I love the fact that whilst one of them is taking his go with the drinks, the other player in the background casually throws a few darts. Clever little touch.
Perhaps years ago when darts professionals could drink on stage but its water only now, sadly. I used to love all the smoking & drinking years ago - too politicly correct nowadays
I remember watching this when it was first televised. I was sat in the lounge with my mum, dad and two brothers, not one of us could stop laughing all the way through.
What I love is that they're actually throwing their darts and having a 'proper' match in the background. Out of focus, out of shot, it's beautifully subtle writing and directing. :-)
Fair Bloody Dinkum, the first time I saw this skit, I got into an uncontrollable belly laugh on hearing their names announced. Bloody funny skit. British comedy is the best by heaps. And Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith (RIP) were two of the BEST!
I agree wholeheartedly with the above comments, absolutely hilarious, but today I reckon the fun police would say there's nothing funny about binge drinking
@@alanrix5344 it seems you can’t laugh at fuck all anymore, if I want to watch the likes of chubby brown ( just using as an example) then nobody is going to stop me and I’ll still laugh if the jokes about a Pakistani or an Irishman, I couldn’t give a toss.
Every time I've seen this sketch I have never noticed 😂😂😂 as if they really are at a darts match but the real event is the drinking 😂😂😂 Crazy that they even allowed them to drink while playing back in the day 😂
This scene is actual reason why the BDO banned the drinking of alcohol during televised matches back in the 80’s as this was the perception that people had of professional darts!
It was the start of sanitizing the character of the sport. They did the same with snooker. They were both pub games played and watched by people enjoying a few drinks.
All that toxic masculinity and those fat bellies, clear fat shaming, as well as promoting alcholism.. Will you hold me tonight Marco whilst I cry myself to sleep? There ya go me laddo.
@ThatDutchGuy Can you be both Neolithic and a Boomer? I'm a millennial i guess anyway. Given the fact the Tv series is reasonably 'rude', reasonably rude comments should be in the spirit of the thing. I was only talking about darts anyway, in the same way they only talked about trucks
@Jay Boomer Comedy - fuck me you’ve fallen into those young fuckers traps already! If they stopped drinking Americanos and shaved their beards they might be able to afford a house one day!
Atkinson was born in County Durham and educated in the North East, including Newcastle University. That's why he does such a good North Eastern accent taking off Sid Wadell the 'Voice of Darts' who was brought up in Northumberland.
@@thomasrobinette3227 Well, seeing as Atkinson was born and raised in Consett and studied in Newcastle I'd say his accent here is original and genuine...
Watched this when it was first on tv. Nobody had a clue what what they were doing until they did it with the drinks. Sooo funny then, and even funnier now.
absolutely brilliant sketch..it sticks in my mind even after all these years..we need more of this on mainstream now...i remember a certain hedgehog sketch which received complaints.nowadays they'd have had to apologised...instead, the following week they just kept repeating it over and over again..after that, no more complaints
"Completely Newscasted" was a sideways reference to Not the Nine O'Clock News favourite Reginald Bosanquet a contemporary newsreader who was 'fond of a tipple' :-)
There’s always someone moaning about comedy being “censored” now 😒 I think you’re just watching entirely the wrong stuff. NTNoCN was always pretty timid, wide-audience comedy (still great). But you really think today is censored? Did you ever watch Mock the Week when Frankie Boyle was on the show? Or the episode of Peep Show where Jez wanks over the queen on a £20 note in a sperm bank? Literally anything on Southpark or Rick and Morty if you include adult cartoons. Or if you’re not strictly talking about comedy, what’s censored in shows like Euphoria, Altered Carbon or The Punisher? That’s just off the top of my head - 30 odd years ago these shows would have caused protests from snowflake religious groups and parents for “excessive violence, drugs and portrayal of sex”, now no one bats an eye. No, shows are less censored now than at any point - you’re just watching the wrong stuff, at the wrong time, in the wrong places and therefor reach the wrong conclusion.
@@lukefreeman828 don't conflate anime porn with telly shows ffs. Gtfo. Comedy on the TV is more dead than ever with so much politically correct bullshit to appease the can't offend crowd. Bullshit.
@The Head Reacher oh no... a few tiny words have been censored? Oh no! But thankfully portrayal of real life I.e. death, violence, drugs and sex are all far less censored these days than they used to be. Because the perpetually offended do-gooders of the older generations are being ignored.
@@lukefreeman828 it starts with a few words and it moves on to banning the whole thing. that's how this will play out in the long run. Mandating speech is when you're on thin ice when it comes to freedom of speech.
*burp* "Oh, and he's missed the table altogether". "Oh, would you believe it? It went in, but it's come out again". XD Genius. One of the all time greatest sketches.
Remember the good old days of Jocky Wilson and Cliff Lazarenko and the Geordie Darts commentator Sid Waddell who once referred to them as these fine athletes.
Not the Nine O' Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones and probably one of Mel's finest shows Colin's Sandwich. In additon directing one of my fave films of all time 'High Heels and Low Lifes' ... a great loss and will be very much missed ... a true comedy genius and a naturally funny man. Rest in Peace .... :(
The plain truth. Even now that drinking is forbidden during matches, you can see how much players... "grow", season after season. It's the most body-destructive sport, ever. (take a look at van Gerwen, how he was and how he is, just to mention one).To anyone who might ask: I LOVE darts.
miss you mel you were a lovely funny and very warm hearted man you made mel laugh very hard on many times you and jones had the best sketch show in the country i still find it my favourite
Even in the states in electronic darts leagues, this sums up league finals. Watched a player somehow made it to single's finals, and was so plastered he was lunging halfway to board before throwing
@king offa lol yup. Our league is minor stuff... finals are in casino hotel ballrooms. 4 day events and 12 hours or more of throwing. I dont drink but people there would prob go crazy not getting their fix
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I love the fact that whilst one of them is taking his go with the drinks, the other player in the background casually throws a few darts. Clever little touch.
Yes, excellent!
I did not See that the first time!
This video was old when you made this comment
casually into the faces of the audience LOL
Bring this shit back
The casually seldom darts playing in the background is the best part.
Just like dart player taking a drink in the background. I noticed it too. The level so subtle detail is perfect!
My Drinking Team has a Darts Problem... ;-)
As a professional Drinker..I mean Darts player I can confirm that this is totally 100% accurate!
What humourless morons dislike this?. Woke off twat.
agreed
you mean it was a bullseye
Perhaps years ago when darts
professionals could drink on stage
but its water only now, sadly.
I used to love all the smoking & drinking years ago - too politicly
correct nowadays
I am also a professional darts player.
I remember watching this when it was first televised. I was sat in the lounge with my mum, dad and two brothers, not one of us could stop laughing all the way through.
There is no greater blessing than a childhood in a complete family!
Yep I watched it with my mum and dad too. Mum sat stony faced, thought it was shite, dad was pissing himself laughing :)
@@ac-gp3kz 😄
I remember watching it for the 1st time. We only had 2 channels
What I love is that they're actually throwing their darts and having a 'proper' match in the background.
Out of focus, out of shot, it's beautifully subtle writing and directing. :-)
Really clever
Fair Bloody Dinkum, the first time I saw this skit, I got into an uncontrollable belly laugh on hearing their names announced. Bloody funny skit. British comedy is the best by heaps. And Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith (RIP) were two of the BEST!
It was such a simple idea for the sketch and it worked brilliantly.
@@geoffpoole483 Everything was simple but it worked great.
I agree wholeheartedly with the above comments, absolutely hilarious, but today I reckon the fun police would say there's nothing funny about binge drinking
@@alanrix5344 it seems you can’t laugh at fuck all anymore, if I want to watch the likes of chubby brown ( just using as an example) then nobody is going to stop me and I’ll still laugh if the jokes about a Pakistani or an Irishman, I couldn’t give a toss.
The only comedy sketch to have single handedly destroyed the reputation of a sport haha
Watch QI much? :)
@@pappergoja4815 yup
Like Bosch said: if you can drink and smoke while playing it, it's not a sport.
@@RKM8506 So basketball isn't a sport? Tell that to the inner-city youths.
@@EvilBlakey if you can drink and smoke whilst playing pro level then
This isn't a comedy. It's a factual darts documentary
This skit is the reason they don't drink/smoke on TV anymore
@@GA-sb9sz :D. I miss these guys
It’s from Smith and Jones which was a comedy sketch show. Enjoy!
@@AR-jo5vv ye I know, great memories :D
so was stout life
Anyone else randomly get this recommended?
Yeah. But glad I did. Was golden
Yep, that happens when you've watched Britain's Got Talent 😄
Yeah and it was toppa ☺
me too, so funny.
Yep and the need for the complete series on dvd grows every day.
I'd completely forgotten that he's playing darts in the background between visits to the table.
“Oh no he’s got a broon ale!”
Every time I've seen this sketch I have never noticed 😂😂😂 as if they really are at a darts match but the real event is the drinking 😂😂😂
Crazy that they even allowed them to drink while playing back in the day 😂
@@jrp312 read that in Sid Waddell's accent 😂
I did not see that, but you are right, of course!
This scene is actual reason why the BDO banned the drinking of alcohol during televised matches back in the 80’s as this was the perception that people had of professional darts!
This is true....still have the big bellies ... Must be too many trips to Maccidees 😉
It was the start of sanitizing the character of the sport. They did the same with snooker.
They were both pub games played and watched by people enjoying a few drinks.
That everybody is permanently mortal drunk?
Ban alcohol from dart sports is the same as banning sex from people which are doing it professional. That just does not work
And so, somehow, Darts became boring to watch.
Rest in peace, Mel Smith
This is absolutely genius writing and milligrams of alcohol scoring metre is just inspired.
RIP Mel Smith. You were one of the funniest men ever and made so much great material, you will be sorely missed.
Playing darts in the background between drinks, used to love this show.
I like trucking, and I like to truck lol
If you don't like trucking, tough luck!
+DARRBEV Yeah, that's the thing with this show, it lingers.....kinda lingers...
yeah ,nice video shame about the song
I prefer bouncing, boing boing boing!@@ianisme
He always brought a smile to my face when younger and even now watching stuff like this, R.I.P Mel.
One of my favourite British tv comedy sketches ever.Both Griff Rhys Jones and the late Mel Smith are wonderful here.
Mel smiths gone?? that's news to me.
@@garrysmith6734
Yup ... passed away 19th July 2013, age 60 ...
I completely forgot that had happened until I just double checked ....
all the good ones are disappearing.
Sad loss. They don't make them like this anymore. At least we have moments like this to remember you with. RIP Mel.
THe best part is them actually playing darts between turns
This when comedy was at its best.a world away.
ok boomer
Ok
@Marco Creen like you
@Marco Creen Oh god yeah men throwing darts and drinking is SO offensive 😂
All that toxic masculinity and those fat bellies, clear fat shaming, as well as promoting alcholism.. Will you hold me tonight Marco whilst I cry myself to sleep?
There ya go me laddo.
British humour was the best. We couldn't get enough of it in Australia back in the day.
Similar culture, so you understand it. We thought it hilarious when it was first shown, it certainly rung true back then
You still gave us Paul Hogan though.
The technique of both sportsmen is truly beyond comprehension.
I always come back to this video already once every month.
I keep coming back to watch this. For just that smile power.
"Ahh would you believe it, it's gone in but it's come out again!!" Hahhhahahahaaaaa
@monkey Nutts It was 7 years ago, probably very loose now
What is wrong with you people?
@ThatDutchGuy Can you be both Neolithic and a Boomer? I'm a millennial i guess anyway. Given the fact the Tv series is reasonably 'rude', reasonably rude comments should be in the spirit of the thing. I was only talking about darts anyway, in the same way they only talked about trucks
@Jay Boomer Comedy - fuck me you’ve fallen into those young fuckers traps already!
If they stopped drinking Americanos and shaved their beards they might be able to afford a house one day!
Happens sometimes.
Can't believe how old this is, never seen it before was just randomly recommended. Absolutely brilliant love darts and love drinking haha
Atkinson was born in County Durham and educated in the North East, including Newcastle University. That's why he does such a good North Eastern accent taking off Sid Wadell the 'Voice of Darts' who was brought up in Northumberland.
@Astral Nemix The late Sid Waddell had an academic background. I think he was a medieval historian.
RIP Mel Smith. A British comedy legend!!!
I knew it was him
RIP Mel, a truly great performer who gave me many hours of enjoyment in my youth.
Seeing this 14 years after it was uploaded. Worth it
This is what darts was actually like back in the day.
'He really needs a triple gin, with ice & lemon' 😂
No matter how many times I watch this I always laugh like hell.
It went in, but it's come out again. Oh no. 😂😂😂
😂
'Three triple Bracardi's'. The score-keeper was pished too.
scorer was in downton abbey 🍷
Classic never ever to forget from Late Great Mel and Legend Jones. I remmmber this very well on Tv.
One of my faves. Love Rowan's Geordie accent.
His accent sucks. And you suck.
@@thomasrobinette3227 Well, seeing as Atkinson was born and raised in Consett and studied in Newcastle I'd say his accent here is original and genuine...
@@thomasrobinette3227 I actually blow. Your page is a great cure for insomnia. Thanks, mate.
"Not bad...fairly pissed..."
Watched this when it was first on tv. Nobody had a clue what what they were doing until they did it with the drinks. Sooo funny then, and even funnier now.
I just realized Atkinson's doing the commentary
Thanks I was wondering who commentated. He really makes the sketch.
@@SkipperGriffin1973 Often forgotten that Rowan Atkinson is, like Sid Waddell, a North-Easterner.
@@jbob64 it’s definitely him man
It’s Jim Carter
absolutely brilliant sketch..it sticks in my mind even after all these years..we need more of this on mainstream now...i remember a certain hedgehog sketch which received complaints.nowadays they'd have had to apologised...instead, the following week they just kept repeating it over and over again..after that, no more complaints
Absolutely Newcastled!
Why can’t we do humour like this anymore?
Because of snowflakes...
...because it says "Newscasted" as in, "Drunk as a News Caster".
Because of Ant and Dec !
Because reasons.
I thought it was "Newstcast". Newcastled is even funnier.
All the best Mel. You are a legend.
Gutted you left us so young.
Heaven's a funnier place now.
"Completely Newscasted" was a sideways reference to Not the Nine O'Clock News favourite Reginald Bosanquet a contemporary newsreader who was 'fond of a tipple' :-)
This is funny and from a nostalgic point of view so true....my recollection as a boy watching darts and snooker in the late 70s was pretty much this!
They don't make comedy like they use to absolutely fantastic !
I love them playing darts in the background
i had four triple vodkas on evenfatterbelly to win. pit, they don't make comedy like that anymore. RIP mel
They banned drinking by competitors during darts matches not long after this aired.
The score keeper is, rightly spotted, Jim Carter of Downtown Abbey. He also played a memorable part in " Top secret".
First time I've seen this since it was shown on TV 40 years ago!
Now they were true sportsmen, anyone who can pull of a nine dart finish or a 147 break while 5 times over the limit has to be admired.
Being from the north, Rowan Atkinson actually did talk like this once.
Tremendous athletes these lads.
Look at the concentration on Griff’s face, and the wheezing after downing the pints so quickly😂
When comedy was normal and funny and uncensored. Not the nine o’clock news were the best and just said things as they were. Bring back those days.
There’s always someone moaning about comedy being “censored” now 😒 I think you’re just watching entirely the wrong stuff. NTNoCN was always pretty timid, wide-audience comedy (still great). But you really think today is censored? Did you ever watch Mock the Week when Frankie Boyle was on the show? Or the episode of Peep Show where Jez wanks over the queen on a £20 note in a sperm bank? Literally anything on Southpark or Rick and Morty if you include adult cartoons. Or if you’re not strictly talking about comedy, what’s censored in shows like Euphoria, Altered Carbon or The Punisher? That’s just off the top of my head - 30 odd years ago these shows would have caused protests from snowflake religious groups and parents for “excessive violence, drugs and portrayal of sex”, now no one bats an eye.
No, shows are less censored now than at any point - you’re just watching the wrong stuff, at the wrong time, in the wrong places and therefor reach the wrong conclusion.
@@lukefreeman828 don't conflate anime porn with telly shows ffs. Gtfo. Comedy on the TV is more dead than ever with so much politically correct bullshit to appease the can't offend crowd. Bullshit.
@@DanteIsAwake just ignore the rest of the shows I mentioned then. Idiot 😂
@The Head Reacher oh no... a few tiny words have been censored? Oh no! But thankfully portrayal of real life I.e. death, violence, drugs and sex are all far less censored these days than they used to be. Because the perpetually offended do-gooders of the older generations are being ignored.
@@lukefreeman828 it starts with a few words and it moves on to banning the whole thing. that's how this will play out in the long run. Mandating speech is when you're on thin ice when it comes to freedom of speech.
From the best comedy show I have ever seen
*burp* "Oh, and he's missed the table altogether".
"Oh, would you believe it? It went in, but it's come out again".
XD Genius. One of the all time greatest sketches.
Remember watching at the time, still brilliant!
I can proudly say this wasn't recommented for me.I looked for it myself
The kind of diligent mental and physical preparation that made Eric Bristow and Phil Taylor champions.
God this is classic. I bet they were over the moon when they thought of this.
This movie is absolutely brilliant!
This isn't a movie, it's a professional sport
You would never get away with this today, some idiot would take offence. One of my favourite sketches from not the. 9 o'clock news
I remember watching these with my father. Pure class these and funny as f...!!! 😄
rest in peace Mel, thank you for all the laughs
One of my favourite sketches they did. Hilarious.
R.I.P mel you will be missed.
not to mention douglas adams
Rest in peace Mel, thank you so much for the laughs
Awww i miss these times.. i'd watched reruns of rising damp in between spitting image and rory bremner
thanks, I had never heard of rising damp before
Timeless classic 🤣. Still love it
Remember the good old days of Jocky Wilson and Cliff Lazarenko and the Geordie Darts commentator Sid Waddell who once referred to them as these fine athletes.
Fine athletes! :) The days when we had 2 or 3 channels to watch and World of Sport with Dickie Davies was a must see. Good days.
I had to watch a second time to notice they are having an actual dart match going on.
Absolutely fantastic 👏
American could never be this self aware.
So funny watching this again 🤣.
I remember this at the time NTNOCN was brilliant. Must be 40 years ago.
This is more exciting than real darts :-) I watch this :-)
True
The best two-and-a-half minutes in the history of televised sport:
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Lovely to see the great Jim Carter as the scorer, looking very young!
Love this sketch, totally ripped into the Darts era at that time. RIP Mel Smith
This is a pure classic! Love it.
RIP, Mel Smith. on behalf of your fans in Ireland
A great comedian you gave us many laughs, thank you.
Mel Smith's hair-do was something.
I remember seeing this when it was originally on the telly and then discussing it with one of my teachers at school!
I remember in the 80s n being a teenager that dart players use to smoke n drink on the occy hahahaha
Not the Nine O' Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones and probably one of Mel's finest shows Colin's Sandwich. In additon directing one of my fave films of all time 'High Heels and Low Lifes' ... a great loss and will be very much missed ... a true comedy genius and a naturally funny man.
Rest in Peace .... :(
To all who made this sketch possible, thank you for making it happen. This is comedy gold, the likes we will probably never see again.
This sketch is nearly 40 years old but hasn't dated at all.
what gushing language, doubt you were born when this was aired.
@@malcolmmitchell6529 I wish. Alas, I'm getting to close to retirement to care about what others think about me. Cheers!
Nice to see just plain old funny comedy! 🍺😎👍
You know its game when they show a *Alcohol Cam*
The plain truth. Even now that drinking is forbidden during matches, you can see how much players... "grow", season after season. It's the most body-destructive sport, ever. (take a look at van Gerwen, how he was and how he is, just to mention one).To anyone who might ask: I LOVE darts.
Mel smith did this for real, he was a legendary drinker
What did he die of again?
@@JMBluecoat8289 Mel passed away from a heart attack.
"Oii noh! It's a bruwn ale! His gam has absolutly gunta peeces!"
It went in but it came out again 😆
miss you mel you were a lovely funny and very warm hearted man you made mel laugh very hard on many times you and jones had the best sketch show in the country i still find it my favourite
oh no he really needs a triple gin with ice and lemon
I remember watching this as a child
His Xmas record aside - genuinely entertaining man - sleep well Mr Smith x
Even in the states in electronic darts leagues, this sums up league finals. Watched a player somehow made it to single's finals, and was so plastered he was lunging halfway to board before throwing
@king offa lol yup. Our league is minor stuff... finals are in casino hotel ballrooms. 4 day events and 12 hours or more of throwing. I dont drink but people there would prob go crazy not getting their fix
Watching this hungover is so sickening