This is 2023 and there's nothing like it anywhere on Tele today. Thank you so much for this.

@LordOfTheThreeWorlds

2 ай бұрын

Uh no first of all this is 2024 and it is exactly here the same except looking older. Welcom

@danmar007

Ай бұрын

What's tele? :-)

one of the few comedy shows that are timeless.

@zapkvr0101

11 ай бұрын

Utter bullshit. It was quite LITERALLY of its time and no other

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

11 ай бұрын

As long as you remember “That’s Life” telephone boxes, Janet Street Porter, Thatcher, trade Unions, the Hamlette adverts, Punk, tomorrows world…….

@nigelnyoni8265

11 ай бұрын

​@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 I was born in 1998, so I don't know many of those things, so I think a lot of references are flying over my head .. sometimes I can tell it's satire, but i don't know who/what they're satirising.

Proof, if it were needed, that genius comedy will stand the test of time. Just as hilarious as it was then. I loved this show.

@gandydancer72

Ай бұрын

Dis is BaBa WA Wa!

@gandydancer72

Ай бұрын

Ahh, the 70s and 80s

It's truly astounding how the satire from Not the 9'OClock News remains remarkably relevant even after four decades! 👍🏻

@zekelucente9702

11 ай бұрын

Think of all the great comedic movies that could never be made today. I remember reading 1984 in school and being sure Orwell was talking about conservatives, but instead it’s turned out that it’s the liberals that are against free speech.

@bartduinslaeger7289

11 ай бұрын

Just replace stout with transgender and its up to pace

@stevie-ray2020

11 ай бұрын

Especially that recruiting-drive for the Russian Army! They're dropping down like flies over in Ukraine!

@Subsidiarity3

11 ай бұрын

The joke around the 10 minute mark is kind of topical again sadly. Well, the latest technology bit isn't quite right.

@zapkvr0101

11 ай бұрын

@zekelucente9702 not even close to true. Murdoch isn't a liberal

Rowan’s face when Pamela Stephenson gets in that truck.😂😂

@philhawley1219

Ай бұрын

Pamela was fit!!!

@kitemanmusic

Ай бұрын

Well wouldn't you? I know I would!

For us this was THE highlight of the TV week, so many great sketches, and so many wonderful comic talents. So memorable, especially PC Savage !. Light years better than today's tv rubbish.

Saw many of these live. The "Constable Savage" sketch must be one of the all time best comedy sketches ever. Even more appropriate in light of the Met issues.

@zaftra

11 ай бұрын

ironically, with invented racialist accusations.

@victoriamyatt1709

11 ай бұрын

Can't remember if it was the barbican centre or not but went to several live filming episodes, was quite a small studio but a great experience.

Pamela Stephenson’s portrayal of Janet Street Porter is brilliant. Completely on the money.

@nicholasmartin297

11 ай бұрын

I like to think JSP has seen this and had a good laugh. Incredibly talented actress who was stunningly beautiful.

@robertwalkey1443

10 ай бұрын

She sounds nothing like Janet Street Porter😂

@alleadmin3294

10 ай бұрын

We all had a mega horn for Pamela. 👍

@robertwalkey1443

10 ай бұрын

@@alleadmin3294 I didn’t 🤷🏻‍♂️

@alleadmin3294

10 ай бұрын

@@robertwalkey1443 You are either gay or your knob has fallen off.

Quality !! Great show ! Never missed an episode in the good old days !! X❤

Whole team was brilliant. Pam was awesome as a woman comedian....she definitely held her own against these guys. Rowan a comedian god. I wasn't old enough to watch most of these shows so put my ear to the bedroom door to hear the audio....still laughed.

I loved this show as a teenager and find that I still remember several of these sketches 40+ years later. Those were the days when you could laugh at poor-taste humour without offending anyone.

@Torquemada-su1cn

11 ай бұрын

Realising I still know all the words to 'I Like Trucking'....speechless EDIT: omg, MISTER KODOGO.....

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

11 ай бұрын

At the time Not the nine o’clock news was considered pretty offensive, the daily mail was scathing about it, calling it puerile and crass, Mary Whitehouse was petitioning for it to be taken off air

@willemslie

11 ай бұрын

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 Back then, the Daily Mail and Mary Whitehouse were in the minority. I agree that much of the humour was puerile but then I was a schoolboy and I was allowed to find it funny. I still do, tbh. The "That's Life" parody was spot on. Of its time, as has been noted.

@Torquemada-su1cn

11 ай бұрын

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 TBF, Mary Whitehouse and the DM hated everything

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

11 ай бұрын

@@Torquemada-su1cn not at all, they were very targeted. They wanted TV to be like it was when they were young.

It's been years since I've seen these shows. The humour stand up remarkably well. Great fun!

@stevie-ray2020

11 ай бұрын

Especially that recruiting-drive for the Russian Army! They're dropping down like flies over in Ukraine!

Rowan Atkinson was genius right from the beginning - superb 😎 Proto-Thin Blue Line towards the end there 😊

I now officially feel old😂😂😂

The TV licence bit is so true

I am now 60 and I still fancy the lovely Pam Connolly. Lucky Billy!

Rowan Atkinson as Marc Almond was absolutely hilarious

@Senna-xi1gr

11 ай бұрын

Yes totally agree 🤣😆🤣😆🏆🇬🇧👍

This was and still is one of the greatest comedy sketch shows ever to grace TV.

Marc Almond at 14:00, just priceless, happy memories of growing up with this stuff at school in the early 80s.

Lest We forget Mel Smith, thank for the laugh

Utterly hilarious!

Not the 9 O'Clock News was a brilliant political themed sketch comedy show that was ahead of its time.

@zapkvr0101

11 ай бұрын

No. It wasn't. Neither brilliant nor ahead of its time. It was average. It was of its time.

@whatshisname3304

11 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr0101 it was funny though, you miserable bastard.

@willemslie

11 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr0101 Agreed, but it still shows the flashes of brilliance that its cast went on to fulfill.

@jonallen8346

11 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr0101 Here is me thinking woke feminists were a modern thing. I guess not. 🤣😂🤣

@zapkvr0101

11 ай бұрын

@@willemslie crap

I still miss the 80s and they'll never make tv like this again. This was a brilliant show.

so brilliant and so under rated, they provided a twig of hope and a grasp at sanity in the mid 80s.

@followtheboat

9 ай бұрын

They were not underrated in the slightest! These guys were superstars.

And then I moved to France and found that they really are as Rowan Atkinson portrayed them. And here I thought he was exaggerating for effect.

What an utterly brilliant show this was. Light years ahead of the shite that passes for 'comedy' these days.

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

11 ай бұрын

The old people didn’t like it though. They complained it was puerile and not funny. Maybe being old affects your sense of humour?

@brianmckenzie6046

11 ай бұрын

The good old days -when men were men and women were women🤣😊

@Edgel-in6bs

11 ай бұрын

Why do people have to be as a default, nasty? Can't you just appreciate something funny (like this) without justifying it by attacking something else? I personally like all comedy.

@atilllathehun1212

11 ай бұрын

@@Edgel-in6bs Each to their own. Modern comedy is by and large terrible but if you like it fair play.

@lilymarinovic1644

9 ай бұрын

​​ and small green furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were small green furry creatures from Alpha Centauri .... 😂

@01:20 This airline sketch is pure gold.

"This has got NOTHING to do with us ! 😌" .... I hereby pledge to speak this sentence , just like Rowan did, for the rest of my days on this planet .

@banzobeans

Жыл бұрын

27:34

@RobMacKendrick

11 ай бұрын

But you have to use the precise intonation. Preferably while wearing polyester.

Absolutely brilliant. My favourites are Gerald the Gorilla and the Pythonists sketches.

Crucial essential never to be missed viewing , what would you talk about with your school mates next morning if you missed it. Hahaha Schoolwork ,I think not.

I can remember buying the LP version of this . brilliant

@davedennison7386

Ай бұрын

"...the LP version..."...ha ha yer showing yer age there mate😊

@dejavoue88

Ай бұрын

@@davedennison7386 yeah and I had to put a two pence on the arm so it would play properly

Love it and found it just as funny as I did all those years ago.

Pamela’s fantastic

Gawd, this is bringing back memories. The “That’s Life” sketch at 26 minutes.

@johirsty7392

10 ай бұрын

That was the best bit - just brill 😂

glorious.. still having a proper giggle in 2-23.! 😉☺️😊😃😆 cheers for sharing.! ✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

Ahh haaaaha. . I used to watch this with my mum , I'm 47 now and still makes me LMAO! !.. nothing like this on TV anymore...SADLY.. omg... That's Life.. hahaha... the dress on pam..n check Mel smith hair...I'm crying laughing at the horses launching people into the water...princess's Anne. ..hahha. . Wdnt it be great..if she launches self into a tree...Haaaahaa . Thankyou ..this video has made my Monday morning. ..

@lesleythornton1811

Жыл бұрын

It's still great, isn't it? The airline food so bad they'd already eaten the other passengers. Forgot how good it was and it was pretty anti-establishment, at the time. Even the name

25 February 2024 "I larfed and larfed" ! The creation of comedic genius. Rowan in his many forms. Mel and Griff ( the darts match). Pam's caricatures. It must be hilarious in the house with "Big Yin". (BTW, in total agreement with the earlier commenter - and I'm 77

Loved the Billy Connelly sketch.

Fabulous comedy, what a team!

The sketch at 18:49 is hard to believe in that it predicted the ridiculousness of the present day competition to be the most offended for other people!

@johnp515

11 ай бұрын

It didn’t predict anything, it was satirising attitudes that existed even then

@mickymack1230

11 ай бұрын

@@johnp515 if you say so.

@rita8684

3 ай бұрын

Ron miller 😀😀

Thank you for sharing this, brought back giggly memories!

Haven't seen any of this since the early 80's, so good to see it as an adult. A lot of it must have went over my head as a kid. Holds up really well.

"We're holding him on a charge of posession of black curly hair and big lips " 😂😂😂

@dickieb2233

2 ай бұрын

Guilty!!!!

@JesusIsKing50

2 ай бұрын

Don’t you mean gwuilty 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh my.. This literally is the greatest hits! Memories!

Those guys were class

Rowan had the best “rubber face”😂😂😂

Loved Mel Smith, taken too soon ❤

Good times!😆 And suddenly I'm on the wrong side of 40...😐🤔🥺

How can you not like this, its hilarious 😆

@roderickthered4981

11 ай бұрын

It depends on your taste. I cannot bear it, even after the 1st lame joke with the canned laughter. My cup of tea was spaced...no canned laughter, and I could choose whats funny :)

Such accurate and prescient satire of the Met Police, that is still current in 2023!

Clever and very funny. Loved it back then.

Thank You George Pollen for posting this.. Love it. Nuff memories

RIP Mel Smith ❤

Rowan took his HGV license just so he could actually drive the truck in that song

Can't believe this is over 40 years ago....geez, that went quick!

btw john watch those cracks on the pavement.... i remember not walking on them for years lol

Hilarious! Love seeing them all so young, irreverant, funny.

The Stoutest sketch? What a parody of every second serious debate in 2024!

Mel Smith died too soon 😔 R.I.P ❤

Some of Pam’s impressions might not be familiar now. How many remember Judith Hann from Tomorrow’s World (16:00)

Blimey: the 'Stout' sketch is actually happening now.

@markkennard861

Ай бұрын

The forced feeding of skinny..

I loved this show back in the day but it wouldn't get on the air today. Times have changed, I've changed. Still funny though. I like truckin is a classic!

@jakethekipper

11 ай бұрын

And I like to truck.

Thank you so much for uploading this - I enjoyed it very much!

Bring this humour back.

Even Smith and Jones is still hilarious today 😁

Oh I love this, including the music ❤ thank you

I've still got all my not the nine o'clock news albums i might bring out and listen. 😂

@davedennison7386

4 ай бұрын

...old school....very nice...I vaguely remember the book..

Stout... repackaged as fatphobia. How utterly predictive! This is so funny though, because jokes in the 80s are our "lived experience" now. It's amazing.🤣🤣

Brilliant - real quality writing and delivery.

I had forgotten just how funny this programme was. A couple of bits that haven't aged well and I can't remember any reason they'd be having a go at Marc Almond but overall this still stands up well for me and I am now off to see if I can find some more episodes. Thanks for uploading this!

@RobMacKendrick

11 ай бұрын

Because they basically had a go at everybody sooner or later. At some point they must've realised Marc had slipped by.

@mattelliottmusic

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I thought the same. Was Almond busted lip syncing? I don't think so. Hope he didn't take it too harshly.

@davedennison7386

4 ай бұрын

..apart from Chris Langham....

I remember seeing this on telly and my word, it could have been today as nothing has really changed. Even had social media on that flight and the toilet sign. The need to know everything Hahaha

Absolutely fantastic show. Atkinson is my no 1 comedian of all time

Wow! I had forgotten how good this show was........I missed most of it as I was abroad mostly.... This is catch-up I guess..... Miss Mel Smith though..... Brilliant.

GREAT SHOW !

This was when you could laugh at things you can't laugh at now!

OMG!! This is amazing!!! Well done!

I was born in 83 I vaguely remember my parents watching it when I was a boy, I think the treasure for my generation was Only Fools and Horses

@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming

11 ай бұрын

Only Fools started in 80. By the time you could remember it, it had already finished in the series leaving just the Christmas specials.

*_"Marc Almond"_* LMAO... I loooved Tainted Love, with a passion! Eurythmics, Yazoo... I could go on for an hour about everything awesome in the 80s!

@user-yc5um2pl5v

11 ай бұрын

Mark was deeply hurt about this depiction, by the way.

@Faladaena

11 ай бұрын

@@user-yc5um2pl5v *Seriously?* Aww... bless, fragile little petal!😄

@user-yc5um2pl5v

11 ай бұрын

@@Faladaena He wrote quite a bit about it in his memoir "Tainted life", it apparently caused him some long-term distress. He was already uneasy with success, after that bit aired he started hating it☺

@Faladaena

10 ай бұрын

@@user-yc5um2pl5v Good grief! LOL...

@user-lo5qm5tu8m

3 ай бұрын

The Smiths were the greatest thing from the 80's and like this show still relevant today❤❤😂

Can't believe how sensitive we've become that you had to censor the scene where they run over a 🧸 hedgehog. Ridiculous.

It's amazing how long it took me to realize the futility of the deaf person knowing when the phone rang... o-O

I've seen this for the first time. Incredibly funny, so talented guys. And Atkinson ❤❤❤

Had a laugh like it has been so long the last time. Thanks for sharing :P

Put this back on telly to watch the offended explode

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

11 ай бұрын

I think Mary whitehouse is dead now

This comedy kinda lingers..thanks for posting.

Loved this at the time.

What a classic !!

I love British comedies... how have I never heard of this.

@lauriecook2399

8 ай бұрын

if you like this you will probably like Monty Python's flying circus - very similar in the madcap humor department 😂

@fanficfan8599

8 ай бұрын

@@lauriecook2399 that's what started my love for British humor... I remember my parents watching VHS copies of the show that my dad had mailed over from Europe from a friend he meet in the Air Force...lol... This is way way before streaming...lol

@user-jh6cg2rx6n

3 ай бұрын

If you knew who they were taking the Micky out of absolutely spit double.makes it even funnier...😂😂😂😂

17:58 Is this Billy Connolly?

@ethanhunt2263

3 ай бұрын

Yes yes

One of the best ever 😅🎉😂

Udderly Brilliant !

Amazing how many of these I remember

I'll never forget Mel Smith as the hotel proprietor in European Vacation 😂

I once made someone laugh with an amazingly well told joke! She couldn't stop laughing for 4 hours and I had to take her into A and E where she was hospitalised for 6 months without any jokes at all being told to her. She eventually recovered but then accidentally went to a Bernhard Manning show and well she died 12 seconds into it!

Pamela Stephenson was absolutely gorgeous. When I heard billy Connolly was dating her I thought you’ve knocked it of there big man.

@gregghill2059

2 жыл бұрын

Pity that the US didn't know what to do with her. Maybe that's why she quit the business.

@tman5634

Жыл бұрын

Some people need glasses, but aren't aware they do.

@7ebr830

Жыл бұрын

​@@tman5634 No, you had to be there. She had a rocking body, and when made up just right, such as on photo shoots, she really was easy to look at. Watching this video today, I can understand your scepticism, but you'll have to take our word for it that she was smoking hot when NT NON was all the rage.

@keepgoing1973

11 ай бұрын

Are you blind?? She looks ridiculous

@kramnam4716

11 ай бұрын

She’s still beautiful

Oh God they'd be locked up for that Moira Stewart impersonation now.

6:00 skit was amazing

God this takes me back to being 15 again (:

Still so funny, Brilliant.

Holy crap this has reminded me how good comedy was.

If you don't like trucking, tough luck