Windsor Davies and Don Estelle Singing Whispering Grass
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@darrenrae3 жыл бұрын
My Dad did the musical arrangement for this song and as a shy 7 year old, I sat quietly in our living room as both Don Estelle and Windsor Davis rehearsed the song with my Dad playing piano, will never forget the discussions on how to sing the song and Don’s incredible voice.
@djgtuk20123 жыл бұрын
:-o :-o :-o SHUT-UPPPPPPP!!! wow ... very cool. ;-)
@robshearing21313 жыл бұрын
wow! amazing that your dad helped the legendary sammy davis junior with one of his most superb performances - thank you !!
@rodkirkbride2230 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff!!!!
@Jane-cp2ol Жыл бұрын
Brilliant ! X
@nickjh1968 Жыл бұрын
Nice memories
@hawks675_ Жыл бұрын
Windsor Davies’ comedy aside, Don Estelle’s voice is simply outstanding. Pitched exactly, passionate, confident and with a superb tonal quality. Just fantastic.
@patriciadunmore97674 ай бұрын
Still enjoying listening to these two superb talents in 2024.
@magic19684 ай бұрын
Been on my playlist for ages keep coming back for more and read the comments/ memories. 👍
What an under-rated singer Don was, this is just superb and evokes so many memories of my childhood and teenage years. RIP Don Estelle.
@DrCrabfingers Жыл бұрын
Who underrated him?
@G6JPG4 ай бұрын
@@DrCrabfingers I think what is meant that, despite his wonderful voice, he was best known as a comedy actor. (Mainly in the series this first appeared in, and from which the costumes he and WS are wearing come.)
@tango6nf4772 жыл бұрын
Back in 1974 we had 3 tv channels, no satellite TV not Videos and no Freeview but we had class acts like these and millions tuned in to watch them. We may have massive choice now but little quality, and performers like these are a thing of the past never to be repeated. RIP British TV
@mrookeward5 ай бұрын
The quality is still there, but buried under a pile of rubbish!
@DevilishBeaver04 ай бұрын
Indeed
@jonathanstanworth64614 ай бұрын
Yes fucking sky 😢
@jonathanstanworth64613 ай бұрын
Brilliant 😂
@L1RWАй бұрын
Being repeated on That’s TV Gold and That’s TV 2.
@mrsuperger54299 ай бұрын
What a voice ! No auto-tune, no studio gimmicks. RIP, Don !
@oz_medias4 ай бұрын
The original was in an even higher key, that's when people who wanted to be artists had real talent.
@321bytor4 ай бұрын
@@oz_medias 🤦♂️
@ChristineFisher1232 ай бұрын
His voice will live on for sure..❤🌹🫠
@duncanmacdonald427110 күн бұрын
😁😁
@zzzzz38687 күн бұрын
Try to adjust your settings and 'Update'
@samharv80762 жыл бұрын
Shame on the BBC for not re showing this fantastic programme.
@JtFjord3 ай бұрын
Considered racist now.
@david-bs2ov29 күн бұрын
"Us British" , would like to see . 🤤
@guypainter13 күн бұрын
They have. Many times.
@xjr1300nut2 ай бұрын
That pure talent of a voice of a real human being, no auto tune , no electronic enhancement just pure talent..
@juliethompson17862 жыл бұрын
Reminds me so much of my granddad who was a WW2 veteran and died back in 1986. He used to love this show so much. I can still hear him laughing out loud, sat in his favourite armchair. Now Don Estelle and Windsor Davies have both passed on too- I feel a powerful wave of nostalgia for my happy childhood in the 70s/80s. Such a beautiful song.
@richardlamb34262 жыл бұрын
wow, me too - my brother and I were raised by our grandparents.. grandad was in ww2, AND, died in 1986 also. Wonder if you're a sister I never knew about?
@andrewyoung54292 жыл бұрын
aww bless him so many people loved this in the 70s when life was Normal and Happy you will Always have your Sweet memories God bless
@TheSapphireLeo2 жыл бұрын
Same as mine, with all of that. Dad's army, too. Was also raised on Granada Plus? Could do without the trojans, in them, if there was a way,
@TheSapphireLeo2 жыл бұрын
Our's though died in 2008, though?
@kimsung23842 жыл бұрын
My Dad used to laugh out loud to this too. He’s dead too. He liked Michael Bates.
@davidhabert5 жыл бұрын
Sadly Don Estelle past away back in 2003 and so has Windsor Davis recently. These comedy geniuses will be sadly missed. RIP Don and Windsor.
@angelatalbot53485 жыл бұрын
David Habert 7
@christophermcguire30815 жыл бұрын
Hear hear
@binaway5 жыл бұрын
My late dad said Windsor Davies comedy version of a regimental sergeant major reminded him of his regimental sergeant major, a very competent man.
@stuhughes57194 жыл бұрын
He rests just feet from my relatives. My nan will look after him.
@simmonsrenos91114 жыл бұрын
Met him with my dad in a pub back in 84' on the isle of wight...I think he was doing pantomime.... fantastic meeting him,very nice fella.
@richardwilson36433 жыл бұрын
Don Estelle could not only act and was funny but he has got an incredible singing voice,wow what a talented man !! Windsor Davies was a fantastic actor, great funny programme as well. A time when people had real talent. RIP lads.
@paulthomson49603 жыл бұрын
Great voice.........
@robertkincaid3 жыл бұрын
Don Estelle acting skills were limited in It aint half hot mum he found a part here ,he was also in the odd epsiode of Dad Army and Are you being Served again the David Croft ,Jimmy Perry stable his voice was truly amazing i have the sheet music for this version of wispering grass ,when aint half hot finished what did he do . i saw him in the Hyde Shopping Centre here in greater Manchester selling cassettes and his Cds on a stall , about 15/16 years ago , what happened there and finally i heard Whisping Grass played on Pick of the pops last saturday on Radio 2 and i wonderful version of the Ink Spots tune June !975, yours bob Kincaid
@auscomvic99002 жыл бұрын
Mum and dad went back t Engla
@kimsung23842 жыл бұрын
Sergeant Major shut up
@martinotoole99592 жыл бұрын
The old git I swore I'd never be says, they don't make them like that anymore.
@lorenzonotarianni16673 жыл бұрын
I'm Italian and I live in Italy but I was born and grew up in England. I have FOND memories of British TV commedies and this brought back a lot of wonderful memories. Don Estelle had a BEAUTIFUL voice. Greetings from Italy
@tomasofaolain31173 ай бұрын
British comedy TV show the best
@markduckmanton42275 жыл бұрын
Late 1970s, early Saturday evening, sat by roaring coal fire, eating jam on toast, drinking tea. Laughing at It ain’t half hot mum with my grandma and grandad. Happy days in deed. RIP Mr Davies thanks for the lovely memories....
@deanrussell22244 жыл бұрын
Marcus Vespasian such a familiar memory- thank you
@montyf21654 жыл бұрын
And what you or I would give to go back just for one more day.....
@betsiearmstrong65564 жыл бұрын
My childhood in one shot xx
@Lytton3334 жыл бұрын
It was on Thursday evenings after Top of the Pops, unless they changed the schedule in the later series?
@grimeylimey4804 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a 2 up 2 down in rochdale lanc. Me ol man worked in cotton mill till it shut down. I saw fred dibner drop a mill chimney. My Welsh mother would make me dance with her to this song next to the coal fire. I've now spent most of my life in america . Marcus, your comment was like a nostalgic punch right ta tha gob! Thank you.
@jimcraig4023 ай бұрын
What a voice, no computer tweeks,no electronic auto pitch, just pure talent.....
@Chipchase7803 жыл бұрын
My dad who served as an 18 year old soldier toward the end of the war loved this show. All the characters were brilliant, and Windsor’s ‘Old Shutup” was the cherry on the cake. Comedy died when political correctness buried these wonderful shows.
@kissofthelabrador39982 жыл бұрын
Totally right
@brianmansfield6662 жыл бұрын
@AMT The tide is turning on your wokeness....woke is over. Would you allow Richard Pryor to be a comedian today? The best ADULT comedy usually is observational taking aim at absurdity and hypocrisy... Hail the great Dave Allen...
@brianmansfield6662 жыл бұрын
@AMT I agree with your statement. I think you don't understand what I said my friend...peace & love , peace & love...
@Corbettwebcam2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, racist comedy was by far the best.
@ps84322 жыл бұрын
@AMT and how long does the new 'comedy' last? I doubt they will be replaying many tv shows from today in 30 years. They are not funny and too many actually are insulting to anyone with a working brain.
@teresahobday7836 Жыл бұрын
He had a wonderful voice. X
@nethalus5 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Windsor Davies
@llamedosr78435 жыл бұрын
That's why we're here. 😔
@raymondhamill2705 жыл бұрын
They're both preforming this in heaven right now,.
@London10645 жыл бұрын
Both tremendous fellas. RIP
@bernard485 жыл бұрын
Great actor, and he played his part on this to perfection, great man and Don Estelle has an awesome voice,,
@daveallsopp3205 жыл бұрын
Windsor Davis what a guy😎👍🏽 rip
@austinreid50323 жыл бұрын
This was when music had a sense of humour. But no denying Dons voice was outstanding 👌
@ianthomas7393 жыл бұрын
walking around Skipton one Sunday afternoon i heard the most beatiful singing voice i've ever heard coming from inside an arcade of shops/ turned out to be Don Estelle. RIP Don.
@andyoz11683 жыл бұрын
absolutely!
@craiglewis29243 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing pure voice.
@elizabethdyball53412 жыл бұрын
Peoples thoughts are sick absolutememery for me born march 21 1934 may I never forget Denniston Glasgow E1scotland
@paulmchugh86952 жыл бұрын
The poor sod ended u selling tapes in a shopping mall apparently how sad ☹️ he would blow away these talent tv shows these days ! X👍
@longstreet01633 жыл бұрын
I saw Don Estelle singing this in a shopping mall in Clydebank in 1990. He was singing live to to a backing tape. He sang it just like this maybe even better. I stood in awe for his whole set. I thought it was a shame that he had to do this to sell his Cds when he was one of our Great British icons.
@maninthestreet012 жыл бұрын
I saw him doing exactly the same in a shopping centre in Uxbridge in 1990
@petemarr8242 жыл бұрын
My mum told me he was in our local shopping centre selling his CDs around that time. Annoys me greatly when I think back now, an absolute legend of the screen having to do that. Brilliant actor and singer, that had me in tears laughing.
@kevinshanahan6064 Жыл бұрын
Yes Don did it loads. Sad he had to do this when clearly he had so much talent. I have heard Windsor was a very nice man off camera. Would talk to anyone.
@stuartcox1343 Жыл бұрын
I saw him singing in Hull shopping centre (Princess Quay) he looked really poorly & died not long after as I recall.
@louisecozier8581 Жыл бұрын
I saw him years ago in Taunton, beautiful voice.
@monicarodger12872 жыл бұрын
A magical mix of music and comedy,God I miss those days... I'd happily forfeit the last year of my life, to go back to my childhood in the 70's....
@stevebrown55215 жыл бұрын
Sat here with tears streaming down my face. The memories of my late mam and dad loved this when I was a young lad. I can see and hear them both singing it. It's my memory and that's so special to me.
@dianerogers88054 жыл бұрын
I used to watch it with my mum and dad, both gone now. Dad was in India but he was in the RAF,,. Thanks mum and dad for introducing me to the comedy.
@andrewyoung54294 жыл бұрын
Steve Brown Hope your doing really well now I loved the 70s and you always think your parents will live forever I'm a dad to 6 my mum died 10yrs ago god I miss her every day stay strong my friend we will all meet Again God bless
@andrewyoung54294 жыл бұрын
@@dianerogers8805 hope you had a great life with many more years to come happy memories will last forever god bless you and all around you my lady
@dianerogers88054 жыл бұрын
@@andrewyoung5429 Thanks, 6 years today since mum passed away, she was in the RAF to. That's where they met. RAF Lossiemouth.
@alanspringett92334 жыл бұрын
My Dad loved this program......can still see him laughing.....I grew up in an era when if you didn't like something or were offended by it then fucking tough- get over it.....nowadays, folk are .......best not to say anymore......nuff said....
@777petew5 жыл бұрын
The lovely thing about this video is how Windsor Davies tried visually to claim the credit for the music in his faces and gestures, and it was purely comedic, nothing else. The humour between these two men was brilliant. Doh Estelle was of course a lovely singer. I love rock, punk, you name it, but I know good singing, and Don's voice is a dream.
@timgillison11753 жыл бұрын
I remember shivers running down my spine the first time I heard this: just after he said "Sing Lofty" and I had imagined something ridiculous happening, then this fabulous voice that stops you in your tracks because it is so beautiful. Happy times......
@noelevans82392 жыл бұрын
Great stuff bring it back
@juniorrobinson46782 жыл бұрын
So true a bit like a Susan Boyle moment
@kevinobrien12593 жыл бұрын
I remember well my dear old Dad sitting in the front room enjoying this show every week, he had served out in Burma and India during WW2 and he could relate to those great characters, he rarely spoke of the war but I think this comedy helped him to think of anything funny and positive from those awful times.
@JoeStunner9 жыл бұрын
This might have been considered a comedy record, but there's no denying Don Estelle had a truly beautiful voice.
@SuperJ8son8 жыл бұрын
amazing voice
@davidsimpson9118 жыл бұрын
+JoeStunner well said,joe,always overlooked as a novelty record.but it is a cover version...check that out my friend.
@JoeStunner8 жыл бұрын
+David Simpson I remember my grandfather telling me about the Ink Spots original when I came home with this version. He was right about how great that is too.
@Londonfogey8 жыл бұрын
+JoeStunner I believe he won awards as a boy chorister in the CofE. He also made some easy listening records in later life.
@JoeStunner8 жыл бұрын
+Londonfogey Interesting. Can't say that surprises me.
@masterblaster90475 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine Don Estelle on Britains got talent or the voice.... he would blow them away with that voice ...
@djgtuk20123 жыл бұрын
like a silky Roy Orbison
@davidrobinson27763 жыл бұрын
So true. As I said in an earlier comment, Don was born a little too late to be appreciated fully. Imagine how big a star he’d have been in the 30’s and 40’s?
@terryashton35412 жыл бұрын
Yeh spot on mate.
@paulmchugh86952 жыл бұрын
Yes a star ⭐️ he will be in my mind ?
@paulmchugh86952 жыл бұрын
Can u imagine him behind a curtain ? On today’s tv ? That is so wrong but the show world is brutal ?
@sarahbayliss9872 жыл бұрын
How can you laugh and cry at the same time? Just beautiful! Thankyou Don and Windsor! Bless
@zeddboy462 жыл бұрын
The first single I ever owned, bought by my grandparents for my 8th birthday, and I still love it. What a voice Don had.
@sooty21015 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Windsor Davies 19/01/2019
@Fifury1615 жыл бұрын
He actually died on the 17th January 2019, it was only reported in the news today (19th)...
@stuartwindle14955 жыл бұрын
@Dale Hanson RIP Windsor.
@gilldowns3545 жыл бұрын
Amazing guy who transports me back to happier days
@telboy19654 жыл бұрын
Comedy was perfect music was perfect life was so much simpler and happier than it is today bring back the old days
@bradleydavies47813 жыл бұрын
As the SGT major would say " oh dear what a shame too bad. Rest in peace Sargent Major.
@joshyabraham542 жыл бұрын
Windsor Davis. The only actor I really wanted to see in person. Love from Kerala, India 🇮🇳❤
@DrCrabfingers Жыл бұрын
Don Estelle's voice is very beautiful. Beautiful timbre...Windsor Davies is the perfect foil...he was very funny as the SM...two very talented men...I hope they lived happy lives for they certainly gave a lot of fun to Brits in the 1980s.
@patriciabethkedzlie72123 ай бұрын
Lofty had a beautiful voice...Loved the programme ...The concert party....A great laugh..
@danyaradimacher65819 жыл бұрын
Don Estelle had a great and beautiful singing voice :)
@leeenglandland29787 жыл бұрын
He certainly did !!
@Immortal__5 жыл бұрын
Shame the beebc left him to rot
@MrMorph10009 жыл бұрын
One of the best voices I've heard. RIP Don :)
@andrewroberts47364 жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice. My dad loved this show. He was in the army and said that Windsor Davis was just like his sergeant major. I miss these guys
@djgtuk20123 жыл бұрын
I was a Fusiliers Cadet in the 90's and our Korea veteran head of CCF obviously had the same training ! brilliant days. salute, Captain Thompson!
@monicarodger12872 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a wee lassie and loving it... Imagine me watching it as a 53 year old..I love it even more.. Windsor Davis is as camp as f*CK, it's hilarious, I love him..
@themanftheworld84395 жыл бұрын
Windsor Davies RIP A great comedy sergeant major character in yet another 1970s classic comedy series..Thanks for the memories and god bless you Windsor.
@kathleentarawa45629 жыл бұрын
We buried our brother last saturday he was 49...my brother sang ths song wen he was 12...n those days we watchd dads army...thank u to my cuz...who sang it at my bros tangi...funeral service....
@davidstinson28482 жыл бұрын
I saw Don singing on his own in a shopping centre in Belfast. The only person listening was me….so very sad. A great singer and a lovely man.
@alanstarkie20013 жыл бұрын
When I first heard this long ago, I was blown away to find out that Don Estelle had such a beautiful voice. I'd listen to songs like this as well as Bowie, Pink Floyd and Led Zep.
@hillbillycat655 жыл бұрын
Don Estelle voice of an angel. Windsor Davies perfect in his role...….
@jas20per7 жыл бұрын
Such a sad end for Don Estelle trying to sell his music in a shopping centre and with a voice like that. It is true that there is no justice in this world.
@lentilsoupbun7 жыл бұрын
I heard he ended up working on a roundabout, trying to open a petting zoo, in some small village somewhere. Tragic.
@aaktow6 жыл бұрын
are you a fucking moron or was that a stupid joke,, he made brief appearances in two episodes as Little Don, the keeper of the Roundabout Zoo,,
@tedtedster86445 жыл бұрын
I heard that he ended up as a chimney sweep cleaning houses of the Aristocracy....They are said to have paid him extra to sing Whispering Grass while half way up a chimney.According to the Duke of Bedford the sound emanating from the chimney was "ethereal in nature"......A sad ending for this charismatic actor.
@jessiejames74925 жыл бұрын
really? so sad...whats went wrong?
@nigeldouglas70465 жыл бұрын
I came across Don Estelle in the mid 90s in Banbury shopping Mall selling his CDs and had that exact thought !!
@Chriswoodworker3 жыл бұрын
I never appreciated what a beautiful voice Don Estelle had until hearing this song again in my 50's.
@kilianrussell9509 Жыл бұрын
Classic ! This never gets old, two very special guys..... They don't make 'em like this anymore.
@robertmcqueen2895 жыл бұрын
Sadly we have lost both these legends of Yester year. Rest in peace Windsor & Don. You'll never be forgotten, as comedy today doesn't even come close to your standard or class. Respect Sirs. God bless you both.
@peterkemp19735 жыл бұрын
"I will not have gossip in this jungle!"
@bassfingers3 жыл бұрын
My favourite line 😄
@archivistofthechronicles3 жыл бұрын
This just took me back all those years to being a little boy watching the show, & now I'm in tears with the memories & the people I miss...
@bobk98793 жыл бұрын
Spot on. Choked.
@jameslacey21713 жыл бұрын
I remember sitting with my grandad on a Saturday night, watching this, Only fools and horses, Dad's Army and comedians like Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, over and over. And I'd swap all the modern day shit for just one more night to watch them all again with him.
@fireskycam98895 жыл бұрын
Don had an awesome voice. I watched this show as a kid and absolutely loved it. Windsor played his role perfectly. I am a gay man and I found no offence in shows like this. I used to absolutely kill myself laughing. Anyone who says they are offended has no sense of humour and is only claiming it for the attention. The PC Police have simply screwed us all out of a good laugh. No wonder we have so many people with depression nowadays, there is nothing to have a good laugh at on TV.
@richardray25155 жыл бұрын
Thats true we had some good programs in 1970s got nothing at all today
@petyrkowalski98875 жыл бұрын
Well said. It was all tongue in cheek...as well as blatant poofery! Shoulders back,,chest out.
@jondean69105 жыл бұрын
Fire sky - I agree I’m gay and comedy is just society laughing at itself...bring back the good old days of innocence I say
@lewfrazer67345 жыл бұрын
Good Lad
@karldenniston97455 жыл бұрын
Gay! Oh Dear How Sad, Never Mind.......
@frogstamper9 жыл бұрын
Windsor Davis will always be Battery Sargent-Major Brynn Williams to me, he played that part beautifully.
@oldschool197529 жыл бұрын
frogstamper Shutttt up!!!!
@robinstewart70627 жыл бұрын
frogstamper .typical,decent,talented . he ŕeminds me of the r.s.m we had at school,from the argylls and hard as nails!out of uniform a gent.r.i.p.
@ChoppingtonOtter6 жыл бұрын
frogstamper I think he was born to play that part. Perfection.
frogstamper Best sergeant major ever And a great comedy actor
@kystars4 жыл бұрын
I'm American but saw this show on KZfaq. FANTASTIC comedy really great stuff. I think the fact that Davies was really in the military made it more cool :) and yes I don't care what anyone says about this show, its fantastic comedy. I say I am American, to just say I am NOT British. But I DO ENJOY these British type of shows. I saw this the first time ever here on KZfaq. and I saw Benny Hill on tv here and on KZfaq. I like British shows. of all types. This is also a great performance here .
@fireskycam98893 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. I'm a gay man and I loved it. I was never offended by his loud "Fairy" name calling. Windsor was brilliant. If anyone says they're offended by this type of comedy then they're just doing it for the attention.
@mellowmonsoon2783 жыл бұрын
you are american and?
@douglasgreen4373 жыл бұрын
@@mellowmonsoon278 & to quote the Who, "Who the fu'ck are you" ? 🤔
@johnmurphy16313 жыл бұрын
@@fireskycam9889 p
@agent86753 жыл бұрын
PC?! “Oh dear, how sad, never mind!”
@julieslater25414 жыл бұрын
Listening to this in 2020 and amazed by the wonderfully clear, beautiful voice that Don Estelle had. What a great song. RIP Don and Windsor - very talented men, sadly missed.
@Namdor20126 жыл бұрын
Don Estelle should have got into doing musicals, brilliant singer..
@davidhabert5 жыл бұрын
Sadly Don Estelle also past away back in 2003 and so has Windsor Davis recently. These comedy geniuses will be sadly missed. RIP Don and Windsor.
@lister-of-smeg40564 жыл бұрын
My mu n dad went to see him( little Don) in Worksop around 94, he was excellent.
@jimswonger81114 жыл бұрын
He would of made a great Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls. He has the solo Sit Down, Your Rocking the Boat.
@mercian74 жыл бұрын
@@lister-of-smeg4056 I expected nothing less.
@keithhenderson37274 жыл бұрын
I meet Don in the 1980s singing in the old swan shopping center Birmingham, it was so sad to see him fall so low, I had a long chat with him and purchase a cassette tape off him and he signed the inlay card for me I still play it lovley man lovley voice r I p
@AmberPanda10 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful fantastic voice Don Estelle had, lovely to hear this song again, not heard it for many years.
@ralphoperaphile3 жыл бұрын
He had a lovely natural tenor, being a small man who applied absolutely no forcing or constriction to his innately pleasing tone. Perfect vibrato and really musical phrasing. And a pure falsetto!
@kystars Жыл бұрын
I came back here to visit this great video again. I will just only say, I loved this show of what I could find of it! I loved British humor. We never got this show in America. I wish we had. I know these 2 fine men have passed on sadly.
@seangallactico114 жыл бұрын
Don was an amazing vocalist & Windsor complimented him with his unique style of comedy... Great entertainers from a wonderful era..respect👍
@DamiensTrainsandTravels4 жыл бұрын
RIP Windsor Davies and Don Estelle who died a few years before. The world is a sadder place without them
@kylieisola47353 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this with my grandparents, as a little girl, all of us smiling. Wonderful memories beautiful stuff.
@babyblue11942 жыл бұрын
If it wasn’t for Windsor Davies this would not be considered a comedy record. Windsor is only doing what he’s supposed to. But Don is showing his true class. A great voice.
@davieboymax10 жыл бұрын
Last year I bought the It Ain't Half Hot Mum entire series on DVD. Brought back many wonderful memories and lots and lots of laughter. We would have seen these guys and the rest of 'the gang' many more times on our TV screens over the last few years if it wasn't for the damn PC Brigade! Truly excellent stuff. RIP Don Estelle, one of the world's wonderful voices. Think I'll go and watch my IAHHM DVDs again :) SHHAAAAAT AAAAAPPP!!!!
@annoldham30183 жыл бұрын
Historically correct if not politically. I loved this show. Especially when the boys were in drag. Stuart McGugan did a brilliant Rita Hayworth considering he was all muscles. 🤩😂
@tonymorph36722 жыл бұрын
The pc brigade have become much much worse since your original comment 8 years ago. Gods knows what it’s going to be like in another 8 years. We will probably be arrested for comments we made on KZfaq years before!
@briancritchley49810 жыл бұрын
How is it I have only just found this, un bloody real.. just simply beautiful..
@andy23882 жыл бұрын
How sad, and frankly a pathetic sign of our times, that the BBC banned any repeat of this terrific series.
@alunjones80202 жыл бұрын
there was discrimination back in the 70's yes but sometimes people get offended just for the sake of being offended. The series and a few others highlighted the problem rather than being the problem and be very funny with it too.
@henry94062 жыл бұрын
It is sad I’ve been collecting DVDs from the past , I can’t find anything worth watching on tv now 🍻
@anthonyletschat2592 жыл бұрын
im from new zealand 54 ban this show repllace it with crap with love island--then ask why todays children are messed up
@hunterluxton59762 жыл бұрын
Its an attempt to please everyone. The attitudes of the 70s were normal back then, that's how it should be judged not from a modern sensibility. The past is another country etc.
@molybailiff2 жыл бұрын
I swear we had some of the programmes from 70's were the best ever, yes some were racist, sexist, etc, but the world was then, and is just as now however much they try to convince us otherwise.....
@acrobaticcripple81764 жыл бұрын
What a voice!! So pleased I found this on KZfaq.
@duncanc25925 жыл бұрын
Don Estelle’s voice is so pure and his expression is one of such joy, that only now, looking back, does one realise that he and Windsor Davies really did create a beautiful moment in time.
@elizabethdyball53412 жыл бұрын
And how I am 88 this was the first recording i danced to with my big broter james Crichton deceased asof yesterday
@TheBigJenks5 жыл бұрын
RIP Windsor Davies - Legend
@cameronrichards79595 жыл бұрын
Great welsh voice. RIP can't watch It Ain't Half Hot Mum now. Too sad to watch as he is no longer with us.
@paulelliott32205 жыл бұрын
Cameron Richards Agreed - absolute legend Such a great man
@cameronrichards79595 жыл бұрын
@@paulelliott3220 I am 14 years old and love It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Got it on DVD 3 years ago.
@paulelliott32205 жыл бұрын
Cameron Richards Hi Cameron It's a great series and a very good purchase Watch it and celebrate the great work by those who created and starred in it Take care
@cameronrichards79595 жыл бұрын
@@paulelliott3220 Windsor grew up in Wales and I am actually from Wales myself. He grew up in Bridgend which is round the corner from me. Funniest thing when he lets Parkins off with everything. Did they find out to see if Parkins was Sergeant major's son?
@101stuey11 ай бұрын
Apologies to the late, great, Don Estelle. As a kid in the seventies I dismissed this as a crappy novelty record that didn't warrant being in the pop charts, despite loving "It ain't half hot mum". Over the last few weeks I've been watching re runs and was astounded with Don's singing in the show.
@DavidBrown-bs7gg5 жыл бұрын
Today’s sad news of his passing brought me here. RIP Windsor
@ianbentley72765 жыл бұрын
me too. :-(
@Andy-wx9tg5 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, how sad...
@mikeblade30955 жыл бұрын
Ditto, another great gone, but not forgotten.
@ivanfawcett99765 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLGIgJSfvqepmZs.html This is just a knockout
@juliarea99499 жыл бұрын
Can't believe what i just read below about Don Estelle, he was such a lovely little man with a fantastic voice, no one should end their lives like that xxxx he was wonderful.
@stephenmartin2737 Жыл бұрын
Dons voice is flawless, his was the first voice I really appreciated at a young age i think i was 12 years old when I first viewed this on top of the pops and still love it !!!
@MrTrooper314 жыл бұрын
My Father served in India 1946 and always loved this show always telling stories of punkawallas and Sgt Majors who had too much sun
@danielrussell4463 жыл бұрын
My grandad did as well Phil and spoke warmly of his time there
@brianharris70584 жыл бұрын
How Don Estelle stopped himself from laughing with Windsor Davies doing his thing just behind him I don't know, what a pair of great actors and what a great singer with such a wonderful voice Don was, you are both missed so much RIP both of you, thank you for many years of top class entertainment.
@RcNerd4 жыл бұрын
Seen my mum tear up as this was dad's favourites .. love you dad xx
@irenerampling73704 жыл бұрын
I discovered Don Estelle about 6 months ago. I love his voice . Wish I had known him way back when. I'm well and truly hooked. He was fabulous.
@BALLFAN3 жыл бұрын
Don was a wonderful singer the only thing missing was looks , if he'd been 6ft and handsome with that voice can you imagine what might have been....RIP Don and Windsor
@isc19713 жыл бұрын
Totally agree - often average/poor talent but "good looks" gets ahead of super talent but supposedly poor look....
@aliceedwards37833 жыл бұрын
Aww he's cute !!!
@jessiejames74923 жыл бұрын
He didnt have a good mansger who could promote him well. But lucky he was in this comedy. We could enjoy his voice.
@rw87332 жыл бұрын
God bless them both.
@julieboyd76552 жыл бұрын
He has a lovely kind face and a beautiful voice which together make him appealing '
@garyelrick26535 жыл бұрын
Makes me cry every time i hear this, brings back all my memories from the 70's, i miss everyone ive lost .
@jonathanb21987 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Windsor Davies was a star and Estelle's voice is quite excellent.
@tb81753 жыл бұрын
My aunty used to sing this song to me when I was young, sadly she passed away, two years ago, everytime I hear this song I think of my aunt I cry every time, such a beautiful song though
@JoeyDNo32 жыл бұрын
2 proper legends . Our time's gone but we've the memories . All take care , care for each other 💖
@davidpoulton28604 жыл бұрын
Yes I remember those wonderful 1970s I was in my teens and early 20s when these two wonderful men did their stuff. Song no.1 back in 1975. RIP Don and Windsor.
@billygillan8215 жыл бұрын
They should release this song as tribute to the late Davies,it would be great to hear descent music in charts again.Such a wonderful song and sung
@petepascoe1419 ай бұрын
I played piano on tour with Don in NZ, in 1996. One of the Great voices. great memories. Each night as I started the opening piano riff of Whispering Grass, he’d turn and smile at me in the spotlight. It was a fun tour, nice concerts with the band. Don could knock out Roy Orbison, too.
@Kingmick584 жыл бұрын
Best 3 minutes of my day today.
@gazlee32085 жыл бұрын
RIP Windsor and Don, glad to have been a kid when they we're on TV along with Melvyn Hayes etc...
@paperchain12395 жыл бұрын
R. I. P Windsor Davies. You made us laugh.
@michaelholland52423 жыл бұрын
We are privileged to have grown up with such great shows and actors back in the 1970 s Holsey67 🇬🇧
@skisavoie3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic, takes me back to my youth. What a brilliant rendition of an old classic... 👌
@lax911510 жыл бұрын
Brilliant brilliant brilliant.......... thorugh all of the banal crap puked up through the radio these days, this is true unfiltered talent.
@deancutler5 жыл бұрын
Got a feeling they're performing this song somewhere today. Rest easy Windsor Davies.
@dianekiddle19774 жыл бұрын
I like to think that, my dad loved this
@andysatch91503 жыл бұрын
You can see the friendship in their eyes. Simply awesome stuff!
@RCapricot2 жыл бұрын
Just listened to this at my grandfathers funeral, so lovely and moving.
@sundemon11567 жыл бұрын
"I will not have gossip in this jungle..!" - Brilliant.!!!
@holmesjunction5 жыл бұрын
Never forget seeing them perform this in the doorway of Woolworths at Scarborough one summer in the early 80's.
@David-uq6yb2 жыл бұрын
Here because of “Last Train to Christmas”. Wanted to remind myself of the 1970’s when life was much simpler.
@willowbrooke12153 ай бұрын
What a voice. Now remember this as a child in NZ after forgetting it for a few decades.
@darenfinan21926 жыл бұрын
Don was a brilliant singer... I saw him standing outside an amusement arcade in Scarborough sometime in the 80s. He was handing out flyers for his show. Very underrated singer.
@michaelmills34635 жыл бұрын
The good old days. It ain't half hot mum was so funny. Sometimes in life you shouldn't take yourself or situations too seriously. It's life!
@thewomble15095 жыл бұрын
And it's deceptively short. The SJW whinge mongers need to remember that.
@deltanovember16725 жыл бұрын
the womble Too true mate.
@kitcarr46685 жыл бұрын
One does in fact have to take 'certain matters' with the absolutemost seriousness. For example ... have YOU tried to hire a decent Punka Wallah in the last 20 odd years ... Worthy candidates may make themselves known here ;-)
@badger11111115 жыл бұрын
@@kitcarr4668 you are not able to do so now, (unless you can grab someone straight of a boat) it's not politically correct lol
@kitcarr46685 жыл бұрын
@@badger1111111 - I recentl learned that one must call them Punkah persons and that a chap can't insist on having having a Punkah Wallah but must give equal consideration to Punkah Wallettes ! Might be easier to buy a generator and an electric device ?
@Gannett201123 күн бұрын
Saw Don Estelle at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Gloucester in the 1990s doing his bit and selling his CDs. Got to chat to him for a short while, and he was the nicest fella. Fine voice!
@WhisperedDreams9513 жыл бұрын
The beautiful voice of Don Estelle with the immaculate Windsor Davies - Bravo!
@LoneWolf-lm3jz5 жыл бұрын
RIP Windsor. So many great characters, so many happy memories.