Sid James on Jokers Wild (2)

[@sportstrader2175]

Very few British entertainers are as well loved as Sid James was and still is.

[@kingbolo4579]

He was South African.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

,,funny cos all the new ones are african too . . . . . .

[@phoneblaster]

...Sid James, a legend. The man was so relaxed whenever you see him is amazing. I mean most people try to put on a front of being say confident etc but you can tell. Sid was well he was just himself. Very few people are like that.

[@traceybryon8245]

Sids a LEGEND.

[@KingSidJames]

😜

[@Perrygallo]

Three Carry On actors on one panel show, what a treat

[@stephendonnelly1870]

Sid was before my time but i really enjoy watching his movies n shows ... he was such a funny funny man

[@johnking5174]

Stephen the great thing about KZbin is that Sid is never before anyone's time, as he is always here on KZbin, archives are fantastic, and you can enjoy Sid James much more now in 2020 than in his peak of 1970.

[@Useaname]

I remember that opening. Suddenly my childhood comes flooding back.

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

Sid James is as cool as they come.

[@vegetarian4879]

I haven't seen this for 35+ years. What a great line-up of celebrities from the day.

[@andywright3450]

Sid James class act and Les Dawson was a genius ......😀😀😀

[@philrobinson981]

I can just about remember this Whenever they had a commercial break Barry Cryer always applauded

[@drssexy2142]

sounds like the kind of thing the unfunny Cryer would do

[@Red-Revolution708]

They were the best days of our lives.

[@whispperson]

This is Great, what a Joy to see this as its well before my time. Thanks for this.

[@chrisevans5259]

I could watch shows with Les Dawson and Sid James in all day , genuinely funny people, pity today's comedy stars are so unfunny in comparison

[@3gor73]

Chris Evans fully agree Chris

[@Syklonus]

Oh here we go! Another "good ol' days" comment which needs to shit on something modern. Humour is SUBJECTIVE, so there's no possible way you can make that statement about being "unfunny".

[@davidgrahamscott]

Totally agree.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

yeah 'Dreaming whilst Black' anybody ..? . .. . lol .

[@joshuagarnham9703]

Sid James and Clive Dunn, awesome.

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Amazing the great Sid James and Les Dawson this is pre 1976 ( Sid's death) and yes I believe the story of Les seeing Sid's ghost in the mirror of dressing room 1 in Sunderland empire 1989 where Sid died on stage in 76. Apparently he heard the dirty laugh first , then there was a smell of whiskey Sid looked terrible pale clammy, black eyes and said something vulgar Les took that to his grave...

[@drssexy2142]

Codzwallop

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

@@drssexy2142 Chopper...

[@raymondlang]

I wish I have video taped all these classic comedy shows from Granada Plus, but sadly the channel is gone, and has made room for utter crap. They also screened The Comedians..Wheeltappers..and early Coronation Street. There is room for a channel like this for old shows of all kinds.

[@Mousepie999]

According to the late Bob Monkhouse, this show was planned from start to finish. Nothing spontaneous about it at all. But it's nice to see so many departed comedians again.

[@drssexy2142]

Every fucking panel show is scripted, whether on TV or Radio; thanls for telling us what everybody already knew. You would have to be as thick as pig muck to think that any of this was off the cuff.

[@Synthematix]

Its so sad theyre all gone now

[@rnw2739]

Sid James and Les Dawson together.... I always wonder about the validity of the story about Les encountering Sid's ghost in the Sunderland Empire and being absolutely terrified.

[@rosie811honey]

+Rob Walters Me too,it drives me crazy that Les didn't say more,i have a hard time thinking of the funny and full of zest for life Sid James in the Carry on film and thinking of his ghost,it just gives me a weird feeling.Why would Les Dawson be scared of his old friend Sid James,what horrible sight did he see,it must not of looked like Sid James in life very much.

[@jofrances3296]

@@rosie811honeyI believe that Les Dawson experienced SIDS final moments the day he passed and how did was felling. 😢

[@lardy70s]

Is it me or do these guys look far older than what they were?. Barry Cryer was born in 1935 and probably wasn't even 40 years old when this aired. Sid looks 85. God bless their souls. Only Barry is left.

[@Joanna7428]

No they do look older, it was like a different time, not sure if life was harder thus took a toll or lack of cosmetic enhancements a lot use today. Aside from this they were gems I'd love to have a chat with now 💁

[@lardy70s]

@@Joanna7428 I certainly believe that lifestyle has a lot to do with it. Cigarettes and alcohol along with diet play a part of it. Life would've been tougher growing up through world wars with extreme limitations. Today's generation have no idea what happened yesterday and are living in this Love Island - esque body beautiful ideology. Bring back yesteryear anyday.

[@Useaname]

Even Barry has sadly departed now. Up to that studio in the sky.

[@Loverboy19691]

Classic TV !

[@JimTimber]

Classic !!

[@ACNC1]

Its like a 70's version of Mock the Week

[@Trev359]

Mock the Week is like a modern version of Jokers Wild.

[@parksyist]

Much better though

[@whatshisname3304]

they copied mock the week, retrospectively. clever.

[@vantheman1244]

Think you mean Mock the Week is a version of this.......

[@steveellis126]

Somewhere in the middle, in the mid 90s' was a largely forgotten attempt to exhume Jokers Wild, called 'Gag Tag'. It confirmed that the format should have been left to rest in its coffin, though it also confirmed something I'd long suspected: that Eddie Large was much funnier on his own.

[@andrewdemetrius8090]

BRILLIANT!

[@oldskoolfool141]

What a line up ...and Ted Ray

[@lawofaverages5373]

@WOOF ! Ted Rey & Jack Douglas were in Carry On films with Sid James.

[@Darts4544r4]

What a line up man!!

[@parksyist]

Brilliant

[@Jackomac43]

Imagine if someone shot a gun on TV now.

[@darrowby1972]

@TumblingDice1972 - Died at the Sunderland Empire, as have many other great comics and actors!

[@whatonearth9809]

I’ve never seen Barry without white hair before

[@Julia-hs7vh]

Lee Warner I was thinking the same thing.

[@BritishComedyUK69]

Epic

[@mistaben2k]

Barry Cryer is the only aliver still,he can still make an audiance laugh!

[@darganx]

As of 2018, still writing scripts and doing comedy with contemporaries like Paul Merton etc.

[@stephenm6100]

No he's not. He passed away today 27/1/2022 RiP bazza🙏🏼

[@drssexy2142]

@@stephenm6100 Yeah, stephenm6101 is right, Bazza is as dead as a donut, not alive like the other 2 commenters said.

[@anonUK]

​@@drssexy2142 To be fair, the person who said he was still alive wrote it 13 years ago, when he was still not only alive but still working on BBC R4.

[@anonUK]

​​@@darganx Paul Merton is 20 years later than Barry Cryer- he peaked in the mid 90s while Barry Cryer peaked around 1969-70. Barry Cryer was the link between the Carry On team and Les Dawson and the Pythons and the rest of the late 60s-70s Oxbridge set. You can see him in walk-on parts in the Four Yorkshire men 1948 show sketch and the extended live-action part of the Series 2 MPFC intro. Paul Merton was contemporary with Smith and Jones of NTNOCN (he wrote for them) and the Alternatives of the 80s. He was also one of the Comedy Store (Improv) Players. Definitely the generation after.

[@jboognish]

i've got a load of these on video given to me by the great ray martine. he was a hoot. used to come in the aromatherapy shop i worked in and hang about smoking tabs and insulting the customers.

[@twoandy2]

was that in Newcastle

[@JohnWick74]

It's true about les seeing Sids ghost, and les never returned their again x

[@Useaname]

Yes it's true. And Les' wife mentioned it in an interview.

[@TeeVeesGreatest]

does anyone know the name of the theme song and whos it by?

[@steveellis126]

It's a piece of library music, which younger viewers at that time would have known as the Professor's theme from Vision On. Written by Canadian film composer Dennis Farnon, who wrote music library content as 'Paul Gerard'.

[@johnissoevil]

It's the UK version, totally different from the one we saw in the US hosted by Jack Barry and Bill Cullen.

[@drssexy2142]

Its the UK version??? Oh god, thks for letting me know, I would NEVER HAVE FUCKING GUESSED!!!!!!!! You still alive Fenner?

[@splodge5714]

Everything gets dated... todays rubbish is rubbish now!

[@locsman]

epic sid

[@olliebeak131]

Shoplifter up before the Judge. Those were the days....

[@PeteLindup]

Ray Martine was one of the first 'camp' comics. Made his name on TVs 'Stars & Garters' show. Ended up running a stall on Blackpool Pleasure Beach!

[@pauljamesmartin2747]

Always known as Mucky Martine

[@therespectedlex9794]

Step down! While he was down there eh (wink).

[@stansirlmkhope2312]

El Sid 🇬🇧😂🤗👍🏻

[@121Swaleskid]

i do! now get that bus out!

[@keithnaylor1981]

Why is it all chopped up?

[@bassemkanoo3320]

Which year was this broadcast?

[@gavhinds8190]

Classic stuff.

[@brickbat44]

sidney is the best?

[@dalebaker9109]

what year is this, I guess around 1972, Barry cryer would have only been 37, but is already silver haired, was his hair, ever another color.

[@therespectedlex9794]

You blind bastard.

[@vantheman1244]

You can see where all these poncey channel 4 comedian panel shows got their ideas

[@TonyChuter]

How strange les Dawson and sid James laughing and joking years later les Dawson was working at the Sunderland theatre were sid James died on stage les said he would never work again something happened in the dressing room les said he seen sid he was just staring at him..

[@stephenm6100]

rip barry🙏🏼

[@peakyblinder8244]

Spot the comic still alive.

[@ACNC1]

Jack douglas and his gun prop would've worked better in his alf Ippititimus guise

[@PatrioticPirate]

Hey, what kinda Joker's Wild is this???

[@videoanator]

I got to this video through Michael macintyres biography

[@steveellis126]

Yes, his dad Ray Cameron was the co-creator. A very slick old-school writer and performer; its a shame he's mostly remembered only as a footnote to his son.

[@chrissheppard5068]

Thing is Sid was not a stand up comic he relied on scripts.

[@cologne2792]

I was just thinking the same. He once said that he was not a comedian but rather an actor that took on comedic roles.

[@chrissheppard5068]

@@cologne2792 He started off playing villains far removed from the innuendo master and dirty laugh. Thing is he had the timing the face the laugh the look which were naturally funny he just needed the filler of the script even a poor one he could get a laugh from and only he.

[@cologne2792]

@@chrissheppard5068 I listen to him most days in Hancock's Half Hour - the eternal twister always trying to con Tony out of something. To me he is and always will be around 40.

[@chrissheppard5068]

@@cologne2792 He was born looking 40.

[@cologne2792]

@@chrissheppard5068 Ha Yes he was.

[@raymondjohnson2]

No foul language,thankfully!

[@derekallen2709]

JOKER'S Wild, Gun shot on live TV, ....

[@brindlewarriormoor4581]

Ha ha ha haha haha 😂

[@converse91970]

@mistaben2k Believe or not, Clive Dunn is still going strong too! He turned 90 last January and lives in Portugal.

[@gunston999]

Actors are useless without the clever and witty script writers that makes them look good.

[@swarthyjake4433]

up periscope ! ha ha ha .

[@nwlman]

Post cards from the Dead, all of these are Dead for years and years.

[@winsfordtowncouncil6843]

I'm sure Barry Cryer would beg to differ

[@stephenhall-jones3974]

Avelino

[@mrelano65]

Everyone on that show is dead.

[@rickbcolestandupcomedian6181]

😜😜😜

[@canids]

I think all of these people are dead arnt they

[@lucylastic9670]

Yes, EXCEPT the chair Barry Cryer!! Very much alive thank heavens!

[@bryemycaz]

Barry Cryer is still alive.

[@MrDavey2010]

Ray Martine thinks he’s funny but isn’t.

[@slapmyfunkybass]

MrDavey2010 He’s terrible.

[@opinionday0079]

awful

[@dandoyle9881]

Learn the English langage off me will ye!

[@JPU-fy9mg]

If you think the 70s was a Golden Age of television, remind yourself that utter crap like this was the norm and not the exception.

[@heresjohnny999]

What you on about? i could sit and listen to Sid James and these guys all night. They are just having fun, whats the difference between this and mock the week? Not much...

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

no difference

[@greenaum]

Yeah but Mock The Week is fucking terrible.

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

Then there is all that nasty left wing crap filled with bad mannered put downs of other people, swearing, abuse, propaganda all in the name of "observational comedy." They must have their heads down a sewer.

[@anonUK]

Utter crap didn't have Barry Cryer and Les Dawson in it.

[@bobsmith2481]

Embarrassingly dated and awful.

[@Lytton333]

Well take down all the mirrors then!

[@louisemitchell3418]

@@Lytton333 you are hilarious 😂😂😂

[@fran-kittyayers5329]

You shouldn't put yourself down 🤣 but if the cap fits😂

[@ScareMeSexy71]

i said the very same thing

[@offrampt]

Clive Dunn can kiss my arse.