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You have to watch Little Britain and The Vicar of Dibley. Both are so funny. Make sure you keep watching Vicar of Dibley after the credits have finished. Love Alice 😂😂
@@WanderingRavens You did well, but here’s the ones you missed or didn’t get the whole context “To me, to you” is one of the catchphrases of Paul & Barry, The Chuckle Brothers, a comedy double act on children’s TV. They did slapstick comedy, a kids game show, and live stage shows (including panto, you can’t get more British than that). Here’s a link to a best bits compilation: ruclips.net/video/sU783d7EHA0/видео.html Incidentally, in 2014, the brothers made a rap record with British rapper, Tinchy Stryker. Worth watching after you’ve watched some of their shows. ruclips.net/video/EBtd3H3Qdi8/видео.html Sadly, Barry passed away 2 years ago. “You buy one, you get one free. I SAID YOU BUY ONE, YOU GET ONE FREE!” This was an advert for Safestyle U.K., who fitted windows and doors. Remembered for the strange wizard-looking man delivering the above line. ruclips.net/video/i3A1TT3kwIY/видео.html “Belly’s gonna get you” you got the right advert, shame you didn’t watch the rest. The belly is too lazy for the stairs, so takes the elevator, and the rock guitar stops for some elevator music. Then, in the multi-storey car park, the belly is on a motorbike and ends up falling off the edge. The advert is for Reebok and the tag line is “beat the beer belly”. “Four candles”. Please watch the rest of this. Classic British comedy. 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3. This was a spoof advert in The IT Crowd for a private company that replaces the emergency services 999. Later a fire starts and Moss has to remember the number. “Shit on it,”. You got this right, and I’m sure someone’s already mentioned, but Paul Ritter who played Martin, passed away just last week. “The photo shoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket” this was said by Simon Amstel on the music themed, comedy panel show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. A quick bit of background is needed for this one: you probably remember a show called Big Brother, but there was also a celebrity version, and in one series was a guy called Preston, he was the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys (they did the song “Boys Will Be Boys” in the Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix). One of the twists that series was the introduction of a non-celebrity, Chantelle, whose goal was to convince the others she was a celebrity (a singer in a girl band). Anyway, during their time in the house, the pair fell in love and when they left, they got married. Back to Never Mind The Buzzcock and Preston was one of the panellists. Throughout the show, the host, Simon Amstell, kept taking a break from the quiz to read extracts from Chantelle’s new autobiography, which was winding up Preston because it was becoming a joke. It was a combination of Chantelle being almost the dictionary definition of a chav (I think you learned that word) and the idea of her writing an autobiography at just 23, when she had done virtually nothing (was on Big Brother, married Preston, that’s all). Amstel would read extracts as if it were a literary classic. When he read that line, Preston stormed off the show. ruclips.net/video/UHJgFJTEHLI/видео.html “Alright, Briefcase”. This is from The Inbetweeners. The character Will moves from a posh, private school to a common, comprehensive school. Unfortunately, he is used to carrying a briefcase to school, which the other kids instantly pick up on and start calling him Briefcase. ruclips.net/video/88LQKpzl7WA/видео.html “Ooh, suits you, sir” is from The Fast Show, a comedy sketch show. It’s pretty good, if you like those sort of shows. A lot of it’s based on catchphrases, which get repeated through the series. Also, Ron Weasley’s dad is in many of the sketches. Finally, I’ll add my own. Every night, without fail, we’d have an advert that went “Come on, call Chatback! Oh Eight Nine One. Fifty Fifty Fifty.”
Agreed, and I think "to me to you" spans more than a single generation. A lot of the references hit the nail on the head for some and pass others by but "to me to you" is fairly universal (not completely, just more so that bogies and inbetweeners references)
Pretty surprised that “don’t panic” “ am I bovered” “ I wish to make a complaint” “nice to see you, to see you nice” “didn’t they do well” “tonight Matthew I’m going to be” “SEVEN!” “are you free?” to which the reply is “I’m free!” “I vill say this only once” “FENTON!” There’s many many more that have become part of language here in the U.K.
I learned of this via BritBox, and in addition to the Helen McCrory announcement the BritBox commemorations were desperately sad today. Not inappropriate, just very sad and jarring to someone who wasn’t aware of their passing.
"Here's one I made earlier" "Am I bovvard?" "Hi I'm a shouty man" "I don't belieeevee it" "Whats the story in balamory?" "Nice to see you to see you" "And a cuddley toy" "Garlic bread!" "Ahh bisto" "You wanna a flake in that?" The milk tray man "Computer says no"
"She flies like a bird in the sky" "only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate" "charlie said" "nuts whole hazel nuts" "refreshes the parts.." "the milky bars are on me" "give us a twirl" "left a bit..up a bit.. fire" "full of eastern promise" "it`s friday, it`s 5 to 5 and it`s ..." "runaround ... NOW " "get down, shep" "one for sorrow, two for joy"
I used to teach nurses from the Philippines studying here in the UK and randomly showed them the four candles sketch as part of a module on communication. They loved it so much, there after we regularly had a session at the end of class when we'd watch classic British comedies. I think it taught them a lot about our culture and sense of humour
Rosie & Jim aren't on a riverboat. They're on a canal boat. Specifically a Narrowboat. Rosie & Jim was a kids tv show. The two ragdolls secretly came alive whenever no one was looking to explore the scenery as they passed by it while travelling on the multitude of canals and rivers in England.
I was surprised that "Good Moaning" wasn't included.... along with follow ups such as "I was just pissing the wondow". I recently started watching old episodesof 'Allo 'Allo again!
Many of us in the UK drop the "h" from the start of a word so "handles" becomes 'andles so four candles can easily become fork 'andles. Wonderful play on words for which Ronnie Barker was one of the best ever.
John Cleese said in an interview that a German gentleman came up to him & said "Don't mention the War!" Faulty Towers was popular in lots of countries.
A group I was part of in a high school French lesson came up with a sketch in French based on the suits you sir bit. Stupidly the phrase is one of the few French phrases I still remember from school 😂
Trevor Peacock who played Jim “No no no no no” Trott passed away recently. I’d definitely recommend giving the series a watch. Trigger from OFAH was in it too x
Alright briefcase is from the Inbetweeners. Not sure if you've seen it. It stars Adam from Friday Night Dinner (Simon Bird) and it's because he turns up on his first day at school with a briefcase. Hilarious!
I dunno man, the first one is from an Irish show, by an Irish writer, with Irish actors, set in Ireland. I think the Irish might also get that reference! Actually the Irish would probably know a lot of the things in this video anyway, so...
You're missing two very British Pop Culture references: "You ain't my muvva!... YES I AAAAAMMMMM!!!!!" and "I didn't become a little bit of a slag... I became a total slag" hahahaha
Honestly the vicar of dibley is definitely a show you should check out. Dawn French is hilarious and fantastic and the entire show is just wholesome and gorgeous
I think that the Tango advert was banned as children were damaging each other by slapping their faces and sometimes damaging their hearing if they slap their ears.
"Stupid boy" is an old favourite from "Dad's Army", always addressed to Private Pike by Captain Mainwaring. Another much-loved one goes back to an old PG Tips tea advert where two chimps play removal men. "Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?" "You hum it son, and I'll play it".
The two Ronnie ‘fork handle’ sketch is a play on words and takes place in a hardware shop. Wouldn’t work in a department store. Classic two Ronnies. Know most of the references.😂😂😂😍
"You buy one, you get one free..." was not an Autoglass advert, it was a Safestyle UK double glazing advert. "Ooh suits you sir" is from The Fast Show. Johnny Depp was a fan of the show and appeared in one of the sketches.
@@WanderingRavens They are normally trying to move a table or something of similar size to another room. The people in the clip you showed were the chuckle brothers but I don't recognise the clip.
@@jwec9867 I think someone edited clips of them and made a song. Quite a popular meme back then. That Lord of the Rings parody song "they're taking the hobbits to Isengard" to another example of this.
I couldn't remember which sketch show it was! Didn't they also have the old ladies which were incredibly racist or something? Weren't they shop owners? I vaguely remember them.
Fast show was brilliant, cos it was all these funny sketches one after each other and funny sketches are brilliant because they make you laugh. Aren't comedians brilliant because they are blokes or ladies who make you laugher which is great, int RUclips brilliant because it's videos people have uploaded of themselves or stuff of telly or others stuff, fantastic, so many things, and you can even watch the fast show there... Brilliant!
I can't believe "I don't belieeeve it" isn't on the list. (Search it) I'm from the South and have to listen really hard to get some accents from the North/Scotland
Do people in the UK have trouble understanding other Brits? Yes. I'm from Edinburgh and I have trouble understanding folk from Dundee - their accent is REALLY strong.
@@alanprior7650 ha, yeah, altho these days (well, since 1986) I can't watch trumpton without wanting to yell "there's gonna be a riot down in trumpton toniiiiight!!!"
Quite a few years ago, I worked for British Telecom and I had to translate between the guy from Essex and one from Newcastle. It was quite a surreal experience.
Another classic from Fawlty towers .could be Mrs Richards complaing about the view from her room... "Well what were you expecting to see from a Torquay hotel window? The hanging gardens of Babylon, Sydney Opera House perhaps....." Etc. Plus my favourite..." Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb.".. Classic.
That's a sketch they never did which is now in my head as my imaginary favourite. "Do you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit sir? Ooh, do you? Do you want to join our club, sir, ooh, suits you, sir"
Madness sang Our House (in the middle of our street) at The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebration concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012. To which they super imposed pictures onto the palace. Fast forward 9 years and today couldn't have been any more different. There are lots of iconic sayings from adverts, comedy sketches, comedians or celebs and depending on which era most will know or be able to tell you who and where it was said. Some from my childhood are 'For mash get....Smash, ' 'Nice to see you to see you nice' , 'Ooh Betty' 'Shut that door!' oh and more lately 'Should have gone to Spec Savers' or 'Bovvered am I bovvered'. As for us not understanding each other in the UK, time to worry is when you can't understand your own accent!!
@@nigelashton'A finger of Fudge is just enough until it's time to eat. It's full of Cadbury goodness and very small and neat. A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat'....can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday but remember a 70's advert!
Madness are an epic band from my childhood and The League of Gentlemen is a fantasticly written really dark comedy which you should definitely watch more of if you can. I've watched a few of your videos now and I'm hooked by your personalities and your generally spot on take on what it is to be one of us Brits.......subscribed 👍
I'm pretty sure Suits You Sir was based on an actual shop in Brighton (Mark Williams used to live in Brighton) - the owner of the shop was definitely quite eccentric! - 'Local shop for local people' also came from an actual shop in Rottingdean (near Brighton) when the League of Gentlemen where here for a show!
I'm REALLY surprised no one included "My Lord, I have a cunning plan". The "Suits you sir" sketch is from a show called "The Fast Show", which also brought us "Scorchio". Lastly, the long phone number ending ".... 3", was a spoof ad in the "IT Crowd" show. Thanks for the video 😀👍
Loving the work guys "No no no no no no no no" Yep you are right about the Vicar of Dibley. Best one was getting him to work the tannoy at the Dibley fair. He said "No no no no no no parking on the lower field!" When he was questioned about his comment he just repeated it, again leaving everyone completely confused.
Yes, sometimes UK accents are difficult to understand, and often if the interviewed person is from the Highlands of Scotland or some other place with a heavy accent, they will give you subtitles!
I am British and struggle to understand some people! mainly elderly or older people with strong accents! My grandad for example! He is Cornish and is from Cornwall and has a very strong accent! can’t understand a word the man says 😂😂!! Bless him!!
"Suit you Sir" Is possibly from the fast show and "alright briefcase" may be from the very first Inbetweeners episode where Will was mocked for having a briefcase at School.
The Autoglass usually free is a reference that most car insurance policies will cover windscreen replacement. There might be a small excess change like £50 but most of windscreen cost or repair is covered by insurance.
BOGOF (buy one get one free) was a popular supermarket promotion where if you buy a product you get another one free, or in other words 2 for the price of one. At one time you could find a number of them in any supermarket, which persuaded you to buy something you never wanted when you went in. It's not so common now.
Actually properly LOL'd at Eric: 'This sounds like an advert for a swingers club where they prefer the back door!!' 😂😂 Grace: Shocked expression.... 'You are so right!' 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Preston reference is a musician who was on "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" show and the host made fun of his partners autobiography. He eventually stormed off the set. "Alright Briefcase" is a reference to The Inbetweeners. Simon, the new kid, came to school with a briefcase 👍
@@WanderingRavens they're also famous for being from my home town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Barry Chuckle (their real surname is Elliott) sadly died a couple a couple of years ago.
The ‘suits you sir’ tailors are from The Fast Show. In the early series there was an American guy who was on every week and only said “Hi, I’m Ed Winchester!” But the whole show was a string of catch phrases, possibly at its most obscure on the ‘Channel Nine’ sketches. It also brought us the magnificent Rowley Birkin QC - “I’m afraid I was very, very drunk...” The other refs to the League of Gentlemen I particularly like come from Geoff Tibbs - “Wolves did it!” and “Have we missed the cakes?” Along with the more obvious such as “Hokey dokey, pig in a pokey...” etc. I’ve been rewatching ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’ just lately and this spawned a whole slew of pop culture references. Reggie always arrives into the office precisely eleven minutes late and explains on variations of a theme detailing the rail delays to his secretary “Sorry Joan, eleven minutes late, signalling failure at Hammersmith” plus the two marketing ‘yes men’ in conjunction with the farting office chairs “Great!” “Super!”. Plus Reggies useless military cousin - “bit of a cock up on the catering front” and best of all Reggie’s monstrous boss, CJ - “I didn’t get where I am today...” well worth searching out in all its surreal glory!
Preston storms out is a reference to the episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks where Preston from the Ordinary Boys gets offended and walks off the show.
"Do some people in the UK have difficulty in understanding other British accents", yep. Birmingham is 30 miles away from where I live in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Brummie, Scouse (Liverpool), Belfast and Glaswegian (Glasgow, Scotland), or any east coast Scotland for that matter. Bogies, or Boogers (contents of your nose).
Yes, we do sometimes struggle to understand people in the UK 😂😂 I'm from Yorkshire and my nan is from Birmingham. She can't understand a word I say! And the more I try to enunciate... the worse it gets! 🤣
My brother in law is from near Pontefract and the first time I heard him say "nah I'll jus have a glas o' watter please mam" to my mum I nearly died. I'm from Kent and had to ask for a translation. My sister and he have 3 kids. Eldest sounds 100% Kentish. Middle is pure Yorkshire lad. Youngest sounds posh Yorkshire like he's from Harrogate 😂 They've been married for about 11 years and I still have to ask my b-in-law and middle kid to slow down and repeat things about 5 times. But then I can't talk, my OH is Devonian and sounds like a farmer!
"Suit you Sir" is off the 90s sketch show 'The Fast Show" and it was probably 1 of the biggest comedy shows around at the time - Johnny Depp was even in a "Suit You" sketch. It was basically lots of quick sketches back to back, often relying on catchphrases like "suit you sir", "Scorchio", "Its BRILLIANT!" & so many more. As such, every teenager in the 90s could reel off the one liners in the school playground.
Should have gone to specsavers is a famous ad especially the astronauts who ended up in airport complete with spacesuits.It follows if someone mistakes something we say "should have gone to....."
“alright briefcase” is from the inbetweeners too, it’s when Will (a nerd character) takes a briefcase to school, and “bus wankers” is a joke made by the show but it’s used sometimes by brits as banter to someone who takes the bus. it’s just like the “ooo friends” joke (from inbetweeners too)
1. "To me" "To you" was the catchphrase of the Chuckle Brothers. 2. He wasn't asking a question - he's a brummie. 3. Barry Scott is an icon. 4. Nothing to add here. 5. Fork 'andles is one of the ultimate examples of British sketch comedies. Yes, we all need each other to repeat everything if we have different accents. 6. 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 was something we used to sing at the top of our lungs at school. It's from the IT Crowd. 7. ... 1066 8. RIP :'( 9. Vickie Pollard from Little Britain - it's lived for nearly twenty years as part of the lexicon. 10. Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow replaced SMTV Live with Ant, Dec and Cat Deeley - it wasn't as good but "Bogies" is the thing that came from it and is yet to go away. 11.
You did pretty well, I thought. To increase your British quotient, the Two Ronnies Four Candles sketch is essential, as are the IT Crowd series. I'm even older than Fawlty Towers so my cultural references are often, 'Don't tell him, Pike!' (watching the actors trying to stop corpsing in that episode is a treasure); 'We're doooomed!'; 'Tin hats everybody'; 'Bet that's cooled his biryani' and 'Anything can happen in the next half hour.' RIP Paul Ritter.
Aleksandr Orlov the Russian meerkat who advertises "Compare the Market" and finishes with the word "simples!" In a similar vein, there is the bulldog who advertises "Churchill" (an insurer) and says "Oh yes!" He is voiced by the comedian Bob Mortimer. The late great Fred Dibnah whose best remembered words are "did ya like that"? spoken in his Lancashire accent.
The way you see if there’s a burglar in your house is you shout “0800 00...” and the burglar won’t be able to help themselves and they most definitely will shout “...1066!” Back to you
Suits you is from The Fast Show which was brilliant and made a few comedians famous. This was one of the common sketches on the show parodying how mens tailor shops used to harrass you while shopping in the 80's
Also look up "Ohh Betty" from the person in my picture :) Very good show if you haven't come across it yet ("Some Mothers Do Ave Em" - Oh they do, don't they? They do.)
Others have already mentioned that "Suit you sir" is from The Fast Show. This was a sketch show from the 90's. I think it was the first sketch show to have recurring sketches where the characters basically do the same thing or say the same catchphrase every episode. Other memorable catchphrases from the show include "this week, I have been mostly eating...", "I was very, very drunk", "BRILLIANT!" and "BLACK!" I suppose they weren't clever sketches, but they've kind of become lodged in the British consciousness.
The one where Preston storms out is from the panel show Nevermind The Buzzcocks. Simon Amstell took the piss out of Preston so much that he stormed out in a huff.
I'm from Leeds and I used to go out with someone from Aberdeen - let's just say I had to tune in to the accent! Speaking of the Fork Handles though, it could be a good subject for a video - Ravens investigating comedy sketches that all the Brits know about.
The Auto Glass ad is a reference to the terms of our "fully comprehensive" auto insurances of that time....glass replacement was nearly always included , hence the assumption that "it was free" i.e. it was covered by the insurance. The "buy one get one free" was an entirely different advert (I believe from Everest double glazing)...you buy ONE window and get another window for free . I believe that this one is still sometimes aired.
1: To me to you is a catchphrase from the Chuckle Brothers who are an absolutely iconic duo from Rotherham, Northern England Paul and Barry (RIP), whenever two people are carrying a heavy bit of furniture it's almost law to both say to each other "to me... to you" 2: I'm pretty sure that upward bend on the "free" just sounds Brummie to me - which, you're correct, is an accent you shouldn't trust lol (jk) 3: Cilit Bang a cleaning product and Barry Scott is a parody of your typical loud, too loud, advertisers 4: Getting Tango'd turned from an innocent playground prank, to something that caused serious injury and people getting arrested - it was probably banned after a while 5: Four candles - the Two Ronnies, both passed now, are actual Britsh icons, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, and their legendary sketch is known by most people in Britain over a certain young age. If there was ever a capsule filled with stuff that just represents British culture, the Two Ronnies would have many sketches in there 6: That's from the IT Crowd - I reckon you two would have a damn good time reacting to a few British tv shows, IT Crowd, Two Ronnies, Only Fools etc. you would definitely get more engrossed into British culture 7: Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror is generally accepted as the first king of England 8: RIP Paul Ritter, still can't believe he's gone 9: Little Britain - David Walliams and Matt Lucas, a sketch show that despite only being 15 or so years old would not survive in today's PC culture 10: Dick and Dom, people my age grew up with them and it's a funny game to be played in a polite place i.e. a library or an exam hall 11: Only Fools and Horses, voted the best British sitcom multiple times 12: Alan, Alan, Al... Alan Partridge - you should react to him aswell lol 13: I'm pretty sure Mr Blobby was just a creation from a meeting room full of people high on ectasy 14: Never Mind the Buzzcocks was a legendary panel show about pop music they had some brilliant guests on: Lemmy, Alice Cooper, Slash and Preston was this boy band wanker guy who walked out because the host read some of his ex's biography 15: Robbie Williams tries to get everywhere in the UK media world and it's quite tiresome 16: Madness, they have a few other songs worth checking out 17: Check out the latest series from Sheersmith and Pemberton - Inside No. 9, amazing show where every episode is very different and worth watching 18: Fawlty Towers: 12 episodes - quality not quantity 19: Rosie and Jim used to freak me out when I was younger 20: Club biscuits were very popular in the 90s I think? 21: RIP Trevor Peacock, another one we lost this year, his character Frank Trott 22: Inbetweeners, growing up in school at the same times at the lads I very much related to it all and I reckon it was the last truly great sitcom, the catchphrases and mannerisms are still said today - check out James Buckley's youtube channel with his Scottish wife 23: The Fast Show - Paul Whitehouse and a few others 24: Another Inbetweeners reference, like 22. Still check out James' youtube channel - he is totally the opposite of his character Jay
You should see the Johnny Depp Suits You sir sketch. In fact Johnny Depp loved the show (the Fast Show.) he references it in the pirates of the Caribbean. Watch the out takes.
I was drinking some water when you got to the Club biscuit advert (a biscuit with a great deal of chocolate on it). The pair of you thought it was a swingers club! Is that the "very" Wandering Ravens evening activities? The only suitcase reference I recall is the "Man in a Suitcase" 1960's show.
Everytime I attended EU business in Aarhus in Denmark, I always used to think "in the middle of our street". I don't think my European cousins would have got that though.
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Bogies is what you call boogers the stuff you find in your nose.
In America the game is called 'The Peni$ Game' and you play it the same way.
@@jwec9867 Oh my! We haven't heard of the peni$ game before! 😂
You have to watch Little Britain and The Vicar of Dibley. Both are so funny. Make sure you keep watching Vicar of Dibley after the credits have finished. Love Alice 😂😂
Vicar of Dibley is a must watch!
@@WanderingRavens You did well, but here’s the ones you missed or didn’t get the whole context
“To me, to you” is one of the catchphrases of Paul & Barry, The Chuckle Brothers, a comedy double act on children’s TV. They did slapstick comedy, a kids game show, and live stage shows (including panto, you can’t get more British than that). Here’s a link to a best bits compilation: ruclips.net/video/sU783d7EHA0/видео.html
Incidentally, in 2014, the brothers made a rap record with British rapper, Tinchy Stryker. Worth watching after you’ve watched some of their shows. ruclips.net/video/EBtd3H3Qdi8/видео.html
Sadly, Barry passed away 2 years ago.
“You buy one, you get one free. I SAID YOU BUY ONE, YOU GET ONE FREE!” This was an advert for Safestyle U.K., who fitted windows and doors. Remembered for the strange wizard-looking man delivering the above line. ruclips.net/video/i3A1TT3kwIY/видео.html
“Belly’s gonna get you” you got the right advert, shame you didn’t watch the rest. The belly is too lazy for the stairs, so takes the elevator, and the rock guitar stops for some elevator music. Then, in the multi-storey car park, the belly is on a motorbike and ends up falling off the edge. The advert is for Reebok and the tag line is “beat the beer belly”.
“Four candles”. Please watch the rest of this. Classic British comedy.
0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3. This was a spoof advert in The IT Crowd for a private company that replaces the emergency services 999. Later a fire starts and Moss has to remember the number.
“Shit on it,”. You got this right, and I’m sure someone’s already mentioned, but Paul Ritter who played Martin, passed away just last week.
“The photo shoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket” this was said by Simon Amstel on the music themed, comedy panel show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. A quick bit of background is needed for this one: you probably remember a show called Big Brother, but there was also a celebrity version, and in one series was a guy called Preston, he was the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys (they did the song “Boys Will Be Boys” in the Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix). One of the twists that series was the introduction of a non-celebrity, Chantelle, whose goal was to convince the others she was a celebrity (a singer in a girl band). Anyway, during their time in the house, the pair fell in love and when they left, they got married. Back to Never Mind The Buzzcock and Preston was one of the panellists. Throughout the show, the host, Simon Amstell, kept taking a break from the quiz to read extracts from Chantelle’s new autobiography, which was winding up Preston because it was becoming a joke. It was a combination of Chantelle being almost the dictionary definition of a chav (I think you learned that word) and the idea of her writing an autobiography at just 23, when she had done virtually nothing (was on Big Brother, married Preston, that’s all). Amstel would read extracts as if it were a literary classic. When he read that line, Preston stormed off the show. ruclips.net/video/UHJgFJTEHLI/видео.html
“Alright, Briefcase”. This is from The Inbetweeners. The character Will moves from a posh, private school to a common, comprehensive school. Unfortunately, he is used to carrying a briefcase to school, which the other kids instantly pick up on and start calling him Briefcase. ruclips.net/video/88LQKpzl7WA/видео.html
“Ooh, suits you, sir” is from The Fast Show, a comedy sketch show. It’s pretty good, if you like those sort of shows. A lot of it’s based on catchphrases, which get repeated through the series. Also, Ron Weasley’s dad is in many of the sketches.
Finally, I’ll add my own. Every night, without fail, we’d have an advert that went “Come on, call Chatback! Oh Eight Nine One. Fifty Fifty Fifty.”
The chuckle brothers are a national treasure. They was a massive part of most people's childhood.
We’ll look them up!!
@@WanderingRavens series is called Chucklevision. There are whole episodes on RUclips
@@michaelrussell3890 I loved Chucklevision! best kids tv show of the 90s
@@katiebigglestone446 I'm so old, I remember when they were puppies in the 80's.
Agreed, and I think "to me to you" spans more than a single generation. A lot of the references hit the nail on the head for some and pass others by but "to me to you" is fairly universal (not completely, just more so that bogies and inbetweeners references)
Pretty surprised that
“don’t panic”
“ am I bovered”
“ I wish to make a complaint”
“nice to see you, to see you nice”
“didn’t they do well”
“tonight Matthew I’m going to be”
“SEVEN!”
“are you free?” to which the reply is “I’m free!”
“I vill say this only once”
“FENTON!”
There’s many many more that have become part of language here in the U.K.
1: Yes
2: Only just.
3: Yes.
4: Yes.
5: Yes.
6: No.
7: Yes.
8: Yes.
9: No.
Plus -
"Oh dear. How sad. Never mind"
"What have the Romans ever done for us"
Fenton 😂
This ere parrot!! Wot I only recently purchased!! 😂😂😂
I'm not British, but one all my brit friends get is "What a sad little life Jane..."
RIP Paul Ritter the guy who plays Martin of Friday night dinner
Oh no! We hadn't heard!
So sad, passed away last week. Brilliant comic timing 'Lovely bit of squirrel' 😂
I learned of this via BritBox, and in addition to the Helen McCrory announcement the BritBox commemorations were desperately sad today.
Not inappropriate, just very sad and jarring to someone who wasn’t aware of their passing.
Sadly also Trevor Peacock (the no no no yes man in Vicar or Dibley died just a few weeks ago.
@@stevearmstrong9213 that’s Katherine Parkinson’s (Jen from the IT Crowd) father in law so the downer continues.
"Here's one I made earlier"
"Am I bovvard?"
"Hi I'm a shouty man"
"I don't belieeevee it"
"Whats the story in balamory?"
"Nice to see you to see you"
"And a cuddley toy"
"Garlic bread!"
"Ahh bisto"
"You wanna a flake in that?"
The milk tray man
"Computer says no"
"She flies like a bird in the sky"
"only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate"
"charlie said"
"nuts whole hazel nuts"
"refreshes the parts.."
"the milky bars are on me"
"give us a twirl"
"left a bit..up a bit.. fire"
"full of eastern promise"
"it`s friday, it`s 5 to 5 and it`s ..."
"runaround ... NOW "
"get down, shep"
"one for sorrow, two for joy"
@@stevenjohnson4190 Someone likes chocolate or at least adverts for confectionary.
"Don't blink. Don't even blink!"
"Jacobs creek Chardonnay. 1991"
"Accrington Stanley? Who are they?"
@@michaelrussell3890 exactly
@@jenniedarling3710 watch out, there's a humphrey about
For a follow up, a very common pop culture reference is “I have a cunning plan”
A plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel
I thought of that one too, I didn't get all of the more recent references.
"If you want something done properly, kill Baldrick before you start"
WIBBLE!
Woof woof!
I used to teach nurses from the Philippines studying here in the UK and randomly showed them the four candles sketch as part of a module on communication. They loved it so much, there after we regularly had a session at the end of class when we'd watch classic British comedies. I think it taught them a lot about our culture and sense of humour
Rosie & Jim aren't on a riverboat. They're on a canal boat. Specifically a Narrowboat. Rosie & Jim was a kids tv show. The two ragdolls secretly came alive whenever no one was looking to explore the scenery as they passed by it while travelling on the multitude of canals and rivers in England.
I started singing the song as soon as they said the names Rosie and Jim
I loved that show as a kid
Riverboat?!!
@@hjr2000 I think everyone meant canalboat....
Omg I was obsessed with this show
The autoglass ad lives in my head rent free
Also “Pippin it’s time to fly”
In the U.S. it's "Safelite repair, Safelite replace!"
@@ericcriteser4001 didn’t know that had that in us
I almost spilt my tea when I heard the Safelite ad!
How about hearing a police or fire siren and saying "'He won't sell many ice creams going at that speed"
Morecambe and Wise classic
Or "I'm playing all the right motes but not necessarily in the right order!
I was surprised that "Good Moaning" wasn't included.... along with follow ups such as "I was just pissing the wondow". I recently started watching old episodesof 'Allo 'Allo again!
and kevin the carrot aswell, although thats relatively new
"I have a cack in my bog". Also, "listen very carefully. I shall say this only once"
I still say "Gid moaning" to this day. :)
"Listen carefully...I shall say zis only once!!!"
I was just pissing by...
A famous one from Blue Peter is "Here's one I made earlier"
That is one still used a lot even though it is so old.
Many of us in the UK drop the "h" from the start of a word so "handles" becomes 'andles so four candles can easily become fork 'andles. Wonderful play on words for which Ronnie Barker was one of the best ever.
John Cleese said in an interview that a German gentleman came up to him & said "Don't mention the War!" Faulty Towers was popular in lots of countries.
“I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order” (Morecambe and Wise)
"You can't see the join"
good old Andrew Preview (Andre Previn)
Suits you sir is from the Fast Show.
Johnny Depp was a huge fan and appeared in the last ever episode.
I loved the Fast Show so much - still say Scorchio whenever it is hot!
Does she WANT it sir? Oooohh
Y'int seen me.. alroight?!
A group I was part of in a high school French lesson came up with a sketch in French based on the suits you sir bit. Stupidly the phrase is one of the few French phrases I still remember from school 😂
It's actually SUIT you sir.
Trevor Peacock who played Jim “No no no no no” Trott passed away recently. I’d definitely recommend giving the series a watch. Trigger from OFAH was in it too x
I second this recommendation
The whole point of course was that he reflexively said "no no no no no no no" but then finished off by adding "yes"
One of the best TV shows made.
His son Daniel is also an actor.
@@iangascoigne8231 Yeah, a spaniel's a dog too.
Alright briefcase is from the Inbetweeners. Not sure if you've seen it. It stars Adam from Friday Night Dinner (Simon Bird) and it's because he turns up on his first day at school with a briefcase. Hilarious!
"Drink. Feck. Girls!"
"Computer says no."
"I don't believe it!"
"Infamy infamy!!'
"How very dare you."
I soooo can’t believe you just said that! 😂
I dunno man, the first one is from an Irish show, by an Irish writer, with Irish actors, set in Ireland. I think the Irish might also get that reference!
Actually the Irish would probably know a lot of the things in this video anyway, so...
These are great, I know them all - and use them!
@@PiousMoltar Made by a British tv company cos the Irish were too scared to make it themselves!
You're missing two very British Pop Culture references:
"You ain't my muvva!... YES I AAAAAMMMMM!!!!!" and "I didn't become a little bit of a slag... I became a total slag" hahahaha
Isn't the last one also Kat Slater?
@@eleanorlyndon865 They both are
And "I hate you", Harry Enfield.
I don't know these but seeing the other comments I'm not surprised as i don't watch soaps.
I have no idea what these are...
Honestly the vicar of dibley is definitely a show you should check out. Dawn French is hilarious and fantastic and the entire show is just wholesome and gorgeous
Absolutely
I definitely agreeRIP Trevor Peacock.
Definitely
Was the Vicar of Dibley amazing?No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no.Yes!
@@stevearmstrong9213 Yes, it was only a month ago he died wasn't it.
Another suggestion:
"Your name will also go on ze list. Vot is it?"
"DON'T TELL HIM PIKE."
"PIKE!"
Dad's Army.
Ooooh CLASSIC. Stone cold classic. Love it.
Oh definitely! "Don't tell him Pike" or "Don't panic" or "We're all doomed!"
This song with 'listen carefully, I will say zis only once' (allo allo) are staples in my house.
Classic episode!
I think that the Tango advert was banned as children were damaging each other by slapping their faces and sometimes damaging their hearing if they slap their ears.
Harry Enfield & Chums; Alan Partridge; Father Ted; Bottom & The Young Ones are chok-a-blok with British pop culture references.
"Stupid boy" is an old favourite from "Dad's Army", always addressed to Private Pike by Captain Mainwaring. Another much-loved one goes back to an old PG Tips tea advert where two chimps play removal men. "Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?" "You hum it son, and I'll play it".
The two Ronnie ‘fork handle’ sketch is a play on words and takes place in a hardware shop. Wouldn’t work in a department store. Classic two Ronnies. Know most of the references.😂😂😂😍
O's.
The Eggs Box sketch is great too
"You buy one, you get one free..." was not an Autoglass advert, it was a Safestyle UK double glazing advert.
"Ooh suits you sir" is from The Fast Show. Johnny Depp was a fan of the show and appeared in one of the sketches.
'To me to you' is from the chuckle brothers lol
Thank you!
@@WanderingRavens They are normally trying to move a table or something of similar size to another room.
The people in the clip you showed were the chuckle brothers but I don't recognise the clip.
@@jwec9867 I think someone edited clips of them and made a song. Quite a popular meme back then. That Lord of the Rings parody song "they're taking the hobbits to Isengard" to another example of this.
Check the tv show “Chucklevision” it’s one of their catchphrases. No-one in the uk can move furniture without saying “to me, to you”
"Ooh suits you sir" is from The Fast Show. They did different comedy sketches throughout the shows.
I couldn't remember which sketch show it was! Didn't they also have the old ladies which were incredibly racist or something? Weren't they shop owners? I vaguely remember them.
I don't remember that but I remember Swiss Toni and the old farmers.
Don't forget about Scorchio
Fast show was brilliant, cos it was all these funny sketches one after each other and funny sketches are brilliant because they make you laugh. Aren't comedians brilliant because they are blokes or ladies who make you laugher which is great, int RUclips brilliant because it's videos people have uploaded of themselves or stuff of telly or others stuff, fantastic, so many things, and you can even watch the fast show there... Brilliant!
Thin Blue line :Your cockup,my arse!
I can't believe "I don't belieeeve it" isn't on the list. (Search it)
I'm from the South and have to listen really hard to get some accents from the North/Scotland
As a nation, we are proud of you for using the word ‘advert’ instead of ‘commercial’!
You forgot the legendary Gene Hunt: "You're surrounded by armed bastards!" "I'm 'avin 'oops!" and "Fire up the Quatrro!"
"as nervous as a small nun at a penguin shoot!"
Do people in the UK have trouble understanding other Brits?
Yes.
I'm from Edinburgh and I have trouble understanding folk from Dundee - their accent is REALLY strong.
It's one of the worst accents in Britain alongside Glasgow.
@@sandersson2813 *Laughs in Brummie*
@@sandersson2813 Not nearly as bad as RP.
@@wscottwatson RP is fine, at least you can understand it.
Peterhead is by far the worst to understand because it is almost a completely different language and spoken very fast.
“Stupid boy"
"Here is a box, a musical box, all wound up and ready to go"
"Hi de hi campers"
"Don’t panic "
"Good moaning"
hi de hi just got added to britbox and I'm so happy!
Yeah there's great kids tv right there... Camberwick Green,Chigley and Trumpton.
My wife loves the one where Windy Miller gets drunk!
@@alanprior7650 ha, yeah, altho these days (well, since 1986) I can't watch trumpton without wanting to yell "there's gonna be a riot down in trumpton toniiiiight!!!"
Watching this, there is so much classic British comedy you still need to find- the Two Ronnies, Little Britain, the Vicar of Dibley....glorious
Quite a few years ago, I worked for British Telecom and I had to translate between the guy from Essex and one from Newcastle. It was quite a surreal experience.
Another classic from Fawlty towers .could be Mrs Richards complaing about the view from her room...
"Well what were you expecting to see from a Torquay hotel window?
The hanging gardens of Babylon, Sydney Opera House perhaps....." Etc.
Plus my favourite..." Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb."..
Classic.
'Suits you sir' is from the fast show, well worth a look
Thank you!
Also another sketch on the show was a character talking then says MILK it's GREAT!
This week i will mostly be eating ...... Ron Weasley actor again.
I know it is trivial but it bugs me - it's "Suit you sir" NOT "Suits you sir"!
brilliant kid was my fave
@@cmcculloch1 that's the one I was trying to remember
You can't say suits you is obscene when you've just accused a chocolate biscuit advert of being for a swingers' club!!! 😵
That's a sketch they never did which is now in my head as my imaginary favourite. "Do you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit sir? Ooh, do you? Do you want to join our club, sir, ooh, suits you, sir"
😂😂😂
@@stevearmstrong9213 👍🤣🤣
Suit you, not suits you.
@@AndrewLakeUK no it is suits. Because the saying is it suits you
Madness sang Our House (in the middle of our street) at The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebration concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012. To which they super imposed pictures onto the palace. Fast forward 9 years and today couldn't have been any more different. There are lots of iconic sayings from adverts, comedy sketches, comedians or celebs and depending on which era most will know or be able to tell you who and where it was said. Some from my childhood are 'For mash get....Smash, ' 'Nice to see you to see you nice' , 'Ooh Betty' 'Shut that door!' oh and more lately 'Should have gone to Spec Savers' or 'Bovvered am I bovvered'. As for us not understanding each other in the UK, time to worry is when you can't understand your own accent!!
And the classic "A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat"
@@nigelashton'A finger of Fudge is just enough until it's time to eat. It's full of Cadbury goodness and very small and neat. A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat'....can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday but remember a 70's advert!
Madness are an epic band from my childhood and The League of Gentlemen is a fantasticly written really dark comedy which you should definitely watch more of if you can. I've watched a few of your videos now and I'm hooked by your personalities and your generally spot on take on what it is to be one of us Brits.......subscribed 👍
This is the lavatory, into which we do not pass solids!
@@yumyummoany I come in from work and the first thing I read is this 😂😂😂 absolute classic, thanks for the giggles
I must admit I'm surprised that "Oh dear. How sad. Never mind". and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" didn't make the list.
"I'm not dead yet"
"Bigus dickus"
I'm pretty sure Suits You Sir was based on an actual shop in Brighton (Mark Williams used to live in Brighton) - the owner of the shop was definitely quite eccentric! - 'Local shop for local people' also came from an actual shop in Rottingdean (near Brighton) when the League of Gentlemen where here for a show!
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat!
if they think chocolate on a club is for swingers... God only knows what they would think this meant LOL
It was full of peppery goodness. At least, that's what my ears told me.
@@KianneofTroi 😂😂😂
I'm REALLY surprised no one included "My Lord, I have a cunning plan".
The "Suits you sir" sketch is from a show called "The Fast Show", which also brought us "Scorchio".
Lastly, the long phone number ending ".... 3", was a spoof ad in the "IT Crowd" show.
Thanks for the video 😀👍
“Course you can Malcolm “ you need to be 50 + for this one
"I can't go to school today Mum, I'm all bunged up!" Mum says: "Course you can Malcolm!" Vics Sinex.
Another oldie He's got an ology,Maureen Lipman BT ads
Loving the work guys
"No no no no no no no no" Yep you are right about the Vicar of Dibley. Best one was getting him to work the tannoy at the Dibley fair. He said "No no no no no no parking on the lower field!" When he was questioned about his comment he just repeated it, again leaving everyone completely confused.
Yes, sometimes UK accents are difficult to understand, and often if the interviewed person is from the Highlands of Scotland or some other place with a heavy accent, they will give you subtitles!
I am British and struggle to understand some people! mainly elderly or older people with strong accents! My grandad for example!
He is Cornish and is from Cornwall and has a very strong accent! can’t understand a word the man says 😂😂!! Bless him!!
“Our house in the middle of our street” Madness, one of the best bands ever.
"Suit you Sir" Is possibly from the fast show and "alright briefcase" may be from the very first Inbetweeners episode where Will was mocked for having a briefcase at School.
"The league of gentlemen" is so scary but that was a great impression by Eric.
ChuckleVision aired for 22 years. They were a part of childhoods from people of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s
'Leesten vairy carrfully, I shall zay zis onleee vunce'
'Go to work on an egg'
any jokes about Skoda cars
saying 'oooo matron' after a double entendre
When I used to drive to work there was a sign pointing to 'Local Shops'. I always added 'For Local People' in my mind.
You reactions watching the two Ronnie's sketch is fantastic! I'd absolutely recommended you guys watch more of their stuff.
The Autoglass usually free is a reference that most car insurance policies will cover windscreen replacement. There might be a small excess change like £50 but most of windscreen cost or repair is covered by insurance.
"Dad? Do you know the piano's on my foot?"
"You hum it son and I'll play it!"
PG Tips hey...they wouldn't be allowed to do those ads these days.
BOGOF (buy one get one free) was a popular supermarket promotion where if you buy a product you get another one free, or in other words 2 for the price of one. At one time you could find a number of them in any supermarket, which persuaded you to buy something you never wanted when you went in. It's not so common now.
Actually properly LOL'd at Eric: 'This sounds like an advert for a swingers club where they prefer the back door!!' 😂😂
Grace: Shocked expression.... 'You are so right!' 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Preston reference is a musician who was on "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" show and the host made fun of his partners autobiography. He eventually stormed off the set.
"Alright Briefcase" is a reference to The Inbetweeners. Simon, the new kid, came to school with a briefcase 👍
To me, to you is the catchphrase from the 1980's kids programme Chucklevision, with Paul and Barry Chuckle getting into various scrapes
Thank you Kate!
@@WanderingRavens they're also famous for being from my home town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Barry Chuckle (their real surname is Elliott) sadly died a couple a couple of years ago.
@@davebirch1976 ruclips.net/video/EBtd3H3Qdi8/видео.html ;)
The ‘suits you sir’ tailors are from The Fast Show. In the early series there was an American guy who was on every week and only said “Hi, I’m Ed Winchester!” But the whole show was a string of catch phrases, possibly at its most obscure on the ‘Channel Nine’ sketches. It also brought us the magnificent Rowley Birkin QC - “I’m afraid I was very, very drunk...” The other refs to the League of Gentlemen I particularly like come from Geoff Tibbs - “Wolves did it!” and “Have we missed the cakes?” Along with the more obvious such as “Hokey dokey, pig in a pokey...” etc. I’ve been rewatching ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’ just lately and this spawned a whole slew of pop culture references. Reggie always arrives into the office precisely eleven minutes late and explains on variations of a theme detailing the rail delays to his secretary “Sorry Joan, eleven minutes late, signalling failure at Hammersmith” plus the two marketing ‘yes men’ in conjunction with the farting office chairs “Great!” “Super!”. Plus Reggies useless military cousin - “bit of a cock up on the catering front” and best of all Reggie’s monstrous boss, CJ - “I didn’t get where I am today...” well worth searching out in all its surreal glory!
“Hokey Cokey...” before anybody corrects me! Fingers!
Preston storms out is a reference to the episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks where Preston from the Ordinary Boys gets offended and walks off the show.
Yes, he left by the North End!!🤣😂⚽️
"Do some people in the UK have difficulty in understanding other British accents", yep. Birmingham is 30 miles away from where I live in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Brummie, Scouse (Liverpool), Belfast and Glaswegian (Glasgow, Scotland), or any east coast Scotland for that matter.
Bogies, or Boogers (contents of your nose).
Yes, we do sometimes struggle to understand people in the UK 😂😂 I'm from Yorkshire and my nan is from Birmingham. She can't understand a word I say! And the more I try to enunciate... the worse it gets! 🤣
My brother in law is from near Pontefract and the first time I heard him say "nah I'll jus have a glas o' watter please mam" to my mum I nearly died. I'm from Kent and had to ask for a translation.
My sister and he have 3 kids. Eldest sounds 100% Kentish. Middle is pure Yorkshire lad. Youngest sounds posh Yorkshire like he's from Harrogate 😂
They've been married for about 11 years and I still have to ask my b-in-law and middle kid to slow down and repeat things about 5 times.
But then I can't talk, my OH is Devonian and sounds like a farmer!
"Suit you Sir" is off the 90s sketch show 'The Fast Show" and it was probably 1 of the biggest comedy shows around at the time - Johnny Depp was even in a "Suit You" sketch. It was basically lots of quick sketches back to back, often relying on catchphrases like "suit you sir", "Scorchio", "Its BRILLIANT!" & so many more. As such, every teenager in the 90s could reel off the one liners in the school playground.
I am very surprised no one has said “.........myyyyy aaaaaarse...” 😉😂😂
Forgive me, but what's that from?
@@MonkeyButtMovies1 Jim from the Royle Family
@wendy kelly And the one where he says, "Finger my arse." That cracked me up!
My arse!
Should have gone to specsavers is a famous ad especially the astronauts who ended up in airport complete with spacesuits.It follows if someone mistakes something we say "should have gone to....."
Or the shepherd sheering his sheepdog as well as the sheep.
@@susanashcroft2674 yes that was good one
I thought all Americans had made a reaction video for the "Four Candles" sketch by now. :)
So let's ask a yank for four candles.
“alright briefcase” is from the inbetweeners too, it’s when Will (a nerd character) takes a briefcase to school, and “bus wankers” is a joke made by the show but it’s used sometimes by brits as banter to someone who takes the bus. it’s just like the “ooo friends” joke (from inbetweeners too)
1. "To me" "To you" was the catchphrase of the Chuckle Brothers.
2. He wasn't asking a question - he's a brummie.
3. Barry Scott is an icon.
4. Nothing to add here.
5. Fork 'andles is one of the ultimate examples of British sketch comedies. Yes, we all need each other to repeat everything if we have different accents.
6. 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 was something we used to sing at the top of our lungs at school. It's from the IT Crowd.
7. ... 1066
8. RIP :'(
9. Vickie Pollard from Little Britain - it's lived for nearly twenty years as part of the lexicon.
10. Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow replaced SMTV Live with Ant, Dec and Cat Deeley - it wasn't as good but "Bogies" is the thing that came from it and is yet to go away.
11.
The Chuckle Brothers would attempt to move a large item of furniture, in a Laurel-and-Hardyish way, saying "To me" "To you".....
You did pretty well, I thought.
To increase your British quotient, the Two Ronnies Four Candles sketch is essential, as are the IT Crowd series.
I'm even older than Fawlty Towers so my cultural references are often, 'Don't tell him, Pike!' (watching the actors trying to stop corpsing in that episode is a treasure); 'We're doooomed!'; 'Tin hats everybody'; 'Bet that's cooled his biryani' and 'Anything can happen in the next half hour.'
RIP Paul Ritter.
Whistle while you work
Hitler is a twerp🤣🤣
Scorchio! (also from The Fast Show - you must watch at least one episode please)
Aleksandr Orlov the Russian meerkat who advertises "Compare the Market" and finishes with the word "simples!"
In a similar vein, there is the bulldog who advertises "Churchill" (an insurer) and says "Oh yes!" He is voiced by the comedian Bob Mortimer.
The late great Fred Dibnah whose best remembered words are "did ya like that"? spoken in his Lancashire accent.
The way you see if there’s a burglar in your house is you shout “0800 00...” and the burglar won’t be able to help themselves and they most definitely will shout “...1066!” Back to you
I would be a rubbish burglar then 🤣. I love that little jingle
Suits you is from The Fast Show which was brilliant and made a few comedians famous. This was one of the common sketches on the show parodying how mens tailor shops used to harrass you while shopping in the 80's
Also look up "Ohh Betty" from the person in my picture :)
Very good show if you haven't come across it yet ("Some Mothers Do Ave Em" - Oh they do, don't they? They do.)
...and Ooooh Betty the cat's done a whoopsy!
Others have already mentioned that "Suit you sir" is from The Fast Show. This was a sketch show from the 90's. I think it was the first sketch show to have recurring sketches where the characters basically do the same thing or say the same catchphrase every episode. Other memorable catchphrases from the show include "this week, I have been mostly eating...", "I was very, very drunk", "BRILLIANT!" and "BLACK!" I suppose they weren't clever sketches, but they've kind of become lodged in the British consciousness.
As a Brit, this video was pure nostalgia!
Gavin, from Autoglass is a Brummie, and the ‘Free’ part is a reference to the insurance paying ...rather than at the point of service
You have to watch the Vicar of Dibley one of the best old comedies ever!
Also the Fast Show and Harry Enfields old comedy sketch show are classics!
The one where Preston storms out is from the panel show Nevermind The Buzzcocks. Simon Amstell took the piss out of Preston so much that he stormed out in a huff.
I'm from Leeds and I used to go out with someone from Aberdeen - let's just say I had to tune in to the accent! Speaking of the Fork Handles though, it could be a good subject for a video - Ravens investigating comedy sketches that all the Brits know about.
Is it only Yorkshire people like us who can "tune in" to the various accents? Must be because we're in the middle.
The Auto Glass ad is a reference to the terms of our "fully comprehensive" auto insurances of that time....glass replacement was nearly always included , hence the assumption that "it was free" i.e. it was covered by the insurance.
The "buy one get one free" was an entirely different advert (I believe from Everest double glazing)...you buy ONE window and get another window for free . I believe that this one is still sometimes aired.
Safestyle Windows
You absolutely need to watch The Fast Show (the Mr Weasley clip you didn’t recognise), brilliant cast and still quotable today.
The Prairie dog shouting “ALAN” is from a BBC show called ‘Walk on the wild side’.
They had lots of different animals being voiced.
Great show
I'm fairly sure that was referencing Alan Partridge at the time.
Another one from Little Britain: "computer says No".
Computer says noooooooo
What else has no calories? Dust. That's right. Dust has no calories.
Royston Vasey- Every tourist town during lockdown.
"Don't tell them Pike" the name Pike sometimes substituted for some other reference
Full Moon, Half Moon, Totally Eclipse.
The Jaffa Cake adverts were everywhere
Definitely watch Vicar of Dibley.
Awesome video Wandering Ravens about UK pop culture.
"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"
There's plenty of other good lines from that film.
1: To me to you is a catchphrase from the Chuckle Brothers who are an absolutely iconic duo from Rotherham, Northern England Paul and Barry (RIP), whenever two people are carrying a heavy bit of furniture it's almost law to both say to each other "to me... to you"
2: I'm pretty sure that upward bend on the "free" just sounds Brummie to me - which, you're correct, is an accent you shouldn't trust lol (jk)
3: Cilit Bang a cleaning product and Barry Scott is a parody of your typical loud, too loud, advertisers
4: Getting Tango'd turned from an innocent playground prank, to something that caused serious injury and people getting arrested - it was probably banned after a while
5: Four candles - the Two Ronnies, both passed now, are actual Britsh icons, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, and their legendary sketch is known by most people in Britain over a certain young age. If there was ever a capsule filled with stuff that just represents British culture, the Two Ronnies would have many sketches in there
6: That's from the IT Crowd - I reckon you two would have a damn good time reacting to a few British tv shows, IT Crowd, Two Ronnies, Only Fools etc. you would definitely get more engrossed into British culture
7: Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror is generally accepted as the first king of England
8: RIP Paul Ritter, still can't believe he's gone
9: Little Britain - David Walliams and Matt Lucas, a sketch show that despite only being 15 or so years old would not survive in today's PC culture
10: Dick and Dom, people my age grew up with them and it's a funny game to be played in a polite place i.e. a library or an exam hall
11: Only Fools and Horses, voted the best British sitcom multiple times
12: Alan, Alan, Al... Alan Partridge - you should react to him aswell lol
13: I'm pretty sure Mr Blobby was just a creation from a meeting room full of people high on ectasy
14: Never Mind the Buzzcocks was a legendary panel show about pop music they had some brilliant guests on: Lemmy, Alice Cooper, Slash and Preston was this boy band wanker guy who walked out because the host read some of his ex's biography
15: Robbie Williams tries to get everywhere in the UK media world and it's quite tiresome
16: Madness, they have a few other songs worth checking out
17: Check out the latest series from Sheersmith and Pemberton - Inside No. 9, amazing show where every episode is very different and worth watching
18: Fawlty Towers: 12 episodes - quality not quantity
19: Rosie and Jim used to freak me out when I was younger
20: Club biscuits were very popular in the 90s I think?
21: RIP Trevor Peacock, another one we lost this year, his character Frank Trott
22: Inbetweeners, growing up in school at the same times at the lads I very much related to it all and I reckon it was the last truly great sitcom, the catchphrases and mannerisms are still said today - check out James Buckley's youtube channel with his Scottish wife
23: The Fast Show - Paul Whitehouse and a few others
24: Another Inbetweeners reference, like 22. Still check out James' youtube channel - he is totally the opposite of his character Jay
You should see the Johnny Depp Suits You sir sketch. In fact Johnny Depp loved the show (the Fast Show.) he references it in the pirates of the Caribbean. Watch the out takes.
I was drinking some water when you got to the Club biscuit advert (a biscuit with a great deal of chocolate on it). The pair of you thought it was a swingers club! Is that the "very" Wandering Ravens evening activities?
The only suitcase reference I recall is the "Man in a Suitcase" 1960's show.
The auto glass bloke sounded like a brummie, explains the internation
He is a Brummie...
"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" from the Italian job.
"I'm going to give you a damn good thrashing" from Fawlty Towers.
Everytime I attended EU business in Aarhus in Denmark, I always used to think "in the middle of our street". I don't think my European cousins would have got that though.
I think that depends on their age. 50 and above would get it, that song was a major hit in a lot of places.