“Well im not an expert on knobs”. “Not that I’ve heard” 😂😂😂

@MegaStig25

2 ай бұрын

I was in Cumbria judging a Diana Rigg lookalike Competition

Am I the only one that thinks that Acorn Antiques should be an ACTUAL series?

@MegaStig25

Жыл бұрын

No

@marcokite

Жыл бұрын

no

@nightingale22

29 күн бұрын

It was a real series. Crossroads.

@user-xs4pi4hq9o

23 күн бұрын

Yes

@risenshine2783

23 күн бұрын

It was..Crossroads, rushed home from school to watch it each evening

I have been watching, and rewatching, and rewat....,( well you get the idea) and have always loved it; Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston - whats not to love? But I just watched a documentary about "Crossroads" and its star Noel Gordon, and, now that I have more context, I enjoy "Acorn Antiques" even more than before!

OMG! JULIE WALTERS is one of my very favorites. I don't know how I ended up here but, what a treasure to find. Thanks for posting.

2:18 is the funniest line I have heard in ages. "One of the worst aspects of homelessness is you really haven't anywhere to put a chandelier"

@FrankNFurter1000

8 жыл бұрын

+Glenn Smith That line made me spit out my Earl Grey.

Thank you, you've done British comedy a great service by finding this episode. Good ol' Mum's video recorder!

"i'm not and expert on knobs"...."that's not what i heard"

God know's how much footage of bloopers there is for these sketches!

That mini clap for Mrs O was hilarious!

You got Brenda, Philippa, Stan and Petula... A great comedic combination.

Why have I never seen this before? This is brilliant!

@johnking5174

4 жыл бұрын

This sketch was not part of the original Victoria Wood series, but was a one off sketch written and performed in 1996 to celebrate 60 years of BBC Television. It aired on Sunday 3rd November 1996.

Pure class. R.I.P Victoria

This sketch was written and performed specially for the 60th anniversary celebrations of BBC Television in 1996. It aired as part of a star studded night from BBC Television Centre on Sunday 3rd November 1996.

So sad to hear about Victoria. A genuine loss. :(

Celia Imrie is wonderful, I love her autobiography The Happy Hoofer ❤️

Pure genius. Xxx

5:03 - I loved the "oh snigger" line from Julie, we all know what Mrs Overall thought it was before she looked close up.

two soups is still one of the funniest sketches ever.

"Could you move, I'm trying to photograph the brickwork." I didn't see that coming!

I consider myself a huge Victoria Wood fan and I never even knew this existed Thank you so much for posting.

@Tinker1950

8 жыл бұрын

So, how 'huge' are you?

@jpb5354

8 жыл бұрын

Perhaps not as 'huge' as i thought

@effyleven

8 жыл бұрын

Myself, I have been trying to loose weight. I have been more of a 'huge' fan of Victoria Wood than intended.

@Tinker1950

8 жыл бұрын

+effyleven When you say, 'loose weight', do you mean it dangles or moves about in a random and concerting manner?

@effyleven

8 жыл бұрын

More DIS-concerting, actually, but yes, that as well. :-) D'you know, I looked at that extra 'o' for about two minutes before deciding to leave it there?!

Lebanese, its the same letters and its still a shock ending...... hahaha.. And do the sponsors really want to see a Lesbian going up and down in a stair lift...... Too funny...!!!.

@jenmctavish7522

8 жыл бұрын

+donkeycobblers yip too funny

"Do they really want to see a lesbian going up and down in a stair-lift?"

When they turned the antique shop into a sports centre is my absolute favourite. The legend has it that the rest of cast hadn’t seen Mrs O in her aerobics outfit prior to filming - you can see them trying to hold it together when she sashays in, pelvis first as always. TV gold

RIP Victoria wood

“Sometimes an incurable disease is gods way of sending you to Disney land.” 😂

@PetroicaRodinogaster264

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Death is god’s way of saying slow down.

Another I'd never seen. Thank you so much

Thank you for posting this up, I can't remember ever seeing it. I've not stopped laughing! From Susue Blake's continuity announcer's comments about the pared down BBC (Oh how true!!!) to "Asians, Wheelchairs, that's where the jobs are these days, every line in this has me crying with laughter! Listen and learn oh comedy people....

@GeorgiaGeorgette

7 жыл бұрын

I'm a wheelchair user and that line plus the actors in wheelchairs had me crying with laughter!

@helenbryant404

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a wheelchair user too, and I wish there WERE more jobs for disabled people at the BBC. That's true diversity.

I'd never seen this. Brilliant. thanks so much for posting it.

it’s still a shock ending 👌

Fantastic!

I remember Acorn antiques but I don't think that I ever saw the returrn of Acorn antiques.

Asks Mrs. Overall to move because he wants to take a picture of the brickwork!!!!

I think this is the 1996 special done to celebrate 60 years of BBC Television.

Thanks for putting this up- amazing! :o)

It was a series. It was called Crossroads.

RIP VW x

LOVE THEM ALL!!

There was a similar joke in an episode of "golden girls".. One of Dorothy's collage friends visits, Fast forward toward the end, Dorothy's friend confides she's developed feelings for rose.. Later Sophia and Dorothy giggle-ishly discus the revelation, blanche, over hearing the commotion walks in and asks what they're talking about.. Dorothy tells blanche her friend is a lesbian to which she replies "so?," " I've never met any personally.. But isn't Danny Thomas one?" dorothy looks at her puzzled for a moment then quips "lesbian blanche !" "not Lebanese!".

@michaelleacy

8 ай бұрын

In an old Golden Girls episode, one of the characters mixed up lesbian with lebanese. There you go - one sentence!

Thank you for uploading this... I've never seen it before. The good news about Victoria Wood returning with a Christmas sketch show this year is that Julie Walters will be alongside her... there'll be a spoof documentary about Bo Beaumont, the actress 'playing' Mrs. Overall. Can't wait for that!

victoria wood saw the future...product placement.

The thumbnail looks like Rits Skeeter and Dolores Umbridge are about to throw down! 😅🤣😂🤣😂

more lines for me to learn - "hold on to your rainhoods"... Strange that the BBC haven't released a more thorough DVD set of VWs stuff. If one's on the way, fingers crossed for a Christmas 09 release. French and Saunders are similarly badly represented.

I was in a funk this morning until I came across this! I just adore Victoria Wood and her supreme wit. And all those other fantastic character actors, especially Julie Walters. It’s also interesting to see that the early 90’s was the dawn of the politically correct era and Victoria captured it beautifully. This is when western culture started to change from perhaps too insensitive to overly so. RIP Victoria, another wonderful human being gone too soon.

"Ha ha ha, terrorists" made me snort.

"I'm Lebanese" 😂😂😂😂

i miss VW. clever and funny.

wow ive never seen this. its great...can you get this on DVD? please let me know thanks Love AA

I want to go for a meal at the Internet Sushi Bistro.

"Do they really want to see a lesbian going up and down on a stairlift?"

Fantastic to see David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst in the audience at the end. I can't help but wonder if this was part of the sketch? Given Victoria's sensibilities, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

@johnking5174

7 жыл бұрын

This sketch was made in 1996 to celebrate 60 years of BBC Television, it was played into the studio audience in front of a star studded audience from so many BBC shows, which is why David and Nicholas were in the audience.

the clunkiness and self-awareness of this show makes it just incredible

Well I'm not an expert on knobs.. (Not what I've heard)...

Unprotected ping pong!

Lol James I presume, with the same quote from facebook? Cheers :o)

1:45 brilliant

SO ahead of her time Our Vic. Look at the disasterous comeback "Crossroads" tried to make in 2003, all sexed -up.

Good news is that the BBC have confirmed that there is a new VW special for Xmas 09...who knows, might be another reprisal of the old cast? :o)

This was 1994!

Is that Victoria Coren interviewing the cast?

hahahahahhaahaaa still tickles me.

Some of the rightwingers not getting the jokes in this sketch.

Is it me or is this a precursor to Santana's t-shirt in a certain American musical show?

It was a good parody of a bad soap

Downtown manchesterford phaha

I'm not an expert on knobs (thats not what I've heard)....

asians, wheelchairs, thats where the jobs are nowadays haha!

The bit where Michael Aspel comes out as a lesbian at the end is priceless.

its doug from emmerdale Laurels Dad

Nothing comes close to this for hilarity.

Are all the mistakes genuine mistakes or part of it? Its hard to tell.

@johnking5174

7 жыл бұрын

Now and again Victoria would laugh for real. Back in the original episodes I notice Duncan Prestion who played Clifford trying do hard not to laugh, even once covering his face with a handkerchief when Mrs Overall appeared.

@chrispaw1

6 жыл бұрын

John King oh.

@EricNorton627

6 жыл бұрын

The production values on "Acorn Antiques" are deliberately appallingly low. It's a parody of the worst of the worst soap operas (think "Crossroads") with their flubbed lines, missed cues, dreadful timing, wobbly sets, and indescribable acting.

My real name is Fern

Mrs Overall what a comedy character. It's making me laugh to much. I'm not an expert on knobs That's not what I've heard .

So many years before WOKE our announcer got it right .

The asians and wheelchairs joke is so relevant

@brightonking69 i agree. i sat through it waiting for it to get funny. i smiled a few times during her Lark Rise spoof but that awful Mrs.Overall special was a complete waste of time, I was so gutted.

@leeball4585

5 жыл бұрын

What? Not even a smirk for the Archbishop of Canterbury's spam curry?

You'be just come out as a Lesbian, we are supposed to be kissing - lol lol lol

thats a golden girls joke

@nativenewlondoner

3 жыл бұрын

Which joke?

Oh gawd. If anyone said any of this now there would be a Twitter outcry - as people who have nothing better to do have hysterics about something that’s got bugger all to do with them.

@nativenewlondoner

3 жыл бұрын

Big oooof

Do they want to see a lesbian go up and down on a stairlift?

Yeah, it wasn't quite as good.

Asians, wheelchairs, that’s where the jobs are these days.

Her brilliant last stab at the BBC and TV in general. Thank goodness she satirised the ludicrous PC crap before she left us. "Asians...wheelchairs. That's where the jobs are now."

@muk8804

4 жыл бұрын

She isn't . She's satirising the far right mentality that promotes the view that Asians shouldn't be seen on TV or have programming made that acknowledges elements of Asian culture . The same with users of wheelchairs. In the early episodes it's clear she wrote the continuity announcer as someone with very conservative views such as "all these strikers should be grateful for having a job " during the miners' strike and "treating that all too familiar female ailment ....that's not a word I care to read out I don't think , fortunately it's not something I'm ever likely to get ...and if I did get it I certainly wouldn't put yoghurt on it " . Along with, at closedown, "our local radio station is still broadcasting , and there's still chance to catch some of that very popular nightly phone-in, so, if you want to tune in to listen to a bunch of ill-informed left-wing megalomaniacs, that's 373 VHF or 951 metres medium Wave , good night ."

The BBC is scraping the barrel these days.

@martinfarrell3567

7 жыл бұрын

john adams

@thewomble1509

6 жыл бұрын

Yes now that genuinely talented and funny people like Vic have gone,they certainly are!

@nativenewlondoner

3 жыл бұрын

Given that this sketch is 25 years old, ooof.

@johnadams-wp2yb

3 жыл бұрын

@@nativenewlondoner "Asians, wheelchairs". How right you are in 2021, The BBC is filling up with ethnics, disabled, the physiognomically challenged, screaming gays, looney lefties, Jewish people, friends and family of the top employees and time wasters charading as entertainers. Tragic. In my youth, The Beeb was a gold standard, now, it's course, shallow and biased.

the WOKE BRIGADE would have a field day with the script!

Sadly in 2021 you won't get this shown on TV no matter who wrote it, how well it's written or performed as snowflake society would deem it too offensive to Asians, disabled, LGBTDFSMFI and Antique dealers! Sad really that society seems to no longer be able to have a laugh at itself.

@nativenewlondoner

3 жыл бұрын

You’re the snowflake hun.

@andrewhaines8603

3 жыл бұрын

@@nativenewlondoner Ha Ha Ha! Funniest thing I've read all year! Far from it.

@tonycavanagh1929

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewhaines8603 Victoria wood would piss on you. She had no time for whiney sad old reactionaries

@nativenewlondoner

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewhaines8603 Butthurt how much do I care? Not much.

@andrewhaines8603

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonycavanagh1929 I feel you've misinterpreted my comment. I'd love to see this and many other comedy sketches shown on screen, but sadly there are those who find even the slightest remark made about a "minority" offensive. It's sad that Victoria Wood was taken from us too early. I'd love to see what she would have done with Covid and lockdown!

Canned laughter......so irritating.

@johnking5174

3 жыл бұрын

There was no canned laughter. This was shown in front of a live studio audience. This sketch was filmed for the 60th anniversary gala of BBC Television, shown in front of an audience of 500 people in Studio TC1 at BBC Television Centre.

Fantastic!