Oooooooooooooo kaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[FreddieDeLaHay]

I have a childhood memory of someone on TV (possibly Lenny Henry on Tiswas) doing a sketch where he would say
"Ok" for as long as possible.
I mentioned it to a colleague today who is a similar age to me and he had no recollection of it.
Also, Google searches have proved fruitless.
Is this some sort of false memory?
It's annoying me 😂😂

It’s def Lenny Henry on Tiswas. 😂😂

Yes, definitely Lenny Henry. It's probably on YouTube.

Thank you, I tried YouTube- I'll have another look!

It's his character Algernon Razzmatazz!

I couldn’t find it either

I don't remember this but I do still say 'oooh I could crush a grape' like that guy Stu from Crackerjack.

I’d never heard of it but it’s the first thing that popped up when I did a search on YouTube. Boy , am I glad that’s not on tv now! I’d hate to see what. It was fit for the time, I suppose.

Yep, it was Tiswas....I loved it. Phantom Flan Flinger, Houdi Elbow, Compost Corner. It was utter bedlam and brilliant fun

@MurderAtTheBeautyPageant

I don't remember this but I do still say 'oooh I could crush a grape' like that guy Stu from Crackerjack.

my (older) partner says this a lot, and I always thought wtf are you on about :):)

Yes I remember it well.

I remember. Pretty sure it was Tiswas. Loved his David Bellamy "grapple my grapenuts" 🤣

I'm sure you're right and it is Lenny Henry, but not on Tiswas (I don't think). Maybe the Lenny Henry Show, or Three of a Kind (was Lenny on that??). He was playing an elderly Rasta type. Might have been the same guy who used to say "Sit down, sit down...drink...smooooooke".
Well that's what I remember anyway.

Condensed milk sandwich anyone?

The first result on YouTube isn't quite right.
I watched the song through and he doesn't say it for ling enough 😂
It's like he's using all his breath and says it in a deep voice.

I do feel better that other people remember though and it's not a false memory

*long

Yes! This happened!

I am 99% sure Lenny Henry released a single called OOOOOKAAAY while he was on Tiswas as well.

Not what you're asking but I give you Mike Reid

Run-a-round Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

m.youtube.com/watch?v=W9HP7ME70Xg

Here he is, but not a super-elongated ooookaaaay.

I remember it! I knew exactly what you meant by your title! It really did happen. 😀

We were not allowed to watch Tiswas , ITV was banned in our house. We were allowed to watch Swap Shop and if we thought our parents couldn't see we'd switch it over.
I remember the FFF, and LH saying oooooookaaay! Also there seemed to be a lot of children in cages getting gunged?

m sure you're right and it is Lenny Henry, but not on Tiswas (I don't think). Maybe the Lenny Henry Show, or Three of a Kind (was Lenny on that??). He was playing an elderly Rasta type. Might have been the same guy who used to say "Sit down, sit down...drink...smooooooke".
Well that's what I remember anyway.

Yes me too. I don't remember it being on a programme for children.

Three of a Kind (was Lenny on that??)*

Yes with Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield (comedian not the magician)

Came in to say I wasn't allowed to watch ITV, and it appears I wasn't alone - SparklingB also had similar parents!

Ha!

We were allowed to watch Blue Peter but not Magpie
Definately not Tiswas
Saturday Swap Shop (though it was on for 3 hours , my Mum always vacuumed the living room while it was on ...Well we can't have the kids enjoying themselves can we ? )

I always missed Why Don't You .

It was definitely Lenny Henry but I didn't watch Tiswas so I think he must have done it on his evening sketch shows as well.