I'm from across the pond. Here in the U.S.A. we had some non-profit PBS Channels that on Saturday night from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. it's British Comedies. A huge following here in America! Even though it's just reruns we appreciate the wonderful humor! Best to ya',,,,!

@toddparke8535

5 ай бұрын

They finally did away with the BritComs on New Jersey Network after close to 40 years. I miss them, hate the new programming.

@walterminer4990

5 ай бұрын

@@toddparke8535 That's really sad! This may sound weird. But too me, they are like a trip back to years ago when life was simpler! I've watched them since the 80's! Funny, clean humor! Look on here there are some. Best to ya',,,,!

@alonenjersey

4 ай бұрын

Thanks to the good people @ PBS I began getting hooked past British sitcoms back in the early 80's. My beloved Mom (R.I.P.) was a HUGE fan of "Keeping Up Appearances."

@otto8049

3 ай бұрын

Iowa PBS did yeoman's service to broadcast Brit humor. My Canadian wife did the translation. Pure Genius

@alonenjersey

3 ай бұрын

@@otto8049 Did your wife get her fair shares of laughs while translating?

Did you see em!??? “Only very briefly” hahaha

I am going to miss Lynda Baron so much! What a wonderful woman. Such a warm, joyful humour and so kind. Loved her in Come Outside as well. I am very sad today. Rest with angels eternally dear, lovely lady All my childhood going ….

ARKWRIGHT: it all started when we had B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B GRANVILLE: it's no good you know I don't understand morse code 😂😂

@codzy3532

4 күн бұрын

my dear old mum used to laugh at when he said to granville wwwhhhyyy yyyyoooo sshhooowwiingg yyyouurr daaanngggler granvilles necklace with this open shirt bwahaha

I loved watching this series when i was a kid with my dad. He introduced me to all the comedy greats - Open All Hours, Only Fools & Horses, Blackadder, Porridge, Steptoe & Son, Up Pompei, Are You Being Served, Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em, On The Buses, etc. Good times 😊❤️

@Mk-xh3sm

3 ай бұрын

You missed one You rang m lord

@danielfrench753

3 ай бұрын

Dad's army

R.I.P Nurse Gladys. Brilliantly acted.

@ammo8713

Жыл бұрын

I AGREE.....SHE WAS A REAL SWEETHEART ! 👀❤

🇬🇧 In my youth in the early to late 1960s we used to have a most wonderful village shop! They had a tiny post office in one of the corners and apart from regular groceries in which butter was sold from a great barrelled chunk, & your bit was cut off, weighed then wrapped in greaseproof paper & closed with a sticker with the shop name on it. Tea was scooped from a big wooden chest into special silver paper packets. They sold balls of knitting wool, patterns & knitting needles Magazines & newspapers Cords of wood, tools, gardening supplies, first aid items, greetings cards, art materials paint pots, paint brushes, animal feed, bags of hay, huge bags of potatoes, & out the front of the shop, like Arkwrights, tresle tables with fruit & veg, a stand full of fesh flowers, mops, buckets, coal skuttles, shovels Brush & pan sets. They even sold ( on occasion) cellophane packs of stripey sheets & pillow cases, tablecloths Cushion covers, tea towels & big yellow dusters. Then there were toys, many handmade by the local carpenter & they were wonderful & beautifully painted in bright colours, cards of buttons, zips Thread & needle kits, stationery A limited supply of reading books which were mainly romantic bodice rippers or lonely hearts novels!! The shelves of huge jars of sweets used to keep the kids mesmerized for ages, deciding which sweets to chose! It would take me an hour to list all the types of sweets but i always loved the bags of rainbow drops, Coloured sherbet, spearmint chews, nutty brittle, cinder toffee & liquorice allsorts. Im seeing the whole shop in my mind as i write this & the memories are as clear as a bell I can remember going in with my one shilling pocket money & buying tins of floral talcuum powder, a few bags of fruity chews - fruit salads, refresher chews & black jacks! Maybe a comic or a girl comic like the Beano & the Topper, as i grew older it was the Bunty & The Judy, later it would be Jackie magazine with posters of pop stars in it and the Petticoat mag with fashions & beauty tips!! I also remember the WONDERFUL smell in the shop, it was a mix of a sweet vanilla pipe tobacco, floor polish, wood & lemony pine I dont think there was anything That the shop Didnt sell! Oh yes & shelves full of pop/soda, Dandelion & Burdock was my favourite! Then id buy a bag of sherbet & 2 boiled fruit lollies to dip into my sherbet. I also remember they managed to squeeze in a cosmetics stand It was Rimmel & all the young girls & teenagers went nuts buying lipsticks & eyeshadows. I even remember buying my 1st lipstick it was a silvery pink called " Sugar Ice" & it cost me 1/11 or 1 shilling & 11 old pennies I hid it in my dressing table draw & used to sneak it out ( because I was just 11 or 12yrs & not allowed to wear make up) when i called for my best friend & we both smothered it on, ( probably looking as if we had consumption) we'd just wander up & down the streets & lanes passing the lads standing on the Corners. We thought we were the Bees Knees! Lol, my friend had a bottle of hairspray which we'd spray on our backcombed hair until it had the hold of a motorbike helmet so stiff was our hair do! We must have ponged like a hoard of demons! As well as the astringent smell of the hair spray we also splashed a perfume called Evening in Paris, or White Fire, they were the most popular fragrances of the time Ahh such sweet & happy memories, things were so much simpler then, uncomplicated. There was never any vandalism or fighting, no drug taking except for quick smokes behind the sports pavilion in the park. People left their doors unlocked Burgularies were unheard of, everyone looked out for each other & the old folks sat on the front steps keeping an eye on the little ones, all of us kids were safe then. Im so privileged to have had a childhood & early teens in our village, they really were golden years. Anyway, if you've reached this far i hope you enjoyed my wee jaunt down nemory lane Regards 🇬🇧👧

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your highly detailed and nostalgic story about the very well supplied shop of your childhood, and your hijinks with your friend. It reminds me of the old timey country general stores of my own childhood in West Virginia in the 70s. The ramble-tamble cramped but efficient layout of everything hidden away in just about every conceivable square inch available. There were several, but the only one whose name I recall atm is Stahlman's, and although I can visualize them all to some extent, I can't recall for sure which one that one was. We weren't at any of them frequently, as they weren't convenient to where we lived in the country. And if we were passing by the one or two that were, it was sadly, on the way to a bigger store in the small town that had more selection and better prices. But I always loved the smells, similar to the ones you mentioned, and the unusual things available. I'd leave some Google Maps links to the few buildings still standing, but KZread usually deletes anything like that. They are wretched. The Southern States feed store in Spencer, WV, is still there. It's a small chain that we resupplied our farm many times a year. It always had the smell of animal feeds and leather and machinery oil, etc, that I loved. And in those days, the cigar and aromatic rum(?) or other flavored pipe tobacco smoke that the farmers always smoked. Across the parking lot was where the small, but slightly "world famous" (at least it attracts some people from around the world) Black Walnut Festival is still held every year. And the carnival rides that always made us children look forward to it with anticipation every year. And across the creek on the other side, is the old high school, now a middle school I think. Which I attended. And my father. He and I had the same English teacher about 30 years apart from each other, old Mrs "Iron Pants" Starche 😂. I don't suppose I ever knew her first name. But she was allegedly very tough, hence the nickname, although I didn't mind her. Lots of memories.

@kevinsaide8073

Жыл бұрын

Hi Italia - that sure reminded me of my being raised in a regional town in Australia - the local store had to provide a bit of everything and we only bought what we needed. Mum and Dad had 10 of us so we kept the local corner stores in business. Enjoyed reading your story.

@lindawhite4640

11 ай бұрын

I wish I could've experienced it. Sounds wonderful! Signed, Yank from America.

@alonenjersey

4 ай бұрын

Just stopping by to say "Thank you M'Lady" for sharing with folks on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The world seemed like a less insane place than it does today, doesn't it?

@Rhiannon-wv9dk

2 ай бұрын

Jackie and Petticoat! ❤❤❤ Best teen magazines ever.

Granville: Did you see 'em?! Arkwright: Only very briefly. XD

David Jason is fantastic in every series he does ❤ a true legend xx

@polygamous1

2 жыл бұрын

Of course he learned his ""trade" from the Best, comedies like this do Not exist on earth any more, but I agree with you after Ronnie Barker He is the Best

@AymeeDonovan

2 жыл бұрын

@@polygamous1 nope they don't make them like this anymore. 😩❤

@johnhanson5943

Жыл бұрын

The same can be said about Ronnie Barker.

Love the stutter at the beginning when he's preparing to fire

Ronnie Barker & David Jason, what a class act, miss yesterday's TV.

@SuperTed19021

5 жыл бұрын

This series was good because of Barker and Jason. Both are genius actors. Barker retired too son. I still miss that guy.

@patwatters8205

4 жыл бұрын

By heck, nurse Gladys is a well built lass😋😋

The falling off the ladder "Bloody burglers" is a classic moment. I miss these classic shows. The writing and timing of the comedy......just brilliant.

I have always loved this show ! Came across it around 3 years ago on Prime video Brit channel. 😊

@briseboy

29 күн бұрын

3 years differs significantly from "always."

I love when he falls off the ladder shouting “b b b b b b bloody burglars!” Don’t get tired of watching this

@73egg

5 жыл бұрын

I was in the middle of writing this comment when it moved on to this episode, I was referring to the episode with the dog.

After 40+ years of me enjoying this gem, in 2023, it is a sweet relief to the pcwokewtf?! Thank you for sharing

@briseboy

29 күн бұрын

Please continue to add your grumpiness, even to comedies! There's NEVER enough grumpiness without your offensiveness ruining everywhere you comment.

im australian an you guys in england must miss the old corner shops that looked like that growing up as a kid back in the day over here too we had our local shops everything now is gone so sad and we,re all getting older God bless everyone 😊

@gemmarayner1897

Жыл бұрын

Yeah we do 🥲 such a good comedy era. Allo, keeping up appearances, open all hours, porridge, only fools and horses the list goes on. Comedy is so bad nowadays ☮️

@gemmarayner1897

Жыл бұрын

God bless you too. ✌️💚☘️

@alonenjersey

4 күн бұрын

Here in Rahway, N.J. (US) we have a couple of shops similar to Arkwright's corner shop. They somehow manage to survive despite bigger competition. God bless them.

@codzy3532

4 күн бұрын

@@gemmarayner1897 yeh my 22 yr old grandsons humour is terrible he calls mine grandparent humour the things they laugh at too not even funny

Dig the look on his face! Like when I first saw Niagra Falls for the first time.

I used to love this and my much missed and loved mum loved Ronnie Barker xx 💕😊

And she was marvelous in the episode of Last of the Summer Wine "Getting Sam Home." A very versatile and talented actress. RIP.

Awww We love you Nurse Gladys .......Classic Open Our hours viewing🥰

@alonenjersey

Ай бұрын

What was not to love?

@JayneCooney-ku6vm

Ай бұрын

The only things is her name she has name of my enemie at work I can't stand the name

@Barbarellacapsule

Ай бұрын

@JayneCooney-ku6vm When it comes to names we all have different taste,the writer chose whitty names for all of the cast,it was a great series

"I just wanted to tell ya both.." I lost it! 😂🤣😂🤣

One of the best British sitcoms.

The good old days of comedy when nobody got offended pure genius and comedy gold

@schindlerteejay94

2 жыл бұрын

nowadays, snowflakes keep falling down from the sky via twitter and other “offensive” bullcrap while us brits have a another ronald mcdonald as health secretary.

@satireisnotdead5804

2 жыл бұрын

There'd be multiple complaints about Gladys Emmanuel, they'd write her off as generic sexy nurse who only exists for gratification of the men-folk, without even bothering to look at the context, because she's actually quite a shrewd lass, and is only doing what anybody else would do if their boundaries are not being respected

@davidoconnell4100

Жыл бұрын

UK comedy in the 1970s was incredibly racist and sexist. If you didn't notice it's because you like that sort of thing.

@damarekonayaro5781

Жыл бұрын

@@satireisnotdead5804 All going inside your own head. Obvious old nonce.

@joejackson9986

Жыл бұрын

@@schindlerteejay94 hell yeah! i miss the good ol' days when we could just say n--, and f---, without some of these coloreds getting all upset!

Nurse Gladys was beautifully put together

@fionamiller5191

3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully put together? She wasn't a jigsaw ? Lol

@baberoot1998

3 жыл бұрын

"One were bigger than the other!" Bahahahahahaha!!!!

@Sherirose1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes she is so beautiful.

@SamuelBlack84

2 жыл бұрын

A very generous pair on her 😄

@theoztreecrasher2647

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamuelBlack84 Yep. You don't g-g-g-get many of them to the p-p-p-pound! 😃

David Jason was gr8 as count duckula in the 80s cartoon 😂

i love this episode . when he shoot's the ceiling tile , i just lose it every time . man they don't make them like Ronnie Barker anymore . that's too bad , it would make tv watching now worth watching again .

Classic comedy gold - loved this show and had teenage crush on nurse Gladys - What a woman!

@alonenjersey

Ай бұрын

What a woman indeed.😍 Never have a much love for Skinny-Minis" as they said in my dads' time.

Ladies & Gentleman, Ronnie Barker: Comedic Genius.

@roohamm2456

2 жыл бұрын

(the crowd goes wild)🥳

Lynda baron. What a lovely lass. God bless you sweetheart.

This is one bloody great show I grew up on shows like this I miss the good old days hat of to all the actors in this show

Man, David Jason and his finest achievements in life. Old-time cartoons, comedies, these are REAL times for television. =)

(whistling at thumbnail pic) what a pair of knockers!

I'm Boston guy and always wondered what you guys watched on tv back in the day, I like this, funny characters, thank you.

You wouldn't know that Fletcher and Arkwright was the same man. Ronnie Barker-comedy genius. How I miss him.

@Toby_the_Glen

Жыл бұрын

Of course, Norman Stanley Fletcher was the pinnacle of his various personas. This was more like Ronnie. A man, trapped by his low class upbringing, stuck in a loop of petty crime, all the while being hugely intelligent, well read, considered but choosing to use his powers for bad not good? That's genius.

It's setting of the shop I love seeing the old ways just brilliant

Roy Clark was a genius

I forgot how much I love this show. Thank you for keeping it alive m8. Much love and respect.

It's hard to believe that I was only 22 when this was aired, how the time has gone.

Thankyou thankyou thankyou... best tv in the world. So glad it was part of my life ...by gum! A right bobby dazzler

@vivienneoneill5400

28 күн бұрын

Love that comment.❤❤❤❤❤

"It can't happen when your backs turned. That's an anatomic impossibility." Bahahahahahahaha!!!!

One of my favourite episodes of a favourite series 😊👍

I can't believe Lynda Barron (Nurse Gladys) was one year older than David Jason (Granville), it's so believable that she is much older than him..they were clever.

@angelkotilainen

3 жыл бұрын

Yes David had a baby face, he was 36 in the first series of Open! He was meant to be 19 yrs in this but they later said he was 26 yrs. Lynda looks around 40 so it works out. In one Carry On film the mother is only 1 year older than her adult daughter lol i love how they bend ages for tv. It's kinda fun to spot it! :)

Am watching all the episodes and this one is a bit surreal after the first 3, maybe it's just me. I really don't remember this show being so saucy and fast paced. Absolutely classic British comedy.

Arkwright at the window giving them both barrels and nurse Gladys doing the same.😉

As a boy I looked Just like Kevin Moreton, same hairstyle, same jacket and I too was Yorkshire born.

Don't crit there siticizing!!! Boy, Lynda Baron looked fabulous here x

"I can't understand Morse code"..😂😂😂

"Listen would ya clean this nameplate here, my names Arkwright not D-Darkwright!" 😂😂😂

A wonderfully funny comedy that ran from the 1970s into the 80s. And starring the legendary duo Ronnie Barker & David Jason. Two of Britain's finest team up in this timeless Classic.

Amazing to think that David Jason started Only Fools and Horses whilst still doing Open All Hours. He's neither a Londoner nor a Yorkshireman but is so convincing in both roles.

Lovely pair! 🤪

Wow. I need a nurse like Gladys

Ha remember this episode in particular- I wonder why! RIP Lynda 😍

Im 45 now and when I was a kid I really fancied her....

@beaterbikechannel2538

Жыл бұрын

I'm 39 and I'd watch this at my grans house in my early teens. I remember her saying "you'll go blind" if I went to the toilet after. She knew.

@alonenjersey

Ай бұрын

@@beaterbikechannel2538 😅Thanks for sharing. My first laugh of the day.

Nurse G-Gladys. What a pair of bristols, in fairness.

@ShaunTheCHB

3 жыл бұрын

A very big pair.

@joedent3323

2 жыл бұрын

a very very big pair.

@alonenjersey

Ай бұрын

Impressive..........Most impressive.😊

I adore this comedy! Thank you!!

The knockers on that woman!!

@jaymalley8866

3 жыл бұрын

Old arkright had a good aye for the dames

@baberoot1998

3 жыл бұрын

"One were bigger than the other!" Bahahahahahaha!!!

@turboslag

3 жыл бұрын

No complaints here!!

I wish , I was born in 50s . What a fantastic time was it .

@SpeccyMan

5 жыл бұрын

The series wasn't set in the 50's, it was set in the 70's and it is "I wish I were" not "I wish I was."

@based7900

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpeccyMan aye but if born in 70s he'd be to young to remember it so if he were born in 50s he'd be in his 20s,thus being able to appreciate it more if you will, and btw no one likes a grammar Nazi

@theoztreecrasher2647

Ай бұрын

@@based7900 Can't agree about the "Grammar Nazi" old son! No more obvious symptom of the slide in modern standards than the abortions posted here by the obvious morons of today.

Nurse Gladys was a babe. Its a shame we all have to grow old in life but If only Linda Baron still looked beautiful like she did in OAH

"It wasn't her was it?!?!" Bahahahahaha!!!!

in the one where it's parslow's funeral, when Mrs.Parslow rings Arkwright, he's like "hello Lily, it's me Ark Ark Ark Ark Ark Ark, how'd you guess?" I love Arkwright

Maureen's a cutie, she was also in on the buses.

Just heard the sad news Linda Barron has passed away Rip condolences to her family and friends 🙏

What a set 💦

@alonenjersey

27 күн бұрын

Impressive. Most Impressive

It's no good you know I can't understand Morse code 😂

What's with all the dislikes? This show is amazing

@DanceySteveYNWA

4 жыл бұрын

Millennials probably not happy there's just great writing and no meaningless, and random-ass memes involved. (Plus it's 480p and they only do 720p and upwards) 😁

@darrylcotton2322

3 жыл бұрын

i think their mothers dropped them on their heads . and more then once i would think .

@TomouskiPlayz

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly people are like that unfortunately but look how many people have liked the videos on this channel though

@sladecrazyfan

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the sort that listen to today's music,it is all done on computers with some guy talking instead of singing,says a lot for the mentality .

@Maesterful

2 жыл бұрын

@@sladecrazyfan Bleeding punk rockers. I don't like them!

Love that thumbnail! What a spectacular set!

Lynda Baron managed almost literally to be in two places at once: Baron is best known for playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC sitcom Open All Hours with Ronnie Barker and David Jason which ran for four series in 1976, 1981 to 1982 and in 1985, and was subsequently voted eighth in Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004.[4] The script asked for a character "of ample proportions", although she was in fact a slim build at the time. They overcame this by padding her clothes.[3] In the 1970s and 1980s, Baron co-starred in the ITV sitcom Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt […]

Another great episode,

Being Granville is what it would be like to die of boredom

Don't crit there citizing lol...instead of sit there criticizing. ....Total genius

I had such a big crush on Lynda Baron as Nurse Gladys. Her body was so heavenly!

@jamestipping5126

5 жыл бұрын

At the time the show was made the only thing full figured about her were her breast. She had to wear alot of padding to make her the size her character was.

@nathaniliescu4597

4 жыл бұрын

So you like big ugly fatties then? I see.

@MrVavant

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathaniliescu4597 reporting ur rude comments

@joedent3323

2 жыл бұрын

Minge Pie.

Love open all hours

@morrisonscott702

9 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 Racheal...

Everybody knows that we haven’t got a dog. We have we have woof woof woof

Nurse Gladys,bones me up!

Nurse Gladys is a knockout eyeful

@alonenjersey

4 күн бұрын

No argument from this fan in America. Never liked skinny women myself.

In some US cities you can be cited and fined for posting a "Beware of Dog" sign where there is no dog.

they are great thank you

Lynda Baron. Exceedingly pleasant.

It's like Dr Who is on and we've gone back in time.

Granville: "Did you see anything?!?!" Arkwright: "Only briefly." Bahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Arkwright: "One were bigger than the other." Bahahahahahahanahaha!!!!

Whenever ‘Mrs Ogden’ was mentioned by Granville, I couldn’t help thinking of Corrie’s Hilda Ogden.

Great comedy. Ty

Loved the view on that one she was on Allo Allo good viewing

Don’t sit their city seizing!! Lol 😂

Love it....

Shepherd With Pot ....sounds like a Hippies Boozer 😂😎🤣😜🤑.

Fantastic series 🤗

Keep up the good work!!

@stanleyedwards9373

6 жыл бұрын

Danny Randall said

Nurse Gladys theres a women put together properly

@baberoot1998

3 жыл бұрын

"One were bigger than the other!" Bahahahahahaha!!!

Critting there siticizing 😂😂

22:17 best line ever

This episode was the last on this vhs tape called open all hours from 1984

"Awwwight...don't crit there siticizing." Bahahahahahahahaha!!!!

You know why you clicked this video.

I used to fancy the pants of Lynda Baron......

1:26 The reason most of us young men watched this show.

@poindexterperriwinkle6272

7 жыл бұрын

Be ca ca ca careful, she was an engaged pe pe person.

@carlnapp8673

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Stone Of course!

@joantatham8623

7 жыл бұрын

JCBAirmaster73 b

@keithbardsley7728

7 жыл бұрын

joan tat had

@viragoshantz6890

7 жыл бұрын

Keith Bardsley hi

Addicted to these programmes but I do worry about animal cruelty in those times ....

10:46.. ''It all started with when we had ber be-be-be-be-b-be-be-b-b.... It's no good! You know I can't understand Morse Code!'' 😐

@jackbrown4130

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jackbrown4130

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/head/PLcim7P03yQawMzCPS4UeLewGkUuPVNzzu

10:45 🤣🤣🤣