Film is very much sped-up. Watch when he is being pulled by the bus how the people on the pavement are walking.

BlackenedGass, I think the crew used a stunt double, and I nearly laughed til I cried, when I watched Frank Spencer, in the London 2012 Olympic Games, in my humble opinion.

He was such an inspiration to me recently as a stage performer- nearly every amateur musical theatre show I have done I have been in fight scene or falling down "drunk" part, or been slapped by another cast member(The King And I for instance as the King's flunky), had props shoved in my face, and I have been injured almost every time. But that is because I have been asked to do my own stunts on stage and accepted the challenge as Michael Crawford would have done the exact same thing and I think of how much he made me laugh as a kid. And I know the risks and just think "let's do this."

Yeah! Benny Hill speed!!

No stunt doubles, Michael did absolutely everything himself.

Beautiful words. #Respect

As if this comment hasn't got more likes. Just beautiful.

❤

Get out.

@@DingleDangle66 Get out of India?

Betty! I've been articulated!!! XD

And don’t forget he also starred alongside Barbra Streisand in Hello Dolly

What difference does the father bit make?

@@predictivetextisforaunts His Father was Joan Crawford,so it came as a shock,that she identified as a Man.

Who was his father?!?

@@MaleOrderBride Peter Aloysius Crawford from Pinner.

I have the complete DVD set which I love

Who favourite out the to Big British Actors Rowan Atkinson and Michael Cowford ?

​@@kylewaddington1983I love to watch and still watch Frank Spencer, George and Mildred, On the buses and Likely Lads, they were the best.

Betsy Tarr Sometimes in interviews with Michael Crawford I do see a bit Frank though! 😊

interesting, cheers.

yes the iconic Eddie Green staircase lol!

Spent many a happy hour in the pool at Picketts Lock :)

It is! I to remember the staircase. Im here because today i was sitting in traffic with my 12 year old daughter right next to where the staircase used to be. Told her the story of this video and how as a 10 year old in 1975 my brother and i used to have timed running races over the footbridge. Also, the pub in the background 0.55, 1.07,The Cross Keys if my memory serves me well, is where my dad used to go whilst mum, me, my brother and 3 sisters used to go to the market. Remember the broken biscuit shop just inside the entrance to the market? Shovels full of broken biscuits of every description. Good times.

@@tilerman cool nice to hear a bit of history of things after all lol.

hahahahaha oh yeah you talked about Charlie am just imagining him doing the same exact thing

Apparently he worked with Buster Keaton on his last movie(A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) in 1966!www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-03-18/why-michael-crawford-brought-frank-spencer-out-of-retirement-for-sport-relief-2016/

@@hisholiness4urfaith As a waiter with a tray!..Absolutely brilliant!

Me too! The last 50 years have passed too, too quickly!

Roland Hailston did the stunts.

Yes, but it's also a well-known fact among fans of the show who are at least old enough to remember that he insisted on doing all his own stunts, no matter how dangerous!

...Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Mack Sennett would all have been very proud of him here!! :-)

Yes I noticed that he always wore gloves. During the scene where he’s hanging off the back of the car over the cliff he’s wearing the gloves (for grip) yet he wasn’t wearing them before that scene.

I am not surprised. Those stunts look like they'd hurt, if he got them wrong, and he'd have to re-do them.

Me too, I remember it when it was first shown and I laughed loudly. 50 off years later I still do....awesome. The fact he did his own stunts makes Michael Crawford incredibly brave, or just plain mad, I don't know.

Somebody would have had to teach him those stunts anyway

really?

+ac1dP1nk Yes - he did !

+ac1dP1nk its what he does

I know! And he did not cry hurt to BBC

Mr bean ain't got nothing on this guy.

Have you heard his rendition of O' Holy Night? It was a brilliant performance from him. A genuine masterpiece. Someone even asked whether he was the same bloke who portrayed that idiot Frank Spencer. His talents are simply amazing in 2 totally different ways.

+Mustafa Ali and I think the scene on the stairs was shot in Stonebridge in north west London, right next to the North Circular Road, in NW10.

+arita2006 ???

Sorry if I didn't make it clear. I meant the part where Frank is rollerskating down the steps. I think that part was shot in Stonebridge, NW10.

+arita2006 ok I think that's Edmonton green but not sure

Looking at the clip again it is possible that you might be right. There were the exact same steps on the NW10 side of the North Circular at one side of the bridge that crossed over the road from the Wembley / Monks Park side (the bridge and steps have since been demolished) but looking closely the tower blocks in the background don't look like those at Stonebridge (those tower blocks in Stonebridge have also since been demolished).

"I'm going left. AAAAARRRGH!!!"

I grew up in Edmonton. When they knocked the bridge down I thought they should have left one of the stair sections standing as a type of monument to this stunt, lol.

@@groovytrev I think that would have great 😸

I live near there and remember that spiral footpath and bridge at Edmonton Green. The area has changed beyond recognition now

Alisha O'Brien some of the concrete footpaths and bridges they built in the 60s and 70s were awesome, places I remember in Liverpool when I was younger have changed for the worse imo.

Yes, I know what your talking about, I remember it exactly as you described it. Actually not only do this generation have phones in their ears but you can actually get stabbed for even looking at someone for a second. We live in a different dark time now. I never thought I would say that, but I'm glad I'm old.

@@RomaRoma-gu8or You saying you are glad your old resonates with me yeah i feel we had the best of times 1960s /70s /80s 90s things were simpler easier /it feels like the world has gone dark spiritually morally and the sense of entitlement the young have is mind-blowing ,you don't even get a thankyou these days for opening a flippin door its just sucks xx peace x

I know exactly what you mean. I hate how unsociable people are nowadays.

Yes he wrote and did his own stunts. He talked about it with Ray Martin (Australia) on youtube - only saw it the other day. He is a brilliant comic and singer and he even can tightwalk in Barnum!

Every time I see either I am reminded of the other.

Me too! ❤

+Sleepingsparrow Agree ! Still looks impressive, years later !

Norman Wisdom didn't see any humour in the role. He was said to have read the scripts saying "I guess they insert the jokes later". Apparently David Jason, who incidentally was born in Edmonton where this was filmed, was also considered for the part.

@@groovytrev thanks for your reply

I grew up in Edmonton. We used to ride our bikes/skateboards etc down that bridge. The leisure centre was also knocked now and there's a cinema where it was. The two locations are about a mile and a half apart.

A few months back the scene was re-created on 'The One Show', although not anything like as good as the original, it was interesting to see the process they had to go through with split second timing, especially with the articulated lorry!!

Because of the ignorance of modern audiences. Even worse 9 years on from your comment!

IIRC, they were all done in "real time".

And he deserves that praise in every sense of the word. Too many famous people are so undeserving of being classed as legends. Many of them are just so egotistical. Michael Jordan for example would rather sign his autograph on one of his playing shoes than for fans who look up to him as their sporting hero.

Ricky Renner - bearing in mind he himself was doing all of this - there was no 'stunt double'. You have to pretty skillful on roller skates to do what he did. Especially grabbing hold of a moving bus which is going across the direction you are travelling in; not to mention crouching down to go under a lorry. It's easy to dismiss this as 'not that funny' or 'very of its time'. Yes, it was very of its time, but the stunts he did were timeless ....and yes, it is just as funny as anything Morecambe and Wise did. Imo, they were overrated. Being a southerner, I've always found The Two Ronnie's to be funnier. And they are.