British gem of a man, brimming with character and wonderment.

What a wonderful, charming man. I wouldn’t say this was an uncomfortable interview, Toyah obviously loves him to bits

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

Toyah does a bloody good job considering she was only 22 years old, just a kid really. Most 22 year olds wouldn't be able to handle an interview like that with someone much older.

@markanthonycoliinson873

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. I think she's a bit in awe of him, but she's not uncomfortable. She's just young, and she quite evidently thinks he's hilarious because she can't stop giggling her arse off. I think she asks some really interesting and fundamental questions, too, such as: "what do you find most important in life?"

I love Toyah & Vivian so this was very special to me.

this is an absolute gem of british television, heaven knows how I missed seeing this so long

One unusual element of this show is that the revolving guest presenter (Toyah in this case) got to choose the guests they wanted to interview. So she chose Viv.....good girl

The world needs people like Viv...what a gent.

@johnbruce2868

9 ай бұрын

True. True. A proper Ginger Geezer.

@synthonaplinth5980

3 ай бұрын

Mad as a lorry full of march hares, though.

Quite the most delightfully unusual interview I've ever seen. What on earth is a *compassionate horror movie?* Viv S was a truly delightful man.

@rexnemo

Жыл бұрын

Oh that would be A Nightmare on Elm Street , a feel good movie with a delightfully Surreal Ending .

@SpaceHospital

Жыл бұрын

I’m assuming it’s one in which the point of view of the monster is considered. I would have loved to have seen it.

@shirleysavoury5638

5 ай бұрын

The closest I've seen to a compassionate horror movie would be, "Warm Bodies".

I saw this on a bootleg DVD of 'Canyons of Your Mind' some years ago but the interview was painfully short due to editing. Had NO IDEA that it was Toyah Wilcox interviewing Viv until now.

Not particularly "uncomfortable". Viv chatty and forthcoming. Toyah not a pro interviewer but chatty and interested. Quite warm really.

I always have loved Vivian and his work. I wish I had met him. I wish he was still alive today, he would have been great on the shows we have today. Better then most of the modern mediocre music and comedians today, which are boring and not worth bookmarking. He was a musical comedy genius. Apart from ABBA and The Beatles, the Bonzo's, is the only other group I've liked most of the songs they've produced. Great to see this.

I'm going to start saying I'm 6'2" fully inflated.

Thanks for posting, I remember watching this at the time, it's marvellous to see it again, now read on...

Last of the true eccentrics. Dear Vivian, if it wasnt for Bonzo what would I have done.

Great actor,in fact ,a genius actor,had been a paul mcartney double since 67'nevet doubt this mans talent!!!

Toyah said, of this interview “Vivian Stanshall was hilarious, but I didn’t know what to do with him.” It was after the interview itself that I thought was a bit more awkward. And, in my view, was completely under-utilised. They had all the guests playing on video games and Vivian really wasn’t into it and wandered off doing his own thing.

Thank you.

The movie's so-so, has moments. But the BBC broadcast version, Stanshall reading, is surrealist genius. Old Scrotum the wrinkled retainer...

Thanks Viv.

He kissed her hand!! He would be cancelled for that now. It's nice that Toyah really, really loves the band despite being unable to pronounce the name.

@finncullen

2 ай бұрын

Would he? Would he really? I think you're just outrage-baiting along the Daily Mail "OMG NOW YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY CHRISTMAS!" lines (despite the fact thet people do, always will, and nobody says otherwise)

What a beautiful man.

Viv was trying to participate and communicate: Toyah was a completely naff, pedestrian interviewer - the discomfort and awkwardness was on her part.

@ajs41

3 ай бұрын

She was only about 21 at the time so a bit inexperienced on TV.

Unconventional, but friendly and fun.

She did a great job!

@davidserlin8097

3 ай бұрын

In what sense of the word “great” did she do a great job? She’s a complete great idiot.

What a missed opportunity. Couldn’t they get someone more qualified to interview him? Someone on his wavelength.

A lost breed, the English eccentric. in an age of uniformity, what room for genuine one-offs?

@hugovandermeer1566

2 жыл бұрын

Viv wasn't eccentric. He was an English gentleman and poet.

@NickSBailey

2 жыл бұрын

no they're definitely still about

Haha! He looks like a character from either a Viking saga or a Tolkien novel. He’s great.

although Viv states the last Bonzo album was 1970 the last album was actually 1972 with Let's Make Up and be Friendly ( the band couldn't stand one another at the time by all accounts ).... NOTE that a new album was put out in 2007 called Pour l'Amour Des Chiens (French: For the Love of Dogs) which is not bad at all !

@thewonderer8315

11 ай бұрын

So theeeeeerrrrre!

Considering Toyah these days coupling with Robert Fripp became a somewhat eccentric herself. An 8 minute interview .....no wonder Vivian thought he was being blown out...... He hadn't even finished his rollie.

This is 28th November 1980.

wowwwww very relevant now!

according to some people, this is Billy Shears ...who also doubled for Paul McCartney What an actor eh?

@jamesw9971

10 ай бұрын

Look at ‘paup McCartney’s’ son and reply what you think…

@alanoneill3065

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesw9971 I don't see much..the guy looks in a bad way Are you saying that Billy Shears is BOTH McCartney and Stanshall

@bustercherry8734

8 ай бұрын

@@alanoneill3065 He at one point played both characters. He's the paul we know now. Original paul was john halliday. There were other pauls from what i've heard too. I think billy was the original vivian then when he took over the role of paul, someone else took over the role of vivian. Not positive though.

@AK-nj8gd

7 ай бұрын

@@bustercherry8734 But when did the other person take over (I mean Viv 2.0), if the original one was still doing it in 1980? (Because, as we know, that other one died, or killed this persona off, in 1995).

@bustercherry8734

7 ай бұрын

@@AK-nj8gd I'm not too sure. I was under the impression that billy gave up the vivian character as soon as he took over the paul character and never did the vivian character again. But i definitely could be wrong. I'm sure it's all explained in the memoirs of billy shears. Never read it though.

I think it's lovely.

I thought this was a sweet exchange.

I have a few sources for this clip. Do you have your original source for this one somewhere, maybe in DVD format? Bit glitchy but the color's good.

@karenhowarth5552

3 жыл бұрын

It's on video tape, that's as good as I could get it.

@ocpmovie

3 жыл бұрын

If it's your own capture, could I have a download of it? This would have been a 50fps broadcast originally.

@karenhowarth5552

3 жыл бұрын

@@ocpmovie Sorry, it's there to see as it is.

Perfect pre-Sunday Lunch bracer.

I was once verbally accosted by Viv. I was fishing in the Thames near his houseboat. He said “Perhaps when you’ve finished you’d like to take your shit [other peoples’ litter] home with you.” He didn’t know I was an avid fan! I still wish I had said “That’s the last time I buy one of YOUR records”. This was the early eighties.

@hugovandermeer1566

2 жыл бұрын

And?

@nicholasmartin297

2 жыл бұрын

@@hugovandermeer1566 And then he wandered off to his houseboat on the Thames with his entourage.

@hugovandermeer1566

2 жыл бұрын

And?

@nicholasmartin297

2 жыл бұрын

@@hugovandermeer1566 What do you want to know?

@hugovandermeer1566

2 жыл бұрын

Did you clear up your shit, put the fish back where they b longed and continue purchasing Vivian's inimitable vinyl offerings.

That time when you could smoke during the show and nobody said anything...

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

That was okay for another 10 years or so after this if I remember correctly. I can remember being on a plane when I was about 10 years old in 1990 and someone lighting up in the seat behind me.

It’s like Stephen Fry and Frankie Howerd had a child together.

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

Toyah or Vivian?

@johndaarteest

Жыл бұрын

"Oh now luvvies, no don't - oh go on then please yourselves!"

@jennytaylor3324

5 күн бұрын

🎯

nothing awkward just two national treasures mucking about unscripted (other than a few casually noted questions), no tele like that any more it's all marketing and tightly controlled

Hard times when you had to take the full box of cooking matches with you.

Viv Stanshall, drinking companion of Keith Moon. Viv could keep up with Keith Moon. What more do you need to know?

@grantross2609

Жыл бұрын

it has to be said Viv often came across as the Oliver Reed of the rock world.........no offence intended to either gentlemen !

@ericmalone3213

Жыл бұрын

@@grantross2609 Viv and Olly were very very different. Olly tended to get into fights and get himself arrested when drinking. Viv never behaved at all like that. Olly did not have the kind of mind that could have come up with "Sir Henry At Rawlinson's End," as Viv did. When Viv got onto the vodka and orange, he'd stay in bed all day, he wouldn't go out gallivanting and getting into trouble. Nor would he appear on talk shows completely drunk and acting the fool, as Olly did. Vivian Stanshall came across as Vivian Stanshall, as only Viv could.

@wavidsmith8292

10 ай бұрын

keith moon was murdered , thus the anger in his voice

@ericmalone3213

10 ай бұрын

@@wavidsmith8292 You're not quite making sense, Auld Swodge.

2:10 awesome reply ! one of the best i've heard in a long time tho......

Not uncomfortable at all, Viv sipping Chateau Colostomy and Toyah wishing she lived on a Canal Boat in Bristol.

check out the great man's new album Dogs Howl in Tune just released...... just as well Toyah's not interviewing Sir Henry getting his name wrong a couple of times tho !

He reminds me of Roy Harper

THE ORIGINAL GINGER GEEZER

Like Marcus Aurelius being interviewed by Noddy. She meant well though.

Pop starlet interviews genuine eccentric artist : OF COURSE it ended up like this!

Wilcox is not an interviewer.

The accents are clashing more than anything. Don't no where vivs comes from but defo not Croydon. Don't no why you didn't title the vid the stanshaw interview.

@johndaarteest

Жыл бұрын

Born in Oxfordshire, moved to Walthamstow and then Leigh-on-Sea. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall

@heathermartin8932

3 ай бұрын

Viv was from Walthamstow....so not far!

If you should be normal than I shall be a freak...

"A mating?"

Hardly uncomfortable at ALL????🙄🤣

He looks like nick fleetwood

@richc9631

Жыл бұрын

Is that mick's brother

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

​@@richc9631😂

@gilessteve

Ай бұрын

I went to school with Dick Fleetwood.

Too, too short.

Christ, I used to fancy Toyah Willcox like crazy and always thought of her as ...dare I say it, intellectual in her own way. Those nervous giggles ...ack! "So what if I dye my hair, I still have a brain up there" ............No ............You ..........DON'T!

Gee nice to see him before he became faul doesn't take much to see the similarities

@Wizzz2288

4 ай бұрын

Fauls son James does look like Viv

Who the hell is Vivian Stanshall. Another reincarnation of Paul?

Toyah ... Before ADHD was a known thing!

Vivían alive in 1980? Then Who is the actual Paúl Mccartney??

@bustercherry8734

8 ай бұрын

From my understanding, billy shears played the role of vivian early on then when he took over the role of paul, someone else took over the role of vivian. Could be wrong though. Pretty sure there were multiple people playing the role of vivian...and paul. Original paul is john halliday.

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

​@@bustercherry8734From your understanding from other sad bastards on the internet you mean?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

Prepare yourself for a shock. The actual Paul McCartney is the actual Paul McCartney. Ps Vivian Stanshall died in 1995 so the chances of him being alive in 1980 were very strong indeed 😂😂

@bustercherry8734

7 ай бұрын

@@scottandrewbrass1931 hahahahahahahah you silly sheep.

@Dracopop787

5 ай бұрын

​@@scottandrewbrass1931 And who is Billy Shepherd?

...a fabulous gang, the bonzos.

she is hopeless...how did she get away with this

@johnbruce2868

9 ай бұрын

Everyone was and everyone did... in those days.

God it’s like pulling teeth …..

Say hello to Billy Shears because he say's he is 6 ft. 2 1/2 inches tall and the bells ring for 5 foot 10., (ringing for Paul McCartney who was that size.)

@lizking385

Жыл бұрын

Three characters in one. Truthfully.

@artsahobby123

Жыл бұрын

@@lizking385 I really don't know how many. Billly and the Pepperpots were there in 63' on MercyMania and Billy and his DooDog Military Band were later. From The guys in Terry and the Pack to whoever, like Dusty Springfield said "Nothing Has Been Proven."

@artsahobby123

Жыл бұрын

@Liz KING thanks for the response. Since one of the Carter Brothers died today and the other one is calling him a serial killer on social media, currently i am in shock. Still trying to order Cynthia Lennon's book A twits of Lennon cause it was written in 1968 but it seems like the only one telling the truth and I mean in bits is Francie Schwartz and no way I completely understand who is related to who.

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

​@@lizking385 Truthfully 😂😂😂😂

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

What ARE you talking about?! You absolute loony!😂😂😂

Toyah is quite embarrassing, she has not prepared properly and is asking teenage like questions. Vivian deserved better.

Frealz doe.

It's Faul

@TylerBergeronMusic

3 жыл бұрын

3:58 Surgeries, I'm always in Surgeries

@serene5345

3 жыл бұрын

@@TylerBergeronMusic Fiddling with the cigarettes is a good distraction from anyone looking too closely.

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

​​@@TylerBergeronMusicDentist surgery you bell end.Watch the interview.

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

What? From the plastic surgery that makes him look fuck all like Paul McCartney? How sad😂😂😂

The vacuous interviewing the wonderful.

Great but sadly untapped talent. Shockingly brilliant word-smith and poet

Some morons say Viv became Paul McCartney when he died. Most have given up on the failed Billy theory. But here he is in 1980 and the real Paul was touring with Wings and Linda.

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

You'd have to be moronic or at the most part mentally ill to believe any of it. But they all still crawl out in the comment sections with their laughable inarticulate ( and contradictory) rubbish. They deserve to be laughed off the internet.

Interviewer couldn't meaningfully engage in spite of encouragement by Viv. Putting people like Viv with people like this is like showing your dog a card trick. Iain w Glasgow

@jackharkins1689

3 жыл бұрын

Find the lady...

@newsles2

3 жыл бұрын

She was young and inexperienced, but edgy for the time. He was notably edgy the whole of his career. It works on some levels imho.

@newsles2

3 жыл бұрын

Oh and thank you Karen :)

@v00n2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@newsles2 just wish he could have met Chris Morris.

@Spirit-Of-The-Age

2 жыл бұрын

@@v00n2000 perhaps he and Chris Morris did meet......but yes, if it were recorded or if they had done something together it would have been absolute gold (The Peter Cook and Chris Morris stuff was excellent and Peter's part is in line with what Viv does in many ways...2 geniuses from a similar era and whom influenced many after them ) ...I'm certain Viv was a massive inspiration for Chris. It kind of feels Chris Morris carried on where Viv left off.....especially as Viv sadly passed away in 1995....Chris Morris had just hit the beginning of his peak period in 1994 and has kept it going ever since (despite mainly only film making this last decade and script editing , and helping direct...but he puts a huge amount into what he does do)

That’s not him

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@robbflynn4325

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajs41 The Vivian Stanshall seen here is not the original but is merely an actor paid to play him. The real VS was created and is the alter ego of Billy Shears, who in turn passes himself off as the late Paul McCartney (unconvincingly IMO). He has played this role since the demise of the real Paul McCartney in 1966.

@robbflynn4325

2 жыл бұрын

@All Law I agree with the last sentence of your comment, everything else is plain ridiculous.

@robbflynn4325

2 жыл бұрын

@All Law I guess anything is possible. The satanists behind all of this love to pervert and invert.

@peterturley1331

Жыл бұрын

@@robbflynn4325 indeed.

If you were to tell me this is Russel Brands biological father, I WOULD believe you!!

@834arglebardconnden7

3 жыл бұрын

Piss off back to your r brand videos you fucking prick.

@scottandrewbrass1931

7 ай бұрын

Don't. Statements like that could trigger the Paul Is Dead mongs.

@1599maybole

4 ай бұрын

Russell Brand is unworthy of such an illustrious paternal forebear

Dozy bint Wilcox totally out of her depth...as usual;

@NickSBailey

2 жыл бұрын

she's just very typical of the time, who would be any better with an interview like this lol doesn't matter what they said he'd come back with something weirdly off, and that's a good thing

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

She's only 22 at the time.

To put Wilcox (a silly teenager with unflattering hair) with Viv was never a good idea.

Someone creative and interesting meets an interviewer who wants to be creative and interesting.

@dodibenabba1378

3 жыл бұрын

I take it you know who that interviewer is? Check out the album The Blue Meaning she's every bit as eccentric as Viv. To be fair Viv he was just doing the same old late sixties Monty Python, TWTWTW, let's think of something bizarre humour, you know the type that makes Noel Fielding a boring old get! I'm having trouble with my trilby what with all the bananas and everything.....see it's simple.

@aaarrrggghhhh

3 жыл бұрын

@@dodibenabba1378 I know exactly who she is. I was around in the 70s and 80s when she tried to have a career. She ended up failing miserably and going to cable TV to do a late night sex programme. I wouldn't compare Stanshall to the Pythons really, they were all middle class, university educated and from the footlights inspired by the Goons. In the 1960s they were the types employed by the BBC. Stanshall was much more of an individual in his humour and style. I like Stanshall and the Pythons but love the Goons. I'm just not a fan of Toyah Wilcox but she's probably a very nice person.

@dodibenabba1378

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaarrrggghhhh She is, and as for her failing career she is still touring and releasing albums today not that I'm a fan of much after 1980. If you've seen her lockdown videos with Robert Fripp she's still very much an eccentric too! 😂 As for the Bonzos it's like any predominantly comedy musical act, the same jokes get old and tiresome after a while, I thought Innes was much more of a talent.

@aaarrrggghhhh

3 жыл бұрын

@@dodibenabba1378 I think part of the appeal of Stanshall is that he died, also he died tragically. Therefore, he left a body of interesting and highly amusing work and we don't have a slow decline where he became a total mess publicly. People are always intrigued by dead artists. I admire Wilcox in the fact that she's still going for it. I remember watching an interview when I must have been about 14 in 1980 or so, when she talked about being bullied at school and how she fought back. I knew then she had guts but just can't say I'm a fan musically. Horses for courses I guess but I'm glad she's doing what she loves.

@v00n2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@dee_seejay No. Noel Fielding is the very, very worst.

I see Toyah was just as annoying back then as she is now.

@richc9631

Жыл бұрын

And were you?

Toyah is awful

@karenhowarth5552

4 ай бұрын

At last... word is.

The incredibly untalented Toyah Wilcox!!!

Both awful.

Never again will we see people like ths.Even if there was chance mobile phone staring has ended that

Willcox was awful. Clueless about how to interview.