Reply With QuoteHe missed his calling!
Apols if this has been posted before. From the BBC archive - from an episode of Tomorrow’s World.
https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/...6753659697669/
He missed his calling!
Excellent
He should have been given a permanent position on Tomorrows World
Omg I could listen to that all day
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So what was the watch? When I was a kid the joke was anything that appeared on TW was doomed to die and never see the real world!
Thought he was pretty good presenting there, oh i do miss Kenneth Williams he was such a one off!
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That is excellent, I loved KW a natural. I would be interested to know what the watch was and who’s it was.
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Bona.
It’s amazing how he can make a talk about watches and thermocouples sound so full of innuendo!
I was still expecting an “Ooh Matron!”
Made my day that, brilliant KW. Does anyone remember his stint on Jackanory ? Thanks for posting.
That's fab! I love kw.
Excellent stuff. Strange that he had his waist coat tucked into his trousers.
Willow The Wisp
Happy Days :-)
the miiiiiiiind boggles
Exactly what came to mind!Originally Posted by Seang
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We so need a like button!
Watching that brought back a memory of an old Dave Allen sketch about teaching a child to tell the time. I was probably mid-teens when I first saw it and it's stuck with me ever since. A classic :-)
No kidding! If he was using an autocue he did it brilliantly, if not he memorised and authoritatively conveyed some fairly technical stuff. Just goes to show what a fundamentally great performer he was, able to turn his hand to pretty much anything in the entertainment world.
That was Quite funny, I’m probably a bit young to fully understand who he is but I liked it
Did they have autocue in those days?
Good question, but it's Tomorrow's World so surely they'd have it, powered by lasers!
Seriously, Wikipedia says teleprompters have been around since the 1950s so he could have been using one. Even so, it's such a professional delivery of a very esoteric topic.
The Box had Bulova on but no idea of the model
KW was totally unique, he could make the signing of Humpty Dumpty sound like a dirty song.
Thanks for sharing OP
Brilliant, this made me roar. going through this for the last 6 months with my daughter.........'OH FORGET IT !!!'
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Brilliant, this made me roar. going through this for the last 6 months with my daughter.........'OH FORGET IT !!!'
Ha evil Edna ftw
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KW such a massive talent, so underused and such a sad life he led. He desperately wanted to be remembered for his acting talent and intelligence but his legacy is the carry on films and ooh matron.
He's still well remembered for Round The Horne, I think, or at least the Julian And Sandy sketches. In the nineties his diaries were published. I remember enjoying reading them, but I don't remember much of the actual contents. Joe Orton's diaries were much more, er, memorable
A fantastic comedian! Only just noticed he looks to not have part of his left first finger.
they're ALL on youtube :)
i know this because this thread prompted me to go on a hunt!
I still have all the books leftover from childhood. Loved the moog and the astrognats
https://youtu.be/BQa6Ded38_Q
He used it to good effect here
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*watches episode 1*
One down....
*checks wikipedia*
....25 to go
The moog was my favourite, I believe.
Stop muckin' about!
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I miss the 80s.
I loved Tomorrow's World when I was a kid, need to go see what I can find on You
Tube now.
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