The Grumbleweeds Childrens Royal Variety Show,,,,1980's

[@tonycritcher3419]

I used to listen to them on the radio every Sunday evening. So funny!

[@Demun1649]

I worked as a professional DJ from 1974 until New Year's Day, 1990. I worked on two gigs with the Grumbleweeds. They were BRILLIANT, and SO FUNNY. The vocal ranges they could cover was mind-blowing. The musical skills just so impressive. And they had so many variations on Bohemian Rhapsody, the best one being "on the scales like a whale".

[@MikeGMcDermott]

Robin Colvill as Jimmy Savile at the Children's Royal Variety Show - oh the irony...

[@dennisjeffs4239]

Another great group of the 70's & 80's, gone but not forgotten, a reminder of days gone by!!

[@eointrill4858]

Loved watching them saterday evenings in the 80s never laughed as much and often in pain laughing

[@WhosAGoodDogue]

Excellent moonwalk at 6:20 ! - And followed by the voice going up with the slide had me laugh out loud. I remembert the Grumbleweeds as a kid growing up. Mother in hysterics and Father laughing so hard the coffee came out of his nose. We hyasn't seen anything like it before. Proper comedy on TV, boobs from the girls almost falling out, innuendos, excellent impressions, fresh material, funny sketches, faces blacked up, gay characters (or ''camp'' as they were called back then), stereotyping characters, and music. It's everything todays politically correct person would hate. - But to us, it was normal, and bloody funny. I really miss television like this.

[@francesjbutterworth5083]

Loved The Grumbleweeds and Baron Knights two of best comedy acts sadly not many of them left .

[@TheWacoKid1963]

This will make you feel old, Those "Kiddies" will be in their middle 40s by now

[@graemescarlett]

a great set of lads, I worked with them a few times in the early 1980's, Carl was my favourite really nice lad

[@markusspartikus1]

I still keep in touch with Carl....they were a great bunch of guys as you said.

[@DavidFlood-f3q]

Absolutely loved the grumbleweeds.

[@adamtzsch]

Best Savile, hands down.

[@DRAINPIPE57]

Pure class cabaret entertainment They were the best comedy group ever Always there to guarantee a laugh Brilliant

[@peterbattey8263]

Surprising how people making comments have lost their sense of humour. No wonder the world is so bloody miserable and full of shit. We need more of this good clean humour.

[@michaeldaley5253]

Very talented and underrated. Robin always did a great Jimmy Savile impression and Graham was a good Charlie Drake, Very sad that Graham passed, as he was doing quite well as an actor.

[@dlamiss]

+Michael Daley Agreed he was SUPERB at Savile, easily the best.

[@callmemiss_aria]

I love graham walker ❤ We will forever love him

[@petyrkowalski9887]

They did the Bee Gees brilliantly. Saw them live and they were hilarious.

[@mrmethane10]

One of my favourite acts in the 1970s and 1980s. So sad to hear of Graham's passing - I only learnt of it today.

[@oddities-whatnot]

My Gran got me into this lot ! Used to be on Radio 2 late at night many many years ago, I think

[@kevindouglas8652]

And Sunday Lunchtime,Radio 2.

[@danw1374]

Yes the grumbleweeds were a half hour show from 10pm on radio 2. Started around 1980 and ended about 1987. I still have a few old cassette recordings.

[@thegrumbleweeds2322]

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[@Internetpolice666]

Amazing what passed for entertainment in those days.

[@John2E0GTU]

Great to see Wilf again!

[@a.tanner8524]

Spoiled by the brief clip of Savile’s “this is the age of the train” advert at the beginning.

[@quinnpaddock4241]

I got to meet them a long time ago they were funny chaps in person as well

[@Robh1966]

If we had that sort of comedy nowadays, I dread to think of the amount of complaints it would generate. But great fun to watch.

[@markusspartikus1]

I don't think that I have the whole thing, I know one of the guys from Dukes of Hazzard hosted it & Donny Osmond was on the bill.

[@VideotapeFTW]

Thank you very much for uploading this - I think it must be the 1984 Children's Royal Variety Performance, but could be wrong. I don't suppose you have the full thing, do you?

[@Cromper]

So, are we going to get a clue as to exactly which year in the 1980's this is? In the life of Saville it's the difference between 9 and 9,999 kiddies!

[@KevinDoyle-r1w]

When we had proper entertainment 😁🤣

[@paulineford4652]

thats where mat lucas coppied is act from

[@markfletcher760]

Robin Colvill on top form doing another top class impersonation of the late great DJ and charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile OBE !

[@wellmike3369]

Lol

[@ladair30]

Love it

[@simonfuller7331]

The parents get it ....... the kids dont

[@tehf00n]

I worked at a place and we were talking about old comedy. Someone said The Grumbleweeds and I said "they were so shit". Then this voice popped up and said "oi my uncle is a grumbleweed" and I replied "they are still shit".

[@rajnirvan3336]

Funny this guy was doing Jimmy Savile and at start saw the real one. How many people have done his impression I've lost count. Chris Tarrant once done him too on Tiswas and even Roland Rat once called him Jimmy Savile

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

I chuckled.

[@charmainetaylor3512]

yeah they was love to meet them againe lol

[@TheKalamazoo]

Any one got a clip of the balding front man telling the one about the cricket stump up his nose?

[@charmainetaylor3512]

haha i rember when i met the grumble weeds i was about 11 years old and they married me off with some lad pmsl he was about 9 or 10 and in the scouts

[@markusspartikus1]

great bunch of guys Charmaine, I'm still in touch with Carl :-)

[@nicebrit]

run kiddies run hers Jimmy

[@brianmccoll2060]

Brill!!!.

[@noddyholder79]

bizarre and unsettling

[@justininfrance]

The Saville impersonation is technically superb, but it also highlights the problem with comedy from the 70s and 80s, its just so desperately dated, racist, misogynist, sexist, firmly planted on the wrong side of history all down the line. The individual performers were highly talented but socially and politically right-wing, their reputation quickly and eternally tarnished or forgotten.

[@petemarr824]

Grumbleweeds.. How did I ever find this funny? Perhaps because I was about 12 years old

[@bobknobbe3561]

wow didnt age well for that impression of that pedo

[@FITZYIS]

am i the only one who never broke a smile ? only ones who where laughing were the pedo`s of the BBC

[@Kuntyful]

this what humour was like in a Communist country...