You can see where Victoria Wood got her 'I'm looking for my friend Kimberly, have you seen her?' from watching this. Thanks for uploading, I've wanted to see this for a long time.
The beginning of this reminds me of Victoria Woods Kimberley sketch "I'm looking for my friend, Kimberly, have you seen her?" Hilda Baker is the Goddess of comedy. Amazing soul inside that body.
Today Gina Lollobrigida passed away. I can't think of any finer tribute than having your name put through the mangle by the wonderful Hylda Baker. R.I.P. Gina, and Hylda.
its so sad it seems when she was in the nursing home , no one bothered about her cause she had made some enemies also she had dementia. so sad...what a great talent..DEMENTIA is a curse. more and more people are getting it and it destroys the person and the family , caregivers lives.
I am not British but whom today will fit her calibre of acting standards and professionalism. My Father used to say comedy is the toughest medium in show biz. It's true
what catch phrase's she left behind for us to remember her She knows you know Have you been Walter I must get a small hand on this watch plus many more Thanks Hildaxx
A friend of ours auditioned(successfully) to be her last Cynthia(Matthew Kelly played her once in The Good Old Days,but that doesn't really count),he was very tall and well built.She had a read through of her stage act,and watched him carefully.He got the job on the spot,why? because he didn't laugh once (He actually didn't find her funny)He appeared with her over a long period and never corpsed once. I believe her first Cynthia was her husband.
I agree with the comments below. Her style came straight from reality. The North had thousands of these Mrs Malaprops. The closer to reality, the funnier it seems,, as everyone could recognize the performance in reality, and the reality in performance.
@@walverden1 My late Grandfather played opposite her, also. Eric Wainwright, whom you can read about here: www.gentlemenranters.com/3.html#Eric . I believe this is him - the nose, more than, well, anything else! - has me thinking so, as he was extremely handsome, in real life: ua-cam.com/video/e6rMJ6bCot4/v-deo.html Either way, thanks and cheers!
"Whooooo are you goiiiiing to beeee, tonight, Mathew...?" Matthew Kelly's stint as Cynthia there, I think. Lucky man to have worked onstage with the glorious Hylda B; not so lucky to have worked FOR the star Hylda B, but probably worth it.
Hilda Baker was great. A trailblazer. She opened the door for so many female comics. Unfortunately she got dementia and her "friends" and colleagues didn't realise it. I saw her live in Blackpool several times. RIP Ms Baker. Victoria Wood copied her: I'm looking for me friend. Have you seen her? She's tall....etc etc
i can think of two great comedy actresses who off and on tried to emulate her style....'Mrs Slocombe from ''Are you being served'' and Mrs Bouquet from '' kEEPING up Appearances..
starlight76able Thank you for your view,sorry to hear that you thought the sound and the picture was poor,but if you have head phones it would help the audio greatly.
@@walverden1 Am ancient Old man!!! Loved all these great artists. Never been a FAN like lots of people now just like who I like!. But the old time entertainers were wonderful. Robb Wilton, Ken Dodd and others too numerous to name
@@vaslav030547 Thank you Harvey for tuning in to my channel, Hilda was in her day one of the funnest comics around,but i appreciate now it comes across as old and stale .🇬🇧👍
Wonderful Hylda - this country's funniest-ever comedienne - went round the theatre circuits for years with her act singing, playing the piano, clog dancing and cracking jokes. Then she saw Arthur Worsley, the absolute best ventriloquist in history, who famously never spoke, his dummy Charlie Brown doing all the talking and uproariously funny, and life changed for diminutive Hylda: she got herself an enormously tall male stooge, called him Cynthia, who also never said a word, while Hylda cracked joke after joke. She did this new act on The Good Old Days tv variety show in 1952, and was, after all those years touring round, an overnight star, which she remained for the rest of her life.
You can see where Victoria Wood got her 'I'm looking for my friend Kimberly, have you seen her?' from watching this. Thanks for uploading, I've wanted to see this for a long time.
Thank you metalbearuk for your comment,this is a classic performance .
My goodness your right
I thought that when I heard those lines.
The beginning of this reminds me of Victoria Woods Kimberley sketch "I'm looking for my friend, Kimberly, have you seen her?"
Hilda Baker is the Goddess of comedy. Amazing soul inside that body.
Thank you very much for your view and great comment.
Hylda Baker was absolutely brilliant 🎯💯✨♥🌟
From plodder Lane farnworth in Bolton ..
Thank you very much Levi for your View and comment.👍☺️🇬🇧
One of the best comedians of all time
Thank you very much Anne for your view,yes Hilda Baker was one of the best generation of comedians of all time.👍🎭
Today Gina Lollobrigida passed away. I can't think of any finer tribute than having your name put through the mangle by the wonderful Hylda Baker. R.I.P. Gina, and Hylda.
Thank you Kelvin, yes i had forgotten this sketch lol
Wonderful God bless you Hilda ❤️
Thank you very much for your visit and comment.👍😀🇬🇧
Hylda Baker was one of the 'greats' of comedy acting.
Thank you For your comment,so pleased you liked this video.
I smiled the whole time, thanks for such gems.
Peter Dickinson Thank you Peter for your visit and comment,I also smile every time I see this.
Hilda Baker was a legend RIP lovely Lady
Debbie Paterson Debbie thank you for your view and comment,yes she was a great comic and entertainer.
I remember watching her on tv out here in Australia in Nearest and Dearest with Jimmy Jewell.
"walter have you been" and "big girls blouse"
THANK YOU ANTHONY, HAVE A WONDERFUL 2023
its so sad it seems when she was in the nursing home , no one bothered about her cause she had made some enemies also she had dementia. so sad...what a great talent..DEMENTIA is a curse. more and more people are getting it and it destroys the person and the family , caregivers lives.
jessie james As you say Dementia will take no prisoners it is a horrible condition.
Dennis Jennings it takes many prisoners: no survivors. It's a life sentence fr the duration of the afflicted' life. But I understand what you said👍
I am not British but whom today will fit her calibre of acting standards and professionalism. My Father used to say comedy is the toughest medium in show biz. It's true
That's right Jessie many of Comedians have died on stage with there acts.
Many thanks for posting this. I have always loved Hylda's style and performances since I first saw her in the 1960s.
operaloveringlasgow Thank you for your comment,I loved Hilda Baker and her comic style.
A unique and extremely talented performer. A great entertainer in the old music hall tradition.
David Walsh Thank you for your comment.
Just brilliant.. what a performance
NEIL SEAN'S SHOWBIZ Thank you Neil for your comment,I loved this act I have seen it hundreds of times and it still makes me laugh.
Gone but not forgotten .another British star who we loved to see on t v xxx
MARKETMAN6789 Thank you for your view.This show was just great to see all the old and new acts.✅👏
The closing gag about having the goldfish in the spinsters bath is a treat... I blindfold them..
Simon Talbot Thank you Simon for your view and comment,yes that gag was simply the best.
Fantastic - thank you so much!
Thank you Julia for your view and your very nice comment.
Hylda Baker was a true great of comedy. She was a one off, unique. Music hall will never really die with comedy gems like this.
David Walsh Thank you David for your comment,Hilda Baker was great with this comedy sketch.
She was classic
Thank you Baby Clanger for your comment yes she was a real classic one of the old school.
what catch phrase's she left behind for us to remember her She knows you know Have you been Walter I must get a small hand on this watch plus many more Thanks Hildaxx
Thank you Muriel for your comment Hilda was a one off a Brilliant comedian.
PIE-chiatrist!
A friend of ours auditioned(successfully) to be her last Cynthia(Matthew Kelly played her once in The Good Old Days,but that doesn't really count),he was very tall and well built.She had a read through of her stage act,and watched him carefully.He got the job on the spot,why? because he didn't laugh once (He actually didn't find her funny)He appeared with her over a long period and never corpsed once.
I believe her first Cynthia was her husband.
A Paradox Thank you for your very interesting comment and your view.
Calcutt
I agree with the comments below. Her style came straight from reality. The North had thousands of these Mrs Malaprops. The closer to reality, the funnier it seems,, as everyone could recognize the performance in reality, and the reality in performance.
Thank you Lytton for your comment,Hilda was a one-off.
Fantastic absolutely fantastic. What a star she was. You are so missed but will never be forgotten.
Couldn't agree more!
That is Matthew Kelly playing opposite her
BRUTUALTRUTH Thank you for your comment and view.Yes that was Matthew Kelly.
@@walverden1 My late Grandfather played opposite her, also. Eric Wainwright, whom you can read about here: www.gentlemenranters.com/3.html#Eric . I believe this is him - the nose, more than, well, anything else! - has me thinking so, as he was extremely handsome, in real life: ua-cam.com/video/e6rMJ6bCot4/v-deo.html Either way, thanks and cheers!
I thought it was!
She must have been really short?!?!
Legend no foolin!
Gabriel minnelli Thank you for your comment please take a look at my other videos.
"Whooooo are you goiiiiing to beeee, tonight, Mathew...?"
Matthew Kelly's stint as Cynthia there, I think. Lucky man to have worked onstage with the glorious Hylda B; not so lucky to have worked FOR the star Hylda B, but probably worth it.
Thank you for your comment,pleased that you liked this video.
Hilda Baker was great. A trailblazer. She opened the door for so many female comics. Unfortunately she got dementia and her "friends" and colleagues didn't realise it. I saw her live in Blackpool several times. RIP Ms Baker. Victoria Wood copied her: I'm looking for me friend. Have you seen her? She's tall....etc etc
Meir Wise Thank you very much for your view and great comment, you are very fortunate to have seen Hilda Baker live in Blackpool.✅👍🏻🇬🇧
Nelly Pledge and Micheal Myers 🤣
Apparently she was a right cow. When she died, only six people turned up at her funeral. One was her cousin who went just to make sure she was deid.
Thank you Alfred,i did,ent know this about Hilda Baker, lol
i can think of two great comedy actresses who off and on tried to emulate her style....'Mrs Slocombe from ''Are you being served'' and Mrs Bouquet from '' kEEPING up Appearances..
Thank you Jessie for your comment,pleased you liked this video.
shes one of the best if not the one during her time.
would enjoy it even more if the audio and the picture were or better quality
starlight76able Thank you for your view,sorry to hear that you thought the sound and the picture was poor,but if you have head phones it would help the audio greatly.
The Boston dangler
Thank you very much for your View and comment,glad you enjoyed it.😄👍🏻🇬🇧
Later male comedians like Rik Mayall also picked up stuff from watching Nearest & Dearest.
TheTVisions Thank you for your comment, I believe that comedy is taken from all different media and used again.
Interesting. I never thought of that
Totally wonderful. Lost all of them now!!! Current artist are rubbish!!!
John Gadsby Thank you John for your view and very true comment.👍🏻✅🇬🇧👏
@@walverden1 Am ancient Old man!!! Loved all these great artists. Never been a FAN like lots of people now just like who I like!. But the old time entertainers were wonderful. Robb Wilton, Ken Dodd and others too numerous to name
Sad she had dementia starting here loved her so funny and talented!
Paul Simpson thank you Paul for your comment,yes it is a shame just how that dreadful decease gets the better of us.
It hadn't started here...
Some nice comments, but her reputation was 'a bitch to work with'.
Thank you Harvey yes I have heard something like that.
who is the guy dressed up as the woman?
jessie james I believe in her early days it was Victor Graham, but I do believe this is Matthew Kelly.
thank you !
Hylda was the best. I loved her in not on your Nellie
Thank you very much Justin for your view ,yes Hilda was a wonderful comic,and her catch phrase was just hilarious 🤣 Have a wonderful weekend.👍🇬🇧🤣
Sorry folks but I just do not find her funny ...I think Larry Grayson spoilt me now he was funny ...but each to their own
Thank you Robert did you know that Matthew Kelly was Cynthia in this sketch.
@@walverden1 Everyone knows that.
He played Cynthia because he didn't find her funny.
He wasn't alone. I found her act stale too.
@@vaslav030547 Thank you Harvey for tuning in to my channel, Hilda was in her day one of the funnest comics around,but i appreciate now it comes across as old and stale .🇬🇧👍
Wonderful Hylda - this country's funniest-ever comedienne - went round the theatre circuits for years with her act singing, playing the piano, clog dancing and cracking jokes. Then she saw Arthur Worsley, the absolute best ventriloquist in history, who famously never spoke, his dummy Charlie Brown doing all the talking and uproariously funny, and life changed for diminutive Hylda: she got herself an enormously tall male stooge, called him Cynthia, who also never said a word, while Hylda cracked joke after joke. She did this new act on The Good Old Days tv variety show in 1952, and was, after all those years touring round, an overnight star, which she remained for the rest of her life.
Hilda Baker was a wonderful comedienne and person