A small sample from the BBC's excellent 2 disc collection of Joyce Grenfell's sketches and songs. Copyright belongs to the BBC.
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@giovannaphipps49482 жыл бұрын
My great-aunt, I never got to meet her but my father and aunt speak of her so fondly. I am a performer myself and it's so amazing to see her in this light. I wish I was able to meet her.
@richard9480 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful family connection, Giovanna!
@patriciagallagher5671 Жыл бұрын
I saw her on the stage in The Royal Court theatre In Liverpool when l was a child She was so witty
@Knappa22 Жыл бұрын
How does she manage it every time?? My granny was exactly like this in church. She knew the hymnal, the psalter and the prayer book by heart after decades of attendance, and you could visibly see her mind straying off as she sang a hymn or something! I used to look at her and think “I bet she’s thinking ‘Well that was a boring sermon… and his wife’s put on weight… bit daring to wear *that* in church… did I leave the gas on?…. that beef will be warmer than me anyway, they forgot to turn the heating on in here today again…. nice flowers up there, if a bit gaudy… AMEN!’”
@elizabethroberts6215 Жыл бұрын
Saw her on stage, & she was marvellous! Went backstage, & met Ms Grenfell afterwards. Got her autograph, & we chatted for about ten minutes’, as I was studying Speech & Drama at the time. A real thrill to have seen, met, & chatted to a wonderful lady……
@SimonandJojo2 жыл бұрын
A very elegant, beautiful lady, hard to imagine she was in her early 60's here, she always looked ageless, lovely beautiful green dress and pink shoes, perfect singing voice and diction.
@decodolly15352 жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I watch this, the line: "No. I was afraid you wouldn't have done!" floors me every time.
@namesake-mx9nl4 жыл бұрын
we brits have been very lucky to have had such talented and funny women like joyce and many others over the years , sadly missed
@spmoran4703 Жыл бұрын
She was born in the USA
@enkisdaughter4795 Жыл бұрын
@@spmoran4703 She was born in Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, London. Her father was a British architect, Paul Phipps, and her mother an American socialite, Nora Langhorne. Nancy Astor was one of her maternal aunts. Her social standing was such that she was a débutante at Buckingham Palace in 1928.
@thesanantoniokid12 жыл бұрын
Worth it for the beautiful delivery of "SOOOP" alone...
@racheldemain19406 жыл бұрын
thesanantoniokid I know! That and the initial reaction that she has left the hob on!!
@mrguillemot4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see Joyce the words that spring to mind is “Oh, Sammy”. Funny lady
@thrippleton10 жыл бұрын
Nobody can match her today. RIP Joyce.
@amhunter96192 жыл бұрын
Totally, totally wonderful. It didn't matter what she did, no one could ever have done it better!
@suzannewatt263311 жыл бұрын
Lady ih the church is just classic!!! I laughed so much I had to run it twice...kept missing the lines!! God bless Joyce Grenfell...we need her humor!!
@michaelmontagu3979 Жыл бұрын
Exceptional humour, with no shouting or bad language. She was to have been made a dame, but died before it could be announced publicly.
@karmelicanke10 ай бұрын
Too funny! Reminds me of the time I was attending a lecture with friends and upon hearing the siren of a passing fire truck, to my horror, I remembered that I had forgotten to take out a cake in the oven set at 400F. Yes, it was blackened and solidifying into a brick with the appearance of cooled lava. A good recipe to replace tarmac.
@Tenortalker7 жыл бұрын
Joyce Grenfell was naturally very gifted and she perfected her talent on stage in reviews, on film and eventually television. For those asking about her singing voice she took singing lessons from a lady called Anne Wood in London, a popular teacher, although Joyce never considered herself a singer. However there was such a lot of comic singing in her shows and she wanted to improve her range and volume. She was so polished and accomplished. She wrote so much of her own material. Apart from one term at RADA just prior to her marriage she had no other formal training . A remarkable woman who still gets over 100,000 views in 2017.
@AHappyFlower7 жыл бұрын
She was supremely talented, as was her modern-day successor Victoria Wood.
@alicewilloughby43184 жыл бұрын
I hate it when I'm out somewhere and am suddenly sure I've forgotten something important! I can totally relate!
@webrarian3 жыл бұрын
It's just been suggested to me that I need a "connected oven" so I can check that I've turned it off when I'm out. And Joyce's wonderful little song came immediately to mind.
@mikehudson88842 жыл бұрын
This is one thing I am always afraid of doing when I go out leaving the gas on!!!! I have driven back home many many times to check......I love this sketch.
@Zephaniah3verse176 жыл бұрын
Oh brilliant!! So good to know that I'm not the only one who has dissociated completely when singing in church.
@joannewheeler95243 жыл бұрын
Funny, lovely talented lady. Much missed. xx
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
The brilliant Joyce Grenfell! Thanks so much for uploading.
@janetmackinnon341111 ай бұрын
What pleasure she gave!
@susanmoran52263 жыл бұрын
This situation has happened to many. Me too.
@muxxxxy8 жыл бұрын
Found this after hearing that Joyce Grenfell was [the already much missed] Victoria Wood's first inspiration when Joyce came out at the stage door to find the 6-year-old 'Vicky'. They shared so much - and quite likely would have shared the same love for each other, if Joyce had lived longer. I'm wondering now, what does Christian Science and the Society of Friends [the Quakers] share most in common, to have attracted them?
@joyous1964215 жыл бұрын
Good old Joyce , a national treasure
@margondine11 жыл бұрын
I love Joyce Grenfell.
@skindrew13 жыл бұрын
really good,,never fails to bring a smile on my face..
@rackpunch387211 ай бұрын
She had a wonderful collection of jewel coloured taffeta dresses!
@Quityertalkin3 ай бұрын
Reversible I think. Each one seems to have a different colour on the inside.
@simonf89022 жыл бұрын
Such a treasured talent.
@ChrisCarries_EDC Жыл бұрын
That was absolutely delightful!
@virginiafry98543 жыл бұрын
She has a good voice and excellent diction!
@HettieAshwin6 жыл бұрын
fabulous Joyce. I love her humour and write in the same style as all the classic ladies of comedy. Maureen Lipman, Victoria Wood, Joyce Grenfell.
@arthurvasey3 жыл бұрын
Maureen Lipman has actually portrayed Joyce Grenfell in something on the telly a while back!
@decodolly15352 жыл бұрын
@@arthurvasey Was it a re-run of "Re: Joyce!"? Originally a theatre shown about Joyce G. which Maureen L. wrote, produced & starred in, from the 1980s.
@arthurvasey2 жыл бұрын
@@decodolly1535 Might’ve been - I’m surprised that I remembered even that fact!
@JohnMcPhersonStrutt Жыл бұрын
Joyce = comic genius!
@misterxr14 жыл бұрын
Another great monologue!
@popazz113 жыл бұрын
Absolutely a comic gem! I can think of only Victoria Wood who could come close to Grenfell in the comic genius stakes.
@suzannesadiiqa11 жыл бұрын
She has a nice singing voice,..............
@woofer329 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.
@jometcalf135711 ай бұрын
Wonderful to watch Joyce!! I remember watching her as a kid and she was so funny and there weren't any female comics/ entertainers back then??
@nocount16 жыл бұрын
Fabulous.
@reasonrestored91163 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love Joyce
@fanaticjin6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@Gardening-Gaston5 жыл бұрын
fanaticjin is
@georgebennett31973 жыл бұрын
George,.....don't do that.
@alanmarr33237 ай бұрын
Another age another time!
@jaddajn111 жыл бұрын
wonderful comic
@timsan556 жыл бұрын
We watch this. We are told that David Brent is a comedian. How we laugh.
@adam47575 жыл бұрын
Not really a fair comparison. Very different eras! Very different Societies.
@mscott39184 жыл бұрын
Or not!
@timsan554 жыл бұрын
So was Shakespeare's. And his comedies are still funny.
@ghughesarch2 жыл бұрын
@@timsan55 no, apart from Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare was never funny.
@timsan552 жыл бұрын
@@ghughesarch I think Merry Wives Of Windsor is very funny, unless done by the RSC. But it's like everything else, different people enjoy different things.
@jaynewhite9428 Жыл бұрын
Classic
@veebrown42859 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 😂
@reasonrestored91163 жыл бұрын
ReJoyce!
@markwall45323 жыл бұрын
Genius
@StefanTravis6 жыл бұрын
The original Church Lady.
@enthusedtosing96553 жыл бұрын
That reminded me a lot somehow of Amy's mother in "Everybody loves Raymond" (which was made of course much later)
@angelacooper2661Ай бұрын
Raymond is my father's name, so that means everybody loves him!!!
@LeonardWest11 ай бұрын
What is the hymn tune name?
@spmoran4703 Жыл бұрын
Her husband is definately not going to get the handshake of peace from her.
@racheldemain19406 жыл бұрын
Sooop!!
@clarepover49784 жыл бұрын
Ever green...
@hreader10 жыл бұрын
DID she get to turn off the gas in time?
@brightonmick11 жыл бұрын
That might be their integrity, Blaster
@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr Жыл бұрын
Hilarious.
@blasterbates721011 жыл бұрын
She has a bit of a resemblance to Pauline Collins.