The Good Old Days

[womanofdulwich]

On BBC now. Lovely memories.😊

[Blah Blah]

I remember my mum watching that when I was a young child. I'd love to see some vaudaville come back.

[Nigello]

It was a really good programme and part of short series about popular entertainment. You can watch again via iPlayer in marvellous HD: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06r7xz4/what-a-performance-pioneers-of-popular-entertainment-1-music-hall

[womanofdulwich]

Actually it was BBC4 and on next Friday too- told my 90 year old Dad- he was delighted. Such lovely memories of watching with my family when we were young. Leonard Sachs introduced a new world of language to me.

[Louisa]

Ahh memories! Finished in the late 70's I believe? It was this show and my uncle (RIP), who got me into becoming a regular at the Players Theatre underneath the arches on Villiers Street, Charing Cross. It ran for a good 30 years. Wotcha' all the neighbours cried! We'll knock 'em in the Old Kent Road!

Louisa.

[????]

Remember the Players theatre well....though to be honest I used to endure it :)

[Alan Medic]

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> Actually it was BBC4 and on next Friday too- told

> my 90 year old Dad- he was delighted. Such lovely

> memories of watching with my family when we were

> young. Leonard Sachs introduced a new world of

> language to me.

Was Leonard Sachs the guy with what seemed very long made up words? This and The Black and White Minstrel Show were favourites of my mum years ago.

[uncleglen]

Blah Blah I bet your mum would have spelled vaudeville correctly in the Good Old days of proper educashon

[Loz]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Was Leonard Sachs the guy with what seemed very long made up words?

I think you might be thinking of Stanley Unwin.

[womanofdulwich]

:)

[Blah Blah]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> Blah Blah I bet your mum would have spelled

> vaudeville correctly in the Good Old days of

> proper educashon

You could be right :D

[redfan]

Leonard Sachs introduced the acts on The Good Old Days with long winded descriptions of what each performer did. Although many of the words that he used were probably not found in any dictionary they were instantly identifiable as soon as the performer started his act.

Stanley Unwin (occasionally known as 'Professor' Stanley Unwin) spoke complete gobbledy gook by mixing words up but at the end of what were often long winded and seemingly meaningless sentences it was possible (just) to understand what he was talking about. His was a very unusual speciality act and I think that he probably appeared on The Good Old Days although how Leonard Sachs would have introduced him I can't imagine.