The Beatles with Ken Dodd - November 1963 - Granada TV, Manchester

[terryhorne]

As a scouser living 10 minutes away from Strawberry fields & John's old house, let me tell you, that humour is alive & kicking to this day, OK, if your not from Liverpool it's a bit hard to understand some of the jokes, but believe me, you have to be quick witted or thick skinned to survive, it starts when you are born & like anything, you either laugh or you cry.

[raelenesmith]

I will always remember a journalist's opinion of the Beatles in those early days: "Don't be fooled by the cuddly mop top boys. they were hard, hard Northern men"

[Joewizzard]

John and Paul's faces when asked about their 'Mams' are quite striking...

[stormytempest]

Living in Liverpool myself all my life this is the REAL Liverpool humour! oh yes, Not around so much these days it saddens me to say, REAL talent on show there and i mean talent ! interview Host was Superb !

[MancCow]

The best bit is George's humour 14:06 "That's me... are you the one that keeps digging 'em up?" Brilliant.

[L_Martin]

7:37 Ken saying if he was to join the Beatles, he'd need to change his name to "something earthy" and he starts to take suggestions (I guess because John, Paul, George and Ringo are earthy compared to "Ken"). 

Someone says "Grass." Then George quick as anything says "...sod." A pun - sod means turf, but in British English sod is also a rude insult, and sod rhymes with Dod. This might be the wittiest thing I've heard George come out with lol

[colinpumpernickel]

It`s impossible to take the piss out of Ringo. He is so good natured.

[Thazion]

14:15 - 14:31 I never understood the "quiet" Beatle thing. I feel that George is much wittier than the general public gave him credit for.

[js]

“You can tell a joke in Manchester but they don’t get it in London… They can’t hear it!” Love that joke 😂

[clarepartrick]

The Beatles were the best thing to come from Liverpool.❤️

[LaurenceKrupp]

I keep watching this again and again and wish all three were still here.

[ivanconnolly]

Interviewed by Gay Byrne who went on to host Ireland's "The Late late show " on RTE from 1963, which is now worlds longest running TV chat show ever.

[duncanmiller]

"I drink a lot of this yakky juice"... "There you go" 😂 pure old fashioned Liverpudlian humour all the way through and most if not all of it improvised. The best ever, and the Americans wouldn't cotton on to hardly any of it

[jackpayne]

A very funny interview they were so natural and it was nice that John said that Doddy had a nice singing voice which of course he did he was the best selling artist in 1965, George Harrison is so sweet and funny too. God Bless John, George and Doddy❤

[spockboy]

7:42 George's brilliant wit and delivery. In Britain "sod" is an insult, but is also dirt.

[paularnold]

Ken got better and better as he got older. He reached his peak in the 21st century

[bestofluckusa]

Great entertainment seeing The Beatles as they were at the start, and Ken was great fun. This is SIXTY-ONE years old. Scary!

[boogiewoogie]

Serge Gainsbourg is quoted as saying that the English never celebrate genius and an example he gives is Ken Dodd! Well he was right but we all loved Ken Dodd.

[japanken]

George is everything I feel so drawn to him. Paul’s doe eyes are radiant, John’s smile is so handsome and Ringo is the drummer.

[avexp]

Just seeing the four of them together makes it all seem right.