World’s oldest stuntman

by Robert Popper on July 10, 2009 · View Comments

This is just so brilliantly British…

Danke schon @El_nacnud

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1 professoryard July 10, 2009 at 12:34 am: Obviously shot prior to the ban on smoking in pubs.

Someone really didn’t perform a valid risk assesment for that one.
2 Andy Morgan July 10, 2009 at 6:35 am: Apart from anything else…shouldn’t this have been done outdoors?
3 Jefy July 10, 2009 at 9:39 am: The Great Mr Cunningham says “for fuck’s sake…Ow” and the subtitles read “for God’s sake….Ow”
4 Duncotron July 10, 2009 at 9:54 am: A few people there looked genuinely uneasy there but fair play it looks more fun than tottering down the bingo hall. Despite the subtitles insistence I’m pretty sure he doesn’t say ‘for god’s sake’
5 Annjelina July 11, 2009 at 1:00 pm: Aww I shouldn’t laugh but I had to in parts. Bless im
6 Carbags July 12, 2009 at 6:54 pm: Is it wrong that you’re eagerly waiting for the flames in the first few minutes? I liked it, merging Early Doors with Jackass. Genius, it has it all.
7 El_Nacnud July 15, 2009 at 7:29 pm: My favourite bits:

holding the zimmer frame whilst in the wheel chair.

his grand entrance.

when he says “Ah, yeah yeah yeah”.

his guttoral noises after the fire’s been put out.

Check out the TV it’s from. It was originally shown last year in the BBC’s outsiders season. It’s quite tragic. He dances on broken glass in that pub at the start of the show to looks of horror from a South Korean TV crew!
8 Matt` July 17, 2009 at 1:32 pm: The original BBC Wonderland film following his last days was delightful, very sweet and sad. Worth trying to track down a copy. Incredibly British in that mixture of bizarre eccentricity, dogged determination and just utter inept hopelessness. Swear to God you love the old bastard by the end.
9 Carl H October 8, 2009 at 12:17 am: Where’s the fire extinguisher? WHERE?
10 professoryard October 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm: Obviously shot prior to the ban on smoking in pubs.

Someone really didn't perform a valid risk assesment for that one.