Julian and Sandy complete clips

Julian and Sandy were characters on the BBC radio comedy programme Round the Horne from 1965 to 1968 and were played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams, with scripts written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman.
Their effeminate characters boldly defied current anti-homosexual laws.

[@catface101]

1:34:32 "we've got a criminal practice that takes up most of our time" is such a genius line. Just stellar

[@wynnerose9244]

F h

[@alfredroyal3473]

It’s their best and that takes some doing. In those days one had to be careful as the wireless and telly were heavily policed but inventive ways were found round it. Julian and Sandy were unmatched in their pushing/stretching of the envelope. Being gay then was exciting, if dangerous. However, untold thousands were never ‘caught’ you can’t police people’s feelings and nature. Most, nay nearly all people now have no problem with people being gay, it’s just some of the more militant ones that get on your wick, like all militants of any cause. Just get on with your lives now, you have equal rights, enjoy yourselves.

[@paulklee5790]

Second: I propose ‘So did you drag yourself up? ‘No, we went casual..’

[@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living]

These skits are nearly 60 years old, and they’re STILL hilarious.

[@tonybell3422]

Listened to Round the Horne as a teenager in the 60s and still making me laugh today. Excellent stuff.

[@johnllewlyndavies222]

I didn't get most of the jokes, then😂

[@wendyevans3272]

Me too! It was Sunday lunchtime listening along with The Navy Lark etc. 3:49

[@marquonuk]

Superb writing and delivery. If you ever asked Julian and Sandy for an example of innuendo, they'd always happily give you one. :-)

[@nylonnet]

Oooh, errr!

[@bahoonies]

Oooh, innee bold?

[@DickonThompson]

Ahh, Innuendo, that famous Italian brand of suppository.

[@stephenguppy7882]

The line that still kills me after all these years is the reference to ' the cottage upright'. I reckon that went over most peoples' heads 😂😂

[@chrispomphrett4283]

Not to mention, " all the dishes are dirty"...pure filth😅

[@YalWen97]

Wonderful, wonderful comedy. From a time when everyone laughed and nobody was offended. The audience just loved it and the irreplaceable Paddick, Williams and Horne expertly knew how to get the best out of their audience. The joy is there for everyone to hear. Three wonderful performances magnificently scripted whose like we’ll sadly never see again just made my day. Thank you for posting it - Fantabulosa!

[@pressureworks]

Hope you've heard The Goons, and The Angus Prune show (isirta)

[@holymoly6829]

Ooooooou isn’t he BOLD

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@holymoly6829 I swear he understands every word we say...

[@holymoly6829]

@@Hartley_Hare fabulos 💕🕊️

[@alangiles2763]

Believe it or not those very lively shows - and audiences were recorded on Monday lunchtimes at the Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street. According to an interview with Hugh Paddock years ago, the tickets were always hard to get and often peoplein the audience queuing u outside the studio, would be approached and offered 5 pounds (quite a lot of money in 1965) to sell their tickets

[@CWR2024]

This is what you call comedy. So ahead of its time

[@mrhumphreys1979mob]

Parents had these on the car's tape player when on long travels. Had my sister and me in stitches! 🤣

[@janeday9148]

Wonderful, such humour will never come again so clever the timing so perfect so subversive, anyone who listened to the original was privileged indeed

[@michaellovell1368]

I've been listening to Round the Horn (and Beyond Our Ken) for decades !! To have all the "Jules and Sand" sketches on one KZbin will be great as I will have them on in the background to cheer me up !! Timeless, harmless FUN FUN FUN !!

[@BuJammy]

"Did you drag yourself up?" "No... I just wore my usual clothes"

[@ianhunter8859]

Fantabulosa!

[@NickForest999]

That’s your actual French you know…

[@idachau1080]

Soooo funny.. and such a loss of Hugh and Kenneth.. I remember Around the Horne, when I was very young, Kenneth was so clever and so interesting but just so funny.. thank you for this super long comedy..no real comedy these days.. sadly missed.. RIP COMEDY.

[@chunkymonkey3594]

This hasn't aged one bit - brilliant!

[@stevenyoung9584]

these are, timeless. from a happier, and simpler time. when we all could laugh at each other, with out offending people with hurty words. i was born in the 60s,and nearly 60 years later its still funnier than the tripe on t.v😂

[@user-oe9hj9yl7m]

Thanks for this. Brings back so many happy memories of Sunday lunches as a kid.

[@nylonnet]

If your parents were like Julian and Sandy, I would be very worried for your welfare!

[@boyojunior]

Remember these in mid/late 60's when I was 5-11 years old, Sunday about 1 or 2pm? The Navy Lark, The Clitheroe Kid. Can't think of others but sure there were (one with Jimmy Edwards?) ?

[@milourose2973]

So much funnier than the Alternative Comedy we've had to endure for so long. Les Dawson's definition of Alternative Comedy is comedy that doesn't get laughs.

[@brianaustin8989]

Find alternative comedy, does what it says and fails to make me even smile.😡

[@Hartley_Hare]

Sure about that? A lot of the alternative comedians of the eighties are thoroughly mainstream. Without them, we'd not have had Not The Nine O'Clock News, The Young Ones, Blackadder or anything else that came after them. And you could make a reasonable claim that the Pythons were alternative, too.

[@Beedee729]

Dawson was crap

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@Beedee729 He was very funny, but there's no reason why different types of comedy can't coexist.

[@Spacetwerp]

​​@@Beedee729In your opinion. Les Dawson was never an "Alternative" comedian.

[@stevebuckley2429]

Modern comedy shows may think that they are innovative,but not as innovative as this...and this is very funny !

[@skullduggerysmiles8393]

It's Bona

[@adoculos4521]

I remember listening to this with my family when I was kid. I couldn't understand why my parents and older siblings were laughing and got very frustrated!

[@peppermorrison]

True but this is a very high standard to hold modern comedy to, this is the absolute cream of the crop

[@annalieff-saxby568]

I learned Polari from "Beyond Our Ken" and "Round the Horne". I still find myself thinking, "Oo! _He's_ got a dolly eek," when passing a particularly good looking young man.

[@neilconnolly485]

Very bold

[@dabedwards]

An excellent complete collection in top quality audio. If you are familiar with this material from CD albums or broadcast originals, you may notice that there are minor differences. These clips appear to be the fullest version,. Small trims were made for the final transmission. This is common practice, and is done to meet time restrictions and to give shows a bit more pace. Nice to hear the full glory! At the time this was first transmitted, there were many homophobic journalists spouting their anti-gay bile in the mainstream press. Julian & Sandy helped put an end to that. It was an immensely clever format, especially in the role played by Kenneth Horne. He never expressed anything worse than irritation with the boys, and never disgust or contempt. He was mostly fondly amused by them, and extended to them the courtesy of adopting "polari". And it was slyly suggested that he may have occasionally shared their interests --- "My copy of Physique Pictorial --- I buy it for the gardening section". Quite a bold move for a comedian of his generation!

[@realaleeveryonespal4488]

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[@DenkyManner]

That's a very interesting perspective, thank you for sharing that.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

Oh dear, I do MISS this show! 😢

[@michaelgibson4705]

Listening to this in the sixties as a young boy I did not have a clue what they were talking about,I wonder how many adults did 😂

[@sedekiman824]

"Creepers up his trellis." "And I want a pet." Full of innuendo. Bona parlez.

[@barrycooper4787]

This is gold, much better than the crap so called comedy that we get today.

[@rodericktindle8030]

Monday lunchtime in Upper Sixth, chewing over previous Saturday's episode. Brilliant.

[@georginacolwell7971]

Sandy Wilson and Julian Slade! Brilliant

[@jillylloyd5069]

My absolutely fave series x

[@robertriordan1823]

Thank you very much for posting! This must be most of the episodes.

[@pressureworks]

Loved Marty Feldman's Comedy Genus. His brilliant, but short lived American TV Comedy show, is quite often uploaded on yt.

[@markhayward7400]

Bona comedy that would be near to the knuckle or bone today never mind when these sketches were originally broadcast!

[@naradaian]

Unbelievable- it goes on and on and never tires

[@sedekiman824]

Wonderful, thank you-happier times.

[@realaleeveryonespal4488]

2:04:17 Even Horne's at it now! "BOLD!"!!

[@ocbyn]

How bona. Thank you

[@jimthorne304]

What a gem! Curiously, I was introduced to Polari by Mahews 'London Labour and London Poor' which has a section about it.

[@5578pedro]

Whatever would they think of the world we live in now. We were fortunate to have enjoyed those days.

[@DeltaVeeMedia]

'Hold on, I've got equipment caught in the door!!!!'

[@pressureworks]

Much Binding In The Marsh, Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horn are all often played on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Also: The Goons, The Navy Lark, Hanccks Half Hour, Im Sorry I'll Read That Again and many, many, many more comedy gems. Yes I know repetitions.

[@Spacetwerp]

"Much Binding in the Marsh."

[@user-xd6gi4wn1y]

Sunday lunch times , loved it.

[@FranssensM]

This was an introduction to gay people. This and John Inman with “I’m free”. It was a way for people to discover that another world existed they didn’t know about. No harm in people coming together and laughing. The laughter get’s everyone past the fear and uncertainty.

[@margaretirvine3267]

Genius still.😊😊

[@brianaustin8989]

Who remembers the Goon Show where they were warned over slipping in service jokes of the forces, so there was one slipped in that got passed the BBC , "Standing next to Hugh Jampton"

[@DenkyManner]

I don't know why I love double entendres so much. Some of them are so nebulous they barely qualify or make sense but the delivery suggests such filth. Julian: Hello I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy. [Williams waits the perfect amount of time for the laughter to die down] Sandy: "We're Bona Homes." And the audience gets exactly what is implied

[@sedekiman824]

Gosh, I remember that ad, when the pea couldn't get into the packet.

[@Culbokie_croft]

It must be 60 years since the BBC entertainment department understood comedy. Today all we get is political preaching and unimaginative talentless frauds.

[@douglasmilton2805]

Trade’s been a bit rough lately… 😂

[@michelez715]

"Poe's Raven". "Is he?"

[@naradaian]

‘It’s coming over me in waves’

[@realaleeveryonespal4488]

1:54:33............the timing and the pause brilliant!

[@readmylisp]

When gays had a sense of humour.

[@pressureworks]

Oh Hello mr horn !!! Thank you for compiling. Have you compiled all The Rambling Syd bits?? me deario.

[@nylonnet]

It's good to vada your dolly old eek. The Rambling Syd idea is interesting. Let me see. The 'Best Of' is already on KZbin (e.g. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmKWgGmhdsZmj8k) but I shall see what I can find for a full collection. Bona nochy!

[@nylonnet]

Due to overwhelming public demand (by Pressureworks) may I present a complete (one hour) and clean copy of Kenny on stage in 1967 doing the best of Rambling Syd Rumpo - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PUYmaHa8lprdE

[@nylonnet]

And I've added (what I hope is) the complete appearances of the cheeky rambler at kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKbIeZSHfdN6rac. Let me know if I've missed any.

[@pressureworks]

@@nylonnet I gnagered my courtwangler in excitement !!!!!

[@nylonnet]

@@pressureworks be careful, young lad. Thy mollies must not be manipulated manfully without due care and affection.

[@sedekiman824]

"The party's over, it's all over my friend!" Now really, something else, 1960's people.

[@colingymer]

Bona :)

[@oldfatbastad6053]

BONA 😁😂

[@mrrkdino]

👍👍👍👍

[@peterwilson2588]

Wonderful comedy from a time when edgy things could be said. But the tragic farce of it is that although they could get away with more in these shows than anyone could or would want to today, homosexuality was illegal and many good people sufferred and finally left us early because of they could not stand the strain this imposed on their lives. (Kenneth Williams being one of them and such a loss). Their lives today would be seen as totally normal and definitely allowed and protected by current law.

[@DenkyManner]

I'm not sure it's accurate to attribute William's death to his sexuality, he was a troubled man in a lot of ways, plagued by physical ailments, depression and what we'd call OCD these days. His ambivalence towards being gay was real but I view it as just one part of his psychological make up, he was ambivalent about most things. Hugh Paddick was also gay and not nearly as tormented

[@peterwilson2588]

You are probably correct on this - and I wasnt meaning to cast aspersions - just express sorry about what these fellows went through in their lives and those not so enlightened times. No offence to anyone meant nor hopefully taken. @@DenkyManner

[@harrytd]

Curiously, the one or two gay friends in my circles claim they miss the days when they were something special and not the common or garden trophies of virtue for leftist whites.

[@sedekiman824]

Think I am going for a draft Creme de Menthe.

[@realaleeveryonespal4488]

A Portuguese man o' war? 2:21:59.....!!!!!!!

[@douglasmilton2805]

I never saw him in uniform…

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Did most people get the jokes?

[@Spacetwerp]

I'm sure they did. Had they not, it wouldn't have proven such a hit. There's an odd perception amongst some younger listeners that those listening to ground-breaking comedy at the time it first aired weren't "in the know", so would just laugh along whilst failing to understand why. Oh dear, it was ever thus. The young, hiding its ignorance behind the veil of assumption. I hope I never varder your dolly old eek or I may have to fetch it a punch up the bracket. 😂

[@michelez715]

Are you kidding? How do you think they become practically a national institution? Even if some people didn't get all the jokes, the timing, the polari, the scripts all combined to be hilarious.

[@nylonnet]

On a more academic note, you might want to read up on Polari at theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-polari-the-curious-after-life-of-the-dead-language-for-gay-men-72599 and/or watch a short film of Polari in its natural environment: a park bench kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2ncdntuib-Iqc0

[@alanroberts8077]

Modern comedy just “ ain’t funny “

[@pressureworks]

Actually incorrect there Mr Wilson, . Plenty of fine QUALITY comedy is still being produced. For instance... The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute, Im Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Also, listen to The Comedy Club on BBC Radio 4 Extra.