Venezuelan Jungle Parrot (Sid) - with his "ventriloquist" (the FULL SHOW)

Sid, the Venezuelan Jungle Parrot and his "ventriloquist" handler Trevor James appeared on British TV. Who can tell us the name of the show and the approximate date?
[Thanks to my pal Paul Calver in Croydon (Shirley) England for the vid!]

[@trevorjames2873]

Me and Sid are both still alive and are happily living in retirement in the countryside. He looks great, I've put on weight and gone bald. Trevor James.

[@BandBoxParade]

Tell us more, master Trevor!

[@brandelynmarie]

Trevor James :Has Sid picked up any other songs or other drinking habits?🙄

[@tonysuffolk]

I can't believe I've never seen this great act before. So glad to hear that you and Sid are enjoying retirement. I'm curious to know if you ever take Sid out for the occasional performance. I wish you both good health.

[@annorme4314]

Loved every moment of your act and wish you and Sid all the best.xxxxxxxxxxx

[@andyhowlett2231]

Trevor! OH dear God! This is my old friend Trevor James in a performance I missed at the time and I've been trying to find it ever since. I first met Trevor when he joined our land-based pirate radio station (Radio Aquarius 1972 to 1975), and his shows were always very amusing. When the station broke up, we lost contact but occasionally our paths crossed and it was obvious that he was heading for some kind of fame. Trevor, I had heard that you were not too well, let's hope that's not true.

[@andyjames6664]

The very first encounter and you’re busting a gut laughing. Oh how I miss this kind of comedy.

[@MichaelMattison]

It was called talent

[@GlenB-qo7wd]

Here in 2024 its still Comedy gold😂👏👏🇬🇧

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

Was hilarious.

[@davidpowell6098]

Proper entertainment, no swearing, or shouting, just hilarious creativity. Thank you for posting this.

[@SteveGale-n6x]

Never seen this before and I'm so glad I now have. Good old British comedy at its very best. Thank you Trevor and Sid, have a great retirement

[@PMS1950]

Wonderful comedy. Really funny and brilliantly performed.

[@johnbrown7145]

First time watching😂😂😂😂 absolutely brilliant.

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

For sure

[@christinebrument6851]

Me too laughed out loud...where has this humour gone????

[@dragonk849]

Such a shame we don't have this anymore on tv,world would benefit from it,more laughter.....

[@78tag]

...even if it is canned.

[@grahamcole7400]

Nina Conti and Monkey are pretty good....as is Granny....and she really is a ventriloquist.

[@m3crg]

Somebody would get offended and try to cancel it 😢

[@copee2960]

Well thought out routine... genuine laughter from me...brilliant.

[@pauladams1915]

This is so funny. I wish there were more acts like this still around

[@zahrabradley8898]

Fun fact. The guy who holds the parrot lives next door to my grandad and he’s my family’s close friend and comes up to my house all the time

[@jackburton5085]

he is ok now?

[@sidscrote4378]

Tears in my eyes AGAIN! I've watched this hundreds of times, and I still laugh. to me its the gormless expression on Sid's face.Classic!

[@Robard65]

"Absolutely no fear of heights". Until it looked down from his arm. Hilarious. 😂😂😂

[@jeffreybird6202]

I watch this every 3 or 4 months, always puts a smile on my face.

[@GrantStretch]

The best of british commedy - thanks for putting this up

[@claireroche4486]

Absolute magic ! Thank you so much for the joy ..what a gift !

[@badeugenecops4741]

This was really funny! I miss clean comedy like rhis.

[@billienomates1606]

So funny, good old comedy you just cannot beat.

[@blue47er]

just dropped in on this and laughed my socks off. Utterly silly and completely outrageously hilarious.

[@cberry9284]

happy to hear your alive and sid your both 5 stars in my world

[@Dre56789]

I’ve never seen this before, but I have laughed my butt off. It is hilarious. Good comedy, and clean. Wish we had more of it.

[@alanwhite6293]

PURE British Comedy Gold, never ages! Absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!!

[@jwgitface]

Beautiful plumage.

[@gardamus]

The plumage don’t enter into it!

[@reddogchi]

Laughed til I cried... watched it a second time and laughed even more!

[@kennethgreen2829]

If ever I need cheering with a good laugh Trevor James I just watch this and I laugh out loud, god bless you and Sid.

[@iandennis7836]

How have I not seen this before 😂😂. Bravo!

[@garychap8384]

I watched this on TV in '97. I was in my twenties and I remember tears running down the face of my mom and I as we struggled to breathe for laughing. Don't know where you are now, Trevor... but we love you man : ) Thanks for all the giggles and the happy memories o/ o/ o/

[@mikesommers1068]

That was from the Royal Variety Performance at London Victoria Palace Theatre on the 30th November 1997. The RVP is an annual affair attended by the Queen/King and other members of the Royal family. If you notice, as well as bowing to the audience he bows separately to the side where the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh would be sitting.

[@starshine428]

I have watched a LOT of ventriloquist acts on tv and KZbin but this is the funniest one EVER! I'm STILL laughing!

[@Auras19]

true!

[@LordTwaddle]

I love how comically bad it's meant to be, makes it funnier to me

[@angushight7084]

I love visual comedy. Well done. Laughed till I cried. Brilliant.

[@alishanmao]

Loved the way he coordinates his hands to show parrots emotions and feelings.

[@jodyjay8354]

The best act I've seen in a long time.

[@GEEBEER22]

Ho, I love Trev and Sid. I wet myself. Best ever ventriloquist performance. The moustache, the bloody flea bag of a parrot … all excellent. Sorry you are retired but all the best. I check you and Sid out a couple of times a week! Every week, and all my friends have seen your superb act. KL. From Down under.

[@gustavahaussleriii8261]

There have been several occasions in my life where I have finished a book and re-read it again completely. This is the first time in my life I just had to watch a comedy video again. It is that good!

[@chrisgolfer7528]

First time I have seen this which is so unusual seeing how much time I search You Tube. Loved it, classic English comedy at it's best.

[@mrpuppettexas]

this is the funniest act I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of vent acts, I can'tstop watching it, great manipulation, great character, just great, wow, this is soooo funny, thanks for sharing

[@appleejack]

got to love the parrot its had a rough life

[@BandBoxParade]

Greatness is not always recognized when it first occurs. Hopefully, Trevor James is well and enjoying his fame here on You Tube.

[@StarboyXL9]

"Sid is going to show you his prowess as a fire-eater" The bird: *excuse me what the fuq*

[@petercallegari]

Oh wow that was just brilliant, thanks so much for allowing us to see this. Glad to hear you're both enjoying your retirement 😂

[@mrgrumpy9077]

Is that David Jason as the zoo keeper, I needed that laugh 😂

[@boardmandave]

Absolutely brilliant😊

[@graysonscolumn]

The ventriloquist is Trevor James (as announced by Des O'Connor a few seconds into the clip). Trevor appeared with Sid during much of the final series of legendary anarchic UK kids' TV show Tiswas in 1981-2. This clip must have been the thick end of a decade later. gc

[@JPumpkinKing]

That was HILARIOUS! It's rare that something makes me laugh out loud that much!

[@tapolna]

I never laughed so much while watching a KZbin video as when I saw Sid attempt to sing while Trevor sipping beer.

[@stevehelliwell9101]

Absolutely fabulous, very funny, best laugh for ages.

[@NextLevelEntertainment]

Genius, little to no speaking from the puppet, yet I laughed a lot, well done indeed!

[@ventriloquistrusslewisruss8147]

Classic and absolutely funny...till it devolves utterly into a struggling ventriloquial spoof. Reminds me of Albert Brooks classic take on the totally inept ventriloquist act. Here, the craft of the comic artist remains always in subtext. Wonderful! The audience perceives the 'incongruity' between what the 'professor' says and what the character actually feels. Thanks for posting.

[@BandBoxParade]

This, of course, is an all-time classic!

[@neilmcintyre7752]

Brilliant, but check at www.memories of long ago.com ( UFO Shepperton Australia ) [e-mail]

[@josephwright8049]

This is comedy gold couldn't stop laughing and crying with how funny it is thank you

[@grahamprice3547]

Brilliant I remember seeing that and still makes me laugh now.😂😂😂😂

[@oldrikky-q3l]

Still bloody funny. Watched this so many times. Never gets old

[@miniscool5613]

Hilarious. Thanks so much for the upload.

[@Vegas_small_timer]

I love this act. So simple yet so effective. The reaction of shock from the bird when Trevor starts talking. I actually cry with laughter when I watch this. Nice little surprise when the bird shits too.

[@SadBaby]

Professor Trevor James & the Venezuelan Jungle Parrot on the Royal Variety Show.

[@iamadrianama]

The things you find on youtube. So much fun to learn about my country's birds from a British comedy show, hahahahahaha... This is so funny. Thanks for uploading.

[@cberry9284]

never seen some one with a bird so funny in a long time //the idea is a great one that if he gos round the uk showing this act he could make all the young ones laugh and think the birds real very well done young MAN

[@grahamtempleton6479]

Brilliant. Laughed all the way through.

[@thecatinthehat3931]

Great stupid hilarious FUN! Clean family FUN! Oh, how times have changed [unfortunately!].

[@jayburt4137]

It was Trevor James and Sid the parrot. Cheers for the upload.

[@phillhill]

the show is the royal variety performance i think

[@brucemvoYT]

Nicely done, Mr. James! Very funny bit. 'thank you, young man...'

[@lescox8667]

A great original act, some have tried to copy the idea but none did this as well as Trevor. A true showman.

[@garytompkins2116]

We need more of this on TV 😂

[@Expat47]

Funny, funny stuff!!!! Thanks Sid & Trevor.

[@barney2700]

I nearly had a seizure watching this,absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@Snoozzzzzze]

Brilliant. Proper comedy and entertainment. 😂

[@johnclose2925]

Great entertainment but just imagine being the guy who cleans up the stage afterwards 😂

[@tomohawk5567]

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time

[@DanvsMedius]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@johnpoole3319]

Only in Britain, wonderful comedy, so creative. Thanks, Jp

[@paulwatson8763]

When he plucked Sid's arse feathers!lol.Brilliant.

[@willtricks9432]

Proper entertainment. Cheers

[@N1611n]

Pure comedy! I can't stop laughing here. 🤣🤣🤣

[@paulguzman1634]

Started laughing the minute he walked on with that Bedraggled Bird and could not stop. Sheer Comic Genius!

[@AenesidemusOZ]

I love ventriloquism! I can't ventriloquise for love or money though, but I can make a puppet seem alive through movement and Trevor, that was the best I've seen. Bloody funny stuff. 😂

[@BlondieSL]

I'm actually a professional ventriloquist! As proof, I typed this entire comment without moving my lips! TRUE STORY! ROFL 🤪😜😅😂👍😁👍

[@philnorbury9032]

I’m not big on ventriloquists, but that was bloody awesome 😅

[@dallasreid7755]

Never seen that. Hilarious.

[@grahamschofield8730]

Fantastically performed...so funny...😂😂😂..thank you

[@JamesLeaveyConnections]

Brilliant. So funny. My favourite vent performance.

[@stktrader25]

It was the very best show I've seen in a long time..I replayed it at least 5 times in a row..WELL< WELL done James :)

[@safetymikeengland]

That was incredible.

[@philipmariposa3067]

I've never seen this before, hilarious !

[@musicalfool]

Brilliant! The seperation that he has from it is great!

[@EGeraldhuebner]

and later, Michael Paul steal his number with his Bird of Prey

[@jiipee7491]

And stolen by... HOW? Totally different acts (both great by the way) If someone had number two before other, that is stealing?! OK... What you do every single day? You stole my act! This is brilliant, and needed much more on tv. There is absolute 99% of bull crap only today. Now i go watch bird of prey once again.

[@DeathToAllHamsters]

omg that was freaking awesome XD laughed all the way throught it xD

[@danielcrimp4899]

Love this 😂hope you and sid 🦜 still living the dream 👌😎

[@cberry9284]

never do you see so many fools on a KZbin that are not happy in life this is very funny never seen before and i hope hes laughing all the way to the bank with the money he makes from this bird very well done 5 STARS

[@Voidhawk23]

That was absolutely hilarious man!

[@roycurrie9208]

brilliant

[@kpzcbttp]

I never tire watching this video, it is so funny.

[@valeriewilkinson8138]

Bloody brilliant.

[@WilliamWalls-r6u]

Holy moly this is so awesome

[@ianhunter1178]

Brilliant !!

[@goodgodyes]

I bloody love this! fantastic puppeteering.

[@steveryan5212]

I used to pee my self of laughing you were absolutely brilliant

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

Had me laughing out loud. Seems like would have more views.

[@spreader4]

Ow dear lord ,thought i was going to die laugheing ,the mans a genius .

[@Nasauniverse001]

That was so funny. Never seen you before. Thanks

[@fowlpleasures]

One of the funniest things I have ever seen