When comedy was funny, Saturday nights worth watching Ken was a genius He stopped work to look after his wife

I first saw Ken Goodwin about 40 years ago at our local Hotel and Country Club, he was the Cabaret and no-one had heard of him and by the time he finished he was the toast of the place. He had everyone convulsed with laughter and people who were going past the window to go to their rooms came in to see what was going on and stayed because he was HILARIOUS and ill with laughter, he was suppoesd to last an hour but no-one would let him go and he stayed for TWO hours!

@mickhill8087

6 жыл бұрын

The best.

@paulparker3138

5 жыл бұрын

He was simply the best God bless him

"I'm too good for this place aren't I?" Great stuff. RIP Ken.

@sithomas1831

11 күн бұрын

Wow you must be an absolute dream going out with your mates,, probably not but good luck you sad man

Ken's timing was brilliant. Rest In Peace old lad. 💐

I was only a kid when Ken Goodwin was on TV and I used to love him.

Brilliant! Please please bring this humour back.

*See, unlike Freddie Starr and many others of that era, Ken Goodwin was a true gentleman, and a wonderfully caring man away from the cameras and the limelight. Ken Goodwin was the proof that as a comedian in the 1970's, you didn't need to be blue, smutty, sexist or racist.* *Despite his (desperately) sad upbringing, where his mother walked out on the family when he was just six-years-old, and his father died of cancer when Ken was still only 15, his one ambition in life was simply to put a smile on peoples faces. It didn't matter to Ken whether they were a paying audience member, a miner he'd pass by on his way home from the pit, or one of the ladies on the checkout at his local Co-op. He had a polite, and often very funny word to share with everyone.* *People wonder why Ken Goodwin **_disappeared_** so relatively early on in his comedy and music career. Again, the reason tells you something about the man. He married his wife (Patricia) in 1956 when they were both 23-years-old, though as Patricia used to say, they'd **_"flirted with each other for nearly five years before that!_** But sadly, just as Ken was making headway with his own TV show and regular appearances all over the country, Patricia fell seriously ill in 1974. And without thinking about his own career for a split-second, Ken announced his retirement from show business, in order to be Patricia's full-time carer at home in the little bungalow they'd bought on the coast of North Wales.*

@tipsonchips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that info! Very interesting. What a gent, hope he lived a happy life in doing so!

@davehutchinson6392

Жыл бұрын

They was the best days charlie.willams another great 👍 memory will always stay

One of the very best comics of all time.

In 1974, I and my then wife, went to see Ken Goodwin and Mike Reid, of Eastenders fame, at Skegness. She wore a white crocheted trouser suit. As it was so see through, she wore a white bikini underneath it instead of bra pants. We sat in the middle of the front row. Ken was on first and he couldn’t take his eyes off her outfit. When he left the stage after his act, he must have said something to Mike Reid about her. As he was just about launch into a joke, whilst looking at my wife, he said in his coarse Estuary English accent, “I do believe I can see your knickers” I called back, “You should be so lucky”. He said, “You what”? I said again, “You should be so lucky”. He then said, “What we doing, a double act or something”? I replied, “You couldn’t afford me”. That shut him up!

I remember me and my dad, god bless him, laughing our heads off at Ken. Proper, no smut, just fun, comedian.

The funniest comic ever,!! Love ken.

Probably my favourite comedian of all time 😊

I enjoyed it so much, laughing at simple things, wonderful.

My dad used to have a band in the 60s 70s and 80s and once backed Ken, said he was a great bloke very funny and genuine

I worked on a villa a few doors away from Ken's in the early 2000s. I could hear him rehearsing his act... Made me laugh a lot even though I didn't know who he was at the time.

Loved this guy, too young to go and see him but watched The Comedians with my Dad and laughed my socks off! Consumate Uke player too!

God bless you Ken. A true gifted legend. I'll always have the memories of watching Wheel Tappers and Shunters club. You give me belly ache always the greatest ever. Thank you I will cherish the moments. Watching now in tears with laughter.

They dont come as good as this anymore ..im laughing before he even starts ..he's of the Tommy Cooper stable . As a kid I loved the Comedians on TV ..and he was one of th very best there ever was , may he RIP Steven

I saw Ken perform on a cruise ship once. A wonderful comedian with no smut or swearing, a really lovely, gentle, approachable man.....they don't make them like this any more....more's the pity.

@andrewmatthews6861

4 жыл бұрын

Allan Hawkes very sadly missed Allan 😧

@user-jx8zw3yr1i

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Sadly, gentlemen are almost extinct these days and society is worse off for it

A Real nice guy & So funny without being smutty like most comics. God bless you Ken!

RIP Hope your having a good laugh in heaven Ken, what an amazing comedian he was.

OMG 4 got how great he was, thanks 4 this R.I.P. Ken you will have them laughing up above

I'm crying with laughter. Ken just so funny. When he laughed i laughed because his jokes were so funny.

Ken great comic great showman so funny to watch his ways of telling jokes and sang and played the banjo some of the 70.s comedians where brilliant had to go around pubs and clubs before they got anywhere had to work hard rip Ken

how can any person seriously dislike this

@routmaster38

4 жыл бұрын

Todays students would,dont worry.They think breathing is offensive!

Ken will always be rebreed for his great clean humour for families to enjoy.

True genius,better than the so called comedians of today,, they're not fit to Lace this genius boots,, very funny, sorely missed,,

what a real down to earth man ken is, such a great act, miles better than today comics.

I recommended Ken Goodwin to my 22 year old son and he thought his act was hilarious! It just goes show that true comedy is timeless.This bloke is on fire .

Now that`s talent! He was miles ahead of todays comedians and what a uke player

Superb right up to the point he did the George Formby grill impression 😂😂

Loved him .loved his laugh and his clean jokes. Very funny man. Greatly missed

R.I.P. KEN GOODWIN VERY FUNNY MAN SADLY MISSED x

Every comedian is a funny man when his jokes compliment family viewing.

Saw him back in 1974 on the same bill as Peters and Lee on the North Pier at Blackpool. I've watched and laughed at many blue comics over the years but Ken was as funny as anyone without telling any smutty gags.

These acts were masters of their trade. They had come up the hard way playing the working men's clubs and theatres. Ken Goodwin is just plain daft...honest to goodness daftness...nothing nasty and with perfect timing. Wonderful stuff. They will be greatly missed.

Loved him

Every comedian who crack jokes should follow Kens principle of clean family fun and although he laughs at his own jokes he is enjoying his body laughing because our body laughs when we are in company buy when our body laughs during early morning lay by our partner we will curse our laughter knowing it may be detrimental to our freedom.

Saw him a few times live: He could just stand there and have the place on the floor before he said anything. No swearing but he did slip in the odd cheeky joke but would tell it so children just wouldn’t get it but still be laughing anyway

Ken was super super great ! Such fun !!!!!!!!

RIP Ken. Always my fave on Comedians.

One word Legend

No swearing, no vulgarity, no racism - just well-delivered jokes.

@GEricG

5 жыл бұрын

@ nope, I don't justify any stereotypical jokes. Unfortunately Irish 'jokes' were very commonplace then as was racist 'humour'. One could argue all day over whether it's acceptable to make jokes stereotyping one's own race or religion but yes, best left well alone otherwise. There is always an element of intent v words and one doesn't get the impression that Ken had a nasty bone in his body. Would he still be cracking Irish jokes now? Possibly not. He obviously didn't go in for jokes about ethnic minorities, which would have been easy back then so that tells you something about the man. We are none of us perfect.

@routmaster38

4 жыл бұрын

@ Go away your type are todays problem.

@whatonearth9809

3 жыл бұрын

Paolo Panza racism is based on colour not nationality

@lindanewman7552

3 жыл бұрын

That's true I liked him too

@levi501ize

3 жыл бұрын

yes old classics. russ abbott was one of my best.

Worked with ATV Network Ltd in the 1970's and we did that Royal Command at the Palladium in 1971. He was brilliant then and he is equally as funny now. Seems so sad that he died after not going on to the fame and fortune of the other northern comedians. I returned home to NZ and still tell others of his utter talent. You made us laugh Ken and that was a talent to be admired.

@andrewmatthews6861

4 жыл бұрын

Russell Garbutt he was a great comedian Russell not see his like again 😧so sad 😧

I recognised Ken’s name but can not remember seeing him when I was a kid watching the comedians. Recently came across some of Ken’s videos and have been in raptures of laughter. His timing is spot on and so so funny. Absolutely love it.

Such a funny man , he mastered the "child-like" delivery and the little asides like " were having a good time aren't we " and " we'll all have belly ache wont we" were a touch of genius.

@markhaywood8910

3 жыл бұрын

When he told that heckler, shut your gob you, and followed it up with, "that told him didn't it?" was the funniest way to deal with a heckler that I've ever heard. Brilliant.

Legendary British comic 😂

Thanks ken for all the laughs

He was brilliant

I love how he tells the guys shouting at the start 'shut your gob, you' LOL He's a nice guy

Fantastic laughed the hold way through.

facial expressions,timing, that contagious laugh, accent - he had it all...pure genius. Ken,,you will be sadly missed.

@johnskeffington5754

Жыл бұрын

Best ever.r.i.p.

@farhatqureshi8562

Жыл бұрын

@@johnskeffington5754 His mannerisms just kill me. Frank Spencer's mannerisms were good too but Ken Goodwin seems a lot more natural.

Ken Goodwin is the best. Love this guy. What a talent. 💞

Hes one if my all time favourites

Not one swear word, no smut, just daftness at it's best! A true master of Comedy!!:-)) We won't see the likes of him again. :-(((

loved ken so funny what a legend R.I.P Ken one of the all time greats never failed to make me laugh

Love this guy. One of the best of them

What a lovely bloke Ken was. I always wondered what happened to him in his later years. There seems to be no trace of him whatsoever working in the 1990's as a stand up comic or even a singer. I tried to find some information on what happened to him in his later years but I couldnt find anything meaningful. As a comic, his style was clean and innocent which was actually great for the type of audiences he performed for. Each to their own I guess. The best comic in the 1970's was a bloke who never actually made it big. He was an alternative comedian who was 25 years ahead of his time. His name was John Paul Joans and he was amazing and completely different to the standard working mens club acts like Bernard Manning and George Roper. His persona on stage was like a mad warlock. In the 1970's John Paul Joans was the most talented stand up comic in Britain. But he did not know how to market himself to TV executives. As for Ken, he also messed up by not doing enough to promote himself on TV. Apart from appearing on the TV show called "the comedians" Ken did very little TV work in the 1970's or 1980's If he would have marketed himself properly to the TV executives I'm sure that they would have given him his own mini TV show as he was an all round clean stand up comic. Or at least they would have given him a slot here and there on other entertainment programmes Ken did not have a very good business brain, just like John Paul Joans who was light years ahead of his time. But Ken was a lovely bloke who will be missed dearly. Im sorry I never got to meet John and Ken personally, as me and them would have had a great laugh hanging out with eachother and playing pool at all the local pubs where ever they performed.

Brilliant...harmless humor!...saw him live back in the day...he walked on stage...and didn't say anything just laughed for five minutes...the audience just laughed for 5 minutes...he had said nothing...less is more,x

What a really lovely man he was.Shared dressing room with him in 1970 at Leeds varieties for Ace Of Clubs talent show on BBC TV.He should have won!

Such a lovely funny man and so naturally talented. Few people know that he had a really wonderful singing voice. George Formby was one of his childhood heroes, in fact he's playing his Dallas D 'George Formby' Banjo Ukulele at the end of this video.

Back in the day when comedians were funny.god bless them all.

I loved this man. I don't care how dated this is, it was funny at the time, and made me laugh to watch again ❤️

@jackreaper2352

4 жыл бұрын

We're Avin a gud time aren't we

@pmacc3557

2 жыл бұрын

you are too young to remember this :)

@PSUK

2 жыл бұрын

Agree.100% 😀

@f0urstr1ng

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I don’t think there’s anyone or anything else that made 7 year old me laugh and is still able to do so.

@PSUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@f0urstr1ng fact!

Loved him to bits. Attaboy Ken...

Not only was Ken a great Comedian but he had a Marvellous Singing Voice . I often wondered if he made any LPs. Totally agree about his innocent Fun and not a Smutty Joke ever. TRUE TALENT.

@cyrillangley4022

5 жыл бұрын

Ken recorded his first LP during the winter of 1970 and it was released in the spring of 1971 foĺowing his six week pantomime debut at the then Lewisham Concert Hall.

@heathstjohn6775

4 жыл бұрын

His first LP was ' Settle Down ', from '71/72; his second was ' Memories ' , from '76 ; the third , on President Records , was ' Merry Christmas Darling ' , in '79. He released a few Singles , too.

He was different gravy our Ken, a brilliant comic and such a likeable guy

That was superb.Forgot how good he was. Never forgot 'Settled down now' though, that's engrained in the memory.

I can't believe I'm laughing at Ken! Bless him 🙏 great laughter

I loved watching the Comedians when I was little. I loved them all, especially Ken Goodwin and Charlie Williams, who I met on numerous occasions. We'll never see their like again. Good clean and classic comedy.

@bowler8

7 жыл бұрын

Charlie Williams loved the attention, but was very nasty in person

I used to like him as a child, not because I understood the jokes but because of his funny, laughing delivery. The singing at the end was a wonderful treat.

Simply brilliant !!

This guy has such a lovely, jolly delivery style - I think he’s fantastic

BRILLIANT STUFF!!!!! AND A NICE GUY TO WORK WITH. RIP KEN!

Loved the joke about the bobbies at Piccadilly lol. I’m very impressed with his banjo playing.

Funniest bloke on The Comedians…by a distance.

A superb entertainer, and played a ukulele as good as good old George Formby.

This man found the key to everyone's funny bone. Brilliant. Never had the pleasure of meeting him but got the strong impression he was a very nice man indeed. God bless you Ken. Never bettered, especially by the later crap, vulgar "comedians" who had no idea.

I used to like him,when he said I have to tell you this one cos I haven't heard it my self yet .Just brilliant comedy

The cheer he gets from the audience says it all. Fabulous, one of the very best.

I never knew he did the George Formby stuff. Brilliant

wow this guys delivery was incredible. he makes bad jokes hilarious!

I remember him from The Comedians when I was young and only thought he was just quite funny. But watching now I think he’s absolutely hilarious.

Comedy gold, these lads were the best

Aww good old Ken! Good clean fun! Miss the days of proper belly laugh comedy. So who disliked this? Must be soft in the head!

1st time I heard of ken Goodwin I couldn't stop laughing at him... He is such a legend

When comedians were funny. I used to love watching them all on The Comedians. I met Charlie Williams on numerous occasions. They were all brilliant

I saw Kenny Goodwin in the mid 70's along with other greats of the time, such as Mike Reid, Frank Carson and Jim Davidson. They were great times, they don't make comedians like they did back in that time, before the PC world of today. LONG LIVE THE 1970's.

@garydunn3037

9 жыл бұрын

bofursgun You misunderstood my comments, I was not comparing Kenny Goodwin with Jim Davidson,neither was I comparing Mike Reid with Frank Carson. They were all great in their own right. I was merely commenting on the comedians we had then,and comparing them to the so called "comedians" of today.

@garydunn3037

9 жыл бұрын

bofursgun Like you say, everyone is entitled to their opinion, call me old fashioned, (I am in my late 50's)So I grew up with the likes of Goodwin, Carson, and Davidson. But, at least they didn't use expletives backthen, unlike most "comedians" of today. OK, I know, Davidson, and Bernard Manning did move with thetimes and began using such profanity in their routines. However, most of the "comedians" of today are just too crude, and not funny at all. People such as Chubby Brown for example, if that is what is called keepingup with the times, it shows how society in general has deteriorated over the years. My Opinion of course.

I used to watch the Comedians hoping that Ken Goodwin would be on. My stomach used to ache from laughing at him. He was brilliant.

Ken is a comedian who is favourite with all family entertainment

A comedian,,that actually makes you laugh,! 😂😂😂😂

Fantastic,always remembered Ken Goodwin from my youth,i can always remember him because of his daft laughing at each of his jokes,brilliant.

@ivorlewis8333

4 жыл бұрын

.ët

Part 2) In 1970 we were on ACE OF Clubs on BBC TV,and won award for music.Ken was on and also Norman Collier.Ken got best reception on the night,but they gave Norman the award as they saw mileage in him as situation comedy series.Ken was sharing dressing room with us,and he was understandably extremely upset.We wished we could have made it OK for him.However as we know,he went on to become a great success in Comedians,wheeltappers,and in shows all over Uk and elsewhere.RIP Ken, you were great!

Absolutely fantastic!...so funny. Always liked Ken, so very sad he's no longer with us :(

Bravo Ken .. You are sorely missed pal

"Shut your gob, you" 🤣

Have just discovered what a great singer he was , too. : ' Settle Down ' , a Pye Single , from 1972 , is a great example. He released others , and three LP's , as well. Easily a match for other Easy Listening singers of the time. They're worth looking for.

He was one of those i remember from ages back. different and really funny

so funny. so clean, no swearing, just shows you.

@kelvincolwill3225

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Sharkey q

his act was simple, he didn't need to swear I never heard him swear, he had the audience in stitches from start to finish, and boy I never knew that he was a Formby fan and could play the ukulele like that, I would say that he was as good as Fomby on it, Sad to hear of his passing in Wales in 2012

@barriecox7804

5 жыл бұрын

Joseph Parkes ? ,. .

@kenirving5240

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but not in the same league as Formby on the Uke. There’s a good documentary by Frank Skinner on George Formby, he demonstrates why George is still seen as one of the world’s greatest players.

a great talented Comedian sadly missed and not one swear word R.I.P ken