A work of sheer genius... 'in those days the internet was in black and white, it was only on for 3 hours a day...we used to get dressed up in our sunday best to log on to it'
Iannucci... " I suppose it was very exciting in the Old Days, when new things came out..." Love those dead-pan, polite,questions... the TONE and content is great!
my favourites: "You couldn't just jump into bed with a lady back then. You'd go along to her house and ask her parents if you could knock her up, and get her on crack." "We never had Feng Shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place, and as a result all our businesses went bust. And that was the start of the great depression."
Yeah proper dark, old school and hardcore stuff, before the polo-neck wearing, trendy, Hoxton set took over and made it all “conceptual” and “ambient” and lame sounding.
There's one missing? "Concordes! They were great planes! We used to call them "Cracked tubes of death!" I think it was cut out of the C4 showing coming so soon after the first ever (and last) Concorde crash but it's on the DVD..
Timeless - and it gets more relevant the older I get! 'Someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success. So we all celebrated by running out and killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit'
His demeanor and accent is just perfect I particularly like the idea of a coin with Jabba the Hutt on one side and Queen Victoria on the other... I'm told Doctor Who has one...
Huzzah, well said. Hugh Cecil was a superb comedy actor for many decades. I think you're right about it being profound in all of those ways. It'd be a disservice to older people to treat them like they have no bloody awareness, that they always have to be stoic and defiant. They're people, not another species. Stories make the news because they're the exception not the norm. No less disgusting, but I think you'll find there's more repsect than the Daily Mail narrative likes to present Whitney...
@penchanskii I think I recently saw him in the 'audience' as an extra in 'The All New Alexei Sayle Show' show from '94. It's quite hard to tell if it's him but probably is... pointless info or what :)
I've suggested the armando iannucci shows to every American reactor I can find on here, because its so good and underrated. Still no ones picked it up unfortunately 😕
Good work, MisterSix. Aaah . . . but what about, "Well, we never had feng shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place. As a result, all our businesses went bust. That was the start of the Great Depression."?
amazing what wiki can tell you but lets get back to the upright base video and how sad it is to watch one on the internet,whats your take on this i need your feed back please?
As aforementioned, it's called a bass. What exactly about it offends you so much? I'll relay your creative suggestions to the person who made it. What have you made recently, apart from a fool of yourself?
Gotta love Hugh! one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success....so we all celebrated by killing an ostrich.
This isn't taking the piss out of old people: it's not as if this guy really thinks those things, I'd wager there's no-one in the entire world who actually thinks anything like what Hugh says is true.. This is scripted. It simply portrays an articulate, interesting, funny, intelligent old man and an excellent actor. I called you an idiot because you are the one belittling the aged- you would deprive us of 'Hugh's' fine performance. P.S. I don't know what subscribers are.
As aforementioned, it's called a bass. What exactly about it bothers you so much? I'll pass on your tips on creativity to the person who made the bass. What have you made recently? Apart from a fool of yourself.
So, by your logic, we can never ever show old people having a laugh, they can only be filmed if they are in 'profound' scenarios. No old people in comedy. Do you cry out in indignant rage when ever Last Of The Summer Wine comes on. Further more, even if I agree with your old people/profound material rule, this is still okay because I think it is profoundly: profoundly inventive, profoundly imaginative, profoundly interesting, profoundly fun and it challenges our preconceptions.
In view of the recent Council elections and the sort of OTT rhetoric that gets thrown around, just thought I'd throw in one really hyperbolic statement that some people might actually think IS going to happen. And, depending on whether there ever will be a EU referendum, maybe it might. Eastern Europeans immigrating, indigenous Brits emigrating. That's what they say they'll do, anyway.
This is what you're gonna sound like to your grandkids; get used to the idea: "I'm so old I can remember when it was still the 20th Century! I remember it BEFORE it was the 02 Arena! I can remember King William's great-gran Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother living to be 101 years old still drinking G&T's everyday! I remember when Britain still had mostly Britons living here!"
"It was called jungle then, not drum and bass" Quality haha
Armando Iannucci is a genius
"1942 was my gap year" pure genius
Divine isn’t it
RIP Hugh (1913-2004) Absolute legend.
A work of sheer genius...
'in those days the internet was in black and white, it was only on for 3 hours a day...we used to get dressed up in our sunday best to log on to it'
It was, I remember it well
17 years later and I'm still laughing at this sketch
Iannucci... " I suppose it was very exciting in the Old Days, when new things came out..."
Love those dead-pan, polite,questions... the TONE and content is great!
Today I listened to a radio interview on the D Day celebrations & there was a chap speaking who sounded exactly like Hugh. Every single word!
Thanks a lot for compiling these MisterSix. This was unforgettable comedy!
i can't stop watching this
Just magnificent. RIP Hugh.
Cheers MisterSix! These sketches are absolutely brilliant, now I can email this to all my friends. Every day.
my favourites:
"You couldn't just jump into bed with a lady back then. You'd go along to her house and ask her parents if you could knock her up, and get her on crack."
"We never had Feng Shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place, and as a result all our businesses went bust. And that was the start of the great depression."
I remember when it was still Jungle :'( Those were the days !
Yeah proper dark, old school and hardcore stuff, before the polo-neck wearing, trendy, Hoxton set took over and made it all “conceptual” and “ambient” and lame sounding.
It's a little bit scary seeing comments posted 18 years ago. That's my entire life up to now
There's one missing?
"Concordes! They were great planes! We used to call them "Cracked tubes of death!"
I think it was cut out of the C4 showing coming so soon after the first ever (and last) Concorde crash but it's on the DVD..
Well spotted.
Timeless - and it gets more relevant the older I get! 'Someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success. So we all celebrated by running out and killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit'
Hugh threw the brick that started the riot in the young ones.
I'm literally going to have to find that now
I know this already.
I've just found it out.
Wow. This is true! ua-cam.com/video/_QnebRstQa0/v-deo.html
Haven't laughed so much in years. Absolutely brilliant character that Hugh. Too many classics in there to mention.
"Chris Evans...till he disappeared up his own arse" about frigging right!
Twice.
Jesus I still piss myself at this, I've watched it dozens of times "We'd sing peter Andre songs and show off our pecs"
R.I.P Hugh
His demeanor and accent is just perfect
I particularly like the idea of a coin with Jabba the Hutt on one side and Queen Victoria on the other... I'm told Doctor Who has one...
reminds me of the brass eye sketch about theft, the old woman remembering that "back in the old days locks were made of a sort of....paper"
1942 was my gap-year. Quality!
i love the way he says "junglist mash-up"
For an old boy he knows how to memorise a script.
Hugh smells of memories
cheeseburgers were a penny then...
"Turn all of the lights our and chew polystyrene" Bahahahahaha bloody brilliant !!
Classic - Thanks for the compilation
Hugh - a legend.
Absolute class!
10 on 10
Hugh Cecil can also be seen in the background in several episodes of Dad's Army and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Hugh Smells of memories..
...you would take her along to a Junglist Mash-Up.
It was called Jungle then, not Drum and Bass, that came later.
brilliant
This is becoming real.
I've seen this tons of times but never noticed the 'Lily Savage and Kirsty Young' joke. Lmao.
Absolute Genius..
Huzzah, well said. Hugh Cecil was a superb comedy actor for many decades. I think you're right about it being profound in all of those ways. It'd be a disservice to older people to treat them like they have no bloody awareness, that they always have to be stoic and defiant. They're people, not another species. Stories make the news because they're the exception not the norm. No less disgusting, but I think you'll find there's more repsect than the Daily Mail narrative likes to present Whitney...
Rest in peace Hugh.
x
The internet was in black and white - spat my bear out.
Damn I was here seven years ago.... just saw my old comment
The big question being : why did you have a bear in your mouth?
@@shugmchugh5107 And 6 years later someone finally corrects me on my spelling gaff 😂
@@ArcanePath360 I preferred life when I thought you had a bear in your mouth
"my mother would make some sushi out of corned beef" hahahahahaha
I LOVE his hat.
Wasn't there a Feng Shui one where he said people putting their boxes in the wrong places made their businesses go bust?
Oh... I thought it was Uncle Junior on the thumbnail.
"Oh Hello Hugh.. I was just wondering if we are all drowing in Porn" -- Laugh time.. 2 minutes at least... some barking noises.
i love my grandad
@penchanskii I think I recently saw him in the 'audience' as an extra in 'The All New Alexei Sayle Show' show from '94. It's quite hard to tell if it's him but probably is... pointless info or what :)
I've suggested the armando iannucci shows to every American reactor I can find on here, because its so good and underrated. Still no ones picked it up unfortunately 😕
Village sniper
Hugh was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
hugh smells of memories !!
Isn't there another one where he talks about going everywhere by concorde?
We called them 'cracked tubes of death'
in the episode that that part of the clip comes from Armando had been beaten up i think...
Good work, MisterSix. Aaah . . . but what about, "Well, we never had feng shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place. As a result, all our businesses went bust. That was the start of the Great Depression."?
This is the level of elder wisdom that I aspire.
speechless
hello hugh!!
For the love of all things sacred, do not scroll down below this comment.
amazing what wiki can tell you but lets get back to the upright base video and how sad it is to watch one on the internet,whats your take on this i need your feed back please?
I wonder how Hugh is doing now
whys the talk show dudes face all messed up in like 3:30-3:40?
Hope man's still alive he was well funny
According to video description, he passed away in 2004.
"hugh smells of memories" pahahaha
haha, how come he had blood on his face just randomly?
Found it again
it was jungle then, not drum and bass, that came later
He wrote The Day Today / Brass Eye!
order a gas mask and a pound of tripe lmao
And if they said yes, you'd take her along to a Junglist mash-up. It was called Jungle then, not Drum 'n' Bass; that came later.
"Back then the internet was black and white"
As aforementioned, it's called a bass. What exactly about it offends you so much? I'll relay your creative suggestions to the person who made it. What have you made recently, apart from a fool of yourself?
Haha bloody brilliant
0:37 Those early computers.
Because he'd been getting shot at a wall three times a week in that episode.
Maybe he's remembering lines! If you can believe that.
"It was called jungle then, not drum and bass"
forest drive west brought me here xD
@pstm1 I know.
"The high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success."
Gas masks and a pound of tripe :) those were the days.
in those days the internet was black and white.... lol! ...(actually black and green?) :-P
its the upright cardboard base king bling bling baby bling bling!
I wonder how old Hugh really is?!?
Gotta love Hugh!
one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success....so we all celebrated by killing an ostrich.
corned beef sushi
he was very good...
until he dissapeared up his own arse!
GOLD!!!
@mrmungo97 yeah
thought so...
This isn't taking the piss out of old people: it's not as if this guy really thinks those things, I'd wager there's no-one in the entire world who actually thinks anything like what Hugh says is true.. This is scripted. It simply portrays an articulate, interesting, funny, intelligent old man and an excellent actor. I called you an idiot because you are the one belittling the aged- you would deprive us of 'Hugh's' fine performance. P.S. I don't know what subscribers are.
the internet was in black and white and only on 3 hours per day. ha ha
not drum and bass, tat came later
jabba the hutt lol
As aforementioned, it's called a bass. What exactly about it bothers you so much? I'll pass on your tips on creativity to the person who made the bass. What have you made recently? Apart from a fool of yourself.
I remember when Britain still had mostly Britons living here!
Had to finish with that eh?
Still does
Junglist Mash-up!
So, by your logic, we can never ever show old people having a laugh, they can only be filmed if they are in 'profound' scenarios. No old people in comedy. Do you cry out in indignant rage when ever Last Of The Summer Wine comes on. Further more, even if I agree with your old people/profound material rule, this is still okay because I think it is profoundly: profoundly inventive, profoundly imaginative, profoundly interesting, profoundly fun and it challenges our preconceptions.
bass plural of bass (Noun)
Noun
A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
The common European freshwater perch.
"Some quote from the clips we just watched which I hope will make me incredibly popular and get the most likes." Sigh.
In view of the recent Council elections and the sort of OTT rhetoric that gets thrown around, just thought I'd throw in one really hyperbolic statement that some people might actually think IS going to happen. And, depending on whether there ever will be a EU referendum, maybe it might. Eastern Europeans immigrating, indigenous Brits emigrating. That's what they say they'll do, anyway.
ahahaha gap year
This is what you're gonna sound like to your grandkids; get used to the idea: "I'm so old I can remember when it was still the 20th Century! I remember it BEFORE it was the 02 Arena! I can remember King William's great-gran Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother living to be 101 years old still drinking G&T's everyday! I remember when Britain still had mostly Britons living here!"
“I remember when Britain still had mostly Britons living here”.....oh dear, and you were doing so well. What a shame.
It's a same Iannucci went woke. One of the best comedy writers of a generation.
Waaaaaaah
When you work out what you are talking about let us all know.