kelvinheron3425 Жыл бұрын
Today Gina Lollobrigida passed away. I can't think of any finer tribute than having your name put through the mangle by the wonderful Hylda Baker. R.I.P. Gina, and Hylda.
@walverden1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Kelvin, yes i had forgotten this sketch lol
@levimacdonald51882 жыл бұрын
Hylda Baker was absolutely brilliant 🎯💯✨♥🌟 From plodder Lane farnworth in Bolton ..
@walverden12 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Levi for your View and comment.👍☺️🇬🇧
@emmac9157 Жыл бұрын
The beginning of this reminds me of Victoria Woods Kimberley sketch "I'm looking for my friend, Kimberly, have you seen her?" Hilda Baker is the Goddess of comedy. Amazing soul inside that body.
@walverden1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your view and great comment.
@peterdickinson87555 жыл бұрын
I smiled the whole time, thanks for such gems.
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
Peter Dickinson Thank you Peter for your visit and comment,I also smile every time I see this.
@thebannedgreenman89398 жыл бұрын
Hylda Baker was one of the 'greats' of comedy acting.
@walverden18 жыл бұрын
Thank you For your comment,so pleased you liked this video.
@WarmasAsunnedcat2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful God bless you Hilda ❤️
@walverden12 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your visit and comment.👍😀🇬🇧
@debbiepaterson70265 жыл бұрын
Hilda Baker was a legend RIP lovely Lady
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
Debbie Paterson Debbie thank you for your view and comment,yes she was a great comic and entertainer.
@operaloveringlasgow7 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for posting this. I have always loved Hylda's style and performances since I first saw her in the 1960s.
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
operaloveringlasgow Thank you for your comment,I loved Hilda Baker and her comic style.
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
its so sad it seems when she was in the nursing home , no one bothered about her cause she had made some enemies also she had dementia. so sad...what a great talent..DEMENTIA is a curse. more and more people are getting it and it destroys the person and the family , caregivers lives.
@walverden16 жыл бұрын
jessie james As you say Dementia will take no prisoners it is a horrible condition.
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
Dennis Jennings it takes many prisoners: no survivors. It's a life sentence fr the duration of the afflicted' life. But I understand what you said👍
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
I am not British but whom today will fit her calibre of acting standards and professionalism. My Father used to say comedy is the toughest medium in show biz. It's true
@walverden16 жыл бұрын
That's right Jessie many of Comedians have died on stage with there acts.
@anthonywalsh785 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching her on tv out here in Australia in Nearest and Dearest with Jimmy Jewell. "walter have you been" and "big girls blouse"
@walverden1 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU ANTHONY, HAVE A WONDERFUL 2023
@davidwalsh34397 жыл бұрын
A unique and extremely talented performer. A great entertainer in the old music hall tradition.
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
David Walsh Thank you for your comment.
@MARKETMAN67894 жыл бұрын
Gone but not forgotten .another British star who we loved to see on t v xxx
@walverden14 жыл бұрын
MARKETMAN6789 Thank you for your view.This show was just great to see all the old and new acts.✅👏
@NEILSEANSSHOWBIZ7 жыл бұрын
Just brilliant.. what a performance
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
NEIL SEAN'S SHOWBIZ Thank you Neil for your comment,I loved this act I have seen it hundreds of times and it still makes me laugh.
@simontalbot60885 жыл бұрын
The closing gag about having the goldfish in the spinsters bath is a treat... I blindfold them..
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
Simon Talbot Thank you Simon for your view and comment,yes that gag was simply the best.
@juliamcintyre50125 жыл бұрын
Fantastic - thank you so much!
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
Thank you Julia for your view and your very nice comment.
@davidwalsh34397 жыл бұрын
Hylda Baker was a true great of comedy. She was a one off, unique. Music hall will never really die with comedy gems like this.
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
David Walsh Thank you David for your comment,Hilda Baker was great with this comedy sketch.
@MrSwifts315 жыл бұрын
A friend of ours auditioned(successfully) to be her last Cynthia(Matthew Kelly played her once in The Good Old Days,but that doesn't really count),he was very tall and well built.She had a read through of her stage act,and watched him carefully.He got the job on the spot,why? because he didn't laugh once (He actually didn't find her funny)He appeared with her over a long period and never corpsed once. I believe her first Cynthia was her husband.
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
A Paradox Thank you for your very interesting comment and your view.
@theriotact07 Жыл бұрын
Calcutt
@Oldpigsass3 ай бұрын
Wonderful Hylda - this country's funniest-ever comedienne - went round the theatre circuits for years with her act singing, playing the piano, clog dancing and cracking jokes. Then she saw Arthur Worsley, the absolute best ventriloquist in history, who famously never spoke, his dummy Charlie Brown doing all the talking and uproariously funny, and life changed for diminutive Hylda: she got herself an enormously tall male stooge, called him Cynthia, who also never said a word, while Hylda cracked joke after joke. She did this new act on The Good Old Days tv variety show in 1952, and was, after all those years touring round, an overnight star, which she remained for the rest of her life.
@walverden13 ай бұрын
Hilda Baker was a wonderful comedienne and person
@JAY-lo3sx3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic absolutely fantastic. What a star she was. You are so missed but will never be forgotten.
@walverden13 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more!
@murielbarker43117 жыл бұрын
what catch phrase's she left behind for us to remember her She knows you know Have you been Walter I must get a small hand on this watch plus many more Thanks Hildaxx
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
Thank you Muriel for your comment Hilda was a one off a Brilliant comedian.
@carabiner79995 жыл бұрын
PIE-chiatrist!
@SuperSuperdutch8 жыл бұрын
She was classic
@walverden18 жыл бұрын
Thank you Baby Clanger for your comment yes she was a real classic one of the old school.
@Lytton3338 жыл бұрын
I agree with the comments below. Her style came straight from reality. The North had thousands of these Mrs Malaprops. The closer to reality, the funnier it seems,, as everyone could recognize the performance in reality, and the reality in performance.
@walverden18 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lytton for your comment,Hilda was a one-off.
@alfredroyal34737 ай бұрын
Apparently she was a right cow. When she died, only six people turned up at her funeral. One was her cousin who went just to make sure she was deid.
@walverden16 ай бұрын
Thank you Alfred,i did,ent know this about Hilda Baker, lol
@meirwise11073 жыл бұрын
Hilda Baker was great. A trailblazer. She opened the door for so many female comics. Unfortunately she got dementia and her "friends" and colleagues didn't realise it. I saw her live in Blackpool several times. RIP Ms Baker. Victoria Wood copied her: I'm looking for me friend. Have you seen her? She's tall....etc etc
@walverden13 жыл бұрын
Meir Wise Thank you very much for your view and great comment, you are very fortunate to have seen Hilda Baker live in Blackpool.✅👍🏻🇬🇧
@Myplop7 жыл бұрын
Legend no foolin!
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
Gabriel minnelli Thank you for your comment please take a look at my other videos.
@BRUTUALTRUTH5 жыл бұрын
That is Matthew Kelly playing opposite her
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
BRUTUALTRUTH Thank you for your comment and view.Yes that was Matthew Kelly.
@carabiner79995 жыл бұрын
@@walverden1 My late Grandfather played opposite her, also. Eric Wainwright, whom you can read about here: www.gentlemenranters.com/3.html#Eric . I believe this is him - the nose, more than, well, anything else! - has me thinking so, as he was extremely handsome, in real life: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2fVfn1sl6iiqpY Either way, thanks and cheers!
@ellie6984 жыл бұрын
I thought it was! She must have been really short?!?!
@raidenwolfe6495 Жыл бұрын
Nelly Pledge and Micheal Myers 🤣
@rerenaissance74877 жыл бұрын
"Whooooo are you goiiiiing to beeee, tonight, Mathew...?" Matthew Kelly's stint as Cynthia there, I think. Lucky man to have worked onstage with the glorious Hylda B; not so lucky to have worked FOR the star Hylda B, but probably worth it.
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment,pleased that you liked this video.
@starlight76able5 жыл бұрын
would enjoy it even more if the audio and the picture were or better quality
@walverden15 жыл бұрын
starlight76able Thank you for your view,sorry to hear that you thought the sound and the picture was poor,but if you have head phones it would help the audio greatly.
@tonybaloney41953 жыл бұрын
The Boston dangler
@walverden13 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your View and comment,glad you enjoyed it.😄👍🏻🇬🇧
@johngadsby65993 жыл бұрын
Totally wonderful. Lost all of them now!!! Current artist are rubbish!!!
@walverden13 жыл бұрын
John Gadsby Thank you John for your view and very true comment.👍🏻✅🇬🇧👏
@johngadsby65993 жыл бұрын
@@walverden1 Am ancient Old man!!! Loved all these great artists. Never been a FAN like lots of people now just like who I like!. But the old time entertainers were wonderful. Robb Wilton, Ken Dodd and others too numerous to name
@jessiejames74927 жыл бұрын
i can think of two great comedy actresses who off and on tried to emulate her style....'Mrs Slocombe from ''Are you being served'' and Mrs Bouquet from '' kEEPING up Appearances..
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jessie for your comment,pleased you liked this video.
@jessiejames74927 жыл бұрын
shes one of the best if not the one during her time.
@TheTVisions7 жыл бұрын
Later male comedians like Rik Mayall also picked up stuff from watching Nearest & Dearest.
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
TheTVisions Thank you for your comment, I believe that comedy is taken from all different media and used again.
@ellie6984 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I never thought of that
@paulsimpson41557 жыл бұрын
Sad she had dementia starting here loved her so funny and talented!
@walverden17 жыл бұрын
Paul Simpson thank you Paul for your comment,yes it is a shame just how that dreadful decease gets the better of us.
@juliamcintyre50125 жыл бұрын
It hadn't started here...
@vaslav0305474 жыл бұрын
Some nice comments, but her reputation was 'a bitch to work with'.
@walverden14 жыл бұрын
Thank you Harvey yes I have heard something like that.
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
who is the guy dressed up as the woman?
@walverden16 жыл бұрын
jessie james I believe in her early days it was Victor Graham, but I do believe this is Matthew Kelly.
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
thank you !
@justinrad5073 Жыл бұрын
Hylda was the best. I loved her in not on your Nellie
@walverden1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Justin for your view ,yes Hilda was a wonderful comic,and her catch phrase was just hilarious 🤣 Have a wonderful weekend.👍🇬🇧🤣
@robbryant524 жыл бұрын
Sorry folks but I just do not find her funny ...I think Larry Grayson spoilt me now he was funny ...but each to their own
@walverden14 жыл бұрын
Thank you Robert did you know that Matthew Kelly was Cynthia in this sketch.
@vaslav0305472 жыл бұрын
@@walverden1 Everyone knows that. He played Cynthia because he didn't find her funny. He wasn't alone. I found her act stale too.
@walverden12 жыл бұрын
@@vaslav030547 Thank you Harvey for tuning in to my channel, Hilda was in her day one of the funnest comics around,but i appreciate now it comes across as old and stale .🇬🇧👍