Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40299 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-05-17
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Formats: Black & White, Colour, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

DVD Description
Frankie Howerd became one of the nation’s best-loved comics as the result of a roller-coaster career with many sharp turns, exhilarating highs and sudden dizzying drops. As early as his first television series, The Howerd Crowd, in 1952 he had developed the act that would last the rest of his career: rolled eyes, asides to the audience, the sudden switch to a high pitched voice and exaggerated ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs’. Howerd’s famous catchphrases have become part of the national vocabulary (‘Ooh er missus!’, ‘Titter ye not’, ‘Oooh no!’) and his cosy but risque rapport with the audience in stand-up, cabaret and sit-com is often emulated but never surpassed.

This compilation draws together the very finest Howerd moments from his numerous stand-up and sketch shows (Nuts in May, An Evening with Francis Howerd, Howerd’s History of England) as well as classic moments from the Carry On inspired sit-com Up Pompeii!

Special Features

• Scene Selection
  
• Writers’ profiles

DVD Technical Information:

• Disc Format: DVD-5

Synopsis
Oooooh! it's the best bits of Frankie Howerd's TV career. Mock outrage and innuendo was Frankie's signature routine. Made up of sketches, Royal Variety Show performances, monologues from his own 'An Evening With...,' chat show turns from Parkinson, Russell Harty and Wogan and of course, UP POMPEII! Control yourselves!

Customer Reviews

Titter ye will missus!
No extras and a straightforward transfer to DVD of a video release from the 90's but this compiltion of great clips from the legendary Mr Howerd will have you laughing.
Sketches, clips from Up Pompeii and excellent chat show appearances this is a good summary of the talent that was Frankie Howerd.

Lots of standup
This DVD is also part of the BBC DVD The Frankie Howerd Collection which includes both BBC series of Up Pompeii (good) and an elderly Frankie in Then Churchill Said to Me (embarrassing). That set is 13.98 at the time of writing, so you may want to go for that. But this compilation has a generous amount of Frankie in standup mode - and not measly clips either, so for some people (me included) this is the essence of Frankie, although I'd still like to see the complete famed TW3 appearance on DVD sometime...