Back in the 70s we used to watch “Are You Being Served” with my paternal grandmother. She loved it and her favourite character was Mr Humphries; “such a funny little man, ‘I’m free!’ he says” as she described him at the time. She had no idea he was gay or even what a gay man was. She was born in 1901 and was a devout Catholic.
@@Marcel_Audubon I don’t know how old you are or where you are from but I suspect you do not have much of a grasp of just how Catholic Irish Catholics living in Ireland in the early 20th century were.
I watched it with my grandma too but in the 80s, as a kid I thought calling the cat a pussy was thee funniest thing ever! Mrs. Slocum was our favorite!
same with my local PBS along with faulty towers and aa few others some channels would play the young ones and red dwarf I wonder how British sit coms got on american PBS channels?
My favourite ever line of mr humphries was when he became engaged to mrs slocombe, he phoned his mother to tell her and to check the vicars availability. 'Oh i know the vicar will be shocked...not to mention the organist'
Damn I miss watching this show. I am an American and this show to date still is the funniest thing that was aired in any country. It surprised a lot of people. No scams, loveable characters great writing, clean jokes no profanity. Imagine if it could be updated.
I doubt they could ever update. I can't imagine anyone else playing the respective characters and with political correctness most of the jokes would fall by the wayside.
Definitely my 1st favourite ever comedy series Mr Lucas was my favourite character from Are You Being Served my favourite episode was the one when Mr Lucas tampered with the tape of Joanna Lumley,s Character & I Also like the film 🎥 version when they went to the Costa Plonka
Ground floor: perfumery Stationery and leather goods Wigs and haberdashery Kitchenware and food Going up First floor: telephones Gents' ready-made suits Shirts, socks, ties, hats Underwear and shoes Going up Second floor: carpets Travel goods and beddings Materials and soft furnishing Restaurant and teas
And poor Mrs Slocombe was not even given credit for all she had to do, she was selling everything from knickers and bras to wedding gowns and fur coats
04:39 My dream I just woke up and still in bed writing, writing just to not forget the dream I woke up with. Somehow I traveled back in time, how do I know this? Well, in my dream I could hear the music of the show of “Are You Being Served?”, and was being served by Mrs Slocombe without asking her, “Are you free?” I remembered thinking; I need proof that I was here and went back in time. Good old days I could just take an image with my mobile phone. The only problem with using it or even showing it is that it could give problems. You can’t come up with a device from another dimension plus it could give bad luck and provide a glitch in time. I remember telling misses Slocombe that my mother and I were always watching the show of “Are You Being Served” and really enjoyed it. At this very moment, I still hear the opening music of the show. She was the only one of the main characters of the show in my dream. There were no Mr. Humphries or Captain Peacock or Mrs Brahms I now remember. A selfie I was thinking standing at the counter. How can I bring back some proof that I stepped back in time and asked? Do you sell disposable cameras? To my surprise, she came up with a disposable camera that she must have got from another department. She also brought a syringe filled with a part developer. I remember only taking one image as proof, a selfie together with Mrs Slocombe. The developer A male colleague of hers advised me to suck water with the syringe that already had developer, which I did and that combination, the mix became red. I then added that to a certain amount of water and spilled that on the floor, something was going wrong. Mrs Slocombe said that the idea was to add the part of developer in the syringe to a certain amount of water. The next thing I now remember is that the rest of the whole dream I have been trying to figure out how I should develop that image, the developer had too much water, should I develop the film shorter or longer? Conclusion I finally figured it out, more water means a longer development. What make the film or developer was, no idea. The possible reasons for that dream are my Photographic journey working with film and analog cameras, last night bad ass movie about chemicals, when testing bad drugs it became red and maybe Longing back for the good old days home. I am going back to sleep now.
I love hearing people’s dreams and that one is so cool! I used to sleep with tapes of AYBS, Keeping up Appearances, Last of the Summer Wine, and Vicar of Dibley playing. Sometimes if the tv was playing I would sort of “go into the story” in my dream.
When they were going to export this to the States, an American bigwig said, "Great, but get rid of the homosexual." Good grief, he's the BEST THING IN IT!!!!!!
😂DAMN STRAIGHT!!Mr Humpries and Mrs Slocombe were(and still are)gay icons!!Bigots are ju🎉st those who feel threatened by what they don't understand PTL that we Aussies are more laid back😊Noone has the right to judge anyone else.I grew up with British comedies and even now at 62yo still love them.Cheers😊
i miss this show in on 13 ( Unlucky for some) or PBS 21 on TV. my Mother always like the Mystery never the Comedy's and i don't know why. to bad here in the USA they don't aks are you being served ? , we aks may i help you with any thing at my job. and i am always free to help with any one.
John Inman showed us positive representation during a time there was little. We love his comedic timing, energy and he made us feel valid. He was such a treasured icon for our community and British television as a whole.
@@emilyshoop9972Yes! Yes he did all those things. Plus, his effeminate mannerisms suggested he was a homosexual. Hilarious! We just don't see that kind of brilliant writing these days.
@@Triumph2024. I loved the Shooting Stars parody of AYBS where "I'm free!" is changed to "I'm gay!" - it's a brilliant satire on how bad this show was. I know gay men from the time say any representation was better than none but I think we're past someone being gay being a joke in and of itself. It's disappointing that there's still an audience for this garbage.
If this was adapted into an American sitcom, Leslie Jordan would play Mr. Humphreys. Bette Midler as Mrs. Slocum from California, R. Lee Ermy as Captain Peacock. Who would play the remaining cast?
An appalling gay stereotype. I wonder if BritBox would promote black faced Rangi Ram from "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" nowadays? Double standards? From the BBC?
Yet you choose to come back a full year after the last time you said the same thing to continue to belabor the point? You don't have to like him. But rest assured many more did like him than didn't.
One of the best sitcoms every in the history of tv and an amazing character Mr. Humphrey was.
John Inman was a treasure! I miss him.
RIP John!!🙏
I know he was British but I always considered him to also be an American treasure too :)
Back in the 70s we used to watch “Are You Being Served” with my paternal grandmother. She loved it and her favourite character was Mr Humphries; “such a funny little man, ‘I’m free!’ he says” as she described him at the time. She had no idea he was gay or even what a gay man was. She was born in 1901 and was a devout Catholic.
she knew
@@Marcel_Audubon I don’t know how old you are or where you are from but I suspect you do not have much of a grasp of just how Catholic Irish Catholics living in Ireland in the early 20th century were.
@@pbegley99 they were Catholic, not braindead
I watched it with my grandma too but in the 80s, as a kid I thought calling the cat a pussy was thee funniest thing ever! Mrs. Slocum was our favorite!
@@pbegley99 There's no gays in Ireland,
ua-cam.com/video/d0ByxyIAWrQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SirStevoTimothy
When I was a kid my local PBS station played this every night at 2300 or 2330. I'm happy to see it still holds up so well.
same with my local PBS along with faulty towers and aa few others some channels would play the young ones and red dwarf I wonder how British sit coms got on american PBS channels?
Open All Hours, and sequel Still Open All Hour, and "Keeping Up Appearances".
When John played his own Mother was brilliant!
thats true it can being surprise
Lol I forgot about his mother that was hilarious 😂
I loved all this, I remember laughing at all the rude bits, mother was confused and shocked
1:23 “Oh, the masked stranger. Take my body but leave my jewels alone.”
“Good morning, Mr. Humphries.”
“I withdraw the offer.”
Shoot, you beat me to it.
PrinceoftheAbyss I’m sorry but that’s one of his beat lines.
@@E.JayViera Well, at least I got the 'Peter Pan' line.
When my son was 4 I taught him the I’m free bit, we always get a good chuckle from it.
That reminds me of when Mr Humphries said of his mother, "She's got a lot to answer for." 😂
This was the greatest comedy in the UK and here across the pond! John Inman is iconic as well as Molly Sugden!
My what a dashing handsome man.
Yes he is
@@ashleynorwood6493 5'7" guys are head to toe beautiful. The moustache guy was beautiful as well. Especially both of them together.
Yes he was
As a child,when my mother would watch this show, I had SUCH A CRUSH on him 😂😂😂
@@David_Jones8112 thanks for the compliment 😂 I’m 5’7 🤣
Captain Peacock: "Who's there?"
Mr. Humphreys: "PETER PAN!"
You wish, sweetie.
Boy, did Mr. Humphries eyes lit up when he saw that sailor...😉
Love every character very much
My favourite ever line of mr humphries was when he became engaged to mrs slocombe, he phoned his mother to tell her and to check the vicars availability. 'Oh i know the vicar will be shocked...not to mention the organist'
All of Mr. Humphries's bits are his best bits.
Mr. Humphries: "Yeeees. They do say that about me."
The trouble is the second thought puts them off😂😂😂😂
I loved it in German Week, when he said he went camping.
all these shows fr this era are hilarious 🖒😂
I wanna go back there you can you take me 😉
You shall go to the ball! 😂
Yeah that was my favourite line too!!!!
"Stringvestite". Yes. Fabulous.
my fav character :)
Damn I miss watching this show. I am an American and this show to date still is the funniest thing that was aired in any country. It surprised a lot of people. No scams, loveable characters great writing, clean jokes no profanity. Imagine if it could be updated.
Clean jokes? The innuendos must be going over your head.
😂 Airplane flew over. 🛩️@@grahamblack1961
I doubt they could ever update. I can't imagine anyone else playing the respective characters and with political correctness most of the jokes would fall by the wayside.
Definitely my 1st favourite ever comedy series Mr Lucas was my favourite character from Are You Being Served my favourite episode was the one when Mr Lucas tampered with the tape of Joanna Lumley,s Character & I Also like the film 🎥 version when they went to the Costa Plonka
Ground floor: perfumery
Stationery and leather goods
Wigs and haberdashery
Kitchenware and food
Going up
First floor: telephones
Gents' ready-made suits
Shirts, socks, ties, hats
Underwear and shoes
Going up
Second floor: carpets
Travel goods and beddings
Materials and soft furnishing
Restaurant and teas
"Perfumery"! Is that what the word is? It always sounded like "artillery" to me!
Thank you for clarifying.
I loved that song! 😄
I’ve always wondered what “soft furnishing” was? I’ve never heard of that, but a lot of scandalous women at Grace brothers worked there.
And poor Mrs Slocombe was not even given credit for all she had to do, she was selling everything from knickers and bras to wedding gowns and fur coats
I love Mr. Humphries!
❤❤❤
In the US, we had Paul Lynde. In the UK they had John Inman.
George Peppard was more like Paul Lynde than John Inman.
@@David_Jones8112 Ok, I'm confused.
...and Charles Nelson Reilly!
OMG, you're totally right
@@David_Jones8112 Wait, Hannibal Smith was more like Uncle Arthur?!?
04:39
My dream
I just woke up and still in bed writing, writing just to not forget the dream I woke up with. Somehow I traveled back in time, how do I know this? Well, in my dream I could hear the music of the show of “Are You Being Served?”, and was being served by Mrs Slocombe without asking her, “Are you free?” I remembered thinking; I need proof that I was here and went back in time.
Good old days
I could just take an image with my mobile phone. The only problem with using it or even showing it is that it could give problems. You can’t come up with a device from another dimension plus it could give bad luck and provide a glitch in time. I remember telling misses Slocombe that my mother and I were always watching the show of “Are You Being Served” and really enjoyed it. At this very moment, I still hear the opening music of the show. She was the only one of the main characters of the show in my dream. There were no Mr. Humphries or Captain Peacock or Mrs Brahms I now remember.
A selfie
I was thinking standing at the counter. How can I bring back some proof that I stepped back in time and asked? Do you sell disposable cameras? To my surprise, she came up with a disposable camera that she must have got from another department. She also brought a syringe filled with a part developer. I remember only taking one image as proof, a selfie together with Mrs Slocombe.
The developer
A male colleague of hers advised me to suck water with the syringe that already had developer, which I did and that combination, the mix became red. I then added that to a certain amount of water and spilled that on the floor, something was going wrong. Mrs Slocombe said that the idea was to add the part of developer in the syringe to a certain amount of water. The next thing I now remember is that the rest of the whole dream I have been trying to figure out how I should develop that image, the developer had too much water, should I develop the film shorter or longer?
Conclusion
I finally figured it out, more water means a longer development. What make the film or developer was, no idea. The possible reasons for that dream are my Photographic journey working with film and analog cameras, last night bad ass movie about chemicals, when testing bad drugs it became red and maybe Longing back for the good old days home.
I am going back to sleep now.
Whoa.
I love hearing people’s dreams and that one is so cool! I used to sleep with tapes of AYBS, Keeping up Appearances, Last of the Summer Wine, and Vicar of Dibley playing. Sometimes if the tv was playing I would sort of “go into the story” in my dream.
What a great dream. Thank you for telling it. 😊
What a great dream. Thank you for telling it. 😊👍
Genius pure genius!!!!!!!!
I ❤ this show! One of the best ever! Especially “Mr. Humphries”. RIP 🙏.
Mr. Humphries is a cool man.
Mr Humphreys will always be my favorite. ❤
❤️ Mr Humphreys!
I used to love this show😂😂😂😂
I love mr.humphries
Are you being served, keeping up appearances and Waiting for God, My favorite british comedies
I don't remember the national service episode.. oh please tell me there's one I've never seen even though I have it on dvd.
Brilliant humour 🤣
Childhood viewing lol 😆
Ah, we finally got to see what Draco Malfoy did with his retirement
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This is why I have britbox... i love this show
Can someone please tell me the episode where Mr Humphries does the Karate Kick after showing the robes! Thank you!
I can’t find any episodes of AYBS? on Britbox UK at the moment. I hope aome will arrive there soon.
@Gary Whittaker , that's a shame.
@@davidbarker5941 It is on Britbox via Prime Video for me, thankfully. You can try watching it via Amazon Prime Video, see if it'll work.
Search for episodes on UA-cam, a bunch of people have uploaded entire seasons, that’s how I watch when I need my Humphries fix.
@@SpiralBreeze There are a few episodes on UA-cam, but they can't be viewed properly.
David Barker what do you mean? This guy has tons of episodes:
ua-cam.com/play/PL32DD5A81B15F1FF9.html
What episode is that when Mr Humphries is wearing a traffic light, and says" I had 6 Yorkshire terriers on the end of this." Please someone know.
It's either in season 9 or 10, you should be able to find it on Wikipedia
cold comforts if I remember right.
@@zebjensen4251 Sadly that isn’t the episode that was Season 2 but don’t worry I found the episode it’s Monkey Business from season 9
@@railworkskid9965 ahh ok my bad sorry
@@zebjensen4251 ahh it’s alright
0:07 Toddlerswear
1:31 men’s apparel
Menswear
@@lueagle09 his deep voice when answering the phone is hilarious
"Oh, Mr. Rumbold, I hope this isn't going to take long. My labia's been locked up for eight hours
This series isn’t available on the uk version of BritBox.
Mania28 try Amazon Prime video.
@0:37 Hello, Sailor!
When they were going to export this to the States, an American bigwig said, "Great, but get rid of the homosexual." Good grief, he's the BEST THING IN IT!!!!!!
😂DAMN STRAIGHT!!Mr Humpries and Mrs Slocombe were(and still are)gay icons!!Bigots are ju🎉st those who feel threatened by what they don't understand PTL that we Aussies are more laid back😊Noone has the right to judge anyone else.I grew up with British comedies and even now at 62yo still love them.Cheers😊
@@Kim-gv5bw Mrs Slocombe wasn't gay, though. Mr Humphreys definitely was.
Comic genius.
❤😂🎉
i miss this show in on 13 ( Unlucky for some) or PBS 21 on TV.
my Mother always like the Mystery never the Comedy's and i don't know why.
to bad here in the USA they don't aks are you being served ? , we aks may i help you with any thing at my job.
and i am always free to help with any one.
Shame we can’t get this on the U.K. BritBox
TV gold! We can't do comedy anymore.
Come on Britbox make the series available rather than just clips on UA-cam
Wish granted, I’m bing watching it then the spin off are you being served again
❤😂🎉 Great still 2024
❤😂🎉Great in 2025!
0:05
"You'll keep a civil tongue in your head, saucebox."
You shall go to the ball
Confess by Rob Halford brought me here.
same, books right next to me as I watch this
Me:
Of course not I'm not drunk
(Hopefully it makes sense)
hahaha🤣
Why! Does this guy Remind my of Julian Assange😅😅
The only reason I watched the show was Mr Humphries without him it would of been boring
My family love Lucas.....how is it not Humphries?
Pardon
Here from it’s a gundam
Are you free Mr. Granger?
(Waking up) yes, I’m free😂😂😂
Click. Like. Watch. Laugh
No, David, it's not subtle.
Hey! Mr. Humphries is homosexual, it's hilarious!
John Inman showed us positive representation during a time there was little. We love his comedic timing, energy and he made us feel valid. He was such a treasured icon for our community and British television as a whole.
@@emilyshoop9972Yes! Yes he did all those things. Plus, his effeminate mannerisms suggested he was a homosexual. Hilarious!
We just don't see that kind of brilliant writing these days.
No he isn't
@@emilyshoop9972 You're a woman. Gay men and women are 2 different things.
@@Triumph2024. I loved the Shooting Stars parody of AYBS where "I'm free!" is changed to "I'm gay!" - it's a brilliant satire on how bad this show was. I know gay men from the time say any representation was better than none but I think we're past someone being gay being a joke in and of itself. It's disappointing that there's still an audience for this garbage.
If this was adapted into an American sitcom, Leslie Jordan would play Mr. Humphreys. Bette Midler as Mrs. Slocum from California, R. Lee Ermy as Captain Peacock. Who would play the remaining cast?
Must be related to Julian Assange...
Hahahaha because they are albino and camp? Lol
Is he or isn't he?
He is!
He isn't
I'm glad they didn't make mr Humphries a gay. It would ruin the comedic effect.
He was obviously gay.
I think he was bi.
@@David_Jones8112 it was never official, but left ambiguous. It made for better comedy !
🌝😆
the only character on the show that I didn't like was Mr Harmon.
Why that was the great Arthur English
:-)
Is Mr Humphries gay?
Yes
No, totally straight.
One episode does have him mentioning sitting on the fence to see into both gardens.
An appalling gay stereotype. I wonder if BritBox would promote black faced Rangi Ram from "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" nowadays? Double standards? From the BBC?
He was the only character on Are you being served? That I didn't like. I hated him as he was so false
Yet you choose to come back a full year after the last time you said the same thing to continue to belabor the point? You don't have to like him. But rest assured many more did like him than didn't.
He was a s*xh0t little beautiful mother you'd cut your own c0ck off to get with which is a catch-22 but you still would.
I really hated mr humphries, he was the worst character in that whole series
No. Mr. Spooner was the worst. Humphries was hilarious.
You think mr. Humphrey was too flamboyant? too free with his innuendos?
Yet you clicked on this link to watch him....?
S B how can you say that
@@edwardgradidge9612 people have too much negative energy. I don't go anywhere stuff I don't like..
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0:05 😂❤