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- King Boomer's Reaction to Harry Enfield impersonating a Yorkshireman in business. AKA An American trying to understand what this man from Yorkshire is saying lol. ENJOY!
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I am a Yorkshireman, and this could not be more of a stereotype. But a damn accurate one! And it's not in the least bit offensive. It's just taking the piss a bit. It's what we do.
Spot on mate. From a born and bred Scouser!
@@noteverton alright, calm down, calm down.
@@noteverton prayers go out to ya lad
Great sketch...Piss take stereotype. But as requested before,can you review..Harry Enfield ..Association Football sketch..with Mr cholmondley Warner. .especially as the World Cup is on..Thanks Mate.
As long as the piddle is extracted even-handedly, we are all game for a laugh!
“Bums against the walls lads, there’s a poof in town”..😂
I got bummed by a poof against a wall once.
Hands on balls, bums on wall's!
Agreed. Not exactly PC these days but then what is? An absolute scream though. LOL.
That got said by us every time someone said they didn't want a brew.
@@gazb87yorkshiresalt48 So "walls" gets an unnecessary apostrophe but "balls" doesn't. 🤨
I’ve been to Yorkshire and in all honesty Harry Enfield has toned down the stereotype somewhat.
For USA viewers, a Yorkshireman is what a Texan would be like without all those crippling self-esteem issues.
As a Yorkshire Man I can vouch for the accuracy of this
Chuffin ell fierr daunt teck piss!
Yup as a Yorkshire lass....I can only say ACCURATE.
As a scouser I agree 🤣
As a manc I can say that this is accurate 👍
The Yorkshire cricket dig was before its time !!
I am a Yorkshire man born and bred, and yes some from down south do have this kind of vision of a Yorkshire man and yes, we do tend to tell it how it is and yes, we do have a sense of humour and this is hilarious. I believe Harry Enfield is a comic genius, even if he is a southerner, he can't help it, we all have our crosses to bear.😁
This a real classic sketch from Harry Enfield! He’s offensive, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, sexist.. he’s brilliant. “No offence” 😂
Remember the days when ppl could take a joke and didn't scream for attention...?
He isn't any of those things. He uses the ignorance of others to make the rest of us laugh. Oh, you can have "brilliant". I agree with that.
yep plus toxic masculinity and delusional about his superiority over others. Encompasses a certain type of negative stereotype from that area and era.
@@-Tidgy
Today it's called being offline
@@-TidgyProbably because the sketch isn’t sexist, racist and homophobic. It’s making fun of someone sexist, racist and homophobic, which is important to do.
I'm from Lancashire and people from Yorkshire are like this, especially the women.
They lack the class and grace that a person like myself has, but I was born in Oldham, so that's to be expected.
I make sure that there are no pots in the washing bowl when I piss in a kitchen sink.
Now that is posh. No way are you from Oldham.
I too am from Yorkshire and this creases me up! Someone once said, "You know within three minutes of meeting a man from Yorkshire, because he will have told you at least once already!"
I’m from Lancashire and we’re supposed to hate Yorkshire folk, but I love my corky baller neighbours. Proper good people.
I think it’s one sided , yorkshire people aren’t arsed about lancashire
No were not, it's not 1300A.D anymore
Ee they're all a bit daft over t'west side o'dales, but at least they're not bloody southerners!
Likewise, you'll do for us
I'm from the Yorkshire Lancashire boarders. I love both counties and the people in them. All Northerners together.
As a fellow Yorkshireman living in the south of England, this stereotype is what is referred to on a regular basis. But I love it, we Yorkshire lads and lasses are like this.
agree nah get t kettle on
A few years ago a work colleague from Yorkshire showed me ..someone from across the Pennines, this sketch on his lap top, he came across proud of it and loved that i laughed my tits off at it , we have got to learn to laugh ourselves more often 😂😂
@@davek834 how very true . !! cant laugh at yourself theres somthing wrong
One of the first jokes which goes over your head is when he says to the Asian man, “You’ll never play for Yorkshire”. He’s referring to the Yorkshire cricket where until the early 90’s I think it was you had to be born in Yorkshire to be eligible to play for them so he’s obviously inferring that the Asian gentleman must’ve been born elsewhere.
And even after the early nineties they didn't take very kindly to ethnic minorities playing at their club.
That’s why Michael Parkinson couldn’t play for Yorkshire. I think he was born on a train in some far flung county. Might have even been Wales…. God forbid.
Asian?
Sachin Tendulker was the first Yorkshire player not born there in 1992.
You are inferring that, he is implying it. And I am from Yorkshire!
"Bums against the walls lads...There's a puff in town!"
I remember back in the sixties, if some fella came into the pub smelling of aftershave, they would cry out, "bums against the wall lads, she's in!"
We don’t mind having the piss taken out of us in Yorkshire because we’ve already done it to each other, every day without fail 😂
Last of the Summer Wine is a comedy filled with Yorkshire humour. It's slow moving pace and gentle Yorkshire wit shines through. It's about three old men whose antics bring them into the firing line of the long-suffering women of the town including chief battle axe Nora Batty who handles her broom like a trained assassin. It's more visual for It's stunning location and the gentle comedy, which is not vulgar. I think your Queen would enjoy it.
I have always loved Last of the Summer Wine.
Yorkshire is our version of Texas; everything's bigger & better!!
My turn to chime in on the "I'm a Yorkshireman" swaray...me too. It's a county that's the biggest in the UK and has a lot of history, pride and good things to poke fun at! Yup, York city and York shire. In all honesty we couldn't care less about celebrity, woke insanity or very whatever other bollocks...take it in your stride and give a bit back if you visit...it's part of the fun 😉
He seems quite mild mannered for a Yorkshireman...A sophisticated man from Leeds.
Well 'e's a yuppie, what do you expect? No doubt not even 'ad one whippet down t'trousers!
Leeds isn't as sophisticated as Harrogate, if you are feeling sophisticated, go to Betty's Tearooms in Harrogate and order a "Fat Rascal" with your pot of tea, you won't be disappointed.
Adding my vote for Yorkshire Airlines! There's a saying, 'You can allus tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell him much!' They're not wrong 🤣
Yorkshireman too - Many people can pick up an accent and place it within a 20 mile radius - The Yorkshire accent is definitely a strong one - with its own regional variations. I was once sat talking in a bar in Singapore and another Brit spoke and asked how far from a certain place I lived / came from (It was within 3 miles - next village) - also when holidaying in the South have met with people believing the stereotypes (or are they?)
The irony is that it is usually Southerners mimicking the accent in comedy shows - Also check Yorkshire airlines as others have said
Harry Enfield so it appears went to the University of York - maybe where he heard the accent
Yep as a Yorkshire man my self .Harry Enfield is so funny and spot on with the accent .
Yeah I'm from Barnsley, South Yorkshire and I travel around the country at work, I regularly get people recognising my Barnsley accent.
And when in Yorkshire we can tell Wakefield from Leeds from York , we have regional Yorkshire lol
Hale and pace Yorkshire airlines lol brilliant
As a Yorkshire Woman I do concur, all Yorkshire Men are like this 😉❤😂
Got any lard?
I'm not like this.
Fancy another?
@@nobbycheeseman2915 you aint from yorkshire then..
@@Polite_Indifference what? Another coffee?
Im from Yorkshire, and I can confirm this is what we're like. 😂
You now need to react to "the 4 Yorkshire men" sketch. 👍
Yorkshireman are quite well known for being forthright and plain speaking (no beating about the bush with what they say.)
"No beating around the bush but plenty of beating around the wife"
When this was first on TV everyone in the office thought it was me! I’m a very loyal Yorkshireman. When he entered to room he gave the very Yorkshire greeting of “Ey Yup”. that also means ‘lookout’. This is Old Norse. Yorkshire was once part of Danelaw following the Danish Viking invasion of 866. In Scandinavia they use the expression “Say Upp” that means the same thing. In fact all our Yorkshire Dialect is Norse.
Great bit of history! And I'm from down south like, terrific; say it how it is Harry!
Good knowledge there. Interesting stuff.
A Norse of a different colour!
@@ajivins1 OMFG! But i loved that!!!
@@micko11154 I'm here all week!
I'm Yorkshire born and bred (spent most of my life in the city of York). Harry does a great job on the stereotype, and us Yorkies will definitely be laughing along with you guys. We're also very much known for being tight-fisted ....which I am. lol. Love your channel, and you and yours seem like old mates to me now. Keep up the good work sir (and ma'am). 👍
You should keep replies to a minimum as typing a lot of words wears out the keyboard plus there's an extra electricity and wifi charge. It all helps. Just a tip for the future
Sometimes you don't realise how much a reaction video can make ya laugh non stop.... Thanks boomer!!
My Yorkie mate has me in stitches when he gets upset & comes out with (eg) = "Get yersen rite FÙCKED OFF!!!".... 😂😂😂
I'm a Yorkshireman and it's not too far from the truth in parts :P I remember watching this when it was first shown with a friend of mine who is flamboyantly gay. After the "don't be a puff, eat white bread", we all referred to him as "Captain Hovis".
I am from Leeds, West Yorkshire and it is a very sophisticated city! This Harry Enfield sketch is one of his best. I'm sorry that we don't see him much on tv these days.
I'm a Yorkshire woman and I love it
I haven't just been to Leeds, I'm from Leeds and it's hilarious. We have a saying round these parts:
Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred
Strong in't arm and thick in't head.
Great comedy from Harry and the cast of his show, when tv comedy was great to watch 😂
Got to understand that Yorkshire is God's own county and it causes a lot of envy when we remind everyone else constantly. Very funny we love it and yes it is a stereotype, and yes I also know sophisticated because I have been to Leeds as well.
Translation for those who really can't figure it out:
"Hey up! Don't stand up, I haven't farted you know!" = "Hello, don't mind me I haven't broken wind or anything".
"Name's George Whitebread. I'm a Yorkshireman, plain speaking. I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say!" = "I'm George Whitebread and I won't change the way I speak to avoid offending you."
"Hey up son! You'll never play for Yorkshire... no offence!" = "You are brown so I will never see you as English, but I don't wish you any harm or ill will."
"What have we got here? My little pony! Ding ding ding ding! Anyone at home? I don't think so, he he! No offence!" = "You have a ponytail and I see this as a girl's haircut. You are not responding to my observation, which I take as further sign of effete decadence. Still, I don't wish you any harm."
"Bums against the wall lads, there's a poof in town! No offence!" = "Cover your anuses there's a homosexual in here! Still, I have nothing against homsexuals."
"What have you got for me then?" = "Get on with it."
"What the bloody hell are you going on about?" = "This is unfounded nonsense."
"I've got two words to say to that - shite!" = "This idea is so shitty it needs to be described as such twice."
"Shite!" = "I'm saying the word a second time so you get the message."
"In Yorkshire that'd go down about as well as your 15 stone tart in back of mini. No offence love." = "Where I'm from your idea would be appreciated no more than a morbidly obese woman offering sexual favours on the back seat of a car that is far too small for her. Still, I don't want any women in the room to feel personally attacked by this reference."
"Ooh, that's lovely dear! Now run along and make us a cup of tea would you?" = "I like women and I'm happy when things go well for them, but I don't really value their input in my projects. I'd quite happily give them equal pay and benefits just to look nice and be obedient."
"Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp, hey?" = "She is not very attractive."
"Oh, don't apologise love. We've all made mistakes." = "Your girlfriend is ugly, but I won't judge you for it."
"Right, this bank ad - I've done my own. Close up on them man - real man. No offence pal. Yorkshireman!" = "I have produced my own advertising brief for the banking sector to compete with real men like me. I don't consider you a real man because you are too effeminate, but I still don't wish to hurt your feelings."
"Open a bank account at the National Northern Bank, and you get a free packet of lard!" = "Bank with us and I'll give you some animal fat with which you can fry tasty foods."
"Right, got one for that slimming campaign. Fat lass, right, standing on weighing scales holding her spare tires. She's going ooh bloody hell look at this - bloke says never mind love, something to get hold of. Let's get pissed and have some lard sandwiches!" = "I wrote an advert for those concerned about their weight. A rotund woman stands on weighing scales and holds her stomach in resiignation. Her husband reassures her that he enjoys her fat body and finds it sexually stimulating. He then suggests that they drink alcohol and eat some high fat food."
"Another one right, for that bread campaign. Eat white bread, with nowt farting about with. Don't be a puff - eat white bread!" = "Here's my advert for bread. Eat white bread, it's simple and uncomplicated. Don't be a homosexual (no offence) - eat white bread!"
"Sophistication? Sophistication?! Don't talk to me about sophistication love, I've been to Leeds!" = "I've been to the most urban and globalised city in my county, and this is all I need."
"Right! Have another one of them coffee ads, right, you know with bloke and tarty bit from next door." = "Let's do another coffee advert involving a man having an illicit affair with his next door neighbour as these appeal so well to our target demographic."
"You can play tarty bit. I know it's miscasting love, but you'll have to do, hey?" = "You can play the loose woman next door in my demonstration. You're not really attractive enough for this role, but you are the only woman in the room so I'll give you the role."
"Right can you read, love?" = "Not everyone can read where I'm from, so I don't like to assume."
"Oh, clever little lass isn't she?" = "I don't think of women as equals, but I do like to praise them when they do a good job."
"Right, stand up then, come on up with you!" = "Please stand up so I can do my demonstration."
"Ey ey, ooh, ey!" = "You have a nice body, even if I don't like your face."
"Bloke and tarty bit are in bed, right. He starts, he goes - eeh, that were a right good shag love! Good thing we had all that coffee, otherwise I would've never been able to keep it up after 15 minutes." = "Man and loose woman from next door are in bed. He says the sex was good, and the coffee helped him maintain an erection for much longer than he otherwise could."
"Fancy another?" = "Do you want another one?"
"What, another coffee?" = "Do you mean another coffee?"
"No, another shag." = "No, I want to have sex with you again."
"Hey, alright I'll get the lard!" = "Ok, I'll use some animal fat as lubrication to help us have sexual intercourse again."
"You can always tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell them much".
(I'm half Yorkshire) My mum calls me a mongrel. She's the northern half.
I’m from York so a proud Yorkshire Man. And it’s spot on 😂. We tend to be plain speaking not those Southern Nancys 😂
As a Lancashire lad this isn't at all true, people from Yorkshire are far worse than that...this is the county that produced Jeremy Clarkson and Geoffrey Boycott
Harry Enfield went to University in York (as did I), being able to do "The Yorkshireman" must have been natural after going to the pub every other night for 3 years in the city!
Absolutely. If I ever wanted to know what's like to be black all I had to do was try to order a pint in one if the pubs in town (I have a strong London accent), late 70s he was there just after me.
>implying implications
With North Yorkshire's i can rarely hear their accent
Harry got most of his ideas for charactors while at york uni
Many of Mitchell & Webb's sketches are hilarious.
Davidz, I agree 🇬🇧
I was born and raised in Yorkshire. This is fuckin gold! So well observed and executed.
I'm from South Yorkshire and i love your reaction its fantastic, we still talk about this character at work and know it word for word and find it so funny as he takes no nonsense, great vid and can see you genuinely find it funny, I say what I like and like what i bloody well say, cheers mate, I'm from Rotherham by the way 👏
A good saying in Yorkshire is ' he dropped a pound and it hit him on the back of the head before it got to the floor''
Translates as
There tight with money lol
@Telegrem__KingBoomer1 Ace, I won a UA-cam thing lol
My wife is from South Yorkshire, She can take a 7ft man down and bite his throat out, but if she spots a small spider, then she does that thing that lots of women do, the tiptoe dancing and arm waving as they retreat away in abject fear. LMFAO.
Half-Scottish Yorkshireman here, and Yes, Yorkshire people are famous for no-nonsense straight talk. A couple of the jokes are also quite specific to UK ads of the late 80s/early 90s. The bread one was a skit on Allinson's bread, who used a cartoon Yorkshireman who said, "Bread with nowt [nothing] taken out" and the coffee ad was like a serialised thing Necafé gold blend did with a man and a woman neighbours, in a will-they won't-they?
Despite the connotations, in Yorkshire, 'рoof' is not necessarily a gaу slur, it was/is used to insult any man not acting proper manly, as being soft is something people in the south are famous for. Yorkshire and further north are proud of how tough they consider themselves to be.
Yorkshire is the UK's biggest county, it's split into 4 (N,S,E,W. Although East Yorkshire was called Humberside for a while along with the part of North Lincolnshire that was south of the River Humber).
Although historically it is named because of the City of York, Leeds is now it's biggest City and 'capital'.
We are straight forward folk, no bells or whistles. Working class, friendly but take no bullsh!t. We say it how it is. Plus we're very good at taking the p!ss.....out of ourselves as well as our friends and family......so the majority of us will say "aye, that's pretty bang on" and laugh along with it.
Also as a side note......If Yorkshire was a nation......which some folk would rather it was........It would have come 12th in the 2012 Olympics.😆
Traditionally Yorkshire until 1974 was split into North Riding, West Riding and the East Riding as per the original Viking areas.
In 1974 local government changes by the labour government meant we had new counties formed from parts of Yorkshire that we only reinstated recently.
They were Cleveland and Humberside, also we had South Yorkshire created.
That said a lot of our voting constituencies are named after the original Anglo Saxon Wappentakes of the area they're in. For example in and around Leeds there's Ainsty, Elmet and Skyrack.
I love how he assumes the woman is the tea lady. 🤣
I would say that's bloody accurate... And I'm a YORKSHIREMAN!! Morley Born and Bred . If I had any critisism I would say that this is an understatement!
Hi, I am a Yorkshire man. This is some what close stereo typical of a yorkshireman. I also find this hilarious as it's making fun of how a yorkshireman would sound to an extreme, Which is what makes it funny. But you should check out part 2 of this as a Dr. George English man, it's so funny I never fail not to laugh.
2:46 "Bums against the wall lads, there's a poof in town" (poof being an old slang derogatory for a gay man)
York is a City in the County (your State) of Yorkshire. A Yorkshireman is of the whole County.
Fawlty (Towels) Towers. John Cleese? A true Classic from the 70’s and British gold. About to get a reboot too I see.
I’m a Lancastrian, now you know why we had the War of the Roses.
You can always tell a Yorkshireman...But you cant tell him much!
The amount of accents we have in the small country we are ,there is no comparison, I am 60 and probs 20% short of 100 to understand all, I understood all this.
It be the same for most here. We have some very strong local accents. Gr8 channel, love your reactions. Take a look at some black country slang, that's one on its own,
Not far from me, only about 10 miles away in midlands, my accent is strong but the proper back country very hard to understand. If you ever watch Peaky blinders, not far off . I have more of a Brummy
Accent. (Birmingham). Lived in Cyprus 10 yes, SPK a little Greek, but never lost my accent from here lol.
As a Yorkshireman I can concur that people from Yorkshire have a reputation for bluff, frank and forthright opinions that they will let you know. However, it's not true... no honestly it isn't. The moment when he settles on the black gentleman and tells him he'll never play for Yorkshire, refers to the game of cricket and Yorkshire's then policy of not selecting anyone to play who was not born in Yorkshire. Yorkshire was the only county to adopt this policy, but dropped it some years ago. Curiously, Yorkshire County Cricket was recently at the centre of a racism storm, when a player of Pakistani descent alleged that he was subjected to a number of racist comments/incidents by persons at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. It later emerged that the player himself had made racist comments about Jews - something that seems to have been largely swept under the carpet.
I don't know if it was swept under the carpet, it was covered in the mainstream news and right wing talking heads on Twitter all jizzed themselves at the thought of being able to undermine the very much substantiated allegations of racism.
As the saying goes 'You can always tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell him much.'
Yorkshire people say it's God's own county. Lancashire folk say no one else wanted it. Ian Duckworth.
I'm a Yorkshireman, this is stereotyping, accurate and funny as hell 🤣🤣
i am a yorkshireman and this is quality.
He said " bums against the wall lads , there is a puff in town "
Yorkshireman born and bred. Funny faces and very entertainment pure laugher🤣👍
From Leeds (In Yorkshire) hilarious. and more or less accurate certainly for when this was made. Definitely know one or two men like that. 😂😂
Translations - "Oh...bums against the wall lads, there's a poof in town!" 🤣 "In Yorkshire that would go down as well as a 15 stone tart in the back of a Mini!"..." Eat white bread, we've nout farted around with it. Don't be a poof, eat white bread!"
Also check Yorkshire Airways
That is so funny! Good suggestion.
I work in Yorkshire but I'm from Lancashire. When I first got my job, they all said "you talk funny"! Haha, pot calling kettle black.
I used to work in factory full of people just like this.
I now work in another factory full of people who are exactly the same .
Ii too am a Yorkshireman ,it's a great sketch, i know so many fellas like this bloke, my best friend is Australian and he says it's me,
You need to watch Harry Enfield " Yorkshire Airlines" .this is really close to home HAHA
Yorkshire was once the home of the English parliament the largest county and also a huge part of our nations economic strength before the british europeans trashed it . this strength was something the british establishment feared so they dismantled the majority of the industry (steel coal fishing) that gave the county huge political influence . imo the USA have seen similar in the rust belt
This has some quotes in that my friends and I still use
Shite and shite
Sophisticated Sophisticated I've been to Leeds
It is set in a trendy marketing office in trendy London and he has come down from blunt speaking Yorkshire where we are known for not being pretentious or trendy but down to earth and saying what we think
All exaggerated of course
I'm a Yorkshireman, I grew up knowing loads of men like this, any true Yorkshireman knows he's actually toned it down a bit. Yes, it's hilarious, we can laugh at ourselves, because we know we are right, and so do you.
Have you ever seen him do the plasterer, "Loadsamoney" and "Stavros" the Greek kebab shop owner ?
It is a bit of a grotesque over the top representation however there are grains of truth in it. Yorkshire people are very plain speaking Yorkshire people will laugh at this. What cracked me up was when he said talk about sophistication I've been to Leeds!" I have been to Leeds many times. perhaps you have had to have been to Leeds to get that joke! Leeds is a motorway with a city running through it!
I used to use the phrase "don't talk to me about sophistication, I've been to Leeds" back in the day having seen this sketch.
Apparently people in northern England are much more friendlier than southerners.
It is strange how most countries have a north/south divide, usually one being considered ignorant and uneducated and the other being more sophisticated.
It wouldn't fly today because people are much more spineless, and cannot think for themselves, but instead seek approval and praise from their puppeteers and users.
These shows are from a time when grown-ups walked the earth.
I am from Yorkshire and are EXACTLY like that. FYI we in Leeds call Yorkshire "God's own country"
Brilliant,back in the day when you can say anything and get away with it. Fuck I miss those days.😢😢
Lol "bums against the wall lads, theres a puff in town" is what he said
It’s a southerner’s stereotype of a northerner basically.
I'm a Yorkshireman. Aye, he's bloody brilliant. 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅
The typical stereotype of a Yorkshireman is that they are blunt and direct, with no time for frills, and judging by those I’ve known, that is pretty spot on. Yorkshire is a rugged part of England with a lot of moorland and hills, whose people are traditionally known for being obsessed with cricket and “bitter” (the type of beer that is popular over here,) with a prevalence of sheep farming on hillside fields separated by dry-stone walls, but also was a major coal mining area which towns were often built around, featuring rows of small terraced houses for miners and their families. Mining towns often had them own brass band. This and the weather chimes with their character; Yorkshiremen tend to be proud of their heritage; you need to check out the Monty Python sketch “Four Yorkshiremen” in which they proudly reminisce about their childhood and how tough life was, but in true Monty Python style it is taken to an absurd degree.
eyup , aye lad its about right but not quite so offensive nowadays , a puff is a gay man , and Harry said "bums against the wall , there's a puff here " , Harry Enfield was great at taking the piss out of most stereo types in society , his Dad was very funny too
Born & bred in Yorkshire and we are all proud to be so. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
*Yorkshire* - Bigger population than *Scotland.*
I'm a yorkshire man & it's hilariously funny. "We speak our minds & don't mind what we say"
Yorkshire born, Yorkshire bred
Strong in the arm, thick in the head
You can say that about Cumbria, have a look at Reet Cumbrian UA-cam channel its very funny
Search for "Saw you Coming" for the opposite of the Yorkshireman
"Bums against the wall lads, theres's a poof in town". LOL no way could this be made today.
It Could if gay people were like them days ,they were aloud a sense of humour then .not like today .the do gooder straight people don’t allow it now…
Hale & Pace😉
I am from Yorkshire and Harry Enfield is playing on all of the classic Yorkshire stereotypes.... He went to York University so perhaps he got it from there, but to be honest anyone in the UK could have played "Gerorge Whitebread" with minimal effort. To understand the concept of a "Yorkshireman" from an American viewpoint try to imagine George, Alabama, Texas and Mississippi all mixed into one and there you have it.... half a Yorkshireman!
Yorkshire people are supposed to be thoroughly proud of their working class heritage, extremely tight with their money and blunt to the point of rudeness. They are stubborn and self-opinionated (Gerorge Whitebread: "I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say"). They take no nonsense and are supposed to be tight-lipped ("If in doubt, say nowt"). There's no point asking a Yorkshireman where he is from because within 2 minutes of meeting him he will have told you.
The name of the character - George Whitebread - is genius. Years ago it was said that brown bread was better for you than white bread and soon brown loaves were in all the shops - even in Yorkshire. But almost everyone I knew wouldn't touch a brown loaf with a shitty-stick, arguing "why would you want to muck around with the traditional white loaf?" and out of principle (stubborness) refused to eat the healthier brown. In appearance George Whitebread has the classic ruddy face, thick wasteline and windswept hairdo of the "classic" Yorkshire farmer. He is supposed to be a sophisticated Advertising executive (think Don Draper from Mad Men) but looks nothing like one. Nor does he behave like one either. Leeds is the UK's fourth largest city (after London, Birmingham and Glasgow) and so George - who has probably hardly ever left Yorkshire (another stereotype) says "Sophistication! Sophistication! Don't talk to me about sophistication.... I've BEEN to Leeds". Paris, Milan and New York would be wasted on him.
In cricket we have the County championship: teams are based on the English counties rather than towns (as in football/soccer). Yorkshire is England's largest county and in fact takes up nearly 10 per cent of all England (in population and land size). For this reason, the Yorkshire cricket club had a policy for many years of only picking players born in Yorkshire. It worked very well for them - they still hold the record for most county championship titles. Of course, immigration has meant that many people of black and asian heritage have been born in Yorkshire but for quite some time they never seemed to get selected. This has changed a little over recent years but there has been a scandal of racism in the Yorkshire cricket club that is toxic even now - and remember Harry Enfield wrote this scetch in the 90's. The first thing George Whitebread did was go the black fellow, point at him and say "I tell you what, son... you'll never play for Yorkshire". Everyone in the UK would have got that joke/reference straight away.
The sexism and homophobia are also typical of the Yorkshire "redneck". Of course, these can be found throughout the whole of the UK but somehow in Yorkshire they seem to stick. I once saw a guest on a Quiz Show (Julia Bradbury on Countdown) get asked about a letter she had received from a "fan". She had recently commentated on a horse-racing event, something not usually associated with her (she is a TV personality usually hosting consumer affairs programmes). Someone had written to her saying "you shouldn't be commentating on horse racing. You're not the right class of person to do that - you should stick to doing your usual rubbish stuff". The host said "that was very rude. Obviously, it was written to you anonomously?" She replied "Oh no... It was signed from a man saying he was from Yorkshire". My heart sank.
Needless to say, not everyone in Yorkshire is like that. I can think of at least 5 others who aren't (out of 5.5 million people - incidentally about the same population as Scotland and more than live in Ireland). And we have had our fair share of poets, writers and artists (WH Auden, the Bronte sisters and David Hockney) and we have some of the best scenery in the UK.
But I have to admit.... this sketch is superb.
I'm from Leeds and this is too funny.
Safishticated.
I was talking about this a few months ago. This comedy would never see the light of day these days. Unfortunately. Kids these days are too fucking precious.
Yorkshire people come from the Counties of Yorkshire Shire is an old word for County. There are four Counties South Yorkshire West Yorkshire North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire where I live!
As a Southerner, my dad always spoke of this character’s type as “Typical Tyke (Tyke is a derogatory term for a Yorkshireman); think they know everything but actually know nothing!”
I don’t actually know though why Tyke is derogatory term for a Yorkshireman.
I've always seen Tyke as being more specific to Barnsley than Yorkshire as a whole (these days at least).
A quick (possible incorrect idk) google suggests it was used as a term for someone a bit rough, scruffy, tight with money and up for a fight - used initially as an insult but adopted by Yorkshire folk as almost a point of pride.
Which sounds about right to me - part of our identity is not really caring what the rest of the country think about us, and taking an insult and wearing it like a badge of honour as a way to take the piss is pretty common imo.
Yorkshire is a county so large that its been split into 4 for adminstrative purposes.
"Bums against the walls lads, there's a poof in town"
I'm a Yorkshireman (applies to anyone from the county of Yorkshire, not just the city of York), and we're are good at taking the piss out of ourselves. If you want 'sophisticated' in Yorkshire, you go to Harrogate, pronounced as 'Arrogut by everyone else.
You need to watch the film (movie) Rita, Sue and Bob too. Its bases in 80s Yorkshire absolutely hilarious
I am from Yorkshire near Leeds 😂 and yes I find it funny. Infamous for being plain speaking and being tight with money. The older generation did generally fit this stereotype not so much now.
"Ohhh thats lovely dear, now run along and make us a cup of tea would ya" 😂