Sid Millward & The Nitwits - Rudi Carrell Show 1970

[@jamesmcleesh2688]

Absolutely brilliant. Pure British lunacy at it's Best. R.I.P fellows thanks for the memories.

[@raymondscott8499]

Wow old enough for there to be some distant memories of these chaps. Surreal and brilliantly British Thanks

[@notpewdiepie6458]

thanks to the recommendations for this old school GEM!

[@grouchomagic]

My uncle was on Spike Jones show, and it's awesome to see how the Brits did it. Funny!

[@sgt.tuborg6556]

Great...I remember watching this on german television as an eight years old kid...so great to see this gem again

[@SillyMoustache]

My father was a stern man, and not given to letting his feelings show, but I remember watching him crying with laughter at this act. It s one of my fonder memories of him.

[@carlosm.palacios9117]

This's by Far , one of the Best Natural and Funniest Acts I ever see , very well do , God Bless All of Them .

[@loathsomewind]

Always love British humor and band jokes are always great, as a musician.

[@billibull2242]

Das ist allererste Komik. Soviel habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gelacht. Absolute Spitze. Bitte mehr davon.

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111 From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan. Brilliant from all.

[@ubierin4797]

Danke fürs hochladen. Da weden Erinnerungen wach 😊

[@gregorylowe1296]

Astonished at how many views. Sid Flood what an amazing Grandpa

[@FRANKTHRING1]

Just great ! And all done with perfect timing !

[@letmeinwillu]

Syd Flood taught me trumpet. He was the most inspiring, patient and relaxed teacher (whist currently being a highly regarded professional performing musician, in his day job). I bumped into him in later life - whilst he was performing with the Nitwits - and we had a fraternal coffee together, and reminisced. A lovely, lovely man, and one of God's good guys! God bless you and rest you, Syd, wherever you are; and, when my time comes, I hope we can hook up again, somewhere out there, and lay some grooves down!

[@matzek.9119]

absolut brilliant!

[@wallylindajirgens7630]

I was playing in Las Vegas with the 5 Ascots from Canada in 1965 and would hang out at the home of some of the British showgirls from the Stardust hotel where the Nitwits were playing. They were good friends with the showgirls and would often be at the house where I got to know them. They were always very friendly and fun to be with and I also got to see them perform their fantastic show at the Stardust. They are truly legends of a time that is sadly gone. I'm just lucky to have been able to be there.

[@dennis7511]

Such wonderful memories you must have of them.

[@mitchly]

Thats great! I've got a postcard from Charlie Day (Rossi) from Las Vegas. It was sent to my Grandma (Minnie) but I still have it.

[@johnjackson2044]

Thnks I'd forgotten these for 50+years no fools,excellent….

[@juanm.aguayo-leal9795]

Fantastic!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@greglowe2404]

It’s amazing to be able to watch my grandpa

[@elainegardner8711]

My great Uncle was Ronnie Genarder (Banjo player in the kilt, actual name was John Gardner). Agree that's it's amazing for us to see them in action in their heyday! Ronnie died in 1973 at age 62, so I was a young child.

[@Billyg215]

All i can say is about this sketch is BRILLIANT. Err barring the first 9 words .Oh and the last 5 words and a number.

[@jamesmcleesh2688]

Absolutely fantastic good old British lunacy at it's best. I used to watch them on the TV . Thanks for the memories

[@strat4ordgirl]

My favourites when I was a child❤️

[@iseeolly9959]

Sent this link to my dad....he thanked me sooo much because it's the funniest thing we've seen in ages !

[@bradjohnson9671]

Gotta love the KZbin algorithm.. This was pretty funny, sadly, you don't see stuff like this anymore. Good fun..

[@Dreaming_Gerd]

I like him too. he suggests things I would never come up with in my life

[@richarddowney1972]

love these guys. haven;t seen them in years

[@richardcleveland8549]

OH EM GEE! HOW did I get from the Band of HM Grenadier Guards to THESE guys?? It's a good thing most of my co-workers have left early on this Friday, or I'd be rolling on the floor laughing hysterically! One more in the long, LONG line of lunatic British humor, which I adore!

[@kevinpinks7995]

So funny and brilliant musicians

[@jennytalia226]

British eccentricity at its best, and of course, they had to be brilliant musicians.

[@lolayancey3626]

Cute! What a zany bunch of guys! Thought I might have detected some excellent musicianship in spite of it all! Thank you all!

[@bertspivey3214]

I'm not sure what just happened but I loved it.

[@cardo718]

Same here!

[@timc333]

I thought I was having an LSD flashback for a moment , lol

[@bspsuk9341]

i wish i hadn't found this so funny !!!! my grandchildren were the only ones laughing with me!!!

[@hansb.8]

Great Choreography and great Musicians. Great Comics as well. Sooo British. So Funny.

[@daniellegallien]

je ne connaissais ces fabuleux musiciens comédiens merci Patrice

[@Jimmie16]

Memories from my childhood hilarious yet phenomenal instrumentalists.

[@greglowe2404]

Syd Flood. My grandpa.Amazing human being

[@michaelak1719]

Fabelhaft 😂🎉✊✨💫

[@johnshort5003]

I was a bit bored at the start then after 12 minutes I didn't want it to end. Clever stuff!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

back to the good old days. great

[@christinescheer4055]

That was great!

[@TOMBANCROFT]

When I was a kid in the 1940/50s these guys used to appear as the musical act in Christmas pantomimes.throughout the UK. Despite their zany act, they were all accomplished musicians and made great music when they played seriously.

[@fredversluis6967]

Echt jammer dat zo iets niet meer bestaat

[@jamesmcleesh2688]

Brilliant British Lunacy . Thanks a lot R.I.P From a true lunatic

[@JoseighBlogs]

Just so elegantly funny - born of intensive practice by this cohesive troupe of consummate acting oddballs able to pull off such an involved and absurd medley of wondrous clownish musicianship. And, of course, this kind of delightful ageless entertainment comes straight out of performance history. Riveting!

[@annekewinkels971]

Meesterlijk,wat een komieken, zo iets zien we jammer genoeg niet meer op tv. Erg komisch. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MrWardnine]

Just excellent

[@DavidThomas-lt4pj]

Priceless!

[@jimbojimbog1598]

Absolutely stunning performance from you all I can remember seeing live the crowd was in hilarious and just kept laughing thank you for posting this so we can still this funny band if you have more shows please post those as well good clean no swearing brilliant and funny thank you for posting this.

[@kenwales9035]

brilliant!

[@mitchly]

Fantastic clip! My great Uncle on the violin, Charlie Rossi (Day) Thanks for posting.

[@poppasmurf]

My parents were friends with Charlie and his partner Marion, and daughter Sonia. We lived a few doors away from their shop in Manchester in the early 50's. They moved to St Annes on Sea.

[@mitchly]

@@poppasmurf Brilliant! I have a Manchester Evening News cutting (no pun) of Charlie cutting Ken Dodds hair. Also, a Postcard sent to us from Charlie and Marion when they played in Las Vegas. Not sure if they lived at some point in Foxhall Road in Blackpool.

[@poppasmurf]

@@mitchly Yes, Charlie was a barber by trade. My late Dad told me he used to cut my hair as a 3 year old, and I sat there as good as gold as he threatened to "cut my bloody ears off if you move!"

[@mitchly]

@@poppasmurf Ah, the good old days. I wish we could bring them back. Having said that, we are doing to a degree with the help of KZbin. Thanks for your memories Alan. Very precious they are.

[@Dreaming_Gerd]

❤

[@panikpille1]

Einfach klasse!!

[@richardcleveland8549]

The inspired lunacy possible only in the UK!

Love it........

[@NickJay]

My father was a member of Dr Crock and his Crackpots from late 40s until early 60s and I *think* these took over after that. I'm sure Charlie Rossi used to be a crackpot at some stage. I have to say the trombonist looks remarkably like Jimmy Edwards!! :)

[@mitchly]

Your correct Nick, he, (my great Uncle Charlie) was in Dr Crock and his Crackpots.

[@NickJay]

@@mitchly Thank you Billy. I think the Nitwits started earlier than I first thought but I thought I was right about Charlie so thanks for confirming it. He had such amazing facial expressions ... as they say, funny bones. :)

[@daveaspen6775]

FANTASTIC!!!

[@johnferguson4089]

Timing is spot on, especially the Temptation routine.

[@raysnyder7512]

Humour never goes out of style. I still enjoy Fatty Arbuckle, W.C.FIELDS, Charlie Chaplin and the Marx brothers and many more. It is laughter that saves us all from killing each other. Much of what is considered new has been done before many times, its just a twitch on old routines. We need to laugh at each other and be ok with it because it is not mean spirited.

[@daveberry9922]

this is excellent

[@HeinzNAbreu]

49 Jahre sind in der Zwischenzeit vergangen und ich kann immer noch herrlich über diese komische Szene Lachen.

[@dagmarkiontke]

Rudi hatte halt ein gutes Händchen für ausländische Gäste. Er, Alfred Biolek und Michael Pfleghar haben viele außergewöhnliche Acts aus anderen Ländern nach Deutschland geholt und somit das Deutsche Fernsehen zum (damals) besten Programm der Welt gemacht. Was Alfred Biolek z.B. von Sammy Davis jr. in seiner Sendung bestätigt bekam. "Klimbim" finde ich z.B. besser als das amerikanische Vorbild "Rowan's & Martin's Laugh-In".

[@emmaperezald3956]

fantásticos, agradable comedia

[@BushGold]

Splendid......................

[@Myriam-nk2fw]

Hahaha

[@mikem3614]

Their Timing Is Perfect

[@djm9676]

Just wonderful comedy ....

[@SimonNoina]

Fantastic..what a rate treat...never heard of them before....the sequence from 10:02 is a masterpiece of comic timing....thanks for posting...

[@mariaangellapastore6212]

BRAVISSIMI COMICI APPLAUSIIIIIII

[@michaelpsions]

Brilliant

[@fritzikatz6746]

It's so great! 🤪🤪🤪

[@rockapeandproud]

loved it

[@johnferguson4089]

Almost a re-make of Spike Jones, brilliant!

[@judefernandez827]

Oh so funny .Loved it .

[@fredMplanenut]

It was great daft fun when I was a kid.

[@Drackleyrva]

Syd Flood (trombone player) is Chris Lowe's (Pet Shop Boys) grandfather. #trivia

[@Myriam-nk2fw]

That's actually funny to know. Thanks

[@nickycotton6137]

Was just gonna ask if he's still about here. Nice 1 👍

[@khv_dv_jungle]

I have been looking for this comment for a long time. And I found it, hooray!!!🤗 It's not a trifle at all. This is a good sequely

[@EMRT-b90]

Diese Shows sind einfach Klasse gewesen, heute gibt es nur noch Mist im TV.

[@brianrodney712]

I remember this band well, and also the American Spike Jones and his City Slickers. There was also, I recall , a Japanese band - Hari Cari and his Six Saki-Sippers.

[@NatandGeorge]

The original "Playmates" (the name they got a gold record for "Beep Beep" in the late '50s, early '60s. . .

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

Spike Jones meets The Alberts....incredible!

[@Fransveldhoven]

Fantasties ,Dit soort humor zie je idd niet meer

[@hasantahsinerdas3394]

2020 50 Jahre her

[@millicentsquirrelhole582]

One might also take a gander and a listen to the mellifuous sounds of the Portsmouth Sinfonia's sterling rendition of Strauss' top 40 hit 'Thus sprach Zarathusta'...truly riveting or something...

[@EMRT-b90]

Nice.

[@cordesjosch4696]

Herrlich, ich kriege mich nicht mehr ein!

[@jakerodrigues9153]

Hilarious!!!

[@marioh5665]

10:24 made my Day😂😂😂

[@bigunone]

The thing is they had to be good musicians to pull this off

[@MaskedMan66]

Spike Jones lives!

[@ichhaniballector1000]

Das war noch Fernsehunterhaltung vom Feinsten!

[@robcoles6681]

Genius

[@Maradriella]

Now this is humor

[@hermikaleta2912]

köstlich - ha, ha, ha

[@bertspivey3214]

The little penguin with the mustache made the whole thing.

[@hermannfeist6633]

0

[@snerper]

He's like that Brendan whatsisface who plays Mrs Brown!

[@theresawitmore1807]

Freddie Willetts..my father in law...he was so funny

[@NiceOldBoy]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mikem3614]

And The Crowd Goes Wild

[@Dreaming_Gerd]

Mosh Pits to the horizon

[@arnoldaltjr.2099]

It was said that spike Jones could take a song from the "Top Ten Seller List" and put it on "The top Ten Smeller List"

[@eoinociarain7986]

The little guy here no doubt inspiration for Benny Hills little bald guy.

[@rotunda57]

And was the equivalent of Spike Jones' Billy Barty.

[@colinhaggart2260]

They remind me of Spike Jones and his city slickers.

[@roger1965100]

The second part of this video, in which they all appear dis-robed and proceed to induldge each other is without doubt the most horrying spectacle i have ever witnessed.

[@martinelli66]

J'ai vu le cousin à de funès

[@ashleyp.4932]

Oh my gosh! "Sid Milward and The Nitwits" was mentioned in the sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles" but I thought it was a made up band.

[@nigelmitchell351]

Brilliant , never heard of this before. Shades of the Bonzo's towards the end ?

[@PeteLindup]

Excellent quality. Key members of the Nitwits, Cyril Lagey, Tony Traversi, Arthur Calkin seem to be absent from this clip!

[@LordOfTheBored]

+PeteLindup They were because this is from a German television show with a small budget. They could only afford six members of the Nitwits and had to replace the rest by German musicians.

[@jdeboer4334]

matheus passion