How to Flirt With Men | Coupling | BBC Comedy Greats

[@BBCComedyGreats]

"Red or white?"

[@mukto_house]

white would have been great.

[@Nooziterp1]

No wonder he kept forgetting the order lol

[@chavzone]

The 15-year punchline

[@marcushinton772]

This was one of the best comedies ever by the BBC, most memorable episode where he had too many legs to pull!

[@antonsimachkov6255]

Jeff was one leg away from a fun night

[@fozthepoet8274]

"I've the key to paradise, but I've got too many legs!"

[@toofrequenttraveller7707]

I won’t ever forget the one with the dildo.

[@judgeberry6071]

Misandrist horseshit that's what it was. Each to their own.

[@stephanwerner1196]

That was the most memorable one? I was expecting Shadayim...

[@SaraFaithJacobsen]

I'm American, and Coupling to me is funnier and with better writing than Friends. I used to watch Coupling as a kid. Well done UK!!!

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Haha cheers! 😁👍🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@gastondoumerc7863]

Absolutely!

[@ValhallaRaven]

Friends isn’t even on the same level of genius that this show is at. Sadly, in the US, most people wouldn’t understand this type humour…clever humour like this would go over a lot of their heads.

[@johnplusart]

I’m Filipino and this show is not just far better than Friends, but other shows too! This is gold!

[@shiratake1974]

Always one of you in the comments!

[@evilsquirrel56231]

One of the most daring and amusing shows ever filmed

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

It's my favourite of all time. 😁👍

[@felang9257]

This and Ab Fab!

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Daring? Certainly was very amusing. One of the best UK comedies ever made, imho.

[@chrisl2656]

Note to the editor: if there’s going to be more of these (and I hope there are), can we stick to the original 4:3 aspect ratio instead of making everybody look 33% wider than normal.

[@Derek-qu8qi]

The show is 25 years old. Everyone is 33% wider when they are 25 years older.

[@iamnormal8648]

​@@Derek-qu8qiDon't quit your day job for comedy yet.

[@GRedit1000]

@@iamnormal8648 LOL!

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@iamnormal8648 50,000 comedians out of a job and he's making jokes. Such disrespect.

[@LordVader1094]

@@iamnormal8648 Idk, I chuckled

[@CaptChrispy]

Jeff would have fainted.

[@suelodenilynnl.3563]

Waatcсh Coupling onlineeе heereeеe => twitter.com/3ba5cd1602af3e890/status/858504327203241985

[@corkscrewfoley]

He would've steadied himself all over the furniture.

[@michaelritchie5303]

I just fainted.

[@Isleofskye]

So would Andy Bradbury..

[@lionelt.9124]

Oh Jeffery. *sigh*​@@corkscrewfoley

[@francescobonfiglio9142]

RIP Julia (Lou Gish, 27 May 1967 - 20 February 2006)

[@ladyselin35]

She died so young :/

[@gauravchandra1585]

Coupling has been my fav comedy series🙁i never knew shes no more , rip

[@ItsMsQuay]

@Privatise TheNHS Cancer

[@maestroclassico5801]

She's DEAD? awwww.

[@peterparquer1873]

Damn, this is the first I learned of this.....😢😔

[@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy]

There's this place in Australia called Susan's Bar that plays this show all the time.

[@M4NA5]

That’s awesome

[@anonymoushuman8962]

Lovely vadge

[@anonymoushuman8962]

Do they have tight slits?

[@ThomasCorfield]

Do they have decent parking?

[@anonymoushuman8962]

@@ThomasCorfield and silky slits

[@niki-haha7691]

2024 and i still love this show!!❤

[@alainbellemare2779]

2031 still do to while time traveling

[@siblej1]

Sarah Alexander is amazing

[@gvigary1]

Armstrong and Miller - Nude Practice. I rest my case.

[@roscored1000]

@@gvigary1 yep 100%

[@peterdefrankrijker]

_And_ she was in Red Dwarf which makes her a legend in my book.

[@KeithMilner]

I did a scene with her on an episode of Pennyworth. She is a delight.

[@lidge1994]

Big blue eyes and blonde hair just go together amazingly.

[@stevenwhite3.1415]

Susan is the most attractive woman I have ever seen.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Sarah Alexander is the quintessential English rose. Women like her are rare. Natalie Dorner is another example. :)

[@tonybates7870]

Fun fact: Sarah Alexander was in a relationship and lived with a 72 year old man when she was 29. I don't actually object. Well, I do, in a kind of jealous way. Imagine her calling him Daddy. Jesus Christ, that's hot . . .

[@yruu113]

his expression is priceless

[@Bikesbikesbikes500]

Jeff is the best character ever and susan is my dream woman

[@mistermaquaid1259]

this show was so good. need a re-release

[@eroche12]

This is so well acted, written etc. This and the MELTY man is simply classic. This quality is hard to find now and even so with current sentiments of today

[@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy]

Nooooooooo ! Not the Melty man. Nightmares.

[@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy]

I liked the part where the present gets delivered to the wrong person and mom gets a replica of Patric's wedding tackle. ...and yes... even that bit is authentic.

[@bernardvc5820]

beware of the sock gap!

[@brangwen1]

that poor bloke!!! Anyway, coupling is the best!!!!!

[@Apx728]

You don't even have to flirt with men, just talk to us and we'll automatically assume that you're into us

[@russellfrancis6294]

All a woman has to say to me is hello.

[@doctordinosaur3080]

@@russellfrancis6294 Ohhh, look at Mr. high standards here! Thinks he's better than us...

[@ThomasCorfield]

Or mot vomit on me. Women always vomit on me.

[@paulbromley6687]

Talk! They don’t even have to do that.

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

Which is why men are pathetic, creepy and rape-y. You can’t differentiate between conversation and invitation. Disgusting. 🤮

[@Harabusa200]

Thank you Austin Wintory for recommending the show, you always know what British thing to recommend to people.

[@AnimeAngel88]

That poor waiter! XD

[@MrStr6789]

If he wasn’t such a simp it wouldn’t have worked…I would have given as good as I got if this happened in real life…😉

[@roguecomics4775]

Best show entirely about sex. The writing is out of this world funny.

[@garethwilliams3819]

Was going to write something but got distracted somehow - naked!

[@ahthisisgood]

How did I miss this series? That's comedy gold.

[@mgchato]

Coupling beats Friends any day of the week, hands down

[@andrewjones575]

Yes, so why has Coupling never been popular? Most people whom I mention it to have never seen it. Many haven't even heard of it.

[@SaraFaithJacobsen]

Yes! Although I do like Friends too, but Coupling has better comedic acting and better writing than Friends (especially considering the later seasons of Friends were the plots and writing was soooooo bad!!!)

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Agreed!

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

@@andrewjones575 because friends is an American TV show and designed for mainstream consumption. Few know of shows from the UK, or any other country for that matter. Recall this was back in the day when streaming wasn't possible on the Internet.

[@andrewjones575]

@@thathandsomedevil0828 That doesn't explain why Coupling has never been popular in the UK. Why weren't millions of people watching it in the 2000s?

[@DavidHukill]

One of the funniest shows ever, love it!

[@klaus7227]

By far better than any US friends-sitcom, and my fave sitcom, together with "My family".

[@largol33t1]

Despite what Friends fans claim, the show did rip off the plots of one or two episodes of Coupling such as the lost sex tape.

[@bottlerocket3218]

Whenever someone asks me if I ever watch the show Coupling, I say perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...

[@vidalaac]

A perfect answer that only someone who watched the show would understand!

[@coach7733]

One of the best comedy series ever! Best regards from Bremen, Germany

[@judsdragon]

never seen this show but the 2 ladies in the middle were also in Drop the Dead Donkey which was brilliant British comedy

[@DodderingOldMan]

Perfect example of how you can write a show primarily about sex and have it actually be funny instead of just childish and grubby. Or even *as well as* childish and grubby, if you really nail the balance between humour and smut.

[@ClintonDawkins]

OK, Puritan.

[@SA2004YG]

​@ClintonDawkins better than being trashy

[@ClintonDawkins]

@@SA2004YG Ok, snowflake.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Oh, I dunno. “The Inbetweeners” was a classic!

[@LordVader1094]

@@ClintonDawkins OP literally as "AS WELL" as childish and grubby if it's well balanced, bozo.

[@MrMetallidude]

Men. Such simple creatures.

[@orbitalsummer]

simple but awesome

[@BoltRM]

Just treat us like dogs, stroke us & say nice things. That's it.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

@@orbitalsummer and complex. :)

[@rachelar]

Not any more. "The game is up, your contraceptives love" 🎵

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

Is nobody going to comment on the fact that "red or white" sounds like he's talking about her underwear?

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Haha, didn't even ping that!!! 😂👍

[@stevencraeynest7729]

no, because it doesn't

[@deepankurnayantara]

yeah it was a brilliant punchline

[@vizsla54]

One of the smartest shows

[@aresorum]

BBC, are you new to TV production? I’m asking because you stretch a 4:3 video into 16:9 like an amateur.

[@colinbutcher2956]

Absolute genius. The late Lou Gish as Julia in series 3 was inspired casting. Friends wasn't a patch on this

[@HAMED-w5c]

I have trouble?? What jeff?? I have to many legs!!,😂😂😂😂 Really the best one

[@paullecomtenz]

One of the best shows ever

[@TacComControl]

Funny, the only thing I can manage to think of every time they say Naked is Mariella Frostrup...

[@andreas_tech]

love comedy series, that run 1-2 a week. watched this in german in 2003. great times!

[@horrorpodcast0707]

But it’s not the same in German. Half of the jokes are not even translatable 😅

[@antred11]

@@horrorpodcast0707 Yeah, but back then when this aired on German telly, internet wasn't as widespread yet (and at any rate, it probably wasn't on the internet anyway), so the original wasn't easy to come by.

[@Liggie55821]

That poor waiter was so rattled, even his hair got rattled.

[@StCreed]

Hilarious! First time I ever have hard of this series, but I realise this is recommended right after Red Dwarf so, probably good 😀

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Watch all 3 seasons, you won't regret it!

[@FiliusFidelis]

@@thathandsomedevil0828 4 seasons, maybe you repressed the last one due to the absence of Jeff? ;)

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

@@FiliusFidelis I did indeed. 👏😂

[@davidbanks4168]

Sarah Alexander’s eyes are still the most beautiful thing to have ever appeared on British television.

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Love British humor. So much better than American TV shows.

[@TruthWiz]

Thank you so much for making me aware of this show! I live in the states and I had no idea it existed. I'm going to give it a watch, as it's streaming free for Amazon Prime subscribers. Cheers!

[@RobinMcBeth]

Best comedy show ever.

[@benjaminvdvyt]

Not sure why this was in my feed all the sudden, but I loved watching this show.

[@davidkirk1359]

Definitely one of my favorites.

[@vidalaac]

What a great series! One of my favorites!

[@tcrown3333]

Great acting. Brilliant script! 👍 👍

[@hyper426]

I am American, and I have to admit that British and American humor/humour are completely different. While Mark Twain and Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett have similar types of humor, they are still completely different in content.

[@soeffingwhat]

Some American comedy shows are good, but a lot are very wishy washy, about families getting into silly situations and overall they are just way too "nice". They tried to re-make Fawlty Towers for the American market (though millions of americans do like Fawlty Towers they way it is) and each time it never worked cos they tried to make it much "nicer".

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Yep. The American version of “Coupling” was interesting but just didn’t work.

[@virginsim8024]

Coupling was great. Like Friends, but funny . . . .

[@rubyxfinity8634]

Ahhhhh.... COUPLING (the UK version only). Such a great series for couples to watch and laugh together. It was one of the reasons we got an all-region DVD player, just so I could buy the series box. It's been a while, gotta binge it again, next time there's a lull in streaming...

[@zork999]

The first three seasons were outstanding. The fourth season was pretty good. The US version was awful even though they used the original UK scripts.

[@JohnPanto]

Bloody good! Never saw this before!

[@gwine9087]

ONe of the truly great comedies out of the UK.

[@nopenope1]

one of the best shows ever. Saw only the dubbed version, when it run on TV. Sometimes it did hurt watching it, because laughted so much.

[@shelbynamels973]

Currently enjoying the one with the heart appliques on 'Leverage' with Jerry Ryan and Tim Hutton.

[@bharathsf]

I love British comedy

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

Loved Sarah since I first watched Coupling!

[@mikaelhansson9613]

Coupling is so much better than Friends!

[@nicknelson9450]

Yeah, except for the acting and the writing.

[@GlideYNRG]

Such an awesome little series back then and still is now. ❤

[@megapangolin1093]

Delightful, great to have experienced real comedy in the past. Sad it has gone for good now.

[@colormedubious4747]

No, it isn't. I have all four seasons on DVD and can watch it whenever I like. 😁

[@megapangolin1093]

@@colormedubious4747 I think my comment was confusing, I meant that new good comedy is not produced now due to social and legal issues.

[@colormedubious4747]

@@megapangolin1093 That is a completely fair point.

[@typacsk]

It's like they keep hard-rebooting him. (To all you pervs out there, that's not what I mean.)

[@chimeragenesis361]

Doctor who? Regeneration?

[@nicholasdinnoo6552]

Still watching 2022

[@parthparekh1]

I had to cross my legs just watching this 😂

[@aon10003]

Oh i miss them. You never see crazy/funny girls on tv nowadays.

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

that was a great show! I loved Coupling.. the TV show ... I don't want to get banned by YT

[@andyinmotion6877]

The UK version of Coupling was awesome. They tried a US version, but it didn’t work without the British comic timing and wit.

[@waltergibson9178]

Great show

[@CraigGibbons-p4d]

All stunningly beautiful and very funny

[@88Fluffy88]

Great idea, be adding a flag next week.

[@Michelangelo0003]

I used to love this show! Very entertaining.

[@Blinkaholic182]

Lmao that was pretty funny

[@MAte925]

Can't beat british humour!😍😍😋😃😃

[@goodsound4756]

Funniest sitcom ever.

[@josebrown5961]

I was in my thirties when this came out. Throughout the run of the series I was in “love” with Susan, and secondly Gina Bellman. For some silly reason I had no love for Kate Isitt, I don’t know why. Now in my fifties I actually LOVE Kate Isitt! I must have been brain addled or something because that woman is just perfect. So it has been fun watching my old Coupling DVDs and loving Kate.

[@IainFrame]

Age sometimes diminishes the senses like that! 🤣

[@FiliusFidelis]

Any particular reason it is Gina Bellman, Kate Isitt and "Susan" instead of Sarah Alexander? ;)

[@josebrown5961]

@@FiliusFidelisI guess I should have used the actor’s name rather than her character! I ask you and Sarah Alexander for forgiveness.🙏 I was really into Susan back in the day. I mean like worse than Jeff in episode one!

[@Max_Griswald]

Who was the blonde? She is smoking hot!

[@wudangmtn]

That poor bloke didn’t have a chance!😂

[@burnerog]

That was brilliant

[@blancakanotz]

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!

[@TarlachOakleaf]

Thanks for reminding me why I forgot this series.

[@soledude]

This show was do great. 😍😍😍

[@dportaz]

Still talk about the giggle loop

[@landonfinnerty2391]

Love Gina! Never get to see her any more.

[@duncanidaho4565]

What is this this is amazing

[@sex3pointzero]

odd when you realise that it took a whole writing team to come up with scripts as bad as a friends and yet one bloke by himself managed to write coupling .... a show that is actually funny ... about a group of friends.

[@caroleastmond9064]

Funny!!! Wonderful Show!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@hckr4evr]

Brilliant!

[@Nebarus]

Due to my heart issues, I would have died, right there, as that waiter... Died happy, that is!

[@xlin1524]

so much better than Friends

[@NoNameArtist89]

Woooaarr... lmao!!! I really have to watch more of that... 5 stars! yeah!

[@samhamilton69014]

Comedy is best when it reveals truth.. and this is how it is gents!

[@RFC3514]

One of the reasons why Coupling works so well is that everyone can sort of identify with _all_ characters. And that's because each character was designed to represent a specific aspect of every man and woman: Jeff and Sally represent the inner monologue (neurotic, insecure, constantly afraid of saying the wrong thing, etc.). They're the part you're afraid other people will see. Patrick and Jane represent how everyone _wants_ to be (effortlessly sexy, confident, and not giving a toss about what anyone else might think). Steve and Susan (who, BTW, are named after the writer and producer) represent the "civilised" image we try to present to others, while struggling with the previous two aspects.

[@hmmBEEFY]

if that happened to me in real life, my head would have exploded...

[@korosuke1788]

Which one?

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

My balls would explode.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Bob-j5o3b]

Poor bugger, he didn't stand a chance : )

[@christopherwelford8401]

Loves that program. All hot! Gone too soon Lou.

[@nirajbothe6336]

Which tv show is this

[@kimcason8764]

Brilliant show even Years later..! I always remember the 'GIGGALOOP..!' Wonderful British Tease..!! Now where are my DVD's I know there in the House Somewhere. I need a Real Good Giggle..!! 😂

[@vkdeen7570]

I've got too many legs!!! 😂

[@Derek-qu8qi]

BBC shouldn’t have KZbin ads. TV licences covers that.

[@razzle1964]

I agree, to a point. But, the Beeb probably see the ‘writing on the wall’ in terms of reductions in Gov’t funding - they’re just trying to bolster their coffers as best they can. Can’t say I blame ‘em. It explained Moffat’s recent ‘Dr Who’ deal with Disney, too, I believe. Besides, whilst I acknowledge the licence fee is a bit archaic in this day & age AND too expensive for many, Auntie DOES still knock out some top quality shit, not to mention radio (lots and lots of radio), sports coverage, outside broadcasts (remember ‘Live Aid’, in ‘85? It was bloody well done), the World Service, shipping forecasts, iPlayer, etc, etc. Who doesn’t love a bit of vintage ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ or classic ‘Attenborough’ after a few beers! eh!😉✌️

[@Sk-zw7bb]

Hi brain keeps resetting

[@ronaldsmithhart8019]

Sooo Funny !!

[@shawneldridge4465]

🤔hmmmmm, I don't know if anyone else out there had thought about this before or not. Maybe it just could be me on the other hand too. Coupling kind of reminds me of a combination of friends and sex in the city but more comical and much better too. Well anyway it does. I think that PBS needs to put the show back on their channel. Good shows like this are hard to come by and find today.

[@aerochicc]

Coupling came first. The other shows were sad copies in the US.

[@peterweston1356]

Perfect comedy …