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  • Frank Spencer wants to take out a loan so he visits his bank manager. Hilarious clip from the classic BBC comedy TV series from BBC Worldwide.
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  • @TomthatiscalledTom
    @TomthatiscalledTom 14 років тому +135

    That was the early 1970s. In the noughties the banker would have happily arranged for Frank to get a 200 year mortgage to buy a house, made a quick profit then been nationalised when the whole system collapsed

    • @irenedavo3768
      @irenedavo3768 2 роки тому +3

      200 years!

    • @-null-null8857
      @-null-null8857 2 роки тому +2

      @@irenedavo3768 200 Beers

    • @-null-null8857
      @-null-null8857 2 роки тому

      Did you know that I have an egg spoon for 11 years ago?
      It is not anyone that I know.
      So eggs are a must

    • @kentcyclist
      @kentcyclist Рік тому

      Lol😅😅😊

    • @RaySpainPlayer
      @RaySpainPlayer Рік тому +1

      You have just described the global economic system and the cause of our current problems

  • @extremeconcepts1
    @extremeconcepts1 2 роки тому +77

    He owned this role so well....comedy classic

  • @nathan2497
    @nathan2497 4 роки тому +75

    Michael Crawford is a legend👌

  • @try_this_one_
    @try_this_one_ 2 роки тому +66

    I always feel better about myself after watching Frank 🤣

    • @paulec2634
      @paulec2634 10 місяців тому +2

      What a way to watch it... to feel above him?

    • @johnsmith-rs2vk
      @johnsmith-rs2vk 5 місяців тому

      NICE !

    • @RedEyedHawk1
      @RedEyedHawk1 4 місяці тому +2

      His purpose is to make us feel better ;)

  • @jasonfernee2401
    @jasonfernee2401 4 роки тому +102

    Comedy genius. It always got me the way he would turn the most confident, well educated professional into a quivering wreck needing psychiatric help.

    • @Cool2BCeltic
      @Cool2BCeltic 2 роки тому +1

      I wouldn't say he did that. He was the quivering wreck needing psychiatric help. These confident well educated professionals most certainly would not forget him.

    • @gottliebdee263
      @gottliebdee263 2 роки тому +1

      You know that they are both acting right?

    • @Cool2BCeltic
      @Cool2BCeltic 2 роки тому +6

      @@gottliebdee263 Yes, and I was talking about the characters, not the actors playing them.

  • @Anglo-Wasp
    @Anglo-Wasp 2 роки тому +13

    When you could actually laugh unlike the shite bbc put out today

    • @littleredwitch
      @littleredwitch 2 роки тому +3

      Nowadays the bank manager would have had to be black!

  • @doppelganger2166
    @doppelganger2166 2 роки тому +21

    I’m 16 and even I love this show, my grandpa used to show me it

  • @alexmorgan3435
    @alexmorgan3435 2 роки тому +25

    "Just remember me as a little nut ........who's trying to grow!" Prophetic words Michael, prophetic words.

  • @alexmorgan3435
    @alexmorgan3435 2 роки тому +56

    It is staggering that Michael Crawford was not first nor even the second choice to play Frank Spencer. I believe first was Ronnie Barker and second Norman Wisdom were both offered the role but turned it down. A young David Jason was also considered for the role before Michael, but when he got the part he definitely made it his own. Genius.

    • @TheGodParticle
      @TheGodParticle 2 роки тому +10

      I had no idea that was the case, thanks for the info. cheers

    • @johnkennethwiseman5460
      @johnkennethwiseman5460 Рік тому +4

      Norman Wisdom probably would have been a very good call. However gotta love Michael Crawford

    • @Russ453hgf
      @Russ453hgf Рік тому +1

      He used to have me in stitches..😊😂

    • @Russ453hgf
      @Russ453hgf Рік тому +2

      ​@@johnkennethwiseman5460 he made it his own...

    • @paullinford4510
      @paullinford4510 Рік тому +1

      Ronnie Barker was first choice for Reggie Perrin before Leonard Rossiter, not Frank Spencer.

  • @sallygard63
    @sallygard63 Рік тому +9

    Classic ❤ I used to impersonate him ! I was a 10 year old … and would have everyone in stitches 😂

  • @roseyk7677
    @roseyk7677 2 роки тому +15

    The best actors, are those that make the role theirs, and theirs alone, so that no-one else could ever touch it... Now that's genius...

  • @nicholasdavies6264
    @nicholasdavies6264 2 роки тому +33

    What an absolute icon of theatre and tv .... fabulous actor ! 👍

    • @evangiles4403
      @evangiles4403 4 місяці тому

      And music he's an excellent singer

  • @kq700
    @kq700 17 років тому +33

    this kind of humor is the best!!!

  • @MsFanmail
    @MsFanmail 13 років тому +78

    frank spencer is a comedy genius

  • @stephenm6100
    @stephenm6100 2 роки тому +7

    rip geoffrey chater (the bank manager) passed away at 100.
    16/10/2021

  • @nickcassettes
    @nickcassettes 7 місяців тому +7

    "I could ask the landlord." 😂

  • @DontForgetDressage2
    @DontForgetDressage2 16 років тому +16

    Michael is has this cute look on his face in this one that I love...

  • @pspboy7
    @pspboy7 17 років тому +20

    LOL, not off hand, but I could ask the landlord :)

  • @Instasamps
    @Instasamps 2 роки тому +7

    His credit score is probably better than mine

  • @mariabrent
    @mariabrent 14 років тому +13

    Just think of me as a little nut LMAO!

  • @margaretshaw7343
    @margaretshaw7343 2 роки тому +12

    You should hear him sing. Amazing 🤩

    • @gaynorpatterson2915
      @gaynorpatterson2915 Рік тому +2

      He definitely blew me out of then water with “The Phantom”

    • @gaildavison5180
      @gaildavison5180 2 місяці тому

      I was astounded when I found out that the great singer Michael Crawford was Frank !!!

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 14 років тому +13

    @milo6117 That's a good one. But I like it where the bank manager says he'll have to put up some form of security like a house and asks its value. Frank then says he doesn't know but he could ask the landlord.

  • @stephenguppy7882
    @stephenguppy7882 Рік тому +4

    I remember going on a waiting list at the Building Society in the early 80s. You had to save a set amount a month and then wait to be called for 'the interview' where they decided whether or not they would lend you money. Interest rates were 15% and they really made you grovel. I worked 2 jobs to pay it off. 18 hour working days 5 days a week. Crazy times but still better than they are now.

  • @1979LITTLEMISS
    @1979LITTLEMISS 15 років тому +13

    Cool2BCeltic: The actor (yes, he's very good) is Geoffrey Chater (b.1921). According to Wikipedia he was also in the episode 'King of the Road'. He was also in an episode of Dad's Army called 'Round and Round went the Great Big Wheel'. Hope this is helpful.

    • @robalexander8065
      @robalexander8065 2 роки тому +3

      He lived to be 100.

    • @rolthesole
      @rolthesole 2 роки тому

      He played " Pat Holroyd " in the British sci-fi film " the day the earth caught fire " 1961.

  • @michaelb1716
    @michaelb1716 Рік тому +2

    £50,000 would be worth £515,000 in July 2023 according to the Bank of England inflation calculator. Poor old Frank was so close! 😂

  • @MichelleWaage
    @MichelleWaage 6 років тому +6

    Mickeal Crawford " Frank" , it is a great Actor. Thankyou, to bring me joy.

  • @sunnysleep7850
    @sunnysleep7850 2 роки тому +3

    Da cat took a whoopsie on the carpet and Frank accidentally set the house of fire 🔥

  • @susancorlett9768
    @susancorlett9768 2 роки тому +3

    Love ❤ hapless Frank ,so funny and in away innocent 😄 🤣 😆 🥰♥️

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 13 років тому +7

    "Then go outside and grow in somebody else's bank"
    "General Dwyer, how does a child shot with a 3-0-3 Lee Enfield "apply" for help"

    • @colindorrans9495
      @colindorrans9495 2 роки тому

      Gandhi !

    • @PopeLando
      @PopeLando 2 роки тому

      @@colindorrans9495 Lived to 100.
      I see this just popped up in your recommends too

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 14 років тому +4

    @1979LITTLEMISS He's asking Frank Spencer searching questions here about his financial situation. I also recognised him in Gandhi, asking General Dwyer searching questions about the Amritsar massacre.

  • @charleigh195
    @charleigh195 2 роки тому +2

    Soon to be banned for laughter.

  • @GuillotineGirl6663
    @GuillotineGirl6663 13 років тому +4

    Omj.. Ahahaha Aww :')

  • @manemustaine
    @manemustaine 13 років тому +5

    classic frank

  • @northlincsfox243
    @northlincsfox243 3 роки тому +3

    Happy Birthday 🎂 Geoffrey Chater. 100 years old today 😊

  • @AnnetteMurphyger
    @AnnetteMurphyger 6 років тому +4

    Poor Frank!

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 14 років тому +2

    @rockchick80s That was a bit harsh. There are other imaginary comedy characters who are even more irksome, such as David Brent.

  • @Cool2BCeltic
    @Cool2BCeltic 15 років тому +8

    Who is that actor playing the bank manager? He's very good. Strange that in the early 70s it was still acceptable to smoke in the workplace.

    • @andy73100
      @andy73100 3 роки тому +4

      His name was Geoffrey Chater - amazingly, he's still alive and about to turn 100. He played an MP in Blott on the Landscape during the 1980s.

    • @Cool2BCeltic
      @Cool2BCeltic 3 роки тому +1

      @@andy73100 I also noticed him in Gandhi, playing a barrister asking searching questions at the inquiry into the Amritsar Massacre "General Dwyer, how does a child shot with a 0.303 Lee Enfield 'apply' for help?"

    • @mariaobeirne514
      @mariaobeirne514 3 роки тому +3

      Still smoking in the workplace in the early 90s. I sat opposite someone who smoked Rothmans.

    • @joemcconnell2674
      @joemcconnell2674 2 роки тому +2

      April 2006 this smoking law came out in the UK.

  • @marcse7en
    @marcse7en 3 місяці тому

    "Ooh Betty, the dog's done a whoopsie on the carpet!" ... "I can feel my trouble coming on, I think it was the beans Betty gave me for tea last night!" ... "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better!" ... "I'm a man!" ... "You what? UA-cam? Never heard of it!" ... "Internet? I had a fishing net, when I was a boy! I used to catch sticklebacks in the canal!" ... "Chat room? That was where I met Betty, in the Farmers Arms!" ... "Computers? I once gave a computer a nervous breakdown! There was tape everywhere!" ... "I asked Betty if she would do me the honour of becoming Mrs. Frank Spencer? She said no!" ... "My mother in law doesn't like me, she called me weird!"

  • @kylewaddington1983
    @kylewaddington1983 3 роки тому +2

    Michael Cowford had great teeth

  • @_SnowJustice_
    @_SnowJustice_ 11 місяців тому +1

    wish i could watch the full episodes ...he is hilarious 😂 😂

  • @robert.257
    @robert.257 4 місяці тому

    There's an episode where Betty says to Frank . My mum wanted me to marry someone else and Frank says who, Betty says no one in particular just someone else. Brilliant scripts and brilliant Actors and Acting.

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 4 місяці тому

    I don't know how they do these episodes in front of a live audience without cracking up. Or maybe they do and that's edited out. Anyway, funny stuff!

  • @davidcripps3011
    @davidcripps3011 2 роки тому +2

    Still funny 🙂

  • @garydixon6315
    @garydixon6315 2 роки тому +2

    Ooh betty !

  • @johnnyboy1586
    @johnnyboy1586 2 роки тому +1

    I know a person just like Frank

  • @CraigMansfield
    @CraigMansfield 2 роки тому +2

    Poor Frank 😂

  • @Perranporth
    @Perranporth 17 років тому +2

    You!

  • @ShroudedFury
    @ShroudedFury 15 років тому +2

    Hahaha thhat part made me chuckle too lol.

  • @eden4031
    @eden4031 14 років тому +2

    two DR.referies lol

  • @josephineclay235
    @josephineclay235 10 місяців тому +1

    😭

  • @garethglitter5932
    @garethglitter5932 9 місяців тому +1

    He thought I was a failure too!

  • @siredith8846
    @siredith8846 3 роки тому +1

    1:03 that’s bullshit

  • @josephineclay235
    @josephineclay235 10 місяців тому

    Ivehad400injectionsanditsnotthativehadmore😢

  • @siredith8846
    @siredith8846 3 роки тому +1

    2 referees to open a bank account?

  • @MauriceCox-d9q
    @MauriceCox-d9q 3 місяці тому

    Keep ur only fools, this twice as better

  • @stefanjaworek8344
    @stefanjaworek8344 3 місяці тому

    When comedy was actually funny.

  • @devanmoran
    @devanmoran 2 роки тому +1

    such a legend (:

  • @allanarnold3619
    @allanarnold3619 4 місяці тому

    They knew how to make comedy in those days

  • @perryjones6196
    @perryjones6196 Рік тому

    Wow how Trump did it we'll all wonder

  • @ytnsanw
    @ytnsanw 2 роки тому +1

    Should have shown him his 'Vesuvius'........

    • @mufc7476
      @mufc7476 2 роки тому

      Early one morning!

  • @danielturner9027
    @danielturner9027 2 роки тому

    So BBC studios owns the rights to Some Mothers do have um. This should be owned by the people who paid for it. Not a private company. Disgusting.

  • @andreedowns4561
    @andreedowns4561 11 місяців тому

    Change your religion 😅

  • @josephineclay235
    @josephineclay235 10 місяців тому

    Itsnotfunnyitsnotthattoyou😢

  • @josephineclay235
    @josephineclay235 10 місяців тому

    ItsnotfunnyitsnotthAttoyou

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando 2 роки тому

    This has just popped up in a lot of people's recommends in 2022. Allowing us members of the "We know Geoffrey Chater lived to 100" Club to chime in on the comments.

  • @alextoft9199
    @alextoft9199 2 роки тому

    No..... But I could ask the landlord 😉😅 You're only reference is a medical man who says your a failure! 🤣

  • @davidrountree9326
    @davidrountree9326 10 місяців тому

    He has a psychiatrist vouch for him Good God and he said he thought frank was a failure too , this is great comedy

  • @joemcconnell2674
    @joemcconnell2674 2 роки тому

    Man killed four people. His doctor couldn't understand why! He told the detective he had a great family life and was well liked by everyone. But then he did live nextdoor to Frank Spencer! That might explain it.

  • @jameswalker7459
    @jameswalker7459 Рік тому

    Poor frank ...I know what he feels like everyone thinks he's a failure 😭,,,frank Ur not alone

  • @brodeickmiller5344
    @brodeickmiller5344 2 роки тому

    I wish could do amazing old school wish we do best that it could keep going thank you crack me up watching some hurmo be they

  • @irenedavo3768
    @irenedavo3768 2 роки тому +1

    Watching January 2022

  • @freeagent8225
    @freeagent8225 9 місяців тому

    I used to look like FS, so much so that I was known as Frank😅

  • @MrSlitskirts
    @MrSlitskirts 2 роки тому +9

    Great show and scene. You can't help but empathise with "Frank' in this scene, typical Bank Manager against the ordinary man, etc. Not even a 'little capital'... or let him open an account.

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 2 роки тому +2

      Nowadays banks in the EU don't WANT you to have a savings account. Because they get 100% of their money for lending via the central bank and don't need the backing of ordinary people with money in their accounts or investments. It's a waste of office time for them. Crazy system.

  • @colinwatkins2950
    @colinwatkins2950 2 роки тому

    i tried that once but it didnt work for me either ,but banks are like that if thay are robbed out of 5p thayre up in arms.

  • @d.k.1394
    @d.k.1394 4 місяці тому

    Funny

  • @SuzanneO707
    @SuzanneO707 6 місяців тому

    Prophetic and relevant these days.

  • @veritysprott1547
    @veritysprott1547 2 роки тому

    Did Cecil Parkinson invest in Premium Bonds?

  • @breebw
    @breebw 2 роки тому +2

    Jan 2022, ironically, this is what meeting with a bank manager for a mortgage has returned to.

  • @garyproffitt5941
    @garyproffitt5941 2 роки тому

    And here comes a psychoanalyst with some mothers do ave em ~ 1:42 🤣👍

  • @kellyfinch5257
    @kellyfinch5257 Рік тому

    when did he mention the baby wasn't born yet?

  • @josephineclay235
    @josephineclay235 10 місяців тому

    😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @MichaelOakes-s7h
    @MichaelOakes-s7h Рік тому

    No body like him .to play it he was good

  • @josephineclay235
    @josephineclay235 10 місяців тому

    😢😢😢😢

  • @frankspencer6935
    @frankspencer6935 2 роки тому

    I wet my trousers watching this.

  • @christopherhowells1954
    @christopherhowells1954 2 роки тому

    Go outside and grow in someone else’s bank!

  • @carlt9265
    @carlt9265 Рік тому

    A reference off psychiatrist 🤣

  • @veritysprott1547
    @veritysprott1547 2 роки тому

    Do I need 2 references to open a bank account?

  • @wvo5660
    @wvo5660 3 роки тому

    Jeeeeez that long ago, but still like him

  • @Poetsofold
    @Poetsofold 4 роки тому

    I have a poem called rusty oak tree

  • @alberttanner408
    @alberttanner408 2 роки тому

    Uploads without Season Year and episode what intelligence from the BBC.

  • @kevinfred10001
    @kevinfred10001 4 роки тому +1

    I never heard before of needing referees to open a bank account.

    • @peterowen9183
      @peterowen9183 3 роки тому +9

      Heh. This was the 1970s. The only way you could get a bank loan was to prove beyond all doubt that you didn't need one!

    • @richlee509
      @richlee509 2 роки тому

      @@peterowen9183 same as now if you bank with hsbc. I have good credit and they will not give me a bank loan.

    • @caravb5906
      @caravb5906 2 роки тому +2

      In the 70s women and especially the working class, could not open a bank account with a signature from their father or male head of household. In addition if married, only the male was on signed documents to buy property or take out loans. If you look back, the seventies was a turning point for a lot of women.

    • @littleredwitch
      @littleredwitch 2 роки тому

      My Mum wasn’t allowed to open a bank account without the approval of my father who had left her high and dry from one day to another. She found emergency work as a house cleaner and couldn’t bank her earnings. Hey salvation was the Post Office little savings book where every transaction was manually recorded. It was in France. Any other countries had that system?

    • @akapple3538
      @akapple3538 2 місяці тому

      In this scene, the referees were required for obtaining a loan, not just to open a bank account.

  • @arrenbaker3044
    @arrenbaker3044 2 роки тому

    I have just subscribed

  • @Faith01841
    @Faith01841 Рік тому

    Frank is so babygirl :(

  • @veritysprott1547
    @veritysprott1547 2 роки тому

    Cecil Parkinson?

  • @roseyk7677
    @roseyk7677 2 роки тому +3

    Frank would have been cancelled today... Genius actor, amazing comedian and wonderful singer... So underrated but clearly loved, and will always be remembered as a true legend... By me anyway... ❤️

    • @nkt1
      @nkt1 Рік тому

      Crawford has won umpteen awards, and been a household name in the UK for 50 years. To suggest he's underrated is ridiculous.

    • @roseyk7677
      @roseyk7677 Рік тому

      @@nkt1 🙄🙄🙄

  • @highdownmartin
    @highdownmartin 2 роки тому +3

    Franks still funny and Tory bankers haven’t changed a bit

  • @johnsmith-rs2vk
    @johnsmith-rs2vk Рік тому

    Ah , SPENCER !

  • @MassiveChetBakerFan
    @MassiveChetBakerFan Рік тому

    Hennimore!!

  • @markparsons2179
    @markparsons2179 Рік тому

    Fantastic

  • @kevinfred10001
    @kevinfred10001 5 років тому

    What are premium bonds? I suppose something like lotto, a form of gambling.

    • @peterowen9183
      @peterowen9183 3 роки тому +1

      It's better than lotto. It's a government-run scheme whereby you 'buy' an amount of premium bonds by investing the money with them. Every month there's a 'draw' (as if it were a raffle) and you might win a prize, anything from £10 to several thousand pounds. So it is a form of gambling, except the beauty of it is, you never lose your money. Everything you invest in premium bonds stays there, and you can take it back out whenever you want. And in the meantime you might win a prize!

    • @johno4521
      @johno4521 Рік тому

      Top prize is now a million..minimum £25