God how they are missed. When we see the pap that the BBC put out now we see these giants of British comedy in their true glory.

@grindelston5968

Жыл бұрын

>he still watches broadcast television

@rorychivers8769

2 ай бұрын

They're not even dead yet you know, you are just slowly coming to the realisation that the world that gave you Harry and Paul can no longer entertain you, just as much as I can no longer invoke the spirit of our lord and saviour Rik Mayall It's called getting old. The power of David Jason compels you!

@Pyjamarama11

12 сағат бұрын

Downhill since I Clavdivs

Never has there been a better comedic duo in my opinion and in truth.

@mr.niceguy1812

2 жыл бұрын

Worthy heirs to Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson.

@GIjoelly

2 жыл бұрын

Hale and Pace did some great stuff. Check out the tortoise sketch. They definitely laid the path for Harry and Paul

@Eleventhearlofmars

2 жыл бұрын

Steptoe and son?!

@lennywebb6740

2 жыл бұрын

Give over. Laurel and Hardy obviously.

@MrRorySteel

2 жыл бұрын

Vic and Bob beat them all.

that Alison Steadman impersonation and the whole Mike Leigh film is spot on, just superb

@wrmty56413

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah - I was thinking it's a mixture of Alison Steadman in "Life Is Sweet" and Marion Bailey in "Meantime"

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv

8 ай бұрын

All of the women comedians/actors are superb and tend to go unmentioned or unassociated with the success of the best modern British comedy sketch shows. Caroline Shepherd and Sophie Winkleman are two other examples (both from the Peep Show and Mitchell & Webb).

@leec6707

8 ай бұрын

I can't bear Alison Steadman who is the same annoying character in everything - Abigail's Party, Gavin and Stacey etc.

@badlydrawnsmiffy

4 ай бұрын

Big Suze!

@julianbarber4708

3 ай бұрын

@@leec6707 So not true!

From “parking pataweyo” to the movie “get out” he’s come a long way

@AICabal

5 жыл бұрын

He will always be parking Pataweyo to me.

@RickReasonnz

4 жыл бұрын

Eagerly awaiting Parking Pataweyo: The Movie

@lordteabelly

4 жыл бұрын

He'll always be Tealeaf to me from psychoville

@dickterpene8697

4 жыл бұрын

@@lordteabelly Commodities Tealeaf!

@lordteabelly

4 жыл бұрын

@@dickterpene8697 hands off my holy of holies

It's not always "laugh out loud" comedy but it's always fucking exquisite.

Brilliant. Harry and Enfield and Paul Whitehouse have been two of the funniest men in Britain for years.

@liamwhitcombe1237

6 жыл бұрын

Farmgate Films I thought Blair & Brown took some beating personally. THOSE 2 CUNTS WERE HILARIOUS WITHOUT EVEN FUCKING TRYING

@liamwhitcombe1237

6 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the shower of clowns they used as backing

@scottscott232

5 жыл бұрын

definitely

@RonanLyleMusic

4 жыл бұрын

beaten only by Mitchell and Webb

@breasthound

3 жыл бұрын

Have been? Did they die?

Love how Paul Whitehouse even captures Larry's smirking when he's not supposed to be

As observational comedy about the different strata of English society, this is spot on. Some people commenting prefer their early stuff, but I think this is spot on, and slightly more acerbic in places. Great stuff!

The yuppy at the start is pretty much James Acaster

@Joeonline26

2 жыл бұрын

Lol exactly

@Tdawgmcginty

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@IfInDoubt..

Жыл бұрын

But I can watch the yuppy... HATE and cannot stand James Acaster.

@daniellaycock8209

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@hughdennison3013

Жыл бұрын

Spot on .....

Thanks for Harry and Paul amongst others for keeping the UK comedy flame alight

@jsmithmultimediatech

5 жыл бұрын

Oh I wish this was a while back, annoying really.

haven't seen these skits in years, damn these guys are freaking brilliantly funny. even we yanks can't stop laughing at this stuff

Great riff on Alison Steadman playing the same bloody character for forty years.

That I saw you coming sketch is the most brutal of all I've seen Love it

@Swiftey-wu2qq

Жыл бұрын

She deserves it

Used to have a Citron Bedroom Pissing. Most reliable motor I've ever had.

Just brilliant. So glad these are still up.

This is amazing...I love it! Im glad theyre back on telly...I never thought id see them again..

Paul whitehouse as the gypsy curse woman - brilliant!

Kevin Eldon's ability to say 'anyway', both repeatedly and effortlessly, is quite remarkably enjoyable.

@JohnLloydDavis

2 жыл бұрын

Kevin Eldon is so good, as is Mark Heap.

@y_ffordd

Жыл бұрын

Kevin Eldon the actor is of course amazing in everything.

@grindelston5968

Жыл бұрын

The actor Kevin Eldon

The box set gambit aged gracefully.

@shittysensualreading9468

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Knight Ahead of the curve there.

@metafis2490

5 жыл бұрын

now (2018) they.d be bragging about how many movie sites they are members of. "Oh..no..not Netflix..we watch HBO...i cant believe you don't watch HBO!"

@standupstraight9691

Жыл бұрын

Hbo? What's that?

Curb your Enthusiam is amazing but I love how they deconstructed it.

The Curb Your Enthusiasm sketches are amazing, Paul and the actress playing Susie look more like Larry and Susie than they do lol

@mat5473

4 жыл бұрын

The actress playing Susie did a very good job.

@kieranm1042

4 жыл бұрын

@@mat5473 yeah it's a very accurate portrayal lol

@Jack Jones "Hasta la vista, Tarquin." Hahahahaha. Can't believe I've just discovered these guys. THANK YOU SO MUCH for introducing me.

Absolutely fantastic. It's tinged with sadness this kind of talent gone from tv

@PAI93

4 ай бұрын

Cheer up, tv is dead anyway

Work experience is bang on , i see these creatures in real life , not even a waste of a good skin.

As a Scot I can confirm we are all like those two. One or the other but we are them.

@derektrotter4287

4 жыл бұрын

Samwisegamgee The Brave oh yes also there’s some like Jimmy Somerville that’s where you fit in 👍

@oscartravis5740

4 жыл бұрын

Our beer isn't really better, it's just 3 million different brand names for the same 5 flavours of piss. The Scots wazz on us from a great height where whiskey is concerned tho

@NoxiousRob

Жыл бұрын

@@oscartravis5740 You mean whisky. The Irish make whiskey. As a proud Scot I'm deeply offended by your misspelling of our national drink.

@oscartravis5740

Жыл бұрын

@@NoxiousRob you say whisky, I say whiskey, let's call the whole thing a homophonic disagreement 😂🥃

As a Scotsman, I am offended that the uptight Scotsman and the overly chilled Scotsman are fucking bang on accurate!

@alexhando8541

11 ай бұрын

The former is just the average SNP MP!

@jak_the_buddha

11 ай бұрын

@@alexhando8541 you mean average MP. They're all arseholes.

I spent a year in Aberdeen in 1988-89 and during 1989 the weather in Scotland was much better than the weather in England.

@MrJonno85

4 жыл бұрын

What about 1988?

never seen this before- i moved abroad years ago that Mike Leigh film is deadly accurate, my god they nailed it

@maryoleary5044

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect p-take of the pompous Leigh!

'Everything's better in Scotland.' I'm English, and lived in Edinburgh for 5 years ... spot on.

@banjopink4409

4 жыл бұрын

Why would you do a thing like that?

@josephbennett4236

4 жыл бұрын

@@banjopink4409 Good university.

@banjopink4409

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett4236 Medicine?

@josephbennett4236

4 жыл бұрын

@@banjopink4409 No, Linguistics.

@banjopink4409

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett4236 Me too. I was there in the late 80's. You?

Paul Whitehouse's Scotsman is peerlessly genius.

@banjopink4409

4 жыл бұрын

Which one is it that does the parking attendant?

@a.demifemiflapo5795

2 жыл бұрын

Daniel Kaluuya

@jamestaylor1347

Жыл бұрын

Spot on billy Connolly 🤣

Parking Pataweyo went and became a Hollywood movie star. Good for him

Harry and Paul are gold!

"I quite like yuppies. They contribute to the trickle down effect from which we all benefit."

@arfurdaley6399

2 жыл бұрын

The only stuff that trickles down from them is the bullshit 🤣🤣

So great watching Harry and Paul, this is like going back in time when comedy and comedians where funny without being gross or using fowl language

@heraldeventsandfilms5970

2 жыл бұрын

ffs!

@mjh5437

2 жыл бұрын

"foul" not fowl....fowl is a chicken lol

@bambychoi9366

2 жыл бұрын

Cluck! I guess that’s how a fowl swears.

@andypitchless5515

2 жыл бұрын

Tweet tweet!

@tonybates7870

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how many people say "fowl" instead of "foul". Here's an idea - why not develop a reasonable grasp of English before complaining about "foul" language, whatever that is.

"How was your abortion, Shirley?" Gets me every time!! 😂

@InstallaFriend

6 жыл бұрын

"I've had better"

@JJONNYREPP

Жыл бұрын

Harry And Paul S04E02 0857am 28.2.23 i started buying box sets due to harry pointing out that people become vastly superior to their fellow man when they buy a box set... o yeah... soi did. started buying box sets. sorry and are you being served.

@theknightofdoom260

Жыл бұрын

Actually spat me beer out.

Sometime in the future historians will use series like this as a prime source for studying British society

@grindelston5968

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm from the future and I'm sorry but you were wrong. It's all about lads dressing like lasses now , for some fucking reason and no one studies British society because that's a social construct (There's no such thing as 'British' , you bigot)

“Nobody’s called The Edge “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I absolutely love this sketch: 18:52 to 19:31. So well captures the funny side of times gone by. I wish they'd have developed this more.

@eliasqueen4020

2 жыл бұрын

They do that one a lot actually. Most episodes I would say..

@plymouthrock5281

9 ай бұрын

Why, it was utter rubbish

The 50s typing pool moaners (Paul Whitehouse & Kevin Eldon) are genius!

@spinaltapdwarf77

4 жыл бұрын

Anyway! Anyway!

"We've got a friend who still says series instead of season, he is such a wanker compared to us"

@allwrighty100

5 жыл бұрын

You're joking, you can't be series.

@badwolf66

5 жыл бұрын

@@allwrighty100 Wiseau Series?

@ThePAULOPABLO

4 жыл бұрын

It is episode a season is like winter or autumn and while we are at it fall is an action not a season.

@breasthound

3 жыл бұрын

Sophie could barely contain herself.

@monster762

3 жыл бұрын

@@breasthound cheers, didn't notice that before.

this is my first time hearing about or watching this show. I'm intrigued

This is one of the best episodes

This is amazing, how did i miss it?! Also as a Scot i can confirm that everything’s better in Scotland. I wish there was a Paul Whitehouse & Friends show. Harry is great but Paul is something else. Every time.

@Alpacaclypse

6 ай бұрын

i suppose there is the fast show if you want some older paul whitehouse sketches. Has some huge names in it too.

5:23 Ant & Dec, they probably is a Quare. Love it.

While you read this comment why don't I fix you a nice little cheese & pickle sandwich For your din dins.

@Jack9788

5 жыл бұрын

Got any 'am?

@markbrookes5835

4 жыл бұрын

For my din dins?

@mrprosser848

4 жыл бұрын

@@markbrookes5835 yeah, a nice little cheese and pickle sandwich, for your din dins

@scottward6974

4 жыл бұрын

I love Morwenna Banks! She was amazing in Absolutely. This is a bit like Beverley from Abigail's Party.

@tiarnan76

4 жыл бұрын

I am partial to a nice little cheese & pickle sandwich. For my din dins.

Never got this back in the day but I like it now. Good analysis of people as well as good old piss takes.

Always loved these two. Please come back.....

Wow..that Larry David parody...so good, I thought it was really him initially!

That Larry impression is incredibly spot on

The horse racing trainer sketch is outrageously good

I do love Harry and Paul!

“... this lovely cabinet here: I thought of you the moment I saw it wasn’t selling...”

Work experience is an all-time classic!

These two chaps have inspired my comedy ideas for a few decades. Fab stuff H and P.

Genius through and through.paul playing a old greek lady is spot on.

That will be the British weather moving North haha so funny!

Why aren't these as good as the 90's show these did....not even close.

The French car ad sketch is completely bonkers

@johnkk7863

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree but it's also just so accurate of french type humour, brilliant.

@QFIhawkman

5 жыл бұрын

The Citron "Bedroom Pissing" is a nice little car, as it happens.

@lurker-mq4fp

5 жыл бұрын

@@QFIhawkman what is the air con like?

@oscartravis5740

4 жыл бұрын

It's shit, all those sketches should've hit the cutting room floor. Just not funny

@tinyspeaker

4 жыл бұрын

@@oscartravis5740 agreed so many poor sketches it's really quite hard to believe

Ten years later....how a superbly accurate estimation of that "duo" Ant & Dec has remained so accurate. They haven't changed a bit.

@craigpimlott204

11 ай бұрын

Yep still a pair of Quares 😂😂

Utterly brilliant

12:02 Larry David spoof kills! 'I'll never knowingly leave my semen in our friends guacamole'' *zooms on Larry* 😂😂

@lenawagenfuehr53

Жыл бұрын

Except Americans know how to pronounce "guacamole"

I love the Scottish, I've met literally hundreds of them and they all say how much better it is in Scotland... I've never been ✌

@thebestplaguemarine3130

4 жыл бұрын

Hugh Jainuss Scotland's alright but not as god as Manchester

@xtraspecialmango

4 жыл бұрын

The tarmacadam that you drove on, with the rubber tyres & the combustion engine while listening to Ken Bruce on the radio which were all invented in Scotland.

"... after pudding?".... brilliant timing and enquirying voice from that actor!

Harry Enfield is an absolute National Treasure ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Is there anything these guys can't do? They just keep getting better and better and better and....you know the rest 😊

The boxset, the precursor of Netflix

Victoria Wood and Harry Enfield together. Bliss.

Aaaaw, bless your little cotton socks.

Nice to see Kevin Eldon getting this decades quota of his TV sketch-work

@gbrinch

Жыл бұрын

Massively underrated

Thank you.

Nobody is called "The Edge"

"Talking of syphilis - did you see Phylis and Peter the other day"? Such a quick throw away line - but brilliant. You can imagine exactly how that couple got that nickname. There's a whole unspoken backstory.

Lovely to see Victoria Wood, RIP

I've had my miscarriage im off to school! Only in Britain!!!

@irenemax3574

4 жыл бұрын

Chortle... also, her reply to her mother’s offer of cheese and pickle sandwich: “No thanks, mum, I’m bulimic”, though that should probably have been “I’m anorexic”

@davidwhite4874

4 жыл бұрын

Only in shitty Mike Leigh films (of which this sketch is a pastiche) you mean.

@uwewinkler2820

4 жыл бұрын

entire parliament is a miscarriage

@davidwhite4874

4 жыл бұрын

@Edd 1 Good!

@rec1962

4 жыл бұрын

@Edd 1 lol true

I love that the pretentious box set couple have the smiths playing it's great attention to detail haha

@standupstraight9691

Жыл бұрын

Since dvds are going the way of the dodo, future viewers are going to find this baffling.

The massive mugs of tea at the start is so accurate 😂 when I'm at a client's house (tree surgeon) I sometimes get tea like that off people in the classic sports direct mug. Absolutely no attempt to put in more tea or sugar normally, so you just end up with a big mug of warmish, brown, watery milk 🤢. I normally just go round the corner and pour it away 😂

@pinarellolimoncello

2 жыл бұрын

You need to get on top of things mate , I regularly have to instruct customers how to make the tea, correct size mug, preferably warmed but that is an ask, tea bag left in , not too much milk, but don't scrimp either. Same goes for chips, should be maris pipers really, triple fried, I'm not fussy , just particular..

@Gaybraham.Lincoln

2 жыл бұрын

The comment above me is correct. Not everyone is as bright as you are, sadly. I start off by asking if their kettles broke then give direct instructions

@pinarellolimoncello

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gaybraham.Lincoln Exactly, is only common courtesy to offer a cuppa, rude not to. Harry Enfield is genius and his mate Paul

@ianmangham4570

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao Tree Surgeon =Unemployed 🤣

@pinarellolimoncello

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianmangham4570 why is that so funny, most tree surgeons are busy busy, what do you do thats so amazing.

I am a Scot and that smirks amazing,Edinburgh Morningside. Lol

Bless their little cotton socks.

"No thanks, I'm bulimic" 😂😂😂😂😂

Epic tabsmanship from Harry at the start 👍

"Citroen bedroom pissing" 😆😆😆😆😆

The Mike Leigh film is perfect!

'Box Sets' before Netflix season binge was a thing. I miss this kind of comedy

Wow,within seconds you actually believe you watching a Mike Leigh film! Nailed it.

- have you heard of ant? - no. - have you heard of dec? - no. - have you heard of ant AND dec? - yes of course i've heard of ant and dec, everyone's heard of ant and dec. - well, are they a kware?

@Noah-cm6ek

4 жыл бұрын

Quare

I love the bonus Parking Pataweyo at 18:04 I wonder what that actor is up to now... ;)

@breasthound

3 жыл бұрын

Not much. Probably became a real parking attendant.

“He’s such a wanker compared to us” - Sophie trying not to laugh.

@hippocratesm.d.1543

Жыл бұрын

Big Suze

An especially good episode.

Class ..a masterclass

'Oh you're doing your Duke of Edinburgh?' 😂😂

The Ken Loach start had me crying laughing 😂 ...& I'm poor!!

@xtraspecialmango

4 жыл бұрын

@zar athustra Ken Bruce?

@scottandrewbrass1931

Жыл бұрын

More Mike Leigh.

@xtraspecialmango

Жыл бұрын

@@scottandrewbrass1931 Im feelin that.

Absolutely unrivalled in British comedy history, in my humble opinion.

As a dad to an 18 year old son... work experience boy made me laugh

Listening to the music in the background of some of these sketchs makes me think that either Harry or Paul is a fan of indie rock

@THEWIGMONSTER

7 жыл бұрын

The Rachmanioff PW was in a band called The Higsons in the early 80's. I use to hear them on John Peel's show.

@digitalvelvet

7 жыл бұрын

Charlie Higson was in the Higsons,not PW.Hope you don`t mind me pointing that out.

@THEWIGMONSTER

7 жыл бұрын

digitalvelvet oh yes silly me & no I don't mind at all

Mike Liegh is great. So are Harry and Paul xx

God I loved this show.

I wish Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were in actual acting roles in comedies/dramas. Very good actors so underused... 8:55 Michael from Alan Partridge!

So Shirl is basically Bev from 'Abigail's Party' then? 😆 Alison Steadman created that wonderful character in the 70's, I've never forgotten it.

Genius comedians 😊

Oh my God the box set scene...I've met so many couples who thrive on that outside of work it's scary. The beast system in operation. Funny, but so sad and worrying.

@richf6111

7 жыл бұрын

Turning people into consumerist, one-upmanship, middle class, slave sheeple.......No your right. Nothing to worry about. What do you think they were taking the piss out of?

@ryanmccallum8191

5 жыл бұрын

Me too mate..... I meet them day in and day out. Its as if they have nothing else going on in thier life, and they bore the fucking tits off me