Documentary Following comedian Ken Goodwin at home and on stage during one of his most successful years. First broadcast on ITV in 1972
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@pw65822 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful human being, makes you miss those innocent days. A true entertainer, R.I.P Ken.
@PSUK2 жыл бұрын
How very true. A man with a big heart.
@pw65822 жыл бұрын
@@PSUK Golden days I’m so glad to have enjoyed those talented unassuming star’s who we won’t see the likes of again. 👍
@PSUK2 жыл бұрын
@@pw6582 I’m with you 100% there
@ergotot452 жыл бұрын
We British will not see the likes of such comedians again, Im glad I originally watched some them in their prime. RIP Ken what a genuine lovely bloke you were. Thank you Liam for posting this for us all to enjoy, I guess it was a Granada TV production?
@ufoman44684 жыл бұрын
Absolute privilege to watch Ken Goodwin at home on stage and just been Ken . Was lucky enough to laugh at Kens comedy live on a couple of occasions . To pinch a line from another famous fella . It was the way Ken told em . What a delightful lady Kens wife is lovely inside and out easy to see.
@chunakichat11 ай бұрын
I was 13yrs of age in 1972. I am of Indian/Pakistani origin and suffered a lot of racial abuse at school and felt a lot of pain by racist jokes made by comedians on television at the time. This man was an angel that made my heart heal with laughter. He did not seem to have a unkind cell in his body.
@jimisi74244 жыл бұрын
i am 47 from uk and only heard of this guy 2 days ago. i am shocked, what an amazingly funny and talented chap
@sportsglobal95274 жыл бұрын
jim is i same here 47 from uk and only found him today through watching the comedians.
@Parknest3 жыл бұрын
RIP Ken. He was such a legend. His wife died 5 years after this was filmed.
@sugarbertie11432 жыл бұрын
God how we used to laugh at this wonderful man. His jokes were daft as a brush but his talent was playing the village idiot and you started laughing before he'd told the joke. He had a fantastic singing voice too. A true entertainer who is sadly missed . God bless you Ken, we could do with you back in todays miserable world.
@richardbrown118911 ай бұрын
Ken was a master of the catchphrase. "Settle down now." "We're having a good time aren't we?" and "I'm too good for this place aren't I?" will never be forgotten. RIP.
@fireandsafety5 жыл бұрын
Great funny guy....His style was hillarious. Watching this and seeing him walking around ....How I wish those safe days could come back
@justininfrance3 жыл бұрын
Safe days? For whom? Do you want me to list all those murdered in the 1970s? It would take several volumes. Safe for women? For children? No paedophiles in the 70s? Are you really this deluded? Goodwin laughs hilariously at his own jokes, you think he's not heard them before, a thousand times? Don't think he's faking it?
@forthfarean3 жыл бұрын
@@justininfrance that was part of his act ,you clown. Murders in the 1970s were a low compared to what there is now. About 5000 murders 1970-1980 compared to 9000 in 2000 to 2012. A huge increase.
@steevsmith27925 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this documentary. Ken Goodwin always made us laugh. What a Good comedian and singer and seems like he was such a nice bloke too. Another Legend of Comedy, sadly missed.
@maccafan105 жыл бұрын
My Christmas party piece as a lad was an impression of Ken. A great comedian. RIP Ken and thanks for the laughs.
@mikeireland307 жыл бұрын
What a great comic and a true gentleman. RIP Ken.
@astroboy30023 жыл бұрын
Comedians that can hold an audience with clean jokes are masters of the craft
@robg717 жыл бұрын
He sang like crosby. A funny, multi-talented guy. Settle down now :)
@devonblue70153 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell what a voice just like mr crosby 1st class
@bangersnmash48562 жыл бұрын
My late father had a band in the 60s 70s and backed Ken once, said he was a lovely bloke proper salt of the earth
@Spoif6 жыл бұрын
Talent sadly missed. God bless Ken.
@carolsmusic25 жыл бұрын
Mr. Goodwin sounds almost exactly like Bing Crosby. I'm personally very glad to hear that anyone would do clean comedy. Thumbs up to that and to Mr. Goodwin!
@manslayer19724 жыл бұрын
carolsmusic2 his dog was called Crosby it was an Alsatian.
@tanilorn3 жыл бұрын
Watching this man laughing on stage to his jokes because how could you not, Loved the old stand up comics, the comedians show on tv in the 70s
@TheMusicmaester2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, Clean funny man ..I still wipe tears from my eyes with laughter !!
@organicprincecharming Жыл бұрын
As a Canadian whose never heard of him. Seems super sweet. Really fell in love with him
@pertdg Жыл бұрын
My grandmother at 11' 13" LOOKED after Ken. Lovely bloke
@ogstopper6 жыл бұрын
What a great comedian and uke player! Funny, silly, clever - and CLEAN! Superb!
@abbamanic7 жыл бұрын
A great voice, wonderful performer
@doctorwhoproductions8344 жыл бұрын
Love him so much, he has a great laugh and i love how he laughed during telling his jokes
@kevinhoughton91345 жыл бұрын
There are only 3 comedians that can make me laugh without actually telling a joke, Tommy Cooper, Mick Miller and Ken Goodwin.
@paulgregory93153 жыл бұрын
And Charlie Williams and colin crompton
@tramlad24 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, i still love Ken to this day, he was a great family comic, but man what a singer, who knew eh, rest you well Ken
@johnrees Жыл бұрын
What a great singing voice he had.
@millionseller0014 жыл бұрын
Just an ordinary down to earth family man who worked hard to get to the top...Very funny guy,Sadly missed.
@JohnJohnson-tw8qk2 жыл бұрын
I was 1 years old when this was shown remember ken more from the repeats of the comedians even now ken can make me laugh very funny man and I never knew how good a singer he was . Sadly missed and miles better than today's tripe on tv
@probablygraham3 жыл бұрын
I loved his joke where he starts saying when he was a young kid his dad told him if he wanted to get anywhere in life he had to save money. When he got a penny he should put it in a green box. When he'd managed to save sixpence he should put it in this yellow box, and when he'd save a shilling he should put it in this black box over here. It were only when he were 14 he discovered he'd been putting them in the gas meter :-) Not too sure about the colours but I told that joke for years and people always laughed.
@christianevans53692 жыл бұрын
A genuinely humble person who is still today funny, better than what we have today! God bless Ken.
@raymondvaughan62624 жыл бұрын
Funny man great entertaining man so different off stage 70.s magic had to work hard then doing clubs and pubs to get anywhere rip ken keep them laughing in heaven
@Improveng13 жыл бұрын
Lovely guy, lovely family.
@taraalan11313 жыл бұрын
That smile - so infectious.
@sirbarringtonwomblembe40982 жыл бұрын
Just like the Johnson variant!
@taraalan11312 жыл бұрын
@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 😂😂🤣- less deadly though !
@doubtingthomas7362 жыл бұрын
I used to start laughing before he even got to the punchline, he was brilliant, great memories 👏 👍
@brucethomson35123 жыл бұрын
Personally, got to be my favourite comedian ever 😊
@SuperJimmywilson7 жыл бұрын
ken goodwin brilliant pure class a ledgend in is own rights.
@MarkyWrexham7 жыл бұрын
A gentleman
@briartlaw5 жыл бұрын
Good old Ken great comedian .
@forthfarean3 жыл бұрын
He always makes me laugh out loud.
@maccafan105 жыл бұрын
Lest we forget his lovely late wife Pat here in the vid who fell ill in 1974. Ken then abandoned his career to care for her until her death in 1977..... RIP both.
@stevekendrick20085 жыл бұрын
I always wondered why Ken suddenly disappeared from our screens. You've just told me why. Did he continue to perform after 1977 ? I don't remember ever seeing him on our screens again. He was always such a lovely and very funny guy to watch.
@bryanleigh64975 жыл бұрын
@@stevekendrick2008 He returned to stage performances after Pat died and did OK until retiring, but his TV career didn't revive.
@jazzman16264 жыл бұрын
What a lovely lady Pat was. Such a lovely family.
@doubtingthomas7362 жыл бұрын
That's very sad, she was way too young to go, lovely family.
@loonylinda3 жыл бұрын
lovely man
@billyhughes8054 жыл бұрын
A comedy genius.... one of the greats!
@michaelheath43926 ай бұрын
Great comedian, but was always laughing his self, and that even puts a nice smile on your face, Sadly missed,
@animateangus7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Does the full performance at 6:48? I'd like to hear him do more of his Formby act, he was a very good player!
@stevenmcneil98004 жыл бұрын
Thank you ken gone but not forgotten the Goth man 😎
@tony-yp6qk Жыл бұрын
Another legend sadly missed
@jackreaper23524 жыл бұрын
We're avin a good time aren't we
@vikingboyd12013 жыл бұрын
Jeez. Some folk on here go beyond opinions. He was a guy trying to make it. Some folk have a humour bypass. Least he did his thing n didn’t give a fuck what anyone thought. Good on him. Explored his mind in a broad lateral way instead of being narrow, bit like some of the comments 🙋🏻♂️
@aaeeturner7 жыл бұрын
unique delivery
@curly19662 жыл бұрын
sad to read his wife became in in 1974 and died in 1977
@billcobbett92596 жыл бұрын
What a nice man
@karlhill6636 жыл бұрын
what a funny man.cant remember him like I can most of the 70's comics.but want to know everthing about him now.
@johnstephenson014 жыл бұрын
Karl, Try looking on youtube for old episodes of ITV's 'The Comedians'. Ken was in virtually every episode and was hilarious.
@stephenlees16912 жыл бұрын
shit today no one near u lads proper comedy
@forthfarean3 жыл бұрын
He did a great George Formby too.
@sirbarringtonwomblembe40982 жыл бұрын
He WAS George Formby 2!
@davidhamilton52233 жыл бұрын
Legend
@supercallifragi2 жыл бұрын
28:32 the sound engineer on the left non other than Eric Stewart, singer from 10CC
@shaunigothictv10032 жыл бұрын
What a lovely bloke Ken was. I always wondered what happened to him in his later years. There seems to be no trace of him whatsoever working in the 1990's as a stand up comic or even a singer. I tried to find some information on what happened to him in his later years but I couldnt find anything meaningful. As a comic, his style was clean and innocent which was actually great for the type of audiences he performed for. Each to their own I guess. The best comic in the 1970's was a bloke who never actually made it big. He was an alternative comedian who was 25 years ahead of his time. His name was John Paul Joans and he was amazing and completely different to the standard working mens club acts like Bernard Manning and George Roper. His persona on stage was like a mad warlock. In the 1970's John Paul Joans was the most talented stand up comic in Britain. But he did not know how to market himself to TV executives. As for Ken, he also messed up by not doing enough to promote himself on TV. Apart from appearing on the TV show called "the comedians" Ken did very little TV work in the 1970's or 1980's If he would have marketed himself properly to the TV executives I'm sure that they would have given him his own mini TV show as he was an all round clean stand up comic. Or at least they would have given him a slot here and there on other entertainment programmes Ken did not have a very good business brain, just like John Paul Joans who was light years ahead of his time. But Ken was a lovely bloke who will be missed dearly. Im sorry I never got to meet John and Ken personally, as me and them would have had a great laugh hanging out with eachother and playing pool at all the local pubs where ever they performed.
@mikelee30674 жыл бұрын
Legend R.I P Ken
@stephenlees16912 жыл бұрын
all the best have passed zzxx rip never no one will take your place xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@MartysWhiteSuit2 жыл бұрын
Very nice to watch. Yes, a gentleman, looked after his wife until she died. innocent days. A very British way of life.
@johnrees58675 жыл бұрын
Good clean entertainer.............. where are they now..................... it`s time the BBC & ITV took note instead of all this crap on the box today, just look at what`s on Saturday and Sunday night it`s either the National Lottery or Simon bloody Cowell............ Again ?.............. rubbish.
@IThinkYouLookLarvely7 жыл бұрын
28:30 Anyone else recognise Eric Stewart on the left (then in 10cc)?
@maccafan105 жыл бұрын
Well spotted. That'll be Strawberry Studios in Manchester then.
@alandent24345 жыл бұрын
Great to see the contribution from the late, great Joe Mercer at 10:00.
@michaeldavis16095 жыл бұрын
Thought it was bing Crosby that's how good his voice was
@josephlandrut41546 жыл бұрын
Ken and I stared school at 4 years of age. However, as Ken was 2 years older than he left school at 14 at junior level but as I started school 1940 I left school age 15 at Secondary modern school level and the 4 weeks summer holiday was changed to 6 weeks, which is too long even these days.
@cberry92847 жыл бұрын
a funny guy with a great set of teef
@michaeldavis16095 жыл бұрын
Richard lawless when u have brilliant delivery and timelng you can telly silly jokes
@whelkshuffler3 жыл бұрын
21.00 The young Gregor Fisher aka Rab C Nesbitt !!!!
@sirbarringtonwomblembe40982 жыл бұрын
Wrong accent!
@MrThreeLions7 жыл бұрын
thinking of you
@neilgarlick94802 жыл бұрын
What's Neil Warnock doing at 17.25? Nice hair do though.
@ianbentley72763 жыл бұрын
his wife was pretty
@sim5847 Жыл бұрын
twenty one minutes looks like rab c nesbitt?
@getthefffffoffme6 жыл бұрын
Eric Stewart? Strawberry Studios Stockport?
@Hu4est4 жыл бұрын
I rewound the clip to be sure, and ,yes it was the bloke from 10cc
@getthefffffoffme6 жыл бұрын
O
@getthefffffoffme6 жыл бұрын
11:44
@mosesmanaka81093 жыл бұрын
The only Englishman with the nicest teeth.
@sirbarringtonwomblembe40982 жыл бұрын
Looks like he wore a plate, to me.
@justininfrance3 жыл бұрын
So his wife deliberately poisoned him, and put him in real distress, just for a laugh? Oh what fun times, the 1970s.
@w1lf1ewoo6 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that people consider him a nice sweet man, but as far as his material, do me a favour...its poor... bordering on pathetic ( And I don't like to say that about someone who has passed away) but I suppose it reflects on how parochially divided England once was...he was really only playing to the semi-educated northern working class audiences and it could still have been the 1930's judging by his... "jokes".... I was born into that very world in 1971....but its a cosmos away
@LiamVideos6 жыл бұрын
richard lawless I can appreciate that fact you don't like his humour, but there is no need to insult an entire class of people.
@w1lf1ewoo6 жыл бұрын
LIam: Im from that breed & class of people and left school at 16 , but I can view it with distance and objectivity and in the times they were...thats not really insulting anyone ( i hope) anthropologically its interesting to see how far w've come ....(I hope), I don't get to Manchester or England as often as Id like but I dream about manchester and the streets I grew up on nearly every night and have fondness and respect for its people
@tonyknight99126 жыл бұрын
You are obviously a highly intellectual idiot !
@OldiesAl6 жыл бұрын
Richard, he was one of the stars of the top rated show 'The Comedians' which was broadcast nationwide not just to the 'northern semi-educated working classes' of which my family and friends were, as a family we always loved Ken, yes his type of humour wouldn't stand up today. Looking at some of the 'comedy' shows and acts we have today have we really progressed?
@GEricG6 жыл бұрын
I'm a southerner, mid 40s and from a middle class background and I find him hilarious. I like a lot of contemporary comedians too but good humour is timeless - and subjective.
@jimisi74244 жыл бұрын
i am 47 from uk and only heard of this guy 2 days ago. i am shocked, what an amazingly funny and talented chap