yeah like the fact that she was well into it.. specially at the end when kenny threw water over everybody ..would there have been complaints about it these days ?
@@Pfthconsidering popular freeview tv, social media and hysterical cancel culture, it really does look like the fall of western civilisation. But having said that, it's also obvious that the (upper) ruling classes have an iron grip on on what they're doing. Covid, conspiracies like g20 & wef and the looming cbdc's prove that.
No she did not, she wanted to be part of the act and at the same level as Everett and Howard. No way am I at level of those two excellent comedians who did not need a script to be funny but as a teacher, lecturer, trainer and professor presenter I have worked with other communicators in front of a class, students and customers at short notice. What happens, is what I use to call 'show time' which means go into perform mode and if with a partner is a skill set, that if either of you set up a question, jibe, a look, a gesture with the hand etc you give the time and the response to the person you are sharing 'dare i say' the stage with. Nicholson either by just sheer stupidity or more likely wanted to be the third person in the act could not shut up and it was obvious to Frankie and Kenny she was ruining their act together. It was also obvious even though their ages and style of comedy were very different they had respect for each other, possibly more by Kenny to Frankie than the other way around. A great shame as that meeting, live, i.e. not rehearsed could have been a great moment in the history of British comedy, where we could have seen them both TRULY apply their craft with each other.
Frankie Howerd (and his two sisters) used to teach Sunday School at the church my Grandfather was vicar of (St Barnabas in Eltham). Apparently he was often late for the planning sessions & would often 'wing-it' at Sunday School resulting in lots of laughter coming from the classes he was taking! When Frankie appeared in panto in Eastbourne I took my Grandma to see him at one of the matinee performances. After the show Grandma insisted on going to the stage door. The stage manager asked what she wanted "Can you tell Frances that Ruby Rogers is here to see him" she asked. Next thing I knew, Frankie himself turned up and whisked us off to his dressing room. They then spent 3 hours catching up on old times in Eltham. Frankie arranged for extra food for us to eat with him. At one point during the afternoon Frankie asked me a series of probing questions about my life in the Navy (him 'interviewing' Kenny reminded me so much of that afternoon.) Frankie was kind and funny without having to resort to any of his catchphrases and it was a surprise to all of us when, 3 hours later, there was a knock at the door to say "curtain up in 5 minutes Mr Howerd" for the evening show.
@@analogueman123456787 I haven't a clue. I'm presuming a new vicar took over and decided "The Frankie Howerd Community Centre" sign above the door of the hall wasn't the look he liked.
Two legends of comedy together in one show, the likes of which we will never see again. Thank you so much for sharing this, brings back so many happy memories for me 😎👍
People who cure diseases, send rockets to the moon and discover DNA are geniuses. Comedians are just narcisistic t***s who are incapable of contributing anything to humanity except being a complet t***. As is the case with these two.
Frankie Howerd says, "First time I have ever had anyone in my arms wearing a beard." Kenny Everett retorts, "That's not what I've heard!" Hilarious. Thank you for the upload.
Howerd was of course, gay, and very, very secretive about it. You can see his expression when he says "well you heard wrong", he was genuinely annoyed. And throwing water into Kenny's face at the end...not ENTIRELY for laughs, I think.
Spontaneous and quite tactile too compared to today - everyone too afraid to act spontaneously or intimately today for fear of being persecuted on social media for the rest of time, and having law suit after law suit filed against them.
Talking of being nervous, I was watching Kenny's hands very closely expecting at any moment for him to whip frankies toupee off. But it shows that his anarchy was just an act. They did have a little gay dig at each other but it was all done in the best possible taste. ❤ So many of the great comedians are now only with us through videos and films.
I love that Kenny, very relatable. I was the stick insect too. We used our brains to get out of fights because we had no muscles. I remember a time when two little bullies were swinging on my school tie, I was already 6 feet tall. I thought "I've had enough of this.' Let them think they've won, fell on top of them. One ended up with a broken collar bone and the other got a broken leg. I never got picked on after that. A little ironic, most people say that we need to stand up to bullies. I prefer to squash them. Anyway, I hope no one is suffering. Please all enjoy your days. ❤
I was the fat kid, low self esteem, got picked on and bullied a lot in the 80s, never managed to hit back, well done for breaking their bones, wish I’d had the ability or chance but age taught them all a lesson, school is a very short and pointless time in our lives, if we are inherently decent people.
@@916hayabusa I get you Haya. Learned so much more between school and now. Yeah, I would never hit back, just let things happen, tw@ts got hurt, well, it was their own fault for treating me like a playground. I hope you can put that All behind you now, mate. Enjoy yourself x
Violence is never the answer. I hut the school bully ,the school laughed at him and a week later he jumped off a bridge.i dont blame myself.i dont feel sorry but i pity his family.
This is such a wonderful random interview... What would I do to go back to this simple..time. We are bombarded by internet everything..this is a real time capsule of how it should be. Thank you so much of reminding me.
I grew up with the kennys video show before he moved to bbc loved that programme where pop stars came on taking the mick could listen to him all day cuddly ken you are missed
When Kenny (Everett) Met Frankie (Howerd) Good Afternoon 1980 2236m 25.5.23 both starred in thrillers - cinema wise. dunno if howerd did a voice over or created a cartoon character, though... as for this allegedly cringe worthy episode - old mavis seems to be losing it, here... much to the audience's glee, though...
I’ve been looking on-and-off for this program for years. Thank you very much for sharing it. I’ve adored Frankie since I was a child. My grandad was also a fan. We had the opportunity to see him in pantomime one year, but he had to bow out at the last minute because of a leg operation so we got George Takei instead. George Takei was brilliant but it was such a shame we never saw Frankie. One of my regrets in life is that I never got to see him live. It’s absolutely great to see Frankie and Kenny working so well together.
My God, I can only imagine the jokes and innuendo that would be delivered if this interview at the beginning was televised in 2023! It would probably end with an investigation.
Several law suits, all four of them torn to pieces on social media, vilified in the mainstream press and then cancelled. But, you know, things can only get better.
I grew up watching these 2 in the 80s. Been a kid and seeing these 2 was mind blowing. This clip is pure tv gold. 📺 back in the day when tv was very watchable.
This was broadcast just 3 days before I was born (1st April, 1980). Surreal. But the Thames TV ident formed a core memory in my early years. My mum recorded Star Wars off TV for me, and it had that Thames ident at the start. I watched it on a loop hundreds of times.
I still miss wonderful Kenny after all these years :(. Great to see him with the amazing Frankie. Class like this was the norm back in those days. Now we've got Nish Kumar and Sara Pascoe FFS I do think poor old Kenny is looking worse for wear here and quite depressed. I think he suffered a fair bit with it. Love you Ken wherever you are.
Thank you for uploading this. I think I misremembered the tone of the exchange between Kenny and Frankie ("That's not what I heard" "Well you heard wrong!"). Perhaps I was more sensitive in those days, because I remembered it as a rather poisonous moment. Seeing it again, it seems just a bit of waggery (although dishonest). Perhaps I was reading too much into it back in the day. Isn't UA-cam wonderful? A vaguely remembered bit of daytime TV that I never imagined I would see again, now available, thanks to you.
Kenny is so self conscious and nervous. His own show gives one the idea he is the opposite, but in front of other funny people he retreats into a shell. Probably a lot to do with the bullying he got in his younger days
I think those are great observations. There's an undercurrent of envy between them, and Nicholson and Reed are out of their depth. I'm surprised Frankie's syrup didn't come off at the end!
I think for Frankie it would have been embarrassing but a bit of release if that toupee had jumped off and did a dance with a cane and top hat to the silvery moon.
I think Mr Howard lived just near the Churchill lights and we always had to say he lived there on passing his house. I love listening to him especially in Up Pompey.
When Kenny (Everett) Met Frankie (Howerd) Good Afternoon 1980 i'd put 'em all in a field and bomb the bastards!!!! as for this allegedly cringe worthy regional stab at light entertainment scrutiny... it aint that bad. i am sure they have other notables to interrogate. and i will seek more of this out.... the guy's impression of howerd was sadly, titter ye not - literally... but beats listening to neighbours play recordings of household chores eg: washing machines or tables being dragged across a floor... can't say that's entertainment but there you go...
Loved that the whole thing was slightly out of control. I never found Kenny Everett that funny, but he certainly made things unpredictable and they were very brave to allow him on.
As a shy person, i have w massive respect for kenny everett. He never once pretended to be more than he was..... A profoundly brilliant entertainer, way ahead of his time
It wasn't often that Frankie was himself in front of the cameras, but I think he came across quite well actually. And fair play to Kenny, who let him speak for the most part without dragging the attention onto himself. All in all, a very enjoyable glimpse of the 'old guard' in the company of the 'new wave' back in 1980.
I’m detecting here that Frankie and Kenny quite disliked each other. Kenny was obviously uncomfortable and irritated by Frankie’s probing condescending questions, while Frankie I felt challenged Kenny at whether he was in fact funny (a comic) at all.
And yet they clearly enjoyed snuggling up to one another. I sensed that there was some good old fashioned rivalry between them, and equally some mutual admiration too.
She was so very good, she acted so naturally with them when they were so spontaneous :-y she was the voice of sanity but she was as fun as they were (/^v^)\ ❤️🥇🏆
From different epochs. Howard developing his characterisation and humour to appease and tickle live generic profile audiences of his time (that I think he developed during his military conscription time). Everett just developing what he had, from his nature and life observations, in an era of far greater choice, freedom and audience selectivity (inherent in radio vs "the only theatre in town"). Kind of like Edinburgh fringe comedy: - no captive audience => no captive comedian => Marmites. I loved KE on the radio - belly laughs!
Just…wow! Lol…wonder if kenny ever did get frank back to the flat to discuss a few joke interpretations? A gem of a find, many cheers. Mavis and Kenneth Williams is a good watch too
I heard recently that Kenny would spend hours and hours snipping bits of audiotape together to make his shows - it would have been so much easier/quicker with modern digital technology so I wonder how his humour would have developed.
Simon Reed was a TV presenter in the 80s now a well known tennis commentator and very good one. His older brother was the great unpredictable actor Oliver Reed.
What a superb programme. Fascinating. I’ve never seen this before - but how insightful, and controlled of the official interviewers once frank started asking Kenny stuff to hang back and just see how it ran … fascinating even though Kenny clammed up in many ways. Clearly both very thoughtful people.
In these 'different' times so difficult to watch, stellar stars of their time but having watched the 'mockumentary' about Frankie Howerd, incredibly difficult to watch his behaviour towards Kenny Everett..Oh BBC you are going down..Goodbye licence fee..
That was one of the most genuinely anarchic interviews ive seen on mainstream TV...and thats coming from somene who actually is a political anarchist!....Sadly the over muscled Charles Atlas time is back nowadays, and even worse than it was in the 1950s, when Kenny was a kid. Folk were thin in the 1960s and 1970s and, as he says, the artistic type was in fashion. Now its the fashion to spend way too much time in the gym building up the six pack, and not bother to do ANY artistic or intellectual things at all. Which is partly why Britain has so few good music bands or interesting DJ's or even comedians nowadays. Is that an improvement? Nah, mate, nah...
Both working at Thames at the same time , hence both available to appear on this live afternoon show. This was recorded at the Teddington studios , most of the Afternoon and Afternoon Plus programmes were recorded at smaller studios in Euston Road.
Wow...how refreshing to see what it was like appearing on television without restriction. Imagine if that interview was today...there'd be no innuendo, throwing of water, slapping or anything. How times have changed and NOT for the better.
The funny thing is that although their characters are jarring within this kind of format (two jesters never works) you also get the feeling that after a few drinks and time to relax around each other that they would actually have some pretty interesting conversations, probably not broadcastable in tone but as we know they had much in common besides their sexual proclivities, being in the same industry, experiences/gossip of other industry figures etc.
Even if we had talent like that these days. They wouldn’t be able to give the best of themselves. Certainly not on the BBC. They were both comic geniuses. Very sadly missed.
David I thoroughly enjoyed this video and didn't think Frankie came over badly at all. He didn't seem uncomfortable to me and I thought both he and Kenny, whilst different generations, seemed respectful of each other, and the "closet" digs going both ways were fun to spot also 🙂Perhaps I don't know Frankie too well but I found the whole show enjoyable and both of the guys were endearingly candid about their stage nerves and past. I also thought they got along well, and the show was a little bizarre in its format (perhaps ahead of its time?) yet Mavis (whom I only remember vaguely, being 51) held it together really well and was a great host. Anyway, thanks for putting the video up 🙂
What a treat seeing Mavis Nicholson. She held it together very well.
yeah like the fact that she was well into it.. specially at the end when kenny threw water over everybody ..would there have been complaints about it these days ?
Indeed .... quick on her feet .... not like the .%^&$£* people today !
She was very affectionate towards Kenny and quite touchy-feely. Watching this made me realise how very different things are today.
@@Pfthconsidering popular freeview tv, social media and hysterical cancel culture, it really does look like the fall of western civilisation. But having said that, it's also obvious that the (upper) ruling classes have an iron grip on on what they're doing. Covid, conspiracies like g20 & wef and the looming cbdc's prove that.
No she did not, she wanted to be part of the act and at the same level as Everett and Howard. No way am I at level of those two excellent comedians who did not need a script to be funny but as a teacher, lecturer, trainer and professor presenter I have worked with other communicators in front of a class, students and customers at short notice. What happens, is what I use to call 'show time' which means go into perform mode and if with a partner is a skill set, that if either of you set up a question, jibe, a look, a gesture with the hand etc you give the time and the response to the person you are sharing 'dare i say' the stage with.
Nicholson either by just sheer stupidity or more likely wanted to be the third person in the act could not shut up and it was obvious to Frankie and Kenny she was ruining their act together. It was also obvious even though their ages and style of comedy were very different they had respect for each other, possibly more by Kenny to Frankie than the other way around.
A great shame as that meeting, live, i.e. not rehearsed could have been a great moment in the history of British comedy, where we could have seen them both TRULY apply their craft with each other.
Frankie Howerd (and his two sisters) used to teach Sunday School at the church my Grandfather was vicar of (St Barnabas in Eltham). Apparently he was often late for the planning sessions & would often 'wing-it' at Sunday School resulting in lots of laughter coming from the classes he was taking!
When Frankie appeared in panto in Eastbourne I took my Grandma to see him at one of the matinee performances. After the show Grandma insisted on going to the stage door. The stage manager asked what she wanted "Can you tell Frances that Ruby Rogers is here to see him" she asked.
Next thing I knew, Frankie himself turned up and whisked us off to his dressing room. They then spent 3 hours catching up on old times in Eltham. Frankie arranged for extra food for us to eat with him. At one point during the afternoon Frankie asked me a series of probing questions about my life in the Navy (him 'interviewing' Kenny reminded me so much of that afternoon.)
Frankie was kind and funny without having to resort to any of his catchphrases and it was a surprise to all of us when, 3 hours later, there was a knock at the door to say "curtain up in 5 minutes Mr Howerd" for the evening show.
Unfortunately, St. Barnabas Church has now erased its connections with Frankie Howerd by removing his name from the church hall next door to it.
@@TREVORALLMAN - Oh, what a shame. Do we know why?
@@analogueman123456787 I haven't a clue. I'm presuming a new vicar took over and decided "The Frankie Howerd Community Centre" sign above the door of the hall wasn't the look he liked.
@@TREVORALLMAN - Ah, right-ho. Thanks for the update. Much appreciated.
@@TREVORALLMANwhat a pathetic thing to do. The new vicar will be forgotten long before Frankie.
Two legends of comedy together in one show, the likes of which we will never see again. Thank you so much for sharing this, brings back so many happy memories for me 😎👍
Two of our sadly missed comic geniuses.
People who cure diseases, send rockets to the moon and discover DNA are geniuses. Comedians are just narcisistic t***s who are incapable of contributing anything to humanity except being a complet t***. As is the case with these two.
Where?
@@Beedee729
What a Karen thing to say... perhaps to be.
@@mortalclown3812 ooh, edgy. What a towering intellect.
@notafanofem your opinion
Frankie Howerd says, "First time I have ever had anyone in my arms wearing a beard." Kenny Everett retorts, "That's not what I've heard!" Hilarious. Thank you for the upload.
Frankie howerd was brilliant and been gone 31 years ago today x 😢
🤣🤣🤣
Howerd was of course, gay, and very, very secretive about it. You can see his expression when he says "well you heard wrong", he was genuinely annoyed. And throwing water into Kenny's face at the end...not ENTIRELY for laughs, I think.
Wonderful wonderful, just wonderful
@@andy6576yes I noticed that he wasn't too happy about it :/
How many people are aware that the other presenter Simon Reed is in fact the younger brother of the legendary Oliver Reed.
Never knew
Jeez ,had no Idea, I've seen him many times ,now that it's pointed out, can see the resemblance
And Simon Reed was commentating on the tennis at the Paris Olympics over the past 2-3 weeks.
Half brother
@@m0xiemarlinspikeJust the Reed bit?
TV was SOoo different in those days.
I have to say how good it is to see something so unpolished
Spontaneous and quite tactile too compared to today - everyone too afraid to act spontaneously or intimately today for fear of being persecuted on social media for the rest of time, and having law suit after law suit filed against them.
@@igakoga2481 Errr… where have you been these past 20 years?
Two comic legends the late Frankie Howard and Kenny Everett both legends in their life time sadly missed but certainly not forgotten 😔
What a super format. I love the interaction and freedom between guests and interviewers. Magical.
Frankie, a deep thinker, intelligent and curious to learn about new people. Kenny was really crazy, but naturally funny too
I bet the directors and staff in the control room were tearing their hair out 😆. Absolutely brilliant!!!
Talking of being nervous, I was watching Kenny's hands very closely expecting at any moment for him to whip frankies toupee off. But it shows that his anarchy was just an act. They did have a little gay dig at each other but it was all done in the best possible taste. ❤ So many of the great comedians are now only with us through videos and films.
Grew up with comedy like this when comedy was funny at no one's EXPENSE 😊 CLASSIC GOLD ❤
I love that Kenny, very relatable. I was the stick insect too. We used our brains to get out of fights because we had no muscles.
I remember a time when two little bullies were swinging on my school tie, I was already 6 feet tall.
I thought "I've had enough of this.' Let them think they've won, fell on top of them.
One ended up with a broken collar bone and the other got a broken leg.
I never got picked on after that. A little ironic, most people say that we need to stand up to bullies.
I prefer to squash them.
Anyway, I hope no one is suffering. Please all enjoy your days. ❤
Thank you that made me laugh!❤️
I was the fat kid, low self esteem, got picked on and bullied a lot in the 80s, never managed to hit back, well done for breaking their bones, wish I’d had the ability or chance but age taught them all a lesson, school is a very short and pointless time in our lives, if we are inherently decent people.
@@916hayabusa
I get you Haya.
Learned so much more between school and now.
Yeah, I would never hit back, just let things happen, tw@ts got hurt, well, it was their own fault for treating me like a playground.
I hope you can put that All behind you now, mate.
Enjoy yourself x
Violence is never the answer. I hut the school bully ,the school laughed at him and a week later he jumped off a bridge.i dont blame myself.i dont feel sorry but i pity his family.
@@paulbradley705
Fcuk man.
Some things we just have to put behind us.
I hope you are doing well.
💪
Sadly gone but never forgotten, two great comedians of an era of camp comedy just on the edge, absolutely brilliant.
This is such a wonderful random interview... What would I do to go back to this simple..time. We are bombarded by internet everything..this is a real time capsule of how it should be. Thank you so much of reminding me.
We've taken a wrong turn, haven't we? for sure.
They were all completely off their trolleys and why bloody not ? 😂😂😂❤❤❤
That would help in this day and age .
You have to be mad to be sane in this crazy world.
I grew up with the kennys video show before he moved to bbc loved that programme where pop stars came on taking the mick could listen to him all day cuddly ken you are missed
Mavis felt a real warmth towards Kenny 🥰
Thank you david benson it at night 11.15 pm and watching this i was transported back to 1981 God bless you
Fascinating 38 minutes from 1980. We almost had it all but instead we got history.
Kenny is such a sweet and beautiful soul.
When Kenny (Everett) Met Frankie (Howerd) Good Afternoon 1980 2236m 25.5.23 both starred in thrillers - cinema wise. dunno if howerd did a voice over or created a cartoon character, though... as for this allegedly cringe worthy episode - old mavis seems to be losing it, here... much to the audience's glee, though...
Was!
Love Frankie as well, he just always makes me smile and laugh, xxx
I’ve been looking on-and-off for this program for years. Thank you very much for sharing it.
I’ve adored Frankie since I was a child. My grandad was also a fan. We had the opportunity to see him in pantomime one year, but he had to bow out at the last minute because of a leg operation so we got George Takei instead. George Takei was brilliant but it was such a shame we never saw Frankie. One of my regrets in life is that I never got to see him live.
It’s absolutely great to see Frankie and Kenny working so well together.
Two. Great comics from different generations and will never see the likes of them again. So sad thanks for posting rest in peace Kenny and Frank
My God, I can only imagine the jokes and innuendo that would be delivered if this interview at the beginning was televised in 2023! It would probably end with an investigation.
Several law suits, all four of them torn to pieces on social media, vilified in the mainstream press and then cancelled. But, you know, things can only get better.
You can detect Kenny's shyness. That's classic for an otherwise, seemingly madcap personality.
Forget Joan Bakewell, Mavis Nicholson was the gorgeous, intellectual & brilliant TV interviewer...Am amazing woman, never forgotten. ❤️
I grew up watching these 2 in the 80s. Been a kid and seeing these 2 was mind blowing. This clip is pure tv gold. 📺 back in the day when tv was very watchable.
This was broadcast just 3 days before I was born (1st April, 1980). Surreal. But the Thames TV ident formed a core memory in my early years. My mum recorded Star Wars off TV for me, and it had that Thames ident at the start. I watched it on a loop hundreds of times.
Maaah meee meeep meee Paaah pah pah paaaaaaarp.
frankie howerd never fails to entertain . love to hear him speak. v intelligent and funny.
I still miss wonderful Kenny after all these years :(.
Great to see him with the amazing Frankie. Class like this was the norm back in those days. Now we've got Nish Kumar and Sara Pascoe FFS
I do think poor old Kenny is looking worse for wear here and quite depressed. I think he suffered a fair bit with it. Love you Ken wherever you are.
Brilliant to see these two together, hilarious interactions and an appropriately chaotic ending that was clearly brewing as the show progressed!
Wow, screen full of legends. Back when TV was good, no politics :) Me as an 8 year old.
Thank you for posting this!
I love it
How respectful is Kenny Everett….two wonderful comedians😅….
Love Kenny ❤️ they definitely don't make them like this anymore 2 wonderful people sadly missed
RIP 🙏 gentlemen ❤
Thank you for uploading this. I think I misremembered the tone of the exchange between Kenny and Frankie ("That's not what I heard" "Well you heard wrong!"). Perhaps I was more sensitive in those days, because I remembered it as a rather poisonous moment. Seeing it again, it seems just a bit of waggery (although dishonest). Perhaps I was reading too much into it back in the day.
Isn't UA-cam wonderful? A vaguely remembered bit of daytime TV that I never imagined I would see again, now available, thanks to you.
Kenny is so self conscious and nervous. His own show gives one the idea he is the opposite, but in front of other funny people he retreats into a shell. Probably a lot to do with the bullying he got in his younger days
Two greats gone. Thank you gents for all you gave us
I think those are great observations. There's an undercurrent of envy between them, and Nicholson and Reed are out of their depth. I'm surprised Frankie's syrup didn't come off at the end!
I think for Frankie it would have been embarrassing but a bit of release if that toupee had jumped off and did a dance with a cane and top hat to the silvery moon.
@@joanneentwistle7653 did he think people didn't know it was a toop?
The line about , first time i have had a man with a beard in my arms, and Kenny replies not what I heard. A classic!
This struck Frankie to the heart “ well, you heard wrong “.
There was a childlike vulnerability with Kenny. A lot of his humor was quite childlike too. You couldn't help but like him.
Kids loved his shows back in the late 70s and early 80s I know I did...
Good old uncle Kenny the world is a much duller place without him, and Frankie too!😔🙏✌️
He wasn’t very funny, more cringeworthy if anything.
@@david-pb4bi yeah well most of the guy's and young lads watching were mainly watching for the eye candy/hot chick's in skimpy outfits!😂
This is a wonderful video, a real gem. The only thing painful about it is your description of it.
I think Mr Howard lived just near the Churchill lights and we always had to say he lived there on passing his house. I love listening to him especially in Up Pompey.
Both men found it hard to accept their sexuality. They had that in common.
Kenny didn't find it hard to accept it. It was those around him who struggled to accept it.
When Kenny (Everett) Met Frankie (Howerd) Good Afternoon 1980 i'd put 'em all in a field and bomb the bastards!!!! as for this allegedly cringe worthy regional stab at light entertainment scrutiny... it aint that bad. i am sure they have other notables to interrogate. and i will seek more of this out.... the guy's impression of howerd was sadly, titter ye not - literally... but beats listening to neighbours play recordings of household chores eg: washing machines or tables being dragged across a floor... can't say that's entertainment but there you go...
@@StrawberrySunday212He certainly did and was in the closet for many years even getting married knowing full well he was gay to keep up appearances
Thank you! That was utterly marvellous
It was utterly Mavis 😉
Two immense talents sadly gone.
Laughter literally saves lives so these wonderful characters are true heros. ❤❤❤
Pure gold. Thank you so much, Mr. Benson.
When Kenny (Everett) Met Frankie (Howerd) Good Afternoon 1980 2238pm 15.5.23 easy to entertain the welsh.
I think there is something attractive about Mavis. I really cant explain it
all done in the best possible taste (of course) 🙂 x
Thank you for uploading this
I never saw this show because I was working, but now looking back how glad I am that I’ve lived through those times, I was 19 then😢
That was hilarious. Thank you for posting. 😂😂
Loved that the whole thing was slightly out of control. I never found Kenny Everett that funny, but he certainly made things unpredictable and they were very brave to allow him on.
Fascinating: they are so different and yet so the same.
As a shy person, i have w massive respect for kenny everett. He never once pretended to be more than he was..... A profoundly brilliant entertainer, way ahead of his time
I do love Kenny, very sadly missed. When people could just laugh and not take life too seriously.
Or worry about every minuscule aspect of their personality being put under the microscope on social media and shredded to pieces.
It wasn't often that Frankie was himself in front of the cameras, but I think he came across quite well actually. And fair play to Kenny, who let him speak for the most part without dragging the attention onto himself.
All in all, a very enjoyable glimpse of the 'old guard' in the company of the 'new wave' back in 1980.
Smiled all the way through! classic!
I’m detecting here that Frankie and Kenny quite disliked each other. Kenny was obviously uncomfortable and irritated by Frankie’s probing condescending questions, while Frankie I felt challenged Kenny at whether he was in fact funny (a comic) at all.
And yet they clearly enjoyed snuggling up to one another. I sensed that there was some good old fashioned rivalry between them, and equally some mutual admiration too.
Thank you for archiving that vid, David 😂
It gave me a lot of memories and emotions.
Ken and Frank... rest in pieces ❤ 😊
Titter ye not, Scrubbers. x
The good days of wonderful comedy& happy carefree television, not like today
'Simon Reed', the brother of late 'Oliver Reed' !
She was so very good, she acted so naturally with them when they were so spontaneous :-y she was the voice of sanity but she was as fun as they were
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David did you ever do Kenny or Frankie 🤔 Oh I say! Your Noel Coward of course is legendary and I loved your performance in Goodnight Sweetheart 👏
From different epochs. Howard developing his characterisation and humour to appease and tickle live generic profile audiences of his time (that I think he developed during his military conscription time). Everett just developing what he had, from his nature and life observations, in an era of far greater choice, freedom and audience selectivity (inherent in radio vs "the only theatre in town"). Kind of like Edinburgh fringe comedy: - no captive audience => no captive comedian => Marmites. I loved KE on the radio - belly laughs!
Frankie Howerd was asking Kenny questions to avoid being asked questions about himself.
You reckon? He wasn't averse to talking about himself, tbf.
What a wonderful interview. Franky and Kenny were both unique and very funny ,silly, perhaps but always a pleasure to watch.
R.I.P you silly sods.
Just…wow! Lol…wonder if kenny ever did get frank back to the flat to discuss a few joke interpretations? A gem of a find, many cheers. Mavis and Kenneth Williams is a good watch too
kenny was like uk version of robin williams always animated etc .. now if those too on set together my oh my 😂🤣
I heard recently that Kenny would spend hours and hours snipping bits of audiotape together to make his shows - it would have been so much easier/quicker with modern digital technology so I wonder how his humour would have developed.
Simon Reed was a TV presenter in the 80s now a well known tennis commentator and very good one. His older brother was the great unpredictable actor Oliver Reed.
Who remembers Captain Kremen and (my personal favourite) Carla... hahaha
First time seeing this show...I hope you got others shows in the volts ...
Well , hopefully they weren't electrified!!! 😃
Would love to have seen a conversation between Kenny and Andy Kaufman.
What a superb programme. Fascinating. I’ve never seen this before - but how insightful, and controlled of the official interviewers once frank started asking Kenny stuff to hang back and just see how it ran … fascinating even though Kenny clammed up in many ways. Clearly both very thoughtful people.
In these 'different' times so difficult to watch, stellar stars of their time but having watched the 'mockumentary' about Frankie Howerd, incredibly difficult to watch his behaviour towards Kenny Everett..Oh BBC you are going down..Goodbye licence fee..
Thanks for sharing David,just brilliant!
Howard had never seen a comedian with a beard, Everett should have said, " I've never seen a comedian with a rug on his head."
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Kenny Everett was a TV genius and his radio show was amazing 🌈
Just imagine if Kenny and Robin Williams got together, what could have been !
Anarchy!
When I was a child I used to think they were the same person. 😄
That was one of the most genuinely anarchic interviews ive seen on mainstream TV...and thats coming from somene who actually is a political anarchist!....Sadly the over muscled Charles Atlas time is back nowadays, and even worse than it was in the 1950s, when Kenny was a kid. Folk were thin in the 1960s and 1970s and, as he says, the artistic type was in fashion. Now its the fashion to spend way too much time in the gym building up the six pack, and not bother to do ANY artistic or intellectual things at all. Which is partly why Britain has so few good music bands or interesting DJ's or even comedians nowadays. Is that an improvement? Nah, mate, nah...
I have never heard of this show. Love the host. She is a bit like a slightly tipsy loving auntie.
God Bless and keep you, Frankie, I love you and miss you greatly.
Mavis was a great interviewer
Both working at Thames at the same time , hence both available to appear on this live afternoon show. This was recorded at the Teddington studios , most of the Afternoon and Afternoon Plus programmes were recorded at smaller studios in Euston Road.
Was this recorded at Teddington? That studio looks very small, more like their Euston Road studios.
@@johnking5174 Euston Studio 5, a lot smaller than even the smallest Teddington Studio 3 (where Magpie was made)
Wow...how refreshing to see what it was like appearing on television without restriction. Imagine if that interview was today...there'd be no innuendo, throwing of water, slapping or anything. How times have changed and NOT for the better.
Could you imagine going to dinner with those two -- wow, it'd great !. Mavis Nicholson was gorgeous, I always had a crush on her !
Very much my era but bloody hell hosts in those days were wooden. Makes you appreciate what a diamond Parky was.
Mavis was always very good and relaxed but Reed was terribly wooden.
Mavis was most certainly not wooden.....she handled the anarchy very well and came across as warm and affectionate!
Rather fascinating if uneasy watching😅Ray Milland and Frankie-Clash of The Syrups!
The funny thing is that although their characters are jarring within this kind of format (two jesters never works) you also get the feeling that after a few drinks and time to relax around each other that they would actually have some pretty interesting conversations, probably not broadcastable in tone but as we know they had much in common besides their sexual proclivities, being in the same industry, experiences/gossip of other industry figures etc.
Frankie looks rather nervous sitting in the audience .
Even if we had talent like that these days. They wouldn’t be able to give the best of themselves. Certainly not on the BBC. They were both comic geniuses. Very sadly missed.
David I thoroughly enjoyed this video and didn't think Frankie came over badly at all. He didn't seem uncomfortable to me and I thought both he and Kenny, whilst different generations, seemed respectful of each other, and the "closet" digs going both ways were fun to spot also 🙂Perhaps I don't know Frankie too well but I found the whole show enjoyable and both of the guys were endearingly candid about their stage nerves and past. I also thought they got along well, and the show was a little bizarre in its format (perhaps ahead of its time?) yet Mavis (whom I only remember vaguely, being 51) held it together really well and was a great host. Anyway, thanks for putting the video up 🙂
I love it two brilliant people I know are brilliant. Thanks for sharing this
Frankie must have dreaded following Everett but he coped with it quite well.
I'm now imagining Kenny in a Carry On film!
Mavis was so beautiful, RIP
For a bloke.
@The Respected Lex what do you mean a bloke. She's a real woman nut a man
@@douglastaggart9360 I think a lot of women look better than her, and most of them are men.
Couldn't stand the old bag at the time, but this made me warm up to her a bit
Queens of comedy.
I've had a lot of pain in my life, and bless him Kenny was the worst of them and I love him for it Heehee yX-D!! ❤️