When Morecambe and Wise were asked what they would have been if they weren't in comedy, they answered Mike and Bernie Winters.
@zmalevo2126
Жыл бұрын
I think it might have been a joke.
@paulannable3734
Жыл бұрын
@@DeadlyKiss000are you on the spectrum? I hope you never have to hear what they used to say about Des O Connor.
@mickkennedy5513
Жыл бұрын
They was shit they was as funny as getting the flu
@patpending8134
Жыл бұрын
🤣@@paulannable3734
@davehoward22
Жыл бұрын
They were genuine friends with des o'connor
@sindento1942
Жыл бұрын
The only saving grace of this video is you don't get to hear them. I remember being embarrassed for them and I was only 10.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
Жыл бұрын
True that 😅 👍🏴
@stephengraham5099
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I got to hear the American narrator, for a few seconds anyway.
@michaelmcginley7930
Жыл бұрын
They were shit but t.v allows that.
@profrumpo
Жыл бұрын
When people say telly was better in the old days Mike and Bernie Winters prove memories false. I was just young enough to remember them on TV and even at a young age I recall how dreadful they were, especially Bernie's ghastly mugging. They were the 60's and 70's version of Little and Large 😵
@wallyjumblatt
Жыл бұрын
Oh, how true!
@huggyhuggsbears1265
Жыл бұрын
How the hell did these ever make a career of their "so - called " comedy act God Only Knows!! I don't know much about Mike Winters as growing up in the 70's I had the misfortune of being subjected to that God Awful Bernie Winters and he was as funny as a head on collision! Listening to that American guy talking about Comedy & Legacy.....I had to stop myself from throwing up, he obviously never watched these pathetic excuses for comedians, especially Bernie, I still remember when he couldn't get a laugh (a regular theme in his act) he'd stick those big teeth out, Cringe & Boredom was all I ever felt, even the dog had more personality than that fat prick.....and in case you're wandering, NO I ain't a fan!!
@marksanders3659
Жыл бұрын
They solved the mystery of the Marie Celeste…. Little and Large did the cabaret….
@ian_b
11 ай бұрын
@@marksanders3659As a child in the 70s I was trapped in a theatre in Scarborough with Little And Large for an evening. With counselling, I'm mostly recovered.
@davidgrieve7854
Жыл бұрын
Famous comment from the Glasgow Empire --oh no there’s two of them 😮
@terryroxburgh3276
Жыл бұрын
I remember Mike & Bernie Winters. The lobotomy didn't help erase the memories.
@briancarno8837
Жыл бұрын
I still wake up at night screaming
@stevehowell231
Жыл бұрын
They were dreadful!
@jonjotatty957
Жыл бұрын
They were absolute shite.
@michaelmcginley7930
Жыл бұрын
Yes I agree with other I am 64 but remember being 8 and thinking they were a double dose of crap
@beatlebrian4404
Жыл бұрын
When the Mike and bernie Winters show was on, we used to look forward to the adverts!
@HorseMalone
10 ай бұрын
Lol.
@alankenny8650
Жыл бұрын
I feel lucky to have survived the worst two winters in my lifetime.
@alankenny8650
Жыл бұрын
@@DeadlyKiss000 Were they Mike & Bernie's code names?
@alankenny8650
Жыл бұрын
@@DeadlyKiss000 I had to suffer them on TV at the time because my parents liked the shows they were on. They were completely crap, they must have had some great negatives of the top TV commissioning editors.
@ian_b
11 ай бұрын
@@alankenny8650A lot of late variety was hellishly awful as the audiences who liked this tired remnant of vaudeville dwindled.
@johnrider5701
9 ай бұрын
My parents thought they were crap and even as kid i knew they were right.
@laurasands8322
Жыл бұрын
Isnt the story that one of them was dying on stage (as usual) and the other one came on stage from the wings and someone shouted "Ah christ there's two of them"
@smithmt9878
Жыл бұрын
True. It happened at the Glasgow Empire theatre & i knew someone who was in the audience of less than a dozen folk.
@charlessouthgate606
Жыл бұрын
In Scotland I read, fucking 2 of them also
@TheSqeela
Жыл бұрын
The American narrator should be forced to watch a loop of their entire output. Then this vid would be re-named 'Why Did Mike and Bernie Winters Live?'
@williamwaghorn1330
Жыл бұрын
I grew up 8n the fifties and sixties, whenever they appeared on television I thought, Oh no, not those two again.
@toshe.6690
Жыл бұрын
it takes some going to be even worse than little and large.
@Arthur54321
Жыл бұрын
I never understood how they got on TV there was nothing funny going on - ever.
@UniqueSundials
Жыл бұрын
The Nish Kumars of the 70's
@brianchandler1365
Жыл бұрын
A case of who you know and not what you know I suspect
@EtonieE25
Жыл бұрын
@@brianchandler1365And who got the back handlers! 🤣
@musiccity123
Жыл бұрын
wasn't there a rumour that they were related to Lew Grade of ATV fame?
@UniqueSundials
Жыл бұрын
They were never that popular or funny. The only time I remember them was on celebrity squares. They were nowhere near Morecambe and Wise light years away.
@ArtyEffem
Жыл бұрын
They died on-screen, it's that simple.
@MissMarceline-wp6oq
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@woden20
Жыл бұрын
It's obviously who you know in this World.
@sandwormgod4771
Жыл бұрын
I was never partial to Mike and Bernie Winters. it was always Morecambe and Wise.
@richardbrown1189
Жыл бұрын
Even when I was a kid I thought Mike and Bernie were about as funny as rabies in a guide dog's training centre.
@paulashe61
Жыл бұрын
Yip even at 9 yo cringy as Jerry Lewis.
@marvinc9994
Жыл бұрын
I remember this duo as a kid. Even back then, I found them as funny as a dental abscess.
@KC-gy5xw
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't get why they were on, but my dad loved them to bits
@Wallydaft
Жыл бұрын
There was a joke doing the rounds, years ago.....'Which were the two worst winters of the past 50 years?' Ans....Mike and Bernie....they were about as funny as toothache.
@briancarno8837
Жыл бұрын
Mike and Bernie were just 2 humble blokes.. and they had lots to be humble about
@daveabbott
Жыл бұрын
Was going to make a comment on their complete and utter lack of talent, only to see that I had been beaten to it, multiple times hahaha.
@philippankhurst6680
Жыл бұрын
You've saved me the trouble as well. The 'Golden Age' of telly took place almost exclusively on the BBC, who had an almost complete monopoly of the available talent. The Winters were no worse than much of the ITV output - sadly, they were no better either...
@Treviscoe
10 ай бұрын
@@philippankhurst6680 Wasn't Benny Hill on ITV though?
@markjinks2598
Жыл бұрын
They took the Micky out of each other , no one was hurt , not like today ,were cruelty not humour is the order of the day,RIP both.
@energybrown
7 ай бұрын
Totally agree. It's nice to see a positive comment among the many negative ones.
@bluenose1744
Жыл бұрын
Just read the comments, now they are funny, my faith in the British people has been restored. Ps scnorbits (?) said Bernie winters was the worst act he ever worked with before he retired to Barking.
@PK-yf3hd
Жыл бұрын
I don't think I've heard a more literate,insightful and acute assessment of any act or celebrity ...well done to whoever you are
@stephenmatura1086
Жыл бұрын
They were about as funny as a burning orphange!
@stirlingmoss9637
Жыл бұрын
Not so much if they were inside
@lesliemccarthy6845
Жыл бұрын
they were crap
@ACNC1
Жыл бұрын
They managed to get the four members of the beatles to cold open their show .... more so than what Saturday Night Live has ever achieved.
@robertdragoff6909
Жыл бұрын
Well, they did get George to show up
@ericstevens2554
Жыл бұрын
I remember my grandfather saying how rubbish these two were and asking why he watched them he replied it's on a par with your grandma 😂😂
@finjay21fj
Жыл бұрын
Heehee yX-D 😂🏆🥇!
@lesleymay8006
Жыл бұрын
Don't insult elderly women!
@ericstevens2554
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha 🤣🤣🤣
@meestermeesterhastings.3159
Жыл бұрын
I last saw the big {Bernie] fella at a Spurs game with Snorbitz on a cold Wednesday night at half time and they came out on the pitch and I was in the Spurs end, all the Spurs fans went nuts saying Bernie was a Gooner not a Jew it was the high light of the 1-1 draw...
@paulweir5031
Жыл бұрын
Schnorbitz.
@meestermeesterhastings.3159
Жыл бұрын
@@paulweir5031 You from Bavaria...
@michaelking9818
Жыл бұрын
Wow I was at that game
@meestermeesterhastings.3159
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelking9818 Home to Luton, I'm not a Spurs fan but I wanted to see Ossie and Ricky play in the flesh...
@owenjones1841
Жыл бұрын
I did a 'comedy double-act' in the 70's and 80's but in the lower echelons of showbiz. We did a summer season in Weymouth and Mike and Bernie did a few Sunday concerts during that time. I went to see their live performance and thought it was very funny and totally engaging with the audience. To coin a showbiz phrase - they did a storm. When you become a double act you have to feel that you are doing something much better than on your own. This was very much the case with the Winters Bros and became apparent when they each went on their own. I suspect that most of the comments below may be from a TV audience who never actually saw them live. There were many variety acts who excelled in Theatre, Cabaret venues and clubs that never made the TV scene and for some it was 'the kiss of death' to coin another showbiz phrase. There are some positive comments here but it would seem that most have jumped on the band-wagon.
@muttman325
Жыл бұрын
Is that you sid?
@stephendavies925
Жыл бұрын
Not everyone liked their comedy but lots also did
@ericstevens2554
Жыл бұрын
@@muttman325 not little and large 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@robert66186
9 ай бұрын
Yes great point ..back then acts came through the hard way with loads of top rated competitors...who in 2023 do we have ???... oh sorry forgot the great Eddie Izzard but that's just one great 😊
@Tcoldsteel
Жыл бұрын
Strangely enough their birth-place in London is pronounced exactly how it’s spelled, Is-lington (no silent S)
@LANCSKID
Жыл бұрын
Unless you are Tony Blair(!) and then it’s Uzlington
@MARKETMAN6789
Жыл бұрын
They were. Hopeless
@colinbrigham8253
Жыл бұрын
I remember them as simple clean comedians who worked well together RIP
@sarfendman
Жыл бұрын
You cannot have the word comedy associated with these two. Out of 10 for comedy, they would be the only duo to get a minus score. They were awful
@djrichylaurence8991
Жыл бұрын
I wasn't much of a fan but I liked Snorbitz the dog.
@raycope2086
Жыл бұрын
It had talent.
@bluenose1744
Жыл бұрын
More talent in his paw than these two.
@Treviscoe
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, that dog was lovely.
@spanishpeaches2930
Жыл бұрын
" Oh Christ, there's two of them."
@robinburn4974
Жыл бұрын
How many double acts fell out with each other, the fact that they were brothers is a real shame
@pitbull2005
Жыл бұрын
Cannon and Ball fell out but decided to come together again to try and be comedians!
@curlyken01
Жыл бұрын
@@pitbull2005...It's a pity they didn't stay fallen out.
@TheBluebirdkev
Жыл бұрын
Saw Bernie winters live on stage with his dog. what that poor dog had to go through every night on stage next to someone who had little or no talent as a comedian.
@daniellatheczarina2u915
Жыл бұрын
The real star was the dog Schnorbitz
@fernbracken
Жыл бұрын
they were friends of lew grade known to friends and enemies alike as low grade John Lennon described the as a couple of daft poofs
@johnwilliams2479
Жыл бұрын
I saw Bernie in a yellow Cornish at the top of my road at Woodside park Sussex Ring back in 89 he done that grin and eeeee, he looked happy in the sunshine with the roof pulled down
@pops2728
Жыл бұрын
I think you mean Corniche.
@johnwilliams2479
Жыл бұрын
@@pops2728 EEEEE
@Treviscoe
10 ай бұрын
Great, sounds like he was doing well if he could afford one of those.
@anthonyperrin3411
Жыл бұрын
They were not funny. At all. I'm 72 and i saw them on TV. Awful. TV had too much air tome to fill...... that's all. Not funny.
@russellaustin8453
Жыл бұрын
I'm in a minority (as usual ! ) - I liked them ! I saw them live in Bournemouth Winter Gardens many years ago - before a packed house - they brought the house down !
@arthurvasey
Жыл бұрын
Got subsequently renamed The Winters Gardens - or did for that night!
@johnathandaviddunster38
Жыл бұрын
Like Jericho .....
@barryelliott8773
Жыл бұрын
Very sad . I remember watching them as a yong boy . Very funny..
@ironclad57
Жыл бұрын
Before fame hit they ran a market stall on Norwich market. They also recorded a great song called Does My Baby. This is still popular on the rock n roll dance floors oftoday
@loonylinda
Жыл бұрын
yes they did...i often wonder why they were in norwich?
@ffrederickskitty214
Жыл бұрын
Mike and Bernie Winter were dire. Totally unfunny. To call them the poor man’s Morecambe & Wise would be to do Eric & Ernie a gross disservice. I’ve never heard a single comedy act cite them as an influence
@davids8449
Жыл бұрын
That's what I like ........A nice Happy Story
@energybrown
7 ай бұрын
Don't remember them as a double act, as it was a bit before my time, but I really liked Bernie Winters. Found this video very interesting and it's a shame to discover how their relationship turned sour.
@keithbessant
Жыл бұрын
That was interesting to hear more about why they split up. As the funny man, rather than the straight man, is the more important half of a comedy duo, I thought it was Bernie who must have dumped Mike. I didn't realise it was Mike who was more responsible for the separation.
@normanj1975
Жыл бұрын
Saw them in Blackpool when I was a kid backing them up was the Dave Clarke five.
@raycope2086
Жыл бұрын
They were utter rubbish and we younger people didn't even notice them.
@peterbunyan3924
Жыл бұрын
Never got them l'm afraid.
@ArtyEffem
Жыл бұрын
Like millions of others, I never understood how they got on to Jewish TV. Oh wait, I get it now.
@moosehunter1969
9 ай бұрын
Bernie was 60 not 58. I saw him at a cash machine in Torquay in 1988, I was star struck 😜
@ianhepplewhite8334
Жыл бұрын
My own feelings seem to be echoed by others here. They were familiar figures and likeable characters, ‘but’ I’m afraid I didn’t find them particularly funny, especially as a teenager from 1966, then seemed very uncool.
@Lurchin
Жыл бұрын
As funny as cholera!
@alankenny8650
Жыл бұрын
That's not funny, but on second thoughts I suppose it's apt.
@eileenpritchard9154
Жыл бұрын
OH DEAR, BUT I COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING. 😂😂😅🤪
@garrywood5345
11 ай бұрын
Taking some heavy criticism on here. They weren't as bad as some people are making out. One particular sketch with the Beatles was hilarious
@annetteminett8500
Жыл бұрын
Loved them!
@FactsVerseUK
Жыл бұрын
Glad to know that you're a fan! Be safe and have a great day 💕
@FactsVerseUK
Жыл бұрын
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@bluenose1744
11 ай бұрын
Do they allow internet usage in Rampton?
@johnkemp908
Жыл бұрын
I thought they were shite.
@johnrider3749
Жыл бұрын
No they were never that good,
@raycope2086
Жыл бұрын
Bless you, padre.
@davepoole9520
Жыл бұрын
I wasn't a fan but wasn't really a critic either. Just by chance I mentioned to my girlfriend 'I wonder what Mike Winters is doing now?' in 2013. Unfortunately he died just a couple of days later. Following Patrick Moore's death after I said 'He doesn't look long for this world' I feel I owe a duty to the world by asking 'I wonder how long Rupert Murdoch's got to live?'.
@leehighland5435
Жыл бұрын
Don't suppose you can give a shout out to George Sorros, Gary Lineker and the entire, Green, Liberal, Labour party too?
@HorseMalone
10 ай бұрын
@@leehighland5435 Don't forget that cnut Vine.
@nickglenister3832
Жыл бұрын
I think this needs to be 'Fact checked'?
@LANCSKID
Жыл бұрын
I think it needs to be taken down before I throw up again … 👨
@nickglenister3832
Жыл бұрын
@@LANCSKID I think some sort of government inquiry should be initiated.
@LANCSKID
Жыл бұрын
@@nickglenister3832 Yes, real comedians investigating goons … the irony is not lost on me.
@DJF1947
Жыл бұрын
'Islington' is pronounced, Izz-ling-ton, NOT eye-ling-ton.
@pitbull2005
Жыл бұрын
They were about as funny as Cannon and Ball
@FactsVerseUK
Жыл бұрын
We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!
@UniqueSundials
Жыл бұрын
Now we have Nish Kumar he the least funny man I have ever seen
@daniellatheczarina2u915
Жыл бұрын
Nobody was as unfunny as Cannon &;Ball
@daniellatheczarina2u915
Жыл бұрын
On a par with the Chuckle Brothers
@sebastianmoran.
Жыл бұрын
"The essence of British comedy"! LOL
@davidjuson5608
Жыл бұрын
Flicking quickly through the comments you'd expect to find a fan or two. Apparently not (I may have flicked past a couple?) I dimly recall them being good television hosts, but I think it's telling that the video doesn't show a single exchange of banter, a sketch or ... or anything.
@KPate-y5z
10 ай бұрын
Most critics regarded them as the poor man's Morecambe and Wise. I hate being mean as they are no longer with us but I agree with that opinion.
@jaybee1921
Жыл бұрын
Mike and Bernie Winters were a funny comedy act that had wide appeal but they were never as big as Morecombe and Wise.
@FactsVerseUK
Жыл бұрын
Well said, we strongly concur! Thank you for watching our content and for sharing your thoughts. What other types of video would you like to see?
@brianchandler1365
Жыл бұрын
1948 was a bad winter..these two were far worse!!
@glennjenkinson1103
Жыл бұрын
They were seriously, unfunny.
@willdraper8384
5 ай бұрын
Worst 2 winters Britain suffered were not 1942 & 1963, it was Mike & Bernie.
@outfoxthefox
Жыл бұрын
I saw Bernis in the play "The Odd Couple" with Pete Murry, much better than I thought it have been. Never broke character.
@DVB0
Жыл бұрын
If you're going to steal Graham McCann's entire research from a website at least credit or acknowledge you're doing so. And ask permission to do it.
@iandann8788
Жыл бұрын
good comments below .I was never a fan
@happi-bollox
Жыл бұрын
Honestly.... They were as funny as earache!
@billynuts1184
Жыл бұрын
britains worst two winters
@MissMarceline-wp6oq
7 ай бұрын
I only remember Bernie because of that cute dog who was his best friend.
@golden.lights.twinkle2329
Жыл бұрын
Never liked them that much. I think they got funnier the more drinks you had. Always preferred Morecambe and Wise. I remember another British comedy duo called Jewel and Warriss.
@judex3226
Жыл бұрын
Ok ok they weren’t funny but people making jokes about them dying isn’t really necessary is it ?
@tonyrobinson362
Жыл бұрын
They were better than anyting on tv today.
@FactsVerseUK
Жыл бұрын
Well said, we strongly concur! Thank you for watching our content and for sharing your thoughts. What other types of video would you like to see?
@tonyrobinson362
Жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerseUK Cannonball would be good that good old trucking show I can still sing the theme tune.
@johnathandaviddunster38
Жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerseUK jim Davidson, the krankies , hale and pace , little and large , donny Osmond, the bay city rollers , the magic roundabout ,
@YankMcGill
20 күн бұрын
Who remembers those terrible awful winters? Mike and Bernie
@lin9821
Жыл бұрын
I must’ve missed the comedy as I found them as funny as a dose of the shits 😢
@JIMMYBUSHIDO
Жыл бұрын
Just a poor imitation of Dean and Jerry 😴
@glen1555
Жыл бұрын
Now I understand their act, so ITV said we need our version of D&J and we got them. They copied them even down to the accremoneous breakup
@sgtcrabfat
11 ай бұрын
Some of these comments are funnier than their show was.
@FactsVerseUK
11 ай бұрын
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@LANCSKID
Жыл бұрын
What happened to Schnorbitz?
@Stickleback
Жыл бұрын
Bernie Winters, what a genuine legend.
@williamstroker6805
Жыл бұрын
Bellend more like
@bluenose1744
Жыл бұрын
The funniest thing that happened to these two chancers was when they died, not just on stage every night. Who is this narrator?
@HorseMalone
10 ай бұрын
Many older folk will recall that the worst winters in the UK were in 1947 and in 1963..However in actual fact, Mike and Bernie were the worst by far. They were as entertaining as a turd in a bowl of soup.
@motsigman
Жыл бұрын
They were terrible..
@muttman325
Жыл бұрын
Their impact on british comedy IS deniable. Incidentally look up carol Deker of T'pow (china in your hands). She had a very weird anecdote about Bernie winters when the band were staying in the same hotel as he just after snorbitz had died. Very creepy.
@paulweir5031
Жыл бұрын
Try learning grammar and spelling.
@laurencesmith2199
Жыл бұрын
I remember that Yorkshire band , although everybody else knew them as The Pau .
@fezhat7096
Жыл бұрын
Batman is fighting The Joker. The Joker picks up a tea cup and hits him with it. "T'PAU" shouts The Joker. "Wait," says Batman, "Shouldn't that be KAPOW ?" "No," says The Joker, "I've got china in my hand."
@muttman325
Жыл бұрын
@@paulweir5031 this is youtube. Tapped out on a phone not hansard.
@curlyken01
Жыл бұрын
@@paulweir5031...Try keeping your thoughts to yourself.
@taylorandtang
5 ай бұрын
The Ant & Dec of their time 😂
@leviguyblue
5 ай бұрын
God knows where this American got his script from. The praise lavished on these two feeble comedians is outrageous.
@davidwaddington9414
Жыл бұрын
They were dreadful.
@robertdragoff6909
Жыл бұрын
They sound like a British version of the Righteous Brothers….
@wentonmastermind
Жыл бұрын
The Righteous Brothers were supremely talented singers. The Winter Brothers were a waste of space.
@johnhorton8390
Жыл бұрын
Bernie Winters gave me half a crown tip when I waited on him in a nightclub in the mid sixties.
@Treviscoe
10 ай бұрын
What a lovely story, thanks for sharing it.
@brianmorrison9168
Жыл бұрын
Sad that they didn't talk to each other in later life .. like others have said, they were not that funny in my opinion .. M&W were the top double act, with the 2R and easy 2nd
@jeeperspeepers8323
Жыл бұрын
I’d never heard of them.
@mikekemp9877
5 ай бұрын
they played the graveyard of comics ,saturday night at the glasgow empire! des o connor recalled the audiences were so feared that he once feigned a heart attack to get off! the mc said the is there a doctor in the house the artiste is dying! the crowd applauded and shouted more! anyway the winters did their act .mike came on did a bit of patter to complete silence! then comic bernie stuck his head through the curtain and announced himself in funny bowler hat wit ....wheeeeee! nobody reacted ! then a lone voice shouted ..fuck me ..theres two of them! michael grade who booked them said problem was thats the best audience they had all tour! they were ghastly! he went on most of their success was due to a sudden love of double acts on stage and tv and a great agent joe collins! joe was cunning .if you wanted another of his stars you had to book the boys.so if you wanted frankie vaughn or dickey valentine you had to book the winters brothers! on tv it was even simpler they needed prime time shows.so if jewell and warris or morecambe and wise were busy the boys were third choice! the producers said how bad can they be? mike and bernie showed them! remember this was two channel tv. people would watch anything .as long as it had the vestiges of a variety show anything could get 10million viewers on saturday night people stayed tuned and put up with them to see the guest stars the beatles alma cogan or shirley bassey! when audiences got more sophisticated in the 70s they couldnt get work and broke up.they had a good run though without any appreciable talent!
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