He was once switching on the Christmas lights in sheffield uk, he walked down by the crowd and picked me out of my mums arms cuddled me in and processed to walk off returning about five min later gave me a big kiss and gave me back to my mum and said what a little smasher your lucky i didn't take him home, i always had a soft spot for old les he was a comedy genius and a lovely bloke God bless him.
Thanks for a great reaction. Les Dawson was quite a character in his day. I used to particularly love the way he'd get on the piano & play something, deliberately getting all the notes wrong. Yet another great comedian who was taken from us way too young.
A wonderful comedian.. hilarious.. some of his jokes are rib killers and brutal too.. a more endearing comedian.. yesterday's jimmy car and alot funnier
Les often had a dance act on his show - there are some videos on here of them if you search. They were called The Roly Polys and they were …… memorable! Try tapping in. Les Dawson. Roly Polys. 1991
Forty odd years ago I managed a theatre and during the Summer we had a show Monday to Saturday twice nightly with stars of the day plus a Sunday concert which was also two shows. Les Dawson starred in one of those and I spent some time chatting to him in his dressing room. A lovely man and a great live performer.
As somebody who lives in Cumbria I can tell you it's funny because essentially it's true. Every year in Egremont you'll find The Crab Fair, the highlight of which is The World Guerning Championship. There are videos of this on you tube , it is worth a look. Down the road from Egremont is Santon Bridge, and that's famous for hosting The Worlds Greatest Liar Contest. It's an amateur event Open to all except Politicians, Journalists and Estate Agents (Realtors). They're considered professionals. Again videos are on you tube. After watching these you'll probably come to the conclusion that we don't have much to do up here. Yeah, Cumbria. Where men are men and sheep are worried.
I always come back to your channel and watch your old vids when i am down Your laughter, doen to earth view on things and smart comments make me feel much better... Thank You for that and for just being an awesome human being!
Hey EB👍thankyou so much for this one mate,I remember watching this as a kid with my Dad and we creased up so hard at the time,you brought that moment back with a superb reaction. Thankyou Alan✌️
This was Les Dawson's version of a theme tune, a sort of theme joke . He was a great comedian . Came from a very tough background in Collyhurst , a working class suburb of manchester.
Les Dawson was a comedy genius. A marvellous wordsmith, a brilliant physical comedian, a wonderful and wonderfully terrible pianist and an excellent writer. I still miss him. Check out Cissy and Ada and his piano skits. He was once on a show with glamorous musical diva Shirley Bassey and his opening line to her was “I thought I told you to wait in the van.”
Les was awesome, always made me laugh no matter what the subject. He also hosted a game show called Blankety Blank and was great on there too, maybe check that out to Alan. He is very sadly missed by us all who knew of his greatness and a sad loss to comedy too.
Now, that is not fair Britain had a humongous amount of great stand up comedians in his day. Each to their own & each with their own brand of humour & entertainment.
It's great how you naturally found it funny, albeit northern English humour. You can guarantee that some persons in the UK with cleft palates will be laughing their heads off.
Hi Alan Atho Les went on find fame from a TV talent show series Unbelievable talent especially at playing the piano wrongly Clio with him and Shirley Basset one of his best ever You should find many clips of his online Oh Don't forget to look at Dick Emery shows as well. Enjoy R I P Les
Loved Les , such a natural and very talented . He made Blankety Blank his own after Terry Wogan left - which was not an easy job . Great jokes and the off key piano - you had to be good to do that and make it sound right . Sadly missed .
Just seen "Girl rants about the price of ice creams " it was a piece of art. She sounds like she is from Yorkshire and the video has a huge amount of hits from over the world. I would love to see her as a politician or better still our P.M. of course she can never be that because she clearly has a well adjusted understanding of honesty and economics, which our politicians can only dream of understanding the concept of honesty and economics of the standard of this wonderful little girl.
If you like Les Dawson you should check him out singing 'Feelings'. It will probably leave the in need of resuscitation lol 😂. He was an absolute genius.
Hiya Alan, I'm glad to say I'm a Cumbrian, they used to do Gurning in the old days, it was misarable old men and women, but Les Dawson changed into something comedy like, my friend was world Gurning Champion in the middle 1980s his name was John "Snowball" Bryan, God it was horrible, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Never seen this one before, was great. Not sure if I should admit I'm from Cumbria after that 😂😂 For more context on gurning look up the Egremont Crab Fair & the World Gurning Championships
I'm from the local area to the gurning championships CRAB APPLE FAYRE in egremont is where it happens it's been held for about 755 years when you consider the USA is about 260 years old the crab Apple fayre is half a century older. My sister won it one year just passing by in a taxi 😂👍
He was once switching on the Christmas lights in sheffield uk, he walked down by the crowd and picked me out of my mums arms cuddled me in and processed to walk off returning about five min later gave me a big kiss and gave me back to my mum and said what a little smasher your lucky i didn't take him home, i always had a soft spot for old les he was a comedy genius and a lovely bloke God bless him.
Thanks for a great reaction. Les Dawson was quite a character in his day. I used to particularly love the way he'd get on the piano & play something, deliberately getting all the notes wrong. Yet another great comedian who was taken from us way too young.
Girning is a competition thing in Cumbria
@@scottmasson3336 I never knew it was a thing. Would love to check out some footage of it!
Oh and me, it was one of my favourite bits of his act, sheer comic genius!
@@notamused3715 For sure!
Loved Les he was hilarious and a terrific piano player
There will never be another like Les Dawson
What would Les Dawson have done without "the wife or the mother in - law"!. He'd stand on stage with noting to say. 🤣🤣
A wonderful comedian.. hilarious.. some of his jokes are rib killers and brutal too.. a more endearing comedian.. yesterday's jimmy car and alot funnier
Les often had a dance act on his show - there are some videos on here of them if you search. They were called The Roly Polys and they were …… memorable! Try tapping in. Les Dawson. Roly Polys. 1991
Forty odd years ago I managed a theatre and during the Summer we had a show Monday to Saturday twice nightly with stars of the day plus a Sunday concert which was also two shows. Les Dawson starred in one of those and I spent some time chatting to him in his dressing room. A lovely man and a great live performer.
Honestly British humour at its best what a Gem Les Dawson was ❤❤❤❤😂
I remember seeing this on telly when I was young, I laughed so hard my face ached for ages afterwards! Love Les Dawson, one of the greats!
As somebody who lives in Cumbria I can tell you it's funny because essentially it's true.
Every year in Egremont you'll find The Crab Fair, the highlight of which is The World Guerning Championship. There are videos of this on you tube , it is worth a look.
Down the road from Egremont is Santon Bridge, and that's famous for hosting The Worlds Greatest Liar Contest. It's an amateur event Open to all except Politicians, Journalists and Estate Agents (Realtors). They're considered professionals. Again videos are on you tube.
After watching these you'll probably come to the conclusion that we don't have much to do up here.
Yeah, Cumbria. Where men are men and sheep are worried.
One of my favourite comedians ever. Ada and Cissy were brilliant how they kept their faces straight was amazing.
Les was a very talented man, my Dad loved him and it was only when I got older that I could appreciate his humour 😜😜
Epic! It's almost the epitome of can't keep a straight face 😜
Many thanks for showing this classic clip of Les Dawson.Seen this many times and tears still come my eyes!😆
This brings back some memories. I miss his mother-in-law jokes!
2:51 my goodness that face 😂I've not laughed this much in a while.
I remember watching this sketch years ago with my sister and Dad. By the end of it we were all on the floor in tears of laughter 😆 😂
I always come back to your channel and watch your old vids when i am down Your laughter, doen to earth view on things and smart comments make me feel much better... Thank You for that and for just being an awesome human being!
I appreciate that
Hey EB👍thankyou so much for this one mate,I remember watching this as a kid with my Dad and we creased up so hard at the time,you brought that moment back with a superb reaction. Thankyou Alan✌️
60s and 70s acts worked hard as stage acts before television.
Oh flower, LOVED your reaction! 😂
This was Les Dawson's version of a theme tune, a sort of theme joke . He was a great comedian . Came from a very tough background in Collyhurst , a working class suburb of manchester.
A true wordsmith and genuine, funny man. Much missed
Ah the brilliant Les Dawson.. thank you so much.
I had the good fortune to meet Les Dawson twice he was just as entertaining off stage as he was on it.
So glad you looked at this classic 😊
I absolutely love your reactions 😂😂
Great video 👍 This guy is old school worked the working mens clubs real hard audiences to please very talented guy.
Thanks for reminding how lucky we were in those days.Very gifted man.
Les Dawson was a comedy genius. A marvellous wordsmith, a brilliant physical comedian, a wonderful and wonderfully terrible pianist and an excellent writer. I still miss him. Check out Cissy and Ada and his piano skits. He was once on a show with glamorous musical diva Shirley Bassey and his opening line to her was “I thought I told you to wait in the van.”
Sir, I love your reactions to British comedians old & new.
and to think we had this luxury every week for ages. how lucky we were.
Not usually a fan of the older comedians but this woke me up a little bit
Les was awesome, always made me laugh no matter what the subject. He also hosted a game show called Blankety Blank and was great on there too, maybe check that out to Alan. He is very sadly missed by us all who knew of his greatness and a sad loss to comedy too.
Brilliant comedian. Les was head and shoulders above the rest
Now, that is not fair Britain had a humongous amount of great stand up comedians in his day. Each to their own & each with their own brand of humour & entertainment.
It's great how you naturally found it funny, albeit northern English humour. You can guarantee that some persons in the UK with cleft palates will be laughing their heads off.
Hi Alan
Atho Les went on find fame from a TV talent show series
Unbelievable talent especially at playing the piano wrongly
Clio with him and Shirley Basset one of his best ever
You should find many clips of his online
Oh
Don't forget to look at Dick Emery shows as well. Enjoy
R I P Les
Loved Les , such a natural and very talented . He made Blankety Blank his own after Terry Wogan left - which was not an easy job . Great jokes and the off key piano - you had to be good to do that and make it sound right . Sadly missed .
Just seen "Girl rants about the price of ice creams " it was a piece of art. She sounds like she is from Yorkshire and the video has a huge amount of hits from over the world. I would love to see her as a politician or better still our P.M. of course she can never be that because she clearly has a well adjusted understanding of honesty and economics, which our politicians can only dream of understanding the concept of honesty and economics of the standard of this wonderful little girl.
If you like Les Dawson you should check him out singing 'Feelings'. It will probably leave the in need of resuscitation lol 😂. He was an absolute genius.
Hiya Alan, I'm glad to say I'm a Cumbrian, they used to do Gurning in the old days, it was misarable old men and women, but Les Dawson changed into something comedy like, my friend was world Gurning Champion in the middle 1980s his name was John "Snowball" Bryan, God it was horrible, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Never seen this one before, was great. Not sure if I should admit I'm from Cumbria after that 😂😂
For more context on gurning look up the Egremont Crab Fair & the World Gurning Championships
Cumbria is a great place to be born and live. We know how to have a laugh.
Why are all the best one's gone .I live in Cumbria ,not saying anymore.
I love Les.
He has a classic North of England face even when not gurning.
I’d love to see a reaction to a gurning competition
I almost forgot how funny Les Was
I'm from the local area to the gurning championships CRAB APPLE FAYRE in egremont is where it happens it's been held for about 755 years when you consider the USA is about 260 years old the crab Apple fayre is half a century older. My sister won it one year just passing by in a taxi 😂👍
Excellent, I had a colleague ..a cross between Les Dawson and Bernard Manning....😅😅
Another one of our sadly missed comics
The old ones are the best.
Love silly comedy. 😂
Ah Les ,well missed- proper humour and a clever man 🏴
Ooh the old ones are the best.
I enjoyed your reaction as much as I enjoyed the joke.
Dang that was funny 😂😂. Your looking so well too dog.
Gees looking good bud beard length suits you seriously!
The word genius is often over used but not when it's said about Les.
👍😂😂😂😂❤
Were great times but they are over now the world has gone PC mad
Cumbria. Think Minesota but sensible.
Uk gave you comedy, right enuff you getting back at us , you gave us biden