i implore everyone to try and see the one where he talks about the love he lost during the war...it is so poignant..it turns a funny character into a legend
14 years, a long time ago this was. When the fast show ended they allowed flexibility with the characters. IRC His punchline changed from 'I was very very drunk' to 'when i got very very drunk'. In the final sketch they explained how the character lost the love of his life and became the alcoholic we'd been laughing at for many years. It was heartbreaking and some of the best television ever. The Fast Show was the absolute pinnacle of true British comedy. May it RIP.
Was a nutter on the bus today who was eerily like this. Except clearly loonie rather than pissed, given the random comprehendable bits were things like "electro-charged kebab".
He is like my late uncle who has been around who had some stories to tell and full blown alcoholic. He got some some stories like building houses in nigeria but he was very, very drunk even back then.
In the best Rowley Birkin QC I ever saw, he was muttering something about "a small Indian boy" and it seemed to have a sexual tone to his muttering and mannerisms...I remember falling off my chair laughing. Wish I could find it.
@@davepowell7168 well, you see, the thing with monkeys is... well, fwibber, gnrrr, falfwberrrr, awfully gnarrrr, ha haaaa... absolute blighters, with rather engorged anuses.
All of the characters are *greeeeaat* but my favourite is the troubled painter :) "Black" :) I'll post some more clips. At the moment I don't have much free time which is needed to chop them from the whole episodes but i'll keep posting. tnx for your comment.
It's not a laugh track, it's a real audience. The Fast Show never used canned laughter and sketches were either recorded in front of a studio audience or filmed and played to a studio audience.
HI there ! just another Rowley fan here from spain. I wish you could help me. Im looking for a Rowley clip where he gets interrupted by what another iiww vet who asks him to lower his voice, Rowleys response is "bugger off" without even looking at the guy. I've trying to finf it everywhere! can anybody lend me a hand? thanks! (I believed it belonged to the fast show xmas special of 1997, buy then again i cant find it) My infinite thanks to whoever knows the clip and can send me a link!
Remember Whitehouse from my childhood and though I found him funny I didn’t fully appreciate his genius. Guess you have to live a bit longer to understand how accurate his portrayals are, especially this one! My cousin has an alcoholic mate who mumbles when drunk; I once lost an hour nodding my head and smiling at this guy because I didn’t want to be rude and thought he may get violent if slighted. Every word he spoke clearly made perfect sense in his own head.
& the one where he starts the sketch speaking coherently then in his story he meets a friend & they start drinking absinthe. Then of course enter stage left the real Rowley Birken QC....
The most articulate unbiased eye witness account of 9.11 yet. Tragic sacrifice
i implore everyone to try and see the one where he talks about the love he lost during the war...it is so poignant..it turns a funny character into a legend
Truly does. Great shout with this
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14 years, a long time ago this was. When the fast show ended they allowed flexibility with the characters. IRC His punchline changed from 'I was very very drunk' to 'when i got very very drunk'. In the final sketch they explained how the character lost the love of his life and became the alcoholic we'd been laughing at for many years. It was heartbreaking and some of the best television ever. The Fast Show was the absolute pinnacle of true British comedy. May it RIP.
I just have, and I thank you - beautifully done, and I did shed a tear xx
"I was called on in my capacity as ihfowgoaogdogfopwhwje."
So funny :')
very very very very drunk : )
love the way he talks
Was a nutter on the bus today who was eerily like this. Except clearly loonie rather than pissed, given the random comprehendable bits were things like "electro-charged kebab".
I once had a teacher just like that.
So funny, Paul is a Comedy genius
Aaaaahahaha, tears running down my face, what brilliant expessions on his face. I just enjoy watching this so much... :-)
Absolutely brilliant! I have tears in my eyes watching this
...reminds me off my grandad lmao..
aint seen the fast show in ages..
good ol' british comady:D
Thank You Tube - I just loved this show and feel so sad about it no being on anymore (here in Canada it never has been on!).
my favourite part of the sketch! lol
He is like my late uncle who has been around who had some stories to tell and full blown alcoholic. He got some some stories like building houses in nigeria but he was very, very drunk even back then.
I hope I end up like this when I'm older :')
Loved this show x ty x
love it ^^
Love the character.
This is how I want to be as an old man 😂
hahahahahahaha. Genious.
CARRUTHERS FETCH ME MY HARSHEST TWEED AND A GLASS OF BRANDY *random old posh man noises that sound a bit like nigel thornberry*
This is hilarious!!!
Clearing, throat .. Queens English Accent ? - Check! and ......
I was .... VERY, VERY DRUNK!!!
(This sentence will never stop being Funny)
he is a class act for sure :d
Yessssss!!!!!!
I had a maths teacher like that. Miss that show soo much
4% of 75 = ?
Several seconds is more than enough...
I cracked my head sharply on the furniture rgrhrgrgrgrgowhwhgjk lol
the smile at the end ''I WAS VERY,VERY DRUNK.'' lols.
Brilliant
Welcome to jazz club...great! hehe
i was called on in my capacity AS a fleouzn mweozimayz
Rowley Birkin is BRILLIANT! Have him reading the regional news bulletin...
i knew an old army officer who spoke like this, completely mad as a fish to boot
The lnebriati are not all permapissed.
fast sho is absolute genius.. best sketch show.. end of.
and i was called on in my capacity AS a hauz uv brlazivrlee
EPIC WIN! :D
"And I was called on in my caPAcity azzwrlzwwfghtswer... And I cracked my head very SHAAHply on the piece of furniture"
this always gets me 🤣🤣🤣
i saw the fast show live.. v funny indeed lol.
I was called on in my capacity as hmbjyfrggghhfffhhgghhh lol
classssic
This is :awesome:
I was calledin my capacity AS wlagnblingblah.
XD
Would love this without the laughing track. Comedy gold
MORE!!!
he is funniest in fast show!!!
In the best Rowley Birkin QC I ever saw, he was muttering something about "a small Indian boy" and it seemed to have a sexual tone to his muttering and mannerisms...I remember falling off my chair laughing. Wish I could find it.
That didn't end well, 'poisonous monkey' was involved
@@davepowell7168 well, you see, the thing with monkeys is... well, fwibber, gnrrr, falfwberrrr, awfully gnarrrr, ha haaaa... absolute blighters, with rather engorged anuses.
I completely understand, old bean! I too was called upon in that capacity.
Exactly like Gerald from Clarkson's Farm 😆
I love this show :D in the states its called Brilliant but same goodness . This Rowly Burkins reminds me of my uncle XD
i actually had drunks talking to me like this XD
I do so love the anecdotes of the Duke of Edinburgh/
I know and old farmer just like this.
All of the characters are *greeeeaat* but my favourite is the troubled painter :) "Black" :) I'll post some more clips. At the moment I don't have much free time which is needed to chop them from the whole episodes but i'll keep posting. tnx for your comment.
Now I have an idea of what a stoned Elmer Fudd sounds like
lmao yea
Its Something A Fireworks Show!!
NOT a procecutor - just a well qualified barrister (= court lawyer in Yanklish)- they might be defending as well..
.... and I was very very drunk... xD
@padraic2001eire its in series 2 in the last or second to last epasode
oh, well thanks for correcting me..its good to know its live rather than a laugh track.
awesomely toot! funny? could I! very :)
That IS the point ;-) hahaha
@joshay3000 the best ever.... nothing can top the fast fast show.
It looks good to me, but then you see, I was very, very drunk.
1:07 LOL
This guy gave vocal classes to Boris Johnson
ahahahah but i'm affraid .. I was very very very drunk ! xD
One girl was very badly burned!
It's not a laugh track, it's a real audience. The Fast Show never used canned laughter and sketches were either recorded in front of a studio audience or filmed and played to a studio audience.
@padraic2001eire Its on season 2 episode 5
@MaxWragg1 i`d say it was down to very very very large amounts of cash. . . suits you sir !
bungalows david!
Rawleigh Birkin Q.C; b.1913 - d.2000
R.I.P
Rowley matey
That man is Boris Johnson's father
I tried to launch this as a meme, but I'm afraid I was very, very drunk. :)
I thought this was partly based on Ballard Buckley/the major from Fawlty Towers?
and let me get "important" right, lol.
It's me in about an hour.
HI there ! just another Rowley fan here from spain.
I wish you could help me. Im looking for a Rowley clip where he gets interrupted by what another iiww vet who asks him to lower his voice, Rowleys response is "bugger off" without even looking at the guy. I've trying to finf it everywhere! can anybody lend me a hand? thanks! (I believed it belonged to the fast show xmas special of 1997, buy then again i cant find it) My infinite thanks to whoever knows the clip and can send me a link!
Boris Johnson talkin about covid 19 🤣
Sounds like a BBC Radio 3 presenter.
Remember Whitehouse from my childhood and though I found him funny I didn’t fully appreciate his genius. Guess you have to live a bit longer to understand how accurate his portrayals are, especially this one! My cousin has an alcoholic mate who mumbles when drunk; I once lost an hour nodding my head and smiling at this guy because I didn’t want to be rude and thought he may get violent if slighted. Every word he spoke clearly made perfect sense in his own head.
I am still surprised that they managed to get the Duke of Edinburgh to appear in The Fast Show.
thats the point, he is drunk whilst telling the story and all the time.
& the one where he starts the sketch speaking coherently then in his story he meets a friend & they start drinking absinthe. Then of course enter stage left the real Rowley Birken QC....
In Serbia we say:Pijan je kao dupe!!
Translation:,,He is as drunk as ass!"
Friday night
boris was very drunk wen he speared lotar matius ha!
I was very ... very drunk.
My boyf said this is like me!! Apparently!
lol
Hmm, hmmm, yeah, hmmm, I know some of these words.
@zeekyblahIV - thats the point ;)
@3oMethylmorphine ha ha ha ha, rowely birkin is more like bozza`s father than what bozza`s father is. class
what does the Q.C stand for?
Queens Council
@Leila8able the gezzer is a legend, time for a knighthood one thinks !
Me in 50 years.
Me I don't think so