This is actually one of the reasons why it is a good idea for learners of a foreign language to start watching and listening to this type of comedy as soon as possible. It keeps the learning curve steep as they often use words thar are not that common. By the way, it is also a lot of fun. ;)
Harry used to literally sit in the pub and write down Paul’s bits - all the comedians knew it which is why he eventually started working fairly with Paul
Clearly a couple of foreign bounders and quite possibly cads too taking a chance on getting our English girls. As every fine Englishman knows it spelt *cheque* not _check_
Reminds me of what used to be called "BBC English" i.e. the ideal British accent! As funny now as it was then...but I'm a Northerner, so I'm biased...!
Aside from the great performances and the hilarious dialogue, what gets me is how they manage to recreate the exact sound quality of films from that era. They must be using vintage microphones, it's just so spot-on. The jumping and skipping of the film is great too.
today most studio software audio & video software can replicate these effect quite easily. but back at the time the 90's ... maybe older vintage equipment would have been a little easier and way more fun.
I had forgotten about Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse, lockdown binge watch time. I'm just thinking things used to be better 10-20 years ago... Hate this life now!!!!!!
I came across this actual phrase written by a physician, c.1900. He referred the female genitals as "the organs of marital necessity." Sounds like a doctor this poor girl would end up with.
@@liberalslayer9021 No, a cheque is an order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form. Perhaps you're one of those caddish colonial types who think it's spelled "check"?
Can't believe I hadn't seen this one before!! The actress is perfect.. Her voice.. Her mannerisms and everything.. I believe the man she ends up marrying is the same man who played the ship's counsellor in Red Dwarf
I met a real 'Cad' on a bus! After trying to chat me up very ineffectively he invited me back to his place. I could hear the people sitting behind me laughing at the whole thing. I said "You cheeky man! I don't know you, and I don't think it's 'coffee' you've got in mind!!!" We all had a good laugh, including him - and I got home safely!!! 😊😸🏠
"Now you're getting hysterical. Here:" **slap** "There, better?" 😂 God, I love how accurate that is to the then-common attitude about 'hysterical wives' needing a good whack to come to their senses.
Jokes aside, this actually gives some good advice. Lots of men pretend to be interested in dating a woman for who she is, only to use her body for their own selfish reasons. A very small percentage of women are fine with this, but most want a proper relationship, and end up feeling sad and used by modern casual dating culture. Forget the men who dress and talk fancy. Find a good man who's hard working and kind.
Oh,no...I no longer have my virtue...Sadly...I don't recall where it went or when...Ah,but I still have the box it came in...The one mother dearest gave me as a gift at birth...
But, you aren’t talking, you are writing, and displaying high levels of illiteracy. You omitted a question mark,and the plural of party is parties, and even it was partys it wouldn’t have an apostrophe in it as it isn’t a possessive.
Women are much more attractive when they are both more kindly/warm-hearted/open up to you AND they are chaste AND they dress a certain way... I really can't stand icy, snobbish, self-centered prudes... Give me a kind, warm-hearted, wowza woman who is virtuous and for real with me any day of the week...
Funniest observation of all, for me, is all the manners, words, and behaviour being mocked here haven't been replaced by anything better since it became traditional to mock tradition. (Charles).
I agree wholeheartedly! As if one could replace, nay better, the polite charms of misogyny, and the entitled superiority of the British male. God forbid mockery of this solemn tradition. Heath my man, you have the most apposite of funny observations, and, if I might add, are a total arse!
@@martynjones8560 Thanks for your interest; and, for inadvertently corroborating everything, (one year into further decline later), I see becomes more true, each day. For that welcome corroboration, odd as it might at first seem, I've up-voted your reply. Goodnight..
I love the attention to detail . .thd sound is perfect, the dialogue spot on and the pacing just right . . . . Never found him that funny ( Enfield ) but I admire his work ethic.
Sometimes when Harry skived off or failed to pull his weight he could become forlorn with his failing self - The respect Sean showed him at these testing times really bolstered his resolve and helped him rally.
I’m 35 and still wading my way through the minefield of caddishness, which is the world, and much worse than caddishness actually. I will be a skeleton in a rocking chair. Because of the corruption of the men..
@@basbleupeaunoire yep...but the snowflakes would see it as politically incorrect, topple a statue, have a protest , cancel them for chauvinism... . and say something like "we should all stand on one leg "in solidarity for woman"
@@keefsmiff I think you're mistaken. I was introduced to their comedy by people you would deride as "snowflakes." Face it - In this case, you like the same political humor as they do.
Horn Kraft , join the Holy Orthodox Church and you’ll get incredibly rich, as long as you put your diamonds 💎 (the good deeds ) at the celestial thesaurus
Join the Baptists - we're rich in spirit (I told that to the guy who repossessed my car the other day but he didn't quite understand, bless him.) But in all seriousness you can't take money with you, it's not something worth working on.
Very simple. First, take over the Church of England. Second, sell shares in the C of E and make an absolute fortune. And third, invest your profit in a new factory for Pot Poodle. Now available in cheesy peas flavour.
Interesting... I live North. And I've always been a privileged woman. Have always had my own truck, my own motorcycle, the opportunity to go to college and get a degree in science, and now a gainful career in the STEM fields as a full-time laboratory technician in the study of Genetics & Ancestry. I make business transactions and purchases at stores and pro shops, visit with friends, go to the movies and vote-etc. Right-wing ideologies are so delusional... LMAO!!😆
@@BenDover-tj8vf Well, things like "muncher" don't come up in bio science courses. So how would I know? Lol Sounds like a slang phrase used by someone still living in mommy and daddy's basement.
Приколы
"Spunky chaps with hats at jaunty angles" possibly the best use of the English language there.
Superb
This is actually one of the reasons why it is a good idea for learners of a foreign language to start watching and listening to this type of comedy as soon as possible. It keeps the learning curve steep as they often use words thar are not that common. By the way, it is also a lot of fun. ;)
Don't get better 😁
Sadly Spunky chaps with hats at jaunty angles are few and far between.
@@lordelpus2099 aren’t they all in Brighton?
*"Strike the toothless foreign types savagely into the dirt.'* 😂Oh my days!
I like her hitting him with various things and the slapping.
You can't say that 😁😂😂😂
Clearly a euphemism for "Jew" lol.
😂😂
@@stevecooper6653👍
“Diabolical liberties with your knees...” 😆
At least it’s not the ankles
To hell with you then! I’m off to knife a pensioner and desecrate a church!
@@debbiethemadbee now steady on my dear 1 thing at a time. I say what a jolly sweet kitten 🐱 you are . 🏴❤️
You don’t need to go to the cinema with them for this. They can be miles away and they take those liberties so I have given up..
So funny its on another level.
That actress is absolutely brilliant!
Jacqueline Defferary
For a woman type.
Also played Phil Hunters wife Cindy in The Bill. A brilliant actress and bloody gorgeous too.
But I'm sure she still new her limits
@@ossyable she said she likes kittens. ; )
The pervy uncle bouncing her on his 'knee' just cracked me up🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I just couldn't imagine that being acceptable today!, great sketch.
@Raphie Mate When she's 4, yeah. When she's 20, it's a very different thing.
And me bloody brilliant 😂😂😂😂
That woman played that part so well
And she's a pretty little thing
@@nicknack3648she is a pretty little thing
It's what it was like sad it's not now
I love how knifing a pensioner and desecrating a church is classed as ‘caddishness’.
It’s a jolly bad show.
Indeed, it's tantamount to malice aforethought!
@shadrock99 Sad but true now you mention it.
@jrb designer alliance probably one of the foreign types.
Whilst driving a jaaaaaaag
These charming old documentaries really are a time capsule from a more civilized time.
It's a parody-NOT old/
@@thomashernandez8700 Both!
Harry Enfield is a genius of comedy.
Including Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke.
Paul Whitehouse wrote most of it. It’s his genius you’re watching.
Paul Whitehouse is responsible. Enfield never gave him credit and they fell out.
Harry used to literally sit in the pub and write down Paul’s bits - all the comedians knew it which is why he eventually started working fairly with Paul
@@lukemidgley8581 Knew 👈.
Harry and Paul were masters of character Comedy. These could almost be genuine public information films of the 40s. 🤣
why not today?
@@uttaradit2 More like 1930s?
I have known American viewers fall for these parodies hook, line and sinker.
You mean they’re not????
"where he secretly desires to take diabolical liberties with your knees" xD GENIUS!
I have to use that one "I was just writing a check for the poor", seems genius.
And only if the girl realizes that the poor probably can't cash the check, should you marry her.
Clearly a couple of foreign bounders and quite possibly cads too taking a chance on getting our English girls. As every fine Englishman knows it spelt *cheque* not _check_
I love her reaction when she finds out he's rich.
I rewatch these old black and white sketches from Harry and Paul every few months... All treasures...
I've watched this sketch over ten times. It's so well done and hilarious that it's mesmerizing.
Yes, this and the, "Women, know you Limits", sketches are both works of near genius.
Both of them shoe-ins for the sketch comedy hall of fame
@@JackSmith-hx8zh it's a shame but I don't think these could be made today
So true to life
1400 spunky chaps with their hats at jaunty angles liked this.
There should be a 'Spunky chaps with hats at jaunty angles' club.
You have to watch out for them, else they try and subvert the state.
Sounds just up my street lol....
I ahlweys heef my haet aet a jaunty angle
I've often trapped men with my complexion.
Shameless hussy :-)
Hope you didn't do it by blocking the door
@@zoranocokoljic8927 Whatever it takes.
What an enchanting little thing you are, would you like to come and observe my etchings ?....
I bet it was a contraption.
I have largely modelled my life on these wisdoms.
Enjoy your dead dog in a pot dinner.
I love the old British accent. Just adore it.
It's a southern English home counties accent. There is no such thing as a British accent.
Yes one does indeed. Jolly good show old chap. Diddl do. 🏴😉
It's not so much an accent - more a speech impediment.
Reminds me of what used to be called "BBC English" i.e. the ideal British accent! As funny now as it was then...but I'm a Northerner, so I'm biased...!
It's what they call RP recieved pronunciation.
"I've no wife and I'm famished...New Pot Poodle, The Dead Dog in a Pot.. " Killed me!
I laughed so much watching this advertisement. The look on his face as he chewed...
Bouncing up and down on uncle's knee - gets me every time!
Oh Anne you are awful, but I like You.
"Now then, now then, now then. Cum sit on Uncle Jimmy's knee."
Yeah. I always swallow a little bit of sick at that point
"Affable" may not be the right word for Uncle😳
Aside from the great performances and the hilarious dialogue, what gets me is how they manage to recreate the exact sound quality of films from that era. They must be using vintage microphones, it's just so spot-on. The jumping and skipping of the film is great too.
today most studio software audio & video software can replicate these effect quite easily. but back at the time the 90's ... maybe older vintage equipment would have been a little easier and way more fun.
And the way these actors are doing a flawless 1940's-style upper-class accent...
@@davidlincolnbrooks No, middle class received pronunciation: as spoken by vintage BBC presenters and Laura in Brief Encounter
@@robertmudrow8034 Well then, what kind of accent was THIS? ruclips.net/video/lzkbouKG830/видео.html
I had forgotten about Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse, lockdown binge watch time. I'm just thinking things used to be better 10-20 years ago... Hate this life now!!!!!!
Me too...loved Paul playing "Ted" the groundsman, had him off to a tee.
Things were much much better. Great times humour and life.
Whingeing poms
Well, your name certainly checks out
The part of Cicely was played extremely well by the lovely Jacqueline Defferary.
@Joe Duke Source?
@Joe Duke Gee, thanks.
@Joe Duke It sounds like you wish to take diabolical liberties with her knees. Some one must strike you.
@Joe Duke scoundrel!!!
@Joe Duke don't make me beat you into the dirt like the foreign type that you are!
I came across this actual phrase written by a physician, c.1900. He referred the female genitals as "the organs of marital necessity." Sounds like a doctor this poor girl would end up with.
"I was just writing a cheque for the poor.."
LoL!!!
Cheque ?? Is that the same as cheeky ??
@@liberalslayer9021 No, a cheque is an order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form.
Perhaps you're one of those caddish colonial types who think it's spelled "check"?
Red Squirrel hes got game. ...or my mother wondered why I couldn't get married
Harry is a great comedian, very observant in his research.
Genius!
Harry and Paul’s ‘yesteryear’ sketches were always a laugh!
Spunky chaps with their hats at jaunty angles 😂
@jrb designer alliance My dear fellow, I always wear my hat at a jaunty angle.
@@jamiemcmillan6742 Ditto.
Can't believe I hadn't seen this one before!! The actress is perfect.. Her voice.. Her mannerisms and everything.. I believe the man she ends up marrying is the same man who played the ship's counsellor in Red Dwarf
Agreed.
I would love to take diabolical liberties with her knees .
She played Cindy...DS Phil Hunter's wife in The Bill
"....now you're getting hysterical, here *slap slap slap* there, better?.."lol!!! I just found these skits! Absolutely brilliant!
Funny but true, I remember one teacher who was an old spinster who used corrective therapy on vulnerable boys.
“I’ve no wife and I’m famished!”
I can now see me using that line whenever I’m at all hungry 😋
Brilliantly executed, you can just imagine yourself sitting in a cinema in the 1940's watching this.
Every single line is pure comedy gold! Makes me cry 😭 every time I watch it!
Where have these people been all my life, they are super funny😂
Right then, I'm off to take diabolical liberties with my wife's knees!
You dirty dog!
You rogue! You cad!
Get those knees as far away from each other as possible.
You must be one of them foreign types.
Disgusting lefty.
"Damn and blast....I'm off to knife pensioner and desecrate a church."
🤣🤣
They all react that way because of entitlement and the like..
Ingratitude you see. Western privilege.
@MarianMurphy-rz8ej
And there's me thinking that it was a joke.
@@redsquirrel1086😅😆😂🤣😁😄
Very well done. And the actors too - the haircuts, clothes, and expressions are so right.
Sleeze: "Hello! You're a pretty little thing, aren't you?!"
Her: (To herself) "He seems nice!"
Brilliant!! 😊😊😊
The minefield of Caddishness. I have visions of Terry Thomas wickedly twiddling his moustache, whilst chortling even more wickedly.
Mmmeeeee?! Roaming the halls of st Mary's girls school at three am . . . With my reputation?!
The great Terry Thomas, none better 🇬🇧👍
Whilst leaning out of his Cadmobile calling out "Hello there! You're a dashed fine filly, m'dear!"
@@djicepole Mind you, I was very very drunk!
I met a real 'Cad' on a bus! After trying to chat me up very ineffectively he invited me back to his place. I could hear the people sitting behind me laughing at the whole thing. I said "You cheeky man! I don't know you, and I don't think it's 'coffee' you've got in mind!!!" We all had a good laugh, including him - and I got home safely!!! 😊😸🏠
"Now you're getting hysterical. Here:" **slap** "There, better?" 😂
God, I love how accurate that is to the then-common attitude about 'hysterical wives' needing a good whack to come to their senses.
The affable uncle...lol
I thought he said F-able.
LOL
Damnation...that’s my cover blown! 😉😉
@@SteveInskip And now you're off to knife a pensioner and desecrate a church.
@@almostfm pensioners have all got semi-automatics round here mate! 😂😂
@@almostfm desecrate a church? Where did that come from?
Love how the pot poodle crunches when the spoon went in
"Entrap him with your complexion"
😂
Why is there no comedy these days as totally brilliant as this!
Oh, I think we all know why.
Because most people today get offended with good humor...
I don't know what that was... but I loved it.
I couldn't contain myself when the narrator slapped some sense into her.
Cicely is exceedingly attractive and has a lovely complexion. I'm afraid she was wasted on that Church of England chappie.
ushoys , are you a droid ?
@@sakadabara Druid?
@@talisdorman.9796 yes yes, I mean “Druid”
I didn’t know I needed this video but I did! Cheers! 🇺🇸
Good therapy 😊😸
I am glad she managed to be completed as a person in the end.
I had an affable uncle. Now I have therapy.
That explains your yt name i guess
So glad she found her soul mate.
The uncle does it for me
"the minefield of cadishness" sounds like the best UK-abolished fun, ever!
Jokes aside, this actually gives some good advice.
Lots of men pretend to be interested in dating a woman for who she is, only to use her body for their own selfish reasons.
A very small percentage of women are fine with this, but most want a proper relationship, and end up feeling sad and used by modern casual dating culture.
Forget the men who dress and talk fancy. Find a good man who's hard working and kind.
They get the 1930s-40s style audio perfect.
When she’s bouncing on Harry’s knee😂. If they aired this today, twatter would implode.
Twatter? I feel i shall wait tell im not on the work laptop to look that one up
@@ronvlaarsvar6867 Twitter. I call it that because it’s populated by twats.
Not if she was bouncing on Biden.
Yes his middle knee though she didn't know it, but he did.
@@rmzxr4395no, that would be ok
This is so good it should have been a public information film in the 1940's Brilliant parody.
Or present day Saudi Arabia
@@behornedhorse4913 bruh😂
I thought it was?!!
"Diabolical liberties with your knees".
"Spunky chaps with their hats at jaunty angles" lmao
Oh,no...I no longer have my virtue...Sadly...I don't recall where it went or when...Ah,but I still have the box it came in...The one mother dearest gave me as a gift at birth...
If you're not using it any more can I have it 😉
Again sensible public service advice
The best one of these is the ‘Women, know your limits’ sketch.
My favourite too! 😸😸😸
My favourite is the Christmas Tidings one, where they recommend a whisky pick-me-up for driver fatigue.
Came for the retro women, stayed for the Pot Poodle.
Spunky chaps with their hats at jaunty angles!
Brilliant performance from Jacqueline Defferary as Cicely
Thank you! Couldn't remember her name nd yes she's fantastic.
So true and to the point! Young ladies watch and learn!
Genius pure genius…..Harry Enfield…..Paul Whitehouse …..pure genius.
I’ve no wife and I’m famished
Get a dog!
icepole yes it shall attract the women! Then of course he must get a kitten, they are so furry and the discussion of so many women!
@@djicepole
In a pot!
Harry Enfield was just brilliant
I want a girl like the one in this show, but instead I’m eating Pot Poodle. At least I won’t starve.
Noah Spurrier Best place for a ponsy poodle !
@Ray Von - that's YOU'RE, the contraction of YOU ARE, not YOUR denoting posession of something. Simpleton.
But, you aren’t talking, you are writing, and displaying high levels of illiteracy. You omitted a question mark,and the plural of party is parties, and even it was partys it wouldn’t have an apostrophe in it as it isn’t a possessive.
Women are much more attractive when they are both more kindly/warm-hearted/open up to you AND they are chaste AND they dress a certain way...
I really can't stand icy, snobbish, self-centered prudes... Give me a kind, warm-hearted, wowza woman who is virtuous and for real with me any day of the week...
That’s OK. Feel free to revel in your ignorance.
Funniest observation of all, for me, is all the manners, words, and behaviour being mocked here haven't been replaced by anything better since it became traditional to mock tradition. (Charles).
I agree wholeheartedly! As if one could replace, nay better, the polite charms of misogyny, and the entitled superiority of the British male. God forbid mockery of this solemn tradition.
Heath my man, you have the most apposite of funny observations, and, if I might add, are a total arse!
@@martynjones8560 Thanks for your interest; and, for inadvertently corroborating everything, (one year into further decline later), I see becomes more true, each day. For that welcome corroboration, odd as it might at first seem, I've up-voted your reply.
Goodnight..
Whingeing Pom.
@@cahillgreg Hello.
I've upvoted the comment, as it succinctly encapsulates my contention.
Regards.
The good old days
Simply timeless and soooo good with it.. Classic modern comedy folks, thanks Harry et al.
Such a good actress!
My immediate thoughts. She’s really good!
Take heed, MEN!! Keep your flies zipped!!
The minefield of Caddishness
Legends these guys......No wife to Cook for me.... in danger of dying.....😂😂😂😂😂
I love the attention to detail . .thd sound is perfect, the dialogue spot on and the pacing just right . . . . Never found him that funny ( Enfield ) but I admire his work ethic.
Sometimes when Harry skived off or failed to pull his weight he could become forlorn with his failing self - The respect Sean showed him at these testing times really bolstered his resolve and helped him rally.
@@cahillgreg Yes,especially when Sean made mention of the pacing being just right.This made Harry so happy that he cried.
Young mannn
Just the kind of humour needed in 2022!
BRILLIANT ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
Diabolical liberties with her knees. 🤣😂🤣
No words can describe how much this makes me laugh
@TheBoschTube yes no doubt there are...
"Affable uncles...! " Lol
the facial expression on the uncle.
Hahahahahahaha, wanting to be an Englishman because of this, thanks for uploading XD
I'm an Englishman and I can assure you, this is exactly how it still works today. And quite so.
I’m 35 and still wading my way through the minefield of caddishness, which is the world, and much worse than caddishness actually. I will be a skeleton in a rocking chair. Because of the corruption of the men..
I need a Cecily in my life!
What a lovely horse.
Verbal & visual brilliance!
Damn, I think I may be an affable uncle.
This and this Mr chumly warner sketches ,brilliant
Harry and Paul are Legends...Take that Political Correctness
Interesting. All the clips I've seen are about how ridiculous sexism and class prejudice are. This one also addresses xenophobia.
@@basbleupeaunoire yep...but the snowflakes would see it as politically incorrect, topple a statue, have a protest , cancel them for chauvinism... . and say something like "we should all stand on one leg "in solidarity for woman"
@@keefsmiff I think you're mistaken. I was introduced to their comedy by people you would deride as "snowflakes." Face it - In this case, you like the same political humor as they do.
@@basbleupeaunoire women....know your limits lol
@@keefsmiff Exactly! Their mockery of sexism is hilarious.
Still magical much missed and staggeringly still relevant
Oh I don’t know 🤷🏻♂️ when you’re terribly rich & a keen member of the Church of England; as I am……..😂
Pot Poodle , Chinese favourite !
So if I join the Church of England, how long must I wait to become incredibly wealthy? It's taking such a long time ...
Horn Kraft , join the Holy Orthodox Church and you’ll get incredibly rich, as long as you put your diamonds 💎 (the good deeds ) at the celestial thesaurus
Other way round I'm afraid.First get rich , then apply for confirmation .
Join the Baptists - we're rich in spirit (I told that to the guy who repossessed my car the other day but he didn't quite understand, bless him.) But in all seriousness you can't take money with you, it's not something worth working on.
Very simple. First, take over the Church of England. Second, sell shares in the C of E and make an absolute fortune. And third, invest your profit in a new factory for Pot Poodle. Now available in cheesy peas flavour.
I joined the CoE...found out that a silver plate passes ones person....now I’m extremely richer than thou......
That bookish type is non other than Charles 'Charlie' Charles the darling of association football.
Move up north , its just like this . Just as it should be !!!!
Interesting... I live North. And I've always been a privileged woman. Have always had my own truck, my own motorcycle, the opportunity to go to college and get a degree in science, and now a gainful career in the STEM fields as a full-time laboratory technician in the study of Genetics & Ancestry. I make business transactions and purchases at stores and pro shops, visit with friends, go to the movies and vote-etc. Right-wing ideologies are so delusional... LMAO!!😆
@@SteelCowGirl4Ever ow a muncher , ok .
@@BenDover-tj8vf what the heck is a "muncher" and what does that even have to do with anything? Lol!
And you the educated northern girl ?,.
@@BenDover-tj8vf Well, things like "muncher" don't come up in bio science courses. So how would I know? Lol
Sounds like a slang phrase used by someone still living in mommy and daddy's basement.
Why oh why am I reading these comments with a posh accent?
Hahaha me too
Well chap, whatevah is the mattah with that neow?
Because you're simultaneously watching a video with posh accents, and the comments are designed to be read in a posh accent.
Paul Tetlow Because,you sir,are a cad! 😁
I simply dôn’t knôw!
Pot Poodle: Dead dog in a pot? Sounds delectable.
Labrador-able.
It's a spoof of Pot Noodle, just in case you don't get those from where you are from.
0:28 I've just spat my Tea out all over my Laptop 🤣🤣🤣
He's not convinced by the taste of Pot Poodle but at least he won't starve🤣
The uncle bit is comedy gold