Or Big Brother, Love Island, The Only Way is Essex, Geordie Shore, Made in Chelsea and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! to name a few. Television has nosedived since those halycon days when we never had it so good. Would go back in a heartbeat.

Ah, the good old days! Love thy neighbour! On the buses! Are you being served! Benny Hill! Analogue tv! No thanks.

I was thinking that his comment on people being superb at nothing pretty much summarises a majority of people today. 😂

Or the daily show Or the view The talk NPR .......

And now Tiktok

He was a very troubled man with some peculiar quirks. It is sad, but regrettably not surprising that he died alone. He was probably his own worst enemy. His proposal of marriage to Joan Sim is a classic. I can't findvtge exact words he used, but the gist eas "Why don't _we_ get married? I mean, nobody else is going to want either of us?"

Totally agree never will there be another like this amazing man , thru so much suffering

@@MuppetTrailRanch although I agree with the original comment and yours too when you say there will never be another like him, I’m truly struggling to understand what you are referring to when you say “thru so much suffering”. Would you kindly explain what you mean by that, so I can better understand ?

@@celsius418 he suffered from severe stomach problems going from doctor to doctor, cramping crippling pains, so many doctors and specialist could find nothing wrong, multiple tests and examinations causing more problems and pain for him endure so putting him onto strong painkillers and barbiturates to which he became addicted. Causing more problems to his medical dilemma as they caused more pains as they went through his system . This went on for years. Still no answer to the original cause for the condition the pains got worse and no one could help him and his depression deepened. This is just on part of what was going on his life according to his journals .. His last words in his diary , with the remaining barbiturates , were "oh what's the point"

@@MuppetTrailRanch Thanks for that. Since asking I’ve watched a Reputations Special about his life and career, and they touch on the subject, but they don’t say much more than he had stomach ulcers, problems with his farmer Gyles, and IBS. There is no mention of his issues with doctors, but they mention his depression, his use of barbiturates, and his desire to end it all. I find the connection between one’s mental health and stomach problems to be fascinating, combined with barbiturates it sounds like he was caught in a vicious circle. Now I’m off to find a copy of his diary.... you’ve inspired me to find out more about him. Thanks again

@@celsius418 my pleasure.. there is also an amazing docu movie starring Michael sheen playing Kenneth called Fabulouso based on the dairy . So so good . Worth watching if you can find it . So well done

Ooohhhhh Matron!

He was an awful comic that just said awful jokes in a funny way like Robin Williams and Kevin Hart. Take away their goofy voices and they are just terrible. They are dumb people comics.

​@@ftswarbill I would have thought the sign of a great comic is the ability to make awful jokes sound funny. Although never really watched this guy or Kevin Hart's comedy I thought Robin was brilliant. What are your favorite comedians?

@@robbieweld7928 Robin Williams was a fantastic actor just an awful standup. Personally, I like most comics (Chris Rock, Louie CK, Chris Titus, etc) Look I don't have an agenda I just know what is truly funny and what is not.

@@ftswarbill I think this is one of those moments, but then this seems like the 70s or 80s and specialists now are brilliant in my opinion, things like heart surgery or skin specialists actually know how the body works and what they are talking about. They genuinely help people sort out weird obscure medical issues and maybe it wasn’t always like that.

Sadly a very much underused and underappreciated maxim.

🤣 My exwife used to say 'many a truth is said in jest'! 🤔 Actually she had quite an acerbic wit!

Because at its best, comedy is the last bastion of free speech. This can be a wonderfully entertaining way of delivering a sound message to people that leaves them thinking and passing the message on by retelling the "funny". Most entertainers/comedians are liberal and have a liberal agenda. Penn Jillette is one of those rare Libertarian entertainers. So is Jon Voight. But Voight gets hammered by the left, whereas Jillette seems to be getting away with it...because he's in the being funny business. Being funny gives an opportunity to say potentially libelous things without the fear of being sued, by claiming; "It was just a joke, I'm an entertainer!" - although politicians (some) are trying to get around that. Even today, in some places, entertainers have been arrested and through history some even executed for their jokes. Comedy is a serious business.

If someone says, "hey a comedian" I'm not going to just sit there and laugh. (?)

@@elvisleeboy I- did you really say that

Cos it wasn't a joke, its a prediction

Its a modern thing , now every idiot gies to uni ? "Analysis"is spelling it out for thick graduates who really are THICK . and do not understand fuck all

No, I've looked at the telephone directory and there are a lot more.

To be fair, David Walliams has spent much of his career doing impressions of him.

@@mikeboosh8776 Lol! 🤣

no one else would dare... : )

But in a bent way…

@@toasterboy708 "Oh err Mrs !"

@@sichere Ooooh, Matron !! I miss him and also Frankie H. Comedy gold.

@@KAF128 Titter ye not

That's where he shone, for me. "I've come all the way from Great Portland Street to be insulted like this", which was, of course a few yards from Broadcasting House. Full of jokes. Unfortunately, some people interpret this stuff as actual anti-intellectual bullshit these days. Kenneth was a great follower of the experts in many fields. He's joking here. It's a bit sad that some people take this stuff the wrong way and fail to see the intended irony. It's a bit like when people start quoting Borat/Pub Landlord because they "tell the truth". Yeah, you've missed the fucking point, dude (not aimed at you!). :)

@@maxington26 Haha so true about Just a Minute. And "It's a *disgrace* " "I haven't come all this way to listen to this filth!" "Shut your mouth, you great fool!" "He's partisan, that's what he is, partisan" (about Nicholas Parsons). "Have I leaped into the lead?" "I'm throbbing, that's what it is, I'm throbbing." "Oh lackaday rue!" Brilliant.

who would need the dinner?

If you read his diaries, he was constantly working doing a variety of stuff but it was just his inner demons that blighted his life, it's an interesting read in parts.

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What a load of nonsense.

Then why was it apparent to him decades before?

It really isn't.

@@fridarey Hey, you can think what you like about today's medical profession... you probably rely on it and need it... but I don't need anything from it... at all... ever 😎 !

@@TomTwain you have no idea how stupid you sound . Lets forget about covid ,or cancer...or any of this *imaginary * diseases that you tinny little mind can't fathom ....next time you have a tooth pain ,apply the same logic. Don't ever go to the dentist . Lets see if you really don't need anything from today's medical experts !

@@gabrielconstantingarvvan2518 I strongly suspect it is you "that you tinny little mind can't fathom". To revere the medical profession is an admission that you have an inability to take responsibility for your own health and wellbeing and need to rely on it ! Me saying "I don't need it" probably does sound stupid, but that's more to do with your inability to grasp the concept. A dentist told me I needed 5 fillings 40 years ago, I missed the appointment for the fillings, time elapsed, and when (out of panic) I eventually registered with an alternate dentist, they informed me that I did not need any treatment, or fillings, at all? I have all my own teeth, no problems, Ph balanced, and the only fillings I have were put there when I was a child ? !!

Agree completely. Superb at nothing sums up the medical profession perfectly these days - but they still expect the sky high salaries! Our local hospital is run by medics for the benefit of medics, it really is an appalling place of misery and despair for the patients....

Graham Norton is just common compared to either Kenneth or Larry Grayson.

So true...many stories like that; many dead or dead sooner from chemotherapy.

I bet you're fun at parties

Not sure Halcyon if your thinking Kenny died from Cancer, but he didn`t die of Cancer . He died of a Barbiturates overdose.

They said they had removed all of my dad's tumour. They were wrong.

There could be multiple reasons for this. Not all doctors are the same and some doctors just aren't that good. It doesn't mean it's ok to throw the entire profession under the bus because it didn't work for you.

Oh really , which Church did he attend (sorry ,couldn`t resist throwing it in )😋

@@tommytitmouse Well, he was Thomas Cromwell in Carry on Henry, so....maybe Catholic?🤔😄

Your time perception is more distorted than anyone I know, you should seriously get that seen to! Given that he died 24 years before you made this comment ("a couple of years ago"?!) it would have been difficult for anyone else to follow you recommendation ;-)

@@Dranok1 I was actually on about Ken Dodd who was alive at the time, god knows how it ended up here.

@@69waveydavey HAH! Now you really are disoriented ;-) And your comment makes complete sense, he was legendary for those interminable one-man shows >:-}

@@69waveydavey well I would delete your comment from this video because it does seem to make you sound weird! Do you know how to delete it? there are 3 dots at the bottom of YOUR comment at the far right of the screen ➡️ (on the left there are the 👍👎 ) touch or click on the 3 dots and a menu will appear and you can delete it.

You're not alone - everyone knew them as the 'Carry On' series..

"infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!"

Why is it sad? If I have a problem with my kidneys, I want a doctor that knows a lot about kidneys, not a doctor that knows a bit about kidneys, a bit about bones and a bit about brains.

Woah so deep bro

What is true about it?

@@Bob3D2000 Exactly, it is fucking dumb.

And here's a pill (that doesn't work) ... now go away.. too lazy but nutshell .. they do not care For me ; keeping us sick.. and that's the whole point of the pharmaceutical companies ..but that's another digress