Wow what an absolute inspiration to comedy 🎭 She was a wonderful ‘ wordsmith’ She should have awards galore ! No one like her now , her comedy timing & quick wit were absolutely brilliant … What a woman …
She was incredible…I still laugh at her catch phrases … especially.. “ I must get a little hand put n this watch”!! One of the funniest comedy lines EVER
Hylda had very sad demise. She always dreaded having dementia like her father. Eventually she ended up in a care home, without any recollection of who she was, even when watching herself on tv. When she died it practically went unnoticed in the press with only a handful of mourners. She was cremated in London and her ashes were scattered in the same place as her family in the North. A brilliant actress...
The TRASH we have to put up with today!. I'm SAT SITTIN' here with my shoulders shaking with laughter @ the glorious memories and FILTHY double entendres .I was only around nine or ten when this was going out in early-mid seventies but I knew DAMN WELL what was being said and what was being MEANT.The audience howling out, my parents sniggering because they KNEW but thaught I didn't, and me sniggering at the back of the room coz I knew they thaught I didn't know!.
I absolutely loved watching Hylda in her various sit-coms. Every time I see her, she brings a smile to my face. They say the best things come in small packages. Well, Hylda was a little gem. Sadly missed. r.i.p. Hylda.
Doubles entendres galore. No wonder the audience howl. Exaggerated, but you can almost recognize your own relatives among the working-class characters. And the actress who played Cousin Lily (centre in the first bit) was marvellous.
They certainly broke the mould when they made Hylda, I just got the box set of nearest and dearest and 1st series 1st episode I was laughing me cap off !!! I used to watch this with m mam when I was a kid and I came across this the other day. When her friend says has he and rolls her eyes just look at Hyldas expressions and way she says what she says now that is pure comedic genius, loved her mix up of words which probably came from her or it could be the script. But so so funny the way she does them. Eli is good as well,he is funny they bounce off each other well.
@@ChrisR_68 She was in a play with Noel Coward. I don't know what happened between them, but I read that he said "I'd wring that woman's neck if she had one."
Nellie was classic telly, and Baker was a gorgeous shambling wreck of a comic genius. I loved her gentle digs at Walter, and her assaults on the English language are priceless. Her life story is surely ripe for a biopic, and I think Dawn French would be perfect to play Hilda because in Dibley I see a lot of Baker-like mannerisms in Dawn. Thumbs up also to the long suffering Madge Hindle who, like Pat Coombs, is one of Britains great unsung comedic actresses.
All so true. You mention a couple more names from the past. Pat Coombes now she made me laugh before she spoke with her brilliant mannerisms. Happy days.
Jean Ferguson of the Last of the Summer Wine did a one woman stage show about Hylda. I heard the radio version, it was excellent. Apparently all the props and furniture were made large as JF is about 18 inches taller than Hylda was. I had a Hylda moment if my own when telling people that it was _Sheila_ Ferguson who did the show.
I love this program, I managed to hunt down the DVD set of the whole program, I was given a DVD of old programs for a birthday and saw programs I had never seen before and loved many of them , this, love thy neighbour, other things that Hilda Baker was in , she is so funny. Why can't we have any of these old programs shown again , there is nothing like it anymore that really are funny
Good lord i use to think this lady was so funny when i was a child i never thought i would see this programme again ,,,such a delight, Thank you for sharing
wonderful, comic timing at it's best.never underrate the work that went into a half hour comedy production each week to this standard, and not a four letter word in the whole thing!!!!
so many comedian's have tried to copy her over the years since her death but there will only ever be one I must get another hand on this watch Hilda Baker RIP
Its a fact that many of Hilda Bakers more successful comedic affectations were copied directly from the work of a predecessor, fellow Lancastrian Jill Summers. Although very successful, Jill did most of her work on stage long before TV took off (although she later appeared in Coronation Street as Phyllis Pearce) so many TV viewers were never aware of the similarities. There is a clip of Jill reviving part of her stage act in Wood & Walters in 1982.
As I grew up watching Hylda Baker, her actions and over reactions were fascinating to watch. It was the same for me with Lucille Ball. I may have been too young to have followed the complete storyline but I loved watching them both.
This show was full of great one liners. They don’t make em like this anymore. What a shame we need more great writers to produce show like this. My sides are still hurting.
I seem to recall Hilda ended up in brinsworth house Twickenham,a home for actors who fall on hard times .Richard o Sullivan was there last I heard .Quite sad,really.
@@levimacdonald5188 was she on hard times. i read she had dementia. so sad. shouldnt have happened...the way the no talent comedians today get paid the high salaries ..its a crime
@@jessiejames7492 💯true hyldA baker lived near me plodder lane farnworth in Lancashire! Her chauffeur stole £2 thousand five-hundred pounds of her and when they got him only 45 pounds were left ! The git .. God bless her she had so much comedy timing in such a little lady.. Jean fergursson (marina) of lotsw impersonated hylda on the stage she's so much like her ! Theres a video on CZcams with Jean on the Paul o Grady show circa 2005! .. worth taking a look at Jessie james ... best wishes from Levi 😊☺
@@levimacdonald5188 oh thanks. poor hylda. but as long as we have youtube she will never be forgotten. i will check out that paul o grady show. thank you. i love paul o grady. so funny as anything
That's likely because it was either never shown again or not very much since then, it's pretty old now and she died in '86. But it's also obvious how good she was in her 'prime'.
Thanks for the information. I was wracking my brains to remember her name. She was in everything I ever watched, but the name eluded me. IMDB credits her, but her Wikipedia entry is rubbish.
Jean Ferguson of the Last of the Summer Wine did a one woman stage show about Hylda. I heard the radio version, it was excellent. Apparently all the props and furniture were made large as JF is about 18 inches taller than Hylda was. I had a Hylda moment if my own when telling people that it was _Sheila_ Ferguson who did the show.
Her facial expressions are brilliant 👏, when Lily says has he ya know rolling her eyes with this woman, just look at Hyldas expressions and how she says the words, then she says im septic about it ha ha ha lol!!tfhis is comedy gold and classic Hylda Baker , they broke the mould when they made Hylda!!!! Absolute legend she is, its a shame she developed alzheimers bless her x
I bought the boxset, I've laughed so much and I'm only 3 episodes in, if ya feeling down about anything watch this genius and Jimmy Jewel is funny as well, they bounce off each other in a love/hate relationship and Lily is funny as well and Walters silent expressions, when Lily said has it been a whirl wind romance, just like me and Walter and Nellie goes, ya got to hand it to him, he was a fast worker, is that right walter, who just stares back at her, then she says I don't think he can grasp it. I'll be laughing all the way through me box-set. I also got Not on your Nellie which I got on dvd from Amazon, they all were green flashing picture so sent it back and the second was as well. There were only 17 episodes, last series was only 3 because Hylda broke her foot on set. She sued them or should I say tried to, she was offered, I forget now and she turned it down but she got less as it went on so she would of been better off taking the 1st offer I think she tried to sue someone else before this time. Can't remember what now xx
Just been reading Barry Cryer's book of anecdotes and he says Hylda and Jimmy Jewel positively loathed each other and were very difficult to work with as a duo. Hylda often forgot her lines, and to cover she used her "Ohh you big girl's blouse" catchphrase. Once this happened on stage and Jewel turned to the audience and said: "I'm not going to help her"!
+Michael Woodhead - Yes, I have Barry's biography as well, I think it steamed from the fact that Hilda got a lot more money than Jimmy for their TV shows cos she wrote the songs and contributed a lot to the script.
Wow what an absolute inspiration to comedy 🎭 She was a wonderful ‘ wordsmith’ She should have awards galore ! No one like her now , her comedy timing & quick wit were absolutely brilliant … What a woman …
You're right Lydia. You can say that without fear of contraception!
@@bigears5809 Thank you big ears I appreciate that reply . 👍, apparently WE both knw genius when we see it . 👏🏻
Hilda Baker GENIUS. This lady should have been allowed to live forever for the warmth and laughter she brought into our lives. God bless!
hear hear !!
Yes💯.born plodder lane farnworth Lancashire..💓❤
what a lovely thing to say. yes!
Shame she only had her monkey at her funeral
She was incredible…I still laugh at her catch phrases … especially.. “ I must get a little hand put n this watch”!! One of the funniest comedy lines EVER
She is supreme! No one could touch her ! Her acting was incredible ❤
This lady is an absolute gem.a diamond. Very funny lady. Rest in peace hylda.
Absolute gem hylda Baker was a great comedian still bring tears to my eyes with laughter sadly missed and still loved 😍
Hilda Baker was incredibly funny.
Absolutely unique.
Still comical after all these years.
Hilda is a legend....No comedian to can hold a candle to her. Quite frankly, I find very few comedians funny today....
Couldn’t agree more , she was absolutely wonderful, & like you I find most of 2 days comedians tiresome ! I’m sorry if that sounds horrible ..
Interesting life my aunts knew the' husband' at one time
They are out there. They are just hard to find.
Hylda had very sad demise. She always dreaded having dementia like her father. Eventually she ended up in a care home, without any recollection of who she was, even when watching herself on tv. When she died it practically went unnoticed in the press with only a handful of mourners. She was cremated in London and her ashes were scattered in the same place as her family in the North. A brilliant actress...
The TRASH we have to put up with today!. I'm SAT SITTIN' here with my shoulders shaking with laughter @ the glorious memories and FILTHY double entendres .I was only around nine or ten when this was going out in early-mid seventies but I knew DAMN WELL what was being said and what was being MEANT.The audience howling out, my parents sniggering because they KNEW but thaught I didn't, and me sniggering at the back of the room coz I knew they thaught I didn't know!.
I don't think he grasp it , he's just come out with it when she least expects it, wonder what she means 😂
Hilda Baker was a one off. Never to be repeated. RIP.
Hylda was the absolute mistress of innuendo, loved watching this when I was growing up
This is fabulous! "Without fear of contraception" lol !!!
I absolutely loved watching Hylda in her various sit-coms. Every time I see her, she
brings a smile to my face. They say the best things come in small packages. Well,
Hylda was a little gem. Sadly missed. r.i.p. Hylda.
Hylda is in my view the funniest and the best comedy actress this country ever produced. Rest easy knowing you’re still loved and admired.
God bless
"Stop stood standing there, you big girls blouse"! 😂😂😂
Doubles entendres galore. No wonder the audience howl. Exaggerated, but you can almost recognize your own relatives among the working-class characters. And the actress who played Cousin Lily (centre in the first bit) was marvellous.
She was the bees knees! She perfected her art and made it look easy!
I forgot just how good Hilda Baker was.
Hylda was unique. Absolutely brilliant!
They certainly broke the mould when they made Hylda, I just got the box set of nearest and dearest and 1st series 1st episode I was laughing me cap off !!! I used to watch this with m mam when I was a kid and I came across this the other day.
When her friend says has he and rolls her eyes just look at Hyldas expressions and way she says what she says now that is pure comedic genius, loved her mix up of words which probably came from her or it could be the script. But so so funny the way she does them.
Eli is good as well,he is funny they bounce off each other well.
@@ChrisR_68 She was in a play with Noel Coward. I don't know what happened between them, but I read that he said "I'd wring that woman's neck if she had one."
Nellie was classic telly, and Baker was a gorgeous shambling wreck of a comic genius. I loved her gentle digs at Walter, and her assaults on the English language are priceless. Her life story is surely ripe for a biopic, and I think Dawn French would be perfect to play Hilda because in Dibley I see a lot of Baker-like mannerisms in Dawn. Thumbs up also to the long suffering Madge Hindle who, like Pat Coombs, is one of Britains great unsung comedic actresses.
Agree with everything, except about Dawn French. She is too middle class and too knowing, in my view definitely not the right stuff.
Sheridan Smith would have her down to a T.
All so true. You mention a couple more names from the past. Pat Coombes now she made me laugh before she spoke with her brilliant mannerisms. Happy days.
Jean Ferguson of the Last of the Summer Wine did a one woman stage show about Hylda. I heard the radio version, it was excellent. Apparently all the props and furniture were made large as JF is about 18 inches taller than Hylda was.
I had a Hylda moment if my own when telling people that it was _Sheila_ Ferguson who did the show.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 saw this show in the West End...Brilliant!
Today's comics simply can't compete, they don't have 30 years experience of working in rep theatre and working men's clubs.
Excellent point.
And they are so afraid to offend anyone they only talk about themselves and are often one joke wonders.
She was hilarious ,wish they would come back
Fantastic comedienne - watched her shows all over again in 2015 - still the best!
Hylda was the Mistress of Verbal Dyslexia. r.i.p. Hylda. (thank you for all the years of
laughter)
Lily was played by Madge Hindle, who was Renee Roberts in coronation street for years, I remember her death in a car crash! (Renee’s not Madges)!
Malapropisms.
@@londonlady1966 Hilda was the Queen of Malapropisms...😆
Her mannerism - Hilda is just so much like Marle ne! And Ada Green down the road at the next boarding house next to Dellas clothes shops!
I love this program, I managed to hunt down the DVD set of the whole program, I was given a DVD of old programs for a birthday and saw programs I had never seen before and loved many of them , this, love thy neighbour, other things that Hilda Baker was in , she is so funny. Why can't we have any of these old programs shown again , there is nothing like it anymore that really are funny
Agree 👍
Good lord i use to think this lady was so funny when i was a child i never thought i would see this programme again ,,,such a delight,
Thank you for sharing
wonderful, comic timing at it's best.never underrate the work that went into a half hour comedy production each week to this standard, and not a four letter word in the whole thing!!!!
And almost certainly filmed in front of a live audience with few "retakes"
What a very funny woman, even 40 years down the track.
so many comedian's have tried to copy her over the years since her death but there will only ever be one I must get another hand on this watch Hilda Baker RIP
Its a fact that many of Hilda Bakers more successful comedic affectations were copied directly from the work of a predecessor, fellow Lancastrian Jill Summers. Although very successful, Jill did most of her work on stage long before TV took off (although she later appeared in Coronation Street as Phyllis Pearce) so many TV viewers were never aware of the similarities. There is a clip of Jill reviving part of her stage act in Wood & Walters in 1982.
Sheridan smith was good in 2 pints ..but ........
TheMightyAntar Phylis Pearce in Corrie.... There's a blast from the past.. My friend and I used to do a good rendition of Phylis and Percy Sugden ...
i think mrs slocombe of ARE YOU BEING SERVED has glimpses of the NELLIE mischieviousness...even her slip ups in her language...so cute.
One thing I can honestly say!! If I leave this world today the TV of yesterday was the best ever
shes one of a kind.. ! so much talent in that little frame. !
Brilliant Hylda. I remember when she would say “Have you beeeeeeeeeen” 🤣
Lovely, this way of speaking - all the familiar phrases & attitudes taking me back decades.
As I grew up watching Hylda Baker, her actions and over reactions were fascinating to watch. It was the same for me with Lucille Ball. I may have been too young to have followed the complete storyline but I loved watching them both.
But Hylda Baker was a zillion time's Funnier than ball
@@kevzee I agree 100%! By the way 'av ya been?'
@@tonycritcher3419 no can't get up from sat sittin here
It's half past...ooh I must get a little hand put on this watch...😁
Quality TV when viewing TV was at it's height and best! The programmes were more entertaining then than ever!!
This was a brilliant sit com loved Nellie RIP Hilda Baker
Nellie: “He’s well known as a woman-chaser .. and I can say that without fear of contraception”.
Classic Hylda.
Thank you very glad!
This show was full of great one liners. They don’t make em like this anymore. What a shame we need more great writers to produce show like this. My sides are still hurting.
Hilda Baker was a legend of British comedy
She was absolutely brilliant I loved her xx
Hylda Baker, queen of the malapropism! I can say that without fear of contraception!
Madge Hindle is still alive as of Oct.18, she is 80 years old.
Total BRILLIANCE!!!! from the late HILDA BAKER 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍 Insults done like a form of dyslexia LOL!!! A Genius in her own right.
This brings back so many memories
She used to make my mum laugh so funny in her day God bless
I seem to recall Hilda ended up in brinsworth house Twickenham,a home for actors who fall on hard times .Richard o Sullivan was there last I heard .Quite sad,really.
Yes Richard as lived there since 2003
@@levimacdonald5188 was she on hard times. i read she had dementia. so sad. shouldnt have happened...the way the no talent comedians today get paid the high salaries ..its a crime
@@jessiejames7492 💯true hyldA baker lived near me plodder lane farnworth in Lancashire! Her chauffeur stole £2 thousand five-hundred pounds of her and when they got him only 45 pounds were left ! The git .. God bless her she had so much comedy timing in such a little lady.. Jean fergursson (marina) of lotsw impersonated hylda on the stage she's so much like her ! Theres a video on CZcams with Jean on the Paul o Grady show circa 2005! .. worth taking a look at Jessie james ... best wishes from Levi 😊☺
@@levimacdonald5188 oh thanks. poor hylda. but as long as we have youtube she will never be forgotten. i will check out that paul o grady show. thank you. i love paul o grady. so funny as anything
and there's me thinking they all ended up in Holmfirth !
Best UK comedienne ever.
That's likely because it was either never shown again or not very much since then, it's pretty old now and she died in '86. But it's also obvious how good she was in her 'prime'.
+wayne philip I'm in UK neither do I but its fkn funny you must admit
+reclaimerReclaimer you are right it was only repeated on sky telly Granada +
Had your tea?
No
Pity, we've just had ours
Thanks for posting, one of our finest comediennes. I visited her memorial a while back, just love this lady. Thanks again.
Fanny Carby was that name of the "trollop" a very talented actress with many productions to her credit.
Thanks for the information. I was wracking my brains to remember her name. She was in everything I ever watched, but the name eluded me. IMDB credits her, but her Wikipedia entry is rubbish.
kenneth page - jones
Vera Duckworth's thieving mother!
I knew Fanny. She was a lovely woman, and had an incredibly interesting career.
She was the replacement cook in On The Buses.
@@davewheeler7679 She also appeared in Spike Milligans Q series on a regular basis and Curry and Chips in which she played the Landlady.
"it's like Sodom and tomorrow"! "
'got himself engaged? to a woman? ' Nellie: No! , to a flaming alsatian.!'' so funny
this was my late grans fav programme
I had an aunt just like her. Very entertaining she was
ahhh the memories. Hylda Baker, pure genius
She is one of the real comedians who no one could replace
Wonderful. And by the look of it, all done in one take.
At 1.25 I can see my mother and auntie Irene talking....brill
Hilda baker a complete one off brilliant timing and very funny
Great stuff. A real blast from the past 😁
Utterly fab.. so funny those malaproprisms..
i had the good pleasure to meet vince in the earley 90s what a gent,x
Used to love this program!
Hylder Baker just seemed to disappear when I was young. I later read she had been got by dementia. :(
Loved her can't beat our old comedies 🤣
wonderful stuff. Much better than today's rubbish. They don't make them like that no more. thanks for posting. LOL.
Jean Ferguson of the Last of the Summer Wine did a one woman stage show about Hylda. I heard the radio version, it was excellent. Apparently all the props and furniture were made large as JF is about 18 inches taller than Hylda was.
I had a Hylda moment if my own when telling people that it was _Sheila_ Ferguson who did the show.
This is so crisp, I can't stop watching it.
I must get a little hand for that watch!
Now all we get is trollop
Hilda, the lovely Hilda.... Genius, God bless her for all the laughs and I'm sure she'll be keeping the laughter and happiness going up there.
I remember watching this with my mum & dad do funny
Her facial expressions are brilliant 👏, when Lily says has he ya know rolling her eyes with this woman, just look at Hyldas expressions and how she says the words, then she says im septic about it ha ha ha lol!!tfhis is comedy gold and classic Hylda Baker , they broke the mould when they made Hylda!!!!
Absolute legend she is, its a shame she developed alzheimers bless her x
I bought the boxset, I've laughed so much and I'm only 3 episodes in, if ya feeling down about anything watch this genius and Jimmy Jewel is funny as well, they bounce off each other in a love/hate relationship and Lily is funny as well and Walters silent expressions, when Lily said has it been a whirl wind romance, just like me and Walter and Nellie goes, ya got to hand it to him, he was a fast worker, is that right walter, who just stares back at her, then she says I don't think he can grasp it.
I'll be laughing all the way through me box-set.
I also got Not on your Nellie which I got on dvd from Amazon, they all were green flashing picture so sent it back and the second was as well.
There were only 17 episodes, last series was only 3 because Hylda broke her foot on set.
She sued them or should I say tried to, she was offered, I forget now and she turned it down but she got less as it went on so she would of been better off taking the 1st offer I think she tried to sue someone else before this time. Can't remember what now xx
‘That’s our front door’....gosh I remember my aunts saying that years back👵🏻
Her timing and expertise is second to none.
She reminds me of one of my great Aunts who is sadly no longer here
“You wet lettuce”. Marlene was in a epistolary On The Buses, she serving in the canteen, poor-Old Stan Butler who didn’t get his desert.
Just been reading Barry Cryer's book of anecdotes and he says Hylda and Jimmy Jewel positively loathed each other and were very difficult to work with as a duo. Hylda often forgot her lines, and to cover she used her "Ohh you big girl's blouse" catchphrase. Once this happened on stage and Jewel turned to the audience and said: "I'm not going to help her"!
+Michael Woodhead - Yes, I have Barry's biography as well, I think it steamed from the fact that Hilda got a lot more money than Jimmy for their TV shows cos she wrote the songs and contributed a lot to the script.
she deserved it.-the extra pay
that proves shes a professional...:)
Michael Woodhead
Such a great shame they couldn't appreciate each other's contribution as the show was - and is - marvellously funny.
Absolutely brilliant 👏 no one can hold a candle 👏
Great sitcom.
what a great woman .
Loved this series ❤️
This is class
i am very septic about it.
Have yer beeeeeen ?
Baby Clanger I think he's beeeen!
I am a big fan of Hylda Baker and I run a group.gob bless Hylda you were the best 💖
Absolutely adored her no one comes close ,simple but true
Hilda needs to be on repeats !!
The legend Hilda Baker
Madge Hindle was made up to look alot more dowdy and older than she really was to play Lilly. In fact in real life she was only in her early 30's.
Trevor Dance qqqqqqq
More than make-up - that's acting. Still with us.
shes great too. her straight faced funny lines always leaves me i stitches. quite a comedian on her own
This is priceless, still hilarious
wonderfull. A difficult but genuinely funny woman. We wont see the like of Hylda again.
I remember seeing her on the Nottingham stage early 1950s hilarious
It’s half past....... I must get a little hand put on this watch. LOL
Brilliant all of them.
have you been Walter, loved this show , back in the day.
The Best still watching in 2022 🇬🇧
Reminds me of my aunties.
Magical