Absolute privilege to watch Ken Goodwin at home on stage and just been Ken . Was lucky enough to laugh at Kens comedy live on a couple of occasions . To pinch a line from another famous fella . It was the way Ken told em . What a delightful lady Kens wife is lovely inside and out easy to see.
We British will not see the likes of such comedians again, Im glad I originally watched some them in their prime. RIP Ken what a genuine lovely bloke you were. Thank you Liam for posting this for us all to enjoy, I guess it was a Granada TV production?
I was 13yrs of age in 1972. I am of Indian/Pakistani origin and suffered a lot of racial abuse at school and felt a lot of pain by racist jokes made by comedians on television at the time. This man was an angel that made my heart heal with laughter. He did not seem to have a unkind cell in his body.
Ken was a master of the catchphrase. "Settle down now." "We're having a good time aren't we?" and "I'm too good for this place aren't I?" will never be forgotten. RIP.
Enjoyed this documentary. Ken Goodwin always made us laugh. What a Good comedian and singer and seems like he was such a nice bloke too. Another Legend of Comedy, sadly missed.
Safe days? For whom? Do you want me to list all those murdered in the 1970s? It would take several volumes. Safe for women? For children? No paedophiles in the 70s? Are you really this deluded? Goodwin laughs hilariously at his own jokes, you think he's not heard them before, a thousand times? Don't think he's faking it?
@@justininfrance that was part of his act ,you clown. Murders in the 1970s were a low compared to what there is now. About 5000 murders 1970-1980 compared to 9000 in 2000 to 2012. A huge increase.
God how we used to laugh at this wonderful man. His jokes were daft as a brush but his talent was playing the village idiot and you started laughing before he'd told the joke. He had a fantastic singing voice too. A true entertainer who is sadly missed . God bless you Ken, we could do with you back in todays miserable world.
Mr. Goodwin sounds almost exactly like Bing Crosby. I'm personally very glad to hear that anyone would do clean comedy. Thumbs up to that and to Mr. Goodwin!
I was 1 years old when this was shown remember ken more from the repeats of the comedians even now ken can make me laugh very funny man and I never knew how good a singer he was . Sadly missed and miles better than today's tripe on tv
Funny man great entertaining man so different off stage 70.s magic had to work hard then doing clubs and pubs to get anywhere rip ken keep them laughing in heaven
I loved his joke where he starts saying when he was a young kid his dad told him if he wanted to get anywhere in life he had to save money. When he got a penny he should put it in a green box. When he'd managed to save sixpence he should put it in this yellow box, and when he'd save a shilling he should put it in this black box over here. It were only when he were 14 he discovered he'd been putting them in the gas meter :-) Not too sure about the colours but I told that joke for years and people always laughed.
Lest we forget his lovely late wife Pat here in the vid who fell ill in 1974. Ken then abandoned his career to care for her until her death in 1977..... RIP both.
I always wondered why Ken suddenly disappeared from our screens. You've just told me why. Did he continue to perform after 1977 ? I don't remember ever seeing him on our screens again. He was always such a lovely and very funny guy to watch.
Jeez. Some folk on here go beyond opinions. He was a guy trying to make it. Some folk have a humour bypass. Least he did his thing n didn’t give a fuck what anyone thought. Good on him. Explored his mind in a broad lateral way instead of being narrow, bit like some of the comments 🙋🏻♂️
Good clean entertainer.............. where are they now..................... it`s time the BBC & ITV took note instead of all this crap on the box today, just look at what`s on Saturday and Sunday night it`s either the National Lottery or Simon bloody Cowell............ Again ?.............. rubbish.
What a lovely bloke Ken was. I always wondered what happened to him in his later years. There seems to be no trace of him whatsoever working in the 1990's as a stand up comic or even a singer. I tried to find some information on what happened to him in his later years but I couldnt find anything meaningful. As a comic, his style was clean and innocent which was actually great for the type of audiences he performed for. Each to their own I guess. The best comic in the 1970's was a bloke who never actually made it big. He was an alternative comedian who was 25 years ahead of his time. His name was John Paul Joans and he was amazing and completely different to the standard working mens club acts like Bernard Manning and George Roper. His persona on stage was like a mad warlock. In the 1970's John Paul Joans was the most talented stand up comic in Britain. But he did not know how to market himself to TV executives. As for Ken, he also messed up by not doing enough to promote himself on TV. Apart from appearing on the TV show called "the comedians" Ken did very little TV work in the 1970's or 1980's If he would have marketed himself properly to the TV executives I'm sure that they would have given him his own mini TV show as he was an all round clean stand up comic. Or at least they would have given him a slot here and there on other entertainment programmes Ken did not have a very good business brain, just like John Paul Joans who was light years ahead of his time. But Ken was a lovely bloke who will be missed dearly. Im sorry I never got to meet John and Ken personally, as me and them would have had a great laugh hanging out with eachother and playing pool at all the local pubs where ever they performed.
Ken and I stared school at 4 years of age. However, as Ken was 2 years older than he left school at 14 at junior level but as I started school 1940 I left school age 15 at Secondary modern school level and the 4 weeks summer holiday was changed to 6 weeks, which is too long even these days.
I appreciate that people consider him a nice sweet man, but as far as his material, do me a favour...its poor... bordering on pathetic ( And I don't like to say that about someone who has passed away) but I suppose it reflects on how parochially divided England once was...he was really only playing to the semi-educated northern working class audiences and it could still have been the 1930's judging by his... "jokes".... I was born into that very world in 1971....but its a cosmos away
LIam: Im from that breed & class of people and left school at 16 , but I can view it with distance and objectivity and in the times they were...thats not really insulting anyone ( i hope) anthropologically its interesting to see how far w've come ....(I hope), I don't get to Manchester or England as often as Id like but I dream about manchester and the streets I grew up on nearly every night and have fondness and respect for its people
Richard, he was one of the stars of the top rated show 'The Comedians' which was broadcast nationwide not just to the 'northern semi-educated working classes' of which my family and friends were, as a family we always loved Ken, yes his type of humour wouldn't stand up today. Looking at some of the 'comedy' shows and acts we have today have we really progressed?
I'm a southerner, mid 40s and from a middle class background and I find him hilarious. I like a lot of contemporary comedians too but good humour is timeless - and subjective.
What a beautiful human being, makes you miss those innocent days.
A true entertainer, R.I.P Ken.
How very true. A man with a big heart.
@@PSUK Golden days I’m so glad to have enjoyed those talented unassuming star’s who we won’t see the likes of again. 👍
@@pw6582 I’m with you 100% there
Absolute privilege to watch Ken Goodwin at home on stage and just been Ken . Was lucky enough to laugh at Kens comedy live on a couple of occasions . To pinch a line from another famous fella . It was the way Ken told em . What a delightful lady Kens wife is lovely inside and out easy to see.
We British will not see the likes of such comedians again, Im glad I originally watched some them in their prime. RIP Ken what a genuine lovely bloke you were. Thank you Liam for posting this for us all to enjoy, I guess it was a Granada TV production?
I was 13yrs of age in 1972. I am of Indian/Pakistani origin and suffered a lot of racial abuse at school and felt a lot of pain by racist jokes made by comedians on television at the time. This man was an angel that made my heart heal with laughter. He did not seem to have a unkind cell in his body.
Ken was a master of the catchphrase. "Settle down now." "We're having a good time aren't we?" and "I'm too good for this place aren't I?" will never be forgotten. RIP.
Enjoyed this documentary. Ken Goodwin always made us laugh. What a Good comedian and singer and seems like he was such a nice bloke too. Another Legend of Comedy, sadly missed.
Great funny guy....His style was hillarious. Watching this and seeing him walking around ....How I wish those safe days could come back
Safe days? For whom? Do you want me to list all those murdered in the 1970s? It would take several volumes. Safe for women? For children? No paedophiles in the 70s? Are you really this deluded? Goodwin laughs hilariously at his own jokes, you think he's not heard them before, a thousand times? Don't think he's faking it?
@@justininfrance that was part of his act ,you clown. Murders in the 1970s were a low compared to what there is now. About 5000 murders 1970-1980 compared to 9000 in 2000 to 2012. A huge increase.
My Christmas party piece as a lad was an impression of Ken. A great comedian. RIP Ken and thanks for the laughs.
God how we used to laugh at this wonderful man. His jokes were daft as a brush but his talent was playing the village idiot and you started laughing before he'd told the joke. He had a fantastic singing voice too. A true entertainer who is sadly missed . God bless you Ken, we could do with you back in todays miserable world.
What a great comedian and uke player! Funny, silly, clever - and CLEAN! Superb!
What a great comic and a true gentleman. RIP Ken.
My late father had a band in the 60s 70s and backed Ken once, said he was a lovely bloke proper salt of the earth
Brilliant, Clean funny man ..I still wipe tears from my eyes with laughter !!
Watching this man laughing on stage to his jokes because how could you not, Loved the old stand up comics, the comedians show on tv in the 70s
RIP Ken. He was such a legend. His wife died 5 years after this was filmed.
As a Canadian whose never heard of him. Seems super sweet. Really fell in love with him
Talent sadly missed. God bless Ken.
My grandmother at 11' 13" LOOKED after Ken. Lovely bloke
Comedians that can hold an audience with clean jokes are masters of the craft
Love him so much, he has a great laugh and i love how he laughed during telling his jokes
He sang like crosby. A funny, multi-talented guy. Settle down now :)
A great voice, wonderful performer
Mr. Goodwin sounds almost exactly like Bing Crosby. I'm personally very glad to hear that anyone would do clean comedy. Thumbs up to that and to Mr. Goodwin!
carolsmusic2 his dog was called Crosby it was an Alsatian.
Brilliant, i still love Ken to this day, he was a great family comic, but man what a singer, who knew eh, rest you well Ken
i am 47 from uk and only heard of this guy 2 days ago. i am shocked, what an amazingly funny and talented chap
A genuinely humble person who is still today funny, better than what we have today! God bless Ken.
I was 1 years old when this was shown remember ken more from the repeats of the comedians even now ken can make me laugh very funny man and I never knew how good a singer he was . Sadly missed and miles better than today's tripe on tv
Bloody hell what a voice just like mr crosby 1st class
That smile - so infectious.
Just like the Johnson variant!
@@stoobydootoo4098 😂😂🤣- less deadly though !
ken goodwin brilliant pure class a ledgend in is own rights.
Just an ordinary down to earth family man who worked hard to get to the top...Very funny guy,Sadly missed.
What a great singing voice he had.
Personally, got to be my favourite comedian ever 😊
There are only 3 comedians that can make me laugh without actually telling a joke, Tommy Cooper, Mick Miller and Ken Goodwin.
And Charlie Williams and colin crompton
Funny man great entertaining man so different off stage 70.s magic had to work hard then doing clubs and pubs to get anywhere rip ken keep them laughing in heaven
I used to start laughing before he even got to the punchline, he was brilliant, great memories 👏 👍
Lovely guy, lovely family.
I loved his joke where he starts saying when he was a young kid his dad told him if he wanted to get anywhere in life he had to save money. When he got a penny he should put it in a green box. When he'd managed to save sixpence he should put it in this yellow box, and when he'd save a shilling he should put it in this black box over here. It were only when he were 14 he discovered he'd been putting them in the gas meter :-) Not too sure about the colours but I told that joke for years and people always laughed.
A gentleman
Good old Ken great comedian .
He always makes me laugh out loud.
A comedy genius.... one of the greats!
Great comedian, but was always laughing his self, and that even puts a nice smile on your face,
Sadly missed,
Lest we forget his lovely late wife Pat here in the vid who fell ill in 1974. Ken then abandoned his career to care for her until her death in 1977..... RIP both.
I always wondered why Ken suddenly disappeared from our screens. You've just told me why. Did he continue to perform after 1977 ? I don't remember ever seeing him on our screens again. He was always such a lovely and very funny guy to watch.
@@stevekendrick2008 He returned to stage performances after Pat died and did OK until retiring, but his TV career didn't revive.
What a lovely lady Pat was. Such a lovely family.
That's very sad, she was way too young to go, lovely family.
Thank you ken gone but not forgotten the Goth man 😎
Fantastic! Does the full performance at 6:48? I'd like to hear him do more of his Formby act, he was a very good player!
Another legend sadly missed
what a funny man.cant remember him like I can most of the 70's comics.but want to know everthing about him now.
Karl, Try looking on youtube for old episodes of ITV's 'The Comedians'. Ken was in virtually every episode and was hilarious.
Very nice to watch. Yes, a gentleman, looked after his wife until she died. innocent days. A very British way of life.
lovely man
unique delivery
We're avin a good time aren't we
What a nice man
28:32 the sound engineer on the left non other than Eric Stewart, singer from 10CC
28:30 Anyone else recognise Eric Stewart on the left (then in 10cc)?
Well spotted. That'll be Strawberry Studios in Manchester then.
Jeez. Some folk on here go beyond opinions. He was a guy trying to make it. Some folk have a humour bypass. Least he did his thing n didn’t give a fuck what anyone thought. Good on him. Explored his mind in a broad lateral way instead of being narrow, bit like some of the comments 🙋🏻♂️
Legend R.I P Ken
shit today no one near u lads proper comedy
all the best have passed zzxx rip never no one will take your place xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Good clean entertainer.............. where are they now..................... it`s time the BBC & ITV took note instead of all this crap on the box today, just look at what`s on Saturday and Sunday night it`s either the National Lottery or Simon bloody Cowell............ Again ?.............. rubbish.
Great to see the contribution from the late, great Joe Mercer at 10:00.
Legend
sad to read his wife became in in 1974 and died in 1977
What a lovely bloke Ken was.
I always wondered what happened to him in his later years.
There seems to be no trace of him whatsoever working in the 1990's as a stand up comic or even a singer.
I tried to find some information on what happened to him in his later years but I couldnt find anything meaningful.
As a comic, his style was clean and innocent which was actually great for the type of audiences he performed for.
Each to their own I guess.
The best comic in the 1970's was a bloke who never actually made it big.
He was an alternative comedian who was 25 years ahead of his time.
His name was John Paul Joans and he was amazing and completely different to the standard working mens club acts like Bernard Manning and George Roper.
His persona on stage was like a mad warlock.
In the 1970's John Paul Joans was the most talented stand up comic in Britain.
But he did not know how to market himself to TV executives.
As for Ken, he also messed up by not doing enough to promote himself on TV.
Apart from appearing on the TV show called "the comedians" Ken did very little TV work in the 1970's or 1980's
If he would have marketed himself properly to the TV executives I'm sure that they would have given him his own mini
TV show as he was an all round clean stand up comic.
Or at least they would have given him a slot here and there on other entertainment programmes
Ken did not have a very good business brain, just like John Paul Joans who was light years ahead of his time.
But Ken was a lovely bloke who will be missed dearly.
Im sorry I never got to meet John and Ken personally, as me and them would have had a great laugh hanging out with eachother and playing pool at all the local pubs where ever they performed.
He did a great George Formby too.
He WAS George Formby 2!
a funny guy with a great set of teef
Thought it was bing Crosby that's how good his voice was
Richard lawless when u have brilliant delivery and timelng you can telly silly jokes
Ken and I stared school at 4 years of age. However, as Ken was 2 years older than he left school at 14 at junior level but as I started school 1940 I left school age 15 at Secondary modern school level and the 4 weeks summer holiday was changed to 6 weeks, which is too long even these days.
What's Neil Warnock doing at 17.25? Nice hair do though.
twenty one minutes looks like rab c nesbitt?
21.00 The young Gregor Fisher aka Rab C Nesbitt !!!!
Wrong accent!
his wife was pretty
thinking of you
The only Englishman with the nicest teeth.
Looks like he wore a plate, to me.
So his wife deliberately poisoned him, and put him in real distress, just for a laugh? Oh what fun times, the 1970s.
I appreciate that people consider him a nice sweet man, but as far as his material, do me a favour...its poor... bordering on pathetic ( And I don't like to say that about someone who has passed away) but I suppose it reflects on how parochially divided England once was...he was really only playing to the semi-educated northern working class audiences and it could still have been the 1930's judging by his... "jokes".... I was born into that very world in 1971....but its a cosmos away
richard lawless I can appreciate that fact you don't like his humour, but there is no need to insult an entire class of people.
LIam: Im from that breed & class of people and left school at 16 , but I can view it with distance and objectivity and in the times they were...thats not really insulting anyone ( i hope) anthropologically its interesting to see how far w've come ....(I hope), I don't get to Manchester or England as often as Id like but I dream about manchester and the streets I grew up on nearly every night and have fondness and respect for its people
You are obviously a highly intellectual idiot !
Richard, he was one of the stars of the top rated show 'The Comedians' which was broadcast nationwide not just to the 'northern semi-educated working classes' of which my family and friends were, as a family we always loved Ken, yes his type of humour wouldn't stand up today. Looking at some of the 'comedy' shows and acts we have today have we really progressed?
I'm a southerner, mid 40s and from a middle class background and I find him hilarious. I like a lot of contemporary comedians too but good humour is timeless - and subjective.
i am 47 from uk and only heard of this guy 2 days ago. i am shocked, what an amazingly funny and talented chap
jim is i same here 47 from uk and only found him today through watching the comedians.