Cholmondley Warner. A short film about that Mr Hitler

An interesting film on art and social attitudes and development in the early 20th Century.

[@bluegtturbo]

We should all be grateful that those original movie clips survived for generations to come...

[@markjackson5665]

Yes! (Looks left) Yes!

[@BackToTheBlues]

I should say so chum, lawks and luv a duck.

[@brendanroberts4866]

i suspected it was fake - I had no idea it was real.

[@paulrhodesquinn]

😆

[@RealFudd]

Mel Brooks once said the best way to deal with Nazis was to laugh at them and I have to say this is the funniest thing I have seen on the subject bar none. This is pure genius while just down right funny and no matter how many times I watch the video it just gets better.

[@johnthehumanist2333]

i agree,it applies to both ends of the horseshoe,neo marxists and communists as well.😁

[@Hartley_Hare]

'...it'll take a more than a man with a little moustache and only one gonad to queer our pitch'

[@bobbyhanly3466]

I didn't realise Mel Brooks was that old. One of the 4 million Holocaust survivors I suppose.

[@Wipeout6546]

you know who is nazi i don't think so , also who is racist nowdays dumb sheeps and normies think that they can call someone nazi or racist and that is all , if someone doesn;t have any proof of his political views or proof that his house is stuffed with nazi flags then it;s a pile of bs used by social justice warrior and antifa , but the fact society have been so dumbed down in the west that they allow this to happen , pol corectness is evil

[@robertcottam8824]

​@@johnthehumanist2333 Nah. They've got a sense o' humour. What's a 'Neo-Marxist', by the way? You haven't got a clue. Hohohoho! 🤣🤣🤣 See what mean?

[@63Branson]

"that's funny I thought I had two" split my sides laughing when he said that. Just brilliant.

[@leehowson440]

By jove that was mightily educational and informative. Thank you Mr. Cholmondley Warner

[@lynby6231]

Yes

[@SusanPearce_H]

I say, dreadfully so!

[@jaakkooksa5374]

As Franz Liebkind said, "Hitler... there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in ONE afternoon! TWO coats"!

[@free..to..air..]

Mr Grayson and Mr Cholmondely Warner represent all that is fine and ordered in the placement structure of war time society.. Their wise counsel and instructive narratives are a lesson to us all in our understanding of our place in the world and deference to our betters

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Unless they aren’t. But if they are, well… Anyway, as the man said, touching your cap to the squire may be bad for the squire, but it’s damn good for you.

[@Zongooo]

I remember seeing this back in '39.

[@chasermalloy7406]

Yes indeed. Well, I don't remember to be honest but I'm glad you and Judy made it through ok.

[@Robert-hz9bj]

Glad to see you made it through. That Mr. Hitler chap seemed like a bad egg.

[@to_the_point947]

😂

[@rdor011]

"think again Adolf, you may be knocking a few foul balls into our pavilion..." brilliant.

[@iainclark5964]

The ironic thing is that the term foul ball is a baseball term and not used in cricket.

[@shugaroony]

@@iainclark5964 And baseball is derived from cricket, so it still works.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Cholmondley-Warner, is definitely based on Leslie Mitchell, the pre-war star of BBC radio and early TV. His build, hair style Mustache and clipped posh accent, is a dead ringer for him. Terrific comic send-up.

[@stuartthompson8056]

I think you're right.

[@TdcWillies]

That's it. Exactly and precisely. Well done.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Strewth guv! You’re a toff and no mistyke!

[@lloydpenfold486]

Yes.

[@68jroche]

The first outing for this character was in the spoof documentary "Sir Norbert Smith. A life" He parodied Will Hay, Hollywood musicals, Niel Coward, kitchen sink and cliff Richard amongst others.

[@littleratbag1111]

Reg deadman from goodnight sweetheart, lol brilliant actor!

[@stuartpaulsmith3186]

I always knew Reg was an undercover Nazi! No police officer is that thick.

[@lucianisidro]

This is far funnier than that short film Mr Hitler did about Cholmondley Warner ...

[@olliefoxx7165]

Yes, it was a bit to much. The weather was barely discussed at all.

[@omen828]

😆

[@brighteyes8474]

That is so fucking hilarious. Harry Enfield is a genius.

[@TweeterAndTheMunkyMan]

"Yes"

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Yes, ebsolutely hilarious ... innit.

[@jezzaus2124]

Why do I always lose it at the introduction? Enfields posh accent is incredible 🤣

[@Simon-1965]

Until he's had a weekend in the east end!

[@richardenglish2195]

"Grown a 'tasche, have yer?" "Just a tiddler." Pure class!

[@hoilst]

+Richard English "Ta, Eva, ducks."

[@praisebewibble]

This is so well done. I hadn't seen it b4. A clever use of the cockney accent for hitler. brilliant!

[@MrDaiseymay]

well---he was common, and his DAD ?? a right piss artiste.

[@michaelmouse4024]

Hitler was asked if he had any regrets. He replied "Nein"... which you'll agree is quite a lot. 😅😅

[@enkisdaughter4795]

😂

[@billwellington4339]

Hope you've got a day job😊

[@judyhopps9380]

We all remember 1939, with the outbreak of unseasonably clement weather for the time of year. History will never forget

[@warreng675]

Yes

[@FlowersInHisHair]

Yes

[@rossmcbride9863]

Yes

[@mikemoreno4469]

Yes

[@gwendolynbrown8348]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MarkHarrop63]

Pure quality. Never give up Harry and chums.

[@TheCatBilbo]

Thank God our 'pads' were made of stronger stuff! We very nearly had to go in for an early tea (& not just because it was raining, for once). I'm grateful that we were so bloody-minded & belligerent about the whole Test Match!

[@jellooowith3os]

" Funny.I thought I had two" . Classic

[@troubledspirit3328]

😂😂😂

[@LordXbow]

I laughed so much at that, absolute genius and delivered brilliantly.

[@barbaragrosvenor5542]

wonderful and this is just what we need now a right good belly laugh the English can laugh at themselves and we used to have the freedom to produce comedy like this. well done Harry

[@bluetoad2668]

We still do have the freedom to produce comedy - who've you been listening to?

[@petergreen2552]

I just love these informal but informative conversations about people like Mr Hitler.

[@FlowersInHisHair]

Yes

[@ionichi]

@@FlowersInHisHair Yes

[@bluetoad2668]

His friends and his social class

[@jackdaw1328]

Is this the inspiration for Jacob Rees-Mogg's delivery on GBnews.

[@Disgruntled-Carrot]

Excellent pre-war documentary.

[@TheChugg11]

"Blimey! I thought I had two..."

[@thesandwich5321]

No one can say it's not historically accurate!

[@gwendolynbrown8348]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Twirlyhead]

Chilling to see there thoughts an machinations on film like this.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

“That’s funny, I thought I had two.” 🤣😂🤣

[@kapuzinergruft]

That is actually these kind of British people we as Germans have in mind...😅 one problem which arises when you are a German tourist: a tour guide is also called "Führer"...

[@hoodatdondar2664]

So are bus drivers. If you know a little German, it is a little startling to get on a bus and see a sign that says “Do not talk to the Fuhrer”. But that was a while ago, they may have changed those out.

[@rogerramjet5302]

Stood the test of time - hilarious then, even better now!

[@magna4100]

Best sketch I've seen since the last one.

[@clemelwyn]

Yes.

[@marklane5222]

Yes

[@clemelwyn]

Yes

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Yes

[@stuartthompson8056]

Yes

[@SophieW-z9r]

I love Harry Endfield & Paul Whitehouse .If ever there was a time for the BBC to reprise The Fast Show it is now ,christ we could all do with cheering up here in the UK for sure ,wish League Of Gentlemen was back as well .

[@lesigh1749]

With papa Lazarou? Can you imagine the outraged screaming?

[@punkoid76]

This wasn’t a sketch from the Fast Show, Harry Enfield wasn’t even in it. This sketch is from the Harry Enfield show.

[@whitetroutchannel]

@@lesigh1749 your my wife now dave

[@mikerodent3164]

"Perishin' " ... the strongest expletive of the 1930s (of the working man as represented by the non-working man of course). Lovely observational stuff.

[@Lesinator]

That's constable Reg Deadman, I knew Goodnight Sweetheart was real, I knew it!

[@malferguson2548]

TheLezinator I was wracking my brains trying to figure out where I recognised him from. Ta, Lezinator, me Duck!

[@LeBronFilms]

Angry ofTuebrook Defected to the German's whilst Gary was away.

[@PurpleChickenTV]

I wonder if we would have failed 'the test'

[@iaincowell9747]

Christopher Ettridge

[@buddhastaxi666]

I just read wat you sed guvner then wrote back in me own time.

[@krayzeejojo]

Harry and Paul proves that bone-dry British sitcom humor wins over our American style any day. Love this shit!

[@janesmith3287]

Thanks. We do appreciate a lot of stuff from the US as well though and we stood together during WWII. We won't ever forget that.

[@johnknott6539]

Jane Smith I’m a Brit living in USA for 38 years. We Brits must never forget we’d very probably have lost WW 2 if not for huge sacrifice of USA in lives and treasure. Some Brits forget the US did not have to

[@rovercoupe7104]

One of my favourite films is Airplane. “Oh stewardess, I speak Jive”. M.

[@vestibulate]

@@johnknott6539 It was the Red Army that tore the guts out of the German war machine. If you want to thank anybody, thank the Russians.

[@ronwhycherly]

The USA didn’t have to? Hitler declared war on them after Japan attacked them And there wasn’t a great sacrifice of American lives in Europe, very small as a proportion of population, and as for sacrificing treasure, they made a fortune out of the war, reversing the depression and ending up richer than ever, suffering no damage to their cities and infrastructure like European countries.

[@Lesinator]

It'll take more than a little old man with a funny moustache and one gonad to queer our pitch! That's one stiff as fuck upper lip right there

[@sneakyvanquisher]

This is quite true of what the British thought of him at the time too! Chamberlain came back after his first meetings with him, announcing upon how Hitler, 'was not a gentleman', and in person had absolutely no presence.

[@bearsagainstevil]

I remember them talking to the german team at munich post war , and they said the first thing chamberlain said was well mr hitler we must do our best to avoid another great war in europe , and they said why didnt you send bomber harris to negotiate with hitler or a mean general you sent this man like a maths teacher

[@mikekemp9877]

orson welles said much the same after meeting him through his father in 1932 pre fame.he said he was a totally uncouth man very boring had appalling table manners wasnt particularly bright and seemed incapable of taking part in normal dinner table conversation.if there was some insight into his later greatness and popularity in germany i obviously missed it said welles!

[@68jroche]

I recommend a recent BBC drama called "Life after Life". The hero tries killing Hitler as one of her strategies. It's a most enjoyable story despite the omnipresent tragedy.

[@geoffreycarson2311]

FKDD UP THERE athough ???HITLER Said CHAIBALIN Was a PUSHOVER !!!and HE WENT NUTS WHEN WINSTON !!!GOT VOTED Back into Parliment 😂😂😂😂g

[@pintpullinggeek]

Alternative title: Hitler, know your limits!

[@JayDubster]

"Funny, always thought I had 2" 🤣

[@Guedingen]

This will go down as a work of genius.

[@MrDaiseymay]

thats what 'itler thought

[@danielmcaloon4691]

😂😂😂😂 thank you. I needed a good laugh.

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

"What social class does he belong to?" I'm sure many ask.

[@thesceptic1018]

Where would we be without humour? Why, Germany

[@chrisholland7367]

Because history and the world it seems will never let them forget.

[@zapkvr]

Uh France actually.

[@dvlawank8493]

Council estates

[@RetroAdzz]

@@zapkvr Where would we be with out rules? France

[@mattuboyle5891]

Hahahaha

[@EdiDrums]

I finished this video singing 'Hitler, has only got one ball; the other, is in the Albert Hall'...

[@Gilmaris]

I remember seeing this ages ago, but I remembered it as a Hale & Pace skit.

[@SimonFurber]

See H G Wells the Shape of Things to Come. Penberthy is Mr Cholmondeley Warner.

[@dolanjohnson6264]

Oh my dear God I can just imagine Hitler sounding like that in real lifebeginning to start a moving speech in Nuremberg keeping the crowd waiting and then once he speaks he sounds like this

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Remember his time by the Mersey.

[@pec104]

That was an absolute GAS.

[@the_9ent]

Berlin - shows a picture of Piccadilly, London. ROFL

[@sitarnut]

Ha Ha.. I caught that too..... lovely humor init

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

Thanks for repeating the joke as if you're the only one that got it.

[@the_9ent]

Simon H Do you only have one ball too? Guessing so.

[@Kryojenix]

@@the_9ent but why point out Berlin specifically when the joke started with Vienna?

[@Steve_P_B]

And Vienna

[@Winstonchurchill-s6q]

Hilarious. I do love a good mick take.

[@johnoconnor4941]

A hard days work for hardly a days pay. That's the working folks job...thanks guvnor.

[@louisewhalley3499]

Brilliant 👏

[@briansmith1055]

Absolutely genius

[@rogerswift1983]

Cholmondley Warner also appeared in Goodnight Sweetheart (as a Doctor) ...

[@MrDaiseymay]

'wished I'd followed that now, but it wasn't very well done, considering the idea, WAS.

[@krayzeejojo]

"..Funny, I thought I had two..." hahahaha

[@critter7052]

very clever parody! thanks for posting.

[@simonlamphee9905]

Bloody brilliant

[@fergussaint-john2535]

" Ta, Eva ducks..."

[@hc4jd]

It's Reg Deadman! Garry never flushed out him as a spy!

[@occamraiser]

If only someone had saved a copy of the Reginald Molehusband reverse parking demo film :)

[@ElvisPresley68]

Funny thought I had 2 😂 class sheer class

[@Greebstreebling]

I wonder what Mr Cholmondley Warner would have to say about the Israel Gaza situation in 2024?

[@ivanhart6675]

Chamberlain said of him, he was the commonest little swine , he had ever met in his life. The story goes , that at their first meeting in Berchetesgaden, Chamberlain , mistakenly handed Hitler his overcoat , thinking he was the butler.

[@stevejauncey3086]

I believe that was Lord Halifax.

[@bren70ssss94]

Oh that's classic , I bet he was jolly cross 😊

[@Microtherion]

Re Liar Liarliar and Bfdidc's conversation (a year ago). As far as I know, the full war-time play-ground Hitler song went: 'Hitler has only got one ball/ Goering has two but very small/ Himmler has something sim'lar/ And Goebbels has no balls at all'. The tune to which it was sung is generally known as 'Colonel Bogey'. Hope that helps :)

[@ReadandWite]

My recollection goes as follows:Hitler has only got one ballThe Other is hanging on the wallHis Mother she took the otherSo now the poor c@@t ain't got none at all

[@Microtherion]

ReadandWite Lol. Yes, I think there were quite a few different versions...

[@paulsmith390]

One went..... and poor old Goebbels, has no balls, at all.

[@Microtherion]

Paul Smith That's the version I quoted in the first place :)

[@jabbyjabjo]

Jesus this spot on for the time,piss myself everytime i watch it ,brill....ain’t it ducks

[@marcokite]

don't blaspheme

[@johnthehumanist2333]

@@marcokite JESUS! or do you prefer yeshua?

[@JohnnyWaterbucket]

Superb.

[@ivorbiggun710]

Imagine how dreadful things could have turned out if Mr Hitler had had two gonads.

[@MrDaiseymay]

M'mmmm don't know, maybe he wouldn-ave been so pissed off, if he had a full set ?

[@saagabragi6938]

The whole one ball thing is actually from a song

[@sgsilvarerum]

Brilliant!!!

[@judgeberry6071]

That gag about his testicle is spot on 🤣

[@ShibuyaEngine]

TV is shite these days, bring back the Fast Show!!!

[@pwalker8814]

@@LukasOfTheLight No thanks

[@krayzeejojo]

@mrfitness2008 I agree about Tim Conway and the earlier days of SNL. But yeah, watching Basil annoy a bunch of German tourists by constantly talking about the war is forever etched in my memory lol

[@billwellington4339]

I thought i had two.... Burst out laughing and I'm in Boots the Chemist getting the wifes Veet...😊

[@julianhermanubis6800]

For some reason, the banter between Hitler and his goons in this sketch reminds me of that of Alex and his droogs in "A Clockwork Orange." Well, minus the Russian words mixed in. LOL

[@SvenTviking]

1930’s Cockney, nor nuffink nor neither.

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

Yes, it is always clement weather here in good old England !!!!

[@TrippyNoodles]

Just watching this due to the imminent outbreak of world war.

[@deformednutsack9886]

British humour is always the best 😂

[@tonybarrett3107]

Brilliant, I miss comedy

[@brighteyes8474]

Funniest sketch ever. Genius.

[@kc8923]

Brilliant! What social class is he?!

[@rabokarabekian409]

Well, he's mad, so - royalty.

[@kingkonut]

working class obviously

[@mortalkonlaw]

"...and to what social class does he belong?" The lower class, naturally. What a prole.

[@zapkvr]

Working class actually

[@Vulpes89]

I like how Goering is posher, since he was part of the German aristocracy. Nice attention to detail

[@mrkeogh]

"Mr. Hitler to you, me laddie!"

[@yumbam5546]

Yes!

[@steveis33]

“I thought there was 2”😂🤣😂😂😂😂

[@elpistolero9394]

I still have my windows in that fashion. Keep getting them put in.....🤔

[@chitekwe]

"Blimey I thought I had TWO ".

[@Brakdayton]

Hold on, is Cholomondley-Warner Chris Morris? I can’t believe I’ve never noticed before!!!

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

Unseasonably clement for the time of year

[@ConanMightyWarrior]

Reg, I'm surprised at you!, what would Phoebe say?.

[@sharilynfritz247]

Course now adays we have that outlandish Mr.Gates!

[@goldeneddie]

An ee's a rite sort 'e is that Gates fella, a proper perishin' nincompoop wot 'asn't got no morals, e ain't!

[@thesprawl2361]

Oh for actual, genuine, really-existing fuck’s sake. ‘Bill Gates is Hitler’ comments under a Harry Enfield video. Why did we ever bother leaving the sea.

[@jonwilkin281]

Does anyone else think Harry actually looks really like Adolf?

[@robertkelly9508]

hilarious dood....

[@aramanon]

Hooray for Harry and Paul 🤣

[@187nellybelly]

Glad to see your dodgy windows come in handy chummy!

[@Collboy64]

Small point of complaint here, but it was not only England that stood up. Scotland and Wales were involved as well. Thank you.

[@bobbyhanly3466]

Really? I thought it was only the English involved in the amazing victory at Dunkirk. 200,000 men running (or floating) away screaming in terror.

[@neddyseagoon9601]

You know the comedy is also aimed at that Britain is England chauvinism?

[@skypygmy1369]

I hate German sausages...they always bring out the wurst in me

[@jayb8439]

Look at the state of us today

[@jaimehudson7623]

Reminds me of a funny song... From when I was a young chap: Hitler... Only has one ball, Goering has 2 very small. Himler has something similar, And Mr. Goebbels has no balls at all!

[@Bfdidc]

Hitler has only got one ball, Göring has two but very small, Himmler is somewhat sim'lar, But poor Goebbels has no balls at all. -- Sung to the tune of "The Colonel Bogey March"

[@MrDaiseymay]

had------but ironically, he fathered six kids; but later, murdered them, so it don't count

[@rodgoole3371]

My friend at junior school in England in the 1950s had the surname Goble and had this song sung to him many times. He got quite good at fighting as result!!

[@nicholasaslanides9703]

She threw it Into a great big tree It fell Into the deep blue sea The fishes Grabbed their dishes. And had scallops and bollocks for tea.

[@jimsmethurst6113]

Not have much fun in stalingrad? Oh sorry chummy, wrong perishin' sketch.

[@neddyseagoon9601]

Mr Bimmler?

[@chriswinspear5728]

H'well H'yes! Comedy like this needs to be made again. 😢 Comedy now isn't funny like this stuff.