I still listen to 'Captain Paralytic and The Brown Ale Cowboys', brilliant observational comedy of it's time.
@ilokivi
Жыл бұрын
Class story teller, entertainer and musician. Thanks for uploading this.
@lukesters7234
3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in the early eighties....I’d got a flat bed tape recorder for Christmas (Greatest present ever at 11) and mainly recorded Top of the Pops but also this. I still consider it to be one of the funniest things I’d ever seen and used to listen back all the time. The tape must still be at Mum’s somewhere and I will find it one day. Mike Harding’s delivery and timing were nothing short of perfection. People talk about a northern humour but I think this absolutely brilliant monologue translates anywhere. Watching it a couple of days before Christmas as much as anything to give me a sense of what the world used to be like in a far more innocent time. I hope if Mike ever sees this he is happy about how much his brilliance was loved by so many....young and old.
@sambrooks7862
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant mate, used to be on bbc2 at 9.00 pm I think. Do you remember the routine about the guy that shat on a tortoise and it looked like it was wearing a viking helmet? I remember laughing so hard at that I couldn't breathe.
@tetsujin86
3 жыл бұрын
Me Dad has a couple of vinyls. Can't remember which one had 'uncle joe's mint balls,' on it.
@davidw4639
2 жыл бұрын
@@tetsujin86 Mrs 'ardins kid
@tetsujin86
2 жыл бұрын
@@davidw4639 Ta very muchly.
@TenerifeTerry
10 ай бұрын
Different people like different types of Humour, and what appeals to some, does just the opposite to others. I have a Birthday exactly 2 weeks before Xmas Day, and I always play the Budgie sketch sometime that day, as a good laugh is a good way to start the Day!
@FTW523.
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks listened to mike as child still outstanding
@markhowards420
Жыл бұрын
Ackroyds funeral still makes me grin from ear to ear. I used to listen to a cassette of his work , that I’d borrowed from my dad’s collection , whilst doing my Citizen paper round in Cleveleys . A true comedy genius ❤️
@SteveBagnall-gh1fu
4 ай бұрын
I can never decide who is the most entertaining, Harding, Carrot or Connolly.
@robertdodd2087
3 жыл бұрын
Saw him at Wigan rugby club around 1973, brilliantly funny, this reminded me of the surreal flights of humour of the Goons, also a very good musician
@originalveghead
Жыл бұрын
This was on the Red Specs album and I must have heard it thousands of times - never seen it the video before - thank you!
@davidbarton5974
4 жыл бұрын
Once described by Billy Connolly as the ‘funniest man in England’.
@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826
5 жыл бұрын
Great comic and clever bloke
@rayrudge8471
3 жыл бұрын
One of British TVs funniest moments , brilliant and great to see again , Thankyou .
@EdVanMeyer
2 жыл бұрын
A great performer
@TenerifeTerry
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch Mike Harding at a local Folk Club near Chorley well before he became more well known, and he always told more funny stories than he did singing Folk songs
@markhowards420
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this , Terry ✌️
@keithphilbin3054
4 жыл бұрын
"Being heckled by a budgie" Now there's a line...
@stepheng8779
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@jhill74893
5 жыл бұрын
now thats entertainment
@jamesrobinsons8086
7 ай бұрын
Fucking hilarious 😂.
@MirlitronOne
3 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@colinbrigham8253
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🤗
@brianhutchison5455
7 жыл бұрын
talkin blackpool blues ....classic
@lesleycunningham8548
5 жыл бұрын
As a kid in 70s he made me laugh n laugh n laugh
@suerockett556
7 жыл бұрын
thankyou. been trying to get this sketch for ages. had it on a tape years ago but lost it.
@arthurbell5044
7 жыл бұрын
sue rockett
@user-bs4qq9yl5p
10 ай бұрын
😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂
@nigelgreenwood3470
6 жыл бұрын
Title is a little misleading. The performance is around late seventies / eighties.
@TenerifeTerry
2 жыл бұрын
The date shown is the date the video was uploaded, not when it was made.
@colinu406
2 жыл бұрын
Is this where Stewie Griffin got his idea for his outfit from ?
@robmarshall2529
6 жыл бұрын
Now that is how to tell a joke...
@elizabethcole3662
5 жыл бұрын
The krankies playing day we went there can't remember was time of Mexico clock xx my ex husband has died would like it if you found us we were called Mr Mrs Cole from I genres
@elizabethcole3662
5 жыл бұрын
Inverness
@robalexander8065
3 жыл бұрын
Not 2004.
@TenerifeTerry
2 жыл бұрын
2004 is the date the video was uploaded - not the date the video was made.
@paulmajor8865
2 жыл бұрын
What year was it
@randomplanet001
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulmajor8865 Transmitted around February 1981 - looking for the exact BBC2 TX profile
@fredflintstoner596
2 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?" kzitem.info/news/bejne/sYWFmqCojZWdgY4
@zladatv
2 жыл бұрын
*👍класс и привет от тренера по футболу3*
@peterjackhandy
15 күн бұрын
Was always my favourite stand-up comedian - even funnier than the Big Yin: Such a shame he turned into a thoroughly miserable old git later in life.
@terryspedding5546
3 жыл бұрын
&
@Chris-sd8mk
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry,not funny at all,boring.
@tomwaddell7968
5 жыл бұрын
What absolute shit. Some like some don't. I often wonder what they think themselves. As long as they get the money.
@chrispritchard3775
2 жыл бұрын
Tom your absolutely spot on not funny at all bernard manning gave him an audition at the embassy club and kicked him out enough said
Пікірлер: 49