I enjoyed The Fast Show very much, but once it had established its cast of stock characters and, by extension, the characters' catchphrases, it lost something. Where to go when the same people are saying the same things every week? You either change their essence or you go bigger. Again, I did enjoy it, but it's not in Python territory. Very little is. The closest a Fast Show contemporary came to capturing some concrete elements of Monty Python was Big Train. They didn't have the stream-of-consciousness element, but they absolutely nailed the serious approach to ludicrous situations. Nobody would consider BT as being worthy of inclusion in the British comedy pantheon with Python, Morecambe & Wise, The Goons etc for the simple reason that it wasn't a hit. That the two main writers are Irish doesn't count. But in terms of quality, it deserves consideration.
I thought the Fast Show was more consistently funny than any of them. Morecambe and Wise always struck me as corny end-of-the-pier comedy. The Two Ronnies relied heavily on slightly grubby double entendres and tedious dated variety song and dance marathons and the memorable sketches of Monty Python were far outnumbered by the forgettable ones. Monty Python also had a rather sneering and pretentious undercurrent to some of its humour ( Cambridge graduate men pretending to be stupid middle-aged working class women in hair nets from ""oop north", references to John-Paul Sartre etc.) It tried too hard to be clever and "surrealist". I liked the Fast Show because it just made me laugh without having intellectual or cultural pretentions. TV comedy is quite a trivial and ephemeral genre and it's an achievement if a programme still makes you laugh years later.
@@NxDoyle Python didn't repeat the same gags!? Really???? Ffs they just changed the era and replayed them constantly.....never stopped them from being funny though. Stop being so broody pretentious.....just enjoy the laughs.
@@NxDoyle Big Train was fantastic but it did come a few years later and was obviously influenced by the fast show's style. Now the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer or going further back Vic Reeves big night out changed everything. They took the surrealism of the Goons to another level.
Iam from London born in 1965, parents are Jamaican immigrants..and Harry Enfield,Paul Whitehouse..are extremely funny, clever..loadsss a money..and Iam a GEEZZA..used at Millwall,and other teams..thanks for making us laugh guys..wish u the best...🇬🇧🇯🇲❤️
He has the drunk British aristocrat characterization right down to a T! I always found Paul to be amazing with this, its so funny because it sounds like the genuine article, he really is an artist!😊
I think now I might try to randomly slip the "lorry load of interesting cheeses" phrase into conversations ... however people might just think I was "very very drunk at the time"!
Reminds me of Boris Johnson’s speech to the CBI: “Blah bluffle,wuffle Peppa Pig’s World umm er we love our motor cars, vroom! Vroom!” One of his best, I believe.
I've met so many men like this. I'm like a magnet for old white men who want to share all the historical trivia of some area or object, or the intricacies of Morris Dancing or something. It's quite interesting although you can't stop them to ask questions.
If this guy was having a chat with Boris Johnson, he would STILL come off making more sense than when Boris Johnson speaks. All I ever hear when I listen to Boris is ... " And umm...err, errm " ..see what I mean about this guy making more sense!?! And to close my comment ....... I was VERY, VERY DRUNK!!!
I can't even begin to think about what it was I was thinking about before the war and the man in the car watching ladies who warmed towards me whilst I began the adventure of a lifetime! I was of course drunk as a skunk and skunks get very drunk!
MYSELF TRYNNA EXPLAIN TO BOUNCERS THAT I HADN'T TAKEN ANY PHOTOS OF AUDIENCE.. HENCE THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE OF BYSTANDERS PRE SHOW... (I.E i WAS VERY... VERY... VERY DRUNK)...
Yawn. The same complaint would have been (incorrectly) made at the time The Fast Show was on. And at least we've left comedy programmes and acts that depended on stereotypes and racist/sexist/ homophobic material for their 'humour'.
I am very drunk and still somehow barely understand this man when it's clear we should have reverted to God's own tongue. Goes to show how far I have to go.
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‘A lorry load of interesting cheeses’ 😆
Cool, a new Boris Johnson interview
Jean-Claude Juncker
That's some 2020 vision you've got there mate.
Johnson isn't as articulate! LOL
@@StewSims Bingo, this is certainly lost footage of PM Churchill!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Paul Whitehouse is incredibly funny. Always.
1:27 *The Critical Drinker* sent me.
Same here. Stopped his video and searched this guy. Lmao
Paul is a genius
Absolute pure comedy genius, crying laughing 😂
I watched this when I was very drunk, and I found it rather amusing. More marvelous still is that I still retained the finesse to type this sentence.
More marvelous still...is that you used such excellent vocabulary, even whilst you were very, very drunk!
More marvelous still...is that you used such excellent vocabulary even whilst you were.... very very Drunk!! Nice one!
@@shaheenahmad8262 Thanks!
"Dressed as a full Nazi Colonel?!"
Such a pity that you typed it while standing in the middle of the street with your trousers around your ankles
This makes perfect sense if you get equally as drunk.
Trust me, it makes even less
Can you imagine the talent to make this
One of the most British things that there will ever be.
This bloke's now the Prime Minister.
More like Bertrand Russell! Whitehouse captures a sozzled posho perfectly!
The Fast Show really is as important a part of Britains comedy/popular culture heritage as Monty Python, the Two Ronnies and Morcomb And Wise etc.
@The Blissful Zombie He is correct. Now, go back to being a blissful zombie.
I enjoyed The Fast Show very much, but once it had established its cast of stock characters and, by extension, the characters' catchphrases, it lost something. Where to go when the same people are saying the same things every week? You either change their essence or you go bigger.
Again, I did enjoy it, but it's not in Python territory. Very little is. The closest a Fast Show contemporary came to capturing some concrete elements of Monty Python was Big Train. They didn't have the stream-of-consciousness element, but they absolutely nailed the serious approach to ludicrous situations.
Nobody would consider BT as being worthy of inclusion in the British comedy pantheon with Python, Morecambe & Wise, The Goons etc for the simple reason that it wasn't a hit. That the two main writers are Irish doesn't count. But in terms of quality, it deserves consideration.
I thought the Fast Show was more consistently funny than any of them. Morecambe and Wise always struck me as corny end-of-the-pier comedy. The Two Ronnies relied heavily on slightly grubby double entendres and tedious dated variety song and dance marathons and the memorable sketches of Monty Python were far outnumbered by the forgettable ones. Monty Python also had a rather sneering and pretentious undercurrent to some of its humour ( Cambridge graduate men pretending to be stupid middle-aged working class women in hair nets from ""oop north", references to John-Paul Sartre etc.) It tried too hard to be clever and "surrealist".
I liked the Fast Show because it just made me laugh without having intellectual or cultural pretentions. TV comedy is quite a trivial and ephemeral genre and it's an achievement if a programme still makes you laugh years later.
@@NxDoyle Python didn't repeat the same gags!?
Really????
Ffs they just changed the era and replayed them constantly.....never stopped them from being funny though.
Stop being so broody pretentious.....just enjoy the laughs.
@@NxDoyle Big Train was fantastic but it did come a few years later and was obviously influenced by the fast show's style. Now the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer or going further back Vic Reeves big night out changed everything. They took the surrealism of the Goons to another level.
Iam from London born in 1965, parents are Jamaican immigrants..and Harry Enfield,Paul Whitehouse..are extremely funny, clever..loadsss a money..and Iam a GEEZZA..used at Millwall,and other teams..thanks for making us laugh guys..wish u the best...🇬🇧🇯🇲❤️
This is all I think of whenever Boris Johnson speaks
The macbeth reference was quite random and sublime.
I do this to people at work 🤣
That's like a drunken version of Bertrand Russell.
He has the drunk British aristocrat characterization right down to a T!
I always found Paul to be amazing with this, its so funny because it sounds like the genuine article, he really is an artist!😊
Give him a scouse accent and you basically have my grandad :D ❤️
Omg I've not seem this one until now! A lorry load of interesting cheeses XD
I'm afraid I still quote: "A lorry load of interesting cheeses" at every chance I get...which isn't very often sadly.
I think now I might try to randomly slip the "lorry load of interesting cheeses" phrase into conversations ... however people might just think I was "very very drunk at the time"!
@@analogmoose How about trying "there is no art to find in the mind's construction of the face"? Now there's a challenge for you.
Reminds me of Boris Johnson’s speech to the CBI: “Blah bluffle,wuffle Peppa Pig’s World umm er we love our motor cars, vroom! Vroom!” One of his best, I believe.
This is a classic.
That's Boris Johnson isn't it?
Trevor Brooking.
Paul Whitehouse as Rowley Birkin has far more credibility than Fatso.
But more coherent.
I’m here after a tweet about Boris compared him to this.
Very prophetic... www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-48766451/boris-johnson-i-make-models-of-buses
Ya know, giant marchmallow ramble ramble , beHIND the chocolate SHOP!
Paul Whitehouse. Nothing more needs to be said
observational comedy GENIUS
I've met so many men like this.
I'm like a magnet for old white men who want to share all the historical trivia of some area or object, or the intricacies of Morris Dancing or something.
It's quite interesting although you can't stop them to ask questions.
Saw him today and spoke with him haha. I should of done this phrase haha.
Oh man, this is priceless ! So funny, so funny ; )
always makes me smile
These are just like "Ask Keith" videos by Keith Richards.
Ha ha you're right. ruclips.net/video/W0sHToKXxWY/видео.html
If this guy was having a chat with Boris Johnson, he would STILL come off making more sense than when Boris Johnson speaks. All I ever hear when I listen to Boris is ... " And umm...err, errm " ..see what I mean about this guy making more sense!?! And to close my comment ....... I was VERY, VERY DRUNK!!!
Totally agree about the Monty Python sketches. There should be awards for comic acting in sketch shows.
Love this character..
Awesome comedy actor!
Decided to check this out after listening to a J R R Tolkien interview from the 60’s.
I just watched some recently, he did ramble on, I could hardly concentrate on him speaking, ha
RUclips captions are spazzing out over this
I watched this when I was very very drunk and actually understood what hat he was saying
A lorry load of interesting cheeses lmfao
Inspiration for Jonny Depp's Pirate character.
Love this guy
He's far too coherent to be Boris though the appearance could briefly foil one. Excellent performance by Mr Whitehouse.
Paul should do a little Rowley birkin on the gone fishing series.
Drunk guy ?
That was Sir Humphrey Birkin QC. and no less. The shoot it, then ask it questions guy.
Show some respect.
I was very very drunk with the smile!
Genius.
Boris Johnson giving his testimony at the Covid Enquiry...
It literally makes more sense since he admits he got "very drunk"... 👀
Boris was very, very, very drunk when he resigned 😆 🤣
He needs to do this with Boris
I can't even begin to think about what it was I was thinking about before the war and the man in the car watching ladies who warmed towards me whilst I began the adventure of a lifetime! I was of course drunk as a skunk and skunks get very drunk!
I LIKE IT....
Genius
Great actor.
It's Boris Johnson!
Paul is about 60 now, I want him do Rowley in about 15 -20 years without make up . One of the greatest English Actors of the last 30 years
He's Welsh.
This had to have been based on Tolkien.... he spoke exactly like this hahaha
I can,t unders....ohhh,that,s the joke.
Turn closed captions on.... Cheeky
Thank me later lmao
drunk rn, I feel every last word he says, like it totally works for me rn.
All the comments comparing the character to Boris Johnson, no, it's Dom. as in Steph and Dom from Gogglebox! Did anybody ever see them sober?
This is a great impression of Prince Charles.
Anyway thsts my life
Hilarious.😂
Dem nomination for 2020!
Does anyone have a gun, I'm gonna end it all. Blam!!!
"small men but immensely powerful"
A lorry load of interesting cheeses 🧀 😂
Shut your eyes, listen, and it could be a certain well known chap named Charles. 😉
Cheers to my fellow Happy Boozers Ric Shawn and Neil 🍻
Its how i plan to end up tbh.
This is every cabinet meeting during lockdown…
Classic.
“Drunk guy”?! Fuckin sacrilege
MYSELF TRYNNA EXPLAIN TO BOUNCERS THAT I HADN'T TAKEN ANY PHOTOS OF AUDIENCE.. HENCE THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE OF BYSTANDERS PRE SHOW... (I.E i WAS VERY... VERY... VERY DRUNK)...
Join the club
very very drunk at the time
If only we could go back to the days of comedy programmes that don't rely on obscene language and scatological humour
Just because this sketch didn't have it doesn't mean the Fast Show abstained, dude. Case in point:
ruclips.net/video/gC1CdHQXiVU/видео.html
Yawn.
The same complaint would have been (incorrectly) made at the time The Fast Show was on.
And at least we've left comedy programmes and acts that depended on stereotypes and racist/sexist/ homophobic material for their 'humour'.
makes sense of brexit
Me aswell
Charlie Jackoby in 20 years time.lol
Daytripper N7 has it
Boris Johnsson's dad
This must be John Bercow.
it's a posh Kieth Richards.
Why does this remind me of boris Johnson
0:26
Sneaky little quote from the Scottish Play there...
Macbeth?
@@jimallen9442 AAAAH! Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends!
Paul Whitehouse looks a lot older than this now.
And Bob Mortimer looks even older than him.
🤣😂🤣😅😅😅!!!!!
Ah back when the English working class used to laugh at people like this instead of worshipping them.
lmao still'!'
+simon Young Yep, it's a great character alright!
@@analogmoose ahahah still funny 5 years later 🤣
Drunk guy? Drunk guy??! C'mon make some effort, it's Rowley Birkin QC. Or maybe you were very, very drunk when you posted this brilliant video? 😂
I was very very drunk
I am very drunk and still somehow barely understand this man when it's clear we should have reverted to God's own tongue. Goes to show how far I have to go.
Funny
Gerald. That's all.
ha ha
Every tory mp
DRUNK GUY ????? This is Rowley Birkin QC !! A bit of respect please for the higher classes !
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