One of his gags,he came across a drunk man sitting in the street trying to get back to his feet but cannot. “Did you fall?” He asked the man,”Naw”said the man, “I’m trying to break a bar of chocolate in my back pocket!”
I spent a wonderful minute in Chic’s company in the early seventies in a cafe in Balloch. He was very keen on moleskin trousers and I’ve been wearing them to this day (mine, not his).
What a lovely, unique comedian Chic was. My favourite Chic Murray joke ... The other day I saw a man carrying a long stick. 'Are you a polevaulter ?', I shouted to him. 'No', he replied. 'I'm german, but how did you know my name was Walter ?'.
No crudités? What, no mixed raw vegetables served as an hors d'oeuvre, typically with a sauce into which they may be dipped? Fuck, that surprises on a chat show! :0)
Chic was so far ahead of any audience in an interview, he had to stop and wait for them, which could look stilted. As a standup comic, only Bob Monkhouse equalled him.
Got to love the thoroughly basic presentation, the tiny studio, the programme logo stuck to the back of the chair, the all-pervasive cheapness. It's grim up north, at least it was in Carlisle 😁
That's really weird at the end of part 1 around 12.58, it goes completely black until about 13.18. Then Derek Bates starts talking and we get the TV logo etc, with voices off before the picture returns at about 13.56 for part 2. Its absolutely bizarre, I've never seen anything like it before.
That was normal for ITV programmes back then, although the two minutes of colour bars has been edited out. The adverts won’t have been on the tape being played, as all the ITV companies would have had adverts for local firms to play out (a Carlisle car dealer and a carpet warehouse in Galashiels won’t have been of any use to anyone in the Anglia TV region, for example), the countdown clock is for the transmission controllers in each ITV company to know when to switch back to the programme.
@@stickytapenrust6869 this must have been a networked show ? I think in the Grampian region ,l in the early 80s it was on at dinner time,12.30pm & on at 5.15 pm. Nice to see a great comedian being interviewed by a legendary broadcaster Derek Batey
Yes, it was networked. The show's success lay in its simplicity. Many star names were happy to appear on Look Who's Talking as Derek would let them be themselves.
Not sure if he's putting on a mannerism for comic effect or was just uncomfortable or nervous about the interview, maybe it's just the cuts, but something seems off. Nonetheless he pushes through and is really funny and witty.
Very much so, isn't he? I remember hearing Eric say that Jimmy James was his idol and you can see James in both Eric and Chic. I wonder if Chic followed the James style too. Certainly looks like it.
@@lgconlon6035 I meant delivery style rather than appearance. Really very similar. Eric Morecambe openly stated that Jimmy James was his idol; if Chic picked up any of the James style too then he was learning from the very best in the business. But where Chic took things to the next level was the amount of whimsy in his surreality. Truly wonderful. Mind you, I would disagree that Chic was a major star before WWII. He was 19 when war broke out, up and coming but not yet a star. It was postwar when he attained stardom. Whereas Jimmy James, being more than 25 years older, hit the big time in 1930. James was famously "The Comedians' Comedian" - Morecambe (6 years younger than Chic) idolised James when he was a teenage comic in the very late 30s and early war years, it is not difficult to imagine Chic also being impressed with James as he began to move away from double act to solo work. Of course Chic was later acknowledged by the same title by the next generation. And so I see a wonderful line of stand up genius from Jimmy James to Chic Murray, through to the best of surreal comedy of my own lifetime.
Like all comedians that were famous, sometimes they just weren’t funny and the audience would laugh through embarrassment at what they were hearing. This video shows that perfectly. He could be good, but sometimes he just wasn’t funny and he seemed aware of that. It’s not a good example of him.
This has to be the most low-rent chat show ever. Going out in the afternoon, tiny studio and audience, interviewing 'celebrities' no one's ever heard of 😆
Chic Murray was one of the greats. Loved him.
Just to see that program again was great heard the tune,took me right back thanks,it was so laid back time to put your feet up.
Chic was fantastic, so pleased to listen him again here ,Many Thanks
My grandfathers favourite comedian
Always loved the this and that gag.
One of his gags,he came across a drunk man sitting in the street trying to get back to his feet but cannot. “Did you fall?” He asked the man,”Naw”said the man, “I’m trying to break a bar of chocolate in my back pocket!”
I spent a wonderful minute in Chic’s company in the early seventies in a cafe in Balloch. He was very keen on moleskin trousers and I’ve been wearing them to this day (mine, not his).
Just watching the audience at the beginning and suddenly I'm a five-year-old again among the grown-ups!
Chic was an original.
Derek Batey was always very dapper in his suits
Secretly limp wristed. And a toilet trader, too.
Extremely popular ITV programme
That line, "don't worry you will" is a quote of Oscar Wilde. In virtually identical circumstances.
What a lovely, unique comedian Chic was. My favourite Chic Murray joke ...
The other day I saw a man carrying a long stick.
'Are you a polevaulter ?', I shouted to him.
'No', he replied. 'I'm german, but how did you know my name was Walter ?'.
Much better much better than Simon Dees car crash interview, for those who remember.
Chic Murray was a genius ...Lol..
Surrealism on legs ...
No swearing, crudités nor discrimination. R.I.P. Mr. Murry.
No crudités? What, no mixed raw vegetables served as an hors d'oeuvre, typically with a sauce into which they may be dipped? Fuck, that surprises on a chat show! :0)
@@rabbieburns2501 you can add your charcuterie, to complemen but I doubt that's going to happen so crudity it is.
Derek batey a legend😀😀😀😁😊☺
Better on "Mr & Mrs".
Are you sure you don’t mean bellend?
I presume Master Batey is dead and gone now?
Border TV exec:. Sylvia, get me some sticky back plastic. Mike, Grab those two chairs from the office down the way. I've got an idea.
Halloooo, is that the local golf course? Well, it all depends where you live.
Chic was so far ahead of any audience in an interview, he had to stop and wait for them, which could look stilted. As a standup comic, only Bob Monkhouse equalled him.
Got to love the thoroughly basic presentation, the tiny studio, the programme logo stuck to the back of the chair, the all-pervasive cheapness. It's grim up north, at least it was in Carlisle 😁
It was a shead in someone's back garden
Some snooty, sniping modern day critics on here. Give it a break,! this was 1973. RIP Mr Murray
Those who can, do. Those who cannot do, criticise.
That's really weird at the end of part 1 around 12.58, it goes completely black until about 13.18. Then Derek Bates starts talking and we get the TV logo etc, with voices off before the picture returns at about 13.56 for part 2. Its absolutely bizarre, I've never seen anything like it before.
That was normal for ITV programmes back then, although the two minutes of colour bars has been edited out. The adverts won’t have been on the tape being played, as all the ITV companies would have had adverts for local firms to play out (a Carlisle car dealer and a carpet warehouse in Galashiels won’t have been of any use to anyone in the Anglia TV region, for example), the countdown clock is for the transmission controllers in each ITV company to know when to switch back to the programme.
@@stickytapenrust6869 this must have been a networked show ? I think in the Grampian region ,l in the early 80s it was on at dinner time,12.30pm & on at 5.15 pm. Nice to see a great comedian being interviewed by a legendary broadcaster Derek Batey
Yes, it was networked. The show's success lay in its simplicity. Many star names were happy to appear on Look Who's Talking as Derek would let them be themselves.
Everyone in the audience long gone im sure.
James Clarke - Holiday People
Ahh! Border Television.
What was the theme tune to Look Who's Talking called would like to know please
James Clarke - Holiday People
do you have any more of look who's talking with Derek batey?
Billy Connolly idolized Chick.
Yes he did. The Big Yin did cite Chic as being one of his influences on more than one occasion
Not sure if he's putting on a mannerism for comic effect or was just uncomfortable or nervous about the interview, maybe it's just the cuts, but something seems off. Nonetheless he pushes through and is really funny and witty.
Similar style to Eric Morecambe ?
Very much so, isn't he? I remember hearing Eric say that Jimmy James was his idol and you can see James in both Eric and Chic. I wonder if Chic followed the James style too. Certainly looks like it.
Physical resemblance: Chic was a major act from before the War.
@@lgconlon6035 I meant delivery style rather than appearance. Really very similar. Eric Morecambe openly stated that Jimmy James was his idol; if Chic picked up any of the James style too then he was learning from the very best in the business. But where Chic took things to the next level was the amount of whimsy in his surreality. Truly wonderful. Mind you, I would disagree that Chic was a major star before WWII. He was 19 when war broke out, up and coming but not yet a star. It was postwar when he attained stardom. Whereas Jimmy James, being more than 25 years older, hit the big time in 1930. James was famously "The Comedians' Comedian" - Morecambe (6 years younger than Chic) idolised James when he was a teenage comic in the very late 30s and early war years, it is not difficult to imagine Chic also being impressed with James as he began to move away from double act to solo work. Of course Chic was later acknowledged by the same title by the next generation. And so I see a wonderful line of stand up genius from Jimmy James to Chic Murray, through to the best of surreal comedy of my own lifetime.
His droll, self deprecating humour an offside quips, is what endears him to people...
U just never know when he's being serious, or not......
Slow start ...
once you understood his humour he was brilliant
Once you didn’t even funnier.
Like all comedians that were famous, sometimes they just weren’t funny and the audience would laugh through embarrassment at what they were hearing. This video shows that perfectly. He could be good, but sometimes he just wasn’t funny and he seemed aware of that. It’s not a good example of him.
You're right about the interview. Cringeworthy - but from about 16:00 onwards, it's vintage Chic stand-up.
No Chic, no Billy Connolly
So Sad
This has to be the most low-rent chat show ever. Going out in the afternoon, tiny studio and audience, interviewing 'celebrities' no one's ever heard of 😆
Chick Murray was certainly well known. A comedy Legend.
Don't get out much?
It's Border Television . Your point is . . . . . . . .?