21 UK Pop Culture References Only Brits Understand 🇬🇧

[@WanderingRavens]

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[@jwec9867]

Bogies is what you call boogers the stuff you find in your nose. In America the game is called 'The Peni$ Game' and you play it the same way.

[@WanderingRavens]

@@jwec9867 Oh my! We haven't heard of the peni$ game before! 😂

[@eyenot9327]

You have to watch Little Britain and The Vicar of Dibley. Both are so funny. Make sure you keep watching Vicar of Dibley after the credits have finished. Love Alice 😂😂

[@christopherkerr5526]

Vicar of Dibley is a must watch!

[@djrizla420]

@@WanderingRavens You did well, but here’s the ones you missed or didn’t get the whole context “To me, to you” is one of the catchphrases of Paul & Barry, The Chuckle Brothers, a comedy double act on children’s TV. They did slapstick comedy, a kids game show, and live stage shows (including panto, you can’t get more British than that). Here’s a link to a best bits compilation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYaaaWaabKp7d5I Incidentally, in 2014, the brothers made a rap record with British rapper, Tinchy Stryker. Worth watching after you’ve watched some of their shows. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3PXlWZ-aLaXn5o Sadly, Barry passed away 2 years ago. “You buy one, you get one free. I SAID YOU BUY ONE, YOU GET ONE FREE!” This was an advert for Safestyle U.K., who fitted windows and doors. Remembered for the strange wizard-looking man delivering the above line. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2SkYoeKaNCqf7s “Belly’s gonna get you” you got the right advert, shame you didn’t watch the rest. The belly is too lazy for the stairs, so takes the elevator, and the rock guitar stops for some elevator music. Then, in the multi-storey car park, the belly is on a motorbike and ends up falling off the edge. The advert is for Reebok and the tag line is “beat the beer belly”. “Four candles”. Please watch the rest of this. Classic British comedy. 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3. This was a spoof advert in The IT Crowd for a private company that replaces the emergency services 999. Later a fire starts and Moss has to remember the number. “Shit on it,”. You got this right, and I’m sure someone’s already mentioned, but Paul Ritter who played Martin, passed away just last week. “The photo shoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket” this was said by Simon Amstel on the music themed, comedy panel show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. A quick bit of background is needed for this one: you probably remember a show called Big Brother, but there was also a celebrity version, and in one series was a guy called Preston, he was the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys (they did the song “Boys Will Be Boys” in the Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix). One of the twists that series was the introduction of a non-celebrity, Chantelle, whose goal was to convince the others she was a celebrity (a singer in a girl band). Anyway, during their time in the house, the pair fell in love and when they left, they got married. Back to Never Mind The Buzzcock and Preston was one of the panellists. Throughout the show, the host, Simon Amstell, kept taking a break from the quiz to read extracts from Chantelle’s new autobiography, which was winding up Preston because it was becoming a joke. It was a combination of Chantelle being almost the dictionary definition of a chav (I think you learned that word) and the idea of her writing an autobiography at just 23, when she had done virtually nothing (was on Big Brother, married Preston, that’s all). Amstel would read extracts as if it were a literary classic. When he read that line, Preston stormed off the show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3mtmHmAiap7gqs “Alright, Briefcase”. This is from The Inbetweeners. The character Will moves from a posh, private school to a common, comprehensive school. Unfortunately, he is used to carrying a briefcase to school, which the other kids instantly pick up on and start calling him Briefcase. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmmvgn6mr9FqjaM “Ooh, suits you, sir” is from The Fast Show, a comedy sketch show. It’s pretty good, if you like those sort of shows. A lot of it’s based on catchphrases, which get repeated through the series. Also, Ron Weasley’s dad is in many of the sketches. Finally, I’ll add my own. Every night, without fail, we’d have an advert that went “Come on, call Chatback! Oh Eight Nine One. Fifty Fifty Fifty.”

[@k.stewart007]

The chuckle brothers are a national treasure. They was a massive part of most people's childhood.

[@WanderingRavens]

We’ll look them up!!

[@michaelrussell3890]

@@WanderingRavens series is called Chucklevision. There are whole episodes on KZbin

[@katiebigglestone446]

@@michaelrussell3890 I loved Chucklevision! best kids tv show of the 90s

[@Calrissian360]

@@katiebigglestone446 I'm so old, I remember when they were puppies in the 80's.

[@erinpyle173]

Agreed, and I think "to me to you" spans more than a single generation. A lot of the references hit the nail on the head for some and pass others by but "to me to you" is fairly universal (not completely, just more so that bogies and inbetweeners references)

[@TheGiff7]

Pretty surprised that “don’t panic” “ am I bovered” “ I wish to make a complaint” “nice to see you, to see you nice” “didn’t they do well” “tonight Matthew I’m going to be” “SEVEN!” “are you free?” to which the reply is “I’m free!” “I vill say this only once” “FENTON!” There’s many many more that have become part of language here in the U.K.

[@Naylte]

1: Yes 2: Only just. 3: Yes. 4: Yes. 5: Yes. 6: No. 7: Yes. 8: Yes. 9: No.

[@davidchalk8883]

Plus - "Oh dear. How sad. Never mind" "What have the Romans ever done for us"

[@lexawinter7725]

Fenton 😂

[@davidbutler7602]

This ere parrot!! Wot I only recently purchased!! 😂😂😂

[@HamelinSong]

I'm not British, but one all my brit friends get is "What a sad little life Jane..."

[@danecooper2725]

RIP Paul Ritter the guy who plays Martin of Friday night dinner

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh no! We hadn't heard!

[@debswales4869]

So sad, passed away last week. Brilliant comic timing 'Lovely bit of squirrel' 😂

[@PoppyCorn144]

I learned of this via BritBox, and in addition to the Helen McCrory announcement the BritBox commemorations were desperately sad today. Not inappropriate, just very sad and jarring to someone who wasn’t aware of their passing.

[@stevearmstrong9213]

Sadly also Trevor Peacock (the no no no yes man in Vicar or Dibley died just a few weeks ago.

[@PoppyCorn144]

@@stevearmstrong9213 that’s Katherine Parkinson’s (Jen from the IT Crowd) father in law so the downer continues.

[@k.stewart007]

"Here's one I made earlier" "Am I bovvard?" "Hi I'm a shouty man" "I don't belieeevee it" "Whats the story in balamory?" "Nice to see you to see you" "And a cuddley toy" "Garlic bread!" "Ahh bisto" "You wanna a flake in that?" The milk tray man "Computer says no"

[@stevenjohnson4190]

"She flies like a bird in the sky" "only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate" "charlie said" "nuts whole hazel nuts" "refreshes the parts.." "the milky bars are on me" "give us a twirl" "left a bit..up a bit.. fire" "full of eastern promise" "it`s friday, it`s 5 to 5 and it`s ..." "runaround ... NOW " "get down, shep" "one for sorrow, two for joy"

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

@@stevenjohnson4190 Someone likes chocolate or at least adverts for confectionary.

[@michaelrussell3890]

"Don't blink. Don't even blink!" "Jacobs creek Chardonnay. 1991" "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?"

[@jenniedarling3710]

@@michaelrussell3890 exactly

[@stevenjohnson4190]

@@jenniedarling3710 watch out, there's a humphrey about

[@jrc58526]

I used to teach nurses from the Philippines studying here in the UK and randomly showed them the four candles sketch as part of a module on communication. They loved it so much, there after we regularly had a session at the end of class when we'd watch classic British comedies. I think it taught them a lot about our culture and sense of humour

[@cogidubnus1953]

How about hearing a police or fire siren and saying "'He won't sell many ice creams going at that speed"

[@Greenwood4727]

Morecambe and Wise classic

[@wscottwatson]

Or "I'm playing all the right motes but not necessarily in the right order!

[@andywilliams7323]

Rosie & Jim aren't on a riverboat. They're on a canal boat. Specifically a Narrowboat. Rosie & Jim was a kids tv show. The two ragdolls secretly came alive whenever no one was looking to explore the scenery as they passed by it while travelling on the multitude of canals and rivers in England.

[@LyndaAlsford]

I started singing the song as soon as they said the names Rosie and Jim

[@MetalRocksMe.]

I loved that show as a kid

[@hjr2000]

Riverboat?!!

[@MetalRocksMe.]

@@hjr2000 I think everyone meant canalboat....

[@megamusicmessenger]

Omg I was obsessed with this show

[@davidbutler7602]

For a follow up, a very common pop culture reference is “I have a cunning plan”

[@rchshrk]

A plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel

[@blacktronlego]

I thought of that one too, I didn't get all of the more recent references.

[@PiousMoltar]

"If you want something done properly, kill Baldrick before you start"

[@harriedavies3940]

WIBBLE!

[@isaac_fuller_]

Woof woof!

[@Haybalemelonhead]

The autoglass ad lives in my head rent free Also “Pippin it’s time to fly”

[@ericcriteser4001]

In the U.S. it's "Safelite repair, Safelite replace!"

[@Haybalemelonhead]

@@ericcriteser4001 didn’t know that had that in us

[@alanprior7650]

I almost spilt my tea when I heard the Safelite ad!

[@thebeebster551]

I was surprised that "Good Moaning" wasn't included.... along with follow ups such as "I was just pissing the wondow". I recently started watching old episodesof 'Allo 'Allo again!

[@xcherryfizzx6326]

and kevin the carrot aswell, although thats relatively new

[@wrorchestra1]

"I have a cack in my bog". Also, "listen very carefully. I shall say this only once"

[@Arakhor]

I still say "Gid moaning" to this day. :)

[@Kwekwe]

"Listen carefully...I shall say zis only once!!!"

[@METALFREAK03]

I was just pissing by...

[@safctilidie]

Alright briefcase is from the Inbetweeners. Not sure if you've seen it. It stars Adam from Friday Night Dinner (Simon Bird) and it's because he turns up on his first day at school with a briefcase. Hilarious!

[@chrisredditch]

A famous one from Blue Peter is "Here's one I made earlier"

[@yumyummoany]

That is one still used a lot even though it is so old.

[@alanbeaumont4848]

Another suggestion: "Your name will also go on ze list. Vot is it?" "DON'T TELL HIM PIKE." "PIKE!"

[@dave_h_8742]

Dad's Army.

[@smjenkin9255]

Ooooh CLASSIC. Stone cold classic. Love it.

[@erinpyle173]

Oh definitely! "Don't tell him Pike" or "Don't panic" or "We're all doomed!"

[@Randomner2562]

This song with 'listen carefully, I will say zis only once' (allo allo) are staples in my house.

[@oldrootsfreshshoots]

Classic episode!

[@stephenclarke2206]

John Cleese said in an interview that a German gentleman came up to him & said "Don't mention the War!" Faulty Towers was popular in lots of countries.

[@andrewbrown8005]

"Drink. Feck. Girls!" "Computer says no." "I don't believe it!" "Infamy infamy!!' "How very dare you."

[@whitewolf8644]

I soooo can’t believe you just said that! 😂

[@PiousMoltar]

I dunno man, the first one is from an Irish show, by an Irish writer, with Irish actors, set in Ireland. I think the Irish might also get that reference! Actually the Irish would probably know a lot of the things in this video anyway, so...

[@yumyummoany]

These are great, I know them all - and use them!

[@B-A-L]

​@@PiousMoltar Made by a British tv company cos the Irish were too scared to make it themselves!

[@jen6879]

Trevor Peacock who played Jim “No no no no no” Trott passed away recently. I’d definitely recommend giving the series a watch. Trigger from OFAH was in it too x

[@greendragonpublishing]

I second this recommendation

[@cogidubnus1953]

The whole point of course was that he reflexively said "no no no no no no no" but then finished off by adding "yes"

[@debbiepoole2247]

One of the best TV shows made.

[@iangascoigne8231]

His son Daniel is also an actor.

[@woodentie8815]

@@iangascoigne8231 Yeah, a spaniel's a dog too.

[@caelreth]

“I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order” (Morecambe and Wise)

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

"You can't see the join"

[@alexforty905]

good old Andrew Preview (Andre Previn)

[@DylanLee]

You're missing two very British Pop Culture references: "You ain't my muvva!... YES I AAAAAMMMMM!!!!!" and "I didn't become a little bit of a slag... I became a total slag" hahahaha

[@eleanorlyndon865]

Isn't the last one also Kat Slater?

[@GDDiesel]

@@eleanorlyndon865 They both are

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

And "I hate you", Harry Enfield.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I don't know these but seeing the other comments I'm not surprised as i don't watch soaps.

[@PiousMoltar]

I have no idea what these are...

[@CMOT101]

Suits you sir is from the Fast Show. Johnny Depp was a huge fan and appeared in the last ever episode.

[@TheAmigaFan]

I loved the Fast Show so much - still say Scorchio whenever it is hot!

[@lukestark3]

Does she WANT it sir? Oooohh

[@leewalker101172]

Y'int seen me.. alroight?!

[@LoFIJak]

A group I was part of in a high school French lesson came up with a sketch in French based on the suits you sir bit. Stupidly the phrase is one of the few French phrases I still remember from school 😂

[@thebestspork]

It's actually SUIT you sir.

[@Randomner2562]

Honestly the vicar of dibley is definitely a show you should check out. Dawn French is hilarious and fantastic and the entire show is just wholesome and gorgeous

[@LyndaAlsford]

Absolutely

[@stevearmstrong9213]

I definitely agreeRIP Trevor Peacock.

[@sharonlock6452]

Definitely

[@sarahwardle5556]

Was the Vicar of Dibley amazing?No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no.Yes!

[@cheesedoff-with4410]

@@stevearmstrong9213 Yes, it was only a month ago he died wasn't it.

[@SMlFFY85]

"You buy one, you get one free..." was not an Autoglass advert, it was a Safestyle UK double glazing advert. "Ooh suits you sir" is from The Fast Show. Johnny Depp was a fan of the show and appeared in one of the sketches.

[@haveringpish]

Harry Enfield & Chums; Alan Partridge; Father Ted; Bottom & The Young Ones are chok-a-blok with British pop culture references.

[@davidjones332]

"Stupid boy" is an old favourite from "Dad's Army", always addressed to Private Pike by Captain Mainwaring. Another much-loved one goes back to an old PG Tips tea advert where two chimps play removal men. "Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?" "You hum it son, and I'll play it".

[@jd_jd_jd]

I can't believe "I don't belieeeve it" isn't on the list. (Search it) I'm from the South and have to listen really hard to get some accents from the North/Scotland

[@bridiesmith460]

The two Ronnie ‘fork handle’ sketch is a play on words and takes place in a hardware shop. Wouldn’t work in a department store. Classic two Ronnies. Know most of the references.😂😂😂😍

[@gd0012]

O's.

[@stephenjcarr1]

The Eggs Box sketch is great too

[@cemops8660]

'To me to you' is from the chuckle brothers lol

[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you!

[@jwec9867]

@@WanderingRavens They are normally trying to move a table or something of similar size to another room. The people in the clip you showed were the chuckle brothers but I don't recognise the clip.

[@ayeready6050]

@@jwec9867 I think someone edited clips of them and made a song. Quite a popular meme back then. That Lord of the Rings parody song "they're taking the hobbits to Isengard" to another example of this.

[@dbonk6264]

Check the tv show “Chucklevision” it’s one of their catchphrases. No-one in the uk can move furniture without saying “to me, to you”

[@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095]

Do people in the UK have trouble understanding other Brits? Yes. I'm from Edinburgh and I have trouble understanding folk from Dundee - their accent is REALLY strong.

[@sandersson2813]

It's one of the worst accents in Britain alongside Glasgow.

[@teamjono69]

@@sandersson2813 *Laughs in Brummie*

[@wscottwatson]

@@sandersson2813 Not nearly as bad as RP.

[@sandersson2813]

@@wscottwatson RP is fine, at least you can understand it.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Peterhead is by far the worst to understand because it is almost a completely different language and spoken very fast.

[@itsweetabixday7550]

Many of us in the UK drop the "h" from the start of a word so "handles" becomes 'andles so four candles can easily become fork 'andles. Wonderful play on words for which Ronnie Barker was one of the best ever.

[@lisamumby]

"Ooh suits you sir" is from The Fast Show. They did different comedy sketches throughout the shows.

[@eleanorlyndon865]

I couldn't remember which sketch show it was! Didn't they also have the old ladies which were incredibly racist or something? Weren't they shop owners? I vaguely remember them.

[@lisamumby]

I don't remember that but I remember Swiss Toni and the old farmers.

[@templar-asimov9252]

Don't forget about Scorchio

[@chrismartin2663]

Fast show was brilliant, cos it was all these funny sketches one after each other and funny sketches are brilliant because they make you laugh. Aren't comedians brilliant because they are blokes or ladies who make you laugher which is great, int KZbin brilliant because it's videos people have uploaded of themselves or stuff of telly or others stuff, fantastic, so many things, and you can even watch the fast show there... Brilliant!

[@neilgarratt8154]

Thin Blue line :Your cockup,my arse!

[@shukocarl79]

You forgot the legendary Gene Hunt: "You're surrounded by armed bastards!" "I'm 'avin 'oops!" and "Fire up the Quatrro!"

[@harriedavies3940]

"as nervous as a small nun at a penguin shoot!"

[@bobbod8069]

Quite a few years ago, I worked for British Telecom and I had to translate between the guy from Essex and one from Newcastle. It was quite a surreal experience.

[@alansmith3781]

I think that the Tango advert was banned as children were damaging each other by slapping their faces and sometimes damaging their hearing if they slap their ears.

[@thegingerwitch322]

Yes, sometimes UK accents are difficult to understand, and often if the interviewed person is from the Highlands of Scotland or some other place with a heavy accent, they will give you subtitles!

[@margaretnicol3423]

You can't say suits you is obscene when you've just accused a chocolate biscuit advert of being for a swingers' club!!! 😵

[@stevearmstrong9213]

That's a sketch they never did which is now in my head as my imaginary favourite. "Do you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit sir? Ooh, do you? Do you want to join our club, sir, ooh, suits you, sir"

[@WanderingRavens]

😂😂😂

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@stevearmstrong9213 👍🤣🤣

[@AndrewLakeUK]

Suit you, not suits you.

[@Abi_144]

@@AndrewLakeUK no it is suits. Because the saying is it suits you

[@andrewleighton8820]

“Stupid boy" "Here is a box, a musical box, all wound up and ready to go" "Hi de hi campers" "Don’t panic " "Good moaning"

[@harriedavies3940]

hi de hi just got added to britbox and I'm so happy!

[@alanprior7650]

Yeah there's great kids tv right there... Camberwick Green,Chigley and Trumpton. My wife loves the one where Windy Miller gets drunk!

[@harriedavies3940]

@@alanprior7650 ha, yeah, altho these days (well, since 1986) I can't watch trumpton without wanting to yell "there's gonna be a riot down in trumpton toniiiiight!!!"

[@graemew7001]

Madness are an epic band from my childhood and The League of Gentlemen is a fantasticly written really dark comedy which you should definitely watch more of if you can. I've watched a few of your videos now and I'm hooked by your personalities and your generally spot on take on what it is to be one of us Brits.......subscribed 👍

[@yumyummoany]

This is the lavatory, into which we do not pass solids!

[@graemew7001]

@@yumyummoany I come in from work and the first thing I read is this 😂😂😂 absolute classic, thanks for the giggles

[@wencireone]

'Suits you sir' is from the fast show, well worth a look

[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you!

[@dave_h_8742]

Also another sketch on the show was a character talking then says MILK it's GREAT! This week i will mostly be eating ...... Ron Weasley actor again.

[@hadz8671]

I know it is trivial but it bugs me - it's "Suit you sir" NOT "Suits you sir"!

[@cmcculloch1]

brilliant kid was my fave

[@dave_h_8742]

@@cmcculloch1 that's the one I was trying to remember

[@nataliekeller]

As a nation, we are proud of you for using the word ‘advert’ instead of ‘commercial’!

[@isaacheywood3202]

A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat!

[@KianneofTroi]

if they think chocolate on a club is for swingers... God only knows what they would think this meant LOL

[@sameebah]

It was full of peppery goodness. At least, that's what my ears told me.

[@patrickturner7126]

@@KianneofTroi 😂😂😂

[@db01brighton]

I'm pretty sure Suits You Sir was based on an actual shop in Brighton (Mark Williams used to live in Brighton) - the owner of the shop was definitely quite eccentric! - 'Local shop for local people' also came from an actual shop in Rottingdean (near Brighton) when the League of Gentlemen where here for a show!

[@susanashcroft2674]

Madness sang Our House (in the middle of our street) at The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebration concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012. To which they super imposed pictures onto the palace. Fast forward 9 years and today couldn't have been any more different. There are lots of iconic sayings from adverts, comedy sketches, comedians or celebs and depending on which era most will know or be able to tell you who and where it was said. Some from my childhood are 'For mash get....Smash, ' 'Nice to see you to see you nice' , 'Ooh Betty' 'Shut that door!' oh and more lately 'Should have gone to Spec Savers' or 'Bovvered am I bovvered'. As for us not understanding each other in the UK, time to worry is when you can't understand your own accent!!

[@nigelashton]

And the classic "A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat"

[@susanashcroft2674]

@@nigelashton'A finger of Fudge is just enough until it's time to eat. It's full of Cadbury goodness and very small and neat. A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat'....can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday but remember a 70's advert!

[@simonoleary9264]

I'm REALLY surprised no one included "My Lord, I have a cunning plan". The "Suits you sir" sketch is from a show called "The Fast Show", which also brought us "Scorchio". Lastly, the long phone number ending ".... 3", was a spoof ad in the "IT Crowd" show. Thanks for the video 😀👍

[@davidchalk8883]

I must admit I'm surprised that "Oh dear. How sad. Never mind". and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" didn't make the list.

[@ShrubScotland]

"I'm not dead yet"

[@oblivinator5681]

"Bigus dickus"

[@jenniedarling3710]

"The league of gentlemen" is so scary but that was a great impression by Eric.

[@Matthew-Wood85]

You reactions watching the two Ronnie's sketch is fantastic! I'd absolutely recommended you guys watch more of their stuff.

[@replevideo6096]

BOGOF (buy one get one free) was a popular supermarket promotion where if you buy a product you get another one free, or in other words 2 for the price of one. At one time you could find a number of them in any supermarket, which persuaded you to buy something you never wanted when you went in. It's not so common now.

[@keithorbell8946]

“Our house in the middle of our street” Madness, one of the best bands ever.

[@the_animal_ark]

I am British and struggle to understand some people! mainly elderly or older people with strong accents! My grandad for example! He is Cornish and is from Cornwall and has a very strong accent! can’t understand a word the man says 😂😂!! Bless him!!

[@weedle30]

I am very surprised no one has said “.........myyyyy aaaaaarse...” 😉😂😂

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

Forgive me, but what's that from?

[@trickygoose2]

@@MonkeyButtMovies1 Jim from the Royle Family

[@trevorgibb1019]

@wendy kelly And the one where he says, "Finger my arse." That cracked me up!

[@Mrfort]

My arse!

[@dancedecker]

Another classic from Fawlty towers .could be Mrs Richards complaing about the view from her room... "Well what were you expecting to see from a Torquay hotel window? The hanging gardens of Babylon, Sydney Opera House perhaps....." Etc. Plus my favourite..." Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb.".. Classic.

[@martintabony611]

I thought all Americans had made a reaction video for the "Four Candles" sketch by now. :)

[@Mrfort]

So let's ask a yank for four candles.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

"Do some people in the UK have difficulty in understanding other British accents", yep. Birmingham is 30 miles away from where I live in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Brummie, Scouse (Liverpool), Belfast and Glaswegian (Glasgow, Scotland), or any east coast Scotland for that matter. Bogies, or Boogers (contents of your nose).

[@Nanonic001]

'Leesten vairy carrfully, I shall zay zis onleee vunce' 'Go to work on an egg' any jokes about Skoda cars saying 'oooo matron' after a double entendre

[@itsweetabixday7550]

Watching this, there is so much classic British comedy you still need to find- the Two Ronnies, Little Britain, the Vicar of Dibley....glorious

[@geosword6]

Actually properly LOL'd at Eric: 'This sounds like an advert for a swingers club where they prefer the back door!!' 😂😂 Grace: Shocked expression.... 'You are so right!' 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenwest9757]

"Suit you Sir" Is possibly from the fast show and "alright briefcase" may be from the very first Inbetweeners episode where Will was mocked for having a briefcase at School.

[@wscottwatson]

"Dad? Do you know the piano's on my foot?" "You hum it son and I'll play it!"

[@susanashcroft2674]

PG Tips hey...they wouldn't be allowed to do those ads these days.

[@chrischarlescook]

The Preston reference is a musician who was on "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" show and the host made fun of his partners autobiography. He eventually stormed off the set. "Alright Briefcase" is a reference to The Inbetweeners. Simon, the new kid, came to school with a briefcase 👍

[@richardh50]

“Course you can Malcolm “ you need to be 50 + for this one

[@trevorgibb1019]

"I can't go to school today Mum, I'm all bunged up!" Mum says: "Course you can Malcolm!" Vics Sinex.

[@lilyliz3071]

Another oldie He's got an ology,Maureen Lipman BT ads

[@14littledude]

ChuckleVision aired for 22 years. They were a part of childhoods from people of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s

[@sophielambie3036]

Yes, we do sometimes struggle to understand people in the UK 😂😂 I'm from Yorkshire and my nan is from Birmingham. She can't understand a word I say! And the more I try to enunciate... the worse it gets! 🤣

[@pip5858]

My brother in law is from near Pontefract and the first time I heard him say "nah I'll jus have a glas o' watter please mam" to my mum I nearly died. I'm from Kent and had to ask for a translation. My sister and he have 3 kids. Eldest sounds 100% Kentish. Middle is pure Yorkshire lad. Youngest sounds posh Yorkshire like he's from Harrogate 😂 They've been married for about 11 years and I still have to ask my b-in-law and middle kid to slow down and repeat things about 5 times. But then I can't talk, my OH is Devonian and sounds like a farmer!

[@jumpferjoy1st]

Loving the work guys "No no no no no no no no" Yep you are right about the Vicar of Dibley. Best one was getting him to work the tannoy at the Dibley fair. He said "No no no no no no parking on the lower field!" When he was questioned about his comment he just repeated it, again leaving everyone completely confused.

[@ashermorris4254]

Preston storms out is a reference to the episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks where Preston from the Ordinary Boys gets offended and walks off the show.

[@johnboy2562]

Yes, he left by the North End!!🤣😂⚽️

[@martingibbs1179]

The Autoglass usually free is a reference that most car insurance policies will cover windscreen replacement. There might be a small excess change like £50 but most of windscreen cost or repair is covered by insurance.

[@METALFREAK03]

Also look up "Ohh Betty" from the person in my picture :) Very good show if you haven't come across it yet ("Some Mothers Do Ave Em" - Oh they do, don't they? They do.)

[@steevenfrost]

...and Ooooh Betty the cat's done a whoopsy!

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Awesome video Wandering Ravens about UK pop culture.

[@katethomas5712]

To me, to you is the catchphrase from the 1980's kids programme Chucklevision, with Paul and Barry Chuckle getting into various scrapes

[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you Kate!

[@davebirch1976]

@@WanderingRavens they're also famous for being from my home town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Barry Chuckle (their real surname is Elliott) sadly died a couple a couple of years ago.

[@rhiwright]

@@davebirch1976 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3PXlWZ-aLaXn5o ;)

[@UnmistakableSoundOf]

Others have already mentioned that "Suit you sir" is from The Fast Show. This was a sketch show from the 90's. I think it was the first sketch show to have recurring sketches where the characters basically do the same thing or say the same catchphrase every episode. Other memorable catchphrases from the show include "this week, I have been mostly eating...", "I was very, very drunk", "BRILLIANT!" and "BLACK!" I suppose they weren't clever sketches, but they've kind of become lodged in the British consciousness.

[@ChrisBetton]

1. "To me" "To you" was the catchphrase of the Chuckle Brothers. 2. He wasn't asking a question - he's a brummie. 3. Barry Scott is an icon. 4. Nothing to add here. 5. Fork 'andles is one of the ultimate examples of British sketch comedies. Yes, we all need each other to repeat everything if we have different accents. 6. 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 was something we used to sing at the top of our lungs at school. It's from the IT Crowd. 7. ... 1066 8. RIP :'( 9. Vickie Pollard from Little Britain - it's lived for nearly twenty years as part of the lexicon. 10. Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow replaced SMTV Live with Ant, Dec and Cat Deeley - it wasn't as good but "Bogies" is the thing that came from it and is yet to go away. 11.

[@frankupton5821]

The Chuckle Brothers would attempt to move a large item of furniture, in a Laurel-and-Hardyish way, saying "To me" "To you".....

[@captvimes]

Suits you is from The Fast Show which was brilliant and made a few comedians famous. This was one of the common sketches on the show parodying how mens tailor shops used to harrass you while shopping in the 80's

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

Scorchio! (also from The Fast Show - you must watch at least one episode please)

[@frankmitchell3594]

When I used to drive to work there was a sign pointing to 'Local Shops'. I always added 'For Local People' in my mind.

[@rhilou32]

As a Brit, this video was pure nostalgia!

[@GroinStrain_]

1: To me to you is a catchphrase from the Chuckle Brothers who are an absolutely iconic duo from Rotherham, Northern England Paul and Barry (RIP), whenever two people are carrying a heavy bit of furniture it's almost law to both say to each other "to me... to you" 2: I'm pretty sure that upward bend on the "free" just sounds Brummie to me - which, you're correct, is an accent you shouldn't trust lol (jk) 3: Cilit Bang a cleaning product and Barry Scott is a parody of your typical loud, too loud, advertisers 4: Getting Tango'd turned from an innocent playground prank, to something that caused serious injury and people getting arrested - it was probably banned after a while 5: Four candles - the Two Ronnies, both passed now, are actual Britsh icons, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, and their legendary sketch is known by most people in Britain over a certain young age. If there was ever a capsule filled with stuff that just represents British culture, the Two Ronnies would have many sketches in there 6: That's from the IT Crowd - I reckon you two would have a damn good time reacting to a few British tv shows, IT Crowd, Two Ronnies, Only Fools etc. you would definitely get more engrossed into British culture 7: Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror is generally accepted as the first king of England 8: RIP Paul Ritter, still can't believe he's gone 9: Little Britain - David Walliams and Matt Lucas, a sketch show that despite only being 15 or so years old would not survive in today's PC culture 10: Dick and Dom, people my age grew up with them and it's a funny game to be played in a polite place i.e. a library or an exam hall 11: Only Fools and Horses, voted the best British sitcom multiple times 12: Alan, Alan, Al... Alan Partridge - you should react to him aswell lol 13: I'm pretty sure Mr Blobby was just a creation from a meeting room full of people high on ectasy 14: Never Mind the Buzzcocks was a legendary panel show about pop music they had some brilliant guests on: Lemmy, Alice Cooper, Slash and Preston was this boy band wanker guy who walked out because the host read some of his ex's biography 15: Robbie Williams tries to get everywhere in the UK media world and it's quite tiresome 16: Madness, they have a few other songs worth checking out 17: Check out the latest series from Sheersmith and Pemberton - Inside No. 9, amazing show where every episode is very different and worth watching 18: Fawlty Towers: 12 episodes - quality not quantity 19: Rosie and Jim used to freak me out when I was younger 20: Club biscuits were very popular in the 90s I think? 21: RIP Trevor Peacock, another one we lost this year, his character Frank Trott 22: Inbetweeners, growing up in school at the same times at the lads I very much related to it all and I reckon it was the last truly great sitcom, the catchphrases and mannerisms are still said today - check out James Buckley's youtube channel with his Scottish wife 23: The Fast Show - Paul Whitehouse and a few others 24: Another Inbetweeners reference, like 22. Still check out James' youtube channel - he is totally the opposite of his character Jay

[@draoi99]

Another one from Little Britain: "computer says No".

[@greendragonpublishing]

Computer says noooooooo

[@greendragonpublishing]

What else has no calories? Dust. That's right. Dust has no calories.

[@tnskyhawk]

Redo. The auto glass commercial uses the almost exact commercial in the US. Auto glass and Safelite are owned by the same parent company. They do the same thing in the US version when a person tries to pay. The US version doesn’t say it’s free but will file on your insurance for you so no out of pocket expense. Or very little out of pocket expense.

[@Coni2009]

You absolutely need to watch The Fast Show (the Mr Weasley clip you didn’t recognise), brilliant cast and still quotable today.

[@PedroConejo1939]

You did pretty well, I thought. To increase your British quotient, the Two Ronnies Four Candles sketch is essential, as are the IT Crowd series. I'm even older than Fawlty Towers so my cultural references are often, 'Don't tell him, Pike!' (watching the actors trying to stop corpsing in that episode is a treasure); 'We're doooomed!'; 'Tin hats everybody'; 'Bet that's cooled his biryani' and 'Anything can happen in the next half hour.' RIP Paul Ritter.

[@Posie-hg1ze]

Whistle while you work Hitler is a twerp🤣🤣

[@jackroom1261]

The auto glass bloke sounded like a brummie, explains the internation

[@keithrudd8003]

He is a Brummie...

[@ianpark1805]

The ‘suits you sir’ tailors are from The Fast Show. In the early series there was an American guy who was on every week and only said “Hi, I’m Ed Winchester!” But the whole show was a string of catch phrases, possibly at its most obscure on the ‘Channel Nine’ sketches. It also brought us the magnificent Rowley Birkin QC - “I’m afraid I was very, very drunk...” The other refs to the League of Gentlemen I particularly like come from Geoff Tibbs - “Wolves did it!” and “Have we missed the cakes?” Along with the more obvious such as “Hokey dokey, pig in a pokey...” etc. I’ve been rewatching ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’ just lately and this spawned a whole slew of pop culture references. Reggie always arrives into the office precisely eleven minutes late and explains on variations of a theme detailing the rail delays to his secretary “Sorry Joan, eleven minutes late, signalling failure at Hammersmith” plus the two marketing ‘yes men’ in conjunction with the farting office chairs “Great!” “Super!”. Plus Reggies useless military cousin - “bit of a cock up on the catering front” and best of all Reggie’s monstrous boss, CJ - “I didn’t get where I am today...” well worth searching out in all its surreal glory!

[@ianpark1805]

“Hokey Cokey...” before anybody corrects me! Fingers!

[@andykegs5584]

You have to watch the Vicar of Dibley one of the best old comedies ever! Also the Fast Show and Harry Enfields old comedy sketch show are classics!

[@martinmaynard141]

Interestingly enough some of these were new to me but a couple of them come up in the Eat, Sleep, Dream English video which came out earlier this week. The one neither your nor Tom picked on on is "I'm free" (Are you being served - 70's sitcom) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIWacqSLi7Gjrrs

[@andyp5899]

"Don't tell them Pike" the name Pike sometimes substituted for some other reference

[@Parknest]

Aleksandr Orlov the Russian meerkat who advertises "Compare the Market" and finishes with the word "simples!" In a similar vein, there is the bulldog who advertises "Churchill" (an insurer) and says "Oh yes!" He is voiced by the comedian Bob Mortimer. The late great Fred Dibnah whose best remembered words are "did ya like that"? spoken in his Lancashire accent.

[@EmKing1992]

The way you see if there’s a burglar in your house is you shout “0800 00...” and the burglar won’t be able to help themselves and they most definitely will shout “...1066!” Back to you

[@corriehingston6744]

I would be a rubbish burglar then 🤣. I love that little jingle

[@edwright4892]

Brilliant! I'd forgotten a lot of these! Definitely check out The Fast Show which featured the pervy tailors. This comedy sketch show was massive in the 90s and I can remember at work people constantly shouting out some of the lines. Some of the sketches were quite sad as well, there was one featuring really awkward scenes between an aristocrat who was in love with Ted his gamekeeper, poignant but also very funny in a uniquely British way! I might be imagining this but didn't Johnny Depp once appear with the tailors? 😄

[@edcurl4740]

I'm from Leeds and I used to go out with someone from Aberdeen - let's just say I had to tune in to the accent! Speaking of the Fork Handles though, it could be a good subject for a video - Ravens investigating comedy sketches that all the Brits know about.

[@Parknest]

Is it only Yorkshire people like us who can "tune in" to the various accents? Must be because we're in the middle.

[@franl155]

I think that the "to me, to you" started with furniture movers, trying to get large items through a doorway; they'd have to shift it back and forth. You haven't seen Four Candles??? You're seriously missing out. I have trouble understanding some accents: but then, I'm a cockney, people have trouble understanding mine.

[@davemck1887]

This week I shall mostly be wearing Prada.

[@davonuk1]

I see many of these are from ads. This is annoying because nowadays I go out of my way to avoid people trying to sell me stuff, I usually find ways to skip ads as I find them intrusive and annoying. I still recognise too many of them.

[@doegywhail728]

You should see the Johnny Depp Suits You sir sketch. In fact Johnny Depp loved the show (the Fast Show.) he references it in the pirates of the Caribbean. Watch the out takes.

[@LucyLive91]

Full Moon, Half Moon, Totally Eclipse. The Jaffa Cake adverts were everywhere

[@gmdhargreaves]

You REALLY REALLY need to watch the first series of Alan Partridge in the hotel!!!!! YOU WILL LOVE IT

[@casinodelonge]

Everytime I attended EU business in Aarhus in Denmark, I always used to think "in the middle of our street". I don't think my European cousins would have got that though.

[@darkiee69]

I think that depends on their age. 50 and above would get it, that song was a major hit in a lot of places.

[@JGD178]

“alright briefcase” is from the inbetweeners too, it’s when Will (a nerd character) takes a briefcase to school, and “bus wankers” is a joke made by the show but it’s used sometimes by brits as banter to someone who takes the bus. it’s just like the “ooo friends” joke (from inbetweeners too)

[@ShahOfBlahII]

I was going to request that you react to the Two Ronnies-n Fork Handles, if only because you must be the only Americans on youtube who haven't!

[@WanderingRavens]

I'm glad we were able to check that one off for you! 😂

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@WanderingRavens No - you haven't. You have to watch the whole sketch. Please???

[@Lily-Bravo]

This is so well known. I actually had to go to the ironmongers to ask for fork handles and had to brace myself. I should think everyone in the shop enjoyed themselves.

[@jen6879]

“Fork Handles” is so iconic that both Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett had 4 candles adorning their respective funeral processions.

[@dave_h_8742]

@wanderingravens Watch the whole 4 candles sketch please.

[@lorrainewylie6975]

Loved this, love your channel, and I wonder how many of your subbies remember "Luton Airport" "and then you hit them with your masher ha ha ha" "don't tell em Pyke" "oooohhh you are awful, but I like you" " just like that" writing these, along with reading all the other references people have posted, has just taken me on a lovely wee wander down memory lane and I really enjoyed it, thank you all,

[@Mark_Bickerton]

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

[@Parknest]

There's plenty of other good lines from that film.

[@matthewwalker5430]

"Suit you Sir" is off the 90s sketch show 'The Fast Show" and it was probably 1 of the biggest comedy shows around at the time - Johnny Depp was even in a "Suit You" sketch. It was basically lots of quick sketches back to back, often relying on catchphrases like "suit you sir", "Scorchio", "Its BRILLIANT!" & so many more. As such, every teenager in the 90s could reel off the one liners in the school playground.