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  • @elliotttalksf1825
    @elliotttalksf1825 3 роки тому +1171

    The fact that UA-cam recommended this video...that’s some kind of reference to me not being married isn’t it?

    • @thatoneguychad420
      @thatoneguychad420 3 роки тому +7

      Lmaooo

    • @RaferJeffersonIII
      @RaferJeffersonIII 2 роки тому +11

      I’m not….having a go..

    • @dwdeclare1965
      @dwdeclare1965 2 роки тому +5

      hahaha, very nice!

    • @MajesticJoey
      @MajesticJoey 2 роки тому +11

      @@RaferJeffersonIII I’m not afraid of you!

    • @MR-um9ck
      @MR-um9ck 2 роки тому +4

      Oh yawn it’s another “joke regurgitator” in the comments section of a UA-cam video.

  • @upyourtits
    @upyourtits 12 років тому +484

    Mark Heap is criminally underrated as a comic actor. Why on earth don't we see him more?

    • @ronaldganze8965
      @ronaldganze8965 2 роки тому +62

      Hello, Jackie! You look nice.

    • @purehyperbole5727
      @purehyperbole5727 2 роки тому +22

      We see him just enough to keep him Mark Heap.

    • @microfarming8583
      @microfarming8583 2 роки тому +8

      Mark Heaps greatest work for me was Sex For Houses and close second Mr Lizard the TV repair man. Absolute legend

    • @muffinnman
      @muffinnman Рік тому +29

      Because he got married.

    • @planetofthegapes
      @planetofthegapes Рік тому +2

      He's amazing as the pantomimic Robert Greene.

  • @smith82c
    @smith82c 11 років тому +222

    Kevin Eldon is a brilliant comic actor. His expressions are always perfect.

    • @markc17
      @markc17 Рік тому +4

      I toast that comment with a glass of weak lemon drink.

    • @sunekoo
      @sunekoo Рік тому +6

      That’s “the actor” Kevin Eldon

    • @nelsonhibbert5267
      @nelsonhibbert5267 11 місяців тому

      @@markc17 After taking a rubbing of a vicars arse?

  • @thenodfather7790
    @thenodfather7790 6 років тому +356

    Mark Heap is great.

    • @lostuser1094
      @lostuser1094 6 років тому +25

      thenodfather he plays weird like no one else

    • @watercolourmark
      @watercolourmark 6 років тому +27

      Lost User - what are you saying? If he wasn’t so good at playing weird he’d be married?

    • @scaladeUK
      @scaladeUK 6 років тому +7

      Mr Lizard

    • @lostuser1094
      @lostuser1094 6 років тому +1

      mark grant ua-cam.com/video/SjrocTiM8gI/v-deo.html

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 6 років тому +6

      "Wilsonnnnn" *flinches*
      RIP Wilson 😳

  • @Twirlyhead
    @Twirlyhead 5 років тому +385

    I'm certain that this whole sketch is just a roundabout, sly way of attacking *me* .

    • @edwardsp1916
      @edwardsp1916 5 років тому +27

      Is your comment, highlighting me, some reference to me? The way you also use 'sketch' and 'roundabout'. I see what your getting at....

    • @tomsdottir
      @tomsdottir 5 років тому +10

      @@RustlingJimmies69 Tu sais? Vraimant? Tu pense que je ne comprends pas, mais JE COMPRENDS!!

    • @blxxdcxrmxny
      @blxxdcxrmxny 4 роки тому +2

      I know how this story is going to end...

    • @nathanadler1452
      @nathanadler1452 3 роки тому +4

      @@tomsdottir I don't know what you just said, BUT I'M GETTING MARRIED IN THE MORNING!

    • @dolores6005
      @dolores6005 3 роки тому

      Does this comment have something to do with me not being married?

  • @ianbillericay
    @ianbillericay 5 років тому +165

    When he sang ‘I’m getting married in the morning’ it was so Jim from Friday night dinner

  • @davidjames579
    @davidjames579 6 років тому +150

    Twist leaving Brian really messed him up.

    • @davekp6773
      @davekp6773 5 років тому +1

      Yep, or this could be Alan Statham long after he left Green Wing. Alan Statham has a penchant for consuming body parts, last time he swallowed somebody's gall bladder.

    • @xarmy5669
      @xarmy5669 3 роки тому +1

      ended up living by himself and his dog wilson, shaloommm

  • @adamcole4623
    @adamcole4623 2 роки тому +14

    Top notch Big Train featuring two of the UK's finest comic actors, Kevin Eldon and Mark Heap.

  • @gregoryhouse356
    @gregoryhouse356 4 роки тому +68

    "I'm getting married in the morning, ding dong the bells are going to-" [opens door]
    "chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME"

    • @thesneakydevil666
      @thesneakydevil666 4 роки тому +5

      George Lally it’s not val everyone it’s not val

    • @hannahheal354
      @hannahheal354 4 роки тому +2

      Oh Hi jackie, your getting... remarried?

  • @callmecharlottex
    @callmecharlottex 4 роки тому +13

    Mark Heap is just phenomenal! I love him in Friday Night Dinner, his Jim voice and character is completely different from his real one, you'd never ever guess they were the same person!

  • @RUTGERMORTENSEN
    @RUTGERMORTENSEN Рік тому +13

    Heap was outstanding in Spaced

    • @briz1965
      @briz1965 7 місяців тому +5

      Do you rent downstairs? Are you saying I'm gay? One of the best lines written.

  • @jameschase853
    @jameschase853 Рік тому +14

    Feel like if this didn't have a laughter track it would fit quite well in JAM

  • @MacJaxonManOfAction
    @MacJaxonManOfAction 6 років тому +286

    He didn't say Tango because it takes two to Tango.

    • @najeyrifai293
      @najeyrifai293 5 років тому +28

      And a "couple" of bodyguards! I know what he's saying!

    • @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196
      @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196 5 років тому +15

      Ha ha ha... Not throwing (the bouquet)

    • @ilikethisnamebetter
      @ilikethisnamebetter 5 років тому +23

      "Kicking the coke" = "single bloke" ... I would've floored 'im.

    • @albertbatfinder5240
      @albertbatfinder5240 5 років тому +17

      “In the carriage” - Cockney rhyming slang for marriage.

  • @willdobson79
    @willdobson79 2 місяці тому +1

    Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Simon Pegg... Some of Britain's finest ever comedy actors at their very best in this

  • @secondhandsmoke10
    @secondhandsmoke10 2 роки тому +20

    That little whimper Mark’s character does before he slices the tip of his own finger off with the cigar cutter always gets me lmao

  • @canadaclaret
    @canadaclaret Рік тому +27

    The commitment of this actor, cutting off the tip of his finger and eating it, just for the sake of the verisimilitude of the scene! Impressive indeed.

    • @thomridgeway1438
      @thomridgeway1438 Рік тому +1

      That's method acting for you .... Stanislaski School awesome.

    • @fugginbazza
      @fugginbazza Рік тому +1

      Mark Heap was actually engaged to be married to his long-term partner but upon conception of this sketch cancelled his forthcoming nuptials at huge personal and financial expense.

    • @CashMyCheque
      @CashMyCheque Рік тому

      ​@@thomridgeway1438 Or Stanislashy in this instance

  • @whatsnottohike
    @whatsnottohike Рік тому +10

    Big train was the best comedy series of its time

    • @MrRazorblade999
      @MrRazorblade999 11 місяців тому +3

      Also The Office

    • @upon-fe2720
      @upon-fe2720 Місяць тому

      Big train is certainly my favourite sketch show, most were heavily overrated, the likes of fast show and smack the pony were ridiculously lowest common denominator. The Office was the peak of British comedy for it's time. Don't think we'll see something that profound again.

    • @whatsnottohike
      @whatsnottohike Місяць тому

      @upon-fe2720 loved the fast show!

  • @herbert6655
    @herbert6655 3 роки тому +46

    I love how big train sketches are completely random but hilarious

    • @M.AX1MUS
      @M.AX1MUS 2 роки тому +5

      Is this some reference to me not beig married?

    • @herbert6655
      @herbert6655 2 роки тому +2

      @@M.AX1MUS no dw I'm not commenting on you not be married

    • @upon-fe2720
      @upon-fe2720 Місяць тому

      It ain't random, it's meticulous in a lot of ways. It's you Vs the absurd, it often puts a normal person in the face of absurdity. Usually taking something relatable (an extremely low confidence, paranoid friend) and pushing it to the extremes. There is a strong formula.
      In contrast - The Fast Show as an example, was a collection of fairly well humoured minds putting things together that popped into their head, often barely even jokes, to the point where they strictly leaned on randomness and catchphrases to get a laugh. Barring a couple of well paced (no pun intended) sketches, the fast show was one of the worst comedy shows to ever gain popularity. I felt it was juvenile writing as a child in primary chool, now I look at it and cannot believe it ever made it to air.

  • @Shindai
    @Shindai 15 років тому +11

    lmao that lip twitching at 1:42, he's brilliant!

  • @Njal55
    @Njal55 Рік тому +4

    Kevin Eldon and Mark Heap are brilliant actors in this sketch.

  • @AFord1981
    @AFord1981 5 років тому +9

    Comedy acting masterclass right here.

  • @endrightwinglunacy
    @endrightwinglunacy 9 років тому +190

    I have known people like this.

    • @MrRazorblade999
      @MrRazorblade999 7 років тому +25

      Me too. Paranoid schizophrenics.

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast 7 років тому +14

      ERL yeap unfortunately my ex-girlfriend developed symptoms of paranoia like this. After 10 years of happy life, it turned our lives upside down. Sad. I still love her but after 3 extreme episodes, it was too much.

    • @YOYO-mx6ie
      @YOYO-mx6ie 6 років тому +1

      D'Ascoyne 😂🤣😂😂

    • @eoghanwilkie4180
      @eoghanwilkie4180 6 років тому +2

      Britains a weird place

    • @mkprocter882
      @mkprocter882 6 років тому +27

      @@leod-sigefast 'ex-girlfriend' so I assume you're not married?

  • @Ruffles811
    @Ruffles811 13 років тому +10

    Mark Heap - he's always brilliant!

  • @rlinders9972
    @rlinders9972 6 років тому +11

    I love how this involves both Mark Heap and a guy named “Jim”.

  • @lamodette1
    @lamodette1 13 років тому +8

    tears of laughter are literally falling...awesome

  • @truefaith.27
    @truefaith.27 4 роки тому +5

    Mark Heap and Kevin Eldon in one sketch - comedy perfection!

  • @benredfield6643
    @benredfield6643 5 років тому +158

    As someone who has a schizophrenic, very delusional sister, I've gotta say the writing and Mark Heap's delivery absolutely nails the absurdity of their kind of talk brilliantly. That tone, where they're onto you, they know your little game, that's exactly how it is. The way Heap's character expects that Eldon's character understands his own internal logic, that Coke cans (but not Tango cans) are symbolic of marriage, in a way that to him seems incredibly obvious... It's just spot on. I've experienced a very similar talk (though relating to communication with the dead) in the past and, minus the severed finger, it was quite amazingly similar to this scene. I can see how from an outside perspective, and for myself with the benefit of many years of hindsight, this can make for some excruciatingly awkward comedy. Well played, guys! Big Train could really pull some clever stuff out of the bag and make it look simple!

    • @markobighead3173
      @markobighead3173 3 роки тому +12

      Is your sister single? Sounds like exactly the kind of woman I'd ruin my life for.

    • @RaferJeffersonIII
      @RaferJeffersonIII 2 роки тому +26

      Sadly my ex was an undiagnosed schizophrenic. Her dad was in an institution. She wasn’t diagnosed as she resisted all doctors and refused to go anywhere near them - fearing same fate as her dad.
      It got worse and worse, and I know well what you’re saying: she wouldn’t ever explain the delusions, came home one day and she had thrown out everything made of metal and I asked why and she said “you know full well why, don’t lie to me”
      I sadly had to make the decision to leave, I was young and I couldn’t cope with that. She lives with her mum now. I spent 3 years after the breakup bailing her out and supporting her financially.
      What has wracked me with guilt is my breaking up with her made her much much worse and I feel partly responsible for her descent.
      That is a very hard thing to deal with, but the issue is; it’s not like we were getting on. She was horrible to me a lot of the time.
      I’ve never managed to come to terms with the guilt of leaving her. To this day it haunts me. We were together for about 6 years.
      Guilt is a horrible thing.

    • @Leonards-leopard
      @Leonards-leopard 2 роки тому

      @@RaferJeffersonIII you need to bear in mind that you left her for your own self protection. Having a partner with severe mental health problems isn’t easy and it sounds like it was wearing you down. What would be the benefit of staying with her and destroying your own mental health?

    • @RaferJeffersonIII
      @RaferJeffersonIII 2 роки тому +10

      @@Leonards-leopard I know, I get it, it’s just still a traumatic experience. Things like death and bereavement are terrible but to be expected in life, but things like this, nobody prepared you for it.

    • @videowifie
      @videowifie 2 роки тому +11

      it takes two to Tango, after all..

  • @elliotttalksf1825
    @elliotttalksf1825 7 років тому +15

    One of the best sketches I’ve ever seen 😂😂

    • @M.AX1MUS
      @M.AX1MUS 2 роки тому +1

      Is this some reference to me not beig marriage?
      Sketches, my social life
      ever seen, my never met wife...

  • @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196
    @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196 5 років тому +18

    Can you imagine the freaked out guy and Simon Pegg character's conversation when they left the pub? 😂

    • @MR-um9ck
      @MR-um9ck Рік тому

      No, because it was a comedy sketch played by actors. The end of it is when it ends on screen. They didn’t discuss it afterwards or go home and talk about it to their wives you nincompoop!

    • @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196
      @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196 Рік тому

      @@MR-um9ck I'm guessing you're thick as pig shit. Either that or you're being deliberately thick. Comedy... Irony.... look them up 😑

    • @MR-um9ck
      @MR-um9ck Рік тому

      You just came up with a completely pointless and unfunny scenario. What a waste of typing time on your part. I suggest you delete it because it makes you look like you have cognitive issues.

    • @hermanhawtrey8578
      @hermanhawtrey8578 Рік тому +1

      Least funny comment under this video.

    • @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196
      @i_wouldprefer_not_to1196 Рік тому +3

      @@hermanhawtrey8578 UA-cam deletes comments... Maybe you didn't notice or something? I wasn't replying to thin air... Maybe you won't see this one...who knows, eh, normie?

  • @GrinningAliceWeb
    @GrinningAliceWeb 8 років тому +81

    ding dong the bells are going to chime...

    • @ianbillericay
      @ianbillericay 6 років тому +6

      Mark did that one in Friday night dinner

    • @gravyjones8305
      @gravyjones8305 6 років тому +5

      Using a carrot for that finger-cut was some practical-effects-on-a-budget genius lol. "I'm getting married in the morrrrning..."

  • @MrThunderwing
    @MrThunderwing 13 років тому +176

    Funniest Big Train sketch ever. Mark Heap does psycho's very well.

    • @ilikethisnamebetter
      @ilikethisnamebetter 5 років тому +37

      Was that superfluous apostrophe some reference to the fact that I'm not married?

    • @ilikethisnamebetter
      @ilikethisnamebetter 5 років тому +11

      @@stephen3654 No more than he deserves.

    • @chelseapoet3664
      @chelseapoet3664 3 роки тому +3

      Psycho's what?

    • @MrThunderwing
      @MrThunderwing 3 роки тому +9

      @@ilikethisnamebetter An accidental phone autocorrect added apostrophe, which I now can't edit and get rid of, because the original comment is so old.

  • @childofthesun32
    @childofthesun32 7 років тому +116

    When you get older and experience mental illness, whether it be through personal experience or through friends or family's experience..... So much of Jam and Big Train makes so much more sense. Horrifyingly so.

    • @svenoxtoby4756
      @svenoxtoby4756 7 років тому +8

      Totally!! I love this character so much mainly because it's close to home. I guess at least it's good if we can still laugh at ourselves.

    • @Dannzzx
      @Dannzzx 7 років тому +26

      i agree - if you've ever seen Limmy's show, about half the sketches in all the series are written from a place of mental illness. paranoia, insanity, toxic hate/self-hate etc

    • @alisoncarey8692
      @alisoncarey8692 6 років тому

      Oh yes! Agree with you all.

    • @SteveCowlishaw
      @SteveCowlishaw 6 років тому +44

      Wait.. I see what you're doing, mental illness, family experience, jam.. this is a reference to me not being married isnt it?!

    • @elfoxy1997
      @elfoxy1997 6 років тому +1

      @@Dannzzx Limmy's show is great, I feel fortunate I don't relate to some of the stuff he jokes about- alchoholism and drug addiction ruin lives.

  • @tomowens1571
    @tomowens1571 5 років тому +5

    This is every pub I go into.

  • @howiescream
    @howiescream 15 років тому +9

    "i'm not afraid of you" LMAO

  • @horrortackleharry
    @horrortackleharry Рік тому +2

    Note: Films & TV shows often show their true quality by how well the 'NPCs' are played. Pegg does a great job of setting this up as a normal situation e.g. adding in that matey little "Eh, shall ah go t' bar?" cod-Yorkshireism. You don't get that from extras.

  • @MA12Tx
    @MA12Tx 7 років тому +25

    C'mon Wilson, Good boy Wilson!

  • @GitsumSaus
    @GitsumSaus Рік тому +2

    Slipped into Jim at around 1:57😂

  • @philturner1242
    @philturner1242 11 років тому +17

    Two of my daughter's favourite actors here: Kevin Eldon and Mark Heap.

  • @garystevens4303
    @garystevens4303 Рік тому +1

    So funny, every time! Wish I could keep a straight face & wind someone up with it. 😂.

  • @walkandchill
    @walkandchill 9 місяців тому +1

    the 30 second ad halfway through this sketch..is this some type of reference to me not being married?

  • @jackieboy9120
    @jackieboy9120 2 роки тому +3

    My fav sketch of all time

  • @peterdavies2960
    @peterdavies2960 9 днів тому

    All Jim needs is the Gibby to plaster his finger at the end 😂

  • @KakarotOwns
    @KakarotOwns 9 років тому +79

    Love his weird character on friday night dinner, hilarious haha.

    • @christschinwon
      @christschinwon 8 років тому +7

      +Kakarot When he got his alsatian drunk in the pub and said to the boys "this sometimes happens" - genius!

    • @hidebarnes8188
      @hidebarnes8188 8 років тому

      me too

    • @NiinaSKlove
      @NiinaSKlove 8 років тому

      And Brian...!!! ^_^

    • @hidebarnes8188
      @hidebarnes8188 8 років тому +1

      Yeah but I think he's more funny in FND!!!!!

    • @NiinaSKlove
      @NiinaSKlove 8 років тому

      Well, yes, I think so too! But I think that his character in spaced is well, not better or anything, in fact when I think about it, it is quite a lot like the character he plays in FND, a bit older and so, but he has a lot of the same well, qualities... I think. So in FND and in spaced I think he does a brilliant job as those quirky type of people, perhaps I am a beat weak when it comes to quirky people, that, that might be the reason why I love him in those roles...

  • @lsmith6036
    @lsmith6036 Рік тому +6

    Another great Graham Linehan comedy.

  • @datashat
    @datashat 3 місяці тому +1

    This is a masterpiece 🏆

  • @Faulty720
    @Faulty720 Рік тому +1

    Ah that's why Jim was like he was then, must of been through some heavy anger management therapy 😂 broke his brain haha

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice 4 роки тому +1

    1:41: that stare 😂😂cracks me up!

  • @pitbullvicious2505
    @pitbullvicious2505 3 роки тому +16

    My wedding is tomorrow, and all I could think about today is this sketch :D

    • @MR-um9ck
      @MR-um9ck Рік тому

      That’s probably not a good sign, Pitbull.

    • @octagonseventynine1253
      @octagonseventynine1253 Рік тому

      How is it one year later? Lol

    • @pitbullvicious2505
      @pitbullvicious2505 Рік тому +1

      @@octagonseventynine1253 Very good, thank you :) We've got a beautiful baby daughter now :)

  • @daftwod
    @daftwod 10 років тому +65

    mr lizard

    • @tomcutts9200
      @tomcutts9200 10 років тому +12

      another mr lizard

    • @Simon0
      @Simon0 7 років тому +5

      you filled your teli with lizards.

  • @Smudgie
    @Smudgie Рік тому +3

    Fancy having a go at the poor guy for not being married!

  • @IndieNuzzle
    @IndieNuzzle 6 років тому +4

    His acting is damn good

  • @deathsaints9572
    @deathsaints9572 4 роки тому +2

    Isn’t that just great that his name in this is also Jim? Haha

  • @alexanderm2220
    @alexanderm2220 5 років тому +2

    I like how confused kevin looks

  • @kaiza3312
    @kaiza3312 4 роки тому +4

    Jim and Val spending some quality time together, it’s a shame Wilson isn’t there though however.

  • @Maxmorris12
    @Maxmorris12 4 роки тому +3

    Can’t believe that’s Jim from Friday night dinner

  • @carpetfluff35
    @carpetfluff35 2 місяці тому

    He learned many languages just so he could be crazily paranoid everywhere.

  • @deanelliott100
    @deanelliott100 8 років тому +48

    Big train suffered the curse of success on the BBC. Second series had more money and more actors added...ruined the show.
    First series still makes me cry with laughter

    • @retrolutiongames9479
      @retrolutiongames9479 7 років тому +5

      Agreed, the first series was PAINFULLY funny and innovative, whereas I barely got a laugh out of the second.

    • @christschinwon
      @christschinwon 7 років тому +6

      I was under the impression Graham Linehan was no longer involved after the first series which would explain the decline in, well, basically everything!

    • @FrancoisDressler
      @FrancoisDressler 6 років тому +21

      You could say there was too many cooks in... nevermind.

    • @davelocke
      @davelocke 5 років тому +6

      I think I even prefer the second series.....and that's not a reference to anybody not being married.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 5 років тому +1

      @@davelocke We know your caper,MY Son.....you're 'aving a pop...

  • @mavis1108
    @mavis1108 3 роки тому +1

    Mark Heap and Kevin Eldon the GOAT

  • @DarrenBonJovi
    @DarrenBonJovi 9 років тому +64

    some sort of …REFERENCE
    etc

    • @drguy12345678
      @drguy12345678 6 років тому +4

      i imagine that being said by jim. with that pause he does before saying a word.

    • @gravyjones8305
      @gravyjones8305 6 років тому +2

      The pause here is what makes or breaks it. But I think Mark absolutely nailed it. "Some sort of.......REF'rence.....to me not being married?"

  • @MrResisting
    @MrResisting 13 років тому +1

    genius...watched it first time round and was glued.

  • @dazton
    @dazton 3 роки тому +2

    This is absolutely hilarious

  • @mattbuckland5848
    @mattbuckland5848 Рік тому +1

    Loved Big Train, Smack the Pony and Goodness Gracious Me, some awesome sketch shows around back then

    • @jrb1802uk
      @jrb1802uk Рік тому

      There really was. Also Absolutely, The Fast Show, Smith & Jones, Fry & Laurie, Harry Enfield & Chums , KYTV, Hale & Pace .... we really were spoiled in the 90s

  • @MrDjango1953
    @MrDjango1953 2 роки тому +2

    Mark Heap is a genius.

  • @jaolin6042
    @jaolin6042 5 років тому +28

    There's something wrong with that guy, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

    • @RealityCheck6T9
      @RealityCheck6T9 5 років тому +4

      I think he's a cut above the rest

    • @jaolin6042
      @jaolin6042 5 років тому +2

      @@RealityCheck6T9 I auditioned for the role, but I didn't quite cut it.

    • @terrydevlin3486
      @terrydevlin3486 4 роки тому +1

      Neither can he

    • @The1nsane1
      @The1nsane1 4 роки тому

      I thought it would be quite easy to put his finger on it, well at least the tip.

  • @charliecroker7005
    @charliecroker7005 4 роки тому +6

    "...starring Simon Pegg", the caption says. Why does he usually take the most credit for Big Train? The star of this sketch is Mark Heap. He is the best actor of all of them, IMO.

    • @WeaselKing1000
      @WeaselKing1000 3 роки тому +2

      It's to reel people in I'd imagine. Whether or not you consider him the 'main event' of 'Big Train', he is generally the best-known actor in it. Certainly internationally. The Cornetto trilogy alone would be enough to account for that.

    • @warrenrandall6936
      @warrenrandall6936 Рік тому

      @@WeaselKing1000 This is before those films were made.

    • @WeaselKing1000
      @WeaselKing1000 Рік тому

      ​@@warrenrandall6936 The original show itself is, yes. The video was posted later (and its description was written later) than two of the three films came out.

  • @GetReady4FreddyKrueger
    @GetReady4FreddyKrueger 5 років тому +31

    This sketch bothers me. I've cut in half the tip of my finger before and blood was just shooting everywhere.
    Plus, the whole sketch kept going on about me not being married.

  • @shakeitoff1000
    @shakeitoff1000 6 місяців тому

    I can just feel the Jim energy in some of his espressions 😅

  • @pearceclayton8498
    @pearceclayton8498 2 роки тому +4

    Classic. I still cry with laughter ar this sketch.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Рік тому

      You're laughing at me, aren't you? Because I'm not married

  • @gravyjones8305
    @gravyjones8305 6 років тому +13

    "'Ello Broy-ann......" God I love this guy. Will still never understand why you Brits only give talent like this a 1 or 2 series run and then shut it DOWN. I get not wanting to overstay one's welcome, but I could do at least 5 seasons of anything involving this loose troupe of geniuses from the '90s. Spaced--2 seasons?! That is not nearly enough Spaced for me. Don't know how you guys manage it.

    • @gravyjones8305
      @gravyjones8305 6 років тому +1

      @Solar phonix LoL hahah, you win the internet. Handle it responsibly.

    • @gravyjones8305
      @gravyjones8305 6 років тому +1

      @@andymerrett Hahahaha, oh, christ, Mrs. Brown's Boys--what is to be done w you? yes; that makes a lot of sense. Explanation appreciated. Not a native, but still solidly obsessed w classic UK TV. Mighty Boosh forever.

    • @rp1455
      @rp1455 6 років тому +4

      The Dread Parsnip generally I find that UK series have less filler episodes. Also they generally have only one or two writers, for which a tv show is a personal project and not some kind of contractual obligation. Which is why I think we have more innovative comedy. I guess ideas run out quickly when your writing team is small. Taking the example of the IT Crowd, I thought it was much weaker by the final series and really should have ended sooner. Spaced was wrapped up brilliantly - I feel the characters have reached their natural conclusion and there doesn’t need to be any more.

    • @rp1455
      @rp1455 6 років тому +2

      The Dread Parsnip Also to take the example of Only Fools and Horses, that went on for a very long time. It did what most American sitcoms do - introduce new characters and new relationships between them to keep the plot moving and provide material. In the case of Spaced, it is very contained. There are really only 6 characters. So you get more character development but not as much material.

    • @TheEarthdeity
      @TheEarthdeity 6 років тому +3

      Ultimately a big part of why British comedy is good is we let talented people move onto new stuff. It sucks to lose shows you like, but it blows my mind to see stuff like the office and Simpsons cranking episodes out for years and years. Just means those programming slots and the staff involved aren't working towards something fresh.

  • @peterblowfield8632
    @peterblowfield8632 5 років тому +8

    FND: The Jim years

  • @dennisgreene7164
    @dennisgreene7164 7 місяців тому

    I have been trying to find the sketch he did about the 'special' glue - funniest thing ever.

  • @SanjayStiltskin
    @SanjayStiltskin 4 місяці тому

    "Are you mental?!?!?" 🤣🤣

  • @ketmaniac
    @ketmaniac 14 років тому +2

    @bronc30td All three of them were in Spaced. Kevin Eldon was one of the sinister agents (dark suit, dark glasses) who tracked Daisy down after her return from Cambodia.

  • @1nfiniteSeek3r
    @1nfiniteSeek3r 7 років тому +18

    Dr Alan Statham is my hero.

    • @CarlPaulsen
      @CarlPaulsen 6 років тому +5

      THOUSANDS OF FLIES!

    • @IsoscelesKramer
      @IsoscelesKramer 5 років тому +3

      Up your fetid fanny!

    • @Phooey-tv5tg
      @Phooey-tv5tg 8 місяців тому +1

      ‘Carrier pigeon…carrier pigeon
      Carrier of….disease!’

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 16 днів тому +1

      Brian Statham was mine.

  • @bronc30td
    @bronc30td 14 років тому +3

    I'm American, so please forgive me for forgetting names, but is that the gent who played Brian Topp in "Spaced"? The guy is brilliant.

  • @danbb1984
    @danbb1984 13 років тому

    @CrispyBarney No, he wasnt talking about Simon Pegg. Pegg only has a supporting role in this clip. The mental guy is indeed the same guy who plays Brian in Spaced.

  • @paramanjara
    @paramanjara 15 років тому +1

    They are. Both series were released on a double DVD

  • @Eriktdizzle222
    @Eriktdizzle222 15 років тому +2

    HAHAHAHA! this is halarious. ive never heard of "big train" its great

  • @jayparmo2284
    @jayparmo2284 4 роки тому

    kevin eldon, simon pegg and mark heap... i definitely have to watch this series haha.

    • @stevegordon5689
      @stevegordon5689 Рік тому

      The equestrians who desperately want to be firemen is a classic!

  • @eschsoapy2809
    @eschsoapy2809 6 років тому +9

    I pull this routine with people I have just met (through friends) all the time. Pretty smooth sailing after that.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 6 років тому +6

      How many fingers left to go?

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 16 днів тому +1

      Are you onto the thumbs yet?

    • @eschsoapy2809
      @eschsoapy2809 16 днів тому

      @@Isleofskye thumbs AND fingers babeeee

    • @eschsoapy2809
      @eschsoapy2809 16 днів тому

      it took me 20 minutes to type that

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 15 днів тому

      @@eschsoapy2809 Very Good.
      Perhaps, we can diarise our next conversation for another 6 years in 2030 when I will be in the latter half of my 8th decade.
      If I don't return then you will know why😀

  • @warlocksarewatching
    @warlocksarewatching 12 років тому +12

    I've always wanted to try this at a party where I don't know anyone

    • @dwdeclare1965
      @dwdeclare1965 2 роки тому

      comedy is reference + friends. psycho is comedy - friends.

  • @leehocking514
    @leehocking514 12 років тому +2

    I'm twelve and I love this....

  • @teddysheckler1817
    @teddysheckler1817 2 роки тому

    “Ding dong the bells are going to chime”

  • @briz1965
    @briz1965 7 місяців тому

    Walking into a pub in Hucknall when you're from Bulwell.

  • @NGE02
    @NGE02 6 років тому +1

    I think he reflects the real Jim in this

  • @marieadams3720
    @marieadams3720 5 років тому

    Kicking, not throwing...Kicking,kicking!

  • @plstrom
    @plstrom 14 років тому +2

    the best joke here. "So Henmann has got a good chance on french open"...
    LOL

    • @Matthew9818
      @Matthew9818 4 роки тому

      Pedro Strom . Even nine years ago he'd been retired for years . That is just a very odd comment . Murray actually got very close one year too winning it .

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 16 днів тому

      @@Matthew9818 13 years ago,surely?

  • @endrightwinglunacy
    @endrightwinglunacy 9 років тому

    +The Concise Statement - Linehan and Mathews created the series, but it was co-written by them and the cast, plus many other writers.

  • @JackT13
    @JackT13 6 років тому +10

    Shalom Jackie

  • @oorebroo
    @oorebroo 11 років тому +1

    Henman's best French Open ever!

  • @vikingfortiesfaeroes
    @vikingfortiesfaeroes 11 років тому +24

    Then he ended up little more than a roboplegic wrongcock

  • @ojthedon1456
    @ojthedon1456 5 років тому

    That's called delusions of reference :)

  • @mcg9864
    @mcg9864 5 років тому +3

    Dr Alan Statham: the origins story

  • @blueluny
    @blueluny 13 років тому

    1:41 the twitch on his face....awesome

  • @Ch1pp007
    @Ch1pp007 5 місяців тому +1

    2:24 Is that Tracy-Ann Oberman

    • @jrb1802uk
      @jrb1802uk 4 місяці тому +1

      and Rebecca Front

  • @Mark-ij2nh
    @Mark-ij2nh 6 років тому +1

    I'm like this at work 😂😂

    • @gravyjones8305
      @gravyjones8305 6 років тому

      "Et el es 'voulez-vous cou--"
      "Excuse me, what you were saying just there, was that some sort of, REFERENCE, to me not being married?"

  • @FourJamLions
    @FourJamLions 13 років тому +6

    More Mark Heap on TV plz

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 16 днів тому

      Why didn't they listen,13 years ago?

  • @dandominare
    @dandominare 5 років тому

    You can definitely see the genesis of Dr Alan Statham in this sketch.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 5 років тому

      Statham was in Genesis?

  • @CillitPrang
    @CillitPrang 5 років тому +1

    Jim meets jim

  • @jamiehowards5326
    @jamiehowards5326 11 років тому +3

    You're not meant to 'get it' really. The man is 'crazy' and assumes that everything the other man says, no matter what it's about, is some kind of dig at him not being married.