comedians that i kind of grew up with, Billy Connolly, Dave Allen, Robin Williams (Mork and Mindy too haha) Jasper Carrot, The Two Ronnies, Hale and Pace , we have been truly blessed.
I was in my early teens when I saw Dave Allen for the first time and I have always been grateful to Swedish nation television service who bought many very good BBC productions in the 1970-80 when we only had two channels to watch. Dave Allen is still the reigning champion when it comes to comedy, for me.
Dave Allen has always been a favourite of mine, he had a tonight Show here in Australia in the 70's- 80's. Two Ronnies is just fantastic, you can never get too much of it! Awesome re-watching all these things with you!
As a boy I used to stay up to watch Dave Allen with my nan, it was the highlight of my week. Always went to bed replaying Dave's jokes and punchlines in my head. This is one of those routines I watched back then. Cheers for the reaction. Also enjoyed your story about comedy influences you have. One of mine is the great Bill Hicks.
In the 70s Dave spent a few years in Australia doing the “Dave Allen Show”, my dad (RIP) loved it so we all got to watch it. I was only a kid, now I start to understand and appreciate the comedy of Dave Allen… 🤣😂
Take a look at Ken Dodd, was a lovely man and brilliant comedian I am 65 and used to watch him with my son from when he was 5 years old, I have seen my son fall off the settee laughing, Seen him no end of times live, was always a standing joke about the length of his shows, he has done 4-5 hour shows, his audience never minded
I'm English,I watch everything that u put on E.B,pleasure to go back in time.Ure laugh is contajus.Keep up this exellent humour.English comedians r the funniest.Cheers Bro.🍺🍺🤘😎
I was lucky enough to see dave live i London sometime in the very early 1990s. it was my mum's birthday present from me. we laughed so hard 🤣😂 I miss him. Shame bbc never repeats his shows.
The good old days of comedy, and yes he absolutely is up there with Billy (and Robin Williams too!) on the story telling.... imagine being able to sit among them, at a BBQ or something.. i'd probly die laughing lol
Dave Allen was a genuine genius of exposition snd narrative. It's such a shame he was very "anti-repeats" which he regarded as lazy, which means his material is much less known and appreciated than it might otherwise be. He refused to allow re-runs of his shows for the majority of his life.
As an early thirties man Dave Allen was a bit before my time and I'm so glad you've posted these reacts videos about him! Its like unearthing a goldmine of laughter! Thankyou so much!
Dave Allen was a dream. A good mate of mine down the pub was his double sitting there watching the punters swing & stagger the bar, we'd makeup stories on each & every soul navigating the bar. Pure class. RIP Dave Allen. Legend.
Mr Beard - I love your take on comedy. I haven't laughed so much for quite some time. Wonderful to see another analysis of comedy that we in the U.K. grew up with.
You have to review Dave Allen on Banks when he foresaw the shenanigans the bankers were up to years before the credit crunch. How we laughed at it back in the day, not realising that we should have taken it as a warning.....
Loved watching it with you , dont ever lose that laugh. I wonder how much of Dave would not be allowed today, like the religious stuff? he was the best.
I did a course on air crashes caused by bird strikes and precautions against this a few years ago. It was filled with case studies and it was amazing how many big crashes there had been that i'd never heard about on the news
The cabin of a plane is pressurised using a bleed system through the engines, where some of the air flowing through the turbines is diverted into the aircraft. It used to be that on planes with 2 engines, only one engine would pressurise the cabin, however after an incident of single engine failure (which a plane is still perfectly able to fly) both engines now fulfil this role. I would hazard a guess that complete failure of all engines would be the most likely cause of cabin depressurisation, however even though cases of single engine failure are "common" (in quotes because even that is extremely rare), cases of all engines failing compared to the number of flights performed over a decade, say, are compoundingly smaller still.
The phantom raspberry blower of old London town, classic two ronnies, but Dave Allen is still up there with the greatest, I can remember every Sunday as a kid after my bath, sitting with my parents watching Dave Allen before going two men too bed
Apparently one of the terrible things about a water landing is that people inflate their jackets before leaving the plane and they get trapped as a result. This happened on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, the plane ditched successfully but people inflated their jackets while inside and floated to the top of the cabin as the plane filled with water.
If this is the sketch about being in the Indian Ocean with an f in whistle I will cry. I have been looking for this since the 90's? I still talk about it now. Let's see?
EB👍 I think you're spot on mate,Billy and Dave are quite possibly the greatest story tellers ever, constantly making you think while laughing. Nice one buddy cheers ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻
You have a great appreciation of British comedy and, while we never saw much stand-up from the USA in the 60's and 70's , that all changed with the invention of video! In the 80's, I finally got to see some of the outstanding and outspoken comedians like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Robin Williams and Bill Hicks performing their stand-up. All sadly missed but never forgotten.
*I'd almost forgotten just how funny and intelligent Dave Allen was, until I discovered your channel. To quote Shirley Ross and Bob Hope from 1938... **_"Thanks For The Memory!"_** 👍😁*
I don't know if you've noticed yet, but he is missing half a finger, through an accident when he was young. Occasionally he did tricks/jokes involving said finger. But you should watch him when he was young ie 60s 70s smart clothes smart hair Irish twinkle in his eye - and the sketches in between the stand-up = amazing. 😋
@@jodders619 I thought I remembered he lost it in a factory or shipyard accident or something ? There you go. Funnily enough, my Irish gran ( one generation behind Dave ) got really beaten on the hands by the normal teachers, but when she went to RC school she was amazed and relieved how kind they were but firm, and never resorted to those tactics. This was in Cork. I myself had lots of nuns around me when I was a kid and a teenager, and they were great. I know that there has been a lot of hardships and abuses with priests and nuns, but there are amazing ones too. And I don't want to tar them all with the same brush, because there are so many good ones too. And I am sorry for all those people who suffered, including Dave Allen. But people is people. There are good'uns and bad'uns in all walks of society, religions, and establishment as well as on the streets all around us. It must remain important to lay blame at the feet of the guilty, not the innocent. ☺
@@sophiastuart-watts7971 Dave Allen told so many different ways that he lost his finger tip, that his children are not even sure how he really lost it.
An old Irish World War II Spitfire pilot and flying ACE, was speaking in a church and reminiscing about his war experiences. “In 1942,” he said, “the situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I remember,” he continued, “one day I was protecting the bombers and suddenly, out of the clouds, these Fokkers appeared.” There were a few gasps from the parishioners, and several of the children began to giggle. “I looked up, and realized that two of the Fokkers were directly above me. I aimed at the first one and shot him down. By then, though, the other Fokker was right on my tail.” At this point, several of the elderly ladies of the church were blushing with embarrassment, the girls were all giggling and the boys laughing loudly. The pastor finally stood up and said, “I think I should point out that ‘Fokker’ was the name of a German-Dutch aircraft company, who made many of the planes used by the Germans during the war.” “Yes, that’s true,” said the old pilot, “but these fokkers were flying Messerschmitts.”
The brace is because thru your spine you can take ... 20 ish G but upright your neck can only take about 5 G before 💀💀 13:20 actually the wings help to float an AC for quite a while even in the sea. ( but tbh no AC has ever managed to land in the ocean in 1 piece. The closest was the Ethiopian Airlines and he flipped.) The black box in an AC size would be too heavy to take off !!! - Im an airline pilot.
Once the kids are back in school I'll be doing 2 uploads a day like I did before the channel took off. I feel almost like I've slacked a bit. Though I will say there may be a surprise upload at some point today.
Imagine this being standard tv viewing for all 12 year olds like me when I used to watch the Dave Allen Show.No wonder the British are so sharp tongued
You'll definitely enjoy the Jim Jefferies sketch about him taking his childhood friend, with MD, out for the day. Hope those models have glued together easily.
i grew up watching dave allen and billy connolly i have never laughed so much at the both of them lee evans is also a great comedian and peter kay look out for peter kays misheard song lyrics it hilaRIOUS
I think Billy Connolly got better as he got older. I preferred Dave Allen's older routines but like you, those 2 are my favourite comedians also. I read Dave Allen's biography once and it had the different versions of his stories about his missing finger. I don't think the real reason is known! I struggle with American comics tbh, I find it to rely on silliness or slapstick. I do like some sitcoms though like My Name is Earl or Fresh Prince. Recently I watched the Marx Brothers and absolutely loved that. I think British comedy is different in that it is relatable, for example a lot of sitcoms are based on different industries. But I think there's a lot of diversity, too and is often surreal. but even in England I think there's a big difference between Northern comics who come from working man's clubs for instance, university graduate comics and perhaps those who came from army entertainment backgrounds like Spike Milligan for example. Like Ken Dodd said, you can tell a joke in Liverpool but they won't laugh in London... Because they can't hear it!
On a separate note, I've been revisiting the documentaries about Yorkshire farmer Hannah Hauxwell, A Winter too Many for example which is about the harsh reality of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. You might be interested in these if you like Fred Dibnah for example. Although living in isolation, she appears more socially aware than most people. You can see this in the follow up episodes where she visits London and the USA for the first time. This is based in the Yorkshire Dales and James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small is based nearby. Apparently those books and TV shows are hugely popular in America so perhaps you already know it?
I loved Dave Allen, and he was a Mebourne Australia Bloke for a while back when I was a boy, watching his shows on HSV-7. I also knew Dr. Dave Warren, inventor of the flight recorder. He even hit on my girlfriend on a Morris Minor Car Club event back in 1987, as he was wont to do with girls in their 20's coming to events for the club he founded. It's interesting to note that the Black Box flight recorder, the prototype of which he would show nearly everyone he met, and spawned the whole expression "black box" for a mysterious sealed device, was painted red.
two ronnies were awesome continue your enjoyment of them, they were so intellectual their humour went over some peoples heads...Dave Allen was one of the finest comedians
Love Billy connelly take on the same subject "ladies and gentlemen in the highly unlikely event of loss of power to all four engines then all probability well go into the ground like a fucking dart"
Fun fact, way back in the early years of flying there was a survey that asked passengers about life jackets. An overwhelming number of passengers said they wouldn't fly if there wasn't a life jacket for them on board. And yet, in the whole history of commercial flight, not one person's life has ever been saved because of an on board life jacket.
We had a Richard Pryor live show on tape in the early 80's and boy did it get passed around the family house holds. If any of us lads randomly say a line from the show, one of the other lads will say the accompanying line. Nearly 40 years later. Oh Pryor, you are just bonkers. Lol.
I watched one of Pryor's show at a cinema back in the eighties. It was brilliant, the whole audience were laughing so much, and for me, at times, it became unpleasant because it began to hurt from the onslaught of jokes. He was a one off genius.
My late father use to find this guy hilarious. Of course being a kid at the time I didn't get to stay up late to watch it, I didn't know it was Dave Allen and it wasn't until youtube came along that I stumbled across some of his work I recognised his voice straight away. When this came out ( and this is some of his later stuff) it was very controversial at the time because he took no prisoners.
Dave Allen from Ireland, Sir Billy Connolly from Scotland, & now there is Rhod Gilbert from Wales. He does the most amazing rants about things in life that wind him up. Check it out.
When I think of an Irishman, I don't think of "Paddy", I think of Dave or Father Ted and a few others like that. And the Irish always had ' the gift of the gab ' kissing the Blarney Stone etc. 😋
Black boxes are usually made from Titanium, Titanium is highly resistant to chemicals and has the highest strength to weight ratio of any metal. (SR71 Blackbird was over 90% Titanium) Back in the day it was difficult to keep the Blackbird maintained properly due to it being made from titanium and the metals expanding/shrinking causing leaks everywhere when (i think) parked up. Maybe these days we could solve that but I guess thats why we dont make passenger planes out of it.
Talking of words, did you notice that Dave and anybody else who's British/Irish, say aeroplane not airplane? Also, some 'aeroplanes' (military) carry 'missiles' rather than missles. ;¬) (the deletion clock has started!) lol
Don't forget Wales when you mention Britain, we are a separate country.... and we hate being referred to as England or English.... 1000 years later and wse are still occupied by a former enemy.... Wales mate... it means alot to us.....
I've actually got a parody of one of his that I plan on doing alongside the reaction to the sketch because it's so funny and there were so many different ways you could go about it.
The longer americans watch comedy from england from the 70s the more they will understand english humor as its the best in the world,not to offend americans but american comediens learned from british humor richard prior even said this.🙏🙏😍😍😍😍😍
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you before but be careful vaping around your PC or Laptop. I used to vape constantly sat in front of mine as it was on the desk and one day it died. I opened it up to have a look as I'm a bit PC savvy and everything inside was all covered in a dark sticky film that looked like it was sweating and I mean it was everywhere. Was well beyond saving.
One of the best Irish Comedians ever ...... RIP Dave Allen!
After all these years I still miss Dave Allen..
He was such a lovely man. I delivered books to him for signing. He lived in Kensington
he was all things to all men ... on TV he was just edgy enough and live he would burn your grannys ears off
He was a one off. Much missed.
comedians that i kind of grew up with, Billy Connolly, Dave Allen, Robin Williams (Mork and Mindy too haha) Jasper Carrot, The Two Ronnies, Hale and Pace , we have been truly blessed.
I absolutely loved Dave Allen growing up and still do. My dad loved him so we always watched his shows. A gifted genius!
Dave Allen was a great comedian and never truly got the recognition he deserved.
This guy was a legend. This still stands up today as relevant.
Dave Allen is my favorite comedian
I was in my early teens when I saw Dave Allen for the first time and I have always been grateful to Swedish nation television service who bought many very good BBC productions in the 1970-80 when we only had two channels to watch.
Dave Allen is still the reigning champion when it comes to comedy, for me.
One of his best routines for me is when he's trying to teach his son how to tell the time.
Dave Allen has always been a favourite of mine, he had a tonight Show here in Australia in the 70's- 80's. Two Ronnies is just fantastic, you can never get too much of it! Awesome re-watching all these things with you!
Two Ronnies Four Candles - an absolute classic
As a boy I used to stay up to watch Dave Allen with my nan, it was the highlight of my week. Always went to bed replaying Dave's jokes and punchlines in my head. This is one of those routines I watched back then. Cheers for the reaction. Also enjoyed your story about comedy influences you have. One of mine is the great Bill Hicks.
Aristotle said The Parent of Comedy is Surprise, how true is that!
In the 70.s life was all about having a laugh at ourselves english Scottish Welsh Irish we could all take a joke, happy days
In the 70s Dave spent a few years in Australia doing the “Dave Allen Show”, my dad (RIP) loved it so we all got to watch it. I was only a kid, now I start to understand and appreciate the comedy of Dave Allen… 🤣😂
You are a diamond. I luv listening to you. Beautiful person.
Take a look at Ken Dodd, was a lovely man and brilliant comedian I am 65 and used to watch him with my son from when he was 5 years old, I have seen my son fall off the settee laughing, Seen him no end of times live, was always a standing joke about the length of his shows, he has done 4-5 hour shows, his audience never minded
Thanks
I'm English,I watch everything that u put on E.B,pleasure to go back in time.Ure laugh is contajus.Keep up this exellent humour.English comedians r the funniest.Cheers Bro.🍺🍺🤘😎
Many many thanks.
I was lucky enough to see dave live i London sometime in the very early 1990s. it was my mum's birthday present from me. we laughed so hard 🤣😂 I miss him. Shame bbc never repeats his shows.
The best Irish comedian I've ever heard .RI P Dave Allen .
Laughter is medicine for the spirit.
I always liked Dave Allen's conversational style.
I loved Dave Allen & his half a finger. He was my late fathers favourite too. Fantastic.
"Raspberry Phantom Blower"! Ronnie Barker would have liked that!
You're so right. Laughter brings the world together.
The good old days of comedy, and yes he absolutely is up there with Billy (and Robin Williams too!) on the story telling.... imagine being able to sit among them, at a BBQ or something.. i'd probly die laughing lol
Totally agree! Billy & Dave absolutely set the bar for story telling comedy!! 👌
EB - “I love to laugh”,
Brits - “no shit Sherlock?, we would never have guessed! But that’s why we love your channel!”.
I miss him so much Dave allen . An audience with Ken Dodd he is a professor of comedy he is brilliant
Dave Allen was a genuine genius of exposition snd narrative. It's such a shame he was very "anti-repeats" which he regarded as lazy, which means his material is much less known and appreciated than it might otherwise be. He refused to allow re-runs of his shows for the majority of his life.
I loved Dave Allen. Wonderful comedian.
Jasper Carrot is really good too.
Carrots commercial breakdown,
24 carrot gold etc
we were on a coach trip and they played Jasper Carrot, all the time, none of us stopped laughing for hours.
As an early thirties man Dave Allen was a bit before my time and I'm so glad you've posted these reacts videos about him!
Its like unearthing a goldmine of laughter! Thankyou so much!
Dave Allen was a dream. A good mate of mine down the pub was his double sitting there watching the punters swing & stagger the bar, we'd makeup stories on each & every soul navigating the bar. Pure class. RIP Dave Allen. Legend.
Mr Beard - I love your take on comedy. I haven't laughed so much for quite some time. Wonderful to see another analysis of comedy that we in the U.K. grew up with.
You have to review Dave Allen on Banks when he foresaw the shenanigans the bankers were up to years before the credit crunch. How we laughed at it back in the day, not realising that we should have taken it as a warning.....
He was actually banned by RTE the national broadcaster in Ireland but there loss. He was and still is very funny.
Loved watching it with you , dont ever lose that laugh.
I wonder how much of Dave would not be allowed today, like the religious stuff? he was the best.
I always asked to sit near rear of the plane, mainly ‘cause you never hear of planes REVERSING INTO MOUNTAINS or the SEA !
I did a course on air crashes caused by bird strikes and precautions against this a few years ago. It was filled with case studies and it was amazing how many big crashes there had been that i'd never heard about on the news
The Two Ronnies were hilarious - I loved them so much! Plus Dave Allen was a genius 👍🏽
The cabin of a plane is pressurised using a bleed system through the engines, where some of the air flowing through the turbines is diverted into the aircraft. It used to be that on planes with 2 engines, only one engine would pressurise the cabin, however after an incident of single engine failure (which a plane is still perfectly able to fly) both engines now fulfil this role. I would hazard a guess that complete failure of all engines would be the most likely cause of cabin depressurisation, however even though cases of single engine failure are "common" (in quotes because even that is extremely rare), cases of all engines failing compared to the number of flights performed over a decade, say, are compoundingly smaller still.
The phantom raspberry blower of old London town, classic two ronnies, but Dave Allen is still up there with the greatest, I can remember every Sunday as a kid after my bath, sitting with my parents watching Dave Allen before going two men too bed
Apparently one of the terrible things about a water landing is that people inflate their jackets before leaving the plane and they get trapped as a result. This happened on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, the plane ditched successfully but people inflated their jackets while inside and floated to the top of the cabin as the plane filled with water.
I love your take on British comedy Mr Beard!
dave allen was decades ahead of his time!
If this is the sketch about being in the Indian Ocean with an f in whistle I will cry. I have been looking for this since the 90's? I still talk about it now. Let's see?
EB👍 I think you're spot on mate,Billy and Dave are quite possibly the greatest story tellers ever, constantly making you think while laughing. Nice one buddy cheers ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻
You have a great appreciation of British comedy and, while we never saw much stand-up from the USA in the 60's and 70's , that all changed with the invention of video! In the 80's, I finally got to see some of the outstanding and outspoken comedians like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Robin Williams and Bill Hicks performing their stand-up. All sadly missed but never forgotten.
You are so right if you put it down to delivery and story telling the top two are Dave and Billy
Loved Dave, don't know where he is now but I hope his belief system is with him.
Billy connolly done a good bit about aeroplanes too👍
*I'd almost forgotten just how funny and intelligent Dave Allen was, until I discovered your channel. To quote Shirley Ross and Bob Hope from 1938... **_"Thanks For The Memory!"_** 👍😁*
I don't know if you've noticed yet, but he is missing half a finger, through an accident when he was young. Occasionally he did tricks/jokes involving said finger.
But you should watch him when he was young ie 60s 70s smart clothes smart hair Irish twinkle in his eye - and the sketches in between the stand-up = amazing. 😋
Iirc that part of his finger is missing due to get smacked on the hand by a nun with a ruler.
@@jodders619
I thought I remembered he lost it in a factory or shipyard accident or something ? There you go. Funnily enough, my Irish gran ( one generation behind Dave ) got really beaten on the hands by the normal teachers, but when she went to RC school she was amazed and relieved how kind they were but firm, and never resorted to those tactics. This was in Cork. I myself had lots of nuns around me when I was a kid and a teenager, and they were great. I know that there has been a lot of hardships and abuses with priests and nuns, but there are amazing ones too. And I don't want to tar them all with the same brush, because there are so many good ones too. And I am sorry for all those people who suffered, including Dave Allen. But people is people. There are good'uns and bad'uns in all walks of society, religions, and establishment as well as on the streets all around us. It must remain important to lay blame at the feet of the guilty, not the innocent. ☺
@@sophiastuart-watts7971 Dave Allen told so many different ways that he lost his finger tip, that his children are not even sure how he really lost it.
An old Irish World War II Spitfire pilot and flying ACE, was speaking in a
church and reminiscing about his war experiences. “In 1942,” he said, “the
situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I
remember,” he continued, “one day I was protecting the bombers and
suddenly, out of the clouds, these Fokkers appeared.”
There were a few gasps from the parishioners, and several of the children
began to giggle. “I looked up, and realized that two of the Fokkers were
directly above me. I aimed at the first one and shot him down. By then,
though, the other Fokker was right on my tail.”
At this point, several of the elderly ladies of the church were blushing
with embarrassment, the girls were all giggling and the boys laughing
loudly.
The pastor finally stood up and said, “I think I should point out that
‘Fokker’ was the name of a German-Dutch aircraft company, who made many of
the planes used by the Germans during the war.”
“Yes, that’s true,” said the old pilot, “but these fokkers were flying
Messerschmitts.”
😂😂😂
The brace is because thru your spine you can take ... 20 ish G but upright your neck can only take about 5 G before 💀💀
13:20 actually the wings help to float an AC for quite a while even in the sea.
( but tbh no AC has ever managed to land in the ocean in 1 piece. The closest was the Ethiopian Airlines and he flipped.)
The black box in an AC size would be too heavy to take off !!!
- Im an airline pilot.
Great story telling comic is my fellow Welsh man Rod Gilbert I would suggest starting with his missing luggage
Hi EB….Grew up watching Dave Allen, with my late dad…….absolutely loved it, even if I didn’t understand all of it…..👍🇮🇲💖
Loving these daily uploads. You'll be at 100k in no time
Once the kids are back in school I'll be doing 2 uploads a day like I did before the channel took off. I feel almost like I've slacked a bit. Though I will say there may be a surprise upload at some point today.
Imagine this being standard tv viewing for all 12 year olds like me when I used to watch the Dave Allen Show.No wonder the British are so sharp tongued
are we?
I always love relatable comedy, great reaction!
Plane "Emergency Landings" on water. Always seemed unlikely but then Captain Sully Sullenberger happened.
i loved Dave Allen i thought he was the most handsome comedian and for me the funniest
You'll definitely enjoy the Jim Jefferies sketch about him taking his childhood friend, with MD, out for the day. Hope those models have glued together easily.
I love dave Allen he's among my top 3 with chubby brown , Lee Evans
Eeewww chubby …….. brown 🥴
Dear God, wash your mouth out and say three Hail Marys. 😳
Don't know how you can put Chubby Brown with Allen and Evans, yuk 🤮
@@W0rdsandMus1c because its each to their own👍🏻😂. There 3 completely different comidians and that's what I enjoy.
@@-TomH Yes I fully agree, it wouldn't do for us all to like the same, I just find him revolting 😐
Brother you listen - watch what you want to we grew up with these guys I'm enjoying seeing these again with your BACKUP LAUGHER
i grew up watching dave allen and billy connolly i have never laughed so much at the both of them lee evans is also a great comedian and peter kay look out for peter kays misheard song lyrics it hilaRIOUS
I think Billy Connolly got better as he got older. I preferred Dave Allen's older routines but like you, those 2 are my favourite comedians also. I read Dave Allen's biography once and it had the different versions of his stories about his missing finger. I don't think the real reason is known!
I struggle with American comics tbh, I find it to rely on silliness or slapstick. I do like some sitcoms though like My Name is Earl or Fresh Prince. Recently I watched the Marx Brothers and absolutely loved that.
I think British comedy is different in that it is relatable, for example a lot of sitcoms are based on different industries. But I think there's a lot of diversity, too and is often surreal.
but even in England I think there's a big difference between Northern comics who come from working man's clubs for instance, university graduate comics and perhaps those who came from army entertainment backgrounds like Spike Milligan for example. Like Ken Dodd said, you can tell a joke in Liverpool but they won't laugh in London... Because they can't hear it!
On a separate note, I've been revisiting the documentaries about Yorkshire farmer Hannah Hauxwell, A Winter too Many for example which is about the harsh reality of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. You might be interested in these if you like Fred Dibnah for example.
Although living in isolation, she appears more socially aware than most people. You can see this in the follow up episodes where she visits London and the USA for the first time.
This is based in the Yorkshire Dales and James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small is based nearby. Apparently those books and TV shows are hugely popular in America so perhaps you already know it?
My husband has asked the flight attendant where the black box is. And could he sit next to that.
I loved Dave Allen, and he was a Mebourne Australia Bloke for a while back when I was a boy, watching his shows on HSV-7. I also knew Dr. Dave Warren, inventor of the flight recorder. He even hit on my girlfriend on a Morris Minor Car Club event back in 1987, as he was wont to do with girls in their 20's coming to events for the club he founded. It's interesting to note that the Black Box flight recorder, the prototype of which he would show nearly everyone he met, and spawned the whole expression "black box" for a mysterious sealed device, was painted red.
anyone who has seen DAVE ALLEN EVEN ON TV WILL SADLY MISS HIM HE WAS AMASING AT TELLING JOKES
two ronnies were awesome continue your enjoyment of them, they were so intellectual their humour went over some peoples heads...Dave Allen was one of the finest comedians
His religious stuff is hilarious,shows that it's OK to have a laugh at each other.
Love Billy connelly take on the same subject "ladies and gentlemen in the highly unlikely event of loss of power to all four engines then all probability well go into the ground like a fucking dart"
You need to find the 'Only Fools and Horses' sex doll episoode. My God it's SO funny
Two reasons that I love Dave Allen - 1) He's funny 2) He's an Irish man who pissed off the Catholic church.
Fun fact, way back in the early years of flying there was a survey that asked passengers about life jackets. An overwhelming number of passengers said they wouldn't fly if there wasn't a life jacket for them on board. And yet, in the whole history of commercial flight, not one person's life has ever been saved because of an on board life jacket.
You should see Dave Allen's Irish funeral sketch, that is incredible.
We had a Richard Pryor live show on tape in the early 80's and boy did it get passed around the family house holds. If any of us lads randomly say a line from the show, one of the other lads will say the accompanying line. Nearly 40 years later. Oh Pryor, you are just bonkers. Lol.
I watched one of Pryor's show at a cinema back in the eighties.
It was brilliant, the whole audience were laughing so much, and for me, at times, it became unpleasant because it began to hurt from the onslaught of jokes.
He was a one off genius.
@@myoldmate completely agree.
Raspberry phantom blower - LOL. Blast from the past
My late father use to find this guy hilarious. Of course being a kid at the time I didn't get to stay up late to watch it, I didn't know it was Dave Allen and it wasn't until youtube came along that I stumbled across some of his work I recognised his voice straight away. When this came out ( and this is some of his later stuff) it was very controversial at the time because he took no prisoners.
Another decent story teller is Jasper Carrott, of course, but for me Billy and Dave are the Godfathers.
No - if the plane comes down in water, it can't be an "emergency landing", as it misses one crucial part of that - the land...
Dave Allen from Ireland, Sir Billy Connolly from Scotland, & now there is Rhod Gilbert from Wales. He does the most amazing rants about things in life that wind him up.
Check it out.
When I think of an Irishman, I don't think of "Paddy", I think of Dave or Father Ted and a few others like that. And the Irish always had ' the gift of the gab ' kissing the Blarney Stone etc. 😋
Totally different.
Dave Allen was from Northern Ireland, a different country than Father Ted.
@@MetaFootballTV True, but they all still have the gift of the gab, nonetheless 😋
Always sit at the back of the plane, because planes don't reverse into mountains... :)
Black boxes are usually made from Titanium, Titanium is highly resistant to chemicals and has the highest strength to weight ratio of any metal. (SR71 Blackbird was over 90% Titanium) Back in the day it was difficult to keep the Blackbird maintained properly due to it being made from titanium and the metals expanding/shrinking causing leaks everywhere when (i think) parked up. Maybe these days we could solve that but I guess thats why we dont make passenger planes out of it.
Talking of words, did you notice that Dave and anybody else who's British/Irish, say aeroplane not airplane? Also, some 'aeroplanes' (military) carry 'missiles' rather than missles. ;¬)
(the deletion clock has started!) lol
The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town, starring Charley Farley and Piggy Malone 😂😂😂😂
Great reaction as always
I was just thinking would Dara o briain be your type of humor I have my doubts he's mine of course so is Dave and 2 ronnies
Don't forget Wales when you mention Britain, we are a separate country.... and we hate being referred to as England or English.... 1000 years later and wse are still occupied by a former enemy.... Wales mate... it means alot to us.....
Have you seen any of his actual sketches yet ??? You're REALLY missing out 😋
I've actually got a parody of one of his that I plan on doing alongside the reaction to the sketch because it's so funny and there were so many different ways you could go about it.
Excellent stuff ! I particularly loved it when he played a priest, and when he played a monk. 🤣
Please do Dave Allen on Supermarkets. It's brilliant.
I think you may enjoy the great Spike Milligan as a comedian!
13:30 yeah, it's on a clock at that point.
The longer americans watch comedy from england from the 70s the more they will understand english humor as its the best in the world,not to offend americans but american comediens learned from british humor richard prior even said this.🙏🙏😍😍😍😍😍
If you want great British comedy, you MUST listen to Peter Cook n Dudley Moore aka Derek and Clive "the horse race"
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you before but be careful vaping around your PC or Laptop. I used to vape constantly sat in front of mine as it was on the desk and one day it died. I opened it up to have a look as I'm a bit PC savvy and everything inside was all covered in a dark sticky film that looked like it was sweating and I mean it was everywhere. Was well beyond saving.
Great storytelling!
You’re looking very dapper these days 😎
There are a lot of sketches that we’re played during his comedy shows. You will like them very much.