The Grumbleweeds at the Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club - Granada TV

From 1974 that fabulous group of entertainers The Grumbleweeds appear on Granada TVs Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club :)

[@colindavid2078]

GREAT, and I mean GREAT footage of this class-act back in the day! Thank You for posting this for us to enjoy! :)

[@stellajennings2265]

Omg brilliant love the comedy.

[@dingopisscreek]

Wonderful. The 1970s, you can't beat it. When tv was free of pc bollocks

[@robertsmith3672]

Edward. Wtf are talking about. .in those days it was PC , these days the F C and T words are widely used. If you mean racism is no longer tolerated then it is pc nowadays

[@mick3950]

Just good fun with no hidden meanings,

[@offrampt]

PC Bollocks was sacked.

[@monkeytennis8861]

​@@robertsmith3672 what he means is blatant racism, homophobia and any other type of bigoted piggery you can think of

[@andyhinds542]

There was more censorship then than there is now.

[@simonduckworth4393]

Used to listen to them on the radio when i was a kid also saw them in Pantomime in Blackpool and Darlington.My mum was a friend of Maurice he had a shop near my mums post office,he was a very good artist

[@TomMcClean]

Brilliant innocent fun from way back then. The modern 'comics' just don't 'cut the mustard' or even come close. Sheer magic. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland

[@andyhinds542]

It depends who you're talking about. There are very funny comedians these days; it's just that comedy is ever evolving. Imagine Charlie Chaplin still doing his tired old tramp act now. I love this Grumbleweeds skit as much as I love 80s alternative comedy, 90s satirical comedy, deadpan observational comedy and the brilliantly hilarious Philomena Cunk.

[@TomMcClean]

Sorry Andy. I don't agree. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

[@lavertera]

Saw these guys back in 1970, before they became famous. It was the Garrick Theatre Leigh. Absolutely spot on then as good as they bacame.

[@lfcphil09]

Brilliant . Thanks for posting .

[@flashtheoriginal]

Su-bloody-perb. Real Pro's in their prime, thanks for posting

[@t3chnod3lic]

Wilf 'Gasmask' Grimshaw & Uncle Nasty LOL always loved them in the 80s radioshow. Managed to find some recordings. Nice collection for memory sake.

[@chrismorhen4839]

I met the Weeds. Some ,years Ago RIP Graham.

[@jamesgibson7768]

Thanks for posting, Fantastic, loved the Grumbleweeeds.

[@rickcarvell4597]

Good clean fun. Used to listen to them on radio in late 70s

[@brianhaskard1042]

Saw Grumblweeds regular at Aquarius Chesterfield. Brilliant, Russ Abbott too.

[@Steztheskinhead]

I’d still watch this now instead of that XFactor crap!

[@louisethompson8579]

I loved The Grumble weeds! 😂 Does anyone remember The Baron Knights?

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

@@louisethompson8579 Oh aye. They were hilarious!!

[@easystar123]

@@louisethompson8579 The Baron Knights were brilliant.

[@buckshot4569]

That act would win any BGT contest any year in my opinion 😁

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Saw them in panto in Stockport in the early 70s with Milligan and nesbit. I was about four.

[@mjotd8670]

Brilliant - imagine this on Britain's Got Talent today?

[@MrFoxboy7]

they would probably find something wrong with it

[@adriantownsend6964]

...What some people fail to understand that this show was set in a working mens club, and they used to have acts like this. People who got up on stage and gave it a go even if they were'nt that good. It is credit to The Grumbleweeds comic talent they were able to make a routine look shambolic but make it all come together!

[@nmfeb70]

It was actually filmed at Granada studios (the setting for The Jeremy Kyle Show) and the audience was made up of local stewards, publicans and landlords.

[@jerrywallop5647]

@@nmfeb70 Adrian said set & not the literal sense ……..there’s always one

[@barrymitchell6444]

@@jerrywallop5647 Even worse now. I can barely type a word on KZbin these days without being jumped on by someone... who is usually wrong whilst trying to be smart.

[@elkiepops]

My mum worked in the box office in a theatre in Glasgow when the grumbleweeds were playing and she said every time they came in they’d walk by her In single file and as they passed each one said “Hello” from the smallest grumbleweed to the tallest lol xxx

[@thegrumbleweeds2322]

Find us on our channel! We are uploading lots of new footage!

[@andyhinds542]

That was so infectiously catchy!! I loved The Grumbleweeds back in the day and still have a couple of their radio shows on tape from 1984.

[@davidcorbett1713]

Now this is comedy, great clean fun and takes some skill to keep up with there routine.

[@Baltihunter]

Sheer mayhem and madness. We’re too serious these days. We need to lighten up

[@duffymoony]

Terry Scott impression is spot on, he did a wicked Saville as well.

[@RobertLocksley385]

Crikey, we did morning exercises to this at school when I was very small at the age of six in 1977! There was an hour of supposedly "non-boring" or surprisingly apolitical educational morning children's radio on a Long Wave station that escapes me now (possibly Radio Four) that had plays, story readings and sometimes general silliness like this that our better type of teachers used to get us all moving about and awake. I recall Maggie Thatcher (before she made PM) doing some sort of larks with children on telly to a morning radio programme that she thought we would enjoy, and that we usually did. Great stuff, happily remembered.

[@PLuMUK54]

I saw them in pantomime, they were unbelievably manic. There was a running gag throughout the panto, and mum and myself usually spotted it first, and started laughing. We laughed so much The Grumbleweeds began to direct all their gags at us, knowing they'd set us off. In the end other cast members began watching this "special show" from the wings, which just made us laugh even more. I'm not sure the rest of the audience were impressed, but mum and me had the best panto ever.

[@jerrywallop5647]

Great story , thanks…..😂

[@BassistPaul]

When was the last time you heard a live audience laugh like that in a regular TV show or sitcom in the last 20 years? Mock, smugly, if you will...

[@christinasutherland3604]

Brilliant

[@coolmacatrain9434]

This episode was out at the same time as Tom Baker took over from Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who (Planet of The Spiders) ...where did all those years go?

[@stephenlees1691]

bring bernard back he was the best

[@Snug-the-Joiner]

Guaranteed to make you laugh . . . . .whether you want to or not! Thank heaven this GREAT Stuff was created and is still available. Thanks so much. Wish you well and continuing......

[@1963patt]

Brilliant. I recall watching this on debut on a B&W TV. It is even better now. Loved it, a beautiful piece of comedy that builds throughout:) Many sincere thanks for sharing.

[@richardtodd6181]

Saw Maurice on a cruise early this year.Tried to talk to him in the bar but he was pissed and obnoxious.

[@adriantownsend6964]

...38 people have no appreciation of good, clean family entertainment.!

[@davidsworld5837]

we have to do what uncle Boris says and that what we had to do in 1974 look how things come around Today we in the UK have to do what Boris says without question

[@wooly281]

Never get tired of watching this!

[@danieldiver11]

It's inane, banal, but still funny. 'Robin' (Jimmy Savile) was a fantastic impressionist. They would be nothing without him.

[@WeeShooey]

Good clean fun, what’s not to like, the audience seemed to enjoy it.

[@linjane7711]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@hazelmiller417]

brilliant humour we have all lost.laugh together and at each other no offence just humour

[@donnytella1010]

So simple and so funny. Saw them in Blackpool 110 years ago and I'm still laughing!

[@oranda15]

You must remember banana song then?

[@cedricpeabody265]

The long winter evenings just flew by in those days.

[@roblin50]

Brilliant....

[@odman69]

Saw two of 'em in pantomime (the little blond baldy who came on last, and one of the others who is a mainstay) about 25 years ago, and it was fucking hilarious. Never mind thinking panto is for kids; go as adults, you won't regret it.

[@stephenlodge1422]

Saw these about 6 or 7 times at Batley Variety Club.

[@originalpickaxe]

50 years ago.....wow!

[@victoriaduffy7666]

brought here by no one other than Karl Pilkington on an Idiot abroad ;)

[@craigarussell226]

This is still funny as it was away back then..Grumbleweeds...very funny and different accents had me in stitches..😁😁😁

[@Panzer-xi5uj]

Comedy gold love it 👍

[@joannegallagher2792]

Good old British comedy that is no longer allowed in the snowflake society 😜

[@Nerd4LifeTV]

Yup. Unfortunately.

[@Oolon_Colluphid]

So America had Richard Prior, Jack Benny, Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Redd Foxx etc by this time..... and we had the Wheeltappers and shunters..........

[@koitorob]

That comment makes no sense. You compare people to a variety tv show!

[@GlowToneChannel]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing this!

[@artocrossan3066]

Palace Lido Douglas Isle of Man 1976

[@beingatliberty]

amazing footage quality for 1974? especially if recorded on videotape 42 years ago

[@paulanthony5274]

Old bastards aren't we

[@michaelrawson6261]

@@paulanthony5274:... yeah... but happy enough ol' bastards, I'd say...!

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

Quality with a capital K.

[@Daracdor]

I must admit that I remember this on tv when I was ...... hmm a little younger .

[@rayjacques3475]

Green Man vb

[@planetrockford]

Eric Gates circa 1976 Ipswich Town

[@flashtheoriginal]

Hahahaha brilliant. I laughed out loud when I read this.

[@DaveInBridport]

Awful. This is the sort of shite reminisce about, saying you can't do that these days coz it's not pc. Bollocks. It's just 6th form end of term rubbish.

[@michaelrawson6261]

Not a comedy fan eh? Well, never mind, it's clear from your post, that you should probably put comedy on the back-burner anyway... and try to get the hang of writing English that actually makes sense and can be understood more easily... best of luck, you're going to need it!

[@Chalkster1]

Pure class 👌

[@myolmanzadustman8383]

Why do so many people bemoan the absence of clean childish comedy these days, when we've got more children's TV than ever?

[@steveblease]

I saw them when I was about 13, a very long time ago.

[@teresaverma11]

Bring it back...Great entertainment

[@Bricray]

Classic stuff. It’s a shame there doesn’t seem to be much footage remaining of the Grumbleweeds especially from their time as a five piece.

[@michaelrawson6261]

Not true, I've got hours and hours of grumbleweeds stuff! 4 vinyl LPs and I tape recorded every single show they ever did on radio two. 10/10.30 on a weds/thurs night, repeated on a Sunday lunchtime. Bloody brilliant!!!

[@danw1374]

@@michaelrawson6261 That's brilliant. I did have several of their radio 2 shows from the late 80s but with the passage of time and improper storage the cassettes became so dilapidated I had to throw them away sadly. Any chance of uploading your recordings?

[@b.critical7873]

Tragic.

[@stevecardwell6911]

Loved the Grumbleweeds. R.I.P Graham Walker.

[@jappychap2003]

Saw them live at Batley, Wakefield and Scunthorpe. I hurt with laughing every time. The funniest group ever. Sadly nothing comes close these days.

[@triciairvine3323]

aww miss these blokes,class,come back we neeeeeed you

[@Bricray]

Sadly Graham Walker, the effeminate scuba diver, passed away in 2013.

[@AlexGarrickActress]

bloody hell that 5th guy looks like boris

[@nigelpacitti6421]

Stupid but you can't help laughing 😂

[@stephenlowe7872]

Its a classic and i hope its a very nice day🤞

[@gremlinuk1968]

kid, back then ! , 70s, ! born 1968,!

[@tomhamilton957]

Nice

[@pipandkitty2004]

Wonderful, many thanks for sharing loved listening to them on the radio when I was a kid

[@ThatsViews]

I'd forgotten about the bartender with the eyepatch! He was a regular on the show.

[@itop7976]

This really shouldn't be funny but I can't stop smiling.

[@paulwoolnough4424]

That.....was....bloody......brilliant! Thanks for posting it!

[@stehoward3458]

First mankini

[@EdnaParker-e1z]

Not seen for years and years thanks a million whoever put it on xxx

[@ashleyp.4932]

There's a split here between people who think this is brilliant and those who wonder what all the fuss is about. Of course, those who don't find it funny are accused of not liking "good clean fun" with no swearing etc. Yet, can't we just accept we all have different tastes. My father loved the Grumbleweeds, I don't find them particularly funny (I am 48 - not a teenager), but I love other variety acts like Ray Alan (with Lord Charles), George Carl, James Casey & Eli Woods, Tommy Cooper, Freddie Flinton (who here has seen "Dinner for One")? etc. Just because someone doesn't like this doesn't mean they don't like comedy without swearing, it's just not to our taste. Actually, I remember the Grumbleweeds were appearing on a show and my dad really looked forward to it. However, when they came on, they were pretending to be punk rockers and their act included vomiting into a bin, etc. My dad was so upset when he saw this.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Dinner For One? Brilliant comedy. I heard the Germans show it as a comedy programme for New Year. No idea if they still do. Also, our amatuer dramatics group did this one too. I played the butler, it was great fun doing the various accents and getting progressively "drunk".

[@michaelrawson6261]

Royal Fool:... your dad had excellent taste, and though it's different, having looked at your list, so have you! Dinner for one, what a classic!

[@monkeytennis8861]

Patronising drivel and stupid assumptions.

[@andrews882]

We used to laugh at any old cr@p back in the 70's didn't we? 😂

[@barrymitchell6444]

Americans must find this strange? Not my kind of thing, but The Grumbleweeds were a household name in the Seventies. I think I spotted Tommy Cooper and Ken Goodwin impressions near the start.

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

Can any one remember a Irish comedy group called "The Three Days" there was four of them.

[@snakemanpete55]

Don't remember them tbh. .I'll bet there's a video on here of them

[@dingopisscreek]

Same as the temperance 7. There were 9 of them! (1 over the 8) gettit?

[@peterswift8542]

What is “take my salts”?

[@Thursdaym2]

Such memories for me. Where do folk go for a good laugh these days ?.

[@ferrylad]

Far away from the Grumbleweeds I'd imagine

[@oldskoolfool141]

To those groaning in the comments, there's a difference between fun and funny, fun is to make you smile, funny is to make you laugh, going down a slide isn't funny it's fun, fun-fairs aren't funny-fairs, fun is the basis that funny can build on, when you have fun you might start laughing even tho nothing's actually funny, comedy has become such a science we've forgetten it starts with simple fun

[@AhAh-ys8ls]

M

[@fozziebumble8361]

Fuck geee thanks grandpa for clearing that up

[@peterrees5861]

not one swear word used they could not do it to-day like that

[@nickthomas181]

In 82 I was a first year at secondary school the girl I was going out with her family introduced me to The Grumbleweeds literally.We watchat he'd them record at BBC Manchester for the radio series regularly.Smanatha my then girlfriend hadn't been christened at 13 The Grumbleweeds were doing sumer season at Yarmouth and after a the radio recording Maurice came and sat with her and her mum and dad as he agreed to be her god father.True to his word they met that summer and he became Samantha's god father.Years later Samantha became an RAF officer.

[@andyhopkinson5970]

r.i.p graham walker sadly missed

[@yeovil50]

Thank God for KZbin so that we can remind ourselves you don't have to be a virtual signalling left wing to be a comic!

[@monkeytennis8861]

Get a life, you boring relic

[@nickmathers3518]

this is proper comedy

[@yvonnejohnson772]

Very funny there mad in a funny way❤

[@OldhamSteve52]

One of the best programmes on TV.

[@snakemanpete55]

British humour good clean madness. .Americans wudnt get it at all

[@johnwalls1460]

I've edited the sketch and uses it as an alarm in the morning! Well I do wake up with a smile!

[@bluey7007]

When entertainment was fun

[@snipper1ie]

Grumblegroan

[@ThStg]

CRAZZZZZZYYY 👏👏👏👏👍😀😀😀😁😁😁😁😁 TOTAL MAYHEM YET it's organized & HILARIOUS!!!!

[@hopebgood]

Absolutely terrible! But hypnotically terrible cos I endured it till the end.

[@meowwoem6372]

fuck me. i was 6 then! i loved thier tv series on itv when i was a kid.

[@wolfmannn1]

so funny brilliant lads

[@NorthernsoulBoy63]

Remember seeing them on the pier theatre Blackpool in the 70s Brilliant. Stanley Baxter also on same show. Gets No Better