Born in 1960 things have changed so much, not all for the better, but I enjoy this series, something innocent and old fashion. Thank you so much.

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

70’s here and I totally agree.

@ogloc8522

Жыл бұрын

I was born in 2002 and I love this show

@backupintheday9710

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The Present time is not a patch on these times.

@joethorpe6885

11 ай бұрын

It’s shit now

@JaniceWright-rv9oj

11 ай бұрын

I was born in 1960 😂🎉, he looked ridiculous hopping around on the street.of course he looked stupid hopping Down the street,

I was born in 61 and remember those shops.The smell of Bread. Getting a Jamboree Bag or a Zoom ice lolly.

I thoroughly enjoy these British Sitcoms

Gotta love the old comedies.

The good old days before supermarkets in a small town. Bakers for bread, butchers for meat, Vege shop for veges and fruit etc. A true community.

@nancya.nelson5810

6 ай бұрын

Right. Less choice, good meals and social interaction.

@SamuelBlack84

Ай бұрын

Wasn't it more expensive?

@Happyheretic2308

16 күн бұрын

@@SamuelBlack84far less wastage. You ate everything.

the "singing in the rain" sequence was hilarious.

Ronnie Barker and David Jason. True genius!

It's almost like going back in a time machine watching this series. I know it's probably only about 10% what it was really like to own a corner shop but I think it captures the mood of the time. If I was Arkwright"s assistant I would've been in histerics all day. 😂

@daynasmum529

14 күн бұрын

I did my mechanics apprenticeship in an old mower shop in Gisborne - the guy that owned the place was a spitting image of Arkwright in his manner - tight as they come& yeah, there were plenty of laughs not unlike when watching open all hours!

@TheTruthKiwi

13 күн бұрын

@@daynasmum529 ok, maybe it's more accurate than I gave it credit for. 😁

Best show ever.

this series is my daily medicine

RIP Nurse Gladys.

The brass version of “Singing in the Rain” - glorious!

@jdrancho1864

Жыл бұрын

So you like brass versions, eh?? Then check out the brass version of Guns 'n Roses Sweet Child o'mine. Thank me later.

My granddad’s “best” suit spent most of it’s time in the pawnshop, had to be “bought” back for weddings n funerals n returned shortly thereafter. Thanks for the upload 😊❤

" iv taken the liberty of putting your rice in it" gets me every time

Lynda Baron was a fine looking lady . I don't think they make em like that anymore .

@Maisiewuppp

3 ай бұрын

She was also a trained ballet dancer, hence the trim calves.

The 'Free Gift' of the paper bag is so ironically prophetic. All bags have to be paid for now, even paper ones which are fast disappearing from all shops. In fact many supermarkets make you buy a 'reusable' plastic net bag for veg and fruit. So by today's standards the Free Gift is worth quite a lot. I can even remember when there were corner shops which would pack a free shopping bag for me. These were reused by me as bin liners. Now I have to buy rolls of thin bags which break when there's anything in them. Oh, the good old days of service. Sigh . . .

@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794

Жыл бұрын

Precisely. We're being scammed. They will charge for the air we breathe soon.

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

I go to my local co operative health shop and buy unpackaged handmade vegetarian/ vegan soap and get it wrapped in a small paper bag ( free) ...

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

I hear you.

@infernalstan886

9 ай бұрын

The 2 major supermarkets in Aus replaced their paid plastic bags with paid paper bags

You could actually leave items out in front of your store & would be there the next morning ! 🤔

@larrythompson2116

2 ай бұрын

Why all the padlocks on the door then???

@johnnavarro9169

26 күн бұрын

To keep em safe from that hungry till..

I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN... OR IT IS AT VERY LEAST MY HOPEFUL INTENTION THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE AWARE OF HOW TRULY SOOTHING COMFORTING AND RELAXING THE RAIN THIS EPISODE IN THE OPENING ESPECIALLY

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

The dance, too 👌🏻👌🏻

@jonhohensee3258

Жыл бұрын

WHAT IS LESS SOOTHING IS WHEN SOMEONE FEELS THE NEED TO USE NOTHING BUT CAPITAL LETTERS.

@TheTruthKiwi

Ай бұрын

I hope you've found the caps lock/shift key by now.

I was born 1965 wat great comedy

Ronnie Barker is so believable in all the roles I've seen in him. Truly a fine actor.

@user-et6pj4db9s

4 ай бұрын

Yes he could really disappear into a role, when you watch this you totally forget he was fletch, I also saw him play a Welsh character perfectly too.

The hypnotist played Basil in ‘Waiting for God’, alongside Stephanie Cole (the Black Widow) 😊

These shops are part of my just got married time. Memories oh memories. 😅😅

So funny the foibles of living and working close to others...so many things to laugh about!.😊

Old school Comedy. Good stuff

One of the most enjoyable things to do during the show (now that I've watched it a few times) is looking at Arkwright's shelves and picking out brands that are still around today whose packaging hasn't changed much if at all (e.g. PG Tips, Heinz, Kellogg's rice crispies)

@angelkotilainen

3 жыл бұрын

Lol i do the same, and also i like looking at the prices. everything seems so much nicer when it's 19p.

@thebrainpimp136

3 жыл бұрын

As an American it is a great reason to watch. Most of that stuff I've never seen

@danielf1313

2 жыл бұрын

It’s equally enjoyable to plane-spot the various pictures Granville has up of fighter and bomber aircraft as well as his model kits that make an appearance in the odd episode. He even had a box of the Matchbox 1/32 scale Spitfire Mk.22 kit on a shelf in the kitchen once and a box of the Airfix P-51 Superkit in 1/24 cropped up in the shop in an earlier episode. What a bunch of anoraks we all are 😂

@FrancoiseBonnefoy1

Жыл бұрын

As a former coop-worker and whose father had a small neighborhood butcher shop, I do and enjoy the same thing.

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

@@FrancoiseBonnefoy1 That’s nice.

Fantastic great show & good to see old fashion comedy 🎭

Great fun, honest and cheeky fun, no smut etc!

I have watched open all hour,s for as long as Ì can remember and I think it is fantastic

Heart-warming ♥

I come to watch open all hours through thick and thin. It picks me up gently. It’s perfectly woven to heal and celebrate at the same time. 🥹

You’ll be sorry snapping your legs open like that 😂😂😂

Pure genius

Its almost 2020 and i have started re watching these again its still brill even though i have seen these loads of times

@DILLIGAS-GAMING

Жыл бұрын

its almost 2023 and still rocking Jon 😀

@jonevans6446

Жыл бұрын

@@DILLIGAS-GAMING don't blame you they will always be a classic

Proper Lucozade with the orange paper on.

@nathanlucas6465

Жыл бұрын

As a kid, I was always given that when I was ill. Just the taste of it makes me feel ill now 😆

Granville I can't hear you moving about I don't pay you for not moving about l used to work for a boss like that

I'm watching this classic show in 2019. Thanks!

@janettaylor4380

4 жыл бұрын

Also in 2020, classic comedy far superior to the vulgarity and bad language of current comedians.

@lewisbale1

3 жыл бұрын

Stephanie murria 2020

@HA-in1me

20 күн бұрын

2024 and will watch it again sometimes....just so much simple fun!

I enjoy this show so much plus it helps increase my vocabulary with words like reticule, Antirrhinum,embrocation, and terpsichore which I haven't heard before!!

@dannywestern831

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine Arkwright trying to say those words..🤣

@claireb4259

2 жыл бұрын

In that time people had a richer vocabulary. I learned a lot while reading classical fiction and looking up the words in a dictionary. It's something I still do.

@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794

Жыл бұрын

@@claireb4259 I'm not sure people did have a better vocabulary, but rather used different words which are no longer used.

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

@@claireb4259 the same here...I was 18 in 1981

@SamuelBlack84

Ай бұрын

All those contrafibularities

Grand show.👍🌹

'Mrs. Tur-tuh-tur-tuh-titterTattersall' 😂😂😂

The sausage scene never fails to crease me up!

"Doctors and nurses all playing doctors and nurses."

Those were the days that tailor-made suits were commonplace.

Love all the Ronnies.😍😍😍😍😍😍

Aww it’s just that tune 🎉 wow timeless ❤❤❤ this was a gem 💎

This is a funny ass show,,,, him complaining about the slit in the back of his jacket to his suit and then going from a button fly to a zipper fly, where his suit was supposed to be from World War II so funny no clean funny, something that you never see anymore thanks again to the chaps for the ladies that has provided these great shows

When Granville and Arkwright are eating breakfast, Granville is reading his book (Curse) you can see Granville is wearing the "D for Del" 9k gold chain that Del Boy wears in Only Fools and Horses. This episode was broadcast on March 22 1981, just five months before first episode of OFAH was broadcast.

@EditorOfSL

Жыл бұрын

D for…David? Maybe? 🤦‍♀️

@benjaminlumsden

Жыл бұрын

@@EditorOfSL It was bought by the OFAH costume department specifically for Del Boy.

@bluebyyou7504

11 ай бұрын

Good eye😊

@wandertree

9 ай бұрын

What is the book "Curse"? I can't find it anywhere. I was curious to read the plot.

Took me a while to figure out where I have seen the hypnotist. The second part of are you being served, grace and favour. That's young mr. Grace's attorney!

@bluebyyou7504

11 ай бұрын

Thorp..😄

@bluebyyou7504

11 ай бұрын

I hate to admit it, I like Grace and Favour, better than Are You Being Served...which I only found recently...I grew up on Are you being served.....I'm free.😘

@ericadavenport2039

5 ай бұрын

Thorpe, Thorpe, and Thorpe. He's the junior partner. He also Basil the Bonker in Waiting for God. Mrs. Featherstone is in that program as well. 🙂

5:29 I wonder if David Jason actually knew about this prank before the scene was shot? His and Ronnie Barker's reactions seemed very genuine 😂😂

@EditorOfSL

Жыл бұрын

I think that.

@martipowell2878

Жыл бұрын

Re: His and Ronnie Barker's reactions seemed very genuine > They R actors

@EditorOfSL

4 ай бұрын

@@martipowell2878Even the best actors can’t react genuinely to a scene! So they throw in tricks like that to get realism! D’uh!

It’s got a …..swish swish. 😆

its got a a fwish fwish , what the hells a whish whisht you know a fwish fwish fwish a zip fly lol hysterical

I love documentaries like this.

Aw! It's Basil the Bonker!

Granville!!! Fetch ye cloth!!

Far superior to present day comedians. These are classic.

@231rosslyn

5 ай бұрын

Also, well written. You couldn't survive today by writing this way - "no conflict", see how all situations are resolved amicably.

Thanks!!!!

I wonder if bickerdyke could have been Granville's birth father, as he implies he knew his mum rather well before Arkwright stops him. I think that's the biggest clue to who his father was that was ever given in all the episodes ❓

@AminTheMystic

3 жыл бұрын

H-H-H-Hungarian!

@nathaniliescu4597

3 жыл бұрын

No. You are overthinking it.

@EditorOfSL

Жыл бұрын

I think he’s just implying that Granville’s mother was actually promiscuous. Arkwright always jokes about it but I don’t think he wants Granville knowing that his mother practically had sex with everyone in the street.

@Emma-ex8gx

Жыл бұрын

I think you'd call him biological father not birth father

@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794

Жыл бұрын

I doubt if either of them know but there is the possibility that the tailor is the father, as the implication is that Granville's mum & the tailor were " active" together in the time before Granville was born. Neither Arkwright nor the tailor want to know if it's true or not because of the scandal that would lead to. As Granville's mum was "active" with a lot of men, they feel it is best to let sleeping dogs lie. Very different to today.

Is it weird to say I actually like this version of "I'm singing in the rain" then the original? =P

@iamironclaw

6 жыл бұрын

"Is it weird to say I actually like this version of "I'm singing in the rain" *more than* the original? =P"

@davebournemouth

6 жыл бұрын

I dont know whos idea it was, but the "singing in the rain" sketch is pure genius.

@Genevathistime

6 жыл бұрын

Nah it's awesome

@Trev359

6 жыл бұрын

Paddington Bear's version was even funnier.

@billybean8911

5 жыл бұрын

Ashley Potter morcombe and wise has a better version lol

Better days then!

5:12 😄😄😄 5:20 😂😂😂 5:29 🤣🤣🤣

The New Suit was the episode - where Ronnie Barker caught his finger in the till at 21:12 watch his reaction.

@stephenderbyshire7849

6 жыл бұрын

David Jason noticed the till had caught Ronnie Barker's fingers, too.

@andree824

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch!! That sure would have hurt.

@therenewedpoet4292

3 жыл бұрын

Great for Ronnie to carry on and use it.

One of my favorites

I now see where Rowan Atkinson draws his inspiration from, for his Mr. Beans character

@ericadavenport2039

5 ай бұрын

Who? Arkwright? Granville? Bickerdyke? Emmanuel? Gloria? I don't see Bean in any of them.

Bickerdyke, such a Northern name

4:32 Granville's finally gone pooo....po...po...pooo...over the bend.

27.18- its old Ned from To The Manor Born

The milk truck sounds as if it is electric.

@laurenappleton9961

7 жыл бұрын

Here's some info from the faq: Q: Why are milk floats usually electric? A: There are several likely reasons for this: the most commonly cited one is quietness of operation, as the doorstep milk delivery frequently occurs in the early hours of the morning, before most people are awake. However, compared with petrol or diesel engine vehicles, they are also very economical to operate under the constant “stop-start” conditions of the milk round, and directly emit virtually no pollutants into the atmosphere. Sadly, as fewer and fewer households have a morning milk delivery, the length of the rounds and distance between stops is increasing, and diesel floats are gradually replacing electric ones as the most practical choice. But there are still a lot of electric floats in daily service.

@cyadid

7 жыл бұрын

so it will not wake up people engine is less noisy

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

They were...

@dereksmith4177

Жыл бұрын

Milk floats in Britain are electric

Best episode.

Arkwright is his mother's brother

21:10 the only time the till actually gets him 😅 Just look at Sir David's face He see's it But they continued The show must go on ...

I would have taken my jacket off...

@HA-in1me

20 күн бұрын

of course but that tailors had two left hands it seems! :)

Count Duckula

Emrys James appeared ‘Fly You For A Quid’ - which was part of the ‘Seven of One’ series. RB thought that’d make it to series.

In a moment of frivolity, I just imagined Arkwright in the Dragon's Den convincing all the Dragons to impart with their money and walking out with triple what he asked for from all Dragons for 0% equity.

@maxwellmorse9027

Жыл бұрын

In a moment of frivolity who even speaks like that lmao 🤣 🤣

@Happyheretic2308

Жыл бұрын

@@maxwellmorse9027 people with a decent vocabulary.

@maxwellmorse9027

Жыл бұрын

@@Happyheretic2308 wow Andrew I think you've pulled mate 👍 🤣

@wizzwamf

Жыл бұрын

good evening lord cher cher cher cher john cauldwell der do come again i beh believe thats my executive cher chair your sitting in

Bickendyke could have freed himself by holding the suits in one arm, slipping his other arm out of his jacket, transferring the suits to his free arm, and then slipping completely free from the situation.

I can spend time in the past any time I want to like for example when watching reruns of Open All Hours instead of any current day recommended by KZread things to watch. Quite the new fangled display of magazines on this Open All Hours episode eh? And the inviting dance for milk maid delivery girls to attend too eh? While being thought of as not being lazy while maybe disobeying the Bosco boys further out west - Both at the same time.

I've never seen this bloke build an Ark yet. I don't think that he's living up to the family name.

But I really think this show should have been 1:00 Hour long instead of 30 : 00 minute long because as funny it is it must have had a high rating on whatever Network it was on you know what I think with today's technology speaking about the computer and the internet there should be of voting system for each show to determine the ratings of each show.

@Emma-ex8gx

Жыл бұрын

BBC

@TheTruthKiwi

Ай бұрын

I think an hour would be too long. The pacing would slow as they would have to fill the time and it would get boring imho

If things was them prices now the world will be easier to afford

@happycook6737

Жыл бұрын

It is fun to see the old prices and brands

The retail mind/industry is still like Arkwright today. Keep moving, suggest more, don't let them leave until signing up for store credit card!!

So obsessed with this show. Any one know why? I really need to stop rewatching these old episodes

@hana.the.writer5074

Жыл бұрын

Why stop if you feel comfortable watching them? I play’em back to back every single night as breaks after watching Poirot. They take off stress simply by simplicity! I have many choices but I choose them again and again. Dreaming of making a comic of them or a book with colorful illustrations. Is there anything like that? Shame if not.

@johnbull8959

Жыл бұрын

@@hana.the.writer5074 cd

The book Granville's reading at 4:52 and onward. The title is clear, "Curse". But the author isn't. Neither is the dust jacket notes on the back. I've spent a little while attempting to search by title and rough publication year circa 1980. The only one that comes up is a book by that title by the author Daniel Farson, published 1980. Problem is, all I can find are paperbacks of that title and author and the cover image looks NOTHING like the hardback dust cover of the book Granville's reading. Can anyone assist in nailing this book and author down in the episode? Is it the same "Curse" by Daniel Farson? Or is it another book by that title?

@charmainet5955

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the author and description are deliberately blurred out and the cover is possibly fictional. It's unusual to have the author's name missing from the spine on a dust jacket.You're probably right about Farson's Curse, the title font is exactly like the one on Granville's book cover. Perhaps they couldn't present it as-is due to copyright reasons or something of the sort.

oh thank fuck this version retains the Singin' in the Rain scene

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

Why shouldn't it?

@HA-in1me

20 күн бұрын

language .....

why doesn't he just take his coat off when it is caught in the door

@ampm9771

6 жыл бұрын

Because tailor and his suits are one piece.

@mamavoudou1402

6 жыл бұрын

Because that wouldn't have been funny

Indeed

I have always wondered if that tin falling off the till was some sort of inside joke. Anyone know if it is or not?

@stephenderbyshire7849

6 жыл бұрын

I guess it was just another prop for comedic effect. Like someone has already said, Ronnie Barker caught his fingers in the till for real in this episode. '

@seamusoflatcap

6 жыл бұрын

Not so much an inside joke as a running one. The till drawer was pulled shut so quickly by someone pulling on a string. Must have been mistimed to catch Arkwright's fingers on this occasion.

@iamironclaw

6 жыл бұрын

That tin is there to make it funnier and increase the effect. And yes, in this episode the register did catch him for real :)

@davebournemouth

6 жыл бұрын

I did hear that Ronnie Barker got his thumb caught in the till once and had to go to hospital, I didn't know it was this episode.

@Theswerethebestthebest

6 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the tin- can on top of the cash register,, that was definitely ( a rig job ) with the drawer being pulled back so quickly they probably had a cable behind the cash register every time he finished changing the money out and that's why did Tin-can would fly off so many times... I love things like that the [ rig job ] on the cash register and I have done numerous things like that for Halloween, I have had many a huge Halloween outside decorations and operated displays. They moved electrically, my upright piano with a body and the head spinning and their eyes would blink, that was just a turntable from a record player motor. Where I made it created mechanical bodys that would sit up out of a makeshift coffin.. Or my life-sized Guillotine that would come down onto a dummy body,, with a spring in the neck--- then when the blade would come down made of thin wood, the styrofoam head with the mask on with fly 3 feet and the guillotine would shoot ketchup about a foot away from the guillotine towards where the head went but it look like it came out of the neck of the body... I also had mechanical zombies that would come out of trees with cables.... Same exact thing with the cash register and the drawer shutting real fast rigging things well I apologize about my very Long. comment well ,, cheers

I can't understand a corner shop only buying two bottle of milk a day. Wes used to buy two crates -- sixty bottles.

@spongebobsquaretits

Ай бұрын

maybe it was just for their personal use

@HA-in1me

20 күн бұрын

its for their consumption not for sale!

Not to sure myself, lol

Apply lemon juice directly to warts until they go away. It works!

The solution to the snapping register is so simple.

@gedrooney9305

Жыл бұрын

Do tell Jon…

@jonhohensee3258

Жыл бұрын

@@gedrooney9305 You just place a stick in there to keep the drawer from shutting.

The till actually caught ronnies fingers if you slow video down 😮

does anyone know the aurther of the book he is reading at 4:53

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

No idea who the author is ...

@shojinryori

Жыл бұрын

Daniel Farson is the author.

Hiliarous👻

What's wrong with his old suit?

@andree824

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@thenerdytiger9306

3 жыл бұрын

It is a VERY old suit as emphasised by the zip fly conversation. Also nurse gladys is trying to get him to loosen up on spending money before she marries him.

does anyone know the author of the book that Granville is reading? I have searched for the title but there is more than one with that title

@wandertree

9 ай бұрын

It's possibly the Daniel Farson book "Curse" which was published in 1980.

grandfield is lovley

@adeforeman86

6 жыл бұрын

Granville

Does Arkwright shut the shop while there having breakfast ? can,t see that

@versacegang4140

6 жыл бұрын

No he doesn't for any meal I don't think. That's why I think he has gotten up from the table before from memory.

@anneroy4560

Жыл бұрын

@@versacegang4140 there is the bell so they can hear someone coming in ...

Does anyone else's knob feel numb on antidepressants? I literally can't feel anything down there..

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