Welcome to Royston Vasey? Reacting to League of Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 1
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This has the potential to open you up for a world of weird. The League of Gentlemen and it's writers are the best at dark comedy out there. This, Psychoville and Inside Number 9 are all awesome.
Should def check out Brass Eye by Chris Morris....
Royston Vasey is also the real name of
Roy Chubby Brown.
If I remember right, Roy Chubby Brown ends up playing the Mayor in season 2.
spoilers
Yeh your right as Roy's name is Roy vasey the name of the village lol
When I worked at Stockport Daw Bank bus depot we started programming the electronic destination boards on the buses with a secret 13x Royston Vasey Local Service destination display option.
When the drivers discovered it many started using it instead of Sorry Not In Service when between duties.
After a couple of weeks this mysterious 13x bus had featured on the letters page of a couple of local newspapers, at least one of whom contacted the company for a comment.
Management were not amused and we got a memo from them informing us that technically we'd broken regulations by advertising a non-existent service and the X13 option was to be removed from all destination boards as and when each bus was due a software update.
It was fun while it lasted.
'and I'm someone from Mississippi and that's kinda scary to me' That was your own wee bit of comedy gold right there man! 😂
The League of Gentlemen is basically a documentary. That's what's funny about it. Worth sticking with it because it's a classic.
Even before I watch this, I am so looking forward to the reaction. Royston is on the rather extreme range of British Humour and I love it. Keep at it through the series and you will be drawn in.
This is a magnificent show.
It was originally a theatre sketch show that won the Perrier fringe award at Edinburgh. It's barking. Well worth sticking with but if you think it can't get any weirder you are totally wrong. Great show.
I loved this show when it first aired. I didn't think many foreigners would like it because it's so very weird and very British. Then again you have watched so much of our comedy that you might get it :)
The Germans loved it!
I also loved This is Jinsey (or whatever it was called) and The Might Boosh. My hubby could never understand why I was into the weird ones. They just made me smile 🤷🏻♀️
@@margaretflounders8510 Is that so?! Interesting. It's extraordinarily British so it is curious who else likes it.
@@batintheattic7293
The Germans also adore Mr. Bean.
They didn’t mind Herr Lipp then?!
This show is just plain genius! 3 guys playing over a hundred characters or something like that. So,so dark and twisted and like a UK version of Devils Rejects like you said lol.
Stick with it, everything fall into place . So glad you've finally got round to watching this
You're embarking on a journey of discovery that will take you down the darkest recesses of British humour. LoG is a masterpiece.
Good heavens. You're in for a hell of a time if you last long enough to meet Papa Lazarou...! And I'm not entirely sure that's a good thing... 🤣
Oh yes Papa Lazarou. He stole my wife. Mind you i never liked her much anyway.😊
Helo Dave! 😅
Wait until episode 1 of Series 2 with the introduction of Papa Lazorous! Sublime 😂
The best way that I can describe it is that it's like a sketch show of very dark humour with kind of a general connection that all this is happening in this small, out of the way, country town of strange characters and freaks
One of the darkest slices of British Black Comedy in existence. And one of my absolute favourite television shows of all time. I would strongly recommend Psychoville and Inside Number 9 after you've finished with League Of Gentlemen. Another two brilliantly dark and hilarious slices of television gold and also from the minds of Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith.
Love all this teams work. Marck Gattiss went on to write and act in both Doctor who and Sherlock.Psychoville is a must watch as it has get out, and Nope star Daniel Kaluuya init playing a brilliant if a bit criminal character , and some very warped characters played by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. ( Daniel ,Reece ,and Steve have also had parts in Doctor who over the past 16 years)
E.B 🥰! If you watch all of the League of Gentleman series it will put Your on a journey to some of the funniest dark humour you have seen in years. You love our British humour and I personally cannot wait to see your reactions as the series goes from strength to strength in humour & weirdness.😉
The writers based a lot of the characters on people they met. Reece Sheersmith based Pauline the jobcentre lady on a real woman who ran the jobclub in Hull. I freaked on finding this out as I live in Hull, I went to that jobclub and met her! It was only when I rewatched the series, that I could see all her traits exaggerated, just not that much :p
I had her too when I was on Jobclub. Yes, she did have a thing about her pens. When I first saw it on this show I was rolling with laughter.
@@bobby666666A fellow sufferer! It was the early 90s when I attended. The building was a portacabin at the side of the Victoria docks buildings back then. All I really remember of her was that she managed to cheese off every person there very quickly. I didn't initially realise when I watched the show. It wasn't until my then girlfriend told me Pauline was based on a real person Reese Shearsmith had met that I started to twig and the memories came flooding back. They got her look right as well :p
@@tsuguminiyamoto6417 I was at the building opposite the old Frank Dee's Supermarket. The next block was Debenhams. It was around 1990.
@@bobby666666 a quick bit of maths that has kept me up half the night, I've worked out that I was there in 1993. I'm assuming they'd moved offices. My main memory of her was her looking at my CV layout and telling me what a bad job I'd done in front of the other inductees. I left not long after...
@@tsuguminiyamoto6417 I remember the name and it was Kemley House which is now flats.
"It's just a big bloody joke to you, innit?!"
I love this show so much. Can't wait to watch the other ones with you.
League of Gentlemen is insane, but insanely funny..
It takes a bit of acclimatisation to its weirdness but it is well worth it.
You NEED to stay the course with this show. It's dark, gritty, borderline insane but very, very funny! Also, the cast are phenomenal at bringing the denizens of Royston Vasey to life!
(Watch out for the "orange juice" advert - it'll kill you!)
There are short and long story arcs that become interconnected thematically over the 4 seasons of the show. The writers all love old horror, dark comedy, Python, tales of the unexpected and so on - so they wanted to create a universe in the town of Royston Vasey where magic, horror, incest, cannibalism all co exists .
they are sketches, but are setting up the characters and their storylines within the freaky town of Royston Vasey
Most of the main characters are played by Reece Shearsmith Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss. Who all wrote The Script Along with Jeremy Dyson.
Mark Gatiss also writes quite a few episodes of Dr Who so look out for his name in credits. He wrote and starred in the Lazarus Experiment (season 3 episode 6) as Professor Lazarus.
They made a film which is worth watching after you've finished the series. Roystan Vasey is the real name of Roy chubby Brown a great English comedian, think you've watched his vids.
It was just three actors who played all the characters. Reece and Steve later co wrote inside number 9 which is really worth watching.
Just finished rewatching the whole series and live shows, always a classic! It's definitely anything but random. As the series progresses you will find how the stories of each character (or set of characters) bear relevance to their previous appearances. Series 3 is brilliantly done as each episode is shown from different characters perspectives over the same time period, ultimately culminating in a single event linking them all together. This show is just masterfully written and the 3 main actors have such an incredible range of talent that brings all their characters to life.
“Homeboy looks like he could store a whole 8-ball in one nostrel” I’m dead 😂😂😂😂
The 3 dudes play all the charaters. Each sketch will introduce you to some of the many freaks who live or pass through crazy town of Royston vasey. As the series goes on the indivudual stories somewhat interconnect with an overarching Theme. But not always. Its british comedy at its finest but very dark and twisted. I actually had the pleasure of seeing thier live interactive theatre show and some characters are so creepy and they walked up the isles of the theatre scaring the hell out of the audience that you might be picked to " join them " on stage
There are three main cast members, they play all but a few parts, they are also the writers along with the fourth member of the team. Each set of characters have continuing stories, and sometimes they interact. Babs the taxi driver is a character that provides some of the links. It is the story of a small working class town in the hills of northern Englznd. It was filmed in Hadfield, which is about 8 or 9 miles away from where I live. It is a work of genius, but you need to tune in to it as it is so different.
I mean, HOW HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THIS?!
THIS IS A LOCAL CHANNEL ! FOR LOCAL PEOPLE !
So glad you have joined us here, hope you are Local ... You will never leave. No it is not just a bunch of sketches, and no it doesn't have a storyline ... exactly ... it is just a Documentary about a typical English small town, this one is in the Peak District, but it could be almost anywhere in the UK
"Is Dave there"?
It was filmed partly in and around Hadfield, which is a small town Manchester and Sheffield and yes, the people that live there in real life are actually quite scary. I believe there are 4 people playing most of the characters with several support actors.
you're not wrong
you know Royston Vasey is the real name of Roy 'Chubby' Brown.
If you like dark comedy/satire, I'd recommend Brass Eye and Jam. If you're not easily offended both are great.
Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.
This show is brilliant alan
Watching this at the time as a teenager, it really threw the doors open for dark/weird character comedy. For we teenagers who saw this at the age when you fall in love with things.. wow.
Remember when lots of people used to say, "This is a local shop, for local people" all the time. 🙂
I have been waiting for this.....prepare to have your head turned inside out 😆
Stick with it..... you will be none the wiser at the end 🙂
For those that don't know, Royston Vasey is the real name of comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Royston Vasey is the real name of the comedian Roy Chubby Brown. Naming the town after him was their in-joke.
I'd say that League of Gentlemen is like mental roller coaster with twists, turns, humor, dark, absurd and occasional Whiplash.
Started out as a Radio 4 comedy show -" On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen". Incidentally "The League Of Gentlemen" is a British film from the 1950's about ex army officers planning a robbery.
I wish you luck with this (but it's brilliant) yes the stories have common threads, and are continuing though the series with sometimes two or three sections in each episode. The basic jokes are about inbreeding, local isolationism and failure to embrace progress. The team always have a very dark edge to their humour, so sort of like The Addams Family on Elm Street interpreted by Monty Python. The exposition of characters makes this first episode a bit disorientating, but as the threads are developed things will become more familiar. Keep going!!
You're into a whole new level of weird with that EB 😂
Thanks so much, one of my favorite comedies of all time.The dark undercurrent that you picked up on has to do with the writers love of hammer house of horror and tales of the unexpected UK shows they grew up with.
The outside filming was done at a place called Hadfield in Derbyshire, about 30 miles from me
I absolutely adore this show... It's so quotable that even to this day when I'm running conferences as work I'll open with "Okey Dokey Pig in a Pokey, Good morning Jobseekers"..... You may also want to keep an eye on posters in the backgrounds of shots.. . Some of them are hilarious...
And as weird as these characters are, there's even more to come...
Royston Vasey is also Chubby Browns real name.
Enjoy the trip.
This is gunna be a great journey - amazing show - it all does interconnect - first two seasons at least - enjoy - I’ll enjoy the ride along
Royston Vasey! Chubby Brown's real name.
The really weird thing is that a couple of days ago I was watching one of your Reactions, and I thought "he really gets some of our more sophisticated comedy, but I wonder how he would take to some of the more niche stuff, like ... League of Gentlemen !! Next thing, here you are :) Stick with it, I think you will like it. Written by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson. (I never realised until I looked on Wiki, that part of it was filmed in the Town where I was born in West Yorkshire, a Local town). Mark Gattis wrote and has acted in some of the Dr Who episodes, Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes as played by Benedict Cumberbatch with Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves) written alongside Stephen Moffat (Dr Who). He also wrote for Game of Thrones & Dracula. Pemberton & Sheersmith are brilliant writers who also created Psychoville and the fantastic series of single stories Inside No.9 (def worth a watch especially the (almost) silent one). These are a bunch of actors / writers very much in the vein of Monty Python but possibly a bit more sophisticated.
Ahh the League of Gentlemen... comedy grand guignol.. Like the Young Ones, this hit the zeitgeist at exactly the right time.
EB It's the darkest weirdest craziest sit com you'll ever see mostly played by three blokes Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss all writers and Jeremy Dyson who writes olso, It's fantastic 😂
This is such a classic show that inspired shows like "Little Britain".
It's also the very show that gave the game server i am part of, it's name, Royston Vasey (old game, TFC)
So yeah, for me this is a bit more "personal" so to speak, i absolutely love this show.
And yes, it is a weird and sometimes puzzling show, but it is so darn funny, albeit it it might not be for the faint of hearted people, more than often they "just go there".
Keep it up my bearded friend, once this show has its hooks in you, it will forever be a part of you, one way or another.
Enjoy!! ;)
Little British was prior to these sketches. I went to see Williams and Lucas at the Edinburgh festival in 1996 and the league of gentleman guys went to see them live so probably same time
@@sdavo that i did not know, i always thought LOG inspired LB, fun actually that it kinda is the other way around.
Never seen before because I have not had a TV for more than 3 decades. Kind wild and fun. Thanks for my intro to this Alan. Will be intrigued to see how it shapes up. Be well.😉
You’re In for a treat!
Welcome to Royston Vasey!
You'll never leave.😈
We'll have no trouble here!
The thing you need to know is that Royston Vasey is Roy Chubby Brown's real name and indeed Roy plays the mayor of Royston Vasey in the series. Shot in Hadfield in Derbyshire its off its tits weird, only the British could produce this! - it is funny dark humour played by three main characters. It connects in the end watch the next episode lol!
Pure genius show!! My all time absolute favorite!
Creepy, weird , dark but hilarious ...I love it 😅
Don't worry we were all confused and at times terribly frightened. But could not stop watching. You just never watched it before going to bed!!!
Finally! Such a great show, I hope you enjoy them all
This isn't a sitcom. This is a documentary.
👍😂
EB, 🤣🤣🤣I had to pause watching to say, you have opened a wild crazy can of worms with this one it's mental yet funny it's just about a bunch of characters in the VERY close knit village of Royston Vasey(Roy 'chubby Brown's real name) none of it really makes any sense but you constantly wonder what the hell is coming next in this weird part of the UK
This is life in the rest of the country, outside places like London and Swansea.
If you get too affected, the safe word is "Juliet Bravo!"
Sadly this brilliant show is barely repeated these days due to a character that has been perceived as being "black face", but it wasn't depicting someone of colour. It's suffered because of it, and you may get some negative commments/feedback from viewers and perhaps RUclips. However the writers (the three main cast members and another guy who didn't want to be on TV) defend the character stringently
‘It was not me doing a black man,’ Reece insisted. ‘It was always this clown-like make-up and we just came up with what we thought was the scariest idea to have in a sort of Child Catcher-like way
They're all still available on iPlayer and that particular character featured in the specials, only a few years ago, so I don't think the BBC can be too worried about it.
@@JamesLMason Netflix dropped it
Once you are in you'll never leave! This is genius as is most of the chaps work
Oh god, what a rabbit hole you have stumbled into, you will never want to leave, and you will become a local.
Oh boy, you're in for a treat with this.
It will all come together.
League Of Gentlemen is an amazing series but very off the wall 😆🤣
So ace your reacting to this series I love it and the 3guys that are most of the characters are always in it and most of the comedy is strange and dark there’s not a main story as such but the sketches are darkly themed I think the vet and the “local shop” owners are my faves and I’m sure there’s been several memes on the saying s “are you local?” Being the one I have seen most hang on in there though only gets odder from here ! 😂😂😂
It follows the various characters as the series goes on
Brilliant comedy, very dark and weird. Played by only a couple of actors. Very memorable scenes 😆
Keep watching its amazing! And the live shows are also great! Stick with it, its one of my favourite shows along with inside number 9 which 2 of them created! They are all genius! 😂
All connected in a very unconnected way.....Best of British.
Some of the best actors in the world here. The characters are unreal
Sit back and enjoy as it gets weirder further on.
this show will grow on you like the characters
About 30 years ago, this wasn't as far from reality as you'd think in some places.
If you survive series 1 and 2, you MAY be equipped for series 3.
EB you're reaction is totally normal😂it's weird alright but funny in that is so strange I believe the plot essentially is strangers are viewed as dangerous to their bizarre closed off existence, it's certainly no 'Still Game' but provides some strange very different humour. You poor fella🤣 that was a baptism of fire Sir🤣✌️🍻
Yes, it is connected , stick with it , and it will become clearer
Royston Vasey is Roy "Chubby" Brown's real name.
'I said bummers were deaf.'
You have to watch them all, I can't wait for you to see this series pal.
It will start to make sense and interconnect - you've hit comedy gold!
British comedy best there is
We loved Royston Casey when it came out and never missed a show. It’s the best of British dark humour my favourite kind of humour, hope you enjoy…
Oh. And don’t tell him the plot!
Stick with it . I have just binged watched all 3 series again and forgot just how good it is . Very clever writing and characters . It will all make sense at the end .
As someone from the moors of northern England the local shop in this is pretty accurate
Can't wait for you to see Papa Lazarus in future episodes 🤔😂😂😂😉
love this show! I live about ten miles away from the village of Hadfield where it was filmed. If you're ever in Manchester (UK) it's well worth heading east into the Peak District, brooding hills and moorlands. Bleak but beautiful at the same time. Great for hiking!
"What the hell have y'all got me watchin? " fantastic - I hope you enjoy this
FYI. Royston Vassey is the real name of a North Eastern Comedian called Roy Chubby Brown..
The best comedy show EVER written. Watch them all - then onto Paychoville. Then onto Inside number 9
My all time fave comedy. Wait 'til you see Papa Lazarou "Hello Dave"
Each of the stories slowly progressed through each episode, getting more dark/ weird each time but still very funny.
This is like one of those nightmares one has that upon awakening leave you spending the rest of the day trying remember it and peice it together.
It felt sinister but you don't know why and it makes no sense.
Over the course of series 1 and 2 much of this does ultimately weave together into a narrative of sorts but about 50% is still essentially standalone sketches with recurring characters.
Series 3 is individual stories featuring specific groups of characters.
it takes some to get used to I love the inept vet
Definitely one of the best dark comedy series made.
Another one I'd recommend for you to review is 'The Mighty Boosh' from the mid '00s, also 'The Young Ones' from the early '80s and 'Bottom' from the '90s - all BBC shows.
He has reacted to Bottom before. And maybe The Young Ones too at some point. (I secretly loved Boosh) 😊
@@grannym2880 Cheers! I'll have to check those reactions out!
Took your time getting around to it EB