Kenneth Williams As Rambling Syd Rumpo...The Outlaw Song

[zionravescene]

Been catching up with old episodes of Round the Horne on Radio 4 Extra on Monday mornings. Rambling Syd Rumpo FTW.

[TheEchovoices]

miss this guy so much there is a bit of Danny Kaye and Benny HIll in him he was such a genius lovely gorgeous man xxxxxxxx

[Sunflowers159]

I remember Round the Horne. My parents used to listen to it every week and if I'd been good i was allowed to listen to it as well. I'm not sure whether that was what gave my love of language, but I used to go round repeating all the funny words I'd heard on the radio when I was a very small kid.

[anonUK]

@climiac

Barry Took and Marty Feldman, who wrote the radio comedy series "Round the Horne".

[Goethefemme]

What a great Grossmith baritone he would have made. Too bad he could never come to the US and do G&S. It might have kept him alive.

[TheWhitehall]

My favourite Rambling ditty was/is "The Drunken Nurker" a strirring sea shanty.

[powerspade]

The answer lies in the soil

[redredreds100]

one of Britain's funniest and most loved men, it's so ashame he was personally messed up.

[aLouBell]

Very uncomfortable, twisted wogglin' irons... off to wurdle me groats now...

[katycoyote]

moochin is just lookin around- my grandma used to say.. No moochin!!!

[mrslmathers]

Hilarious.

[moochin]

I dare anybody to read out the lyrics to this Rambling Syd song without cracking. I got as far as the first line!

[sheffbhoy]

Rambling Syd was always my favourite part of 'Round The Horne', even though I only ever got to hear the tapes as Kenneth very inconsiderately died 6 years before I was born. The finest radio comedy ever.

[mozarttheraver123]

cracks me up every time i hear it - this song is actually better than the original, and i like the original. loves ya kenny*

[sillysair]

i love how his nostrils get bigger and smaller as he sings! hehe

[mcculloch29]

Magic.. though Video Sid didn't quite match my mental picture of him, it took me right back to many happy hours listening to Round The Horne. Sid, along with Julian and Sandy was always a special favourite.

[hotbohemianpotato]

Rambling Syd is d funniest thing ever 2 happen 2 folk music!!!

[zombieelk]

Absolutely excellent stuff! I had no idea Williams did video performances of Syd. The only other place I know where to find this sort of thing is the occasional times BBC 7 has old Round the Horne shows on. Great video. Thanks