Thank god for British humour - stupidly, intelligently funny.

@colinpumpernickel2605

6 ай бұрын

Not any more unfortunately. At least not on MSM. It's all virtue signalling and woke rubbish.

@AndrewFosterSheff69

3 ай бұрын

indubitably dear boy, indubitably.

George Banjo, the half-time entertainment, is based on George Formby who was a major English star in the 1930/40s.

@dave_h_8742

6 ай бұрын

Well there wasn't any TV

@robertcottam8824

6 ай бұрын

@@dave_h_8742 There was entertainment before there was television, dear boy.

@lucylane7397

6 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824quite, old chap

@robertcottam8824

6 ай бұрын

@@lucylane7397 Ta, chuck.

@donaldanderson6604

6 ай бұрын

My dad used to go to football matches in the 1930s when they were still in black and white. He'd have loved this.

Football has been the working man's safety valve , professional players wages were capped and their habits remained working class for the most part . The revenue , wages and the rules have changed a lot over the years . In the thirties it was a tactic to charge the goalie into the net . Harry got some good lookalikes for this and it's very clever and outrageously funny .

@pigknickers2975

6 ай бұрын

It's brilliant. Both my grandad and uncle played professional in the old days, with wage caps, in the end my uncle took a job as a car mechanic as it paid more. Modern football wages disgusted him by the end of his life.

@adamcashin4021

6 ай бұрын

At its very start the FA Cup was very briefly upper class. We're talking the first decade, where the winners were all Upper class amateur teams. Wanderers, Old Etonians and Old Carthusians were all clubs for ex-public school players. Oxford University was obviously the University team and Royal Engineers were all officers in the Army Corp the Royal Engineers. And from what I understand these clubs did play somewhat in the style Arsenal 1933 are depicted as playing in this sketch (the first half anyway). This all changed with professionalism in the North in the 1880's and further with the establishment of the league. After which the old public school teams faded away.

@theskidmarkoforion4829

6 ай бұрын

Taken over now by pointless virtue signalling and prawn sandwiches.

@tizzieblack3384

3 ай бұрын

Rugby was the upper class game. Except in Wales at least. Not sure about Scots and Irish.

@daffyduk77

2 күн бұрын

@@tizzieblack3384 Not sure about rugby league, though, lad

This wasn't a spoof, this is genuine footage and exactly how football used to be in England.

@user-qx9fy8gu1w

6 ай бұрын

Are you drunk?

@elizabethsellors9046

6 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Drewtheelder

4 ай бұрын

Still is down south.

@James-Campbell

4 ай бұрын

Back in the day defenders were allowed to get away with one bayonet challenge.........the game's gone soft these days thanks to FIFA!

@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk

3 ай бұрын

I remember the Manchester derby of 1916, the trench battle was amazing, the blues lost by one in 11-10 kills, those Lee-Enfields were terrifying

Harry Enfield is a genius 😂

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are British comedy geniuses. Along with Bob Mortimer, Vic Reeves (Jim Moir), Kathy Burke and Caroline Aherne (RIP).

@AndrewFosterSheff69

3 ай бұрын

Peter Kay?

@TheInsideVideo

3 ай бұрын

​@@AndrewFosterSheff69 ewww

@Ffinity

3 ай бұрын

@@TheInsideVideo His stand-up is not my preferred poison but his sitcoms are hilarious.

I'm literally watching Arsenal vs Liverpool right now, 62mins in 1-1, Harry Enfield is hilarious, I remember seeing real footage in the 50's where players were having a ciggy and a can of beer at half time! 🤣

@keithwoodburn7895

6 ай бұрын

Me too!

@dannjp75

6 ай бұрын

How the hell was that not a penalty!!!!?? VAR looking after Man City again.

@markjones127

6 ай бұрын

@@dannjp75 Yeah and fecking over everyone else, lets just pray City get what's coming to them next year!

@robbiesmith2525

6 ай бұрын

​@@markjones127let's hope cus us at forest are being cheated by the refs.

@matthewpreston28

6 ай бұрын

Ye ironic it was uploaded then xd

Harry has been producing comic gems for 35 years or more, so there is no way you will have seen a fraction of them.

It's a shame that the initial part of the sketch is missing where Grayson and Mr Cholmondley-Warner disagree about the pros and cons of professional football players.

I'm so old I remember when this came out. Its the best sketch Harry Enfield has done Brilliant

@vickywitton1008

3 ай бұрын

The " women know your limits" cracks me up so much and the one where the girl has to look for the " right" sort of husband!

@monkeyslovewand

3 ай бұрын

Same here I used to be allowed to stay up and watch Harry Enfield and chums. He also did 6 or 7 episodes on Sky which was only good for 2 sketches, the 20,000 leagues under the seatbelt one where he plays captain Nemo and the office bloke who'd just had a baby and would go round saying his kid was the best looking baby ever... it was a hideous looking baby but the character would argue with anyone who disagreed. Other than that it wasn't very good unfortunately.

Paul Whitehouse was in it too (Albert Finney on the wing)

@stevelee4952

6 ай бұрын

Tom Finney. Albert Finney was an actor .

So glad you did this one. Hardly any other KZreadrs react to this and has always been one of my favourites of Harry Enfield's

The old team getting to grips with celebrating a goal killed me back in the day. Disgust at hugging in the modern game then turning it into a BJ😂😂

@mlee6050

6 ай бұрын

At least I know why men love the sport

As Brit born 1974. I can confirm I've never seen that in my life! And love his comedy! Something new each day ❤

“With the half time entertainment, it’s the man the call “Mr Banjo”; Mr George Banjo”… 😂😂

You need to check out all Harry Enfields "Cholmendeley-Walker' ("Chumley walker") skits. My favorites are 'Women know your place' and 'Methods of Self'-defence' Also his 'Goodfellas" movie censored for showing on family TV

@the_once-and-future_king.

6 ай бұрын

*Cholmondley-Warner

@davidblurton7158

4 ай бұрын

fun my wife!! ha ha haaaaaaa,,,,,,, thata maker mee laffio,,,

I've watched Harry Enfield since his character Loadsamoney appeared. At the same time he had a hilarious character called Stavros. I even remember one time, he appeared on stage as a character called Buggerallmoney. I almost died from laughter that night. If memory serves, the show he appeared on was Friday Night Live with Ben Elton but please correct me if I'm wrong.

@neilreilly3966

6 ай бұрын

yeah I remember the character from Friday Night Live that then went to Saturday Stavros was funny as well "hello peeps!"

@pj5517

4 ай бұрын

Geordie wasn't he ...yep remember him

If you haven't, you need to react to Monty Python, Greek vs German football game😅

In relation to this, the phrase ‘Back to square one’ originates from the time when football matches were broadcast on the radio (or rather, the wireless), when the commentator would identify the position of the ball and the players by referring to numbered squares in a grid system which would be known by the listeners.

@bluebirdwales

3 ай бұрын

First used in the 1927 FACup final when Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0… I think.

@colinwilson4609

2 күн бұрын

Back when all the club directors and referees were freemasons.

George Formby was a favourite comedian who played banjo regularly at halftime at football matches xx

Your measured enjoyment at the 1st half was appreciated, but I couldn’t wait to see how you’d reaction to the ‘brakes are off’ 2nd half.

One of Harry Enfield's many Mr. Cholmondley-Warner sketches

@FlatDerrick

3 ай бұрын

And along with 'Women, know your limits!', one of his best.

For the real history of Baseball you need to check out the English 18th century game, with just three bases. Only in the North West of England was the game called Baseball in the rest of England it’s called Rounders after the round posts used in the 18th century.

@g4joe

6 ай бұрын

Yes a Girls game in schools 😄👍🇬🇧

@dazediss6629

6 ай бұрын

I’m from the northwest & never called it baseball & always known it as rounders, maybe it was what they called it over 100 years ago?

@dannjp75

6 ай бұрын

Rounders is baseball for schoolgirls.

@fruitbat62

6 ай бұрын

Derby County FC used to play at the Baseball ground.

@LawfullSpook

6 ай бұрын

​@@dannjp75 Historically Rounders which was originally called baseball (invented 100 years before the Game that's played within the USA) was a boys game. While invited prior to 1744 it was re published in 1828 within a book called The Boys own book which stated all of the rules around the game. I'm not entirely sure why it became a girls sport over time and while there are millions of children across the country that play it most of them are girls.

Good timing as Arsenal play Liverpool today 😂

@charliewilliams4961

6 ай бұрын

One all

@dannjp75

6 ай бұрын

@@charliewilliams4961 robbed.🤬

I howled with laughter watching that. The way the Arsenal team ran around in a mob!!!!

@steddie4514

6 ай бұрын

Yes, just like my Cubs team play LOL 🤪

An absolutely hilarious sketch. I remember watching this clip in the early 90's and it's always stuck in my mind. The interesting thing about Harry Enfield is that if you catch any rare footage of him being interviewed as himself and not one of his characters , it's surprising how shy and humble he is. The guy is a legend and an absolute comic genius of our time. It's a shame the comedy of today has become so watered down due to the woke brigade being offended by everything , but at least we have these sketches that you dig out to keep us laughing. Please keep digging King Boomer !

@robertcottam8824

6 ай бұрын

‘Woke brigade’! That’s hilarious! Hahahahaha! Did you make up that cliché all by yourself, cherub?

@allanfitz3535

6 ай бұрын

Lol yea so funny. And the one where England win something like their 15th World Cup final in a row against Scotland

@ordinarybear7037

6 ай бұрын

starting with the psy-op globe, media is a weapon that is used against anyone unaware. Regards Legends one & all

@flappingarms9335

6 ай бұрын

Great comedy we’ll not see again thanks to PC and Wokes

@cl4re4d4ms

6 ай бұрын

I’m my experience it’s the “non-woke” brigade that can’t stand to be made fun of.

I still think this sketch is by far Harry Enfield's best, just brilliant!

@eddbass1

4 ай бұрын

Try street thug harry enfield.

Dude your reaction when he tries to pull the other players shorts down was something else, i loved the bit when he glued the ball to his boots 😂

Baseball was once more popular in the UK than it is now. Its peak popularity in Britain was in the years immediately before World War II. The Baseball Ground stadium in Derby was the home of Derby Baseball Club from 1890 until 1898, but then became the home of Derby County football club from 1895 until 1997. Around 90 baseball players from the UK and Ireland have played professionally in MLB.

@jujutrini8412

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the education.

@paulmorrison-hs4lw

6 ай бұрын

Baseball is an English game, first mention of the game was in the late 1700s in when it was played near Guildford.

@GarethColquhoun

6 ай бұрын

​@@paulmorrison-hs4lwLike so many sports. Baseball was birthed in the UK

@jamesmnaylor

6 ай бұрын

And this year team gb baseball won their first ever game at their first ever baseball world classic and came 2nd at the European Championships.

@jimb9063

6 ай бұрын

Some good sized baseball crowds in the early 20th C in Britain. It was the fallout from a drive by a baseball equipment manufacturer (Spaulding?) to get worldwide appeal for baseball, hence the World Series, which isn't as arrogant a title as most seem to think. I always assumed baseball became popular in Japan after WW2, but it was long before thanks to this.

See if you can find Harry and Paul - Story of the twos. As part of the BBC2 50th-anniversary celebrations, Harry and Paul were commissioned to produce a spoof history of the channel. You won't be disappointed.

@jimdaw65

6 ай бұрын

You have to be familiar with the original programmes, though. I don't think anyone outside the UK would get half the jokes.

This sketch NEVER gets boring. Hilarious 😂😂😂

I've watched this numerous times and I still crack up.

Harry Enfield is great! 😅 His impressions of Jeremy Clarkson are also funny as heck 🤣

@dazediss6629

6 ай бұрын

Clarkson island

@JamesEvans-uh7nu

6 ай бұрын

@@dazediss6629not just any island but clarkson island

@italianjob4947

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesEvans-uh7nu in the world...........

Let’s get king boomer to 100k for the new year guys

You were trying to read something into it, and then you saw it was simply a big piss-take. That was great to watch. Thanks for that and for appreciating it.

That was Paul Whitehouse getting his shorts pulled down by Harry in that hilarious sketch 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You laughed as hard as i did when i watched it being aired for the first time. Thankfully i had recorded it, and watched it over and over, and still laughed. This was back when he was doing English for Aliens, and the Slobs had a baby called Spudulikeher, "it's not Spudulikeher, it's Spudulicka! It's exotic!"😂

Oh pal I’ve not seen this in years and have nearly died laughing !

I’ve never seen anyone react to Harry Enfield “Old Gits” sketches who are two bitter old men who live together and hate everyone.

@ianz9916

6 ай бұрын

Quite appropriate for a Muppet as it's basically Statler & Waldorf.

I thought I was going to die laughing when this first aired.

I was at school when this first went out on tv and EVERYONE was talking about this sketch and the “call me WANKER!” Game show 😂 so I knew what was coming and I wondered how you would react to it and you didn’t disappoint - at 7:10 your FACE is so funny 😂😂😂😂

"Harry Enfield and Chums" are the best of British humour, Paul Whitehouse in this one who IMO is twice as funny as Harry, when they are all together choas and wild humour ensues.

OMG one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I was crying with laughter. Boy I needed that thanks. 😂😂😂

Ah, baseball that good old English game ;)

@neilgayleard3842

6 ай бұрын

Also called rounders.

This is one of my favourite sketches from Harry Enfield, if you can, check out the league of justice which is a group of superheroes doing ordinary things like washing up.

Well timed vid as Liverpool and Arsenal are playing against each other today 😁

@KingBoomer

6 ай бұрын

I had no idea lmao

@neilgayleard3842

6 ай бұрын

Check out some old pathe news clips of fa cup finals and it will help you understand. This will be even funnier.

@SUK2293

6 ай бұрын

I predict Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1

@garymcatear822

6 ай бұрын

Is it in black n white? 🤣

@trickygoose2

6 ай бұрын

​@@garymcatear822it can be if you want.

Football was always working class. 3pm kick offs still common on Saturday, with the workers (the fans) working a half day on Saturday morning and getting to the match in the "olden days"

@adoculos4521

6 ай бұрын

No it wasn't. You don't know any British history do you.🤦

@stephenbrough8132

6 ай бұрын

@@adoculos4521I don't follow it myself by my late Dad used to complain that in his day it used to be a cheap, afforable escape at the weekend for working men but ticket prices had made it a luxury for people with good jobs as he would say - I suppose that's what rwlynch meant.

@adoculos4521

6 ай бұрын

@@stephenbrough8132 No it wasn't, they don't know what they're talking about.

@stephenbrough8132

6 ай бұрын

​@@adoculos4521 "No it wasn't, they don't know what they're talking about." Oh in that case I stand corrected - my Dad must have been a secret toff and only pretended to be on low wages in the pottery industry. Or perhaps he only imagined going to football matches for the price of a few pints. Either that you're being a pretentious so and so who can't accept that the historical context of the video and Brian's query only really relates to this particular, relatively short period in the sport's history... If you want to provide a more comprehensive history of the sport, that's fine but I'm fairly sure Brian was only referring to this particular era and I'm equally certain my Dad and most of the people who attended matches with him could be categorised as "working class". That's ALL I was claiming, speaking on behalf of my late Dad. To say that he didn't know what he was talking about to consider himself and most of the other attendees "working class" is quite ridiculous. Perhaps you have some nuanced argument that you're not sharing - Perhaps unknown to him, half the crowd were middle or upper class - or perhaps the players were - I really don't know and perhaps you do, in which case it would be helpful to explain properly. He supported Stoke City FC if that's any help - it's a quite working class town, most people on low wages in the pottery industry. It's quite insulting to suggest that people who actually lived through that period were somehow deluded to consider it a working man's sport, priced accordingl, even if technically, it had snobby origins. I'm not sure what your argument actually is seeing as you haven't explained yourself and have merely resorted to putting people down in an unnecessarily abrasive manner. Try being polite and helpful instead of trying to elevate yourself by putting others down.

@stephenbrough8132

6 ай бұрын

@@adoculos4521 You appear to have deleted your rude and ridiculous response partly shown in my notifications. What's wrong with you?

Man its great to laugh again with you at stuff i haven’t seen for a long time thanks👍

Great skit but you should include the the lead up to it with Grayson as it is part of the same skit. Great stuff though

@martinarscott3524

6 ай бұрын

agreed, it gave it context

These 'Mr Cholmondley-Warner' sketches are all amazing King.

I was waiting for you to watch this one

omg im in tears of laughter watching this reaction!!

An Enfield clip ive never forgotten😂😂😂😂😂😂

I've never seen this before, that was amazing 😂

You can see Harry playing the King Charles in The Windsors. It's funny

Seen this a few times and knew you would love it!! Its so so funny!!!!

Try Armstrong and Miller's raf pilots. Its hilarious. Its set in the 40's and they have the posh accents of the old war films but they use modern day terminology. Its brilliant 😂

@easterdeer

6 ай бұрын

I second this so much 😄

Harry Enfield does other sketches taking the mickey out of posh English people. Love the reaction to this.

Football was always very working class, and the half time entertainment being a sole banjo man is a nod to that - the one game a season the upper class took notice of, the FA Cup Final, they got a full marching band.

Good timing. Liverpool vs Arsenal playing rn lol

@pigknickers2975

6 ай бұрын

1-1 Arsenal get to the top for Xmas!

You need to react to The Slobs winning the lottery, Wayne and Waynetta is funny as hell.

My great great uncle was the Arsenal goalie a few years before this fictitious game in 1933.

Harry Enfield is one of the characters/players yes, and Paul Whitehouse plays Finnie on the wing 😂

utterly hilarious, thanks

love your video. and have a very happy Christmas and New year

One of my favourite sketches by Harry Enfield. You should look at his William Ulsterman sketch. He only did one, look up Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams first though, who they are as you won't understand the sketches otherwise..

"did football used to be an upper-class game back then?" (meaning the 1930s?) did it hell .... I think posh schools took it seriously until about 1860, but it was probably working class as well even then.

I was dying! I’ve seen it a few times. Still hilarious every time. I think the Series was ‘Harry Enfield & Chums’.

They used to say that ‘“soccer is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans and rugby is a hooligans’ game played by gentlemen” …

@diskgrinder

3 ай бұрын

‘Thugs’

@monkeyslovewand

3 ай бұрын

Not "they used to" I still know Rugby snobs who say that today... they kinda have a point though unfortunately!

Harry Enfield - Kevin and Perry Manchest/Oasis sketch is one of my favourites... or English for Aliens

was funny as, have seen before way back but forgotten...not sure how far back but definitely seen... and worth seeing again...cheers for the laugh

That was just one off the Chulmondley-Warner/Mr Grayson sketches, with Grayson commentating.

You will probably also really enjoy the Monty Python upper class twit of the year award. Or the Monty Python olympics, which includes such events as "200m freestyle swimming, for non swimmers"

The Cholmondley-Warner sketches were hilarious. If you haven't seen it yet, watch 'Women, Know Your Limits' with Queen Boomer.

one of my favourite enfield sketches, i think you'll enjoy his american tourist sketches and of course the "i saw you coming" sketches with big suze and some other peep show love interests

Great reaction. Enjoyed your laughter!.

That’s an absolute must

working class game for the most part but with posh commentators on the newsreals : )

@samuelbarrett9403

6 ай бұрын

Only really a working class game up North.

Wishing you and the queen a merry Christmas and a happy new year.❤

I was definitely subbed before but needed to sub again after checking !!!!

Thank god for YT indeed. Harry Enfield and Chums and the earlier series have never been released on DVD , with only a few selected scotches getting a VHS release years ago. Don't know why

Almost anything from the Fast Show. Faultless comedy. Unlucky Alf and the Parrot, Jazz Club, Competitive Dad, Chip Cobb the deaf stuntman, Rowley Birkin - brilliant stuff!

Remember watching that as a youth, it was all we talked about at school. It was great watching it again with you 32 yrs later👍👍🇬🇧😎 P.S. try to see julio geordio you will wet yourself.😂

Baseball in England (and Wales) got confusing in the late 1890's with some clubs (especially In Wales) playing the original "British Baseball" (Rounders) and some clubs using the new American rules (Alexander Cartwright's New York rules). To most peoples surprise (here and in the US), we've been playing amateur (and for a few years, semi-pro) baseball in the UK since 1890.

@mariahoulihan9483

6 ай бұрын

when I was at school in the 60s all children at primary level played rounders. When I went up to the senior school I think it was just the girls who played it. I bought a set of rounders bats, ball and posts for friends children a few years ago. they Loved IT.

Cricket world be a good watch for you. Love your reactions, Merry Christmas to you and your family, from across the pond ❤️

Have you done the best of Swiss Toni from the Fast show yet? Definitely one to watch with Queen B 😉

@simonn2045

6 ай бұрын

Watching Swiss Tony is like making love to a beautiful woman

A brilliantly subtle comment early on in this always cracks me up and a lot of people miss it. I'm paraphrasing but it mentions how Liverpool won't be used to the pace of the 1930's game. All early footage from then was played at about 1.5 x normal speed..

@RussellGi

3 ай бұрын

The giant UK in the globe at the start is also brilliantly subtle. IIRC old cameras were 16fps rather than the later 24fps film cameras, so in the 1930s it would have been normal speed, but played back on more modern equipment it appeared faster.

Hey man, my first time on your channel (and God bless KZread) and this is one of Harry Enfield's best. Hardly need to say that, do I? Made me literally cry with laughter when I first saw it and ...well...much the same for you isn't it? See you next time!

1933 Arsenal vs. the Python Long John Silver impersonatord would have been an entertaining fixture.

Back in the early history of football in the uk most players were also professionals at other sports ,,knew one guy who was an international cricket player ,footballer and an Olympic runner .

Yeah that was one of my favourite Harry Enfield shows, Paul Whitehouse his partner was also great in this.

Arsenal in 1933 suffered the biggest cup shock of all time

And an a solute must is “Armstrong and Miller” the spitfire sketch

Harry Enfield is the bomb!

You also need to watch the other Harry Enfield sketch, England v Paquador, also known as the national anthem sketch. Love that one😂😂😂😂

Charles Charlie Charles I imagine was Stanley Matthews. Great sketch. Old football does look like that

Hie King Boomer, no football wasn't an upper class game anytime.What we the British find funny about this is apart from the shorts & the ridiculous way they are playing is ,how terribly posh the commentator sounds,speaking the Kings English lol & how everything & everybody was so polite & courteous back in the day.If you watch some footage of Pathe news you will understand where we're coming from.😉

Good sketch. But you have to watch Women, Know Your Limits, also by Harry Enfield. It's one of his best. Maybe react with Queen Boomer!

Harry Enfield plays Prince (now king) Charles in ‘The Royals’, think ‘the Crown’ but 1000% spoofed to the hilt, it’s hilarious.

Haven't seen that before, so funny!