Edward. Wtf are talking about. .in those days it was PC , these days the F C and T words are widely used. If you mean racism is no longer tolerated then it is pc nowadays
My mum worked in the box office in a theatre in Glasgow when the grumbleweeds were playing and she said every time they came in they’d walk by her In single file and as they passed each one said “Hello” from the smallest grumbleweed to the tallest lol xxx
Used to listen to them on the radio when i was a kid also saw them in Pantomime in Blackpool and Darlington.My mum was a friend of Maurice he had a shop near my mums post office,he was a very good artist
Crikey, we did morning exercises to this at school when I was very small at the age of six in 1977! There was an hour of supposedly "non-boring" or surprisingly apolitical educational morning children's radio on a Long Wave station that escapes me now (possibly Radio Four) that had plays, story readings and sometimes general silliness like this that our better type of teachers used to get us all moving about and awake. I recall Maggie Thatcher (before she made PM) doing some sort of larks with children on telly to a morning radio programme that she thought we would enjoy, and that we usually did. Great stuff, happily remembered.
...What some people fail to understand that this show was set in a working mens club, and they used to have acts like this. People who got up on stage and gave it a go even if they were'nt that good. It is credit to The Grumbleweeds comic talent they were able to make a routine look shambolic but make it all come together!
It was actually filmed at Granada studios (the setting for The Jeremy Kyle Show) and the audience was made up of local stewards, publicans and landlords.
@@jerrywallop5647 Even worse now. I can barely type a word on TH-cam these days without being jumped on by someone... who is usually wrong whilst trying to be smart.
Brilliant. I recall watching this on debut on a B&W TV. It is even better now. Loved it, a beautiful piece of comedy that builds throughout:) Many sincere thanks for sharing.
I saw them in pantomime, they were unbelievably manic. There was a running gag throughout the panto, and mum and myself usually spotted it first, and started laughing. We laughed so much The Grumbleweeds began to direct all their gags at us, knowing they'd set us off. In the end other cast members began watching this "special show" from the wings, which just made us laugh even more. I'm not sure the rest of the audience were impressed, but mum and me had the best panto ever.
Brilliant innocent fun from way back then. The modern 'comics' just don't 'cut the mustard' or even come close. Sheer magic. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland
It depends who you're talking about. There are very funny comedians these days; it's just that comedy is ever evolving. Imagine Charlie Chaplin still doing his tired old tramp act now. I love this Grumbleweeds skit as much as I love 80s alternative comedy, 90s satirical comedy, deadpan observational comedy and the brilliantly hilarious Philomena Cunk.
we have to do what uncle Boris says and that what we had to do in 1974 look how things come around Today we in the UK have to do what Boris says without question
In 82 I was a first year at secondary school the girl I was going out with her family introduced me to The Grumbleweeds literally.We watchat he'd them record at BBC Manchester for the radio series regularly.Smanatha my then girlfriend hadn't been christened at 13 The Grumbleweeds were doing sumer season at Yarmouth and after a the radio recording Maurice came and sat with her and her mum and dad as he agreed to be her god father.True to his word they met that summer and he became Samantha's god father.Years later Samantha became an RAF officer.
So America had Richard Prior, Jack Benny, Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Redd Foxx etc by this time..... and we had the Wheeltappers and shunters..........
Not true, I've got hours and hours of grumbleweeds stuff! 4 vinyl LPs and I tape recorded every single show they ever did on radio two. 10/10.30 on a weds/thurs night, repeated on a Sunday lunchtime. Bloody brilliant!!!
@@michaelrawson6261 That's brilliant. I did have several of their radio 2 shows from the late 80s but with the passage of time and improper storage the cassettes became so dilapidated I had to throw them away sadly. Any chance of uploading your recordings?
Wonderful. The 1970s, you can't beat it. When tv was free of pc bollocks
Edward. Wtf are talking about. .in those days it was PC , these days the F C and T words are widely used. If you mean racism is no longer tolerated then it is pc nowadays
Just good fun with no hidden meanings,
PC Bollocks was sacked.
@@robertsmith3672 what he means is blatant racism, homophobia and any other type of bigoted piggery you can think of
There was more censorship then than there is now.
My mum worked in the box office in a theatre in Glasgow when the grumbleweeds were playing and she said every time they came in they’d walk by her In single file and as they passed each one said “Hello” from the smallest grumbleweed to the tallest lol xxx
Su-bloody-perb. Real Pro's in their prime, thanks for posting
That was so infectiously catchy!! I loved The Grumbleweeds back in the day and still have a couple of their radio shows on tape from 1984.
Omg brilliant love the comedy.
Used to listen to them on the radio when i was a kid also saw them in Pantomime in Blackpool and Darlington.My mum was a friend of Maurice he had a shop near my
mums post office,he was a very good artist
That act would win any BGT contest any year in my opinion 😁
Brilliant - imagine this on Britain's Got Talent today?
they would probably find something wrong with it
Terry Scott impression is spot on, he did a wicked Saville as well.
I’d still watch this now instead of that XFactor crap!
I loved The Grumble weeds! 😂 Does anyone remember The Baron Knights?
@@louisethompson8579 Oh aye. They were hilarious!!
@@louisethompson8579 The Baron Knights were brilliant.
Now this is comedy, great clean fun and takes some skill to keep up with there routine.
Never get tired of watching this!
Saw these guys back in 1970, before they became famous. It was the Garrick Theatre Leigh. Absolutely spot on then as good as they bacame.
I met the Weeds. Some ,years Ago RIP Graham.
Absolutely fantastic!
Crikey, we did morning exercises to this at school when I was very small at the age of six in 1977! There was an hour of supposedly "non-boring" or surprisingly apolitical educational morning children's radio on a Long Wave station that escapes me now (possibly Radio Four) that had plays, story readings and sometimes general silliness like this that our better type of teachers used to get us all moving about and awake. I recall Maggie Thatcher (before she made PM) doing some sort of larks with children on telly to a morning radio programme that she thought we would enjoy, and that we usually did. Great stuff, happily remembered.
Wilf 'Gasmask' Grimshaw & Uncle Nasty LOL always loved them in the 80s radioshow. Managed to find some recordings. Nice collection for memory sake.
...What some people fail to understand that this show was set in a working mens club, and they used to have acts like this. People who got up on stage and gave it a go even if they were'nt that good. It is credit to The Grumbleweeds comic talent they were able to make a routine look shambolic but make it all come together!
It was actually filmed at Granada studios (the setting for The Jeremy Kyle Show) and the audience was made up of local stewards, publicans and landlords.
@@nmfeb70 Adrian said set & not the literal sense ……..there’s always one
@@jerrywallop5647 Even worse now. I can barely type a word on TH-cam these days without being jumped on by someone... who is usually wrong whilst trying to be smart.
Brilliant. I recall watching this on debut on a B&W TV. It is even better now. Loved it, a beautiful piece of comedy that builds throughout:) Many sincere thanks for sharing.
This is still funny as it was away back then..Grumbleweeds...very funny and different accents had me in stitches..😁😁😁
Excellent! Thanks for sharing this!
Brilliant . Thanks for posting .
Thanks for posting, Fantastic, loved the Grumbleweeeds.
I saw them in pantomime, they were unbelievably manic. There was a running gag throughout the panto, and mum and myself usually spotted it first, and started laughing. We laughed so much The Grumbleweeds began to direct all their gags at us, knowing they'd set us off. In the end other cast members began watching this "special show" from the wings, which just made us laugh even more. I'm not sure the rest of the audience were impressed, but mum and me had the best panto ever.
Great story , thanks…..😂
GREAT, and I mean GREAT footage of this class-act back in the day! Thank You for posting this for us to enjoy! :)
So simple and so funny. Saw them in Blackpool 110 years ago and I'm still laughing!
You must remember banana song then?
Brilliant innocent fun from way back then. The modern 'comics' just don't 'cut the mustard' or even come close. Sheer magic. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland
It depends who you're talking about. There are very funny comedians these days; it's just that comedy is ever evolving. Imagine Charlie Chaplin still doing his tired old tramp act now. I love this Grumbleweeds skit as much as I love 80s alternative comedy, 90s satirical comedy, deadpan observational comedy and the brilliantly hilarious Philomena Cunk.
Sorry Andy. I don't agree. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
Comedy gold love it 👍
50 years ago.....wow!
Good clean fun. Used to listen to them on radio in late 70s
Good clean fun, what’s not to like, the audience seemed to enjoy it.
we have to do what uncle Boris says and that what we had to do in 1974
look how things come around
Today we in the UK have to do what Boris says without question
The long winter evenings just flew by in those days.
Bring it back...Great entertainment
Loved the Grumbleweeds. R.I.P Graham Walker.
I saw them when I was about 13, a very long time ago.
Saw them in panto in Stockport in the early 70s with Milligan and nesbit. I was about four.
aww miss these blokes,class,come back we neeeeeed you
Sadly Graham Walker, the effeminate scuba diver, passed away in 2013.
Its a classic and i hope its a very nice day🤞
I love this!!!
Saw these about 6 or 7 times at Batley Variety Club.
Pure class 👌
CRAZZZZZZYYY 👏👏👏👏👍😀😀😀😁😁😁😁😁 TOTAL MAYHEM YET it's organized & HILARIOUS!!!!
Love it as a kid
Saw Grumblweeds regular at Aquarius Chesterfield. Brilliant, Russ Abbott too.
That.....was....bloody......brilliant! Thanks for posting it!
First mankini
Sheer mayhem and madness. We’re too serious these days. We need to lighten up
Marvellous!
Brilliant....
In 82 I was a first year at secondary school the girl I was going out with her family introduced me to The Grumbleweeds literally.We watchat he'd them record at BBC Manchester for the radio series regularly.Smanatha my then girlfriend hadn't been christened at 13 The Grumbleweeds were doing sumer season at Yarmouth and after a the radio recording Maurice came and sat with her and her mum and dad as he agreed to be her god father.True to his word they met that summer and he became Samantha's god father.Years later Samantha became an RAF officer.
Such memories for me. Where do folk go for a good laugh these days ?.
Far away from the Grumbleweeds I'd imagine
Absolutely super duper brilliant wonderful magnificent superb
Magnificent!!!
I must admit that I remember this on tv when I was ...... hmm a little younger .
Green Man vb
Remember seeing them on the pier theatre Blackpool in the 70s Brilliant. Stanley Baxter also on same show. Gets No Better
Brilliant , really funny
I used to work at John Curtis & Son shopfitters in Leeds where Maurice Grumbleweed worked as a draughtsman.
so funny brilliant lads
...38 people have no appreciation of good, clean family entertainment.!
CLASS TOTAL CLASS.
Very funny there mad in a funny way❤
When entertainment was fun
Good clean fun. Very funny .
this is proper comedy
All the Worlds a stage and we are all the actors.actresses on Mother Earth ;-)
Enjoyed good party game for kids
Ahh, memories........
This episode was out at the same time as Tom Baker took over from Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who (Planet of The Spiders) ...where did all those years go?
r.i.p graham walker sadly missed
Eric Gates circa 1976 Ipswich Town
Hahahaha brilliant. I laughed out loud when I read this.
OOH! Grumble groan! 😂
kid, back then ! , 70s, ! born 1968,!
Nice
Saw Maurice on a cruise early this year.Tried to talk to him in the bar but he was pissed and obnoxious.
bloody hell that 5th guy looks like boris
That's entertainment.
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Can any one remember a Irish comedy group called "The Three Days" there was four of them.
Don't remember them tbh. .I'll bet there's a video on here of them
Same as the temperance 7. There were 9 of them! (1 over the 8) gettit?
brought here by no one other than Karl Pilkington on an Idiot abroad ;)
so much better than the shite on the telly today
What happened to the video at the wheeltappers The Grumbleweeds used to
amazing footage quality for 1974? especially if recorded on videotape 42 years ago
Old bastards aren't we
@@paulanthony5274:... yeah... but happy enough ol' bastards, I'd say...!
Pure talent. Take note Britain.
Stupid but you can't help laughing 😂
I born ,1968,,!!
I born, 1969..!!
And that’s where a Minion was born
deceptively good, at first i thought WTF but then.........
When does the funny bit start.
Very funny
bring bernard back he was the best
the bartender has an eyepatch like a pirate
So America had Richard Prior, Jack Benny, Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Redd Foxx etc by this time..... and we had the Wheeltappers and shunters..........
That comment makes no sense. You compare people to a variety tv show!
Those... were the days
fuck me. i was 6 then! i loved thier tv series on itv when i was a kid.
Classic stuff. It’s a shame there doesn’t seem to be much footage remaining of the Grumbleweeds especially from their time as a five piece.
Not true, I've got hours and hours of grumbleweeds stuff! 4 vinyl LPs and I tape recorded every single show they ever did on radio two. 10/10.30 on a weds/thurs night, repeated on a Sunday lunchtime. Bloody brilliant!!!
@@michaelrawson6261 That's brilliant. I did have several of their radio 2 shows from the late 80s but with the passage of time and improper storage the cassettes became so dilapidated I had to throw them away sadly. Any chance of uploading your recordings?
Palace Lido Douglas Isle of Man 1976
The Happy Mondays
What is “take my salts”?
The one in the nappie looks a bit like stan boardman
Grumblegroan