The irony of having a gay guy playing a straight one and a straight guy playing the gay is a stroke of genius and it never fails to have me in stitches. And the 2 actors playing off each other is sublime.
@@dalemcilwain Gorden was gay indeed, the BBC was afraid that if the public found out it would cause trouble, but when Gorden had his accident in the storm it came out he wax gay and the public did not mind at all, sending him lots of get well letters and cards.
@@NemesisRTCW I only learned of his accident far, far later than watching the show, and man, it must have taken him a lot of strength to recover, but so glad he did.
Gruber definitely one of my favourite characters...although the whole cast made the show so enjoyable to watch...still laugh so much watching reruns...
Missing is the scene where Gruber meetings Rene's "twin brother" and Rene remarks that they were born and raised in Nancy, hence "...we were both...Nancy...boys."
Well, there are some fun british shows, but they are getting more and more rare. I mostly check whatever Matt Berry is starring in, as he has a similar style of humor.
If they decide on a reboot (as that's the current hype) it won't be the original cast (although they might want to do a small cameo/easter egg appearance if possible) and the question rises if it will have the same chemistry, oomph and humor moments as humor has changed over the years and politically correctness has gotten/is getting worse And the jokes might trigger outrage where there was no reason for before
@@marianpazdzioch6632 Probably more to do with the fact a lot of modern media is simply trying to score easy Brownie points from Social Justice Groups.
I love the everyday frustration Rene has. So stressful trying to survive and help everyone. He has so many small and big problems. His face is always serious:)
I liked the rundowns of what had been happening that Rene often gave to camera at the start of an episode, listing all his troubles and ending with something like "...and it is only Tuesday!"
I would add - how to include a gay character into the story without impression, that it was made for political or ideological reason. Today such creation of character like Gruber would be "offensive": OH NO, THEY ARE LAUGHING ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IT'S HOMOPHOBIC! SCANDAL!
I just had to send this clip to someone while we were discussing Q(ueer)-Force, and how back then, people could write good comedy with gay people instead of the "woe is me, I am being persecuted" crap we got these days.
@@miloseviczarko45 No, Gruber marries Helga, and has multiple kids with her. Thats one of the jokes in the final episode, when the colonel (who became his driver after the war) mentions it Rene and the Colonel both say "I didnt think he had it in him"
The whole show was full of babes but she definitely had those knockout good looks that short women sometime seem gifted with - like Veronica Lake - you couldn’t help but look at her. It was once how television shows would be cleverly cast so the whole family would watch together, and this one certainly secured the attention of the most easily distracted demographic of young males.
I preferred Yvette, but yeah she was also a looker. Though my favourite remains Helga, especially when she is wearing the "little suspenders with the swastikas on" :P
Sometime later in the show, Gruber's wound badge - which is appropriate and goes with his Iron Cross, 2nd Class, and explains how he left the Russian Front - disappears and is instead replaced with the Iron Cross, first class, with no explanation.
My head canon is that Helga is Gruber’s ‘beard’, in order to live in peace. After all, society was… not very friendly to gay people back then if you’ll allow me this understatement.
There will never be another 'Allo 'Allo. The 'offended by default' mob would not allow it. Such a funny show. Thanks for sharing this, Gruber was one of my favourite characters.
Can I ask about the joke behind "ginger tom", please? I've read that there is this myth about all ginger cats being boys, but I don't think it is really the joke
One person wrote something about slang eords, so I looked it up. It seems, that is comes from Cockney (I should have known): Ginger this expression comes from a London slang called Cockney rhyming slang. Very basically consist in replacing a word you do not want to pronounce to avoid be understood by others, with words that sound alike and rhyme, and may even have some relation of meaning. In this case the word “Queer” was replaced by “Brighton Pier”, and after by “Ginger beer”, then shorting to “Ginger”. Similarly “Queer” resulted in “King Lear” which in turn resulted in “Jere” and “Gear” two slang for homosexual man. Source: www.moscasdecolores.com/en/gay-dictionary/english/ginger/
Interesting, thank you all for the explanaitons. 'Allo 'Allo is such a great show and although the dabbing in my mothertongue is also amazingly well done, the original still hides so many subtle jokes I always love to discover.
Surely this would be branded as non-pc, possibly phobic and cancelled if were made today..? What a tragic loss that would've been to us all had it been so
You're really overestimating the power a vocal minority on twitter have over things. I think you'd find most people are perfectly fine with the character, there's nothing hateful about his portrayal, in fact I'd say he's one of the most likable and sympathetic ones.
The irony of having a gay guy playing a straight one and a straight guy playing the gay is a stroke of genius and it never fails to have me in stitches. And the 2 actors playing off each other is sublime.
Oh you mean Gorden Kaye is gay and Guy Siner isn't? Wow, never knew. :D
I didn't know Gordon was gay. I knew Guy wasn't gay.
@@dalemcilwain
Gorden was gay indeed, the BBC was afraid that if the public found out it would cause trouble, but when Gorden had his accident in the storm it came out he wax gay and the public did not mind at all, sending him lots of get well letters and cards.
@@NemesisRTCW I only learned of his accident far, far later than watching the show, and man, it must have taken him a lot of strength to recover, but so glad he did.
Lt Gruber wasn't gay. He married Helga after the war and had 6 children with her. I think he was bi-sexual. 😁
The relation between Rene and Gruber....Legendary!
Leclerc: Is he one of us? (referring to René about Gruber)
René: No, he is one of them.
Gruber: Please don't tell anyone!
That scene is priceless.
He is afraid to come out of the closet.
@@SwiftNimblefootMuch like the British airmen!
1982 🇹🇹🤣🤣 grew up on this classic real masterpiece
Gruber definitely one of my favourite characters...although the whole cast made the show so enjoyable to watch...still laugh so much watching reruns...
Me to😅
"My little tank" - Lt. Gruber.
Missing is the scene where Gruber meetings Rene's "twin brother" and Rene remarks that they were born and raised in Nancy, hence "...we were both...Nancy...boys."
The walls are thick
The doors are stout
Why are you waving your potato about
The lines are wonderfully written, but the bodylanguage is the cherry on the pudding 😂😎🤝🇳🇱
Superb. ❤
Timing was perfect. Brilliant show, so sad we will probably never see comedy like this again. Musn't
Well, there are some fun british shows, but they are getting more and more rare. I mostly check whatever Matt Berry is starring in, as he has a similar style of humor.
British comedies are the funniest and best ones to watch.
If they decide on a reboot (as that's the current hype) it won't be the original cast (although they might want to do a small cameo/easter egg appearance if possible)
and the question rises if it will have the same chemistry, oomph and humor moments
as humor has changed over the years and politically correctness has gotten/is getting worse
And the jokes might trigger outrage where there was no reason for before
@@Wrecker3D I noticed, when I watched some reaction channels, almost nobody laught at Rene/Gruber "gay" jokes, probably afraid of cancelation :(
@@podfuk Or, you know, maybe because they don't find them funny.
When a gay character could carry an entire series without gay getting in the way. This was a brilliant character. 🤣
Mr Humphrey in Are You Being Served
And he winds up marrying Helga!
Brilliant!!
subtlety is the key, and something gay characters forcefully inserted in today's movies lack.
@@marianpazdzioch6632
Representation today is leagues above representationin the past.
@@marianpazdzioch6632 Probably more to do with the fact a lot of modern media is simply trying to score easy Brownie points from Social Justice Groups.
I watched this series when I was stationed in England in the 80's. LOVED it!
@ 01:02
Gruber already "visualizing those bottoms up". 🤔😉😎😂
Lieutenant Gruber is my favorite character, and Rene too
Funny funny funny sitcom. Takes the piss of all concerned. Brilliant.
The pause at 6:10 is immaculate. But you can't tell me they kept a straight face afterwards - that must have had more than one take.
Most of it was done on stage with audience, so not too many mistakes
I simple adore this show, and Gruber is one of the funniest gay people in TV history.
1:31 'Marry Rene?' Gruber is heartbroken.
That ".. congratulations." of his is just heart-wreckingly sorrowful.
It's still mind-boggling that the show ends with him marrying Helga...
7:40 Second heartbreak 💔 😂
That "congratulations" afterwards, the wobbling voice 😂
Congratulations
What an actor, splendid!
I love the everyday frustration Rene has. So stressful trying to survive and help everyone. He has so many small and big problems. His face is always serious:)
And yet Rene is often the cause of all his own problems...
I liked the rundowns of what had been happening that Rene often gave to camera at the start of an episode, listing all his troubles and ending with something like "...and it is only Tuesday!"
Man, what a great series! The writing and the acting was so superior to the crap that is foisted upon us today via the regular networks.
So true!
Holywood take notes - this is how you write a gay character, who is openly gay and it doesnt destroy whole story
I would add - how to include a gay character into the story without impression, that it was made for political or ideological reason. Today such creation of character like Gruber would be "offensive": OH NO, THEY ARE LAUGHING ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IT'S HOMOPHOBIC! SCANDAL!
What about Mr. Humphrey/John Inman (a most apt name) from another great Brit series "Are You Being Served?"
I just had to send this clip to someone while we were discussing Q(ueer)-Force, and how back then, people could write good comedy with gay people instead of the "woe is me, I am being persecuted" crap we got these days.
The look in his eyes when he stands at 10:37 just SENDS me 😂
My my, you do have a big bundle there.
i only watched it for Gruber xxxxx
So glad he survived the war
And marrys Helga.
@@ruicorreia7882 No way? Herr Flick doesn't?
@@miloseviczarko45
No, Gruber marries Helga, and has multiple kids with her.
Thats one of the jokes in the final episode, when the colonel (who became his driver after the war) mentions it Rene and the Colonel both say "I didnt think he had it in him"
@@miloseviczarko45 "Flick, the Gestapo" most likely didn't live much longer after the war anyway.
@@user-yc5um2pl5v Most likely. But JUSTICE FOR VON SMALLHAUSEN!
Turns out he is BI and ended up married to Helga and they had three kids together in the reunion special :)
Wasn't it six children?
Gruber was my favourite character.
Thanks for the upload greetings from Costa Rica 😎 stay safe.
Gorden....never to be forgotten.....RIP my friend......
I want that man's name!
I bet-a you do!
Love both of these tributes to Gruber :D many thanks
Keep it up! more of officer crabtree please
"I was pissing outside and thought I'd take a leek."
The waitress Maria was the most beautiful girl in the whole series. Pity that she left the production so early.
The whole show was full of babes but she definitely had those knockout good looks that short women sometime seem gifted with - like Veronica Lake - you couldn’t help but look at her.
It was once how television shows would be cleverly cast so the whole family would watch together, and this one certainly secured the attention of the most easily distracted demographic of young males.
There was so much she could take and only so much she could take, she couldn't take anymore...
I didnt like mimi much now u mention it
I preferred Yvette, but yeah she was also a looker. Though my favourite remains Helga, especially when she is wearing the "little suspenders with the swastikas on" :P
@@peterburke1709 She came off as a nutter.
6:25 is the best joke XXD
3:16 is the best one for me :)
My my you do have a big bundle there LOL.!!
Love this show🤗
My favorite character on the show him and Renee.
Maria
He was great as the young general in the "Genesis of the Daleks"
Also played the part of Noel Coward in an episode of You Rang M’Lord. He was good in that episode too
General Raven, was it? Parallel lives in parallel universes.
Also, was a minbari in Babylon 5.
It'd have been hilarious if he played that role as Gruber. He would have had some remarks about the plungers for sure. :P
Sometime later in the show, Gruber's wound badge - which is appropriate and goes with his Iron Cross, 2nd Class, and explains how he left the Russian Front - disappears and is instead replaced with the Iron Cross, first class, with no explanation.
Probably fixed by Uncle Heiny...
Thank you so much 😂
Hans is my spirit animal.
Bottoms up…..lol
9:05 that scene always gets me LOL
Do you also have part 1? I remember seeing it once, but now I can't find it...
Those were diffrent times a different world i miss those times
Lt Grueber and Mr Humphreys were the most comical gay Brits on 80's tv
1:34 I never thought I would feel sad for a literal Nazi Army officer
Gruber reminds me of Matt Hancock!
funny thing is gordon kaye was gay
Was he? News to me.
@@misterprecocious2491 Yep he deffo was
But, on the last episode, he marrys Helga.
That's when Renee says," I didn't know you had it in you.". Guy Sinner was great in the series.
My head canon is that Helga is Gruber’s ‘beard’, in order to live in peace.
After all, society was… not very friendly to gay people back then if you’ll allow me this understatement.
1:02 miles away
There will never be another 'Allo 'Allo. The 'offended by default' mob would not allow it. Such a funny show. Thanks for sharing this, Gruber was one of my favourite characters.
What is the name of the song at 5:00 minute...???
"He's Funny That Way"
ruclips.net/video/7MLdMYX-WHE/видео.html
Renes face when Gruber is singing this is priceless
Lt Gruber was a great singer. Wish there were audio versions of his renditions.
As Van Halen sang, B,B,B,B, Baby bottoms up
1:28 Marry René? 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
This show was a classic, Lt Gruber was too obvious
Magnolia and Potato
Can I ask about the joke behind "ginger tom", please? I've read that there is this myth about all ginger cats being boys, but I don't think it is really the joke
Following this for the answer
One person wrote something about slang eords, so I looked it up. It seems, that is comes from Cockney (I should have known):
Ginger
this expression comes from a London slang called Cockney rhyming slang. Very basically consist in replacing a word you do not want to pronounce to avoid be understood by others, with words that sound alike and rhyme, and may even have some relation of meaning.
In this case the word “Queer” was replaced by “Brighton Pier”, and after by “Ginger beer”, then shorting to “Ginger”. Similarly “Queer” resulted in “King Lear” which in turn resulted in “Jere” and “Gear” two slang for homosexual man.
Source: www.moscasdecolores.com/en/gay-dictionary/english/ginger/
@@lenkaubauba1221 I think the secondary joke is that Gruber is a "tomcat" which is slang for a promiscuous male.
Could be a red haired (called ginger) guy
Interesting, thank you all for the explanaitons. 'Allo 'Allo is such a great show and although the dabbing in my mothertongue is also amazingly well done, the original still hides so many subtle jokes I always love to discover.
Is Guy a common name in the UK?
8:24 I always knew prince Bernard (of the Netherlands) was a pimp...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Pig head...great show...😂😂😂😂😂
It was very lonely at the Russian Front...
Guy Sinner. Brilliant!!
Surely this would be branded as non-pc, possibly phobic and cancelled if were made today..?
What a tragic loss that would've been to us all had it been so
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Imagine the reaction from the gay brigade today if the bbc ever dared show it again, we are not allowed to laugh at anything any more.
I don't think this is very problematic given Gorden Kayes own sexuality. Funny dynamics going on since Guy Siner is straight
It isn’t. I myself am from gen z and I’m a bisexual trans person who loves the show and gruber.
You're really overestimating the power a vocal minority on twitter have over things. I think you'd find most people are perfectly fine with the character, there's nothing hateful about his portrayal, in fact I'd say he's one of the most likable and sympathetic ones.
Now we watch Biden
No time for woke back then
Pity they ruined the series by marrying Gruber off to Helga :(
This changed my life to happy , but the woke will not make such brilliance
gay sinner...