I remember watching this, I think it must have been in the mid-70s some time (I was probably about 6 or so), with my grandad and one of my uncles, and I remember all three of us near pissing ourselves laughing at it. :D
This was brilliant it plays beautifully on the silly pompous English upper class twit characteristics that appeared so prevalent in those days.John Cleese and Peter Cook play their parts wonderfully.I have had a bit of a blow recently (loosing my job)but in between applyfing on line I found this and cried with laughter-what a tonic thanks for putting it on
@@jirkas.9282 Well Slovakia was opressed And the German Czechs were also opressed So I would say only the bohemians/Czechs were not laughing In fact after the sudetanland was taken Slovakia declared independence
There was one other time, in a suit with many small helium-filled packets sewn into it and completely covered with glued-on ostrich feathers. He attended a Montmartre brothel wearing it. Things turned out poorly, however, as he struggled to get what he came for while up at the ceiling. Mistakenly entering a stairwell, he soon found himself at the top floor, where angry navvies whose freshly painted walls he marred immediately robbed him, then threw him out a window. He got himself back down to earth with the awl of his Swiss Army knife and, quite pleased at his own ingenuity, strolled happily back to the embassy.
@@RudOnd Oh yes, certainly. But ever so many of his countrymen and -women were stalwart peaceniks and other types of nit who pressured him awfully. There's no brushing off masses of such people on one's own. Churchill of course soon outshone him brilliantly, but then he had a great indispensable assist from Herr _Hilter,_ didn't he? Lord C. had a bad case of Catch-22 if you ask me.
The Labour Party consistently blocked defence during the early to mid 1930s. And the far Left were deliberately slowing down industrial production from 1939 until 22 June 1941, when they ever so suddenly got terribly keen on making guns. /
Yes, it's quite amazing, right down to the satire of Sir Alec Douglas Home losing the piece of paper. Utter brilliance! It's edited from a 1988 doco about the Munich crisis... I'll be posting the rest very soon.
@ProjectFlashlight612 It's called outakes from history, from a 1980 programme named Peter Cook & co. - although this particular edit is from a 1988 doco about the Munich crisis
@crossleydd42 Alec Douglas Home was Chamberlain's Parliamentary Private Secretary and accompanied him to Munich. So when Cleese says "I thought Alec had it", he means Alec Douglas Home.
Today the Brits can laugh at what Chamberlain did so lamely. It's a regular reminder of what desperation can make you believe. "I am holding Hitler's piece in my hand!"
@@irenaveksler1935 I'm not a historian but, Chamberlain met with Hitler Sept 30th 1938 and Germany invaded Poland Sept 1st 1939. IMO, Hitler was shining Chamberlain on, stalling for time to build a new kind of army for his "Blitzkrieg" or Lightning War and Chamberlain fell for it.
philip hyland Hitler bluffed at Czechoslovakia. He though he had a bigger army, he could not have taken on both France and Britain if declared war on Czechoslovakia.
IIIrd Reich armed itself in 1938-39 far better than the British did. And Hitler didnt bluff about starting the war in 1938: EDIT: oops wrong link. Fixed. ua-cam.com/video/RiXfn9678hA/v-deo.html
Chamberlain signed away a defensible and useful Czechoslovakia at the Munich Agreement. He also gave a British guarantee (something the British were trying to avoid all along) to a weakened Czechoslovakian state. Hitler could have been stopped at the Czech crisis had Chamberlain pursued a “Grand Alliance” as Churchill proposed with the USSR and France in tow (although the war would not have necessarily been easy or quick). Chamberlain also handed over the pristine factories and accoutrements of the industrial Sudeten region. Had there been a war in that region, the factories and munitions would have been destroyed or heavily damaged, which would have caused a slow decline of the economy of Germany and ultimately the fighting capacity of the Wehrmacht. Chamberlain was an honorable man, but Hitler was not a man to deal with honorably. Thanks for coming to my TED talk
John Cleese and Neville Chamberlain - The top two British comedians of all time.
lmao
True
The Munich Agreement never failed.
"I have in my hand, a piece of....shit."
LMAO
John Cleese has the face to have been born in Victorian times
Lol our history teacher showed us this
I remember watching this, I think it must have been in the mid-70s some time (I was probably about 6 or so), with my grandad and one of my uncles, and I remember all three of us near pissing ourselves laughing at it. :D
This was brilliant!
Not sure why I'd never seen this clip until last night. Hilarious. God bless Peter Cook and all that, but damn - Cleese is just fantastic.
This was brilliant it plays beautifully on the silly pompous English upper class twit characteristics that appeared so prevalent in those days.John Cleese and Peter Cook play their parts wonderfully.I have had a bit of a blow recently (loosing my job)but in between applyfing on line I found this and cried with laughter-what a tonic thanks for putting it on
Remember this when it fist aired on ITV on a Sunday night.
Peter Cook did a great Roald Dahl impression
"I especially like the firmness in your voice" !
brilliant, thanks for sharing, the last part was hilarious. cheers
I thought the original was funnier...
not for Czechoslovakia
@@jirkas.9282
Well Slovakia was opressed
And the German Czechs were also opressed
So I would say only the bohemians/Czechs were not laughing
In fact after the sudetanland was taken
Slovakia declared independence
@@irenaveksler1935 Dumbass
@@irenaveksler1935 Slovakia was defacto conquered by Hungary and was a vassal state of Germany. Not really independent.
Priceless.
Brilliant, ...I have been Hitting the German Chancellor Herr, Hertlor and I had his piece in my hand... Hahahahahaha
Neville flew twice in his life. Once was to Munich and the other was the return trip.
Alty, wasn't this conference in Munich?
@@XJevoX what conference? It was an autograph ceremony and pleas to not invade again
There was one other time, in a suit with many small helium-filled packets sewn into it and completely covered with glued-on ostrich feathers. He attended a Montmartre brothel wearing it. Things turned out poorly, however, as he struggled to get what he came for while up at the ceiling.
Mistakenly entering a stairwell, he soon found himself at the top floor, where angry navvies whose freshly painted walls he marred immediately robbed him, then threw him out a window. He got himself back down to earth with the awl of his Swiss Army knife and, quite pleased at his own ingenuity, strolled happily back to the embassy.
The Great British Prewar Joke...
perfect!
2:14 wow
The piece of paper has been kept at the Imperial War Museum since 1940
Funny, a piece of paper about peace in our time ends up in a war museum.
@@pix046LMAO
Bruh
History has not been fair to Chamberlain, who has become the scapegoat for WW2. He was dealt a very bad hand to begin with.
True
He was blindly ignoring all the times Hitler broke some treaty and was hoping this one will stand. lmao.
@@RudOnd Oh yes, certainly. But ever so many of his countrymen and -women were stalwart peaceniks and other types of nit who pressured him awfully. There's no brushing off masses of such people on one's own. Churchill of course soon outshone him brilliantly, but then he had a great indispensable assist from Herr _Hilter,_ didn't he? Lord C. had a bad case of Catch-22 if you ask me.
The Labour Party consistently blocked defence
during the early to mid 1930s.
And the far Left
were deliberately slowing down industrial production
from 1939 until 22 June 1941,
when they ever so suddenly
got terribly keen on making guns.
/
2:21 Lord Lucan
"I have in my hand a piece of shit" well done John Cleese LOL
EPIC!!
Appeasement with humor😂
Yes, it's quite amazing, right down to the satire of Sir Alec Douglas Home losing the piece of paper. Utter brilliance! It's edited from a 1988 doco about the Munich crisis... I'll be posting the rest very soon.
The skit is from the 1980 comedy special "Peter Cook & Co". The material was written by Cook.
@ProjectFlashlight612 It's called outakes from history, from a 1980 programme named Peter Cook & co. - although this particular edit is from a 1988 doco about the Munich crisis
Send this video to everyone who to the Cambridge IGCSE exam in 2016. Especially those who did question 6
I have in my hand a piece of shit iconic line well said
Fantastic :'D
as good as the deadly joke skit from Monty Python! "I have in my hand...Shit!"
and it actually DID turn out to be shit.
I have ... in my hand ... a piece of shit
Indeed.
Hilarious!!!
Brillant stuff,,,, sadly hits the mark,,
It's only funnier if you're actually know about Hitler and pre ww2 history
@crossleydd42 Alec Douglas Home was Chamberlain's Parliamentary Private Secretary and accompanied him to Munich. So when Cleese says "I thought Alec had it", he means Alec Douglas Home.
Today the Brits can laugh at what Chamberlain did so lamely. It's a regular reminder of what desperation can make you believe. "I am holding Hitler's piece in my hand!"
My God XD
hahahah great
I wonder where that piece of paper is now? On display or filed away in the FO somewhere?
"I have been hitting the German Chancellor herr hurtler and I have his piece in my hand" thumbs up if you think this should have happened.
@erictheangrypenguin
Where did Sir Alec Douglas Hume come into all this?
He was holding the piece of paper and lost it on the plane.
Cleese's Chamberlain is Trump and Biden rolled into one.
When was this? It's fantastic!
Is this the whole clip or is there any longer version?
The whole skit can be seen in the excellent comedy special "Peter Cook & Co", it can be found on UA-cam.
When is this from they both look a bit old!?
Where on Earth is this clip from? Can't be Not Only But Also...so what, then?
A one off Peter Cook special for ITV in 1980
I like to pretend this is the real speech
Chamberlain wasn't a comedian, he was just extraordinarily naive.
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Herr Hurtler!!
Here's your 2:09 button.
He show the wafare joke
@DarkJADz8 Yeah so did mine :P
Unfortunately, Hitler was still laughing at Chamberlain's naivete when Chamberlain was giving this speech.
LMAO
Actually?
@@irenaveksler1935 I'm not a historian but, Chamberlain met with Hitler Sept 30th 1938 and Germany invaded Poland Sept 1st 1939. IMO, Hitler was shining Chamberlain on, stalling for time to build a new kind of army for his "Blitzkrieg" or Lightning War and Chamberlain fell for it.
@@johnossendorf9979 yes but did Hitler actually laugh?
Or did I take your comment way too seriously
@@irenaveksler1935 Actually he probably laughed as he told Eva how much of a fool Chamberlain was .
@@johnossendorf9979 wait he actually told Eva that? Lol
i don't know which is the most ridiculous the real neville chamberlain or not.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Ha Ha Ha
chamberlains stalling tactics allowed Britain to rearm besides he declared war when the polish border was crossed
philip hyland Hitler bluffed at Czechoslovakia. He though he had a bigger army, he could not have taken on both France and Britain if declared war on Czechoslovakia.
IIIrd Reich armed itself in 1938-39 far better than the British did. And Hitler didnt bluff about starting the war in 1938:
EDIT: oops wrong link. Fixed.
ua-cam.com/video/RiXfn9678hA/v-deo.html
Chamberlain signed away a defensible and useful Czechoslovakia at the Munich Agreement. He also gave a British guarantee (something the British were trying to avoid all along) to a weakened Czechoslovakian state. Hitler could have been stopped at the Czech crisis had Chamberlain pursued a “Grand Alliance” as Churchill proposed with the USSR and France in tow (although the war would not have necessarily been easy or quick). Chamberlain also handed over the pristine factories and accoutrements of the industrial Sudeten region. Had there been a war in that region, the factories and munitions would have been destroyed or heavily damaged, which would have caused a slow decline of the economy of Germany and ultimately the fighting capacity of the Wehrmacht. Chamberlain was an honorable man, but Hitler was not a man to deal with honorably. Thanks for coming to my TED talk
Lmao so true that was a piece of shit
ultrafunny
Markiplier
Brexit version 1.0
Like Obama with Iran...
I like Eric Weinstein take on Chamberlain
The former pastor at my old parish looked and acted like Neville Chamberlain. A real loony lefty.
Er, Neville Chamberlain was very much a loony right-wing Tory.
@Monarchoflos Give it a rest! Nobody wants to hear you whine about European politics, especially since you don't even live in Europe.
The agreement was not "shit" but the EU that followed WW2 certainly is.
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