Ask The Leyland Brothers Episode 1

As seen on Australian TV in the 1970's & 80's
Mike and Mal introduce the series and invite viewers to write in with suggestions for the series. Hundreds of letters received by the Leylands ask about travelling around Australia. A detailed look at how to prepare your vehicle and what to carry and not carry on a round Australia trip is presented. This segment also covers special fitments which are useful for such vehicles. An example of the type of subjects expected to be covered in the series is given by a look at some fascinating sculptures made by William Ricketts at Pitchi Ritchi in Alice Springs. A look at a mountain in NSW which was once thought to be an active volcano.

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  • @blokeabouttown2490
    @blokeabouttown24907 жыл бұрын

    I love how the opening sequence of the show is basically a wet t-shirt contest mixed with shots of the outback. These blokes knew how to attract an audience in 1970s Australia.

  • @MangoaGoGoProds

    @MangoaGoGoProds

    3 жыл бұрын

    Still do ;-)

  • @arialbold2069

    @arialbold2069

    2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't notice it as a kid but it just shocked me watching it now

  • @ferrarikangaroo9271

    @ferrarikangaroo9271

    Жыл бұрын

    No. That was just normal society. Western women weren't as hilariously obese back then and dressed normally.

  • @melkosick-mccaw5308
    @melkosick-mccaw53082 жыл бұрын

    I was so addicted to this show in the 80's and I can't remember what happened in the episodes but the theme song has been stuck in my head for years . I was a 70's baby and an 80's child

  • @johnrowley5833
    @johnrowley58333 жыл бұрын

    “Travelling all over the countryside (We’re in trouble, we’re in trouble) We left the bloody map behind, What a pair of silly buggers!”😁

  • @457bananas4567
    @457bananas45679 жыл бұрын

    I didn't remember all the wet t-shirt shots during the intro lol

  • @frjfsiuojrsdug

    @frjfsiuojrsdug

    9 жыл бұрын

    Same here! They did say "Whatever it is that you wanted to see" :)

  • @VenturiLife

    @VenturiLife

    8 жыл бұрын

    +guppyboy69 Hence, the VCR was invented..

  • @elkisana

    @elkisana

    5 жыл бұрын

    I did. Role models for a girl viewer back then

  • @ac6094
    @ac6094 Жыл бұрын

    Watching this again after so many years mase me feel quite emotional, remembering life as a child and watching this show on a Saturday afternoon at my grandma's house ❤

  • @becpurcell6773
    @becpurcell67733 жыл бұрын

    2:58 and make sure your vehicles car doors actually stay shut when you close them as well as having the car in good mechanical condition.

  • @koziar79
    @koziar793 жыл бұрын

    this show brings back memories from a better time 😊

  • @ferrarikangaroo9271

    @ferrarikangaroo9271

    Жыл бұрын

    Can confirm.

  • @DerhamPaul-vo8fr

    @DerhamPaul-vo8fr

    10 ай бұрын

    Yeah

  • @huntinglife5202
    @huntinglife52024 жыл бұрын

    I loved this show when i was a kid 47 now

  • @shanewilson398

    @shanewilson398

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rick A me too, and I’m 55. I live in Argentina now, and was watching have you been paying attention from and there was Glenn Robbins, thought about Russell quoit and that led me to the layland bros. A great show. I don’t think things went to well for them after the show ended.

  • @huntinglife5202

    @huntinglife5202

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shanewilson398 great show Russel's great Aussie Adventures. Mal and his daughter are starting up a new Leyland show. As all the others are passed away. Saw them talking to Carl stephanovic about it. That was before this mess where in happened.

  • @garyquelch888
    @garyquelch8883 жыл бұрын

    We waited in anticipation for this show to come on ...deadset legendary Australians 🇦🇺💫🇦🇺

  • @sexobscura

    @sexobscura

    9 ай бұрын

    who were Poms

  • @beninglis8097
    @beninglis80978 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid my parents travelled around Aus in a Kombi van. We would spend at least a month or two of the year on the road and waking up in a different town, different place every morning was the best...

  • @SenorTucano
    @SenorTucano4 жыл бұрын

    I’ve still got my Leyland Brothers T-shirt 😎

  • @DerhamPaul-vo8fr

    @DerhamPaul-vo8fr

    10 ай бұрын

    Well put it on

  • @fyiaustralia9686
    @fyiaustralia96865 жыл бұрын

    Ahhh...the good ol days when people still used to do their own oil changes and replace engine parts.

  • @mickgatz214

    @mickgatz214

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can't do it on the new cars, bar the oil change.

  • @baclava69

    @baclava69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wish it still was this way

  • @melkosick-mccaw5308

    @melkosick-mccaw5308

    2 жыл бұрын

    I still change my own oil but my dad doesn't

  • @nickthornhill9724
    @nickthornhill97246 жыл бұрын

    Just discovered this, courtesy of Kevin bloody Wilson. Fascinating - and I'm a Pom!

  • @robertmoore9761

    @robertmoore9761

    5 жыл бұрын

    same here purely because of "Living Next Door To Alan"

  • @OntarioAndrew

    @OntarioAndrew

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@robertmoore9761 there's nothing over there.....cheers mate I'll film it

  • @grandmastermonk1
    @grandmastermonk19 жыл бұрын

    i live in Newcastle (where the brothers were from) and it turns out my next-door neighbour was the mechanic who made the modifications to their classic landrover. he also toured with them! nice guy too!

  • @travelingman6511

    @travelingman6511

    2 жыл бұрын

    i think they lived at edgeworth at one time

  • @M17CH68

    @M17CH68

    2 жыл бұрын

    I also grew up in Newcastle. We would regularly see their Land Rover’s parked outside their home across from the Newcastle race track. National treasures those men.

  • @jaybee1844
    @jaybee1844 Жыл бұрын

    Now I know why my dad loved this show

  • @robertmoore9761
    @robertmoore97614 жыл бұрын

    So Bondy threw a party, The like's You've never seen, Invited everybody from the Premier to the Queen, AND THE LEYLAND BROTHERS!!!

  • @ndingo

    @ndingo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Moore nice reference to the song living next door to Alan😃

  • @Defensive_Wounds
    @Defensive_Wounds Жыл бұрын

    The ladies wearing the Leyland tees all wet I didn't remember that bit as a kid! I almost lost an eye seeing that bit.

  • @cheekyjazzhop
    @cheekyjazzhop6 жыл бұрын

    I am sending them a letter lol

  • @seeweed70
    @seeweed709 жыл бұрын

    gee that loraines a knockout

  • @ratman2232
    @ratman22328 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the memories

  • @AllRound_GG
    @AllRound_GG3 жыл бұрын

    Great advice for anyone thinking of traveling across Australia.

  • @elimcinnes706
    @elimcinnes7062 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome! Thank you

  • @jessesands4099
    @jessesands40994 жыл бұрын

    Very sound advice from Mal Leyland met him at the Caravan and camping show at the Exhibition buildings in Melbourne in 1997!😊👍🤠🚘🏜️🇦🇺🐪🦅🐨

  • @coughcool72
    @coughcool727 жыл бұрын

    travel all over the country side, ask the Leyland's - been STUCK in my head! lol

  • @davidbernard7885
    @davidbernard78858 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I certainly remembered the wet t shirts, what do they have in the opening, at least 3.. bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya......

  • @JohnAlexanderBerry
    @JohnAlexanderBerry9 жыл бұрын

    I have watched ALL the episodes of "Ask The Leyland Brothers" on KZread up to episode 79. (I couldn't find any more episodes after that). All up, there were 156 episodes made between 1976-1984..... Will we get to see the other 77 episodes on KZread ?

  • @ashab967

    @ashab967

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Alexander Berry do u know where I can find the episode where they go to shark bay

  • @JohnAlexanderBerry

    @JohnAlexanderBerry

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not offhand Asha.

  • @Aearonjer
    @Aearonjer8 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, good memories.

  • @ThomasCorfield
    @ThomasCorfield2 жыл бұрын

    3:00 Why did laugh so much when the door didn't close? Maybe it was Mike's trousers?

  • @myleswillis
    @myleswillis3 жыл бұрын

    The guy who made the sculptures had some serious talent.

  • @biriani
    @biriani3 жыл бұрын

    i remember watching the Leyland brothers in the 70s australia was a genuine fave of mine .b.

  • @petejt
    @petejt5 жыл бұрын

    I'm here from Kevin Bloody Wilson. I love how he bags on these blokes!

  • @petejt

    @petejt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sorry I don't mean to offend.

  • @ndingo
    @ndingo6 жыл бұрын

    Is the first shot on top of the lookout over looking Glenrock lagoon on Scenic drive?

  • @arado240dd
    @arado240dd7 жыл бұрын

    like the wifes shorts, lots of footage,

  • @arado240dd

    @arado240dd

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Jamie and it starts to zoom in.

  • @persephonekajira7269
    @persephonekajira72692 жыл бұрын

    🤔 Now we need a crossover of these boys, Black As, The Bush Mechanics and Russel Coight added just for the hell of it

  • @peecee1384
    @peecee13849 жыл бұрын

    Are these guys in the Logie Hall of Fame yet?

  • @BertisAU
    @BertisAU10 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mike, Can we ask questions through KZread? I've been sending letters to your PO box for months and never got a response. Thanks

  • @phrenzy1

    @phrenzy1

    9 жыл бұрын

    Haha I always wondered what happened to Mike and Mal, I reckon there would be a series in visiting all the places from the original series and seeing how things have changed, see if you can find anywhere that's as remote and untouched as when they last saw it. I wonder if they'd be up for this sort of traveling at their ages.

  • @BertisAU

    @BertisAU

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Thanks very much for the info.

  • @pantherslair

    @pantherslair

    9 жыл бұрын

    BertisVids ViewLorium is part of Flashback Entertainment which is the authorised company for all Leyland Brothers video content. As I am the Media Rep for Mal and have removed a lot of infringing material off KZread etc for them, if you want to get a message to Mal, let me know and I will pass it on and ask him to reply.

  • @catey62

    @catey62

    8 жыл бұрын

    +BertisVids Mal and his wife have a channel here on youtube that I'm subscribed to but they dont seem to have a lot of activity unfortunately.I loved them when I was younger and idolised them..used to wish it was me having all the adventures they did :-)

  • @pantherslair

    @pantherslair

    8 жыл бұрын

    +catey62 No, Mal and his wife do not have a channel here on KZread. Any person creating a channel and calling themselves the Leyland's is clearly a misguided fan who is being fraudulent and inappropriate with their name and their material. The only authorised organisation allowed to upload videos of their old programs is this one (Viewlorium) which is part of Flashback Entertainment Group.

  • @DisentDesign
    @DisentDesign6 жыл бұрын

    for some reason that stupid theme song popped into my head, a random misfiring of neurons binging up a long dormant memory from my youth.... and i head to hear it again, thanks youtube :)

  • @elkisana

    @elkisana

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's like the Peter Russell Clarke jingle...

  • @cassandralovely6182

    @cassandralovely6182

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly why I'm here...

  • @cassandralovely6182

    @cassandralovely6182

    4 жыл бұрын

    Search Secret Valley for some nostalgic gratification

  • @Domarius64
    @Domarius643 жыл бұрын

    I don't remember the wet t-shirt shots! As a kid in the 80's I remember the intro song (of course, sticks in your head) and I remember specifically the shot through the side window of the van looking at the passenger and driver, and the vague idea that there were shots of Australia. Maybe I was too young to care about boobies??

  • @zacatecanjack4476
    @zacatecanjack44764 жыл бұрын

    "Travel all over your own backyard, as the lazy ask the lazy buggers "

  • @jagdpanther1944
    @jagdpanther19444 жыл бұрын

    "Lorraine, that's your department...jeez woman, where's me beer, fair dinkum you have to tell her everything...."

  • @aspiewithattitude3213
    @aspiewithattitude32134 жыл бұрын

    If the travel restrictions on going overseas continue on in the wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic, we could be confined in Australia for a few years. To find somewhere to go anywhere in Australia as an alternative to travelling overseas, as a lucky country and we need travel ideas, "Ask the Leyland Brothers".

  • @mickgatz214
    @mickgatz2144 жыл бұрын

    How does a spark plug inflate a tyre from dead flat, to fully inflated?.

  • @RAFFIZUMZ

    @RAFFIZUMZ

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not the spark plug but the exhaust from the cylinder.

  • @grahamj5113

    @grahamj5113

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RAFFIZUMZ But it does seem a lot like inflating it with unburned petrol vapour! I prefer a compressor :)

  • @raybourne5781

    @raybourne5781

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grahamj5113 ….. portable Compressors wouldn’t of been back then…

  • @carcaridon

    @carcaridon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grahamj5113 yes,but with good old leaded petrol. As nature intended it.

  • @mazambane286

    @mazambane286

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RAFFIZUMZ It only works on the compression stroke. IE the stroke when all values are closed. This forces the air (mixed with fuel obviously) through the sparkplug appature where the hose is now attached in place of a sparkplug. These were very popular back in day.

  • @davewyatt1468
    @davewyatt1468 Жыл бұрын

    11.30 yum

  • @paddy_cakes
    @paddy_cakes7 жыл бұрын

    Hey Guys, if you remember the Leyland Brothers from Australia in the 70s - Well Mal and his lovely wife Lorraine have been coaxed out of retirement to create a series of short videos travelling Australia in an RV. Mal Leyland is an absolute legend and has such a great storytelling style. Watch their latest adventure here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6Wtt7egdr3Wqaw.html

  • @petejt
    @petejt5 жыл бұрын

    That's interesting about the Burning Mountain. Is it possible to pump water down there and back for geothermal energy?

  • @InFiHax
    @InFiHax2 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Wilson brought me here.

  • @mikewilson714
    @mikewilson7143 жыл бұрын

    Can someone please post Paul Hogan's send up of this that appeared on The Paul Hogan Show back in the 80s? Very funny!

  • @JBofBrisbane

    @JBofBrisbane

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Know where we are, Mike?" "Buggered if I know, Mal!"

  • @mikewilson714

    @mikewilson714

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JBofBrisbane Hahahaa "and if you listen, you can hear the sound of the occasional mugger in the distance." Scream heard in background. "There's one now."

  • @philshaffer6219
    @philshaffer62199 жыл бұрын

    Numberphile brought me here.

  • @niraj_suresh
    @niraj_suresh9 жыл бұрын

    Up vote if you're here cuz of numberphile

  • @notPSOJosh

    @notPSOJosh

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Niraj Suresh Here from KBW ;)

  • @23Rallyman
    @23Rallyman7 жыл бұрын

    100s of letters in the past 10 years? Didn't overstretch the postie did it?

  • @carcaridon

    @carcaridon

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha to hear him say that on the very first episode. I'm wondering if they arrived just then by push-bike. ?

  • @marklambert9864
    @marklambert98645 жыл бұрын

    Glass shatters on corrugated roads!!!,not plastic!!!!

  • @ndingo

    @ndingo

    3 жыл бұрын

    6:09 he F up the take on that one 🎬

  • @PokeNPC
    @PokeNPC Жыл бұрын

    2:58 almost feels like a thug life moment

  • @craigmurphy163
    @craigmurphy1635 жыл бұрын

    What is a letter lol great vid

  • @DerhamPaul-vo8fr
    @DerhamPaul-vo8fr10 ай бұрын

    I was born in 1972

  • @melyn278
    @melyn2784 жыл бұрын

    They’re my cousins! 😊

  • @Aqene1000
    @Aqene100010 жыл бұрын

    Ah, the generation who drove about with flasks eskys and fold up chairs.... just doesnt happen as much these days = people stop for sushi or thai instead - how Aussie land has changed !

  • @persephonekajira7269

    @persephonekajira7269

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whatever ya reckon, sport 🙄 I know heaps of people who still do this but hey, feel free to think what Ya want if it gives ya that nice warm false sense of superiority 😂

  • @jonhume631
    @jonhume6319 жыл бұрын

    Check out Mal's more recent work for free here! viewlorium.com/?s=leyland

  • @youtubeviewer7030
    @youtubeviewer70306 жыл бұрын

    they lived at Lake Macquarie suburb called edgeworith at one time near newcastle

  • @charlestaylor4727
    @charlestaylor47276 жыл бұрын

    Came from the Jason Ellis show

  • @ClearyProdzz
    @ClearyProdzz5 жыл бұрын

    Are you sad that your rock is burned