Back in the day, Dave Allen was a communal experience. People would gather around the telly in homes and pubs to have a good laugh. He was a great storyteller.
For the sheer brilliance and ingenuity of his sketches there was NO-ONEbetter unless you think of Benny Hill. The one where he appears to saw his leg off to get a parking spot which he then misses out on is a touch of genius
I saw Dave Allen live in Australia. I have never laughed so much in my life, my belly muscles were sore for days after. 4+ hours of pure comedy, just him sitting at a small table with his glass of whatever.
@@timrobertson9905reportedly, the whiskey Churchill drank was very much watered down. I have a capfull of it in hot milk if I am extremely cold or am ill, and think it would be very difficult to drink neat or almond neat.
These sketches were and indeed still are in a class of their own. And yes, I did think the mother would take Frankenstein's creation and not the little girl .............clever!!!
Why that was is a mystery It should have been the other way round.... I just checked and Dave himself requested that slot because he didn't want to change the format of the show to fit an earlier audience ... itv were not happy so dave left and went to the BBC... Where he got 10 mil viewers trumping the David Frost show on itv deliberately moved to go up against the D A show....
i dont know if its the camera quality andits effects but i really like the look of 1980s on tv. i dont suppose everything looked the same back then i mean the coloring the gritty scenery and overcast skies
His sketches never aged. We lived for the night he was on the BBC. Loved them.
Back in the day, Dave Allen was a communal experience. People would gather around the telly in homes and pubs to have a good laugh. He was a great storyteller.
For the sheer brilliance and ingenuity of his sketches there was NO-ONEbetter unless you think of Benny Hill. The one where he appears to saw his leg off to get a parking spot which he then misses out on is a touch of genius
He was brilliant! Can still watch his shows and laugh! Never seems to date! 😄
Yes definitely agree, never get tried of Dave Alan, brilliant xx
Miss Dave Allen so much... a great observer of humanity! HARE KRISHNA!
I saw Dave Allen live in Australia. I have never laughed so much in my life, my belly muscles were sore for days after. 4+ hours of pure comedy, just him sitting at a small table with his glass of whatever.
He used to drink whiskey
@@timrobertson9905
It was actually ginger ale ...
He didn't drink on duty in fear of it affecting the quality and output of the show
@@timrobertson9905reportedly, the whiskey Churchill drank was very much watered down.
I have a capfull of it in hot milk if I am extremely cold or am ill, and think it would be very difficult to drink neat or almond neat.
The best was clearly - "hans up, all those that were going to choose him" at the end. Brilliant.
That certainly got me
These sketches were and indeed still are in a class of their own. And yes, I did think the mother would take Frankenstein's creation and not the little girl
.............clever!!!
It's because we were conditioned through all his sketches to expect an unexpected twist to end the story
My favorite comedian , from England , I remember I would stay up late just to watch him. One of the best, in my book
What a comical genius that man was! Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful reminder of a truly funny man
The werewolf sketch was priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Always creative, witty and done in short sketches.
I was literally dying out of laughter on handicap parking part!
Comediante Genial y de una creatividad impresionante...EXTRAORDINARIO!!!
I remember they started showing all sorts of british programming in the 70's. This was a favorite of my father and I.
A real comedy legend!
9:24 that reverse plot twist with the 4th wall break was comic genius.
I confess, I fell for it! 😁😁😁
That bomb sketch at 6:10 was....da bomb!!!
That thing with the parking cop is far too realistic LOL.
Brilliant! R.I.P Dave Allen
Tak for Dave Allen til DK RIP
3.48. "The Frankland Arms" in Washington, West sussex.
The sketch at 3:15 is one of my favourites. Hilarious!!!
Thanks so much for posting!!
Loved the Frankenstein sketch. (I had to raise my hand.;)
OH. MY. GOD. So that's how you defeat a ware wolf? Just throw a stick and tell him he's a good boy. Why did I never think of that?
LOL This is so funny I am laughing my head off!!
+Latoya Cleghorn You, Madam, have a good sense of humour! :)
Great bits from Dave Allen!
Can't help but marvel HOW clean their streets were back then.
I love the bomb sketch
Back in the day, this show followed Benny Hill. Those were the days.
Why that was is a mystery
It should have been the other way round....
I just checked and Dave himself requested that slot because he didn't want to change the format of the show to fit an earlier audience ... itv were not happy so dave left and went to the BBC...
Where he got 10 mil viewers trumping the David Frost show on itv deliberately moved to go up against the D A show....
Thanks for putting these on You Tube. Love Brit humor!
With a little from the Irish!
Denis Redmond So right Denis!! Sorry bout that! The Irishman is hilarious!!
Love the diver appearing in the baptismal.
The sketch with the bom makes me think of Henk Elsinks "The Bom" (Dutch comedian).
I thought she was going to take him haha!
One off the best there ever was See you on the other side
That police one is very good.
One of the best
very clever humour
Fantastic
A genius!!
hahahaha omg he did fetch, best I ever saw
me and my dad would never miss Dave Allen!
John Allan Brown Haven't watched these since I was a kid, and that wasn't yesterday.
Still funny!
Saw him live in London once, the jokes were blue
@@pcka12they had to be very careful of the censors then. Especially before the 9pm watershed that we should still have to protect children.
"No, wave!"
Lol literally at sprinkling fountain diver
Ah, the price on that parking meter, “1/- or 5p per hour”! 40 years ago...!
It was about the same price here in the states too, for decades, but now its up to $4.00 per hour in some places here.
I loved it when he ran death over lol so funny i still cant stop laughing at that
fuck me, do you really need to write "lol"?
Crackingly funny.
omg i fell for frankenstein i was sure she's gonna pick her "baby" monster
I thought she was gonna turn out to be the monster...
LOL Classic stuff ;)
Dave Allen. Funniest Irishman that ever lived.
Brilliant Man
Yeah that was a clever one.
I Find it tremendous
He was Irish!
9:52 chewbacca
i dont know if its the camera quality andits effects but i really like the look of 1980s on tv. i dont suppose everything looked the same back then i mean the coloring the gritty scenery and overcast skies
4:50 ...👍🏻🤣
You sure this is the rythem method....very funny
Could you tell me the way to the railway station? lol
my fave 7:46
😂😂😂
2:09 Looks very much like a HG Monaro drops in !?!
jim jimmy
Opel
😂 😂 😂
What a loss to comedy brilliantly funny man
do not think dave or indeed the parking warden were about way back then ; when that Hillman Minx in the first sketch was about
🙄😳😮😂🤣👏👌👍
But the wolf man skit was cute...
Only the English would be amused...sorry great great grand dad...
😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣😝😜!?!
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Huh,, ????
These do not age well do they?
better than your gay dad 😂
Lame ....
you know i have to say you British are good at something else besides your colonial past...wish your current population was as open as him.
andy chauhan Dave Alan is Irish You prick
Benny Hill was the only Englishman ever funny their comedy is so dry it's not even funny and cannot understand what they say
British humor is not funny.
Let's face it, these sketches are absolute shite, even as a child they were only mildly amusing.
Don't watch it then.