Joey Deacon Interview

[MadAbdul]

Oh what a laugh. There's a disabled person. Sad bastards.

[JacquesBeard]

It's about time we lifted the lid on the Deacons deception now he's dead, seriously my grandad grew up with him lived on the same street said there was nothing wrong with him ''Mouthy little bastard'' he used to say. I was told his big break on BluePeter only came after sleeping with Biddy Baxter, blackmailed her and everything.

Hopefully the truth will come out about Jimmy Saville being the massive paedo he was too.

It's a bloody disgrace... all of it.

[2longJon]

That was a great time! Thanks Joey!

[chubbylilloser]

"he was a spastic" lmao good old days

[SkateFanInfinity]

Keep pressing 8 for laughs :)

[GhibliFan1]

Why the fuck did they make a point of saying kids in school playgrounds are cruel? Tell us something we don't know FFS. This was always going to happen... putting him on That's Life or Blue Peter was a red rag to a bull, and it was their fault he became a figure of fun. Having grown up (a bit), I realise I was bad for doing Deacon impressions, but if a similar aged friend does one even now, I collapse on the floor laughing. You can take the kid out of the 80's but...etc. etc.

[rankingjohnmajor]

Classic deacon. Those were the days....

[hoppinonabronzeleg]

my mate's wife used to find it funny, but when she became a mum, she forbade him taking the piss out of joey . The reason....... the punishment for taking the piss out of spakkers, is to have a spakker kid

[JoeGlover96]

o:17 - 0:18 lol

[astralbee]

Once you spack, you don't go back.

[jacobcharnock]

press 5

translation: "willies in ma ass"

[GriefTourist]

walking in a joey wonderland

[RandomChild7313]

The media are being very nice to Joey "He's a spaz."

[mrspivvy]

I never heard of the word "belming" but its funny as feck.

I am now going to kill myself with the guilt of finding these comments so funny that tears are running down my face. It's really sad about the poor guy but I just can't help it. the farty little schoolkid inside my head is alive and well apparently.

[mrspivvy]

god I thought my school was the only one where, if you f*cked up at something, everyone would roll their tongue under their bottom lip and go "Duh, joey!!"

turns out everyone was at it.

[fodsaks]

It's hard to watch this and not feel your wrists start bending downwards.

[danglebearing]

The king of the glass licker's, lest we never forget 1981,the year of the deacon. Oh and his dribbling comical sidekick Ernie. UGGHHHHHHHGGNNNNRRRGGHHHH (chewing shoulder and waving the claw about)

[3500P5]

Respect the Deacon.

[BadEggCymru]

he was a king amoungst men

[neonben76]

0:18 "he was a spastic" wouldn't get away with that nowadays.

[ChrisVivian1]

Joey a-con, Joey b-con, Joey c-con, Joey Deacon, anyone in the UK aged 33-40 must remember it.

[samsamm77]

@ChrisVivian1 Yes and no, one of my older sisters would call me a joey fairly regularly until she went pc of course, but I don't rember the episode firsthand.

[ralphie092]

the guy's sound in the head but is physically impared i feel so sorry for him.

[storageheater]

Ah, Transformers, inadvertently bringing Joey back into the public eye.

[2Touchstone]

Poor Joey.

[halifaxtanning]

I remember Deacon being an insult in the 80s and people doing impressions of "Deacons". So not only did the poor bloke have to live with his disability, he also had to live with being a playground joke.

The bloke died in his 60s, spent his whole life in homes, never had kids, a wife or even got to walk down the street. It's not really that funny - the shit some people have to put up with in their lives.....

[mrscruffy]

@halifaxtanning Yeah. Now I'm older and wiser, not so funny now. Kids are horrible!!

[fragman08]

I feel bad for laughing, but this is fucking priceless. MLAAR.

[MrChubbyness]

he's up there with spike milligan, les dawson, tommy cooper etc. some called him a mong, some called him a spacker, but to me he was just joey. cue spacker noises and comedy flailing arms.

[BadEggCymru]

@MrChubbyness same

[nthnmonkey]

Mr Deacon, you live on in the vocabulary of countless forty somethings across the UK. Your name is still used by these people as a general term of abuse to this day.You brightened up so many of our childhoods........for all the WRONG reasons.

God bless you Joey.- R.I.P.

[theresidentone]

LOL SPAZZMO

[JFredUK]

One mustn't take the piss.. but there's that devilish child in each and every one of us, who find the clip with Joey Deacon in amusing. The worst part is, the more you think about it, the worse it becomes. This was on par with the, 'We Are The Champions', (the programme with Ron Pickering?), special that they used to have at the end of each series, which featured teams of, 'special', kids. You knew you shouldn't laugh, but.. you just knew it was only a matter of time before you cracked..!!

[MickeyLove01]

@JFredUK I know what you mean, at least 2 of my personalities find this shit amusing.

[blunklaura]

Those guys were offensive by even making light of the jokes, of 'joey' meaning someone stupid

and i know,i know,they weren't TRYING to be offensive, it is,to me, the fact that they're repeating it is OKaying it, in a way.

[CanineFaeces]

You gotta love that spastic faced little cunt, God bless

[Perranporth]

May 24th 2010 - Joey would have been 90 today!

[dannygeebee]

Why won't my computer accept JoeyDeacon as my new password? It says that it should contain at least 1 special character...

[Doddsy]

omg. Im watching this on TV now lol.

[cairns22]

@Doddsy same hahaha i lol'd

[captaincrumble]

Joey was a true LEGEND, long live the deacon

[MrFooknuts]

Proof that you can be as politically correct as you can, but you can't control what people think and what they find funny, no matter how much it offends you.

[mankiebob]

When Pete and Kathy Beale were in Eastenders my mate told me they had a kid called spazmo.Spazmo-Beale.Spazmobile­.I know i'll get some thumbs down for that one but i had to share it.

[fodsaks]

@mankiebob

Shit... I'm f***ing choking with laughter!!!

[kpuc1973]

@mankiebob you ought to embarrassed and ashamed of yourself putting that insensitive joke up on the internet. It's your fault I wet myself laughing.

[fifthera]

@mankiebob - pmsl

[pooman5222]

its wrong to take the mic but i just cant help it!

[bsam20uk]

It was a noble attempt to show disability in a balanced light, but it didn't work. Perhaps kids are the purest distillation of human nature without the restrictions of polite society and political correctness. It's sad that a positive effort turned out to produce the standard insult for a generation. And I have no idea how to fix the problem really.

[unseenwires]

You can't, it's primal. Watch any program about primates and their behaviour is savage! From the treatment of females to the targetting and cruel treatment of the non-alpha group members. Kids are the purist representation of this because they are not numbed by societies rules for population control.

[dudleythetattooman]

poor old joey, we shouldn't take the piss. But fuck me its funny!!

We're all going to hell.

[EvilMuppet1979]

I never watched Blue Peter, but I remember the day I went to school and everyone was shouting Joey and Spastic at each other. Good times.

[crownhill]

I did watch blue peter and have still heard the term joey to this day,even in the less than 40 something generation.

[spackertube]

My Mum used to say if I copied Joey's spasticated belming and shoulder chewing when the wind changed direction I would stay like that.

Well guess what, I'm a proper little spaz now so let that be a lesson to children everywhere.

Don't copy Spackers, the shoulder biters bite back!

[1927WasTheYear]

lol

[Cool2BCeltic]

If Friends had been a British made series I don't think it would have featured a character called Joey.

[yooochoob]

Why?

[Cool2BCeltic]

Simply because of the folk memory of Joey Deacon among the people at whom Friends was aimed at.

[yooochoob]

Oh.

[sam3317]

I think vikesh81 is a bit of a Joey. If he'd watched the clip he wouldn't need to ask the question.

[John27346]

"Ooola....Uma, Ah!" = "I've shit my pants"

[vicvitol]

What do you mean Flids haven't been born for 40 years? Are you telling me Irish music festivals aren't that old? As for Joey Deacon, he wasn't much more use than a flid - and he was a damned sight more difficult to manage. At least Hawking is understandable, even if he does talk nonsense.

[ioo008800ooi]

Some of you half wits will have dribbling little flids for kids.. oh how stupid you're going to feel. :)

[twitchyjeff]

flids haven't been born for about 40 years. And I'm not sure how many of them dribble, come to that.

[chipperpink]

Gumbos dad.

[vikesh81]

Didn't the phrase doing a Joey become a euphemism in school playgrounds across the country ??

[thor7789]

It sure did..... I think it still exists to be honest. It was a way of insulting someone who screwed up. Sad but true.

[SpirtualSuzie]

joey deacon is a household name for me i was born in 85 and i still to this day call people joey lol

[traderboi2]

joey was a spastic..

[eaglepower1973]

Deacon is the master!!!

[abhard6]

Look as the guys say in the clip, it back-fired on Blue Peter, kids (including myself back then in the early eighties) took the piss out of him and anyone doing something stupid at school was called 'your doing a Joey' or you would make spastic sounds.

Yes I expect people now in their 30's regret this but we were kids for god sake! kids take the piss out of anyone really.

[xikklexposhxemoxgirl]

whay is everyone taking this piss out of him?! he has a disability! he cant help it! god, you people are heartless! do you think he chose to be like that?! do you think he WAANTED to be different?! no. so leave him the fuck alone.

[TakeAdvantage1990]

lol come on joey give us a smile

[Lancaster786]

He looks my mate, tell him to enter the parlympics

[gaelicscots]

MLLAAAARRRR

[MiketheMadness]

MLAAAR!!

[baconlt72]

Sad.

[BradyKhan]

MLAAAR!

[fivepointsix]

because of the bbc this man was turned into a figure of ridicule and because of my brother i spent most of the early 80's thinking he played for spurs.

[ADE300867]

Joey Deacon, the Godfather of spaz impressions for over 25 years.

[theangelofdeath2009]

He's the spitting image of Dj Eddie Halliwell.

[625vision]

Aren't the disabled hilarious.

[yoklpo01]

YES

[curiosityoflife]

Joey Deacon was a remarkable man. This vid is not an interview?

[CHODESPAZ]

um num ngggm errgh ngm

[curiosityoflife]

CHODESPAZ, Genious! I wish I shared your intellect

[Uilliampictcelt]

UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH mmmmmmmmmmmmAAAAAAAoooooo.....­.....

[curiosityoflife]

... and this is from...wait for it.....A 30 year old. Unbelievable!!

[amiausUSA]

@CHODESPAZ I totally agree.

[derekmccrack]

thats sick, you are the type of person that talks about dogs flying helicopters and people being on fire

[mabs94ctid]

you are one weird cunt

[rippleway123]

Excellent, Joey Acon, Joey Beacon, Joey Secombe ........!!

[amarcare]

Jo A, Jo B, Jo C, Jo D, Jo EEEEEEE

urrrggggghhhhhhhh! (dribble dribble) Urrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[sussexmews]

Ironic that Joey is more famous than the unknown 3rd rate Comedians that appear in this interview.

[UFOBevy]

Thanks for the upload. Joey appeard on Blue Peter in the 80's

[MLance44]

i need someone to likc my pussy

anyone here like rage against the machine!?!?! xA

[MaggotTime]

Ill do it.

Yes I do.

[Doozus]

Ohhh Joey, Joey!

[docbreaknik]

in our school the word 'joey decon' was banned too

me and prior had to Mr. macantee cause someone heard us say 'joey' in the playground. ...to make matters worse prior was slapping has hand as he said it. i still remember bitting my lip as he bellowed 'DO YOU FIND SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT SHOUTING 'JOEY DECON'......'WELL?'

[gloucesterharry]

They (we) still did the joey thing in our school in the early 90's. Only we didn't get the meaning, we just said it when someone did something stupid.

Someone missed a goal and the dinner lady heard me shout "muuuurr joey" at him and the head teacher went mental at me. Good times.

[amarcare]

Wicked!.... that was funny.

mmmmuuuurrrrrggggghhhh!

[mrspivvy]

@docbreaknik man that's priceless. I can picture it and am giggling now

[killallthetalibanis]

Joooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeey =P spaztastic

[tomlandrymiddleschoo]

J.D.....He da man!

[sidearmz]

Are you for real?

[mantadaveo]

Hes still fooking awsome to this day ?R.I.P MATE the one the only joey deacon

[riseandshine75]

oi, you fucking spacker come here!!!

[derekmccrack]

theres only one deacster

[derekmccrack]

this dude was more of a legend than rick astley

[eaglepower1973]

One joey deacon,there`s only one joey deacon!!

[pup2097]

Good ol Joe Deek

[fckyamoma]

hahaha retard

[eltrain2]

Omg thank you so much for posting this, ive been on at my girlfriend trying to tell her who joey is for ages, now i finally have proof!

[GawjuzzT]

Eziee!! Lol can u guyz tink wat he woz sayin

[SlugThumper]

Jeez, that guy had it all - the tongue-on-lip belming, the 'euh euh' noises, the pulled faces and the spazzy arm movements. I like to think of Joey Deacon as the piss-taking man's Elvis.

[SlugThumper]

To be fair he truly was a remarkable man. However, the BBC really should have lynched the person who thought it would be a good idea to have him on a children's TV programme.

[Anapple70]

If you want proof how cruel kids can be this is it.

[Bulldog1115]

Would you laugh if this was you brother?

[benndan08]

yes...

[Tilehurst]

Joey Deacon for President. He's not half as big a spastic as George Bush!

[amiausUSA]

I'm Joey W. Deacon and I "mrnngrh" this message. ;-)

[amiausUSA]

Or John McCain for that matter. And he has Sarah "Francesca Martinez" Palin for a VP. Mmmmgh, Joey!

There's also Joey-o the Plumber (the spaz version of Mario from the Nintendo games) who worries about "paying taxes"!

[amiausUSA]

To respond to Tilehurst's post about George Bush:

Or John McCain for that matter. And he has Sarah "Francesca Martinez" Palin for a VP. Mmmmgh, Joey!

There's also Joey-o the Plumber (the spaz version of Mario from the Nintendo games) who worries about "paying taxes"!

BTW I am a United States citizen by birth.

[amarcare]

So you're a G.I. Joeyyyyyyyyyyy!

[amiausUSA]

Sir, Nyooorgh, Sir!

[madness0089]

TIMMY!!!

[mingelips]

can anyone translate what he said at 27sec

[willerechillin]

yeah

he said

"i need a shit bad " lol

[timboslayer]

Poor Joey Deacon. Duh! Joey!

[2002Man]

Top class spazmo!

[lucy585xx]

its not his fault thank you very much,

if that was you how wud u feel?

dik ed

[willerechillin]

id feel uurrrhh urrrghghrgrhg

urrrgh joey urhgrhg

[simondgrass]

hahahahahaha!!!

[2002Man]

Big up the Deacon massive!!

[steveo1622]

I remember watching this,absolutly pissed myself!!Had'nt seen it since i was a kid and brought back a load of childish memories.I still Joey my sister to this day & visa versa

[SlugThumper]

Although we took the mickey in the 80s, Joey was in fact very intelligent and deserves credit for overcoming great obstacles to write his life story and invent belming.

[samfisha]

Belming. ahh what a great word.

[therealkimshady]

lmfao

[JosephDeacon]

Has anyone got the clip with Joey Ernie and Tom? I don't want to see people talking about him, we want action.

[taff1976]

I saw a Joey appreciation website a little while back. Brings back memories. You would probably get kicked out of school and locked up a dangerous anti-social type if made a joey joke now. Saying that, the kids these days dinnae ken who Joey Deacon was so maybe I am jus talking shite

[lynnpeter12m]

had to tell my kids who joey was rhe other day, gave me some strange looks they did, i elt a little guilty..... ah sod it we are all piss takers any way,,, joeY! THE SHOULDER BITER!

[taff1976]

Joey enriches us all. I am a better person for having Joey and his shoes etched into my brain

[mattysiam]

Ahhhh Joey! When we UK born thirty somethings reminisce about the eighties, what thoughts do we conjure up? Spandau Ballet, the Sinclair C5, Leo Gameli jumpers, BMX bandits, big hair, spandex, more spandex, Tucker Jenkins and Gripper Stebson, the Rubix Cube, Nina, her 99 red balloon and nasty hairy pits... the list is endless, but somewhere near the top, sits a legendary icon of the nostalgic eighties. A playground hero to many, certainly much loved and never forgotten, the one and only... Joey

[mrploppy99]

I can hear it now. "Dooouuwa nnnnnnnnnee wwnnnn ooooouuuu"

[spikeyboyo]

do you guys remember the spaz (not joey, someone else) in the interview who did that cool "spoon spinning" trick?

When me and my mates all talked about it the next day in school, we were all very impressed by it

[nightfire620]

Ater all that dough "bloop" rasied for him, the bugger went and pegged it.

SPAZ QUESTION FOR 10 POINTS. What was his mates name who translated his grunts fro him? quick quick now!

[Steptoe666]

Ernie Roberts.

[Perranporth]

Is he still alive?

[Perranporth]

Does anyone know where he's buried?

[stevenalan]

why are you thinking about digging up his grave.. lol. i bet he was buried in his wheelchair

[daveshow2]

Feck me now i know where the hand slappin and stickin ure tongue into ure chin came from. Funny but feel shite for the poor guy,.

[QFIhawkman]

Isn't "doing a joey" (i.e. the act of rolling your tongue into your bottom lip and going "NERR") also called "Bilming" these days? How times change!

[sirbasil1966]

No idea

It will always and wll continue to be "doing a Joey" - its the law!

[thetourle]

Discerningly Deaconist, and yes he was a man of very few words

[plumsucker2000]

No way. Joey is my girlfriends childhood hero!!!!

You really brought a smile to her face an a tear to her eye.

[pitdweller12345]

Legend!

[ZILLA2010]

He's probably dead now.

RIP Joey. :O(

[sirbasil1966]

Apparently died over 10 years ago

[ellieash]

He died in 1981

[FlamingWilco]

Brilliant!! My whole childhood was spent calling Matthew Trent a 'joey' because he couldn't pull a wheelie on his grifter.

[steveo1622]

Well fuck me,that was a perfectly reasonable thing to do!!For some reason me & my sister still call each other "Ernald" after Ernie.Fuck knows why & yes,i know im 36!!!