Dave Allen - On Giving up smoking

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This clip from 1984 - based on personal experience and mirrors perfectly what ex smokers go through, quite brilliant!!

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@ritaheilig6671
@ritaheilig6671 3 жыл бұрын
Unlike so many comedians, Dave Allen was not a tortured soul fighting depression. He was just FUNNY. The kind of guy you could met in a pub and have you laughing after five minutes. Brilliant.
@magicmanken
@magicmanken 4 жыл бұрын
A true legend of comedy, Dave Allen will always be remembered as one of the greatest of all time !!!!!
@cshubs
@cshubs 5 жыл бұрын
He was a great sit-down comedian.
@downunderrob
@downunderrob 6 жыл бұрын
I miss this man, he was bloody funny.
@JohnDoe-pp1hf
@JohnDoe-pp1hf 5 жыл бұрын
Where is he?
@danw1374
@danw1374 5 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-pp1hf Died back in 2005
@Sarah-no7lv
@Sarah-no7lv 4 жыл бұрын
He's dead? Why?
@brentcrude8565
@brentcrude8565 4 жыл бұрын
Dave Allen, the only man who can make his toned abs show through his vest.
@davidpearn5925
@davidpearn5925 4 жыл бұрын
Brent Crude - nah, he’s just put on weight.
@dmo.amgc633
@dmo.amgc633 4 жыл бұрын
Looks that way lol I need me On my way! Of those suits 😂
@gabrieljohannson6777
@gabrieljohannson6777 4 жыл бұрын
Remember watching the Dave Allen show on TV with my Dad. The guy was a genius.
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
with my mum and us barely able to stay on the sofa because we were laughing so hard
@gabrieljohannson6777
@gabrieljohannson6777 4 жыл бұрын
@@DanielleKingdjdinosaur nice
@josephlandrut4154
@josephlandrut4154 7 жыл бұрын
As a long term smoker from 11 years of age it is nice to know I have been free of smoking for the past 20 years
@netxcape92
@netxcape92 6 жыл бұрын
You're a free man! I'm sure those 20 years have been wonderful. There's no joy in being a slave.
@monstersince
@monstersince 6 жыл бұрын
i admire your strength Joseph Landrut. peer pressure started me smoking 40 years ago, now i only smoke when i'm drinking. dave allen comic genius
@monstersince
@monstersince 6 жыл бұрын
i've been drinking off a hangover since i was 18 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2KWq4Rtiql2aa8
@kezkezooie8595
@kezkezooie8595 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching Dave Allen and he was such a wonderfully funny man.
@meher9608
@meher9608 5 жыл бұрын
What he said is absolutely correct. I started at the age of 15 or 16 and smoked right through my entire adult life. It went to 20 or more a day, u till i decided to stop. I went cold Turkey. Went almost crazy for a week due to withdrawal symptoms. Today I'm free of smoking for about 18 years. Not a single one. I thank God and i Thank my wife.
@danw1374
@danw1374 2 жыл бұрын
Started at 16. married at 26 and I smoked even more.
@joshhoward1289
@joshhoward1289 5 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, used to stay up late to watch Dave Allen Show and Benny Hill Show. I'd laugh and laugh. Thanks for posting this.
@gavinheaphy6951
@gavinheaphy6951 5 жыл бұрын
Same as
@eightiesboy
@eightiesboy 4 жыл бұрын
Ditto...brilliant times.
@friendofcoal
@friendofcoal 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the "Two Ronnies"....
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
me and my mum would laugh so hard we had tears rolling down our cheeks.We both adored this guy and my mum was a bit religious but Dave Allen could get away with it
@arthursmaguire8681
@arthursmaguire8681 4 жыл бұрын
Yes me to
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
a perfect examination of addiction.I love this man.
@Colsoloact-po9wv
@Colsoloact-po9wv 5 жыл бұрын
Love watching Dave Allen...absolutely brilliant....never fails to make me burst out laughing! LOL!! RIP!!
@iamrocketray
@iamrocketray 5 жыл бұрын
The first time i tried to give up smoking i went a month without a ciggie so to celebrate the achievement i bought a packet of cigarettes, that is how addiction messes with your mind. After giving up for 12 years, i went through a painful divorce and at the end of it i found i was smoking again, I dont know how it happened , i just realized i was smoking again. Smoked for another ten years and finally gave it up. But I am aware that if i go through any VERY stressful situation i have to be on my guard because once an addict always an addict, ask any recovering alcoholic or junkie.
@DieFlabbergast
@DieFlabbergast 9 жыл бұрын
Listening to this brilliant monologue, it all comes back to me. Back in those days, people smoked all over the place, all the damned time. It must have been hell for non-smokers, but they just didn't have a voice. Once I'd taken up smoking at 17, the idea of quitting cigarettes seemed almost like the idea of giving up eating. Dave brings it all back to life. What a truly great raconteur.
@marysepradet6515
@marysepradet6515 6 жыл бұрын
yes you see this also in the old movies, I love old american movies, but OMG they smoke all so much you get a headache at watching it !
@tweetiepie551
@tweetiepie551 5 жыл бұрын
My 12 year old self asks you. "what's a non smoker?"
@DieFlabbergast
@DieFlabbergast 5 жыл бұрын
@laser325 It's still a LOT better than cigarette smoke. Here in Japan, you can still smoke in most bars. That means I virtually can't use bars here. I spent a couple of hours tonight with some friends in a bar where the owner said hardly any of his customers smoked. One guy used an electronic cigarette, apparently, but I didn't really notice: there was just a faint smell. If it had been a real cigarette I would have been seriously inconvenienced (I have COPD, due to many years of smoking myself, which ended 17 years ago, but the effects still linger).
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
My dad smoked a lot .We had one tv .If i moved during prime time my dad would ask where are you going?Every year my mum had to re paint the ceilling.I used to spend my youth coughing like a 40 a day man especially at night.My dad died of a heart attack when i was still young.
@ZER0--
@ZER0-- 7 жыл бұрын
It's easy to give up smoking....... I've done it many times.
@jessiejames7492
@jessiejames7492 5 жыл бұрын
:)
@brandocervera3854
@brandocervera3854 5 жыл бұрын
@daro2096 could be a quote from anyone though right?
@Leofred2000
@Leofred2000 5 жыл бұрын
Ikr, I do it about 20 times a day
@bitcoinmining6361
@bitcoinmining6361 5 жыл бұрын
So true, i've given up countless times in 26 years
@openbun1283
@openbun1283 5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@andycole3442
@andycole3442 5 жыл бұрын
This man is what you can call a comedian not like the so called comedians we have Now!
@marysepradet6515
@marysepradet6515 6 жыл бұрын
can't tell how much I love Dave Allen .... it is like a brother to me !
@stevewaller6577
@stevewaller6577 5 жыл бұрын
I gave up smoking by telling myself to enjoy the pain of the cravings, I turned them into a dopamine rush, when they stopped, I actually missed them and considered smoking again, the mind is a curious thing.
@petergrossett6763
@petergrossett6763 5 жыл бұрын
This sketch convinced me to pack smoking in. I didnt pack in straght away, but it is over thirty five years ago. Thank Dave, so funny..
@jdsol1938
@jdsol1938 5 жыл бұрын
this is good, i quit 53 years ago and still have nightmares about starting again,
@senorkaboom
@senorkaboom 7 жыл бұрын
After my heart attack and double bypass in 2005, the surgeon who performed my operation stood at the foot of my bed and went over the chart. He looked at me with a stare I will never forget and mentioned my smoking. He said, basically, we're not doing THAT anymore, are we? That was Sept 6 or 7, 2005, and we haven't had a cigarette since. And, surprisingly, I never missed it.
@DieFlabbergast
@DieFlabbergast 5 жыл бұрын
Good on yer. I gave up in 2002, and my life has been so much better since that I'm actually fitter now, at 69, than I was when I was 49.
@stepheneurosailor1623
@stepheneurosailor1623 5 жыл бұрын
Heart attack at 59 (17-11-17) never picked up a cigarette since the sheer shock of my heart attack was enough motivation for me a truly horrendous experience. Diagnosed type 2 diabetic at the same time, not overweight or obese neither.I must say i am a lot fitter now.
@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11
@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11 6 жыл бұрын
Stopping is a mental thing. Instead of thinking about how hard it is and finding excuses like “I’ll be bad tempered”... Stop. I had smoked for 30 years and one day I decided to stop. I went to the store and told myself that it would be the last packet. And it was. I spent about 3 months wishing for a smoke, but I persevered. Then the craving stopped. 15 years after I still put aside the money I would have spent on smokes. That is how I have bought my new gaming computer (and the last one) and the lawn mover among other things.
@barbaraansell660
@barbaraansell660 7 жыл бұрын
dave allen was fantastic been watching u tube he was a genius laughed more than have done for years loved him xx
@bitingontinfoil
@bitingontinfoil 14 жыл бұрын
my absolute FAVE!! Watched this w/my Dad in the late 70's early 80's - my first crush - and a WONDERFUL introduction to the dry wit....a thinking man's comedian! Thank you for uploading!
@mrnice4434
@mrnice4434 5 жыл бұрын
So my mom was a strong smoker and one day she brought a kitten with here home and after two weeks I told here the fur of the kitten was going yellow and she quit smoking that day.... I told here for 10 years that it is unhealthy for her and also for me and nothing happen but for the dame kitten she quit it from one day to another. I'm so thankful for the kitten without here my mom would properly be dead. Thank you Maxi I miss you! (The cat passed away 2 years ago)
@davidfreestone5239
@davidfreestone5239 9 жыл бұрын
Absolute classic comedian :O)
@sandrocasagrande4280
@sandrocasagrande4280 6 жыл бұрын
David Freestone pity for the canned laughter. thank got Islam put an end to il . to all the rest too!
@michaelworden8050
@michaelworden8050 10 жыл бұрын
"Should we eat, or have a McDonalds?"
@gregdavid853
@gregdavid853 6 жыл бұрын
Michael Worden that’s the funniest part.
@vikitheviki
@vikitheviki 6 жыл бұрын
That glass.. was watching it the whole time :)
@herbbluntman2287
@herbbluntman2287 5 жыл бұрын
Dave Allen is possibly the funniest SOB who ever lived. Why can't I get his show on DVD?
@doUcare4music
@doUcare4music 8 жыл бұрын
What. The. F--- He is just. Brilliant.
@russellwilliams1071
@russellwilliams1071 5 жыл бұрын
This is true. Ex made me give up smoking...then cheated on me with a TWAT who smokes....!!
@ianmills5237
@ianmills5237 5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jebise1126
@jebise1126 4 жыл бұрын
she wanted him to quit smoking too
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
oh thats harsh man
@Davidnumber23
@Davidnumber23 4 жыл бұрын
control freak was on a mission.
@Sarah-no7lv
@Sarah-no7lv 4 жыл бұрын
MGTOW
@johnstover9083
@johnstover9083 6 жыл бұрын
Came back to watch him again. NEver missed him.... We'd rush to jump into bed and watch Dave on Chicago channel 11. He's sure missed
@HeartyArtie
@HeartyArtie 6 жыл бұрын
"Do you smoke after you make love?... I don't mean literally!" Classic :D
@Exparcelman
@Exparcelman 2 жыл бұрын
I still quote this today to people when I talk to them about justifying an addiction.
@ibrarsiddiqi8948
@ibrarsiddiqi8948 9 жыл бұрын
Dave Allen was a comic genius. Todays comics are by and large really crap in comparison.
@99ize18
@99ize18 7 жыл бұрын
if i hear "comic genius" one more time i'll puke. Give up smoling if you can and smell your own shit. ever noticed how food cooking (meat) smells like human sweat? Guess it gives you an appetite.
@marysepradet6515
@marysepradet6515 7 жыл бұрын
don't you think he his a genious ?
@paulbrut
@paulbrut 6 жыл бұрын
Am i right in thinking that you smoke,if not,i stand corrected.I Smoke,about Comic Genius,Dave Allen WAS bloody good & so are many others.I,ve often thought Myself,that Genius,is just a word. Trouble Is,as its known really,that some use it often and for virtually everything. So to finish,i wish you the best,and one last thing, ive noticed when im under work pressure for example,i have been known to overeact and lash out a bit more than usual. Possibly the same with you? All the Best.
@jeffries1232
@jeffries1232 6 жыл бұрын
Not really,todays comedians are great..It's just that Dave Allen can naturally tell a story ...He just naturally does is far better as an entertainer
@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11
@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11 6 жыл бұрын
“By and large”. Like my math teacher.
@canabox7112
@canabox7112 5 жыл бұрын
It's been almost 4 months for me and it's still hard.
@CarolFremel-my4hs
@CarolFremel-my4hs 5 жыл бұрын
Youll feel better in about 10 years-truly
@therealunclevanya
@therealunclevanya 5 жыл бұрын
Your swallowing Viagra instead of Nicotinel :p
@lifeslessons9889
@lifeslessons9889 5 жыл бұрын
A old classic is Dave Allen ... My father thought he was brilliant ...
@ophidity
@ophidity 8 жыл бұрын
Last line is missing on clips. He said 'So far I 've smoked up all 'til 26. December 1987 .
@emilyb3176
@emilyb3176 6 жыл бұрын
The line ironically used in Allen Carr's easy way to stop smoking book lol
@eightysbaby8798
@eightysbaby8798 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@ArcadiaOccult
@ArcadiaOccult 7 жыл бұрын
I bought my first pack of cigarettes when I was 5 years old after spending five years with my parents I needed a cigarette.
@teejay5627
@teejay5627 5 жыл бұрын
Classic, he was one of the best.
@manjsher3094
@manjsher3094 4 жыл бұрын
Some say Dave Allen invented humour I say he lived it.
@gazbot9000
@gazbot9000 5 жыл бұрын
Everyone misses you Dave
@Zamigirl
@Zamigirl 7 жыл бұрын
Trying to give up the habit myself and can understand what he went through. Sorry I ever started.
@christineparsons9631
@christineparsons9631 6 жыл бұрын
Nikki Sokol It,s difficult. I did it years ago, prior to starting my family. It is so expensive now to smoke. Think of what you could buy with the money you save. Loved Dave Allens humour. He had a view on most things.
@billklatsch5058
@billklatsch5058 6 жыл бұрын
Will tell you something what may not work for you but how i did it. So please dont be mad at me. Me was a heavy smoker for years, 30-50 per day started with 14 stopped with 28 so i technically smoked half my life by that date. I did multible attemps before even with long smoke pauses. I started rolling due my financial situation, that step cut the ammount of cigs per day to ~3/4- 1/2 (+/-). Just the work to build one even if its quick done with practice... Then i switched to a "clean tobacco" with no additives in it for reasons i cant recall, i think it was the taste. You might know normal tobacco has stuff added in like brand accelerators etc. that may or may not react with the other 100`s components of the smoke and may or may not amplify the addiction. Unleaded tobacco, well, does not. Within 3 weeks i was down to like 10- 15 cigs. most if them ritualic ones. You may know it, like the cig to the morning coffee etc. One day i went out of tobacco and i was very tired all the day so i did not got my ass out of the chair to walk the 300m to the tabacconist and went straight to sleep. Next day it rained heavily - me usally giving crap about weather at all - did not raise may ass to go to tabacconists. Because water falling from the sky... I came to the conclusion that i was already a non smoker at that point and wanted to keep it that way. Physical addiction lasts only a few days you may know, getting the ritual away is the hard part. It was learned behavoiur i had to unlearn, like JUST drink a cup of coffee. JUST drink a beer with friends while they smoke was the hardest, if they offered me one i replied with "please no". This was all years ago i had a lot of stressful events that i usally had burded away with a cig - i did not, i took it like everyone else. Meanwhile i cant stand it when my neighbors smoke and the wind blows the smoke into my place... regards.
@johnwilson7566
@johnwilson7566 6 жыл бұрын
Nikki Sokol pink pantherr
@butsirrr
@butsirrr 5 жыл бұрын
Bill Klätsch my friend’s dad smoked 5-6 packs a day everyday for 65 years until his death at 91. I smoke in his memory. I smoke less than 5 a day
@danw1374
@danw1374 5 жыл бұрын
The most difficult habit to give up. I never realised just how tough it is. I've tried and failed several times. I respect anyone who suceeds and stays a non smoker.
@seanbelfast4779
@seanbelfast4779 3 жыл бұрын
WHAT A LOSS TO US GREAT SHOWMAN
@extrastype
@extrastype 8 жыл бұрын
should we eat or have a McDonald's. classic Dave Allen at his best. when he rationalises the cost of the fines for smoking etc. listen to it properly only Dave Allen would come up with that. he's like the funniest bloke in ALL of the worlds pubs !
@Koexistence13
@Koexistence13 6 жыл бұрын
Loved reruns of Dave Allen At Large on PBS? I think when I was a kid. Didn't get all the jokes but I loved watching my Irish/English Mum giggle at his humour.
@dkeith45
@dkeith45 9 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was looking for, thx!
@minsterEmovenHype24
@minsterEmovenHype24 5 жыл бұрын
Love Dave Allen! ❤️🇳🇪
@kevinwilliams-id8er
@kevinwilliams-id8er 8 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see what he made of this modern world....
@jacksoncrate
@jacksoncrate 8 жыл бұрын
Maybe he would have been disheartened . That priceless innocence is no longer there. Where comics today have to be simple and crude to appeal to the thick spoilt generation.
@kai326
@kai326 6 жыл бұрын
True that
@DjClarky78
@DjClarky78 5 жыл бұрын
Been nearly 9 years for me - from a 30 a day smoker. You tried Champix?
@derekking8104
@derekking8104 5 жыл бұрын
kevin williams
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
oh god that would be so great.
@jeiskael
@jeiskael 6 жыл бұрын
I am now 5 months quit from 22 years of smoking... and this is spot on! Yup, the food is tasteless... thank god for old bay
@janeokeeffe5297
@janeokeeffe5297 6 жыл бұрын
jeiskael well done
@IAMcomedysketches
@IAMcomedysketches 9 жыл бұрын
The audiences back then were a lot better. They didn't clap for 30 seconds after each joke.
@merryjanelaneta2647
@merryjanelaneta2647 8 жыл бұрын
+Felix Parsonson hi guys, the best results that ive had was by using the Quit Smoking Crusher (i found it on google) without a doubt the most helpful idea i've followed.
@hermanspanjur6036
@hermanspanjur6036 7 жыл бұрын
They also didn't have the stupid whistlers who want to make sure everyone hears them behaving badly.
@delroybent5697
@delroybent5697 7 жыл бұрын
Mj Laneta we
@Cygnus0lor
@Cygnus0lor 7 жыл бұрын
Felix Parsonson They were also alot more conservative with their laughs and wouldn't laugh at shit jokes...
@PanzerMafia
@PanzerMafia 6 жыл бұрын
They also didn't laugh for every word that left his lips. :D
@heredownunder
@heredownunder 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, giving up smoking certainly improved my smell, I can smell someone smoking 400 metres away!
@valerieshepherd6823
@valerieshepherd6823 5 жыл бұрын
Happened to me with chocolate... I can smell chocolate 400 yards away lol. XxX
@Editor_Hound
@Editor_Hound 5 жыл бұрын
It's true, my father who is an ex smoker used to know I smoked at school the moment I walked on our street. Ex smokers really are bloodhounds when it comes to cigarette smell.
@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826
@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826 5 жыл бұрын
Great raconteur and sorely missed for sure!!
@marysepradet6515
@marysepradet6515 7 жыл бұрын
for me he was a genious, I only regret I discovered him too late ...
@TheColm10
@TheColm10 8 жыл бұрын
best ever thanks for the moment
@paulfennel963
@paulfennel963 5 жыл бұрын
I miss him. He was great. Stop smoking is easy I have done it many times.
@kipitovishohe3721
@kipitovishohe3721 4 жыл бұрын
My role model.
@petergrossett6763
@petergrossett6763 6 жыл бұрын
I watched this and was inspired to pack in myself. Thirtyfour years ago. Good job Dave Allen never gaveup the booze though.
@NuTfielDRobErT
@NuTfielDRobErT 5 жыл бұрын
The man was a genius, one of the greats
@Indulgers
@Indulgers 17 жыл бұрын
Great to see this, now I go look for the older stuff, with the cigs.
@valerieshepherd6823
@valerieshepherd6823 5 жыл бұрын
Loved this man... he was a genius xxx
@technicallybrilliant2760
@technicallybrilliant2760 6 жыл бұрын
L O L - CLASSIC . R . I . P MR ALLEN
@ottovonwallace830
@ottovonwallace830 5 жыл бұрын
I remember when it was smoking was banned here. It was also the last time I was in a night club...... All i could smell was people. B.O., butt crack, stail beer, vomit, etc........ Smoking neutralised all these smells..... It was the only thing strong enough to do so.
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur 4 жыл бұрын
smoke machines helped
@mindrolling24
@mindrolling24 6 жыл бұрын
8 or 9 kids in each toilet cubicle in the school toilets- it looked like the industrial revolution: genius.
@nicolarollinson4381
@nicolarollinson4381 5 жыл бұрын
Ok, I must stop. If Dave Allen could do it, so can I. I miss comedians like him
@marxk4rl
@marxk4rl 4 жыл бұрын
Nope, you won't stop.
@transcendentstudios6819
@transcendentstudios6819 6 жыл бұрын
Pure class
@thenandnow111
@thenandnow111 5 жыл бұрын
'You've got a cigarette in your mouth' 'I know, I've been smoking for years. It's the only way I know' 🚬 😂
@RUAV2TWIN
@RUAV2TWIN 5 жыл бұрын
For me.. Still the best.
@Niom_Music
@Niom_Music 5 жыл бұрын
The ending joke is fuckin brilliant!
@marysepradet6515
@marysepradet6515 6 жыл бұрын
" so take those eight today " ...... absolutely fabulous !
@chrisstanley1333
@chrisstanley1333 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant comedian my favourite of all time along with Dennis Leary
@rjjcms1
@rjjcms1 5 жыл бұрын
They showed us all a public information film in junior school in 1975 about the perils of smoking,around the time I was turning 11. It included cut open pictures of the inside of a baby's lung,all pink and pristine,an adult's non-smoker's lung with a bit of greying and stuff in it with all the stuff we breathe in over the years,especially in those smoggier,more industrial days than what we have now in the West,and lastly the lung of smoeone who'd been a heavy smoker,all full of horrible brown and balck tar and gunge. It also showed a smoking machine which would draw in the smoke for cigarettes and collect the smoke in a large clear glass jar. The black tar and grey and brown gunge was visible building up inside the jar. It worked on me,making me vow not to start smoking...for about 3 years until I gave in to peer pressure at secondary school and started doing it around my 14th birthday. I never let my mum know I was doing it because I thought it would upset her,but my sister who tried it once and never again after it made her feel sick (the same the first 1-2-3 times for me) caught a sniff of it and suspected I'd been doing it,and my dad told me off when I confessed to him about it. If caught at school they used to make us do chores like clean the chemistry lab or did up parts of the grounds outside - I once broke one of their gardening forks accidentally doing that. I was more of a social than a heavy smoker,I rarely ever got any much above 10 or so a day and I gave it up for 2 or years after getting puffed out too easily playing football one day in my late teens. I worked in a Department of Employment office in 1985-86 where people were puffing away to a heart's content. There was a girl about my age there who I socialised with there and bought a second hand Ford Cortina off once,who always had a big plastic ashtray with the legend Ricard on it sat prominently on her desk. In 1993-94 working at Christian Salvesen on the Wembley Stadium industrial estate there was a smoking room adjoining the works canteen that was so thick with smoke sometimes you had trouble seeing more than a few feet in front of you. I did finally give up,but not until the 90s,when I was 30. I did so for a few months,then took it up again for a few months after having a bad weekend. After the second time I packed it in,which wouldn't have happened had I not changed job to a different environment,I knew I was ready to quit for good. It was August and some of my friends,who wanted me to keep smoking,said I'd be back on them by Christmas. I knew they were wrong. I rcognise the exact same experience Dave Allen was referring to in that after a short while I had exactly the same experience of being able to smell all kind of things I hadn't been able to smell for many years,and it made me nostalgic because I associated those with times past when I was younger with few if any cares or responsibilities. I actually really liked the fresh smell you got off the roads straight after it rained. I worked out I've saved an absolute packet of course with the prices of the things going up and up - enough to fund a few holidays and who knows what else. But I've never been one to get all judgemental about other people who smoke,because having done it myself for 16 years I feel that would be hypocritical.
@dannygjk
@dannygjk 5 жыл бұрын
Yes plus anyone who used to smoke knows the grip it gets on you.
@traceygrant-mcrobie2291
@traceygrant-mcrobie2291 6 жыл бұрын
Spot on! Superb. Thank you .
@skuggitmcskuggit1029
@skuggitmcskuggit1029 9 жыл бұрын
good laugh always helps !
@leishayoung4124
@leishayoung4124 7 жыл бұрын
Comedy moves with the times, but, as a comedy lover and 'enthusiast' myself? Comedy must always be viewed 'retrospectively', that is? We cannot judge yesterdays' comedy by today's standards, and vice versa. And when I look at Allen, and what he was doing at the time he was doing it in? I see a very classy, self-aware, modest but very talented comedian, who used comedy as a medium to, not only exercise his own 'experiences' as a child, adolescent and adult within the strict paradigm of 'Catholicism' and Irish society, but to, at least attempt, to provide an avenue for his generation to also laugh at their respective experiences, and to say "it's okay...we're okay", and to, almost, ALLOW his generation to look back at how screwed up it wall was, and to laugh at it in the spirit of 'shared experience'. I imagine Allen's comedy brought much laughter and relief into the lives of those who lived through, and carry the baggage of, those times. ...a wonderful comedian! Truly wonderful! And sadly missed...
@anonone804
@anonone804 7 жыл бұрын
Leisha Young Bang on! And it was laughter that was comfort and solace to so many during REAL hard times of true poverty, war and ill health, times most in West today know NOTHING of, even those so called poor! Interesting that as political correctness grows and comedians are told 'that's not funny' or 'you can't joke about that' mental illness, depression, suicide and general unhappiness reaches record levels in a much wealthier (humourless) West.
@SIMPLETRUTHS2012
@SIMPLETRUTHS2012 6 жыл бұрын
Eloquently stated and exactly right. Thank you.
@barbarastepien-foad4519
@barbarastepien-foad4519 9 жыл бұрын
great days, all the TV programme interviewers smoked, any debates had smokers puffing away, all shows and programmes...seems so different nowadays, however there's probably still the same amount of folk smoking today!
@tomitstube
@tomitstube 9 жыл бұрын
+Barbara Stepien-Foad in america (government numbers) smoking has been cut by more than half. in 1964 42% smoked, it's 20% as of 2014.
@barbarastepien-foad4519
@barbarastepien-foad4519 9 жыл бұрын
+tomitstube Hi Tom, those figures are very heartening, I'm not sure about UK though, I seem to see so many young folk smoking especially girls here, older middle aged folk seem to be quitting as they end up with angio alarms, but despite all the concerted government efforts youngsters seem intent on puffing on ! thanks
@tomitstube
@tomitstube 9 жыл бұрын
+Barbara Stepien-Foad well I had to look it up, the u.k. is actually doing better than the u.s. in 2013 it's 19.3% who smoke, lowest number in 80 years. it was 45% in 1979. so good to see both countries are getting healthier. adieu.
@barbarastepien-foad4519
@barbarastepien-foad4519 9 жыл бұрын
+tomitstube thank-you so much for your time and trouble...good news !!
@rienzitrento8397
@rienzitrento8397 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@earnestthompson5136
@earnestthompson5136 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why he never made it big in America because he is without a doubt a genius of comedy !
@gegaks218
@gegaks218 6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.Nice memories.
@DavidTermini
@DavidTermini 5 жыл бұрын
I finally quit 25 years ago very glad I did your longs or your life support system
@sjgreen197012
@sjgreen197012 8 жыл бұрын
Bloody Judas.(48 secs) Lol.Love it.Dave Allen a truly funny man.
@robot7759
@robot7759 4 жыл бұрын
45 years later... Same old.🚬
@basba_qal
@basba_qal 5 жыл бұрын
Undeniably PRICELESS.
@terrasiho5606
@terrasiho5606 3 жыл бұрын
There is no one like him around today. Why?
@marysepradet6515
@marysepradet6515 6 жыл бұрын
all of this is true, the cigarette after watching a film, after making love, before taking a decision, before writing a letter ... cigarette instead of eating, all day and everywhere so brilliant RIP Dave !
@willykutz67andrews34
@willykutz67andrews34 6 жыл бұрын
The best commedian ever by miles
@Stephan74
@Stephan74 6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@robertglennon657
@robertglennon657 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome comic. Tells it as it is
@thebay77sanfrancisco72
@thebay77sanfrancisco72 6 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius Dave allen
@hallohallo1332
@hallohallo1332 Жыл бұрын
Unless I'm losing my memory I'm sure that that was not the full piece. The vital missing bit at the end is the most hilarious part. I don't want to ruin it for everyone by telling you what it was because maybe the whole video is out there somewhere.
@loosewheels1000
@loosewheels1000 9 жыл бұрын
Liked Dave Allen since I was a child, thing is, he would probably be non PC today.
@SiskinOnUTube
@SiskinOnUTube 9 жыл бұрын
+loosewheels1000 I don't think he was a rude man. He would be great today. Timeless comedy.
@SIMPLETRUTHS2012
@SIMPLETRUTHS2012 6 жыл бұрын
EVERYTHING is PC incorrect today. Mel Brooks, one of the funniest geniuses ever, recently said the ubitquitous PC police are the end of comedy.
@gavinpgraham
@gavinpgraham 6 жыл бұрын
SIMPLETRUTHS2012 I'd agree with him. Too many people out there are pretending to be offended for attention.
@lathatampi
@lathatampi 6 күн бұрын
Such a gentleman
@qqlelesmbo3612
@qqlelesmbo3612 7 жыл бұрын
Mr. Tesla invented AC, Mr. Dave invented humor.
@manjsher3094
@manjsher3094 4 жыл бұрын
Tesla didn't invent AC, he described it Dave Allen didn't invent humor, he lived it. Thanks for the line of thought cheers
@aires69uk
@aires69uk 9 жыл бұрын
Class.
@TheTektronik
@TheTektronik 5 жыл бұрын
Love the 3 piece suit.
@london593
@london593 5 жыл бұрын
Legend
@josephinewinter
@josephinewinter 5 жыл бұрын
at my uncle's funeral, they said "He started to smoke at four years old: his father's workmates thought it was funny to give him their butts to finish." Silence in the room (it was cancer that got him)
@hamishmcpenguin603
@hamishmcpenguin603 5 жыл бұрын
...And may your God go with you.
@Dukey39
@Dukey39 6 жыл бұрын
Genius
@AmerginMacEccit
@AmerginMacEccit 9 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that Churchill who said it was the easiest thing to do? He had done it hundreds of times.
@johnflynn7035
@johnflynn7035 7 жыл бұрын
AmerginMacEccit Mark Twain?
@crossman20
@crossman20 7 жыл бұрын
AmerginMacEccit: You are right, it is one of Mark Twains quips.
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