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Dad's Army is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the WW2. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television from 1968 to 1977, and one of the best comedies ever written. The sitcom ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio version based on the television scripts, a feature film and a stage show. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still repeated worldwide.
Cast
Colonel Schultz - Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 - 17 December 2003)
Capt. Mainwaring - Arthur Lowe (22 sept. 1915 - 15 april 1982)
Sgt. Athur Wilson - John Le Mesurier (5 april 1912 - 15 nov. 1983)
LCpl. Jack Jones - Clive Dunn (9 januari 1920 - 6 november 2012)
Pte James Frazer - John Laurie (25 March 1897 -- 23 June 1980)
Pte Joe Walker - James Beck (21 februari 1929 - 6 augustus 1973)
Pte. Charles Godfrey - Arnold Ridley (7 jan. 1896 - 12 maart 1984)
Pte Frank Pike - Ian Lavender (16 February 1946 - )
Warden Hodges - Bill Pertwee (21 July 1926 - 27 May 2013)
Vicar Reverend Timothy Farthing - Frank Williams (July 2 1931 - )
Verger Mr. Yeatman - Edward Sinclair (3 febr. 1914 - 29 aug. 1977)
Mrs. Fox - Pamela Cundell (15 January 1920 - 14 February 2015)
Mrs. Pike - Janet Davies (14 Sept 1927 - 22 Sept 1986)
Shirley - Wendy Richard (20 juli 1943 - 26 februari 2009)
David Croft (7 september 1922 - 27 september 2011)
Jimmy Perry (20 September 1923 - 23 October 2016)
Authenticity is vital to Perry, who remembers the time he was at Rada, rehearsing with fellow actors, when a secret onlooker turned out to be George Bernard Shaw. “He said, ‘I enjoyed your show tremendously. I laughed a lot. But you’ve got to understand one rule of comedy: you must have reality, otherwise it’s rubbish.’” In any case, thanks to its successful repeats Dad’s Army is guaranteed immortality. But to what does Perry attribute our enduring love of Captain Mainwaring and co? “It’s because we reminded the British people of their finest hour. It had wobbly back projection and cardboard scenery, but also the truth… and great artists that brought it to life.”
Simon Blackwell ‘To create comedy that generations of people genuinely love is rare, and he managed it time and again’. Perry’s work on the show - along with that of the producer, David Croft - created one of the most popular British television programmes of all time’.
Jack Dee ‘Amazing contribution to British telly. Watched Dad's Army only yesterday. Still as funny as when I watched it as a kid.’
Vicki Michelle ‘a brilliant comedy writer & true gentleman. He leaves us such a legacy’
Ian Lavender ‘Jimmy, he has been a part of my life for such a long time. ‘He was half of one amazing partnership, it brings back so many wonderful memories… lots of good times together with much laughter…’
David Schneider ‘Thanks to Jimmy Perry for the sublime Dad’s Army, the perfect sitcom, and for making me laugh for over 40 years.’
Shane Allen, BBC controller of comedy commissioning, said: ‘Jimmy Perry is a Goliath of British comedy writing. His work will be enjoyed and appreciated for many years to come’.
Miranda Hart ‘Thank you Jimmy Perry. You made our world a funnier and brighter place.’
Nigel Farage tweeted: Jimmy Perry created and co-wrote the fantastic Dad's Army, my favourite comedy of all time.'
Tom Watson 'We grew up laughing at Jimmy Perry's hilarious characters. One of our greatest TV writers who will not be forgotten.'
Ruth Madoc ‘Being on set was quite hard work, but great fun. We weren’t allowed to laugh. One particular series we’d been naughty giggling on set. This didn’t go down very well with David and Jimmy, so they made us T-shirts saying, ‘Comedy is a serious business’. We were told in no uncertain terms’.
Frank Williams “Dad’s Army was one of the happiest periods of my life, it was a wonderful role to work on.”
TV comedy producer Jon Plowman said, “The quality of his work was consistently brilliant”, adding that Jimmy and his co-writer David Croft came as a package. He described them as “comedy revolutionaries”, saying, “They made it look easy; we know it is not.”
Chris Jarvis ‘this sitcoms are pure gold & will live on.’
Jeffrey Holland ‘There is no doubt that he and David created some of the most memorable and iconic characters and moments in television sitcom history and as such, has left us with a wonderful legacy we can look back on for many years to come. I am proud to have been a part of so many of his series’.
Mark Braxton ‘There is a light that never goes out - and its name is Jimmy Perry’
Perry admits to being bowled over by the continuing success of his Home Guard comedy: “Isn’t it amazing? Let me tell you, I’m overwhelmed.”
Appointed an OBE in 1978, Jimmy Perry published his autobiography, A Stupid Boy, in 2002 and received a British Comedy award for lifetime achievement in 2003.
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[@Mumscup]

Classic line up of beloved characters. This show is a warm blanket on a cold day.

[@graciefields898]

You're so right. It always makes you feel better when you're feeling down.

[@MrFurley2u]

It's Magic, a 50 year old timeless series, that cracks me up today as it did when my Dad when use to watch it. No one makes comedies better than the British.

[@htershane]

16:32 Frazers reaction to his own performance always has me in stitches😂

[@lastmanonearth71]

There's just something about these guys, they are like family, you can't help, but like them all, even the Verger, and Hodges! My favorite is, Sgt. Wilson, he sees right through Capt. Mannering, just the way to end a stressful day, watching these lads, "awfully nice, you know".....

[@genaseidenschwarz2119]

You are so right

[@wendyburrows4178]

I can see why Sgt Wilson was chased by all the girls in real life, sadly his own private life was pretty sad with regards to his love life.

[@DeirdreMcNamara]

@@wendyburrows4178 It is true about his private life. I never met Le Mesurier, but had a mutual friend...who confirmed that yes, he was really "awfully nice, you know..."

[@ronmartinmhg2804]

The facial expressions are magic. As is the British understatement. And many a true word said in jest, as they say. A great series. Here in Thailand, watching this series is like a breath of fresh air. Absolutely lovely.😊

[@chrisdelaney1303]

harmless legendary comedy never to be seen again

[@annimerethenilsen8888]

No it is not harmless! It is the BEST of English understatement!!

[@wendyburrows4178]

Used to watch this in UK when I was about 7 years old. Now watching it when I'm 58 years old, still love it, it hasn't aged, and as you say timeless harmless comedy with much loved actors, sadly, most are passed on already, ahhh I long for the good old days, far away from all the crap of today.

[@grantsmithson1602]

quite.

[@theyellowlightsaber3193]

The American Colonel is actually English in real life but he plays a Spanish battle trainer in another episode of Dad's Army and he was RK Maroon in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[@aaarrrggghhhh]

Hats off to the translator for being able to understand Frazer's speech. Brilliant comedy; such great characters, acting and timing.

[@AMOGLES99]

Unfortunately he didn't manage to decipher Mr Cheeseman's occasional drifting off into Welsh. At 09:43 he says "sut dych chi" meaning "how are you". At 26:05 he says "Captain Mainwearing fach" which doesn't make much sense to me as fach means little.

[@sarahknight5249]

I especially love this episode, being a Welsh girl myself! xx

[@NoelMorrow]

American men love Welsh women.Very true.

[@West_Coast_Gang]

@@NoelMorrow American men love welsh trains

[@diaryofamadman8759]

Dad's Army is the kind of show that you watch after a stressful day and especially just before bedtime . I truly love this show and everyone in the cast, this episode is one of my favorites . Right old boy!

[@edstraker8451]

I couldn't agree more.

[@Aaronw2]

Precisely what i just did

[@jahempress26]

Diary of a madman so true

[@M-H433]

I always wonder why they can't make these types of series these days instead of the rubbish they have now.

[@anthonydanielgittins1864]

Correct

[@fnln3181]

When military duty, or life in general, brings 'highs and lows,' there's always 'Dad's Army' for truly hearty laughter. Timeless!

[@petermc2183]

" Godfrey ". " Well sir he had trodden on my sister dollys upside down cakes".

[@fjccommish]

I'm surprised the hun didn't take that party at the pub as an opportunity to invade. That's the kind of low trick you'd expect the the jerries.

[@silverstrike6048]

Mainwaring is too smart to let that happen. He had dummies set up at the church hall to trick the German spies.

[@genaseidenschwarz2119]

How hilarious that it is said, Elizabeth wouldn't do much for Anglo American relations." How absolutely hilarious.

[@mosmit8648]

That Colonel Schultz looks like a man that eatsa de onions all da time.

[@terranceparsons5185]

That was such a majestic look Mainwaring gave Cheeseman around 26:00😂😂😂

[@manofthehour6856]

Alan Tilvern performance as an American Colonel was fantastic. His accent was excellent and did not sound transatlantic or slip into British pronunciations that gave the game away. Considering he was born in Whitechapel and to my knowledge did not have any experience of life in the US or even Canada growing up, his abilities are first rate.

[@tonykennedy8592]

Manwaering is brilliant. His facial expressions are beyond hilarious

[@hammadoolass]

I absolutely LOVE this show. No swearing, no crudeness --- but you can bet your life KZbin will take it down at some point because it's sure to be offending someone!!

[@warrenholmar1129]

Fortunately I have the entire series on DVD But I can watch on my phone from YT

[@dane21dc]

Two years later and it’s still here. So much for that conspiracy theory

[@kevinhiggins910]

And fertilise with them. Brilliantly, subtle comedy.

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

The best thing about this show is that is truly funny without having to resort to swearing like most modern day comics do--I put this down to the modern day writers who are not a patch on those who wrote shows like. This

[@ndhan72]

Your comment should read as like this NOT like. This

[@kybone25]

Damn right. Timeless gold

[@terrythekittieful]

You do know one of the writers of 'Dad's Army' went on to write 'Are You Being Served' and one of the regular lines from that series was Mrs' Slocombe and her referencing her 'pussy'....does the use of the word 'pussy' count as swearing?

[@Genevathistime]

Such a feel-good show!

[@zacthomas77]

Shows like this both on tv and radio made life better even at its lowest

[@carlnapp8673]

When that poor Col. is introduced to the the platoon he surely thinks he had come to a funny farm.

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

Carl Napp lol

[@rrajdippawskar9853]

Jones did a stupendous job at the end👌👍😂🤣

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

2:32 Jonesy: ....and fertilize with them!! LOL

[@judefernandez827]

And that’s what happened with the GI’s and the English girls lol

[@MultiSirens]

I laugh until I can’t breath! Lol

[@idontknowwhatiamdoinganymo1615]

I lost it when the Vicar ordered a large whiskey.

[@cathyclark6652]

Have you ever been to war? Have you been bombed out of your home x5? You need a stiff whiskey after dealing with that!!!!

[@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia]

@@cathyclark6652 nope ....tea is the answer...too many alcoholics around already !

[@lani6647]

26:51 A lot of Americans DO have German names and ancestry. Including the American General mentioned by the warden in this episode, General Pershing (original family name Pfersching, from Elssas), and WW2 Generals Gen. DD Eisenhower, General Karl Spaatz, Gen. Harry Schmidt )USMC), Admirals CW Nimitz, Elmo Zumwalt, etc etc

[@errolstewart2910]

Can,t beat the whole collection magic English comedy love it 😃😀😃😀😃😆😆😅😅🇦🇺✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@anarchistatheist1917]

The actress portraying Ivy the girlfriend of frank pike is Suzanne Kerchiss she was Ian lavender's first wife, with whom she has two children. They divorced after dad's army finished.

[@Sixalienasa]

Rubbish, the Vicar would never have heard her say yes.

[@kybone25]

Why did they break up?

[@wastelanddv8062]

Watching this again.. No self respecting American would say beastly. But I do love this episode. Lol

[@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia]

He was being sarcastic !

[@robirew5094]

So many laughs from this show. What a great episode.

[@MrArgus11111]

No military unit, ever, would invite foreign troops to hang out with their girlfriends lol

[@DeirdreMcNamara]

I believe the Americans issued the invitation to the girls...

[@peghead]

The popular complaint at the time about the Americans was; "they're over paid, over sexed and over here", Regards from a Yank, and a huge fan of the show.

[@genaseidenschwarz2119]

He'd trodden on my sister Dolly's upside down cake...

[@peterrraklliproductions2020]

I’m with Godfrey on that. His sister Dolly put a lot of time to make that for the Americans, and they step on it! Typical!

[@rackinfrackin]

Probably my favorite episode. The guy playing the American colonel is terrific. As an American, I think his accent is excellent, but his dialogue is a "wee bit" more Brit than Yank. For instance, an American would never say "beastly," or "Are you having me on?" He'd say "lousy" or "rotten," and "are you putting me on?" (or "pulling my leg?")

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

: ) )

[@anarchistatheist1917]

He was british named Alan Tilvern, he portrayed the Spanish guerilla warfare instructor Captain Rodriguez in the episode battle school.

[@naly202]

Maybe this is how they used to speak. I'm sure they took those expressions out of some old gangster films.

[@bigbearfuzzums7027]

Wrong he'd say "are you trying to giveing me the business"

[@bigbearfuzzums7027]

No American would bother with you lousy fucks!

[@tobyjenner2924]

Timeless

[@NoTengoIlusiones]

Maybe this was an inspiration for even the greatest Allo Allo tv series.

[@genaseidenschwarz2119]

Those atrocious American accents make this the campy achievement of the highest order that it is! Perfection. Frazer has never been funnier!

[@fjccommish]

Yup. The Brits don't do American accents well. At this time, many of the actors involved in the show just knew the Americans as the people who came into the war to defeat Hitler and save Britain.

[@carolineg1872]

And I've never heard a Yank do a Brit accent well either.

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@fjccommish to do that would they have to have the Red Army present in the episode too..team effort..3/4 of the German Army after all was on the Eastern Front so we and the US fought 25% of it. Again though as said it was a team effort as strategic bombing was important and it was mainly the RN and RAF that secured the Channel to allow the D Day fleet to cross since most of the USN was in the Pacific

[@hovanti]

I really enjoyed the poem or song that Frazer recited in his usual dramatic manner to the American Colonel. I only wish I knew just what particular work of Burns it was.

[@terranceparsons5185]

Take that Dick Van Dyke!

[@samuelholmes3696]

Wendy Richard!

[@jacksimper5725]

And Renie`s wife from Allo Alo

[@jimweiss2939]

walker does the first photo bomb he in my opinion inveted it walker way ahead of the times too cool

[@dank3599]

Classic

[@germanomagnone]

It is true that lightning does not hit a point 2 times, but a punch on the face does!

[@germanomagnone]

made pendant with the other eye

[@unitedwestand5100]

English beer is the worse beer I've ever tasted.

[@pauls466]

Jones remark was on "the Money" 😁

[@barryroach1980]

If I was Wilson I would tell the "clingy" Mrs Pike where to go!

[@DeirdreMcNamara]

...and lose his free room and board and cuddles and breakfast, dinner and tea...? He's a banker, remember, practical...

[@mattprior8442]

People especially in the US forget the fact that Britain was not only busy defending their country from Nazies but running asmetrical campain against Italy and Germany in middle of North Africa , Red sea and fighting bloody battles in the dense jungles of Burma with the Japanese to hold them up from entering eastern parts of India !

[@0Zolrender0]

You forget Singapore. Also rememeber Aussies were there defending not only the crowns interests but ours too.

[@mattprior8442]

@@0Zolrender0 N0 ! I didn't !

[@MNM-lq9te]

@Gazzara5 the british fought the japanese in hong kong before america even joined the war

[@MNM-lq9te]

@Gazzara5 offf i got it wrong by a couple of days my bad :/

[@fjccommish]

Terrific. Then America entered the war and defeated both the Japanese and the Germans.

[@mauriceupton1474]

Shirley/Ms Bhrams, from Are you being served.

[@outdoorvertical]

Pauline Fowler eastenders also

[@philipmalaby8172]

Must have been on holiday from Grace Brothers

[@StofStuiver]

@@philipmalaby8172 Mr Grace is a regular guest ;] Or maybe i should say Mr Bluet was in are you being served as the young Mr Grace ;]

[@omikronweapon]

@@StofStuiver old mr Grace doesn't get about much

[@reduxmidasbrother7679]

Hold up! Did Pike say Godfrey hit someone over the head with a chair!?

[@happyplace123]

I love this show now. Just found it a few months ago. The supposedly American colonel's accent was making me a little crazy though.

[@ronmartinmhg2804]

As bad as Dick Van Dykes in Mary Poppins ;)

[@louis-pierretalbot9151]

These jolly good chaps are now keeping England save right from heaven...😉

[@jimweiss2939]

montgomery and eisonhower did not get along in the sense of tactics and timescales which trickled down to the troops each side backing there boss so much so hitler thought the bulge would cause friction between the two he was wrong

[@fjccommish]

4:31 I had a feeling he did not like it.

[@terranceparsons5185]

When I was little I asked my dad what E. Chevening meant in the theme tune. I also thought Mr. Brown went off to Town on the A21.

[@carolineg1872]

10:15 Always struck me as strange why Cheeseman moved away after Sgt Wilson turns up at the bar.

[@linokleinmeuleman5233]

Caroline Greenman thats strange

[@carolineg1872]

lino klein meuleman It's as if Cheeseman was intimidated by Wilson or if he'd seen him before.

[@dduckman1423]

Looked like something was edited there. Did read some of the cast did not get on with Cheeseman.

[@naly202]

I know that Arthur Lowe told the writers he didn't want to see Cheeseman again. He olny appeared in one series after James Beck died.

[@philipmalaby8172]

I liked Cheeseman.

[@barryroach1980]

I don't understand why at 10:24 when Cheeseman is talking about his "strategy" with Mainwaring he then becomes very uncomfortable when Wilson bowls up. its like he's been found out ........which was not the case, wonder why they made him act that scene that way?

[@philipmalaby8172]

Yeah that was odd

[@jourwalis-8875]

One of the better episodes...

[@user-te3mg6lw8j]

Well played. BecUse funny but true

[@holleyb7861]

Godfrey hitting him with a chair! 😂

[@gunnerr8476]

Howdy partner, put it there

[@bustercherry9643]

The American colonel sounds like he's trying to do a voice impersonation of Howard Cosell.

[@simonovessimon4242]

what was that old-timer

[@kevinpage5494]

Put what where?

[@nzfalcon8698]

Bad lads army lol

[@barryroach1980]

Seen this episode many times and have always wondered why Cheeseman the reporter stops short at 10:25 when Sgt Wilson turns up,......over acting or something I missed.

[@fjccommish]

There was something there, whether an intended joke that didn't work or the actor thinking there was something to portray that wasn't really there.

[@mombaassa]

It was probably referencing something that was in another scene, that was cut. Happens a lot, and can make the acting look stupid.

[@barryroach1980]

@@mombaassa that's a fair assumption, could be that.

[@travishughes5609]

I adore this show. Although I've never heard an American talk like that not even when I was in the service. Most people dont know how diverse the American population is. My family all came from northern Ireland we have always been called the Scots-Irish we definitely don't talk like those Americans in the video more like a mix between Mr. Fraiser and Mr. Cheeseman

[@royfr8136]

' at last'

[@9erner]

👍👍👍

[@cartoonpete407]

Schultz...lol

[@alanodonnel9063]

God bless America and that President who was in charge of that country in World War 2

[@StofStuiver]

'Some' truth in that charging 10% ;] And after ww2 GB was broke. How odd that this obviously was common knowledge at the time, but not a peep about that, since pretty much then.

[@Internetbutthurt]

lend lease wasnt charity! rationing continued long after the war to pay the debt off

[@jackpontiac52]

Lucas Refrigerators = Warm Beer

[@Saucyakld]

If they were like my mother in law they get a short shift, real British, don't like strangers hahaha!

[@jahempress26]

😂🤣😂

[@wastelanddv8062]

Ending the friendly debate I’ve been having and on second watching of this episode... Was she really impressed with sharp shooter and good conduct badges? I mean you get sharp shooter for basic and good conduct just means you stayed out of trouble for 3 years. Lol

[@MrBannystar]

In the 1940s, there's very little chance that any British girls (or British people in general) would have any idea about Americans outside of what they've seen in films, so probably.

[@fjccommish]

@Gazzara5 The Americans were the ones who came in to win the war.

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@fjccommish apart from the RKKA of course..team effort..not a who has the biggest dick or can piss the furthest competition

[@heathphelps9974]

I like the "limies" they sound like sexy guys!

[@annie7367]

Lol Hodges thinks Americans are loudmouthes and overbearing...what does that make him😂

[@thejacal2704]

That was the joke.

[@omikronweapon]

a hypocrite?

[@sgtlucifer6883]

that American officer sound very British if you ask me.

[@londonlady1966]

Canadian

[@jimweiss2939]

limees, birds, and gi joes in a bar = trouble

[@zoolook3264]

THEY DON'T LIKE IT UP 'EM !!! :)

[@Cervando]

Clearly the ladies did

[@anthonydanielgittins1864]

Hodges was correct for once.

[@jamessatherley2022]

I'm guessing this episode is one that was banned from t.v for a while because it paints a bad picture of the Americans.

[@wastelanddv8062]

The British may have thought what was wrong with us was that we were Over Paid over sexed And Over here But really they were Under paid Under sexed And under Eisenhower. 😉😆

[@wastelanddv8062]

Oh and about that German last name comment You mean like Saxe-Coburg-Gotha The Queen’s real last name.

[@AudieHolland]

Darling (being interrogated under suspicion of spionage): Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria! Blackadder: So your father's German, you're half-German and you married a German?!

[@wastelanddv8062]

AudieHolland lol yes!

[@gerritdejong1069]

Heel mzooi

[@terranceparsons5185]

Oh dear, Cheesman's in it. He didn't exactly improve the show did he.

[@1anabasis]

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[@fjccommish]

The Americans didn't sound the least bit American.

[@judefernandez827]

So what buddy just watch the show for the humor

[@fjccommish]

@@judefernandez827 OK, did you make the Discord channel?

[@judefernandez827]

@@fjccommish did you also notice the colour of the American uniforms were not right ? Lol

[@fjccommish]

@@judefernandez827 I didn't. What color are they supposed to be?

[@judefernandez827]

@@fjccommish I don’t know myself I just watch the show for the humor . It’s not a Cecil B Demille multimillion dollar production but a thirty minute show so I just watch it to enjoy it not to nitpick buddy .

[@jimweiss2939]

i think what made dwight upset was montgomery said to him when the americans entered the war ready 4 operation front line sheild

[@jamesm.taylor6928]

This episode is tough for me to watch. I'm an American, and of course very proud of my country and of its war record in both world wars but especially the second, as I have studied it in much greater detail, it was much closer to my time, and I knew many who fought in it not the least of which being my own grandfather. But I'll admit many Americans are very loud, forward, take control, and very often know more know better than anyone else type of people. During these times, WW2 years, America wasn't too very far from the wild west days. Those types of rugged explorer pioneer types tended to develop those kinds of verbose personalities. In fact that kind of temperament was necessary for survival really. Things now are different of course but unfortunately many Americans especially with millinneal generations, are far worse. I literally cringed when I heard the story about those spoiled rotten self entitled snot millennials in Rome caught carving their initials into the antiquities. Then when caught instead of humble apology the became combative and were never truly sorry during the entire ordeal even after the Italian government let them off instead of throwing them in prison as they both deserved. I hate behaviors like those and dislike how the Americans in this episode behaved as well. In the end though America and England will always have a family type relationship and I personally am proud this nation sprang from England too. As for America not instantly going to war when England did. Well it just wasn't possible. Things don't work that way in democracies for one and two greatly improving of another nations behavior is not grounds for going to war legitimately. Also it was, rightly I still believe, that if England and France had enforced the articles of the First Wars Treaty, a treaty America disapproved of and was completely sidelined with England and France dancing a punitive, very harsh, and humiliating treaty, but when done most be backed but with failing to back the treaty allowed Hitler not only to simply retain power, as the OKW was waiting to arrest and depose him at the first sign of British or French action, but to gain power and prestige to where they couldn't simply remove him. Then when appeasement completely fails its not fair to expect America to go to war to immediately support her for no acceptable reason at that moment too. Remember it was England who declared war backing a treaty obligation not the other way around after all. A treaty America did not have a part of coincidentally. So to ridicule Americas later entry just inst right especially when FDR bent over backwards to aid England. In fact he jeopardized his presidency because he broke constitutional law in some instances. Even committed what amounts to acts of war against Germany in the Atlantic firing on their subs and protecting British convoys and other things. You can only expect so much. When America did enter the war we threw open the doors and denied England nothing in our support, it was wholehearted and honest. Even concentrating on the war in Europe first even though it was in the Pacific we were attacked and for awhile in the greatest immediate danger. So I kind of find it a bit sad that these sentiments of Americans were portrayed so long after the war had ended, mainly because I love England so much.

[@wordsmith52]

There was a lot of bantering on both sides. They were young men.. My father told me that a group of GIs came into the pub and said to some Brit soldiers: "What's the color of the British flag?" After the Brits replied "red, white and blue", the GI said "Hey, you forgot the yellow streak!" A very violent bar fight then broke out...

[@Saucyakld]

Is that why the Dutch starved for 4 years, only to be freed by the Canadians!

[@DieFlabbergast]

"England, England, England, etc. etc." -- NO! The country that the USA fought alongside in world wars I & II was called "Britain"! Every single time you use the word "England" you are insulting the Scots, the Welsh, and the Irish (Northern Irish in the case of WWII)! Please try to remember this. (BTW, I am English myself, but I always try to respect our Celtic neighbours.)

[@wordsmith52]

@@DieFlabbergast It was the United Kingdom actually, which includes Ulster or Northern Ireland. However, the use of the title "England" was widespread and common and few, if any, saw any real "insult" or problem with it - unlike today when many people are so sensitive and feeling like weak, defeatist victims every second of the day.

[@wordsmith52]

@Gazzara5 Go see a shrink!

[@dindinprivate3477]

The stereotypical gum chewing American.

[@stevengrotte2987]

Note to self, watched 1/15/18.

[@seansin5603]

Steven Grotte why do u keep commenting this

[@orentiusbracke5165]

Mui

[@fjccommish]

WW1 and WW2 were similar. The Nit Brits and others fought for a long time. Then the great Americans came in and won the wars.

[@vanpallandt5799]

not really..the Germans in 1918 launched one last series of offensives before they feared too many US troops would deploy and basically exhausted themselves.The British Army of the 100 days Campaign outfought and outmanoeuvred the Germans time after time. WW2 was a team effort

[@SteveSmith-os5bs]

Wort American accent ever.

[@idontknowwhatiamdoinganymo1615]

Just like the last war America sits, waits, swoops in and steals the credit.

[@jamespettigrew7026]

You know nothing at all

[@jordanhicks5131]

I'm sorry, next time we will let you all lose.

[@bustercherry9643]

British about Americans during WWII---They're overpaid, over sexed, and over here. Americans about British during WWII---They're under paid, under sexed, and under Eisenhower.

[@colonialgal1750]

Battle of Brisbane, Nov 1942. Yanks were not appreciated in Australia either. Overpaid, over sexed, and over here was a phrase used down under as well.

[@1anabasis]

One line missed out.... "Over dressed". The Americans were extremely smartly dressed, which we Brits had very shoddy clothing (understandably so). Whilst this tension/competition has become a staple of "historic memory", It is very unfortunate. Our family was "bombed out" three times in the Liverpool blitz. If it were not for The Americans, our world would have been/would be totally different. And it seems that FDR should really have been impeached for aiding The Allies. He disobeyed Congress' watertight cross-party directions to keep USA totally out of it (although a fair proportion wanted USA to enter on The Axis side.). We owe The Americans - and The Russians - an unpayable debt.

[@Internetbutthurt]

The Australians used to say something similar, i think it was 'over-payed, over-sexed and over here'

[@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia]

I think the Russians are looking for payback now !

[@alandyson3925]

Comedic but factual the yanks are always late to the party and we always have to soothe their ego

[@jamespettigrew7026]

Silly. If real Americans acted like that toward members of the home guard or any other British persons they would be reported to their superior officers and be up on charges immediately. Most Americans are not that disrespectful. BRITISH: There are only three things wrong with the Yanks; over paid, over sexed, and over here. AMERICAN: There is only three things wrong with the Limeys; under paid, under sexed, and under Eisenhower.

[@johnthekeane]

This is a comedy, not a documentary.

[@jamesm.taylor6928]

I think the writers didn't like Americans at all. I know for a fact that some of the Actors were very anti American and dislike Americans, from things they've said in other interviews they did..That saddens me as an American who loves the UK. Although I can understand it fully, after all from the British perspective England's Empire was essentially ripped off by America with many seeing it as some kind of price for our help in England's dark hours before official American entry. Also Truman's refusal to forgive any foreign war debts accrued under lend lease which really made it hard in England post war, rationing continuing for a long time and the nation very nearly bankrupt while America made billions through wartime materials production sold to the world and had no war damage at all to recover from so in essence America's recovery was nearly instant. Granted all these things were critical in winning the war for all nations but generated much bitterness afterwards especially in England.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@jamesm.taylor6928 All true, but one should regard it as the price to be paid for American entry into the war. Many Americans died in the two world wars, and we must never forget that they were European wars and that the USA is not a European country. Strictly speaking, they didn't HAVE to get involved. In any case, all governments exist to promote the well-being of their own people, not of foreigners. Nations don't have friends, they have temporary allies.

[@Meevious]

​@@DieFlabbergast Supremely generous of the USA, after profiteering from the war for years, supplying both sides and growing rich on the suffering of the rest of the world, to finally be caught with its pants down at Pearl Harbour and then declared war on by Germany a few days later. Such heroism couldn't come from any other place.

[@kevinpage5494]

Yanks. 3 years late for the first one. 2 and a half for the second.

[@spudskie3907]

Wasn’t our fight in either one. We helped save you twice. Next time we’ll sit out.

[@philipmalaby8172]

Yanks are never late, nor are we early. We arrive precisely when we mean to.

[@Strawberry-12.]

@@philipmalaby8172 yes us Americans are wizards

[@johnleber3369]

This Dads Army episode was really great and humor masking reality.The GIs were oversexed, over paid(compared to Tommys), and overthere. And a habit withAmericans are they are a arrogant lot .Just in the blood of many nationalities forming such a nation without a real national culture like Britain, France Germany, Russia, China, Japan, and a hundred other nations. Wonder how many of those British warbrides Really regreted going to America after the war.Bet more than a few.. But it works both ways.In the GreatbWar, more than a few American soldiers meet French girls and stayed over there.How ya goona keep them down on the farm after theve seen Paree!

[@vanpallandt5799]

culture is always a melting pot anyway..british culture..English, Scots, Welsh, Ulster

[@kevinpage5494]

Oversexed, overpaid, and over here.