This deserves a prize... they did not hide racism but put it out there along with all the stereotypes from both sides. This was building bridges the wives showing how the ideal relationship should be.... while the hardheaded men (both) shoulw how alike they are despite the colour differences. Do not take it the wrong way.

@thebadtemperedbrit

3 жыл бұрын

Perfectly put ;-)

Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker, great friends off set.

I knew plenty of blacks that loved this and still do.

A program of its time and it should be remembered and respected for that. A brilliant series.

That broke my heart seeing Barbie crying 😢

Childhood nostalgia. Loved the Brit comedies.

@stevejeffries1603

3 жыл бұрын

No It was before your time

Rudolph Walker made a deal with the devil - he looks exactly the same decades later. What a fantastic actor.

@peterbalac1915

3 жыл бұрын

Black don't crack, my Mrs is an eastenders fanatic Rudolph still looks great back in the day Nina was HOT.

@Nooziterp1

2 жыл бұрын

Eastenders must have 30 years after this show was made and he has just gone grey, that's all.

Oh how I miss that little square that used to appear in the right hand corner 13:03 to let you know that the adverts were coming up. lol... Anyone else remember the little squares??

This series was on every week! In my family, when l was very little. My Mother, and Father loved it! This series, taught those who understand it! How we should respect, each other's differences! And enjoy all people. Moira From England.

@timcolder2789

3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching it when I was about six. Great harmless fun, better than any UK comedy series that I can think of today. I grew up with several black friends and did not become a member of the BNP because of watching this. They both gave as good as each other anyway.

@contact3604

3 жыл бұрын

@@timcolder2789 I really liked your comment! Thank you, so much for sharing. Stay safe, stay blessed stay strong! Moira From England.

@sirclancelot9861

2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered this series. I love British humour and wit. Cheers!

Brilliant early 70s British comedy.

@quintinmarsters1609

4 жыл бұрын

I been recently watching replays of the two Ronnie's. PC killed comedy.

@analeyesanalyzeanallies5579

2 жыл бұрын

Insane

The black guy always comes out on top it’s a great comedy 👍👏🏼

@georgeb.gillies4929

4 жыл бұрын

Alison Thompson, Hi 👋 Alison! Yes, indeed the key point was these comedies highlighted the stupidity of bigotry, so in retrospect it served a good purpose

@billydavis3067

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Man :)

@michaeleastham3868

Жыл бұрын

No he doesn't.

Absolutely superb comedy. The look on Eddie's face when Bill announces they're not going after all! Priceless!

The Thame Theme tune invokes so many memory's Has for the show the joke was always on Eddie

@Nooziterp1

2 жыл бұрын

Bill and Barbie always used to come out on top.

this show is the complete opposite of racist, it in fact highlights the narrow mindedness and stupidity of it, by portraying two men who due inherent predjudices just accept the negatives told about a people of a different race, but soon realise that they are not that different after all and end up becoming good friends

British Comedy is the best.

This series was not racist if you look pass the words used and see what was going on in the show .As a young black kid growing when this was been shown I love it. And here is the thing kid tend to sort things out for themselves. All my white friends and black friends never use those words to each other. And at the age of 60 we still haven't. Watch the movie To Sir With Love.

@PaulEcosse

5 жыл бұрын

I tend to agree, I can't believe they got seven series out it though. And I don't appreciate the audience laughter at certain words. But better the devil you know. These people existed in the past, they belong in the past certainly and there's no point in pretending they didn't.

@dorvito67

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine laughing at your black mate because the teacher said everyone look at the blackboard, no because we didn't just the Liberal middle class imagination of a problem that didn't exist 🙄

@michaeleastham3868

Жыл бұрын

@@PaulEcosse You do realise that in today's society black people can't be racist? Or so they would like us to believe.

@justmyopinion526

10 ай бұрын

Heya, snap!! Grew up in the UK watching this and so much more comedy and could see the lessons. As a young one I could see exactly what was being said and never liked the name calling or labelling either side. Had lots of friends from other countries and we all just got on. Respect is key but comedy can tell it how it is. It becomes inclusive not exclusive. I wonder if I had lived in other countries growing up I would have had the same respect.

@flight101

9 ай бұрын

@@PaulEcossewrong. They do not belong in the past. Its people like you have turned the uk in to a wet simpering society with no soh. As bad as the Americans. What they do, brits follow.. boo hoo

They would never make a programme like this nowadays! ! It would upset the pc brigade and the snowflake generation! !! It properly is a bit near the knuckle !!! But that was the 70s for you no boundaries! !!

Back in those days we watched these sitcom . Lots of humor (both sides: black and white). And also All in the Family! Love these series. Thanks 4 uploads.

Happy 80th Rudolph

The part with Eddie getting pissed off about the paper is hilarious

@stewartmcrae8007

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was I was also surprised that the police phoned Eddie back to see if the disturbance had quietened down did they used to do that in the 1970’s

@khfan4492

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewartmcrae8007 fair enough

The picture of the lady on the wall around the 5 minute mark was very popular back then. I remember my uncle having the same picture in his living room!

I think this should be compulsory viewing in schools, the concept of show racism for the stupid concept that it is, this show was way ahead of its time.

Loved this show and as kid, taught me to respect all colours, and it was a brilliant show, and the way that it showed that people who dislike because of know other reason just because of colour just come across as idiots.

@gregjones1537

10 ай бұрын

This show will find its way to the Cancel Culture mob soon enough. Great Show

Only just discovered this gem of a show I am really enjoying it so far.

Much Love & pure respect to Rudolph & Nina. I loved this series in the 70's...No one was really racist, what have we become, but more ....why....

@flight101

9 ай бұрын

I know…. Brits follow América. As a child none of this personal space, people shoving cameras in your face existed. It’s actually been made worse by the pc idiots. Like you say.. what have we become.

I've been watching a lot of these episodes lately, and I have noticed that the comments sections seem to be full of comments from people who completely missed the point. Anyone who thinks this show is racist should watch this episode. The parts where Barbie was crying and when Arthur and Jacko refuse Eddie's offer of a drink are especially poignant. Just because this show contains a racist character does not mean it is racist. It is not PC, but it is not racist. It dealt with the subject of racism head on rather than by cowardly political correctness. Another good episode to watch is 'Voodoo', in which Eddie is absolutely distraught when he thinks he has caused his friend Bill's death. He deeply humiliates himself by dancing naked in the woods in a desperate attempt to save his friend's life. In later episodes, it is clear that Bill is Eddie's best friend, though he would never admit it.

@eahannan

5 жыл бұрын

Well spoken James. We should make you Chairman! And I'll 'ave 'alf!!

@PreservationEnthusiast

5 жыл бұрын

@@eahannan Very racist show. They used words like nig nog, sambo, and white superiority

@sunteraze

5 жыл бұрын

@@PreservationEnthusiast Your life must be very miserable & sad.

@PreservationEnthusiast

5 жыл бұрын

@@sunteraze No, I have a really happy life. Who did you think was hotter in the show. Kate Williams or Nina Baden-Semper?

@sunteraze

5 жыл бұрын

@@PreservationEnthusiast If you had a happy life, you wouldn't be finding a useless dirt in comedy show. You are just a hypocrite.

I used to do dady dancing at nightclubs in my day.😂😂

I never saw this in its day but Patrick from EE is brilliant. What a gorgeous bloke ! He and the main bloke were really good friends in real life. Ohh the main bloke Eddie really looks like Ben Mitchell.

Comedy from Great Britain was my favourite in the 70s and 80s.

There was nothing racist about this series. It was just damned good fun,and everybody enjoyed it. It probably did more for interracial relations than all the politicians' speeches put together. This kind of light hearted entertainment is exactly what is needed today.

@georgeb.gillies4929

4 жыл бұрын

Huge Bartlett, well said Hugh👍👋It is the case though that some people undoubtedly would have been either picked on, or felt some degree of humiliation, if they were subjected to some of the comedic racist commentary being in effect ‘tried out’ on them for a bit of laugh when indeed they are the butt end of the joke at work, in public or at the pub etc. It also really depends upon individual tolerances and temperance amongst other things, which is not something we ought to get bogged down with 4 decades after the fact. My view is simply that none of these programs from any era depicting whatever the case may be, should ever be removed, or made to be defaced and edited by such censorship that would greatly affect the authenticity of history and culture, societal or anthropological practices of any time, as to do so is tantamount to destroying historical archives.

Brilliant series

Barbi was absolutely stunning the show was set in Twichenham I lived not far from this I was only a kid Bill and Eddie were always at war over the fence they later became friends while working together

I grew up watching this and loved the comedy and took on the lessons that comedy can bring to society . As a side note , I loved her name was Barbie! I thought at the time , I must of been 8 , how beautiful I thought she was.

Such a charming show! Love it! And that Barbie! Yum!

Brilliant series, racism will always exist, this is/was the best way to deal with it.

@flight101

9 ай бұрын

Id love them next door if i had neighbours !

Loved that ending from Bill "Here I am & here I'll stay !!"

The Snowflakes miss the point. This actually ridicules racists, showing how stupid they are on both sides. It's actually funnier now than it was then.

@lewisner

4 жыл бұрын

Just like Till Death Us Do Part.

@stevelamport7862

4 жыл бұрын

people get stupid as time go s on

@nathan2497

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevelamport7862 exactly people are even more cringy and narcassistic nowadays aswell due to Social media how times have changed

@JulesB-zv9dp

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker were the best of friends in real life. They make fun of each other. Politcal correctness is carried to ludicrous extent nowadays and it causes self censorship. The snowflake generation are slowly destroying classic comedy, trying to eradicate it. They don't understand satire.

@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888

3 жыл бұрын

Literally nobody is conplaining except you, Dick.

"You've got to go, we've collected".

Can you imagine eddy seeing london now.

@georgeb.gillies4929

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what he would make of it...

@vindicator2011

2 жыл бұрын

...bloody nora!

I didn't know there was 'real emotion in this, I just thought it was sitcom pap, but 'Barbies' crying was actually upsetting!!

It is my first time watching this. To me it is just comedy. Yeah I remember a white friend talking to me about the TV show "Mind Your Language " how racist it is but I didn't see anything racist in it. I have a complete season and watch it when I am on my in my free time. I am in Africa and have never been outside Africa.😁😁

@AbiNomac

3 жыл бұрын

Komakech Stephen Kevin - You are open-minded and Mind your Language is funny.

@fishandchips9033

3 жыл бұрын

@@AbiNomac Very funny indeed🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@richardupton3323

2 жыл бұрын

i love mind your language. those 2 pakistani guys always fighting lol.

Although the language used in these programmes is unacceptable nowadays, it was commonplace in early 1970s UK. LTN is very much a product of its time and should be viewed in that context but it actually did a lot to break down barriers.

@geoffp326

7 жыл бұрын

If ever I'd used racist language when I was a kid in the 70s I'd have got a clip round the ear. Yes I appreciate the irony.

@brain8484

6 жыл бұрын

Luke no it wasnt accepted back then , it was just a one off TV show.. Britain wasnt South Africa or America . Britain welcomed coloured people and treated them equally .

@PreservationEnthusiast

5 жыл бұрын

@@brain8484 It was quite a racist show. In one episode an Asian shopkeeper was described as "a filthy pakki".

@michaelsandford1015

5 жыл бұрын

Don't use the pc brigade card

@petej3800

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately many these days want to change everything to suit themselves History, comedy schooling etc you cannot change the past and certain things that are proven to work today from schooling to immigration should be left alone kids of today some of them dont even know about the two world wars let alone queen Victoria etc and many dont know where countries are old schooling works history is history it goes back millenia and cannot be changed yes we can make the future better but only by learning from history that is whats important

Barbie is a cutie!

@stevenhosea4849

4 жыл бұрын

Marshall Posey No.

@marshallposey2063

4 жыл бұрын

steven hosea hush hater 🤣

Best laugh of my days.

Met her the other day at work lovely lady

The ARCHIE BUNKER OF ENGLAND

Joan reminds me of Sonia from Eastenders, while Bill has been in Eastenders for years

@skipst23firekicks3

4 жыл бұрын

The Bishop Of Battle a guy at my old job Adam is married to Sonia she is a ugly little thing

@TheBishopofbattle

4 жыл бұрын

@@skipst23firekicks3 Really, yea she is ugly isn't she

@henhousesc

3 жыл бұрын

Joan was in Eastenders for a while a few years back. She played Patrick's (Bill) friend. I'm not sure if they were just friends or boyfriend girlfriend.

Back in the day when you could call a spade a spade

Darning socks, something you don't see now,.

@Rondawwg

4 жыл бұрын

Mine need doing.

Nina Baden semper was hot

The music at the party is the esso steel band playing a song called calypso 67

Kate Williams was fit back then and as Jimmy's mum in Quardraphinia

@francavadini8370

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

Love it

Brilliant series. Very funny and superbly acted. Kate Williams is one sexy lady.

@grahamd5418

3 жыл бұрын

I never realised how sexy she was. When I t was first aired I thought she was a bit of a trout. How wrong was I?

Love Jacko! 😋

@141Lav

3 жыл бұрын

I'll hav halfffff

Kate Williams is the woman's voice on the the kinks hit come dancing , bet you all wanted to know that .

We all loved this as kids in the early 1970s. And yes, some of the language ruins it in modern day (as in it is now understandably and rightly unaccaptable). BUT we need to remember the central tennet of the show. Which is still is very valid: The two ladies get on as normal people, while the two husbands express the worst in each other's cultures and prove them selves idiots with their then modernized secular 'superstitions' about each other to the two wives who have to suffer the two clowns . I loved the line about the ''color problem'': ''Get a bigger ariel"! Eddie's little balding dark haired buddy Arfur, seems to have the strangest kind of comb-over which I still can't work out how he acheives. Genius! And it always seemed to me that by the end of each show, the joke was usually on Eddie as, for eg, in this episode, everyone at the end all laugh at him!

@michaeleastham3868

Жыл бұрын

Why is a show like this unacceptable today?

My most Favourite is Death in Paradise, Its just a programme but wow if it was real it would be on my Bucket list. No problem and boy would I love to live there now here it is an absolute nightmare.

Proper comedy !

Lovely neighbor today

I remember this when I was a child 40 years ago when I was 11

Lovely coffee pot set

Class days class programme

Love this

We are so lucky in 2019. My daughter is 2 if she was ever to see this in years to come she would be extremely shocked. How times have changed

@michaeleastham3868

Жыл бұрын

We are worse off than ever before.

Awesome show

I'm sure Trigger from Only Fools And Horses was based on Jackos character.

There were a number of TV shows in the 60s and 70s which criticised racism in a way which superficial people don't get, whether they are left wing or right wing politically. This was one, Steptoe and Son was another, Till Death Us Do Part was an even better example. They were of their time, written by people who were partly trying to change the racism in British society through humour and partly trying to make a living.

@georgeb.gillies4929

4 жыл бұрын

misterbonzoid, 👋👍👏you’re absolutely right 😎🌞

Patrick still drinking rum in the Queen Vic 😆😆😆

@scooby1992

3 жыл бұрын

Rudolph Walker is a great actor . I think he also played the Police Sergeant in the Thin Blue Line.

@141Lav

3 жыл бұрын

Scooby1 yes I think you're right 😆

This would go down well in the US now.

I remember watching this when it first came out. I always rooted for the black guy to come out on top (I am white), which he did. as Eddie was a bit of a tit. If it was racist then it was equally racist against all, showing individuals who could be flawed as well as redeemable, regardless of colour. I think that was it's aim. Also, despite appearing to be racialist, Eddie comes over as someone who is fundamentally warm, able to good naturedly take a bit of stick and someone who would stand and defend his black neighbour if the chips were down. A great show, only critised by the real racialists.

I like some of them but like this one for the music

the BEST EVER

Good clean fun.

@debrahitchman416

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 😁😁. Funny

Those happy, careless days.........

Clyde looks like one of the dudes from the movie car wash 😀😀

don't know what to say i think it's funny go's back and forth i like it.

Bill always came out on top.

@michaeleastham3868

Жыл бұрын

No he didn't.

Barbie (Nina Baden-Semper) was HOT! I recall she used to be Miss Trinidad.

11:29 If anyone is interested that mark in the corner was the cue mark to denote an advert was coming up. Cousin came to stay back in the early 90s and would sit there and "predict" when an advert was coming up, we couldn't work out how :) then he explained the mark.

ha ha haaaarrrrrrr fookin hilarious

barbie was hot then

“I’ll have half”

White muck......ha ha funny

💖💜💛💚💙

Classic comedy before the p c crowd ruined everything

@kellimo

3 жыл бұрын

What's comical in being passive aggressive or outrageously RUDE! It's the unlearned who could only possibly find this entertaining. It's a shame your intellect is amongst the shallow racists. Ppl like you shouldn't exist! Now that is really funny yet fact!

@ianinnes8063

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellimo fuck off snowflake its only a bloody tv show go away and bother someone who gives 2 shits to what u say u probbs even wasnt born when this show was on . If ur offended in any way why even watch it nrver mind accuse me of bein racist . U havent got a clue . No go bother someone who actually cares what u thnk im entitled to my opinion so dont u dare attack me too many of of you keyboard heros

@stewartmcrae8007

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellimo you are a stupid bastard get a life and stop being pathetic

@kellimo

3 жыл бұрын

@FruityDickens my point proven you shallow minded narni. Your crude RACIST pro white egotistical opinions are nonsense alot like you and many fellows. Stop worrying what I maybe. Concentrate on educating yourself. Your view is very offensive and racist. I'm a BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN and I'm offended. Your the flake! The spore of spam to its entity. SHAME ON YOU! #GET A GRIP! Unless you hadn't realised my opinion is valid past yours. I'm black boo boo. Whereas you just a shallow racist punk who think if he laughs after his racist slander, it must be ok. Pickle off to the ice you friggin cube. I dont even know where on earth you could be placed. There is no place for ignorance!!! FACT!

@kellimo

3 жыл бұрын

@FruityDickens I've many names to waste on calling you. I shan't bother. Your brain like a baby wouldn't be able to comprehend. Shame!

Lmfao. Homie crazy.

Bills wife is what you wanted but Eddies wife is what you got.🤣

@michaeleastham3868

Жыл бұрын

Say what?

Can you imagine the police turning up now a days

Lump of white muck 🤣🤣

The Guy who played Clyde was Elroy Josephs, what a great name.

That Nina Baden Semper (Bill's wife) was hot. Quaint to see the Morris Monor police car that turned up to Bill's.

@Rondawwg

4 жыл бұрын

Those toned arms....

@nathan2497

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rondawwg I always thought Joan was fine aswell tbh

@scooby1992

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathan2497I remember Kate Williams , who played Joan also played the part of a holiday camp nurse in the On the Buses Film . Her character was going out with Blakey and there was a scene where she walks up the stairs of a bus wearing a short dress and Jack the bus conductor makes a lecherous comment .

@nathan2497

3 жыл бұрын

@@scooby1992 haven't seen that actually yh she was a sexy lady

@scooby1992

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathan2497kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHqTmqqil9u3c6g.html This is the scene I meant . Near the beginning , but especially at 02.32. !

Don't know how I ended up watching this ! Got recommended when I started to binged watch the ''Dad's Army '' TV series and what a legendary comedy show and having a new admiration for British TV networks that used to produce gold ! Got to admit now that not everything old is gold after watching this ! And these old house warming parties might be to blame for all these mixed races and faces in the crowds of UK and US !

The show is not racist, but I don't find it funny either. This is a serious sit-com dealing with a serious issue, which is relevant even now, with a pinch of humor!

@georgeb.gillies4929

4 жыл бұрын

Mehboob km 👋👍Well said!🌞

I’m white but my neighbour in my old flat was a black guy , he used to borrow every episode of this show that was on video. He thought it was funny, because in places it is. Political correctness gone mad has caused more problems than it solves. I’m in no way racist by the way , I have a mixed raced child ( not with the neighbour ) i love to bits.

I'll have half lol

Get a bigger aerial 🤣

@fernanditaluiz2591

4 жыл бұрын

Kids today don't know what's an aerial.

neighbours lives matter

Oh shit it's Patrick Truman

So, what's the reason this isn't on TV ? There is a ton of other crap that's repeated again and again So why not this great show ?