I worked as a professional DJ from 1974 until New Year's Day, 1990. I worked on two gigs with the Grumbleweeds. They were BRILLIANT, and SO FUNNY. The vocal ranges they could cover was mind-blowing. The musical skills just so impressive. And they had so many variations on Bohemian Rhapsody, the best one being "on the scales like a whale".
Excellent moonwalk at 6:20 ! - And followed by the voice going up with the slide had me laugh out loud. I remembert the Grumbleweeds as a kid growing up. Mother in hysterics and Father laughing so hard the coffee came out of his nose. We hyasn't seen anything like it before. Proper comedy on TV, boobs from the girls almost falling out, innuendos, excellent impressions, fresh material, funny sketches, faces blacked up, gay characters (or ''camp'' as they were called back then), stereotyping characters, and music. It's everything todays politically correct person would hate. - But to us, it was normal, and bloody funny. I really miss television like this.
Very talented and underrated. Robin always did a great Jimmy Savile impression and Graham was a good Charlie Drake, Very sad that Graham passed, as he was doing quite well as an actor.
Surprising how people making comments have lost their sense of humour. No wonder the world is so bloody miserable and full of shit. We need more of this good clean humour.
Thank you very much for uploading this - I think it must be the 1984 Children's Royal Variety Performance, but could be wrong. I don't suppose you have the full thing, do you?
Funny this guy was doing Jimmy Savile and at start saw the real one. How many people have done his impression I've lost count. Chris Tarrant once done him too on Tiswas and even Roland Rat once called him Jimmy Savile
I worked at a place and we were talking about old comedy. Someone said The Grumbleweeds and I said "they were so shit". Then this voice popped up and said "oi my uncle is a grumbleweed" and I replied "they are still shit".
The Saville impersonation is technically superb, but it also highlights the problem with comedy from the 70s and 80s, its just so desperately dated, racist, misogynist, sexist, firmly planted on the wrong side of history all down the line. The individual performers were highly talented but socially and politically right-wing, their reputation quickly and eternally tarnished or forgotten.