Parkinson: The Les Dawson Interviews - Friday 6th September 1996

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  • Michael Parkinson recalls
    three memorable interviews with the much-loved comedian.
    genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/292fbcbf2...
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  • @nialloneill5097
    @nialloneill5097 Před 8 měsíci +51

    2 legends doing what they loved, and keeping us entertained.

  • @stephenholmes1036
    @stephenholmes1036 Před 8 měsíci +35

    I have cried with laughter a very funny man

  • @onions1183
    @onions1183 Před 5 měsíci +8

    A supremely funny and charming man. I would loved to have met him. His family can be very proud indeed of all the joy and laughter he brought to many.
    Mr Dawson I hope you are happy in heaven looking down on your family.

  • @johnboro64
    @johnboro64 Před 4 měsíci +9

    He’s so brilliant

  • @thezanzibarbarian5729
    @thezanzibarbarian5729 Před 6 měsíci +16

    Believe it or not, but it was 30 years this June when Les passed away (In 1993.). _But it only seems like yesterday...!!??_ I'm shocked it was such a long time ago.
    He was a comic genius who could really play the piano. But to play it as badly as he did, showed us all what a great talent he was.
    RIP you fantastically funny man.

    • @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095
      @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 Před 6 měsíci +4

      Yes, he was a very funny man. Old School cub entertainer, without the racism and sexism.
      {:o:O:}

  • @tmenzella
    @tmenzella Před 8 měsíci +18

    70’s - 90’s we had this type of tv entertainment. These days it’s TOWIE and Kartrashians.

  • @nezbit8989
    @nezbit8989 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Absolutely one of the best 👌
    My favourite type of comedy satire

  • @johnanthony6092
    @johnanthony6092 Před 8 měsíci +31

    Many people don't realise just how good you have to be to play the piano that bad.

    • @NotJohnUK
      @NotJohnUK Před 8 měsíci +3

      I could give Les a run for his money 😂

    • @johnanthony6092
      @johnanthony6092 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@NotJohnUK 🤣

    • @pizzalover3
      @pizzalover3 Před 7 měsíci

      It's not awfully hard. Just play it normally but the right hand a semitone higher so it clashes and sounds off-key.

  • @stewartlone3445
    @stewartlone3445 Před 6 měsíci +5

    The adoration that Michael had for great comics just made Les shine even more brightly in this interview which I recall seeing as a child; it was a delight then and it is a delight now.

  • @scaramonga
    @scaramonga Před 6 měsíci +33

    God bless Les, so missed xxx He wouldn't be allowed on TV now, as so many would be complaining, unfortunately. Most will not get his humour now. Long gone.

    • @krugerfuchs
      @krugerfuchs Před 4 měsíci +2

      We still do

    • @Evemeister12
      @Evemeister12 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Les' humour was rather clean and he hardly swore in his television acts. He wouldn't be banned.

    • @amfwelsh
      @amfwelsh Před 3 měsíci +3

      He would Absolutely still be allowed on tv. He wasn’t vulgar.

  • @MR-mc6rj
    @MR-mc6rj Před 8 měsíci +14

    " She's right up my street, Elaine " that was razor sharp and the audience didn't pick it up. What a beautiful man. I miss the days as well, of jokes, just silly jokes. My wife is a terrible cook, in our house we say Grace after we eat. Nowadays everything old is thrown away. Maybe I'm getting old . Oh, nostalgia, they say it's a thing of the past. Boom Boom.😀😃

    • @kevinmcgrath2077
      @kevinmcgrath2077 Před 8 měsíci +4

      He throws them out so quickly the audience cant keep up. I like when he said he only played piano in the brothel to to get rid of the customers. Parky said "You played them out" and he replied "No I broke their rhythm". Only a few in the audience caught that one :)

  • @hollyruston2444
    @hollyruston2444 Před 8 měsíci +19

    Les Dawson identified cancel culture before it became a thing. A comedy great.

  • @user-yk7ok7sp8f
    @user-yk7ok7sp8f Před měsícem +2

    A Genius. Bless this Man.

  • @georgealderson4424
    @georgealderson4424 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I like that the orchrstra are amused by his piano playing

  • @theretiredmariner2488
    @theretiredmariner2488 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Class, sheer class, RIP LES DAWSON 😊

  • @allangilchrist5938
    @allangilchrist5938 Před měsícem +1

    The blessed days when comedy was about spreading joyfulness.

  • @jillkent6134
    @jillkent6134 Před 3 dny

    I grew up in the 70’s and Les was my favourite comedian ❤

  • @johnpick6829
    @johnpick6829 Před 6 měsíci +8

    When you see the jokers that pass themselves of as comedians compared to this genius

  • @strikemehandsome
    @strikemehandsome Před 5 měsíci +3

    His analysis of what is and why is funny is spot on. Reverse tragedy. The media tell us what they want us to fight about.

  • @CathyKitson
    @CathyKitson Před 3 měsíci +1

    The "Fahrt" and "Bustenhalten" jokes really got me.

  • @wildfire7250
    @wildfire7250 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Les Dawson Loved Him A Genius Very Sadly Missed. RIP Les

  • @user-fs6sl2er1x
    @user-fs6sl2er1x Před 2 měsíci +1

    Les Dawson just brilliant and sadly missed none of the comedians we have today are a patch on him

  • @theblackenedhymnschannel3985
    @theblackenedhymnschannel3985 Před 4 měsíci +3

    A Man so ahead of his Time. Talking about the Woke Generation nearly 50 years ago. He would turn in his grave if he seen the state of modern day comedy. (R.I.P)

  • @Carrera-gp9od
    @Carrera-gp9od Před 8 měsíci +11

    Back when tv was good !
    How far it has fallen , especially in the last 10 years , it’s utterly unwatchable.

  • @Danmjubb86
    @Danmjubb86 Před 8 měsíci +11

    “You know you’re not a bad comedian when you play Barnsley, they don’t applaud, they let you live”

  • @davidstrange6914
    @davidstrange6914 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Thanks heavens we had Les so so funny ,this is what you called a comedian

  • @StuTun
    @StuTun Před 8 měsíci +7

    Thank you for uploading. Lovely.

  • @AngelicusImmortus
    @AngelicusImmortus Před 8 měsíci +14

    i heard Twiggy once say he was lovely, polite and kind to all women. once in a bar there was a guy being a bit forceful in getting her attention, Les walked the length of the bar grabbed him by the collar the threw him out the door.
    Later he amde sure she got a ride home with one of his friends, to make sure she got there safe. the friend told her he had to make sure she went in okay or Les would break his arm. so she rang the pub and spoke to him to reassure him she was hone safe.
    a true gent.

  • @debbie9259
    @debbie9259 Před měsícem +1

    Loved Les .still do .so funny

  • @thechanneloffun3760
    @thechanneloffun3760 Před 4 měsíci +2

    🤓🥺 I met him with my family behind the building where he was performing, I was so lucky to c him, Don’t remember to much, Just happy I met him 🧐🤬

  • @N1611n
    @N1611n Před 6 dny

    Pure class!

  • @user-yk7ok7sp8f
    @user-yk7ok7sp8f Před měsícem +1

    Brilliant

  • @bigg7047
    @bigg7047 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Genius

  • @mrstamp5121
    @mrstamp5121 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Bloody LOVE Sir Les, me fav bit of this is the keyboard player totally losing it at 19.20 Lmfao😂

  • @ericmccann21
    @ericmccann21 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I do wish I could have experienced the music hall days in England. Must have been a grand time

  • @jasonstephens2946
    @jasonstephens2946 Před 13 dny

    Pure genius!

  • @Chainon82
    @Chainon82 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So Charming. Ya'd miss telly!

  • @chrisp86607
    @chrisp86607 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Glorious

  • @peteratkinson922
    @peteratkinson922 Před 6 měsíci +1

    He 'plays' Parky well. He's a good laugher and LD piles on the gags and unexpected punchlines until Parky can barely stop.

  • @palmertrees
    @palmertrees Před 5 měsíci +2

    Knickers on a prescription, ha ha ha

  • @kathrynweir3760
    @kathrynweir3760 Před 7 dny

    Sadly missed, brilliant comedian 😢

  • @lordgregory6188
    @lordgregory6188 Před 23 dny

    A true funny man!

  • @vicsaul5459
    @vicsaul5459 Před 5 měsíci +2

    THE 4th Prophet ❤

  • @damonk3674
    @damonk3674 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Sadly missed les is just a legend simple

  • @Mehbooba-co-uk
    @Mehbooba-co-uk Před 8 měsíci +5

    at 20:41, is that James May from top gear ?

  • @alfamaleUK68
    @alfamaleUK68 Před 2 měsíci

    Part of my childhood......genuis, miss him, they certainly do not make em like that any more....... not in this woke country we now are unfortunate to live in.......god bless you Les

  • @palmertrees
    @palmertrees Před 5 měsíci

    still got the autograph you did for me when I was about 9 years old, only realised it is a comic naked woman recently

  • @alienxna6511
    @alienxna6511 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Take.Me.Back.

  • @wayneparker6566
    @wayneparker6566 Před 7 měsíci

    Just very funny.

  • @John-pn4rt
    @John-pn4rt Před 3 měsíci

    @20.03 the lady in the centre of the screen is Michael Parkinson's wife Mary.

  • @frankspig
    @frankspig Před 8 měsíci +3

    So telling ... Wow wonder what he would think now ... Hmmm

  • @pauldashwood2897
    @pauldashwood2897 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great Saturday nights back then ….god it’s shit now .u tube is the winner .

  • @robwilton9539
    @robwilton9539 Před 7 měsíci +1

    A great Rob Wilton fan, like Bob Monkhouse was too, but he outshone his mentor.

  • @Mc007Queen
    @Mc007Queen Před 21 dnem

    Who's this guy ?

  • @jp-um2fr
    @jp-um2fr Před 8 měsíci +5

    Jethro went through Covid, but he was a bit more than risqué. The ONLY comedian left for me is Mick Miller. It is indeed a very sad world when good comedians fade away with nobody to replace them. Maybe there is one, she has a monkey, I apologise for not remembering her name. Sorry.

    • @user-wk7yb7qc5i
      @user-wk7yb7qc5i Před 8 měsíci +3

      Covid 🤔 what is Covid?

    • @AngelicusImmortus
      @AngelicusImmortus Před 8 měsíci +4

      nina conti

    • @jp-um2fr
      @jp-um2fr Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@user-wk7yb7qc5i Not sure really, but I got mine at my local hospital, still have some of the symptoms.

    • @nigeljames9423
      @nigeljames9423 Před 6 měsíci

      It's Nina Conti very good but drops in a lot of swear words which LD proves here is unnecessary

    • @Mickparrysstepdad
      @Mickparrysstepdad Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@user-wk7yb7qc5i It was a WORLDWIDE pandemic.

  • @simonmhood69
    @simonmhood69 Před 8 měsíci +1

    A coats lad.. Think he was a blue through a through

  • @johnnygreenshirt6215
    @johnnygreenshirt6215 Před 4 měsíci +4

    2024 RIP Legends.

  • @simonmhood69
    @simonmhood69 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Ancoats.. Maybe

  • @johnadams-wp2yb
    @johnadams-wp2yb Před 8 měsíci +2

    Love Dawson. Hate parkinson

    • @georgegriffin9419
      @georgegriffin9419 Před 8 měsíci

      You sad git,Parkinsonism is a legend amongst interviewers 🤐🤐

  • @Heygoodlooking-lk9kg
    @Heygoodlooking-lk9kg Před 4 měsíci

    Parky was a great interviewer, but when Les got hold of him, he was a gibbering wreck

  • @rogerjsy
    @rogerjsy Před 8 měsíci +2

    Les died in 93 , so this date is very wrong!

    • @andrewmorton395
      @andrewmorton395 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Yes but this was rearun in 1996

    • @rogerjsy
      @rogerjsy Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@andrewmorton395 that makes sense then. however the title gives the impression that the interview was done in 96

    • @Arcona
      @Arcona Před 8 měsíci +1

      The show was called Parkinson: The Les Dawson Interviews. A compilation of past interviews, as said in the video.

    • @rogerjsy
      @rogerjsy Před 8 měsíci +1

      yes i know ‘’interviews’’…being plural..however at the time i just read ‘’interview’’..oversight on my part..but alls well that ends well .@@Arcona

  • @125fluff
    @125fluff Před 6 měsíci

    The fakery left I've ever seen

  • @terryinch
    @terryinch Před měsícem

    Macic stuff.but not these days.Woke?

  • @125fluff
    @125fluff Před 6 měsíci

    Rubbish...and once I thought he was good😮

  • @brendancummins9179
    @brendancummins9179 Před 4 měsíci

    Awful so called COMEDIAN 😪😪😪

  • @kaikito7662
    @kaikito7662 Před měsícem

    Custer at Bull Run fighting native Americans ......sorry! What?!

  • @DutchVanHelsing
    @DutchVanHelsing Před 7 měsíci +1

    She's down my street is Elaine ...no one got that..she digged him.

  • @leswall3061
    @leswall3061 Před 3 měsíci

    Brilliant

  • @johnboro64
    @johnboro64 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Genius