American Reacts to Rising Damp S01 E06

[@lioncurlew]

21:21 is Ian Lavender, who played Private Pike in "Dad's Army"

[@zetectic7968]

The Liberal candidate is the actor Ian Lavender who play Private Pike in Dad's army

[@watchreadplayretro]

Yep, most of the UK would have instantly recognised him back then, and many do still today! Dad's Army is another series I see Eclectic-Beard is exploring also! :)

[@mikephillips8810]

I'd highly recommend the BBC show Porridge, one of the best and from a similar era as Rising Damp. It also has Richard Beckinsale as one of the main characters. There are more characters than in Rising Damp and all funny. Also with the very talented Ronnie Barker, known for The Two Ronnies but his part in Porridge couldn't be more different. The wit is razor sharp with loads of laughs every episode and the show makes you grow to love all the characters. Start with the pilot episode which sets the scene. If you've already seen it then just ignore my ramblings! Loving all your reactions and comments. Thanks for all your efforts.

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

Porridge is superb, especially the very first episode. I think it may be hard to find on YT ?

[@BlueShadow777]

What Porridge didn’t have, though, is Leonard Rossiter. That’s a *huge* detriment.

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

@@BlueShadow777 Ronnie Barker and that cast didn't need Leonard Rossiter one bit, both series were two of the best of British from that time.

[@markshaw270]

He did porridge

[@markshaw270]

@@BaronVonGreenback1882 best from that time maybe, but the best of all time obviously is OFAH

[@Hairnicks]

Brilliant, I'm so glad you enjoy this show, I loved it when it first came out, the writing is brilliant.

[@1998TDM]

EB, you have resurrected Rising Damp, it's even more brilliant for me seeing it second time around. Thank you. Leonard Rossiter is a genius IMHO

[@kayb9979]

Fun fact: Leonard Rossiter played Dr. Andrei Smyslov in "2001: a Space Odyssey".

[@stevemccullagh36]

I love it when Philip fills Rigsby's head with the most ludicrous shit about Africa and he just believes it all without realising that him and his prejudices are being made fun of.

[@Sara_Kane]

The character of Philip was groundbreaking for the time this was made. Whilst Rigsby himself is indeed ignorant and prejudiced, the show itself, is not. The show is actually anti-racist, and such wonderfully and expertly written.

[@markborder906]

Watching Leeds United at this time was pretty close to a blood sport.

[@mikephillips8810]

Ha ha good one

[@ianbennett1491]

MARCHING ON TOGETHER.

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

Still can't believe Richard Beckinsale died so young :( Kate Beckinsale (whose gorgeous) says she still gets more questions about her Dad than anything she has ever done.

[@martineleven8179]

The episode where philip gives Rigsby the lovewood is hilarious. I think its called charisma.

[@andrewcoates6641]

Watching this episode of Rising Damp sparked a memory for me. I would like to suggest that you should try watching a clip of a program from the 1950’s or 1960’s. The program was called That Was The Week That Was, or for short it was known as TW3. The sketch was called the Class sketch or I know my place, which featured John Cleese and a very early appearance by the 2 Ronnies. I have meant to recommend this sketch to you for some time but I kept forgetting to send you the details of the name of the sketch. I do hope that you can find it on line somewhere.

[@dcoughla681]

RIP Eric Chappell, Writer of Rising Damp.

[@spencercorker7013]

Although this is the final episide of series 1, there was a christmas episode that aired before the start on Series 2. This episode isn't on the box set for some reason. Thankfully it's on KZbin. It's rising damp Christmas special 1975.

[@Paul_1971]

I didn't realise that - are there more than one special missing from the boxset?

[@spencercorker7013]

@@Paul_1971 The Christmas special is the only episode that's missing from the box set.

[@martinogold]

Are there any more Rising Damp reactions? I can't see any and I was really enjoying them.

[@baronmeduse]

Hilarious how the colonel keeps calling him 'Ragsby' and Rigsby pathetically fails to correct him. Rigsby is a sort of classic Pooter character from Diary of a Nobody.

[@leehallam9365]

Eric Chappell who wrote rising Damp, has just died aged 88. He wrote part time, while working as an auditor for the East Midland Electricity Board. Till he had success with the stage play, aged 40 that later became Rising Damp. He went on to write many hit sitcoms, comedy dramas and plays, over the next 40 years.

[@philbell5774]

Unfortunately there's still a sizeable constituency of people in the UK who are still as deferential as Rigsby.

[@rogershore3128]

Interesting trivia and I quote Michael Ward's Labour Candidate character (variously referred to by Rigsby as both dishonest and homosexual) was named Pendry in the original episode as transmitted. Unfortunately real-life Labour MP Tom Pendry decided that this was tantamount to libel, and sued Yorkshire Television. YTV apparently wiped the master tape; consequently the only copy believed to have survived is a slightly low-quality Canadian NTSC recording. This is generally screened with offending banners bearing Pendry's name blurred out. No-one knows if the PAL master actually exists or not.

[@stephenfox8685]

Yes! Can't get enough of your reactions to these!

[@BazzSelby]

Another great reaction. :o) At 14:04, when Rigsby was holding the pink poster up, I noticed the candidate's name has been blurred out. Have a look. I'd be interested in knowing why the producers thought they needed to do that? Mmmmmm?

[@swanvictor887]

this was because by accident, the writer used the name of a real Tory candidate running for office, I think he was called Tom Pendry: he sued Yorkshire TV and won for defamation.

[@BazzSelby]

@@swanvictor887 Ahhh! Makes sense. Cheers.

[@scottwebb1978]

An audience member coughing..? You sure he wasn't a future audience member of who wants to be a millionaire lol 😆

[@worthalook4870]

Such a classic series. Others u should check out in the future - keeping up appearances, one foot in the grave, coupling, Men behaving badly, royle family, I’m Alan Partridge and many more haha

[@richardscales9560]

I think you'd enjoy 'Citizen Smith' too.

[@teanosuger]

Freedom for Tooting

[@j0hnf_uk]

Yeah, that was a show that took the piss out of communism, for sure. The whole futility of it and how it amounts to nothing.

[@paulwillard9687]

I grew up in South East U.K. and still would use remember everyone around me talking like Rigsby and I count myself in that which is awfully difficult to get on with a world changing by the day in what seems wrong and I’m only 40

[@wolfie5]

Maoism and Marxism are different but wow that would take a lot of explaining. Che Guevera may to an American seem to be a guerilla murderer but to many, he liberated from the corrupt Mafia-type economics of Cuba. So it really depends if you are on the sharp end of his actions.

[@danieleyre8913]

Yes I agree. Communists like Guevara don’t pull their success out of nowhere. Communism has never been elected into power it has always come via revolution. What was the revolution against? Something at least almost as bad (more likely even worse).

[@alanmackie7012]

Alan's a Maoist. Vienna is a Meaowist. 😽

[@ajivins1]

Leonard Rossiter was a master of the double, and triple take. I last saw Miss Jones in 'The Book of Eli' with Denzel Washington!

[@livestocknetwork320]

I see Chairman Mao's portrait on the wall...

[@Paul_1971]

I'd also highly recommend 'Only When I Laugh' and 'Home to Roost' by the same writer, grew up on them along with Rising Damp and both as hilarious too! Eric Chappel wrote some great sitcoms.

[@allanstewartmorrison2584]

So happy when this popped up

[@DavidTraynier]

You've really got to see Porridge. I promise you'll love it.

[@scottwebb1978]

The young man canvassing in this played pike in dad's army comedy

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

The trick for Rigsby is the same trick applied to Basil Fawlty. Make them just a little bit likeable. Just a bit , not too much. With Rigsby we share his frustration around Miss Jones. We kind of route for him in his failed attempts to attract her. When he then turns petty and cruel , we see his whole character. A weak man blowing in the wind.

[@bobbyboko6317]

This show is brilliant 👏

[@Sara_Kane]

Loving your reactions to this classic show! You need to react to "All Our Yesterdays" though, which is the fifth episode of the first series.

[@thereunionparty]

I think he's watching it off a dvd, which appears to have omitted "All Our Yesterdays", which should be episode 5 out of 7 in the original running order. A pity if so, as it's a really good episode.

[@Sara_Kane]

@@thereunionparty Is it an official DVD? I own both a 4 series DVD boxset, and I bought a digital copy off itunes, and both have "All Our Yesterdays" as episode 5, in between "Night Out" and "The Prowler". It will be a shame if he doesn't react to it, it's a great episode indeed.

[@JK50with10]

In addition to Porridge you should listen to the radio comedy "Old Harry's Game".

[@ukzen9309]

Don`t know if anyone else has said this but the long haired one is Kate Beckinsales dad

[@staceykeeley4219]

Yeah Richard, poor fella died way too young. Samantha is his other daughter

[@wagonsworld9592]

Could you watch the clip of Morcome and wise with Leonard Rossiter doing a turn as the Andrews sisters, always makes me smile, it's a short clip.

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

You probably don't know that Carl Marx died here in England, & is buried in High gate Cemetery, north London. The epitaph reads-"scholares have only interpreted the World in one way, the point however is to change it."

[@lilbert4996]

Great content as usual

[@margaretnicol3423]

Don't forget that Lincoln and Marx were admirers of each other and corresponded.

[@colinhughes916]

Love You EB - Hilarious 😂 From UK 🇬🇧 Leonnard Rossiter - Fantastic Comedy Actor

[@batintheattic7293]

Somebody please tell me if this is madness but I think 'Miss Jones' was admitted to British parlance (just like 'Karen' has). It became the slightly mean euphemism for a single, slightly fading, slightly eccentric, clock ticking woman on the prowl for a husband. Miss Jones is iconic.

[@Cameraman61]

Maybe that connotation came about as a result of this programme?

[@DeneF]

Leeds United blood sports. That was so true back then, they were evil. Great episode. Thanks Mr E.B.

[@hudsonrobert49]

I'm glad your Media Player keeps freezing I thought it was just my VLC that was rubbish lol

[@calvaryapologetics]

19:05 Private Pike!

[@Ironsmiler]

Don't try to fight it, Miss Jones!

[@jamespaulsen3014]

Great vid, cheers. You should have a look at Steptoe & Son, Sanford & Son was the US version of it.

[@leaflee2066]

If you want a good British comedy to react to give "The League Of Gentlemen" a go a very dark comedy!

[@craigmason5302]

I can't find the episode all our yesterday's

[@roringusanda2837]

Have you seen Open All Hours?

[@medinajarrett5105]

Gotta watch PORRIDGE 😊

[@James-hd6ez]

Nobody had central heating in the UK in the mid 1970s,hence a lot of coughs and colds in winter, Now everyone has central heating but can't afford to heat them due to this insane proxy war against Russia 😮

[@ChrisHanlon88]

Have you watched any Still Game. I'd highly recommend it if you haven't yet.

[@staceykeeley4219]

Still Game is absolutely hilarious. I doubt any American would understand the accent though.

[@paulaivens8063]

Under the influence was the funniest episode for me.

[@SarahWilson-fv5vo]

Absolutely hilarious

[@watchreadplayretro]

The writer of this has passed away aged 88 Internet news can probably be found with a search for Rising Damp creator Eric Chappell just wanted to updare/leave this here

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

Rising Damp touches heavily on class prejudice, parodying it greatly as this is life in England, at the centre of the culture here, everything is STILL about - where you went to school, your job & (ever since the 80s especially how much money you've got) ONLY WHEN I LAUGH is also recommended written again by Eric Chappel brilliantly.

[@theculturedthug6609]

Talking about equality that you might notice your Hut is bigger than theirs they'll lift you up above their heads then, take your right down to the crocodile pool. Lol

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

Luv it😂😂❤

[@robertshows5100]

Im in love with Miss Jones

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

Che Quaver was and IS STILL a national hero that died for a noble cause, a martyr. It may not be known that Che was originally a doctor (who nearly cured asthma, which he suffered from) what also may not be widely known is that your American government installed a puppet dictator in Cuba General Batista, that was deposed by Fidel Castro in the revolution, you like your American puppet leaders' murderers such as- Pinochet (who ordered the death & torture of 4 & A HALF THOUSAND of his citizens) & Noriega, so called "Latin America's", biggest drug dealer. BUT I do agree with you on RISING DAMP & THE 2 RONNIES simply brilliant classic comedies

[@dcanmore]

If you can find it, would be good to do a reaction to the comedy movie Water (1985), starring Michael Caine, Leonard Rossiter and Billy Connolly.

[@markshaw270]

I never liked this one when my mum used to always watch the reruns, I'd purposely miss it, but I watched it again as an adult and funny enough liked it 😄

[@mrmoran0077]

If you can you should watch The thick of it 🙂👍

[@jamesstraw06]

Hi eclectic. Are you going to do anymore reactions to rising damp? The reason I first subscribed to you was to see you watching it. You've left it far too long since the last episode. Finger's crossed you'll drop a rising damp reaction soon.

[@baronmeduse]

Mao got an -ism after his name though because he went one step beyond Lenin (though one step back from Marx) in having a vanguard of peasants rather than proletarians. Effectively skipping not only the bourgeois revolution, but even the transition from feudalism to capitalism.

[@BlueShadow777]

He called him a “middle-class P double-o F” not ‘…puff’. (UK) “p double-o f” = (US) “f ay gee”

[@Foxingban]

we don't need a lecture about what is and what isn't acceptable to say from anyone

[@thekeenmoron1900]

Kate Beckinsales Dad that.

[@Maesterful]

She’s got his looks too

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

I LOVE that Phillip is a fake that really comes all the way from Croydon in Surrey. the nearest he ever got to the African Serengeti was sitting under a tree in Hyde Park London. Rigsby is such a stereotype, right down to his inevitable Conservative political views. Also, he is a great hypocrite (confirmed in the final scene of this episode, when he turns left wing like a Chameleon changing colours) when he doesn't get his own way RISING DAMP says a lot about English culture in a very funny way without being preachy

[@danv9872]

Have you seen porridge?

[@TheEclecticBeard]

yes

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

Miss Jones is a hopeless romantic ❤ happy healthy peace

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

Karl Marx did not write " phillosophy " he wrote about economics, ..." Find a better job" is silly ,Who is still doing the first job ," Less for shareholders more for those doing the work ,"Life works" as human beings decide it works ..There is no irresistrable power ..

[@philjones45]

Very complex, very British. Not sure how an American can relate to much of it to be frank.

[@Maesterful]

It’s not that complex really. Left wing, right wing and don’t knows, same as most democratic countries

[@lizmacrae4970]

nothing changes….same arguments fifty years on…..

[@pgmetcalf]

Brilliant

[@brianmcneill1972]

youve missed an episode out!

[@brianmcneill1972]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ7SqHRojNiHg80 this one!

[@jonowhitney5515]

Classic

[@dinastanford7779]

His beliefs are learnt, not formed

[@grabtharshammer]

You don't really understand the difference between Maoists and Marxists do you. Not a problem, I can't tell the difference between conservatives, republicans and fascists either

[@roringusanda2837]

Throw the Democrats in too, and you've got it right. They're all lying Scumbags.

[@ennesshay5040]

In real life Frances de la Tour [Miss Jones] was a Socialist. Leonard Rossiter [Rigsby] was very CONservative. They didn't speak off screen/out of rehearsals. They both respected each others acting skills but - Never the Twain... (ps. the Liberal candidate ? Ian Lavender from Dad's Army - ''Don't Tell him, Pike !'') pps. You missed ep 5 ''All Our Yesterdays.'' Spooner (the wrestler) takes centre stage. ppps. Marx ? He JUST critiqued Capitalism. So a Marxist JUST reads then agrees [ or disagrees ] with his thoughts. Don't forget, Capitalists [ PRIVATEERS - Not Nationalised ] say ''Leave us alone Govts. Let the 'free' market reign. But give us MA$$IVE subsidies ( eg. $11 Million a minute / $183,000 a Second subs to Fossil fuel corps ) Low Tax ( preferably NO tax - Let the 7 Billion peasants pay an Extra 5 $£s here and there ) AND massive tax RE-bates on top !! Apart from ALL those...Leave us alone !''

[@denisedale4125]

The one with the long hair Richard becksdale this week as been dead 41 years

[@alangriggs6355]

👌

[@duncanmit5307]

👍💜👍💜💜

[@777petew]

The more Rigsby talks in his diatribe about other ethnic people, the more rubbish he talks. He's not aware, and that's the crux of the comedy. Who would listen to that tripe? He thinks anyone would. Excellent comedy. IMHO a very anti-racist theme here. If anyone agrees with him, then that's just unfortunate.

[@Muckylittleme]

Well he was right about women's lib not being a thing in Africa. It is pertinent because the left endlessly bang on about feminism and women's rights here where they already have them yet totally ignore the plight of many Muslim women here and abroad because it is politically correct to do so. Sometimes truth and reality are inconvenient to agendas and so get set aside and condemned as "racist" or misogynistic" or whatever - we should change our views to suit our principles, not the other way around.

[@777petew]

I have had much direct contact experience with women in their own homes when I was seeing their husbands for business meetings, in certain cases Asian. E.g. The wife was most likely sitting on the kitchen floor peeling potatoes back against the wall, and I had to step over her. There would be no introduction from the husband, but I would say Hi, and wave to her. Not all Asian homes I visited, but enough to make me feel uncomfortable. Am I racist for feeling for those ladies?

[@stormhawk3319]

@@777petew well he was right about one thing. You’d never get women’s liberation anywhere in Africa.

[@andrewjohnson388]

Sums up ..Our state of mind ..Labour ..Tory ..Best not to follow anybody ...as I do and just love the comedy ...whats changed ..get a brain! from UK ..

[@petermizon4344]

No such thing as a better job, best way is to buy shares if you can as most if them never done a hard day's graft

[@andyblogger1]

I have to say I have the same attitude to the Labour Party today as Rigsby had then. Solidly blue this side of the Atlantic, but solidly red if I lived in the US. PS. I recommend 'Keeping Up Appearances'. The comedy series of Britain's most snobbish housewife. Absolutely hilarious. Written by Roy Clarke of 'Open All Hours' fame.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Good of you to admit that you are a gammon Anyone who has less than a few million and votes Tory is a gibbering idiot. Voting against themselves. And causing the sheer crap that Blighted is under now. I pity you.

[@petermizon4344]

Now we GIT boris johnski helping the Russian Oligarths lol

[@jctoyou]

Is that why our schools are told to expect 100,000 Ukrainian kids! Plus the rest of the families!

[@vallee3140]

got to be honest this episode is not one of my favourites, dont know about anyone else..

[@Naylte]

Rigsby calls himself a Conservative, but he's more a Libertarian (if it's good for corporations it's good for the country); British Conservatives typically follow the axiom "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Would you like to have a rethink? You can start with Libertarian! I find if you don't know what you are talking about it is best to keep silent

[@markpostgate2551]

In a Two party system both parties have to be big tents. Thatcher was more of a right wing libertarian revolutionary than a traditionalist and her ideology would dominate the party within a decade of this, and within a decade of that, the entire political establishment. I think the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" tory was a dying breed, just as much as militant unionist Labour was a dying breed too; by the nineties the ideas of influence within the parties would be stock exchange new money libertarians to the right and identitarians to the left which effectively means it is the left being if it ain't broke don't fix it, at least economically, because identitarian concerns are too abstract to address the economy, whereas libertarian concerns are towards removal of regulation, reducing tax, privatisation of national institutions - that's where all the economic change takes place.

[@deanives3338]

In real life leonard rossiter supported the far right of politics and frances de la tour was one time member of the communist party they would clash often,that being one of the reasons she left the show.

[@Sara_Kane]

Frances left the show due to theatre commitments mid-way through series 2, but returned for series 3 and 4. It is true she didn't get on with Leonard though. I don't think Leonard was far right, though he was right leaning, whereas Frances was very much left wing.

[@danieleyre8913]

Rossiter was centre right not far right. He was definitely NOT a friend of the National front & Enoch Powell.

[@Trebor74]

Funny how you can be so far right that you end up left