American Reacts to Open all Hours Season 1 Episode 4 - Beware of the Dog

[@tanisdevelopment]

It's so funny to think that, when Only Fools first started, I didn't think I'd be able to see David Jason as anyone but Granville. Of course, now I know he's so talented that I can alternate between both shows without a second thought. And as for Ronnie Barker... you could imagine Norman Stanley Fletcher walking into Arkwright's shop without thinking it was the same man.

[@joegill3612]

And asking for four candles perhaps?

[@tanisdevelopment]

@@joegill3612 - Or a tin of pineapple chunks.

[@Kazza_8240]

Or a packet of chewing gum?

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

David Jason must hear Ronnie Barker in his sleep sometimes: "G-G- Granville, fetch your cloth."

[@jen6879]

Well he learned his craft from The Guv’ner after all 😊 If you think of Inspector Jack Frost, Pop Larkin or the Discworld roles he’s played, you can see he’s probably the most versatile character actor we have now Ronnie’s gone.

[@mikemikemick]

Two great actors and they work off each other so fantastically.

[@dalvirsingh162]

Thanks for your reactions mate. Much love from the UK 🇬🇧

[@Sara_Kane]

"I, I, I just wanted t, t, to tell you both..." 😂 Some of the lines on this show are pure gold. The writing, and the delivery of it is just amazing. No matter how many times I see it, it makes me laugh every time. :) I love it that you're enjoying the show so much, it shows that great comedy truly is universal.

[@keithjones6023]

I could watch this comedy many times and still enjoy it. Same for a couple of others, Rising Damp and Fawlty Towers.

[@bxkid7]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Sara_Kane]

@@keithjones6023 Rising Damp, is one of my all time favourites. It was way ahead of it's time, and again, simply wonderful writing coupled with great comedy acting. Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby is one of the most hilarious comedy characters ever.

[@keithjones6023]

@@Sara_Kane Rising Damp is one of the best TV sitcoms ever. So many great episodes, l loved the one with Spooner the wrestler breaking his leg on the stairs after tripping on Vienna the cat. Later Rigsby fears that he has killed Spooner after shooting him for playing his radio too loud. Another is the episode where Rigsby has to pretend to still be married in order to receive an inheritance. Miss Jones masquerades as his wife. Hilarious. So many more great episodes, wouldn't have time to list them all! 😄 Great supporting actors also helped to make the series so funny.

[@Sara_Kane]

@@keithjones6023 Aww Vienna! I love Rigsby's explanation for how he named Vienna in the pilot episode. 😂 I won't say it though, in case bxkid starts reacting to the show, which I hope happens. :) So many episodes are personal favourites, and contain some wonderful comedy moments. And I'd agree that Leonard's co-stars helped greatly in making the show the classic which it is. It's a shame Richard Beckinsale wasn't in the final series, although it is still fine nonetheless.

[@wesleyrodgers886]

2 corner shops near me. More like small supermarkets now. (Self service). Miss the pick n mix and the half penny chews.

[@brianmcneill1972]

Open All Hours was first broadcast on BBC 2!

[@lv4eva1]

Don’t you mean B B B BC 2 lol

[@madabbafan]

RIP Lynda Baron

[@RockoOfBolton]

Probably already been said but the til had a guy on the other side pulling it at the right time 😊

[@joshuagarnham9703]

This is my absolute favourite episode ever.

[@bxkid7]

this episode was freaking top notch!

[@keithjones6023]

Ber Ber Brilliant! Thanks so much for showing this wonderful series. Arkwright got an eyeful alright, you have to admire his pursuit of Nurse Gladys. He just wouldn't give up!

[@Lynn-qv2xj]

Just love open all hours, another great episode.

[@MrAudrey85]

First! 😃 Beware of the dog is one of my favourite open all hours episodes Kid! 😂 🤣

[@bxkid7]

thank you brother have a blessed rest of the day

[@RS14988]

This has always been my favourite episode of Open All Hours and my favourite part every time is Arkwright pranking Granville with the tape recorder. Also, I feel that Arkwright could tell you how much the coin was by hearing it from three miles away :P "Thu-that'll be a shi-shi-shilling, that!"

[@j0hnf_uk]

Things are starting to get into the swing now with this series. It's impossible not to want to see more of these. Plenty more to go, too! Got to love the line about morse code in reference to Arkwright trying to say BBC2. 🤣 And getting to see a bit more of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, in more ways than one! G-g-g-g-granville, fetch a cloth! Caan't wait for the next reaction!

[@GenialHarryGrout]

We had those small machines that you put a penny in to get a small item of candy out. You're right that today they would be stolen if left outside a shop.

[@drsardonicus2491]

Poor old Granville still doesn't have a van, top reaction mate

[@Kazza_8240]

This show gets better and better for me, and it's so much better than I remember it being in the 80's when it was on TV, I was a wee girl then though, there's so many moments I'm just appreciating watching now as an adult lol, loads of literal 'laugh out loud' moments in this one. 😁💛

[@IDidntSetAHandle]

25:15 - That set's got more w-w-w-wobble than Nurse Emmanuel.

[@leehallam9365]

David Jason had a real talent for playing different ages, he was in his mid to late thirties doing this, but completely convinces as an errand boy, in is early 20s. He had impressed as a very old man in Porridge earlier, and was the original choice to play Corporal Jones in Dad's army back in 1968, aged only 28, though they went with the more famous and older Clive Dunn.

[@steevenfrost]

Yes ,agree that I thought he was miming, having a huge dog I. thought the sound was a car exhaust. There was an episode in which there was a man who would come into the shop straining on a leash, at the other end was a huge dog,except you didn't get to see the dog. The Man would grab a loaf then be pulled back, then strain again and come into the shop quickly put his money down.He would be pulled back out of the shop by his huge dog. Classic.

[@ListerDavid]

You can see why this is my favourite episode, it’s packed with so many moments. Me and my best mate quote this one the most. “Stop or I’ll fir, fir, fir..” “beautiful, one was bigger then the other.” “When you started watching bbbbbbbbbbbbbb. It’s no good you know I can’t understand morse code” “Where have you been!” “I just wanted to tell you both” If I keep going I’ll end up typing the script out. Lol I thought the can under his arm was a tire going flat first off.

[@bxkid7]

The lines just keep ccccccomming LOL.

[@slowerthinker]

Although saying "our Eric" may strongly imply that the baby belongs to both her and Granville, in northern England people refer to all family members as "our [insert name here]". For example Arkwright might say to Gladys something about "our Granville, but this is just because he is Granville's uncle. It wouldn't mean that Granville has anything to Gladys

[@DylRicho]

It seems to be a thing in the Midlands too.

[@zoomzoom885]

This is one sit com I can watch over and over back to back. U should watch on the busses and some mothers do have them Michael Crawford

[@Naylte]

08:09 One wonders how the burglars got in with how many locks and bolts he's already got on that door. 14:45 I thought that was the sound of a motorbike coming up the other street. 32:38 Oh, my favourite bit was Granville talking about how Hamlet would've been based on Arkwright's idea of the down-to-earth quality associated with Yorkshire. "To be or not to be... e-e-eat yer chips!"

[@roosterb78]

ronnie barker: B b b b b b b b b David jason: no good, you know i cant understand morse code. buckled, hahahahahaha, thanks for the laughs kid. ps. pop ur eyeballs back into your sockets will ya, hahaha :-P Shame you forgot the codeword that you was going to use lol

[@bxkid7]

eyeballs have returned now LUL

[@roosterb78]

hahaahahahahahaha

[@Maesterful]

Such a classic timeless show, the dynamic between Granville and Arkwright reminds me a little of Steptoe and Son (though much less bitter and violent! ) 😂

[@keithjones6023]

That's a good spot! Albert was a cantankerous old devil, I'm sure Harold loved him, but not many would! Super series, so many laughs from them both.

[@Maesterful]

@@keithjones6023 You dirty old man! 😂👴🏼

[@Lost_scotsman]

Have you noticed some items priced at Half Pence? Because back in those days the UK had 240 pence to the pound. Like if you had 240 Cents to the Dollar. Which would be mad! haha. Until 1971 when our currency was changed to 100 pence to the Pound. Great reaction bro!! :D

[@keithjones6023]

The series didn't start until after the new decimalisation currency was introduced in 1971, the halfpenny was still legal tender until 1984 when it was discontinued.

[@Maesterful]

About twenty odd years ago as a kid I found a half penny coin in the middle of the road, which I thought was odd since they were demonitised and withdrawn in 1984.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

The actual reason we had 240 pennies to the pound was because 240 can be equally divided in more cases than 100 can be. 240 doesn't fall apart if it needs to equally divided by 3. Most European currencies were originally counted in 240. It seems so funny to me though as I came along in 1974 but my parents could instantly tell you how to do really complicated (to me) division.

[@kathleen5237]

Chips are fries

[@bxkid7]

Yes :) and i love them

[@Chriswallace0405]

Chips are chips. Fries are skinny chips. Crisps are crisps. That is all

[@worthalook4870]

In my top 5 series of all time - along with only fools, fawlty towers, blackadder, Rising damp (but so many more I love also)

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

Love this show. I used to watch it in the early '80s on PBS. I always thought the nurse was hot.

[@madabbafan]

25:14 - watch the set 'wobble' as the ladder hits it.

[@danielfrench753]

Great episode of a great series!! I know it’s a long way off, but there was a sequel called “still open all hours” that started in 2013, that you should react to!! Great reaction as always man!

[@bxkid7]

remind me later lol need to focus on one show at a time.

[@danielfrench753]

@@bxkid7 Will do!

[@alangriggs6355]

His stutter gets better with every episode

[@WynnJ]

If you ever come to Ireland we're definitely having a Ronnie Barker marathon. ✌️❤️🇮🇪

[@deniseperryman2814]

Really love open all hours I loved shops like that it does take you back to those kind of shops really enjoyed this episode did you know that Granville is David Jason who plays Del Boy on Only Fools and Horses he is a brilliant actor and brilliant comedian he’s done so much through the years he’s a British icon we all love him Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😂😂😂🤣🤣👏👏👍🥰👋

[@thebrainpimp6779]

Battle Rap is Life

[@revbenf6870]

I was involved in a small housing development in a road called Granville Street. To this day I cannot talk about it without saying "A g g g Granville..."

[@PerryCJamesUK]

Nurse Gladys Emmanuel is one hell of a woman.

[@bxkid7]

she rocks our socks off :)

[@madabbafan]

Sadly Lynda Baron died earlier today

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@madabbafan I just saw that, it's really sad. She was a real treat of a person.

[@flybobbie1449]

My US cousins husbands favorite comedy, but would ask my cousin to interpret some of the comments, as cousins mum was English, my aunt was a war bride.

[@lauratwinkle6420]

Dinnerladies is worth checking out. Victoria wood was such an icon xxx

[@tm3008]

great reaction, mate!

[@bxkid7]

Thank you! 😃

[@mrbeautifulblues]

Yo kid good work you do bud

[@bxkid7]

thanks fam!

[@markdavidson9100]

Did this get shown in America 🇺🇸

[@bxkid7]

honestly not sure.

[@markdavidson9100]

@@bxkid7 good that you’re watching it, always fresh to get someones perspective

[@bxkid7]

@@markdavidson9100 this show was a head of my time if it ain't cartoons I dont know heheh but one thing for certainly love ronnie b and david jason. =)

[@markdavidson9100]

@@bxkid7 a few years after Ronnie barker passed away, the bbc released a new series ‘still open all hours’. Arkwright had passed on, leaving Granville in charge of the shop. Don’t want to include spoilers, but the series continued in the 2000s

[@channel55andaboxoftissues16]

ive watched a few of the old Carry On films (most are on youtube) and it's prob this is like a filtered down copy.