Victoria Wood Episode 1 - Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah (Health Farm)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @Maisiewuppp
    @Maisiewuppp 8 месяцев назад +38

    Shout out to Julie Walters for her priceless Nicola.

    • @tombstoneharrystudios584
      @tombstoneharrystudios584 Месяц назад

      I met you she’s based on!
      This was based on Shrubland Hall in Suffolk; all the big names like John Thaw, Shiela Hancock, Tim Curry went there

  • @Mollypopithelen
    @Mollypopithelen Год назад +43

    'she almost scratched her Volvo'...superb. I've loved this woman's work forever, what a joy to find this channel.

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  Год назад +3

      I'm afraid since her passing much of this content has had various worldwide bans on copyright grounds. I'm glad they have left something for you to watch!

    • @Mollypopithelen
      @Mollypopithelen Год назад +3

      It's certainly a very different world nowadays so that doesn't surprise me. In fact it makes the old shows all the more enjoyable to watch, we are lucky viewers to have people like yourself. Thanks again.

  • @dieselgav
    @dieselgav 10 месяцев назад +18

    I love Anne Reid and Meg Johnson in this. "Our mother is haunting the spare room blanket box". Just priceless lines, one after the other. I miss Victoria Wood so much. No-one ever made me laugh as much as VW.

  • @fionanelson614
    @fionanelson614 Год назад +57

    She was a comedy genius. I love Julie Walters too 😂

    • @juliet7703
      @juliet7703 Год назад +2

      Yes those two were a comedy genius

    • @robertfraser9873
      @robertfraser9873 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@juliet7703They go together like Salt and Vinegar on chips! ❤❤😂😂

  • @muddydog6605
    @muddydog6605 Год назад +21

    Having a big I still miss Victoria wood week. I'd forgotten the goddess Liza was also in this.

  • @ekay881
    @ekay881 3 года назад +40

    So sorry VW is gone so soon. I love Liza Tarbuck in this. The casting is brilliant

    • @madgemuso7314
      @madgemuso7314 Год назад +5

      The actress who plays the PE instructor is great too- “I haven’t blown my nose since 1973!”

  • @froglet72
    @froglet72 Год назад +46

    'Don't run the cold tap and the bidet simultaneous or you'll scorch your nancy' is just the funniest line ever, so wonderful.

  • @MichelleHatcherLifeCoaching
    @MichelleHatcherLifeCoaching 4 года назад +150

    There are 8 people who have seen this video who's pulses I think should be checked... how can you dislike Victoria Wood?

    • @audrey7009
      @audrey7009 Год назад +16

      The dislike button has been removed now but. I totally agree with you. How can you dislike this awesome woman

    • @unasperanza9803
      @unasperanza9803 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@audrey7009 I miss the dislike button, but agree who could not love victoria wood.

    • @Whizzy-jx3qe
      @Whizzy-jx3qe 7 месяцев назад +1

      Sadly missed she was a legend

    • @JanMike9
      @JanMike9 6 месяцев назад +5

      They all fell off a diving board in Guernsey

    • @annelawton6783
      @annelawton6783 6 месяцев назад +2

      Brain scans needed too.

  • @ld4743
    @ld4743 8 лет назад +71

    Julie Walters scene from 2:45 is hilarious :) Such a fine actress!!
    RIP Victoria Wood.. a talent lost too soon :(

    • @Palifiox
      @Palifiox 8 лет назад +3

      It's a stand-out performance from Ms Walters. A parody, but what's wrong with that?

    • @leeball4585
      @leeball4585 5 лет назад +2

      As I say...

  • @tcrown3333
    @tcrown3333 Год назад +19

    Who said women can't be funny? Wood and Walters are hilarious!

    • @froglet72
      @froglet72 Год назад +1

      Nobody said that, Keith Williams. Nobody from the modern world anyway 😮

    • @tcrown3333
      @tcrown3333 Год назад

      @froglet72 You're not American, by any chance, are you?🤣😂

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 4 месяца назад

      Usually misogynistic has beens who feel threatened!

  • @wonderboy76
    @wonderboy76 Год назад +13

    "I mean, if you read a book,Victoria, that's not going to make me more intelligent is it?"
    "I wouldn't have thought so..."

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR 3 года назад +24

    Look at Anne Reid! 😻👍🏼

  • @christinedownton278
    @christinedownton278 4 года назад +30

    Victoria and julie Walter's were good in this it a shame victoria died so young sadly missed

    • @thadtuiol1717
      @thadtuiol1717 Год назад

      She was 62, it's not that young. Sad for her family of course, but in career terms, she'd pretty much done what she was going to do.

    • @alisonroberts9067
      @alisonroberts9067 5 месяцев назад

      Really … !!! Thadtuiol1717… I’m 61 & I’m funnier than ever

  • @stephendines1936
    @stephendines1936 7 лет назад +28

    Julie Walters, absolutely brilliant.

  • @felicityfourie1785
    @felicityfourie1785 5 месяцев назад +5

    Julie Walters. What a genius !

  • @R08Tam
    @R08Tam Год назад +15

    "Scratched her Volvo". Spat my drink

  • @daisymay9203
    @daisymay9203 4 года назад +35

    Anyway.......... I’m Nicola 😅R.I.P Victoria you legend 😅

  • @Jennythecatgirl
    @Jennythecatgirl 5 месяцев назад +1

    I grew up with this type of comedy - I just love it, and I miss her terribly 😢 especially when I see a plate of macaroons! 😁

  • @jonathanfurzeland4740
    @jonathanfurzeland4740 3 года назад +25

    Chernobyl looked nice in the brochure lol

  • @SimplySheilaB
    @SimplySheilaB 6 месяцев назад +3

    Omg, thanks for sharing, love this episode so much ❤❤❤

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  6 месяцев назад

      You're welcome. Other episodes have been taken down but if you look at my other comments on here you should find some links to another place where I have posted the others

  • @Flickymcbean825
    @Flickymcbean825 Год назад +9

    I remember the first time I watched this and I cried laughing. It was absolutely genius. Still as funny today as it was when I first watched it.

  • @bernadetteaspinall6710
    @bernadetteaspinall6710 4 месяца назад +1

    Julie Walter’s … Nicola … with a full and varied business career.. part of the highly professional team of professionals 😂😂what a great intro .
    The script is so clever..and perfectly delivered.. Thanks for the upload..🎉

  • @zeddeka
    @zeddeka Год назад +34

    The Dana character played by Liza Tarbuck is clearly a prototype for Twinkle in dinner ladies

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Год назад +2

      Before her there was Kelly-Marie Tunatall in As Seen on TV and the 2 girls in Victoria's song "Saturday night"

    • @lawrencecalablaster568
      @lawrencecalablaster568 4 месяца назад

      holy cats, that was Liza‽ I’ve only ever seen her on Taskmaster- it’s brilliant to see all these funny people in different contexts.

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 4 месяца назад

      Yes. They are similar. 😊

    • @tonggao08
      @tonggao08 4 месяца назад

      I'm sure her dad was in the audience. Quite an unmistakable laugh he had.

  • @lindaWalters-n1i
    @lindaWalters-n1i 4 месяца назад +2

    They are all great

  • @timothyking2248
    @timothyking2248 9 месяцев назад +8

    “Hereford missing a reservoir “
    😂

  • @franj1
    @franj1 12 лет назад +20

    Thank you so much for uploading this. I'm a massive Victoria fan.

  • @amber-louisesingleton2200
    @amber-louisesingleton2200 3 года назад +28

    Anne reid with a bloody bandana 😂😂🤦‍♀️

  • @sydhawdon9095
    @sydhawdon9095 7 лет назад +14

    One liners galore, i really miss Vic 💖💖💖

  • @juliet7703
    @juliet7703 Год назад +7

    Thankyou for this upload. Its always a nice surprise to stumble upon something I haven't seen before and this really made my day immensely. Vic and Julie are the best comedy pair.

  • @alisonroberts9067
    @alisonroberts9067 5 месяцев назад +2

    My god I worked in health farms in the 80’s …. Julie Walters could be me x

  • @FretFriendGWaL
    @FretFriendGWaL 2 года назад +12

    Is that Liza Tarbuck as the maid? She is quality in this! :D

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 2 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @madgemuso7314
      @madgemuso7314 Год назад +3

      Yes she’s a natural character actress- shame she hasn’t done more over the years, although I do like her as a presenter and DJ too.

  • @7arboreal
    @7arboreal 9 лет назад +16

    I don't want them lifted, I'm quite happy with them bobbling along where they are.

  • @MsLin1974
    @MsLin1974 3 года назад +8

    She was beautiful ❣

  • @cgarby
    @cgarby 4 года назад +22

    Scratched her Volvo 😂😂😂

  • @AndyTaylorfen
    @AndyTaylorfen 3 года назад +7

    Brilliant 👍

  • @allisonday893
    @allisonday893 4 года назад +11

    Wheeling in the TV! Reminds me of school.

  • @ophelias4172
    @ophelias4172 4 года назад +9

    OMG! My mom and dad had that exact same pink ...duvet?....blanket? when I was growing up. I think I was ten before they gave it up for something more modern.

    • @martinen.5025
      @martinen.5025 4 года назад +3

      They were called candlewick bedspreads! My parents had one, too!

  • @jamesshore2987
    @jamesshore2987 5 лет назад +18

    Just realised that Judy is the pharmacist from Doc Martin

    • @kardink
      @kardink 4 года назад +1

      Mrs. Tishel

    • @martinen.5025
      @martinen.5025 4 года назад +5

      THANK YOU!! I've watched this three times trying to work out where I know her from!! 🤣😂

    • @jamesshore2987
      @jamesshore2987 4 года назад +7

      @@martinen.5025 you're welcome. The actresses brother, Simon cadell was in Hi de Hi

    • @martinen.5025
      @martinen.5025 4 года назад +2

      @@jamesshore2987 OH, MY GOD... SOOO funny... I'm terrible on actor's names, unless they are someone I adore...it took me three episodes of Beecham House to realise that John Beecham's mother was MRS PATMORE...and then I didn't realise it, it was a letter to the Radio Times, where someone said, "Oooh, doesn't Mrs. Patmore scrub up well?" 🤣😂🤣😂😂

    • @martinen.5025
      @martinen.5025 4 года назад +2

      @@jamesshore2987 I LOVED Hi De Hi !!

  • @carolineg1872
    @carolineg1872 3 года назад +10

    Petra was Peter Purves's doggie.🤔 Well there were two actually, they replaced the first one without letting the audiences know, they felt it would be too upsetting to the kids.

  • @marklola12
    @marklola12 5 лет назад +9

    Ooh how can she say candlewick isn't nice lol I loved it

  • @enthusedtosing9655
    @enthusedtosing9655 3 года назад +7

    Everybody wheezing at Julie's introduction

    • @Mollypopithelen
      @Mollypopithelen Год назад +3

      It was so brilliantly done it was torturous to watch, my toes were curling, pure genius. 😄

  • @maxinejacobson4006
    @maxinejacobson4006 Год назад +4

    Excellent!

  • @brianhepke7182
    @brianhepke7182 Год назад +3

    Love Victoria Wood.... not the "canned laughter"... spoilt it.

  • @GusMcGuire
    @GusMcGuire 4 года назад +11

    7 people were called Nicola....as I say.

  • @ianpeddle6818
    @ianpeddle6818 7 месяцев назад +6

    Victoria you were taken far too early a one of a kind comedy genius 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @gazgaz5765
    @gazgaz5765 4 года назад +8

    Hello HighHoe Kermit! Thanks for uploading, sadly episodes 3, 4 & 5 of this 1989 series are not viewable.

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  4 года назад +1

      Hey Gaz, yeah they keep changing the copyright on various episodes. I did upload a couple on vimeo that were blocked on here. Any there were had links on the previous episode or on a pinned comment. But they do seem to change all the time. Another Victoria Wood video of mine has just been unblocked out of the blue after 7 years!

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  4 года назад

      vimeo.com/382056423

    • @gazgaz5765
      @gazgaz5765 4 года назад +1

      @@HighHoeKermit OK, thanks.

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  4 года назад +1

      @@gazgaz5765 I've just uploaded episode 4 too, but only get 500mb upload per week, so we're stuck for a week now I'm afraid. vimeo.com/469510334

    • @gazgaz5765
      @gazgaz5765 4 года назад

      @@HighHoeKermit Ok, thanks.

  • @JayJay-wg5ex
    @JayJay-wg5ex 3 года назад +4

    Wonderful

  • @teralmiles
    @teralmiles 2 года назад +4

    Scorch your Nancy. I wheezed laughed at that.

  • @sunkat76
    @sunkat76 10 месяцев назад +8

    Love this! But I don;t know what's worse; scratching your Volvo or scorching yer nancy...🤣🤣

  • @TheWaterfallprincess
    @TheWaterfallprincess 12 лет назад +8

    did she say her name was Nichola??..LMAO xx

  • @robertfraser9873
    @robertfraser9873 7 месяцев назад +3

    I wish we had all the other episodes of this series. Apart from the Val daree, TV chat show and the Airport episode I can't remember what the other episodes were? Was there one set in a Library? ❤❤

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  7 месяцев назад

      I'm afraid they got blocked on here Robert, but you may find a few I migrated elsewhere here... vimeo.com/382056423

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 7 месяцев назад

      Yes one was set in a library, there was also the one set at a posh cocktail party as well as the ones you mentioned

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  6 месяцев назад

      vimeo.com/942150811

  • @grahamshakeshaft2373
    @grahamshakeshaft2373 6 месяцев назад +2

    The "better version" mentioned above is sadly no longer available

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  6 месяцев назад

      Sorry about that, they seem to block these episodes at random I'm afraid, ever since Victoria's untimely passing. Before that they never bothered me so not sure if the copyright situation changed. I have had them randomly unblocked too, so fingers crossed 🤞

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  6 месяцев назад

      I hope this eases your disappointment - vimeo.com/942150811

  • @kathrynbissett7403
    @kathrynbissett7403 Год назад +3

    Just read the sad news r.i.p meg Johnson .

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 4 месяца назад

      Her magenta headband was quintessential 80s! 😂❤

  • @LeahJane1995
    @LeahJane1995 11 лет назад +6

    Lol how many calories are there in a pillow case hahahahahahahahaha

  • @dianal.clausen8118
    @dianal.clausen8118 Год назад +6

    It's the laugh track. Too loud covering up some of the dialogue. I want to watch them all, but don't know if I'll make it. Disappointing.

  • @dmh872
    @dmh872 12 лет назад +7

    12:43. That'd be Liza Tarbuck then!

  • @schmiedepaul4766
    @schmiedepaul4766 6 месяцев назад +4

    Anne Reid 😊

  • @georgielancaster1356
    @georgielancaster1356 Год назад +2

    998th like. I so wanted 999 or1000.

  • @londonlady227
    @londonlady227 10 месяцев назад +2

    Petra was Peter Purvis's alsatian. Not John Noakes labrador.

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 4 месяца назад

      Yes. Marcus's missus must have been called Shep!😂

  • @maryalcock9451
    @maryalcock9451 Год назад +2

    Brilliant 😂😂😂😂

  • @lewishultman9074
    @lewishultman9074 Год назад +2

    Marvellous lol x 😂

  • @katymagnets
    @katymagnets 3 года назад +5

    10:00 Sally-Anne was obviously the Georgia Tofolo of the 80s.

  • @Fee212
    @Fee212 11 месяцев назад +3

    Is that Lisa Tarbuck? 🤔

    • @HighHoeKermit
      @HighHoeKermit  11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes!

    • @Fee212
      @Fee212 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@HighHoeKermit Thank you. I'm watching on my iPhone and can't see her face too well. Many thanks. X

  • @HighHoeKermit
    @HighHoeKermit  6 месяцев назад +2

    I'm afraid all other episodes have been blocked, but you can continue watching episode 2 here - vimeo.com/942150811

  • @teralmiles
    @teralmiles 2 года назад +2

    I adore Dana. So much that I want to be her. 😆

  • @3506Dodge
    @3506Dodge Год назад +5

    To people in 2023, this doesn't seem funny anymore but it is an interesting and poignant window into british culture in 1989.

    • @madgemuso7314
      @madgemuso7314 Год назад +7

      Which people- have you seen how many views and likes there are for this? There is still a huge love for everything Victoria and her brilliant co-performers produced. In Britain at least.

    • @jeremyripton
      @jeremyripton Год назад

      Arent u a boring specimen...lighten up...

    • @froglet72
      @froglet72 Год назад +5

      No it's still very funny

    • @3506Dodge
      @3506Dodge Год назад +1

      @@froglet72 Not to me. But it shows a lot about how people saw things in 1989,.

    • @tommieves1404
      @tommieves1404 Год назад

      wrong, it's still funny!

  • @mikeowen7526
    @mikeowen7526 3 года назад +6

    ....... I see that was Allerdyce 😊😜😜❤️

  • @RareguyUk
    @RareguyUk 8 месяцев назад +2

    1987 Nova GTE

  • @McSynth
    @McSynth Год назад +6

    The dubbed laugh track's unnecessary, not to mention more than a bit patronising. Not all of us need to be told when to laugh.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Год назад

      It was filmed before an audience. Canned laughter is very rare in British TV

    • @JanMike9
      @JanMike9 6 месяцев назад +1

      Blame the BBC--they insisted Victoria add a laugh track--she hated it

    • @McSynth
      @McSynth 6 месяцев назад

      @@pedanticradiator1491 Not true of the BBC. They call it 'sweetening' adding recorded laughs where jokes fail or when there's no response to a line whch the director thinks is funny.
      The BBC Sound Effects Collection used to include a disc contatining nothing but audence responses / laughs / guffaws/ titters etc.

  • @seasmacfarlane6418
    @seasmacfarlane6418 Год назад +2

    I adored Victoria Wood, but for some reason Julie Walters gets on my nerves, and not in the funny way the Script intended. Sorry .... I don't want to make anyone cross, just my peculiarity!

    • @muddydog6605
      @muddydog6605 Год назад +1

      Who knows what sets us off with other people. I can't watch anything that has James Acaster in it.

    • @wintersanctuary
      @wintersanctuary 9 месяцев назад

      Weirdo! 😮

    • @annoldham3018
      @annoldham3018 4 месяца назад

      No need to apologise. I found Lil's character annoying in this and I've set off world war 3 in these comments by two snowflakes!

  • @lenahallid4802
    @lenahallid4802 3 месяца назад +1

    Terrible with the constant laughters

  • @paulspalace
    @paulspalace Год назад +2

    canned laughter put me right off after 4 mins

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Год назад +2

      There's no canned laughter - It's very rare in a British programme

    • @scottandrewbrass1931
      @scottandrewbrass1931 11 месяцев назад +3

      This particular series was recorded without an audience. Then shown to one for the reaction. Victoria Wood apparently hated this process. British sitcoms hardly ever use canned laughter.