Not sure what's more impressive; his performance, or the extras in the background continuing a normal conversation with straight faces pretending to ignore his ranting.
White British men living rent free in your head and running your country, your job, and your life, you must be absolutely seething lmfao. Keep gurnin' my dear. Mwah mwah! 🇬🇧 💋@@emdiar6588
One of the best sketch shows of all time in my opinion. Also, only just now noticed how the Spice Girls gift changes to a tin of Quality Street right at the end!
I’ve just remembered this clip and now can’t sleep wondering why he calls her Fortescue Smythe. It’s not her maiden name and I can’t find any link. Unless it’s just cos it’s a posh sounding name??
@@MrJonno85 It's more a play on Posh Spice being posh, and since Fortescue-Smythe is a stereotypical posh surname, it sounded more fitting than Adams. At the time, most people would either think of Bryan Adams or the childrenswear store - neither of which evoke the poshness Frank was hinting at.
I love the dig at Victoria Beckham being referred to as 'Fortescue-Smythe' in one breath and in the next mentioning her father being in the building trade. I remember at the time thinking it odd that so many people actually thought she was 'posh' rather than just nouveau riche.
Fortesque smithe using quarter inch pipe was right, you keep as much of the mains pressure using smaller diameter pipe going up to half inch would give a better flow rate but less pressure
I think that's Frank's point; there's enough pressure from the mains that you can have decent flow rate and high pressure, without the risk of bursting pipes. Smaller pipes are a solution to lower water pressure.
@@booglelations 15mm copper can hold around 55-60bar of pressure, mains at night average for suburban places is around 7bar, he does clearly say “you’ll lose all the pressure”, another thing to consider is when he says “the mains pressure around here” he could mean it’s bad and it was common place then for homes to use gravity fed systems and then it would be 22mm body pipe to 15mm tails for the bath sink etc for the best flow/pressure, if you used 22 to 22 straight to the bath it would fill up quicker because of flow rate but it wouldn’t have as much pressure as 15mm.
I am a feminist. I find this sketch to be f*cking hilarious, genius comedy. Just so you all know, The Spice Girls were NOT feminist icons. They were crap in every way. Frank is right, basically.
Yeah I miss the good old days, when you could just watch comedy without some professional victim whining that 'yOu wOuLdN'T GeT AwAy wItH ThIs tHeSe dAyS' under every bastard video more than a week old.
To be honest, I'm also surprised that George bought him the record on vinyl. Frank would have had a reasonably priced compact disc player with a highly competitive performance by 1997 surely?
can someone please take the time to help me work this out? Posh spice's name....its Victoria beckham....used to be victoria adams.... where is there any evidence she used to be called victoria fortesque-smythe? goggling it shows 0 answers and when just searching for "fortescus-smythe" it links directly to stuff about the spicegirls, but has 0 references to that name anywhere.... its almost as if the internet has tried to erase that being her last name..... mandela effect?!
@@patrickbracken3363 .....no.... thats not correct... where did the origin of her being called that come from? im not asking what this joke is. you bellend
I'm afraid the...calm down...calm down...wishy washy woke censorship ethos has all but killed this kind of brash exchange comedy...young snowflake hearts all a flutter at the slightest insult or innuendo
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"The crazy, pierced-tongued, frizzy, northern bint!" 😂😂
I first heard the word "bint" used in The Office..funny as fk
there's always someone in the pub like this.
quality street tins were bigger then
I remember when they were 7lbs tins I think they're about a pound and a half now! Funny the price hasn't reduced though!
Everything used to be bigger,you could live on one Mars bar,for 2 days.
Nostalgia's not what it used to be.
Still makes me lmao all these years later times when this sort of comedy ruled excellent by Harry and Paul
If this was done today Twitter and social media would be unandated with complaints. Sad times we live in now.
Thinking that myself, especially in usa
lol, 'unandated'. Okay pal.
I know, nowadays you can't even post a clip of old comedy without someone complaining that you couldn't get away with it now. Does my head in too.
@@nickstone1587 but all the comments are positive you muppet
@@joesinclair8910 yours being a charming case in point
Not sure what's more impressive; his performance, or the extras in the background continuing a normal conversation with straight faces pretending to ignore his ranting.
They work in silence, they are miming, the background noise is added in post edit
@@DeanMoxley87 that would be even harder to do without laughing imo
Comedy geniuses
You can say what you like about Frank but he talks sense.
We're laughing AT him, not WITH him
@@patrickbracken3363 Exactly. This was made back when Gammon were funny. Trouble is, they bred.
@@emdiar6588 What?
We definitely aren't.@@patrickbracken3363
White British men living rent free in your head and running your country, your job, and your life, you must be absolutely seething lmfao.
Keep gurnin' my dear. Mwah mwah! 🇬🇧 💋@@emdiar6588
Funny as fuck, should put this programme back on tv, I need a laugh to de-stress from covid.
Covid is No joke and obviously not funny. 99.9% of people don't get it.
One of the best sketch shows of all time in my opinion. Also, only just now noticed how the Spice Girls gift changes to a tin of Quality Street right at the end!
SockPuppet89 That was Frank's gift to George.
You wouldn’t get away with ‘dusky’ now 😃
They outdid themselves with this one
To this day Fortescue Smythe cracks me up.
I’ve just remembered this clip and now can’t sleep wondering why he calls her Fortescue Smythe. It’s not her maiden name and I can’t find any link. Unless it’s just cos it’s a posh sounding name??
@@joetaylor5168 I think that he was implying that she wasn't worthy of knowing her real name.
@@MrJonno85 It's more a play on Posh Spice being posh, and since Fortescue-Smythe is a stereotypical posh surname, it sounded more fitting than Adams. At the time, most people would either think of Bryan Adams or the childrenswear store - neither of which evoke the poshness Frank was hinting at.
@@AurumUsagi cheers bud.
That tin of quality st is impressive
I SHOULD SAY OIIIII!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I love the dig at Victoria Beckham being referred to as 'Fortescue-Smythe' in one breath and in the next mentioning her father being in the building trade. I remember at the time thinking it odd that so many people actually thought she was 'posh' rather than just nouveau riche.
Bunton your more trouble than your worth lol
Fortesque smithe using quarter inch pipe was right, you keep as much of the mains pressure using smaller diameter pipe going up to half inch would give a better flow rate but less pressure
I think that's Frank's point; there's enough pressure from the mains that you can have decent flow rate and high pressure, without the risk of bursting pipes. Smaller pipes are a solution to lower water pressure.
@@booglelations 15mm copper can hold around 55-60bar of pressure, mains at night average for suburban places is around 7bar, he does clearly say “you’ll lose all the pressure”, another thing to consider is when he says “the mains pressure around here” he could mean it’s bad and it was common place then for homes to use gravity fed systems and then it would be 22mm body pipe to 15mm tails for the bath sink etc for the best flow/pressure, if you used 22 to 22 straight to the bath it would fill up quicker because of flow rate but it wouldn’t have as much pressure as 15mm.
😂...bloody hell...what's this ..Pimlico plumbers forum
Fortescue smythe had me in stitches
2:53 my favourite line
I am a feminist.
I find this sketch to be f*cking hilarious, genius comedy.
Just so you all know, The Spice Girls were NOT feminist icons.
They were crap in every way.
Frank is right, basically.
They coined the term 'Girl Power', which was the beginning of the first wave of feminism.
@@lifegoals9528 "The first wave of feminism?"
Either you are trying to be funny or you are just thick.
@@lifegoals9528 yeah i remember learning all about the role the spice girls played in the suffragettes movement along with Emiline Pankhurst.
@@lifegoals9528 No they didn't. American indie band Babes In Toyland were using the term years before.
Pfft woke'd 🤡🤡🤡
Take Off Your Stilettos You Ginger Goof 😂😂😂
I actually have that spice girls book 😎
Surely Enfield is doing a Tommy Walsh accent at one point in this 🤣🤣
Legendary
Sporty spice is my only one that can sing for me. Happy freedom x
It is nice we can see old clips made before the cultural revolution.
Yeah I miss the good old days, when you could just watch comedy without some professional victim whining that 'yOu wOuLdN'T GeT AwAy wItH ThIs tHeSe dAyS' under every bastard video more than a week old.
Back when the quality street tins used to be that big too!
Good advice from Frank
Paul Whitehouse went out of character it was that funny!
2:47
3:32 LOL
'Think I'll get you socks next year Frank.'
The size of that Quality Street tin!
look at the size of that tin of quality streets. my word we live in darker times
Where the hell were these guys during the closing of the London Olympics 2012?
Trying not to watch the Spice Girls on top of those taxis 😂
Fortescuesmythe.
To be honest, I'm also surprised that George bought him the record on vinyl. Frank would have had a reasonably priced compact disc player with a highly competitive performance by 1997 surely?
Great punchline😂
Oh no no no no no
Nah
Nah
Nah
Hahahaha
You've had a good 18 months, but you're over exposed 😂😂😂
Oooaaaaay NAAAUOO !!!!
I should u a schlep 😂😂
This is how worked i get at fake scenarios 😅😆
Pete and Dud
What happened to the book at the end?
Still thank ‘ Armstrong ‘ is the best.
Who took the LP away to reveal the tin of Quality Street?
Frank Doberman for Prime Minister and he would well be in his rights ! 🎸😀
bet Kevin Lane could do a good Frank Doberman
Surely quarter inch pipe would give more pressure than half inch and half inch would just allow more water flow. Then again i'm not a plumber.
😂😂
3:41 where did the book go?
Poor editing it seems. Either that or we missed the part where he throws the book to fuck....?
Which one is fortesque smythe lol
He looks like a 90's Noel Gallagher
I SAY NO YOU COMPLETE LOST TOUCH OF REALITY U BYE IT
can someone please take the time to help me work this out?
Posh spice's name....its Victoria beckham....used to be victoria adams.... where is there any evidence she used to be called victoria fortesque-smythe? goggling it shows 0 answers and when just searching for "fortescus-smythe" it links directly to stuff about the spicegirls, but has 0 references to that name anywhere.... its almost as if the internet has tried to erase that being her last name..... mandela effect?!
😂 Its a joke posh name
@@patrickbracken3363 .....no.... thats not correct... where did the origin of her being called that come from? im not asking what this joke is. you bellend
I kin hate the Spunk Girls...
who is fortesque smyth
+Wile Youngfella posh spice
+Wile Youngfella a spice girl
Ginger Spice was my favourite Spice Girl.
Fortesque-Smythe was Victoria Adams. She was known as posh spice, so Harry Enfield used a stereotypically posh name instead of her real name.
davimurph thank you, I’ve been trying to find the link but thought maybe that’s all it was. I can go to sleep now
I'm afraid the...calm down...calm down...wishy washy woke censorship ethos has all but killed this kind of brash exchange comedy...young snowflake hearts all a flutter at the slightest insult or innuendo
Frank is the archetypal brexiter. always ANGRY and BLAMES other people for his own pathetic life. OI EU NOOOOOO!
Mature.
Round my chimley 😂