Love this - not least because it was almost all filmed in my home borough of Barnes in London. We were all late for Primary school the day we spotted the film crew - would have been even later if they hadn't gently chased us away. Place has changed at lot since. Jimmy Edwards (the Policeman) also played Euphonium in the local Watneys Silver Band who'd give live summer concerts on the common. You've also got Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Kenny Lynch, Jimmy Tarbuck and Jim Dale just in this clip - see the whole thing. NB - the pub was a real-life one-room 'boozer' on the corner of Cleveland Road, the Police station was the old Library around the corner in Ellison Road. Tell you what, I'll shut up now.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards It was released in 1967 (shamefully, had to look that up), so I'm guessing my memories of filming are from 1966. Always hazy on actual dates/years (I was around 8) but do remember we were in shirtsleeves, so wasn't winter.
Genius Eric Sykes it proves actions speak louder than words in comedy . Some of these so called comedians today take half an hour to tell a joke. This sketch is non stop comedy brilliant!
So did some then. Depends on the particular type of comedy, in this case slapstick, the comedian's style (audiences have expectations of how a specific comic should perform so they have to stay in that character even if they want to stretch themselves).
As they say ---- "Those were the DAYS". One of the BEST. I still remember ORIGINAL. Just great, each time I see it ,makes me laugh till the eyes give up tears. They were the best comedians, especially Tommy Cooper and the saying goes "JUST LIKE THAT".
This is old style comedy that was and is incredibly funny. They don't really make it like this anymore sadly. The remarkable thing about these old comedy scenes is that they still have the power to make one laugh to the point of being hysterical. Fantastic.
Totally agree! Comedy is gone under the lunatic woke brigade - perhaps we should make a comedy about the woke! Thank God we've got these to look back on. I show this type of comedy to my wife, who is Bulgarian and she finds them hysterically funny. The good old days and it brings back memories for me too, all those cars and lorries, the clothing, houses road signs, police uniform (proper policing in those days).. Brilliant.
Little did we know it at the time but all that this was and represented and seemed so permanent would soon be gone. So nice to see the familiar, friendly old faces and England as it was. I must say it made me feel a little nostalgic.
I just happened to come across this gem. It is brilliant intelligent well thought out comedy from the country that never fails to deliver. I have loved British comedy since I was a young boy. This stands the test of time and still delivers the laugh. A New Yorker who really needs good fun in these trying times. Thanks much indeed!
@@deboraharmstrong7081 You are most wonderfully welcome. Please oh Please to all your country: please keep the world laughing! We need you more than ever! Love!
Thank you for your kind reply. I think our old comedy films are going to be helping all lot of very sad people in this Covid ridden world today. Take care, Deb x
@@simonl4523 Wish they were just funny. Like bulls in China shops: might raise a chuckle in the onlooker when they enter shop - but not for owner of the shop and onlooker has some empathy for owner. Aaagh! Now you've got me thinking politics when I fancied a laugh. I'd have been 12 if it came out in 1967
In truth this was a throwback to the slapstick days which hadn't been seen in roughly 30 years even back when this was made. So it's kind of a "new fashioned slapstick comedy" .
@@thinkof100 In its day, the 50s and 60s, this slap stick humour was funny. Today it is no longer, except amongst those who's memories are rekindled. It's not a matter of intelligence so insulting the taste of others is a bit arrogant, wouldn't you agree.
@@aeroplod No, I would not agree. If you think this is funny then there is something wrong with you. Taste or memories are irrelevant. You might smile looking back but it is not funny. Your a bit simple if you think it is.
I was a child when I saw "Das Brett" (in german) first. Now I'm retired and I found it in UA-cam. The Plank is an Evergreen up for the next 100, 200......years. Thanks for uploading 🤣🤣🤣
Britain great then? Strikes, economy tanked with £50 spending limit abroad, taxes higher than income for many, utterly useless management, bolshy unions were utterly sexist (see Maid in Dagenham about Ford upholstery workers' strike and conflict with the union), all set for our industry to collapse against German and Japanese quality and efficiency, very corrupt police, viscous racism, and, in the background, the bomb, cold war, Vietnam. As children, we were mostly blissfully unaware and pop music was great but our parents had to cope with it
I remember running this in a cinema one time. The accompanying notes in the can said 'on dialogue', which I took to mean no audio. So I didn't switch the amps on, until someone came to complain there was no sound. "it's silent" I said, "look". I turned on the amps and, of course, there was sound. Just no dialogue. Doh!
Naughty constable character laughing at the poor old gent, why not help him cross the road. Oh I felt so bad for the poor chap who ended in the bin van.
Ah remember those days of metal refuse bins? When the bin man would come up your drive, pick up and bring back the bin after emptying. So different nowadays.
For us Brits it has so many early actors and comedians that we are warm to them straight away. ai suppose you have to put yourself into that time frame to really get it.
i believe that was actor John Junkin as the truck driver toward the end,who had once appeared with the Beatles in a Hard Days Night. sure looked like him. Also this stuff is very reminiscent of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton.
Visiting the ads.... Because you can't skip it.....even the pawn shops are having a black Friday ..... The end is certainly near my friends. Need a good laugh.
I have got this movie DVD of Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes in The Plank I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxx
Eric Sykes, you were the best writer for comedy without any fowl language, a rare breed indeed will remember you from watching old clips from your shows. Thanyou for many many laughs.
Love this - not least because it was almost all filmed in my home borough of Barnes in London. We were all late for Primary school the day we spotted the film crew - would have been even later if they hadn't gently chased us away. Place has changed at lot since. Jimmy Edwards (the Policeman) also played Euphonium in the local Watneys Silver Band who'd give live summer concerts on the common. You've also got Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Kenny Lynch, Jimmy Tarbuck and Jim Dale just in this clip - see the whole thing. NB - the pub was a real-life one-room 'boozer' on the corner of Cleveland Road, the Police station was the old Library around the corner in Ellison Road. Tell you what, I'll shut up now.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards It was released in 1967 (shamefully, had to look that up), so I'm guessing my memories of filming are from 1966. Always hazy on actual dates/years (I was around 8) but do remember we were in shirtsleeves, so wasn't winter.
Those were the days
@@mothiurNCL weren’t they just ☺️
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@ least 4 2 min. A Day.lol
Absolute Classic
Yes indeed: England was lovely back then. The comedies superb. That lovely old England, gone forever. So sad.
Bring it back then !
@@ljd8520 Oh my. Would love to be able to do that.
@@johnroff1941 seems nice and peaceful
I love looking at the cars in this shorty . I owned a Hillman Imp and my Father had a Ford Corsair. Wonderful times .
The dustbins are better now, and the NHS and pensions, and life expectancy and housing and roads etc
I thought I'd seen most popular British comedies from 60's/70's but this is a gem! I'm American and love the humor!!😂😂😂
The full version is more than twice as long, and it’s on UA-cam
I like y'all across the pond too! You have some classics as well.
low expectations eh?
An absolute classic and not a single foreign car on the streets lol
@Slavery is Freedom, War is Peace That doesn't count, it was a British Army major who restarted their factory after the war! lol
Genius Eric Sykes it proves actions speak louder than words in comedy . Some of these so called comedians today take half an hour to tell a joke. This sketch is non stop comedy brilliant!
Which ones ?
So did some then. Depends on the particular type of comedy, in this case slapstick, the comedian's style (audiences have expectations of how a specific comic should perform so they have to stay in that character even if they want to stretch themselves).
As they say ---- "Those were the DAYS". One of the BEST. I still remember ORIGINAL. Just great, each time I see it ,makes me laugh till the eyes give up tears. They were the best comedians, especially Tommy Cooper and the saying goes "JUST LIKE THAT".
Lovely to see the nice old cars and virtually empty streets.
Cleared for filming
I wish it were really like that. The world is to cluttered.
Absolutely totally brilliant!!!❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for posting this .My husband ,who was British, introduced me to it many years ago. It brings back happy memories of him.He had it on VHS.xx
Brilliant, thanks for making me Laugh in these un-certain times, Stay Safe Everyone and may All those characters no longer with us Rest in Peace, XX
Just loved it very funny .British always does do the best comedy .
Brings back good memories! 😂
This is on NOW talking pictures, sky Channel 328
R. I. P., Christopher Plummer
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Lovely film good old British humour with the brilliant Eric Sykes.and Tommy Cooper
There were at least two different versions made of this. Both equally funny and well worth watching.
I love slap stick 👍
An appsolut classic 👏 💚 It thank you for showing ✨
Remember watching this with my dad, he was laughing that much, I'm sure he forgot to breathe! He was going purple!
Oh My!!! Havent seen this in soooo many years. Gold!
This is old style comedy that was and is incredibly funny. They don't really make it like this anymore sadly. The remarkable thing about these old comedy scenes is that they still have the power to make one laugh to the point of being hysterical. Fantastic.
I agree what a good movie
Totally agree! Comedy is gone under the lunatic woke brigade - perhaps we should make a comedy about the woke!
Thank God we've got these to look back on. I show this type of comedy to my wife, who is Bulgarian and she finds them hysterically funny. The good old days and it brings back memories for me too, all those cars and lorries, the clothing, houses road signs, police uniform (proper policing in those days).. Brilliant.
Little did we know it at the time but all that this was and represented and seemed so permanent would soon be gone. So nice to see the familiar, friendly old faces and England as it was. I must say it made me feel a little nostalgic.
What is different? Im not from England so I dont know.
@@yellow6100 im going to say imigration......as a guess i am not from England either.
Diversity is not our strength. America is the same way. It use to thrive so beautifully.
@@yellow6100 It's just England as it was then and not the global toilet it has become.
@@yellow6100 It's easier to answer the question "What is the same"?
Ans: Practically nothing.
I just happened to come across this gem. It is brilliant intelligent well thought out comedy from the country that never fails to deliver. I have loved British comedy since I was a young boy. This stands the test of time and still delivers the laugh. A New Yorker who really needs good fun in these trying times. Thanks much indeed!
Thank you for being so kind about our country and our worthy comedians, mostly long gone, sadly.
@@deboraharmstrong7081 You are most wonderfully welcome. Please oh Please to all your country: please keep the world laughing! We need you more than ever! Love!
Thank you for your kind reply.
I think our old comedy films are going to be helping all lot of very sad people in this Covid ridden world today.
Take care, Deb x
Well now the main source of British comedy comes direct from the front bench of the Tory party.
@@simonl4523 Wish they were just funny.
Like bulls in China shops: might raise a chuckle in the onlooker when they enter shop - but not for owner of the shop and onlooker has some empathy for owner.
Aaagh! Now you've got me thinking politics when I fancied a laugh. I'd have been 12 if it came out in 1967
Just look how clean the streets were 👌
Ahh memories... Cortina Mk1s, Hillman.....Ford Anglia.... Thanks John.
The wounderfull Tommy cooper what great laughs i had as a youngster with Tommy on the tv in the 70s many thanks rest in peace Tom you were great
My aunt was set in the second row the night he died on stage every one thought it was a joke but the poor man was dying
Loved this when I saw it the first time,and still love it now.
I agree, what a crack up. Truly a good film!
One of the comedy master films. Pure genius!
Tommy Cooper, Eric Sykes, Jon Penington, Jimmy Edwards. All the great comedians now passed on but still not without their fans. 1967 film. Brilliant.
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Open all our, Porridge, only fools n horses steptoe n son brush strokes faulty towers rising dump was an amazing amount of brilliant comedians around
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Only seen this once years ago
pretty sure that's Roy Castle sat on the plank at the start, another great entertainer from his day :-)
J'adore ! C'est bien fait et ça ne mange pas de pain ! Bravo !!!
Good old fashioned slapstick comedy. Love this old film
In truth this was a throwback to the slapstick days which hadn't been seen in roughly 30 years even back when this was made. So it's kind of a "new fashioned slapstick comedy" .
@@equestriangirly2296 good comment. And revived again in shows like "The play that went wrong" franchise
More , more , please ! Due to my ill health I need to laugh 😆. Thank you.
One of the best sketches ever.
Brits and Englishs are great pure people i love them so much.
I laughed so hard to the point i couldn't catch my breath and started freaking out coz i thought I was gonna literally die laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really ? It was so predictable and corny. And reading other comments about finding this funny makes me question their intelligence.
@@thinkof100 In its day, the 50s and 60s, this slap stick humour was funny. Today it is no longer, except amongst those who's memories are rekindled.
It's not a matter of intelligence so insulting the taste of others is a bit arrogant, wouldn't you agree.
@@aeroplod No, I would not agree. If you think this is funny then there is something wrong with you. Taste or memories are irrelevant. You might smile looking back but it is not funny. Your a bit simple if you think it is.
@@thinkof100 As I don't get into conversations with anyone who is arrogant and self centred, bye bye.
@@aeroplod Bye bye stu_pid 😶
This is not only hilariously funny it’s also a social commentary of the times.
It's a social commentary on today's times as well...
Quite amusing, dear chap.
I had tears running down my legs.
What a gem! Bloody wonderful!
My grandchildren just love this ❤
Many, brilliant English actors and an England, peaceful and gone. Forever!
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And knh go back to ur backward Muslim country if u don’t like it here.
@Alex Smith you aren't English and you aren't even British at all. So fuck off then you shitty troll
Paid a malu cach cont Bach drewi ya giet me rude bwoy
Alex Smith Sharia law marrying at 6yrs old ...dunecoons POECHMAENCULESHONE SAUMENSCH Arsebandits JACKNDANNY fingerbanging
One of my all time 'favs' so many 'stars'! Simple (very fuuny) comedy for multiple generations....
Very funny. Nerver seen this version before.
When the poor cop wound up on that board, I laughed out loud!
A fantastic film. I love the part where Roy Castle rises from the rubbish lorry.
'Tis... bloody, dashing, brilliant, stupendous, wonderful...(words Americans never use).
This is on NOW talking pictures, sky Channel 328
R. I. P., Christopher Plummer
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I love it this is great well done well done well done I haven't laughed in months I really needed this
Makes me proud to be English British.
Hilarious thank you for sharing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was a child when I saw "Das Brett" (in german) first. Now I'm retired and I found it in UA-cam. The Plank is an Evergreen up for the next 100, 200......years.
Thanks for uploading 🤣🤣🤣
So many legends of comedy here ah.
An old British car lovers dream, sadly all of them now in the huge scrapyard in the sky!
My dad had an Anglia and Corsair in the 60s and 70s !! remember riding in them as a child !
Not all . Still have my MK1 1965 lotus Cortina. Rog. Pacific sunset records
Happy days with Jim Dale, Tommy Cooper, Barbara Windsor, Eric Sykes………… when Britain was great. Excellent viewing 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
What is the name of this show ?
Britain great then? Strikes, economy tanked with £50 spending limit abroad, taxes higher than income for many, utterly useless management, bolshy unions were utterly sexist (see Maid in Dagenham about Ford upholstery workers' strike and conflict with the union), all set for our industry to collapse against German and Japanese quality and efficiency, very corrupt police, viscous racism, and, in the background, the bomb, cold war, Vietnam. As children, we were mostly blissfully unaware and pop music was great but our parents had to cope with it
I remember running this in a cinema one time. The accompanying notes in the can said 'on dialogue', which I took to mean no audio. So I didn't switch the amps on, until someone came to complain there was no sound. "it's silent" I said, "look". I turned on the amps and, of course, there was sound. Just no dialogue. Doh!
One of my favorites! Thanks
Outrageous funny Brithis humor.🤣😂🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇰🙏🌅😍
An absolute pearled of a comedy film. Everyone should be forced to watch this whatever age. Hilarious
Love it a blast from the past💓
Gosh, I must be old. I knew nearly all these actors !
I truly loved this! Too funny! Thanks a lot for posting
It's like watching Westminster.
Not seen that for years . great to see those actors and the cars
Every time I watch, it is like the first time. I am still laughing. Thank you for posting.+
I have this on video tape, so happy to see it here, my Dad showed me this and we would both laugh a lot. It’s a brilliant piece of comedy.
Look at those wonderfully empty streets!
Cars should be only available for the elite!
Those where the days.
Clean streets too and tidy gardens.
Jimmy Edwards scooting along trying to mount his bike. I die every time.
This is the sort of humour that can be watched and enjoyed in any country in the world. Language doesn`t matter because the humour is entirely visual.
England lovely back then
Ah, the good old days
Hello 👋 Janette🌸
How are you doing today ??
All based around a plank. Genius!
Naughty constable character laughing at the poor old gent, why not help him cross the road.
Oh I felt so bad for the poor chap who ended in the bin van.
British Humor Classic 👍🍀❤️
l love all these wonderful comedians, they were all so special, l enjoy the old comedys far more than the modern stuff.
me too. this was terrific!
Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful
HISTORICAL almost Hysterical in So many different ways . GREAT VID
British humour at it's best!
Great Video 📹 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
Love. The. Old. Boots and shoes
Good timing and complete daftness work every time for me.
I don't know how or why this showed up in my recommended feed, but I loved it!!!
Used to watch Eric Sykes with my father when I was younger. Happy time's
this was great. I'm glad I watched.
Ah remember those days of metal refuse bins? When the bin man would come up your drive, pick up and bring back the bin after emptying. So different nowadays.
Ford Anglia at 1:32. Me & the missus & our 1st daughter in 1970 in the old Ford Anglia.
Loved this many happy memories.
what a good film
For us Brits it has so many early actors and comedians that we are warm to them straight away. ai suppose you have to put yourself into that time frame to really get it.
Love it a blast from the past💓..
what a good film!!
Hence the expression,"As thick as two planks"
Fantastic !!!
luved this great no frills humour
Isn't it simply brilliant. Xx🤣🤣
Old is gold
i believe that was actor John Junkin as the truck driver toward the end,who had once appeared with the Beatles in a Hard Days Night. sure looked like him. Also this stuff is very reminiscent of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton.
Visiting the ads.... Because you can't skip it.....even the pawn shops are having a black Friday ..... The end is certainly near my friends. Need a good laugh.
That was really funny.
I have got this movie DVD of
Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes in
The Plank
I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxx
The British have produced the best comedians.
Eric Sykes, you were the best writer for comedy without any fowl language, a rare breed indeed will remember you from watching old clips from your shows. Thanyou for many many laughs.
And the policeman’s bike wasn’t even locked
Wow i mean wow wher was that comedy all along😂😂😂😂😅🤣😂😅😂🤣😂😅😅😂🤣
always makes me smile x
Hilarious and clever. It's worth looking at their original version too.
love english humour
Brilliant. A who's who of British comedy.
i like the old cars
I don't know what I just watched but it was good.
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