This is a good documentary. It’s not a gooey love-in. It goes into detail about how difficult a person he undoubtedly was. It doesn’t detract from his mesmerizing talent nor the hours of joy he brought and continues to bring to audiences.
I still remember him. British films had been quite popular for many years of my young days. His expression has been a bit over exacturated, with such strong British accent.
I loved Kenith Williams from the age of 4 watching "Wisp In The Willows" he played a sprite type of narrator and I think all the characters he was brilliant in everything he. Was in😁
I think this must be the best programme ever made about Kenneth Williams. There are talking heads here that simply don't appear elsewhere. His aunt, Phyllis Gidley, for example.
It's fascinating to watch this! Interesting to me to see the way that Alan Simpson seems to be not at all on the same page as Kenneth Williams on how he perceives things. I would say it seems that they were two very different people. Simpson seems a straightforward, matter of fact bloke, Williams an intensely sensitive, emotional aesthete. I would say the truth of the situations described is somewhere between the two opposing accounts they give! Lovely that they chose some of Kenneth's favourite classical music on this documentary, including music that he himself chose when he appeared on Desert Island Discs!
The excessive piped laughter following lines that were not in the slightest funny brings back memories of childhood radio and television shows. It still persists on current shows here and there but not to the same excess thank goodness.
The vast majority of radio comedies in the UK were and still are recorded in front of a live audience. Even many TV comedies are either recorded in front of an audience or played in front of an audience after completion in order to record a laughter soundtrack. To this day you occasionally hear an announcer on Radio 4 telling people how to apply for tickets to upcoming recordings, usually at the BBC in London. As to whether the lines were funny, well they undoubtedly were to those audiences. Hancock's Half Hour and Round the Horn were hugely popular in their day, but obviously tastes change.
@@TheGodpharma Live audience or not, they added excessive amounts of canned laughter into the edits before broadcast. And as someone who listened to the radio in the 1960’s, not half the jokes that apparently got belly laughs were funny. You can tell the canned laughter by the abruptness of quiet cutting short the laughter.
I wish he and Tony Hancock had done a series of some description together. When they were together in Hancock's Half Hour, they were brilliant together! Opportunity missed there, I think.
I keep a journal - I wouldn't want my real character to be judged by anyone reading it; because you pour into it those things you can't say; but that doesn't mean to say you mean all of them; it's a release - now, granted I'm not Kenneth Williams, but I would be prepared to believe the truth might apply to him as well as to me. Who know - playing the psychologist is best left to psychologists, and even they get it wrong....
@@chrishendon9686 Why is it well said? Isn't it human tendency to analyse and make judgments about others? Isn''t it driven by a combination of innate social cognition, confirmation bias in reasoning, and a cultural fascination with flawed methods of "reading" people? Ever read Kenneth's diaries? I have. Many suffered due to criminalisation of homosexuality during the period Kenneth was alive and it contributed to heightened loneliness and social isolation as well as guilt for many gay and lesbian individuals; they were forced to hide their identities. Had he been born 30 years later, he'd have been a different person. The man was a survivor.
Totally agree. I’ve watch a few programmes like this and ‘second guessing’ and trying to wedge in different generation interpretations is annoying. Specially by people no where near as funny.
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One of the Truly Great Comic Geniuses that this country has ever seen or ever will witness again. God how we need him today.
R.I.P Kenneth ❤
That is for sure😊❤
This is a good documentary. It’s not a gooey love-in. It goes into detail about how difficult a person he undoubtedly was.
It doesn’t detract from his mesmerizing talent nor the hours of joy he brought and continues to bring to audiences.
King Kenny thy legend 👍👍👍, simply outstanding 😄😄😄, one could almost say “ FANTABULOSA “ loved it thank you and cheers from new🥝🥝🥝zealand 🍺🍺🍺
The way that british actors talk about other British actors is so so different and genuine that their American counterparts.
I'm currently reading his diary and I'm fascinated by the man. Thanks for uploading. He was a one off.
Love Kenneth Williams. As Max Miller (The Cheeky Chappie) used to say, "There'll never be another"
I have always wanted to know when this documentary was made. Thank you for downloading this. I've always loved this documentary.
An all time favorite; thanks for posting.
Thanks for the memories.
I wish he were still alive. Even if it were just so we could show him how much he was loved.
I still remember him. British films had been quite popular for many years of my young days. His expression has been a bit over exacturated, with such strong British accent.
A true but troubled genius, like Tony Hancock. I fondly remember him in Round the Horne on BBC radio back in the sixties and until his passing.
an original - thanks for the upload
Bless him had a very similar time with my own father...never easy and never really overcome either
i love him in the Carry On movies. Too funny, especially with Hattie Jakes.
I loved Kenith Williams from the age of 4 watching "Wisp In The Willows" he played a sprite type of narrator and I think all the characters he was brilliant in everything he. Was in😁
It was Willow the Wisp.
I think this must be the best programme ever made about Kenneth Williams. There are talking heads here that simply don't appear elsewhere. His aunt, Phyllis Gidley, for example.
It's fascinating to watch this! Interesting to me to see the way that Alan Simpson seems to be not at all on the same page as Kenneth Williams on how he perceives things. I would say it seems that they were two very different people. Simpson seems a straightforward, matter of fact bloke, Williams an intensely sensitive, emotional aesthete. I would say the truth of the situations described is somewhere between the two opposing accounts they give! Lovely that they chose some of Kenneth's favourite classical music on this documentary, including music that he himself chose when he appeared on Desert Island Discs!
The excessive piped laughter following lines that were not in the slightest funny brings back memories of childhood radio and television shows. It still persists on current shows here and there but not to the same excess thank goodness.
The vast majority of radio comedies in the UK were and still are recorded in front of a live audience. Even many TV comedies are either recorded in front of an audience or played in front of an audience after completion in order to record a laughter soundtrack. To this day you occasionally hear an announcer on Radio 4 telling people how to apply for tickets to upcoming recordings, usually at the BBC in London. As to whether the lines were funny, well they undoubtedly were to those audiences. Hancock's Half Hour and Round the Horn were hugely popular in their day, but obviously tastes change.
@@TheGodpharma Live audience or not, they added excessive amounts of canned laughter into the edits before broadcast. And as someone who listened to the radio in the 1960’s, not half the jokes that apparently got belly laughs were funny. You can tell the canned laughter by the abruptness of quiet cutting short the laughter.
lost but not forgotten...
I wish he and Tony Hancock had done a series of some description together. When they were together in Hancock's Half Hour, they were brilliant together! Opportunity missed there, I think.
huge fan
RIP Kenneth 🎉
Brilliant
A bit of me in there
I keep a journal - I wouldn't want my real character to be judged by anyone reading it; because you pour into it those things you can't say; but that doesn't mean to say you mean all of them; it's a release - now, granted I'm not Kenneth Williams, but I would be prepared to believe the truth might apply to him as well as to me. Who know - playing the psychologist is best left to psychologists, and even they get it wrong....
Totally understand 👍
Yeah but it’s pretty obvious he fully intended for his diaries to be read and analysed after he died.
Such a plethora of vocal fry, from our English actors 😂😂😂
I always loved Hattie also
Scary.
Nothing about his relationship with Orton. Strange.
Don't you love amateur psychologists analysing the dead who can't reply. Says more about them!
Well said that man!
@@chrishendon9686 Why is it well said? Isn't it human tendency to analyse and make judgments about others? Isn''t it driven by a combination of innate social cognition, confirmation bias in reasoning, and a cultural fascination with flawed methods of "reading" people? Ever read Kenneth's diaries? I have. Many suffered due to criminalisation of homosexuality during the period Kenneth was alive and it contributed to heightened loneliness and social isolation as well as guilt for many gay and lesbian individuals; they were forced to hide their identities. Had he been born 30 years later, he'd have been a different person. The man was a survivor.
what does it say about them?
Totally agree. I’ve watch a few programmes like this and ‘second guessing’ and trying to wedge in different generation interpretations is annoying. Specially by people no where near as funny.
Yes I do love them. Kenneth Williams was great. It's lovely to see people talking about him so fondly.
Do you have the second part of this?
I don't think we do, sorry!
Michael Sheen did a better Kenneth Williams than Kenneth Williams