***** of course he's just smiling, he's in front of cameras being a professional. he wasn't just gonna turn around, kill the atmosphere and say 'well actually my mum was run down by a car when i was just getting to know her after a childhood of estrangement, and my father ran away before i was born and didn't want anything to do with me'. people in showbiz have to put on an Image, the more famous a person gets, the more we know of that person. everyone has things that they don't want everyone to know
Agreed Willie, check George's wonderfully dry quip when Dodd says the he would need to change his name to be a singer to something earthy like " Cliff or Rock", to which Harrison says "sod". Perfect! John was not the only witty, acerbic Beatle...
Who was funnier than lennon? I think his suffering made him so funny, plus he was just a natural born genious. He shows incredible charm along with his wit.
i adore this footage of John lennon such a great guy, footage of him later on was so much more serious with less humour and smiles. RIP John sadly missed!
Dave hawkins Well, hell, laddie! You can't leave out "Real" Paul!!! RIP Paul McCartney. He died in 1966. In a car crash. He blew his mind out in a car. He didn't notice that the light had changed. A crowd of ppl stood and stared. They'd seen his face before. His face was so mangled the 1st officer to arrive on the scene said he looked like a walrus. Too bad. So sad. Looks like Ringo gets the last laugh. He's the last man standing.
Awwww poor Paul and John... The looks on their faces when he asks about their mums and dads :'''( I wish I could jump through my phone and hug them :'(
8:20 Great line! Of course, the Beatles were also very witty and intelligent. I can only imagine their gigs in Germany when they had to play all night. I'm sure there was plenty of clowning around on stage.
Awe, when they ask if they have mums and dads in Liverpool, Paul and John just mumble, because they both lost their mothers at a young age. So cute when John says I've got a child to speak of.
Yeah this guy was a little on the insensitive side when he asked about family and you could tell that John and Paul were both very uncomfortable by their stammering and their body language and were just trying to look fine for the camera. I feel so bad for them..
Actually it's kind of touching watching Paul and John react to the question about "mum and dad." Paul kind of gestures back toward John like he's communicating, 'John and I really can't answer that.' (About 'mum' that, is.) Never seen this clip before. Thanks!
Great stuff, but you left out the best part (or is there a part 2?). Somewhere during this chat Ken Dodd is saying he wants to sing rock & roll, but he needs an earthy name like Cliff or Rock. George says, "How about Sod?" Ha, ha, payback for that "evil-smelling peasant" joke! They seem to have a lot of affection for Ken and vice versa.
I think the Beatles were delighted to meet fellow Liverpudlian Ken Dodd, and any other of the famous British comedians they admired in the sixties. Ken Dodd's humour is very similar to Lennon's Goonish wit. The only problem with it is that the chat goes on far too long and runs out of witty banter, which is why everyone in it ends looking embarassed; but that was the huge problem with unscripted live tv broadcasts.
It got awkward when the interviewer asked about how many of them had 'Mams' back in Liverpool - since both John's & Paul's mothers were dead at this point
samurai1999 Yes, it seems quite insensitive now, but I think that fact wasn't common knowledge, at the time, due to Brian keeping their family details out of the public domain (even John's marriage). Young guys in their early 20s would normally have mothers, and it was an incredible coincidence both lost their mothers before stardom, and around the same time.
This video is so funny and this is the second time I have seen the Beatles in a interview the more I whach this the more I laugh and I can not stop laugh thanks from the video Beatles I really appreciated it from Ella
Love both, a lot of Scouse jokes, Doddy was the only comedian who had such hysterical jokes I could crease up. As for the Beatles they will always be amongst the best.😎
Bill Grundy, "The Leader Of The Martians", was a TV presenter whose career was destroyed because, during a live interview with the Sex Pistols, he lost control of proceedings, and the Sex Pistols were able to use a number of very ripe "anglo saxon" words, on air during prime time, when the kiddies were watching.
Did anyone notice George's clever quip when Ken he'd need to change his name to be a singer to "something earthy like Cliff or Rock"? George, almost under his breath said "sod". Groucho Marx would have been proud of that one!
when the guy asks "you got mums?" paul has his mouth open and doesn't answer then when the guy says, "dads?' paul smiles and is like yeah. I love his smile there but its sad about the mum thing and when john says "all I have is friends"
nah. ken dodd is all fun. wouldnt hurt a fly. what you saw was respect from both sides. dodd talked aout jam butty mines and black pudding plantations with a straight mind.only a few years later did the boys write lucy and strawberry fields.
