I keep coming back to this. A wonderful impression and sketch. It's set up for Mcgowan in a genius performance. He gets the character and cartoon of Parkinson perfectly.
1:40 I know it's not a competition but Culshaw pulls out the stops as best he can with Springer, Bush, Beckham, Dawson then MacGowan just sweeps it all aside with one ridiculous rise of pitch as Parky. Macgowan's the master.
This was from "Night of a Thousand Faces" - a one-off Christmas Special taking a look at the world of impressions. It aired on Saturday 22nd December 2001 on BBC One in the UK.
Ronni anconna impressions always reminds me of a sean bean discription I heard years ago. Sean bean the man of a thousand voices and everyone of them from Sheffield
My god he's brilliant.....they all are. He's got Parkinson's behavior spot on. Culshaw's Frank Bruno is bang on the money. Her impersonation of Davina is brilliant too.
It's great to see this. Around 10 years ago, Alistair was the first artist I saw live at the Norwich Playhouse. He'd gone out of fashion and off our screens for some time, and while I always enjoyed watching him, the live set blew me away. A victim of his own success and unfairly maligned, for someone with such a great talent.
Finally. I had to see Jon Culshaw and Rory Bremner on the same screen to believe that they are not the same person. I thought it was like Steve Cougan doing Alan Partridge but no, they are really Two different people.
Born and raised in the US and cannot stop watching these 2 doing impressions of people I mostly have no idea about but after looking all of them up and comparing, would I be far off calling these two UK's best impressionists in the past 20-30 years?
Amazing. Loved Audrey Hepburn at the end. Crazy how rolph and saville got their limelight just before everything came out. That’s a couple less minutes to their portfolios
used to love watching that lady (the impressionist), haven't seen her on tv for years, they are all very talented. As you say it was of it's time, I remember Rolf Harris was front and centre for one of the Queens big celebrations, prob 2012, courtesy of the Beeb !
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It's quite amazing how much he just nails Parkinson to a tee.
+F1RacerRR All his verbal tics are spot on
+landsberger64 Ive always wondered why Parky either stutters or tics when interviewing guests but he's fine when introducing guests and that.
Absolutely!
Its scary
It’s definitely GROWing on me
McGowan’s Parkinson is absolutely incredible! From the accent itself to the mumbling and stuttering. Amazing!
I keep coming back to this. A wonderful impression and sketch. It's set up for Mcgowan in a genius performance. He gets the character and cartoon of Parkinson perfectly.
Boss :D :D Me too!
Yes.Teriffic !!!!!!😁
This is a superb impression of Parky..the inflection, articulation, mannerism all spot on.
Saville and Harris.... What a difference a couple of years can make
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@@johnporcella2375 They probably wouldn't dare to those two now.
Parkie best impression ever totally spot on
McGowan is just sensational - absolutely the best impression I've ever seen.
Unbelievable he is parky unbelievable ❤
I watched a Parkinson video after this and he scratched his ear in the same way! So spot on it’s unreal, the stutters, the mumbling, the shifting
Hillarous! His Parkinson his absolutely perfection
All three are hilarious and great impressionists, but Alistair's Parkinson is just incredible
1:40 I know it's not a competition but Culshaw pulls out the stops as best he can with Springer, Bush, Beckham, Dawson then MacGowan just sweeps it all aside with one ridiculous rise of pitch as Parky. Macgowan's the master.
AM's Parky is absolutely spot on. The laugh he got out of Rory Bremner when he said 'grows' was brilliant
Tremendous impression of parky definitely in my top 5 of all time to a T how he mumbles incredible well done alistair top class
Roni Ancona is a real beauty and so smart. Comédiens of this standard are so rare
Went to make a cuppa & came back to watch. I was sure it was Parkinson.
Absolutely sublime
Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris mentioned in the space of 20 seconds, the things we never knew only and such a short time a go.
Is ITV and Channel 4 different you think?
Never even considered anyone would do Parkinson but after watching this he is spot ON. Amazing :)
The real Parky died today aged 88 but his legacy lives on.
😢😢😢 loved him
What?? Really?
4:00 - Love how the trouser leg keeps getting higher up as Parky (Alistair) pulls it during interview.
To maintain Parkinson for so long is amazing,
Parkinson himself did it rather well, I feel.
McGowans Michael Parkinson is brilliant, but the Saville impression by Bremner was absolutely spot on, I was crying with laughter.
Jewellery, jewellery. Rattle, rattle.
This was from "Night of a Thousand Faces" - a one-off Christmas Special taking a look at the world of impressions. It aired on Saturday 22nd December 2001 on BBC One in the UK.
That Michael Parkinson impression is exquisite.
This is absolutely brilliant, especially McGowan's "Parkinson" and Ancona's "Davina McCall" impressions!
Haha this is brilliant! McGowan is spot-on with Parky!
Ronni anconna impressions always reminds me of a sean bean discription I heard years ago. Sean bean the man of a thousand voices and everyone of them from Sheffield
Except Audrey Hepburn and many others.
"Make no mistake, that will be discoverefied" 😂
Eyes closed, you'd not know know it was not Parky.
absolutely nails it brilliant as Parkinson
My god he's brilliant.....they all are. He's got Parkinson's behavior spot on. Culshaw's Frank Bruno is bang on the money. Her impersonation of Davina is brilliant too.
I’ve watched this again it’s out of this world how to the T alistair is on parky mind blowing
His parky is amazing. I have seen him do Beckham and many others. He is gifted 😊😊😊
It's great to see this. Around 10 years ago, Alistair was the first artist I saw live at the Norwich Playhouse. He'd gone out of fashion and off our screens for some time, and while I always enjoyed watching him, the live set blew me away. A victim of his own success and unfairly maligned, for someone with such a great talent.
Talent...oh yes, a pianist so good it will leave you speechless
Fabulous to hear these ppl you all have me in stitches
McGowan is the best impressionist ever.
''Grows!!!!!'' in a rough voice.
What I think is so amazing is the way they switch so quickly and successfully between voices. ❤❤
I had tears watching Alistair doing parky.....brilliant.
OMG this is amazing!!! I forgot how good his Parkinson was! It is McGowan VS Calshaw - and McGowan wins everytime!!!
What an amazing concept, 4 impersonators on stage, amd the potential for so many voices, and their versions of the same people.
All 4 of these impressionists in this clip came back on iTV in 2018 to do The Imitation Game with Alexander Armstrong. That show was hilarious!!!!
Finally. I had to see Jon Culshaw and Rory Bremner on the same screen to believe that they are not the same person. I thought it was like Steve Cougan doing Alan Partridge but no, they are really Two different people.
Jon Culshaws interview response is almost exactly the same as when he appeared on Parkinson for real with Eammon Holmes.
That is a work of genius! Keeping a straight face as Parky all the way through the interviews just made it so real. 😲👌
I legit forgot he wasn't Parkinson a few times during this. Amazing impression.
That Michael Parkinson impression is unbelievable, superb. RIP Michael
Damn, his Frank Bruno impression is unequalled, it's superb.
Rubbish
More like Parky than Parky - his jerking left arm and the bit pulling up his trouser leg is a touch of genius.
I never had much time for McGowan, but his Parkinson is absolutely nailed here!
Born and raised in the US and cannot stop watching these 2 doing impressions of people I mostly have no idea about but after looking all of them up and comparing, would I be far off calling these two UK's best impressionists in the past 20-30 years?
Which 2? Lol, all 4 were impressionists :)
@@steves1015 Culshaw and Mcgowan
All 4 of them are brilliant
Look up Kevin Connelly before you decide who's the best impressionist.
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Never saw or knew of this before, which is weird for me, was a treat
Parkinson close your eyes it is unbelievable. All the mannerisms etc. absolutely brilliant
An absolutely fantastic scetch👍👍👍
Absolutely fantastic
Ronnie Ancona .....so gorgeous. ..
Close your eyes and it’s Parky. Beautifully done.
i like it when parky goes uhuhuh ''uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrrrrr''
Alistair McGowan is amazing 😂😂😂
One of the funniest things I've heard for ages.
This is so funny really cheered me up parky was brilliant
Me too! How Alistair keeps a straight face whilst carrying out this astonishing impersonation is incredible
Immaculate impression.
Without dought the best impression I’ve ever ever heard spot on by McGowan 🤙
I *doubt* that
Alistair McGowan doing one impression perfectly is better than 100s(?)
This is priceless!
Laughing our loud 20 years later. Brilliant!
Very good impressions from all.
John Culshaw is good...But Alastair Mcgowan nails it every time......
Rory Bremner is also GOOD, especially when he does his Chris Tarrant impression
Surely there isn't much better than an impressionist playing a role with other impressionists who are not in role. Bang-on, also.
"I want to ask you first of all, if I may" - was Parkinson's opening line to a lot of his interviews.
Yeah he's absolutely brilliant as parky!! So funny.
I love how McGowan's trousers keep getting higher.
Absolutely brilliant
Brilliant, both Masters of impressions .
Man, so enjoyed that.
Everyone saying the Parky impression is great, but the guy doing Jon Culshaw is brilliant.
He was played by Michael Sheen here
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That Parkinson impression is sensational.
Alistair Mcgowan was the GOAT
Amazing. Loved Audrey Hepburn at the end. Crazy how rolph and saville got their limelight just before everything came out. That’s a couple less minutes to their portfolios
used to love watching that lady (the impressionist), haven't seen her on tv for years, they are all very talented. As you say it was of it's time, I remember Rolf Harris was front and centre for one of the Queens big celebrations, prob 2012, courtesy of the Beeb !
Superb!
Though some of the choices of people have not aged well ( e.g. Rolf).
1:28 makes up for it
Brilliant. And the double whammy of Savile and Rolf too.
And now for my Gary Glitter impersonation...
I live close by to Alistair and see him around quite a bit, he's a real nice down to earth guy.
Alistair's Parkinson is fabulous.
Perfect impression of Parky RIP
Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile in the space of 5 minutes.
Right after each other. Awkward!
All that time getting the voice. It's flawless as well.
Awkward! :D
@Richy-J 😳
So? This was pre any of that
His Parky is amazing! For me, Alistair McGowan is always the best impersonator 😁.
Culshaw’s Blair is a thing of beauty.
Unfortunately, the real Blair was a thing of evil.
Bremner smiling at McGowans Parky as he knows it`s so good.
Fabulous sketch! Love it!
"I'm feeling a bit Parky. Anyway don't worry, that's the worst out of the way" 🤣
These are so spot on. Thats talent 😅
Alistair is brilliant. Not only is his Parkinson accurate - and funny - he also looks a LOT like Peter Sellers!
I think Alistair is the best of them all
8:35 Saville and Harris mentioned at the same time. I bet that was subconscious and involuntary.
4:30 - There is the Parky arm going, yes it does look like that when you see the real Parkinson do introductions.
rory's impression of jimmy savile is good but sadly he cant do it now
can also watch 1 episode (at least maybe more) of Stella Street for a Savile impression
These two are VERY good.
Brilliant Alastair was so deadpan
It's spot on! Culshaw is great but McGowan IS Parkinson
RIP Parky
Spot on
Parkinson 😂😂😂😂
so much difference to TV now, one tiny joke makes the audience roar with laughter to force joy, which makes it sad in way