What a wonderful upload - thanks so much. Since the spectacular transformation of both London and the BBC into bland soulless products extruded from a weave of profitable public school connections and designed to exhibit an exclusive wasteland of luxury artless mediocrity ... it's nice to remember it wasn't always that way. And Alexei Sayle is the king of not that!
Great upload. I'll go so far as to say a crucial historical document. Of course I watched it when it was first broadcast but that was sufficiently long ago that it's as good as a new discovery. A long overdue reacquaintance with a best mate. The prospect of parts 2 and 3 will sustain me through the tedium of work tomorrow.
I'm commuting home to the Blue Mountains on a stormy Tuesday arvo and there must be half a dozen Johns in this carriage ,this vintage Alexei is golden .
The Philharmonic PUB right at the beginning lol Affectionally known as the PHIL , by us Liverpudlians Crawled out of there a few times my self over the years lol (mainly during the early 80,s)
No problem. The real thanks go to my mate's dad who recorded this back in 82 when I think was the only time it aired. Shame we don't know where the original
Well done on uploading. An amazing find for us. I wonder if the BBC have the original? Or did they wipe over it as part of their disgraceful policy of not archiving our artistic & cultural heritage?
Thanks. You're probably right. They did seem to have a habit of deleting things. Seems strange how it's never been repeated. I would be nice if it does still exist and we could see a high-quality version. Although, I think half the charm is the crummy 1980s betamax quality.
Having read Alexei's 'Stalin ate my Homework', I thought I understood his teenage quest to get into pubs, but until I saw this video, I didn't realise it was a quest to drink something ordered as 'a pint of bitter' but served 0:50 as a pint of pale translucent yellow-coloured piss-water which must be lager.
this is very weird for me. for years my dad suffered a compulsion to call all men john. he used it to hide hisprofound inability to remember names. now at last i know where he caught it from
Great isn't it - to look back 40 years and realise that the people , shows, etc you though were gut-bustingly hilarious weren't actually that funny and were quite boring. Ah, the sweet innocence of youth and the terrifyingly, cold, numb, true reality of old age.
What a wonderful upload - thanks so much. Since the spectacular transformation of both London and the BBC into bland soulless products extruded from a weave of profitable public school connections and designed to exhibit an exclusive wasteland of luxury artless mediocrity ... it's nice to remember it wasn't always that way. And Alexei Sayle is the king of not that!
You're welcome. Was worried this gem would be lost forever.
Kinky John you used some fancy words there I'm gonna have to look up. Nevertheless, I like your comment. Spot on. Bring back the early 80s!
Thanks very much for uploading this, I've been looking for it for ages. Some excellent moments!
great slice of early alexei. immaculately turned out as usual.
Great upload. I'll go so far as to say a crucial historical document. Of course I watched it when it was first broadcast but that was sufficiently long ago that it's as good as a new discovery. A long overdue reacquaintance with a best mate. The prospect of parts 2 and 3 will sustain me through the tedium of work tomorrow.
Ahh remember this!! Thanks for uploading!!❤
I'm commuting home to the Blue Mountains on a stormy Tuesday arvo and there must be half a dozen Johns in this carriage ,this vintage Alexei is golden .
Lucky you. Going Home to the Blue Mountains 💜🇦🇺 Say hello hello hello to the three Sisters.
The Philharmonic PUB right at the beginning lol
Affectionally known as the PHIL , by us Liverpudlians
Crawled out of there a few times my self over the years lol (mainly during the early 80,s)
That pub conversation is very convincing. I've witnessed similar in my youth!!
Yeah you almost believe Alexei knows what a working class pub looks like
No problem. The real thanks go to my mate's dad who recorded this back in 82 when I think was the only time it aired. Shame we don't know where the original
Brilliant - never seen this before. You're a great person!
brilliant, i remember this so vividly.
John in the red Fred Perry is Keith Allen
And the other John in the sky blue Fred Perry is Nicholas 'Hazell' Ball.
Used to love Alexi when I was a kid
Mad that pubs used to close in the afternoon!
I recall being turfed out into the glare of the afternoon sun as recently as the early '90s - practically yesterday. Hard, hard times.
dont even open now pubs 2021 if you still alive you know why i said that
Well done on uploading. An amazing find for us. I wonder if the BBC have the original? Or did they wipe over it as part of their disgraceful policy of not archiving our artistic & cultural heritage?
Thanks. You're probably right. They did seem to have a habit of deleting things. Seems strange how it's never been repeated. I would be nice if it does still exist and we could see a high-quality version. Although, I think half the charm is the crummy 1980s betamax quality.
Having read Alexei's 'Stalin ate my Homework', I thought I understood his teenage quest to get into pubs, but until I saw this video, I didn't realise it was a quest to drink something ordered as 'a pint of bitter' but served 0:50 as a pint of pale translucent yellow-coloured piss-water which must be lager.
I'm surprised Alexei didn't have a Fatwa put on his head for that Ayatollah joke at 6.10.
this is very weird for me. for years my dad suffered a compulsion to call all men john. he used it to hide hisprofound inability to remember names. now at last i know where he caught it from
Epic. Yes, drinking laws! 😂
Some people should, and some people shouldn't. 🎉
Fucking genius
Great upload but a slight correction to make. The series was on BBC1 not 2.
Awesome! 😀
Great isn't it - to look back 40 years and realise that the people , shows, etc you though were gut-bustingly hilarious weren't actually that funny and were quite boring. Ah, the sweet innocence of youth and the terrifyingly, cold, numb, true reality of old age.
7:19
Has anything changed in Liverpool since 1982? No.
6:07 Why no fatwa against Sayle for that one?
last bitt was funniest cause its true
What is that lovely music at 2:53?
Elgar - Symphony no. 1.
And the music at 4:17 is Coronation Scot by Vivian Ellis if anyone is interested in the love and appriceation of classical tunes.
betamax tape went to