Americans React To British Comedy Women: Know Your Limits! Harry Enfield

[@bujin1977]

It's remarkable how many people in the comments misunderstood your "BBC" comment and thought that you didn't know what the BBC was...

[@spendor9377]

The best British comedy: Fawlty Towers

[@c_n_b]

4:04 He thought the BBC was a sketch programme, but it's a broadcasting company.

[@robbie_]

Hahaha.

[@Ozone280]

I think he meant Big Black...Something or other

[@charleshowie2074]

'I guess the BBC is a sketch comedy show that comes on in the UK'. He may have misspoken, but it is what the guy said.

[@kingcurry6594]

My wife got married in a white wedding dress because, after all, white is the traditional colour for domestic appliances.

[@amyturner6275]

no its cos its pure white and back in the day it represented being a virgin lol

[@Nine-Signs]

If you come home to find your living room painted red. Leave promptly.

[@kingcurry6594]

@@Nine-Signs My living room IS painted red and has been for years.

[@Yinnyboy360]

I take my wife everywhere. Problem is, she finds her way back.

[@geoffreymarshall6170]

Now that was very funny

[@jeanpierre.durrant]

I'm glad you liked it, but I noticed how your lady embarrassed you with a wild & dangerous opinion of her own! 😂😂

[@RodrigoSilvaDiaz]

😂😂😂😂

[@danielpeters2282]

You have to nip that in the bud

[@LifeForkB21]

😂

[@stephan6372]

😂😂😂Yes I also noticed this.. M. Woman know your place.. 😂😂😂😂

[@danhodson7187]

She will need to look, listen and take heed 😂

[@SvenTviking]

It’s the accuracy of the language and accents of pre war movies that is amazing.

[@leenorman853]

It's astonishingly well done.

[@garybarnes4169]

It's refreshing to see Americans who understand and appreciate sarcasm. 👍

[@aaronmicalowe]

That's another myth that's bandied around. American's definitely love sarcasm. American sarcasm can be so dry (drier the better IMHO). Look at comedians like Louse C Clark where the whole standup can be one long sarcastic joke. And George Carlin also loved sarcasm. It's often more telegraphed, but not always. Even Bill Burr slips in the odd sarcastic joke now and then, e.g. "Why lie in on a Sunday when we can pay $50 for eggs. Now you're thinking!"

[@CymInUA]

This wasn't sarcasm, of course...

[@tomcarl8021]

It's refreshing to you Americans appreciate and understand sarcasm? Have you heard of The Simpsons, Seinfeld, David Letterman, or South Park, you dummy?

[@triptwo425]

I think that stereotype is now out of date. In the 90's i went to NYC and stayed with a bunch of locals. I unintentionally insulted nearly everyone with dry sarcasm.I think that wouldnt be an issue with those same people now. i could be talking crap though.@@aaronmicalowe

[@josephsalmonte4995]

​@@aaronmicaloweHe didn't say you don't live it. He inferred that most Yanks don't understand it. & He's right. I see comments every day where Yanks understand neither sarcasm or irony on KZbin.

[@weedyp]

'The woman has attempted to join the conversation with a wild and dangerous opinion of her own!!' 😂😂😂

[@DrCrabfingers]

That's funny for sure....but big black cocks...is that funny? No sir! No!

[@leenorman853]

And she's the only one to say anything intelligent!

[@weedyp]

@@leenorman853 Id have to disagree Maam!

[@DM-vo2ke]

​@@leenorman853That's the joke...

[@SMacCuUladh]

It's funny because it's true.

[@thatsthat2612]

I grew up with harry Enfield and paul whitehouse on my tv, both legends

[@elemar5]

We had one of those indoor aerials on ours. 😉

[@SMacCuUladh]

@@elemar5 we had a coat hanger bent out of shape.

[@Phil-zm1gk]

British satire is THE BEST comedy the world has EVER heard! The simple reason being,,,WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE THE PISS out of ourselves 😭👋🍺!!!

[@nicolab2075]

How do you know it's the best? How many languages do you understand?

[@petermizon4344]

PLENTY OF HARRY ENFIELD WHO DID THIS, HIS TALENT IS NEVER ENDING

[@petermizon4344]

@@barrystewart1120 NOT SHOUTING PAL, ITS FIR PEOPLE WITH BAD EYESIGHT, STOP BEING A DICTATOR YOU TATOR

[@philipcochran1972]

This is done in the style of the UKs PSAs (public service announcements) from the 1950s

[@ullscarf]

More the 1930s.

[@annamack5823]

@@ullscarf Wrong clothes for the '30s. More the '40s.

[@legend9335]

I cannot tell you how exhausting it is watching my wife clean the house, wash the car, do the cooking and washing my clothes. However I did manage to show my appreciation by buying her a new potato peeler. Got to keep them sweet and appreciated

[@Not_really]

🤣🤣👍🏽

[@legend9335]

@@Oi.... That's what I kept telling her during the divorce proceedings. No gratitude whatsoever.

[@christinecrockford1654]

If u was my husband I'd use the peeler on ur nuts not spuds lmao

[@legend9335]

@Christine Crockford Ooooh stop it.

[@christinecrockford1654]

@@legend9335 lol

[@dougiecraig9157]

Thanks. Loved that. one not to miss is 'Yes Minister' as it probably reflects civil servants everywhere.

[@punkpopnotdead]

Harry Enfield , American tourists is a must

[@rickb3645]

"Hello!... How Are You Today!?"... 🤣

[@jay71512]

From badidllyboing odaidaho!

[@rickb3645]

@@jay71512 🤣👍

[@robbie_]

'aint she pretty? What a guy!

[@rickb3645]

@@robbie_ 🤣👍

[@nigelturner3251]

British Comedy - a vast and varied rabbit hole to go down.

[@maraNathan82]

I was laughing at your reactions. Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse(Gent on the right)are comedic geniuses and British Legends. This show and The Fast Show would be what I stayed up to watch as a young teenager in the 90's. They formed one of the best duo's to date. I could list a hundred sketches from either show that would tickle you but I hope you have time to delve into more of the comedy they produced. I hope you see that British comedy is quite different and we will take the mickey out of ourselves and our history just as much as we will anybody else. Amsterdam Police are some of their best acts together. I am now 41 and this genre of comedy will always have a place in my heart. I hope you enjoy more!

[@Robbie3004]

Harry Enfield (the angry husband/narrator) first came to fame in the 1980s doing a couple of stand-up characters - a kebab shop owner called Stavros and Loadsamoney, a plasterer who boasted about how much money he had. The routines were co-written by Paul Whitehouse who was the other speaking party guest in the first sketch. The BBC then commissioned a sketch series called Harry Enfield's Television Programme which is where these clips come from. After two series it was renamed Harry Enfield and Chums to recognise the contributions of Whitehouse and Kathy Burke who both played various characters alongside Enfield. Paul Whitehouse went on to do The Fast Show (also for the BBC) and Enfield and Burke made a film, Kevin and Perry Go Large, based on characters they'd played in the show. In 2000 Enfield made Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show for Sky. This featured all-new characters and Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke did not appear. In 2007, Enfield and Whitehouse reunited for four series of Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (later just Harry and Paul) for the BBC. There's loads of other stuff but this comment is long enough as it is!

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

Don't forget 'Tim Tim Nice-But-Dim!

[@nicktecky55]

The significance of LoadsaMoney to Harry Enfield was that in spite of it being a clear caricature, it was widely adopted by the city traders of London that he was satirising. Almost overnight, the traders abandoned their Amex Black cards in favour of wads of £50 notes. They would acknowledge each other over their pints of Dom Perignon or Crystal by waving the wads and bawling out "Loadsamoney" at the same time. Harry was appalled when he discovered it. This sketch was clearly driven in part by that, it is so absurd, that nobody could take it seriously... he hoped!

[@kanedNunable]

also fun fact, they were plastering someone from the BBC's house and they were so funny working they got a job in comedy.

[@neilfoster814]

"Hello everybody peeps, issa Stavros innit" 😂

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

That's more a bedtime read than a comment but you would be invited round my house anytime of the week. As long as it wasn't a Thursday when I'm washing my hair yours F Doberman.

[@clarenceflam]

This is from Harry Enfield & Friends show back in the 90s. I remember as a teenager when the first clip was shown and was rolling laughing. British humour at its best is very sarcastic & self-deprecating.

[@AlanJohnPeach]

The BBC is the British Broadcast Corporation - the national TV and Radio network of the UK lool. This is from Harry Enfield

[@elvishards8161]

The BBC now are fkin filled with pdos

[@Lucas-up6ww]

It's also the Russian air force and something else too!

[@JamesThomas-zl9er]

Love Harry Enfield

[@Andrew_J_R]

I'll happily follow and see where your journey takes you. Have fun in your travels into British humour over the years. I think the more you dive in, the more context you have to enjoy it more.

[@andyhowlett2231]

I still quote the opening lines of the Driving one. 'But wait, here comes a WOMAN! Which side is she getting into? The driver's side - the WRONG side! It breaks me up and even my miserable wife giggles.

[@KnightmareUSA]

It's even funnier when it's shared on social media

[@daniellinehan8467]

You seem like a lovely couple, very likable. And most importantly intelligent, that's how I know you'll love British comedy once you branch out. You've missed out on a whole heap, our sitcoms are the best

[@andykopgod]

Classic that one, we love harry and paul 👏💪😆👍

[@shawnj1966]

I grew up watching British comedy and I think it's great! Monty Python, Benny Hill and Dave Allen at Large, were all hilarious! Rowan Atkinson is also amazing!

[@garyhampton4311]

Dave Allen was Irish ! If you ever visit Ireland don't make the mistake of referring to him as having been British ! I'm a Brit who saw him in London some 30 or so years ago. You think he was funny ? You have no idea how hilarious he was live. One of the Americans sitting next to me had to be helped as she'd been laughing so hard she nearly choked on her icecream !

[@c_n_b]

British Isles comedy 👍🏻

[@kevinmulligan9055]

Now you need to watch these shows. 1. The inbetweebers 2. Peep show 3. The it crowd..... Stand ups you need to watch. 1. Jimmy Carr, 2.Kevin bridges, 3. Frankie Boyle. But n no particular order and just a sample of some of tge best. Frankie and KEV.I.N are Scottish so might be a bit hard to understand but well worth the effort

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHAT WONDERFUL TASTE YOU HAVE

[@stevenmclaren2730]

Benny Hill? Er, no

[@domainmojo2162]

That was such an awesome reaction! Mickey Flanagan is also BRILLIANT: Mickey Flanagan - To Catch A Peeper Mickey Flanagan - The Sh*ts Abroad Mickey Flanagan - Useless Men & Drunk Women Mickey Flanagan - The French Are Really Lazy Mickey Flanagan - The Demise of F*ngering Mickey Flanagan - Can I Come In Your House? Mickey Flanagan - Out Out Etc.. Anyway: (Intellectual, yet silly humor). They are THE KINGS! Monty Python - Dead Parrot sketch Monty Python - Argument Clinic Monty Python - Silly Job Interview Monty Python - The Fish Slapping Dance Monty Python - Ministry of Silly Walks Etc... My favorite "Black Adder" season- Season II: (Full episodes) - Bells - Head - Potato - Money - Beer - Chains Etc...

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

As an Englishman who grew up watching the golden era of British comedy in the 70's, 80's and early 90's I have such a deep appreciation for how open it was, how subtle it was, and most importantly how unabashed it was. Classic comedy is the only TV I watch. We British have such a unique delivery and nuance in our classic comedy. Glad to see some American cousins taking time to engage with what we consider one of our greatest assets. I may be mistaken, but the lady who played the woman trying to drive the car was Helen Mirren.

[@kooler8586]

In sickness and health Alf Garnet was my Hero as a kid

[@SpeckleKen]

You are indeed mistaken :-) The woman driving the car is Carla Mendonça. She was in quite a few of the other quality British comedies, including the Young Ones, Alas Smith & Jones, French & Saunders, Bottom...

[@MrDaiseymay]

Correct---go to the top of the class. @@SpeckleKen

[@whatsgoingon4815]

Definitely not Helen Mirren

[@whatsgoingon4815]

Harry Enfield had numerous comedy sketch shows brilliantly backed up by Paul Whitehouse and others, check out the “ Slobs” for example. Unfortunately the ultra woke BBC of today no longer allows proper comedy on its channel, everything has to be politically correct and therefore not funny.The days of “ Only Fools and Horses” ( The absolute best) are long gone, I don’t watch any of it.

[@coyley72]

The Harry Enfield Show was legendary. So funny.

[@Banthah]

“What BBC are you thinking about?” “Oh, never mind then…” 😂 That’s funnier than any comedy sketch lol. Genius!!!

[@liamoconnor9487]

These are takes on the old Info-mercials that were shown in UK cinemas in the 40s and 50s.

[@binaway]

Parody

[@nicomeier8098]

What you're looking for is: Harry Enfield's Television Program and Harry Enfield & Chums. They do all sorts of characters, and it's all hilarious.

[@danieleyre8913]

Most Americans who think that British comedy isn’t funny just haven’t watched must British comedy beyond “are you being served”. Most Harry Enfield skits are comedy gold.

[@rnw2739]

'Are You Being Served' ?? They haven't watched that. All they ever know is 'Monty Python' or 'Fawlty Towers'. I'm sure Mrs. Slocombe's pussy would get many laughs in the US. It's because of Monty Python and shit like Downton Abbey that Americans think every person from England speaks like a toff and why they cannot decipher a Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Brummie or any other of the many regional accents of England.

[@sallyyexley9627]

They love Benny Hill and Monty Python so they know British comedy

[@Tonysmithmusic]

this is a parody of 1940s bbc public information films.

[@seanmcmichael2551]

Loved the BBC reference, including the fact that it went over her head (not literally, of course) !

[@chriscunningham7155]

This is from the Harry Enfield Show and he is taking the rip out of the 1940's, 1950's Pathe infomercials. It is hysterical to watch these and they are not far from the actual original programs. Class and good reaction guys, I would have been slapped, at least 5 times by the wife for laughing at how the brains differ ... don't teach that in school nowadays 😄. Be safe

[@anthonymeyer3735]

Brilliant comments you two.....glad you like British comedy !

[@bashab3098]

Harry Enfield , American tourists , and offensive chemist

[@alanhare8566]

Checkout -Dave Allan-les Dawson-blackadder goes forth-Harry Enfield-two ronnies-smith and jones,so many brilliant skits

[@Muckylittleme]

British comedies main ingredient is probably irony but it contains a heady mix of all the usual comedy staples and can be anything from highbrow to farce. The best skits often combine few elements together to create a n unpredictable taste test challenge in humour. You either love it or just don't get it. Harry Enfield (shown here) has a lot of great skits and another two in the same vein as these is "Women, keep your virtue" and "the Conjugal rights guide"," both hilarious.

[@timwestcott361]

It starts with Spike Milligan .. it's in the language. It is English after all. American 'off-beat' humour is generally represented in animation. British humour is stand up / sketch theatre.

[@boardmandave]

It's on Harry Enfield and Chums. Harry Enfield has done a few sketch shows and is a national treasure. The BBC is channel number one in the UK and has been running for over 100 years

[@krisa990]

This is areally funny clip,I hope you 2 can do more reactions on Harry Enfield...he has some good material out there!

[@IceLadyish]

Ok then, Wayne and Waynetta episode. Harry Enfield. " I want a brown baby lover" you will laugh so hard.

[@popmanning]

The BBC ( British Broadcasting Corporation) is the oldest and largest (by employees) television company in the world. And are responsible for a lot of the greatest comedy, drama, and wildlife programmes enjoyed around the globe.

[@Dave-r4u]

And "NOW" well past its used by date!

[@mikeboosh8776]

"were" responsible. There, fixed it for you.

[@keithlawford-r5e]

and home to countless pedos

[@ThornyLittleFlower]

Love that you learned a stick shift 🤘 over here in the UK. we all learn in those 😄

[@daveofyorkshire301]

There's several of these, Enfield was a great irony comedian, his "Loads of money..." catchphrase from one if his characters ran for years...

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Never liked loadsamoney, Stavros, on the other hand...

[@kingcurry6594]

Armstrong and Miller are well worth a look. This sketch is hysterical, with Armstrong playing a dentist who makes the most inappropriate conversation with Miller as his patient. Miller's facial expressions are hysterical, even though he doesn't speak a word: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYeppKeJiLqgZ9k

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

Please please please try ‘Father Ted’, an Irish comedy series about three priests living in a parish house on an island off the coast, who were basically banished to this remote place because of their bad behaviour. It is hilarious and they have an equally bizarre housekeeper. A well loved series

[@Christobanistan]

How many episodes does it take to get good? Because I watched the first one and was bored to tears. My favorite English comedies are more in the tune of Red Dwarf, Black Books, and Black Adder to a slightly lesser extent.

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

@@Christobanistan I like your choices too, but given how Father Ted discretely outed the Catholic Church in Ireland I wondered if that would be appreciated

[@Christobanistan]

@@margaretgreenwood4243 It would!

[@kooler8586]

DRINK 🍺🍺🍺

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

@@kooler8586 😜👍

[@MrDaiseymay]

These Comedy sketches, in Black & white, are deliberate Parodies of the way we were in the 1930's, ( middle & Upper class--of course )

[@josefschiltz2192]

Well, my grandmother got on a motorbike and rode it semi-successfully in 1926 when she was 44, and in 1939 she bought an Austin 10 and, after a brief tuition, set off on a solo drive from Suffolk to Cornwall. A very nice little trip of nearly 400 miles with no incident whatsoever. Also a nice little detour to Stonehenge, which she had always wanted to visit. Even my Uncle, a mechanic and a former racer at Woodlands said that she was quite a competent little - at five-foot-nothing - driver. She also kept the family together during the thirties and forties and ran her own business from 1930 to 1963 when she sadly passed on when I was far too young to know her better. Wretched cancer.

[@elainepitkin3561]

She sounds wonderful.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@elainepitkin3561 To those in the family that fully realized what she did, considering that she started off as a scullery maid in the last decade of the 19th Century, she was incredible and an icon of our 20th Century family. Her name was Adelaide.

[@majorlaff8682]

And South Australia's capital was named after her.@@josefschiltz2192

[@INDENTUREDTRADER]

It was a comedian called Harry Enfield & Chums

[@MichaelYoder1961]

You should try Catherine Tate, too. Plus Harry did a bunch of these parodies of 1950s Public education films

[@GS-ku3cj]

Love the foreign translator sketch 😂

[@armondtanz]

A league of gentlemen. The darkest comedy ever made.

[@CEP73]

Mickey Flanagan is hysterical!

[@nzdefrag]

Harry Enfield had his own sketch show - "Harry Enfield & Chums" brilliant comedian, one of my favourites

[@andrewjenkinson7052]

Before Monty Python John Cleese was in "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" on the radio. This was equally zany and well worth a listen. This was preceded in the 1950s by "The Goon Show" with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Seacombe. This is a must listen if you want to hear the origins of British zany humour. Both are on KZbin. Both are extremely funny.

[@elemar5]

And Michael Bentine.

[@andrewjenkinson7052]

@@elemar5 THANK YOU! Your reminder has led me to find his programmes on KZbin.

[@tanzanos]

You should watch Faulty Towers, Black Adder, Love thy Neighbour, and Yes Prime Minister.

[@FrankCastlesConscience]

I love the way you understand the sarcasm and that this is just a sketch. Some people freak out with wokeness and they dont get it. This was created in the 90s and based on life in the 30s/40s.

[@tinajones5641]

Harry Enfield and Chums was a great show and these vintage style sketches were my faves.

[@ajivins1]

You should see some Father Ted. It's an Irish sitcom. Check-out the clip 'I hear you're racist now.'

[@36814]

Harry Enfiels - American Tourists - ona bus , breakfast , peek a boo . Very funny especially the breakfast skit.

[@MorlokKurak]

"Venomous Haradrims" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 That killed me. 🇬🇧👍

[@binaway]

See - American Tourists Go For Breakfast | HARRY ENFIELD

[@FallenAngel9979]

I loved this sketch. It’s so bloody funny😂😂😂😂

[@leemarsh6014]

It was call Harry Enfield and Friends

[@deggsymarley]

React to Dave Allen Telling the Time . A Irish comedian great at telling every day stories with humour

[@jillhobson6128]

Dave Allen wasn't a comedienne! He was 100% male!

[@deggsymarley]

@@jillhobson6128 spell chequer let me down

[@jillhobson6128]

@@deggsymarley Checker!? 🤣🤣

[@loafersheffield]

I suffer from pisspronunciation and my spilling is appealing.

[@Triggerfinger98]

As we all know, First hand is the hour hand, Second hand is the minute hand, Third hand is the second hand.

[@Markhypnosis1]

Bit late to this comment section, but you really need to do more Harry Enfield. The "Gay son" skits are hilarious. Harry plays a father who can't handle his son being gay. Brilliant.

[@mikecaine3643]

Al Murray's 'Ancient British Legends' is very funny - he get's the full audience to participate. Watch the British making fun of themselves - you will definitely fall about laughing !

[@clinthowe7629]

What was really funny was how she mentioned about the pound and interest rates and things like that indicating that she knew way more about the subject than they did

[@robertgentry7526]

You must checkout the "Little Britain - Mr Doggy , etc or Bitty

[@stevedotwood]

Harry Enfield, conjugal rights. It's from the same 1930-ish comedy sketches. Its hilarious, and it's about sex

[@BM-jy6cb]

The dinner party sketch is an absolute classic, One of a series of "women: know your limits" sketches from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. I'm so glad you took it in the spirit of parody that was intended. Something today's woke censorious world would no doubt condemn. If you have teenage kids, it's worth checking out the "Kevin's Birthday" sketch from Harry Enfield - another classic to which anyone who has had teenage kids can relate.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Yes, and they are always set in the pre--war era, with middle to Upper class snobbish values and opinions.

[@chrissibersky4617]

She's so innocent. Don't tell her what bbc is.

[@swanvictor887]

erm...ex-BBC cameraman here: the BBC is the world's FIRST Broadcasting service, launched in 1927. The British Broadcasting Corporation. Some of the finest TV programmes EVER MADE, have been made by the BBC.

[@chloedevereaux1801]

and don't forget the pedophiles!!!!!! :)

[@muz4050]

It used to be good, now it's the Biased Broadcasting Corporation

[@ullscarf]

​@muz4050 It's always had a liberal bias, at least in the 40 years I've been aware of such things. You notice it more as you get older: if you get wiser, that is.

[@swanvictor887]

if that were true...Laura Kuntzberg would be nowhere near a BBC TV studio, and yet, here she is Head of Politics. A pure Tory Shill for decades. The Chairman of the BBC...appointed after lending Boris Johnson what was it, $800,000...? Doesn't sound exactly Left-Wing liberal to me mate...! Do you know how many of the executives and senior editors went to Private Schools....@@ullscarf

[@meeruisland]

Brilliant and funny, as it was intended to be, should be played at the next women's right s conference to get them warmed up

[@RillUK]

Try 'The Fast Show', that was hilarious.

[@stefangummesson8367]

British humour is savage

[@jamieburns8327]

I guess the BBC is a program they have over there in the uk 😂

[@nigelbrigstock19]

Just met you both on your channel enjoying our comedy. Thanks both very funny. 🇬🇧

[@alibee1978]

i wish comedy was still allowed to make these kind of sketches without getting cancelled . thanks for that woman !!

[@NataliePine]

literally nobody is trying to cancel comedy like this though?

[@s4ss1n]

Ouch dude, the lady dissed you big there bud ... "what B.B.C. you thinking ??" DAAAAMMNN 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@johnpoile1451]

??????????????????

[@s4ss1n]

@@johnpoile1451 Big Black Cock, its a thing 😏

[@jakedee4117]

Monty Python are the kings of British comedy. Check out "self defense against fruit" and "the funniest joke in the world".

[@jaxcoss5790]

No they're not.

[@trentrock3210]

And the Cheese Shop Sketch

[@thebobsful]

"I guess the BBC is a sketch comedy programme?" OMG! That was funnier than the sketches!

[@peterkotara]

"Originaly my perception was that British comedy wasn't funny". British comedy is not "lowest common denominator" comedy, It is much more cerebral. Many Americans simply don'e get it. I am neither American or British.

[@ianlacey6588]

Carmen Mendonca is the actress who dares venture an opinion. She has appeared in many comedy shows. Kathy Burke was another actor who worked with Harry Enfield. She and Harry are on the same page. They played an unemployed/work-shy couple called Wayne and Waynetta Slob. She also starred in Nil by Mouth, winning a Palm d’or at Cannes. If you really want to get a gauge of her character then watch her British Comedy Award acceptance speech. Be warned - very rude language. The BBC is a public service broadcasting company encompassing Radio stations, television channels, plus streaming and digital services. The two main TV channels are BBC1 and BBC2. Harry Enfield has worked as an actor/writer/director for several channels and he is very proud of his working class roots. He despises the elitists that try to run the BBC as if it were an extension of Oxbridge - the term used for that strata of society that wafts from public school through Oxford or Cambridge University to come to rest in the BBC, the civil service, the armed forces and the political parties.

[@tapio7133]

And one time in history, this was how things used to be.

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

Ahh, the best times. Makes me feel very patriotic when looking back at classic British comedy.

[@lillymay3632]

Harry Enfield and Chums ----- check out The Slobs.

[@iwatchyoutube9610]

Please check out Harry Enfield - Gay Son

[@Spidder81]

Harry Enfield and chums was amazing you should watch more

[@johngillespie3409]

BBC, nice T ha 🤣

[@AstarothDeathSquirre]

"I guess the BBC is a sketch comedy program..." - That pretty much nailed it.

[@JONSEY101]

Can I just say how good it is to see that some people have a sense of humour without getting all over sensitive about it. People these days often feel offended by such things which in my opinion, us just silly. It's comedy, having fun and women do it to guys too and that's fine. It's just poking some playful fun at one another. As an English person myself growing up with and around this kind of humour, it's something often missed. Humour today often can be stale and boring or too predictable. These used to be a time here and I'm sure there too where you could have playful fun like this but now, everything has become so overly seriously. Anyway, a great video guys. Have a fantastic day.

[@anaconda470]

Every time I'm watching this I'm laughing out loud. This was hilarious 😂

[@grahamrogers3345]

How can you not know who the BBC are???

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

Many Americans have no idea of anything outside of the US. They don't even know much of what's going on in their own country. This is down largely to corporate media and the poor state of education, along with the nonsense of American exceptionalism.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

There’s only one type of BBC I know and it ain’t this.

[@grahamrogers3345]

@@TheAdventuresofTNT I honestly did not know that there was anyone on earth who did not know that BBC is British Broadcasting Company. I have literally never met anyone who has not heard of them.

[@jillhobson6128]

@@grahamrogers3345 British Broadcasting Corporation.

[@grahamrogers3345]

@@jillhobson6128 Yes that is a silly typo but at least I know who they are

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

The UK has the funniest comedy panel shows. 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown, regularly has me crying check out, anus of the year, Natzi island, Jo Wilkinson's poem (everyone is crying at that and challenging wank are just a few of a huge remit. QI, Would I Lie To You, Have I Got News for You, Last Leg (this show was created for the Reo Paraolympics, but was so popular its still going 2 of the 3 regulars are amputees. Check out Jonny Vagus promo, again everyone was crying). In the UK we have a thing called Water Shead which means after 9pm anything goes because the kids should be in bed.

[@chloedevereaux1801]

sorry, american comedy is not funny because you don't understand sarcasm or irony...... english comedy is the jewel of the planet.....

[@aaronlee2k03]

I’m Welsh and be honest love have you ever seen South Park family guy all the American comedy’s there actually funny as fuck😂

[@aaronlee2k03]

But Yh we are funnier 😂💪🏻

[@alanoakley3242]

This is especially funny for those of us old enough to recall public information films, which also makes us old enough to recall when the attitudes these sketches parodied were widely held by both genders, if we can even say "both genders" anymore with so many to choose from?

[@annirvinetaylor1376]

Harry Enfield. Playing Kevin the teenager really funny.

[@diegestive4167]

That sort of comedy wouldn’t be allowed in the uk these days … all woke bs now days.

[@jameseckersley4926]

We have this comedy. We have much darker stuff than this on daytime TV. Even this sketch is about laughing at how backward we were.

[@rolandcooke]

​@@jameseckersley4926exactly. What we have less of - correctly - is people punching down and not getting called out for it.

[@intellex551]

Complete nonsense.

[@diegestive4167]

@@intellex551 mong

[@MrDunkycraig]

I cant remember when this was first aired probably the90s, its just taking the piss out os us brits