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joosie

joosie

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You know, from "back in the day", when comedians were genuinely clever and didn't have to swear or insult people to be funny!
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I absolutely LOVE the two Ronnies. Pure genius! The writing is so clever and I just don't know how they managed to do sketches like this without cracking up!


I also love Rowan Atkinson's old stage shows, from before he was famous.


And this one

 
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Jasper Carrott & Dave Allen. Such a shame they never seem to repeat their shows, maybe they're too unPC for today.
 
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Although more of an actor than a comedian, Peter Ustinov - I went to a London theatre for "An evening with Peter Ustinov" - it was hilarious, especially the story of when he was on a set all dressed up in a knights armour and put on a horse - "well I had never been on a horse before" and caused carnage on the set o_O
 
We get a lot of the older British comedy shows over here on public television channels. I love them ALL...

ARE YOU BEING SERVED... THEN THE LATER ONE.. SERVED AGAIN that was on the farm.

MR HUMPHREYS John Inman was great
They had PBS fundraiser years ago over here .. Tea with Mr Humphries...
That would have been fun to have gone to.


KEEPING UP APPEARANCES..

Lol Mrs Bucket...

it was funny to see Patricia later in a sleuth series..

She was fabulous in both.
 
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Has to be Dave Allen - so many favourite sketches - but here is a little one I just love - the delightful very black humour of the Irish concerning death lol!

 
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From years ago. Benny Hill, John Cleese Faulty Towers. Dudley Moore.

But I like the sketch with Dawn French horse riding.
 
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Found this without sound for me anyway.

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An Absolute Classic I Can Never Get Bored Of | French & Saunders - Ponies

<p>We have seen Dawn French play many different parts in the past and typically, she plays along with other comedians and actors quite brilliantly. In this clip, she is playing along with others as well but it isn’t comedians, nor is it actors, it is horses. It seems as if Dawn is out on an...
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newforest said:
Found this without sound for me anyway.

dawnfrenchvideos.com

An Absolute Classic I Can Never Get Bored Of | French & Saunders - Ponies

<p>We have seen Dawn French play many different parts in the past and typically, she plays along with other comedians and actors quite brilliantly. In this clip, she is playing along with others as well but it isn’t comedians, nor is it actors, it is horses. It seems as if Dawn is out on an...
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....You bugggrrr!....just creases me up everytime :D
 
The pony that won't go and just eats reminds me of now let alone childhood.
Mine will nibble the heads off the thistles as we go through the fields given the chance.

Jennifer can ride, she owns Piggy French's eventer- pointless info there.
 
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Lol I had forgotten the one with Mrs Bucket.

Ive only seen Dawn as a vicker.
She looked really young in the horse
Sketch.

There was a funny horse sketch too in the show. I cant remember the name of it.
It was 3 old men ohhh i think it was
Last of the summer wine??
 
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