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King Boomer's Reaction to the British comedy Phoenix Nights featuring Peter Kay where a tv gets nicked and a horse ruins the nights festivities. ENJOY!
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The German National anthem going off after they just said goodbye to a D-Day veteran was classic!!
Das jackpot! Wunderbar!! That there could be a bandit themed around ‘Das Boot’ gets me every time.
“I know a pissed horse when I see one…. Get it a kebab!” 😂😂😂
This is really a homage to a soon-to-be-gone world: Working Class history
Sadly accurate assessment 😢
White British culture is at risk full stop
White British culture is at risk
Huh? Still alive where I am and every town I’ve visited!
As an English man living in the north of England who quite often frequents a working men’s club I can confirm that these shenanigans happen on a regular basis and it makes me so proud
My grandfather was president of a working men's in Harehills, Leeds and he just didn't understand this show. He just got progressively more angered by it and would shout "this isn't how you run a club!!!" 😬
The two doormen had a spin off series called 'Max and Paddy', which was hilarious. Worth a watch.
Loved Max and Paddy.
We saw them filming part of that in Preston.
@@Queenfloofles Cool.
I think Max and paddy is funnier than phoenix nights. Loved it! Magnet and steel 😂😂😂
@@85stace85 Agree, Max and Paddy are way funnier!! The episode where they are imprisoned, is absolutely hilarious!!
The cork floor goes up in price every time he mentions it 😂
Was just going to add that.
Aye. It’s called inflation…
Even with this Tory government and the disaster that was Liz Truss, inflation doesn't go up THAT quick! 🤭🤣
@@Sheffield_Steve 😂😂I'm honestly crying laughing here lol, the only PM to crash the economy in such a short amount of time, needs to be a world record for it probably lol.
@@Sheffield_Steve tbf Boris started it but her and Rishi carried it on
"SHABBA!" Kill's me whenever the camera pans the the old folks just looking on all unimpressed in this show.
That and Raveon deciding to do some scratching in completley inappropriate places!
Kenny, "I've seen hundreds me i used to bag em up in Nam" his one liners are golden in this show
Can't wait till U see the clairvoyant 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm getting.........Nonce! 😂😂😂😂😂
Interesting trivia: Clinton Baptiste (the clairvoyant) performed his act at this year's Blackpool Magic Convention- the world's largest convention for magicians in the world!
I'm getting the word, nonce 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm getting the word....👀👀👀😂😂😂
😂😂😂
"I'm not pullin' off a horse!" is one of the best lines. 🤣
What we really want to know is...
Did you notice that he took the flowers out of vase and used the vase as a glass, because the spirit bottles were too high for him to reach?
He continues to drink out of the vase for the entire series, like he's doing at 2:41.
I also need to know this
No.
He definitely didn't notice this based on his reaction in the first episode! Americans often don't expect the implicit layering of British sitcoms and so don't know to focus to this degree, he'll probably notice if he watches it multiple times though!
Great phoenix nights , there's one with inflatable castle 😂 ✌️
Sammy the snake 👍🏼
@@ChillToMusic87 Sammy Snake ? It's only got one eye !
@@scooby1992don’t ruin it
KB there are so many little subtle jokes in every scene. You will tune into them soon I’m sure. Like the scene with the Captains funeral ‘let’s show some respect for the Captain’ .. then puts his pint on the coffin, then after the war hero story it’s not just the fruit machine, it’s a ‘Das Boot’ machine which was a war film, and it hit the jackpot with three German flags. The best thing is, it really is like the old local clubs, the attention to detail is outstanding.
The doormen have their own spin off called Max and Paddy and it's hysterical
The line "I know a pissed horse when I see one" will never not make me laugh
I remember reading that the elderly people in the crowd were real customers and didn’t realise it wasn’t a real club.
There’s so many subtle but great gags on this show. Like when Jerry is introducing “a very good friend of mine”...but has to read his post-it note before announcing his name 😂
From a Yorkshire man - The Wars of the Roses were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne. its been a friendly rivalry since, it also inspired game of thrones, with stark vs Lannister :)
Preston is in Lancashire, Keighley is in Yorkshire. Two counties in England famous for their rivalry since medieval times ( the War of the Roses if you know English history) 😂😂😂
Love Keighley. Great currys
The day today is ridiculous
Preston dweller here unfortunately
@@OiiRobbi3x Used to live in Leyland but left UK 20yrs ago.
PR1 👊🏻
So cool that you like our English/British humour. I had the DVD of both series of Phoenix Nights. They had Bloopers reals as extras on the DVD. These bloopers are priceless. They will have you crying with laughter…!
"What's in your snake eye pie?"
"Chicken and mushroom"
😂😂😂
The 'British Comdy Guide' website, giving 'did you know' facts about the series. states that "for all the live performances that took place in the club, from Talent Trek to Half A Shilling's controversial folk song, all the audience reactions were genuine. The crowds were largely made up of club regulars and genuine people who thought it was a real show. They were not given any prior warning about what they were about to watch. The cast and crew would film close-ups of the acts in the daytime, and then would turn the cameras on the real audience in the evening in order to get very natural reactions." This explains their 'normal people' attitudes and reactions!
It was filmed at St Gregory's Social Club on Church Street in Farnworth near Bolton where peter lives. I live near it .
I thought as much from some of the reactions from the audience to quite a lot of the acts- it adds to the authenticy and makes it even funnier, I think.
You say 'civil war in the middle of England'... it literally was: War of the Roses 1455... called so because the white rose was the badge of the Yorks and the red rose the badge of Lancashire.
The league of gentlemen
The mighty boosh
I went in a working mans club in Doncaster one day a long time ago, they were having a roller disco it was terrifying.
I hope you got video of that!
"schnell !!! schnell !!!!" and then the German national anthem playing when giving a toast to a deceased D-Day vet lol classic joke
When ‘max’ ran into the door at the end when the chair flew out the window that was real and Peter Kay actually broke a rib
With him (Peter Kay) playing other parts is a thing called That Peter Kay Thing, Pheonix Nights is like an extended version of the episode of that called The Club I think it was called and a character he played in another episode think was Eyes Down about someone Peter Kay was playing working in a Bingo Hall (I think as he had all those jobs and did various things, or witnessed some types of people) where he plays a man called Keith Lard who's also in this lol.
When in Eyes Down he's slagging off Keith Lard "Hey keith, ya weirdo, dogtanian" kills me laughing!!! 😂😂
Yeah eyes down is a good one and the ice cream man one. I think he should revisit though and do something with them. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I second That Peter Kay Thing, it's great!
That's why you can't cut it off before the end. Oh my, I can't wait for the ping-pong ball one. Thanks for watching this, it's one of my favourite programmes.
St Gregory’s club is its real name. In my home town of Farnworth
I'm looking forward to Boomers reaction to the "Keith Lard" episode!
Peter Kay plays Max the bouncer and Paddy McGuinness plays Paddy. There is a spin off series called Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere where they tour around the UK in a campervan getting into all sorts of trouble. I'm sure you will find this funny, check the series out.
War of the Roses. Red Rose Lancashire, White Rose Yorkshire. Yorks and Lancs are "Counties"
We did have a Civil War in the UK, back in the mid 1600's. In fact, we had 3 of them between 1642 and 1651. The end result was that the Parliamentarians won and had the king, Charles 1, executed. But, 11 years later, everyone shook hands and had Charles' son, Charles 2, put on the throne. We also had a civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York in the 1400's - and the trouble between the cowboys of Lancashire and the cowboys of Yorkshire in Phoenix Nights is true enough, as the two counties are renowned for their rivalry at everything, especially cricket.
Understanding the unique sub culture of northern English working men's clubs is crucial to this. Good luck!
Did you know they have them down south too? I always thought these clubs was a northern thing, until I moved down there for a couple of years, and because they were affiliated to the ones I was a member of back up north, I got automatic membership and could pay my subs and just sign in without making a new membership. Surprisingly they are identical to the ones up here, only with more cockney accents floating about. Also, I've never seen 6 or 7 club members go up on stage and shag the strippers act after they finished like at a do we had, definately not seen that up north before. Everything else is the same though, even the drink prices were what we paid back home. That surprised me because everything else down there was expensive. You needed a mortgage to go out for a pizza down there.
Yep had a few like this in Watford, elvis impersonator, open the box, hynoptist act, and a major brawl for every gypsy wedding, funeral, christening, some old boy on the door who thought he owned the club checking memberships, and a meat raffle, definitely not just a northern thing
@@JohnDuffy-bq8wg we used to win the meat raffle every week -nit the actual club one, but there was a guywhoc came in Dagenham trades hall who worked at Smithfield meat market used to come in, and if you gave him £50 he would fill your freezer up for a year! He assured us it came from legitimate sources, but if it did, I don't know how he did it. I once got 10kg of bacon, about the same again in sausages, 5kg rib eye steak, 10 top steaks, bags of pork chops, lamb chops, 5 legs of lamb, carrier bags full of breasts of lamb, about 40 of them, 2 tomahawk steaks 5 chickens and a few other bags full of belly pork and similar, and I think it cost me under £80. It seemed to be pot luck what you got, but that did keep our family going on meat for about a year, and it was at a time we were up §hit street as myself and my girlfriend, now wife, had been laid off work. He used to supply the meat raffle sometimes at the trades hall, and he also dropped a giant turkey and a bag of sausage meat and a load of veg off to our house at Xmas, all for gratis and a cup of tea. He knew we were struggling and just wanted to make sure we were ok.top bloke. There was a lot of people like that who went in there. I do miss going in there to be honest.
“Did they just nick the tv” :)
You were close when you said about the U.S Civil War. It wasn’t about your Civil War, it was about OUR English Civil War between The House of Lancaster (Lancashire) & the House of York (Yorkshire). It’s a massive English rivalry that envelops everything sporty, Cricket, Rugby, Soccer (Football), Dominoes & Darts etc.
But congratulations & thanks for showing one of the best U.K. comedies. Next, please try Shameless of which there has already been a U.S. version made & Brassic. They are so true to life & that’s why Brits laugh so much at them.
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the wars of the roses aren't same as the english civil war. the lancastrians and yorkists warred over succession to the throne. the english civil war was the crown vs parliament
At least the first few series of Shameless are 10/10 worth watching, after a while it falls off a cliff in terms of watchability!
@@perpetualidiocy6622 it was the same country on both sides so it was a civil war.
@@dave_archer by your definition every rebellion throughout history is a civil war. my point was that THE ENGLISH civil war was not the wars of roses as Northern had stated.... look it up if you don't believe me. happy for you to come back with proof that i'm wrong
Just binge watched Brassic. One of the best TV shows we've produced in a long time.
Hey Boomer, I work at Lancaster University. Every year there is a three day sports event called The Roses, Lancaster Uni v York Uni. This years event has literally just happened (3rd/4th/5th of May), Lancaster won :). It represents The War of the Roses, an English Civil War in 1455 to 1487. One of the battles (The battle of Bosworth) saw King Richard the 3rd killed on the battle field, ending the Lancastrian Royal Lineage of The Plantagenet allowing the Tudor bloodline to become the new Royal Lineage. Lancaster's coat of arms has a red rose in the centre and York's has a white rose.
I used to ride one of those Jimbo aeroplanes, outside the toffee shop when I was wee! 😂
The line dancing song was 5,6,7,8 by Steps (pop band)- it had a line dancing routine in the video.
One of, if not the best British comedy of all time. Peter Kay is a genius
I work in Preston, Lancashire. We actually walked past Peter Kay and Paddy McGuiness on the traffic crossing next to my old office whilst we were on our way to lunch, all we did was nod at them and say "alrite"or "owdo" (very Lancashire/Yorkshire greetings) and get away as fast as possible, not going to bother someone by asking for an autograph. They were filming something in Preston. It was kind of bizarre as you don't expect to see "famous" people in Preston.
Was this recent? They did film an episode of Max and Paddy in Preston Prison
As you work through the episodes, all I'll say is 'ping-pong balls'.....😅😅
The scary bit is this is what a lot of working men's cubs are like, happy days
Almost every line of dialogue is a joke or slight on something, it's genius writing with so much subtlety. Northern humour is top class in the u.k. Peter Kay's stand up is timeless, you will love it, adds context to northern life.
War of the Roses. White (Yorkshire) vs Red (Lancashire). Not much love shared, especially in cricket and rugby league. Divided by a mountain range, always good fun to wind each other up.
Give Phone Shop a watch, it's an underrated classic, on par with the IT Crowd.
Ray von is Jeff from Peep Show
The humour in this show is so subtle. I live it
Don’t worry about not noticing Peter Kay as Max, I’m from Bolton and I didn’t notice until about the third episode ( I did used to watch it after I’d been to the pub)
I had a mate, also from Bolton and he was in an American civil war reenactment society, he was in some New York regiment and I used to take the piss out of him, his excuse was that it was a good piss up lol
The Snooker table bit still kills me 😂
The theme of the jackpot machine was "Das Boot", and the eulogy was about how the captain fought the Germans. So, it was even more inappropriate than simply "going off" during the funeral 😂
One of the best British sitcoms.
Please keep doing Pheonix Nights it honestly keeps getting better 😂
My favourite episode of the lot, and I am nearly dead from laughing. It's the 'Das Boot' slot machine that always, ALWAYS gets me!!!!!
So glad you're reviewing this. Honestly one of the best sitcoms ever and you need to see both series to fully appreciate it.
The launch vehicle for Paddy McGuiness! I think without this there would be no Benidorm.
I'm from Preston, love pheonix nights, I actually went & watched Peter kay live stand up in April last month he is amazing ❤
You should also check out the Max and Paddy spin off, which is a series about the two bouncers. Its hilarious
It gets so much funnier mate. Cheers for sticking with it.
Social clubs are generally cheaper place to drink than bars ( not sure about nowadays)but tend to be more basic and are run by a committee rather than a sole manager.
Committees which are identical to the Handforth Parish Council meeting on Zoom, with mainly old people constantly arguing.
The war of the Roses was between Lancashire and Yorkshire . The war ended of course but the rivalry continues today in cricket , football , and any other competition including tiddlywinks and snakes and ladders.
We had working men’s club up the road from us and it was exactly the same as this. We also had an old WW2 veteran working the door collecting members subs. What you see here is exactly what you used to get. Every character you see is recognisable in most working men’s club, from the women who worked the kitchens to the old boy who collected members subs, to the crap talent that used to appear, the bloke who owned etc, etc.
Peter Kay was/could have been one the best comedy actors of all time. Much better than his stand up, which was also very funny.....but as a comedy actor he was something else.....brilliant timing.....
I prefer his acting roles to his stand up- his stand up is very conventional, nothing wrong with that, but, personally I like stand up more edgy. Pheonix Nights is just so well done, I've only been to a "chicken in a basket cabaret" club a couple of times but I think he gets the vibe perfect, it seems like he's taking the piss but with fondness for those type of clubs.
If you thought this was wild…wait till Sammy the Snake…..👍😜🇮🇲👌😂
I was at Cherwell Valley services on the M40 about 15 years ago, two guys came into the main building in overalls and had step ladders and were taking the plasma screen off the hanging pole, everyone thought they were doing maintenance, nope, they were nicking it !! Cheeky sods !!
"Seeing is believing"... LOL
I'm so glad you have decided to continue with the series, it only get's better!
Ironically, the only way I'm able to rewatch this is through an american's youtube reactions. 😂 It was originally broadcast on Channel 4, but I never saw it on their streaming service, or anywhere else. So thanks very much, King B!
Great to see your reactions to this very British comedy- the situations get even crazier and the characters more rounded out as the series procedes. At the end of each episode there is a bonus which is usually a terrible act trying to audition- these are hilarious and worth waiting for!
That scene where the Tv was knicked happened in a pub near me years ago, nobody questioned them cos they had brown coats on like TV engineers.
*Keighley* in *Bradford, West Yorkshire.*
*Preston* in *Lancashire.*
*War of the Roses* - *Yorkshire* vs *Lancashire.*
The newspaper reporter in episode 1 is also from *Bradford.*
The thing is though, it was never actually between Yorkshire and Lancashire. It was between two rival factions of very high ranking nobles, to decide who was going to influence a very weak and mentally un stable king. Most of the Lancastrian forces were recruited from Wales the north of England and some Scottish, Most Yorkist forces from London and the midlands. Where I live, I have Pontefract six miles to the East, Pontefract castle was a Lancastrian stronghold, six miles to the west is Wakefield with a Large Yorkist castle at Sandal. Also it wasn't named the Wars of the roses whilst it was occurring, that was down to Shakespeare.
Bradford aka mini Pakistan
The older people who are the audience aren't actors. They are members of that club used for filming and are never told what's going to happen so all their reactions are real. Also listen out for Kenny in future episodes. He's the worlds biggest liar. Sometimes as well you have to read some of the signs in the background as they are hilarious. Plus the music sometimes being used relates to what is happening on screen and makes the scenes even funnier. But you will notice all these things as you get further into the series.
You're in for a real treat the next episode 😂
Yes, big rivalry, KB. Goes all the way back to Henry Tudor ( Henry VII ) and Richard III who was king at the time. Manchester United and Leeds United still won't/can't let it go! So Lancashire vs Yorkshire just ain't gonna fly...unless it's fists flying! Us English still have a bit of a thing with the French of a certain age group. Not us, but them! History can be a bit of a bummer, sometimes....
Have you noticed that Potter is driking from a flower vase all season? 🤦♂🤣
War of the Roses matey, rivalry, oh yes! glad to hear you picking up some of the phrases too👍
Just wait til you see "John Baptiste" perform on stage later. 😅
One of the best things about Phoenix Nights, is that Peter Kay used a real working mens club to film most of it. And when there were scenes like the acts and bingo hoover going on, the people who are filmed laughing or looking shocked were actual members of the club and the reactions were 100% genuine. Genius
The war of the Roses was 1 civil war, we also had the civil war with the Cavaliers and the Roundheads, where we were without a monach for few years.
The ravalry in Game of Thrones between the Starks and Lannisters is based on the real life history of York and Lancaster. The white rose of Yorkshire vs the red rose of Lancashire.
Yes, you have to watch Max & Paddy’s Road To Nowhere (The Door Men From Phoenix Nights), it’s hilarious. They buy a motorhome and go traveling about, so so funny
The other doorman (Paddy McGuinness) presented Top gear from 2019 to 2022.
Keep an eye on Kenny senior (the guy who handed the remote to the thieves) and his stories. No spoilers.
This club is very like many of the old working mens clubs when I grew up, many fun times and funny people.
In the last 3 days I’ve watched max and paddy’s road to nowhere for the first time and I had no idea max was Peter Kay.
The characters come to life over episodes, like the bullshitter, in this episode he was in Nam, knew Robert de Niro etc etc.
Quiz night. And the answer is shroud of Turin, shit, what did we have. Lisa Stanfield. Funniest Lines ever, had me in stitches. Would love to know, what was the question and how they thought Lisa Stanfield (British singer) was relevant.
They get better and better, stick with it
Thanks King, perfect timing with snack time!
Phoenix Nights lead character Brian Potter was originally written for Bernard Manning, says Peter Kay. Comedian Peter Kay has said that he wrote his Phoenix Nights lead character for controversial stand-up Bernard Manning. Kay was speaking to BBC Radio Manchester about his Channel 4 sitcom set in a working men's club when he made the surprising admission that he had been hoping to cast Manning, known for his racist and sexist jokes, in the main role of abrasive club boss Brian Potter. However, Manning, who died in 2007, became ill before Kay was able to sign him up, and so he ended up starring in the role he had written himself. Kay told the station's Ted Robbins: "Bernard Manning is controversial but he had incredible timing. "I wrote the character of Brian Potter in Phoenix Nights for him to play but unfortunately he was too poorly to do it. I thought it would have been perfect casting but it didn't happen."
John Denver died on the afternoon of October 12, 1997, when his light homebuilt aircraft, a Rutan Long-EZ with registration number N555JD, crashed into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California, while making a series of touch-and-go landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.
Wikipedia.
Episode with Sammie the snake hilarious
Family fun day and quiz night are incredible
Yes!! You’ll love this! 🙌🏼
its an american civil war event in northern england between lancashire and yorksshire who fought a civil war in England lol
Yorkshire and Lancashire are neighbouring counties (not towns). The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487. The wars were fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster and House of York, two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
The fruit machine was called das boot. It's a German film about submarines in ww2. Same war that he lost his eye.
I’m English, my husband was American and he loved English humour
Greetings Boom, Rave on, co wrote the series with Peter Kay, great reaction, thanks for sharing ❤🇬🇧🙋♀️
MAX AND PADDY 😂
The term "Wars of the Roses" was not used at the time (1455 - 1485). If it had a name, it would have been The Cousins' War. Pedantic, perhaps, but when teaching an American about history, it's best to be precise. Or you could call it The Battle of Bunker Hill (when it took place at Breed's Hill).
Being from Keighley I was happy to hear the town mentioned that wasn't anything to do with the steam railway and the Brontë sisters