It is strange to see audience members who have passed since this was made: Paul Daniels, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Lionel Blair, Nicholas Parsons. No wonder tv is so poor. There is nobody left. Bless you Les.
Wonderful to see him again .he was one of the best comedians .never forgotten .watching in 2024 sad to see those audience members that have also passed away
What an enjoyable show, as if Les was actually performing 'live'. I've never laughed so much at a comedian and he was a master with words. This is the kind of humour our world misses so much. Thank you Les.
Love you Les, this World is much bleaker now you're not here anymore. You're much missed. Thanks for all the laughs. RESQUIT IN PACE - LES DAWSON, AND THE COMIC LEGEND YOU ARE. 😷😢😔🤗❤️👍✌️👋
My father went to Cambridge University, helped develop ship Radar in WW2, spoke at the UN, travelled the world as a Chemical engineer including behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, and found Les Dawson hilarious.
Watching this again, you realise humour doesn't exist on British TV anymore.... PC has wiped out the Greatest of the Great and those who hoped to be Great....... What a loss!!
Greatest comic ever, shows like his never can never be replicated, up there with the greats, 2 ronnies, only fools and horses, porridge, last of the summer wine, open all hours we should be so grateful to have watched them in our youths TRUE LAUGHTER
Technology's a wonderful thing, this was a joy to watch. Though it was odd looking round the audience to notice how many others are also no longer with us, since only 2013 when this was filmed
I had the pleasure of this magnificent fella's company a few times in 92/93. Cissie & Ada will always be my idols. That pairing with Roy (Cheers;)) was a pair we ALL know and created timeless idols. Les, thanks mate.
How sad that this exceptional entertainer did not get to be a part of his daughters life. How wonderful to be the father of such a poised and beautiful young woman. Not to mention all the great comedic material fatherhood can provide over those years ! God Bless and Keep You All.
Dear Les, I once saw him in a comedy show in Bradford. He was amazing, the other actors just fell about laughing with his ad-libs. An amazing and genuine man, R.I.P Les, and thank you.
I’m 71 and my dad was a friend of Les when I was a kid … came round to our house a few times in Didsbury Manchester. Can’t prove it but that was great to watch, thanks 😊
The blankety blank 'cheque book and pen' probably the most valuable thing they gave away on the programme. Although ut was in the days when the BBC thought it wasn't appropriate to spend licence payers money on game show prizes.
I loved this man for what he was, a brilliant, natural born British comedian, I loved his mother in law jokes and his spontaneous "one liners". He used to imitate northern ladies gossiping together, where they "mouth" the words without actually using their vocal cords. He had the same accent as most of my father's family who came from near Liverpool (Heswall, Waterloo, freshfield). I was very upset when he died and could imagine the grief of his wife and daughter, losing such a lovely and talented person like that. Thank God we have his recordings. This man had such talent that, even before he uttered a word or played a note, one was in fit's of laughter.
No comics like this anymore. I grew up in the 70's with the likes of Les Dawson on tv. He still makes me cry with laughter even tho he has passed on. Les you may be gone but you will forever make us laugh! Sad day when he died.
Me too Steve, I was born in 1964 and was party to all the great comics that my family watched on TV together. It was another era, one we'll never see again.
What would you make of the world today Les? Your so dearly missed. Hope you were watching this, the smile's and tears of your lovely wife and daughter made it simply perfect.
i remember seeing this on TV. It was my first time seeing Les in action, and i wish i was born 10 years earlier so that i could've seen him properly on TV.
Thanks for sharing this. I remember when Les appeared on the "Opportunity Knocks" program with Hughie Green, His timing was not quite right at the time, but he soon tuned up his delivery, to become very funny. His whole persona was about the blunt "up North" way of life,, with a cartoon like characterisation of everything going wrong . So many people from those parts could identify with that, , but in true British spirit, the public understood and laughed full and loud. at themselves. If ever their was a John Bull of the British Comedy world, it was him. A very gifted entertainer who should never be forgotten.
Thanks for sharing, i loved Les Dawson when i was growing up as a kid, he literally had me in tears laughing whenever i saw him on TV. This was an amazing tribute, he had a natural talent for making people laugh, a great down to earth guy too. Thanks Les for all the times you made me laugh, gone but never forgotten. RIP
I've not laughed so much in years. One of the greatest comedians EVER. If only we had that caliber of comedy now in 2021 the world would be a better place. RIP Les.
This man never fails to make me laugh...he was such a huge childhood memory of mine from the 70's. Such a sad loss to the world of comedians. Miss you lots Les...Bless You XXXX
Les was among the most genuine of people in the business we call 'show' that you could ever wish to meet. Looking back now, it's sobering to think how many others featured here have now passed away.
The show was made by ITV so no license fee was used. But I totally agree, this program was outstanding. It's always good to see joy on peoples faces, and this show excelled at doing just that. Being born in 1970 I grew up with these comedians/geniuses. Unfortunately their likes are no longer around and sadly will never return. If there were to be more of these shows I would happily watch them. Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, my television is waiting.
I laughed all the way through...and as it was 3am, I woke up the entire house too. Les' daughter is such a beautiful girl...he'd have been so proud of her..
A 70's icon; growing up without Les Dawson would have made us very different people. And the same goes for Morecambe and Wise, Dick Emery, Monty Python, Tommy Cooper, The Likely Lads, Dave Allen and the wonderful Michael Parkinson for the Saturday night interviews. Fantastic, inspiring and unforgettable years.
AWESOME LES DAWSON WONDERFUL SO DAMN FUNNY GREAT SENCE OF HUMOUR R.I.P. ALWAYS IN OUR HEART & SOUL WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE SADLY MISSED LOVE HIS CHARACTER FANTASTIC PERSONA MARVELLOUS ENTERTAINMENT THANKYOU FOR SHARING FANTASTIC VIDEO UPLOAD I HAVE GOOD LAUGH MY DEAR LOVELY FRIEND Matt Pawsey YESS UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES BRAVOO XD . WARM GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND MY DEAREST BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS & FAMILY INDEED THUMBS UP MUST WATCH WISHING YOU ALL A BLESSED JOLLY DAY AHEAD SENDING SMILES MY LOVE & LIGHT GOD BLESS YOU NAMASTE . KISSES & BIG WARM HUGS FROM THE HEART . XXXXXXX
First class simply brilliant. Sterling gent and fantastic musician and comedian. Miss you Les. Forever in our hearts ❤️ Always loved and remembered XXX
Thank you so much for posting. Part of my television childhood. Later, in an era of 'Punk Rock' etc in the 70's and then in the next decade, no teenager would watch 'Blankety Blank' in the '80s. What a comic genius Les was,and how he grafted for his trade. RIP
Amazing.I can't usually watch a video for more than 5 minutes but i was glued for the whole thing. One of the funniest men ever. Well done whoever created this hologram idea, unique and brilliant.
Wow that was great that man made us laugh when he was alive and is still doing it from the grave ...Well NO he lives on in all our minds .THANK YOU MR LES DAWSON .
I’ll always remember a show when Les was reading off the autocue, something about a woman not being able to attend because she was 111, of course he’d “misread” and then said, “oh, she’s ill...” As a wee guy of about 7/8yo, it was probably the first time I’d seen or heard that kind of joke. It took me a few seconds but I buckled when I got it.
God bless Les he was a great man and a great musician and thee greatest comic ever how we all miss you so much Les Dawson I know you will be making every one laugh in Heaven RIP LES
So many legends of my early life have gone on to that great gig in the sky. Compared to the crap today, I can count on one hand those that are up there with him. Mickey Flanagan, Ricky Gervais, Sean Lock and a few others.
Absolutely brilliant nee bull he brightened up millions of shitty lives in a way that he only could ,the funniest bloke ever ,and still love watching him !
there never be anther les you are one of the only comedian that could make me laugh i all ways watch this when I need cheering up god bless you Mr les Dawson
I'm sure there are countless out there but for me les dawson is the only celeb I grew up with that actually could make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...blackety blank is all the proof anyone needs. A brilliant man.
He did some similar things that Benny Hill did and even worked with Jenny Lee Wright, Benny's "Prettiest Stooge"...If only he and Benny had worked together, what a show that would have been. Unfortunately here in the States, he's not as known as Benny. They died nearly a year apart from each other, due to poor health, so sad. RIP Les and Benny!!!
Brilliant fantastic, amazing. Celebrating the greatest entertainer we've ever had. His daughter can be immensely proud of his legacy. Thanks for posting this. I was crying and laughing I'm equal measures. Especially when I realise how many of the greats are no longer with us.
The audience faces as soon as Les appeared had them shocked and then from his first few words he had them in his pocket as they say.. Lovely and very funny to watch...... Genius of the likes we shall never see again....
