You have obviously not seen sock suspenders before. Worn many years ago in the days before good elastic. In the British Raj, 'Tiffin' was the British custom of Afternoon tea. Lew Grade was the biggest showbusiness entrepreneur in British history and a man that shaped commercial tv in this country. Des was obviously bowing so low to him because he was after a job. His 'Y fronts' exploded. Y fronts are a type of gentleman's underpants. The older gentleman is Robert Morley who was a well known actor both in England and the USA, he turned down a knighthood in 1975. Pretty awake for a British guy? What are you insinuating?
I remember Maxwell Smart wore sock suspenders in one ep of Get Smart as he had a phone in one. He called it a garter so likely they were in US also in the old days.
You missed the second half of the sketch, which has a great song and dance number. Twotontessie was a reference to an entertainer called Tessie O'Shea, who was known affectionately as Two Ton Tessie. Lew Grade was actually a financial backer of The Muppet Show and was instrumental in getting it on air. The show was filmed in Britain and the British versions are slightly longer than the ones shown in America.
The actor in the sketch was a very popular one of his generation Robert Morley. In the Theatre of Blood (alongside Vincent Price) one of the victims is played by Robert Morley and force fed (to death!) a Cornish pasty made from his two beloved poodles. Black comedy.
He was a very distinguished actor, very well lnown in the USA as well as Europe. That in itself was part of the joke of appearing on the M&W show. Unfortunately, history does not seem to be studied much these days by the younger generations. It's odd to note that most Brits know a huge amount about America, its peopke and history, and yet a lot of Americans know next to nothing about it, even within their own country, but seem quite happy to parade their ignorance to all and sundry as though it is something to be proud of. Just a general observation, no 'hurt' intended...
At 7:10 “Plus-Fours” = an old-fashioned style of men’s trousers, mainly (but not exclusively) worn for golf. They were baggy down to the knees (where they were tied), with just long socks from the knees down. Particularly fashionable in the 1920s/‘30s. Often worn as a - almost - trademark by mogul movie directors of the classic/golden movie era aforementioned.
Y-fronts were underpants, due to their shape at the front. The joke then refers to him losing his whereabouts, a pun on "wear abouts", referring to underwear again. Given that the guy's name was also Snug Fitting, you get the idea. Some lowbrow humour to keep the punters happy.
In the script Two Ton Tessie was mentioned it’s a reference to Tessie O’Shea who played a Ukulele back in the day very famous. You may like to checkout The Good Old Days popular in the 60s 70s on tv.
you need to watch another one of "the plays what Ernie" Antony and Cleopatra, it's brilliant staring one of our best actresses of the time, Glenda Jackson, a straight actress and because of it, she was cast in an American film, A Touch of Class and won the oscar for best actress
It was mainly humor from the Music Hall (Vaudeville) days, heavy with what was risque innuendo and a lot of Northern of England style puns. Unless you know more about those far off days, it is not surprising you did not find it funny. Many, especially in the south of England didn't go for their style of comedy either. Having said that, there are quite a few American reaction videos on You Tube where they DID find it funny and understood most, if not all of the comedy. It is also the case that M&W performed in the USA, Ed Sullivan Show, amongst other TV shows. I guess you are too young and lacking in the necessary historical knowledge to fully understand these shows. Such is life...
@@wordsmith52 dirty postcards were a post WWII seaside british thing. Egyptology declined post WWI. The irony is in the anachronistic use of the reference
@@bartconnolly6104 Sorry, but I do not agree, especially in the case of Morcombe & Wise. Their humor and programes were family entertainment and all classes of people watched and enjoyed them. They were of course part of the TV culture in the 60s and 70s, but that is all. What I find 'ironic' is that despite the recent and current PC worries and concerns, their humor was very mild, even childish compared with many recent and present comedy. I have seen nothing as vile, disgusting and depraved as the so called comedy of some of today's stand up comedians. They are the true 'gutter humor', not the comedy of the previous times.
Baxter was the genesis of fast show type charachters. Worth was more situational comedy. Hancock was a clown and a pathetic hero. He expressed the vulnerability of shame and ignorance in us all. In a way he was the cringe humor of the office decades before it coupled with one liner gags and working class hero.
The hats are like the type worn by Australian troops, the left side is pinned up so that troops could march with rifles "at the slope" where the rifle butt is held in the palm of the left hand and the barrel rested on the left shoulder.
@@wordsmith52 People are awake in the UK to what is truly going on in this world. In the words of the great Jordan Maxwell -- 'nothing in this world works the way you thini it does' -- well many people are indeed waking up.
Hmmm. Felipe and Lilian are struggling here, they’re not concentrating or paying attention. Robert Morley was an English actor in Hollywood from the 1930s on. He stars in the African Queen with Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. They can’t understand Y-fronts, which are an American brand. Sock suspenders are as prevalent in the USA and in drama and period movies etc. as they are in the U.K. They’re talking over and spoiling most of the jokes and punchlines.
Yes, this is a common of reviewers on YT. They talk instead of listening and then cannot understand what is happening! But at least they don't keep stopping the video and raising irrelevant and annoying comments and questions. And they do tend to eventually get most of the stuff. Some reaction videos are not worth watching because of the faults I mentioned above, coupled with ads every 3 minutes or so. Many subs are being lost through this, I think.
Robert Morely is the actor and he died in the early 90's. "Y" fronts = underpants and finally, plus4's are baggy trousers sometimes worn whilst playing golf - not sure what Lew Grade did but he was something to do with the BBC (I think) ... thanks for the video guys
His y-fronts (underpants) exploded so he lost his whereabouts (use your imagination). Plus fours are golfing trousers which end just below the knee with elasticated hems, normally worn wit knee length socks. The girls trousers are similar in shape.
I notice Felipe and Lilian often don't use their imagination when things like that are mentioned. Like in this clip where Eric says '' Bring the colour back to your cheeks this will'' and Lilian is totally fazed. I don't know whether it is done on purpose or whether they are really that naive.
Y fronts = men's under ware. Plus 4's = breeches worn by golfers. Lou Grade = Head of the BBC at the time. 'Woodbine in a bottle' Woodbine is cheap hand rolled cigarette.
I think Lew Grade was ATV (Midlands) at this time Wayne, never BBC although his nephew Michael was head of BBC 1 in the 1980s and I think BBC chairman a lot later than that.
Woodbines were a brand of small cheap factory made cigarettes, not hand rolled. They came in packs of 5,10 or 20. Some shops would open a pack of 5 and sell you one or two, and didn't ask your age even if you were only 4 feet tall. Some short persons would pool their pocket money and buy a pack of 5 to share.
Lee Grade never worked for the BBC, he was a millionaire impresario producer who, amongst many things, founded ATV. His nephew is Michael Grade, who did run the BBC at one point.
I believe there were 4 films, though I only know 3, _The Intelligence Men, The Riviera Touch,_ and _The Magnificent Two._ Maybe someone else can fill in the rest.
@@IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX The fourth was "Night Train To Murder" released for TV in 1984 and video only later on. They were never fully satisfied with their efforts on these films, but I find them fairly good. The humor is slightly different to their stage and TV shows and (although they were concerned about it) I liked it and they grow on you in the end!
Lost civilizations, lost technologies all over the world. Lost by natural disasters and erasure by time or human will. The precision, constructional know-how and purpose of pyramids and monuments in Egypt and other modern day countries all over the world. Stonehenge, Sacsayhuamán, and the Antikythera mechanism etc. I only came here for the belly dancer however.
I think the Mel Brookes comedy Young Frankenstein was many peoples first experience of the 'walk this way' joke, honestly I wouldn't know whether it was _the_ first. ua-cam.com/video/6wchqfLA5d0/v-deo.html
I’ve read most of Graham Hancock’s books. Quite interesting theories although there are a lot of people who debunk his theories as they’re often built off other debunked theories. But still interesting, especially ‘fingerprint of the gods’
Graham Hancock isn't "New Wave," he's a 70 year old pseudoscientific crank. Eric and Ernie's scripts are a marginally funnier than Hancock's books. But we stopped giggling at him decades ago when we realised he wasn't trying to be funny. He does seem to attract those who are susceptible to cults - they still buy his books. I think your mate from work was winding you up Philippe
"He's very awake..." and then I thought you was gonna say he knows about this plan - dem - mic!!! Hancock (the writer not the tyrannical health minister) is great, Fingerprints of the Gods is a great book.
@@youknownothing8226 I though it probably came from an Arthur Askey joke a long time before. With visual modification. I went into a chemist and asked for talcum powder, The assistant said, "certainly sir, walk this way." I said, if I could I wouldn't need the talcum powder.
This was from around 1975. It is well documented that Morecambe & Wise struggled with their early TV career and only took off when they reverted back to their more succesful vaudeville style stage act which is why their TV shows at times seems somewhat dated. I think some people are unfairly critical of you here for not understanding the humour as not only are the jokes essentially English but I also doubt many under the age of 50 would get them either.
Its a shame these two have decided to call it a day and bugger off. They were two of my fave reactors. Have you noticed how more than half the video is reaction ? And most of the reaction is Phillepe sounding off and talking bo!!ocks. Gonna miss Lillian and her lovely eyes ....and voice.
On convention 1.You might look up dan gibson on the kaaba of mecca 2 Daniel brubaker on the textual integrity of the koran The traditional view in islamic history seems to be made up.
Stick to Morecambe and Wise on the BBC, they went downhill after leaving. They thought they had a better chance In the USA if they went to ITV. Bad move. This sketch is just a poor copy of the famous one with Glenda Jackson. She says to Eric "have you got the scrolls? Eric replies......." No! I always walk like this".
If you're referring to Glenda Jackson's famous sketch it was Cleopatra, the scrolls line you mention was not said in that sketch it was said in the Napoleon Sketch which Glenda Jackson was not even in, that starred Vanessa Redgrave.
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You have obviously not seen sock suspenders before. Worn many years ago in the days before good elastic. In the British Raj, 'Tiffin' was the British custom of Afternoon tea. Lew Grade was the biggest showbusiness entrepreneur in British history and a man that shaped commercial tv in this country. Des was obviously bowing so low to him because he was after a job. His 'Y fronts' exploded. Y fronts are a type of gentleman's underpants. The older gentleman is Robert Morley who was a well known actor both in England and the USA, he turned down a knighthood in 1975. Pretty awake for a British guy? What are you insinuating?
I remember Maxwell Smart wore sock suspenders in one ep of Get Smart as he had a phone in one. He called it a garter so likely they were in US also in the old days.
You missed the second half of the sketch, which has a great song and dance number. Twotontessie was a reference to an entertainer called Tessie O'Shea, who was known affectionately as Two Ton Tessie. Lew Grade was actually a financial backer of The Muppet Show and was instrumental in getting it on air. The show was filmed in Britain and the British versions are slightly longer than the ones shown in America.
Morecambe and Wise always ended their shows by singing Bring Me Sunshine and then doing that silly dance off the stage. It was their thing.
The actor in the sketch was a very popular one of his generation Robert Morley. In the Theatre of Blood (alongside Vincent Price) one of the victims is played by Robert Morley and force fed (to death!) a Cornish pasty made from his two beloved poodles. Black comedy.
Yes he as in lots of things, I remember him in a John Wayne movie
@@CoffeeConnected oh yes your right, I had forgotten that
And known in Hollywood for such movies as African Queen
@@janmcdonald3896 yes the African queen
Plus fours are a type of trouser. My guess is this sketch is a parody of a movie set in Egypt that year. Death on the Nile was a big hit in 1978.
The gent with them is Robert Morley who was an accomplished actor. He died in 1992.
He was a very distinguished actor, very well lnown in the USA as well as Europe. That in itself was part of the joke of appearing on the M&W show. Unfortunately, history does not seem to be studied much these days by the younger generations. It's odd to note that most Brits know a huge amount about America, its peopke and history, and yet a lot of Americans know next to nothing about it, even within their own country, but seem quite happy to parade their ignorance to all and sundry as though it is something to be proud of. Just a general observation, no 'hurt' intended...
At 7:10 “Plus-Fours” = an old-fashioned style of men’s trousers, mainly (but not exclusively) worn for golf. They were baggy down to the knees (where they were tied), with just long socks from the knees down. Particularly fashionable in the 1920s/‘30s. Often worn as a - almost - trademark by mogul movie directors of the classic/golden movie era aforementioned.
Saw your documentary the other week 😊 was great to see what a nice life you have etc 😊 x
The great Robert Morley who took over from Sidney Green street in Humprey Bogart films
Tiffen is tea ,y fronts are men's underpants
Y-fronts were underpants, due to their shape at the front. The joke then refers to him losing his whereabouts, a pun on "wear abouts", referring to underwear again. Given that the guy's name was also Snug Fitting, you get the idea. Some lowbrow humour to keep the punters happy.
In the script Two Ton Tessie was mentioned it’s a reference to Tessie O’Shea who played a Ukulele back in the day very famous. You may like to checkout The Good Old Days popular in the 60s 70s on tv.
you need to watch another one of "the plays what Ernie" Antony and Cleopatra, it's brilliant staring one of our best actresses of the time, Glenda Jackson, a straight actress and because of it, she was cast in an American film,
A Touch of Class and won the oscar for best actress
It was mainly humor from the Music Hall (Vaudeville) days, heavy with what was risque innuendo and a lot of Northern of England style puns. Unless you know more about those far off days, it is not surprising you did not find it funny. Many, especially in the south of England didn't go for their style of comedy either. Having said that, there are quite a few American reaction videos on You Tube where they DID find it funny and understood most, if not all of the comedy. It is also the case that M&W performed in the USA, Ed Sullivan Show, amongst other TV shows. I guess you are too young and lacking in the necessary historical knowledge to fully understand these shows. Such is life...
Ironicalky music hall and dirty postcard humor are of the same culture
@@bartconnolly6104 There is some truth in that, but it is not 'culture' and there is no irony about it. It was just history.
@@wordsmith52 dirty postcards were a post WWII seaside british thing. Egyptology declined post WWI. The irony is in the anachronistic use of the reference
@@wordsmith52 working class humor and gutter humor are cultural tropes. They may not be highbrow but they are still cultural. Just as benny hill is.
@@bartconnolly6104 Sorry, but I do not agree, especially in the case of Morcombe & Wise. Their humor and programes were family entertainment and all classes of people watched and enjoyed them. They were of course part of the TV culture in the 60s and 70s, but that is all. What I find 'ironic' is that despite the recent and current PC worries and concerns, their humor was very mild, even childish compared with many recent and present comedy. I have seen nothing as vile, disgusting and depraved as the so called comedy of some of today's stand up comedians. They are the true 'gutter humor', not the comedy of the previous times.
Your list should include Stanley Baxter, Harry Worth and Tony Hancock if you want a more complete representation of 60s to 80s British TV comedians.
Yes three i missed. I was later with frankie Howard and dave Allen.
Baxter was the genesis of fast show type charachters. Worth was more situational comedy. Hancock was a clown and a pathetic hero. He expressed the vulnerability of shame and ignorance in us all. In a way he was the cringe humor of the office decades before it coupled with one liner gags and working class hero.
The hats are like the type worn by Australian troops, the left side is pinned up so that troops could march with rifles "at the slope" where the rifle butt is held in the palm of the left hand and the barrel rested on the left shoulder.
It’s called a slouch hat many countries used them it was standard issue head dress for the British army and commonwealth troops for jungle climates
Morecambe and Wise in Egypt reaction? Ok, Pharaoh'nuff.
Always fun and entertaining, cheers as usual.
Hey, there's a whole awakened underculture here in the UK. We just lay low.
Oh yes! There’s lots of us about! We need to stop hiding from the “woke” idiots.
We just pretend to be sleeping and watch all the clueless ones pontificating and thinking they're correct the whole time.
What in hell are you talking about?
@@wordsmith52 People are awake in the UK to what is truly going on in this world.
In the words of the great Jordan Maxwell -- 'nothing in this world works the way you thini it does' -- well many people are indeed waking up.
@@annother3350 There are certainly a lot of people who seem to be letting their imaginations get the better of them!
Hmmm. Felipe and Lilian are struggling here, they’re not concentrating or paying attention. Robert Morley was an English actor in Hollywood from the 1930s on. He stars in the African Queen with Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. They can’t understand Y-fronts, which are an American brand. Sock suspenders are as prevalent in the USA and in drama and period movies etc. as they are in the U.K. They’re talking over and spoiling most of the jokes and punchlines.
Yes, this is a common of reviewers on YT. They talk instead of listening and then cannot understand what is happening! But at least they don't keep stopping the video and raising irrelevant and annoying comments and questions. And they do tend to eventually get most of the stuff. Some reaction videos are not worth watching because of the faults I mentioned above, coupled with ads every 3 minutes or so. Many subs are being lost through this, I think.
Robert Morely is the actor and he died in the early 90's. "Y" fronts = underpants and finally, plus4's are baggy trousers sometimes worn whilst playing golf - not sure what Lew Grade did but he was something to do with the BBC (I think) ... thanks for the video guys
This is one of the plays like wat Ernie wrote.
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“Walk this way” = Marty Feldman as ‘eye-gor’ to Gene Wilder as ‘Fronkonsteen’ in “Young Frankenstein” (1974).
Haha Lilian's facial expression is a picture!!
Love Graham Hancock, his episodes on the Joe Rogan podcast are incredible he has appeared in several
Good to see the late great Robert Morley on the screen again
His y-fronts (underpants) exploded so he lost his whereabouts (use your imagination). Plus fours are golfing trousers which end just below the knee with elasticated hems, normally worn wit knee length socks. The girls trousers are similar in shape.
I notice Felipe and Lilian often don't use their imagination when things like that are mentioned. Like in this clip where Eric says '' Bring the colour back to your cheeks this will'' and Lilian is totally fazed. I don't know whether it is done on purpose or whether they are really that naive.
Y fronts = men's under ware. Plus 4's = breeches worn by golfers. Lou Grade = Head of the BBC at the time. 'Woodbine in a bottle' Woodbine is cheap hand rolled cigarette.
I think Lew Grade was ATV (Midlands) at this time Wayne, never BBC although his nephew Michael was head of BBC 1 in the 1980s and I think BBC chairman a lot later than that.
Woodbines were a brand of small cheap factory made cigarettes, not hand rolled. They came in packs of 5,10 or 20. Some shops would open a pack of 5 and sell you one or two, and didn't ask your age even if you were only 4 feet tall. Some short persons would pool their pocket money and buy a pack of 5 to share.
Lee Grade never worked for the BBC, he was a millionaire impresario producer who, amongst many things, founded ATV. His nephew is Michael Grade, who did run the BBC at one point.
Morecambe And Wise did at least one (possibly two) feature films, which were surprisingly violent.
I believe there were 4 films, though I only know 3, _The Intelligence Men, The Riviera Touch,_ and _The Magnificent Two._ Maybe someone else can fill in the rest.
@@IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX The fourth was "Night Train To Murder" released for TV in 1984 and video only later on. They were never fully satisfied with their efforts on these films, but I find them fairly good. The humor is slightly different to their stage and TV shows and (although they were concerned about it) I liked it and they grow on you in the end!
Lost civilizations, lost technologies all over the world. Lost by natural disasters and erasure by time or human will. The precision, constructional know-how and purpose of pyramids and monuments in Egypt and other modern day countries all over the world. Stonehenge, Sacsayhuamán, and the Antikythera mechanism etc.
I only came here for the belly dancer however.
Hi Lillian & Felipe, the oldest version of "walk this way" I`ve come across was in a (Marx Bros.) film from the `30`s.
I suggest you look at the Russ Abbott show. Very funny characters Spoof James Bond "Basildon Bond" etc
Try a clip from 'Steptoe & Son' another classic sitcom from the 1960's and 1970's.
I think the Mel Brookes comedy Young Frankenstein was many peoples first experience of the 'walk this way' joke, honestly I wouldn't know whether it was _the_ first. ua-cam.com/video/6wchqfLA5d0/v-deo.html
Plus fours are golfing trousers
I’ve read most of Graham Hancock’s books. Quite interesting theories although there are a lot of people who debunk his theories as they’re often built off other debunked theories. But still interesting, especially ‘fingerprint of the gods’
Graham Hancock isn't "New Wave," he's a 70 year old pseudoscientific crank. Eric and Ernie's scripts are a marginally funnier than Hancock's books. But we stopped giggling at him decades ago when we realised he wasn't trying to be funny. He does seem to attract those who are susceptible to cults - they still buy his books. I think your mate from work was winding you up Philippe
Suggestion for your next Harry and Paul sketch, please watch the "Surgeons 40-45" its one of my favs very simple idea but very funny
"He's very awake..." and then I thought you was gonna say he knows about this plan - dem - mic!!!
Hancock (the writer not the tyrannical health minister) is great, Fingerprints of the Gods is a great book.
Thanks guys
“Walk this way” line comes from the film Young Frankenstein.
Not sure about that @Martin Gore
M&W Sketch aired 1973
Young Frankenstein release Xmas 1974
@@youknownothing8226 I though it probably came from an Arthur Askey joke a long time before. With visual modification.
I went into a chemist and asked for talcum powder,
The assistant said, "certainly sir, walk this way."
I said, if I could I wouldn't need the talcum powder.
At 4:45 “Y-Fronts” = a style of men’s underpants.
Rich guy is a very famous actor
I think you will find that this program was in the early 60/70
You only saw the first part not when they got 2 tomb
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This was from around 1975. It is well documented that Morecambe & Wise struggled with their early TV career and only took off when they reverted back to their more succesful vaudeville style stage act which is why their TV shows at times seems somewhat dated.
I think some people are unfairly critical of you here for not understanding the humour as not only are the jokes essentially English but I also doubt many under the age of 50 would get them either.
Don't forget Dave Allen
You should react to Allo Allo.
You ought to have a look at Sarah Millican clips. She is FUNNY!
I think you may need an English American dictionary ,,
Its a shame these two have decided to call it a day and bugger off. They were two of my fave reactors. Have you noticed how more than half the video is reaction ? And most of the reaction is Phillepe sounding off and talking bo!!ocks. Gonna miss Lillian and her lovely eyes ....and voice.
You do know that morecambe and Wise made movies.
4 in fact, the Intelligence Men, the Magnificent Two, that Riviera Touch (their best) & Night Train to Murder.
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Frankie howard? Dave Allen?
Y-Fronts are underpants
They’re an American brand. They ought to know!
you really never heard of Y-fronts?
I think they aren’t paying attention. Jockey Y Fronts are an American brand.
Yes chief of Bbc
2 Leyton orient
3 his Y Fronts... Underwear
4 plus fours a quintessential type of british fashion shorts
On convention 1.You might look up dan gibson on the kaaba of mecca
2 Daniel brubaker on the textual integrity of the koran
The traditional view in islamic history seems to be made up.
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Widefronts are underwear
WIDEFRONTS!! Does that mean they all gape open at the front🤣
@@garyrichardson8934 Y Fronts, not widefronts
Y Fronts, not widefronts
Whoops
Stick to Morecambe and Wise on the BBC, they went downhill after leaving. They thought they had a better chance In the USA if they went to ITV. Bad move. This sketch is just a poor copy of the famous one with Glenda Jackson. She says to Eric "have you got the scrolls? Eric replies......." No! I always walk like this".
If you're referring to Glenda Jackson's famous sketch it was Cleopatra, the scrolls line you mention was not said in that sketch it was said in the Napoleon Sketch which Glenda Jackson was not even in, that starred Vanessa Redgrave.