American Reacts to Les Dawson Unforgettable and Mother in Law
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- American Reacts to Les Dawson Unforgettable and Mother in Law
In this video I react to Les Dawson and his bits Unforgettable and Mother in Law
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More Les, his piano playing and mother in law jokes are legendary.
Les was funny on and off stage. He had a good heart and is sadly missed.
Had a pretty lousy heart actually, killed him stone dead
@@sonanderson6351 i think Les would have laughed at that himself lol
Les was hilarious when Michael Aspel was interviewing Jerry Lee Lewis, Les has already been interviewed & had moved along the seats, when Aspel asked Lewis what his favourite music was like a bullet Les said "The Wedding March". everyone laughed, Aspel paused in case Lewis was offended. I laughed. Fortunately Lewis did not walk off stage.
Les was a legend and pure comic genius. RIP Les.
Les often appeared in pantomime at Christmas and more than once he appeared at a cinema next to my school. One day in January of 1976 or 77 probably I went into a local pub with a couple of mates for a quiet beer, it was a Monday night, and the panto didn't play on a Monday, it was the cast day off. Well bugger me but who was in there but Les Dawson also having a quiet drink at the bar and I don't think there were more than 8 people in there all told. We ended uphaving a rare old night, Les played the piano a bit (he was actually an accomplished pianist) and we chatted about everything and nothing as you do. He was a riot, he wasn't telling jokes but he was just soooo funny and that was him, it wasn't any kind of act. A nicer guy you really couldn't wish to meet and even though he was at the peak of his fame around that time, he had no airs and graces. He was just another bloke in the pub.... What a guy!
😆 great, ' well bugger me' - haven't heard that in a long time - thanks for that 😁
Alan, one thing you need to know about Les, when he was a young man and broke, he went to Paris to try his luck, he was offered a job playing piano in a club, it took him a while to realise he was actually the pianist in a parisien brothel. 😂
My late dad loved Les Dawson's jokes so much! This brings back fond memories for me as a child hearing my dad roar with laughter watching Les on the telly. Rip Dad, RIP Les.
Les Dawson was one of the all time greats of comedy.
You seriously need to watch his ‘Cissie and Ada’ sketches. 👍
Yep,definitely,espec.as both Roy (Barraclough) and him were planning on filming their routine,later that year,into a proper comedy show,at the time of Les' death!
They were classic bits of comedy and the funniest parts were when one would say something unexpected and the other would try to contain their laughter. That was why they created the game in the first place.
Les was merciless with Roy in those sketches - as soon as he could see Roy was starting to lose it he’d go off script to really make him crack 😂
@@stephennewton2777 They created the characters together and would have an idea of where the sketch would go. Roy knew Les's jokes so well he would work in a lead in and there are cases where Les was caught off guard and on the verge of losing it as well. They never intended it to be anything other than a private game they played.
Stick with Les he won't let you down, truly one of the greats.
You're not wrong!
You can always tell when the Mother-in-law is coming to stay at our house, as all the mice throw themselves on the traps beforehand.
hahahahaa Oh yes indeed
Les was a legend and is still legendary. He was a very very good pianist, but his out of tune playing was inspired. Cissie & Ada are must sees.
Les was a legend. Thanks for the reaction. 👍
hope you can show more of les, all round nice and down to earth man,
I loved watching Les when I growing up, very funny and down to earth, a brilliant piano player! To play the way he did priceless. Thanks for doing this, but you must watch a lot more, you’ll definitely enjoy
one of my favorite jokes by les Dawson is the one where he goes to the doctors for some sleeping pills for the wife, doctor say why do you need them, les says, she's woke up 🤣🤣
Another comedy great, loads of stand up and sketches too, he was ace 👍🏴❤
Les was a comedy genius, for his jokes, characters & his ability to pull a funny face, gurning. Also his ability to play the piano completely out of key, which showed his great musical ability. He was loved throughout the UK & after his death, some years later they made a special televised performance of him. He starred the show as a hologram in front of a celebrity audience. Great to see Les still being remembered.. Thank You! 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Wow...never thought anyone would get round to reacting to the legendary Les!!. The Cissie & Ada sketches - basically Les & his straight-man Roy Barraclough in drag - are hilarious. Especially funny when Les, half way through delivering a line would continue it by miming the 'rude word' thus forcing the audience to lip read. He also had a habit, as Roy said in interviews, of going 'off piste' and ad libbing most lines rather than sticking to the script. His mother in law gags were very funny one liners like , 'I'm not saying the mother in law was ugly but when she puts her lipstick on it backs into the tube'. He was a genius wordsmith with stuff like, 'I sat there and gazed up at the majesty of the cosmos, the stars shone like jewels against the inky blackness and I thought to myself....must repair the hole in the toilet roof' (or something like that!). His monologues are brilliantly funny. Sadly, he passed away suddenly in the mid 90's. RIP Les, you were damn funny to grow up with.
Plays the piano brilliantly wrong, something only someone who can play it brilliantly right can do......very very funny man 😂😂👍👍👍
More Les Dawson please, for me the Greatest ever Comedian and for most Comedians Les was their Favourite.
Such happy memories of being a young boy round my Aunties house (rest her soul) on a Saturday night in the seventies watching Las Dawson and Roy Barrclough, such carefree innocent times. Thanks Mr Beard for posting this 🙂
Les was wonderful.
I miss this kind of old fashioned British humour.
It was the best wasn't it, good times.
No toilet humour or bad language.✌️
Why make racist comments? It was Les Dawson humour, not British.
Des Lawson was a genius, more please
I met Les Dawson twice he was a perfect gentleman and a brilliant comic. RIP Les.
Les Dawson was a comedy legend. You definitely need to check out more of his stuff. He is hilarious. Awesome piano player to.
Les was and will always be a legend
He was a funny man on and off the screen. Not PC today but back in the day, hilarious!
Les was the king of mother-in-law jokes, and once wrote a very funny novel called "Hitler Was My Mother-in-Law" which, IIRC, had a lot of his best mother-in-law one-liners sprinkled through it. But there was so much more to him than that, as I'm sure you'll find out soon :) One of my comedy heroes, for sure.
Thankfully, in real life, he and his mother-in-law got along splendidly :)
@@The_Original_Geoff_B A close university friend of mine was his neighbour in Lytham St Anne's. His family knew Les well, and my mate said that he was a delightful man with no celebrity pretensions.
Les Dawson. Born in Manchester. He was a brilliant pianist, but he was brilliant at mixing the notes up.
Yes you have to go down the Les Dawson rabbit hole.
so pleased you are watching Les, we went with another couple to see him on stage, and my husband had been working really late ,so nodded off, not too bad but. we were in the very front.
Les just ignored him and carried on, but gawd knows what he thought.
And must say you look like your old self again, now the hair is back.
Les was a proper comedian, telling proper jokes.
Les is one of Britains Legendary Comedy Greats, from his "Bad" (deliberately) Piano playing to his Mother In Law Jokes and his Gossiping Ladies over the fence.
Edit: Les was good enough a Pianist that he could deliberately play badly consistently.
That is actually very difficult to do.
Awwww what joy to see this icon of not just comedy but light entertainment in general .
Ps he was an accomplished pianist in real life , it’s quite difficult to play as bad as he did on purpose when your a dab hand at the old Joanna 👍🏴
Les Dawson had a great comedic range. He ran the gamut from short mother-in-law one-liners to long, surreal monologues, while avoiding the casual racism that was all too common in stand-up of the time.
He did some great sketches too - look out for his "Cissy & Ada" routines. Hilarious!
He was a fairly accomplished novelist too, which many people aren't aware of.
... FEEEELLLINGS, WHOA WHOA WHOA! - One of the comic (and musical) geniuses who truly mastered his craft. It's just so unique how his bleak, depressed take on the world also radiates such a sense of warmth and familiarity. There won't be another.
I remember he stayed at a boarding house. He complained that there were large numbers of bed bugs. Landlady replies "There's nota single flea in that bed". Said Les " they're all married with kids"🤣🤣🤣
Les was a legend. He is still sorely missed.
Les Dawson is one of those comedians that can make you laugh before he's said or done anything, An absolute legend
So glad you've decided to check out Les Dawson. The deadpan humor, facepulling, bad piano playing, Cissie & Ada characters always have me crying with laughter. Candle in Cumbria is one of my favourites on here
Truly, Les was one of the Greats, so funny. Sadly missed.
Les was also a wonderful singer, I’d recommend his rendition of ‘Feelings’ for a surprise!
Mother-in-law jokes were very common in the 20th c, but rarely heard now.
Oh no, can't have any of that, it'll annoy the snowflakes and end with a mass Twitter cancelling campaign.
Possibly because marriage isn't quite as commonplace in these days of civil partnerships, and families seem to be getting younger... if not in years, then in appearance. The stereotype of the mother-in-law as an old battleaxe in hair curlers doesn't work as well these days, when yer average M-I-L is just as likely to be a MILF ;)
Another legendary comic who died way too soon who is greatly missed by many. It's another sad reminder that comedy now has lost the magic it once had in such abundance. He was great hosting Blankety Blank. RIP Les
I don't think there would be one person who could not get a laugh with Les he was a genius.
absolutely never fails to make me laugh. very sad day when he passed on.
As said in other comments, Les was so well known for his mother-in-law jokes (in reality he and she got on really well). But as tastes changed Les was advised to cut out the jokes. According to Les in an interview, he was then inundated with letters from mother-in-laws complaining because he DIDN'T do the jokes any more.
It's almost pointless to write this, as everyone else will be saying the same. His off-key piano playing will have you crying with laughter. Also his great skill as a wordsmith combined with his wonderful dead-pan delivery make his monologues a joy to listen to. Les is a sadly missed national treasure.
The "Cissie and Ada" sketches are classic British comedy which still work all these years later.
Les Dawson was one of the greats.
He had an adventerous life, love his stories about living in Paris when he was a young man, where he refined his wonderful self deprecating style. A true wordsmith.
I knew my mother in law was coming because the mice were throwing themselves on the traps - Les Dawson
Les was much more than this. His poetic rants are sublime and his piano playing truly remarkable.
He is actually a good piano player, but he always messes about as it's funnier.
You've found a diamond in finding Les Dawson. Hopefully you'll find Shirley Bassy and Les Dawson it's a classic 👌
One of the greatest clips on TH-cam
This was a golden age of comedy, Les Dawson, Tommy Cooper, the Two Ronnie’s and Billy Connolly at his best.
Does anyone realise how difficult it is to play a tune but out of key? he was legendary
Absolutely, my wife got to grade 7 piano and says doing that on purpose is a lot more difficult than it looks, especially doing it in a way that is most cringeworthy
Aah, Les Dawson, gentle old style comedy from a much loved comedian. I have a lovely memory of watching him with my mother on the TV in the 80s and the two of us crying with laughter, magic.
Les got on with his MIL in real life and once asked her if he should stop the jokes. She told him not to stop!
Glad to see that you’ve unlocked the upper chamber of true comedy greats in Les Dawson..there’s a real treasure trove of clips on here and “Candle in Cumbria” is a good place to start..all time favourite is the “Cissy & Ada” sketch where Les & Roy Barraclough are waitresses in a restaurant and Les sticks his hand in the dessert and loses it when he starts licking his fingers..comedians like this are sadly not around anymore.
The master. Such a beautiful way with words.
Hi E.B., it`s great to see you exploring another of our great comedians. R.I.P. Les Dawson, you are greatly missed.
Les was wonderful, he was an overnight success, well it took 16 years, but for someone whose outlook was always gloomy that's to be expected. His is the comedy of the North of England, his use of language in his monologues paints a picture of gloomy industrial streets populated by terrifying women. His drag act with Roy Barraclough is wonderful, an old woman with no teeth, who mouths words she doesn't want to say, lip reading was essential in those Lancashire cotton mills. Later he took over Blankety Blank a tatty game show, and made it into a comic masterpiece as he mixed attempted enthusiasm with weary contempt for it. He was an excellent pianist, his speciality though was playing badly for comic effect, which is harder than playing well. Yes do check him out.
A perfect summary 👍
I believe that he was actually very fond of his mother in law too.
Yes Les Dawson. He was one of the greats. I was hoping he was going to play the piano in the clip. It's a treat when he does.
His piano playing is legendary if you get a chance to see some , its hilarious. Thanks for posting the video loved his comedy , never over complicated and funny as hell.
Northern humour and comedians - classic but you can't beat it. Ken Dodd is another such traditional 'vaudeville' type comedian - fairly innocent stuff compared with more recent ones, but hilarious none the less. You should check him out if possible.
Hello Alan. Les was a clever bloke who had studied northern humour to get to the point you see here. I saw a documentary about him you might like and I am told he never in real life called his mother in law a Blankety Blank.
hes an accomplished pianist but is famous for playing the music badly in a very funny way
Yep,he works his piano-playing,the same way Tommy Cooper did his magic tricks! 👌
You have to be very good at playing the piano, to play it as bad a Les did.
Les Dawson was a legend, I met him once while out shopping, he had me in tears, I was a teen, magical
thank you reminding me of him, wonderful artist.
Yep the piano playing is SUPERB
Les Dawson was the King Of the one line Mother-in-law's Joke's
Truth was he was very fond of his mother in law.
Les Dawson came to my school when I was about 9, and played the piano deliberately badly. It was amazing!
As a kid growing up in the 60s/70s, Les was my favourite comedian and TV show host & celebrity. Being young, I didn't really understand a lot of his jokes but I enjoyed watching my parents, grandparents & other adult members of my family roaring with laughter when he did his act. As I grew into my teens I began to understand his material and read a lot of his books which were also hilarious. Now, I am in my 60s and still watch anything with Les in it and am so thankful that his shows are still available for us to enjoy. Rest in peace, Les. You are sorely missed. 😢😢😢😢
Such a legend! Yes please find more 🙂👍
Alan, you 'll love Les' piano playing
More Les please!
I was a child when he was a mainstay of British TV and I must admit I didn't appreciate him at the time, but now his genius delights me.
Great pianist, so funny, loved his mother in law jokes.
I was born in the early seventies, and Les Dawson and a few other notables seemed to be always on our TV. I was always glued when Les came on, he was definitely my favourite.
Les Dawson was absolutely brilliant. He was one of those comedians that could make you laugh, saying nothing, just by turning up. His actual comedy, both sketches and stand-up, was first class. It was a sad day when he died. He played the world-weary fool but in real life was neither. He loved life and was highly intelligent, with a razor-sharp wit. :)
Love les Dawson he was and still is brilliantly funny used to live near him was a nice guy too .
My favourite was one where he was about to play on the piano “I was going to play Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony but then I decided against it because he never played any of mine!”
"You could always tell when the mother-in-law was about to arrive. The mice would start to throw themselves on the cat's dinner . . . . Trouble is, the cat had already escaped through an upstairs window!"
Les Dawson is a Collyhurst Legend and an outstanding performer sadly missed.
Firstly a wonderful and well loved Man and then a National Treasure as a comedian and excellent Pianist( though he would not have you believe it:) 😇
Les was one of our greatest comedians, his deadpan delivery was wonderful.
Glad you enjoyed one of our greatest comedians of all time. He's a legend
I loved Les. Top man
Les Dawson.comic legend. Loved by everyone but especially Shirley Bassey.
Les Dawson was a comedy genius through and through.
He is very funny playing the piano
EB👍nothing like Les and his endless mother in law gags😂as well as a funny guy he was actually quite an accomplished pianist and for gags plays all the wrong notes in some routines. Cheers EB take care buddy ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻🙏
I grew up watching Les Dawson and he has always made me laugh. We have had some great comedians and sitcoms over the years in the UK. You may like The Two Ronnies. They did some wonderful sketches.
I only watched Blankety Blank when Lee was on it. I remember him apologising to the winner because the prize was so rubbish. 😂😂😂
takes me back to hearing my dad chuckle at his jokes!
Thanks!
"Cissy and Ada"...... classic Les Dawson
Brilliant reactions...keep up the good work...I haven't seen any of these shows in ages......if your ever in Yorkshire UK....the kettles always on for you
The sketch that Les did with Dennis Waterman is gold too.
That "six of 'em should be enough" is one of my favorite jokes of all time. And I mean of all jokes, not just mother-in-law jokes
Regular special guests - The Roly Polys! 😉😉😉😂😂😂
My favourite Des mother-law joke was.
"I knew the mother-law was coming to visit because the mice where throwing themselves on the traps."
@electric beard great post . Les Dawsons " Blowing out the candle " joke is genius . His face IS the backbone of the joke . Only he could pull it off.