RIP Paul Daniels - 17.03.2016. This had me in hysterics as an 8 year old child. Doesn't quite have the same appeal as an adult, but in its day this was classic entertainment.
What a brilliant clip from the archives. I've been a magician for many years now and much of my inspiration has come from Mr Daniels and many of his card tricks I have used in my act. I believe he's one of the best of our era and we should do something to get him back on UK prime-time TV. He's brilliant!
The reason why he left the BBC is cause he refuses to work with Alan yentob. A man who Daniels doesnt like. He said that yentob shouldn't have two jobs. But he couldn't say that publicly or within the bbc.
Do you have the other clip (or it might've been part of the same show) with the chimp looking in the box that had a mirror inside it and waving its hand behind the box thinking there was another chimp there?
I think he just meant to be silly, as if the chimpanzees would understand if he were speaking the language of the place they're from. It's unfortunate the way it came out but it would be like someone trying to talk to a poodle and joking that if they spoke French to it, it would understand.
