Innocent times, but I remember seeing this as a kid and literally rolling about on the floor laughing. Then, it was just funny slapstick but now you realise how clever was the timing and the practice that must have gone into this act to make it so entertaining. Those days are gone, and we are more sophisticated - or are we? What a great act!
I saw these at The Coventry Hippodrome when i was about 8 years old.I laughed and laughed until i cried !This then led to a coughing fit. If they were around today i would go and see them all over again
Dave Willis used to do this sketch before his son Denny took over. It was even better then because there were a dozen men in the chorus and Dave was a little short guy on the end. I should know - Dave was my father (real name Williams). How I wish there were film of it!
+smartkiltedman Thanks very much for the flickr photo. Who did the drawing? There's a signature that looks like Tow underneath, and it doesn't look like a self-portrait. Dave looks about 20, so maybe it was done during WW2.
I worked with Denny and Jonny at Cromer pier in 1977, my first summer season as an entertainer. I shared the dressing room with Jonnie Mach and Billy Crochet, it was a fantastic 3 months. I still have some of the many letters Johnny Mack sent me over the preceding years. Sadly they are both gone, as are the other couple who shared the top billing Millican and Nesbit, the singing miners. It is so long ago now.
@@davewilliams1568 Yes Johnny was the straight guy, but offstage he was very funny, while Denny, off stage, was very quiet and reserved, odd how often that happens in show biz.
What is the name of the show this was performed on? I remember watching as a kid, the show featured an announcer, who interacted with the audience, the audience was all dressed up in 19th century clothing, the stage was relatively small...
Everytime I see this I laugh and feel happy..... Thank you Denny Willis🙏🙏👍👍😍😍
Innocent times, but I remember seeing this as a kid and literally rolling about on the floor laughing. Then, it was just funny slapstick but now you realise how clever was the timing and the practice that must have gone into this act to make it so entertaining. Those days are gone, and we are more sophisticated - or are we? What a great act!
One of the best acts ever!!!!!
I saw these at The Coventry Hippodrome when i was about 8 years old.I laughed and laughed until i cried !This then led to a coughing fit.
If they were around today i would go and see them all over again
Dave Willis used to do this sketch before his son Denny took over. It was even better then because there were a dozen men in the chorus and Dave was a little short guy on the end. I should know - Dave was my father (real name Williams). How I wish there were film of it!
+smartkiltedman
Can I see it somewhere?
+smartkiltedman
Thanks very much for the flickr photo. Who did the drawing? There's a signature that looks like Tow underneath, and it doesn't look like a self-portrait. Dave looks about 20, so maybe it was done during WW2.
I worked with Denny and Jonny at Cromer pier in 1977, my first summer season as an entertainer. I shared the dressing room with Jonnie Mach and Billy Crochet, it was a fantastic 3 months. I still have some of the many letters Johnny Mack sent me over the preceding years. Sadly they are both gone, as are the other couple who shared the top billing Millican and Nesbit, the singing miners. It is so long ago now.
@@funjuror My mother told me Johny Mack was Dave Willis's 'feed' for the jokes. I remember seeing Millican & Nesbit, but they were boring to me!
@@davewilliams1568 Yes Johnny was the straight guy, but offstage he was very funny, while Denny, off stage, was very quiet and reserved, odd how often that happens in show biz.
I must have seen a cinema version on tv, when I was a boy: they were a lot younger, of course, and the rithm was incredible.
Sheer comic genius.
Hi Stupot1986 i think Dave Willis was his father an old stage comedian born in Dundee Scotland early 1900s
What is the name of the show this was performed on? I remember watching as a kid, the show featured an announcer, who interacted with the audience, the audience was all dressed up in 19th century clothing, the stage was relatively small...
The Good Old Days. They are showing repeats on BBC 4.
The show was called the Rudi Carell Show and ran for some years on German TV in the 1970s.
@@walterkp: Sie meinen das Video mit der Flughafenkulisse!
Is he any relation to Dave Willis???
stupot1986 that’s his father