'Jim's Inn and Ben's Out'-''To Get You a Bargain'

[@crabbymottram]

I remember as a very little lad being taken to see their show in Blackpool around 1965 by my parents and this was a film sequence used for it

[@peterrowland192]

Jimmy Jewel refers to this little film in his autobiography ('Three Times Lucky', 1982), when he and Ben were trying to cobble together a fresh act when playing pubs and clubs ("terrible bloody places") in the late 1950s with limited resources. "We had a projector and a little screen so we could do sketches based on comedy commercials; then we'd be off on some other tangent, say a musical routine: 'The Merry Widow' or something of that sort." (The small boy who features as the boxing champ must surely be his son Kerry.)

[@deancarter8667]

I seem to recall a children's comic in the 1950is featuring Julian and warris. I didn't realise at the time they were real people.

[@antoniod]

Where's the bally sound

[@deancarter8667]

Jewell not julian

[@peterrowland192]

Can anybody lipread?

[@tommoclement]

That is a shame No sound in this day & age

[@chocsal]

1. A bit more background would be great for this obvious rarity please! 2. Can anyone lipread? 3. Donated by Bill who? Could it be Oddie, as he is a fan of the pair and the joke at 3:20 appeared in The Goodies? In fact the whole film seems to be spoof ads, which is interesting. I know others had done spoof ads before - including Benny Hill - but The Goodies was first to use them as an actual ad break in the programme, as I understand it.

[@peterrowland192]

See my explanatory comment, posted today.