Cast of Good Gracious Me "going out for an English"

The cast of "Good Gracious Me" doing one of their most famous sketches at Amnesty International's "We Know Where You Live! Live" special. The cast is featured "going out for an English,"
They mispronounce the waiter's name, order the blandest thing from the menu (apart from one of them, who opts for the safer option of a curry) and ask for 24 plates of chips. This parodies the often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was recently voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch (according to Wikipedia, at least).

[@mytube7376]

Spot on accurate parody, having been subjected to such abuse in Indian restaurants in the 80/90s.

[@therealtazmahal]

I understand so much

[@pauljordan4452]

Verbal abuse - not Indian.

[@keyvet]

I love it when the actors/actresses enjoy it as much as the audience

[@broadsmilemissmagootewkesb5799]

This is surely up there with the Parrot Sketch and "Fork Handles" :-)

[@davemustabstain7093]

It's up there in my book, it's absolutely bang on, a classic sketch.

[@FranMSK]

And Ted and Ralph: The Drinking Game. "Tomato Ted aubergine your potato wife's turnip dead..." Amazing.

[@vincent_hall]

"Give me a fork 'n' knife."

[@The_Reality_Filter]

Pure Brindian humour at its finest.

[@patrickkelly7085]

parrot sketch is not funny

[@jemgem9593]

Brilliant. Nay, genius. Indian restaurant experience of the late 80s and 90s... Exactly.

[@Vaibik]

This parodies the often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was recently voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch.

[@freedomofmotion]

Vaibik No such thing as too many poppadoms.

[@VixeyTeh]

Thank you captain obvious. :)

[@neilpye6089]

When I ask for paupadums I tell them to paupadum on the table

[@purpleturkey1792]

Just bloody brilliant That's what it is 😊

[@0gami1tto]

I think most people got it

[@kenshiro7853]

Absolute classic and so accurate

[@habibahmed3191]

...... *"Butter."* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@herewardthewake5502]

Brilliant show, it took the piss out of everybody.

[@rohanwest2381]

As a someone of English and Indian descent, I feel they did really well in parodying British and Indian stereotypes. I also showed this to an Indian friend of mine and she laughed hysterically the whole time.

[@matthewclements5558]

I love the way we can pull each others leg in a gentle way in the UK. I don’t mind being called a snowflake and I think the stereotypes and total exaggeration is hilarious.

[@stevewiles7132]

Taking the piss out of each other is the spice of life.

[@PeteHathaway]

Brilliant sketch and as an Englishman not offended at all. It is just comedy and very good comedy too. The good old old days when we could laugh at and with each other

[@macman975]

Even bringing up 'not offended at all' means that you believe that it could offend?!. It's a comedy sketch and a parody, why would anyone be offended?!.

[@garethreece]

@@macman975 because it's 2021 and people get put in the stocks for making comedy sketches like this these days 😢

[@purpleturkey1792]

@@macman975 Some people just don't get it do they mac .. 😊 Fancy a curry

[@colinfarren8326]

fuks sake even they are cracking up! But this is how english are at an indian resturant.

[@saif1980saif]

Yes they are indeed. Not all. But i'd say 10 to 20%. Things are improving as different cultures eat out they look daft behaving like cunts

[@rahulkemp8347]

@@saif1980saif &a lot of the waiters are now militant youfs

[@richl6966]

Maybe where you live. I've never seen anyone act like that in an Indian restaurant.

[@stevearno100]

the original is a brilliant comedy sketch , they nailed it .....as for the goodness gracious me - team , they are great

[@waleedarif9327]

'I'm going to do a moonie' haha!

[@ophiolatreia93]

Waleed Arif that bit wasn't funny

[@dannydorko7075]

the ending was so stupid and random

[@ajayram3016]

What does it mean actually?

[@BaddaBigBoom]

LOL..genius bit of table turning (pardon the pun)

[@macman975]

Yep, parody is certainly a mainstay of comedy.

[@skywalker0735]

Jams.....

[@PhilWithCoffee]

This and the Rowan Atkinson performance. I can't decide which is better.

[@molealto]

I love it when Sanjeev gets it wrong...

[@simonradley9333]

With the current state of affairs its only a matter of time until they will also be forced to apologise for this sketch. One of the best sketches in the last 20 years of British comedy!!

[@waynekerr1419]

That's the double edged sword and a very sad reflection on the direction things have took. Brilliant humour that some can see and laugh at, but petrol for others to point out it's also racist. Maybe one day in the future even laughing or humour will just be banned.

[@MrPaulDewdney]

My thoughts exactly, that's why I came to find it for one last time!!!

[@freddiepennington4755]

Paul Dewdney just to let you guys know little Britain was cancelled for having like racial stereotypical jokes , so why hasn’t this been cancelled for having racist stereotypical jokes

[@MrPaulDewdney]

@@freddiepennington4755 I really have no idea, but what makes me laugh. makes me laugh, its as simple as that, I personally don't see anything wrong with this sketch whatsoever, all I see is something that's extremely funny, and after all its a very sad and sorry state of affairs when you cease or in fact don't even begin to have the ability to laugh at yourself and thereto any non-offensive misgivings or parodies in relation to your own culture

[@freddiepennington4755]

Paul Dewdney exactly THERES nothing harmful about a sketch show which was exactly what little Britain was, the only reason they got rid of it was because all these stupid BLM protest

[@potdog1000]

the greatest sketch ever

[@tomhulme1176]

Im white English , i loved this sketch show back in the 90s comedy was comedy political correctness wasnt around to ruin everything.

[@StarWarsMoments]

Poor you.

[@lifexpansionpack]

You think comedy is politically correct, today? lol

[@betamusic5487]

@@lifexpansionpack of course it is, are you kidding?

[@gillyh2745]

I thought he said "Bring me a fucking knife!"

[@Dinckelburg]

Fork'an'knife

[@peterah7957]

Awesum!! The writing is genius!

[@muddi900]

"do you have something that is only a little bit bland?" the original is so much better.

[@EXLocrin]

"What have you got, that is not totally tasteless?" Love it!

[@sugs1191]

Hi what do you mean by original?

[@raanasyed8249]

@@sugs1191 the version that isn't live from the TV show was slightly different.

[@neilpye6089]

@@sugs1191 where sanjeev asked for steak and kiddley pea

[@onlyme1755]

How unbelievably racist. Can you imagine tha outcry if this sketch was a white family in a black soul food restaurant. There would be calls for their heads and apologises from everywhere. Instead its rolled out every few years as funny since its taking the micky of white people.

[@purpleturkey1792]

Just brilliant!

[@MudlarksAlmanac]

what happened to the 'Steak & Kiddley Pee' that was in the original version?

[@MrVee24]

So many memories :) I always loved the Mr cheque please guy :). Hope it stings the twats that think it's ok to antagonize people in restaurants 😂. "What's that fancy stuff? - Butter" :) lol.

[@monochromaticlightsource9153]

I was hoping he was going to ask for "One of your finest Melton Mowbray Pies please!

[@Patrick_Bateman92]

"speak Hindustani bwooooooooy"

[@Smileynb]

Goodness Gracious Me.

[@Crystal-HR]

where is the original sketch?Can't find it anywhere

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

+Hazel S Yeh me neither. The original is a classic. It should be preserved.

[@AmirulAbu1]

I got the videos if you are interested

[@tylerdurden786]

+Amirul Abu I got broads in Atlanta

[@robpage8673]

Amirul Abu

[@muttley9520]

God bless you.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

And 24 plates of chips

[@bummedoutforlife]

THIS IS FUCKING GENIUS.

[@boroboy4532]

Kulwinder is class

[@operacat1]

Well done!

[@yazid709]

2018 anyone?

[@purpleturkey1792]

Still makes me 9iss laughing, he is very funny ... they all are. Some plank will say this is wrong before much longer. PC gone wrong

[@djb5841]

Here I am!

[@strongman4881]

Still funny after 12 years,

[@horsenuts1831]

Back in about 1992 or so, I was on a stag-do and one of the party was a policeman who was a good friend. When we ended up going for a curry, he launched into a vitriol against the waiter which was something I had never, ever, seen. He thought calling the waiter 'Abdul' was hillarious - nobody else did. It was totally shocking, and I'm rather sad to say that our friendship ended that very night. I never saw him again, but eventually went to his funeral about 9 years ago (he died through work-related injuries). I find the 'going for an english' sketch hilarious, but it does reflect on a very bad time in the UK. The sketch is funny, but the reality definitely was not. That my friend was a policeman round about the time of the Stephen Lawrence murder is not lost on me (and he was a copper in SE London, but not on that particular beat).

[@blake3491]

Well said

[@lennyroach8833]

Bore off you absolute weasel. You’ve taken a funny sketch and turned it into talking about racism and Stephen Lawrence. Every race is racist, every single one. Some races and religions even refuse to let there sons or daughters mix with others, it’s just how life is. Either call everyone out or just pipe down!!

[@betaversion1029]

@@lennyroach8833 because this sketch was absolutely not orientated towards messaging to the population what was wrong with English Racism...?

[@therealtazmahal]

You actually saw the scetch for what it's really showing. I ran the family indian for 22 years. I left in Jan 2021. Even now, I still get treated this way (friends want me to contact the outlet from which they've ordered from for various reasons all because I know them) even though I'm out the industry. Also I'm sorry for you friend. May he rip

[@kennygregg9571]

Cool story bro. 😴

[@wessley4606]

anyone else instantly fancy a curry after this? weird... i wasnt even hungry a second ago,lol

[@StarWarsMoments]

I worked four and a half years in an Indian restaurant. Revenge is sweet.

[@marybhim-rao4696]

Brilliant-

[@herewardthewake5502]

Comedy GREAT.

[@RsSkillSchool]

Best bit of the original is where there the guy wants a curry, shame they didnt include that.

[@alcockell]

Was Nina Wadia's character who asked for the curry

[@shadow-Sun]

Brilliant sketch ! This is immigrant intergration at it's finest , becoming part of the fabric of the country and adopting it's culture (whilst maintaining your own ) I know these Asian actors are second or third generation immigrants but they are a beacon of hope for how things should be for all diverse peoples who end up making Britain their home .. Brilliant comedy (not racist) poking fun at themselves and their culture (something Brits , scots , Irish and Welsh do ) so welcome to a perfect example of How immigrated communities SHOULD be ...

[@highdownmartin]

24 plates of chips. 👍

[@jimmytgoose476]

I had a friend who managed a great Pakistani restaurant and he told me some right horror stories about people's behaviour....

[@MegaDAVIDWELLS]

To add realism they perhaps should have shown the English chef performing a number two in the toad prior to serving. This happened in an Indian restaurant i know of in the 1980s

[@cwmtwrchuchaf]

A1 Excellent Video. But can anyone post the original?

[@TheDeepster]

Irony at its best!

[@stephenbrookes7268]

Funny enough, when this series was first aired, it needed no explanation. We just though it was typical British humour. We make fun of ourselves.

[@firstrandom5174]

Watching in 2020 👀

[@MrVidification]

LOL. Accurate

[@ft359]

I came here from The F Word, and I’m not disappointed.

[@stevewiles7132]

Another good one is How to talk Australians, very funny.

[@milky2sugars]

Fucking brilliant

[@NatilaTekila]

LOL that ws pretty funny, although i have to admit the clip in the show was funnier

[@Vaibik]

@icecoldrita check the video "xdo79znnHl8" to see the original scene.

[@richl6966]

I'm sure this was funnier on the TV series

[@Lord_Skeptic]

4:13 I'm going to do a moony.

[@Dashdecent]

Am I missing the reaction videos to this or is its copyright jealously guarded?

[@HighTen_Melanie]

Jams your my mate

[@johnsassoon7115]

A mirror held up to us😳😂

[@PaulP999]

Absolutely not! a mirror held up to an ignorant small fraction of people - my friends and I would be ashamed to behave the way that is being parodied. I would be at another table hating the ones who are doing that.

[@johnsassoon7115]

@@PaulP999 moral ground snatched. So mr Parslow, you’ve never lost your shape and been a bit loud and bolshy on a night out? No, didn’t think so

[@mike1jazz597]

Here is the original - tune.pk/video/2490313/go-for-an-english-goodness-gracious-me

[@naamekisso]

Thats it butter

[@ianwatson3315]

Uk humour with live thy neighbour, Mind you language and till death is so part we’re great..and so was the Kumar’s..all laughing together at the different cultures..

[@JRLeeman]

The audience looks as if they have no idea that the joke is on them

[@DaveTaste]

Just dont click on"Trevortheloon"s submission.

[@kennyx8482]

best part of this video is at 1:14

[@fessellsahmed2587]

😂😂😂😂

[@ajayram3016]

What's the last line mean -"I am going to do a moonie"?

[@steviebarr7353]

"I'm going to show my arse"

[@gdparry2727]

Nina corpsing around 3.45 :D

[@SurajMashru]

@bombbasticluva no... at one point they was laughing

[@carltonjb]

@miceric59... Asian Parrot.... I thought it was a Norwegian Blue!! :p

[@jemimallah2591]

what was it sanjeev said that made nina and meera throw up their hands and the audience groan at 3:42? i cant make it out

[@awkins]

Grease just round the rim

[@craigrobinson9826]

The original is better, by god it’s one of the funniest sketches I’ve ever seen!

[@dannywestern831]

Jarm-ez😂

[@jasongoodacre]

No-one goes out for an English cause we have the most boring food in the World.

[@gutar5675]

That's part of the joke innit

[@razor1uk610]

Traditional English Restaurants ??? ...mmm not really, mm Little Chef? or we have Pub with Dinning areas, Greggs, Bagette Shops, other rival stereotypical nationalistical flavoured takaways... Their might have been the rare 'greasey spoon' diner or larger farm shop/diner that serves some aspects of English/British fayre, but I think lockdown & ineptly done repoeninjgs might have killed or will kill many of those businesses off in the coming short-term to mid-length-term.

[@carltonjb]

Watch the original it's here on the Tube, so much better than this version. still excellent after many yers.

[@SpicyTake]

This roasting was brutal enough to make them even on the imperialism thing.

[@naguerea]

It is irony.... 'IRONY' google 'irony' @austgyu you got it..

[@SalimKh4n]

Cheque Please!

[@adriansilcox1966]

Funny

[@carltonjb]

Shame that after many years to refine it, it actually wasn't as funny as the original which is still great... somethings are best left.

[@ggpaghi2990]

Beautiful. When politically correct wasn’t interfering with satire. Majestic piece of comedy.

[@RsSkillSchool]

Yea its much better, its a bit overacted this

[@Tokijin25]

The original was so much better

[@larusargentatus8357]

Indians never come to British restaurants.. @unwashed brought us here..

[@hardcorepreparation6740]

toad in her hole? is that really a food

[@Shrirajtyke]

Uumbutttter

[@sattfield]

@HavokDelta6 He says, spelling 'anonymity', 'KZbin' and, somehow, 'their' wrong. Irony much?

[@guitarman4552]

3 series on the back of one decent joke ,. Really ??

[@guitarman4552]

@TheRenaissanceman65 Sounds like you're easily pleased.

[@guitarman4552]

@TheRenaissanceman65 Watched enough to realise it was shit.

[@guitarman4552]

@TheRenaissanceman65 Lots of people like Mrs Brown's boys. I rest my case . Childish humour is your thing I suppose.

[@guitarman4552]

@TheRenaissanceman65 No you're not , I am . It's not your fault you're a bit thick . Let me guess, I bet you still pay your TV licence & vote Labour. Wanker !

[@razor1uk610]

@@guitarman4552 does that mean you're largely just a Daily Mail/Express, Mirror, Sun or other prozealotizing tabloid reader, cos you read like one, a typically egotistacal shortsighted arsehole, who I erronously pressume you probably only ever bothered to vote for UKIP./BNP/ED affiliated persons . If you think TheRenaissanceman65 is a wanker, that makes you equally a scumbag* then. (*An insult 200+ years old, meaning, implying someone is a used condom)

[@lesliereynolds7260]

Why is this still on you tube ?

[@malakybrennan8523]

demons

[@mohammedyusufal-hindi]

Speak Hindustani BOI!!!!

[@honeyko7422]

So in this time of comedians apologising for doing racial jokes I havent heard the cast of Good Gracious Me apologising for their sketches that parody British white people. Funny how its one rule for one and another rule for others

[@marantamil459]

Fair but i find tgis funny and i just find sone people very sensitive as i found come fly with me funny and i am indian

[@honeyko7422]

I actually love this sketch but if a sketch is offensive for one race and apologies have to be made then this should be the same

[@seekerdroid]

The humor is so specific that i don't understand a bit. maybe i need to be raised in England. Also the mate joke is supposed to be aussie, ain't it mate?

[@seekerdroid]

@Hamish Munroe Thank You for explaining that. I don't mind racism as long as it is limited to humor. I was thinking the joke is on Indians.

[@seekerdroid]

@Hamish Munroe Cultural shock it is for me. I know british only from movies and history books.

[@paynoattentionplease]

@@seekerdroid I find it interesting because I'm American and I get it. The basis of this joke isn't specific to the UK, it's a joke about racist people (this racism comes from ignorance though not out of intentional ill will) and how they act in foreign restaurants. You get all the tropes here, from insisting they know the "proper" way to say things (even after being corrected), being really arrogant about things, trying to "prove" themselves by ordering the most extreme thing on the menu, making racial comments about the people working there, etc. This is taking that and putting the UK spin on it (drunk British people in an Indian restaurant) and flipping the tables (drunk Indian people in a British restaurant).

[@seekerdroid]

@@paynoattentionplease I hope the racism limits to humor some day. Thanks for the comment. Your experience does increase my awareness. And good luck to all restaurants, racist are coming to fulfill their appetite of hate.

[@knifespoon7592]

Do Indians really say that white men have big penises? I mean it corresponds to the relative statistics but I'm just wondering if this is a stereotype!

[@Thecuriousincident1]

This whole thing is reverse stereotyping, like what is always said about Black or Brown men... So you work it out.

[@spngled8654]

Thecuriousincident1 *are

[@thefatheroflies7921]

No, small. The joke was about how small it was. The guy below me is suuuper salty. It's hilarious.

[@PopEye2384]

how many have you gobbled at a go????? No exaggerations .....

[@panzerjagertigerpelefant]

Believe me, the stats are probably a lie...or who knows I don't strip people and measure their schlongs

[@moneymandan6217]

Very racist

[@crombajaa]

That is how it is supposed to be fool!

[@keshavm4099]

Why are there so many white people laughing fam there the ones getting mocked 🤣🤣🤣

[@gutar5675]

It's almost like they get the joke

[@keshavm4099]

@Steve Price 😂 that's funny mate cah most white ppl take it the wrong way

[@keshavm4099]

@Steve Price i think u should tell that to the government and half of the UK mate cause that ain't the case this country is corrupt and no better than the USA fucking racist bastards