American Reacts to Norman Collier Wheeltappers and Shunters

Thanks, alan. I forgot how versatile Norman was. You just brightened my day like you wouldn't know how. Kudos to you, brother.

Well that was a blast from the past. Comedians of the past with no direct insults or swearing but could still make you laugh.

he started singing Martha and every dog in the neighbourhood joined in

We used to like Norman Collier back in the day because he was someone you could imitate with the microphone cutting out, plus the chicken impression, quite easily. We weren't necessarily any good, but we did it anyway.

Absolutely brilliant i remember when i was a child watching this every Saturday evening and me my 3 brothers and mum and dad would sit around an open fire as we were poor and that was our only heat source but so many happy memories.

I really enjoyed that, it's cheered me up, thank you.

Happy days of my past. I loved Norman Collier's act so much. At family parties I did his broken microphone stick, aged 15. I have a talent for copying accents, now aged 70, I can still do Norman Collier. God bless him. And yes I can still do falsetto singing. I just need to squeeze a bit more.

very funny man see him norman coller when we was a live RIP XXX

Just loved this type of humour

I was a DJ in the 80s/90s. Whenever the mic went faulty I always go "it's doing a piggin' Norman Collier again!" 🤣

Some fifty years ago I saw Norman Collier in a variety show. I’d always found his chicken impression mildly amusing. Seeing him do it live was hysterical, it was more like a chicken dressed as a human 😄. All these years later still brings good memories. Thanks bringing back the memories of a very funny man.

Omg, thats a blast from my childhood! Tv in the 70s 😂x

Wow, my mum and dad absolutely loved this show back in the 70s, such memories.

You picked a classic. Thank you.❤ yes he def...tly did the micr.....ne not wo..ing part of his act, it was amazing almost a mime of vocality or the lack of .. Many Brits to this day still do the Norman Collier. I ..... ..u as part of their normal day.

Wow you do like the old British comedy saying that you like bottom too so hats off to you fella those are 2 funny people!

Little did norman know, that 50 years later a lot of blokes in Britain have voices like that, and they wear similar hats with pink feathers too.😂

I worked in a casino back in the early 80's in Leeds. He came in a few times as a customer and managed to distract our clientele from gambling with an impromtu quick sketch!

Norman was from my home town, my brother used to see him in Stakis Casino back in the 80s.

There were social clubs like that all over the North and Midlands..I know because I used to install gambling machines and juke boxes in them...Peter Kaye, s Phoenix Nights is a good tribute to this also...well done sir..😊😊😊😊

yo beard.greetings from England🤗

An excellent example of quirky, idiosyncratic, British humour from the past. My past. I love the way he brings his own chair on. No star pretentions, no idolisation, just a very talented man using his talent to continue the inheritance of Victorian Variety...........

2025 and we're still doing the broken microphone bit at work !!

Cutting out on the mike was always part of is act in fact he was at a venue where the host was having trouble with his mike and Norman gave him insparation for doing a comedy act

As a 70's kid, I always loved his malfunctioning microphone routine.

Beardy.. It's a parody of the stuff we used to live way back when. Would be happy to share my experience of it all some 50+ yeas ago

A reflection of simpler times in the UK with the C I U working mens clubs The way we were sadly gone.

Wheeltappers and Shunters is a reference to railway workers.

These people played the clubs of Great Britain for years, it's hard not to admire them

Norman Collier had an excellent singing voice, didn't get the breaks and like many other UK artists went into comedy, another with a great singing voice is Ked Dodd, check out Ken Dodd Medley

Still missing you Bernard! One of his stage shows he stated "they'll never stop us laughing"
if he could see today he may well have a different opinion on that!

anyone else think that Norman looks like Milton Jones?

Normal was terrific and hilarious

The Great Bernard Manning was the best thing you could see on that show. I grew up watching Wheeltappers and seeing Norman Collier on TV doing the same act for 20yrs because my parents loved them both. Wouldn't exactly put this in the "missed " nostalgia category on British comedy entertainment for a generation growing up on The Goodies/Monty Python. It was more for the post war generation who needed a old time Music Hall fix to keep them going and remind them of years gone by. Awful entertainment/warm beer/everyone smelling of Woodbines and rolling tobacco.

Wheel tappers and shunters.......railway men checked the wheels on trains for cracks, by tapping them to hear if they rang like a bell, therefore no cracks. Then shunt the trains into position.

I think that this was filmed in Bernard Manning’s Embassy Club on Rochdale Road in Manchester.

Bit dated, but,oh so funny.your laugh is so infectious

Hi Big Man check out the old school English comedian JOHNNY CASSON on The Des O'Connor The Bits they couldn't show!!!

Need some Alf Garnett reactions

HAVE TO SAY GOOD BEAR WOOF

Vikings

Great show ,its a shame they can't still do it.

My old girlfriend was related to Norman Collier.

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they dont make comedy like this anymore

Where do you find this dated stuff?
It was shite at the time and is till dreadful. British stand up from that period should al be deleted and forgotten.