It’s mid 2022. I’m not British. But there is something about this show that’s funny yet so comforting and calm. I watch this and all the episodes in the series that are uploaded into UA-cam. Thank you for the uploads. These really make my day and takes the sadness and unhappiness away for a little while at least. Thank you.
I agree, but I read in interviews her 👪 family was somewhat embarrassed 😳 by some of the shows lines, the innuendo. .... Mr. Humphreys was very big into such ____in you end oh.
@@carminemurray6624 do you mean the men underneath their dress shirts? Or something else? As for underneath dress shirts for men, I agree. It's much better looking.
Still loving this show in 2022. Although all of the original cast have past on, they live on through this wonderful show!!!! God bless all reading my comment in 2022 and stay safe and healthy!
I just noticed Mr Lucas checking his watch in the opening seconds and basically shooing the customer to hurry up because it was quitting time - hilarious!
@@carminemurphy4836 I also agree, the writers were trying to ridicule the managerial class…there were tensions with the unions during this time so the bosses were the butt of all jokes. I read about these times in Britain.
It's like being invisible and standing amongst them on an average day at work. I don't think this can ever be duplicated again. They were not only actors but a wonderful team that accented each other. I really like this show. It warms me in such a fond way.
Everything was beyond him (Rumboldt), except when it came to "pulling rank" such as in the "Think Tank". I wonder whether the script writers were ridiculing the managerial class? The sequels for any show/s aren't as good as the original. The cast were aware, since they weren't novices, that to be successful they had to become a "unit". They did it so well!
@@marinazagrai1623 Many UK comedies made fun of the class system, grades or ranks, and managerial ironies, all wrapped up in double entendres, innuendo and word play. AYBS is no exception.. .
Didn't you play a part on Star Trek as The Canoodle Woman that tended to Captain Kirk when poisoned by that pink Unicorn hybrid Simeon apelike creature.
Boy this was the best comedy, all the staff played their part very well.but Mr Humphrey and miss slocom was the boss in making us laff.😂😂they are sadly missed😔😔
I agree....the combination of the vast array of characters is spot on....plus all those players are more or less afforded the same amount of time on-screen....clever production 🍸
It's very true that Mr. Humpries and Mrs. Slocom made the show and gave it much appeal, the BBC had different ideas about it about the original casting arguing to have Mr. Humpries (John Inman) dropped from the line up as they felt the character to be inappropriate.
By sheet coincidence, here I am in early October 2022, doing the very same thing as you were 2 years ago, under the same conditions here in the Pacific Northwestern US, and on a Sunday to boot. I've lost track of how many episodes I've watched just today.
@@QuadMochaMatti Good evening from Penang Island, Malaysia. It's Monday here, 5.04pm. I love this show and I must thank you, but for your reply, I would have chosen to watch something else tonight. Have a good night's rest, my friend.
I grew up out in the countryside of the Arkansas delta. No cable at all. It was this, local news, or Jay Leno. AYBS wins! Afterwards I would stay up way too late to watch Upstairs, Downstairs.
In another episode here somebody suggested that she and Mrs. Slocumbe should be roommates. I said that I thought Mrs. S would kill Hyacinth in fairly short order.
iI watch this before going to sleep. No news and no politics for me. very relaxing. Wish current series are like this series. mostly obnoxious series nowadays.
Hi tech for the early 70s, video cameras. 1976 our school got a video camera VHS recorder....for students for teaching....amazing back then. I remember seeing a Xerox copier back then too at a trade fair, had my picture taken, laid my face on the glass New Zealand 🇳🇿
Maurice...we didn't even see any Xerox copier till after the fall of Communism (by which time we had already left the country) and the first time I saw my dad's signature "Xeroxed" I didn't know what it was (somebody told me what it was). It was a sort of show and tell.
Used to watch this show on one of the few local channels out of Greenville, Mississippi around 10 pm or so every summer visiting my great grandparents house back in the late 80's\early 90's. Along with "Absolutely Fabulous'' and some other, older random black & white show. Andy Griffith mayhaps.
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Captain Peacock got exactly what he deserved after chastising Mr Lucas for apparently closing early.. he’s going on and on and Mr Rhumbold says...” you seem to be in a hurry to leave Capt Peacok! Lol
I think what we see here, is the classic situation where seniors act the 'boss' role, until they get csught out or suffer the same deprivations as the minions. Then, they change their tune and start acting like minions pro temp.
What bothers me is that employers want to talk shop during employees time but not during working time. On the other hand, they want to tell workers, "not on the company's time", when it is the workers who want to do something personal.
took a swig o' me cafe-au-lait as mr.Lucas said, "he's not limited like us. he can nip about & nick things from either department."😂 almost squirt☕outta my nose!
its mighty abundance of material contrasted to those of today's productions is surprising me....I was just a kid watching these when they were first broadcast....fun for kids & adults 🍸
Talk about predicting the future, Britain is now one of the biggest surveillance states in the world, there are cameras recording your every move now! So much for privacy.
Thats what made this show work soo well. None of them really knew what they were doing except Lucas and Brahms, as per.script. Perfect strangers to the end. Classic writing.
My mom and never missed any of the series show for over twenty yrs,there gone now,sadly they were my wolrd,my parents and I watched these and other great British comedys.i pray there available for future generations.
Thank you so much for posting all of these wonderful episodes. Binge watching these is a much needed and appreciated bright spot for me in these difficult times. Peace.
Elizabeth...there are those people, although it doesn't apply to "jug ears" as he is a fictional character, whose only purpose is to wait for someone to nominate him for the board of directors.
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Whos watching this classic show in 2024? Yes? Comment.
Oh yeah. Can't believe all of these people are gone but they live on in these episodes
Im looking for the episode where captain peacock dresses up as a lady to get rid of the lady who loved him
I am back in 1976 watching 😮
Me!!!
Yes
It’s mid 2022. I’m not British. But there is something about this show that’s funny yet so comforting and calm. I watch this and all the episodes in the series that are uploaded into UA-cam. Thank you for the uploads. These really make my day and takes the sadness and unhappiness away for a little while at least. Thank you.
Same. Also Leave it to Beaver
i agree!
I agree also!😊
It will ride up with wear.
@@msatxgault560
Leave it to Beaver 🦫 was a British show ?
Woah ! who knew ? And here I always thought it were an American affectation...
I've been watching since the 80s. Now June 2024❤😂
I can’t believe this show is around 50 years old now. Crazy! One of my all time favourite shows though
FUN FACT: Donald Morley, who played Mr. Clegg, appeared in an episode of the sequel series _Grace and Favour_ as none other than Mr. Slocombe!
"Weak as water!" ☺Love Mrs. Slocum!
I agree, but I read in interviews her 👪 family was somewhat embarrassed 😳 by some of the shows lines, the innuendo.
.... Mr. Humphreys was very big into such ____in you end oh.
Why didn't anyone ever wear T shirts ?
@@carminemurray6624 do you mean the men underneath their dress shirts? Or something else? As for underneath dress shirts for men, I agree. It's much better looking.
@@carminemurray6624 I'll bet they were somewhat embarrassed. This is a British show and they pride themselves on being proper.
Fan for life of Mrs Slocum
This show & Keeping up Appearances are my "go-to" shows at night in bed...... Comforting
Same. You should also try Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes for a nice "who dunit".
Thought I was the only one!
And Last of the summer wine!
Absolutely!!!!
Me too! ☺️ I love that I'm not the only one!
2021 from 1974 that's 47 years ago !!! where did the time go , still a great show.
I swear it was just yesterday when I was watching them new- it’s still funny after all these years
Wow, we all got old.
these are still wonderful even after 50 years!
It's hard to believe that all of the cast passed away.
@@harperstacey9604 - you know they are keeping the laughter alive in Heaven.
@@harperstacey9604 So sad.😢💔
@@weemouse1959 all of the cast members on the show were lovable. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Great writing great casting and performances always stands the test of time
Still loving this show in 2022. Although all of the original cast have past on, they live on through this wonderful show!!!! God bless all reading my comment in 2022 and stay safe and healthy!
The elites are never going to stop muzzling us or give up on the phony pandemic.
Bless you and all. 🌄🎆⭐🙏❤
I'm watching in 2021, and the same to you. Peace.
@@TheMisterMonkeyman I have the complete series. Also Red Dwarf. Nevertheless, still watching on UA-cam when away from home.
08.27.2021😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@juneebennett22 they will if you let them
I have loved this show ever since it came to Public Television in the late 1970's.
It was my understanding that it did not come to PBS until the late 1980's. (Reagan PBS cuts.) Was it on earlier where you were?
Me too.
Double entendres are British Humour in its purest form!
The Columbo reference was a neat touch!
I've enjoyed these for years and never tire of them, sad that they're all gone.
lol back when a couple security cameras were considered "big brother." How far we've fallen.
The UK, I believe, is one of the most ‘security camera’ dense nations in the world. It is a bit sad, yes.
A blessing and a curse.
Jug ears 👂 🤣
This show makes me happy when I'm sad. I'm so appreciative to whomever uploaded them.
I just noticed Mr Lucas checking his watch in the opening seconds and basically shooing the customer to hurry up because it was quitting time - hilarious!
Lol Mr. Lucus 💕😏 I always loved his puns and cheeky nature
I love Mr Lucas. I was heartbroken when he left the show.
Mr Lucas was my all time favorite junior clerk! Funny and handsome!
"Some people have all the luck!"
"It's already taking a moment!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anyone watch this when they were a kid.. and are back re watching now ??
Of course
Greetings from the Netherlands
I was a little older than a kid but yes.
I'm one 😊
I’m rewatching 😊
Hi from South Africa this is the first time for me and I love it. It's hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Poor old incompetent Rumbold...his reactions to the 'bad' news are priceless. Good episode...a cast of hams working together to achieve something fun.
Mr. Rumbold was not incompetent, he played at being Obtuse, it was deliberate.
It has never been easy to keep a full supply of ham in stock, especially since the War.
@@carminemurphy4836 oh i doubt it was deliberate
@@carminemurphy4836 I also agree, the writers were trying to ridicule the managerial class…there were tensions with the unions during this time so the bosses were the butt of all jokes. I read about these times in Britain.
Rumbold actually had a fine singing voice. I loved it when his secretary was blonde, very beautiful, sexy and smarter than he was!
The banter with Lucas and Humphries after each comment by JugEars is great.
Miss Brahms: "Ooooooh I wouldn't like to meet him on a dark night!!!!" Mr. Humphries: " Hmmm I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I remember watching this show a few years back. It was delightful!
I love this funny show I can watch it over and over again.
Millions of fans love this show.
It's like being invisible and standing amongst them on an average day at work. I don't think this can ever be duplicated again. They were not only actors but a wonderful team that accented each other. I really like this show. It warms me in such a fond way.
Yes, they complimented each other well
Everything was beyond him (Rumboldt), except when it came to "pulling rank" such as in the "Think Tank". I wonder whether the script writers were ridiculing the managerial class? The sequels for any show/s aren't as good as the original. The cast were aware, since they weren't novices, that to be successful they had to become a "unit". They did it so well!
@@msbrowngault I second that statement("and I am unanimous in that!"). 😁
@@marinazagrai1623 Many UK comedies made fun of the class system, grades or ranks, and managerial ironies, all wrapped up in double entendres, innuendo and word play. AYBS is no exception.. .
So sad that all of the cast are no longer with us. Wonderful series!!
8:02 Mr Lucas' Colombo impression is on point
"Are you sure we're safe here?"
"Lower your voice!"
*"Are you sure we're safe here?"*
LOL
I just love these videos..They don't make then like this anymore 😢
Bannister did a pretty darn good Columbo!
Bannister? I barely even KNEW her!
@@mattakins3422 I don't wish to know that! Kindly leave the stage. 🙂
Great show, so amusing! 😊 Ahh the oldies!! Thanks for sharing!! 😄 👍 👍 👍
I love it when Trevor does his Lt. Columbo impression. 😂
Love Mr. Lucas doing his Columbo impersonation, he did it soooo well. :-{
He did it better than Peter Falk. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Didn't you play a part on Star Trek as The Canoodle Woman that tended to Captain Kirk when poisoned by that pink Unicorn hybrid Simeon apelike creature.
Boy this was the best comedy, all the staff played their part very well.but Mr Humphrey and miss slocom was the boss in making us laff.😂😂they are sadly missed😔😔
They are ALL sadly missed. None of the 'so-called' comedies don't even come close.
I agree....the combination of the vast array of characters is spot on....plus all those players are more or less afforded the same amount of time on-screen....clever production 🍸
Mr. Lutin is all lip & let's have a look at your knockers
@@cartermcafee568
Mr. Lutin ?
Who was that ?
It's very true that Mr. Humpries and Mrs. Slocom made the show and gave it much appeal, the BBC had different ideas about it about the original casting arguing to have Mr. Humpries (John Inman) dropped from the line up as they felt the character to be inappropriate.
What better way to spend my Sunday evening alone at home with a cold 🍺 and binge watching this show! ❤️😂🤣😂❤️
I agree🥰
@@bell6012 It's a Sunday afternoon now and here I am, 11 months later, with a cold 🍺!! 😆😅
Hello, Bel, how are you?🤗
Just goes to prove how incredibly intelligent you are.
I adore this show and love watching it to calm my nerves!
❤️❤️❤️
By sheet coincidence, here I am in early October 2022, doing the very same thing as you were 2 years ago, under the same conditions here in the Pacific Northwestern US, and on a Sunday to boot. I've lost track of how many episodes I've watched just today.
@@QuadMochaMatti Good evening from Penang Island, Malaysia. It's Monday here, 5.04pm. I love this show and I must thank you, but for your reply, I would have chosen to watch something else tonight. Have a good night's rest, my friend.
Used to watch this show as a kid when the cable was off. Great times. Thanks for uploading
I grew up out in the countryside of the Arkansas delta. No cable at all. It was this, local news, or Jay Leno. AYBS wins! Afterwards I would stay up way too late to watch Upstairs, Downstairs.
I just love this show I love the British I love the way they talk this show is absolutely divine
At: Melvin Vivian: Absolutely!!! Most definitely!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Hear you got nicked last night pinching a scarf."
-Mr. Mash
:)
Could you imagine an episode of this where Mrs Bucket showed up?
In another episode here somebody suggested that she and Mrs. Slocumbe should be roommates. I said that I thought Mrs. S would kill Hyacinth in fairly short order.
Who is Mrs bucket
@@elizabethsohler2410 who? Are we watching the same show?
They've had a call: ua-cam.com/video/4DWlBNmCCss/v-deo.html&ab_channel=BritBox
I would’ve loved 🥰 it.
What a great show that was, still funny in 2020.
Still funny in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ 😃
@@kirk93814 shit u stole my comment
Good comedy is timeless.
@@kirk93814 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ and still: a classic.
Still is in 2023! 😍 🤩
I cackled when Mrs. Slocomb stepped up like that. And NOTHING compares to Lucas’s shocked eyes and drawn frown! Hahaha!
Such great show ,wonderful language and innuendos .The time that people were not only friendly but friends ,
I love Mr. Lucas’ Colombo imitation!
Trevor bannister who played Mr. Lucas was a very talented performer. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
👌 Great show. Rest in Paradise All Cast. 🎆🌄⭐❤🙏
Poignant about the surveillance state and fifty years before it's time.Now everyone is watching 24hrs a day, founding fathers would be horrified.
This show brings back fond memories
Just funny...I loved this show.
This episode teaches us that teamwork does go along way!😉🤭
Eavesdroppers never heard any good of themselves.
Teamwork goes a long way, not along way.
Eavesdropping is a wind that blows nobody any good.
@@carminemurray6624 Thank you! I stand corrected. Sleep well tonight!🤗
"Excuse me sir. What's that suspicious looking bulge?"
Lol
iI watch this before going to sleep. No news and no politics for me. very relaxing. Wish current series are like this series. mostly obnoxious series nowadays.
Hi tech for the early 70s, video cameras.
1976 our school got a video camera VHS recorder....for students for teaching....amazing back then.
I remember seeing a Xerox copier back then too at a trade fair, had my picture taken, laid my face on the glass
New Zealand 🇳🇿
There were some cameras in the streets in the 60s - mainly for traffic control and monitoring purposes.
Maurice...we didn't even see any Xerox copier till after the fall of Communism (by which time we had already left the country) and the first time I saw my dad's signature "Xeroxed" I didn't know what it was (somebody told me what it was). It was a sort of show and tell.
Are You Being Served? The best British comedy show ever!! BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!!
Mr Humphries my favourite 😘😘
He makes the show (besides the friction between Lucas and Slocomb).
Mr Lucas are you are free? Im free Mr Humphreys
Love this show. Loved it when I first saw it. Loved it even more after I had worked retail. Just timeless.
Mr. Grangers facial expressions when Mr. Rumbold is going over the things he was observed eating in the fitting room, LOL😂
Miss Brahms .....what a lullaby!!!!
This is one of the funniest shows ever!!@
Everyone who watches the sitcom will agree with you. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Used to watch this show on one of the few local channels out of Greenville, Mississippi around 10 pm or so every summer visiting my great grandparents house back in the late 80's\early 90's. Along with "Absolutely Fabulous'' and some other, older random black & white show. Andy Griffith mayhaps.
Brilliant sitcom. Lovable characters. Molly Sugden, John Innman Genius. Wendy Richards so beautiful. Funny.
Don't forget about Trevor bannister who played Mr. Lucas. He was my absolute favorite. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
That would be the day some strange man goes through my knickers with his rough hands.
Mrs. Slocumb (whispering) "Where did you say this happened?"
It might be your last chance!
My bedtime shows, too. Need laughs.
I love this show, it's just like one i had back then
Good morning Dorothy, how's it going with you?
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Best legendary comedy. Even the young ones in the family are getting into this.
Love these pictures..I watch them everyday..it keep me laughing especially Mr.Humphrey
Just imagine a time when a department store was only open 9-5:30....
Captain Peacock got exactly what he deserved after chastising Mr Lucas for apparently closing early.. he’s going on and on and Mr Rhumbold says...” you seem to be in a hurry to leave Capt Peacok! Lol
Angelofmusic Wonder I know love it - his attempts to come across as their boss always seems to backfire!
@ASG66 so are you..
I think what we see here, is the classic situation where seniors act the 'boss' role, until they get csught out or suffer the same deprivations as the minions. Then, they change their tune and start acting like minions pro temp.
Captain Peacock is so bossy. Loves to push his weight around. I do love the actor.
Frank Thornton is like David Niven. Old school classy!
He's a veteran,, so why civ gotta call him Capt peacok,28 years later,,,hummmmmm🤔
Great actor when your character is a jerk but you're not in real life. Hence Mr. Thornton, for one 👏 ❤🌷
Yo no !! Never coulda stan him!! But the staff dem did no how to get roun him.
@doctorwho0077 ...but only captain and above I think...
The staff was ALERT. MS. Slocomb especially. Lol
Joyce 31202 carol
The rest were weak as water, weak as water I tell you!!!
If it had been a genuine shoplifter, they couldn't have done anything until he had left the store.
They were very alert. Teamwork goes along way!
I used to watch this as a kid in London. It’s a humorous show, with great actors.
Keeping up appearances
@@CharlesFalzon1946 no he said THIS SHOW , Are You Being Served
Sad that all the actors except Mr Spooner have passed.
What years did you watch the show in London Town as a "Kid" ???
@@carminemurray6624 None of your business.
okay I've watched a lot of episodes and this was definitely among the best!
What bothers me is that employers want to talk shop during employees time but not during working time. On the other hand, they want to tell workers, "not on the company's time", when it is the workers who want to do something personal.
Executive logic....still happens.
The formalities they go through with seem so antiquated.
@@mikelastname1220 sorely lacking in our 2023 if'n you ask me
They are comforting. I enjoy them so much.
These are getting me through 2020 and it's twin, 2021! 😂🤣
the dark age
"All I have in here is my working bra." lol
took a swig o' me cafe-au-lait as mr.Lucas said, "he's not limited like us. he can nip about & nick things from either department."😂
almost squirt☕outta my nose!
"What are you doing touching all this?"
He thought it was a mannequin! Lol
I love watching this show. It's hilarious
Great show. Great cast. This will never come again.
Never gets old.
Lucas' "Ahh, yes..." lines when he's making up stuff in his head explaining why he messed up or something are the best.
its mighty abundance of material contrasted to those of today's productions is surprising me....I was just a kid watching these when they were first broadcast....fun for kids & adults 🍸
Talk about predicting the future, Britain is now one of the biggest surveillance states in the world, there are cameras recording your every move now! So much for privacy.
Thank You, I Love these people!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟and Keeping Up Appearances!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Still funny decades later now 2019. :) :D
Yes. 😁😁😁😁😁
Great show. All these actors had such comedic timing. Everything was right or as the Brits would say :spot on".
mr rumbold gets everything jumbled up. and hes in charge of the dept? :)
Thats what made this show work soo well. None of them really knew what they were doing except Lucas and Brahms, as per.script. Perfect strangers to the end. Classic writing.
JJ, that's how comedy works. If characters were flawless and not exaggerated... it would be boring.
@ASG66 He's like the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert...
I depend upon this show for my exposure to, and education of British culture.
All actors play their parts perfectly🤗.
Amen to that !
Oh my goodness this is a trip down memory lane.. Thank you for posting!!!!!
This is the only episode that Mr Lucas’s hair looks great.
My mom and never missed any of the series show for over twenty yrs,there gone now,sadly they were my wolrd,my parents and I watched these and other great British comedys.i pray there available for future generations.
Only the English cld pull this off with taste & style...👏👏👏👏
The cast is brilliant, perfection 🥰
Thank you so much for posting all of these wonderful episodes. Binge watching these is a much needed and appreciated bright spot for me in these difficult times. Peace.
2023 and this is how I escape without drugs or alcohol. 😅
Watching from America and this show is much better than most of these new shows
Funny @ 8:03 Lucas doesn't an impression of Columbo. Next scene has Nash who looks like Perter Falk/Columbo.
Mash. Mr. Mash. Thanks.
@doctorwho0077 you know they didn't understand that😅
I want to work at Grace Brothers.
I love British comedy.
They did stop the "thief", though...so "jug-ears" shouldn't have anything to complain about!
Except the hospital
Please. He always had something to complain about. It gave his life purpose.
Elizabeth...there are those people, although it doesn't apply to "jug ears" as he is a fictional character, whose only purpose is to wait for someone to nominate him for the board of directors.
@@marinazagrai1623 Of course it applies to him. He is a fictional character but in that capacity, he complains, often!
He should have warned the staff before. It was his own fault.
I'm old enough to remember cameras like that in store. I used to think they looked like dalek heads :)
I was afraid of them
@@msatxgault560 I was always fascinated by them.
Great episode. So many classic moments. The look on Rumbold's kisser at 9:21. And Grainger at 11:23.
😂 love it all the way from the USA ❤
The "pilferer" guy is dressed like Sonny Bono from the 1960s. 🇺🇸
I love this show, it's just like one i had back then
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I thought that, too.