Are You Being Served: German Week

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  • @FlexibleFlyer50
    @FlexibleFlyer50 2 роки тому +505

    My mother used to watch these episodes religiously each week. Then, I got her the entire DVD series. She would sit in the living room for hours, laughing out loud. She must have watched each episode at least a dozen times, but it didn't matter to her. She loved the comedy and the pure zaniness of the series. Just wonderful!

    • @spookygirl7761
      @spookygirl7761 2 роки тому +16

      💕🥰

    • @jayceew.rabbit9358
      @jayceew.rabbit9358 Рік тому +27

      My mom was the exact same as your mom except with mine it was the golden girls!

    • @jayceew.rabbit9358
      @jayceew.rabbit9358 Рік тому +13

      @Carol Epworth my mom's favorite was Rose, mine was Dorothy cause her sarcasm always made me laugh, and a close second was Sophia! I miss my mother so very much.😢

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby Рік тому +13

      I used to watch it with my dad. Then we got the DVD boxset. Now we randomly go into BritBox to rewatch favorites.

    • @duanetrivett750
      @duanetrivett750 Рік тому +13

      Susan you are a good Daughter. God bless.

  • @76marji
    @76marji Рік тому +129

    "German week" & "the Apartment" are probably me 2 faves! wish mr.Lucas hadn't left; his banter w mrs.Slocombe each wk was priceless!😂

    • @KaraCarsafliGelin
      @KaraCarsafliGelin 8 місяців тому +10

      It Pays To Advertise, Mrs Slocomb Senior Person and The Clock also hillarious 😊

    • @amandaforeman7441
      @amandaforeman7441 8 місяців тому +4

      I love the Apartment, but have you see "Friends and Neighbors?"

    • @sunshineandwarmth
      @sunshineandwarmth 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes I especially liked him. He did a great "Peck's Bad Boy."😂

    • @melindalemmon2149
      @melindalemmon2149 4 місяці тому +4

      The Apt is a classic!!

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 4 місяці тому +6

      This episode, the one about the holiday while the store closes and The Clock (Mr Grainger’s retirement) are my 3 favourite. There are some classic lines in all 3.

  • @NiceandEasyASMR
    @NiceandEasyASMR 2 місяці тому +33

    Anyone around 42 yrs old, American and grew up watching these? Hit the like!

    • @jayg1438
      @jayg1438 Місяць тому +2

      on PBS 😀

  • @tomheidrich
    @tomheidrich 3 роки тому +144

    I was born in the 90's and grew up watching re-runs of this, Keeping up Appearances and The Vicar of Dibley. Such amazing acting, witty & hilarious writing and timeless entertainment value without nudity, violence or foul language. I wish shows like this were still produced.

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby Рік тому +13

      100% agree with this comment, bit I was born in 85. Those shows are such classics and never fail to STILL make me laugh.

    • @Gingerlox901
      @Gingerlox901 Рік тому +9

      Omg yes! As a child I truly adored this series and keeping up appearances!! Baby I love me some Ms. Bucket! I mean..Bouquet.

    • @jjryan1352
      @jjryan1352 Рік тому +4

      Yes just bosoms, slapping, and constant insults and innuendo. Such a clean show!

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 Рік тому +1

      Acorn (virtual streaming channel), Britbox, and maybe Pluto may have some British comedies. I've been watching "Mrs. Brown's Boys" on You Tube.

    • @TheZodiacz
      @TheZodiacz Рік тому

      @@jjryan1352 my pussy drooped to hear you say such things.

  • @cindycanty6340
    @cindycanty6340 Рік тому +43

    My grandpa and I would watch this all of the time when it was on PBS.

  • @stephenusaf6315
    @stephenusaf6315 3 роки тому +36

    The joke about Mrs. Slocum and the American Air Force is 1 of the funniest in all of British comedy...and that’s saying a LOT.

    • @sushicourier
      @sushicourier 10 місяців тому +4

      "Can we knock it off!" "She even remembers what she said!"😂😂😂

  • @letsseeif
    @letsseeif 3 роки тому +54

    Are You Being Served a British Nation Treasure very much appreciated here in Australia.

  • @robertwebb22
    @robertwebb22 Рік тому +57

    "German band ready?"
    "Ready when you are, mate"
    Cracks me up every time..... thanks for the memories.

  • @Edvard.Munchkin
    @Edvard.Munchkin 4 роки тому +61

    Wendy Richard couldn't hide the smile hahaha she was so beautiful

  • @AdirondackRuby
    @AdirondackRuby 4 роки тому +177

    "They're well-built, those German girls..." This episode will always be my favorite. I've watched it hundreds of times and I still laugh until I cry.

    • @jamesbm971
      @jamesbm971 3 роки тому +8

      It's my favorite, too!!! 😍

    • @johanbruijnooge6818
      @johanbruijnooge6818 2 роки тому +10

      That wasn't a bra, that was a grapefruit carrier.

    • @robadams5799
      @robadams5799 2 роки тому +5

      This is my first time watching the episode, and it's side-splitting.

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby 2 роки тому +5

      @@robadams5799 Glad you enjoyed it! It's a classic!

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 роки тому +5

      @@johanbruijnooge6818 The idea that it was a brassiere is what’s funny.

  • @peterwarden7471
    @peterwarden7471 10 місяців тому +40

    It's January 2024 and I watch the Series still regulary.
    And as a german I love special this one "german week".

    • @Melanie-u3k
      @Melanie-u3k 3 місяці тому +3

      I hope you realize we Brits do it with affection. We have no animosity towards the Germans at all.

  • @allanpatterson498
    @allanpatterson498 4 роки тому +261

    When I first saw this show I was 17 , I watch it now and I am 8 years older than Frank Thornton when he appeared in this. I think Frank was one of the last ones to go to the promised land. Do not despair they are gone Rejoice that they ever were. Golden Comedy.

    • @ccaruso8293
      @ccaruso8293 3 роки тому +21

      This show is brilliant! Timeless

    • @kevinklingner3098
      @kevinklingner3098 2 роки тому

      Qqqq

    • @mirandac.k.4888
      @mirandac.k.4888 2 роки тому +26

      I actually met John Inman. He was such a sweet man! I embarrassed myself in front of him though. PBS had him on and I was running the phones for their donation telethon! I was watching the show on the television and yelled out I'm FREE without thinking and he had a good chuckle over it. It was awesome.

    • @joshswimmerly7110
      @joshswimmerly7110 2 роки тому +14

      They were all truly talented in so many ways. I am so glad that I have watched them for so long. So many laughs and being awed at their abilities and courage. I love almost every episode. What a talented bunch.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 роки тому +18

      Nicholas Smith, “jug years” died in 2015.

  • @brini2439
    @brini2439 3 роки тому +156

    🤣 as a German who just found out about this series last week, I really love this episode! The actors did a great job!

    • @bugskarotioz5468
      @bugskarotioz5468 3 роки тому +4

      Yay lol

    • @stephenhowes8937
      @stephenhowes8937 Рік тому +5

      It came to me as not a kinder and gentler view of Germany, which to me is the only safe place in the world for me to go along with Italy who were both "Axis". My focus is the fact that many English rock bands during the 1960's left England for Hamburg because Germany's acid rock hippie culture was growing rampant while "swinging London" was full of bust happy police and then in May 1968, the Apple Boutique was painted over white. There is the book Hamburg: The Cradle Of British Rock by Alan Clayson. That was from Hamburg's very early years before LSD hit there at around 1965. English rock group The Smoke attempted to record their hit single "My Friend Jack" (Eats...Sugarlumps?) and were threatened being banned and their record company terminated...so they were overwhelmed by invites from Hamburg!!

    • @stephenhowes8937
      @stephenhowes8937 Рік тому +3

      It got better once they put on the costumes and started dancing to the "umpa" band. They did seem a bit anti German for a while which had me worried.

    • @lovejumanji5
      @lovejumanji5 Рік тому +7

      @@stephenhowes8937. These people were so talented. This was filmed in front of a live audience. Often you hear them stutter (false start) their lines , because it was live . They didn’t do it over . They had them sing and dance for a bunch of episodes, very talented crew !

    • @SuperMoeLarryCurly
      @SuperMoeLarryCurly Рік тому +8

      those hats are for tourists! YOU ARE A TOURIST!

  • @NigelDowney-sh5yd
    @NigelDowney-sh5yd 4 роки тому +183

    After so many years, this was still hilarious. Bless all these wonderful actors

    • @eagleeye2300
      @eagleeye2300 2 роки тому +8

      Hours and hours of joyful escape from reality, Thank God.

  • @SanDeezyBreezy61986
    @SanDeezyBreezy61986 4 роки тому +268

    “All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.”
    Still one of the best lines, ever.

    • @poodtang2104
      @poodtang2104 3 роки тому +13

      Agreed.

    • @greg_1492
      @greg_1492 3 роки тому +23

      as an American I couldn't stop laughing!

    • @calvaryapologetics
      @calvaryapologetics 3 роки тому +33

      And the next gag. "Can we knock it off, please?!" "She even remembers what she said!"

    • @derricklafrance9724
      @derricklafrance9724 3 роки тому +2

      Why was the Luftwaffe lobbing hand grenades?

    • @SanDeezyBreezy61986
      @SanDeezyBreezy61986 3 роки тому +4

      @@derricklafrance9724 yea, I’m not sure why the writers had her say land mine instead of bomb.

  • @שלוםאמסלם-מ3ב
    @שלוםאמסלם-מ3ב Рік тому +22

    One of the best episodes of the series

  • @autophyte
    @autophyte Рік тому +26

    It's so un-P.C- the corny, crude schoolboy humour, the innuendo, the double- entendres. I just love it!

    • @annasumicz9702
      @annasumicz9702 17 днів тому

      Never crude! Always the double entendre. 😁👍

    • @ModMokkaMatti
      @ModMokkaMatti 5 днів тому

      Politics should be the butt of comedy, not the arbiter of it.

  • @donnamadiagan7402
    @donnamadiagan7402 Рік тому +23

    Love this show, when I was young there was a store just like this, 3 floors, the owner went to school with my mom around 1910, those were great days, I loved seeing the floor walkers with the carnations in their lapel, something the kids today will never experience, glad I did.

    • @daisyviluck7932
      @daisyviluck7932 Рік тому +4

      Well, Walmart has their greeters, so 🤣🤣🤣

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 Рік тому +2

      ​@@daisyviluck7932 Their cashiers could be known as floorwalkers

    • @howardgilman5698
      @howardgilman5698 Рік тому +4

      Your mom went to school 113 years ago? I guess you know my next question.

    • @wandabanks6756
      @wandabanks6756 Рік тому +2

      I worked at Douglas drugs. A department store opened circa 1910

  • @anneliesesteden390
    @anneliesesteden390 9 місяців тому +23

    Too funny for words! A killer! I’m German,I watch it over and over. Thank you!😄👍🇨🇦👏

  • @lloydrroman8388
    @lloydrroman8388 3 роки тому +16

    Still watching in 2021, I remember watching this in elementary school in Brooklyn, NYC in the late 80's

  • @Mv4yi
    @Mv4yi 8 місяців тому +10

    I started watching this in the 90's...cannot express how much I miss it, even down to the opening theme with the ringing of the cash registers. 😂 Each character was so well defined. Excellent writers and actors! I miss it so much, and felt such a loss when it went off the air. This show was really my first exposure to British comedy. Later on, I began enjoying "Keeping Up Appearances", also, which was another brilliant show. Thank goodness for British comedy, their witty, bawdy humor, and for the person who was good enough to post this video!

  • @ginnylorenz5265
    @ginnylorenz5265 11 місяців тому +14

    I used to think that Mrs. Slocome was very overweight. But I'm a lot older now and have more realistic vision.....and I think she looks quite cute and firm legged in her shorts. A bit stocky, but nice looking. God Bless dear Molly Sugden's Soul. What pleasure and happiness she brought us. I especially love her in "That's My Boy". What fun❣❣❣

    • @Briansgate
      @Briansgate 4 місяці тому +3

      Same. as a younger man, I didnt even notice her. But as i'm older now, I can really appreciate her physique.

    • @kimdavison8083
      @kimdavison8083 3 місяці тому +3

      she didn’t look at all over weight in that costume but never thought she did anyway

    • @Briansgate
      @Briansgate 3 місяці тому +3

      @@kimdavison8083 not at all, merely noticing the difference in perspective as I get older, heh.

  • @theodoretheelder6248
    @theodoretheelder6248 3 роки тому +13

    I don't think there has ever been a better television show. I used to watch this on PBS.

  • @pamjarvis2771
    @pamjarvis2771 4 роки тому +71

    I had love this show back in 1970s as young child! I do still love the show in 2020! The sense of humor is still hilarious today.

    • @gailalves7683
      @gailalves7683 2 роки тому +2

      My daughter and I watch the show she was in a senior high school and we enjoy watching this all the time I love Mrs Logan's hair colors I love the complete show they make you laugh God bless them

  • @paulharrison5889
    @paulharrison5889 3 роки тому +20

    working a Myer store in austraila for 26 years this show bring back to many memories

    • @teresas8173
      @teresas8173 Місяць тому +1

      Retail is hard and it pays awful. At least in the US it does. Of course the CEOs and upper mgmt. make plenty of money. Look at pervy Mr. Grace! He was wealthy and paid his staff crap wages.

  • @yjvs1009
    @yjvs1009 3 роки тому +17

    I love British TV.. This is my all time FAVORITE show..I even have this on DVD..Mrs. Slocum is the BEST. And Mr. Humphreys is a SCREAM🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @nemo-nb3gh
    @nemo-nb3gh 4 роки тому +30

    8:52 this departmental meeting segment is one of the best comedy repartees I have ever heard and seen . The whole German Week episode is one of the best in sitcom history .

  • @jeffsimpson426
    @jeffsimpson426 4 роки тому +68

    It is heartwarming to read all the lovely comments from people who love this episode/show as much as I do . I am nearly 50 now and it is as funny now as when I was a small lad.

  • @modfus
    @modfus 6 років тому +172

    This group of classic British comedians would do just about anything for a laugh - no matter how unflattering or outrageous they looked. Great fun.

    • @fortysomethingbadgirls2173
      @fortysomethingbadgirls2173 5 років тому +21

      Thats what made the show work. It was by sheer accident that the sitcom transcended the original intent, focusing on Lucas as the only Normal one employed. Thats also what caused friction later on with Trevor Bannister and the writers and why he left the show. These great actors fine tuned it and played off each others character. You dont see acting like that these days.

    • @mimlo7534
      @mimlo7534 4 роки тому +17

      Wonderful how they didn't let vanity get in the way. Mrs Slocombe's haircolor/make- up always crack me up.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 4 роки тому +17

      Mondo...sarcasm is the type of comedy a lot of Europeans grew up with, and that's what makes it hilarious! It's a sorry situation when you can't make fun of yourself (that includes others).

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 роки тому +7

      Fortysomething BadGirls it was supposed to be revolved round Lucas and Brahms, as being a hate/love relationship going, and the rest like the bitter Grainger the womanizing Peacock the effeminate Claiborne and Bette ‘the drunken’ Slocombe. But later in the series, Humphries and Slocombe became the two most popular. The second was (and the real reason) was money. He had gotten another offer for a part, which payed more. Since he couldn’t work out the schedule between this and that, he left this for that.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 роки тому +14

      Fortysomething BadGirls yes everybody’s too afraid of pissing someone off, offending someone, or hurting someone’s feelings! So afraid of getting shut down sued or losing their jobs, and in UK even being arrested now! There’s no freedom of speech, nor of press, nor of expression! Unless it goes along with “the agenda.”
      Political correctness is Communism!

  • @wickedcabinboy
    @wickedcabinboy Рік тому +13

    I will never, ever tire of this series.

  • @iboro-kun84
    @iboro-kun84 4 роки тому +14

    "German band ready?" "Ready when you are, mate." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @davidgilbert8091
    @davidgilbert8091 Рік тому +5

    When I went to my grandparents my nana was in the living room laughing with joy and I came in to watch and I could not stop laughing I've loved this show ever since

  • @iboroudoh6505
    @iboroudoh6505 Рік тому +4

    "I'm getting a lot of air but very little authority." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @littlemarmoset
    @littlemarmoset 2 роки тому +37

    Joanna Lumley in a terrific cameo here!

    • @TiffyVella1
      @TiffyVella1 6 місяців тому +5

      I came into the comments to see if it were her. Wunderbar!

    • @kimberleydillon8385
      @kimberleydillon8385 Місяць тому +1

      And wasn't she gorgeous!

  • @Naza_44
    @Naza_44 4 роки тому +40

    Cpt. Peacock- "G'd morning madam, are you being served?"
    Customer- "just having a look!"
    Mr. Lucas- "so is he!" LMAO 😂👌

  • @pf5658
    @pf5658 4 роки тому +42

    What made this show so darn amazing and funny is the fact that it feels like your are not really watching a show at all. Pure comedy gold.

  • @cherylharewood2549
    @cherylharewood2549 5 років тому +69

    This was one of my favorite British comedy.

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 3 роки тому +2

      You should check out keeping up appearances if you have not. Hyacinth Bucket ("pronounced bouquet") played by Patricia Routledge is just awesome. I have to say that the Brits are really do know how to do comedy. I have so many favorite shows from the BBC.....

    • @cherylharewood2549
      @cherylharewood2549 3 роки тому +3

      @@elenaderoet4926 I love that show also.
      Poor Elizabeth has to up with crazy Hyacinth

    • @cherylharewood2549
      @cherylharewood2549 3 роки тому

      @@elenaderoet4926 thank you

  • @reubenpilli6549
    @reubenpilli6549 3 роки тому +21

    19:18 Captain Peacock: "During our discussion, you did tell me that my costume will give me the appropriate air of authority. I am getting a lot of air, but very little authority".
    Mr. Rumbold: "Well, you have my permission to wear a bigger brush in your hat".
    Captain Peacock: "Thank you Mr. Rumbold".
    ...
    That has to be one of the funniest dialogues I heard in long time! Love it.

  • @marciaallsbrook2335
    @marciaallsbrook2335 6 років тому +85

    My favorite episode as well. John Inman is beyond hilarious!

  • @andrewjones-productions
    @andrewjones-productions 2 роки тому +35

    Trevor Bannister and John Inman had a wonderful chemistry between them on screen. I have no idea what they were like behind the scenes of course.

    • @aidanstewart3666
      @aidanstewart3666 9 місяців тому +2

      I shudder to think.

    • @R.Oates7902
      @R.Oates7902 2 місяці тому

      John Inman was the first openly g*y character on a show, ever

    • @teresas8173
      @teresas8173 Місяць тому +1

      @@aidanstewart3666… they were friends. Shudder? How stupid.

  • @cherylharewood2549
    @cherylharewood2549 5 років тому +84

    My uncle Sydney who lived in Edmonton, England, loved this show
    R.I.P Uncle Sydney.

  • @rick5793
    @rick5793 Рік тому +13

    It's sad to realize that we've lost all these fine folks

  • @OneWayDesigns
    @OneWayDesigns 6 років тому +186

    Mollie Sugden, one of the best comedians ever!!

    • @flowerpower3011
      @flowerpower3011 5 років тому +20

      I wish they could all wake up and come back to us 😔.

    • @Crusherkitty1
      @Crusherkitty1 5 років тому

      s444s4444444444444444r44444r444s44444444444444r444444r4r4444444r4444

    • @johanbruijnooge6818
      @johanbruijnooge6818 4 роки тому +6

      @@Crusherkitty1 Pussy got crushed?

    • @bugskarotioz5468
      @bugskarotioz5468 3 роки тому

      Never takes shit from a floor walker.

  • @BOLLOCKS1968
    @BOLLOCKS1968 3 роки тому +7

    Mr Humphries in that outfit was priceless. I haven't laughed that hard at a TV show in years. ✌❤

  • @lukasoitzl133
    @lukasoitzl133 3 роки тому +26

    As an Austrian I have to say the dancing is pretty much on point. I had to go to traditional Austrian dance classes when I was a kid. Absolutely hated it back then.

    • @calvaryapologetics
      @calvaryapologetics 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for sharing

    • @brini2439
      @brini2439 3 роки тому +4

      🤣 Trachtenverein! I know your struggle as I am from upper Bavaria. Fortunately, my parents loved me and so I could avoid having to learn traditional dancing. Quite uncommon for us girls, back in the nineties.

    • @lukasoitzl133
      @lukasoitzl133 3 роки тому +3

      @@brini2439 I think you were one of the lucky ones. My older sister and cousins suffered through it for 8 years. By the way in Austria we call it Volkstanzgruppe. 😅

    • @Steve_P_B
      @Steve_P_B 3 роки тому +6

      Did that include the face slapping?

    • @happycook6737
      @happycook6737 3 місяці тому

      We had American Square Dancing at school as part of the exercise class. 😂No one enjoyed that either.

  • @thumbprint7150
    @thumbprint7150 4 роки тому +21

    Thank you for this. All the actors are wonderful, including cameos. Joanna Lumley, seen here as a frau, was briefly married to Jeremy Lloyd, one of the writers of this uber-witty comedy.

  • @sushicourier
    @sushicourier 3 роки тому +5

    During one of my trips to London a few years ago I made a point of going to Clapham Common! I thought of you Mrs. Slocombe.😂🤣😂 🇬🇧 💘 🇩🇪

  • @jok8996
    @jok8996 5 років тому +22

    1:16 “Count Poppycock, be getting your hands off my schnitzel!”🤣🤣
    (Sidenote: I spy Joanna Lumley at 5:46)

  • @TheOpelkoenjas
    @TheOpelkoenjas 12 років тому +184

    The best episode of all!! Specially when Mr. Humphries comes out of the fitting room, barely able to walk due to his tiny shorts, and Mrs. Slocombe drunk as a skunk "If you could only see yourselves, you look absolutely liriculous!" Funny as hell!!

    • @sandrajovic7735
      @sandrajovic7735 6 років тому +5

      TheOpelkoenjas best comment!

    • @ladyjanegrey752
      @ladyjanegrey752 5 років тому +15

      "D'you know...I can't think why, but my eyes are watering!" OMG!

    • @pacetti07
      @pacetti07 5 років тому +13

      Lady Jane Grey Another incredibly funny line is when Mr. Rumble walks in, and Mrs. Slocombe says, “Twiddle his knob somebody he’s out of focus.”

    • @CaitlinBrooksMusic
      @CaitlinBrooksMusic 5 років тому +4

      TheOpelkoenjas I agree with you! I wish I could tell what songs Mrs Slocombe was singing. All I could hear was “La la la la la rum pum pum!”

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 4 роки тому +4

      @@CaitlinBrooksMusic It was Lillie Marlein.

  • @Aannan
    @Aannan 5 років тому +64

    It must have been such fun to do this show! I love how the cast are struggling to keep a straight face when they see each other in their costumes and their unpolished merriment in the final dance is delightfully infectious.

    • @catnewskawai9367
      @catnewskawai9367 2 роки тому +3

      I love when Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lucas toast with the beer mugs which are meant to break, but Mr. Humphries's mug doesn't break so he has to do it himself.

  • @robertaG.G
    @robertaG.G 2 роки тому +10

    I used to watch it when I was about 11. I loved this show. I’m 40 now and I still laugh. I love all these characters

  • @dirdib69
    @dirdib69 3 роки тому +23

    This episode in particular had several of the cast fighting not to bust out laughing.

  • @Imeraldgyrl
    @Imeraldgyrl 3 роки тому +11

    A very young Joanna Lumley as the German woman. I love this show.

  • @24602400
    @24602400 3 роки тому +12

    I had forgotten how much I loved this show.

  • @iboro-kun84
    @iboro-kun84 4 роки тому +30

    "During our discussion, you did tell me that my costume would give me the appropriate air of authority. But I'm getting a lot of air and very little authority." - Capt. Peacock!🤣🤣

  • @rodd22
    @rodd22 4 роки тому +20

    A very young and beautiful Joanna Lumley -"I am knowing this.........." too funny xx

  • @squonktears6265
    @squonktears6265 4 роки тому +27

    Here in the US prior to the mid 1970s our retail and commercial sector was still mainly downtown in the urban core(high streets as they say in England ) , in small towns called main streets . We had multi floor or stories department stores like this , movie theaters("the pictures") , many locally owned specialty shops, restaurants, pubs, cafes, grocery markets , outdoor vendors, etcetera everything you could imagine , wanted or needed was there . Now our US downtowns and main streets are dead as a doornail , ghost towns . Walmart , big box stores in general, retail and commercial development for the past 20 or so years is around the main thruway exits . There are no sidewalks and its really dangerous to walk from store to store with all that traffic there . This walmartization and multinational franchises have destroyed locally owned businesses and our downtowns and main streets in the US . Its ridiculous you have to drive your car from this place and that . It makes one angry and very sad .

    • @peregrinemccauley7819
      @peregrinemccauley7819 3 роки тому +1

      You're not often wrong , but you're right again .

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon Рік тому

      I din't think anyone called them "the pictures" after the 1920s ... are you from Iowa or somewhere?

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 Рік тому

      Yes. Globalization has indeed destroyed everything- borders & countries entire identities are being wiped out. That was always the endgame of the Schwabs & Gates & Soros beasts out there - a ONE World Government tyranny. The EU & UN instrumental in this of course. The WEF is self explanatory as is the WHO. The danger of this can't be more apparent than th last 3 years global lockdowns & forcing poverty & government dependency where there wasn't before, mandates under threat, and now they're turning off local and international resources for food, fuels & every other supply we use, AND started are bankrupting taxpayers over a war that could have been avoided but instead is being pushed harder by the WEF UN DAVOS NATO beasts. Meanwhile the only thing in massive numbers they didn't stop in all of these lockdowns & cutoffs was mass invasions of incompatable peoples into countries being forced being forced to support them AND a WWIII possible outcome. Shows like ths were great distractions- all entertainment is - from what's going in big government- even going as far as to joking about WWII. It's funny how no one jokes about Vietman or Afghanistan though. Only WII. And here we are poking the bear with NUKES because our "leaders " are utterly insane.

  • @theresaholguin699
    @theresaholguin699 4 роки тому +17

    On all the episodes that I have watched so far. Ms Slocombe hair color is always a different color. Love this show 💙❤💙

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 3 роки тому +2

      She started out dying it but soon they went with wigs.

    • @sandiesmiggs6552
      @sandiesmiggs6552 3 роки тому

      Just makes the show fit in modern-day all that much more, with everybody having different colored hair nowadays

  • @ksak2649
    @ksak2649 4 роки тому +29

    I hope whomever put this cast together & wrote these episodes got one hell of a payday. Well deserved!! 😀😊👍

    • @1977ajax
      @1977ajax Рік тому

      Free Büstenhalter for life, and a pair of Strumps at Christmas, probably.

  • @susieQ128
    @susieQ128 5 років тому +14

    my youngest son's favorite episode... he borrowed my dvd with this episode and when he returned it the dvd was missing!!

  • @susanboylefanable
    @susanboylefanable 6 років тому +93

    One of the funniest episodes of this show that was ever made!
    Quite glad to see it again!

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 5 років тому +5

      It's one of my favorites, aside from the Pilot and the Punch and Judy affair.

  • @sandraglover2681
    @sandraglover2681 4 роки тому +67

    During this time when all nation's are going through such discomforting & uncertain times, this episode will lift your spirits. One of my favorites! I'm binge watching

    • @claudiachasman8307
      @claudiachasman8307 4 роки тому +3

      ME, TOO.;-)))

    • @tharealmikezee3165
      @tharealmikezee3165 4 роки тому +2

      I kno I was just watching this thinking something like..."a simpler time." It probably wasn't tho. I understand that.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 роки тому +1

      tha Real Mike Zee not simpler, but better: and Free! Look up the data to see the 1970’s compared to today! It’ll shock you!

    • @johnkuipers7829
      @johnkuipers7829 4 роки тому

      What does that even mean? Lift your spirits because of the Lockdown? I don't think so Sandra.

    • @teresas8173
      @teresas8173 Місяць тому

      And times are even bleaker now with Trump winning the US election. That’s why I’m here.

  • @Jennifer-qo4kz
    @Jennifer-qo4kz Рік тому +11

    Man they don’t make them like they used to.
    This is a great series

  • @michaelamato3533
    @michaelamato3533 9 місяців тому +3

    A fab comedy series which has never aged. Well scripted and excellent acting😊

  • @daaanNederland
    @daaanNederland 4 роки тому +23

    only after watching this episode more than 100 times I realised that the german band responded “ready when you are mate” 😂

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 4 роки тому +5

      I like the exasperated look on Captain Peacocks face!

    • @pamelahayes8593
      @pamelahayes8593 3 роки тому +2

      Don't feel bad I just realized a mounth ago lol

  • @marinazagrai1623
    @marinazagrai1623 6 років тому +74

    Can you imagine that those who haven't our realm is 70 or older? Such comedic talent, never to be found again...sad, really.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 6 років тому +7

      I meant: who haven't left...

    • @deidraboswell8451
      @deidraboswell8451 6 років тому +4

      Very sad

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 6 років тому +6

      @@marinazagrai1623 the entire cast has passed

    • @waivedwench
      @waivedwench 4 роки тому +5

      @@lucky43113 Mike Berry (Mr. Spooner) is the only one still alive. He's not in this episode.

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 4 роки тому +1

      @@waivedwench I forgot about him

  • @davidthedeaf
    @davidthedeaf 3 роки тому +3

    Never been to England, and didn’t live in the era that this was made, but by golly so much of this show reminds me of when I was working retail in my early 20s!

  • @ophthodoc
    @ophthodoc 5 років тому +76

    This is a wonderful episode. The series had really hit its’ stride by the time this was produced. “Turn left at the Ausfahrt” LOL🤣

    • @isabelserrano6018
      @isabelserrano6018 3 роки тому +4

      I've been to Germany and there Ausfarht always gives me a fit of laughter.

    • @susanhuber1932
      @susanhuber1932 3 роки тому +2

      A lot of my family were immigrants from from Germany. I love the humor of this episode.

  • @coffeeandcigarettes2885
    @coffeeandcigarettes2885 4 роки тому +4

    One of my favorite episodes . The transit strike one , Camping In ? , that was really funny too .

  • @rebels42wynn83
    @rebels42wynn83 5 років тому +81

    The fighting scene between Mrs. Slocombe and Captain Peacock had me made laughing so hard with tears.

  • @lubzeN
    @lubzeN 5 років тому +26

    My favorite, love this amazing show, cheers from California ! British comedy is simply the best ! Many thanks for update this wonderful show!🙏😊🌁

    • @deerking4848
      @deerking4848 5 років тому +2

      I agree, British comedies are the best, especially the older ones!

  • @Alusnovalotus
    @Alusnovalotus 5 років тому +9

    “I can only hear “sweetie D’aling”
    & “DON’T QUESTION ME!!”
    From Johanna Lumley
    😎😎😎

  • @coffeeandcigarettes2885
    @coffeeandcigarettes2885 4 роки тому +4

    The back n forth repartee during the staff meeting segment in this episode is one of the funniest i ever watched .

  • @djtimemasheen7585
    @djtimemasheen7585 3 роки тому +16

    I love watching this as the actors are so great, and they work together so perfectly. So sad they all passed away 😢

  • @DavidShantzwildoutwest
    @DavidShantzwildoutwest 5 років тому +119

    Joanna Lumley playing a German accent off hilariously

    • @rodneyjohnson4794
      @rodneyjohnson4794 4 роки тому +9

      j.l., the his and hers lady!

    • @professornuke7562
      @professornuke7562 3 роки тому +5

      I was going to comment but thought I would check. Yep.

    • @ljmcdonald2703
      @ljmcdonald2703 3 роки тому +5

      My husband von’t allow zis

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 роки тому +5

      My parents had some friends who are German, and hearing Joanna with the accent is exactly how Germans speak English.

  • @wongfrancis
    @wongfrancis 2 роки тому +6

    What a great show, It never gets old. It's creepy to think all the main actors there were now dead.....

  • @bethangriffiths5206
    @bethangriffiths5206 5 років тому +63

    "Count Poppycock, be getting your hands off my schnitzel!"

  • @marinazagrai1623
    @marinazagrai1623 6 років тому +46

    Additional comment...I believe that this is probably among the top 2 episodes. Mrs. Slocomb coming out of the dressing room singing...absolutely priceless (and she doesn't think she was one of the best comediennes of her time, although I think there hasn't been one since or before her; during the extended interview she is so humble)

    • @alfredvalrie5541
      @alfredvalrie5541 5 років тому +5

      Marina Zagrai definitely top two. the other for me is the captain peacock cheating episode (the first one).

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 роки тому +1

      @@alfredvalrie5541 I just saw your comment, I know from 3 yrs ago…but another/two that are hilarious “Fire Dill” with the Arabs, and the episode with Grainger retiring (Cuckoo Clock”), just because Mollie plays the drunkard so well.

  • @juliemitchell3794
    @juliemitchell3794 4 роки тому +51

    "All the other times she was flat on her back it was the American Forces responsible." 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @TheBee87bee
      @TheBee87bee 4 роки тому +1

      hahahahaha,I know,lol!!!!! She is a crazy!!!!!

  • @ccutehoney
    @ccutehoney 5 років тому +46

    This brings me back to being in middle school and high school and watching this after school on pbs. Still love this show

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 3 роки тому +3

      After school?! That must have been awesome! I had to wait until either 11 or so at night for them to start showing britcoms where I lived, or I had to wait until Saturday evening starting at 8 to try to get as many watched as my mom would let me stay up for.....

    • @syphon_9892
      @syphon_9892 2 роки тому

      Did they ever sensor any of the words used in this sitcom on that channel ?

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 6 років тому +55

    mrs slocombe and mr peacock going at each other was so funny

  • @nairdallewop
    @nairdallewop 6 років тому +20

    Brilliant Comedy, great Script and so sarcastic!😂

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 5 років тому +26

    Fun Fact: This episode was the basis for the unsold pilot of the Americanized version of "Are You Being Served?" known as "Beane's Of Boston". It was to be on CBS.

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 5 років тому +5

      Yup Beane's of Boston was passed over but the pilot was aired.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 4 роки тому +3

      Luis...many shows here, in the US (especially in the 90s) were "borrowed" from the Brits (i.e. a lot of DIY shows, "What Not To Wear, Friends, House of Cards"). Amazing these ideas had to be bought off the Brits - the ideas dept was all blank at the time (in the US). The House of Cards was from the very early 90s or maybe even late 80s...

    • @brenthaymon280
      @brenthaymon280 4 роки тому +5

      The show Sanford and Son was based on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 роки тому +1

      Marina Zagrai all in the family was too.

  • @briteness
    @briteness 5 років тому +31

    I love it when they dress up and put on a show!

  • @EVZYL
    @EVZYL 5 років тому +10

    Joanna Lumley doing a German accent. Priceless.

    • @vimponex
      @vimponex 5 років тому +1

      I recognized her as well, immediately thought about the Avengers. Another class tv series:)

    • @chrisnewman7281
      @chrisnewman7281 4 роки тому

      Correction doing a German accent quite badly

    • @littlemarmoset
      @littlemarmoset 4 роки тому

      Ve are here for ze buying of ze Harris tweed. :)

  • @aidangamalieltayao3297
    @aidangamalieltayao3297 3 роки тому +10

    God bless the entire cast plus guests for the gift of laughter.

  • @donaldduck5404
    @donaldduck5404 4 роки тому +48

    Double the fun watching this as a German🤣🤣🤣

    • @fleurdelis9939
      @fleurdelis9939 4 роки тому

      Really? Where are you from?

    • @donaldduck5404
      @donaldduck5404 4 роки тому +6

      @@fleurdelis9939 Bavaria, of course! The place, where "Lederhos'n" is at home.😎🤘

    • @fleurdelis9939
      @fleurdelis9939 4 роки тому +2

      @@donaldduck5404 ich auch und nichts find ich furchtbarer,als alle Deutschen mit Lederhosen zu verkleiden,the american way!

    • @donaldduck5404
      @donaldduck5404 4 роки тому +2

      @@fleurdelis9939 verstehe dich vollkommen. Ich finde es lustig, dass sie hier so Schwaben und Österreicher auch mit drunter mischen. Man merkt wie wenig sie über das Land wissen. 😁
      Für mich hat seit diesem Video "Tom & Jerry" eine ganz andere Bedeutung.😂

    • @allanjcarpenter
      @allanjcarpenter 4 роки тому +2

      @@donaldduck5404 I just found out my ancestors were from Bavaria! Vie gates?

  • @lesleyannbarker8429
    @lesleyannbarker8429 3 роки тому +6

    Absolutely fabulous! I laughed so hard l had a coughing fit! Magic!

    • @oscarbrody762
      @oscarbrody762 3 роки тому

      Hello Lesley, how are you doing today?

  • @dirtydiscosecrets
    @dirtydiscosecrets 5 років тому +68

    One of the best comedies ever

    • @derricklafrance9724
      @derricklafrance9724 4 роки тому +1

      Indeed. How can you not love a show where the cast looks like Muppets?

    • @10toMidnight
      @10toMidnight 4 роки тому +2

      Am I old when I say - “The good old days”?

    • @youbetcha6880
      @youbetcha6880 3 роки тому +1

      Anybody else watch these videos just to ogle at Wendy Richard's?

  • @tommanring5854
    @tommanring5854 Рік тому +7

    I loved this show on PBS in ohio in my 20ies I'm 52 now and just looked it up STILL FUNNY

    • @76marji
      @76marji Рік тому +1

      wned-pbs, buffalo ny used to air it in the 70s & 80s. 😁

  • @Alusnovalotus
    @Alusnovalotus 6 років тому +49

    Ms. Joanna lumley!!!!

  • @jayceew.rabbit9358
    @jayceew.rabbit9358 Рік тому +3

    I love this show, Mrs. Slocum is my favorite.

  • @easytherepilgrim2339
    @easytherepilgrim2339 5 років тому +6

    The look on Mr. Grainger's kisser at 24:56. And how he asked Captain Peacock if he was free, before the store was open. And I love how Rumbold words things to make it seem like he had all the good ideas lol.

  • @fatimamoncada6026
    @fatimamoncada6026 5 років тому +26

    Now that's real Talent I LOVE BRITISH comedy 🇬🇧

    • @jamesbm971
      @jamesbm971 3 роки тому +1

      Me too! I love British acting, it's my favourite! Irish comedy is awful - it's just not funny🙈. And I'm 100% Irish! 😂

  • @tyrssen1
    @tyrssen1 3 роки тому +4

    Joanna Lumley! Always terrific!

  • @patgal2359
    @patgal2359 3 роки тому +3

    the dialogue is perfect and doesnt stop. funniest thing i never noticed were the looks on lucas and humphries when mrs slocum walked out 22:07

  • @SapphireMist888
    @SapphireMist888 6 років тому +137

    Mr. Rumbold always has attractive secretaries but is never inappropriate with or about them. It's nice.

    • @weareboundtooneanother
      @weareboundtooneanother 6 років тому +25

      He really is such a gentleman.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 6 років тому +9

      Being inappropriate with them led to the secretary's marriage with her boss. That's how these things always panned out. In all seriousness, they could have been his "daughters" (even if that doesn't matter then or now!).

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 5 років тому +3

      @@marinazagrai1623 let's stick to one subject at a time, shall we? Thanks!

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 5 років тому +15

      @@sandrajovic9304 Really? It's been displayed just as I mentioned, in countless shows, especially in the 70's and 80's. Also that's why companies hired pretty secretaries (but these women knew how to use their appearance to their advantage!

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 5 років тому +4

      @@marinazagrai1623 off topic again. I didn't say I disagreed. All I said was stay with the original subject, otherwise we'll be here forever. Have a great day!

  • @chrismayer3919
    @chrismayer3919 Рік тому

    The way these guys threw knives at each other; I never get tired of it! WUNDERBAR!!!

  • @albionmyl7735
    @albionmyl7735 4 роки тому +15

    As a German I've laughed so much about this show......I have been many times in England in the recent years...and felt always very welcome...more than that...it seems the English like the common Germans....they make a difference between politics and normals...

    • @DeirdreMcNamara
      @DeirdreMcNamara 2 роки тому

      We know it took the"moustache" 12 years of bullying and murder to make you march to his step - like the EU and the American democrats...just pop Merkel and Frau ulbricht - von leyer on top of a very high mountain and leave them there. But keep up the "eis cafes" sehr gut! Wunderbar!

  • @vickiherr8799
    @vickiherr8799 2 місяці тому +1

    I saw this show years ago but I didn't laugh as hard as I did now! Thank you!