You sir are a hero - I spent the last 10 minutes looking for this show on every streaming service and nothing - then I looked on RUclips and found this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
What a fantastic first episode. It's just a huge series of gag setups that all pay off right at the end in the best possible ways to establish the relationships between the characters. Absolutely stellar writing here. Not a line wasted
Probably one of my favorite sitcoms of all time, I can’t think of any moments where I didn’t laugh hysterically in any of the episodes. A comedic classic.
@@SubseaTaff not taxes, another bureaucracy that I need to do every beginning and half of the months, and I literary came here, remembering this episode, to calm myself 😁
Vincent O Driscoll unfortunately the P. c.’s have taken everyone’s fun away so it wouldn’t be allowed in this day and age but be honoured to have watched what they were allowed to show and obviously the repeated ones here on RUclips
Unfortunately, the creator and actor that plays Bernard, Dylan Moran has pretty much hated any ideas about making a continuation and has said that he never wants to do a studio sitcom again.
@@Materminds187 That’s what you should do though, make the best stuff and then leave it. Most of the great British sitcoms knew when to stop - Father Ted stopped at three, IT Crowd had four and then a special, Porridge was three, Fawlty Towers was only two, Bottom was three. No disrespect to other sitcoms (Red Dwarf is one of my personal favs, Only Fools is obviously iconic) but because they went on so long they undeniably had their rough patches.
This is such a good first episode to the show. It's got multiple plots which set up the characters brilliantly and it's very very good "Which one of you bitches, wants to dance?"
this got me through some really weird time during my life; i still hear the intro music and feel the chills. Great show, one of the bests. British comedy at it best
I've re-watched this loads over the years, but came back this time after hearing Tommy Tiernan talk about how much of a genius comedian Dylan is on RHLSTP. One of my all time favourite series.
@@neonfroot Young people are perceived as being ignorant idealists in a good way, untainted by society's failings Older people have wisdom that makes them good sources of knowledge
He wasn't trying not to laugh. He was maintaining a face he was pulling at his boss behind his back and continuing to do it in front of him to make it seem normal
Man I was sooooo late to Black Books. Literally hadn't seen it until 2022. When I was 28. And it's now one of my favourites of all time. This type of comedy will never be beaten
Hey, you know when you do that threesome thing you do on the weekends.. and the moonlight is bouncing off your head and arses. doesn't that get confusing? Soo underrated.. especially the millwal chant..
Black Books is the absolute best sitcom of all time. My brothers and I still use quotes from this in conversation whenever applicable. I am glad the series ended when it did. Its perfect. Some shows get new seasons years later and it just never is the same.
I always enjoyed this show, it reminds me of a terrible Photographic shop I once worked in and hated. Whatever happened to these people? Apart from Bill obviously.
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Watch the FULL series here: bit.ly/2QceOh5
We want access in America, please!
@@sarcasticallyrearrangedbuy the DVD of all series.
Goodbye I have to do my tax!
You sir are a hero - I spent the last 10 minutes looking for this show on every streaming service and nothing - then I looked on RUclips and found this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
It's on channel 4
Ahoy matey, have ye heard of _The Bay_ ?
black books, IT crowd, and father ted all have amazing theme songs. this might be the best though
Probably one of the most underrated sitcoms ever!
Have you seen Bored To Death?
Yes, it saved me from being Bored to Death@@devodavis6747
I used to binge-rewatch this show in highschool/college after I realised people suck and I hate everyone and I swear it never gets old
Is it underrated? By whom?
i think your post is underrated. because i love it
I love that this show is somehow both depressed and campy at the same time, it's perfection.
This
What a fantastic first episode. It's just a huge series of gag setups that all pay off right at the end in the best possible ways to establish the relationships between the characters. Absolutely stellar writing here. Not a line wasted
For some reason, this never fails to make me feel better.
And I've got the whole set of dvds .. oh for fucksake
Bill & Dylan are actual geniuses and this show is beyond brilliant.
Sounds like a comedy duo in its own right. They're full of panache & charisma.
Probably one of my favorite sitcoms of all time, I can’t think of any moments where I didn’t laugh hysterically in any of the episodes. A comedic classic.
Who else is avoiding doing their taxes and watching this instead?
Jimmy Carr
@@SubseaTaff not taxes, another bureaucracy that I need to do every beginning and half of the months, and I literary came here, remembering this episode, to calm myself 😁
I think about the scene with the missionaries at least once a month 😂 😂 absolutely fucking hilarious
He's so happy with his ham sandwich, awww bless!
With a pickle?!
@@christianlesurfmusic yes, with a pickle and mayo
@@Peabody388🥴
Would love to see this one make a comeback. Classic.
Vincent O Driscoll unfortunately the P. c.’s have taken everyone’s fun away so it wouldn’t be allowed in this day and age but be honoured to have watched what they were allowed to show and obviously the repeated ones here on RUclips
@@vivaldi1ett those darned personal computers
Orien Day yeah but God damm funny man!!
Unfortunately, the creator and actor that plays Bernard, Dylan Moran has pretty much hated any ideas about making a continuation and has said that he never wants to do a studio sitcom again.
@@Materminds187 That’s what you should do though, make the best stuff and then leave it. Most of the great British sitcoms knew when to stop - Father Ted stopped at three, IT Crowd had four and then a special, Porridge was three, Fawlty Towers was only two, Bottom was three. No disrespect to other sitcoms (Red Dwarf is one of my personal favs, Only Fools is obviously iconic) but because they went on so long they undeniably had their rough patches.
This is such a good first episode to the show. It's got multiple plots which set up the characters brilliantly and it's very very good "Which one of you bitches, wants to dance?"
That made me howl! 😂
I love that Dylan Moran came up with, wrote, and directed Black Books, all on his own
@gerard dearie who? Never heard of him
He was in Father Ted. If you havent watched that you havent lived.
@@amandadonegan2137 Graham Linehan also wrote some of Fr Ted
Indeed, such a talented man, Dylan Moran, to do all that on his lonesome
I thought it was a documentary
When I watched this originally, I didn't know Bill Baily or Martin Freeman, was so amazing seeing both in the show.
I received my copy of The Little Book of Calm in the mail today and I plan on using it for self reflection and making funny mix ups. :D
Don't swallow it
"It's... extra chunky"
"What's in it?"
"ｃｈｕｎｋｓ"
*c h u n k s*
“I had a lot of.......clink on the stuffer expander. And.....the plug went in some Tizer.”
15:20 Manny assimilates the little book of calm
The boxes at 3:34 have labels saying "lighter" in Japanese katakana. Never noticed that before!
That was very eagle eyed of you, thank you.
Well spotted!
this got me through some really weird time during my life; i still hear the intro music and feel the chills. Great show, one of the bests. British comedy at it best
I've re-watched this loads over the years, but came back this time after hearing Tommy Tiernan talk about how much of a genius comedian Dylan is on RHLSTP. One of my all time favourite series.
The older I get the more I identify with Bernard
I’m 21 and have “kin’d” Bernard for at least a couple years now
lol
Its funny how society condemns young people for having cynical personaliies but older people are praised for doing the same.
@@neonfroot Young people are perceived as being ignorant idealists in a good way, untainted by society's failings
Older people have wisdom that makes them good sources of knowledge
@@neonfrootmark twain said something like “The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little”
What no don't do that, he's funny but he's a maniac
Love Bill Bailey trying not to laugh at 7:30. Show is filled with that kind of stuff
He wasn't trying not to laugh. He was maintaining a face he was pulling at his boss behind his back and continuing to do it in front of him to make it seem normal
Good spot, never noticed that before!
Manny: lights cigarette
Fran: AAAAHHHHH!!!!
Man I was sooooo late to Black Books. Literally hadn't seen it until 2022. When I was 28. And it's now one of my favourites of all time. This type of comedy will never be beaten
Better later than never. 👍
just found it as well. great show watching it now for the scond time the one with the piano at the start of series2 brilliant.
Great show. If you liked it, I highly recommend IT Crowd.
I discovered the series in RUclips recommendations back in late summer of 2013.
“In medical terms it’s gone.”
Manny: “I am the Jesus now”
One last season. A little comeback. Let's go!!!
Takes me back. The little book of calm!
The orb's box clearly says what it is.
I never expected being able to read Japanese to spoil the episode punchline in a British sitcom...
But she can't read in Japanese
It’s a nice subtle reference.
@EditRepublic that's the Japanese for you, first version was a lot heavier!
@@rmac1scotlandgang379 But the person who wrote that comment can... was the point.
just noticed that myself on my umpteenth rewatch - too funny!
Tysm! I'm 13 but love black books, I find it funny especially the grapes of wrath
Little furry freak
Whatcha the episode of “the security door” is funny too
@@EMS01119 That is a funny episode
Same! I'm 14 and I love it
Its like the British version of Seinfeld.
Already the first 3 minutes are full with my favourite moments.
OMG! Thanks for posting this! It is saving my Christmas 2023! Love from Sweden!
Black Books and IT Crowd that's sort of commedy that will never grow old.
“Which one of you bitches wants to dance” 🤣
Hey, you know when you do that threesome thing you do on the weekends.. and the moonlight is bouncing off your head and arses. doesn't that get confusing?
Soo underrated.. especially the millwal chant..
Black Books is the absolute best sitcom of all time. My brothers and I still use quotes from this in conversation whenever applicable.
I am glad the series ended when it did. Its perfect. Some shows get new seasons years later and it just never is the same.
What a great show that was. Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig. Perfectly cast program.
This episode is just amazing
I love this series 💛💛💛
It's even funnier re-watching these gems.
Brilliant
Same humour as Father Ted
same writer
I love a well cut scream I do
Gotta love Blackbooks, great show!
Lifesaver.
Helpful Episode. 🙏
04:18. it's very IN
I do sell a lot of WANK, don't i?
I fucking love this Show.
Black books is hilarious..nothing else like it..❤
I have the dvd set this is one of my fav shows I’ve showed every gf I’ve had in my adult life
Such a great show.
Hello..I have all your DVDs in a very special box set...Love you all..So hilarious...❤❤❤❤❤❤ 😊❤
What a fun cool relaxing TV it is. Thank you
!st Class comedy. I love Black Books, then and now
20:25 What is the name of the music? Did you know, this music was also used in Hitman?
This episode is actually one of the best things Graham Lineham ever wrote. It's such a clever and ridiculous episode.
He's a wonderful script writer but I once saw him in stand-up & thought it was rubbish.
Briiliant, love Dylan Moran, sharp as a whip
I just love this episode 😂
What is the music at 20:20? It isn't credited and I like it
Ave Verum Corpus by Faure
@@EBartworkshops i looked it up, its not Faure's but its Mozart's version. Thanks for helping me find it :)
Legendary.
Bill Bailey hates his job... at Games Workshop.
damn, i just found out that dylan was 29 when this episode was made
This show would never have happened without Graham Linehan. He has the Midas touch.
*had
That was fantastic! 😊
This is the best episode
It's the fact that her nose physically wiggles when she smells it for me
She's cute
Please make a comeback!!!
This is my first time watching this show, Love it! 😄 Wish I could get Region 1 dvd box set, it's hilarious!
It’s a bit late but they’re all on Netflix!
I’d watch the series again but the number of adverts on your app is ridiculous. Back to Netflix thanks...
Get teatv
you're paying for Netflix tbf
Or just pick up the DVD off Amazon for like £2 XD
great sitcom.
Hello we were wondering if you wanted to talk about Jehe... Zus!
Best Black Books ever.
The tax bit 😂😂😂
Good comedy, great fun.
Is that Martin Freeman? The one playing the doctor?
That THING, just there @ 03:16. Mid to late 15th Century painting regarding UFO conspiracies?
this made me register for my taxes actually. gotta do them the first time this year so i hope it goes better than bernard's
how did I miss this? ive just discovered Dylan Moran only in the last 4 months..what a ignoranamous I am!!
Spaced is worth a watch too
Plug went in some Tizer
A brilliantly bizarre first episode
21:34😂😂
12 :56 a MASSIVE ! amount of pain
I have seen it before. Still funny as .... 🤣
Is that.... Dr. Watson? XD
Martin Freeman playing a Doctor yet again 😂
still my fav
That blue globe she's holding reminds me of a 15th Century or so painting, and Theorists testify to it being some kind of alien contact thing.
I am leaving this comment only to count how many times I have watched this series, and I think this is my 4 th time😅
15:22 lol
a lot of funny jokes and I want to see more...
The first 15 mins so far of this is the drizzling shits
excellent
Brilliant comedy. My favorite is Manny Bill Bailey
Love this. Wish it was back
On t.v. 🦋💕🇬🇧
I am like Bernard, i do anything to don't do my taxes, except call my mom, those are really extreme measures.
Pure Nostalgia
Legendary
7:00 😂😂
Yes Four, that is the move
Love Bernard , he's insane enough
I always enjoyed this show, it reminds me of a terrible Photographic shop I once worked in and hated.
Whatever happened to these people? Apart from Bill obviously.
I believe Martin Freeman has kept busy!
I swear these are all smacked up 😂