When Kenny (Everett) Met Frankie (Howerd) Good Afternoon 1980 

Two of our sadly missed comic geniuses.

What a treat seeing Mavis Nicholson. She held it together very well.

How many people are aware that the other presenter Simon Reed is in fact the younger brother of the legendary Oliver Reed.

Frankie Howerd (and his two sisters) used to teach Sunday School at the church my Grandfather was vicar of (St Barnabas in Eltham). Apparently he was often late for the planning sessions & would often 'wing-it' at Sunday School resulting in lots of laughter coming from the classes he was taking! When Frankie appeared in panto in Eastbourne I took my Grandma to see him at one of the matinee performances. After the show Grandma insisted on going to the stage door. The stage manager asked what she wanted "Can you tell Frances that Ruby Rogers is here to see him" she asked. Next thing I knew, Frankie himself turned up and whisked us off to his dressing room. They then spent 3 hours catching up on old times in Eltham. Frankie arranged for extra food for us to eat with him. At one point during the afternoon Frankie asked me a series of probing questions about my life in the Navy (him 'interviewing' Kenny reminded me so much of that afternoon.) Frankie was kind and funny without having to resort to any of his catchphrases and it was a surprise to all of us when, 3 hours later, there was a knock at the door to say "curtain up in 5 minutes Mr Howerd" for the evening show.

Frankie Howerd says, "First time I have ever had anyone in my arms wearing a beard." Kenny Everett retorts, "That's not what I've heard!" Hilarious. Thank you for the upload.

They were all completely off their trolleys and why bloody not ? 😂😂😂❤❤❤

TV was SOoo different in those days. I have to say how good it is to see something so unpolished

Frankie, a deep thinker, intelligent and curious to learn about new people. Kenny was really crazy, but naturally funny too

Two legends of comedy together in one show, the likes of which we will never see again. Thank you so much for sharing this, brings back so many happy memories for me 😎👍

Kenny is such a sweet and beautiful soul.

Grew up with comedy like this when comedy was funny at no one's EXPENSE 😊 CLASSIC GOLD ❤

I love that Kenny, very relatable. I was the stick insect too. We used our brains to get out of fights because we had no muscles. I remember a time when two little bullies were swinging on my school tie, I was already 6 feet tall. I thought "I've had enough of this.' Let them think they've won, fell on top of them. One ended up with a broken collar bone and the other got a broken leg. I never got picked on after that. A little ironic, most people say that we need to stand up to bullies. I prefer to squash them. Anyway, I hope no one is suffering. Please all enjoy your days. ❤

Two comic legends the late Frankie Howard and Kenny Everett both legends in their life time sadly missed but certainly not forgotten 😔

I grew up with the kennys video show before he moved to bbc loved that programme where pop stars came on taking the mick could listen to him all day cuddly ken you are missed

Sadly gone but never forgotten, two great comedians of an era of camp comedy just on the edge, absolutely brilliant.

What a super format. I love the interaction and freedom between guests and interviewers. Magical.

This is such a wonderful random interview... What would I do to go back to this simple..time. We are bombarded by internet everything..this is a real time capsule of how it should be. Thank you so much of reminding me.

Talking of being nervous, I was watching Kenny's hands very closely expecting at any moment for him to whip frankies toupee off. But it shows that his anarchy was just an act. They did have a little gay dig at each other but it was all done in the best possible taste. ❤ So many of the great comedians are now only with us through videos and films.

Mavis felt a real warmth towards Kenny 🥰

You can detect Kenny's shyness. That's classic for an otherwise, seemingly madcap personality.

My God, I can only imagine the jokes and innuendo that would be delivered if this interview at the beginning was televised in 2023! It would probably end with an investigation.

The line about , first time i have had a man with a beard in my arms, and Kenny replies not what I heard. A classic!

RIP Frankie Howerd: 6 March 1917 - 19 April 1992, RIP Kenny Everett born Maurice James Christopher Cole; 25 December 1944 - 4 April 1995 and Mavis Nicholson (née Mainwaring; 19 October 1930 - 8 September 2022

I rarely watched Afternoon Plus as I was either at school or work. So good to see this one.

How respectful is Kenny Everett….two wonderful comedians😅….

Fascinating 38 minutes from 1980. We almost had it all but instead we got history.

I’ve been looking on-and-off for this program for years. Thank you very much for sharing it. I’ve adored Frankie since I was a child. My grandad was also a fan. We had the opportunity to see him in pantomime one year, but he had to bow out at the last minute because of a leg operation so we got George Takei instead. George Takei was brilliant but it was such a shame we never saw Frankie. One of my regrets in life is that I never got to see him live. It’s absolutely great to see Frankie and Kenny working so well together.

frankie howerd never fails to entertain . love to hear him speak. v intelligent and funny.

This was broadcast just 3 days before I was born (1st April, 1980). Surreal. But the Thames TV ident formed a core memory in my early years. My mum recorded Star Wars off TV for me, and it had that Thames ident at the start. I watched it on a loop hundreds of times.

There was a childlike vulnerability with Kenny. A lot of his humor was quite childlike too. You couldn't help but like him.

I grew up watching these 2 in the 80s. Been a kid and seeing these 2 was mind blowing. This clip is pure tv gold. 📺 back in the day when tv was very watchable.

Two. Great comics from different generations and will never see the likes of them again. So sad thanks for posting rest in peace Kenny and Frank

Love Kenny ❤️ they definitely don't make them like this anymore 2 wonderful people sadly missed RIP 🙏 gentlemen ❤

I think those are great observations. There's an undercurrent of envy between them, and Nicholson and Reed are out of their depth. I'm surprised Frankie's syrup didn't come off at the end!

Thank you david benson it at night 11.15 pm and watching this i was transported back to 1981 God bless you

Kenny is so self conscious and nervous. His own show gives one the idea he is the opposite, but in front of other funny people he retreats into a shell. Probably a lot to do with the bullying he got in his younger days

Brilliant to see these two together, hilarious interactions and an appropriately chaotic ending that was clearly brewing as the show progressed!

I bet the directors and staff in the control room were tearing their hair out 😆. Absolutely brilliant!!!

I still miss wonderful Kenny after all these years :(. Great to see him with the amazing Frankie. Class like this was the norm back in those days. Now we've got Nish Kumar and Sara Pascoe FFS I do think poor old Kenny is looking worse for wear here and quite depressed. I think he suffered a fair bit with it. Love you Ken wherever you are.

I think Mr Howard lived just near the Churchill lights and we always had to say he lived there on passing his house. I love listening to him especially in Up Pompey.

Two greats gone. Thank you gents for all you gave us

Thank you for uploading this. I think I misremembered the tone of the exchange between Kenny and Frankie ("That's not what I heard" "Well you heard wrong!"). Perhaps I was more sensitive in those days, because I remembered it as a rather poisonous moment. Seeing it again, it seems just a bit of waggery (although dishonest). Perhaps I was reading too much into it back in the day. Isn't RU-vid wonderful? A vaguely remembered bit of daytime TV that I never imagined I would see again, now available, thanks to you.

Thank you for posting this! I love it

all done in the best possible taste (of course) 🙂 x

Thank you for uploading this

Both men found it hard to accept their sexuality. They had that in common.

This is a wonderful video, a real gem. The only thing painful about it is your description of it.

Two immense talents sadly gone.

Pure gold. Thank you so much, Mr. Benson.

Wow, screen full of legends. Back when TV was good, no politics :) Me as an 8 year old.

Thanks for sharing David,just brilliant!

That was hilarious. Thank you for posting. 😂😂

Loved that the whole thing was slightly out of control. I never found Kenny Everett that funny, but he certainly made things unpredictable and they were very brave to allow him on.

Thank you! That was utterly marvellous

Laughter literally saves lives so these wonderful characters are true heros. ❤❤❤

Smiled all the way through! classic!

What a wonderful interview. Franky and Kenny were both unique and very funny ,silly, perhaps but always a pleasure to watch. R.I.P you silly sods.

What a superb programme. Fascinating. I’ve never seen this before - but how insightful, and controlled of the official interviewers once frank started asking Kenny stuff to hang back and just see how it ran … fascinating even though Kenny clammed up in many ways. Clearly both very thoughtful people.

Thank you for archiving that vid, David 😂 It gave me a lot of memories and emotions. Ken and Frank... rest in pieces ❤ 😊 Titter ye not, Scrubbers. x

Fascinating: they are so different and yet so the same.

The good days of wonderful comedy& happy carefree television, not like today

Kenny Everett was a TV genius and his radio show was amazing 🌈

I do love Kenny, very sadly missed. When people could just laugh and not take life too seriously.

Amazing vid tks 💞💞💞💞

Queens of comedy.

I’m detecting here that Frankie and Kenny quite disliked each other. Kenny was obviously uncomfortable and irritated by Frankie’s probing condescending questions, while Frankie I felt challenged Kenny at whether he was in fact funny (a comic) at all.

It wasn't often that Frankie was himself in front of the cameras, but I think he came across quite well actually. And fair play to Kenny, who let him speak for the most part without dragging the attention onto himself. All in all, a very enjoyable glimpse of the 'old guard' in the company of the 'new wave' back in 1980.

R I P ,Kenny,❤

I never saw this show because I was working, but now looking back how glad I am that I’ve lived through those times, I was 19 then😢

Just…wow! Lol…wonder if kenny ever did get frank back to the flat to discuss a few joke interpretations? A gem of a find, many cheers. Mavis and Kenneth Williams is a good watch too

I think there is something attractive about Mavis. I really cant explain it

RIP gentleman... 😊

Frankie Howerd was asking Kenny questions to avoid being asked questions about himself.

Rather fascinating if uneasy watching😅Ray Milland and Frankie-Clash of The Syrups!

Mavis was so beautiful, RIP

Wow...how refreshing to see what it was like appearing on television without restriction. Imagine if that interview was today...there'd be no innuendo, throwing of water, slapping or anything. How times have changed and NOT for the better.

From different epochs. Howard developing his characterisation and humour to appease and tickle live generic profile audiences of his time (that I think he developed during his military conscription time). Everett just developing what he had, from his nature and life observations, in an era of far greater choice, freedom and audience selectivity (inherent in radio vs "the only theatre in town"). Kind of like Edinburgh fringe comedy: - no captive audience => no captive comedian => Marmites. I loved KE on the radio - belly laughs!

I'm now imagining Kenny in a Carry On film!

God Bless and keep you, Frankie, I love you and miss you greatly.

As a shy person, i have w massive respect for kenny everett. He never once pretended to be more than he was..... A profoundly brilliant entertainer, way ahead of his time

I have never heard of this show. Love the host. She is a bit like a slightly tipsy loving auntie.

First time seeing this show...I hope you got others shows in the volts ...

In these 'different' times so difficult to watch, stellar stars of their time but having watched the 'mockumentary' about Frankie Howerd, incredibly difficult to watch his behaviour towards Kenny Everett..Oh BBC you are going down..Goodbye licence fee..

Mavis was a great interviewer

Fantastic

That bit where Simon says to Frankie " You nearly concerted me" had me laughing for all the wrong reasons XD

Blimey these two are such great characters.

Howard had never seen a comedian with a beard, Everett should have said, " I've never seen a comedian with a rug on his head."

She was so very good, she acted so naturally with them when they were so spontaneous :-y she was the voice of sanity but she was as fun as they were (/^v^)\ ❤️🥇🏆

Who remembers Captain Kremen and (my personal favourite) Carla... hahaha

Simon Reed on the right is now a Tennis commentator broadcaster and the brother of the late Oliver Reed !

Kenny Everett super genius and hilarious

Couldn't stop looking at mavis what a cougar!

Wonderful :)

Very good Howerd impression

'Simon Reed', the brother of late 'Oliver Reed' !

I heard recently that Kenny would spend hours and hours snipping bits of audiotape together to make his shows - it would have been so much easier/quicker with modern digital technology so I wonder how his humour would have developed.

Even if we had talent like that these days. They wouldn’t be able to give the best of themselves. Certainly not on the BBC. They were both comic geniuses. Very sadly missed.

Just imagine if Kenny and Robin Williams got together, what could have been !

That was one of the most genuinely anarchic interviews ive seen on mainstream TV...and thats coming from somene who actually is a political anarchist!....Sadly the over muscled Charles Atlas time is back nowadays, and even worse than it was in the 1950s, when Kenny was a kid. Folk were thin in the 1960s and 1970s and, as he says, the artistic type was in fashion. Now its the fashion to spend way too much time in the gym building up the six pack, and not bother to do ANY artistic or intellectual things at all. Which is partly why Britain has so few good music bands or interesting DJ's or even comedians nowadays. Is that an improvement? Nah, mate, nah...