Mr Deacon, you live on in the vocabulary of countless forty somethings across the UK. Your name is still used by these people as a general term of abuse to this day.You brightened up so many of our childhoods........for all the WRONG reasons. God bless you Joey.- R.I.P.
A perfect point and sentiment. Sadly, even today people can be seen to do Joey's speech impediment when they do or say something clumsy or non thinking. Kids will always turn to this kind of put down, but once they mature should see it for what it is, abuse of those less fortunate, who were simply born that way, bless them.
When your mate did something stupid you called him a Joey or a Deacon. If they did something REALLY stupid then you wouldn't have to say anything...you'd just do spazzy cross arms and try to bite your shoulder! There was even a football chant "Joey deacon...Joey deacon...ugh ugh ugh!"
Oh man in finally found out where that came from. We ALL did that at school in the UK, it still goes on now, just one of them things. Slips out now and then still..
I used it the other day on my older brother, only realised what Id said afterwards. I'm now 43 and thought i'd long forgotten all about joey deacon. Now an adult I realise its a terrible way for anyone to be the poor guy, wouldn't wish it on anyone, but its strange how these boyhood words stay in your vocabulary!
When Pete and Kathy Beale were in Eastenders my mate told me they had a kid called spazmo.Spazmo-Beale.Spazmobile.I know i'll get some thumbs down for that one but i had to share it.
because of the bbc this man was turned into a figure of ridicule and because of my brother i spent most of the early 80's thinking he played for spurs.
Shame the internet suspiciously hides all mention and videos of him. That clip on BP of him losing his shoe over the ferry (he was being carried) was a classic
I remember Deacon being an insult in the 80s and people doing impressions of "Deacons". So not only did the poor bloke have to live with his disability, he also had to live with being a playground joke. The bloke died in his 60s, spent his whole life in homes, never had kids, a wife or even got to walk down the street. It's not really that funny - the shit some people have to put up with in their lives.....
Blue Peter was always trying to turn kids into better citizens and in this case were appealing to, and fostering, their compassion. The producers clearly knew nothing about kids.
Ahhhh Joey! When we UK born thirty somethings reminisce about the eighties, what thoughts do we conjure up? Spandau Ballet, the Sinclair C5, Leo Gameli jumpers, BMX bandits, big hair, spandex, more spandex, Tucker Jenkins and Gripper Stebson, the Rubix Cube, Nina, her 99 red balloon and nasty hairy pits... the list is endless, but somewhere near the top, sits a legendary icon of the nostalgic eighties. A playground hero to many, certainly much loved and never forgotten, the one and only... Joey
one of the most unfortunate backlashes of late last century. Unlike My Left Foot it merely fueled a child's ignorance. Old School Ignoramuses today are still coining jokes about him despite their own disability to find newer material. And some of you have lived up to that lack of cleverness admirably!
Look as the guys say in the clip, it back-fired on Blue Peter, kids (including myself back then in the early eighties) took the piss out of him and anyone doing something stupid at school was called 'your doing a Joey' or you would make spastic sounds. Yes I expect people now in their 30's regret this but we were kids for god sake! kids take the piss out of anyone really.
I don't regret it and 45 years later I still call stupid people Joey whilst doing that thing with my hands, mouth, and spastic sound effects. It tends to upset all the right people, lol.
god I thought my school was the only one where, if you f*cked up at something, everyone would roll their tongue under their bottom lip and go "Duh, joey!!" turns out everyone was at it.
I never heard of the word "belming" but its funny as feck. I am now going to kill myself with the guilt of finding these comments so funny that tears are running down my face. It's really sad about the poor guy but I just can't help it. the farty little schoolkid inside my head is alive and well apparently.
To respond to Tilehurst's post about George Bush: Or John McCain for that matter. And he has Sarah "Francesca Martinez" Palin for a VP. Mmmmgh, Joey! There's also Joey-o the Plumber (the spaz version of Mario from the Nintendo games) who worries about "paying taxes"! BTW I am a United States citizen by birth.
@ChrisVivian1 Yes and no, one of my older sisters would call me a joey fairly regularly until she went pc of course, but I don't rember the episode firsthand.
All I can say is: No matter how poor you are, no matter how ugly you are, no matter how much you hate yourself, be thankful you're not Joey Deacon. Perspective, people.
It was specifically for people who let you down, were late, didn't turn up or just "didn't get it". As in "Where's Dave he was supposed to meet us here".. "Nah Dave's 'done a Joey" and gone out with his mum" And let's not get judgemental now. In the years it happened I don't know of anyone anywhere - adult or child that didn't say it, and I never saw or heard a single complaint about it IRL, on TV in the papers. It was just "a thing" for a year or two I agree it's not pleasant, but the past is a different country.
Kids are little savages - and I was among them. I look back today and cringe at using his name to mock others. For what it's worth I apologise, but you did write yourself into our culture when most people will never come close to that.
Why the fuck did they make a point of saying kids in school playgrounds are cruel? Tell us something we don't know FFS. This was always going to happen... putting him on That's Life or Blue Peter was a red rag to a bull, and it was their fault he became a figure of fun. Having grown up (a bit), I realise I was bad for doing Deacon impressions, but if a similar aged friend does one even now, I collapse on the floor laughing. You can take the kid out of the 80's but...etc. etc.
Yes, he should of been kept off of television because you and your friends were morons who still haven't managed to reach emotional maturity decades later.
And quite right, too! We need to keep the Joey Deacon legacy alive. Do you still do that thing with your mouth and wrists whilst calling someone Joey with those Joey sound effects?
I saw a Joey appreciation website a little while back. Brings back memories. You would probably get kicked out of school and locked up a dangerous anti-social type if made a joey joke now. Saying that, the kids these days dinnae ken who Joey Deacon was so maybe I am jus talking shite
At one time, a "joey" was a term for a clown, after Joseph Grimaldi who died in 1837. I assumed the insult "joey" must have derived from that; but obviously not!
Or John McCain for that matter. And he has Sarah "Francesca Martinez" Palin for a VP. Mmmmgh, Joey! There's also Joey-o the Plumber (the spaz version of Mario from the Nintendo games) who worries about "paying taxes"!
Mr Deacon, you live on in the vocabulary of countless forty somethings across the UK. Your name is still used by these people as a general term of abuse to this day.You brightened up so many of our childhoods........for all the WRONG reasons.
God bless you Joey.- R.I.P.
Amazing that he overcame his dusability to become the bassist in Queen
Respect the Deacon.
A perfect point and sentiment. Sadly, even today people can be seen to do Joey's speech impediment when they do or say something clumsy or non thinking. Kids will always turn to this kind of put down, but once they mature should see it for what it is, abuse of those less fortunate, who were simply born that way, bless them.
this dude was more of a legend than rick astley
When your mate did something stupid you called him a Joey or a Deacon. If they did something REALLY stupid then you wouldn't have to say anything...you'd just do spazzy cross arms and try to bite your shoulder!
There was even a football chant "Joey deacon...Joey deacon...ugh ugh ugh!"
Oh man in finally found out where that came from. We ALL did that at school in the UK, it still goes on now, just one of them things. Slips out now and then still..
I used it the other day on my older brother, only realised what Id said afterwards. I'm now 43 and thought i'd long forgotten all about joey deacon. Now an adult I realise its a terrible way for anyone to be the poor guy, wouldn't wish it on anyone, but its strange how these boyhood words stay in your vocabulary!
Discerningly Deaconist, and yes he was a man of very few words
poor man had a sad life......................................
Joey Deacon looks totally normal compared to Joey Biden
Ooooh! A bit of politics there! So when's your appearance on Have I Got News for You planned?
Smart arses here with the mong comments should watch James McEvoy in the film 'Inside I'm Dancing'. It's on you tube. It might just change your life.
Ironic that Joey is more famous than the unknown 3rd rate Comedians that appear in this interview.
When Pete and Kathy Beale were in Eastenders my mate told me they had a kid called spazmo.Spazmo-Beale.Spazmobile.I know i'll get some thumbs down for that one but i had to share it.
because of the bbc this man was turned into a figure of ridicule and because of my brother i spent most of the early 80's thinking he played for spurs.
I still do the joey face and say joey even tho I'm now a 46 yo disabled mum
Problem is, if you're in a wheelchair, and you do the Joey face, people are going to think that Joey Deacon has come back from the dead.
That was a great time! Thanks Joey!
Shame the internet suspiciously hides all mention and videos of him.
That clip on BP of him losing his shoe over the ferry (he was being carried) was a classic
The films on here errrrrgggggg ya joey
I remember Deacon being an insult in the 80s and people doing impressions of "Deacons". So not only did the poor bloke have to live with his disability, he also had to live with being a playground joke.
The bloke died in his 60s, spent his whole life in homes, never had kids, a wife or even got to walk down the street. It's not really that funny - the shit some people have to put up with in their lives.....
Yeah. And looking at some of the comments here, its refreshing to find somebody with a bit of humanity and empathy.
Simply because of the folk memory of Joey Deacon among the people at whom Friends was aimed at.
Blue Peter was always trying to turn kids into better citizens and in this case were appealing to, and fostering, their compassion. The producers clearly knew nothing about kids.
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So naughty hahahha
Im chuckling at your comment. I think im going to hell! Lol
he was a king amoungst men
Joey enriches us all. I am a better person for having Joey and his shoes etched into my brain
I don't remember his shoes. What were they like?
It's hard to watch this and not feel your wrists start bending downwards.
Ahhhh Joey! When we UK born thirty somethings reminisce about the eighties, what thoughts do we conjure up? Spandau Ballet, the Sinclair C5, Leo Gameli jumpers, BMX bandits, big hair, spandex, more spandex, Tucker Jenkins and Gripper Stebson, the Rubix Cube, Nina, her 99 red balloon and nasty hairy pits... the list is endless, but somewhere near the top, sits a legendary icon of the nostalgic eighties. A playground hero to many, certainly much loved and never forgotten, the one and only... Joey
one of the most unfortunate backlashes of late last century. Unlike My Left Foot it merely fueled a child's ignorance. Old School Ignoramuses today are still coining jokes about him despite their own disability to find newer material. And some of you have lived up to that lack of cleverness admirably!
Shut up bell end.
I did watch blue peter and have still heard the term joey to this day,even in the less than 40 something generation.
The very first viral LOLcow.
Joey paved the way for Chris Chan, Dragonlord and Bald Nonce
Thanks for the upload. Joey appeard on Blue Peter in the 80's
And you can see why it backfired
Like a red rag to a bull.
Look as the guys say in the clip, it back-fired on Blue Peter, kids (including myself back then in the early eighties) took the piss out of him and anyone doing something stupid at school was called 'your doing a Joey' or you would make spastic sounds.
Yes I expect people now in their 30's regret this but we were kids for god sake! kids take the piss out of anyone really.
Hear Hear! (Your last point).
That said, after reading his autobiography he became a big hero (for truly heroic reasons) of mine.
I don't regret it and 45 years later I still call stupid people Joey whilst doing that thing with my hands, mouth, and spastic sound effects. It tends to upset all the right people, lol.
@@ryokan9120well arent u hard
Joey Deacon, the Godfather of spaz impressions for over 25 years.
I wanna t-shirt with joeys face on it.
Joey Deacon.............. the perfect nickname for every man utd fan.
Deacon was the second gunman on the grassy knoll.
god I thought my school was the only one where, if you f*cked up at something, everyone would roll their tongue under their bottom lip and go "Duh, joey!!"
turns out everyone was at it.
I never heard of the word "belming" but its funny as feck.
I am now going to kill myself with the guilt of finding these comments so funny that tears are running down my face. It's really sad about the poor guy but I just can't help it. the farty little schoolkid inside my head is alive and well apparently.
Why won't my computer accept JoeyDeacon as my new password? It says that it should contain at least 1 special character...
I never made fun of disabled people, it was me that called the spastic.
I never made fun ether, I was called spastic to, because of my own disability. :(
people are cruel
Ah, Transformers, inadvertently bringing Joey back into the public eye.
May 24th 2010 - Joey would have been 90 today!
100
If Friends had been a British made series I don't think it would have featured a character called Joey.
"Bread" did
Yeah, and he wore those mega dodgy leather trousers in every single episode. Those trousers must have stunk to high heaven..@@jonnamechange6854
Has anyone got the clip with Joey Ernie and Tom? I don't want to see people talking about him, we want action.
To respond to Tilehurst's post about George Bush:
Or John McCain for that matter. And he has Sarah "Francesca Martinez" Palin for a VP. Mmmmgh, Joey!
There's also Joey-o the Plumber (the spaz version of Mario from the Nintendo games) who worries about "paying taxes"!
BTW I am a United States citizen by birth.
JUST SHORT OF A MINUTE, THIS PROVES TO BE A PURE DELIGHT.
Omg thank you so much for posting this, ive been on at my girlfriend trying to tell her who joey is for ages, now i finally have proof!
I'm of the age where I was called Joey a lot in the playground. BTW is this Andre Vincent guy Phil Jupitus under an alias?
The reason it backfired at blue peter because
Kids in the playground going JOEY! good thing i wasnt born in the 70s
Ohhh Joey, Joey!
@ChrisVivian1 Yes and no, one of my older sisters would call me a joey fairly regularly until she went pc of course, but I don't rember the episode firsthand.
All I can say is: No matter how poor you are, no matter how ugly you are, no matter how much you hate yourself, be thankful you're not Joey Deacon. Perspective, people.
Try? :)
SPASTIC! :)
If you were a Pokemon, that would be your calling card
It was specifically for people who let you down, were late, didn't turn up or just "didn't get it". As in "Where's Dave he was supposed to meet us here".. "Nah Dave's 'done a Joey" and gone out with his mum" And let's not get judgemental now. In the years it happened I don't know of anyone anywhere - adult or child that didn't say it, and I never saw or heard a single complaint about it IRL, on TV in the papers. It was just "a thing" for a year or two I agree it's not pleasant, but the past is a different country.
I'm watching this because I've just shouted "You fuckin' Joey!" at a driver who cut me up. This is penance.
The clip of joey on the river is comedy gold
Does it exist. It's considered the Holy Grail in Joey appreciation circles.
Kids are little savages - and I was among them. I look back today and cringe at using his name to mock others. For what it's worth I apologise, but you did write yourself into our culture when most people will never come close to that.
theres only one deacster
Its only taken you 12 yrs to get a reply on yr comment
0:18 "he was a spastic" wouldn't get away with that nowadays.
Why? It's a description..
100th like, you Joey.
Sir, Nyooorgh, Sir!
I have seen a TV movie about his life when I was young
Everyone remembers joey losing his shoe on the ferry. Think films on UA-cam
They wouldn't be able to say any of this nowadays
Why the fuck did they make a point of saying kids in school playgrounds are cruel? Tell us something we don't know FFS. This was always going to happen... putting him on That's Life or Blue Peter was a red rag to a bull, and it was their fault he became a figure of fun. Having grown up (a bit), I realise I was bad for doing Deacon impressions, but if a similar aged friend does one even now, I collapse on the floor laughing. You can take the kid out of the 80's but...etc. etc.
Yes, he should of been kept off of television because you and your friends were morons who still haven't managed to reach emotional maturity decades later.
I still call stupid people Joey 🤣🤣
And quite right, too! We need to keep the Joey Deacon legacy alive. Do you still do that thing with your mouth and wrists whilst calling someone Joey with those Joey sound effects?
@@ryokan9120 Yes...but the younger generation don't understand it.
"he was a spastic" lmao good old days
No way. Joey is my girlfriends childhood hero!!!!
You really brought a smile to her face an a tear to her eye.
I saw a Joey appreciation website a little while back. Brings back memories. You would probably get kicked out of school and locked up a dangerous anti-social type if made a joey joke now. Saying that, the kids these days dinnae ken who Joey Deacon was so maybe I am jus talking shite
Yeah, I love that website. They also had a Facebook page too.
At one time, a "joey" was a term for a clown, after Joseph Grimaldi who died in 1837. I assumed the insult "joey" must have derived from that; but obviously not!
I see Andre Vincent got his impression of him totally wrong, and did the other spastic, Phil Jupitus
I think vikesh81 is a bit of a Joey. If he'd watched the clip he wouldn't need to ask the question.
He died in 1981
yes...
It sure did..... I think it still exists to be honest. It was a way of insulting someone who screwed up. Sad but true.
thats sick, you are the type of person that talks about dogs flying helicopters and people being on fire
TIMMY!!!
Not the first or last spastic from Caterham!
walking in a joey wonderland
MLAAAR!!
Or John McCain for that matter. And he has Sarah "Francesca Martinez" Palin for a VP. Mmmmgh, Joey!
There's also Joey-o the Plumber (the spaz version of Mario from the Nintendo games) who worries about "paying taxes"!
Once you spack, you don't go back.
@CHODESPAZ I totally agree.
Oh.
Isn't "doing a joey" (i.e. the act of rolling your tongue into your bottom lip and going "NERR") also called "Bilming" these days? How times change!
o:17 - 0:18 lol
"Ooola....Uma, Ah!" = "I've shit my pants"
Does anyone know where he's buried?
Belm!
@MrChubbyness same
Why?
@halifaxtanning Yeah. Now I'm older and wiser, not so funny now. Kids are horrible!!
@docbreaknik man that's priceless. I can picture it and am giggling now
Are you for real?
Is he still alive?
He looks my mate, tell him to enter the parlympics
JUST SHORTOF
lol come on joey give us a smile
Sad.
flids haven't been born for about 40 years. And I'm not sure how many of them dribble, come to that.
LOL SPAZZMO
@mankiebob
Shit... I'm f***ing choking with laughter!!!
Poor Joey Deacon. Duh! Joey!
he was a flid to the kids.