Arthur Haynes Show DVD

[dpgmel]

Network will be releasing 13 episdoes of the 1960 series of The Arthur Haynes Show in June.Ignore the 18 certificate this appears to be Amazon's default when they don't know what the actual certification will be.

It will be interesting to see how this has dated.

The Arthur Haynes Show - Volume One [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Arthur Haynes: DVD

[flynn]

Thanks for the info.on that dpgmel i have 5 of his shows.
but would love to see better quality ones

[Gerald Lovell]

I used to love the sketches with Arthur and Dermot Kelly as tramps, pushing a pram along.

[Moor Larkin]

I used to love the sketches with Arthur and Dermot Kelly as tramps, pushing a pram along.

And Nicholas Parsons as the well-intentioned vicar..... Or am I making stuff up?

[Gerald Lovell]

And Nicholas Parsons as the well-intentioned vicar..... Or am I making stuff up?

No, I think that's right. First place I came across Mr. Parsons, I believe.

[darrenburnfan]

Generally, Parsons was the posh bloke in authority, council official, bank manager, vicar, ect who had to deal with Haynes tramp character, who, while invariably being told by Parsons that he wasn't entitled to any help, or that he couldn't borrow money from the bank unless he already had money as collateral, was always pointing to the row of war medals on his dirty old raincoat and saying things like: "Those aren't fake y'know...they're real, they are...I earned them, mate, fighting for me King an' country on the Normandy beaches, up t'me neck in muck an' bullets!"

[Wee Sonny MacGregor]

I trust this series will feature Rita Webb - referred to by AH as "you old ratbag" if I remember correctly.

[Windthrop]

Related to this - Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons are doing a documentry on BBC4 this year on Haynes

Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons to front BBC4 documentary | Media | guardian.co.uk

[windrush]

Amazon Have put on there website that Volume One of the Arther Haynes show is due out. Can't Wait.

The Arthur Haynes Show - Volume One [DVD] [1960]: Amazon.co.uk: Arthur Haynes: DVD

Windrush

[orpheum2]

No one on here seems to have coomented on Me And Arthur featuring Nicholas Parsons on BBC4 last month.I remember arthur Haynes very well.Poor bloke worked himself to death.I remember thinking at the time that much of the stuff,particularly the tramp sketches were a bit repetative.however the excerpts on the BBC show were quite funny.It is strange that Hancoock who died around the same time is still revered but Haynes is almost totally forgotten.

[didi-5]

I liked Arthur Haynes work, well, what I saw of it in his Heroes of Comedy and on the Nicholas Parsons/Paul Merton recent show. It is strange how some people become forgotten overnight as soon as they disappear off the TV. At least DVD releases like this can introduce people like Haynes to a new and interested audience.

[Ian K McLachla]

I remember watching him and enjoying his work in the 1960s. What with the Nicholas Parsons programme and this release hopefully he will become better remembered once again.

[smudge]

Knowing for a long time what a huge reputation Arthur Haynes had, I have tried to seek out his stuff when possible but I have to admit that I just can't see it. His radio shows on what was BBC7 have been particularly hard work for me. Nevertheless I will give this volume a try when it comes out, to see if it captures that vital essence which made the public take him to their hearts...

Smudge

[cassidy]

I remember thinking at the time that the programme seemed to end in a bit of a peculiar manner. One minute Nicholas Parsons was saying how good it all was, then he said that Arthur had decided that they should go their own ways, then they cut straight to Arthurs funeral. It was as if the explanation of the break up was cut out. A good programme all the same.

No one on here seems to have coomented on Me And Arthur featuring Nicholas Parsons on BBC4 last month.I remember arthur Haynes very well.Poor bloke worked himself to death.I remember thinking at the time that much of the stuff,particularly the tramp sketches were a bit repetative.however the excerpts on the BBC show were quite funny.It is strange that Hancoock who died around the same time is still revered but Haynes is almost totally forgotten.

[wadsy]

It's strange how I can remember Arthur Haynes' show being on telly when I was a kid but I can hardly remember any of its content.

The one bit that does stand out is his tramp sketch with his Irish offsider Dermot! (I think).

[cornershop15]

Earlier thread:

http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/la...w-network.html

TVTimes cover star, 17-23 October 1964



Coverpoint (Mini preview, inside page)

ARTHUR HAYNES, the most hilarious hobo in the business, will be on your screens on Saturday at 8.25 in the new series of The Arthur Haynes Show. With him, as ever, will be Dermot Kelly. And filling this week's guest spot are The King Brothers (Standing on the Corner, A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation).

I really hope Volume 1 sells well, and leads to the rest of Arthur's surviving shows being released. Did he play a taxi driver in the film Arabesque?

[Dame Starry]

The one bit that does stand out is his tramp sketch with his Irish offsider Dermot! (I think).

IIRC, the tramp sketches featured Dermot Kelly and Patricia Hayes.

Arthur Haynes was only 52 when he died.

[Merton Park]

A very funny man indeed. He was very good in one of the Carry On films set in a hospital. It is amazing he was only 52 when he died, he always seemed so old. I suppose when you are young everyone seems old!

It is a shame that he isn't revered as he should be, he was an excellent comedian and a big star at the time. Always made me laugh.

[Dame Starry]

A very funny man indeed. He was very good in one of the Carry On films set in a hospital. It is amazing he was only 52 when he died, he always seemed so old. I suppose when you are young everyone seems old!
It is a shame that he isn't revered as he should be, he was an excellent comedian and a big star at the time. Always made me laugh.

He was a family favourite in our house and he still makes me laugh. I think his shows were funnier than most because they often couldn't control their laughter in it and it was infectious!

Sorry to be a pedant - but he wasn't in a 'Carry On.....', he was in Doctor In Clover - in the bed next to Noel Purcell.

[Merton Park]

Sorry, should have remembered, It was funny in any event. Great comedian.