It’s really amazing seeing people that aren’t Scottish reacting to this show and enjoying it, it’s a right of passage in Scotland that you watch this show to fully become a Scot, I’ve always wondered if other countries would still find Scottish humor funny
you all probably dont give a shit but does anyone know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly forgot the account password. I would love any tips you can offer me
Hey bro, just thought I'd like to say thanks for keeping me company over Christmas and New year, you and me binged watched, still game and benidorm, you were great company so " ta" 🏴 happy healthy peace ✌️
A curly-whirly is toffee covered in chocolate. Yep Fanta. Piss-Off is a bit milder than Fuck-Off. Not many phone booths left now, mobile phones (cell phones) were still very expensive when this was made. Flitting just means moving house......Glad you enjoyed it mate. Cheers!
Thanks great reaction to our Brilliant wee Scottish Sitcom 😁if you’re getting the accents and slang try the watching the sketch show Chewing The Fat, it’s where Jack n Victor first appeared. Cheers 😁
I watched your reaction to the episode Hoaliday and instantly subscribed. It’s so good to see an American appreciate what can only be described as the best comedy ever made in Scotland 🏴
18:38 phone booths here are now stripped and either are none functional or only for emergency service calls 111 or 999, or are mobile hotspots. the thing to keep in mind was this was filmed and released around 2002. so this is really old!
Born and raised in scotland , still livin here and its the first time id heard of this show and cannae stop laughing watching it on NetFlix. Curly Wurlys still exist today though I havent had one myself, and aye we still have phone boxes but the majority of the time they are always vandalised and destroyed...and probably wouldnae be wantin to touch them seein as you dont know whats been happening in those boxes or what folk have been doin to them.
it truly is an awesome show glad your enjoying it! yeah the phone booths i stay clear of over here there all broken and disgusting looking but in the old days we used them a lot.
@@bxkid7 definitely. Was a nice surprise lol dope watch. Loved your reaction. Not sure if I saw this episode. I only watched about four or five episodes
@@bxkid7 An FYI - another American UA-camr has been uploading still game reactions to UA-cam; BBC Scotland don't seem to mind that much so you should be okay :)
Jack Jarvis is played by Ford Kiernan. He has been best friends with Victor for sixty years and they are neighbours who live on the same floor of Osprey Heights, a tower block in Craiglang. Jack is a widower; his wife Jean died in 1991. The couple had a daughter, Fiona, who emigrated to Toronto. Jack spends most of his time with Victor, often visiting their local pub - The Clansman. Jack is shown to be slightly less smart than Victor, and more likely to be swayed by peer pressure from Winston and Tam. Additionally, he is prone to malapropisms, such as saying "discretion" instead of "desecration." However, Jack has shown himself to be more observant than Victor on several occasions-notably when, in the episode "Wummin," he recognises (albeit incorrectly) that Bert Findlay's strange behaviour shows signs of an impending suicide. Jack seems to have less of a way with words than Victor, sometimes trying to say something witty but only coming up with a one-word insult. Jack also seems to be more easily offended and quick to anger than Victor. In his younger days, Jack worked in his father's butcher shop, and was an amateur boxer. In the first episode, "Flittin'," Jack was said to be 74 years old, the same age as Victor. In all other episodes, his age is stated as 72. Jack is a stout, squat man with white hair (though it was once ginger) and a moustache. He can frequently be seen wearing a bunnet when outdoors. In a sketch on the sister programme Chewin' the Fat, his surname was given as McAlpine.
I'm sure it might have been said but this show was mainly written to show off the versatile and comedic way some of the Scottish language is used. Billy Connolly uses this to some extent in his stories.
Love watching Reactions from other parts of the world this is my country's TV show so proud cried when they stopped making it. Did you know Victor actually has a Canadian accent xx
thank you for watching. and victor spent some of his childhood in canada so they said he has a scottish-canadian accent. i didn't know this before when i started watching. was interesting learning it tho :) weclome to the channel.
@@bxkid7 thank you for the welcome :) the pink pudding in the other one with the cherry on top is angel delight a strawberry flavoured powder that you whisk into milk and it becomes like a strawberry cream pudding , you get other flavours to like butterscotch, banana and chocolate X
Next to Rab C Nesbitt, this is my favourite tv show in Scotland :) cant wait to watch through all of the episodes you have reacted so far :P This first episode brought back so many fun memories of when it was first aired and seeing all the places they filmed :)
In case it flew by you - 'boabby' is also Glasgow slang for 'dick'. The Glasgow accent means people tend to say Bobby as 'Boabby' but it's a double entendre.
My uncle is in still game he plays Winston 🏴 by the way in case you don’t know what one Winston is it is the boxing guy’s grandpa helping him with the boxes at the start 👍
Den E I will when I get the chance because of lockdown obviously 😔 I was supposed to celebrate his birthday a while ago and was about to see him for the first time in 2 years but we went on lockdown before I got the chance
Victor McDade is played by Greg Hemphill. He has been best friends with Jack for sixty years, who also lives on the same floor at Osprey Heights. Victor has lived in Osprey Heights for much longer than Jack, as revealed in the first episode of the first series "Flittin'." Like Jack, Victor is a widower; his wife Elizabeth (Betty) died in 1993, though in the episode "Courtin," Victor states that his wife has been dead longer than Jack's. Victor has a son, John (called Jamie in the first episode), who lives in Johannesburg with his family. Victor seems to be slightly more intelligent than Jack, sometimes correcting Jack or cutting him off when he begins to ramble by saying: "That's plenty, Jack." Of all the pensioners in Craiglang, Victor is frequently shown to be the most honest; for example, in "Cauld," Victor is the final holdout when all of the pensioners begin stealing electricity (he condemns all who participate in the scheme as thieves), and expresses disapproval at Winston's decision to fake a bad leg in order to acquire a home help. Victor is 74 at the beginning of the series, but had his birthday in "Smoke on the Water," making him 75. In his youth, Victor worked with Babcock & Wilcox, possibly as a plumber or an engineer. He is a tall man, with grey hair, formerly black, and a moustache like Jack. Initially Victor wore a bunnet like Jack's; this was changed after the first episode to a trilby hat to add visual distinction between the two characters.
Wait, I grew up on this show and I forgot that line. Pubs used to charge £1.90 for a pint? £1.90? One-fucking-ninety?! It's three-and-a-half quid today, the robbing bastards!
Thomas "Tam" Mullen is portrayed by Mark Cox. A self-confessed "miserable bastard", he is always tricking people into giving him free belongings or buying him a drink, and is known for his unapologetic greed. Tam enters competitions to get hold of free goods (which, much to the others' annoyance, he always wins), and in some episodes appears to be almost delirious at the thought of getting freebies. He married the local librarian, Frances Drummond, in the episode "Ring." His materialistic attitude often causes a rift between himself and his wife, but at 70, Tam became father to Tam Junior and Frances became Britain's oldest mum. Tam is a DJ at the Western General Hospital and often manages to con the terminally ill out of their valuable possessions. He tends to be Winston's 'double act' partner, and Winston is the best man at Tam and Frances’ wedding. Tam occasionally demonstrates a more generous side. For example, in the two-part episode "Dead Leg", Tam fakes his death in order to use his life insurance money to pay for Winston to go to Switzerland to save his remaining leg, which was due to be amputated.
Navid Harrid is played by Sanjeev Kohli. Navid runs the local shop with his soap opera-loving wife Meena. Navid and Meena came to Craiglang in 1975 after having secretly eloped from India as Meena was due to be wed in an arranged marriage. Navid has many witty one-liners but has to put up with Meena's constant nagging and insults. Although he and Meena spend most of their time verbally sparring, he occasionally reveals he is still in love with her and grows jealous when she goes to India to visit her sister but ends up instead visiting an old flame. They have a daughter who got married in the first series. Navid is a Muslim who laments the fact that his religion forbids both gambling and the consumption of alcohol. Ford Kiernan has stated the name of Navid's shop 'Harrid's' is a play on the famous department store, 'Harrods.'
A curly wurly is a swivily piece of chocolate with caramel inside but it's hardened caramel so there really hard to brake apart and instead of breaking they usually curl
This will sound funny but is it a candy u gotta suck on it a bit to get softer or nah. We had some candies like that but forgot the name off the top of my head. But I love the caramel candies =))
@@bxkid7 nah you can eat it immediately but it's really chewy no matter what you do also hear in Scotland there called Sweets and becuase there not in America there technically called sweets lol😋
Also I love that your doing this series I find it halarios and not many people have done it so please keep it running until the end it's really funny the whole way through
A Curly Wurley is a long chocolate bar that looks like a twisty ladder No, piss off is not the same as 'fuck off' Scots use the phrase 'fuck off' more than many other countries. Piss off is used a lot in the UK. It just doesn't seem to be used in America. Also, while I'm on that word, when people in the UK say "I'm pissed" they mean "I'm drunk". Our equivalent for the US "I'm pissed" (as in "I'm annoyed/angry) is "I'm pissed off". Yes, we do still have phone boxes here in the UK, but like you said, they're vandalised here too. This was filmed in 2003, when phone boxes were used and maintained a lot better, because not many people had mobile phones back then. A "flittin" simply means to move house. It sounds as "fletten" because that's just how the scottish accent renders the word; it's not spelt any differently. Much like how the American accent turns "John" into "Jahn" It's also why you hears "six boxes" as "sex boxes". I'll be perfectly happy to go over things you're not sure about when you watch these episodes.
Isa Drennan is played by Jane McCarry. Isa is the third resident of Jack and Victor's landing in Osprey Heights. She is known as the local gossip and will stop at nothing in her quest to find out the latest news. Isa works as a cleaner in Navid's shop, and she is shown to be a practicing Roman Catholic. She has an estranged husband named Harry who frequently carried out illicit affairs with younger women while they were together. In the episode "Gairden," she mentions that she has a son named Colin. In "Dug" and "Hoaliday", she had a pretend relationship with Winston; although unrequited, Isa has a secret flame for Winston but her obsession with gossip and tendency to be nosy often sabotages her chances with him, as he finds these qualities highly irritating. Isa is heavily involved with community projects and charities, attends dance classes and enjoys aiding others. Winston maintains this is her way of keeping in touch with people to 'keep on tap with everyone's business.' Despite the fact that many people outwardly profess to be annoyed by Isa, she is still regarded as a vital member of the community, with the other pensioners immediately leaping to defend her if they feel she is being treated unjustly.
Boabby (Scottish for 'Bobby'; real name Robert Taylor) is played by Gavin Mitchell. Boabby is the landlord of the Clansman, the local pub. He is not a believer in the phrase "the customer is always right" and prefers to hand out snide comments with his pints, though the locals are not the type of people to take them lying down. He has a new nickname for Jack and Victor each time they enter The Clansman but Jack and Victor always have a wittier comeback, putting him in his place. It has been revealed that he had a brief career as an amateur porn star, where he went under the name of "Troy the Gardener." In the episode "Who's the Daddy?" Boabby reveals he has been working behind the bar of the Clansman since he was eighteen, though apparently he previously worked as a bouncer at QM Union at Glasgow University. He usually has grievances with either Winston (usually barring him for various antics), or Tam (who refuses to pay for his drinks). Although Boabby is sarcastic and mouthy by nature, he occasionally shows he that he has a charitable and honourable side, and demonstrates more respect for Isa than do the pensioners . In the episode "The Fall Guy," Boabby is revealed to be fifty years old. In the last scene of the final episode "Over the Hill", Boabby is seen some years later as a substantially older man still working in The Clansman, where he welcomes the viewers to the pub.
its a whole another journey for me. always had an appreciate for other shows that aren't american because i grew up watching a lot of anime so this takes an awesome course into comedy which i freaking love.
@@matthew-fj8sy no I'm not Scottish I am Puerto Rican and Cuban. This epic show was recommended by the lovely community. A huge chunk of these videos are thanks to you all who suggest. I'm grateful to you all for showing me new things.
we are definitely going to be reacting to it. im going to be doing each episode of still game cuz i enjoy the show its so good. it may take me a bit cuz that is later seasons but we will get there i promise :)
These subtitles are hilarious they make no sense at Al 🤣🤣🤣🤣 our subtitles in the UK gets it right. The part Winston in the butcher shop, argues with butcher saying'" its not what you do its what you put in."subtitles adds you put in your eye😂😂. I am the bogus gasman with a shriek ID 🤣🤣🤣.
the more i watch the more i pick up. i wont be perfect in understanding it all. but i try to get as much as i can. this is one of the best shows i have watched currently on season 3 and loving it!
@@bxkid7 That's great man, if you have any questions about the vernacular I'd be happy to help, as a fellow expat Scot (from Perth) I know a fair amount of Glaswegian slang. By the way your videos are really great to watch and take my mind of being quarantined (the whole of Spain is on lock down). Thanks for raising a smile and a laugh, it's great to see people from the US enjoying this classic show
@@Maesterful appreciate that. any way i can help keep the spirits up brings joy to me knowing. so i appreciate you telling me this. one smile or laugh at a time is something im passionate about. yeah with all thats going on i have a feeling it will take a bit for things to go back to some normalcy but as one of my favorite artists once said keep your head up. things will be good and i will keep pumping out content. ty for being here!
@@bxkid7 Thank you for being there too, I look forward to watching all your still game and inbetweeners reactions. I also highly recommend Peep Show, if you love dry sardonic humor with ridiculous situations and banter between two best friends then you'll enjoy it!
rewatch these bad boys. i effing love this show! if you want to know the crazi thing i think about the show daily. thats how much ive grown to love it real talk
@@bxkid7 I know what you mean mate. The characters are all so real and this is one show that has actually made an impact on me. Mind your mates, remember life is short, laugh at EVERYTHING! I'm delighted you have gotten into Only Fools so much. Lots more characters to be introduced there. Another impactful show for the loyalty and how adversity is just part of life and to be battled always with a big grin. It's been so cool seeing someone get those feelings too and someone from thousands of miles away at that. Human nature is above culture everywhere you go. It's brilliant. Sweet bro!
A good friend of Jack and Victor's, Winston Ingram is played by Paul Riley. He is known for his scheming and attempts to cheat the system, usually in search of extra money, for example committing benefit fraud to make his life a little more comfortable. However, he seems to have some sense of morality, often reprimanding Tam for his meanness. In the episodes "Dug" and "Holiday," he also pretends to have a relationship with Isa to fend off the attempts of her ex-husband, Harry, to get back with her. He has several enemies, including Stevie the Bookie. In the episode "Scran", it was revealed Winston used to work in the Clyde shipyards, at Yarrows. Winston has his leg amputated at the end of the third series after his eighty-a-day cigarette habit catches up with him. He is known to have a daughter, a son, and two grandsons, Joe and Thomas. Winston often takes advantage of Isa's kindness and soft spot towards him in order to receive free food from her. In the ninth series, he meets Winnie, a wheelchair-bound woman that he first meets on Tinder. The two marry in the episode "Hitched." In the earlier stage play, he mentions a brother living in Nevada and a son who died in a car accident in the 1960s but it is unknown if this is correct with the television series. In the TV canon, he does have a brother named Walter.
It's really good to see other folk watching this show that aren't Scottish. Can I ask you though? Do you understand them clear enough just because the slang in this show is really common.
Cant understand everything in the very first episode of a scottish show I never watched until this episode, but if u watch the reactions over time i pick up enough. communicating with the community speaking to people i've learned a thing or two. but in no way am i going to be fluent in one episode just incase.
@@bxkid7 yeah I just meant in over all, I should have asked you this on the newest seasons sorry. I don't mean have you understood them from day one lol, I know it will be hard for any non Scottish person to fully understand it. It's some laugh watching it seeing your reactions though lol 🤣
@@liambrown5085 I def get a lot. Having watched all of still game, chewin the fat and rab c nesbitt just to name a few i think its safe to say i get it. wont be fluent tho i will always be honest. but i get enough to understand :) because of these shows i have made some new scottish mates so im learning a bit more and more :)
@@bxkid7 aye definitely mate, it'll all come in no time especially with talking to us Scottish folk we end up throwing slang in when we try talk nice and proper lol🤣. I'm not going to lie I have only seen a little bit of chewing the fat haha I'm more of a still game fan, even tho most of the still game cast is on chewin the fat lol 🤣
@@bxkid7 Just think, if someone had yelled "2 pints prick" at you back then you'd probably have swung at them them instead of just laughing like you would now 😂
Eh, there are a couple public phones but mostly in train stations or airports - there used to be a few in my town but I think there's only one that the council hasn't removed and it's been trashed by wee neds so much I certainly would never use it. I guess with everybody having mobile phones it's not worth the upkeep anymore.
yup this is the first and last post scene we missed while recording this one. never again on our other episodes. we were informed by the amazing audience :P
@@derekrankin7842 it is one of the best shows i have ever seen. i encourage you to check along with me the rest of the reactions this show is fantastic and i have become rather attached to the characters. i get hooked on shows and start to really love the characters and what they do! class show
the video gets paused to comment if I had a thought or if im working to understand what im watching. this show is not something someone from new york has heard about so i have to decipher things that i hear because there is strong accents on the show.
got you fam im def curated a list of all the content for you guys. and thank you for clarifying curly wurly looks good and sounds good now im drooling hahaha
It’s really amazing seeing people that aren’t Scottish reacting to this show and enjoying it, it’s a right of passage in Scotland that you watch this show to fully become a Scot, I’ve always wondered if other countries would still find Scottish humor funny
i have been loving watching it since episode 1 and have continued watching it. i think it is a show if people arent from scotland can still enjoy.
you all probably dont give a shit but does anyone know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I stupidly forgot the account password. I would love any tips you can offer me
@Dallas Parker instablaster ;)
Hey just letting you know im from Australia. This is one of the funniest shows I've seen. Love it
What a tremendous channel and what a joy to see such an appreciation of Scottish humour. :)
It has been an absolute pleasure to have watched this show and it is one of the best shows I've ever seen. Thank you james! 🍻
Hey bro, just thought I'd like to say thanks for keeping me company over Christmas and New year, you and me binged watched, still game and benidorm, you were great company so " ta" 🏴 happy healthy peace ✌️
Much obliged thank you!
so glad yer doing these man ! Once you get to know the characters.....yer gonna love this
A curly-whirly is toffee covered in chocolate. Yep Fanta. Piss-Off is a bit milder than Fuck-Off. Not many phone booths left now, mobile phones (cell phones) were still very expensive when this was made. Flitting just means moving house......Glad you enjoyed it mate. Cheers!
Thanks great reaction to our Brilliant wee Scottish Sitcom 😁if you’re getting the accents and slang try the watching the sketch show Chewing The Fat, it’s where Jack n Victor first appeared.
Cheers 😁
appreciate the suggestion. the show so far is pretty cool looking forward to doing more. we will look into the sketch show u recommended ty dougie :)
Every episode has a post-credits scene, just so you know.
Such a class show love it. I failed on the first ep to know this but have learned my lesson lol. Thank you my dude =)
wee word of warning - always wait til after the end credits....another 10 seconds
will do thanks for the heads up I didn't know this :P
@@bxkid7 he's right - every single episode has a final 10 sec comedic bit at the end of the credits
I watched your reaction to the episode Hoaliday and instantly subscribed. It’s so good to see an American appreciate what can only be described as the best comedy ever made in Scotland 🏴
Thanks Pammy I fell in love with this show and Isa
18:38 phone booths here are now stripped and either are none functional or only for emergency service calls 111 or 999, or are mobile hotspots. the thing to keep in mind was this was filmed and released around 2002. so this is really old!
Born and raised in scotland , still livin here and its the first time id heard of this show and cannae stop laughing watching it on NetFlix. Curly Wurlys still exist today though I havent had one myself, and aye we still have phone boxes but the majority of the time they are always vandalised and destroyed...and probably wouldnae be wantin to touch them seein as you dont know whats been happening in those boxes or what folk have been doin to them.
it truly is an awesome show glad your enjoying it! yeah the phone booths i stay clear of over here there all broken and disgusting looking but in the old days we used them a lot.
TalesOfThePlayer Whit, ye been living oan the moon?
Wasn't expecting this lol I only just started watching this show around June this year. A Scottish friend recommended it to me lol
bro this show is dope. I had no clue. I wish it didn't get like claims on the video but its all good lol still learning youtube :P
@@bxkid7 definitely. Was a nice surprise lol dope watch. Loved your reaction. Not sure if I saw this episode. I only watched about four or five episodes
@@samyheath5106 glad i could make a good one out of this one. lol i think the priest walking in had me dieing lol
@@bxkid7 An FYI - another American UA-camr has been uploading still game reactions to UA-cam; BBC Scotland don't seem to mind that much so you should be okay :)
@@ElMarcoHoJ thank you. We will keep them coming.
Jack Jarvis is played by Ford Kiernan. He has been best friends with Victor for sixty years and they are neighbours who live on the same floor of Osprey Heights, a tower block in Craiglang. Jack is a widower; his wife Jean died in 1991. The couple had a daughter, Fiona, who emigrated to Toronto. Jack spends most of his time with Victor, often visiting their local pub - The Clansman. Jack is shown to be slightly less smart than Victor, and more likely to be swayed by peer pressure from Winston and Tam. Additionally, he is prone to malapropisms, such as saying "discretion" instead of "desecration." However, Jack has shown himself to be more observant than Victor on several occasions-notably when, in the episode "Wummin," he recognises (albeit incorrectly) that Bert Findlay's strange behaviour shows signs of an impending suicide. Jack seems to have less of a way with words than Victor, sometimes trying to say something witty but only coming up with a one-word insult. Jack also seems to be more easily offended and quick to anger than Victor. In his younger days, Jack worked in his father's butcher shop, and was an amateur boxer. In the first episode, "Flittin'," Jack was said to be 74 years old, the same age as Victor. In all other episodes, his age is stated as 72. Jack is a stout, squat man with white hair (though it was once ginger) and a moustache. He can frequently be seen wearing a bunnet when outdoors. In a sketch on the sister programme Chewin' the Fat, his surname was given as McAlpine.
Your a legend man!
Ok Isa 😂
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Best seller 😅 omg man
I'm sure it might have been said but this show was mainly written to show off the versatile and comedic way some of the Scottish language is used. Billy Connolly uses this to some extent in his stories.
Love watching Reactions from other parts of the world this is my country's TV show so proud cried when they stopped making it. Did you know Victor actually has a Canadian accent xx
thank you for watching. and victor spent some of his childhood in canada so they said he has a scottish-canadian accent. i didn't know this before when i started watching. was interesting learning it tho :) weclome to the channel.
@@bxkid7 thank you for the welcome :) the pink pudding in the other one with the cherry on top is angel delight a strawberry flavoured powder that you whisk into milk and it becomes like a strawberry cream pudding , you get other flavours to like butterscotch, banana and chocolate X
Next to Rab C Nesbitt, this is my favourite tv show in Scotland :) cant wait to watch through all of the episodes you have reacted so far :P
This first episode brought back so many fun memories of when it was first aired and seeing all the places they filmed :)
it has been a blast watching this.
In case it flew by you - 'boabby' is also Glasgow slang for 'dick'. The Glasgow accent means people tend to say Bobby as 'Boabby' but it's a double entendre.
My uncle is in still game he plays Winston 🏴 by the way in case you don’t know what one Winston is it is the boxing guy’s grandpa helping him with the boxes at the start 👍
shout out to winston!!!
bxkid7 thank you and because of him I’m proud to be Scottish 🏴❤️
Tell him this show and characters will endure for decades. It really is superb.
Den E I will when I get the chance because of lockdown obviously 😔 I was supposed to celebrate his birthday a while ago and was about to see him for the first time in 2 years but we went on lockdown before I got the chance
@@emmanicole1234 your uncle is a legend,one of the best on the show love from Dundee
It’s a Welcome mat or in Jacks case a Weclome mat lol
Yeah. I'ma get me my weclome mat one of these days so I'm prepared for the bogus gasman knockin on mi door
This ep was released back in 2002, phone booths were still an option but this was mobile phones were starting becoming more common around that time.
I remember watching you react to still game like 2 or 3 years ago decided to rewatch some of it
Appreciate it thank you!
@@bxkid7 love the fact you still respond to comments on these old videos
Still game is forever my favorite show. Much love fam! Happy weekend.
@@bxkid7 😂😂 glad to hear it since nearly everyone in Scotland loves it much love man love a lot of your content
@@tylerweir6626 still brings me a lot of joy I gotta try n cosplay as jack or victor for halloween lol make the still game gang proud
Victor McDade is played by Greg Hemphill. He has been best friends with Jack for sixty years, who also lives on the same floor at Osprey Heights. Victor has lived in Osprey Heights for much longer than Jack, as revealed in the first episode of the first series "Flittin'." Like Jack, Victor is a widower; his wife Elizabeth (Betty) died in 1993, though in the episode "Courtin," Victor states that his wife has been dead longer than Jack's. Victor has a son, John (called Jamie in the first episode), who lives in Johannesburg with his family. Victor seems to be slightly more intelligent than Jack, sometimes correcting Jack or cutting him off when he begins to ramble by saying: "That's plenty, Jack." Of all the pensioners in Craiglang, Victor is frequently shown to be the most honest; for example, in "Cauld," Victor is the final holdout when all of the pensioners begin stealing electricity (he condemns all who participate in the scheme as thieves), and expresses disapproval at Winston's decision to fake a bad leg in order to acquire a home help. Victor is 74 at the beginning of the series, but had his birthday in "Smoke on the Water," making him 75. In his youth, Victor worked with Babcock & Wilcox, possibly as a plumber or an engineer. He is a tall man, with grey hair, formerly black, and a moustache like Jack. Initially Victor wore a bunnet like Jack's; this was changed after the first episode to a trilby hat to add visual distinction between the two characters.
Legend bro really appreciate this
@@bxkid7 NO PROBS KID, Just thought I'd tag a wee bit of info onto the first series ep 1
Good to see people enjoying still game. Love from Edinburgh
A curly wurly is a chocolate bar produced in the uk. It's chewy caramel coated in chocolate in a squiggy design.
Wait, I grew up on this show and I forgot that line. Pubs used to charge £1.90 for a pint? £1.90? One-fucking-ninety?!
It's three-and-a-half quid today, the robbing bastards!
I lived in that street in the early 80’s and then when it was rebuilt in the mid 2000’s
thats cool asf my dude!
Thomas "Tam" Mullen is portrayed by Mark Cox. A self-confessed "miserable bastard", he is always tricking people into giving him free belongings or buying him a drink, and is known for his unapologetic greed. Tam enters competitions to get hold of free goods (which, much to the others' annoyance, he always wins), and in some episodes appears to be almost delirious at the thought of getting freebies. He married the local librarian, Frances Drummond, in the episode "Ring." His materialistic attitude often causes a rift between himself and his wife, but at 70, Tam became father to Tam Junior and Frances became Britain's oldest mum. Tam is a DJ at the Western General Hospital and often manages to con the terminally ill out of their valuable possessions. He tends to be Winston's 'double act' partner, and Winston is the best man at Tam and Frances’ wedding. Tam occasionally demonstrates a more generous side. For example, in the two-part episode "Dead Leg", Tam fakes his death in order to use his life insurance money to pay for Winston to go to Switzerland to save his remaining leg, which was due to be amputated.
Navid Harrid is played by Sanjeev Kohli. Navid runs the local shop with his soap opera-loving wife Meena. Navid and Meena came to Craiglang in 1975 after having secretly eloped from India as Meena was due to be wed in an arranged marriage. Navid has many witty one-liners but has to put up with Meena's constant nagging and insults. Although he and Meena spend most of their time verbally sparring, he occasionally reveals he is still in love with her and grows jealous when she goes to India to visit her sister but ends up instead visiting an old flame. They have a daughter who got married in the first series. Navid is a Muslim who laments the fact that his religion forbids both gambling and the consumption of alcohol. Ford Kiernan has stated the name of Navid's shop 'Harrid's' is a play on the famous department store, 'Harrods.'
Navid and Meena are my favourites.
A curly wurly is a swivily piece of chocolate with caramel inside but it's hardened caramel so there really hard to brake apart and instead of breaking they usually curl
This will sound funny but is it a candy u gotta suck on it a bit to get softer or nah. We had some candies like that but forgot the name off the top of my head. But I love the caramel candies =))
@@bxkid7 nah you can eat it immediately but it's really chewy no matter what you do also hear in Scotland there called Sweets and becuase there not in America there technically called sweets lol😋
Also I love that your doing this series I find it halarios and not many people have done it so please keep it running until the end it's really funny the whole way through
@@carrinanorth4224 thanks so much for the 411! Now I want some sweets hahah 🤣🤣
@@bxkid7 lol
A Curly Wurley is a long chocolate bar that looks like a twisty ladder
No, piss off is not the same as 'fuck off' Scots use the phrase 'fuck off' more than many other countries. Piss off is used a lot in the UK. It just doesn't seem to be used in America. Also, while I'm on that word, when people in the UK say "I'm pissed" they mean "I'm drunk". Our equivalent for the US "I'm pissed" (as in "I'm annoyed/angry) is "I'm pissed off". Yes, we do still have phone boxes here in the UK, but like you said, they're vandalised here too. This was filmed in 2003, when phone boxes were used and maintained a lot better, because not many people had mobile phones back then. A "flittin" simply means to move house. It sounds as "fletten" because that's just how the scottish accent renders the word; it's not spelt any differently. Much like how the American accent turns "John" into "Jahn" It's also why you hears "six boxes" as "sex boxes". I'll be perfectly happy to go over things you're not sure about when you watch these episodes.
' flittin ' - house move - you said it just fine
Isa Drennan is played by Jane McCarry. Isa is the third resident of Jack and Victor's landing in Osprey Heights. She is known as the local gossip and will stop at nothing in her quest to find out the latest news. Isa works as a cleaner in Navid's shop, and she is shown to be a practicing Roman Catholic. She has an estranged husband named Harry who frequently carried out illicit affairs with younger women while they were together. In the episode "Gairden," she mentions that she has a son named Colin. In "Dug" and "Hoaliday", she had a pretend relationship with Winston; although unrequited, Isa has a secret flame for Winston but her obsession with gossip and tendency to be nosy often sabotages her chances with him, as he finds these qualities highly irritating. Isa is heavily involved with community projects and charities, attends dance classes and enjoys aiding others. Winston maintains this is her way of keeping in touch with people to 'keep on tap with everyone's business.' Despite the fact that many people outwardly profess to be annoyed by Isa, she is still regarded as a vital member of the community, with the other pensioners immediately leaping to defend her if they feel she is being treated unjustly.
ALWAYS wat until the end credits finish. You missed out on the conclusion of the boxing storyline.
thank you I learned my lesson after the first one I goofed up hahah. thank you isabelle much love from the kid :)
@@bxkid7 lol thats good! My friends xall me Isa. You might know some of them? Jack and Victor? They live on the same landing as me.
@@OfficiallySanctionedKATG hahah yeah I seen ya doing your thang isa. just be careful with all the snow its slippery around there and real cauld :P
Boabby (Scottish for 'Bobby'; real name Robert Taylor) is played by Gavin Mitchell. Boabby is the landlord of the Clansman, the local pub. He is not a believer in the phrase "the customer is always right" and prefers to hand out snide comments with his pints, though the locals are not the type of people to take them lying down. He has a new nickname for Jack and Victor each time they enter The Clansman but Jack and Victor always have a wittier comeback, putting him in his place. It has been revealed that he had a brief career as an amateur porn star, where he went under the name of "Troy the Gardener." In the episode "Who's the Daddy?" Boabby reveals he has been working behind the bar of the Clansman since he was eighteen, though apparently he previously worked as a bouncer at QM Union at Glasgow University. He usually has grievances with either Winston (usually barring him for various antics), or Tam (who refuses to pay for his drinks). Although Boabby is sarcastic and mouthy by nature, he occasionally shows he that he has a charitable and honourable side, and demonstrates more respect for Isa than do the pensioners . In the episode "The Fall Guy," Boabby is revealed to be fifty years old. In the last scene of the final episode "Over the Hill", Boabby is seen some years later as a substantially older man still working in The Clansman, where he welcomes the viewers to the pub.
I'm American and LOVE STILL GAME! I do use subtitles though
2 pints ya prick 🍻 cheers 😀
not bad mate, appreciate these videos it’s a laugh watching an American watch
its a whole another journey for me. always had an appreciate for other shows that aren't american because i grew up watching a lot of anime so this takes an awesome course into comedy which i freaking love.
bxkid7 aye that’s good to hear, are you part Scottish or did you just decide to watch a Scottish program?
@@matthew-fj8sy no I'm not Scottish I am Puerto Rican and Cuban. This epic show was recommended by the lovely community. A huge chunk of these videos are thanks to you all who suggest. I'm grateful to you all for showing me new things.
bxkid7 Good to hear mate, hope you have a decent life
@@matthew-fj8sy thank you fam. taking it one beautiful day at a time. hope the weekend has been going well :)
may I respectfully suggest that you have a look at (and react to) "Still Game Dial a Bus" - Robbie Coltraine (from Harry Potter) guests
we are definitely going to be reacting to it. im going to be doing each episode of still game cuz i enjoy the show its so good. it may take me a bit cuz that is later seasons but we will get there i promise :)
Not gonna lie, I always brag about that to my American and English online friends from the Harry Potter fandom 😭
These subtitles are hilarious they make no sense at Al 🤣🤣🤣🤣 our subtitles in the UK gets it right. The part Winston in the butcher shop, argues with butcher saying'" its not what you do its what you put in."subtitles adds you put in your eye😂😂.
I am the bogus gasman with a shriek ID 🤣🤣🤣.
OPEN THE DOOR FOR I AM A BOGUS GAS MAN WAY FAKE ID AND IM HERE TAE RANSACK YER HOOSE!! hahah
I'm honestly suprised and impressed you can understand the Glaswegian accent, many English and even some Scots struggle to catch it
the more i watch the more i pick up. i wont be perfect in understanding it all. but i try to get as much as i can. this is one of the best shows i have watched currently on season 3 and loving it!
@@bxkid7 That's great man, if you have any questions about the vernacular I'd be happy to help, as a fellow expat Scot (from Perth) I know a fair amount of Glaswegian slang. By the way your videos are really great to watch and take my mind of being quarantined (the whole of Spain is on lock down). Thanks for raising a smile and a laugh, it's great to see people from the US enjoying this classic show
@@Maesterful appreciate that. any way i can help keep the spirits up brings joy to me knowing. so i appreciate you telling me this. one smile or laugh at a time is something im passionate about. yeah with all thats going on i have a feeling it will take a bit for things to go back to some normalcy but as one of my favorite artists once said keep your head up. things will be good and i will keep pumping out content. ty for being here!
@@bxkid7 Thank you for being there too, I look forward to watching all your still game and inbetweeners reactions. I also highly recommend Peep Show, if you love dry sardonic humor with ridiculous situations and banter between two best friends then you'll enjoy it!
Ha I just watched this again. So funny seeing you not knowing who the characters are yet etc. Excellent man!
rewatch these bad boys. i effing love this show! if you want to know the crazi thing i think about the show daily. thats how much ive grown to love it real talk
@@bxkid7 I know what you mean mate. The characters are all so real and this is one show that has actually made an impact on me. Mind your mates, remember life is short, laugh at EVERYTHING! I'm delighted you have gotten into Only Fools so much. Lots more characters to be introduced there. Another impactful show for the loyalty and how adversity is just part of life and to be battled always with a big grin. It's been so cool seeing someone get those feelings too and someone from thousands of miles away at that. Human nature is above culture everywhere you go. It's brilliant. Sweet bro!
Phone boxs are pretty much gone here as well, but this series started in the early 2000's.
Flittin means the act of taking the stuff from your original home to your new home. Flittin, as it in flint
4:52 Haha, he said "it's like livin' in the bastar'in Bronx!"
I live a cpl of miles from estate and 10min from pub when the went to navids caravan
Flittin = Flitting (moving house) and it was me as the Housing officer , Jackie ❤
No way! You were Jackie?????!!! That's awesome!
Just to let you know there’s an end credit scene after every episode. You missed Joes fight. Also it was recorded in like 2001.
Yup future episodes we watch ima going to watch the end credits for sure. Appreciate it lad! =)
@@bxkid7 no end credit scene for the last one but at least kid got to see Meena 😉😂
A good friend of Jack and Victor's, Winston Ingram is played by Paul Riley. He is known for his scheming and attempts to cheat the system, usually in search of extra money, for example committing benefit fraud to make his life a little more comfortable. However, he seems to have some sense of morality, often reprimanding Tam for his meanness. In the episodes "Dug" and "Holiday," he also pretends to have a relationship with Isa to fend off the attempts of her ex-husband, Harry, to get back with her. He has several enemies, including Stevie the Bookie. In the episode "Scran", it was revealed Winston used to work in the Clyde shipyards, at Yarrows. Winston has his leg amputated at the end of the third series after his eighty-a-day cigarette habit catches up with him. He is known to have a daughter, a son, and two grandsons, Joe and Thomas. Winston often takes advantage of Isa's kindness and soft spot towards him in order to receive free food from her. In the ninth series, he meets Winnie, a wheelchair-bound woman that he first meets on Tinder. The two marry in the episode "Hitched." In the earlier stage play, he mentions a brother living in Nevada and a son who died in a car accident in the 1960s but it is unknown if this is correct with the television series. In the TV canon, he does have a brother named Walter.
This is one of the funniest Scottish show ever. If you like this, try Two Doors Down. Or the prequel to Still Game, Chewin the Fat
Chewin the fat I have watched and still game is fully reacted to as well. I loved this show very much.
We are all Isa lol. Pure ded brilliant!!
It's really good to see other folk watching this show that aren't Scottish. Can I ask you though? Do you understand them clear enough just because the slang in this show is really common.
Cant understand everything in the very first episode of a scottish show I never watched until this episode, but if u watch the reactions over time i pick up enough. communicating with the community speaking to people i've learned a thing or two. but in no way am i going to be fluent in one episode just incase.
@@bxkid7 yeah I just meant in over all, I should have asked you this on the newest seasons sorry. I don't mean have you understood them from day one lol, I know it will be hard for any non Scottish person to fully understand it. It's some laugh watching it seeing your reactions though lol 🤣
@@liambrown5085 I def get a lot. Having watched all of still game, chewin the fat and rab c nesbitt just to name a few i think its safe to say i get it. wont be fluent tho i will always be honest. but i get enough to understand :) because of these shows i have made some new scottish mates so im learning a bit more and more :)
@@bxkid7 aye definitely mate, it'll all come in no time especially with talking to us Scottish folk we end up throwing slang in when we try talk nice and proper lol🤣. I'm not going to lie I have only seen a little bit of chewing the fat haha I'm more of a still game fan, even tho most of the still game cast is on chewin the fat lol 🤣
You said it perfect mate
A curly wurly is a chocolate long thing with chewy caramel and when you bite it or break it the caramel curls it
Love that you like it bro ❤
No fam I love it!!! Still game 4 Life!
Methadone mick..great episode
Your a legend m8 a accuel love you 😂 you should have 15 million subscribers helping the weak.2 pints ya prick 💪
much love fam 2 pint ya prick 🍻
love this show so much!
@@bxkid7 fam 🤣 watching it now loving it.tam never pays haha
If you are moving from one house to another and moving all your belongings, in Scotland that is called a Flittin.
Yessir :)
A flitting is Scottish for moving house from one to another house
I'm here for the banter
Phone booths have all disappeared for the most part
First episode premiered 20 years ago today 🏴👴🏻👨🏻🦳
Hi have you tried 2 doors down? Amazing .Another one from Glasgow (subtitles might be helpful!)
You should join the Facebook group two pints prick still game fan page. Great group, lots of hilarious banter. Shut it tadger 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
ill check it out! thanks dean :)
Suitcases, thanks Kid!
thank you for watching!
That run down housing estate at the beginning is gone,replaced by new houses. Some difference!!
Piss aff(off) is fuck off with slightly less severity attached.
We love this show and your reaction vids, could you do some of the late les Dawson it would be great thanks
I will check it out. Thanks Barbara
A flitting (flittin)is a Scottish word for moving house bro. Am from the opposite end of the country and we say it up here aswell.
The Phone booths are still there because this was in 2002 probably not a great deal lying about anymore
Bobby winding him up...😂
Ah, the start of the journey... 👍
Good times ♡
@@bxkid7 Just think, if someone had yelled "2 pints prick" at you back then you'd probably have swung at them them instead of just laughing like you would now 😂
@@BeardyBaldyBob hahahahahaha so true lol
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still game was first a stage play ( the original one is online)
Eh, there are a couple public phones but mostly in train stations or airports - there used to be a few in my town but I think there's only one that the council hasn't removed and it's been trashed by wee neds so much I certainly would never use it. I guess with everybody having mobile phones it's not worth the upkeep anymore.
A curly wurly is a chocolate bar
Flittin means moving house
Phone booth's/Telephone box's are still here in the UK lol
its like faded remnants in ny u see the booth kinda here but no phone here lol
Yeah but no one uses them anymore.
@@DJDonnelly all ours have the phone yanked off like someone got hungry lol
Thanks for the reaction! Please react to The Ricky Gervais Show! 😅
Will do thank you for the suggestion truly appreciate it ♡
Curly wurly is a chocolate an soft toffee swedger (candy) in USA.
Thanks Keith my dude!
Curly wurly is a chocolate caramel bar
tried it and boy did it stick to me teeth lol
Some man
Flitting. Moving house
You missed the conclusion.Boxing match after the credits.
yup its the first and last one we ever missed. during this show.
Please watch only fools and horses!!!!
hee haw means "nothing", just so you know
thanks bro. some words will be tough to make out so I gotta piece them together slowly lol as best :)
I was brought up to know 'hee haw' means nothing, and I still say it regularly, I think most people from Inverclyde use it a lot.
Moreeeeee
phone booths are all but gone
I remember not paying attention one day and walking head first into one lol
You missed the post credit scene
yup this is the first and last post scene we missed while recording this one. never again on our other episodes. we were informed by the amazing audience :P
@@bxkid7 How you enjoying the eps and humor?
@@derekrankin7842 it is one of the best shows i have ever seen. i encourage you to check along with me the rest of the reactions this show is fantastic and i have become rather attached to the characters. i get hooked on shows and start to really love the characters and what they do! class show
@@bxkid7 I am Scottish and enjoy watching your reaction vids.
@@derekrankin7842 thank you derek means a lot to mean! i enjoy watching these man. glad i had got recommended this show a while back!
The show isn’t allowed to say Fuck
Aye we have phone boxes but they smell like piss
You should react to the newer episodes of stillgame brother
We are garry. Encourage you to look at the playlists section of the channel. You will see more =)
Good reaction, but why do you keep pausing the video to repeat.. what we've literally just watched?
the video gets paused to comment if I had a thought or if im working to understand what im watching. this show is not something someone from new york has heard about so i have to decipher things that i hear because there is strong accents on the show.
please please go to episode 2 .....and remember to watch AFTER the end credits
i'll try and do another ep soon for sure it was fun to watch
Can you react to CBBC Jeopardy?
got you fam im def curated a list of all the content for you guys. and thank you for clarifying curly wurly looks good and sounds good now im drooling hahaha
@@bxkid7 Alright cool. So you're not confused with the game show. Here's a link about it en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy_(TV_series)
excellent writing and comedy acting BUT ep 1 series 1 isn't great
piss aff is simply piss off......
Make you smaller and the video bigger