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Mar
An Extract from his most successful Series, The worker. This is part of an episode called A change is as good as a rest. This series was broadcast from 1965 to 1970. As unemployed Labourer he turns up at the Local labour Exchange(job Centre)to seek that perfect job, classic slapstick and comic situations he managed to find himself in,usually because of his disasterous attempt to do the job. The highlight of the show was for me and many others, his exchanges with Mr Pugh (Henry McGee) at the labour exchange Copyright remains with the original owners and performers etc.
March 7th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Thanks for this Sheda, What a blast from the past. Class.
Gaz xxxxxxx
March 7th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
If I want to watch comedy that will have me in tears, I turn the clock back, log on to UTube, and type in “Charlie Drake”.
A comic genius, who was light years ahead of his time. I laughed at this sketch over 40 years ago, and I am still laughing. I rest my case.
R.I.P Charlie.
March 7th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Charlies memorable moments in adult panto, brilliantly funny, warning, I suggest you have wee before you watch as you may piss yourself laughing.
Type the codes in the youtube search engine.
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Y6XoPn7dKvY – Sinderella Live – Pissed
March 7th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
yes he was RIP xx
March 7th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
I remember these sketches from my childhood , I thought that they were dreadful then and things have not changed . Cosmetric surgery !! . Awful !
March 7th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Joncentre Plus, could learn a lot from this!
March 7th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
When 60’s comedians are remembered, its Peter Sellers, Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Worth, The Ronnies, Morecome and Wise. Never does Charlie get a mention. For me, at his peak, he was better than any of them (apart from the Goons). Charlie had all of the attributes of a true great, but he also had a real “edge’, as this clip demonstrates. Sex change in the 60’s was a completely taboo subject – Homosexuality was not de-criminalised until 1967. His improvisation was unique, and led to surreal
March 7th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
he was fun to watch when i was a kid
March 7th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Brilliant!
March 7th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Classic British tele!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 7th, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Charlie Drake must be one of Britain’s finest clowns!
March 7th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
I downloaded Charlie Drakes songs and sing them to my grandkids who are 3 and 4 years old. They LOVE em !!
March 7th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
I downloaded Charlie Drakes songs and sing them to my grandkids who are 3 and 4 years old. They LOVE em !!
March 7th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
I downloaded Charlie Drakes songs and sing them to my grandkids who are 3 and 4 years old. They LOVE em !!
March 7th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
now that you mention it
March 7th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Watching this fella Charlie drake in action reminded me of another person I had just been watching in an interview about Simply Red.Does anybody think that Mick Hucknall is Charlie Drakes long,lost forgotten son?He’s the spitting image of him.
March 7th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
azbluefox: I didn’t know Australia ( or “Austraya” as our leading cricketers pronounce it) existed until I was 10…and I was living there from birth…poor education system back then…we loved Charlie Drake in Oz…his friend Jackie Clancy, was a huge radio star in mornings in Melbourne……you Poms sure are a funny crew…effortless comedic commentary…gr8 stuff…Les Dawson, N. Wisdom, A Askey, T. Cooper, even F. Howard..how kamp is he???………111 out of 10 !!!!….
March 7th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
cosmetric surgery !!!!
pure brilliance
he was probably the first comedian to ” look ” at the camera….genius
March 7th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Drake is a good singer, hes one of the best male artists around, anyways i found the song for download at 2010ringtones(.)c o m if anyone wants to download it!
March 7th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
I’m 54 and I remember Charlie being on tv, i remember this show, my mum and dad hated him, but i thought he was great, looking back now, I know nothing about him, but he really was a strange little man. You must also have “sungalong” to Please Mr. Custer, haha
March 7th, 2012 at 11:56 pm
I’m 57 years old now. I was 9 years old when the song [My boomerang won’t come back] came out. And I will always remember it. I loved it. My friends and I went around singing it all the time. I didn’t even know Australia existed until that song. I now download and sing it with my grandkids who are 3 dn 4 years old. They think Grandpa (Me) is really funny. Thanks Charlie Drake !
March 8th, 2012 at 12:23 am
Sheer comedy brilliance! 5*
Thanks for bringing this fabulous memory back of such a funny little man. A “Proper Charlie”
RIP little guy, you are missed by many.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:59 am
I actually met Charlie in Southend, must have been around 1958 at our Sunday school, he wasn’t too proud to spend some time with the kids.
I never did learn whether his boomerang ever came back…
March 8th, 2012 at 1:15 am
“It’s not my head I’m worrying about”. Absolutely brilliant timing, expression etc. both from Charlie and McGee. Nice little bits of so-called political incorrectness too. We all knew how to laugh then. Thanks – it was excellent.
March 8th, 2012 at 1:50 am
Besides anything else, this is surely one of the longest continuous sitcom acting displays on record.
To all intents and purposes, it is a live play. And hardly a sign of a fluff in the whole thing.