The Krankies

[@stuartjarvis4944]

Watching this you realise how talented the Krankies are and how much pleasure they have brought audiences over so many years. Why no honours....MBE or something similar as recognition of this? What's the problem. This country in a just nuts! These two are a national treasure!

[@madmattuk1234]

It's because they are either rude or suggestive in their comedy act. Or the Royals don't like them., or it could be that somebody with a OBE CBC do not reccomend them, which I find disgusting. Personally I adore them and as I type, aged 46, I am very pleased and proud to say they were very much part of my childhood entertainment and had me in stitches. If you asked me then I shall, without a doubt say that they have been robbed of something that was theirs. Not on at all.

[@RB747domme]

Well Jimmy often said that he wished they had used their fame to do more for charities. They didn't become patrons of any. And later in life Jimmy said he regretted that so much. I know you don't necessarily have to do things for charity to get an honour, but it really really takes you up the top of the list. But I agree that they were quite talented, but the trouble is the comedy was of it's day. You only need to look at the audience to see that. Still they did quite well out of it, and live in a comfortable town, in their mid 70s now.

[@daviddillon172]

Seen the Krankies many times in panto and summer seasons great act tuned to perfection.

[@CompletelyUselessGamesChannel]

That was weird yet good, the ventriloquist bit was amazing I loved them when I was a kid

[@pleasebaws]

Wow this is brilliant

[@Raider577]

From 1974 I saw it on TV last week on Talking Pictures.

[@nitroex4767]

I remember watching this with my granny looking after us that night, this exact one, not seen this for 45 years but remember it with the bloke wearing a skirt but I was a 7 year old staying up late lol. Whenever I hear a bell ring the back of my mind always says ‘Members of the committee’. Amazing how things imprint on you as a kid lol. The good old days, I’d rather live through the70’s and 80’s again compared to now!

[@leslieclarke4228]

Bellaghy bowling club

[@richallenxbox1976]

Be careful, I have it on good authority that the majority of Scottish blokes would be considerably offended if you called their Kilt a skirt to their face.

[@andrewhubbard4044]

Absolutely brilliant now that's entertainment

[@BABYCHAOS26]

The funniest bit was Bernard Manning threatening to give little Jimmy a crack!

[@ashleyp.4932]

I love when "Wee Jimmy" first comes on, calling out for his mammy, members of the audience say "shhh" not realising it's part of the act.

[@GothicKittyMadness]

then why they all laughing?

[@bp6329]

@@GothicKittyMadness same reason you are.

[@gnamp]

Now that was very funny.

[@buddymacbuddington]

Freaked me out as a kid still does

[@bevsouthall3301]

Love the krankies

[@lenalindh9978]

A thousand thanks

[@lindagregory3596]

Always a briliant act

[@ayleighcraig8852]

Lol the cranckies are so funny , I went to see them today 😄😄

[@alisonwunderland9900]

Shame you didn't check the poster for how they spell their name

[@toniscandella4746]

much better done than I remembered

[@kissmeraas]

To a "schoolboy" about to sit on your lap: "Watch me sporran - It could give you a nasty bruise" Ah... The Seventies.

[@damianeadie510]

As a kid these guys were well into their career and I found it a bit creepy - but seeing this now its hilarious and brilliantly slapstick. Some 70s and 80s comedy has not aged well at all... but the humour in this clip is timeless :-)

[@Tony-1971]

All modern comedy sucks big time though. Cant even remember the last time i laughed at anything on traditional broadcast tv. The comedians now are too scared of offending someone.

[@deblou7]

Husband and wife playing middle aged man with a school boy on his lap, whats creepy about that lol

[@Kirkee7]

Brilliant.

[@connor7342]

A Mate: 'so what did you do at work today Ian?' Ian: 'oh you know, just hoyed me wife around abit'

[@AlphaBravoCheeseCake]

I never knew Nicola Sturgeon was so versatile

[@stingray4real]

LOL

[@ciaranmarsh255]

Not funny

[@bp6329]

@@ciaranmarsh255 i bet you're laughing your head off.

[@kingelvis1977d]

I wonder how Ian first brought the idea to Janete of her dressing up like a little school boy , must have been a strange conversation 😏

[@genwoolfe]

He's the one in a skirt 😉

[@bp6329]

@@genwoolfe no he isn't.

[@postscript67]

Dearie me! That first joke ("bang went 10p"), first appeared as "Bang went saxpence" in "Punch" on 5th December 1868. At least he decimalised it!

[@intensecutn]

How old are you?

[@allydodd4733]

Comedy genius. Still waiting for the critics to catch up.

[@peakyparttimers9362]

Again comedy performing actors very funny. People of today do not understand this sort of comedy!

[@greg0uk]

I understand that it's shit

[@Tony-1971]

@@greg0uk I think youre thinking of the woke dog shit they call comedy on tv today. Where they dare not make a joke in case it offends some pathetic snowflake somewhere.

[@mickeybitsko9856]

Thanks for posting this. The Krankies put the Swinging into Swinging London, if you catch my drift.

[@martinlynn4733]

Lol i wonder if she shouted Fan dabby dozey at climax lol

[@damianeadie510]

Good for them!

[@DracapellaDeetz]

They did? I wonder if they're still doing that act somewhere now?

[@djangiebaby]

gone yersell the crankies :)

[@veneration1]

Any idea of the year ? I presume 1978. On a Seaside Special episode some of this act was the same, and that was 1978, they got big later in 78 with a spot on the Variety Performance.

[@therthonourableuranuschris3747]

Janet and Ian if you're reading this: I know when you invented the 'Wee Jimmie' character 40+ years ago, you calculated that every put upon, bossed about child would identify with and root for Jimmie, foil to the pompous and overbearing father figure. Well I was a kid in the 1980s and there wasn't a single episode of Crackerjack, the Electronic Komic of any of your shows where I wasn't waiting for Ian to finally flip and batter seven types of shite out of the wee prick....

[@ashleyp.4932]

*Janette

[@baldieman64]

My childhood would have been very different had I realised he was knobbing wee Jimmi.

[@MrHeesbeen]

So when he`s in company and he is introducing his wife he says, "Have you met the little woman ?".

[@dennistaylor3009]

I am for sure Sturgeon will enjoy the krankies 😂

[@ciaranmarsh255]

Not funny

[@bp6329]

@@ciaranmarsh255 i bet you're laughing your head off.

[@sakuraglenn]

And to think she went from wee Jimmy Krankie to, effectively, Anna Wintour. And to think they were even more experimental than Jagger, Faithfull (another AbFab alumna) and a Mars Bar.

[@cedricpeabody265]

They were a swinging husband and wife!

[@tardistime6857]

I didn’t know Nicola sturgeon did stand up

[@ciaranmarsh255]

It’s not Nicola

[@bp6329]

@@ciaranmarsh255 no shit, sherlock, when did you become such a genius?

[@tardistime6857]

@@ciaranmarsh255 are you sure ?

[@djgaryowens]

One grew up to run Scotland

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Did the little boy ever find his mum? 😧

[@kevinluke9719]

Saw this and thought of you for some reason.

[@TickleMonster333]

She allowed herself to be thrown around! That’s pretty cool, most comedians nowadays would have law suits out. Updated: that is his wife, so I guess the rough treatment was allowed. Still pretty cool routine ❤

[@sgalFreddieMercuryLC]

Really cute

[@JSlis80]

Classic Krankies but I don't get the suicide joke. Did he gas himself next door because of the high gas prices?

[@BadWebDiver]

Save money on the gas bill...

[@Triumph750Bonneville]

4:25

[@TheMisphit]

The 1980s were some sure weird times....

[@RB-hx7rd]

Wee Nichola has aged well..

[@ciaranmarsh255]

Nicola not Nichola

[@hughbasham4389]

When I was young we used to sing Christmas Carols door to door and collect money for the Blue Peter Christmas charity. The Krankies got 3 verses of Once in David's etc and would not even come to the door. Truly miserable tightfisted Scottish gets.

[@neobaldurevermore3757]

You might have been interrupting one of their crazy sex parties!

[@LogoMan7777]

Well, maybe they already gave and they couldn't give any more.

[@greg0uk]

I don't get it.

[@shauncorless8965]

He shouldn't be doing this he should be at school ,,,😮

[@djadz1322]

Have you seen me mam haha these guys are jokes

[@eilidhnorris4684]

the little boy is a lady called Jeannette tuff

[@kaikito7662]

Just don't mention their private life. Oooooooooohhhhhh, errrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

[@n136h]

Bernard Manning should have sat on her head and we could have been spared years of The Krankies

[@Meltdown555]

Apparently he used to treat her really bad

[@ds_78]

Janette: Why do we always have to do ‘IT’ immediately as we get back in the dressing room? Ian: because I love you sooo much Janette. Janette: But why do I have to call you Daddy? Ian: Some women like to call their husbands Daddy when intimate? Janette: So why do you call me Jimmy and say I’ve been a very naughty boy? Ian: Roll play? Janette: So your ‘Roll Play’ fantasy is a school boy? Ian: Just shut the f**k up and get those shorts off…and call me Daddy ffs, you’re spoiling it Janette: Yes Daddy Ian: Good boy Jimmy ………or something like that😂

[@markdavids2511]

This is an insult to every comic who’s tread the boards.

[@edwardkent]

She's actually a little woman and he's a pea

[@iVenge]

Found it repulsively unnatural then, and still do now.

[@ODiddy67]

WTAF did I just watch?

[@texasthepsychichorse5096]

Something not quite right with these two.

[@kevinmcmullan1827]

About as funny as colon cancer!

[@bp6329]

i bet you're laughing your head off all day over it.

[@user-bh4rx8mf8g]

It's stunning to think people people found this creepy rubbish amusing.

[@haydenellie]

All down hill for Nicola Sturgeon from hear