hollywoodwerewolf No one likes a joke more than I do except maybe my wife, and some of her friends. . . . . . Oh and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it most people enjoy a laugh more than I do but that’s beside the point!
It doesn't have laughter on the soundtrack because it's from one of two shows the Pythons filmed in Germany for German TV, called "Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus." Both were shot on film and on location (this sketch was filmed in a genuine optometrist's shop in Munich), whereas most of the Flying Circus was shot on video in front of a studio audience. This sketch was recycled from "At Last the 1948 Show" (actually from 1967) and the original version had Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor instead of Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
At least the folks there have good,affordable healthcare unlike they do here in States where it cost you " A arm and leg ( along with our souls lol ) just to get decent medical treatment.
I was literarly lying on the floor when i saw this for the first time. I couldn‘t laugh no more, because my spine started to hurt after so much laughing.
My hearing is not the best, so I've learned to lip read. Sometimes, I tell people, "Sorry, I didn't understand that; let me put my glasses on." Ah, the perplexed looks!
because it's not the least bit funny. No one realizes you're even trying to tell a joke. Just like this sketch. I'm not sure how any human on earth can laugh at this....
yeah...."classic". fking hilarious. I'm reading these comments trying to imagine in what world this is considered at all funny. One guy can't hear another guy... omgomgomg and then there's ANOTHER guy who can't SEE the other guy! Oh lord, it's so funny I'm peeing myself!
I remember watching this sketch on my landlady's tv, around 1973, in Edinburgh, in the far-off days when I was a student. I was lying on a sofa at the time, and I literally, genuinely, fell off laughing, quite helplessly. It's good to see it again.
HOW is this "brilliant"? It's the most brainless attempt at humor I've ever seen. I mean, maybe if this was done in cartoon form for children who are so young they are just starting to understand what humor is.... but for adults? Damn......
In one neighbourhood I used to live there was this clinic owned by a Dentist and his two sons. The elder son was an ENT specialist with really THICK glasses and the younger son was a Optician who wore a hearing aid. They had a 14 year old kid as a helper. Everytime I would go to their clinic (I needed glasses and my mother went for her teeth) there would be so much confusion :P This sketch reminded me of that clinic.
Wow, I consider myself a huge Monty Python fan, but this is the first time I've seen this.... sheesh, no flies on me! Freaking awesome though, coming across a sketch never seen before is a bit like Christmas!
Just like trying to buy electronics at BestBuy or Future Shop. So many sketches fall flat after exposing an otherwise good starting idea; this one successfully piles up insanities until the end. Brilliant!
That's Python for you: Take a simple silly idea and carry it through to the most ridiculous ending possible. I was waiting for Captain Graham Chapman to come out at the end and say, "No, stop that. Stop that this instant. This is too silly and must end immediately!" followed by an angry letter from a viewer...
I've been a lifelong fan Monty Python's Flying Circus movies and television show. But somehow magically and thankfully I just stumbled upon this episode that I never saw. What a great episode. I love it tomorrow's Thanksgiving. This is a great present for me
To me, Michael Palin has to be just about the best comedy actor out there. 'Don't talk to me like that!-Right, if that's the way you want it!' and him and Terry Jones believing they're fighting each other cracks me up every time.
This is a superb sketch! I was cracking up....but something seemed just slightly 'off'. Then I realized that my American funny bone had been tickled since the mid-seventies by Monty Python short skits WITH LAUGHTRACK! I'm just so used to it LOL. Love it.
I wear glasses and am practically blind without them. If someone talks to me and expects a more complex answer than yes or no, I have to put my glasses on to get my bearings. I'm only 42, lol but I've been doing it since college. If I don't have my glasses on or contacts in, there's no guarantee I heard you properly or retained any information. I'm a walking skit..
Superb how 'two sheds' influenced British political parlance when even high-brow journals referred to the then British Deputy Prime Minister as John 'Two Jags' Prescott.
The little waskal has spiwit Has what sir? Spiwit Yes he did sir No no spiwit, um bwavado, a touch of dewwing do oh about 11 sir Can see the reused elements of this sketch :D
Right! Stop that, this silly silliness, has gotten silly to the point of extreme silliness, that the silliness has got me standing here, waffling away until I foam at the mouth and collapse. *Collapse*
Of course, Dr Waring, is an in-joke about Doctor in the House, John and Graham Chapman (and Graham Garden and Bill Oddie and countless other foot-lights wrote for) Many people don't realize most of the Pythons were established writers before Flying Circus
Thanks for uploading this! Hard to believe there are Python sketches i haven't seen yet. THANK THE COMEDY GODS they made this sketch when they did. If this bit was released today, you'd have the AMA and the BMA lodging vehement protests against the "insensitivity" of the writing in it, complaining that the concept makes fun of or dehumanizes theose with hearing and visual impairments.
@InfiniteMushroom I think people understand it was a product of its times. Though they used both blackface and yellowface a couple of times, which wouldn't fly (and honestly not without good reason)
Because *no one* was complaining about it back then. No sir, not at all. Life of Brian was most certainly *not* banned in multiple countries on release. Seriously, get off your high horses. And if you can find any actual modern examples of good shows being censored, I would be happy to hear them. But until then, stop.
OMG! As someone in neither the Hearing Aid field nor the Contact Lens field, I sense that your response to yourself, 15 years after the fact, might be the longest wait for the punch-line in the entire history of punch-lines. Bravo Sir! Bravo.@@toonguy85
If I pointed out that this customer seems to be the only person in the store with no discernible physical problems I would probably be ruining the funniest part, so I'll just keep it to myself. But seriously, is it wrong that I get so much enjoyment out of watching Michael Palin be blind? Seeing the other guys blind and/or deaf ain't half bad either. What the hell is wrong with me?
For the deaf folks: Customer: Good evening, I'm interested in buying a hearing aid. Mr Rogers: I'm sorry? Customer: I'm interested in buying a hearing aid. Mr Rogers: I didn't quite catch it. Customer: I want to buy a hearing aid! Mr Rogers: Ah, um... Hang on just a moment, sir, I'll switch the radio off. Ah, that's better. Now, what was it again? Customer: What? Mr Rogers: What was it again?! Customer: I can't hear! Mr Rogers: What? Customer: The radio is too loud! Mr Rogers: Yes, it's very nice, isn't it? Customer: I'm sorry, I couldn't hear. The radio was too loud. Mr Rogers: Ah... Pardon? Look, I'm sorry, I don't think my hearind aid is working properly. I've only had it a couple of days. Hang on... Yes, there we are. It's working now. Customer: Is it good? Mr Rogers: About fourteen pounds. Customer, Err... yes, but is it good? Mr Rogers: No no, it fits in the pocket here. Customer: Can you hear me? Mr Rogers: What? Customer: Can you hear me?! Mr Rogers: Ooh! Contact lenses? Customer: What? Mr Rogers: You want contact lenses? Customer: No! Mr Rogers: Oh well, I'll get Dr Wearing then. He does the contact lenses. I only do the hearing aids. Dr Wearing: Ah, good morning sir, you want some contact lenses, do you? Mr Rogers: What? Dr Wearing: You want some contact lenses, do you?! Mr Rogers: I can't hear what you're saying, Dr Wearing. Dr Wearing: I think you need a hearing aid, not contact lenses. Customer: No, I want the hearing aid. Dr Wearing: Who said that? Is there someone else in here? Mr Rogers: What? Dr Wearing: I think there is someone else in here. Customer: Yes, it's me. Here! Dr Wearing: Ah! You wanted the contact lenses, did you? Customer: No, I want a hearing aid. Dr Wearing: Ah, well, Mr Rogers will look after you. Someone to see you, Mr Rogers! He'll be down in a minute. Now, you wanted the contact lenses, did you, sir? Would you come this way, please. Mr Rogers: Ah... uh... what? Dr Wearing: This way please! Mr Rogers: I... I don't understand, Dr Wearing. Dr Wearing: Just in here.......... Why didn't you say you were Rogers?! You know my lenses play me up sometimes! Mr Rogers: What? Dr Wearing: Ah, I do apologise most sincerely for the inconvenience, sir. Now, you wanted the contact lenses, did you? Customer: No, I wanted a hearing aid! Dr Wearing: Mr Rogers will be with you, sir. I'm dealing with this gentleman here. Now, if you'd like to come this way, sir, we will try the contact lenses. Come up, sir. Customer: Now, Dr Rogers, I want a hearing aid. Mr Rogers: Pardon? I'm sorry, look, I'm worried about Dr Wearing. I think he thinks he's with someone. Dr Wearing in the distance: Hello? Hello?! Customer: Well, had you better go and tell him? Mr Rogers: No no, I'd better go and tell him.... Uh... Dr Wearing? Dr Wearing: Ah! There you are! I thought I'd lost you. Mr Rogers: No no, Dr Wearing, you're not with anybody. Dr Wearing: Who? Well, who's that talking to me then? Come on, let me see this. Sit down. Mr Rogers: What? Dr Wearing: Why didn't you say you were Rogers?! Mr Rogers: Uh, about quarter to six. Dr Wearing: Ah, sorry about that. Now, you wanted the contact lenses, did you? Customer: No, I wanted a hearing aid! Dr Wearing: Ah... Mhm... So, you are the gentleman who wanted the contact lenses? Customer: No, I wanted a hearing aid! Dr Wearing: Ah, Mr Rogers! Two gentlemen here would like hearing aids! Mr Rogers: What? Um... I can't hear you Dr Wearing! I think it must be my hearing aid. Hang on a moment! Aaaah! It's so loud it hurts! Oh, that's better... Wait a moment... I knocked my contacts out... Dissatisfied customer: I've come to complain about my contact lenses! Dr Wearing: What? Dissatisfied customer: I've come to complain about my contact lenses. They're terrible! They've ruined my eyesight! Dr Wearing: But I haven't given you any! Dissatisfied customer: You liar! Dr Wearing: What? Dissatisfied customer: You swindler! You money grabbing quack, sir! Dr Wearing: Don't talk to me like that! Dissatisfied customer: I'll talk to you any way I wa-- oh! Fisticuffs! Right! Dr Wearing: Oh, if that's the way you want it! Ah! Too big for you, huh? Ah, break up my shop, would you? Oh! I've got him! Mr Rogers: Help! Help! I'm being attacked! Help me Dr Wearing! I'm being attacked! Dr Wearing: It's alright, Rogers, I've got him! Mr Rogers: Quick, I've got him! Grab his arm! Dr Wearing: I can't! He's got me round the waist! Nevermind, get him to the door! We'll throw him out! Mr Rogers: OK, let's throw him out! Dr Wearing: Attack Mr Rogers, would you?! Well, we're more than a match for you! Mr Rogers: Help! He's got me by the throat! Dr wearing: It's alright, I've got him by the throat! Mr Rogers: We're by the door! Dr Wearing: Let's throw him out! 1... 2... 3... ugh! Customer: You should see them when they've had a couple of drinks! Goodnight folks, just a fairy tale.
I'd just like to point out that you needn't worry as I wear both hearing aids AND contact lenses (or sometimes glasses). I'm 21 and I have been and will be wearing these for my entire life. The truth is, not only am I not offended and find this amusing, but I'm actually really pleased that they brought up the concept of a hearing aid in the first place. It raises awareness and, best of all, it gives me the chance to laugh at my own condition.
Hear no evil, see no evil, got no bloody idea!!!🤪🤣 I live in Australia & was brought up on Monty Python. I got my kids into it whilst young. My daughter is 22, my son 19. Lately all they seem to watch & quote is sketches like this or watch their movies! What a great influence on SANITY!🤪👏🏼
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I was waiting for Graham Chapman to walk in as a Sergeant and say: "Stop it. Stop this now. It is a silly sketch."
Silly, silly, silly.
Get on with it.
GET ON WITH IT!
hollywoodwerewolf
No one likes a joke more than I do except maybe my wife, and some of her friends. . .
. . . Oh and Captain Johnson.
Come to think of it most people enjoy a laugh more than I do but that’s beside the point!
To be fair he should do that for most of their sketches.
CHURCH POLICE !!!!
That's almost exactly what I just said in my comment! Hilarious! (And true!)
"Why didn't you say you're Rogers?!"
"About quarter to six".
This makes me laugh every time.
what
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That's one hell of a name you have there.
If only more names were as wonderful and care-free.
I left it in my car. Let me go get it.
uh.. ya lost me
Brian lash About four foot.
I forgot to hit play but I still found this skit hilarious. Never seen it before, nor have I seen it at all, or heard it, for that matter.
I see what you did there
@@thevolatiledude6537 what?
I've not seen it before, either. I particularly liked the wrestling match with the display.
Don't bother, it's beyond you and outdated anyway
@@tmk6022It’s quarter to six. Anyway you wanted contact lenses?
I was surprised when I didn't hear any laugh on background. Oh, suppose my hearing aid is broken.
I'd see what you did there but i seem to have broken my glasses
Right. It's about 14 pounds.
yes sir, it goes off in about 15 seconds.
haha, same
It doesn't have laughter on the soundtrack because it's from one of two shows the Pythons filmed in Germany for German TV, called "Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus." Both were shot on film and on location (this sketch was filmed in a genuine optometrist's shop in Munich), whereas most of the Flying Circus was shot on video in front of a studio audience. This sketch was recycled from "At Last the 1948 Show" (actually from 1967) and the original version had Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor instead of Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
"Help! He's got me by the throat!"
"It's alright, I've got him by the throat!"
This trick was genius. Fight someone while coordinating w imaginary friend. Your opponent does the same.
The single most efficient and trustworthy medical store in the entire british health system.
What? Ah, yes this is the Peabody circus. That'll be 7.40.
Yea, but this was shot in Germany for their German show
At least the folks there have good,affordable healthcare unlike they do here in States where it cost you " A arm and leg ( along with our souls lol ) just to get decent medical treatment.
@Art and Music No it isn't.
@Big Bill O'Reilly You are welcome to move to a "better" system. Remember, you get what you pay for (directly).
Love how Terry Jones tears into that stand and teaches it a lesson.
Ohhh, fisticuffs?!
Woah, that stand fucking had it coming!
I was literarly lying on the floor when i saw this for the first time. I couldn‘t laugh no more, because my spine started to hurt after so much laughing.
@@adomix I think you need some contact lenses.
@@prestonthebeston1735 What?! I can‘t hear you. Wait a moment, i‘ll switch the radio off.
My hearing is not the best, so I've learned to lip read.
Sometimes, I tell people, "Sorry, I didn't understand that; let me put my glasses on."
Ah, the perplexed looks!
because it's not the least bit funny. No one realizes you're even trying to tell a joke. Just like this sketch. I'm not sure how any human on earth can laugh at this....
I can't hear you, it's too dark in here.
Dragaan you’re a sad sad man
@@intuit13 have you ever heard of deadpan humor
@@intuit13 What a twat
Hadn't you go and tell him? no no, I better go and tell him. - Classic
yeah...."classic". fking hilarious.
I'm reading these comments trying to imagine in what world this is considered at all funny. One guy can't hear another guy... omgomgomg and then there's ANOTHER guy who can't SEE the other guy! Oh lord, it's so funny I'm peeing myself!
@@intuit13 You're being sarcastic, and we all hate you.
That is exactly like the stupid replies I get to emails at work. People just don't read them. So I'll suggest they all go and get a hearing aids!
Dragaan’s the sort of guy to say this isn’t funny and then piss himself laughing at the Office US.
@@intuit13 wait... who's on first?
Love everything about this sketch - so witty! Even the way Michael Palin walks into the store from out the back cracks me up every time I watch it.
Ah, yes. Witty. Indeed.
I remember watching this sketch on my landlady's tv, around 1973, in Edinburgh, in the far-off days when I was a student. I was lying on a sofa at the time, and I literally, genuinely, fell off laughing, quite helplessly. It's good to see it again.
This sketch teached me, that the spine can hurt from laughing. It was exactly like that.
Monty Python and Brit humor,, was and will always remain,,,, bloody Brilliant!!!! ,
More like ...Fucking Stupid
joeviking61 I’m so happy that I have Monty Python to enhance my enjoyment of life. You have my commiserations
As someone in the hearing aid industry, I found that to be the funniest thing I have viewed in a long time. Long live Monty Python!!!!!!
Please speak up, those swines in the hearing aid industry have left me totally blind.
Today we misunderstand each other because of autocorrect. It makes me say things I didnt nintendo.
That was beautiful, Jo King : )
Bravo to the both of you! Well done!
@JOSEPH KING .... Autocorrect: .... things I did not nintendo to things I did nintendo ... thanks to nintendo ...
@@PeterPaul-wz5db I see it works as nintended
Spót on, dear chap !
Almost 50 yrs later and it’s still very very silly.
Almost 50 years and now you dont have nothing like this ,not eaven near like this
God Dammit these guys are brilliant
***** Was it an arrow, may I ask?
Michael Ybarra No, a baguette.
HOW is this "brilliant"? It's the most brainless attempt at humor I've ever seen. I mean, maybe if this was done in cartoon form for children who are so young they are just starting to understand what humor is.... but for adults? Damn......
@@intuit13 This just in: humor is subjective.
Lord Castanza eh they’re alright I didn’t really laugh
- WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU WERE ROGERS?!?!?
- Uhh... About quarter to six.
Dr. Wearing, you are not with anybody! Ohh, who's that talking to me then?
what ?
About quarter of six
Finding Monty Python sketch I never seen before is like discovering plutonium by accident!
"Get his arms!"
"I can't, he's got me by the waist!"
Brilliant
"Help, help...I'm being repressed".......classic line !!!
So perfectly done! Eric's smile in the end just screams genius!
Thats the Groutcho grin right there.
Somehow, I've never seen this Python skit in my life! Thank you for posting.
In one neighbourhood I used to live there was this clinic owned by a Dentist and his two sons. The elder son was an ENT specialist with really THICK glasses and the younger son was a Optician who wore a hearing aid. They had a 14 year old kid as a helper. Everytime I would go to their clinic (I needed glasses and my mother went for her teeth) there would be so much confusion :P
This sketch reminded me of that clinic.
Ahahahaha wow!
@@singu7arity not different at all. Are you high ?
And that's why nobody in the shop expected The Spanish inquisition.
lol
@@Kimllg88 :-)
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
@@willywins0446 Always keep the doors locked, just in case.
Wow, I consider myself a huge Monty Python fan, but this is the first time I've seen this.... sheesh, no flies on me! Freaking awesome though, coming across a sketch never seen before is a bit like Christmas!
I just had the same thing! Bloody awesome that is! I hope there are a lot more unknown pearls like this!
Same here :)
Same here. I have their complete seasons and I don’t remember this at all.
I think this from a German version of the show. Utterly brilliant
2 years on and I still hadn't seen it until now! Happy Christmas!
Now to me sketch! Amazing. My favorite line was when John shouted, "Help, Help I'm being repressed. Way before Holy Grail.
Just like trying to buy electronics at BestBuy or Future Shop. So many sketches fall flat after exposing an otherwise good starting idea; this one successfully piles up insanities until the end. Brilliant!
Did anybody hear this? I lost my contact lenses!
No, thanks, just a cup of tea for me, please.
What?
down the hall and on your right sir...
I apologize sir but I cannot read your comment. If you could help me find a hearing aid I'd be very grateful.
Uhhh about quarter to six!
I've never seen this before and I'm already in tears...
That's Python for you: Take a simple silly idea and carry it through to the most ridiculous ending possible. I was waiting for Captain Graham Chapman to come out at the end and say, "No, stop that. Stop that this instant. This is too silly and must end immediately!" followed by an angry letter from a viewer...
RIP Terry Jones. A great sketch, and such an influence on the likes of Fry & Laurie!
I'm glad there's no laugh track in this show.
there is, but they only laugh when it's funny
Oh I thought there was. Better check my hearing aid.
I must've been on quaaludes again when I wrote that... Sorry.
3:58 DO YOU SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM? COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!
Bloody optometrist.
The best moment: John Cleese on his knees searching for the his contact lenses ...
I've been a lifelong fan Monty Python's Flying Circus movies and television show. But somehow magically and thankfully I just stumbled upon this episode that I never saw. What a great episode. I love it tomorrow's Thanksgiving. This is a great present for me
I can't believe how hilarious is this sketch.
Neither can I. Nothing similar will be shot any more. This knowing always reduces the amount of joy the old sketches are giving me.
I am on the ground dying of laughter please have mercy on my soul! haha
To me, Michael Palin has to be just about the best comedy actor out there. 'Don't talk to me like that!-Right, if that's the way you want it!' and him and Terry Jones believing they're fighting each other cracks me up every time.
He’s absolutely brilliant. I adore him!
I love the "crunchy broken glass" sound effect dubbed on whenever Dr Waring walks near the stand that he's knocked the contact lenses off from! :-)
I wear both hearing aids and contact lenses, and as a result this sketch is even funnier!
Never seen this one before. They don't come any more lunatic than this. Just brilliant.
Absolutely insanely brilliant
36 years ago this month, when I was about 8, I had to get a hearing aid, fortunately the bloke in the shop was very good, Mr Stacy, one of this faff!
I love how unexpected and random Monty Python is
This only get more hilarious the more you watch it.
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2:31 "..No no I better go tell him" seems only time the hearing aid works!
4:25 Such a Brilliant End to this Sketch, The pythons are truly masters of comedy.
Dr. Waring has a bright future officiating sports.
This is the single greatest comedy skit ever created.
This is a superb sketch! I was cracking up....but something seemed just slightly 'off'. Then I realized that my American funny bone had been tickled since the mid-seventies by Monty Python short skits WITH LAUGHTRACK! I'm just so used to it LOL. Love it.
Yes, reminds me of Mr Fawlty then shouting 'IS THIS A PIECE OF YOUR BRAIN'.
I had the exact same thought .....
I wear glasses and am practically blind without them. If someone talks to me and expects a more complex answer than yes or no, I have to put my glasses on to get my bearings. I'm only 42, lol but I've been doing it since college. If I don't have my glasses on or contacts in, there's no guarantee I heard you properly or retained any information. I'm a walking skit..
Actually that's hilarious. Thank you, Lucy.
I can't see you; it's too loud in here!
"Published on 14 Dec 2006"
Ah, a rare vintage 'Tube.
But the clip itself is way older than that, d'oh!
"Yora money gwubbing quack, sah!"
This is like the movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" (1989) with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.
This is one of the funniest MP skits, and it's not even part of their bona fide English series.
Terry Jones’s character isn’t taking any of it. He goes straight for a gut punch!
Rest In Peace Terry Jones. (AKA Arthur Two Sheds Jackson)
He actually doesn't have two sheds... he was just thinking of getting a second one 😀
Superb how 'two sheds' influenced British political parlance when even high-brow journals referred to the then British Deputy Prime Minister as John 'Two Jags' Prescott.
I'm confused... I need Confuse-a-Cat!
Well, that escalated quickly
Brilliant in its absurdity.... only Monty Python could make this funny...
Spike Milligan, with his Q series, and Daleks, is the closest I've seen to it.
Lmao the insanity in this. Also, nice reference to Groucho Marx at the end.
They don't make comedy like this any longer. That really has cheered my day up.
Silly, just silly. Stop that immediately!
Started off as a nice sketch about a deaf hearing aid salesman, but now it's just gotten silly.
Anyone else reminded of John Cleese in Fawlty Towers? "You heard that didn't you!" to Mrs. Richards (Joan Sanderson.)
Brilliant Perfect Acting & Then The old Switch-Around Groucho Routine
This is another reason I stick to glasses...
The little waskal has spiwit
Has what sir?
Spiwit
Yes he did sir
No no spiwit, um bwavado, a touch of dewwing do
oh about 11 sir
Can see the reused elements of this sketch :D
They are so brilliant
one of my favorite sketches
i'm afraid this has gotten a bit too silly.
it'' s obvious; you're bereft of a fish licence;.........rockerseven.. GET A GRIP MAN !
Right right silly silly, right get on with it. GET ON WITH IT!
No no it's getting a bit silly
Right! Stop that, this silly silliness, has gotten silly to the point of extreme silliness, that the silliness has got me standing here, waffling away until I foam at the mouth and collapse. *Collapse*
Apparently I wrote a comment on this 8 years ago. And here I thought I was watching this for the first time lol.
My father (RIP) used to say: "Hearing aids is a disease you get by listening to too many assholes."
lol
Absolutely brilliant NOTHING like British humour
got a hearing aid ad at the end of this skit, DYING
Of course, Dr Waring, is an in-joke about Doctor in the House, John and Graham Chapman (and Graham Garden and Bill Oddie and countless other foot-lights wrote for) Many people don't realize most of the Pythons were established writers before Flying Circus
"G'night folks! Just a fairy tale," HAHA
A good thing he didn't mention the dirty fork.
Hot dog. I've been a Python fan for thirty years and maybe even a bit more than that. Never seen this sketch before 😲
Thanks for uploading this! Hard to believe there are Python sketches i haven't seen yet. THANK THE COMEDY GODS they made this sketch when they did. If this bit was released today, you'd have the AMA and the BMA lodging vehement protests against the "insensitivity" of the writing in it, complaining that the concept makes fun of or dehumanizes theose with hearing and visual impairments.
@InfiniteMushroom I think people understand it was a product of its times. Though they used both blackface and yellowface a couple of times, which wouldn't fly (and honestly not without good reason)
Because *no one* was complaining about it back then. No sir, not at all. Life of Brian was most certainly *not* banned in multiple countries on release.
Seriously, get off your high horses. And if you can find any actual modern examples of good shows being censored, I would be happy to hear them. But until then, stop.
"You should see them when they had a couple of drinks. Good night everybody, just a fairy tale!"
This sketch would be accomplished if inspector Kemp from Young Frankenstein would enter the shop ...
Perfectly describes my current job.
Best laugh I've had in a good while 😂
My father didn't like Monty Python - until he saw this sketch.
I think it is even better without laughts in the background
I really love Doctor Wearings hairstyle! Can´t beat it... XD
Sorry, what? No,no I did not catch that!!! Wow these people r just great!!!
This isn't their best yet it's still better than most everything else out there.
So wrong and yet so right.
As someone in the contact lens field, I found it one of the funniest things I've HEARD in a long time!!
As someone in the HEARING AID field, this is one of the funniest things I've SEEN in a long time.
OMG! As someone in neither the Hearing Aid field nor the Contact Lens field, I sense that your response to yourself, 15 years after the fact, might be the longest wait for the punch-line in the entire history of punch-lines. Bravo Sir! Bravo.@@toonguy85
If I pointed out that this customer seems to be the only person in the store with no discernible physical problems I would probably be ruining the funniest part, so I'll just keep it to myself.
But seriously, is it wrong that I get so much enjoyment out of watching Michael Palin be blind? Seeing the other guys blind and/or deaf ain't half bad either. What the hell is wrong with me?
The whole point is that the customer is the only one who isn't impaired in some way....it's incredibly obvious.
ErichWr
Then it's good I kept that part to myself, lol.
TheNethero Pardon?
No sir, the train station is that way.
Shiroyasha
I told you that I do NOT want any tea.
Reminds me of the hearing aid sketch with Mrs Richards in fawlty towers.
I was waiting for someone to page Michael Ellis.
For the deaf folks:
Customer: Good evening, I'm interested in buying a hearing aid.
Mr Rogers: I'm sorry?
Customer: I'm interested in buying a hearing aid.
Mr Rogers: I didn't quite catch it.
Customer: I want to buy a hearing aid!
Mr Rogers: Ah, um... Hang on just a moment, sir, I'll switch the radio off. Ah, that's better. Now, what was it again?
Customer: What?
Mr Rogers: What was it again?!
Customer: I can't hear!
Mr Rogers: What?
Customer: The radio is too loud!
Mr Rogers: Yes, it's very nice, isn't it?
Customer: I'm sorry, I couldn't hear. The radio was too loud.
Mr Rogers: Ah... Pardon? Look, I'm sorry, I don't think my hearind aid is working properly. I've only had it a couple of days. Hang on... Yes, there we are. It's working now.
Customer: Is it good?
Mr Rogers: About fourteen pounds.
Customer, Err... yes, but is it good?
Mr Rogers: No no, it fits in the pocket here.
Customer: Can you hear me?
Mr Rogers: What?
Customer: Can you hear me?!
Mr Rogers: Ooh! Contact lenses?
Customer: What?
Mr Rogers: You want contact lenses?
Customer: No!
Mr Rogers: Oh well, I'll get Dr Wearing then. He does the contact lenses. I only do the hearing aids.
Dr Wearing: Ah, good morning sir, you want some contact lenses, do you?
Mr Rogers: What?
Dr Wearing: You want some contact lenses, do you?!
Mr Rogers: I can't hear what you're saying, Dr Wearing.
Dr Wearing: I think you need a hearing aid, not contact lenses.
Customer: No, I want the hearing aid.
Dr Wearing: Who said that? Is there someone else in here?
Mr Rogers: What?
Dr Wearing: I think there is someone else in here.
Customer: Yes, it's me. Here!
Dr Wearing: Ah! You wanted the contact lenses, did you?
Customer: No, I want a hearing aid.
Dr Wearing: Ah, well, Mr Rogers will look after you. Someone to see you, Mr Rogers! He'll be down in a minute. Now, you wanted the contact lenses, did you, sir? Would you come this way, please.
Mr Rogers: Ah... uh... what?
Dr Wearing: This way please!
Mr Rogers: I... I don't understand, Dr Wearing.
Dr Wearing: Just in here.......... Why didn't you say you were Rogers?! You know my lenses play me up sometimes!
Mr Rogers: What?
Dr Wearing: Ah, I do apologise most sincerely for the inconvenience, sir. Now, you wanted the contact lenses, did you?
Customer: No, I wanted a hearing aid!
Dr Wearing: Mr Rogers will be with you, sir. I'm dealing with this gentleman here. Now, if you'd like to come this way, sir, we will try the contact lenses. Come up, sir.
Customer: Now, Dr Rogers, I want a hearing aid.
Mr Rogers: Pardon? I'm sorry, look, I'm worried about Dr Wearing. I think he thinks he's with someone.
Dr Wearing in the distance: Hello? Hello?!
Customer: Well, had you better go and tell him?
Mr Rogers: No no, I'd better go and tell him.... Uh... Dr Wearing?
Dr Wearing: Ah! There you are! I thought I'd lost you.
Mr Rogers: No no, Dr Wearing, you're not with anybody.
Dr Wearing: Who? Well, who's that talking to me then? Come on, let me see this. Sit down.
Mr Rogers: What?
Dr Wearing: Why didn't you say you were Rogers?!
Mr Rogers: Uh, about quarter to six.
Dr Wearing: Ah, sorry about that. Now, you wanted the contact lenses, did you?
Customer: No, I wanted a hearing aid!
Dr Wearing: Ah... Mhm... So, you are the gentleman who wanted the contact lenses?
Customer: No, I wanted a hearing aid!
Dr Wearing: Ah, Mr Rogers! Two gentlemen here would like hearing aids!
Mr Rogers: What? Um... I can't hear you Dr Wearing! I think it must be my hearing aid. Hang on a moment! Aaaah! It's so loud it hurts! Oh, that's better... Wait a moment... I knocked my contacts out...
Dissatisfied customer: I've come to complain about my contact lenses!
Dr Wearing: What?
Dissatisfied customer: I've come to complain about my contact lenses. They're terrible! They've ruined my eyesight!
Dr Wearing: But I haven't given you any!
Dissatisfied customer: You liar!
Dr Wearing: What?
Dissatisfied customer: You swindler! You money grabbing quack, sir!
Dr Wearing: Don't talk to me like that!
Dissatisfied customer: I'll talk to you any way I wa-- oh! Fisticuffs! Right!
Dr Wearing: Oh, if that's the way you want it! Ah! Too big for you, huh? Ah, break up my shop, would you? Oh! I've got him!
Mr Rogers: Help! Help! I'm being attacked! Help me Dr Wearing! I'm being attacked!
Dr Wearing: It's alright, Rogers, I've got him!
Mr Rogers: Quick, I've got him! Grab his arm!
Dr Wearing: I can't! He's got me round the waist! Nevermind, get him to the door! We'll throw him out!
Mr Rogers: OK, let's throw him out!
Dr Wearing: Attack Mr Rogers, would you?! Well, we're more than a match for you!
Mr Rogers: Help! He's got me by the throat!
Dr wearing: It's alright, I've got him by the throat!
Mr Rogers: We're by the door!
Dr Wearing: Let's throw him out! 1... 2... 3... ugh!
Customer: You should see them when they've had a couple of drinks! Goodnight folks, just a fairy tale.
I'd just like to point out that you needn't worry as I wear both hearing aids AND contact lenses (or sometimes glasses). I'm 21 and I have been and will be wearing these for my entire life. The truth is, not only am I not offended and find this amusing, but I'm actually really pleased that they brought up the concept of a hearing aid in the first place. It raises awareness and, best of all, it gives me the chance to laugh at my own condition.
There was an advert for specsavers after this.
Hear no evil, see no evil, got no bloody idea!!!🤪🤣 I live in Australia & was brought up on Monty Python. I got my kids into it whilst young. My daughter is 22, my son 19. Lately all they seem to watch & quote is sketches like this or watch their movies! What a great influence on SANITY!🤪👏🏼
Totally nuts!