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  • American Reacts to Open All Hours S 01 E 02
    In this episode Arkwright finally breaks down to buy a van, but is it necessarily for the business or does he have ulterior motives?
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  • @RighteousBrother
    @RighteousBrother 2 года назад +67

    It warms my cold, cold British heart to see a man across the pond enjoy British comedy so much.

  • @jelkel25
    @jelkel25 2 года назад +3

    I (partly) grew up not far from where the outdoor scenes were filmed, we went shopping in the town where it was filmed but at the sa sa sa sa sa sah sah supermarket, not small shops like this. The small shop keeper stereotypes in that area are slightly overdone but not by much! There were 2/3 in the area that used to follow you around the shop saying " you look with you eyes not with your hands" if you were a working class kid. An army surplus shop that used to sell the worn out garbage to kids at full price until a father reminded him of his manners at high speed one day (you didn't mess with miners wives or kids and get away with it for long). I later worked in a traditional butchers shop and the owner gave Arkwright a run for his money in the tightness stakes!

  • @bw9729
    @bw9729 2 года назад +17

    It is amazing to think that Ronnie Barker was 46, Lynda Baron was 36 and David Jason was 35 when this episode first aired.

  • @donnieinman8049
    @donnieinman8049 2 года назад +39

    This is one of my favorite shows ever. Ronnie Barker is a genius and his interplay with all the other people on the show is amazing. If you haven't already, another great Ronnie Barker show is Porridge. Richard Breckinsale co-stars and like Open All Hours Barker's ability to banter is amazing.

  • @stingray4real
    @stingray4real 2 года назад +7

    David Jason who played Granville starred in the sequel 'Still Open All Hours'.

  • @madabbafan
    @madabbafan 2 года назад +5

    His other big series waas Poridge (set in a prison) unless you knew both main characters were played by Barker you would swear they were played by different people.

    • @alfieplayzgamez
      @alfieplayzgamez 2 года назад +1

      yeah with Kate Beckinsale's father Man he died so young

  • @ConstantSorrow
    @ConstantSorrow 2 года назад +30

    I love these videos, I get to watch some of my favourite sitcoms and I get to see someone else's joy at watching it for the first time.

  • @richardhargrave6082
    @richardhargrave6082 2 года назад +5

    Roy Clarke wrote it, genius
    Throw in "The Guvnor" (Ronnie) and David Jason, plus a wonderful supporting cast, what can go wrong?
    Its from a different time, still stands up today, like series such as Porridge (You'll like that EB)
    I love it that you love it

  • @steverpcb
    @steverpcb 2 года назад +21

    The Empire that had been pulled down would have been the name of the local cinema.
    Someone needs to send you "Porridge" and "Going Straight", both staring Ronnie Barker :)

    • @dxcpt
      @dxcpt 2 года назад +1

      Ahh, I thought so! Wasn't 100% on that. But mentioned it in my comment anyway. Thanks for clearing that up!

    • @METALFREAK03
      @METALFREAK03 2 года назад +1

      still had double meaning.
      at the time we had lost british india (Pakistan, India, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh) and was just losing british Malay (independence of Malaysia and Singapore).
      It's also social commentary about the races that now war with eachother rather than an imperial rule. (it's the old saying "you never know you miss something until it's gone")
      You know india still use the same railway network the British built from the 19th century? Yeah, thats why imperialism is good.

  • @nicolaausten6758
    @nicolaausten6758 2 года назад +13

    I grew up in Mansfield. A job on the coal board made a man a King, a pension and a caravan in Skegvagas!. How things have changed. Love your reactions. Much love from the UK x

  • @richardfalkner4098
    @richardfalkner4098 2 года назад +12

    There’s something very unique about the humour of the North of England. Love it.

  • @zetectic7968
    @zetectic7968 2 года назад +7

    That was the van version of the Mini, only 10 feet front to back.

    • @_starfiend
      @_starfiend 2 года назад

      My dad used to have a variation on that last Mini van. Similar colour as well. Dad's had windows at the back and a wooden rear frame. I spent a lot of spring days sanding that so that Dad could re-varnish it.

    • @zetectic7968
      @zetectic7968 2 года назад

      @@_starfiend Sounds like the Mini Countryman

    • @_starfiend
      @_starfiend 2 года назад

      @@zetectic7968 Could be, from pictures I could find, but it was far from new, pre '63 as it had a dateless plate on it. (Can still remember that plate number!)

  • @jjcustard6378
    @jjcustard6378 2 года назад +16

    I've just finished re watching The Good Life which was superb, heart warming comedy, I'm sure you'd enjoy it

  • @stuinNorway
    @stuinNorway 2 года назад +10

    The classic genre of British humour.... perfectly safe to watch withthe kids, but with enough nauthyness thrown in for parents to be giving each other a nudge understanding the inuendo in a lot of the comments. I have the entire set, plus the "Still open all hours" set decades later with Granville running the shop. Filmed in the same shop as before-

  • @miaschu8175
    @miaschu8175 2 года назад +7

    Some of the jokes, like about the coal board, are very specific to time and place. But a lot is very situational and so well written!

  • @thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724
    @thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724 2 года назад +8

    I'd only repeat myself again on these video's, but this was what life was where I grew up back in the day, brilliant stuff 😁 and the markism joke was top shelf 😅

  • @rpguser345
    @rpguser345 2 года назад +21

    If you love this only Fools and horses is a british classic with Granville playing the lead role as del boy which really solidified his place as a British treasure

  • @ManxAndy
    @ManxAndy 2 года назад +14

    Evening EB…….I’m here, Open all hours is just superb, cannot beat this era of comedy tv……👍🇮🇲💖

  • @johnbrownbridge873
    @johnbrownbridge873 2 года назад +7

    Wow masssive "party" cans of Younger's Tartan Ale , that takes me back.

  • @robertward7382
    @robertward7382 2 года назад +12

    Once went to watch if being filmed with my grandparents in the early 80's, remember standing in small crowd up the street and seeing Granville in the distance milling about with the film crew.

  • @dxcpt
    @dxcpt 2 года назад +13

    I grew up along shops and people like this :') These old style shops were still around in the 90's
    As Arkwright used to fear over the super markets, so did the small shop owners.
    As in the series, they were very fond of money, selling over priced goods, and splitting multi pack goods to sell separately etc.
    Arkwright wasn't just a character, but a typical stereotype.
    Small shops were hubs for gossip, and shop keepers always had good rapport.

  • @squirrel7t7
    @squirrel7t7 2 года назад +5

    Takes me back to the early 80s when every corner shop was like this. Now they're all faceless chain stores with no character or connection with the locals.

  • @dcanmore
    @dcanmore 2 года назад +4

    Ronnie Barker was 47yo here, David Jason 36 and Lynda Barron (Nurse Gladys) 37.

  • @craigfs81
    @craigfs81 2 года назад +8

    Think this will be the highlight of my week seeing you react to this. Glad you are enjoying it.

  • @JackMellor498
    @JackMellor498 2 года назад +10

    Ahh Lynda Baron, what a treasure she is!

  • @sallygoater4657
    @sallygoater4657 2 года назад +2

    You GOTTA watch 'Rising Damp'........ TRULY with kinship from UK

  • @Chris_GY1
    @Chris_GY1 2 года назад +9

    It was good when it returned to tv as Still Open All Hours with Sir David Jason, Linda Baron, Stephanie Cole and the actress playing Mavis are the only original characters as Ronnie Barker AAAAA Arkwright died in 2005 and Kathy Staff Mrs BBBBB Blewitt died in 2013. A portrait of AAAAA Arkwright hangs on the wall Granville calls him the mmmmm master. The actor playing Fred appeared in an episode of Hi de Hi set in a 1950s holiday camp

  • @shadybacon3451
    @shadybacon3451 2 года назад +3

    Nothing beats good classic comedy like this, think today its to politically correct which ruins the art.
    If you haven't already and I've missed it,
    Please react to A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the understanding bartender, is particularly good but most of their sketches are excellent

  • @kennysmusicalcabaret162
    @kennysmusicalcabaret162 2 года назад +14

    This was a different time with writers who could relate to real people real times and sooooo funny, it brings a tear of joy to my eyes just to see and relive what is gone forever only to be replaced by utter ( well I dare not say lest I offend ) Ahhhhhh happy days !

  • @donrobbie1461
    @donrobbie1461 2 года назад +4

    ‘For jonjo’ headline in the newspaper relates to Jonjo O’Oneil the jockey. My newsagent when i lived in Northampton had a share in a racehorse that Jonjo rode - often to victory! Never got a discount off my paper bill!

  • @mattwilliams811
    @mattwilliams811 2 года назад +4

    One of my favourite ever shows, reminds me of my Grandad who introduced me to them when I was young. Keep it up!

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 2 года назад +5

    Hello Alan. I used to earn my living as a buyer on good old Yorkshire principal of thrift. My managing director used to say "There's always a better deal. I pay you to get it". A business manager used to whistle the theme from The Great Escape. I got that many free samples and favours, to keep costs down, he called me "the scrounger". If only I had James Garner's pay packet, as Granville might have said.

  • @ianm42yt
    @ianm42yt 2 года назад +4

    Ah, yes, "Dinner For One" shown on German TV every New Year's Eve, and can be recited word perfect in English by almost any German, but totally unknown here in the UK. Hope you react to that one day.

    • @stuinNorway
      @stuinNorway 2 года назад

      Also in Norway. Someone always asks "Are we watching Dinner for one?" fully expecting the reply "Same procedure as every year"

  • @Jamienomore
    @Jamienomore 2 года назад +2

    Very good Reactions to what I thought was a first class TV Show. By the way, you like Billy Connolly's story about his Colonoscopy. Did you know that some years later he had to go for a 'Prostate Examination'. You should see his story about that.

  • @heyhey1956
    @heyhey1956 2 года назад +1

    Have you watched any of the Still Open All Hours: series? ruclips.net/video/i0_kCC9V6dI/видео.html

  • @seancorker5815
    @seancorker5815 2 года назад +1

    It gets better - best uk Comedy ever

  • @MEADVICE
    @MEADVICE 2 года назад +3

    Granville wants to be an International Playboy on the Riviera circuit and ends up as a Detective Inspector for Denton CID

  • @groundhoglife
    @groundhoglife 2 года назад +3

    I’m looking forward to you watching the episode were he buys the mobile shop 🤣

  • @TraceyGM
    @TraceyGM 2 года назад +6

    I meet Ronnie Barker many times. Such a lovely man he was.

  • @adammclennan5213
    @adammclennan5213 2 года назад +4

    Loved watching the series! Love watching it again afresh with you! This IS Eclectic!

  • @neilfranklin5644
    @neilfranklin5644 2 года назад +4

    As my dad's boss once said he couldn't help being careful, it were caused by a clash between his Jewish heart and his Scottish blood.

  • @robertcreighton4635
    @robertcreighton4635 2 года назад +8

    I feel so old I remember when this was 1st broadcast on the BBC it was hilarious then and stands up today it's comedy gold

    • @dianerogers8805
      @dianerogers8805 2 года назад +1

      And me, used to watch it with my mum and dad, 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @worthalook4870
    @worthalook4870 2 года назад +5

    Here we go, episode 2. So good this series from start to finish

  • @Matty_UK
    @Matty_UK 2 года назад +2

    Funny when you said it's like they work in a hair salon with all that gossip. That shop is actually a hair salon in real life, still is. They allow them to convert it into a shop for I think they said a month or 3 months, something like that.

  • @tomwinder4402
    @tomwinder4402 2 года назад +5

    Excellent work as always EB, you have reignited my love of some of these classics. Keep it up :)

  • @laughingachilles
    @laughingachilles 2 года назад +2

    I am really enjoying your latest videos. Reacting to full episodes of old series and your recent reaction to Snatch was very interesting. I never liked reaction videos before but I find yours fascinating as you are a foreigner and it's interesting to see how people outside the UK respond to such things.
    My only request is that you watch and react to more of "Yes Minister" and eventually "Yes Prime Minister" as these are honestly the greatest pieces of political satire ever written and it applies to all Western politics.

  • @alicemilne1444
    @alicemilne1444 2 года назад +3

    There is so much social commentary in these shows that you only really get if you lived through that era in the UK.

  • @natmanprime4295
    @natmanprime4295 Год назад +1

    Open all hours!!! Along with rising damp, that's very good taste my man!!! Someone's advising you WELL!

  • @ericg5791
    @ericg5791 2 года назад +1

    Sad news.. Lynda Baron aka Nurse Glady Emmanuel,the object of Arkwright's desires,has sadly passed away today.March 7th 2022

  • @raydowley1038
    @raydowley1038 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant Scriptwriters Brilliant Actors= Brilliant Comedy Show

  • @Wilkins_Micawber
    @Wilkins_Micawber 2 года назад +1

    I used to deliver groceries on a bike like Granville's When I was 15 way back in 1962 I visited the shop depicted in this program in Doncaster

  • @Savitar95
    @Savitar95 2 года назад +1

    You should check Still open all hours. Now Granville in charge and it's just as good as the original if not better.

  • @timranachan3224
    @timranachan3224 2 года назад +1

    You've GOT to check out Porridge, with Ronnie B. You'll love it!

  • @yvonnescottfrasor8597
    @yvonnescottfrasor8597 2 года назад +1

    The gossip! My Mum would have those conversations with my older sisters 'you know so and so, who married him with the red car and they moved over to ...' : I always thought I'd understand and be part of them when I grew up ... in my dreams ...

  • @METALFREAK03
    @METALFREAK03 2 года назад +1

    9:58 Oh God the social commentary in this has actually become truth! Disneyland did take marxy boyism last year.

  • @wolfie5
    @wolfie5 2 года назад +1

    Open all hours is a top show - Porridge with Ronnie Barker is even better - a prison sitcom - then the top sitcom in Britain is Only Fools and Horses.

  • @777petew
    @777petew 2 года назад +1

    Glad you like this. It's classic. Arkwright is as tight as a camel's arse in a sandstorm.

  • @anthonyhaylock6655
    @anthonyhaylock6655 2 года назад +4

    Love the script and the way that Ronnie Barker uses it , he is a genius

  • @ajivins1
    @ajivins1 2 года назад +1

    Just in case, that reference at the end to 'suspender', they're for holding up stockings, not trousers. Garters over there.

  • @susiehill2688
    @susiehill2688 2 года назад +1

    I enjoy you watching and enjoying more modern day comedy. the comedy quiz shows like 8 and a half cats, would I lie to you, never mind the buzzcocks etc. more stand up like micky Flanagan, Michael mcintyre?

  • @karlkuttup
    @karlkuttup 2 года назад +1

    in this reaction you look alot like mick foley alan great reaction m8 had a shop that looked and sold everything like this one when i was a teenager in the uk

  • @pondermatic
    @pondermatic 2 года назад +6

    David Jason also starred in another sitcom called Only Fools And Horses, which is arguably our most popular and best known sitcom. There are plenty of classic episodes. My favourite is “And the Unlucky Winner is…” and I suspect you’ll love it.

  • @peterblue5561
    @peterblue5561 2 года назад +1

    Im 29 and think this is one of the best sitcoms of all time, steptoe and son is great too and rising damp

  • @jamesbeach9537
    @jamesbeach9537 2 года назад +1

    This was set about 5 miles from me it’s a hairdressers now

  • @timglennon6814
    @timglennon6814 2 года назад +2

    I love watching this program again.
    Takes me back to proper Tv.
    Thank you Eclectic Beard.

  • @Mason-ci9tc
    @Mason-ci9tc 2 года назад +1

    This show was filmed in my hometown😁

  • @TheArcSet
    @TheArcSet 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for this reaction.

  • @johnwilliams7999
    @johnwilliams7999 2 года назад +1

    You have to watch ‘ripping yarns’ true British humor

  • @jjcustard6378
    @jjcustard6378 2 года назад +2

    I've just finished re watching The Good Life which was superb, heart warming comedy, I'm sure you'd enjoy it

  • @marcweir9204
    @marcweir9204 2 года назад +2

    Great video mate 😀😀😀

  • @CMDRRustyDog
    @CMDRRustyDog 2 года назад +1

    Roy Clarke also wrote Last of the Summer Wine, but that's a mammoth one at 32 seasons. It went on for decades but the humour and characters are simply top notch as is the humour. Once of my absolute faves and I live 40 mins away from where it was all filmed.
    Ronnie Barker playing the stuttering shopkeeper here is testament to his amazing comedic ability.
    And a very young David Jason (Del Boy) as Granville.

  • @davidthemod4729
    @davidthemod4729 2 года назад +1

    Another classic.

  • @joanmduncan
    @joanmduncan 2 года назад +2

    FVH 34 a Huddersfield numberplate.

  • @calvaryapologetics
    @calvaryapologetics Год назад

    Hi, again my friend. The Last of the Summer Wine was the longest running british sitcom in history i believe. The one episode i love was "The frozen Turkey Man".
    Also "Ever Decreasing Circles" pitted a very organized, serious, try-hard man against a casual, everything-works-out-for-him-naturally neighbor. Very good show.
    The Piglet Files makes fun of the MI5 secret service.

  • @mrgriff6122
    @mrgriff6122 2 года назад +1

    Your hair grew back bloody fast!!!

  • @Naylte
    @Naylte 2 года назад +1

    04:38 There was an ad around at the time that used a similar kind of bike, conveying a deep rural nostalgia. Ronnie Barker then did a sketch parodying it.
    09:10 And this coming from a shopkeeper.
    10:40 That one might be a bit obscure; I had trouble with a similar gag in another sitcom first time round.
    22:53 If it was a Mk VIb.

  • @marcanderson1198
    @marcanderson1198 2 года назад +1

    classic i love this program

  • @dfddwm
    @dfddwm 2 года назад

    Freddy played by Harry Markham who was a great "Sleary" in the 1977 TV adaptation of Dickens Hard Times. Fantastic acting in that - catch it if you can with Patrick Allen as Gradgrind and Timothy West plus loads of others great actors.

  • @jamesgorman7417
    @jamesgorman7417 2 года назад +1

    One of the all time greats!! Open All Hours featured characters that were instantly relatable and likeable . Ronnie Barker’s performance as Arkwright is well thought out. His interplay with David Jason and Lynda Baron is a joy to watch. I’m enjoying your reactions to these great British Comdies!

  • @poppasmurf
    @poppasmurf 2 года назад +1

    Welcome to the wonderful world of enjoying Open All Hours, probably the most brilliant comedy since I Love Lucy. Arkwright is indeed careful with his money, that is half his charm. But the innuendo is the best - "I like my coffee like I like my women, strong, dark and with two lumps." Anyway, I'm glad you've discovered our treasure. We've been fortunate to have had him for about 40 years. Alas, we will never see his like again!

  • @markomarten
    @markomarten 5 месяцев назад

    I want to point out this is not the only time Ronnie Barker and David Jason appeared together,there’s an episode of Porridge where they feature. The talent is so strong with these 2 legends. As a suggestion maybe do a feature about David Jason., he’s been a very busy actor over the years. There was a time we had corner shops like this in most towns but they have had their day as it were. Nowadays it’s Express stores with the stench of capitalism and a minimum wage to match it. How things have changed.

  • @elainesommers9109
    @elainesommers9109 3 месяца назад

    He's playing a Yorkshire man. Apart from the Scots Yorkshiremen are known to be the tightest with money.

  • @peterhall8572
    @peterhall8572 Год назад

    Keep your eyes open for anything written by Roy Chadwick, he was responsible for delivering most of the greatest comedies of that era

  • @eyesofisabelofficial
    @eyesofisabelofficial 2 года назад

    George Innes as the second hand car dealer.
    He also played Bill Bailey in the Italian Job "They went that-a way!"

  • @softshallow7435
    @softshallow7435 2 года назад

    Over the last decade or so since RUclips started Americans have started to understand British humour after watching more and more clips and videos that get uploaded.

  • @colinhughes916
    @colinhughes916 2 года назад

    Love Your Reviews
    Hilarious From UK 🇬🇧

  • @ericrevill8246
    @ericrevill8246 5 месяцев назад

    Reinforces the fact that UK comedy is the finest in the world.
    14:07

  • @calvaryapologetics
    @calvaryapologetics Год назад

    3:40 the customer was also in the first episode of hi de hi

  • @Bodneyblue
    @Bodneyblue 2 года назад +1

    I hear Mahler Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto) playing on the little portable tv. One of my fav classical pieces.

  • @SomeYouTubeGuy
    @SomeYouTubeGuy Год назад

    Funny you should comment about a hair salon. The shop used in this series is in fact a real life hair salon. The owner would go on holiday during the filming of the show.

  • @craigfowler7098
    @craigfowler7098 2 года назад

    Did you reognise David Jason from Only Fools and Horses

  • @shelbynamels7948
    @shelbynamels7948 Год назад

    03:18 as an American, it should not surprise he totally missed the Sodom/sod him joke.

  • @1954real
    @1954real 2 года назад +1

    Love watching this again 😍

  • @calvaryapologetics
    @calvaryapologetics Год назад

    1:22 customer was in first episode of hi de hi.

  • @robertdugmore5190
    @robertdugmore5190 2 года назад

    As a Brit i'm amazed this guy can understand the dialog to this.

  • @Dave.Thatcher1
    @Dave.Thatcher1 2 года назад

    A taster of Allo Allo...
    ruclips.net/video/yv8Sk1kwRx8/видео.html

  • @goldylocks3904
    @goldylocks3904 2 года назад +1

    Notice the fake street outside when Gladys opens the door. The interior shots were obviously shot in the studio

  • @jackthelad1943
    @jackthelad1943 2 года назад

    consider Steptoe and Son. you will enjoy it.

  • @donrobbie1461
    @donrobbie1461 2 года назад

    Think the US tv show is Dr Kildare

  • @dave_h_8742
    @dave_h_8742 2 года назад

    Modern stuff is trash compared to this.