Ask The Leyland Brothers Episode 1

As seen on Australian TV in the 1970's & 80's
Mike and Mal introduce the series and invite viewers to write in with suggestions for the series. Hundreds of letters received by the Leylands ask about travelling around Australia. A detailed look at how to prepare your vehicle and what to carry and not carry on a round Australia trip is presented. This segment also covers special fitments which are useful for such vehicles. An example of the type of subjects expected to be covered in the series is given by a look at some fascinating sculptures made by William Ricketts at Pitchi Ritchi in Alice Springs. A look at a mountain in NSW which was once thought to be an active volcano.

[@blokeabouttown2490]

I love how the opening sequence of the show is basically a wet t-shirt contest mixed with shots of the outback. These blokes knew how to attract an audience in 1970s Australia.

[@MangoaGoGoProds]

Still do ;-)

[@arialbold2069]

I didn't notice it as a kid but it just shocked me watching it now

[@ferrarikangaroo9271]

No. That was just normal society. Western women weren't as hilariously obese back then and dressed normally.

[@melkosick-mccaw5308]

I was so addicted to this show in the 80's and I can't remember what happened in the episodes but the theme song has been stuck in my head for years . I was a 70's baby and an 80's child

[@ac6094]

Watching this again after so many years mase me feel quite emotional, remembering life as a child and watching this show on a Saturday afternoon at my grandma's house ❤

[@johnrowley5833]

“Travelling all over the countryside (We’re in trouble, we’re in trouble) We left the bloody map behind, What a pair of silly buggers!”😁

[@koziar79]

this show brings back memories from a better time 😊

[@ferrarikangaroo9271]

Can confirm.

[@DerhamPaul-vo8fr]

Yeah

[@457bananas4567]

I didn't remember all the wet t-shirt shots during the intro lol

[@frjfsiuojrsdug]

Same here! They did say "Whatever it is that you wanted to see" :)

[@VenturiLife]

+guppyboy69 Hence, the VCR was invented..

[@elkisana]

I did. Role models for a girl viewer back then

[@becpurcell6773]

2:58 and make sure your vehicles car doors actually stay shut when you close them as well as having the car in good mechanical condition.

[@garyquelch888]

We waited in anticipation for this show to come on ...deadset legendary Australians 🇦🇺💫🇦🇺

[@sexobscura]

who were Poms

[@beninglis8097]

When I was a kid my parents travelled around Aus in a Kombi van. We would spend at least a month or two of the year on the road and waking up in a different town, different place every morning was the best...

[@fyiaustralia9686]

Ahhh...the good ol days when people still used to do their own oil changes and replace engine parts.

[@mickgatz214]

Can't do it on the new cars, bar the oil change.

[@baclava69]

Wish it still was this way

[@melkosick-mccaw5308]

I still change my own oil but my dad doesn't

[@huntinglife5202]

I loved this show when i was a kid 47 now

[@shanewilson398]

Rick A me too, and I’m 55. I live in Argentina now, and was watching have you been paying attention from and there was Glenn Robbins, thought about Russell quoit and that led me to the layland bros. A great show. I don’t think things went to well for them after the show ended.

[@huntinglife5202]

@@shanewilson398 great show Russel's great Aussie Adventures. Mal and his daughter are starting up a new Leyland show. As all the others are passed away. Saw them talking to Carl stephanovic about it. That was before this mess where in happened.

[@SenorTucano]

I’ve still got my Leyland Brothers T-shirt 😎

[@DerhamPaul-vo8fr]

Well put it on

[@nickthornhill9724]

Just discovered this, courtesy of Kevin bloody Wilson. Fascinating - and I'm a Pom!

[@robertmoore9761]

same here purely because of "Living Next Door To Alan"

[@OntarioAndrew]

@@robertmoore9761 there's nothing over there.....cheers mate I'll film it

[@FTY13]

You'll probably never get to see this but that's just made my day. It's been reported that King Charles used to have tapes of Kevin bloody Wilson and his royal limo lol

[@nickthornhill9724]

@@FTY13 I can well believe it.

[@robertmoore9761]

So Bondy threw a party, The like's You've never seen, Invited everybody from the Premier to the Queen, AND THE LEYLAND BROTHERS!!!

[@ndingo]

Bobby Moore nice reference to the song living next door to Alan😃

[@FTY13]

​@@ndingoI thought that was obvious lol

[@seeweed70]

gee that loraines a knockout

[@jaybee1844]

Now I know why my dad loved this show

[@Defensive_Wounds]

The ladies wearing the Leyland tees all wet I didn't remember that bit as a kid! I almost lost an eye seeing that bit.

[@cheekyjazzhop]

I am sending them a letter lol

[@grandmastermonk1]

i live in Newcastle (where the brothers were from) and it turns out my next-door neighbour was the mechanic who made the modifications to their classic landrover. he also toured with them! nice guy too!

[@travelingman6511]

i think they lived at edgeworth at one time

[@M17CH68]

I also grew up in Newcastle. We would regularly see their Land Rover’s parked outside their home across from the Newcastle race track. National treasures those men.

[@elimcinnes706]

This is awesome! Thank you

[@ratman2232]

Thanks for the memories

[@coughcool72]

travel all over the country side, ask the Leyland's - been STUCK in my head! lol

[@jessesands4099]

Very sound advice from Mal Leyland met him at the Caravan and camping show at the Exhibition buildings in Melbourne in 1997!😊👍🤠🚘🏜️🇦🇺🐪🦅🐨

[@petejt]

I'm here from Kevin Bloody Wilson. I love how he bags on these blokes!

[@petejt]

Sorry I don't mean to offend.

[@Aearonjer]

Awesome, good memories.

[@davidbernard7885]

Yes, I certainly remembered the wet t shirts, what do they have in the opening, at least 3.. bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya bumbalaya......

[@ThomasCorfield]

3:00 Why did laugh so much when the door didn't close? Maybe it was Mike's trousers?

[@myleswillis]

The guy who made the sculptures had some serious talent.

[@arado240dd]

like the wifes shorts, lots of footage,

[@arado240dd]

@Jamie and it starts to zoom in.

[@AllRound_GG]

Great advice for anyone thinking of traveling across Australia.

[@biriani]

i remember watching the Leyland brothers in the 70s australia was a genuine fave of mine .b.

[@persephonekajira7269]

🤔 Now we need a crossover of these boys, Black As, The Bush Mechanics and Russel Coight added just for the hell of it

[@peecee1384]

Are these guys in the Logie Hall of Fame yet?

[@Domarius64]

I don't remember the wet t-shirt shots! As a kid in the 80's I remember the intro song (of course, sticks in your head) and I remember specifically the shot through the side window of the van looking at the passenger and driver, and the vague idea that there were shots of Australia. Maybe I was too young to care about boobies??

[@ndingo]

Is the first shot on top of the lookout over looking Glenrock lagoon on Scenic drive?

[@DisentDesign]

for some reason that stupid theme song popped into my head, a random misfiring of neurons binging up a long dormant memory from my youth.... and i head to hear it again, thanks youtube :)

[@elkisana]

It's like the Peter Russell Clarke jingle...

[@cassandralovely6182]

Exactly why I'm here...

[@cassandralovely6182]

Search Secret Valley for some nostalgic gratification

[@zacatecanjack4476]

"Travel all over your own backyard, as the lazy ask the lazy buggers "

[@jagdpanther1944]

"Lorraine, that's your department...jeez woman, where's me beer, fair dinkum you have to tell her everything...."

[@aspiewithattitude3213]

If the travel restrictions on going overseas continue on in the wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic, we could be confined in Australia for a few years. To find somewhere to go anywhere in Australia as an alternative to travelling overseas, as a lucky country and we need travel ideas, "Ask the Leyland Brothers".

[@JohnAlexanderBerry]

I have watched ALL the episodes of "Ask The Leyland Brothers" on KZbin up to episode 79. (I couldn't find any more episodes after that). All up, there were 156 episodes made between 1976-1984..... Will we get to see the other 77 episodes on KZbin ?

[@ashab967]

John Alexander Berry do u know where I can find the episode where they go to shark bay

[@JohnAlexanderBerry]

Not offhand Asha.

[@davewyatt1468]

11.30 yum

[@paddy_cakes]

Hey Guys, if you remember the Leyland Brothers from Australia in the 70s - Well Mal and his lovely wife Lorraine have been coaxed out of retirement to create a series of short videos travelling Australia in an RV. Mal Leyland is an absolute legend and has such a great storytelling style. Watch their latest adventure here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6Lchoide7-jr6s

[@InFiHax]

Kevin Wilson brought me here.

[@BertisAU]

Hi Mike, Can we ask questions through KZbin? I've been sending letters to your PO box for months and never got a response. Thanks

[@phrenzy1]

Haha I always wondered what happened to Mike and Mal, I reckon there would be a series in visiting all the places from the original series and seeing how things have changed, see if you can find anywhere that's as remote and untouched as when they last saw it. I wonder if they'd be up for this sort of traveling at their ages.

[@BertisAU]

***** Thanks very much for the info.

[@pantherslair]

BertisVids ViewLorium is part of Flashback Entertainment which is the authorised company for all Leyland Brothers video content. As I am the Media Rep for Mal and have removed a lot of infringing material off KZbin etc for them, if you want to get a message to Mal, let me know and I will pass it on and ask him to reply.

[@catey62]

+BertisVids Mal and his wife have a channel here on youtube that I'm subscribed to but they dont seem to have a lot of activity unfortunately.I loved them when I was younger and idolised them..used to wish it was me having all the adventures they did :-)

[@pantherslair]

+catey62 No, Mal and his wife do not have a channel here on KZbin. Any person creating a channel and calling themselves the Leyland's is clearly a misguided fan who is being fraudulent and inappropriate with their name and their material. The only authorised organisation allowed to upload videos of their old programs is this one (Viewlorium) which is part of Flashback Entertainment Group.

[@mickgatz214]

How does a spark plug inflate a tyre from dead flat, to fully inflated?.

[@RAFFIZUMZ]

It's not the spark plug but the exhaust from the cylinder.

[@grahamj5113]

@@RAFFIZUMZ But it does seem a lot like inflating it with unburned petrol vapour! I prefer a compressor :)

[@raybourne5781]

@@grahamj5113 ….. portable Compressors wouldn’t of been back then…

[@carcaridon]

@@grahamj5113 yes,but with good old leaded petrol. As nature intended it.

[@mazambane286]

@@RAFFIZUMZ It only works on the compression stroke. IE the stroke when all values are closed. This forces the air (mixed with fuel obviously) through the sparkplug appature where the hose is now attached in place of a sparkplug. These were very popular back in day.

[@philshaffer6219]

Numberphile brought me here.

[@mikewilson714]

Can someone please post Paul Hogan's send up of this that appeared on The Paul Hogan Show back in the 80s? Very funny!

[@JBofBrisbane]

"Know where we are, Mike?" "Buggered if I know, Mal!"

[@mikewilson714]

@@JBofBrisbane Hahahaa "and if you listen, you can hear the sound of the occasional mugger in the distance." Scream heard in background. "There's one now."

[@PokeNPC]

2:58 almost feels like a thug life moment

[@marklambert9864]

Glass shatters on corrugated roads!!!,not plastic!!!!

[@ndingo]

6:09 he F up the take on that one 🎬

[@23Rallyman]

100s of letters in the past 10 years? Didn't overstretch the postie did it?

[@carcaridon]

Hahaha to hear him say that on the very first episode. I'm wondering if they arrived just then by push-bike. ?

[@DerhamPaul-vo8fr]

I was born in 1972

[@craigmurphy163]

What is a letter lol great vid

[@petejt]

That's interesting about the Burning Mountain. Is it possible to pump water down there and back for geothermal energy?

[@niraj_suresh]

Up vote if you're here cuz of numberphile

[@notPSOJosh]

+Niraj Suresh Here from KBW ;)

[@jonhume631]

Check out Mal's more recent work for free here! viewlorium.com/?s=leyland

[@melyn278]

They’re my cousins! 😊

[@ClearyProdzz]

Are you sad that your rock is burned

[@Aqene1000]

Ah, the generation who drove about with flasks eskys and fold up chairs.... just doesnt happen as much these days = people stop for sushi or thai instead - how Aussie land has changed !

[@persephonekajira7269]

Whatever ya reckon, sport 🙄 I know heaps of people who still do this but hey, feel free to think what Ya want if it gives ya that nice warm false sense of superiority 😂

[@charlestaylor4727]

Came from the Jason Ellis show

[@youtubeviewer7030]

they lived at Lake Macquarie suburb called edgeworith at one time near newcastle