The greatest trivia fact about this is that David Baddiel said that the suits were fished out from the BBC wardrobe stores and when they tried them on they found labels inside saying that they were originally made for John le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe in "Dad's Army"
OMG, Yaasss! I'm in my mid-40's and I STILL do this with my friends when we see anything dodgy or unflattering: "You see that? That's your dream house / soul mate / favourite or best ever !" Never gets old! 🤭 -x-
"you see that comment on utube. That one that blurts out that they still perform such 1990s BBC nostalgic humorous nonsense in their mid 40s., implying they long for the past " "I did see such a comment" "well, thats your nan, that is. Scratching away at the flux capacitor of her De Lorean, which doesnt work".
@@andyhannon255 I was at school when this aired, the canteen was full of kids saying stuff like "See Margaret Thatcher? She's your girlfriend she is!" Classic
Sort of - they came to hate each other, over maybe a decade. It wound up with them on tour together, but only appearing on stage together *as* the History Today professors. But they did start out as flatmates and good friends.
This was still popular when I went University at the turn of the century. We went through a stage of making up our own insults along the lines of "See that dog poop on the path? Yes I have noted its location. That's your favourite food that is." and so on.
I played these sketches for my girlfriend’s young granddaughters , and they concluded that they were funniest thing in the universe. When I told them that the duo had broken up acrimoniously many years before they were born, the girls were adamant that Newman and Baddiel needed to get back together asap and make more History Today sketches.
It's very curious, but 'Newman & Baddiel' as they were known, were _the_ pinnacle of British TV comedy for a coupla years. They were the rock stars of comedy. Oddly, though, their TV show comprised sketches mainly done individually. Clearly each comedian wrote sketches for themselves without inclusion of the other. The rare exception was the History guys (above) where they both parried childish insults. Later it turned out that this wasn't by accident - the pair actually hated each others' guts and _didn't_ want to work together - especially when they took their show on tour.
@@WinstonSmith19847 Fun fact: The Mary Whitehouse Experience started out as a show on BBC radio 2 (for those in the UK). All the original line-up appeared on the subsequent TV series as well.
Oh good God, I'm so happy you've found Newman and Baddiel! Especially "History Today"! I've been suggesting this to you for as long as I have been aware of your channel! You know that, ahem, online content creator who we both appreciate? I am peripherally aware of the person to who you refer. Are you aware he has had several suggestions to watch our discussions ? It has been mentioned, but I have paid little attention, as he clearly has not paid attention yet to what we might think could be important. Yes, he's not paid attention to anything important. ... That's you, that is! That's your mum!
Newman and Baddiel (that's how it is spelt .. sorry) were seen as the rock and roll guys of modern comedy in the 1990s. Their stage show sold out Wembley Arena. 12,000 people came to see their show there, unheard of for early 90s comedy.
Ohhhh Daaaaamn! I was hoping this would turn up on your channel eventually. Me and my mates had been smoking weed before we saw this on TV in the early -mid 90s. I couldn't get my breath I was laughing so hard. Absolutely classic run of sketches.
I remember my head of year at school, Mr Devaney, showed us this sketch show in assembly. For no other reason than because he'd heard someone say "Who let your Mum out" to the tune of "Who let the dogs out". I remember very few assemblies but that one was memorable. He wasn't even mad, just amused.
I saw them doing this live in Edinburgh many moons ago. It was the encore to their show and the place went into an absolute uproar of cheering and clapping as soon as the lights came up to find the pair of them sitting there. Loads of local references made it even better. "That's you that is" became a bit of a catchphrase back in the day. Fantastic to see them again.
Oh wow... you pulled this one out the bag!!! This was a classic back in my 'yoof'. Newman & Baddiel in Pieces The Mary Whitehouse Experience Both incredible comedies from the early '90s
New to your channel… love this. I used to have to watch this as a kid with the sound right down so my Nan wouldn’t catch me watching - it would have me howling laughing
The characters that fuelled a load of playground banter for anybody who was in school, college or uni in the UK in the early 1990s. Would also recommend their sketches featuring their character "Jarvis"
@@alistairthorn1122 Can't remember if it was this show or the Mary Whitehouse Experience but did like their people of restricted seriousness and Ray who survived the disability of having a sarcastic tone of voice.
The joke was that these two septuagenarians were imitating the pattern of playground insults of the time, which would go something like: See that dog's muck by the wall? That's your mum, that is."
Great choice Tricky!! My god did I have the hugest crush on Rob Newman. Particularly when he was in character as Jarvis - my god- such a naughty boy! Hope you catch more of the lads. Hilarious show I was always home for. "That's you, that is", was an overused catchphrase in our house 🙂
An American with a ponderous expression on his face put to his non-American friend ‘We have the Stars and Stripes, there should be a flag that represents the rest of the world”, “oh there is” his friend responded “ours looks pretty much identical to yours.. but ours is on fire”. Rob Newman.
These 2 started on a sketch show called the Mary Whitehouse Experience which is where History Today started. I went to a couple of the stand up shows back in the early 90's and it was the first time I've seen stand up almost like a rock concert. FYI Mary Whitehouse was a campaigner in the UK who was an anti-obscenity activist a bit like the US Terry Lynn Rakolta who tried to cancel Married with Children in the late 80's and only succeeded it making it more popular
To fully appreciate this, it helps to know there really were serious television discussion programs like this on the BBC in the 1970s and 80s. This sketch inserts adolescent banter into one of those programs in a similar way that Armstrong and Millar used 70s/80s teenage repartee in the WW2 RAF pilot movies.
I saw them live in Dublin in 1993, supported by Sean Lock, from memory. It felt like they were the apex of that British "lad" culture, with a dotted line to Brit-pop of the mid 90s. I liked David Baddiel but he was the weaker of the two. He went on to become a successful author and TV presenter, and also co-wrote a number one single. Rob Newman's punchline "Oh, hi Rachel" remains one of my favourites. Although they had a very poor relationship, I believe fences were mended in recent years and all is well with the world.
This is fantastic news ! This is a cracking series of sketches from the 90’s .. the background to this is by the time they were doing this series of sketches they HATED each others guts 😅 There’s 6 - 8 sketches and they’re all hysterical 😃 👍🏴
I have this re-occurring film in my mind of of Rob Newman going into his flat, observing the near-by dark nook that would probably house a waiting criminal, whilst fumbling with his keys in the lock of his door....that sketch has lived with me all these years....these guys created some very funny stuff....it's incredible how this stuff lives in your mind....
Many years ago a friend of mine and myself were sat with a bunch of Americans we knew at a restaurant. We had arranged beforehand that at some point during the meal we would slip into the characters from History Today and repeating the insults word for word without explaining the context for our American friends. They couldn't work out whether we were serious or not; alternating between laughing and looking shocked. "Your bike, is a girl's bike". "I don't have a bike". "Oh yes you do....AND it's a girl's bike". And, yes, we had a book each on us so we could do "My Life As A Prostitute by your Mum" and "Pepys' Diary".
It's Newman and Baddiel, btw. It's very strange that I hadn't thought about this series in many years, and was chatting about it with a friend a few days ago. The catchphrases like "That's you, that is..." were used a lot amongst family and friends in the 90s. lol
The beautiful land where we only had four channels on the television. I was a van driver and every warehouse I went to for months the warehouseman would say "See those Boxes?" etc.
I was about to look up what it actually stood for. I remember we all got this vaccination at school in the late 1970s. The one thing everyone knew about it was that it leaves a small scar. I can still see mine on my upper arm around 45 years later.
Rob Newman went on to concentrate more on political stand up work like his Apocalypso Now show, sort of stand up comedy crossed with a lecture - never going to get him a gig on some panel show but great nonetheless.
Newman was definitely tipped to be the star, but he seemed to suffer from crippling insecurity, and a big ego, and the two really don't mix. I saw him at a small gig in my home town when he was trying a comeback, and he refused to do an encore because the crowd weren't enthusiastic enough. He actually came over to the PA booth, where the guy had said something like "if we cheer enough, maybe he'll do some more", and shouted "No! If they have to be told to ask for it, I'm not doing it!" like some emotional schoolboy.
I used to watch this under my bed, late at night, on a small black and white tv that was built into a portable stereo. This, the Jack Dee Show, Reeves and Mortimer, Harry Enfield and Chums, and any other comedy I could catch. Then in school the next day kids would be roasting each other or doing the sketches.
BCG, is a vaccine mainly to combat against tuberculosis (TB). It was for many years, given to all children mostly between 10 and 14. General vaccination in the UK was stopped around 20 years ago, as tuberulosis had become nearly non-existant here.
That's interesting, cos 20 years ago I had to go to St George's hospital in Tooting to have a chest scan, cos a classmate of mine in Wandsworth had contracted TB and we all had to go and get checked out. I think we were all OK.
Newman and Baddiel was also one of the first appearances on TV of the late great Sean Lock. Worth having a look for his "Disappearing World with Shenley Grange" sketches from the show.
I'm so glad you found this. my sister and I loved this back in the day. Pissed ourselves laughing and I could still watch this any time. I also sold Rob Newman a guitar once.
For a brief period, these guys were like rock stars having shows like concerts etc. Then, like rock stars, they probably let it go to their heads, got drunk and fell out. My sister saw them live when she was about 16.
I was guest list when they played that massive Wembley gig, they did history today, best one was a slide of an astronaut on the moon all suited and booted, it went something like 'that's your mum that is. Washing your pants.'
Loved this when it was part of the Mary Whitehouse Experience, and then later in Newman & Baddiel. Never really had much of a roast culture in the UK, so this really breaks down to two old highly educated men, arguing about highbrow subject matter until it degenerates into school yard level insults. Truly a genius idea. Oh and BCG vaccine is one for tuberculosis that had at school. Often a source of ribbing in high school. I still remember going for mine and seeing my mate limping past, obviously in pain, as he came from his. Asked why he was limping and he told me they inject the vaccine in your arse cheek. They don’t, it’s your arm and still got the scar to prove it, but he got me.
Used to laugh my head off to these when I was a kid! I must've been 12 or 13 when it was on. Haven't seen it since and it's still funny now. I'm sure there's more of them. I remember "see that massive pile of goz on the floor? That's your paddling pool that is" Or something like that 😂
Omg !This is legendary. So glad you've got to Newman and Baddiel! Rob Newman lives near my Mum. He had a lot of mental health problems and has basically left the entertainment industry. Depression has been the scourge of so many great comedians.
David Baddiel formed another great comedy show duo with Frank Skinner around the same time, with some of the funniest things I've ever seen, such as their "Fantasy football" show when the soccer/football world cup was on at the same time. So they parodied the world up with sketches.
Newman & Baddiel. Mary Whitehouse Experience. Happy memories from my teens. Welcome to my church! There are more of these. There are some earlier ones from The Mary Whitehouse Experience on You Tube. I find them slightly funnier, although these ones are great.
Rob Newman and David Baddiel formed The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the 1990s with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, before getting their own show, Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. It was hugely successful and led to them doing a tour. Newman & Baddiel became the first comics to sell out Wembley Arena, which was unheard of before 1993. David Baddiel went on to work with Frank Skinner and in 1996 they had a Number 1 hit with Three Lions
I went to see them live at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings. I remember they told either a joke or a true story that had me and the entire audience on the floor, literally falling out of our chairs with the punchline at the end. Brilliant comedians.
One extra detail to add: _The Mary Whitehouse Experience_ took its name from a conservative activist of that name who argued against social permissiveness from the 1960s onwards, and who founded The National Viewers' and Listeners' Association as a pressure group to campaign for taste and decency on TV etc., which mostly involved trying get stuff banned on the grounds that she didn't like the sex and profanity it supposedly contained. Calling their show _TMWE_ was a way of saying to teenagers at home "she won't like this much, so it'll be right up your street."
I remember reading a comment from an American fan of British Comedy on usenet, thirty years ago. He wanted to know what style of comedy Mary Whitehouse performed.
the characters started off on a comedy show called the mary whitehouse experience which also had hugh dennis who was on mock the week and Steve Punt, it was very funny, especially terminator 3 sketch
Another fantastically funny sketch from the same show was Rob Newmans fantastic portrayal of Jervis the pervy guy who haunts all the red light areas of London .. it’s pants wettingly funny 😅 👍🏴
25:20 in the 80s and 90s British school children routinely got a test for tuberculosis antigens at age 13ish, followed by vaccination with a BCG vaccine if positive.
I’d forgotten these - and just how contagious the 'see that … … … that’s your … … … that is' form of insults became for a while 😊 Long old time ago now!
99% of all of these insults are in some shape or form, originally playground insults between school mates. I have used the insult about "That's your trainers, that's your fancy rebok pump up's, that is!" I have used on multple occasions. One that they missed off (must have been in another episode) which my dad still occasionally references "You see, when someone gobs on the ground, that's your swimming pool that is"
David Badiel..the one one the left also had a comedy double act with Frank Skinner and joined him with The Lightning Seeds singing the England football song Three Lions which topped the charts here. Check it out King, its a great track.
Any other brit on here reached the same pinnacle as me here, where KB is introducing us to a British comedy we didn't know?! This has also explained why my mum says "that's you, that is" in a creepy voice - never made this association 😂😂😂
Sean Locke done a few gigs with them back in the day. Also, check out "Mister Wobbly Tickle" by Newman and Baddiel - it's an absolutely insane parody of Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs"
My dad and I used to watch loads of comedy shows together, Monty Python, Harry Enfield, Newman and Baddiel and loads more. On the rare occasions that we were out together and saw something really stupid or crap one of us would simply say to the other "that's you that is!"
Newman and Baddiel admitted that they used to try and make each other laugh during the filming. There are a couple of clips out there where they managed and they had to finish early because they were laughing so much.
Wow remember watching this first time around. Brings back some great memories. ?6 best friend and i used to sometimes spend hours trading insults in the style of These sill old f''ers . Thanks for the memories Boom KANG
In the 90s I was in my 30s and I was constantly saying "that's you, that is" as a dig at slightly older friends. Now I'm in my early 60s and to slightly younger people than me, that's *me*, that is.
When you found out how much they really disliked each other, you looked forward to how venomous these characters could be to each other and know the insults were real.
I remember this from my late teens, King Boomer as you are a fan of Father Ted, I don't know if you know but in the mid 80's Frank Kelly (Father Jack) had a hilarious Christmas cover of 12 days, It's hilarious, well worth a listen
"Haircuuuuuuuuut, haircuuuuuuuut" hours spent in the playground shouting that at each other 😄 takes me back
"See that Theo Kojak!... That's you that is!."😂.
The greatest trivia fact about this is that David Baddiel said that the suits were fished out from the BBC wardrobe stores and when they tried them on they found labels inside saying that they were originally made for John le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe in "Dad's Army"
OMG, Yaasss! I'm in my mid-40's and I STILL do this with my friends when we see anything dodgy or unflattering:
"You see that? That's your dream house / soul mate / favourite or best ever !"
Never gets old! 🤭 -x-
"you see that comment on utube. That one that blurts out that they still perform such 1990s BBC nostalgic humorous nonsense in their mid 40s., implying they long for the past " "I did see such a comment" "well, thats your nan, that is. Scratching away at the flux capacitor of her De Lorean, which doesnt work".
Newman and Badiel invented the Mom joke
Lol me too. That's exactly the right age to get this joke. XD
Ditto
Ditto 😂
I was 13 when this first aired on TV. School the next day was hilarious, the teachers didn't know what hit them.
I would have been about 15 or 16 and can confirm it was all over my school as well :)
@@andyhannon255 I was at school when this aired, the canteen was full of kids saying stuff like "See Margaret Thatcher? She's your girlfriend she is!" Classic
"That's you that is" all day long.
Same here. Still use "that's you that is"
I still use these lines today , when some kid is sh*t talking on call of duty just behave like these two , works every time
Their characters in these sketches really hated each other, whereas in reality Newman and Baddiel really hated each other.
Sort of - they came to hate each other, over maybe a decade. It wound up with them on tour together, but only appearing on stage together *as* the History Today professors. But they did start out as flatmates and good friends.
I'm not surprised, David Baddiel is a bit of a prick.
Baddiel is a wanker though, it’s understandable
What happened to Newman?
@@T0mat0S0up He went into standup, novel writing, film making, and environmental activism.
Baddiel... became Frank Skinner's sidekick.
You see that ceiling fan up there?
That's your helicopter that is.
That's your Air Force One, and you stand under it saying "weeee I can fly", you do.
OOOH MY GOD!!! Yeah. I remember this sh*t from back in the day. Thats YOU that is!
This was still popular when I went University at the turn of the century. We went through a stage of making up our own insults along the lines of "See that dog poop on the path? Yes I have noted its location. That's your favourite food that is." and so on.
You must have had a wild time.
You know those Victorian toys where you tip a tin upside down and you hear a moo?
That's your stereo that is.
I played these sketches for my girlfriend’s young granddaughters , and they concluded that they were funniest thing in the universe. When I told them that the duo had broken up acrimoniously many years before they were born, the girls were adamant that Newman and Baddiel needed to get back together asap and make more History Today sketches.
It's very curious, but 'Newman & Baddiel' as they were known, were _the_ pinnacle of British TV comedy for a coupla years. They were the rock stars of comedy.
Oddly, though, their TV show comprised sketches mainly done individually. Clearly each comedian wrote sketches for themselves without inclusion of the other.
The rare exception was the History guys (above) where they both parried childish insults.
Later it turned out that this wasn't by accident - the pair actually hated each others' guts and _didn't_ want to work together - especially when they took their show on tour.
They were the first comedy act at Wembley I think.
@@THC-TheHieronymusComplainerfirst people to sell out Wembley
@@THC-TheHieronymusComplainer Sean Lock actually claimed that title, as he was their warm up act :)
@@THC-TheHieronymusComplainer Sean Lock claimed that accolade, as apparently he opened for them :)
The presidential debates comment was spot-on 😂
AT LAST a reactor found these two!!!🎉
Yay! You found the 'Mary Whitehouse Experience' from the 90's 🇬🇧👏
Hugh Dennis became well known on that show also.
@@WinstonSmith19847milky milky
@@TheAsrgrant A milky blast from the past 😀
@@WinstonSmith19847 Fun fact: The Mary Whitehouse Experience started out as a show on BBC radio 2 (for those in the UK). All the original line-up appeared on the subsequent TV series as well.
@@richardevans2954 Hugh Dennis was my favourite I loved him in Outnumbered that was a great show.
Oh good God, I'm so happy you've found Newman and Baddiel! Especially "History Today"! I've been suggesting this to you for as long as I have been aware of your channel!
You know that, ahem, online content creator who we both appreciate?
I am peripherally aware of the person to who you refer.
Are you aware he has had several suggestions to watch our discussions ?
It has been mentioned, but I have paid little attention, as he clearly has not paid attention yet to what we might think could be important.
Yes, he's not paid attention to anything important. ... That's you, that is! That's your mum!
"That's you, that is" is still a regular insult that me and my friends trade with each other.
This sketch takes me back and sums up what my English lessons were like for quite a while - we'd sit there all lesson doing this😂
Newman and Baddiel (that's how it is spelt .. sorry) were seen as the rock and roll guys of modern comedy in the 1990s. Their stage show sold out Wembley Arena. 12,000 people came to see their show there, unheard of for early 90s comedy.
I was there. Fantastic show!
Yes, they were a much better comedy duo than Baddiel & Skinner.
They with puny and Dennis are the Mary Whitehouse experience sort of money python for the 90s
Lol - I commented above that it was the old Wembley Stadium. Can't be arsed to change it now!
I saw the in Manchester. Never seen anything like it at the time. Nothing like other standup
Ohhhh Daaaaamn! I was hoping this would turn up on your channel eventually. Me and my mates had been smoking weed before we saw this on TV in the early -mid 90s. I couldn't get my breath I was laughing so hard. Absolutely classic run of sketches.
Love this. I fell off a leather sofa I was laughing so hard. And I wasn't stoned!
My favourite mum joke from this whole series is -
"Your mum does it for money"
"YOUR mum does it for FREE"
And "your mum does it with you...for money. She gives you your pocket money and you give it right back."
@@owenlewis8006 This joke is almost perfect
See that muppet over there? That’s you that is…
That’s your mum
I remember my head of year at school, Mr Devaney, showed us this sketch show in assembly. For no other reason than because he'd heard someone say "Who let your Mum out" to the tune of "Who let the dogs out". I remember very few assemblies but that one was memorable. He wasn't even mad, just amused.
I saw them doing this live in Edinburgh many moons ago. It was the encore to their show and the place went into an absolute uproar of cheering and clapping as soon as the lights came up to find the pair of them sitting there. Loads of local references made it even better. "That's you that is" became a bit of a catchphrase back in the day. Fantastic to see them again.
I did put this on Patreon for you to react to so happy you finally did, it's some of the best comedy ever
I saw these guys live. They were absolutely hilarious. I still quote them to my kids to this day. They have no idea what I’m on about. 😂
That’s …. a tragedy! 😂 I mean who apart from those of us of a certain age will know what the hell we’re on about now? 😮
Oh wow... you pulled this one out the bag!!!
This was a classic back in my 'yoof'.
Newman & Baddiel in Pieces
The Mary Whitehouse Experience
Both incredible comedies from the early '90s
New to your channel… love this. I used to have to watch this as a kid with the sound right down so my Nan wouldn’t catch me watching - it would have me howling laughing
It is a fact that history Professors are famously bitchy about each other's work
OMG yes, they didn't make them historians by accident.
The characters that fuelled a load of playground banter for anybody who was in school, college or uni in the UK in the early 1990s.
Would also recommend their sketches featuring their character "Jarvis"
You remember Jarvis?
That's you, that is! 🤣
@@El_Smeghead Oh god...
@@alistairthorn1122 Can't remember if it was this show or the Mary Whitehouse Experience but did like their people of restricted seriousness and Ray who survived the disability of having a sarcastic tone of voice.
The joke was that these two septuagenarians were imitating the pattern of playground insults of the time, which would go something like: See that dog's muck by the wall? That's your mum, that is."
You see those videos? That's one of your best reactions that is! Classic stuff.
I was obsessed with this in my late teens
same
Can't tell you how much you heard these catchphrases down the pub in the 90s
Great choice Tricky!! My god did I have the hugest crush on Rob Newman. Particularly when he was in character as Jarvis - my god- such a naughty boy! Hope you catch more of the lads. Hilarious show I was always home for. "That's you, that is", was an overused catchphrase in our house 🙂
An American with a ponderous expression on his face put to his non-American friend ‘We have the Stars and Stripes, there should be a flag that represents the rest of the world”, “oh there is” his friend responded “ours looks pretty much identical to yours.. but ours is on fire”.
Rob Newman.
Wow i wasn't expecting this. I used to love The Mary Whitehouse Experience when i was a kid.
These 2 started on a sketch show called the Mary Whitehouse Experience which is where History Today started. I went to a couple of the stand up shows back in the early 90's and it was the first time I've seen stand up almost like a rock concert. FYI Mary Whitehouse was a campaigner in the UK who was an anti-obscenity activist a bit like the US Terry Lynn Rakolta who tried to cancel Married with Children in the late 80's and only succeeded it making it more popular
To fully appreciate this, it helps to know there really were serious television discussion programs like this on the BBC in the 1970s and 80s.
This sketch inserts adolescent banter into one of those programs in a similar way that Armstrong and Millar used 70s/80s teenage repartee in the WW2 RAF pilot movies.
You see that cardboard box over there? Yes yes I am aware of it...that's your house that is🤣
I saw them live in Dublin in 1993, supported by Sean Lock, from memory. It felt like they were the apex of that British "lad" culture, with a dotted line to Brit-pop of the mid 90s. I liked David Baddiel but he was the weaker of the two. He went on to become a successful author and TV presenter, and also co-wrote a number one single. Rob Newman's punchline "Oh, hi Rachel" remains one of my favourites. Although they had a very poor relationship, I believe fences were mended in recent years and all is well with the world.
Omg I totally forgot about these guys!
Who ever suggested them deserves a fucking medal!
I believe they were the first comedy act to play the old Wembley Stadium and they did so to full capacity. They were like rock stars back in the day.
This is fantastic news ! This is a cracking series of sketches from the 90’s .. the background to this is by the time they were doing this series of sketches they HATED each others guts 😅
There’s 6 - 8 sketches and they’re all hysterical 😃
👍🏴
Loved this! Me and my husband used to copy this all the time 😂
I have this re-occurring film in my mind of of Rob Newman going into his flat, observing the near-by dark nook that would probably house a waiting criminal, whilst fumbling with his keys in the lock of his door....that sketch has lived with me all these years....these guys created some very funny stuff....it's incredible how this stuff lives in your mind....
Wow..this brings back some memories..great post KB.
Many years ago a friend of mine and myself were sat with a bunch of Americans we knew at a restaurant. We had arranged beforehand that at some point during the meal we would slip into the characters from History Today and repeating the insults word for word without explaining the context for our American friends. They couldn't work out whether we were serious or not; alternating between laughing and looking shocked. "Your bike, is a girl's bike". "I don't have a bike". "Oh yes you do....AND it's a girl's bike". And, yes, we had a book each on us so we could do "My Life As A Prostitute by your Mum" and "Pepys' Diary".
It's Newman and Baddiel, btw.
It's very strange that I hadn't thought about this series in many years, and was chatting about it with a friend a few days ago.
The catchphrases like "That's you, that is..." were used a lot amongst family and friends in the 90s. lol
How many times at work we used to say 'that's you that is'...
🤣🤣all the time and about anything🤣👍
@@martindunstan8043 😆
Thirty years later, I still often find myself thinking "That's you, that is"...
The beautiful land where we only had four channels on the television. I was a van driver and every warehouse I went to for months the warehouseman would say "See those Boxes?" etc.
Loved this sketch on their show. It still cracks me up and I still quote it.
BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guérin it is a vaccine primarily used against Tuberculosis (TB).
I was about to look up what it actually stood for. I remember we all got this vaccination at school in the late 1970s. The one thing everyone knew about it was that it leaves a small scar. I can still see mine on my upper arm around 45 years later.
David Baddiel went on to fairly big things, while Rob Newman pretty much disappeared from TV....a shame, as he was always the funnier of the two.
By a long way. Baddiel was in two respected comedy duos and was the weakest link in both.
Rob Newman went on to concentrate more on political stand up work like his Apocalypso Now show, sort of stand up comedy crossed with a lecture - never going to get him a gig on some panel show but great nonetheless.
@davidmannion7333 - That format worked for Stewart Lee though...
Newman was definitely tipped to be the star, but he seemed to suffer from crippling insecurity, and a big ego, and the two really don't mix. I saw him at a small gig in my home town when he was trying a comeback, and he refused to do an encore because the crowd weren't enthusiastic enough. He actually came over to the PA booth, where the guy had said something like "if we cheer enough, maybe he'll do some more", and shouted "No! If they have to be told to ask for it, I'm not doing it!" like some emotional schoolboy.
Newman does fine work for radio 4.
For a period, Newman and Baddiel were the indie rock stars of comedy, with gigs packed with students
I used to watch this under my bed, late at night, on a small black and white tv that was built into a portable stereo. This, the Jack Dee Show, Reeves and Mortimer, Harry Enfield and Chums, and any other comedy I could catch. Then in school the next day kids would be roasting each other or doing the sketches.
One of Sean Lock's first appearances was on Newman And Baddiel playing a violent conservationist called Shenley Grange.
BCG, is a vaccine mainly to combat against tuberculosis (TB). It was for many years, given to all children mostly between 10 and 14. General vaccination in the UK was stopped around 20 years ago, as tuberulosis had become nearly non-existant here.
I kind of thought it was some old exam. Baseline collage graduate??? Nah, that's dumb. OK, I had no idea.
That's interesting, cos 20 years ago I had to go to St George's hospital in Tooting to have a chest scan, cos a classmate of mine in Wandsworth had contracted TB and we all had to go and get checked out. I think we were all OK.
Making a comeback now though. I just can't put my finger on how or why.
We've all got that BCG scar on our left shoulder!
Newman and Baddiel was also one of the first appearances on TV of the late great Sean Lock. Worth having a look for his "Disappearing World with Shenley Grange" sketches from the show.
beat me to it!
I'm so glad you found this. my sister and I loved this back in the day. Pissed ourselves laughing and I could still watch this any time. I also sold Rob Newman a guitar once.
For a brief period, these guys were like rock stars having shows like concerts etc. Then, like rock stars, they probably let it go to their heads, got drunk and fell out. My sister saw them live when she was about 16.
I was guest list when they played that massive Wembley gig, they did history today, best one was a slide of an astronaut on the moon all suited and booted, it went something like 'that's your mum that is. Washing your pants.'
Loved this when it was part of the Mary Whitehouse Experience, and then later in Newman & Baddiel. Never really had much of a roast culture in the UK, so this really breaks down to two old highly educated men, arguing about highbrow subject matter until it degenerates into school yard level insults. Truly a genius idea.
Oh and BCG vaccine is one for tuberculosis that had at school. Often a source of ribbing in high school. I still remember going for mine and seeing my mate limping past, obviously in pain, as he came from his. Asked why he was limping and he told me they inject the vaccine in your arse cheek. They don’t, it’s your arm and still got the scar to prove it, but he got me.
I had mine in my arse and the whole process took about 45 minutes!
“You’re not the one who has tickets for Brighton Marine World…”
Cue sad face.
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Used to laugh my head off to these when I was a kid! I must've been 12 or 13 when it was on. Haven't seen it since and it's still funny now. I'm sure there's more of them. I remember "see that massive pile of goz on the floor? That's your paddling pool that is" Or something like that 😂
Omg !This is legendary. So glad you've got to Newman and Baddiel! Rob Newman lives near my Mum. He had a lot of mental health problems and has basically left the entertainment industry. Depression has been the scourge of so many great comedians.
He is literally touring at the moment.
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@@johngreen7619 Ah. Good to hear. 👍
David Baddiel formed another great comedy show duo with Frank Skinner around the same time, with some of the funniest things I've ever seen, such as their "Fantasy football" show when the soccer/football world cup was on at the same time. So they parodied the world up with sketches.
Newman & Baddiel. Mary Whitehouse Experience. Happy memories from my teens. Welcome to my church!
There are more of these. There are some earlier ones from The Mary Whitehouse Experience on You Tube. I find them slightly funnier, although these ones are great.
Rob Newman and David Baddiel formed The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the 1990s with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, before getting their own show, Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. It was hugely successful and led to them doing a tour. Newman & Baddiel became the first comics to sell out Wembley Arena, which was unheard of before 1993. David Baddiel went on to work with Frank Skinner and in 1996 they had a Number 1 hit with Three Lions
I went to see them live at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings. I remember they told either a joke or a true story that had me and the entire audience on the floor, literally falling out of our chairs with the punchline at the end. Brilliant comedians.
You should watch Big Train staring championship
One extra detail to add: _The Mary Whitehouse Experience_ took its name from a conservative activist of that name who argued against social permissiveness from the 1960s onwards, and who founded The National Viewers' and Listeners' Association as a pressure group to campaign for taste and decency on TV etc., which mostly involved trying get stuff banned on the grounds that she didn't like the sex and profanity it supposedly contained. Calling their show _TMWE_ was a way of saying to teenagers at home "she won't like this much, so it'll be right up your street."
I remember reading a comment from an American fan of British Comedy on usenet, thirty years ago. He wanted to know what style of comedy Mary Whitehouse performed.
"That's your mum that is"
The Mary Whitehouse Experience was originally a radio show. Armando Iannucci was the producer.
the characters started off on a comedy show called the mary whitehouse experience which also had hugh dennis who was on mock the week and Steve Punt, it was very funny, especially terminator 3 sketch
Another fantastically funny sketch from the same show was Rob Newmans fantastic portrayal of Jervis the pervy guy who haunts all the red light areas of London .. it’s pants wettingly funny 😅
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"And you need special medicine to live..." 😂😂😂
You know when you're watching a video on RUclips... and you enjoy it so much that you hit the 👍?
That's you, that is!
Oh, GOD I have tears in my eyes! I'd forgotten about these guys.
25:20 in the 80s and 90s British school children routinely got a test for tuberculosis antigens at age 13ish, followed by vaccination with a BCG vaccine if positive.
I’d forgotten these - and just how contagious the 'see that … … … that’s your … … … that is' form of insults became for a while 😊 Long old time ago now!
Amazing..
Used to love this so much
99% of all of these insults are in some shape or form, originally playground insults between school mates.
I have used the insult about "That's your trainers, that's your fancy rebok pump up's, that is!" I have used on multple occasions.
One that they missed off (must have been in another episode) which my dad still occasionally references "You see, when someone gobs on the ground, that's your swimming pool that is"
The swimming pool one is the one I always remembered! I was disappointed it didn't show up here.
Great reaction as always king Boomer!!
I would have said you would have gotten more laughs though out of Bill Burr roasting Jon Lovitz and vice versa😁
David Badiel..the one one the left also had a comedy double act with Frank Skinner and joined him with The Lightning Seeds singing the England football song Three Lions which topped the charts here. Check it out King, its a great track.
Any other brit on here reached the same pinnacle as me here, where KB is introducing us to a British comedy we didn't know?! This has also explained why my mum says "that's you, that is" in a creepy voice - never made this association 😂😂😂
If we're on to this show.....Jarvis, anyone?
Sean Locke done a few gigs with them back in the day.
Also, check out "Mister Wobbly Tickle" by Newman and Baddiel - it's an absolutely insane parody of Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs"
"I find myself judging their insults now..."
You've never sounded more like you're british 🤣
Loved Mary whitehouse experience belly laughing experience - hope there are more of their other stuff available for you 😂
The Mary Whitehouse Experience was outstanding for it's time. Milky, milky!
Lovely...
The Mary Whitehouse Experience was excellent - but the TV show never reached the heights of their radio days.
These were brilliant
Dave Baddiel and Rob Newman.. these guys as a duo were among the best at observational and dry humour.
My dad and I used to watch loads of comedy shows together, Monty Python, Harry Enfield, Newman and Baddiel and loads more. On the rare occasions that we were out together and saw something really stupid or crap one of us would simply say to the other "that's you that is!"
Bad eel is how fellow comedian Richard Herring pronounces his name to take the piss
Newman and Baddiel admitted that they used to try and make each other laugh during the filming. There are a couple of clips out there where they managed and they had to finish early because they were laughing so much.
Wow remember watching this first time around. Brings back some great memories. ?6 best friend and i used to sometimes spend hours trading insults in the style of These sill old f''ers . Thanks for the memories Boom KANG
Newman and Baddiel were the first comedians to be so big they had a show in a stadium.
In the 90s I was in my 30s and I was constantly saying "that's you, that is" as a dig at slightly older friends. Now I'm in my early 60s and to slightly younger people than me, that's *me*, that is.
When you found out how much they really disliked each other, you looked forward to how venomous these characters could be to each other and know the insults were real.
Oh I wanted the one where one says "I have here a copy of your most recent book"
I like the way Boomer put this on thinking it might be serious. With us knowing otherwise lol
I remember this from my late teens, King Boomer as you are a fan of Father Ted, I don't know if you know but in the mid 80's Frank Kelly (Father Jack) had a hilarious Christmas cover of 12 days, It's hilarious, well worth a listen