He never did his stage act to us backstage - he kept that for his audience. We experienced him as a kind, gentle, man who very politely asked for a cup of tea
I used to watch the Dick Emery show in the 1970's as a youngster with my family & we were all great fans of his, & he was simply a master & a comic genius, & his work is still hilarious now. I used to love his work with the late great Roy Kinnear, where Roy was the father & Dick was the son who kept mucking things up & his catchphrase was - "Dad, I think I got it wrong again!".
Now we have Nish Kumar. You don't have to be funny anymore you just need to identify as a comedian. You still do a comedy pooftah impression and not be hung out to dry
Dick never stopped being funny. This interview shines a light on the serious side of making people laugh. Considered opinion on his craft from Mr.Emery, fascinating. He was able to give praise & mention to the script writers, and stress their vital importance to the overall success of any production. Remembered fondly, Dick Emery, RIP.
A real favourite of mine - nice interview and great choice of clip from a very funny and crazy film that was miles better than so many at the time!! Thanks for the upload and I have just subbed on the strength of this. 😀
It's been a surprise that more than 1 in 10 viewers of this YT channel are from Australia, and you guys watch more of each video as well!! Thanks for the support!
@@ClassicBritishTelly Not that surprising when you remember we are the same people ethnically with many similar cultural aspects as well. So our sense of humor is bound to have much in common. My great Grandfather drove a Hansom cab in London before coming to Australia.
OH MY I remember watching Dick on TV when I was a kid in the early 70’s A marvellous all round entertainer. At a time when both the BBC and ITV were at the ‘top of their game’ Sadly not now And we only had these 2 channels Tony Bilbow still alive 🌼🌼❤️❤️🏴🏴🏴🏴
I loved watching that film when I was a kid, though shocked to see Liza Goddards buttock, having not seen it 45 years, I suspect it might have been a stunt buttock.
He does look a little thin in this clip, part of me wishes i hadn't seen this clip because i would rather have not known he'd got so close to doing a remake of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' would have been FANTASTIC!!! Rest Well Dick you are loved!!!
A remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets? Presumably he was to take the Alec Guinness roles. I wonder who was to play the murderer. It would never have been as good as the original, which is in a class of its own, but I'm sure it would have been very funny all the same.
His television show was absolutely hilarious and it’s still is to this day but the movie is one of the biggest letdowns imaginable. It hasn’t paid well it isn’t funny and unlike other comics of his time Steptoe and son on the buses et cetera the movie didn’t age well at all, whereas the others mentioned have
Watched it a few weeks ago, enjoyed it when I was a kid . Would never get on tv nowadays. An old man dressed as a woman sneaking around trying to look at young ladies bums . The 70s have aged terribly.
@@clivet3252 i agree, but my mrs who had never seen it walked in whilst the turn up the radiator scene was on , she was unimpressed with an old man dressed as a woman desperately trying to strip young ladies. I tried to explain it was all part of a clever plot but that didn’t wash. 70s borderline perv humour just doesn’t wash on 99 % of females today.And we’re in our 50s. My mum likes this film though. But it is what it is.
@@fegstachops6746 but that's the point. It's humour. It's not supposed to be condoning the behaviour. It's not really any different to the stuff Larry David gets up to. And that Fleabag woman is terrible!
I know it was repetitive with the same characters but it was still funny back in the day, funny was not politically correct but at the time we still had a sense of humour.
I was the venue Stage Manager for a Dick Emery show, many moons ago. He was an absolute gentleman backstage, very polite and kind. RIP Dick Emery.
What a great experience you had. I grew up as a boy watching him, and still enjoy watching him now all these years later.
Same here, loved watching him as a boy with my mum and dad.
Wow! Did he do any of his funny gags?
He never did his stage act to us backstage - he kept that for his audience. We experienced him as a kind, gentle, man who very politely asked for a cup of tea
That is good to hear!
I used to watch the Dick Emery show in the 1970's as a youngster with my family & we were all great fans of his, & he was simply a master & a comic genius, & his work is still hilarious now.
I used to love his work with the late great Roy Kinnear, where Roy was the father & Dick was the son who kept mucking things up & his catchphrase was - "Dad, I think I got it wrong again!".
Dick Emery was that rare talent- gifted to be funny, he made it look easy.
It’s just a pity kind hearts and coronets was cancelled
@@knownpleasures Agreed- that would have been a fascinating take.
Now we have Nish Kumar. You don't have to be funny anymore you just need to identify as a comedian. You still do a comedy pooftah impression and not be hung out to dry
The world was still sane back then just about, and Mr. Dick Emery made it more sane.
A wonderful era for TV comedy. The characters, especially female, were hilarious: Mandy, Hettie. So many memories.
RIP Dick Emery 🙏
He was brilliant ❤ him RIP
A very bright man!
Dick never stopped being funny. This interview shines a light on the serious side of making people laugh. Considered opinion on his craft from Mr.Emery, fascinating.
He was able to give praise & mention to the script writers, and stress their vital importance to the overall success of any production. Remembered fondly, Dick Emery, RIP.
A real favourite of mine - nice interview and great choice of clip from a very funny and crazy film that was miles better than so many at the time!! Thanks for the upload and I have just subbed on the strength of this. 😀
What a wonderful intelligent man Dick Emery was and his humour was absolutely brilliant
Amazing to the think he died early the next month😢🎩
He was simply brilliant.
One of the most talented comedians of the 1970s
A good guy.
He sounded and was looking well here. A very talented entertainer.
The well received BBC series 'Jack of Diamonds' was released posthumously in 1983. His last work.
We loved Mr Emery here in Australia. A great chap and sorely missed.
It's been a surprise that more than 1 in 10 viewers of this YT channel are from Australia, and you guys watch more of each video as well!! Thanks for the support!
@@ClassicBritishTelly Not that surprising when you remember we are the same people ethnically with many similar cultural aspects as well. So our sense of humor is bound to have much in common. My great Grandfather drove a Hansom cab in London before coming to Australia.
@@Westyrulz I'm sure you're right! Thanks again for your support!
@@ClassicBritishTelly and don’t forget New Zealand as well🇳🇿
@@Westyrulz same for me but my great grandad wasn’t very good looking so he just drove an ugly cab not a handsome one😂
OH MY
I remember watching Dick on TV when I was a kid in the early 70’s
A marvellous all round entertainer.
At a time when both the BBC and ITV were at the ‘top of their game’
Sadly not now
And we only had these 2 channels
Tony Bilbow still alive
🌼🌼❤️❤️🏴🏴🏴🏴
3 channels as such then but I know what you mean there too.
Great to see Pat Coombs again!
One of the all time greats
Brilliant man
what a pity, I would have loved Dick Emery in a re make of Kind Hearts and Coronets
Loved his tv show and think its a shame hes not better remembered. Extremely funny show.
One of the greats
Anyone who hasn't seen Dick's film 'Ooh You Are Awful' is really missing out, a great old romp, I thoroughly recommend it.
My favourite comedian
That film was a work of Genius!
He got our chuckle muscles going
He was a bloody genius.
Brilliant talent
People looked a lot older then. hes about 66 here. R.I.P to him.
Dick was hilarious ❤❤❤❤❤
Brilliant mind.
Tony Bilbow's Jimmy Connors hairstyle is so rank.
This man was so funny I still find myself laughing, just thinking about him. Gordon Clyde, the straight man, was a client and friend of my father's.
Oh you are awful, but I like you ! One the greats of Comedy history.
Better days.
He was brilliant so funny
Love Dick Emery. He was a comedy genius. Loved all of his characters especially Hettie. You seem like a nice young man. Are you married?
That’s a top of the pops pullover
Very, very funny man
I loved watching that film when I was a kid, though shocked to see Liza Goddards buttock, having not seen it 45 years, I suspect it might have been a stunt buttock.
Dick Emery was a very sick man by the time he did this interview.
He does look a little thin in this clip, part of me wishes i hadn't seen this clip because i would rather have not known he'd got so close to doing a remake of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' would have been FANTASTIC!!! Rest Well Dick you are loved!!!
Great comedian Dick Emery .
A remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets? Presumably he was to take the Alec Guinness roles. I wonder who was to play the murderer. It would never have been as good as the original, which is in a class of its own, but I'm sure it would have been very funny all the same.
He was awful but I liked him
Haha 😂brilliant! I thought he was hilarious 😅
Great comedy
I always had to laugh at mandy , she use to have a filthy mind and assumed everyone else was being suggestive 😂
one of his good friends was a doctor called wat wong
The ‘hair’ on the interviewer….whose name escapes me …..Barry Norman ?? …..🤷🏼♂️🤔
Tony Bilbow
@@paultaylor7082 .....and at 92 still with us !
@@grantross2609is he still wearing that syrup?
His television show was absolutely hilarious and it’s still is to this day but the movie is one of the biggest letdowns imaginable. It hasn’t paid well it isn’t funny and unlike other comics of his time Steptoe and son on the buses et cetera the movie didn’t age well at all, whereas the others mentioned have
This guy reminds me of ken Dodd and Esther Hansen.🤨
Aww he wasn’t awful and I liked him😂
Watched it a few weeks ago, enjoyed it when I was a kid . Would never get on tv nowadays. An old man dressed as a woman sneaking around trying to look at young ladies bums . The 70s have aged terribly.
It was shown a few times about 15 years ago. It's the best plot ever!
@@clivet3252 i agree, but my mrs who had never seen it walked in whilst the turn up the radiator scene was on , she was unimpressed with an old man dressed as a woman desperately trying to strip young ladies. I tried to explain it was all part of a clever plot but that didn’t wash. 70s borderline perv humour just doesn’t wash on 99 % of females today.And we’re in our 50s. My mum likes this film though. But it is what it is.
@@fegstachops6746 but that's the point. It's humour. It's not supposed to be condoning the behaviour. It's not really any different to the stuff Larry David gets up to. And that Fleabag woman is terrible!
His show was great, he doesnt look well here
He wasn't allfull😅
Barry Normal?
No.
@@georgemcconville849 Normal Barry then?
I think that was Derek Malcolm, from the Guardian, not Malcom Derek from the Grauniad
@@jerrysmith2360 Ah! The happy days before Owen the Jones
The interviewer is Tony Bilbow.
Was not funny. Only had one catchphrase that was very monotonous.
Ooh you are awful
Hello honky tonk
Dad,dad, I think I got it wrong again
Bet you’re fun at parties
@@paulwren1722 I'm no fun at parties, I am a miserable bastard.
I know it was repetitive with the same characters but it was still funny back in the day, funny was not politically correct but at the time we still had a sense of humour.