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Classic Parkinson: 1979 - Union Leader Jimmy Reid, Billy Connolly, and Lauren Bacall

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Possibly one of the more unlikely guest combinations, although it seems to work quite well as a fascinating time-capsule, with topics ranging from Robbie Burns, Billy Connolly working with Richard Burton, to some personal Hollywood history from Lauren Bacall, including on anti-Semitism and attitudes to women.
All three had appeared previously. Jimmy Reid, who had gained international recognition for the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 'work-in', featured in a famous extended debate with Kenneth Williams in 1973. Link to that episode here;
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Billy Connolly's 'country-and-western' party piece, 'Old Seaside Town Far Away', is at 1:01:01
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@GeorgeFairbrother 11 месяцев назад

RIP PARKY. Michael Parkinson has passed away, August 16th, 2023, aged 88. 🙏

@stevehermitofficial 11 месяцев назад

🙏

@anguscoleman5876 2 года назад

Billy, no words needed. My introduction to Jimmy Reid and what an impressively honest and articulate man. I jumped straight on google and bought his biography. Lauren Bacall, they don’t make movie stars like that anymore. Parky, a master interviewer and gentleman always. This video put a great smile on my face. Thank you.

@GeorgeFairbrother 2 года назад

Thanks for commenting, and I'm very glad you enjoyed the upload.

@johnmcfarlane748 11 месяцев назад

jimmy reid sits down and begins speaking , and everybody listens , remarkable verbal fluidity , straight from the hip. Brilliant.

@stephenholmes1036 7 месяцев назад

Jimmy Reid a brilliant speaker and man. Listen to the audience virtually silent just listening

@deborahrobertson8606 2 месяца назад

This is the quality of entertainment that I remember as a child. It was wonderful!!!

@Erdnase23 11 месяцев назад

Jimmy Reid. What an amazing orator. Self-taught.

@johnbrand1893 2 года назад

Great 👍 guests on the show, and masterly interviewed by Parkinson. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@conniekampas7074 Год назад

I wish there were more interviews with Parkinson. He is adorable polite and does a terrific job letting his guests speak their thoughts. Delightful. Bring on more please! Excellent Thank you so much. Parkinson never fails!!

@loisheuer8772 11 месяцев назад

Loved Parky here in the USA. Wonderful interviewer, best ever, Rest In Peace we will miss you. very much.

@EmptyGlass99 9 месяцев назад

Lauren Bacall is pure class. She was true to her word, never had any 'work' done and was as striking at 89 as she was at 18.

@stephenholmes1036 7 месяцев назад

Spot on

@HeavyH2006 2 года назад

Indeed Jimmy Reid a greatly well versed man of Scottish thought and life. Remarkable. His recitals are wonderful and his perspective of Scottish myths and embellishments is a sure man of letters. A great trio of guests. Credit to Parkinson’s conversational pace & enquiry. A treasured watch. Thank you!

@GeorgeFairbrother 2 года назад

Thanks for commenting, and I'm very glad you enjoyed it. They certainly don't make telly like that anymore, but then the calibre of guest these days is not quite the same. Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy. :))

@johnkochen7264 2 года назад

There is an undeniable (and very understandable) rift between the English and the Scots but Parkinson lets his guests say their piece, does not constantly interrupt like they do nowadays, and shows nothing but respect. His guests react in kind. Parkinson was a legend.

@GeorgeFairbrother 2 года назад

Yes, I'm a Parky fan myself, for the same reasons you mentioned.

@johnking5174 2 года назад

@@GeorgeFairbrother His type of talk show simply does not exist anymore on British TV. Just think of the simplicity of his show. Three guests, getting around 20 minutes each for a proper interview. No monologues, comedy sketches, satire etc. Just pure interviews.

@GeorgeFairbrother 2 года назад

@@johnking5174 Exactly, and the show was all about the guests, not the host.

@alwhyte6533 2 года назад

@@GeorgeFairbrother He was the best. No self promotion, yet became so famous while not promoting himself at all. His massive talent and warmth shine through and carry the format of the show. Truly the best of all the talk shows...imagine James Corden doing this? No way! Couldn't keep his mouth shut long enough to let the guests talk, would be talking about himself all the time.

@GeorgeFairbrother 2 года назад

@@alwhyte6533 That's is very very well put, I totally agree. Also, I always found that even if you had never heard of the person Parky had on, you would still end up being riveted by the conversation. I also thought Mavis Nicholson on Thames was very good for the same reasons, and more recently Kirsty Young when she was on Desert Island Discs.

@teterouge1472 2 года назад

Lovely, Parkie, Billy, Lauren and the man, the star..... Jiiiiiiimy Reeeeeed!. Oh for a man of such integrity, honesty, grit......

@alwhyte6533 2 года назад

Mick Lynch is holding those greedy Tory bumlickers to account now!

@Johnstone72 Год назад

Jimmy Reid, what a Man. Always good to hear his take on life.

@AMRPK 2 года назад

Billy & Jimmy sum up my thinking on national stereotypes and national/cultural holidays. Only the financial aspect is missing. In reality it is all that matters about such events.

@ThefightingCelt Год назад

Jimmy Reid was a very knowledgeable man and proud of his working class roots. He ditched his communist leanings as he got older, and joined the Labour Party before becoming disillusioned and ended up becoming a member of the SNP, which by then had adopted socialist policies which sat easier with his beliefs.

@GeorgeFairbrother Год назад

Thanks for that perspective on Jimmy Reid's political journey. Fascinating.

@garyhoward4216 11 месяцев назад

Jimmy Reid could hold his own in any company. High intelligence is not the sole preserve of the privately educated.

@radioandtvmemories6178 Год назад

I really enjoyed that

@GeorgeFairbrother Год назад

I'm very glad, and thanks for commenting

@johnnty3 2 года назад

what great company jimmy reid must have been could listen to him all night

@NB-xq4qt 11 месяцев назад

can you imagine this in a talk show today.....Jimmy Reed such a man, such a real Scot.....more so than Connolly even

@brianmarshall4753 Год назад

I used to watched Parkinson chat show in the seventies eighties nineties and noughties

@gusgus8134 Год назад

I so love me Billy Connolly ❤️

@NB-xq4qt 2 года назад

great man Jimmy Reed.....still stands today what he says

@KidMillions Год назад

"Is there a lot of anti-semitism in Hollywood?" That was a silly question.

@GeorgeFairbrother Год назад

I does seem a little naïve

@jonathaneffemey944 11 месяцев назад

RIP Parky

@davideldred.campingwilder6481 2 года назад

Now, there's a politician that should have been PM, instead of who came that year...

@radioandtvmemories6178 Год назад

I agree with you, and it would have been a very different (and better) country in many ways. Jimmy was actually the councillor for the area of the town in Scotland where I lived when I was a youngster. That was when he was still in the Communist Party, I think he left in about 1976