On The Buses and Benny Hill were my father's favourite shows and I remember him laughing hysterically at them. Sometimes we would sit down as a family and watch the shows together. I miss those days. My dad passed away middle of 2023. He was 3 weeks short of his 98th birthday. Miss you dad 😢
@stephenrose783 You are The Real Life Stan Butler 😂 I loved this Show growing up, my Granparents got me into it, and even though i didn't become a bus driver, most of my Childhood was spent wanting to be just like Stan 😂
I used to watch this with my Gran and Grandad back in the early 70s there both long gone but have the happy memories. I have all of the series and Movies on DVD now(:
After school on weekdays in the 1970s there were double episodes of On the Buses back to back. I would also watch The Two Ronnies, Benny Hill, Dave Allen at Large, and Monty Python.
I grew up pre teen and post teen in the 70s, power cuts, dreadful food the lot, but I absolutely loved those times, great TV, saucy humour and Christmas and birthday was those special moments....
I can remember watching on the buses and love thy neighbour and Steptoe and son as well as till death do us part as a teen back in the late sixties and into the seventies... Fond memories.
I was fortunate enough to have Michael Robbins and Doris Hare as clients of mine at different times in my career. Michael Robbins was always so beautifully spoken you’d never recognised his voice as Arthur, great times.
@robertbarnes1226 wow that's pretty cool, may I ask what you do ? And did you ever speak to them about On The Buses ? Or was it strictly business talk ?
Thank you so much for putting this episode up, i have not seen it in over 40 years since i was a small boy watching it with my parents who are now passed away, thanks for this small gift its most appreciated happy hollidays....
Thank you so much for this, I left England for Canada in '73 at the age of 10. OTB was one of my favorite shows, along with Dads Army, Some Mother's and The Goodies. I found myself remembering the premises lol. Thank you so much, have a wonderful new year ❤😂
I've met Anna Karen, she was a lovely person and down to earth working class as they come. Sadly and tragically she passed away recently in a terrible fire at home. God bless all these wonderful comedy actors and actresses they were absolute diamonds and so funny. OTB was a marvellous comedy. 😢 ❤
@TheManWithNoName. Ive met her a few times at comedy events at Elstree Studios and Borehamwood. Would have loved to meet Blakey (Stephen Lewis) but he was a very private person and didn't attend the events.
Oh how we laughed at this programme, also loved up Pompeii, some mother's do have em, till death do us part, Dick emery show, Benny Hill and many other fabulous classics😅😅, dad would be killing himself with laughter in his armchair with the embroidered antimacassars on each side and on the headrest. Loving family members long gone. God bless you all xx
@alisonsweeney7638 yes great comedy back in the day could always have a good laugh what comedy can you look forward to now to make us laugh zilch nothing funny anymore in my opinion
I worked at a dairy in the mid 80s as a milkie, this programme was so like the job it was uncanny. Good memories! Lot of stories, different world now, run by killjoys and misery guts
I love on the buses I'm always watching it 😊😊❤❤ from them til now I watched it 2024 and before and the mother of arthur is so funny with her posh voice 😊 can't stop watching it all on dvd too
So very true, the Television producers that will only allow us to see what they deem" in-offensive" (meaning not at all funny), And yet force our Children to accept, Homosexual relationships, and Trans sexual people as the "Norm" really annoys me, The Television really is Crap these days!
They were brilliant. As you say, no offence meant , just laughs from the start. I couldn't believe it when we watched a "Carry On'' film over Christmas and it had warnings at the start about 'outdated views'. FFS ! 😡
you will never get acting and entertaining like this ever again sadly all the actors are passed i grew up watching this show this has to be one of the best comedy shows on tv
When they are saying that bus is a WG model, the WG was an abbreviation for Wood Green Depot. That was the depot that bus was stationed at, and the number underneath the WG is the fleet number.
Great show, thanks for the upload. Ha, ha, and I notice an unwanted extra popping into shot at 18:56 on the left of the bus and then rapidly ducking out again!!
I'm South African, grew up in the thén Orange Free State and we only got television in 1976 so I had to listen to all these English comedy shows on the radio prior to that but boy I enjoyed it !!
Oh wow. It was probably reruns I watched but we're still talking 30 years ago or something and this kind of 70s comedy definitely shaped me. It's dreadful how woke many have become in the 00s, what a real step backwards. I'm off to find another episode and if I can't I'll look for Man About The House, Mind Your Language, Robin's Nest, George and Mildred, Til Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Porridge, Fawlty Towers, The Two Ronnies, the Liver Birds... the list goes on. The best of times.
I had a friend whose dad worked as a bus driver in the 1970's. He used to moan about the wages, so to supplement his pay, he would black up and do Al Jolson impressions. He even used to advertise in 'The Stage'. In this day and age, I don't think it would go down to well.
The 'WG' on the front of the bus is a depot code, not a model type! (In real life it stood for 'Wood Green'...the bus, AEV811F, belonged to Eastern National)
My favourite part of this episode was when, Arthur, fell out of character when, Olive, got up on the chair and pulled her skirt up. He couldn`t help himself and laughed his head off.
Yep, no bad language in OTB unlike the F'ing and Jeffing in comedies now which ISNT funny. Bring back 70s comedies anytime for me. OTB was fabulous as we're many of the others of the time.
I've been listening about vitamins I can't believe I , picked wrong about the viamins Thanks for the like the though ,Ha ha I put this in wrong place, anyway I ❤❤❤ this show .
Ahh 70s Christmases the best! Who remembers the paper chain decorations? (:
I enjoyed making them as a child
One great time
I was born in 74 and used to love making paper chains growing up and cried when they broke 🤣🤣🤣
On The Buses and Benny Hill were my father's favourite shows and I remember him laughing hysterically at them. Sometimes we would sit down as a family and watch the shows together. I miss those days. My dad passed away middle of 2023. He was 3 weeks short of his 98th birthday. Miss you dad 😢
Miss the 70,'s when family use to sit together, Merry Christmas x
Loved this great series. it was so true to buses life, so many laughs. I was on the buses as a driver for 46 years. I loved every minute of my job.
@stephenrose783 You are The Real Life Stan Butler 😂 I loved this Show growing up, my Granparents got me into it, and even though i didn't become a bus driver, most of my Childhood was spent wanting to be just like Stan 😂
CHEERS from AUSTRALIA
That was so funny 😁 I forgot 🤣 laugh!
Time to watch ⌚️ Hyacinth 🪻 😎 🪣 🍯 🪣!!!!!!
Christmas 🎄 Cake Jokes!
would watch this with my parents 40 years ago ...they are both gone now ..but so many great laughs
Me too ❤❤
I used to watch this with my Gran and Grandad back in the early 70s there both long gone but have the happy memories. I have all of the series and Movies on DVD now(:
After school on weekdays in the 1970s there were double episodes of On the Buses back to back. I would also watch The Two Ronnies, Benny Hill, Dave Allen at Large, and Monty Python.
I grew up pre teen and post teen in the 70s, power cuts, dreadful food the lot, but I absolutely loved those times, great TV, saucy humour and Christmas and birthday was those special moments....
Same here I remember the only Curries at that time was Vesta and they were terrible.
I can remember watching on the buses and love thy neighbour and Steptoe and son as well as till death do us part as a teen back in the late sixties and into the seventies... Fond memories.
I still watch some of those on That's TV (on free view) if you're in the UK 😊
Priceless. From Canada. Memories from so long ago.
Love this, loved the 60 &70s 🇦🇺
I was fortunate enough to have Michael Robbins and Doris Hare as clients of mine at different times in my career. Michael Robbins was always so beautifully spoken you’d never recognised his voice as Arthur, great times.
@robertbarnes1226 wow that's pretty cool, may I ask what you do ? And did you ever speak to them about On The Buses ? Or was it strictly business talk ?
Arthur pissing himself when Olive pulls up her skirt was gold,so glad they left it in...
@@nonyabusiness999 it was gold 🪙 and the rest of them managed to keep going 😄 the Mum is great 🌹
@@lindahunter1969 Doris Hare was a brilliant Shakespearean actress who played a wide range of roles.
it was quite weird & then he suddenly snapped back into character lol
Considering he was meant to be angry he failed miserably 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much for putting this episode up, i have not seen it in over 40 years since i was a small boy watching it with my parents who are now passed away, thanks for this small gift its most appreciated happy hollidays....
@@phoenixman8569 🫡👍🏻🎅
That was nice, it reminded me of my Dad's laugh, he had a fine sense of humour and an infectious laugh 🤣
Thank you so much for this, I left England for Canada in '73 at the age of 10. OTB was one of my favorite shows, along with Dads Army, Some Mother's and The Goodies. I found myself remembering the premises lol. Thank you so much, have a wonderful new year ❤😂
@@MarcusStephenson1970 loved Dads Army .... have a great new year
Don’t forget the good life that was brilliant 👍👍
Thank you. There's no Xmas or New Year's without our British sitcoms
I've met Anna Karen, she was a lovely person and down to earth working class as they come. Sadly and tragically she passed away recently in a terrible fire at home. God bless all these wonderful comedy actors and actresses they were absolute diamonds and so funny. OTB was a marvellous comedy. 😢 ❤
@sugarbertie1143 that's cool, how did you meet her ?
@TheManWithNoName. Ive met her a few times at comedy events at Elstree Studios and Borehamwood. Would have loved to meet Blakey (Stephen Lewis) but he was a very private person and didn't attend the events.
@@sugarbertie1143 it's sad how they are all gone now, I only just read about her dying in a fire after reading your comment ... very sad
Gosh, how sad.❤
@@TheManWithNoName. 2022, Windsor Road. That same year, another "Windsor" died...
Oh how we laughed at this programme, also loved up Pompeii, some mother's do have em, till death do us part, Dick emery show, Benny Hill and many other fabulous classics😅😅, dad would be killing himself with laughter in his armchair with the embroidered antimacassars on each side and on the headrest.
Loving family members long gone. God bless you all xx
@alisonsweeney7638 yes great comedy back in the day could always have a good laugh what comedy can you look forward to now to make us laugh zilch nothing funny anymore in my opinion
I worked at a dairy in the mid 80s as a milkie, this programme was so like the job it was uncanny. Good memories! Lot of stories, different world now, run by killjoys and misery guts
Av herd the story's wae the calfs ya dirty birdie
You must be 65
I might use the last bit...run by killjoys and misery guts. 😂
@@andrewramsay9148. Here’s the killjoy and misery guts.
Or people that enjoy witty comedy that reflects something about the real world?
So many great tv programmes in the 70s from kids programmes comedy, documentaries and film and only three channels,the 80s came now its mad .
I loved this watched this way back in the day when both my parents were alive happy days thank you for this !! 😂👍
I love on the buses I'm always watching it 😊😊❤❤ from them til now I watched it 2024 and before and the mother of arthur is so funny with her posh voice 😊 can't stop watching it all on dvd too
Jack: "She's panting for it"...pmsl. Weren't the 1970's great times. No offence meant, no offence taken, just good old-fashioned humour.
Especially when you had men chasing females young enough to be their daughters😂
Lol
So very true, the Television producers that will only allow us to see what they deem" in-offensive" (meaning not at all funny), And yet force our Children to accept, Homosexual relationships, and Trans sexual people as the "Norm" really annoys me, The Television really is Crap these days!
They were brilliant. As you say, no offence meant , just laughs from the start. I couldn't believe it when we watched a "Carry On'' film over Christmas and it had warnings at the start about 'outdated views'. FFS ! 😡
@sugarbertie1143 carry on 🤣 I used to watch it with my pop
Brilliant
My mum loved on the buses it is what it is quite shocking now but the 70 s was really hard and people needed cheering up with a good old laugh !
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
53 years ago where did the time go?
I was 1....
I was 3 months, just caught up with this episode,I was most likely asleep the first time it aired 😂
I was 6 years old
I was nine in 1971. I’ve asked the “time” question many times.
i was 67 time flies
Loved this when I was a kid
you will never get acting and entertaining like this ever again sadly all the actors are passed i grew up watching this show this has to be one of the best comedy shows on tv
The young woke will complain
When they are saying that bus is a WG model, the WG was an abbreviation for Wood Green Depot. That was the depot that bus was stationed at, and the number underneath the WG is the fleet number.
Ive the episodes on dvd. This episode is one of my favourites
Me too.
Arthur and Olive dynamic really deserved a spin off series.
I really enjoyed that better times better comedy. I wish I could go back in time
Great show, thanks for the upload. Ha, ha, and I notice an unwanted extra popping into shot at 18:56 on the left of the bus and then rapidly ducking out again!!
Brilliant. Love the characters in this series.
Loved watching this when I was a boy, classic British comedy, you can watch them again and again.
Buy the whole dvd set, money well spent, you'll never regret it, ❤
Already got em , AND a Blakey doll which I bought recently off comedy website. It's brilliant and even talks his well known sayings!! 😂😂😂
This is excellent from on The Buses
A program that was truly funny.
Better than the crap that haunted American TV at the time. 😅
the best of British I also was a bus driver great memories
Awesome !!
Matt Monroe , (Terry Parsons), the singing legend was also a bus driver. Wonder if he was also a fan of OTB.
Arthur is killing himself laughing when olive pulls up her dress 😂😂😂
Stan nailing his glass of booze before going to work as a professional driver. 😂😂
I'm South African, grew up in the thén Orange Free State and we only got television in 1976 so I had to listen to all these English comedy shows on the radio prior to that but boy I enjoyed it !!
My Late Father was a great fan of this wonderful t.v. show. ❤❤❤
Oh wow. It was probably reruns I watched but we're still talking 30 years ago or something and this kind of 70s comedy definitely shaped me. It's dreadful how woke many have become in the 00s, what a real step backwards. I'm off to find another episode and if I can't I'll look for Man About The House, Mind Your Language, Robin's Nest, George and Mildred, Til Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Porridge, Fawlty Towers, The Two Ronnies, the Liver Birds... the list goes on. The best of times.
Agreed 💯 Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
@@tlb2970 Hi Melbourne Australia from Brighton England!
@ hi Brighton England ✋
Same here too I use to watch this programme alot when it's was on tv aswell 😀 I miss the programme too 😮😮😮
On the buses are so very funny. 😆 😂 🤣
I had a friend whose dad worked as a bus driver in the 1970's. He used to moan about the wages, so to supplement his pay, he would black up and do Al Jolson impressions. He even used to advertise in 'The Stage'. In this day and age, I don't think it would go down to well.
Brilliant comedy I grew up with this... at 18.55 to 19.13 there's a face in the window by the steering wheel 🙄
I love to read comments from older people although I was born in 85. Bring back old times.
Stephen Lewis is excellent in this, and also as "Smiler" in "Last of the Summer Wine."
One of the best comedies of all time .along with George and Mildred.You cannot beat the 70s.
Anyone growing up in those times would remember running around the school playground saying to your mate, "oh Butler, you made my day"
This episode reminds me little Arthur will be there in a year or 2 ;) great show, timeless. Not long after this id have been conceived , wow
My aunt lived next door to doris hare in park road bargoed they grew up together
The 'WG' on the front of the bus is a depot code, not a model type! (In real life it stood for 'Wood Green'...the bus, AEV811F, belonged to Eastern National)
FunFact .Stan ( Reg Varney) was the 1st person in the world to use an ATM ( automatic cash machine).
Barclays Bank, London, 1967.
All made at the Eastern National Garage in North East London because London Transport refused to touch it.
You're made my Xmas, Blakey top notch stuff. On the Buses 😅🤣😅🤣😂😅🤣😂✨💯🥂
Stan is putting away the drink just before driving the bus. How times change.
When sideburns were sideburns....
ANNA KAREN IN REAL LIFE WAS RATHER GEORGOUS 🎉🎉RIP😢😢
Yes she was. I used to see her shopping in Ilford. Looked like a completely different woman.
I'll get you Butler !!...Ahhh !
Those were.the days
Blakey got all the moves on the dance floor ahhhhhhh Butler
Olive and her passion killers
Even tho I have em all on DVD..would love to see u drop some more OTB classics..🚌❣xx
Watched this in the 70s, 7 pm every Monday night before Coronation Street
Awwwww.i was only 6,were has life gone,I miss my mum so much,bet she loved this.
My favourite part of this episode was when, Arthur, fell out of character when, Olive, got up on the chair and pulled her skirt up. He couldn`t help himself and laughed his head off.
the sideburns!!!🤣😂🤣
Classic series On the buses 🙏👍🫵🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤘😷Nice Times British do best Comedy
My dad used to be a dead ringer for Reg Varney. His nickname was Reg at work.
HAPPY 😊 CHRISTMAS 🎄 AND A 🎅 🎄 ❤️ 💖 ❤😅😂MERRY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
British Humor!😮😊😮😅😂!!!!
Always at it😃
Sylvia 'Bodybag' Hollamby from Badgirls 😊 Instantly recognisable; barely looks, or sounds, any different!
You are right I wondered where I seen her before with that unique facial expression😢
Helen Fraser, as of 2025 the only one in this episode still alive...
Interesting that neither mother has a husband around, perhaps they were casualties of WW2 ? I forget the background. Does anyone recall ?
Remember the good old days do well, you’d be strung up for using language like that now, boring!
Now we just have hours and hours of TV using the F word
Yep, no bad language in OTB unlike the F'ing and Jeffing in comedies now which ISNT funny. Bring back 70s comedies anytime for me. OTB was fabulous as we're many of the others of the time.
i laughed. thank you :)
back when comedy was comedy - now we are being told what is comedy....or else
It’s misinformation and disinformation 😂😂😂
Blakey said in an interview
he never intended to be an actor.
Why Christmas specials were great
Wdnt get away with this today i lovedcit with my Nan loved it
this was on tv 2 days ago
Teeth on Jack unbelievable
Don't be rude
Bob Grant (Jack ) dead at 71, he committed suicide. He had a troubled life,bless.
@@enoz.j3506 he was amazing they all were great
😂😂😂
Regularly pulled in Viewing figures in excess of 20m between 1969-1973.
Brilliant British humour
This was the good comedy then
I've been listening about vitamins I can't believe I , picked wrong about the viamins Thanks for the like the though ,Ha ha I put this in wrong place, anyway I ❤❤❤ this show .
I was at Secondary School in the 1970s
Now days if you say your dogs panting some idiot moans 😂😂
70 s the best everyone had a sense of humour not like today 😂
Is Arthur breaking character at 15.06 when he's laughing 😅😅😅
Perfick
👍👍
when tv comedy was free and funny
This was when Britain could do comedy.Now its all middle class and ethnic joke free zones.
Great British 😅 comedy show
Love thy neighbour was good also.
Oh my goodness, it's 'Bodybag' Out of Bad girls
The good old days when it was ok to blink without someone screaming prejudice
Very interesting, but it would have looked much better to upload in the original aspect ratio, everything is stretched.
18:33 "yes, I know how you feel..."