REACTING TO HARRY ENFIELD (First time!) | Women: Know Your Limits & Kevin Loses His Virginity
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The Women: Know Your Limits sketch is from the second series of Harry Enfield & Chums in 1997. He did quite a few black & white public information film parodies, often with the characters Mr. Cholmondley-Warner and Greyson.
2011 sounds way off. Would definitely agree, late 90's.
Ah so it was a bit earlier then! Interesting!
Thats wrong it was from 1947 🎉
The whole thing had its first seeds sewn in “Norbert Smith - A Life” from 1989 which was a mockumentary about the life and career of a fictional English actor called Norbert Smith. It charted his pre-world war 2 career in theatre and cinema, a brief stint in Hollywood in the 1940 and service given in making public information films after the end of WW2 (if memory serves it was about venereal disease). The part Norbert Smith (Harry Enfield) plays was very much the template for Grayson.
It’s well worth seeing if you can find it as it uses the life of Norbert Smith to parody pretty much every era of the British film industry, including a send-up of the Carry On films with “Carry On Banging”, a comedy about the Greenham Common anti-nuclear protests. They even managed to get Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Connor to appear in that.
@@MeganRuth There is a similar sketch about the dangers of Women driving from Harry Enfield:)
This Kevin sketch only really works in context of the other Kevin sketches. It really helps to know more about what he’s normally like. I’m not sure who recommended this one to you really needed to see a good handful of his earlier sketches first. I heartily recommend it. They’re funny.
It was definitely an odd suggestion to do the last ever Kevin the Teenager sketch before seeing any of the others!
Kevin and Perry ruined the Star Wars prequels for me - Anakin reminded me far too much of them! Maybe she is better off not seeing the rest!
Know your Limits went out in 1997, there lots of these made in the past sketches on the show. There is one where a nineties football team plays one from the 1930s, that is hysterical.
My father says Kevin was me as a teenager I don't know what he's talking about it's so bloody unfair god I wish I had never been born !!
You are not his slave!
@@hadz8671 My arms are flailing 😃
Kevin began life as "Little Brother" in Harry Enfield's Television Programme. He was an annoying, hyperactive kid with an older brother. In Harry Enfield and Chums he became Kevin the Teenager and changed into a surly teen who constantly argues with his parent. His brother was never seen again and Kathy Burke played his friend Perry. After Harry Enfield and Chums they made a film called Kevin and Perry Go Large.
These type of short films that Harry is parodying were shown in British cinemas in the 1940s, 50s and 60s as 'Public Information Films', usually giving advice from the government on how people should conduct themselves, often health and safety related, but sometimes other topics too.
My parents were born in the 1920s. My dad went to war and my mum was left to bring up 2 kids in London during the blitz and lost her house.
She was rehoused on a council estate in Ruislip. Then they had 4 more kids, I'm the youngest born in 1962.
My dad worked permanent nights for more money and my mum ran the house and looked after us kids.
Although women these days think that women had a horrible life back then, for the most part they were happier then than they are now.
We were always laughing and it was a happy home.
We didn't have much money but we didn't want for anything.
Obviously this video is an extreme comedy sketch.
I think men, women and families have lost more than they've gained over the years.
the fast show , middleclass argument...its hilarious
Thanks for the suggestion!
Yes, you do need some context. Previously in a long series of sketches Kevin was portrayed as a typical morose teenager where everything about his parents is too much trouble and uncool. This sketch signifying that upon losing his virginity, he's been transformed into a normal, civil and level-headed young adult.
Another great Kevin The Teenager sketch is the Parent's Evening one!
And the other one was in the style of a government commissioned 'public information film' that were a real thing back in the day. Embellished for more comedy effect though of course.
I'm sure you'd love 'The Fast Show' if you like this.
Yes, the first skit shows his thirteenth birthday, where is transforms from a nice kid to a snotty young teen.
@@FloridaMugwump Full circle!
@@scipioafricanus5871 Not quite. His mum wakes up to find he's still teenage Kevin and bursts into tears. The sketch ended too soon to show that bit.
Hi Megan, enjoying all your reactions, try this one, 'Harry Enfield, Women for pity's sake don't drive', three cheers to you thanks
"Women, Keep Your Virtue" is another good one 👍
Megan you’ve just landed on a treasure trove of comedic genius.
Enjoy!
The black and white Pathe newsreel parodies are brilliantly observed by Harry. Everybody talking without regional accents and in stilted tones. A Britain of deference and riddled with a class system. Really funny satire of 1930s and 40s UK...or England at least..
Hope you watch more of Kevin to get more context on him being so nice to parents after
great stuff i enjoyed that!
Women know your limits.... wisdom 😊
❤from North East England ❤️
Harry Enfield had his own show with various sketches , may i recommend the South African chemist compilation its hilarious , and Homophobic Dad is also worth a look
She was quite right of course, Britain should have left the Gold Standard!!
So many Harry Enfield based highlights from various programmes and series over the decades . Some of my faves include Clarkson's Island, and Question Time, both from a couple of the 'Harry and Paul's series/episodes I think.
Definitely would love a reaction to the 2000 film Kevin and Perry Go Large
The Women KNOW Your Limits sketch was from the 90's.
Good morning Megan, how are you? Happy Saturday & and I love the laughs from the audience here! Have a beautiful weekend & and congratulations 🎊 at 9K subscribers 😀 👏
Thanks Falcom!! 😊
😂 Great video Megan, & remember ," Know your limits" ! 👍
😂 Thank you! And will do :)
There was a whole build up to this particular Kevin sketch in previous sketches.. The context is lost here . The black ,& white association football sketch by Harry Enfold is also worth checking out. The black & white "educational" film sketches bare all hilarious
You should watch Kevin becomes a teenager and that would put this sketch in context.
Megan, do please review all of Harry Enfield's 'I saw you coming'... very funny
You needed to see earlier Kevin The Teenager sketches. They are all about what a teenager is like, the joke here 8s he suddenly changes, leaving his poor friend Perry behind.
My parents married in 1956, but it was no easy ride. My dad was older, but not necessarily assertive. One day she rounded on him and said 'You're not my father!' and a new deal was struck overnight. Fortunately, her family had a history of firebrands. My grandmother was on soap boxes back in the thirties.
I see the Fast Show has been requested but I'm not sure if it will work as clips as an episode of it was basically reoccurring characters with their catchphrases, a lot, not on their own, funny.
Indeed. The Fast Show only works if you see the punchline (which is always the same) coming from a mile away. Even a single episode would be confusing, but from the second on, it's the most hilarious thing, simply because you get the joke from then on.
@@SuddenReal I don't think full episodes would be happening. Even when watching it when it was first on, I was stumped for the first couple!
@@ajivins1 Yeah, during its first run I found The Fast Show to be a bit hit and miss. Many more hits than misses though. Certain characters hit the mark (for me) straight away, (the suit you guys, jazz club and unlucky Alf for example) and others grew on me over time as they developed. The Channel 9 stuff I didn't really warm to until after the series had ended, apart from the scorchio weather report.
@@Jagaroth_ Your first name isn't Scaroth by any chance? I'm sure we've met...
@@ajivins1 It would've been if I'd found a name combo that wasn't already taken. And with all that hopping about in time and space, there's a good chance we've met. I fear my time machine hasn't quite mastered the art of time travel compared to yours though.
'i saw you coming" from him is also hilarious. And evil mr bean, if you can find them 😂
Comedy IS always contentious when it's old not new
Regarding Women: Know Your Limits, it's great that you laugh instead of being offended. You recognise the joke is against the attitude, and not women themselves.
It's interesting to show it to a woman and see their reaction to it, it will show their mindset.
yes context missed a bit on the first one.
kevin in the sketches before was a typical early teenager with his friend perry always trying to get with girls,go to nightclubs but underage etc.this time he gets his girl and he changes into a man😊
Yes, see "Kevin turns into a teenager" for context.
You need to react to Kevin the teenager sketches.
Harry Enfield and chums was from 1994, not 2011
His 1940s parodies are great
The problem with youtubers reacting to some of the sketch shows shows is they lose all context in the characters. Ruth you need to watch more of kevin and perry to understand this sketch better...there was even a movie too!!
If you like this, you should watch the fast show.
I agree. Also, in my opinion, 'Harry and Paul', referring to Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. 👍
The fast show is a tricky one for reactions as each sketch is so quick. Would either need to do whole episodes or compilations of repeat characters. I would prefer the whole episode route.
@@bujin1977 Indeed. The Fast Show only works if you know the format, which you can't get from a single sketch. Whole episodes on the other hand are brilliant!
the Kevin ones loses a bit until you know his backstory, need to watch a few other of his clips first, then it will all hit home
I figured as much!
More people should watch TV shows from the 50s and 60s. We're at a point now where people actually think it was like the "Women know your limits" sketch.
1950 was just a few years after WW2: it was a hard time to live for everyone. The 1960s was probably more "woke" than now...
Both sketches were Harry Enfield and Chums which aired 1994-98 so a bit earlier than 2011 😁
The 'Woman know your limits' was brilliant satire and anyone with a half decent sense of humour would see the funny side. But consider the fact that, for example, the film 'Life of Brian' is set for a stage run and John Cleese was asked to remove the 'Call me Loretta' scene by the actors who did a table run through of the script, on the grounds they found it 'transphobic and offensive'. Cleese, rightly, refused. But it brings up how this Harry Enfield sketch would be received if presented to the programme commissioners at the BBC today. I suspect that those who work there would either find it offensive (missing the point entirely) or be afraid to take a risk.
The Kevin skit is a little out of sequence as you know, but earlier Kevin skits will give a lot more context. Try Harry and lou lou skits, some of his better work with Cathy Burk...👍👍
Good choice. I love these anachronistic pseudo-public-service-announcement sketches presented by Mr Cholmondly (pron. 'Chomly' because reasons) They look so authentic, and you're right - they could almost have gotten away with some of the content back in the day, at least at the start. The women in them are brilliantly precious and naive. Harry and his equally talented partner Paul (Whitehouse) made about a dozen of these, all hilarious and highly recommended. The character Kevin is a rather dimwirred schoolboy and not one of my favourites, but there are a myriad others, all comedy gold. I especially like his American tourist sketches with Alice Lowe, and his 'rude chemist' series but it's a deep rabbit-hole. Bring it on ma'am.
I'll have to check out more of these sketches! Thank you for the suggestions :)
I would've paired 'Women: know your limits' with 'Women: keep your virtue'.
How does it feel to find out about myself that actually I'm completely dumb?😁
I'm free !
You look like Clare Grogan from Wish.
Having been married it's been a real struggle to get laid every week let alone every night 😅
Yeah, I feel like we ought to set up some sort of rota!
@@Escapee5931 Yeah. Rights for men. Especially how pissed off women get when we say no to sex.
Nowadays we have the impression that these public information films existed, but they they are based on advertisements for household appliances from right after WW2 until the 1960s. Women, were gaining purchasing power, and these advertisements were clumsy attempts to appeal to women.
Despite the fact that they are comical to us now, they must have been successful, because the went on for 30 years. My father fought in WW2 and my mom had her first child in 1945. She never worked a job in her life, never had to, never needed to, never wanted to. She still ordered my father around and was the boss of the family, just like women today. The only real difference was that my father worked 10 hour days, and often Saturdays. I rarely saw him when I was young. I think the general impression people today have from that time was men hardly working and women waiting and serving on them, is ridiculous. It was my father that had the crappy life. My mother had everything she needed and more and lived 20+ years longer than my father.
"Nowadays we have the impression that these public information films existed" -- they did. They were still around in the 1970s in the UK.
@@jrd33 They absolutely didn't. Anyone who thinks the bra-burning, GenX feminists of the 70s would have put up with it are completely insane. I was in school in the 70s and the women were far stronger fiercer and independent than the pathetic, easily offended, girls that pretend to be tough nowadays.
@@jrd33 Part of the propaganda today that is completely untrue. Feminists in the 70s would never have put up with it. This is pure misinformation. Nor would the tough older generation that fought the Nazis in WW2. The lies about a patriarchy didn't start until the 90s.
MY brain fills up a bit like the 2nd diagram but I don't have t !ts - I was gonna say I'd never leave the house if I did but then I remembered George Constaza and Dad with their "Manzear" ? (I've never had to spell that before) and suddenly it didn't seem so appealing . I think it's the whole package which counts - nice face, personality and t !ts are a bonus. Who could I be thinking of lol.
The "Women: Know Your Limits" campaign film originally aired on BBC in 1939.
I don't think so...source?
No.
Their is Harry's point shown by your own thinking Megan 2011 and you thought it was the 1940s. Leave the brainpower decisions to us men.. You stick to your knitting and talking about fluffy kittens. You know it makes sense 😅
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
It's funny because it is true.
just ruined every Kevin sketch.. by watching the *final* one..
At least react to the whole sketch!
FFS!
Kevin's sketch continued!
Are you parodying the parody? If you are that’s brilliant if not…..oh dear.
3:00 - Yes, the large majority of men want to & aren't choosy. However, most women ensure that most men get rarely/never laid. Women choose that only a small minority of men get most of the action. Your suggestion would require that women become massively less choosy & no longer exclude many millions of men due to them not being tall enough, rich enough, handsome enough etc.
You've made a major mistake by watching this one first. You need to watch the others first.
If you want the world to be a happier place then promote the family unit rather than destroying it for cheap labour like today.
Why would you patrons tell you to watch the last episode of Kevin with no prior context?
Ofc it’s not gonna be funny, the only reason it’s funny is because the audience has spent the last two years watching him be totally unreasonable and rude to his parents. Without that context of watching the character arc develop; it’s not funny in the slightest.
Shame on all you simps.
4:55 Go visit UC Berkeley and tell me this isn't true.
Next Mr Chomley Warner harry Enfield also set in the 30s