Michael Parkinson interviews comedian and presenter Larry Grayson on his chat show. The other guests are fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, and television presenter Russell Harty.
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@nathelondon37195 ай бұрын
Unprecedented, unique, unequalled. Never to be repeated. He was truly a one off. RIP Larry Grayson. We shall never forget you.
@smithpm815 ай бұрын
indeed, a wonderful man, loved him in the 70s, top man
@reetpateet86565 ай бұрын
Such a character, and I’m sure if you met him in the street, he would have been most friendly! Lovely man 🙂
@wotdoesthisbuttondo5 ай бұрын
Benny Hill called Grayson "First Thug" in a Bill credits parody but i've never heard Grayson bitch about Benny in public so i guess it was all done in cliquey circles away from the medias eye.
@hunterluxton59765 ай бұрын
A magnificently warm, funny and totally loveable man. I grew up in the 70's with this superb man.
@stephenholmes10365 ай бұрын
Agreed a genuine man
@moirabaker4585 ай бұрын
Shut that door!
@TurnFullCircle5 ай бұрын
This is wonderful. What an absolute entertainer. We have nothing today that comes close. All the best.
@johncarroll90855 ай бұрын
Lovely lovely man. I miss our Larry. Thanks for posting 😊
@stephenholmes10365 ай бұрын
Billy was a genuinely lovely man and very funny
@neilewart43475 ай бұрын
Saw Larry once open a fete at a local hospital.. He was very funny and pleasant to everyone. A real celebrity.
@manchegocheese9975 ай бұрын
This made me smile, just lovely, warm comedy.
@skywalkerranch5 ай бұрын
God bless Larry he was truly unique and missed greatly.
@nicktatters75235 ай бұрын
I’m from Nuneaton, and Larry was a family friend of ours, he was so kind and generous, great memories 👍
@leemcarthy455013 күн бұрын
You’re so very lucky to of known this magnificent funny and gentle man. I was only 17 when he died but I really loved him. It’s so sad even today remembering him for all the joy he bought to my family who I also miss. I’ve watched this and have cried thinking about him. Today there aren’t anybody who consider themselves entertainers who could ever come close to Larry. These earlier years will never be again but I’m just so thankful we’re all able to still watch him and remember him today. Tremendously beautiful soul ❤
@carys19725 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Never get bored of Larry
@saintetienne7555 ай бұрын
Truly a unique talent of his time, from a better, kinder time where real charisma shone through. Gentle, warm, generous - greatly missed
@repboy15 ай бұрын
Could listen to his old showbiz stories for ever, used to love him as a kid on the generation game rip
@adude98825 ай бұрын
His warmth could take a lot of the hate out of the world. I'm glad I grew up with this. I'd forgotten how it was.
@keithfalkingham88615 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting this of dear Larry, it's a real tonic. 😂
@gaggymott91595 ай бұрын
My belovéd Mum died suddenly on 5 April 2023. Subsequently, I have laughed very little, and I have been only what I can describe as 'down.' Watching this interview with Larry has been the first time in nearly a year, I have had a few 'belly laughs', genuinely.....May his pure soul rest in eternal peace, and thank you
@JuggiesArchive5 ай бұрын
My condolences, I know what it's like to lose a mother suddenly. I'm glad the video cheered you up, if only for a brief period. Hope you feel a bit brighter soon, just give it time. All the best to you 👍
@gaggymott91595 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and thoughts. I trust you are well and thanks for a superb upload, from Northern Ireland 👍@@JuggiesArchive
@smithpm815 ай бұрын
lol still laughing out loud after all these years lol
@frglee5 ай бұрын
I never thought Larry Grayson's act was a particularly strong one, but I liked him very much all the same because he was warm, gentle and witty - and it was clear audiences adored him. The comedian Ken Dodd, who privately took an almost academic interest in comedy acts summed up Larry Grayson, saying "He loved everybody and he wanted them to love him in return and yes, they did, they all loved Larry"
@vantheman12382 ай бұрын
I understand where you’re coming from, however, when he was at his best Larry was so funny he could bring the house down with laughter.
@regroyle4475 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved watching such a funny guy
@stephenholmes10365 ай бұрын
A very funny and genuine man
@brianeduardo12345 ай бұрын
Very interesting views on drag at the end - extraordinary talent
@regplasma79065 ай бұрын
The funniest gay comedian / presenter of all time.A complete one off.
@jamesmiller62445 ай бұрын
Wonderful thank you for posting this
@thekarmafarmer6085 ай бұрын
He was such a great character to have on the telly. Great fellow.
@Johnmell1005 ай бұрын
What an absolutely charming man.
@user-tu5ej5lg2c5 ай бұрын
He was great. Nobody has this kind of natural style anymore. People try too hard.
@wolfie8545 ай бұрын
A one-off. He always seemed so nervous on stage and sweated profusely. But that's what made the act so funny.
@vantheman12385 ай бұрын
Could watch and listen to Larry for hours. Great man
@stephenholmes10365 ай бұрын
A very funny and genuine man
@davidfletcher53 ай бұрын
Loved all of Larry’s imaginary friends. Brilliantly developed so that the audience actually cared about Apricot Lil, slack Alice etc. Original and highly entertaining.
@Fireblade9185 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting, a time long gone a trip down memory lane.
@user-qu5gi7ls5m5 ай бұрын
Pure tv gold.😂
@user-tu5ej5lg2c5 ай бұрын
It may seem old hat to some but Larry Grayson was a natural talent, that is rare today. Loved him.
@wendyatherton40965 ай бұрын
Aww.. I loved Larry.. How lovely to watch this 😊.. So funny
@TrevorThompson-nf9dp5 ай бұрын
A very beautiful soul rest in peace Larry 🌹
@DG-mv6zw5 ай бұрын
Sadly I very much doubt that!
@michaelwilliams32325 ай бұрын
Parkinson saying he didn't like drag is interesting. The mileage he had out of Dame Edna is immeasurable.
@shirleysavoury56385 ай бұрын
I was wondering the same thing. Dame Edna, Danny La Rue, Hinge & Bracket - all wonderful performers. But then again, did any of these performers exist in 1978? Oh dear. Am I getting my decades mixed up? 😆
@jamesthecat5 ай бұрын
@@shirleysavoury5638Danny La Rue for sure, he was the first big star. Dame Edna technically, but may not have become famous by then (his (quite different) Australian housewife act began in the late 1960s), Hinge and Bracket may well have been around also, I certainly remember them in the 1980s.
@strawman805 ай бұрын
@@jamesthecat Arthur Lucan as Old mother Riley come to mind,, in films through the 1930's to early 195'0s. Essentially an early drag act.
@annerushby8759Ай бұрын
I remember him saying shut that door. I loved him.
@UKArtlover5 ай бұрын
Fantastic mental pictures of obscure beginnings and people and situations that he paints, a brilliant and humble man that nevertheless shines like the brightest star , fabulous memories of seeing him as a lad, feels like an old friend RiP Sir!
@garylucas70505 ай бұрын
An era that is gone but not forgotten
@asa19731005 ай бұрын
He was a lovely lovely kind gentleman and so generous.
@allangilchrist59385 ай бұрын
"Seems like a nice boy".
@hugoboss58955 ай бұрын
Shut that door! My Nan loved Larry. I think he was hilariously cool to.
@robertbrown69305 ай бұрын
Looks like the lighting crew were on strike....
@keithrobertson69425 ай бұрын
This guy was brilliant I bet he was wonderful company to be in...Sadly missed RIP Larry
@npc3po3015 ай бұрын
Lovely man, shame to hear Kenny Williams thought Larry got everything from him, I see very little comparison, the campness and the disapproving side looks maybe but the similarity pretty much ends there, his late success in life should be an inspiration to all
@wolfie8545 ай бұрын
Kenneth always said that he hated the camp stuff. He saw himself as a serious actor but it was the camp stuff that made him famous and was what people liked to see him do. It was one of the reasons he left the Hancock show, apart from Hancock not wanting to be outshone by someone else. :They always wanted him to play what they called the 'snide'. Larry didn't copy Kenneth at all in my view.
@stephenholmes10365 ай бұрын
I agree i see nothing in common, Totally different people and humour
@jamesthecat5 ай бұрын
Kenny was very prone to jealousy, unfortunately. The truth is that Kenny could never have been as warm and friendly as Larry. There was always a distance between him and the audience, even a snootiness (which he used brilliantly, of course). Larry's informal, chatty style was much more like Frankie Howerd's.
@JiminyCricket88995 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading this.
@JuggiesArchive5 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! 👍👌😁
@11111964s5 ай бұрын
Larry Grayson great entertainer a complete one of
@michaelspencer61085 ай бұрын
Shut that door 😅
@graemewiltshire3125 ай бұрын
My fav saying of his 😂😂
@user-du9vs2mz3f5 ай бұрын
my aunt had a lift from him yests ago , she did some shopping and was at the bus dtop it was raining snd he pulked up sat in the back of his Rolls sead get in love i live near you ill pop you up the road 😂 and she had a lift home 😂😂
@SimonandJojo5 ай бұрын
Opposite to his friend Noele Gordon who in her rolls drove past her co star Pamela Vezey (Kath Brownlow) stood in the pouring rain at the bus stop, telling the 'Crossroads ' director "Alan darling, I think Pamela is going to be rather late this morning, I've just passed her at the bus stop"😂
@veronicawhite297Ай бұрын
one if my favourites simply great rip larry xxxx
@brushfuse5 ай бұрын
So nice. You'll make it one day. 😇
@JustSean4135 ай бұрын
Back in the day when tv entertainers did that old fashioned thing that is no longer seen on tv these days think its called ''Entertain''
@user-tv2bz2ci6b5 ай бұрын
Zandra Rhodes was 🔥
@michaelmarshall91325 ай бұрын
I never realised til watching this how much he reminds me of frank spencer
@chalkywhite74825 ай бұрын
Larry was such a warm funny genuine man.
@BIJOU1675 ай бұрын
He lived in Nuneaton and I often saw him in Barclays bank, his sister was my midwife
@brianbooth6795 ай бұрын
An overnight sensation only took 35 years or so!!!!!!
@stephenrhodes84945 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@SweetJennyFanАй бұрын
Happy days ! ❤😊
@Ingens_Scherz5 ай бұрын
Hard to believe this was quite outrageous in 1978 - in a lovely way, though (there was nowhere near as much bigotry - or racism for that matter - as people seem to want to believe these days). Now, this just seems utterly delightful. Larry and Russell are a polished hoot.
@user-eh3ou7oq4w5 ай бұрын
Happy Times. Great talent's.
@johnheenan51475 ай бұрын
The two ronnies in drag always made me laugh..
@waynecronin18715 ай бұрын
Great video! Russell Harty, as we now know, was a gay man. Was his almost outing himself in this interview? Parky pressed him on the issue and Russell was back tracking immensely!
@orangefacedbuddah17765 ай бұрын
totally different time,people in general had private lives.
@orangefacedbuddah17765 ай бұрын
and they remained private.
@merryjerry47694 ай бұрын
I think Larry knew or suspected Harty was gay (homosexual intuition?) Larry is teasing, possibly flirting with Harty.
@thought-drops5 ай бұрын
He was right about surgical stockings 😅
@popatyourecordsАй бұрын
This guy could kill you laughing with one look a very funny man
@EmmaRiddle5433 ай бұрын
Poor Russell, he was a really shy man in real life, he looked really awkward. Larry amazing as usual. Rest in peace Larry, Russell and Micheal. I don’t know the woman.
@curlyteeth30975 ай бұрын
....can't belive the BBC let him go out to roost ....a humorous natural! ...he didn't have to speak to get a laugh ❤❤
@CornishMiner5 ай бұрын
Dear Larry.
@lynryall13175 ай бұрын
Legend xxx
@Simon-fr4ts5 ай бұрын
Self raising Fred 😅😅
@lsmoulton5 ай бұрын
And "pop it in Pete" 😄
@david-pb4bi5 ай бұрын
Didn’t realise Nigel Farage was that funny.
@leonardjump76295 ай бұрын
Shut that door......
@eilsmile87325 ай бұрын
A great catchphrase still said amongst those of a certain age 😊
@jamesmp10155 ай бұрын
Don’t make them like that anymore 😢
@moirabaker4585 ай бұрын
Anybody remember Hinge and Bracket?
@richardstevens41505 ай бұрын
Seems like a nice boy
@garygoeswild5 ай бұрын
Didn’t realize he was from Nuneaton, now I know why he sounds like my Auntie Maude
@charleswatson53135 ай бұрын
All we get today is endless profanities and overt anatomy humour (?).
@Candolad5 ай бұрын
Larry could do a lot of that too, but cleverly using innuendo. When he was live in the clubs though a lot of his content wouldn't be broadcastable.
@MJo-ng4lj4 ай бұрын
❤😂🎉
@evertondod5 ай бұрын
Funny bloke
@DavidMiller-ps5rr5 ай бұрын
Russell Hart is not comfortable at all with some of Larry';s comments.
@johnscott69605 ай бұрын
Hahaha!! This man is quite plainly a homosexual!! Outrageous!!! (Just kidding - I bloody Love Larry G!!) 😂❤
@mostynf27 күн бұрын
It’s fascinating, it’s the gayest conversation at a time when no one was really openly gay.
@johnking517416 күн бұрын
I find watching shows from this era fascinating, how many gay men couldn't be open about being gay, even though since 1967 in England it was not illegal anymore. Gay men on TV back then could only be camp men.
@mostynf16 күн бұрын
@@johnking5174 Yes, I was a child in this era so I remember it a bit, but looking back now as an adult it’s interesting. It’s like everyone knew they were gay and it was fine, as long as the conversation was never specifically about actually being gay. The same with early 80s pop stars. Amazing how much it has changed just in my lifetime.
@MJo-ng4lj4 ай бұрын
❤🎉😂
@olivertomnickalls29895 ай бұрын
😊
@wotdoesthisbuttondo5 ай бұрын
Benny Hill called Grayson "First Thug" in a Bill credits parody but i've never heard Grayson bitch about Benny in public so i guess it was all done in cliquey circles away from the medias eye.
@Abse-b1f5 ай бұрын
Was he gay
@orangefacedbuddah17765 ай бұрын
very.
@lorenzobianchini44155 ай бұрын
Aren't all the best people.
@mikeoleary17235 ай бұрын
He was just happy.
@lorenzobianchini44155 ай бұрын
@@mikeoleary1723 He was gay and happy and rightly so.
@jamesthecat5 ай бұрын
As today.
@user-mb2nq8ev7e5 ай бұрын
👍
@WisdomWeaverBitcoinBruv4 ай бұрын
Unprecedented, unique, unequalled. Never to be repeated. He was truly a one off. RIP Larry Grayson. We shall never forget you.