The Grumbleweeds Granada TV special 1988 (with ad breaks)

[@trevorberridge6079]

I'm loving all the Grumbleweeds I'm watching back of late. I remember them as being very funny and it's great to see that there were absolutely as good as I thought. And the number of impressions Robin does is amazing. Quality.

[@petergrossett6763]

Saw them live in Yarmouth 1974, they were.the best live act Ive ever seen. Deserved much more success.

[@tonycritcher3419]

I used to love their radio show too and especially Wilf Gasmask Grimshaw singing The Gasmask song!

[@bigteno4597]

Robin was one of the best impressionist ever!

[@ianslee8968]

When I was a kid in the early 80’s ide wait till 10 pm to listen to them on my radio with headphones on.After it was the news bud lines and loads of other shows. It was a brilliant era for this sort of stuff. Thank you for letting me grow up to the greatest humour I’ve ever listened to. 👍

[@spankysmp]

Same here - they had some great shows on Radio 2 at 10:00pm

[@monkeymanbob]

@@spankysmp Ditto - Radio 2 played just as much in my comedy education as the likes of Morecombe & Wise, The Goodies and the new wave

[@MaskedMan66]

Do you mean The Hudd Lines?

[@KAF128]

You're getting right up my nose, you are, pal!

[@simonmillard8931]

Jimmy Saville impersenation - legend

[@seantavendale5621]

Now then now then.

[@stevenwilliams520]

brilliant. when saturday night tv was good and schoolboys could dream of the ladies in the show. very good impressions.

[@BeasleyStreet]

The irony of the Jimmy Saville sketch😲😲

[@bigrarr]

That was fun, thanks, not seen Grumbleweeds episode for many a year. I can't remember them being quite so topical (for the day) but I was just a kid back then.

[@jeffreylawrence6928]

Love the Vincent price sketch best impression ever…😀

[@MikeWhalleyWOS]

A pre-The Day Today Doon Mackichan in the Wake Up London caption right at the start of the clip - by the looks of it, she was earning her living in Sunday morning regional children's TV at that time. Comedy worlds truly colliding there.

[@osr4152]

I remember watching these guys at Leeds City Varieties top of the bill with Cheese and Crackers

[@llewellynpatrick160]

Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed seeing them again.

[@bryanpartington3260]

I didn't really like the Television series after a while, but I loved the radio shows. I always remember as a kid looking at copies of the "RADIO TIMES" and seeing illustrations of the characters and wondering what it was like. I then listened to them and loved the series, but the television show not as much.

[@MrThecarebear]

LWT should have known that this was 1988. They allowed the Granada frontcap to slip through. Naughty Naughty!

[@derby1263]

I can't believe they still show on Jimmy Savile. I remember when Jimmy Savile fixed it for me me to milk a cow blindfolded.

[@vc5183]

Original joke alert

[@DRAINPIPE57]

Great down to earth comedy sketches Grumbleweeds actually work better on radio but this is a rarity to see Thank

[@erdishzane472]

I never knew they were on the radio, just the tv show

[@stellaashker1]

The sheer brilliance of the characters The Mystics with Gilbert the pissed up magician is a joy to behold. I used to look forward to them and the two gay men, Viv and Trix I think that's there name in every TV show. Oh how I wish there was more of the programme on You Tube.

[@kanemc9039]

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[@geoffjoffy]

Good sketches. I laughed, which is more than I can say for today's 'comedians'.

[@mrjustinsidertolstoy3714]

made my glass eye fall asleep

[@Cromper]

I only came here for the ads. Flymo! A very Eighties square design back in the eighties.

[@OfflineSetup]

Its a lot less dated than other comedy shows of this era. I found myself actually being amused by some of the sketches. If this sounds negative ...its not meant to be, given the crap on youtube from the 80s this is a breath of fresh air.

[@russellthompson9271]

I was 8! Blast from the awesome past!

[@thegrumbleweeds2322]

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

[@onetruemoody5556]

The Grumbleweeds omg i loved you growing up in the 80s great memories

[@Thursdaym2]

Agree, were better on radio but still better than the tripe on TV now.

[@plainjayne1981]

Who remembers The Coal Hole Club where this lot started

[@AllenJeremy]

I think this was 1987 as the Grumbleweeds special has the Granada frontcap at the start as in 1988 the frontcaps were scrapped by ITV.

[@Thompsdan]

Amazing they could go to the bother dressing up in costume for such dud jokes.

[@TheAdArchive]

Jesus - it’s amazing what passed for being funny in the 80s

[@christopherdrennan5819]

The middle one Maurice looks like Barry Gibb from The Bee Gees.

[@craigsimons817]

He certainly does and maybe he is trying to.

[@gremlinuk1968]

1988 , was 20 back then,,!

[@SelfIndulgentGamer]

I need a screen washer like that :D

[@simonwilliamson1979]

Wow and flutter!

[@stephenduncan3605]

They are still going strong in Blackpool would you believe, along with Jimmy Cricket!

[@scottishwildcat]

Well, one of them is, anyway... only Robin from the original line-up left now.

[@christopherdrennan5819]

Graham Walker passed away in 2013.

[@sickoftheleftwingscum]

Yes all two of them and one of them isn't an original ! 😁👍

[@hayleyralph9572]

Love it. Any more?

[@alanbbrady8196]

Graham was brilliant as Keith Flint in the coming years. These guys were funnier than Python.

[@josephinepeery6938]

I don't recall this at all.

[@ricardolorrio8228]

after 34 years.. I am still waiting for this to be funny

[@martinlynn4733]

Were are the other episodes they must be archived somewhere

[@andrewbevan4662]

Prefer these to Little & Large or Cannon & Ball

[@Putner]

Sorry fella, I only found this by chance.

[@DRAINPIPE57]

Shames the sounds distorted 're-Upload again

[@Putner]

Sorry David. This upload was taken from a VHS tape that has seen better days. Probably left on a radiator.

[@DirtyBoySingToGod]

Does the episode of The Grumbleweeds still exist on youtube where Clint Eastwood ( the real one ) appearing, in "blackface" is a guest star ? I can't seem to find it any more :(

[@KrillLiberator]

I watched for about three minutes then turned over to watch Russ Abbott instead. I'm glad I did; it saved me from seeing that skit about Saville fixing it for himself to f**k girls.

[@jasonlatham4068]

They really were dreadful.Talk about corny.

[@WickerAndroid]

3 mins in ouchy

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Great on a club and on radio, the tv show didnt do it for me, the songs were awful

[@dlamiss]

The producer John Hamp didnt move with the times, His shows were massively out of date by the mid 70s never mind the late 80s

[@carlkinvig6047]

Beyond dire comedy as bad as I remember, I`ve had bereavements funnier than this effort.

[@blazer666del]

Jesus sort the tracking out.... :)

[@andrewscott1253]

It's as flat as I remember.

[@bobknobbe3561]

this isnt funny

[@KrillLiberator]

I watched for about three minutes then turned over to watch Russ Abbott instead. I'm glad I did; it saved me from seeing that skit about Saville fixing it for himself to f**k girls.

[@Putner]

I’m confused, Andrew. What do you mean ‘turned over to watch Russ Abbot instead’ KZbin isn’t 1980s tv. And if you didn’t watch more than three minutes how were you ‘saved’ from watching an admittedly suspect Jimmy Savile skit that you’ve just now described? Do you have the original shooting script or something?