John Cleese and Cast Crack Up During Policewomen Sketch | At Last the 1948 Show

[@boneshaker6819]

Marty was an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to. A very funny man who left us far too early.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Great chemistry

[@jezt42]

Naughty John, Marty and Graham: they changed their pseudonym names in the script but didn’t tell Tim as a prank. That’s why Tim seems so unsure! He rises above it though and carries on with the sketch. They all looked like they were having huge fun! Thanks for the upload: always a pleasure to watch! 👍

[@MrCheesyBaconBits]

Enjoyable comment to read

[@johncartwright8154]

I didn't know that Jez T. Perhaps that was the inspiration for the effect on the actors in the 'Bigus Dickus' scene in 'Life of Brian'. :)

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

I get the feeling there’s a real Philippa that Tim knew

[@sickoftheleftwingscum]

What a pleasure to watch real comedy as opposed to the utter drivel from the likes of BBC ITV or Channel 4 how times have changed for the worst ! 👍🇬🇧

[@synthonaplinth5980]

It's a pleasure to watch them all trying not to corpse, especially Graham. He always managed to keep it together better than the others.

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

The sixties and seventies turned out some excellent comedians. 😃

[@ianmorton4136]

Monty Python, the Goodies and Marty Feldman all; owe their existence to this forgotten classic !!

[@bighuge1060]

Watching The Goodies was a fond memory of mine growing up in the 70s. Interestingly, my favorite fast food place during that time was called Goody's. I think John, Marty and Graham add-libbed new names to prank Tim in this skit. It's wonderful.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen! Please remember you're ladies!"

[@dougclark2769]

Seems to be a lot of that going on these days...

[@spaceytracey1237]

Haha that was the stand out line for me too

[@markthrasher6770]

Highlight: Feldman with his egor face and barritone voice saying "Yes... Samantha is really 'me' sir..."

[@markthrasher6770]

John and Grahams towering bulks in drag is the whole skit by itself

[@Scott_Finch]

Real, proper, classic British comedy!

[@RadicalCaveman]

About real, proper, classic British ladies!

[@olgierdogden4742]

I love it when comedians start grinning at each other’s lines as they full know the weight of the following exchange of words.

[@scoldedcat]

Priceless. Feldman wanted a piece of John Cleese with that handbag weapon thingy.

[@julianaylor4351]

RIP Graham Chapman, Tim Brookes Taylor and Marty Feldman. Much missed. 😆😔❤️

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

Legend's. Thats all that can be said about these blokes. Each and every single one of them a Legend.

[@DieFlabbergast]

*legends (sigh)

[@WaynePaul-z5i]

This is one the funniest things I have ever seen. Comic Genius at its best.

[@briancox3050]

All very funny guys ( er...ladies ) John Cleese is the only one still alive. RIP Tim. Marty, & Graham. were outstanding geniuses. Cleese still is too...

[@schubertuk]

I don't think I've still come to term with Tim's death yet...

[@mw10259]

WISH FELDMAN WOULD HAVE JOINED THE FLYING CIRCUS

[@tamferguson3891]

Samam'pha Is Me!! ... Zomg!! .. Im in Bits!!! 😂😂😂

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Cleese's hairy legs are hilarious. Chapmans tache too.

[@thomascassidy8347]

Simply lovely 💗💗 we all need a good piece of pure comedy now more than ever!!

[@matoko123]

You're not far wrong.

[@j1701why1]

Never seen this before. Heard so much about it and this sketch confirms it. Class, we need to get back to Live filming!

[@Steve_P_B]

Marty Feldman is an underrated comic genius

[@constatinap8926]

Love LOVE Brit comedy!😁

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

Marty Feldman..."you old scrubba". I'm a Yank and had to look "scrubber" up. Truly hilarious!

[@stefanherns4541]

Glad I had a chance to watch this show! I miss this type of comedy!

[@kashigata]

It is brilliant isn’t it? I am too young to have ever seen this before. I know all the crew from other shows of course. This has aged so well!

[@christinepage1523]

Me too, there is no real comedy these days.

[@kashigata]

@@christinepage1523 I think there is plenty of comedy but much of it is mean spirited. ☹️

[@francislarvey7942]

@@kashigata mean spirited or not can't modern wusses take a joke nowadays. Give had a few directed my way. You shake off, suck it up, Parry and punch- line back

[@chateaupig826]

The brilliant Marty Feldman 😂 Lifes too short ❤

[@stevehughes1510]

Brilliant fun, too bad we don't see good skits like this on TV anymore. Great stuff.

[@starlord2112]

Absolutely marvellous. And laugh out loud funny.

[@jamesmcgee7723]

Ahh TBT, what an actor. 😂😂😁😁😁

[@ghostinthemachine8243]

4 legendary British comedians in one skit. Fantastic.

[@hilaryepstein6013]

In the original script (which is online somewhere) Graham was Elsie and Marty was Carmen. John was still Doris. The way the audience reacted it seems like they were in on the joke but I'm sure they weren't.

[@blakeyonthebuses]

Just seeing all of them laugh is pure gold!

[@ErikDeMann]

What noone seems to notice is that the copper is making a damned good Michael Palin impersonation.

[@mattiemclean9882]

Who's noone? I think you mean "no one"

[@ErikDeMann]

@@mattiemclean9882 Your life must be immensely boring... /smdh

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Was Palin even famous at this time?? I really doubt he's impersonating him.

[@thedarksiderebel]

I feel like he was channeling Kenneth Williams

[@grandpavanderhof]

@@thedarksiderebel Definitely Kenneth Williams.

[@ragle8684]

Nice! Now bring us a clip of "Mr. Hilter"!

[@MaskedMan66]

Graham played another "Constable Beryl" in a Python bit as I recall.

[@mbrackeva]

Marty is not gentle with the handbag there. That swing is ment to hurt someone.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

I think the ferocity and head-shot accuracy with which Marty swung that bag startled John! LOL

[@asteverino8569]

Great to see this, mate.

[@kenthomson9562]

Are you trying to sound British? The “Mate” is out of place.

[@stegokitty]

For a moment there I thought he'd said "Gloria Estefan" XP

[@montauk6]

Goodies, Python, and Feldman in one skit.... IT DON'T GET MUCH BETTER, DINNIT!!!

[@Boertje247]

FIFTY years later, nary a curse word, F-bomb, or derogatory blip. Still hilarious. My 28 yr old great nephew and his friends watch the MPS and love it! Good is good, but these guys are comedy genius. 💝

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Effortlessly funny

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

"I fink Samanfa is me...."

[@mattmccullar9934]

I found the "1948 Show" on DVD and knew very little about it at first. Lord, is it funny! I never knew Marty Feldman had ever done television. This show helped make him a star. It's hard to believe the BBC almost deleted this show from their archives.

[@tinahardman9805]

This was ITV (Rediffusion was the company at the time.) Marty Feldman went to the BBC for his own series called Marty in 1968.

[@dooglebee]

Marty Feldman getting all catty is hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Whaddya mean I 'aven't got the legs for it? Whaddya mean 'my age', ya ol' scrubber?

[@miksal26]

Bring back the “Sermon “ sketch. ( “ My brother is an hairy man and I am a smooth”). That one did it for me.

[@TheAndrewJBaker]

Wasn’t that an Alan Bennett sketch?

[@miksal26]

@@TheAndrewJBaker It was , but his name escaped me when I remembered the sketch . He imitated perfectly the ecclesiastical bleat that many vicars adopted when delivering particularly boring sermons ,and , of course, lent themselves to parody by cheeky schoolboys.

[@TheAndrewJBaker]

@@miksal26 yes indeed. It was originally a sketch in Beyond the Fringe on stage but I think it was also used in his tv series On The Margin in 1966. That’s where I remember seeing it I think. The series is lost apart from soundtracks which have been released. I might be wrong about that though! I do remember other things that were certainly in On the Margin like the NORWICH sketch. I was only 12.

[@MoeSlislack]

You should have mentioned Marty Feldman in the title. He was a wonderful guy.

[@maxklein1614]

Call me bubbles, darling... everybody does!

[@polarfamily6222]

Humor that doesn't care if anyone gets offended. Brilliant.

[@martinsutoob]

Why have I never seen that before? Brilliant.

[@spmoran4703]

What a group of sexy women . Actually this is amazing funny. And Samantha indeed has the best English Rose complexion.

[@densalbeach1]

When humour was fun and no-one was ever offended, god life used to be good!

[@billythedog-309]

l'm offended by virtually everything, especially god life.

[@CaliWeHo]

👏👏👏👏

[@aeio_]

I'm HIGHLY OFFENDED that this isn't recorded in color. Never mind that color TV cameras had yet to be invented -- what does THAT matter? The oppression!!

[@philbecker4676]

Ooh, first comment was a nostalgia masturbator. Who would get offended by this? Men dressing as women is literally one of the coolest things at the moment, ever watched RuPaul's Drag Race?

[@ChrisWilliams-nf8kl]

I'm offended it's not funny. Four Yorkshiremen - that's a sketch, this is just cheap target garbage. [I am from Yorkshire btw]

[@jorgepeppertrees6612]

Thank you!

[@MaskedMan66]

I think Marty is wearing one of Caroline John's wigs from when she played Dr. Liz Shaw on "Doctor Who."

[@JennyWren333]

So great to see Marty Feldman again!

[@barbaraburbello9236]

Always funny. Thank God for John Cleese

[@luisreyes1963]

A great bit of British comedy! 🇬🇧

[@Ange65230]

Gentlemen, remember you are ladies! How VERY profound. Maybe John you could update this sketch for us true comedy lovers.

[@andymanaus1077]

It's so sad that John is the only one of this quartet who is still with us.

[@MaskedMan66]

"Gentlemen, please remember you're ladies!"

[@appledoreman]

Yes, and I must warn you that anything you take down may be used in evidence against you...

[@MaskedMan66]

@@appledoreman Yikes!

[@aussiedadreviews]

What a cast!!!!!

[@khrystree9233]

Wot a hidden gem. Comic genius by talented writers and actors - even funnier, i have been to clubs like that 😉 K

[@mariamartinusz9699]

Particularly funny to a Hungarian ear. The Esterhazy is a family of nobility, count and countess, that is.

[@mooseyman74]

Didn't realise Graham Chapman was so tall

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

I think Chapman was 6 4" and Cleese 6 7" .

[@carolramsey6287]

@@Keepingitrespectfulmostly. Don't forget the heels!

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

@@carolramsey6287 How is that relevant?

[@solentbum]

Essential viewing at my school.

[@davidl2135]

The way Marty looks at Graham near the end. 😂

[@markthrasher6770]

Poor Graham, you probably couldn't light a match near him he's so obviously tanked in this....

[@cht2162]

Those were the days!!!!!

[@beyondvger3682]

🫡🤣 Thank you gentlemen.

[@MONK-7]

It's sad to say that John is the only one left

[@bromptinowner763]

Is there any body these days this funny and no swearing ???

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great stuff! :)

[@christinejewett1566]

So great!

[@whitewolf6730]

Oh my goodness, thus is true fun!

[@callum1651]

I used to like John Cleese in the nineties but I don't mind what temperature he is now

[@PleaseNThankYou]

Its amazing that something so risqué then can be so innocent now. Still wouldn't let the kiddos watch but I somehow feel nostalgic and therefore, benign.

[@LucySharkeyart]

“Still wouldn’t let the kiddos watch it” what a sheltered life you lead.

[@andersdottir1111]

1948 show - let’s think up the most outrageous, unthinkable situation that could never happen. 2021- it’s happening.

[@rael2099]

John Cleese had a good cemented career by this time and he thought he was a star above the Pythons, but Monthy Python polished that raw diamond he was.

[@johnmaher9462]

This skit would drive the PC crowd insane today.

[@Concreteowl]

Police Constables have a great sense of humour.

[@freakyflow]

[@tonicastel5933]

Samamfa!

[@markvolt2070]

Being a huge Monty Python fan, I am astonished/surprised/embarrased(*) that I had no idea this show existed and the only excuse is I´m not from The Great Britain. This is fantastic humour! (*) delete as required

[@Wotsitorlabart]

If you are not aware of it check out 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' a children's comedy series which aired on UK TV between 1967 and 1969 and starred amongst others Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman with music by the Bonzo Dog Doo - Dah Band and animation by Terry Gilliam.

[@markvolt2070]

@@Wotsitorlabart Thank you for your tip, will watch it!

[@mrmockatoo6786]

All of the Pythons got their starts as writers and writer/performers on shows like The Frost Report, the 1948 Show and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Of course, Spike Milligna - the well-known typing error - set the whole comedy scene alight a decade earlier with the Goon Show.

[@jackdshellback3819]

@@markvolt2070 I remember rushing home from school to watch Do Not Adjust Your Set, brilliant! And with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band as house band too, check them out if you are not familiar with their work. Another comedy kids show (I think it was for kids anyway) I remember watching was The Telegoons in the early sixties. It was basically The Goons (Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe) made into a puppet show. Check that out as well.There is something slightly disturbing about it. No wonder I grew up a bit weird.

[@martinclark8162]

Me to son, 64yrs old and this show was to young for me! Just discovered it in time to die - just made it.....

[@daverigby23]

Marty Feidman - he had a face for comedy

[@donnydarko2100]

What wonderful stuff. Now, of course, everyone would be offended. Well, it would never be aired in the first place. Thank God for humour. How we need it now!

[@LucySharkeyart]

“Dress your age sweetheart!” The truth hurts 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@davidwagner6116]

Gentlemen Gentlemen Gentlemen, please remember that you are ladies

[@martinstent5339]

"Gentlemen! Please remember that you're laidies!

[@alisoncooper1421]

And only Bubbles had the legs for the mini skirt, so true.

[@Rudepenaltyoffside]

Which one was bubbles?

[@alisoncooper1421]

@@Rudepenaltyoffside John Cleese, the tall one on the left.

[@MusicMeddy]

Beryl would, too, but she doesn't want to come across as too cheap

[@pwareham61]

Fantastic 😂

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Classic!

[@tonyreynolds5112]

Damn good stuff from days gone by. 🇺🇸

[@joeverna5459]

Marty Feldman was classic. RIP Marty.

[@1946nimrod]

How can you even look at Marty and keep a straight face?!!

[@bobdavis3277]

It's a shame Marty wasn't a part of Monty Python!

[@lr4165]

Today, this is a completely serious scenario.

[@JustineWittich]

Ah, the wonderful years of Monty Python and friends. You couldn't watch too much, because you hurt from laughing/

[@Colsoloact-po9wv]

You only have to look at Marty Feldman to laugh...that man had funny bones...tailor made for comedy!

[@martinclark8162]

WTF? I dated Gloria Esterhouse once, that was Tim B-T? I should've twigged when I saw her union Jack corset...

[@carolramsey6287]

I thought Tim said Gloria Estefan. Wtf?

[@martinclark8162]

@@carolramsey6287 Gloria somebody, it was dark, I was drunk, she/he was willing - and it was the 60's for fks sake!, free love, Woodstock, before AIDS. Gimme a break Carol, I dun my time.....

[@carolramsey6287]

@@martinclark8162 No Gloria Estefan would have been too young even for Jimmy Savile I don't think she was even born then.

[@martinclark8162]

@@carolramsey6287 It was you that I really wanted Carol, always you, only you. Gloria was just a one hour stand baby, a mistake, she (both of them) were just passing phases whilst I waited for you. But, but, butbutbut there's still time - dump that pathetic loser you're with, sell the cats and 'Stumpy' your dog - come stay with me baby, your one-eyed love-python. We were meant for each other, it was always written in the stars, why deny it any longer? Carol, b mine......

[@carolramsey6287]

@@martinclark8162 You must have been even more stoned than I was in those days. Haha!

[@Problembeing]

Brilliant 🤣

[@Lumibear.]

I wonder if the inspiration was from the force using ‘pretty policeman’ in gay establishments at the time? (The idea was they sent in attractive coppers to flirt then arrested any man who reciprocated for ‘public indecency’)

[@carolramsey6287]

I once worked with a retired plod who was often assigned to duty pouf catching at gents public conveniences. He told me he had once arrested two suspicious looking women outside some public bogs in the days before PACE and couldn't understand why they wouldn't speak when questioned. His colleagues kept lookingooking into the interview room, laughing and shutting the door. Then he spotted one of them''s hairy hands. He was always known after that as the copper who couldn't tell boys from girls.

[@saxonstu6803]

Makes you proud to be British

[@dublinphotoart]

Never seen John Cleese ever crack up... interesting

[@gomezaddams4347]

That was hilarious.

[@L.D.Intheditch]

The brits sure know how get you in stitches.