Hancocks half hour..

I used to laugh my socks off over Hancocks Half Hour, I wonder if the humour has stood the lapse of time.

I think Tony Hancock's genius went over my head a bit as a kid. But I used to really like the Bill Kerr and Sid James parts.

Thank you so much

A pint? That's very nearly an armful!

Love the blood donor sketch Katek

Comedy genius . Modern , delightful, fanatastical , hilarious nonsense.
I have listened again with unalloyed joy to the whole series.

Its totally un-PC with e.g. unkind fun being made of the Hattie Jacques character for her size but it is "of its time" so, for me, that doesn't detract from the overall humour.

And.. at least my mother’s gravy moved… to Hattie’s Sunday dinner.

I just never found him in the least bit funny. I did try.

Then there was Round the Horne...........Rambling Syd Rumpo et al!

Me neither Aveline.

I once found in the library published copies of the scripts for Hancocks Half hour, everything he did was written by Galton and Simpson. Don't think he was particularly funny without a scrip.

Not sure what exactly happened with Tony Hancock but they ended up leaving him and wrote Steptoe and Son.

I was never really taken with Hancock. Round the Horne was comedy genius. We used to take the CDs in the car and we laughed so much it was dangerous. Thankfully no CD players in cars now, but I still play them from time to time.

"I'm Julian, and this is my friend Sandy......" Loved it! Think they only got away with a lot of it because they used palare (polare?) which concealed some of the double entendre.

Aveline

I just never found him in the least bit funny. I did try.

me too along with The Goons and Monty Python.

I used to love Tony Hancock with Sid James when I was a child, I giggled my socks off. I watched some a few years back and it didn't have the same effect. I do love one of his films though, The Rebel. I believe he wrote it.

Thanks for flagging this up. Loved this programme. Will defo be tuning in.

Tony Hancock took his life, age 44

Anniebach,

Yes, tragically, he did , he seemed to have lived quite a troubled life. I often wonder if artistic people feel things more deeply than "ordinary" people ?
To bring it up to date, obviously we all only know what is reported in the Press but I was astonished to hear that the late Caroline Flack had killed herself because she feared a possible police conviction for striking her then boyfriend would ruin her career. If I recall correctly this beautiful, vital , popular , talented young woman with an apparently loving family hung herself........????

You’ve mad me think of the clitheroe kid which I absolutely loved listening too. I am going to see if I can find it anywhere now! Thank you for the prompt.

Loved Hancock's half hour on the radio (1954-1959) but not that keen when it transferred to television.
Other 50s radio shows, that I really enjoyed, were The Clitheroe kid, The Navy Lark, The Al Read Show, Beyond Our Ken and Take It From Here, featuring The Glums. Lovely memories.

I thought he was really funny, no smut. I do not find today's comedians funny at all, swearing and sex.

Nanol 14

It was the radio show that I really liked and have just re-listened on BBC Sounds.

I've been listening to repeats of Hancock's Half Hour lately on Radio 4 in the mornings and love them! Remember them from days of old and always thought them incredibly funny. A great blast from the past.

Jimmy Clitheroe , I had forgotten all about him..
Whacko with Jimmy Edward’s ..
Billy Bunter (totally cringeworthy now)