seen frank preform in the local working mens club in royton..oldham...only about 8 people were there....it was rubbish but fun...surreal....dream like in bits...got 2 shake his hand before he ran off.......love the fall tribute
This has brought back long suppressed memories from my childhood, being allowed to stay up late on a Friday night watching Granada TV. At the time I never even realised Frank Sidebottom was supposed to be funny; I suppose I'd've used the term "performance art" if I'd known it; and now I'm inclined to say the same... The fact that this was clearly broadcast relatively recently only makes the whole phenomenon more disturbing.
I'm staggered this bloke's still around. As a Fall fan myself it doesn't bother me one bit, but Frank Sidebottom, along with Vimto and Spangles, was always crap.
That was the funniest thing I`ve seen in my life !!
109ecroyd 3 weeks ago
Haha Paul Ryder looks fucked! RIP Frank!
GettingPsychedelic 7 months ago
RIP Frank - we will never see the like again.
evilworldofhiglet 10 months ago
youll be sadly missed ,u brought joy to more people than ull ever know pal .
RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF 1 year ago
Davod Soul is like.... what the fuck.
benmols 1 year ago
Oh,ermm Little Frank here,and errm,I'm still in me Box,with Amoeba Frank and Little Denise,Can someone let me out please!!
crunterstamps 1 year ago
David Soul looks confused and bored.
coptersoisoi 1 year ago
the definition, utterly, of surrealism.
more than that, its just bloody funny and life affirming.
bye frank.
Stereolabdream 1 year ago
rip lad
UltimateVenom 1 year ago
Hit the North and hit the arcades! RIP Frank
Deanboy2007 1 year ago
R.I.P, Hope little Franks OK.
fridgehorse 1 year ago
he was a scandalously untalented Genius!!!!!
crunterstamps 1 year ago
R.I.P Frank. You'll be missed, sir.
pickassoreborn 1 year ago
R.I.P boyo.
nathancroucher90 1 year ago
Goodbye, comedy anarchist.
Stereolabdream 1 year ago
The world just got s bit less funny. RIP Frank.
rudyprotrudy08 1 year ago
RIP Frank
tebb1t 1 year ago
Who will look after Little Frank now?
rugshort 1 year ago 3
R.I.P Frank.
madhair60 1 year ago
RIP Frank,sadly missed
BigIainy 1 year ago
RIP Frank.
etagloh 1 year ago
RIP Frank. True pro, kept on right 'til the end.
kvultist 1 year ago
RIP Frank/Chris. Ruddy bobbins news today.
ftmgriff 1 year ago
He's got cancer
ashie259 1 year ago
oh yes it is izzzzzz, it really izzzzz oh yes.
jiffcat 1 year ago
oh quality..ah little Frank..
ABITTERSWEETGIRL 1 year ago
"hit the north & hit the arcades"!
andrewt008 1 year ago
ahh look at Paul Ryder. The lights are on but nobody's home....
twatfacejoe 1 year ago 2
Not enough of this on TV
robertson1a 1 year ago
"that's the stupidest thing i ever done in my life!"....hahahahah
custer1968 2 years ago
I loved this clip. I wish they'd get a 3rd series sorted out. It's been three years since the last one!!
DomSezXL 2 years ago
superb ha ha
i once won a crate of beer because i was the only person who knew franks version of watzing matilda
krabbers 2 years ago
Is this real life? Ha ha.
rollagasper 2 years ago
I once dreamed Frank Sidebotttom was the new Doctor Who
guestinformant 2 years ago 26
LMAO!!!!
pendodecahedron 2 years ago
@guestinformant Now THAT I would like to see! :)
DomSezXL 2 years ago
Ladies and gentlemen, the new director general of the BBC!
Weaselier 1 year ago
I've never taken acid but this is what it must be like.
M245475SH 2 years ago 21
@M245475SH
David Soul wearing a Frank Sidebottom mask is more like coming off of crack ..... but I'll split the difference any day!
agghtee 1 year ago
I think David Soul has since sacked his manager.
JamesBentley1981 2 years ago 2
Mr. Soul is at least as skilled on keyboards as Mark E. Smith is (check out the live album from Iceland sometime). :)
Timmybear 2 years ago
Geez Ryder can't even do the bass line :/
BillyBird 2 years ago
I lways hated this character and hoped it was just a nightmare from childhood....but it's real! AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!! :(
deanfwj 2 years ago
seen frank preform in the local working mens club in royton..oldham...only about 8 people were there....it was rubbish but fun...surreal....dream like in bits...got 2 shake his hand before he ran off.......love the fall tribute
eyewoodsay 2 years ago
Linda Soul Ryder
PONTY30 2 years ago
Poor old David Soul doesn't know where to put himself
potato73 3 years ago
fantastic!
manrose58 3 years ago
This has brought back long suppressed memories from my childhood, being allowed to stay up late on a Friday night watching Granada TV. At the time I never even realised Frank Sidebottom was supposed to be funny; I suppose I'd've used the term "performance art" if I'd known it; and now I'm inclined to say the same... The fact that this was clearly broadcast relatively recently only makes the whole phenomenon more disturbing.
klangding 3 years ago
what the FUCK?
Dillboy 3 years ago
Paul Ryder on bass, Starskey and Hutch dude on keys, Frank doin vocals to The Mighty Fall
IT DONT GET ANY BETTER
mrwill909 3 years ago
I've been duped, is Mark E Smith Sidebottom haha
artlesclark 3 years ago
What the fuck?! haha! xD
Telefunken92 3 years ago
what did i just watch
vsx 3 years ago
WOW!!!
cheechcaballero 3 years ago
Look at all the mess on top of Frank's keyboard!
mcan4287 3 years ago
I didn't dream this?
RolexTharsus 3 years ago
No, we all did. It was called the "80's".
Spanglemaker42 3 years ago
You have to understand English humour y' see, Rolex :)
michaelstmark 3 years ago
That is some wierd shit...
TheBomber15 3 years ago
Alright...in a fight, yeh, Frank Sidebottom or John Shuttleworth?
zombiesonacid 4 years ago
b rrilllia n t
theBIGsofty 4 years ago
Um...wow.
themoderndejavu 4 years ago
Isn't that the new French president, Nicholas Sarkozy, on bass guitar?
comradegonzo 4 years ago 2
no thats Paul Ryder from the mondays. baggy forever!
gackstacker 4 years ago
YES! Thanks for putting this up here. When I saw this originally, I cried with laughter for about half an hour.
vinylstellen 4 years ago
his humour is undatable and original.I remember him from way back. Does anyone remember a quiz of his called "the squid is correct"
shaunkelly1967 5 years ago 2
Ah the Squid is Correct, yep i remember Little Frank beating the omipresent "Dave" in the "guess the song title" game.
Faltskogian 5 years ago 2
It's Mark E Smith in disguise!
Faltskogian 5 years ago
I'm staggered this bloke's still around. As a Fall fan myself it doesn't bother me one bit, but Frank Sidebottom, along with Vimto and Spangles, was always crap.
newbigprinz 5 years ago
I concur, like why has'nt that head been reduced to lumps of paper-mache already!! A wonder nonetheless....
jjj7477 5 years ago
you insult the vimto, you shall pay
Boompass 5 years ago
charmingly, bizarrely,surreal tribute....
jjj7477 5 years ago 3
As a Fall fun, It's very very very pathetic.
Sad. He really lost it.
costas2by4 5 years ago
What's a Fall fun??
seftonwallet 4 years ago
Well, come to Greece and find it out yer self fitter.
costas2by4 4 years ago
Do you mean a "Fall Fan"?
seftonwallet 4 years ago
Well, it means that, somehow, you fell very funny !!!
costas2by4 4 years ago
As a Fall fan, I think its very hard to tell the difference.
natthingup 3 years ago 3
It's like going to a mental hospital in Blackpool.
SonnyCorleone 5 years ago 2
how do you know? :P
Boompass 5 years ago
Nice one, dickhead.
SonnyCorleone 5 years ago
Thanks ^_^
Boompass 5 years ago
Why are you spending so much time watching this?
Are you as big a failure as Frank himself?
SonnyCorleone 5 years ago
worry not, i got the marky mark e smith reference....
they put electrodes in your brain
goodtaste101 3 years ago
love this
fauxeli 5 years ago
Frank Sidebottom is fantastic!!
DVDfever 5 years ago 2
so, so, so very worrying
cruiserscreek 5 years ago