Thank you for the wonderful Ollie Reed references and stories, JT. I'm a 61 year old American who loves watching old Oliver Reed appearances on numerous chat shows. Colorful doesn't begin to describe the man. He's a one man master class in irony and pithy retorts. Oliver would put self-agrandizing actors and actresses in their place, not by being mean...but by being poetically honest. His appearances are a must see, with a few being sober and most with a touch of the drink. His appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" 26 September 1975 and subsequent shindy with America's blabbermouthed has-been actress Shelley Winters is priceless. Miss Winters a mediocre actress at best, prided herself on being a raucous, ditzy name-dropper on the American talk show circuit. Her numerous interruptions and guffaws during Mr. Reed's interview was the fodder for one of the most delicious yet humiliating, ego-smashing, settling of someone's hash ever seen on television. Even after an obviously flustered Miss Winter's chose to pour her cocktail over Mr. Reed's head, he concluded the segment not by calling her a vile name or storming off, but by simply explaining to the now uncomfortable audience why she chose to take what she thought would be the easy way out. Oliver Reed (1)...Shelley Winters a big, fat (0). Johnny Carson the master interviewer, allowed it all to happen for us to enjoy 50 years on. I look forward to reading those wonderful books that you introduced us to. Thanks again, JT.
Thanks for the wonderful kind comment ! Yes just about wherever you go in the UK there is a pub that has a tale about 'the day 'Ollie' came in ! lol.. Where I used to live in a city called Winchester, UK there was a very posh hotel called 'The Wessex'. It was where all the dignitaries stayed as it has wonderful views of the Cathedral. In the restaurant bar there was a huge fish tank that could be seen from both sides of the wall it was built into.. so guests booking in to the hotel would be welcomed by this tropical underwater vision. My Dad stayed there once with work and was told the most remarkable tale !! lol So just but a month or so before Mr. Reed had been staying there probably on location for a film/movie. As he sat in the bar, my Dad was told, he got progressively more drunk and was obsessed with the fish in the tank.. going up to them and tapping on the glass. To his delight he saw one of the hotel staff remove a hatch above the tank and feed the fish. By now the bar was pretty much full as the hotel guests were having pre-dinner drinks all dressed up very posh ready to go into the dinning room. Suddenly Ollie was gone ! His drink was still on the bar.. so the barman (who was telling my Dad the tale) knew that Ollie couldn't be that far away.. and right he was.. because with a gigantic splash he appeared completely naked in the fish tank.. lol.. swimming around and popping his mouth like a goldfish and winking at the women who were sat in the bar with their mouths wide open ! 😂🤣 I must say that he had a very impish view of anything he considered pretentious ! ..and that restaurant bar was obviously on his list of things to 'bring back to earth with a thud' ! lol The funniest part was that when he appeared back in the bar (thankfully by now fully dressed) he got a round of applause and he took a bow swirling his right hand into the air !! 🤣🤣 My Dad nearly spat his drink laughing at the tale. I think only somebody like Oliver Reed could get away with pranks like that !! lol Thanks again for watching and very best wishes !
A wonderful actor! Just had that look...a face not soon forgotten. Always enjoyed his films, especially in the 60's. Thanks for the reminder. Will need to look some up and watch a few! Great stuff!! Bruce and Otis
Thanks so much my friends ! Yes Oliver had a real screen presence for sure ! I enjoyed so many of his movies as a kid and was very sad when I learned about his passing at a relatively young age ! Have an amazing rest of week Andy and Jimbers 🐾
Thanks so much sweetheart ! I really enjoyed so many of Ollie's movies as a kid !! ..and a very funny bloke !! ua-cam.com/video/NRe_x5CECQg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=sclebo05 Have an awesome rest of week !! X
I stumbled apon Oliver in the 60's and I was hooked.To this very day he's the best actor I've ever seen.I miss you Oliver Reed, thank you for entertaining me over the years ❤.
Ha ha !!.. and then some.. there used to be a challenge called 'The Wimbledon Eight ' ..eight pubs back in those days.. two pints in each pub.. winner was the last man standing !! lol
Just watched a film with Oliver Reed called Castaway and I thought that he was pretty good in it. Actually, Amanda Donohoe was the person that I mostly concentrated on (!!!!) but I did wonder whether Reed actually was suffering from the DTs in several of the scenes in the film.
Amanda has a wonderful presence on screen with her hooters oot ! 🦉🦉👀 😜 ..yeah..I think Ollie was as drunk as a lord for most of that movie !! Reed was a great actore and it is a great shame that he was such a dipsomaniac because he was highly intelligent when sober ! ua-cam.com/video/I1BASXIpJPg/v-deo.html Have an awesome weekend Al bro !
It's a great book ! Olly has his own autobiography ( a little harder to get a copy nowadays without spending a fortune.. .. even the softback copies lurking out there) called Reed All About Me (1979) published by W H Allen.. and the softback Coronet (1981) My suggestion would be to order it from a local library from their London archives !! Thanks for watching !!
A friend met him on Gernsey he was in pub and had a aircraft or some need sorting out, my friend said that he offerd to pay him and i think bought him a drink, Tony i think has passed away as this is quite afew years ago.
Not an actor that I followed as an adult, though funny enough I saw a few of his films as a child as the AAFEES military theaters in Germany ran several of his British children's films on the Saturday morning kids' matinees back in the 1970s. I also watched The Three Musketeers in the movie theater attached to the Frankfurt military hospital when I was a patient there as a kid, otherwise I remember that he was in The Prince and the Pauper and also some film about an elephant and set in WWII.
Hey Al bro ! ..yes you are remembering Hannibal Brooks (1969) with the elephant.. ua-cam.com/video/F7yYHKpfsKk/v-deo.html&ab_channel=JohnHunter And the Prince and the Pauper was in my opinion the best version with Ollie ! ua-cam.com/video/7Ji1T-EBoTA/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Boullan-TudosobreaEraTudoreAnaBolena I was a member of my school in Berkhamsted's 'Cinema Club' ..a saturday night event that saw us back at school in the Science Lab (which had auditorium style seating) and was perfect for watching the Super 16 mm movies that they showed. I saw Hannibal Brooks there in the mid 1970's ! Happy days !! Thanks for watching my friend !!
@@JimTimber Thanks for the links, have to say that these films haven't aged well! I well remember those 16mm film projectors and the background whirring sound that would accompany the film being shown as the reels went round, plus, of course, having to change the film reels half way through the showing. Sadly, these old time projectors are history now, just like the big overhead projectors we used in school. Yeah, they were 'happy days' for sure. 📽
Top hole timbers 😅😅....a fine tribute to a great British actor snd character...I unfortunately don't have any ollie stories , but I enjoyed his movies and hey I like booze...thats enough i reckon 😊😅😊😅cheers Jim
Cheers Stan bro ! Ha ha ! Ollie once drank a hundred pints in 24 hours !! 😂.. presumably he was asleep for some of the time so that's a Guinness book of records moment ! lol
I remember going to The Cricketers after a car boot sale Dorking way, there's a picture of him in there, was his local near Broom Hall. I wonder what the curry house was called that he liked near there? What became of Broom Hall?
Broome Hall was a waking nightmare of costs of upkeep. The vast meadows were sold off and the Hall was converted into flats en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broome_Hall ua-cam.com/video/84CKq0-Zw7I/v-deo.html Thanks again !
Thank you for the wonderful Ollie Reed references and stories, JT. I'm a 61 year old American who loves watching old Oliver Reed appearances on numerous chat shows. Colorful doesn't begin to describe the man. He's a one man master class in irony and pithy retorts. Oliver would put self-agrandizing actors and actresses in their place, not by being mean...but by being poetically honest. His appearances are a must see, with a few being sober and most with a touch of the drink. His appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" 26 September 1975 and subsequent shindy with America's blabbermouthed has-been actress Shelley Winters is priceless. Miss Winters a mediocre actress at best, prided herself on being a raucous, ditzy name-dropper on the American talk show circuit. Her numerous interruptions and guffaws during Mr. Reed's interview was the fodder for one of the most delicious yet humiliating, ego-smashing, settling of someone's hash ever seen on television. Even after an obviously flustered Miss Winter's chose to pour her cocktail over Mr. Reed's head, he concluded the segment not by calling her a vile name or storming off, but by simply explaining to the now uncomfortable audience why she chose to take what she thought would be the easy way out. Oliver Reed (1)...Shelley Winters a big, fat (0). Johnny Carson the master interviewer, allowed it all to happen for us to enjoy 50 years on. I look forward to reading those wonderful books that you introduced us to. Thanks again, JT.
Thanks for the wonderful kind comment ! Yes just about wherever you go in the UK there is a pub that has a tale about 'the day 'Ollie' came in ! lol.. Where I used to live in a city called Winchester, UK there was a very posh hotel called 'The Wessex'. It was where all the dignitaries stayed as it has wonderful views of the Cathedral. In the restaurant bar there was a huge fish tank that could be seen from both sides of the wall it was built into.. so guests booking in to the hotel would be welcomed by this tropical underwater vision. My Dad stayed there once with work and was told the most remarkable tale !! lol So just but a month or so before Mr. Reed had been staying there probably on location for a film/movie. As he sat in the bar, my Dad was told, he got progressively more drunk and was obsessed with the fish in the tank.. going up to them and tapping on the glass. To his delight he saw one of the hotel staff remove a hatch above the tank and feed the fish. By now the bar was pretty much full as the hotel guests were having pre-dinner drinks all dressed up very posh ready to go into the dinning room. Suddenly Ollie was gone ! His drink was still on the bar.. so the barman (who was telling my Dad the tale) knew that Ollie couldn't be that far away.. and right he was.. because with a gigantic splash he appeared completely naked in the fish tank.. lol.. swimming around and popping his mouth like a goldfish and winking at the women who were sat in the bar with their mouths wide open ! 😂🤣 I must say that he had a very impish view of anything he considered pretentious ! ..and that restaurant bar was obviously on his list of things to 'bring back to earth with a thud' ! lol The funniest part was that when he appeared back in the bar (thankfully by now fully dressed) he got a round of applause and he took a bow swirling his right hand into the air !! 🤣🤣 My Dad nearly spat his drink laughing at the tale. I think only somebody like Oliver Reed could get away with pranks like that !! lol
Thanks again for watching and very best wishes !
Remember him from oliver twist, loved that one🐶🐾🐺
So many great movies !! Have a pawsome rest of week dear friends 🐾🐾
A wonderful actor! Just had that look...a face not soon forgotten. Always enjoyed his films, especially in the 60's. Thanks for the reminder. Will need to look some up and watch a few! Great stuff!! Bruce and Otis
Thanks so much my friends ! Yes Oliver had a real screen presence for sure ! I enjoyed so many of his movies as a kid and was very sad when I learned about his passing at a relatively young age !
Have an amazing rest of week
Andy and Jimbers 🐾
You Jim, are my favorite wake up call...
Oliver Reed was a massive talent. Nice share! xo
Thanks so much sweetheart ! I really enjoyed so many of Ollie's movies as a kid !! ..and a very funny bloke !!
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Have an awesome rest of week !! X
Interesting story Andy. Thanks for sharing and hope you have a blessed week my friend.
Blessingd right back atcha Tony bro !! ..thanks so much my friend !
I stumbled apon Oliver in the 60's and I was hooked.To this very day he's the best actor I've ever seen.I miss you Oliver Reed, thank you for entertaining me over the years ❤.
Couldn't agree more ! Thanks for the wonderful wishes.. I'm sure Oliie will appreciate them and be raising a glass to you !! Cheers
Hi Jim
Now am interested to listen about this book ...Oliver Reed
Thanks so much for watching !!
🇮🇪 Good video sharing
Thanks for visiting John bro ! ..always very much appreciated my friend !!
What a charismatic man- so watchable- he just drew you in. Great video, my friend. Like 23 :)
Thank you so much 😀.. yeah he has a way with flowery words too !! lol X
He was gorgeous 😍
Ha ha ! ..he sure was a wonderful actor and personality ! Thanks for watching !!
Handsome with an amazing accent…
Thanks so much for watching !!
Oliver Reed a great actor mate he lived life on the wild side
*like👍viewing from Australia🦘 in full☑📺*
Ha ha !!.. and then some.. there used to be a challenge called 'The Wimbledon Eight ' ..eight pubs back in those days.. two pints in each pub.. winner was the last man standing !! lol
Just watched a film with Oliver Reed called Castaway and I thought that he was pretty good in it. Actually, Amanda Donohoe was the person that I mostly concentrated on (!!!!) but I did wonder whether Reed actually was suffering from the DTs in several of the scenes in the film.
Amanda has a wonderful presence on screen with her hooters oot ! 🦉🦉👀 😜 ..yeah..I think Ollie was as drunk as a lord for most of that movie !! Reed was a great actore and it is a great shame that he was such a dipsomaniac because he was highly intelligent when sober !
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Have an awesome weekend Al bro !
Awesome stuff
Thanks so much !
I have seen him in several TV shows and some movies too
Yes he worked a lot in the States during the 1970's and 1980's ! ..a really great actor !
Good impersonation of Olli. I'm currently reading What Fresh Lunacy is This.
It's a great book ! Olly has his own autobiography ( a little harder to get a copy nowadays without spending a fortune.. .. even the softback copies lurking out there) called Reed All About Me (1979) published by W H Allen.. and the softback Coronet (1981) My suggestion would be to order it from a local library from their London archives !! Thanks for watching !!
amazing!
Thanks very much for watching !
A friend met him on Gernsey he was in pub and had a aircraft or some need sorting out, my friend said that he offerd to pay him and i think bought him a drink, Tony i think has passed away as this is quite afew years ago.
Ollie used to live in Guernsey and was a keen vegetable grower there !! Rest in peace your friend Tony !!
Hahahaha 😂Yes I made it this far. I remember you had another video about him and you told some funny stories. He was some character, eh, 😂👍👍Cheers!
Thanks so much for watching ! Ollie sure was a charachter and then some ! lol Have an awesome rest of week !!
I got my middle name after Ollie and my son is an Ollie named after my middle name. My mother loved him.
That's superb ! Just about every pub I visited in Wimbledon had a story to tell about Ollie ! lol.. He was a real character !!
She stumbled upon him in a pub near Dorking once, many years ago.@@JimTimber
Not an actor that I followed as an adult, though funny enough I saw a few of his films as a child as the AAFEES military theaters in Germany ran several of his British children's films on the Saturday morning kids' matinees back in the 1970s. I also watched The Three Musketeers in the movie theater attached to the Frankfurt military hospital when I was a patient there as a kid, otherwise I remember that he was in The Prince and the Pauper and also some film about an elephant and set in WWII.
Hey Al bro ! ..yes you are remembering Hannibal Brooks (1969) with the elephant..
ua-cam.com/video/F7yYHKpfsKk/v-deo.html&ab_channel=JohnHunter
And the Prince and the Pauper was in my opinion the best version with Ollie !
ua-cam.com/video/7Ji1T-EBoTA/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Boullan-TudosobreaEraTudoreAnaBolena
I was a member of my school in Berkhamsted's 'Cinema Club' ..a saturday night event that saw us back at school in the Science Lab (which had auditorium style seating) and was perfect for watching the Super 16 mm movies that they showed. I saw Hannibal Brooks there in the mid 1970's ! Happy days !! Thanks for watching my friend !!
@@JimTimber Thanks for the links, have to say that these films haven't aged well! I well remember those 16mm film projectors and the background whirring sound that would accompany the film being shown as the reels went round, plus, of course, having to change the film reels half way through the showing. Sadly, these old time projectors are history now, just like the big overhead projectors we used in school. Yeah, they were 'happy days' for sure. 📽
Top hole timbers 😅😅....a fine tribute to a great British actor snd character...I unfortunately don't have any ollie stories , but I enjoyed his movies and hey I like booze...thats enough i reckon 😊😅😊😅cheers Jim
Cheers Stan bro ! Ha ha ! Ollie once drank a hundred pints in 24 hours !! 😂.. presumably he was asleep for some of the time so that's a Guinness book of records moment ! lol
@@JimTimber 🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪
Great actor Jim come here bullseye no violence bill lol Great books 😊
Thanks so much ! Ollie does make for interesting reading !! 😁
Aw yeah I love Oliver X I love Charles Dickens X
I remember going to The Cricketers after a car boot sale Dorking way, there's a picture of him in there, was his local near Broom Hall. I wonder what the curry house was called that he liked near there? What became of Broom Hall?
Broome Hall was a waking nightmare of costs of upkeep. The vast meadows were sold off and the Hall was converted into flats
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broome_Hall
ua-cam.com/video/84CKq0-Zw7I/v-deo.html
Thanks again !
@@JimTimber I know
Bump the sound up. If it's too loud I can always turn it down....if too.low I just lose interest.
Sadly I have no control over the volume ! Thanks for watching though !!
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Thanks so much !! X
Should have played Bond.
I totally agree.. he would have been wonderful !! ..probably would have worn out the cocktail shaker though !! 😉😁🍸
He wanted to buy a field, for his horse
Ha ha ..and ended up with Broome Hall !!
Died arm-wrestling Russian sailors! I'll drink to that! 😅
Ha ha ! 😂 Have an awesome rest of week sweetheart !!
Mines a pint, would you like to see my tattoo 😂Lucy the elephant
Ha ha ! Olly was a real card for sure.. he died arm wrestling sailors !! lol Hope all is well bro !!
@@JimTimber after seeing Ozzy Osbourne tats, there's a UA-cam video of Ozzy telling the story.