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    Comedy TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Jokers Wild

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    Another classic from Yorkshire Television, this hilarious and unusual game show series was guaranteed to give viewers a laugh a minute . . . literally.

    jokerswild2The teeming working men’s clubs in the North of England – and especially in Yorkshire – had long afforded a good living for legions of entertainers, some of whom rose to star status.

    Quick-witted Leeds-born Barry Cryer would select a random topic, challenge a comic to tell a joke based on it, and strive to control six wisecracking comedians from the realms of clubland.

    If one of the opposition thought he knew the gag, he could interrupt by pressing an alarm, then he would have to complete it.

    jokerswild3There was also a solo spot where a comic was required to extract as many laughs as possible from the audience in minute-long patter sessions.

    The guest line-up included big names of British comedy such as Ted Ray, Les Dawson, Arthur Askey, Ray Martine, David Nixon, Warren Mitchell, Bob Monkhouse, Jack Douglas, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival, Jack Smethurst, Roy Kinnear, Sid James and Clive Dunn

    The first few episodes also featured the glamorous Isabella Rye – a girl of Amazonian proportions – as hostess.

    jokerswild4Barry Cryer (Chairman)
    Les Dawson (Team Captain)
    Ted Ray (Team Captain)
    Clive Dunn
    Arthur Askey
    Ray Martine
    Alfred Marks
    Norman Collier
    Bob Monkhouse (Team Captain)
    Warren Mitchell (Team Captain)
    Jack Smethurst
    jokerswild5Tim Brooke-Taylor
    David Nixon
    Roy Kinnear
    John Cleese
    Leslie Crowther (Team Captain)
    Sid James
    Clement Freud
    Deryck Guyler
    Jack Douglas (Team Captain)
    June Whitfield (Team Captain)
    Freddie Starr
    Arthur Askey (Team Captain)
    Jon Pertwee (Team Captain)
    Charlie Chester (Team Captain)
    Diana Dors (Team Captain)
    Eric Sykes
    Michael Bentine (Team Captain)
    Bernard Bresslaw
    Dickie Henderson

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