It all seems eerily familiar. I joined the RAF in 1960 as an apprentice and our drill corporals, like Marsh, were national service. It cannot have been all bad as I joined at age 15 and left at 55, although I did get promoted several times along the way.
thanks for posting.......totally forgot about this Series!.......before the American Marine Corps stuff of nowadays..he reminds me of Alf Garnett.......best era of British comedy....but I am biased...I grew up with this stuff!....Dad's Army........etc.........and yes I was in the ATC....in Scotland..................couldn't stand corporals.....But I never did national service.......too young!..........now I am too old!.. and don't forget Private Schultz!....another lost treasure as Arthur says in the comments.
gads, seeing those blankets and sheets in that box on the bed..that takes me back..trying to make it perfectly square on those corners..sheets and blankets completely vertical, none forward of the others..no sloping..completely flat on top..
My father was in the R A F regiment during his national service he said this show was so real it was his favorite show in the 70s He always said its a pigs life in the r a f regiment and the corporal Jumbo Jenkins they called him that because of his big ears was a real bastard
My father in law did his national service but within a few months he signed on as a regular because he got more pay as a regular, in the end he did 18 years & ended up as a WO1. He loved this show, & only passed away 5 years ago. During my father in law's basic training etc he had a corporal who was a bit like Marsh who used to say things like.. 'A word of warning lads.... there are several nasty bastards on this base... & I'M ALL OF EM'.. One young trainee/airman/national serviceman kept getting his bedmaking wrong & apparently he said to the corporal .. 'But my mum let's me make it that way corporal'. The corporal replied to him..... 'I'm your mummy now son... & these f'ing stripes confirm it!!'.
i love the scenes in these old shows where someone is smoking a cigarette where they shouldn't be, and they shove it into some handy vessel when anyone walks in the door. meanwhile, you can detect the lingering smell of smoke from a cigarette someone lit hours before.
Blacksliding just means skiving and not doing the work you were supposed to do. Working your ticket was improperly doing something to obtain a discharge from the forces e.g. feigning a medical condition.
In the forces you don't have the ability to just phone in sick., you have to see the doctor for anything going to prevent you working. Sometimes people would make up ailments to get out of work.
Because at the bottom of it there has to be a firm sense of belonging, that England was ours to protect, when national service was abolished in the early 60s it coincided with a wider coordinated drive to bring down that sense of belonging, TV, media was hellbent on dividing the family and ridding national cohesion which down the generations has us where we are now where so many no longer have that romantic tie to/even resent their homeland, it isn't ours to defend any more it's just a soup of anyones from anywhere, there's no collective purpose to joining up any more
They could start with you. They could begin by teaching you the difference between their (the one you should've used) and there (the incorrect one you actually misused.)
@@1tonyboat I'm in the middle ground. Yes I support the idea to stop chavtastic bollocks infesting the streets. No I don't support the idea incase we get sent off to fight an unjustified war (i.e. Iraq or Afghan) where very little politicrats have any idea on how to fight a war.
Bugger, it's 04-38 and I'm binge watching these.
😝 that 1938 or 2038?
That's mad so am i
Same thing here.
Remember it from years ago.
Typical I. T. V. Comedy.
That said, I'm still going ahead with the full set.
@@glyngriffin8260 what's I.T.V.?
@@roringusanda2837 I. T. V.
Independent Television.
The commercial stations as opposed to the B. B. C. which is paid for via the license fee.
I never saw this when it was originally aired, but I sure am enjoying it now. Thanks for posting.
Absolutely hilarious you got to love Marsh
They dont make TV shows like this anymore. Superb classic comedy! 👍
It all seems eerily familiar. I joined the RAF in 1960 as an apprentice and our drill corporals, like Marsh, were national service. It cannot have been all bad as I joined at age 15 and left at 55, although I did get promoted several times along the way.
love this ! remember this when i was kid! lol
thanks for posting.......totally forgot about this Series!.......before the American Marine Corps stuff of nowadays..he reminds me of Alf Garnett.......best era of British comedy....but I am biased...I grew up with this stuff!....Dad's Army........etc.........and yes I was in the ATC....in Scotland..................couldn't stand corporals.....But I never did national service.......too young!..........now I am too old!.. and don't forget Private Schultz!....another lost treasure as Arthur says in the comments.
'Shuddup when you talk to me!'
A variant of Spike Milligan's 'Silence when you talk to an officer!'
Alfred Johnson nobody asked?
I did
gads, seeing those blankets and sheets in that box on the bed..that takes me back..trying to make it perfectly square on those corners..sheets and blankets completely vertical, none forward of the others..no sloping..completely flat on top..
My father was in the R A F regiment during his national service he said this show was so real it was his favorite show in the 70s He always said its a pigs life in the r a f regiment and the corporal Jumbo Jenkins they called him that because of his big ears was a real bastard
My father in law did his national service but within a few months he signed on as a regular because he got more pay as a regular, in the end he did 18 years & ended up as a WO1.
He loved this show, & only passed away 5 years ago.
During my father in law's basic training etc he had a corporal who was a bit like Marsh who used to say things like..
'A word of warning lads.... there are several nasty bastards on this base... & I'M ALL OF EM'..
One young trainee/airman/national serviceman kept getting his bedmaking wrong & apparently he said to the corporal .. 'But my mum let's me make it that way corporal'.
The corporal replied to him..... 'I'm your mummy now son... & these f'ing stripes confirm it!!'.
Can't beat the system, but! You can have the occassional little victory!. 🤣
Almost a full metal jacket moment in the toilets.
My dad loved this. I get the feeling it was the same for the army in 1939. Corporals the same the world over
Quite a dark episode! Marsh bullying the team to try to cover up was sinister
Only Lilley comes out with any integrity in this episode - with all the others especially 3F Smiff trying to talk poor Leckie into killing himself.
i love the scenes in these old shows where someone is smoking a cigarette where they shouldn't be, and they shove it into some handy vessel when anyone walks in the door. meanwhile, you can detect the lingering smell of smoke from a cigarette someone lit hours before.
2:17 into a medical instrument steriliser.
Everywhere smelt permanently of cigarette smoke on all Camps in those days!
a lost treasure
Superb. Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me of my service days lol
1971,,,,,RAF Swinderby ,,,,Sgt Penn ,those were the days ,this programme brings back so many memories ..
I wanna be a bandsman
Derek Deadman! Great comedy actor.
Tony Selby, of course, was Sabalom Glitz in Doctor Who during the 80s
Reminds me of dads army and it ain't half hot mum...I'm enjoying binge watching.
I'm surprised they didn't have the cough test during the medical.
Do you by any chance mean the cough and drop test?
@@SpeccyMan That's the one.
@@SpeccyMan cough and drop test: Is that the one where if you cough you leave a giant skidmark?
Lilley is the spit of Tobey maguire in the Spiderman films
3:16 The Doctor asks Marsh "any potential backsliders or ticket workers?" . Could somebody tell me what this means?
+Marc Zero Here in North East England, a "Worky Ticket" (Ticket worker) is someone who causes trouble
"Backsliders" is maybe a term for male homosexuality. Don't know for sure.
Blacksliding just means skiving and not doing the work you were supposed to do. Working your ticket was improperly doing something to obtain a discharge from the forces e.g. feigning a medical condition.
In the forces you don't have the ability to just phone in sick., you have to see the doctor for anything going to prevent you working. Sometimes people would make up ailments to get out of work.
@@laguna3fase4 My late father reckoned sucking on a bit of Cordite would do it - until they got wise to it! LOL
Tony Selby yeah.!
👍💜👍💜
A 'Hibernian' is an Irishman not a Scotsman.
The drill corporal showing his ignorance!
Caledonian is a scot
Yep! A 'Caledonian' would be a jock.
Unless he supports Hibernian F.C. 😊
@@HO-bndk I love getting comments years after I've forgotten I've even posted. Cheers mate.
Why not bring back national service to benefit the young unemployed put some self respect in there life
Because at the bottom of it there has to be a firm sense of belonging, that England was ours to protect, when national service was abolished in the early 60s it coincided with a wider coordinated drive to bring down that sense of belonging, TV, media was hellbent on dividing the family and ridding national cohesion which down the generations has us where we are now where so many no longer have that romantic tie to/even resent their homeland, it isn't ours to defend any more it's just a soup of anyones from anywhere, there's no collective purpose to joining up any more
My thoughts , i did 5 years in the RAF in the early 70`s and that set me up for a good life ....This series brings back so many happy memories .....
They could start with you. They could begin by teaching you the difference between their (the one you should've used) and there (the incorrect one you actually misused.)
@@SpeccyMan Look no one here has got the braincells to be a Rupert but its the sentiment that counts.
@@1tonyboat I'm in the middle ground. Yes I support the idea to stop chavtastic bollocks infesting the streets. No I don't support the idea incase we get sent off to fight an unjustified war (i.e. Iraq or Afghan) where very little politicrats have any idea on how to fight a war.
Full Metal Jacket ripped off this show! 😁
One problem with this.
Not funny.
You are in a minority.
Talk about over acting
NANA JAHNIQUEJESSIE wa you bloddy tok about. Go eat you rice
Go on then.. but afterwards you're on jankers if you get it wrong.
Brilliant comedy great acting 😁
That is not over acting. Do you understand what over acting is??
NANA JAHNIQUEJESSIE overacting is what I call your comment because it is the biggest understatement of the year