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Post by Cartman on Mar 27, 2021 10:35:39 GMT
I remember that programme OTT, it was garbage. I'm surprised it lasted as long as two months, I vaguely recollect it being pulled quite quickly, certainly in the Granada area.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 11:18:50 GMT
The only 'forgotten' name that comes to my mind is Arnold Brown. He was around the time of the Alternative Comedy boom in the early 80s, his most known joke being that he is 'scottish and jewish, two racial stereotypes for the price of one'. He was in an ep of Young Ones but he was older than everyone else at the time and you didn't see much of him on the telly, to my knowledge. Didn't Andy Der La Tour come from the alternative comedy stable too? (along with Alexi Sayle?)
He popped up in the Young Ones presenting a mock Public Information Film (The "Think Bike" one)
During the early days of Central TV; they let Chris Tarrant loose on Saturday late night TV. The result was an adult version of Tiswas - this called OTT. It went out live, and lasted about 2 months before it was pulled off air. A lot from the Alternative Comedy circuit would pop on on the show - alongside Lenny Henry, Bernard Manning - and even George Roper. After it was axed, they introduced Saturday Stayback - this came live from a different pub each week - again with Mr Tarrant & co and a long list of alternative scene comedians.
Helen Atkinson-Wood also appeared on both - more than often as a TV Announcer.
Yes, he did. He was also Chief Inspector Grobelaar in Bottom.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 11:19:32 GMT
The only 'forgotten' name that comes to my mind is Arnold Brown. He was around the time of the Alternative Comedy boom in the early 80s, his most known joke being that he is 'scottish and jewish, two racial stereotypes for the price of one'. He was in an ep of Young Ones but he was older than everyone else at the time and you didn't see much of him on the telly, to my knowledge. Why not? Is that the chap? Yep, he also said 'and why not' a lot, too.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 27, 2021 15:10:51 GMT
Mick Miller, Colin Crompton (of Wheeltappers fame), Marti Caine (went on to present New Faces), Al Dene, Mike "Stand" Douglas.
There was also Alton Douglas (was also a warm up man on Golden Shot), Felix Bowness (The Jockey in Hi-De-Hi) - he did warm up on "3-2-1".
Am I the only one on here who thinks Crompton looks like Frank Skinner (or vice versa) Martin P. Daniels thinks so-
He does look like him apart from Crompton's comb forward. Jim Bowen said he was the only man he knew who combed his hair from the neck.
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Post by Sparky on Mar 27, 2021 15:27:15 GMT
I remember that programme OTT, it was garbage. I'm surprised it lasted as long as two months, I vaguely recollect it being pulled quite quickly, certainly in the Granada area. Once it was pulled by the larger regions (Granada, LWT, Yorkshire etc) I think Central had no choice than to axe it altogether.
Odd that they (Central) commissioned it in the first place - considering the incoming management were 'embarrassed' by Tiswas.
Saturday Stayback wasn't much better - the only difference was it came live from some local pub each week.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 27, 2021 19:57:40 GMT
An edition of Saturday Stayback here features the once ubiquitous Tony Slattery, Phil Cool & Frank Carson, plus Benny from Crossroads & Thin Lizzy. Credit to them for having a mixture of old & new comedians, there should've been more of that on tv, I always thought the division between established comedy & 'alternative' comedy was very contrived, much like punk bands slagging off rock bands. What's wrong with liking both?
We haven't seen live shows like this on tv for years, they could be hit & miss but they were taking risks & trying to create an 'event' rather than just another studio tv show.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 29, 2021 21:43:45 GMT
Tony Capstick was another comedian/folk singer/actor from Yorkshire, appearing in Coronation Street & Last Of The Summer Wine. His parody of a Hovis tv ad got to number 3 in the charts.
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Post by Nightfly on Apr 8, 2021 11:11:37 GMT
Another one I have just remembered was Bob Williamson, a similar act really to Mike Harding and at about the same time, although I didn't think he was as good. Bernard Wrigley was another, he later went into character acting and turned up in Peter Kay's Phoenix nights, he brought the bouncy castle which featured "Sammy Snake"! Bob Williamson seemed to be a regular guest on TV variety shows at the time, only to disappear completely shortly after. I believe he had health issues which stopped him from performing, though he popped up in Phoenix Nights as a ventriloquist years later. Bob died aged 67 in 2016. I still have a couple of his albums somewhere. Bernard Wrigley also appeared in Dinnerladies and played the teacher in "Rita, Sue & Bob Too". I vaguely remember him playing the eccentric vicar who married Roy and Hayley in Coronation Street. Does anyone remember the two part Barry Hines play "The Price of Coal" circa 1977 about a royal visit to a colliery followed by a major pit accident ? The main actors were mostly northern comedians - Bobby Knutt, Stan Richards, Duggie Brown etc. A real mix of comedy and tragedy which had more of a documentary feel to it than a standard play.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 8, 2021 11:59:39 GMT
Does anyone remember the two part Barry Hines play "The Price of Coal" circa 1977 about a royal visit to a colliery followed by a major pit accident ? The main actors were mostly northern comedians - Bobby Knutt, Stan Richards, Duggie Brown etc. A real mix of comedy and tragedy which had more of a documentary feel to it than a standard play. I remember it well, Nightfly. It's a very good watch if anyone hasn't alreadys seen it. You can watch it in it's entirity here:
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Post by Sparky on Apr 8, 2021 18:04:29 GMT
Does anyone remember the two part Barry Hines play "The Price of Coal" circa 1977 about a royal visit to a colliery followed by a major pit accident ? The main actors were mostly northern comedians - Bobby Knutt, Stan Richards, Duggie Brown etc. A real mix of comedy and tragedy which had more of a documentary feel to it than a standard play. I remember it well, Nightfly. It's a very good watch if anyone hasn't alreadys seen it. You can watch it in it's entirity here: Blimey Gene. What a find! Thanks for posting.
Was this a Play For Today?
Only managed to watch about 20minutes of this - going yo crack open a beer later and watch this in full. Looks like a lot of this was made around Wakefield.
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