I'm from New Zealand and I have watched this over the years from being a child to now and I never tire of it or the other comedies in that era

@jayconroy8715

Жыл бұрын

Hi,yes I remember watching this in my younger years.stillbwatch it when I want a laugh 😂 , another kiwi here.

@foreignparticle1320

Жыл бұрын

Kia Ora - me too! My parents used to love this show (and others of the era), and as a young kid I just thought was fodder for "old people". As an adult I realise how incredibly well-written these comedies were. It's great to be able to come back and watch them again... I appreciate the comedy itself and also the time in which they were written. There's nothing like nostalgia with a good laugh attached!

@mekkz4744

Жыл бұрын

Steptoe and son is also great if you haven't seen them!

@tommyboy824

11 ай бұрын

Same. I'm from the US and always had more affinity for these shows. Are You Being Served, Fawlty Towers, On the Buses, etc. Cheers!

@rnrn607

10 ай бұрын

Hard out

Great comedy never ages it matures like a fine wine. Great comic actors are Loved and Never Forgotten, only need to think of Laurel and Hardy in that respect. Open all Hours one of the finest comedy shows ever made. R.I.P Ronnie Barker ❤

I have been watching this great hidden gem of a show since I was very young, here in Texas. Even as a young kiddo, this show made me giggle with my grandparents and now in my 40's STILL watching and loving this show.

Old BBC shows like this were incredibly well written, not just a joke on every page of the script like American comedy, but non-stop quips and wit.

@fjccommish

Жыл бұрын

American comedy is far better than this crap.

@scottwallace3549

Жыл бұрын

You're lucky to find wit in America on Whitsunday.

@Camerasdontlie

Жыл бұрын

Well said. You can keep your new tv stuff. Nothing like the old British tv shows.

@britmum9

Жыл бұрын

@@Camerasdontlie My father is a good friend and I love inbreeding on

@wcampbell1502

Жыл бұрын

@@Camerasdontlie I can not agree with you more, and this to coming from an American, It is so nice to be able to see a lot of these on youtube. "this bloke was chatting up a bird that led to snogging in her flat, he was trying to get a leg over, but had to leg it out of there as the lady's husband came home early", I have watched enough brittish programs to be able to put together this sentence.

That sheep dog is gorgeous, it reminds me of my grandmas sheep dog sweep! 😘😊

@britmum9

2 жыл бұрын

❤I love your chin

Brilliant series and how far David Jason has come a great actor

Another perfect example of comic acting genius from messers Barker and Jason.

One of my ffff favourite shows of all ttt time.

I could watch these over and over again ❤

@jonesie1976ify

7 ай бұрын

I do, i listen to it at night whilst I drop off to sleep

I am an american, I first saw David Jason in the tv series only fools and horses when I was abroad, could not get enough of that show, found him again in the series "Darling buds of may sharing the screen with a very young Catherine Zeta-Jones, then saw him as a detective in the show A touch of Frost, And I just now came across this series on you tube. I love love love dry witty humor, sometimes I think I was born on the wrong side of the pond. I also came across tv series My family, loved it, all of the DR Who series, well all but the last one,Red Dwarf, Top Gear, Are you being served, Keeping up appearances, Last of the summer wine, As time goes by, MI 6, also Man about town, Mind your language ect there is a phrase I believe is british when I first heard it, I laughed my "arse" off, and have used it multiple times here, "somewhere some village is missing its idiot" oh that is funny, anyone remember when Del boy was dealing with a rude cashier and asks "did you sue them" cashier she asks "sue who" answer "the people from the charm school"

@Rachel-ig2uq

Жыл бұрын

U sure Ur not british, love the way u correctly spelt arse. Have u seen Porridge? It's brilliant.

@wcampbell1502

Жыл бұрын

@@Rachel-ig2uq no have not seen porridge, but I definitely will search for it to check it out.

@Rachel-ig2uq

Жыл бұрын

@@wcampbell1502 u will love it, Ronnie Barker says it's his best work. Also the two Ronnie's Four candles sketch, watch the man behind the counters reactions. . Please let me know what u thought of porridge if u watch it.

@wcampbell1502

Жыл бұрын

@@Rachel-ig2uq I did see a couple of episodes on youtube funny funny stuff, and saw a bit of its sequel "going strait" I love dry humor. so after seeing it on you tube I did the search on "the Brit Box" and it is there, THE Brit box is a streaming service which I would imagine you are already familiar with if you live in the US. Thank you for queuing me to it

@Rachel-ig2uq

Жыл бұрын

@@wcampbell1502 I have to confess I'm useless with technology. I'm British so have them on DVD. I know I'm that old. One more suggestion then I will stop, STEPTOE AND SON.

I'm in the States and I found this series two years ago, when I get sad I search for this, now it's always recommended. My precious!!

@aled702

5 жыл бұрын

lionharehart There's a new series open all hours as well.

@lionharehart

5 жыл бұрын

@@aled702 but you can't view it in the States. I've seen small bits of it. I love it, Leroy and his dalliances are very entertaining, as are the entire cast.

@aled702

5 жыл бұрын

lionharehart Not the same without the late Ronnie Barker.

@lionharehart

5 жыл бұрын

@@aled702 Are you trying to make me cry??

@marylynch948

4 жыл бұрын

www.amazon.com/Roy-Clarkes-Open-All-Hours/dp/B001T21R6Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=Roy+Clarke%27s+Open+All+Hours&qid=1573392233&sr=8-1

YOU NEVER TIRE OF THIS HUMOUR ..🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Open All Hours. The epitome of British humour, in the days when the BBC could produce truly funny and wholesome shows, unlike todays Woke rubbish.

@christopherfitzgerald774

9 ай бұрын

Ain't that the truth. Todays BBC comedy is non-existent. The golden days of TV are gone.

@viorelpiscanu9425

5 ай бұрын

Absoluty!

@raymondhoare561

3 ай бұрын

​3rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl788

@LeftIsBest001

3 ай бұрын

Just watch it and STFU with your whinging and whining.

@LeftIsBest001

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, must be sooo hard for you old white geezers. Missing all the overt racism, sexism and misogyny really makes your lives a misery eh? 😂

One of the best of British comedy classics, they never get old for me.

I never should have come home again to the States after my two years in England from ‘73 to ‘75. Look what I missed! I’ve never heard of this show so I guess PBS never aired it in my area. Now I’ll watch it, so all’s not lost. 😂👍

When I have enough with today ' s world MADNESS , I like to take a break and see real comedy... For my soul& mind!😂😊

Like,are you being served,a delightful memory of harmless fun, with great acting.

I can never get tired of watching shows like this. Truly, this is when TV was absolute magic and excelled on every angle. I feel so homesick when I see the current times of now next to the times we lived many years back then, yesterday lives Forever!!!

@annettefowler4704

6 жыл бұрын

I AGREE SO MUCH WITH YOU!!!

@jkssr1885

6 жыл бұрын

me to, i can smell that store almost like the corner stores of the 50s

@jkssr1885

6 жыл бұрын

wish we could go back. I thought of opening a small store here to much RED tape

@charmainet5955

5 жыл бұрын

I wasn't even born when this show was on but I can see the appeal. Funny storyline, interesting characters, just right for the duration. It doesn't advertise itself with over the top effects and try too hard with relevant talking points unlike today's popular shows. I watch this to relax. It's just a quiet and entertaining tv series. It must be nice when corner shops were the norm, they have a cosy feel about them.

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

@@jkssr1885 The one we had in our block always smelled sweet and fruity only it was mainly the smell of bubblegum I guess. Oh, I was so very young then and the shopkeeper would play a fish face to me pulling out his ears. Lol It was the 70’s then. I never forgot that shop and it took me by surprise finding a whiff of its smell in a box of Bonux laundry powder decades later.. the lemon one. Awe.. it was such a joy to me. I would open the box and breathe the air.. recreating the days gone by in my mind. 😌 If only…

It’s my childhood. Watching with my grandad. ❤

miss seeing little M.Gs, Triumps, Fiat Spiders, Porsche Boxters and on and on from the 70s, so much fun.

Aside from one episode, mom recorded all of these on VHS video from the tv. Some epic hours laughing. Reruns after reruns. Rest in Peace mom & Mr Arkwright.

@bokhans

Жыл бұрын

❤

@fjccommish

Жыл бұрын

Your memory of your mom is a TV show? Sad.

@fjccommish

Жыл бұрын

@@Vincent-jl6vu Don't make TV your memories.

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

I did the same with the Virginian, an American western show and Northern Exposure. I had to put them away since the video player we had had broken and they are discontinued. 😞

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

@@fjccommish That's one of the cruelest and most idiotic things I've read in the past few months.

I watch this to get some sense of reality in this dystopian woke world we're forced to live in.💟

I used to work in a shop like this when I left school, that was in 1961.

@AnnetteMurphyger

6 жыл бұрын

Mary Tunstall my family used to have a shop growing up in rural Ireland!

@bena.k.athewantedraccoon4360

4 жыл бұрын

I worked in a sweet shop just like this in my home in Ireland for four years

@johngerard697

3 жыл бұрын

Phorrrrr that Nenenurse Ggggladys Emmanuel Granville phhhhorrrr

@WalterJoergLangbein

3 жыл бұрын

We still have such a shop in our village. It exists since the 1870ies. The present owner took over from his father. He is 70 now and has no successor.

@WalterJoergLangbein

3 жыл бұрын

Our little village-shop is the center of our village. ONCE wie had two pubs, one closed years ago and the remaining one opens only at the weekends. About 350 people live in our village, situated 100 kilometers south of Hannover.

That sheep dog is soooo cute, I remember my grandmas sheep dog. 😍

"Fig Biscuits" and "Inspirational Toilet Rolls", truly a Marriage of "Convenience".

"Inspirational Toilet Roll!" "L-louder Sir Jasper."

Ronnie barker David Jason two of the best comedy greats together super comedy .Unlike modern comedy this makes you laugh and want to watch over and over again “brilliant!

I loved these English shows back then and now ❤❤🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺

Playing them back to back. Each time I find something deeper in sense.. something approving.. something that fits a recent feeling or wave of misfortune or feeling of hopefullness or easiness .. like in a prayer. Quite relatable!

David Jason may not look twenty something but he does a convincing impression with all that energy.

@angelkotilainen

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr, he's in his mid to late 30's and he looks at least 30, but he does pull of a convincing naive younger man somehow.

@EditorOfSL

3 жыл бұрын

We don’t know that he’s meant to be twenty something - it’s implied he’s actually older but Arkwright never tells him his true age in case he asks for a rise! That’s why Granville always complains about wearing a pinny.

@brianmcneill1972

2 жыл бұрын

he would have been 40 or 41 here and was wearing a hairpiece on the back of his head as well

There was two corner Shops near to where I lived in Gelli Rhondda. One was owned by a Mr Candy and the corner shop we called Candy's and on the other side Was Peglars Corner Shop

that sheep dog was beautiful when I was younger I always wanted one but never did but I’ve had many different kind of dogs over the years and loved them all so can’t really complain

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

I have owned 2, one was a lovely rescue and her cancer came back, she died a year after first giving her the home she deserved...The second was a beautiful boy puppy and lived a good longer life. Both had shorter coats than the one on here , keeping them clipped means they get a fuller life, otherwise they would always be in the bath and being groomed. Getting a cuddle from an Old English Sheepdog is phenomenal...you can't beat it. I miss them both! 😭😭❤️❤️

" ... but he only got as far as Aldershot !" :-)

Wish they had more. I watch this show every night b4 bed. (better than the blasted news)

@Tony-hx2fj

5 жыл бұрын

if all else fails, watch Laurel and Hardy. It puts you in a good mood to go to sleep. Yes , I forbid my wife from watching the news before bedtime!!!!

@Uglybtchesinc

4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@liberty_and_justice67

Жыл бұрын

Same!😊

@besfilms4971

Ай бұрын

Same

Dear david jason hes so funny god bless the late ronnie barker in heaven he was soooooo funny and so clever i loved him and ronnie corbett too very funny and very clever god bless both of them in heaven thanks to both of them for all the joy they brought me and everyone else too who has ever watched either open all hrs or the 2 ronnies or porridge for that matter granted ronnie corbett wasnt in porridge but the show was still funny nonetheless

One of my favourite episodes ever! 😂 when he sings "inspirational toilet roll" in a monk chant is just a top scene 😂

@me_fault

Жыл бұрын

they should have called it inspiration-roll

@Angela-ob8wd

3 ай бұрын

MIND YOU EVERY EPISODE WAS FANTASTIC & FUNNY

Favorite episode of OAH, every scene is a gem of great acting and writing!!

Kathy Staff 😂👍

the sheepdog scene at 3:34 is so cute. one clever dog

One of my favorites! When he hits that guy with his bike I laugh to the point of tears every time. 😂there are so many funny bits to this episode it’s hard to choose the best. From the car chase to wavy Mavis talking to the shopkeeper’s ghost. It’s timeless! ❤️

I can't get over young Mavis and that hair'style'!!!🤭🤭❤️❤️❤️

@britmum9

2 жыл бұрын

I used to shave my booty with a comb

Love the scene where Wavey Mavey tells Arkright she had crossed the luncheon meat off her list after he walked all the way over, then Arkright puts a big cross with a texts on the tin. Inspirational comedy.

@emmapasqule2432

8 ай бұрын

great scene and acting!

@britmum9

8 ай бұрын

​@@emmapasqule2432You look absolutely gorgeous. Have you ever had it up your R's Hole?

Big Girls Blouse, great saying.😂😂😂😂😂😂

One of my favorite episodes

Found this seris and have been watching it over and over again even during the lockdown and Christmas time too. Thank you for putting these golden gems up for us. 😄

@emmapasqule2432

8 ай бұрын

youre so welcome! glad you enjoy them.

The sheepdog stole the show 😁

Comedy legends

Absolute quality!

“....they call me Mavis”

takes me back to the corner shops when i was young , way back in time

@murraysumpter4236

6 жыл бұрын

Me, M, Me, M, Mee too !

@annettefowler4704

6 жыл бұрын

ME TOO

Ber ber ber brilliant!

HA -yesterday at the supermarket, I just purchased four packets of those same FIG ROLL biscuits @ 21:03 in what appears to be still the same packaging in 2023 - HA - I better check the use by date. Just had one - HA - all fine. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

*Mavis - is so real 👌🏻* …. Doesn’t even feel like she’s acting 🎭

We had the best comedy in this country when I was a child lots of hearty laughing love this can watch it over and over. love the video

They have such a cool relationship 😊 They talk and chat all the time about everything and uncle is always with ready wisdom for his day-dreamer nephew :)

Back when comedies were actually funny!!!

whatever David Jason is, it turns out to be hilarious and spectacular one!

Apart from loving this series i love spying out the old brands of foodstuffs & the prices are gobsmackingly cheap compared to what we pay now. Also the cigarettes with their own brand packaging! It made getting your correct brand 95% easier. Since they have been in the same dark Khaki brown packs for the last half a dozen years i still get home & find my newsagent has given me the wrong brand. Its so hard for him to read along the numerous same colour packs trying to read the brand name when the shop is full of customers! Why they had to change the packs mystifies me. Oh for those simpler days when we had a chance to buy food, heat our homes & have the night out once per week! Things in Britain are dreadful these days, were the poorest nation in Europe! Sigh! Thank you for the video Regards 🇬🇧👧

Brilliant ,thankyou for posting😊

When Britain was still Britain, we had many advantages. One was being able to laugh - and often at ourselves.

Granviiillle!

One of the classics why can't they make sitcoms like this anymore? Only fools n horses' Rising damp, Porridge, Steptoe and son, Till death us do part, Last of the summer wine and Dads army. All we get now is never ending cooking programmes and so called celebs dancing on ice rubbish.

"She's had him for years." "I suppose he's had her, as well." 😄😄😄

British comedy. Best in the world

It never gets old.

One of me favorites, and that brass band at the opening still makes me laugh when I hear it ..... knowing what was coming up for the program after that! Arkwright tending shop some place where the 'til never grabs a finger.

My alltime favorite scene Arkwrights fall down the cellar👌😁

There are no situation comedies that come close to this today. The true test is the test of time. This, Porridge, Fawlty Towers never seem to age. Only Fools and Horses came close on times.

Coffin over the bread goes down well with a nice greasy spread of dripping, Morning germs & bacteria to start the day

Was Ronnie Barker in anything at all (from The Navy Lark onwards) where he didn't give a 100% professional performance? He was good.

@EditorOfSL

3 жыл бұрын

Like him in this? Watch Clarence - a comedy he wrote himself about a removals man with poor eyesight who falls for a housemaid just after the First World War. That. Is. Hilarious.

@xr6lad

Жыл бұрын

@@EditorOfSL yes it was. Yet is seldom remembered yet I md it hilarious as well.

SO NICE I WATCH THEM EVERY DAY.

Was born in the 2000s but shouldve been born in like the 50s better than today I'll tell you that for facts

@sgrannie9938

Жыл бұрын

2000s not much fun for us born in or before the 50s either 🤷🏼‍♀️

OMG, that till 😂😂😂 (I worked one nearly identical long time ago. I didn’t like being alone with it 😳)

I think the guy that drives the sports car after Granville tooting his horn, makes an appearance in a later episode as the Supervisor/boyfriend of Granvilles love of his life, the milk delivery lady...when Granville gives her flowers and he shoves them back at Granville.

Brilliant: " I' give you one large tin and charge for two small ones"😂😂😅

thank you for the upload its nice to see somebody putting on a whole episode instead of 3 mins

3:33 always get me, so cute, that one good dog

Our life is short 😂. I remember I watched this for the first time in Australia and I’m still watching in Australia and laughing but I Love “Mind your language “😂. “Mind Your Language “ is the best👍👍👍

I've said similar " Why does someone have this thing about workers starting so bloody early " Yet the office lot ,no so. The mail office 9.00 am , the Bank 9.30 am.

Simply the best !!

The funniest scene in all of the episodes when Arkwright falls down the cellar.

That sheep dog's adorable. >w

@jamsdodger8970

7 жыл бұрын

I love all those people that come in through through the door, coughing and spluttering on the comestibles in the shop. They are hilarious, especially the man who coughs all over the bread display. I also love the "Dulux" Dog that comes in. carrying a big basket with it's order in. Hilarious. !!!!!!!!!

@joemcevoy6729

7 жыл бұрын

Bilko

@jamsdodger8970

7 жыл бұрын

I love it when Arkwright falls through the trap door - hilarious !!! Mind you, doesn't David Jason do something similar when he was in Only Fools and Horses as Del Boy, when him and Trigger (Roger Lloyd Pack) were trying to impress a couple of young women at a local bar and he fell through the space that was left after the barman opened the top of the counter he had previously been leaning against !!!??!!! This was equally hilarious and also one of the most famous scenes in it. The other one being the episode where they are cleaning the chandileir, and it crashes to the ground.

@jamsdodger8970

7 жыл бұрын

I love that Sheepdog. How they got it trained to carry a shopping basket into the store, sit down and wait whilst Granville went through it's shopping list, and then carrying said shopping home again, I will never know. Brilliant !!!!

@carlnapp8673

7 жыл бұрын

It is Benjy from "Yes Prime Minister".

The guy fixing his car is the spit of my dad 😆

tongue in cheek at its best innuendo brill

great episode.

An utter classic 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

Why does everything cost £1 !!!!!!! Love the shows, a classic

Remind our Granville in future to keep his trap shut

25:56 "You wouldn't get this sort of economic training anywhere in... AAARGH!"

14:59 That scene is so funny. 😂

So many wonderful laughs ` delited

I'd totally fa fa forgotten about this show until I found this vid just by chance lol. I think the last time I saw an episode was 1980'something. Those were the days of awesome tv for the whole family.

Is it on your list? Yes but lve crossed it off! Love Mavis

@shilohbrutalis582

Жыл бұрын

As it was playing!!!!

If you look closely the dog actually nods his head no after being asked if he wanted fig biscuits.

@AnnetteMurphyger

6 жыл бұрын

Atomik Fajita funny dog

@onyiking4883

4 жыл бұрын

...then the dog walks past the shop again without the basket which tells me he lives on the curbside after having cocked his leg up on the brushes and brooms!

Meavis; “I’ve been tinking about buying a can of salmon.” “Did you wright it down?” “Yes...” He is getting Meavis a can of salmon and when he returns; “... but i crossed it.” This should have been in The Four Candles skit. Briljant none the less😂

@torrox27

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't salmon it was luncheon meat ;)

@EditorOfSL

3 жыл бұрын

They probably call it salmon in the US because they don’t know what luncheon meat it! 😂

@draganpajvancek

9 ай бұрын

But the best is when he crossed out the can with a marker and even left the marker to charger her 🤣

Funny! And the future Inspector Frost!

I now watch still open all hours

That.. Must have hurt >.> when Granville hit the guy with his horn

Love it when Arkwright falls through the trap door. Didn't David Jason do something similar in Only Fools and Horses. ????

@dorielle62

6 жыл бұрын

His grandad did !

@thetoiletinspector6878

6 жыл бұрын

dorielle62 I thought it was the Uncle. It was the episode where Rodney went out and spent all their money on suntan lotion when it was Autumn or Winter, which left them without any money. On the way past the nags head they bumped into the manager who was loading kegs down into his basement. The Uncle then went out and fell down the steps to the basement so that they could try to sue the Brewery for compensation.

@dorielle62

6 жыл бұрын

Right you are uncle not grandad, and then in court it turns out this was not his first fall for compensation !

@Horsley-Green

4 жыл бұрын

dorielle62 I think Jams Dodger was talking about Del falling through the bar flap

Best ever ❤