Sid Millward & The Nitwits - Rudi Carrell Show 1970
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- Sid Millward & The Nitwits - Rudi Carrell Show 1970
The Nitwits were a British musical/comedy act led by Sid Millward (clarinet, conductor).
Others in the band were Wally Stewart (comedian), Cyril Lagey (drummer/comedian/dancer), Charlie Rossi (comedian with violin), Tony Traverci (piano, clarinet, horn, many other instruments), Arthur Calkin (sousaphone), Sid Flood (trombonist), Harry Coles (trumpet), Ronnie Genarda (banjo/vocals) and Tommy Fielding (percussionist). Brian Firth (succeeding Harry Cole) and Ronnie Grenadere also performed with them.
They played in clubs, dance halls and on television and in the movies. They also had a long run at the in the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas in the 60s to standing ovations playing numbers like "Twelfth Street Rag", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Robert E. Lee".
Absolutely brilliant. Pure British lunacy at it's Best. R.I.P fellows thanks for the memories.
Wow old enough for there to be some distant memories of these chaps. Surreal and brilliantly British
Thanks
Das ist allererste Komik. Soviel habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gelacht. Absolute Spitze. Bitte mehr davon.
My uncle was on Spike Jones show, and it's awesome to see how the Brits did it. Funny!
Always love British humor and band jokes are always great, as a musician.
Syd Flood taught me trumpet. He was the most inspiring, patient and relaxed teacher (whist currently being a highly regarded professional performing musician, in his day job). I bumped into him in later life - whilst he was performing with the Nitwits - and we had a fraternal coffee together, and reminisced. A lovely, lovely man, and one of God's good guys! God bless you and rest you, Syd, wherever you are; and, when my time comes, I hope we can hook up again, somewhere out there, and lay some grooves down!
Astonished at how many views.
Sid Flood what an amazing Grandpa
thanks to the recommendations for this old school GEM!
Great...I remember watching this on german television as an eight years old kid...so great to see this gem again
Gotta love the TH-cam algorithm.. This was pretty funny, sadly, you don't see stuff like this anymore. Good fun..
I like him too. he suggests things I would never come up with in my life
This's by Far , one of the Best Natural and Funniest Acts I ever see , very well do , God Bless All of Them .
Absolutely fantastic good old British lunacy at it's best. I used to watch them on the TV . Thanks for the memories
Thnks I'd forgotten these for 50+years no fools,excellent….
Sent this link to my dad....he thanked me sooo much because it's the funniest thing we've seen in ages !
Just great ! And all done with perfect timing !
It’s amazing to be able to watch my grandpa
My great Uncle was Ronnie Genarder (Banjo player in the kilt, actual name was John Gardner). Agree that's it's amazing for us to see them in action in their heyday! Ronnie died in 1973 at age 62, so I was a young child.
absolut brilliant!
British eccentricity at its best, and of course, they had to be brilliant musicians.
All i can say is about this sketch is BRILLIANT. Err barring the first 9 words .Oh and the last 5 words and a number.
love these guys. haven;t seen them in years
OH EM GEE! HOW did I get from the Band of HM Grenadier Guards to THESE guys?? It's a good thing most of my co-workers have left early on this Friday, or I'd be rolling on the floor laughing hysterically! One more in the long, LONG line of lunatic British humor, which I adore!
Syd Flood. My grandpa.Amazing human being
My father was a stern man, and not given to letting his feelings show, but I remember watching him crying with laughter at this act. It s one of my fonder memories of him.
I'm not sure what just happened but I loved it.
Same here!
I thought I was having an LSD flashback for a moment , lol
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.
Brilliant from all.
My favourites when I was a child❤️
I was playing in Las Vegas with the 5 Ascots from Canada in 1965 and would hang out at the home of some of the British showgirls from the Stardust hotel where the Nitwits were playing. They were good friends with the showgirls and would often be at the house where I got to know them. They were always very friendly and fun to be with and I also got to see them perform their fantastic show at the Stardust. They are truly legends of a time that is sadly gone. I'm just lucky to have been able to be there.
Such wonderful memories you must have of them.
Thats great! I've got a postcard from Charlie Day (Rossi) from Las Vegas. It was sent to my Grandma (Minnie) but I still have it.
I was a bit bored at the start then after 12 minutes I didn't want it to end. Clever stuff!
Fantastic!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
When I was a kid in the 1940/50s these guys used to appear as the musical act in Christmas pantomimes.throughout the UK. Despite their zany act, they were all accomplished musicians and made great music when they played seriously.
back to the good old days. great
Humour never goes out of style. I still enjoy Fatty Arbuckle, W.C.FIELDS, Charlie Chaplin and the Marx brothers and many more. It is laughter that saves us all from killing each other. Much of what is considered new has been done before many times, its just a twitch on old routines. We need to laugh at each other and be ok with it because it is not mean spirited.
i wish i hadn't found this so funny !!!! my grandchildren were the only ones laughing with me!!!
Cute! What a zany bunch of guys! Thought I might have detected some excellent musicianship in spite of it all! Thank you all!
Fantastic clip! My great Uncle on the violin, Charlie Rossi (Day) Thanks for posting.
My parents were friends with Charlie and his partner Marion, and daughter Sonia. We lived a few doors away from their shop in Manchester in the early 50's. They moved to St Annes on Sea.
@@poppasmurf Brilliant! I have a Manchester Evening News cutting (no pun) of Charlie cutting Ken Dodds hair. Also, a Postcard sent to us from Charlie and Marion when they played in Las Vegas. Not sure if they lived at some point in Foxhall Road in Blackpool.
@@mitchly Yes, Charlie was a barber by trade. My late Dad told me he used to cut my hair as a 3 year old, and I sat there as good as gold as he threatened to "cut my bloody ears off if you move!"
@@poppasmurf Ah, the good old days. I wish we could bring them back. Having said that, we are doing to a degree with the help of TH-cam. Thanks for your memories Alan. Very precious they are.
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Great Choreography and great Musicians. Great Comics as well. Sooo British. So Funny.
Memories from my childhood hilarious yet phenomenal instrumentalists.
The inspired lunacy possible only in the UK!
Absolutely stunning performance from you all I can remember seeing live the crowd was in hilarious and just kept laughing thank you for posting this so we can still this funny band if you have more shows please post those as well good clean no swearing brilliant and funny thank you for posting this.
Великолепный юмор и отличные музыканты!
BRAVISSIMI COMICI APPLAUSIIIIIII
My father was a member of Dr Crock and his Crackpots from late 40s until early 60s and I *think* these took over after that. I'm sure Charlie Rossi used to be a crackpot at some stage. I have to say the trombonist looks remarkably like Jimmy Edwards!! :)
Your correct Nick, he, (my great Uncle Charlie) was in Dr Crock and his Crackpots.
@@mitchly Thank you Billy. I think the Nitwits started earlier than I first thought but I thought I was right about Charlie so thanks for confirming it. He had such amazing facial expressions ... as they say, funny bones. :)
je ne connaissais ces fabuleux musiciens comédiens merci Patrice
That was great!
Meesterlijk,wat een komieken, zo iets zien we jammer genoeg niet meer op tv. Erg komisch. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Echt jammer dat zo iets niet meer bestaat
Just so elegantly funny - born of intensive practice by this cohesive troupe of consummate acting oddballs able to pull off such an involved and absurd medley of wondrous clownish musicianship. And, of course, this kind of delightful ageless entertainment comes straight out of performance history. Riveting!
Priceless!
Syd Flood (trombone player) is Chris Lowe's (Pet Shop Boys) grandfather. #trivia
That's actually funny to know. Thanks
Was just gonna ask if he's still about here. Nice 1 👍
I have been looking for this comment for a long time. And I found it, hooray!!!🤗 It's not a trifle at all. This is a good sequely
Diese Shows sind einfach Klasse gewesen, heute gibt es nur noch Mist im TV.
Timing is spot on, especially the Temptation routine.
brilliant!
Brilliant British Lunacy . Thanks a lot R.I.P From a true lunatic
fantásticos, agradable comedia
49 Jahre sind in der Zwischenzeit vergangen und ich kann immer noch herrlich über diese komische Szene Lachen.
Rudi hatte halt ein gutes Händchen für ausländische Gäste. Er, Alfred Biolek und Michael Pfleghar haben viele außergewöhnliche Acts aus anderen Ländern nach Deutschland geholt und somit das Deutsche Fernsehen zum (damals) besten Programm der Welt gemacht. Was Alfred Biolek z.B. von Sammy Davis jr. in seiner Sendung bestätigt bekam. "Klimbim" finde ich z.B. besser als das amerikanische Vorbild "Rowan's & Martin's Laugh-In".
Their Timing
Is Perfect
Just excellent
Einfach klasse!!
Almost a re-make of Spike Jones, brilliant!
this is excellent
Just wonderful comedy ....
Love it........
Fantastic..what a rate treat...never heard of them before....the sequence from 10:02 is a masterpiece of comic timing....thanks for posting...
FANTASTIC!!!
Splendid......................
Hahaha
The thing is they had to be good musicians to pull this off
The original "Playmates" (the name they got a gold record for "Beep Beep" in the late '50s, early '60s. . .
Spike Jones meets The Alberts....incredible!
It was great daft fun when I was a kid.
I remember this band well, and also the American Spike Jones and his City Slickers. There was also, I recall , a Japanese band - Hari Cari and his Six Saki-Sippers.
One might also take a gander and a listen to the mellifuous sounds of the Portsmouth Sinfonia's sterling rendition of Strauss' top 40 hit 'Thus sprach Zarathusta'...truly riveting or something...
loved it
Brilliant
Oh so funny .Loved it .
2020 50 Jahre her
It's so great! 🤪🤪🤪
Spike Jones lives!
Herrlich, ich kriege mich nicht mehr ein!
Brilliant , never heard of this before. Shades of the Bonzo's towards the end ?
Excellent quality. Key members of the Nitwits, Cyril Lagey, Tony Traversi, Arthur Calkin seem to be absent from this clip!
+PeteLindup They were because this is from a German television show with a small budget. They could only afford six members of the Nitwits and had to replace the rest by German musicians.
Das war noch Fernsehunterhaltung vom Feinsten!
Good musicians but they must have been inspired by Spike Jones who had first class musicians and destroyed all the well know classical pieces.
and why not, they were all brill, such happy eras P..
Philip Nestor most of these people were inspired by the Marx Brothers who were also good musicians, you may remember!
Possibly, although Sid Millward slightly predated the great Mr Jones.
It was said that spike Jones could take a song from the "Top Ten Seller List" and put it on "The top Ten Smeller List"
Oh my gosh! "Sid Milward and The Nitwits" was mentioned in the sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles" but I thought it was a made up band.
10:24 made my Day😂😂😂
Fantasties ,Dit soort humor zie je idd niet meer
köstlich - ha, ha, ha
Genius
matheus passion
Actually it's pretty good music and song. a lot better than most of the new trash made today.
Nice.
And The Crowd
Goes Wild
Mosh Pits to the horizon
They remind me of Spike Jones and his city slickers.
Hilarious!!!
The little guy here no doubt inspiration for Benny Hills little bald guy.
And was the equivalent of Spike Jones' Billy Barty.
The little penguin with the mustache made the whole thing.
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He's like that Brendan whatsisface who plays Mrs Brown!
Freddie Willetts..my father in law...he was so funny
Now this is humor
Sid Millward
The second part of this video, in which they all appear dis-robed and proceed to induldge each other is without doubt the most horrying spectacle i have ever witnessed.
J'ai vu le cousin à de funès