Dick Emery's final television interview from 1982. In this clip he talks about his film and television career. He died on 2nd January 1983, just weeks after this was recorded.
He never did his stage act to us backstage - he kept that for his audience. We experienced him as a kind, gentle, man who very politely asked for a cup of tea
I used to watch the Dick Emery show in the 1970's as a youngster with my family & we were all great fans of his, & he was simply a master & a comic genius, & his work is still hilarious now. I used to love his work with the late great Roy Kinnear, where Roy was the father & Dick was the son who kept mucking things up & his catchphrase was - "Dad, I think I got it wrong again!".
Now we have Nish Kumar. You don't have to be funny anymore you just need to identify as a comedian. You still do a comedy pooftah impression and not be hung out to dry
Dick never stopped being funny. This interview shines a light on the serious side of making people laugh. Considered opinion on his craft from Mr.Emery, fascinating. He was able to give praise & mention to the script writers, and stress their vital importance to the overall success of any production. Remembered fondly, Dick Emery, RIP.
A real favourite of mine - nice interview and great choice of clip from a very funny and crazy film that was miles better than so many at the time!! Thanks for the upload and I have just subbed on the strength of this. 😀
It's been a surprise that more than 1 in 10 viewers of this YT channel are from Australia, and you guys watch more of each video as well!! Thanks for the support!
@@ClassicBritishTelly Not that surprising when you remember we are the same people ethnically with many similar cultural aspects as well. So our sense of humor is bound to have much in common. My great Grandfather drove a Hansom cab in London before coming to Australia.
OH MY I remember watching Dick on TV when I was a kid in the early 70’s A marvellous all round entertainer. At a time when both the BBC and ITV were at the ‘top of their game’ Sadly not now And we only had these 2 channels Tony Bilbow still alive 🌼🌼❤️❤️🏴🏴🏴🏴
I loved watching that film when I was a kid, though shocked to see Liza Goddards buttock, having not seen it 45 years, I suspect it might have been a stunt buttock.
He does look a little thin in this clip, part of me wishes i hadn't seen this clip because i would rather have not known he'd got so close to doing a remake of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' would have been FANTASTIC!!! Rest Well Dick you are loved!!!
A remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets? Presumably he was to take the Alec Guinness roles. I wonder who was to play the murderer. It would never have been as good as the original, which is in a class of its own, but I'm sure it would have been very funny all the same.
His television show was absolutely hilarious and it’s still is to this day but the movie is one of the biggest letdowns imaginable. It hasn’t paid well it isn’t funny and unlike other comics of his time Steptoe and son on the buses et cetera the movie didn’t age well at all, whereas the others mentioned have
Watched it a few weeks ago, enjoyed it when I was a kid . Would never get on tv nowadays. An old man dressed as a woman sneaking around trying to look at young ladies bums . The 70s have aged terribly.
@@clivet3252 i agree, but my mrs who had never seen it walked in whilst the turn up the radiator scene was on , she was unimpressed with an old man dressed as a woman desperately trying to strip young ladies. I tried to explain it was all part of a clever plot but that didn’t wash. 70s borderline perv humour just doesn’t wash on 99 % of females today.And we’re in our 50s. My mum likes this film though. But it is what it is.
@@fegstachops6746 but that's the point. It's humour. It's not supposed to be condoning the behaviour. It's not really any different to the stuff Larry David gets up to. And that Fleabag woman is terrible!
I know it was repetitive with the same characters but it was still funny back in the day, funny was not politically correct but at the time we still had a sense of humour.
