"We find that the first two years are the worst". That was good.

I remember when this was first aired and it is just as acidily accurate

The public (private)school system in Britain in a nutshell

Other than the possible exception of Chaplin, I don't think I have ever seen a comedian who has made laugh while having a lump in my throat and fight back tears all at the same time. She is a genius.

@jamesanthony5681

Жыл бұрын

The possible exception of Charlie Chaplin? I think you need to get out more.

@loge10

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesanthony5681 Who are you to judge his responses? 🙄

@jamesanthony5681

Жыл бұрын

@@loge10 Because he's comparing her to Chaplin for god's sake, who (Charlie) was a genius in more ways than one, and good old Tracey is not funny, despite being a decent mimic. I do recall howling with laughter when Tracey claimed responsibility for the success of the Simpsons, saying, in fact at an awards show, "I nurtured those little devils." I'm laughing now that I remember it.

@judemorales4U

Жыл бұрын

Ash, this one hit the heart.

@freudianslippers6567

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesanthony5681 Pretentious little cunt, aren't ya James? You would fit right in with the Hethers.

I had no idea these two ever collaborated on anything. So glad I found this! Comedic genius 🙌

Disturbingly good

We have admired 'elite' parasites, sought to emulate them, their wealth, & attitude. We have let them determine how we see ourselves. We are worth more than they, for kindness, for mercy, for caring. Never trade down to trade up. Always remain true to yourself, & be yourself. It is alright to improve oneself, & one's lot in life, yet best to remain humble & real.

@Uluwehi_Knecht

Ай бұрын

Amen

@yevgeniyaleshchenko849

Ай бұрын

Who are these ''we'' you're talking on behalf of with such great pathos? Most people don't care about that and just live their lives. Also, it's naive to think that ''non-elites'' are all exclusively good decent people... Finally, noone asked you for this trite lecture, this is not some ''motivational conference''...

@trmlesq1321

Ай бұрын

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849nobody asked for your condescending opinion. Discarded

@VIpanfried

Ай бұрын

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 isn’t this supposed to be comedy?

Ullman and Palin....outstanding, as always.

This was absolute genius. Brilliantly observed and caustically sharp. I’ve met some ‘Hethers’…

"They've stopped force feeding her"

What a delightful pairing. Tracy and Michael are superb.😁

"You say 'I slush you' & I say 'I slush you' back." This story made quite an impact on me as an indictment of the worship of money culture as a child. I've been looking for this clip for years.

@user-ck5ho3di2o

Ай бұрын

Me to, always stuck in my mind for some reason, funny but sad,

Tracey Ullman sure is a British National Treasure

Tracy reminds me of Charles Dickens. So much of it is bittersweet.

Tracey, you are brilliant. 💕

Michael Palin is quietly brilliant in this alongside Tracey U.

@larskars5835

Ай бұрын

That was the first thing I noticed, and I'm a rabid Tracey Ullman fan. He was always wonderful… oddly sexy too.

Forgot so mush talent,hard to find now days,thanks ,love utube for showing great shows, afraid want to keep watching till late at night,

Only Ullman could pull off playing a teenager when in her 40's.

@Ron-Ayres

2 ай бұрын

See also Catherine Tate!

@katherineely3714

Ай бұрын

Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, too!

Emmys all around. throw in a Palm d'Or. Bravo Palin and Ullman.

@allwrighty100

2 жыл бұрын

And whatever they give to animals, one for Treacle.

Everything we dreamed of! Last laugh is always best!

She is a comedy genius.

I LOVE YOU TRACEY ULLMAN HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU ON T V FOR OVER 2O YEARS. SWAMP HUGS FROM LOUISIANA.

@eviesmail5447

3 жыл бұрын

Thirty for me She is so beyond brilliant

@sayantanmukherjee4871

2 жыл бұрын

@@eviesmail5447 They should have made a gender swap reboot of Mrs Doubtfire with Tracey Ullman.

@fancyme.alter1311

2 жыл бұрын

@@eviesmail5447 I never missed an episode of her when she got her own first show. I believe it was on FOX. When Fox was just starting out.

I found it moving.... Tracy is a genius and Michael Palin perfect...

This is hilarious "It's all we ever dreamed of!"

This was so funny and tragic, Palin ❤️💋 such a treasure and Tracy, she is always so dam good! I. Can't stop but beat myself for only know her this year. So much to catch up, but this❤️💋 this was gold.

@richierichit

Жыл бұрын

Look up clips from her Fox show from like 1988... the best ;-)

This video came on directly after the Jerry Hall Rupert Murdoch one, a stark contrast as far as humor goes! Tracy Ullman is brilliant!

This is amazing! I love how she had surgery done when she was older, different nose

What’s better than an Academy Award??? Tracey you shall have whatever it is. The best of the best.

As a parent of a young adult, I feel this kind of sums up parenthood. (US)

@TheBasher-_-

Жыл бұрын

I get it. It's like you send your kids off to these schools to have a better life, and she's going on to have a better life. Not coming back to live with them forever.

Chilling. I am one of those parents unfortunately.

@lidijaberlot7743

2 жыл бұрын

😢

This woman should get an OBE.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@tomglenn485

5 ай бұрын

Ms Ullman understands the horror of class based education and more broardly the system that sustains it. And so do those that ordain OBE's .... they are the products of it.

@Ron-Ayres

2 ай бұрын

Tracey was offered a CBE (Commander of the British Empire - a higher honour than OBE) in 2014, but she turned it down.

Tracey Ullman is such a great and talented actress. I love her and always have...

Yeah. That is what prep school does. Both my kids did exactly that to me. (the upside: Tracey is a very gifted brilliant actress)

@alisonbarratt3772

2 ай бұрын

I am sorry for u that your children turned into snobs

@AshMukherjeeOfficial I had the same response! Who else could make a short film with such complexity? I can’t call it a comedy or a spoof. It is more a drama but that’s not quite right. Tracey Ullman is a unique talent and her characterizations go way beyond the limits of the typical portrayal. I just love the way she can humanize people and so often does. That’s a meaningful contribution to us all…

@angaeltartarrose6484

Жыл бұрын

Satire.

@englishincontext4025

2 ай бұрын

Very well said.

This entire vignette was incredibly done. Ullman literally played three different people. The subject of course is all too real.

@chisquared100

Жыл бұрын

You are right

This is what you get when you ‘educate’ your children out of your own class! It describes the British public school system ...as it used to be anyway! Tragically accurate as ever.

@swilson5320

2 жыл бұрын

I just moved to the uk from the USA and class is something I'm unaccustomed to navigating. How do people educate children out of their class in public schools?

@Murgatroydian

Жыл бұрын

@@swilson5320 It's not the academic education but the education in social climbing that goes along with it, as demonstrated in this video. It happens in parts of America too. Meghan Markle's a prime current example. Her father worked to fund her lavish education and lifestyle, but as she broke into more "elite" circles, she denied their relationship and the support she received.

@robwilde855

Жыл бұрын

@@swilson5320 Not sure if, as an American, you're aware of this: what you call 'public schools' are called 'state schools' here. We call private schools public schools; it's notorious for confusing foreigners. For the British, a 'public school' [as in the above film] is not available to any member of the public, it is the top level and charges an enormous sum to the parents. Traditionally only children of the higher social classes were admitted; only recently have a very small number of middle- and working-class people [and only if rich] been able to enter.

@freudianslippers6567

Жыл бұрын

@@swilson5320 Class is something you are unaccustomed to in the USA? LOL What? You have billionaires who own jets and entire skid rows of people living in cardboard boxes.....

@tomglenn485

5 ай бұрын

I have a viseral repulsion to both Royal and celebrity gossup But I want so much for what you have written to be true....@@Murgatroydian

We've done the sums , that's a classic ....❤

Cast these two together ..perfect

This reminds me of a movie called Imitation of Life. But with an opposite ending.

@LiliWhyte

2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time fav tear jerkers!

Very accurately British.

I remember this from years ago, always stayed with me,as probably true

Old theme and true. Educate your children in a system you have no links to - monster. Disappointment on both sides.

Tracey is absolutely brilliant. ❤

This is cringeworthy but such a sharp dark comedy about the private school system and the hypocrisy that was (and is) the english class system! Ouch! Fantastic! 🤣

This is just a documentary really...

That school was worth every penny

So brilliant

I’ve met unpleasant people like Janey.

@eccremocarpusscaber5159

2 ай бұрын

Yes, I suspect a lot of us have. Vile folk who only remember their real accent when they have dementia.

Was sure it was going to end 10 years later with Janie homeless on the street and her parents biding her wishing and hesitantly walking past without a word.

"YoU mEnD tHeM???" 😂

Michael Palin!❤️

did you spot the Daphne Manners of Jewel in the Crown (Susan Woolbridge) as Head of School?

@ivanovskameow999

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I always think of her as Daphne ❤

Tracey borrowed her wardrobe from Hyacinth Bucket's "Keeping Up Appearances".

Brilliant!

Wonderful ❤

LOVED IT!!!

Love the twist at the end.😂

Excellent.

This is a masterclass in acting and writing. It works on so many levels and brilliantly encapsulates class divisions which still exist in the UK today - now blurred by the upper middle-classes adoption of woke values. Today, conspicuous wealth and dismissive, condescending attitudes are masked by upper-class advocacy for mass immigration, the EU, globalism and multiculturalism. They have 'adopted woke' as another form of superiority but the patronising snobbery is still there in spades; the same contempt exists for the working-class with its 'Brexit', working-class accents and 'Little Englander' mindset, as they see it. More than ever this divides the UK as sharply as a knife. This short piece is both funny and gut-wrenchingly revolting at one and the same time. Ullman is an amazingly versatile artist and must be a joy to write for; she obviously knows the territory very well indeed.

A happy ending. Thank you.

@beverlykessler9106

5 жыл бұрын

A happy Ending? Us she really gone? I loved everything about her and her shows.

@Murgatroydian

2 жыл бұрын

I was so touched by the daughter's moving speech to her parents.

@dpagain2167

Ай бұрын

@@Murgatroydian Very funny, well done.

So touching like the new inside out film.

I know somebody exactly the same!

She’s so funny on curb your enthusiasm

I could sell a kidney.😳🤣

Did this inspire Saltburn? lol Tracey is amazing!

I have been assured that a young healthy hamster well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout. (With apologies to Jonathan Swift)

Note the other cars are a Jaguar XJ, Mercedes S class, etc. The Tracey's family has the British version of a Chevy Cavalier.

Well, that was grim.

Now it makes sense why in Rupaul Draq Race Season 3, they called them self the Heathers!!!

@frankievalentine6112

2 жыл бұрын

Actually see the 90s film, Heathers. ICONIC. This is some other UK thing much less well-known.

@perseuskasa6731

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankievalentine6112 thank you, I will check it for sure !!!

@grahamstrouse1165

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankievalentine6112 Technically it came out in the late ‘80s (‘89, I think.) :-)

@ThisGuy76

Жыл бұрын

Was definitely referencing "Heathers" with Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty & Christian Slater.

Well, this couple's genes certainly hit a jackpot.

Tracy I’ll man ❤❤

"They've stopped force-feeding her..."

Funny but sad...

Reminds me of the movie mean girl

"what are your plans after you leave school?" ..... I should be doing "cordon blue" in paris! (I always thought "cordon blue" was some kind of chicken breast recepy... hahahaha)

@frankievalentine6112

2 жыл бұрын

It is! Both a school and a dish! The schools are also in the US now, though not as prestigious as the name meant in the 80s & 90s.

@fongponto

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankievalentine6112 thanks good to know

Tracey Ullman is a national treasure!

Ow!

Gosh how sad.

I just love all the cliches and the 80s fashion

My God, she made me hate one character and ache for the other.

I love Tracey, she is genius. But I'm not British sorry. The accent and verbiage add to the challenge, for me. Please, can someone explain the gist of this story? Thank you.

@danny___928

2 жыл бұрын

@david lincoln brooks OMG thank you for your analysis, and explanation. especially the servant part cause i never understood that part as it’s not common in the US. is this still common in the UK? today

@danny___928

2 жыл бұрын

@david lincoln brooks oh my , thank you so much… the more you know haha i love it

@englishincontext4025

2 ай бұрын

Sadly the response seems to have been removed. Perhaps the heathers of KZread found it 'too ghastly' and had their servant remove it.

The daughter of a Duke would be styled Lady and not Honourable.

@rosemarykennedy5430

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out 😊

sadly me daughter same

Hi

Si Tanggang versi mat salleh 😢

Bahahaha

Sad

kzread.info/dash/bejne/m3mlsZugZqfVYKg.html Dear Tracy, I had this idea for a new skit for you to make. From the vid sent here, it shows what a nice lady Samantha Markel is and her Brother too. What if these and dad got together with the Charles, Camilla, and the brother and wife, and they all got along. There’d be signs of them laughing and playing Cards in Windsor Castle, or having a picnic in Windsor Park, watching Netflicks together, going to the theatre, and just having a ball with new friends. They’re shown dissing each of their new Relations in total agreement. All this is become Hugh News that the two in flooded out Monticito are totally over looked by the Media. The new Hot news has totally switched to the properly favor the the RF and the ignored Markels and that they really do have a dad. This would be so wonderful to watch, because what I’m seeing is that both families are pretty nice. It’s one person here we aren’t aloud to mention in print who is the Problem. This story of the girl and her Parents is so sad. It totally reminded me of mm and her denial that she doesn’t have a father. You are a Master actor and humanist.

@krishnamayimarianni8026

11 ай бұрын

Love the idea

Hampsters are delicious with tomato sauce

Why did they call it Hethers? It's not even remotely a parody of that movie.

@leojbramble

Ай бұрын

Nothing to do with the movie (US) "Heathers"; the school is called Hetherington, and the students nicknamed 'Hethers'

Well they high born'd a low born daughter and in a caste society such as Britain that's saying something.

They bung on a posh accent to separate themselves from 'ordinary' people. Others can't stand the class system and migrate to Australia.

@user-ck5ho3di2o

Ай бұрын

Yes but no matter how posh you talk or try to imitate them they always know you are not really one of them,

It’s AWFUL . …. Though acting is good

depressing

Irrelevant USA informercial during the video

Lets compare and contrast what the American version of this would be. The same dutiful parents willing to sacrifice for the betterment of their daughter by enrolling her in a "institution of higher learning". 4 years pass and the child has been "transformed". What was once a dutiful child, filial and humble is now anything but that. Upon her homecoming she informs her parents that they are "racists" and oppressors and should be ashamed of themselves for contributing to the continued existence of the "patriarchy". This once sweet daughter is now a shrill rapacious non-binary incel harpy well versed in radical feminist rhetoric which she uses to castigate both her parents with. The big difference from the British version is that the American daughter informs her parents that she will now take up residency in the home and won't , if ever, be leaving it. She details what her parent's duties shall be and how they must change their beliefs so as not to offend or trigger her with micro-aggressions such as insisting that she seek out gainful employment. The parents, having expending all their savings in addition to taking out a second mortgage and co-signing student loans have now invested well over 250k now realize that they have no recourse or escape from this debt must now relinquish the thought of a happy retirement and or basking in the glow of treasured grandchildren. The daughter, having degrees in "gender studies" and "diversity , equity and inclusion" finally decides to dip her toes into the world of employment. She finds that her degrees are of no value in the real world other than perhaps getting her that all important second interview for a stocking position on the night shift at Walmart. Reality sets in and rather than accept the stocking position she dedicates herself to part-time face-painting at local carnivals with the hope of someday achieving a higher status by painting faces on the state fair circuit!

@davidetienne9404

Жыл бұрын

College creates commies. At least trade schools actually teach people something worthwhile.

@Sad_bumper_sticker.

2 ай бұрын

Okay Boomer

@jaydouglas5847

2 ай бұрын

@@Sad_bumper_sticker. Aww...what's the matter 'lil Sad Bumper ? I see your not the creative type as your comment lacked wit, style or even grade school punctuation. Did your sociology teacher beat it out of you ? I won't presume to know what group you "identify" with but I can say with high probability that's it's a group that has eschewed satire/humor and forsaken the accumulation of wisdom. Yes, your nom de guerre seems decidedly apt.

@larskars5835

Ай бұрын

@@Sad_bumper_sticker. Too close to reality for you?

@larskars5835

Ай бұрын

I understand completely that this is NOT satire. But I don't remember my parents being responsible for my brother's student loans… I went to art school when it was affordable, how does this work?

Meghan markle

@user-ck5ho3di2o

Ай бұрын

Spot on,

@larskars5835

Ай бұрын

Huh? Seriously? How?

@larskars5835

Ай бұрын

@@user-ck5ho3di2o And you too.

Usually like Ulman. That was absolutely ghastly. I guess one has to be British. And rained on a lot. Bollocks.

Absolutely brilliant!!

It's Treacle I feel sorry for