Oh how I miss these two. Stilgoe and his wonderful way with words and Skellern who must be one of the most under-rated musicians in the UK. Now Peter has died leaving his wonderful legacy of music, especially all those beautiful settings with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. You'll be sadly missed Peter. Thanks for so many memories.
I am watching this video for the first time and I am thinking to myself: 'Oh My God! The BBC should make a documentary alone about Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern musical collaborations that they made together.
Thank you, Mr Tabard. This is the tonic that the world needs right now. Both of them were incredibly kind and supportive to me, as I embarked upon doing much the same thing, but not to this level of cool fluency. Skellern's early loss was wretched. And although Stilgoe is too rich these days to have to play the Wycombe Swan, he is using his fortune (without trumpeting his charity) to help those in the world who have been left behind. As the father of the dazzling Joe, at least we can still relish his brilliant DNA.
I absolutely love this! I would have been too young to enjoy it at the time, so it feels extra special to be able to watch it now. What incredibly talented men they are, every word and note of music is a delight! I can't tell you how grateful I am to you for uploading it. Thanks to you I have not only enjoyed this, but have bought all the CD's of them I could find. Genuine, heartfelt, funny and lovely men just bringing pure joy!
So clever. And so funny. And WHEN did they write "The Barmy Army" ? Must be at least 25 years ago. And what's depressing is that it's STILL topical today.
Such sad news....the passing of Peter Skellern. R.I.P Reverend Skellern These two were an amazing act. I went to see them in Ipswich on the 17th February, I think in 2,000. It was my Birthday and my partner at the time had informed them of this. You can imagine my surprise when they sang Happy Birthday to me. Thank you for your talents and wonderful entertainment.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I agree, Stilgoe and Skellern are very poorly represented online considering the amount they both did. Love it all.
Me and my dad used to listen to this on loop for hours on long journeys the memories I've made with this on are always still there and after finding the old disk in the attic u put it in recently but unfortunately the end got a bit corrupted but that can be fixed so whilst that's being fixed I looked online for one and found this Thank you so much for posting this it brings back some of the best memories. RIP Peter Skellern
rest in peace Peter, You were a very imprtant part of my life. I am playing your records until the day I die..and your music is playing in our house this evening. So special, thank you for the music
I've liked Peters music since 1972 his lyrics and melodies somehow struck a chord with me, his gentle wit and humour were similar to mine .I still listen to his early albums , so very sad to hear of his passing , sadly missed but still enjoyed
Somehow I know the words to the Black Forest Gateaux song. I'm not sure where or when Richard Stilgoe first performed it (Nationwide? That's Life?), but it stuck with me. Memory is a weird thing. But then, he's always been a bit of a light comedy hero to me. Immensely sad to hear of Peter's death.
I found this by the most circuitous route looking for false stars for a joke on my daughter's partner,who has a real tattoo of a star on his bum( I know !!)My wife then found Peter Skellern's wonderful rendition of the Tattooed Lady (still with me?) and I started researching Peter Skellern and found this.And This is wonderfully entertaining.Two consummate professionals in the best English musical tradition.I absolutely loved it.Humorous;gentle;witty;well written and conceived ;a masterclass in how to write and perform.And how I got here is really Hitchcock's Mc Guffin(?) Thank you so much for putting this on RU-vid.
The cassette tape recording we had of one of their Who Plays Wins shows was the soundtrack of my childhood, I learned it verbatim. It is such a treat to find this show of theirs on RU-vid, thank you so much x
I know what you mean about memorising huge chunks of a comedy tape or record; for me it was three of Tom Lehrer (and slightly later in life, Fascinating Aida). But I loved Stilgoe too - I remember his multitracking on Thats Life and other similar.
I did enjoy it indeed! I was looking for a video version of them jump-starting a second-hand car, er, piano ("one lady owner, only used it for Chopin" ... "it's completely flat" ... "your timing's right out" ... "it's filthy in here, give us a rag"), so was so pleased to find a full concert, thinking it must be in it, but no. (It's on Who Plays Wins, but loses a lot without the video - the jump-starting in particular.) But there is much to enjoy in this - thanks for uploading. (As for the date - must be _after_ Pot Black, as they say "used to". Doesn't it say on the VHS case - or is it something you recorded off the telly?) Was Showstopper written by one of the greats, like Gershwin or similar? I think I've heard it by other performers. Not that S&S arent up there with the greats! Like Flanders & Swann, Tom Lehrer, Victoria Wood, Fascinating Aïda ... (If anyone _does_ know where there's a video of the s/h piano sketch, please share the link.)
If you have the CD Show Stopper is Written w/m Richard Stilgoe, 1985 or earlier , published by Noel Gay Music Ltd. Pot Black started on BBC2 in 1968. No Vid of Broken Down piano that I am aware of.
@@highpath4776 Thanks. Maybe it was this performance I had in mind, or another by these two, that incorporated Show Stopper. Stilgoe is certainly up there with the greats like Cole Porter! As for Pot Black, it's more when it _ended_ we need: another poster was asking what the date of this performance was, and I was just trying to help by observing they said "used to" be the snooker music, so this performance is after that. (Of course snooker is still televised, but uses different music - I think B&W rag [the Winnie version] was always used for Pot Black while it lasted.) The quest for jumpstarting piano continues ... I saw it on TV, so "footage" (quaint term!) must exist in some TV company vault somewhere!
@@G6JPG Pot Black might have continued, but the BBC coverage of the longer tournaments overlapped , the BBC general snooker theme being " Douglas Wood Group 'Drag Racer' ". Douglas had never played snooker but enjoyed the royalties from its use.
Brilliant - Many thanks for posting - have most these on tape or CD - but have missed the visuals which you really need with SAS - Thanks again (sorry - typo in previous post)
I grew up with these two. I am 52 today and an ex-pat living in Canada ( though at long last moving back home next year) so this is a real birthday treat a long way from home, thank you so much. Intelligent entertainment.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. My sister and I were listening to these songs over the Christmas holiday and were saying how much we'd like to see the two of them.
Thank you so much for uploading this. I saw them at the Chichester Theatre about 20 years ago and appreciate how excellent their shows were. Nothing since comes anywhere near their brilliance. I am just grateful that this has been uploaded.
This is fantastic, my Mother loved this when she was alive. We only had the audio version, so it's so nice to see the video. Thank you for posting it and bringing back so many nice memories. RIP Rev. Peter Skellern!
Thanks, hope I will see them live one day. The 50s and 60s had Flanders and Swann, we have these guys. I hope some young intelligent guys continue the great tradition.
I know I'm late, but I have to thank you for this! I have the music but didn't even know the video existed. I only saw them once but loved them and miss them, and this is such a treat.
Difficult to say how much this is appreciated and will be treasured. Saw Peter Skellern at the Palladium with the Grimethorpe Band back in . . . oh, god, how long ago? Superb! Loved his music before, and then, and ever since. The pairing with Stilgoe is perfect. Thank you, Jon Tarbard.
Thanks so much for putting in the effort to digitise and upload this. It's great to see. I was born a year or two after this was filmed, and it's truly hard to imagine a packed out theatre for this kind of musical comedy duo ala Flanders and Swann now, less than 30 years on.
Kendal Smithy based on the fact that the Rambling On image on the programme is the same as the cover of their By The Wey album, I'd go for the late 90s
