I started laughing at the excellent gag about the b-side to "Doin' the Crab" being the theme to the Family Ness... then 2 seconds later had to pause the video and go out in the garden for a bit before continuing, as my perception of reality had been punctured.
@BLCKSMTHApparel
Жыл бұрын
We need the Ashens x Millard x Adam Pacitti crossover
@incredibleflameboy
8 күн бұрын
@@BLCKSMTHApparelThat would be gold
@notreallydavid
Жыл бұрын
Christ, this would've looked old and knackered in 1973.
@saxongreen78
5 ай бұрын
...makes the _Minstrels_ seem hip and cool!
@eggbod
Жыл бұрын
My grandparents loved Barrymore, however they had witnessed the horrors of ww2.
@eatmywords
Жыл бұрын
i think i'd prefer the blitz to watching this
@1emmajones
Жыл бұрын
That would explain everything. 😂😂
@mermaidman1985
6 ай бұрын
Found him too hyper and annoying..even as a bairn 🤣
@MOMGEN1
4 ай бұрын
@mermaidman1985, you knew him when he was young? What was he like?
@fuhqsideways
4 ай бұрын
Go get your booster.save granny
@MakeSomeMoyse
Жыл бұрын
That David Jason impression... Who the fuck heard that and told him 'You've nailed it'
@StuartMillard
Жыл бұрын
Le Tissier.
@anonUK
7 ай бұрын
Trigger?
@iangraham9988
14 күн бұрын
If Del Boy was played by Kenneth Williams
@B3tanTyronne
Жыл бұрын
I often thought telly back in the day was not so bad, but then you see things like this, and it quickly dawns on you that more often than not no it was not, it was utterly dire.
@strongcoffee7
Жыл бұрын
Nobody Was Doing The Crab 🦀
@baronswagger
4 ай бұрын
Even in an infinite variety of universes - not now, not never.
@Bungle-UK
Жыл бұрын
Everyone loves a summer evening by the pool
@newsbender
19 күн бұрын
With the possible exception of Kathleen Peterson.
@IamRobotMonkey
Жыл бұрын
Lewis-Smith, Brooker and now you, good Sir. Kudos!
@babettesfeast6347
6 ай бұрын
I agree
@prestigepea1235
6 ай бұрын
God no wonder I was acutely depressed in the late 80s
@newsbender
19 күн бұрын
If only we'd have known then how shit things would be now, eh.
@Romanplaystation
7 ай бұрын
😂 Was waiting for Limmy to turn up in one of these. He does a lot of retrospectives on 80s telly (mainly 321) on his twitch, and watching this channel keeps bringing him to mind for me.
@joebryant5722
Жыл бұрын
The most staggering aspect about all of this is how far he went and how far he fell!
@craigcharlesworth1538
Жыл бұрын
I would imagine the pay-off to the 'step' thing was that in episode 6 he reveals they've had a kid together and introduces his 'step daughter'.
@bobblebardsley
Жыл бұрын
Episode 5. "This step here, I'm gonna propose marriage, we'll probably have a couple of children. (looks at audience) They'll be step-children but it doesn't bother me."
@jonsmith20766
4 ай бұрын
This made me roar.😂 Please, never stop making these videos.
@MattPooleopaltotem
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic once again - you're doing great work here Stuart
@StuartMillard
Жыл бұрын
Cheers, Matt
@notreallydavid
Жыл бұрын
God's work even. New to all this - glad I got here. All best.
@Gannett2011
9 ай бұрын
Back in the 80s, part of Barrymore's routine was to send a member of the audience out of the room, like a naughty schoolboy. This happened to my brother when he went to see him at one of his summer season shows in the 80s. My brother told us that when he got out into the foyer, someone directed him to the bar, where Barrymore bought him a drink and chatted for a while, as a kind of thank you for being his stooge. Sadly, my brother passed away recently, so I can't ask him what they chatted about.
@k.avilla8061
6 ай бұрын
Well, knowing what we know now about Barrymore's predilection for young men, I think we can guess what was going on here,
@walesbkb
6 ай бұрын
@@k.avilla8061 put in the drink more like
@oldcodgerplaysgames9610
7 ай бұрын
Youd be walking like a crab after one of his parties
@humanfly78
4 ай бұрын
💀
@danielclark-hughes692
4 ай бұрын
🤣
@gwh3013
3 ай бұрын
or swimming with the fishes
@COL321
Жыл бұрын
Some great research gone into this video. I'm sure Barrymore knew who his main audience were, which is why he kept banging on about WW2 and those foreigners!
@kate_cooper
8 ай бұрын
I like the set, a nice Art Deco style with tasteful neon. That's about the only positive thing to say here, apart from I guess it kept Barrymore off the streets.
@TheOnComingStorm121
Жыл бұрын
I have never regretted watching a video more in my life as now for days straight I've had "Doin' the Crab" stuck in my head like a horrific mental splinter.
@Alkatrask
10 ай бұрын
I have never regretted watching a video more in my life as now for straight I’ve had “Doin’ the Crab” stuck in my head like his horrific filthy sphincter
@k.avilla8061
6 ай бұрын
If I were you, I'd see the GP and tell him that you think you've suffering with crabs ! 😁
@TheRetroManRandySavage
Жыл бұрын
I've heard his after hours pool parties are a real hoot.
@eatmywords
Жыл бұрын
i've heard they blow
@TheRetroManRandySavage
Жыл бұрын
@@eatmywords they blow hard, apparently. So hard infact, that it leaves a giant gape.
@BigyetiTechnologies
Жыл бұрын
I expected in episode 6, that step to have been found dead in a pool.
@ProjectFlashlight612
Жыл бұрын
Getting a sinking feeling
@TheRetroManRandySavage
Жыл бұрын
@@BigyetiTechnologies it's about time he hired a lifeguard to watch over all those scantily clad pool party attendees. 😂
@pch2230
5 ай бұрын
Saturday teatime has always been British TV's dead zone, and I say that as someone who used to watch Doctors.
@njm1971nyc
3 ай бұрын
Oi, Millard! Nipped out to pick up a prescription yesterday, 9th Avenue NYC in full "Pride" glory (or hell, perhaps!) when I heard something that sounded like the opening bars of "Doing the Crab". FFS. Couldn't get the damn thing out of my head for the next ten minutes. I hold you personally responsible for my trauma, MILLARD! 😂 That said, best KZitem channel ever. So you're forgiven. Only just, though! ❤
@dobr4481
Жыл бұрын
Malcolm McFee, best known for playing Peter Craven in 'Please Sir!' but also fondly remembered for playing Lukey Sparrow in The Sweeney episode 'Messenger Of The Gods' is the flamboyant director at 1:38. I saw a forgotten club performer doing the long arms act on a Seaside Special from the 70's, Barrymore makes a complete mess of it, done properly it's a surprisingly funny routine. I live in Keith Harris's former town, my dad's grave is adjacent to Harris's grave which inevitably has a photograph of Orville on it. About 30 years ago Harris had a small nightclub in the town called 'Club L'Orange', it was known to locals as 'The Duck Club'. A down to Earth fellow, you might see him out & about, he attended the local Catholic Church & had a very glamourous tall wife, saw her once in the post office, amazing legs she had.
@TheAlexmynameis
10 ай бұрын
Thanks again for wading through this bilge.
@WildSide_Est2024
Жыл бұрын
I did not expect to see Limmy in this video.
@sargonsblackgrandfather2072
5 ай бұрын
On Celeb Big Brother when Barrymore and George Galloway had their argument I was watching it live. I guess there was lots of potential libel so C4 cut to a camera outside and played bird noises as they always did but the argument was so loud if you turned it up you could still hear them. I remember some of the stuff Galloway said, at one point he accused him of, I kid you not… “fisting a man to death” 😂. I’d just smoked a joint and spat my tea out.
@5340robert
6 ай бұрын
Michael Barrymore was everywhere when i was growing up. If the swimming pool incident had never happened he could have been the next Brucie or as a minimum he would be the host of tipping point or something like that.
@BigyetiTechnologies
Жыл бұрын
Barrymore was Mr Saturday Night. But consider this, in 30 years time you might be making a similar video about Ant and Dec
@B3tanTyronne
Жыл бұрын
Considering how bad their show is, waiting 30 minutes would be more than long enough, let alone 30 years.
@edwinsmith-jones6205
5 ай бұрын
Fingers crossed
@matthewlawrenson3628
Ай бұрын
Had to look it up. "Doin' The Crab" was written by Geoff Stephens and Roger Greenaway. Stephens wrote "The Crying Game" and Greenaway wrote "You've Got Your Troubles". I assume they did the crab for the money.
@brayster1979
7 ай бұрын
These videos are gold
@chrisflee1
Жыл бұрын
Ok, I've binge watched Stuart's offerings for 2 days now when I should be working. The most difficult thing about watching this one is laughing at Stuart's comments whilst sitting straight faced at the supposed comedy which separates them. Odd feeling.
@JamesGillComedy
Жыл бұрын
What a brilliant video. Huge well done.
@akumasan42
14 күн бұрын
And now he's weirdly popular on tiktok doing videos where he pours glue onto a table in McDonald's and plays with it. Which sounds like a crap joke, but is entirely real.
@baronswagger
4 ай бұрын
4:48 In a world of conspiracy theories and deep fakes, here we have solid proof that Cuddles became sentient and made a bid for freedom. How far did he get? Is he still out there, orange fur showing some grey, hiding in parks and troubling ducks?
@danielcraig4974
4 ай бұрын
Awight at the back
@ProjectFlashlight612
Жыл бұрын
There is not enough vodka in the world to make Crab era Barrymore funny.
@anonUK
7 ай бұрын
Or any Barrymore, tbh.
@anonUK
7 ай бұрын
Or any Barrymore.
@hahanah1463
5 ай бұрын
Michael Barrymore and jim davidson the two greatest 80s ans 90s tv show hosts, bruce Forsythe a touch behind
@anonUK
7 ай бұрын
He's still King of the swimming pool.
@goodwood-rc4nx
4 ай бұрын
Laugh never thought I'd started
@scottstephen3125
6 ай бұрын
Different times. Different thinking. If it was seen as so bad at the time, it would have been taken off the air - It wasn't! It's like trying to compare a Ford Cortina to a Ford Focus... Both were manufactured in times with different expectations.
@DokkaChapman
5 ай бұрын
I will say that Jessica Martin has managed to keep this side of her career pretty quiet, because up until this point I only knew her from Doctor Who.
@charlottewilson8740
Жыл бұрын
Excellent commentary Xx
@notreallydavid
Жыл бұрын
That's Enter-fucking-tainment!
@Dave_H834
6 ай бұрын
I often think contemporary light entertainment is poor and assume that in the 70s and 80s it was all of the standard of Morecambe and Wise, Parkinson, Les Dawson, Fools and Horses… This video is a chilling reminder that there was a huge amount of absolute shite on tv back then.
@medievalist
4 ай бұрын
Yes, the Seventies weren't all I,Claudius and Fawlty Towers, and it's worth being reminded so.
@Ray-M59
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely horrifying.
@tonycowin
Жыл бұрын
Ah the golden age when impressions were just accents.
@Garbageman28
Жыл бұрын
Doin the Crab will herald the apocalypse.
@incredibleflameboy
8 күн бұрын
My favourite part of revelations actually "And I saw when the crab opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a Barrymore: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him; and he went forth conquering and to conquer. For doin' the crab will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
@sirrichardrichard5655
5 ай бұрын
0:18 he's walking like he's got a beer bottle shuved up his arse..
@markdavidson9100
Жыл бұрын
The dancers remind me of the Russ Abbott show…Mark Heap appeared on itvs ghost train, and also as a baddie with a German accent on a crimewatch reconstruction
@rogerrambo4172
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if the crab was in his swimming pool?
@smoni19
Жыл бұрын
thank christ the channel islands were liberated from the germans
@AdamMcCarthy74
Жыл бұрын
This series was probably the worst invasion since 1940
@smoni19
Жыл бұрын
@@AdamMcCarthy74 gosh, they really had to put up with a lot
@eatmywords
Жыл бұрын
i suppose it being a tax haven had nothing to do with this travesty.
@sidbeckett5655
7 ай бұрын
You know you've watched too much shit British TV when you're watching Barrymore and think "He nicked this bit from Russ Abbot!"
@CycolacFan
5 ай бұрын
Seemed to have inspired Peter Kay’s ‘dad dancing at a wedding’ though.
@sargonsblackgrandfather2072
5 ай бұрын
Was Russ Abbott the bottom of the barrel or was it Hale and Pace?
@sidbeckett5655
5 ай бұрын
@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 Les Dennis on his own I think. Although, he had great turns in Extras and Life's Too Short.
@aidjunkie5335
5 ай бұрын
Top Middle OR BOTTOM (All the signs were there).
@Toooldforthis78
Жыл бұрын
“Then comes the end of episode 4…” jeez mate, did you really sit through four episodes of this absolute tripe? It’s a noble job you do for us!! Never liked Barrymore, I just found him very insincere and his whole titting about routine used to grate on me even as a kid.
@StuartMillard
Жыл бұрын
Five episodes. Five. Long. Episodes.
@kaw203
5 ай бұрын
God what was it with bad impressionists in that time frame. If they didn't say who it was meant to be we would 99% of the time have no idea haha
@notreallydavid
Жыл бұрын
Over the years I'd become ashamed of my sighing, tutting shittiness about the Sat Nite light ent TV my parents had on. Now I know I was right all along.
@noneofyourbusiness4616
2 ай бұрын
I did the crab.
@0supermoose804
4 ай бұрын
Several years ago, I saw "Knowing Me, Knowing You, with Alan Partridge", and I thought it was a biting satire of an imaginary vapid state of British Television. Then the algorithm pointed me to this channel, and I've learned that the UK's entertainment in the 80's and 90's was far closer to the satire than I could have imagined. I am terribly, terribly sorry. I'm not sure for what, but I still feel terrible.
@martinmoore7279
4 ай бұрын
Top, middle or bottom!!
@colinr0380
3 ай бұрын
Rod, Jane or Freddy?
@lloroshastar6347
4 ай бұрын
Why were there so many impressionists back then? And I'm not talking about the painters.
@fuhqsideways
4 ай бұрын
Accents
@j0hnf_uk
Ай бұрын
A timely reminder why home computing/video games were so popular among teenagers during the 80's. Anything to get away from the dross being broadcast as, 'light entertainment', on a Saturday night.
@mermaidman1985
6 ай бұрын
Funnily enough I always wondered what happened to that comedian that looked a bit like Matt Le Tissier...didn't know they owned a club together 🤣
@ACNC1
5 ай бұрын
08:47 so that's where soccer am got that joke from
@therespectedlex9794
5 ай бұрын
4:51 They could get a dozen pairs of them from the pound shop. The buck store eh. Nice though.
@lewiscuthbert2790
Жыл бұрын
Maybe in episode six he became a stepfather.
@krispysox
5 ай бұрын
I thought Barrymore was great in _Only Pools and Corpses_
@sammydingdong4540
4 ай бұрын
I always thought this guy must have something on the directors of the BBC.................
@BigyetiTechnologies
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Jessica Martin in cahoots with Bobby Davro at one point? "Micky Zany" - sorry, but zany is reserved solely for Kenny Everett on Blankety Blank and Give Us a Clue.
@StuartMillard
Жыл бұрын
She was indeed. A Davro/Martin video is on its way soon.
@BungleBare
Жыл бұрын
Jessica Martin was very much the Bonnie to Davro’s Clyde. Inexplicably loved by the public, despite their crimes (against comedy).
@youaintseenmeok
Жыл бұрын
Oh hooo its me Paul ..i mean martin Daniel’s ffs
@stephenhough4957
Жыл бұрын
Was he dishing out right handlers? That could be taken one of two ways…..
@claresherman2278
Жыл бұрын
Ah, the golden age of television…I never got Barrymore’s appeal, but you will still find people claiming he was/is a great entertainer!
@stevehyperdriver
4 ай бұрын
Is it any wonder we spent so much time down the pub?
@fuhqsideways
4 ай бұрын
But you don't now do ya...and they're all getting closed! Haha haha haha unlucky mate...now put the golf on grandad
@fuhqsideways
4 ай бұрын
Alcoholic caffeine fiends you lot. Go watch your sports ball and jog on
@benwinter5295
5 ай бұрын
Every time I see an impressionist from this era, all I can think of is a young, desperate, attention seeking Simon Amstell doing Dame Edna 😂
@aquaboy68
2 ай бұрын
Im not even going to mention mike osmond...but wtf was that....😱
@ShallowDepression
4 ай бұрын
"With anti-vax footballer Matt Le Tissier" I don't know if you've been reading the news lately, but he's been right about those jabs.
@Gorgutsforcongress
3 ай бұрын
Yea Millard is a tad lefty unfortunately.
@saxongreen78
2 ай бұрын
@@ShallowDepression Gives me ZERO glee to know that all those people who called me an idiot for not getting jabbed were quite wrong.
@BigSpud
Жыл бұрын
That Mark Heap discovery... amazing.
@aaronbeat1136
5 ай бұрын
It stands out because it's the only part that isn't totally cringe inducing.
@jasonhebedead1710
16 күн бұрын
Well at least now we can't say Benidorm wasn't the low point of his career.
@JamsterJules
7 ай бұрын
I dont remember the crab crap. When you put his acts all together like this, you can really see how piss poor he was.
@TJ-di2cx
5 ай бұрын
As bad as it was, at least it didn't kill anybody. We had to wait for Noel's House Party for that.
@PooperScooperTrooper
Жыл бұрын
That crab song is weak AF
@cartoonhead9222
6 ай бұрын
15:47 Did Michael Barrymore invent TikTok?
@danworthington3042
Жыл бұрын
I woke up from a fever dream singing this crab song. It’s stuck now and I don’t know what to do.
@antster1983
Ай бұрын
🎵 Everybody's doing a crap... 🎵 💩
@aquaboy68
2 ай бұрын
Barrymore was Horrendous.....How did this guy have a career........i was embarassed for him watching those clips....
@MusicRelatedCandy
Жыл бұрын
That scouse comedian looks like Alan Titchmarsh
@dev0live
11 ай бұрын
Well that was a whole new level of bleakness! It makes you wonder how many of the target OAP audience lost the will to live watching this and prematurely carked it.
@knshinn2
Жыл бұрын
W I L L Y
@kisbie
Жыл бұрын
Will I get cancelled if I point out that crabs can survive underwater?
@eatmywords
Жыл бұрын
are you a chemist?
@notreallydavid
Жыл бұрын
10:58 Ronnie Corbett gag there, only not done well.
@tombstoneharrystudios584
Жыл бұрын
The idea of a “dance craze” is nothing new…the subversive Soupy Sales was doing the same in the 50s. Though, with Sales, when he claimed that “The Mouse” was sweeping the nation, tongue was firmly in cheek! Sales also was both a brilliant kids tv host whilst subverting the genre at the same time Once, on New Year, he encouraged his young viewers to tiptoe into their still-sleeping parents' bedrooms and remove those "funny green pieces of paper with pictures of U.S. presidents" from their pants and pocketbooks. He apparently received many thousands of dollars worth of money (and publicity!) And I don’t know what it was about magicians in the 80s all affecting that sort of Northern camp. Wayne Dobson is a genuinely creative magician, although very little of his TV material seemed to reflect that. It was all squeaky voices, brick-to-the-side-of-the-head subtle double entendres and sponge balls Always bloody sponge balls! Oh look, a penis/testicles/grow big in your hand gag! And jokes like… “What’s the difference between a Rooster and a gay rooster? One goes cock-a-doodle-doo! The other goes Any-cock-all-do! Thank goodness I was wearing a tight woolly jumper else my sides would split 😑
@eatmywords
Жыл бұрын
howard stern. big fan. big fan.
@StuartMillard
Жыл бұрын
I recently sat through Dobson's solo series for a written piece, and if anything, his showing here was too kind.
@claireylouise601
10 ай бұрын
Jesus
@ScareMeSexy71
Жыл бұрын
soooo funny...cuddles come to live and you went JESUS CHRIST!! i always found the hands free cuddles disturbing too!
@barryscott9112
25 күн бұрын
How this man became a comedian ? - no idea, a tv star ? - no idea, biggest star on UK TV ? - no idea. There is no way to emphasise how popular his shows were - Ant&Dec / Simon Cowell / Strictly all rolled into one. His wife was an very poweful agent, vindictive "Sharon Osbourne" type who had significant influence on his success. Compared to few years later the much maligned Brian Connolly who pedalled similar variety fare - at least had a voice worthy of West End fame. Any Barrymore show now is totally unwatchable terrible performances from him, no just content - him fluffing lines, looking into wrong camera, stomping over guests' punchlines but it didn't seem to matter to the audience. Got too big didn't care in the end. Never got found out as circumstances put end to his carear! However an 10 year me watching his throwing "someone out of the theatre routine" had me almost pissing myself! 😂😂😂 Didn't realise his whole act was basically a poor John Cleese routine !
@davpaz
Жыл бұрын
My God Stuart, that was almost half an hour of full on cringe.
@jacamo1993
11 күн бұрын
You really don't like Michael Barrymore do you?!
@camptube7621
9 ай бұрын
Good I forgot how seriously bad he was.
@I_Am_The_Paulrus
Жыл бұрын
"He thinks he's Roger Moore!" 😂 Imagine not being able to do an impression of yourself? Seriously though, Keith Harris had a very poor act*. How did he get so successful? Baffling *Yes, I'm paraphrasing Partridge here
@BigyetiTechnologies
Жыл бұрын
I see your Keith Harris, and I raise you the inexplicable act of Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog
@AlmsForThePoor
Жыл бұрын
Russ Abbott was a better singer
@tombstoneharrystudios584
Жыл бұрын
And he’s a very good drummer….check out his appearance on the Des O’Connor show where he does the old Gene Krupa Sing, Sing, Sing solo Or his drum duet with Roy Castle
@BigyetiTechnologies
Жыл бұрын
@@tombstoneharrystudios584 when he was with the Black Abbots? (I think)
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