The Beatles vs Ken Dodd

Gay Byrne interviews The Beatles & Ken Dodd.

[@scouser222]

For years i always thought it was John who said sod but now i have heard it again it was George, John even looks at him laughing. Long live Doddy.

[@ajkaye5719]

Sir Ken dodd was a local and national scouse treasure, I remember his funeral car going past! Rip Sir Kenneth Dodd ❤

[@EricIrl]

The interview was done at Granada TV's studios in Manchester. The interviewer is Dublin man Gay Byrne who in those days commuted between Dublin and Manchester to host radio and TV shows in Ireland and the UK. In the mid 1960s he gave up hs British career to concentrate on working in Irish TV and radio - becoming a bit of a legend in his home country.

[@tightbastard]

George`s wit, on form as always..miss you mate.

[@westfield90]

They said it many times that those real early days of Beatlemania when they were just making it big in England were their best times and you can see it from their clips during this time that they really were enjoying themselves.

[@rarebutgreat]

A great clip. Everyone looked like they were really enjoying themselves

[@atomsmasha]

Very funny. Looks like everyone was having a great time. Thanks for posting it.

[@ScarfaceAsh]

"Ooh, very nice!" Man, I love these early interviews :')

[@mccullski]

Sod!!! Love George Harrison's dry wit and timing.

[@sofaguard]

Dodd is great. Saw him last night. Hes 84 and we got 5 hours of entertainment. Got to admire that!! Long live Dodd

[@cylindrical_1058]

Rip dodd

[@TheSpecialK56]

John is just waaay too cute for words. That smile!!!

[@Rory99M]

i love ringo, what a legend. always so humble

[@Chillykool11]

3:10 beautiful just beautiful

[@antoniod]

Funny seeing Gaybo so young.

[@beatlesque]

Hahah I love when George calls that guy sod. Cute interview.

[@rachaelanne6354]

Haha i see..yeah Liverpool is one of my favorite places,the people are pretty similar people to my own (Irish) The last time i was in Liverpool i did all the Beatlesy stuff it was really goo..ended getting drunk and crying over John like i always do!! xxx

[@tomski120]

classic! "Sod Dodd!" pmsl

[@bondurango]

Wow, what a lucky girl your mother was and I bet she even got an autograph, too.

[@disseldoo]

Adelamere1 He says "grass" not crap. I'm scouse so I understand the accent.

[@rachaelanne6354]

Haha brilliant have a great time!!!

[@ysgol3]

Bernard Manning was once asked whether he had ever told a lie and he replied 'I once said Ken Dodd was funny'.

[@Nigelmcp]

The guy with the hair is Ken Dodd. Still performing at the age of 79. He is a legend here in the UK. We have Ken Dodd. You have Jay Leno. Such is life.

[@CHBAleenaFatima]

Well most of the comments are old but I’ll still say it anyway; it wasn’t John, it was George who said ‘Sod’ at the end

[@angelayoung8434]

Notice George's sense of humour lasts about 5 seconds as ken starts ripping into him...see George's fake smile as he hates having the piss ripped out of him..."have you finished" ? He says to ken as he feels he is being teased for at least 5 seconds....

[@adelamere1]

John says 'Crap' just before George says 'Sod'

[@daisykittybear]

He says grass, not crap.

[@chelle329]

"Cliff or Rock, something earthy." LMFAO

[@maccafan10]

Hi Rachael. Hard to make out first word (as I am a northerner but not Scouse). I think John said "grass" then leading to "sod" as that punchline (which of course is a section of grass-covered surface soil held together by matted roots, hence the 'earthy' name "Sod" for Ken Dodd as a quick witted pun from John there). Typical Scouser thing of looking for a joke in everything. I love visiting Liverpool and I'm going there again to the massive Beatles convention next week. xx

[@daisykittybear]

John says 'grass', it's George that says 'sod'.

[@buzzingadventures1980]

Ken dodd is one the greats that makes us proud to be british!

[@libjen]

You might be right. My audio wasn't so clear, and so listened again. Because the wide shot then cuts to John I thought it was him at first. John and George's voices do often sound similar, though each of the boys of course have distinct intonations. If so, it was a good comeback for George from the "thingy" comment. I looked up Mr. Dodd online and he's still alive and appearing in comedy shows, so I guess that was his act, and as a fellow Liverpudlian must got along well with them.

[@08havoc08]

2:48 Ringo: "why you picking on me for?" ha ha

[@hottscolland]

they just unveiled a statue of him in liverpool lime street train station. i am not joking

[@hiboz]

brilliant

[@MarkRobertCuthbert]

John smiling at 1:13 he was a great person. They all wrote great songs but John wrote the best "Imagine" p.s. my primary school head master was called John Lennon and his nephew Dermott Lennon won the 2002 Show Jumping World Championship on Liscalgot - talented clann the Lennon's

[@39Auldkellier]

@tinchurch cheers, thanks for the enlightment..

[@gramach]

No. This was filmed in Britian,for Granada TV. I believe it is the first TV spoken interview with the beatles

[@draoi99]

They had this TV series with a top psychiatrist called Dr Anthony Clare asking probing questions. When he got Ken Dodd on, he got absolutely nowhere with him because he kept making gags. He expected to find some deeper layers but really, no, it was all gags. Amazing man.

[@maccafan10]

Rachael. I'll be blotto for 3 days and nights when I am there next week, lol xx

[@BERNESTO1]

Ken Dodd is a comic genius!

[@Julesnshane]

Right!?!?!?! He was sooo cute as well omg im dead

[@maccafan10]

John totally stole the show with that final gag.... pure genius !

[@NobodyQuiteLikeMe]

That was actually George.

[@reillyobrien8443]

Sorry to say but George said that

[@daisykittybear]

It was George.

[@nicksmith1978]

i think they had good wit and not arrogant like most popstars nowadays. Always took the pee out of themselves. I particularly like the film when they arrive in America for the first time and are interviewed at JFK airport. When asked if they are nothing but of a bunch of english elvis presleys, ringos answer is ace. It must have been such a laugh 4 mates conquering the world and still being in your 20s.

[@HCShannon]

I read somewhere that George's father was the one who discovered Ken!

[@spirtw72]

Sod indeed! George got him back good for messing up his name.

[@mærkelig]

Poor Gay Byrne,look at his first name.

[@TomventUK]

what about the nose? haha brilliant this is a good video cheers

[@richardsharpe2966]

Doddy so funny

[@observingworld]

@bbcityau in England to call someone a "sod" is a mild insult. That's why it was funny. Sod Dodd.

[@SixEightySeven]

@DavidBookless Not true, Gay Byrne is Irish, but he was working for Granada in the UK at the time.

[@Brickcellent]

Gay Byrne with the English accent... Hilarious.

[@paulmarsh8974]

Most of these comments were 12 to 15 years ago.. Funny how time and life has turned the tables in humour...

[@suegull]

Paul in a kilt...

[@yoochoobb]

I liked him when I was a kid but I didn't get how brilliant he was. What a sharp wit he had, and he almost walked all over the Beatles except when John suggested the name "Sod" when he was asking for an "earthy" name. I guess this was done in Ireland judging from the interviewer's accent. I am also guessing that Ken Dodd probably scripted the whole thing including that suggestion from Lennon. BTW he also had a really good singing voice.

[@bubbly912]

It was George who did

[@TBMGMT]

I raped the replay button ♥ This video is just amazing!

[@paddy9i99]

Does anyone know where this was filmed? Gay Byrne was a huge star in Ireland mainly as a chat show host. Was this recorded in Ireland or England?

[@emh26]

Yeah, he looks a little pissed off haha. I don't blame him though, he probably already felt a bit unappreciated and then to be referred to as 'thingie' kinda tops it. Poor Georgie :)

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

2:57 Does someone say "Slash"..? That names got taken about twenty years later... Of course in UK slang that means to piss.

[@adelamere1]

Its a British THing !!!!

[@StephenHardy8791]

aw Georgie looks nervous.

[@Grafietstift]

2:09, George seems like he actually doesn't really like it :P

[@buzonperiodista]

@wontoofreefore u r right

[@39Auldkellier]

Unfortunitly yes, and we had to suffer him for 30 odd years after that, they should have blocked him from coming back into the country..

[@davric999]

John says 'grass' just before George says 'sod'

[@MrAggtee]

Sod...yup, meant it as he called it .....

[@Grafferty]

I think John Lennon, as a young man, looked quite a bit like a dark-haired Michael Caine.

[@wogandmush]

I thought it was gravel. That'd be more earthy, no?

[@39Auldkellier]

Dodd is a great comedian, i like his rival bernard manning though aswell, did'nt get the joke in this video what did to say as the final punchline, it sounded like "fury jude to you sir" could be wrong maybe you might know what said

[@zinfandel61]

Yes having watched it a couple of times it does seem as if Ken Dodd was giving them the cue to say 'sod'. Funny anyway.

[@fredmila]

Sod! Well done John, he deserved it. I have never seen him dumbfounded like this. The Beatles were a unit and no-one was going to make fun of a Beatle but the Beatles themselves. Morecambe and Wise got a similar treatment

[@daisykittybear]

That was George not John.

[@fredmila]

@@daisykittybear Maybe

[@rachaelanne6354]

what does he say i just cant make it out

[@robertmastroianni]

I think John Lennon, as a young man, looked quite a bit like a dark-haired John Lennon

[@ooohcheese]

@expatbritingermany Agreed, Ken Dodd is a legend, yeh! the Beatles were ok too. Hah! Cheesy.

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

John Lennon looks amazing!! Was it John or George Harrison who called old Ken Dodd a "caryier?? Sod?" or "Nob?".

[@daisykittybear]

George. Sod.

[@Grock66]

john said sod

[@daisykittybear]

It was George.

[@tinchurch]

@39Auldkellier what fur?...[what for?]...me judy...judy is a scouse term for girlfriend

[@MinerOfMeteoroids]

@expatbritingermany There are some people who don't understand it. Then there are some people who understand it but aren't over 55 so don't find it funny.

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

Someone says something before the word "sod" in a male voice with a Liverpool accent. It sounds like "Cryier"?? or something like that?? What is that word is that a Liverpool thing??

[@daisykittybear]

John says 'grass'.

[@adelamere1]

I think yer might be right ! Its funny whatever me scouser by adoption

[@DavidBookless]

This is not a British interview, it's Irish.

[@darkdubh]

The interviewer, Gay Byrne is Irish but he was working for ITV at the time.

[@KenfromDublin]

That is so much crap, I'm Irish and even I know Jay Leno and Ken Dodd are not even remotely analogous, Ken Dodd hasn't been on UK TV in decades and has never hosted a chat show, the opposite is true for Jay Leno.

[@mackler]

That guy thinks he's all that. Where is he now?

[@tomski120]

classic! "Sod Dodd!" pmsl

[@adelamere1]

John says 'Crap' just before George says 'Sod'

[@daisykittybear]

Grass not crap.