that's the best comb over ever

Great gags ,no bad language good timing , enjoyed his happy outlook on things ,spot on

Absolute class. This is from the time when Comedians were funny. Thanks for the upload. 👍

Brings back great memories. Worked with Colin for a summer season in The Showboat Bar, Rhyl, North Wales. Lovely man, and very funny.

In the early 80's I had many a pint with Colin in the Barleycorn pub on Barlow Moor Rd. Didsbury, M/c, when he died we planted a tree at the front in his memory, a real gent, other regulars at the time were Bernie Dwyer ( drummer with the Dreamers) Tony Bookbinder (drummer with the Dakotas ) Dougie James ( Soultrain ) and others.

@cheryljohnstone9539

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he loved the Barleycorn,and I was at the tree planting. He felt safe there in his final months, we did his little birthday celebration there in the room at the back too, I’m his eldest daughter

@robertreader6539

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheryljohnstone9539 must be nice to relive your fathers magic moments of comedy.

The one line we always remember Colin for is Members of the Committee he was good clean fun RIP

@raymondo162

2 жыл бұрын

Quiet pleeeeese............ all around the roooooooooooooom !! ding ding ding

Loved this man, I was only a boy in the 70s but I watched this show, i didn't get many of the jokes but I just loved the show, I love it even better seeing it again as a 50 something!!!! Thanks again Julie Ann.

@JulieAnnMulvey

8 жыл бұрын

This amazing man is my hero of comedy, as the name of the video suggested. A labour of love putting it together xx

@mikehudson8884

8 жыл бұрын

I am SO pleased I found you and your channel Julie Ann, I can't tell you. x

@cherylmcj

2 жыл бұрын

@@JulieAnnMulvey and we love w for doing it ❤️

Thank you, no smut, foul language, sexism, racism or plagiarism.A brilliant comic.

@justininfrance

3 жыл бұрын

You obviously never saw his club act.

Brilliant! I used to watch him on TV when I was a small boy. He was my favourite! Thanks for the memories.

A great comic, 70s nostalgia!

Just came across this by chance. Some Great Jokes. What an era the 70's was for Televised Comedic Talent.

Young 49 here just about caught the Comedians, loved Colin, and all the gang.. Bit of a comedic bone in my body thinks with a bit of work 70%of these jokes would still work today

I have heard some of these jokes from comedians recently and had no idea that they were not original to those comedians! This guy is great!

We worked with Colin many years ago on a club in Wales. When he got to the club he was steaming drunk, but when he stepped on the stage he was word perfect. What a star and what a gent :-)

@susandoig4192

6 жыл бұрын

fancythat jayne

@davidwilson2348

4 жыл бұрын

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@garyroberts1496

11 ай бұрын

Wow

This type of comedy long gone , and clean too .... so sad.... RIP Colin

Good old northern comedy. .Colin Cropton is a legend and is mostly remembered as the chairman on the wheeltapers and shunters club. .great video

@jolieduke5573

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic... what real comedy is all about wish i was old enough to have seen him live 🍺

@cheryljohnstone9539

3 жыл бұрын

Heartwarming to read such nice comments about my dad so many years on

I am 55 years old and made my starting from working man clubs . These guys made my life

Thx Julie, I met Colin back in the early 1970's, wonderful man and comedian.

Genuis Colin lovely fella always had time for his fans ... Love his jokes a one off comedian sadly missed

Great collection Julie Ann, I was working at the Windmill Theatre Great Yarmouth in the late 60’s and 70’s, we had one Summer Season (16 Weeks) of Wheel Tappers and Shunters Club” Colin was the Compare. Great man, he had a desk with his dell on it, to the right of the stage. In the 2nd half he would come centre stage and do a 30 minute spot. Each night I would raise the centre mic stand by turn a handle connect to wire and pulley system. One night it jammed, Colin stood there looking towards the wings saying, “Arise Sir Mic” when suddenly the mic stand shot up in front of him. I thought that’s my job gone. When he came off I apologised to him explaining what had happened, he looked at me and said, “Stewart that was brilliant, keep it in every performance. The audience laughed so much they thought it was part of his act. Thank goodness when we showed him how it worked, he knew I could not replicate it every performance. Stage Set looked like a Pub. A truly funny man, at 71 I can still hear the laughter if I think of those great 16 week of my life. Thank you for sharing xxxxxx

@BioDieselEstate

4 жыл бұрын

Compere, not compare, LoL. Thanks for that unexpected chuckle within your heartwarming memory.

@whi5tler_1337

4 жыл бұрын

*"HE HAD HIS DESK WITH HIS DELL ON IT"... HE WAS ADVANCED FOR HIS TIME, TO HAVE A LAPTOP* 😁😁😁

@michaelroberts7374

3 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for sharing!!

King of the comb over

That’s some work of art going on with the hairdo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Great comic and so very nice as a person , true gent and just naturally funny

@JulieAnnMulvey

8 жыл бұрын

+NEIL SEAN'S SHOWBIZ Wow, Neil, never knew you had met Colin, how lovely to hear this :) x

@RANDYSWELLBURG

6 ай бұрын

​@@JulieAnnMulvey Boring old Neil claims to have met everyone. It's a substitute for his failed career. He is bitter and full of hate.

Just to make everyone aware I wont tolerate disrespectful comments on any videos on my channel, all such instances will be removed. Play nice people, thank you.

@abbamanic

9 жыл бұрын

Julie Ann Mulvey Absolutely. Colin was a great performer and worthy of respect. I love just watching him, he is marvellous!

@tc19948

7 жыл бұрын

Well said!!

@richardsharpe2966

6 жыл бұрын

The fire bell that Colin rang on The Wheeltappers was his own or was it a Granada prop

@DelTangBrav

5 жыл бұрын

I am 99% certain it was a Granada prop - this isn't a criticism of Colin but his character as the chairman on W&T wasn't exactly his own act he had been asked to almost plagiarise part of the act of one of the funniest comedians I ever met - also no longer with us... Norman Collier. For some reason (actually his face didn't fit with someone at Granada) Norman was never invited to be one of "The Comedians".

@cherylmcj

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Sharpe there were several bells, my dads brother still has one of them, they were props

A master of timing.

Classy colin was big fan of him great jokes sadly missed 😭😭

Even if the jokes weren't funny, you burst the belly laughing at the hair do's 🤣😂😭😆

@michaelroberts7374

3 жыл бұрын

This one is something I'd like to recreate for myself with Just For Men and 2 years without shaving my Kojak head

@beneire6955

2 жыл бұрын

ANYTHING but baldness Comb that bitch forward

Than. k you Julie. Colin a gentleman and great comedian.

Thanks for that Julie Ann Brought back many memories

love this old school comedy

Very funny man. Multi talented as well. He's a magician with a hairbrush 👍

Love the drunk and the nuns joke, so simple and so funny.

I must say, that he was the only reason I watched wheeltappers and shunters back in my youth. Such a dry sense of humour.

@gilloselton824

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the Wheeltappers as a kid! Still watch now on youtube! Timeless

Genuis colin Was a one off love him great teller of jokes sadly missed by many

Great guy, as were all the old comedians

Glorious adaption of the combover...the combforward. Marvellous!

mr crompton's hair is amazing!!!!

@Robhalifax

5 жыл бұрын

He didnt have any.

@pearlfisher2813

5 жыл бұрын

I think that style is now known as the Donald Trump prototype cut. 😉. Very funny old school comic though,I remember him on telly when I was a kid in the 70s .

@skawashers

5 жыл бұрын

Its the same colour as his teeth. A gingery brown

Colin Crompton owned a pub called the Birch and Bottle in a small village in Cheshire named Lower Whitley (between Warrington and Northwich) it frequented by some of the cast of Coronation St.

@cheryljohnstone9539

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he did, and yes the cast did visit, Johnnie Briggs even served drinks behind the bar once or twice 🤣

I used to love Colin Crompton on the Wheeltappers and shunters Social Club ! Thanks for sharing this julie ! :) These were the days when a comedian had TALENT and didn't need to use smut to get a laugh ( No I'm not a prude ) I like the raucous comedians too but these were the days ! :)

@pearlfisher2813

5 жыл бұрын

Loved that show. My whole family used to watch it together when I was I kid in the 70s .

@pearlfisher2813

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair the old school guys material could be pretty blue when they performed live in night clubs etc . My parents saw Bernard Manning live in the late 70s and they said his material was pretty blue( albeit hilarious) to put it mildly,not to mention the overt racism. I'm not judging him , It was a different time with different set of standards in those days.

@alanbratt3022

5 жыл бұрын

If you read between the lines it was smutty/saucy postcard humour, but delivered tastefully, without the need for profanity.

Thank you, loved this, no smutty stuff, no swearing, just plain old good humour.

@noddyholder79

2 жыл бұрын

wot u mean like Bernard Manning

That hairstyle, wig or not, is incredible !!

Very funny bloke great timing played great side kick to another great Bernard manning and definitely king of the comb overs.

What a true funny man, thanks for uploading

@gilloselton824

9 жыл бұрын

Ron McCullock When Comedy was talent Ron ! it's FAB ! :)

Colin crompton a proper old comedien !

Funny guy,..Love his club chairman character! x

The winner of the most implausible comb-over in the world.

He was brilliant.. Loved him and Bernard manning, on the wheel tappers and shunters club

NWA - Straight outta Colin Crompton

Thanks julie, found a new favorite thanks to you! RIP buddy.

I remember Colin so well from my teen years. So sad that he died early fifties :(. Thanks very much for uploading the compilatiion. Very enjoyable as always

Just brilliant !

This is brilliant.

Colin lived in my hometown of Middleton in Manchester. At the place that I worked in 1974 we Installed some gates at the end of his drive. You could see that he was a real family man. He came out with tea and biscuits for my mate and I. He said ever so politely please could you be as quiet as you can as the baby isn't feeling too well.

A legend of the 1970s, he makes me roar with laughter!

He made us laugh, ... great guy

Great comic as were many who appeared on the "Comedians" loved him as the host on "Wheeltappers and shunters club" as well. Happy memories pre political correctness when we could laugh at each other and ourselves!

@ericlackford6718

2 жыл бұрын

We need comedians like this today to stuff it up the woke morons.

The best comedian up there with Mr manning

After 10 months of lockdown, his haircut is better than mine.

@paulmcgreevy9701

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 I know the feeling

Brings back good memories this video.

Seemed a lovely bloke.

Superb Colin was class comedian sadly missed went too soon

Cheers Julie, Colin is a legend. I love all your uploads. x

What a great entertainer, he works with his audience and kind of talks to them as friends not as a paying crowd on a nights work ( if you know what I mean) so called comedians of today are so false !!

The combover to end all combovers. 😂

He does things with the language what a funny man, seems so easy but worked at it I bet.

Brilliant comedian. He was taken far too young. Loved him in "Wheeltappers" ringing that bell. Hilarious stuff. I was 16 in 1974.

@hammerlou2718

Жыл бұрын

The idiot smoked !!

@andyelliott8027

8 ай бұрын

Killed by smoking unfortunately at 54 years of age.

Thanks ! This cheered me up.😆😆

the best ever ............leg-end!!!

wonderful comedian wondeful hairspray

Where did all the good men go , takes me back to the days of colin Bernard Charlie Les they could all tell a joke thanks

Wonderful comedian rip colin x

Thanks for uploading, Julie. Very enjoyable 22 mins, wish it were longer.

Fantastic presentation and timing, true professional

*_THE FUNNIEST THING ABOUT COLIN, WAS HIS FRIGGING HAIR_* 👁️👁️

@Raven4546

2 жыл бұрын

And that's pretty much it

@stephengriffiths9255

5 ай бұрын

Donald Trump springs to my mind 😂

Good old colin happy days

Just brilliant

Proof you can be funny without using the F word. We don’t produce comedy legends like this anymore and we are all the more sad for it 😢

@simonlevett4776

Жыл бұрын

Too true.

@michaelharrison3602

Жыл бұрын

The good old ðays when someone could smoke a fag without it being mentioned in parliament

@toniscandella4746

Жыл бұрын

the f word is hilarious

Watched & had a good laugh !!! Thanks so much for taking the time to post.

What a nice bloke he used to go my local the Lancashire Fold Middleton

The joke at 9:26 - I've got an LP by Max Miller recorded in 1961, in which he tells a version of it. He tells it very well, but Colin Crompton stretches it right out it, and tells it beautifully!

Loved his hair style!!

the finest combforward in the history of the 70s lol

Wow, that is what I call a comb over👍

Genuine story - a guy in the town where I lived got steaming drunk in the pub one night, and for some reason, decided to climb up on the top of one of those old, overhang type bus shelters. He's sat up there, cross legged, and a policeman came from around the corner, walking past. "Now then, what you doing up there?" he said. The drunk replied, "You won't believe this officer, but I just fell out of Supercar..."

9:26 - I nearly weed myself, from the East Lancs to Southport to the 2' 6d. Comedy gold

No rudeness, no swearing. Just a great comedian.

Thank you.

The Nicotine stained fingers🤢different times, simpler times. Thank you for this content it brings back some lovely memories

I'm from Morecambe and I find him funny!

The best joke of all is this guy's hairstyle; fucking hilarious 😂

Best comb over ever

Astonishing comb forward barnet.

Awesome

Brilliant comedian very funny.

I love the comments on here Julie, thanks so much for this ❤️❤️

Great bloke, a met him in the 70s shuck his hand and got a signed photo, and still got it 👍

great made me laugh

Classic

Bless him.

I used to really like him but had forgotten all about him! I was born at the end of 1973 so was 11 when he died. all of the comics around then were great now the great ones are all gone and the ones that are actually funny are far and few between!