@L Christ Nothing has changed. We have talent, actual writing and actual comedy today. Whenever someone suggests that "those were the good old days" one knows one is dealing with an imbecile.
@@Consrignrant You may not agree with the OP's opinion. But calling someone an imbecile, simply because they have a different opinion on something, than you do... Well, it's rather ironic, actually. 🤣🤣🤣
@@Consrignrant Ah, the Voice of Authority has spoken. THANK YOU for enlightening us on the Universal Truth you have bestowed, oh guru. Please do continue to do so - because, of course, your opnion MUST be right, while theirs is wrong, even though they are both opinions.
a coworker lent me her vhs tapes to watch while i was recovering from surgery. I have been watching the episodes on my dvds and now on you tube. I still laugh no matter how many times i have viewed the episodes!
As of today, July 6, 2020, only Mr. Spooner (Mike Berry), Miss Bakewell (Penny Irving), Miss Belfridge (Candy Davis), Young Mr. Grace's nurse (Vivienne Johnson), Raymond Bowers (who played characters in 3 episodes), and Miss Thorpe (Mr. Rumbold's temporary secretary in 3 episodes, played by Moira Foot), are still with us. Out of a cast of about 22 characters. And what a marvelous cast it was. That is my opinion, and I am unanimous in this! Addendum: June 3, 2024, sadly Candy Davis died at the young age of 59 in 2021 from a terrible sickness called ALS. R.I.P. Miss Belfridge.
@@distantrambler: How dare you?!!! I’m from the “colonies” here in the U.S. and it is and was the best European sitcom ever!!! You should be imprisoned and never allowed to watch again Are You Being Served?
I used to enjoy this show when I was younger, but nowadays, even as an American, working retail and restaurants for several years, I'm surprised how well the banter still holds up and I find this show even funnier! Even in 2020, I am amazed at how timely it still is
I'm 41 and I LOVE it, too! I remember watching it in the late 80s with my parents. I watch a few episodes a week and it is so comforting to watch. British actors always have been the best. Love them. Here in Ireland, acting is quite bad!! 🙈
Mr. Grace was the best. Seemingly old and past it, yet he was the master at outmaneuvering and outwitting the whole lot of them. The series survived after his death but a great deal of the magic went with him.
I can watch this TV show over and over, and I still laugh. Each character contributed nothing short of comic genius. Have to admit that Mr. Grainger, played by Arthur Brough, was a role that no other actor, introduced after his death, could fit his shoes.
I preferred Mr Mash myself, over Mr Harmon. And Mr Spooner was just horrible. They tried to make him a new Mr Lucas, but he was not lovable at all like Mr Lucas was. His jabs were usually kind hearted. Mr Spooner seemed to be nasty.
I know about double-entendres way before I knew what any of them stood for, which led to very interesting situations in later teenhood that confused and confounded my more worldly friends.
I had never heard of this show until 2006. I wad looking at PBS one Saturday night and it was on. I fell in love with this show. I just wish I can find all the seasons on DVD
i had a colleague at work with whom you could set your watch. ! She would come bursting throught the door of our officer 2 minutes exactly before the start of her shift. We sometimes would wath the clock and wait to see if she'd come in on the dot! always did. I dont know how she did it !
An excellent team. To think they're no longer with us is profoundly saddening. As a teen I was SOOO in love with Miss Brahms . . . 😪But Mr Humphrey's repartee still kills me every time!
Miss Brahms was a lovely Lass indeed, I do remember a babysitter like her as a nipper, and I would make goo goo eyes at her, she seemed not to mind, lucky for me.
Not sure if I was a strange kid or not but I do remember watching this when I was four years old. My mom would ask me if I wanted to watch peacock , which that's what I called it . Even now it's still a great show.
I had a nine year old friend who would ask his mother for permission to go to a friend's house or play in the park. When his mother said to be back in an hour, he insisted that the hour is measured from when you arrive at the place you want to go, not when you leave the house.
Worked 4 extra hours today and it's a Monday!! So, I came here to laugh- Especially as the banter between John and Trevor is priceless!! Between their eyes doing the talking, and their split second timing, I never fail to feel good!
How funny that we now type & speak like the way Captain Peacock was reading that notice. All the abbreviations are exactly how my students speak..i need an interpreter to understand them sometimes 🙄
The “WC” book. Can you imagine! LOL. I miss this wonderful show and these lovely people. Mrs slocombe: “well my end has been disaster” Mr Lucas: “your end always was!” 😂🤣
The most hilarious thing about this skit is that the state of horrible micromanaging supervisors has not improved in 40 years!! Most people have worked for a Captain Peacock in their career. 😂😂😂😂😂
When I was in the Navy, I visited Bermuda in the mid 80s and considered doing my Christmas shopping in one of the large Hamilton department stores. That is until I figured they would quite closely resemble Grace Bros. I didn't care for the idea of an overbearing floor walker trying to direct me at every step of my visit in the only really large store. I ended up shopping in small, local, specialty shops.
That "is this what we fought for at dunkirk? "Is so universal! None of us were there or participated in any historic revolution/war/protest and yet we' ed like to believe that we have a right to own someone else's struggle and victory/success as if it were our own and yet feel no regret while saying(owning) this!
OMG JUST FOUND THIS VIDEO I USED TO WATCH THIS SHOW IN THE LATE 80'S LIKE AROUND 10 YRS OLD ON P. B.S IN MASSACHUSSETTS... THIS AND KEEPING UP APPERANCES WITH HYECITH... LOVE THEM BOTH 💘...IM 48 NOW LOL BUT STILL ENJOY THEM..
I remember being at a book signing with John Inman while this show had a good run on Public Television here in the US in the nineties. He was a character to say the least. RIP to the entire cast of this show. They are iconic to me.
@@harperstacey9604 The seventies. It made its way into the eighties but was a much different show. Kind of like how they turned the Golden Girls into Golden Palace. It was a completely different series capitalizing off of the prior successful one bringing on the same cast. There was a movie in theaters of this show too.
@@lorenanders702 Yes! John Inman came to the station here in Detroit. Wow, you just brought back some memories. I forgot that he came to the studio in the flesh along with that book signing. I think I saw Inman in the studio locally more than once on PBS. Those are times we can never get back. Who knew that we would be able to pull up any episode with the flip of a finger in the future. Cheers! :)
@@lorenanders702 Dang, yes! I probably saw the same thing. There was a clip of him performing in a theater musical and the entire audience shouted: "I'm free!"
Except for Trevor Bannister. He's just awful in my opinion. Perhaps it's just the others are so good that it makes him stand out, but his character was always so annoying.
At 17yrs to 63yrs old, show me how to retail. From this I run it the same way. Each has a say for the design, of cabinets. Thier plainting a room, to building a apartment, movie set with all the set. working to make it right. For all. Wow...
Did you notice that all the employees are cowards but are only brave when Mr Gringer takes the hits, they even tried to make him do it again after he was fined.
Thank you for this, and thank you for the talented cast. may the all rest in piece... all of them had some great moments, especially Mrs Slocum, Mr Humphries and Captain Peacock! I would've loved to meet John Inman, I might have fallen off my bike as well, like an American did seeing him over here in the states LOL
I think Mr. Spooner is the only main one left except for some of the pretty "page one girls" that used to hang out with Mr. Grace. If I'm not mistaken.
God Bless you Brits! As a young man, I was introduced to British humor via 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and 'Are You Being Served' in the 1970s. Today I'm 60 years old and retired, and I still love British humor, it's just brilliant! One last thing, 'Mr. Granger' reminds me so much of Sir Winston Churchill it isn't even funny!
My favourite episode! Hilarious characters. I only wish they knew how popular they still are today. What a wonderful legacy. I love British actors- they're the best. And that comes from an Irishman! 🤗
The Irish haven't done so bad either, Mrs Browns Boys has far surpassed anything i have seen the Brits do and i love british comedy. The comedy of MBB is beyond anything i can think of, I role on the floor with some of the antics on that show. GO IRELAND and thank you Brendan O'Carroll your humor is incredible
I would say that Arthur Brough was brilliant in this role. If he were a character actor elsewhere, he certainly brought his experience here, making it worthwhile comedy, indeed...
I always feel the same about Mr. Humphreys, especially at that time. Quite surprising how openly suggestive his character was for that period in television.
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I've always seen this episode as Mr. Mash's finest hour. He's crude and foul-mouthed, but fighting for decent treatment of the very people who look down on him and who he thumbs his nose at in return. Because, at the end of the day, they all work for a living and he recognizes that fact.
This episode was hilarious, even though it is such reality as how the powers to be have such control over the working class, it still makes me laugh for a moment and then i sit back and say, wow, isn't that the truth. You can stand up against management, and they will look at you and agree, then take your demands and use the context in which they were originally meant, and stuff them right up the waaazooo. It also shows the reality of fellow coworkers and how they have your back when you stand up and represent them. This particular episode was so perfect in describing how that works out for the spokesperson of a group. MAN does it ever. I have personally experienced this exact thing many a time in my life. Now I am the one to "stand behind YOU" :D Lesson learned Mr Granger
@@roberttelarket4934 Granger was awesome actually. Back in the day, old boys like him could be pretty brutal, but he was wholesome for the most part. Vulnerable even, one could say.
I watched this show for many years on PBS Boston (WGBH). They were always entertaining, very funny cast. And Mr. Grace..."Hello Everyone' ! heheh. Sad that they're all gone. A bit scary too. Life is fleeting.
Retail management, throwing their "weight around" when people are already being underpaid, dealing with the public (in all their variable personalities,) on their feet all day, and subjected to crazy schedules. (Retail is a good reason to learn a trade.)
and the truly wierd thing is.. after a mild line is given.. the actors WAIT for the canned laughter to subside to continue on??? NAHHH..vaudeville was dont stop a line for rofl just keep on ging.if they dont get it they'll be back next week to hear it all over again
You can hear her in one of her very early outings in a 1962 hit (UK) record called "Come Outside" sung by Mike Sarne. She plays the Cockney gal on that too. It must be on YT somewhere.
@@jubalcalif9100 Yes, not in the Rutherford league I suppose, but of course, they both came from different eras with different values. I personally think that Margaret was playing herself in many, if not all of her roles, and of course she started acting quite late in life. Wendy trained at the famous Italia Conti drama school she was very young.
She was an ash brunette and went grey early I think. I remember thinking that her look changed a lot after this episode. Different hair and/or makeup I guess.
I love the "Bronx Cheer" done by Mr Mash at the start to Corporal Peacock, and at the end by Peacock back at Mr. Mash. I grew up in New York and that toot goes back to the 1920s and was called a "Bronx Cheer" it was used in Hogans Heroes as an snarky insult towards Colonel Klink who was told it was a complimentary salute. (Oh and Corporal was Stephen Peacock's real rank was before he was called out by Mr Granger's successor, who recognized Peacock as Corporal Peacock, and used his proof to have Peacock make him the Senior, above Mr. Humphreys. The episode is also on UA-cam. I love this show and saw them in the 1970s and am still watching them in the 2020s... Yes I'm over 60.😂😊
It never occurred to me that Peacock was never a Captain. I thought the rub was that Mr Goldberg knew him while he was still a corprel and Goldberg out-ranked him at that time.
I miss these old shows. They were funny and welcoming.😊
This was the best one! I normally don't like comedies but this one is great!
This show is classic and ages like wine 🍷
Jolly good ripping good stuff . Grace Brothers is a good place to spend a penny🚽
This show was brilliant. Their comedic timing was wonderful. There was a real chemistry among the main characters like the Carol Burnett cast.
Hello Katherine
How are you doing today?
Wow. Actual talent. Actual writing. Actual comedy. Love it.
Yes
@L Christ Nothing has changed. We have talent, actual writing and actual comedy today. Whenever someone suggests that "those were the good old days" one knows one is dealing with an imbecile.
@@Consrignrant
You may not agree with the OP's opinion.
But calling someone an imbecile, simply because they have a different opinion on something, than you do... Well, it's rather ironic, actually. 🤣🤣🤣
@@Consrignrant Ah, the Voice of Authority has spoken. THANK YOU for enlightening us on the Universal Truth you have bestowed, oh guru. Please do continue to do so - because, of course, your opnion MUST be right, while theirs is wrong, even though they are both opinions.
@@peachyb1969 Isn't it though? You can generally tell the caliber of person dealt with by how quickly they resort to insult and denigration.
I love the British sense of humour. So funny and clever.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"It has everything to do with me BROTHER SLOCOMBE!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great line
a coworker lent me her vhs tapes to watch while i was recovering from surgery. I have been watching the episodes on my dvds and now on you tube. I still laugh no matter how many times i have viewed the episodes!
That's the effect of AYBS
Every time I watch a episode of this classic show I feel like I am watching it for the first time all over again.
I love shows about us regular, working, class, people. I also adore and admire how the writers and actors made the ordinary extraordinary.
I like watching the old British classic comedy. I am 59 yrs.old. it is my generation of comedies..
Me 2
I'm just ahead of you, at 62 years. 😄
Me 2
Well, move over. I'm 59 now.
Rumor says Larry the cat loves this show it’s his favorite.
I love the double entrendes. Never vulgar, always clever. Classic.
Yes I've always loved it myself.
How many people today would understand the motion on the table gag?
Just walking that thin line ... just enough to be "adult" but not offensive
I mean, "ASDIC" was kind of vulgar.
"double entendres"
Although quite an older man, The Young Mr Grace sure displays a lot of wit.
We need to have a discussion at lunch. Mr. Lucas: Yes let’s have a disgusting lunch. I was rolling on the floor.
As of today, July 6, 2020, only Mr. Spooner (Mike Berry), Miss Bakewell (Penny Irving), Miss Belfridge (Candy Davis), Young Mr. Grace's nurse (Vivienne Johnson), Raymond Bowers (who played characters in 3 episodes), and Miss Thorpe (Mr. Rumbold's temporary secretary in 3 episodes, played by Moira Foot), are still with us. Out of a cast of about 22 characters.
And what a marvelous cast it was. That is my opinion, and I am unanimous in this!
Addendum: June 3, 2024, sadly Candy Davis died at the young age of 59 in 2021 from a terrible sickness called ALS. R.I.P. Miss Belfridge.
Of course you are !
No you're not ! I am too!
Most old movies people watch the cast are all deceased.
@@josweetlove1537 Wow, profound... stupidity.
lol your post gave me a great chuckle thank you
I started watching the show in 1995 in the USA and now the year is 2022 and I am still watching it in Laos and love 💕 every minute of it.
" you'll give landies underwear a bad name". Lmao!!!!
Mollie Sugden was so freakin awesome!
A glass of water for mrs . Solcum’s pussy
the best British sitcom I have ever seen, the cast was incredible. may all of them rest in peace.
Totally agree
Absolutely!!!!
I watch it over and over and over again just like the American program I Love Lucy here in the U.S.
Not the best but agree about the cast.
@@distantrambler: How dare you?!!! I’m from the “colonies” here in the U.S. and it is and was the best European sitcom ever!!! You should be imprisoned and never allowed to watch again Are You Being Served?
@@distantrambler 13 seasons, and “not the best?”
“You’ve all done very well!!” Marvelous shows. RIP...
I-put this show on my tv and put the timer on the tv and fall asleep to the familiarity of the voices !
Me too !!!
I used to enjoy this show when I was younger, but nowadays, even as an American, working retail and restaurants for several years, I'm surprised how well the banter still holds up and I find this show even funnier! Even in 2020, I am amazed at how timely it still is
👍👍👍👍👍 😁😁😁😁😁
It's a timeless classic
I wasn't allowed to watch it but I got older and I love the show
@@pamelahayes8593 Were you a naughty girl, Pamela?
My late mom and I watched regularly...R.I.P. Mom.
"Who's the Cockaleekie?" and the sheepish sigh had me dying .
I can't ever get enough of this sitcom. Watched it in the70's, strangely enough still watching it in the millinium.☹️😗🙃🤗👶🏽🐈🐕👏🏽👍🏼👍🏼👀👏🏽
Welcome to the fellowship.
While going to school, I got a way from watching TV. Now that we are in pandemic, the show has been a great alternative to being bored and depressed.
I'm 41 and I LOVE it, too! I remember watching it in the late 80s with my parents. I watch a few episodes a week and it is so comforting to watch. British actors always have been the best. Love them. Here in Ireland, acting is quite bad!! 🙈
Watched it in the '80s and was never disappointed. The British have always had a great grasp on comedy.
Hello, I'm Patrick.
How are you doing?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 " You will not have difficulty in that, you are two faced;" Mr Grainger finished me😂 RIP lovely people . You left foot prints in the sand
@Phillis Sithole indelible footprints in my childhood ! yes yes well done by the whole cast RIP to them all and you have a HAPPY NEW YEAR LUV!!
One of the true classics. It’s so sad that all of the major characters have passed on. RIP to a great cast!
Poor brother grainger!! Lol.....brilliant brit comedy!
Mr. Grace was the best. Seemingly old and past it, yet he was the master at outmaneuvering and outwitting the whole lot of them. The series survived after his death but a great deal of the magic went with him.
Agreed!
And he got the smush smush
Here in 2022 Feb 2nd still loving this. Gives me comfort and peace. Thank you. 🥰
Hello Sandra
How are you doing today?
The Waltons does it for me. Very centering.
Mrs. Slocumbe and her constantly-changing hair color. I like it blue.
She was changing hair color before it became a trend
it was her own suggestion and David Croft accepted it
A glass of water for Mrs. Slocumbe pussy
She never even mentioned her vagina...
I can watch this TV show over and over, and I still laugh. Each character contributed nothing short of comic genius. Have to admit that Mr. Grainger, played by Arthur Brough, was a role that no other actor, introduced after his death, could fit his shoes.
Agreed
I totally agree.
I preferred Mr Mash myself, over Mr Harmon. And Mr Spooner was just horrible. They tried to make him a new Mr Lucas, but he was not lovable at all like Mr Lucas was. His jabs were usually kind hearted. Mr Spooner seemed to be nasty.
Mr. Grainger is my favorite
@@tilasole3252 I adore Mr. Lucas!
as long as this classic comedy series is being shared on you tube, i will be watching. and a huge Thank you to those who put it on for us to see.
@@aidennewell4034 - have a nice evening.
@r Fool.
Your Welcome
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hear hear !!
Mrs. Slocum is the best!
Typical management and hierarchies. Still goes on!
I grew up on this show! They don't make shows of quality like this! Its part of my teenage years and my life.
I know about double-entendres way before I knew what any of them stood for, which led to very interesting situations in later teenhood that confused and confounded my more worldly friends.
This was/is such a good show; love it. The store would only have one salesperson today (maybe).
Pip pip. Cherio! Good Show I say...
I had never heard of this show until 2006. I wad looking at PBS one Saturday night and it was on. I fell in love with this show. I just wish I can find all the seasons on DVD
Check for jimmy perry/ david croft
Got mine off amazon the whole series. Even the 2 holiday episodes.
I love young Mr. Grace. I laughed until cried the first time I saw him.
Mr. Grace is my hero
Mr. Lucas: "You better hurry up Mr. Grainger you don't want to build a reputation for always being late."
Lol!!!
i had a colleague at work with whom you could set your watch. ! She would come bursting throught the door of our officer 2 minutes exactly before the start of her shift. We sometimes would wath the clock and wait to see if she'd come in on the dot! always did. I dont know how she did it !
Love the theme song 🎵 😍 *GOING UP*
Hello Amanda
How are you doing today?
Remember a glass of water for Mrs. Solcum’s pussy. Capt. Pee-cup say absolutely.
An excellent team. To think they're no longer with us is profoundly saddening. As a teen I was SOOO in love with Miss Brahms . . . 😪But Mr Humphrey's repartee still kills me every time!
Miss Brahms was a lovely Lass indeed,
I do remember a babysitter like her as a nipper, and I would make goo goo eyes at her, she seemed not to mind, lucky for me.
Not sure if I was a strange kid or not but I do remember watching this when I was four years old. My mom would ask me if I wanted to watch peacock , which that's what I called it . Even now it's still a great show.
Can relate
Great memory.
❤
Decades on and still delivering the laughs. Quite a legacy for all involved.
i see legacy is for demonics i see who all these humans is as humans to deceive the humans is now !!!
Oh wow this brings back childhood memories of when I should've been sleep for class the next day. Thanks for posting.
I had a nine year old friend who would ask his mother for permission to go to a friend's house or play in the park. When his mother said to be back in an hour, he insisted that the hour is measured from when you arrive at the place you want to go, not when you leave the house.
Worked 4 extra hours today and it's a Monday!! So, I came here to laugh- Especially as the banter between John and Trevor is priceless!! Between their eyes doing the talking, and their split second timing, I never fail to feel good!
Here February 26th 2023 still watching one of the best commedies ever.
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How funny that we now type & speak like the way Captain Peacock was reading that notice. All the abbreviations are exactly how my students speak..i need an interpreter to understand them sometimes 🙄
I adore this show!
I do too! I have enjoyed it for years.
The “WC” book. Can you imagine! LOL. I miss this wonderful show and these lovely people.
Mrs slocombe: “well my end has been disaster”
Mr Lucas: “your end always was!” 😂🤣
What did the wc stand for besides my initials
William Case good question. It’s primarily a European term for the bathroom (toilet): “water closet”
G Bro I see I wasn’t the only person who didn’t know what “WC” means. lol
Thanks
I remember my first trip to England. The first thing I saw after disembarking at Heathrow Airport was a "WC" sign.
graingers reaction to the toilet log is priceless
The most hilarious thing about this skit is that the state of horrible micromanaging supervisors has not improved in 40 years!! Most people have worked for a Captain Peacock in their career. 😂😂😂😂😂
today they are called team leader and sort of things
When I was in the Navy, I visited Bermuda in the mid 80s and considered doing my Christmas shopping in one of the large Hamilton department stores. That is until I figured they would quite closely resemble Grace Bros. I didn't care for the idea of an overbearing floor walker trying to direct me at every step of my visit in the only really large store. I ended up shopping in small, local, specialty shops.
Mine was female, omg!
Oh boy! Have I!
@@howardkerr8174 Good for you. The local families needed that money to live more than big box retailers. Support hard working people, shop local.
Takes me back to around about 1977 immediately. Instantly. This and Dad’s Army. Great times. When Britain was still Britain!
That "is this what we fought for at dunkirk? "Is so universal! None of us were there or participated in any historic revolution/war/protest and yet we' ed like to believe that we have a right to own someone else's struggle and victory/success as if it were our own and yet feel no regret while saying(owning) this!
They didn't fight at Dunkirk, the retreated.
OMG JUST FOUND THIS VIDEO I USED TO WATCH THIS SHOW IN THE LATE 80'S LIKE AROUND 10 YRS OLD ON P. B.S IN MASSACHUSSETTS... THIS AND KEEPING UP APPERANCES WITH HYECITH... LOVE THEM BOTH 💘...IM 48 NOW LOL BUT STILL ENJOY THEM..
Same here, 52 now, Antwerp Flanders. You rang m’lord? is also very good 😊
Stop yelling. Try capitalisation and punctuation. You dinnae have to post you are from the states, it is easy to deduce.
A comfort show, to watch anytime of the day...
I remember being at a book signing with John Inman while this show had a good run on Public Television here in the US in the nineties. He was a character to say the least. RIP to the entire cast of this show. They are iconic to me.
I can't believe the whole cast have passed away. When was this series filmed?
@@harperstacey9604 The seventies. It made its way into the eighties but was a much different show. Kind of like how they turned the Golden Girls into Golden Palace. It was a completely different series capitalizing off of the prior successful one bringing on the same cast. There was a movie in theaters of this show too.
Yes, PBS is where i got acquainted with this show. I remember when they had a fundraiser and they had Inman there to reminisce. He was a blast!
@@lorenanders702 Yes! John Inman came to the station here in Detroit. Wow, you just brought back some memories. I forgot that he came to the studio in the flesh along with that book signing. I think I saw Inman in the studio locally more than once on PBS. Those are times we can never get back. Who knew that we would be able to pull up any episode with the flip of a finger in the future. Cheers! :)
@@lorenanders702 Dang, yes! I probably saw the same thing. There was a clip of him performing in a theater musical and the entire audience shouted: "I'm free!"
This cast is brilliant.
Except for Trevor Bannister. He's just awful in my opinion. Perhaps it's just the others are so good that it makes him stand out, but his character was always so annoying.
Great casting is everything!
@@stephenturner757 that was the point of his character
There hasn't been a better cast put together yet in my opinion, and no show compares to the witty banter either. Brilliant show
Especially the zany Mr. Mash. 😆
At 17yrs to 63yrs old, show me how to retail.
From this I run it the same way.
Each has a say for the design, of cabinets.
Thier plainting a room, to building a apartment, movie set with all the set. working to make it right. For all. Wow...
Did you notice that all the employees are cowards but are only brave when Mr Gringer takes the hits, they even tried to make him do it again after he was fined.
Its an interesting observation on human nature. Everyone want everyone else to be bold and take the risks.
This reminds of a time when we simply enjoy programs like this- they weren’t all political like today. Those were good times
Love these English shows
Ona Bush the best!!
Truth.
Ha we have Ms Aimsworth delightful.
Granger and peacock were great.
Gran-jar & pee-cup
Grain-jar
Bless Mr. Mash they didn't respect him but man did he always know the I and outs and always told the higher ups what to do with themselves
"Brother Slocombe" - the look on her face.
Lol...
I had completely forgotten about this great show. thank you
Seriously
A brilliant show when first made, & just as good now.
It will live forever
20:37 "You can't vote we all show cards unless you show your card." Brilliant!
"We want to remove the 'stigmata'".... (Ha, ha!) I love Mr. Mash.
I know, right. He's great😊
Remember, "The Exorcist" just came out (I didn't see when this show aired) around that time.
My favourite he was.😊
where are from and why you to him
Mr. Mash was incredible. Missed him after he left in series 3.
I've seen every episode at least 20 times!!
"United we stand Divided we fall" Mr. Granger. Love it.
Thank you for this, and thank you for the talented cast. may the all rest in piece... all of them had some great moments, especially Mrs Slocum, Mr Humphries and Captain Peacock! I would've loved to meet John Inman, I might have fallen off my bike as well, like an American did seeing him over here in the states LOL
To all the cast members : “You’ve all done very well!!”
RIP.
What a perfect thing to say.
The writers too😻
I think Mr. Spooner is the only main one left except for some of the pretty "page one girls" that used to hang out with Mr. Grace. If I'm not mistaken.
Hear, hear. 😁😁😁😁😁
@@paulronco9709 Yes. 😁
Had a work meeting just like this last week. Blimey!
So funny! I love this show!
God Bless you Brits! As a young man, I was introduced to British humor via 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and 'Are You Being Served' in the 1970s. Today I'm 60 years old and retired, and I still love British humor, it's just brilliant! One last thing, 'Mr. Granger' reminds me so much of Sir Winston Churchill it isn't even funny!
Such a wonderful show and I am unanimous in that!
This is absolutely the best show. I have been watching it for many many many many years. You should also check out Keeping Up the Appearance.
.HYacynth bucket says.. leave it, leave it...
I like most of bbcs comedy dad's army midsomer murders
Yes!! "Keeping up appearances" is the best! Dame Patricia Routledge is hilarious!😆
I Love it❤🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤
My favourite episode! Hilarious characters. I only wish they knew how popular they still are today. What a wonderful legacy. I love British actors- they're the best. And that comes from an Irishman! 🤗
The Irish haven't done so bad either, Mrs Browns Boys has far surpassed anything i have seen the Brits do and i love british comedy. The comedy of MBB is beyond anything i can think of, I role on the floor with some of the antics on that show. GO IRELAND and thank you Brendan O'Carroll your humor is incredible
Poor Mr. Grainger. He’s such a lovable, loyal to the old school type of character.
I would say that Arthur Brough was brilliant in this role. If he were a character actor elsewhere, he certainly brought his experience here, making it worthwhile comedy, indeed...
@@imbookedandverybusyhoney 😂😂. He turned into a monster!! 😂. I remember him smoking his cigar and snapping at the staff!
@@jamesbm971 CT
I think he's the best of all of them.
@@imbookedandverybusyhoney My favorite episode ever. He was such an ass 😂
Thank you for posting this programme.
Mrs. Slocum's double entendres and malapropisms always bring a smile even at the gloomiest times.
I always feel the same about Mr. Humphreys, especially at that time. Quite surprising how openly suggestive his character was for that period in television.
Well, especially all of the characters'eye frowns make a lot of their effect. So priceless!
As a Union organizer during an attempt to Unionize a trucking company . Same thing happened to me as to mr. Grainger.
RIP VIP 💐🌺💐 to the wonderful cast who brought laughter to all
17:50
Mafia and the Cozy Nostril...
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mrs. Slocombe, love you to bits
Do you know what she meant? Cozy nostril??
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Cosa Nostra
@@balasmj what does it mean is my question
Thanks
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The Sicilian Mafia, also known as simply the Mafia and frequently referred to by its own members as Cosa Nostra, is a Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate originating in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organisational structure and code of conduct. From Wikipedia
DITTO, I LOVE her, and all of her "*RAIN-BOW*-
coloured*" WIGS, Mrs. Slocombe IS a *True* "*Original*".;-)))
And, SOOO ahead of her time.;-)
What a classy comedy show. I start watching this show on BBC in 1989 way before youtube. So nice to see all eposites in on place, thank you.👍👍😂😂❤️❤️❤️
I have watched this episode 200 times easy. Whole family loved all my life
I've always seen this episode as Mr. Mash's finest hour. He's crude and foul-mouthed, but fighting for decent treatment of the very people who look down on him and who he thumbs his nose at in return. Because, at the end of the day, they all work for a living and he recognizes that fact.
I liked Mr. Marsh
This episode was hilarious, even though it is such reality as how the powers to be have such control over the working class, it still makes me laugh for a moment and then i sit back and say, wow, isn't that the truth. You can stand up against management, and they will look at you and agree, then take your demands and use the context in which they were originally meant, and stuff them right up the waaazooo. It also shows the reality of fellow coworkers and how they have your back when you stand up and represent them. This particular episode was so perfect in describing how that works out for the spokesperson of a group. MAN does it ever. I have personally experienced this exact thing many a time in my life. Now I am the one to "stand behind YOU" :D Lesson learned Mr Granger
I love Mash as well! The only characters I don’t like are the two Mr. Graces and Grainger.
@@roberttelarket4934 Granger was awesome actually. Back in the day, old boys like him could be pretty brutal, but he was wholesome for the most part. Vulnerable even, one could say.
This show has always been my comfort food lol
ME, TOO;-)))
@@claudiachasman8307 Exactly right?!
Yup
Same here!!!!
Same here
I watched this show for many years on PBS Boston (WGBH). They were always entertaining, very funny cast. And Mr. Grace..."Hello Everyone' ! heheh. Sad that they're all gone. A bit scary too. Life is fleeting.
Mr. Grace is my hero
@@user-ud7mg5gv2g "You've all done very well !
@@dadsvespa indeed
Thank you, Mr. Grace.
Mr. Grace is my hero
Retail management, throwing their "weight around" when people are already being underpaid, dealing with the public (in all their variable personalities,) on their feet all day, and subjected to crazy schedules. (Retail is a good reason to learn a trade.)
Retail in this show gets commission plus based hourly rate retail now day don’t do a lot of commission work
Retail sucks big weenie
I miss this show so much. Really nice.
To whoever wrote this episode,... I C U R...Brilliant 🤣🙃
I LOVE THIS SHOW 2021 and still binge watching ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+
Me 2 in 2023
i see i got eyes to see by Father Almighty The Most High star symbols is for the sicko demonic fallen angels i see !!!
British comedy is the best, it's where everyone else got their ideas ❤❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇦🇺🇦🇺
This is a time when comedy was comedy not stupid canned laughter now!
and the truly wierd thing is.. after a mild line is given.. the actors WAIT for the canned laughter to subside to continue on??? NAHHH..vaudeville was dont stop a line for rofl just keep on ging.if they dont get it they'll be back next week to hear it all over again
I love that they left the mistakes in, too ... makes it feel much more like a live performance.
I used to watch these when I was younger and I like watching them now even though they are reruns
Mr. Lucas is so funny😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wendy Richards was so beautiful in her youth
You can hear her in one of her very early outings in a 1962 hit (UK) record called "Come Outside" sung by Mike Sarne. She plays the Cockney gal on that too. It must be on YT somewhere.
She was no Margaret Rutherford, but she indeed was one fetching lass !
@@jubalcalif9100 Yes, not in the Rutherford league I suppose, but of course, they both came from different eras with different values. I personally think that Margaret was playing herself in many, if not all of her roles, and of course she started acting quite late in life. Wendy trained at the famous Italia Conti drama school she was very young.
@@wordsmith52 Enjoyed reading your insightful comment very much ! Thank you for sharing ! :-)
She was an ash brunette and went grey early I think. I remember thinking that her look changed a lot after this episode. Different hair and/or makeup I guess.
I love the "Bronx Cheer" done by Mr Mash at the start to Corporal Peacock, and at the end by Peacock back at Mr. Mash. I grew up in New York and that toot goes back to the 1920s and was called a "Bronx Cheer" it was used in Hogans Heroes as an snarky insult towards Colonel Klink who was told it was a complimentary salute. (Oh and Corporal was Stephen Peacock's real rank was before he was called out by Mr Granger's successor, who recognized Peacock as Corporal Peacock, and used his proof to have Peacock make him the Senior, above Mr. Humphreys. The episode is also on UA-cam. I love this show and saw them in the 1970s and am still watching them in the 2020s... Yes I'm over 60.😂😊
It never occurred to me that Peacock was never a Captain. I thought the rub was that Mr Goldberg knew him while he was still a corprel and Goldberg out-ranked him at that time.