Vivian Stanshall's Week (part 1of 3)

[MegaThecolonel]

superb, but anything by this man is

[Hemulen40]

Viva viva Viv !

[SethHesio]

Authoritative I should say.

[SethHesio]

"Do you think that animals should wear trousers"? Lmao. I love how dignified and authorative Vivians voice is. It belies the beautiful absurdity that's being said. What a brilliantly mad genius, sad that he's not around anymore, but it's glorious that he was here.. for a bit.

[mravantgarde123]

why the beatles at 2:08?

[TheWwgb]

Thanks so much for uploading this - we won't see someone like Vivian Stanshall again, and he is still sorely missed!

[Robobi007]

Ah I can once again bask in the essence of Vivian, Wonderful piece footage. Whats next, a giraffe?

[McChickie03]

Thank you for uploading these, how wonderful!

[CountKryzal]

Fabulous! A man so far ahead of his time. A dearest man and pure genius - this is not eccentricity but brilliance to equal Shakespeare. God bless.

[Loobs666]

This man would have made the Greatest 'Doctor Who' EVER! Totally Original, Hyper-Intelligent, completely Alien, speaks at 1000 miles a minute and as Witty as Fuck! A Proper Time-Lord!!!

[theonlyantony]

oh . ...the OLD Kent road. Before they tore it darn! oh and Standshall. Genius! and kenneth perves!

[theonlyantony]

oh . ...the OLD Kent road. Before they tore it darn! oh and Standshall. Genius!

[utz14]

Thankx - just love Viv. I wish he would have visited down under: so much material, so many normals live and thrive in Australia; although, I have come to believe that all Englishers are mad while Viv was probably the only sane person that ever lived.

[GordonMorrice]

Holy cheeses, this is the bees-kneeses!

[kevinjohnmorris]

A delight- it's a sadder place without Vivian but reading between the lines he suffered a lot

[BelatedCommiseration]

I wish we could still be living in a country with such individual spirits in it! Now a days everyone makes what should be individual seem so banal and mundane with no consideration for lively spirits and eccentricities. Put it simply younger Britan has changed the clothes but not the reactionary attitude, except by embracing a new kind of moral relativism. Where are the intellgent genius's like Viv Stansell with the mind as well as the style!

[kyrastube]

what wouldnt I do to be alive and live in england back then.

wrong generation and wrong countrey. *sigh*

but thanks for uploading, enjoy it greatly

[containznutzrule]

"And the first thing that struck me was a piece of nose putty, thrown by a person of, I think, Aboriginal origin"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[blxtothis]

Joy, Oh Joy, what a delight to be reminded of a touch of genius, the world is seriously duller without Viv.

[kenfig]

@blxtothis Damn right ; exactly what i think.This man was a national treasure ; we should have praised him much more when he was here

[ghughesarch]

spuffchops70 - biog (not autobiog, sadly) is "Ginger Geezer" by Lucian Randall and Chris Welch. Available at a wide variety of prices, some very optimistic, from Amazon.

[simonpenum]

Wow. This is the Omnibus special on him isnt it? Where did you get this? Is it a bootleg?

[karmicrevolutionary]

englands finest son

[gabrieldix64]

Fantastic!

Thanks for posting.

[Timeassistant]

This film is a total gem - like the great man himself!

Sam.

[jazmaan]

Absolute genius.

[StephenMABull]

Bless you for posting this thrice-faceted gem. Enjoyed facet one, now whizzing off to the next...

[cruelmoonprog]

wonderful Vivian! Read his biography. Fascinating stuff.

[spuffchops70]

If you don't mind me asking, where did you find his biog? I 've been trying to track one down, doesn't seem to exist on Amazon. You can see how he cracked on so well with the Moonster!

[spuffchops70]

Ah...strike that last message. Found it. 'Ginger Geezer' I'm on it! Sure to be a treasure trove of skewed eccentricity...

[gwalkron]

Fantastic.

[RickMoonbeam]

I find this film rather tragic as it portrays Stanshall the Drunk, these days called an "alcoholic" to give things a medical ring. Like his friend Moon we have here a caricature of the man himself that he dons to go out carousing. All the subtlety of true genius along with the glorious innocence of The Bonzo's 1960's youth is being slowly pickled out of him to eventually end in his death.

[TonyyRamone]

Superb' RIP Viv.

[L0K3]

WOW

[davidglow3]

This is great stuff.Typical 1970s,very zany,ridiculous humour,but always with an underlying intelligence.Today we have Ross and Brand zany,ridiculous humour with ignorance replacing intelligence

[stacksovids12]

its the unspeakable trash running the show, they dont like inteligence, it makes them feel very insecure with their polytech fake qualifications.

[CecilyHeron]

@davidglow3 Couldn't agree more. It always annoys me that I was born after that decade!

[strangeones4]

@davidglow3 Concerning Ross and Brand, could you imagine if Vivian Stanshall lived long enough to appear on "Qi"?? They would've had to stop the taping of the show at least three times because Stephen Fry "soiled" himself with laughter. There is no doubt Stephen Fry modeled his comedy influence from Stanshall. This documentary has elements of voice-overs that remind me of 2008's "Stephen Fry in America".

[davidglow3]

@strangeones4 Yes this has never occurred to me,but your dead right,he would have been perfect for Qi and it does seem that Fry has modelled his comic self on Viv..You have enlightened me,and thanks for that..After Fry there will be no-one around with that cutting intelligent humour and the that era will end

[uniformsmoker]

@davidglow3 spot on analysis.

There is no joy in the language anymore, Stephen Fry still has it, but then he's also a bi-polar manic depressive, come to think of it, he's about the only one around at the moment who could pull off a remake of Sir Henry, but I doubt he'd trough a gobfull of mushrooms before he pressed record.

[bigboxbobby2]

This is the first time I have seen this film since its transmission. I can now finally chuck my audio tape away! Give yourself a round of applause!!

[snarnok]

Thank you. Viv had excellent taste in music!!

[theelectrichead]

Thank you so much for this video. It's one of the most inspiring things I've seen in a long time. The man was just fantastic.

Have a look at some of our videos, we are a comedy act called The Electric head and are heavily Viv inspired.

Thanks for this

[johnnymambo]

Wonderful stuff, thanks!

[autumnalplume]

amazing, thanks for this, I've only seen the butchered exerts on a recent bonzo dvd i bought, this is utterly stunning

[snarnok]

Is 'The husband of the wife of Mr Woo' an unreleased recording?

[markmillmore]

Thanks for your comment - Viv was a mate and I've been thinking about him a lot recently. Found that video in a box with some of his bits and pieces.

Just had a look at your Bonzo Documentary and gave it the five stars but they lack that edge without viv.

[tittetybumpety]

This is wonderful,i had some odds and sods of this on my old channel recently but i think you'll make alot of people very happy putting the whole lot on