Harry and Paul - 40...45 years

[@Art_official_intelligenc3]

Their chemistry is so perfect! Seems like they’ve been working together for 40 to 45 years.

[@Felix-Sited]

No 40...maybe 45.......

[@The_Digital_Dolphin]

Haha

[@paperchain1239]

Probably 40,45,45,40,45,40 years.

[@olivergrayread]

I believe they first met while at college sometime shortly before 1980. How long ago would that be now?

[@The_Digital_Dolphin]

@@olivergrayread 40 - 45 years

[@ChrisM541]

Brilliant!! I remember watching this when it was first aired on TV - some 40....45 years ago.

[@VickersDoorter]

How old were you then, 40-45 years?

[@ChrisM541]

@@VickersDoorter Yes, 40...45 years.

[@juliamilton4377]

I'll never get tired of this sketch. Never! I'll love it even in forty, forty-five years.

[@timsaxon5825]

Same. It was the catchphrase in our office for ages too. We could work in 40/45 to any conversation.

[@gommechops]

@@timsaxon5825 Out of interest, how long ago is it since you worked in that office?

[@timsaxon5825]

@@gommechops oh I’d say, 40-45 years

[@gommechops]

@@timsaxon5825 👍🤣

[@thewesty]

Forty, forty five years

[@johnbristow8099]

The acting ability of these two is wonderful.

[@corkandi]

This is so stupidly brilliant. Repeating that 40-45yrs saying over & over again, had me in stitches. True comedy gold!

[@AA-hg5fk]

45 likes on this comment.

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

40, 45 likes

[@johncastle8254]

This is more than just comedy ,it’s a work of art ,thank god for these two geniuses ,England needs them more than ever ,must be forty ,forty five years of laughs .

[@Herodollus]

England is dead

[@PooperScooperTrooper]

@@Herodollus How long would you say it's been dead for, 40 45 years?

[@Mark-vq5dz]

@@JaymzZeppelin Grammar police 🚨

[@Mark-vq5dz]

@@JaymzZeppelin Too right Roy

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Brilliant sketch. I must have watched it, let me think how many times……

[@ann3654]

Haha!

[@rory4605]

"Everyone has to say goodbye to the Matterhorn and hello to the Peak District", what a wonderful metaphor.

[@victorpearson1418]

I have lived in the Peak District for 40 /45 years since moving here 40 / 45 years ago .

[@gommechops]

@@victorpearson1418So that would mean you haven't climbed the Matterhorn in what, 40 -45 years?

[@taotoo2]

It wasn't a metaphor

[@anonUK]

​@@victorpearson1418 Are you local?

[@stephenlonsdale4387]

Someone from Spain who wears a funny hat and tight pants and fights bulls🤔

[@MargaretRolfe-v4o]

❤ thank you for posting this absolutely brilliant..I never get enough of Paul and Harry❤...keep them coming love from Australia🎉😂😂😂😂❤❤

[@bluegtturbo]

I've seen this 40 - 45 times and it still cracks me up...Harry and Paul come back please we need you to cheer us up in these difficult times!

Paul and Harry portray the British 'upper crust' to perfection....

[@ba8898]

This is still gonna be funny in 40-45 years.

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

40, 45 years

[@thomasnorbury5935]

ohh yess 40-45 years???

[@AlanDoherty-ru6iq]

😊

[@stevendavis2122]

Remarkable characters, totally believable, both frightfully talented.

[@EmmaOohLaLa]

I must have watched this 40-45 times!

[@Berkcam]

+Emma Caulfield 40-45 times, really?

[@michaelcarr4435]

+Berkcam i watched it for 4o to 45 years

[@YouCantEscapeTheBlob]

40 times, 45 times, would you say?

[@tomreid3914]

45th like.

[@MegaSmk]

oh yes, yes, 4045 times

[@winsomehax]

Not a joke in it.. it's all in the delivery and performances. Marvellous stuff.

[@GirGir183]

2:25 There's that moment when Sheridan says "That's a very good brandy, Charles"...and you just know what's coming.

[@springyslinky2190]

Sheridan has been pronouncing it “bwrandewhr” for about... 40, 45 years?

[@Francois_Dupont]

@@springyslinky2190 4045 ?

[@michaeljamieson3582]

This skit is 100% delivery, these two worked so well together.

[@GirGir183]

I wouldn't say 100%. Maybe 40-45%.

[@michaeljamieson3582]

40-45%? Yes I suppose it would be 40, 40-45%

[@maximumzest245]

40, 45%?

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

Yes, it must be 40, 45%

[@starwarsroo2448]

I agree it's nothing on paper, like most of their stuff but when they're in full make up and acting it It becomes something else

[@robbryant52]

I watch once a day and it still cracks me up pure genius of a sketch

[@zoranorlic2423]

How can you not appreciate this? Quality

[@dombrace8949]

Complete genius - one of my favourite sketches

[@PeterABryan]

I don't know why this is so funny, but it makes me laugh every time!

[@BossySwan]

40 45 times

[@tiptoedobberhead8847]

Same here.... 4 year old comment and only how many likes does it have?

[@paperchain1239]

Same here as soon as he pops his head around the door.

[@paperchain1239]

Hi I know. I have got to the stage where I watch this every night. Have a got a problem??!

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

paperchain 123 - I think you have 45 problems, or was it 40?

[@Samoht689]

Everytime somebody ANYWHERE says 40-45 in anything me and my mates break out laughing. e.g we had ordered a pizza and she said it would be about 40-45 mins, so i started going 40-45? 40-40-45? and the pizza person was like wtf? hahaha.

[@pix046]

People like that DO talk using expressions like that! It is spot on.

[@Oceanwireaudio]

I must have watched this about 40 - 45 times? Superb

[@Andrew-yb1uv]

Superb! It makes me look forward to being old .. in about 40 ... 45 years

[@oscargregory6153]

This sketch will still be funny in 40 to 45 years from now. Classic

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

They've got such great chemistry, and that's because they've worked together for 40, 45 years

[@gazdenny7074]

The genius in this sketch is that Harry and Paul had the comedic third eye to realise saying 40 - 45 years several times over would be funny , but my god is it, the two surgeons characters,accent and delivery do help as well.

[@Weird-City]

How many likes did your comment get?

[@stevewhitmill2037]

Genius

[@robbryant52]

One of the funniest sketches ever absolutely brilliant

[@maltesetony9030]

I saw them live in 2015. Brilliant!

[@jafar4marva]

These two no longer the flavour of the month. I see uncomplimentary comments on some of the you tube output. Let themgo drink the sea,this is comedy gold, silly as a sack load, and brilliantly executed. Hats off to Harry and Paul and thank you. We need something to make us smile

[@suearengo6839]

These guys can sure act and sure write...utterly brilliant

[@springyslinky2190]

I can never show this to other Americans because they always look bored to tears but I can't stop giggling. Last time I tried to show it to someone, it must've been about...

[@machoalright]

40-45 years?

[@robertstimmel1100]

Gavin sent me here about 40 - 45 minutes ago

[@masteratk]

forty, forty-five minutes

[@ObeyDarkElf]

Keith called a couple of hours ago from Helsinki!

[@ZephKin]

hmm... if I do the math here, let's see... in 1 month Gavin would have sent you here 40-45 weeks ago. Or 45-40 weeks ago. Whichever takes precedent ofc.

[@robertstimmel1100]

@@ZephKin you know what? You may be right! It's probably been about forty - forty five weeks now!

[@andybunyan649]

Such is the brilliance of this clip and in particular the reference to the length of the departed Bunny's marriage, that I missed might have been a subtle dig at Armstrong and Miller. Check out Bunny's full name 👍

[@VickersDoorter]

Poor old Bunny, would have lived longer but for all those fortified years...

[@Bout_TreeFiddy]

nice

[@nivmhn]

Wasn't he a quare?

[@DoubleOSeven007]

@@nivmhnLooked like a Quare, sounded like a Quare

[@markmccafferty6515]

Such a great sketch. Love it, and how it has become the stock answer to all time/distance/height related questions amongst my close friends

[@jimrockone]

Apart from how hilarious this is, the acting from them both is Fantastic!

[@rabblue]

this had me in stitches .off to watch it again class act

[@crs2385]

Mon the Gers!

[@aaronwilkins5354]

"When one has to climb down from the Montrachet to the Pinot Grigio as it were hahaha Well I wouldn't go that far Sheridan" Lmfao

[@Jlipnicki]

They do not stock Pinot Grigio in the vicinity of Harley Street. Surprising that they might have even heard of it. I had to look up Montrachet.

[@dcuk7]

I love this sketch. I remember a few months ago I was at a works do in a hotel and we were talking about Harry and Paul and mentioning this sketch. We then asked how long is the bar open for and one of the lads with us just passed and said 40, 45 minutes and we cried with laughter!

[@binalith4898]

a work do, eh?

[@DS-kg4do]

How long have you been working at the company?

[@dcuk7]

@@DS-kg4do Probably around 40...45 years.

[@DS-kg4do]

@@dcuk7 yes! Correct answer! 😁

[@stephendines1936]

Theses two remind me of a couple of surgeons we had at Northampton General hospital in the 1980s.

[@msr5996]

No one cares

[@BossySwan]

That would have been? 30-35 years ago

[@quizzical342]

so is that around 40-45 years ago?

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

So anywhere between 30 and 40 years ago 30 40 30 40

[@shannonpincombe8485]

I remember the first time I saw this I ended up rolling about laughing. And now, it has had the same effect. This is brilliant comedy. These characters are perfect and the dialogue...superb! Edit: I've recently shown these 'Surgeon' clips to my daughters and they quote them non stop. Especially this classic. Oh also the 'Quare' clips. So funny. They wondered, as did I, whether it May be the same Bunny.

[@richpickings2845]

I adore this sketch, replayed it to death back in the day when it aired.

[@cynide89]

haha this 40 45 joke is huge in South Africa, literaaly in the whole country, theres a radio station here that uses it all the time!!!

[@henridelagardere264]

All the time? I wouldn't go that far, maybe 40 … 45 times?!

[@kaalvoetpiet3442]

what!?

[@chrisbirch4150]

What ? Based on this sketch ?

[@gameplaykingz9545]

Class mate 😂 I use it all the time here in England even still

[@icarusflying1814]

I love how innocuous jokes in different counties can make their way into everyday lives in other countries.

[@martinbarker7500]

My favourite ever sketch 😂

[@l32kirkby]

I've watched this about 40 45 times and still brilliant! Sheridans raised eyebrows when thinking how London he has been married, class.

[@daughterofamod]

Never get tired of watching this

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

One thing I love about this, the characters are so endearingly drawn. In Harry and Paul's earlier stuff, there was a kind of spite against the spoilt teenagers and the slobs.

[@_-LK-_]

I can see Harry and Paul doing great impressions of Frasier and Niles Crane.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Have watched this not quite 40 to 45 times! Fantastic!

[@timthepilot]

I must have watched this about 40-40-45 times today

[@kines68]

One of the best sketches ever! Guess I've already watched it 40...45...45...40 times! ;-)

[@Thursdaym2]

Only us could bring that off or understand it's brilliance.

[@HelloRab.]

Thank you Gavin Mcinnes for this, I genuinely appreciate it.

[@NotSure109]

Yes very much.

[@danendrahartawan9268]

Bunny's a Quare, isn't he?

[@Kris.G]

Oh yes, frightful Quare.

[@Kris.G]

aud loves life 40, 45 years...

[@vonSchneiderXXL]

But you can have a part-time Quare...

[@starwarsroo2448]

An incorrigible old quare

[@alancoy9377]

Yes, quaring away like Billy oh!

[@mazphillips840]

Paul Whitehouse is an amazing actor.

[@ZephKin]

I know a twitch channel that's addicted to this bit. They can't move on from bringing it up anytime a question that demands a number is brought up. lol I love it.

[@petesmith9472]

I must have watched this scores but … I watch it over and over

[@matlew1960]

There's a lot of English upper class Toffs watching this and wondering what's so funny about it. My dear old boy...

[@0dinseye]

Thanks for posting this. Really funny 😅

[@leehossain8339]

Great sketch. Two of my favourite character 😂

[@EazyDuz18]

Been waiting ages for someone to upload this. My dad says it at any given oppertunity, so funny

[@smithpm81]

my 91 year old dads fave

[@davidc4408]

This show is so good , cant believe its been 40..45 years ago

[@MrJasdog107]

This will still be funny 40 45 years .

[@cmasseylynch]

been watching this for 40///45 years

[@PC1974]

Paul Whitehouse is a genius. You'd hardly know it was him in this sketch. He embodies the posh surgeon character completely.

[@sratus]

...it may also be that he's wearing prosthetics

[@PC1974]

@sratus Yes, but that's just a small part of the overall interpretation.

[@davidellis1079]

That's it! Forti, um, fortified ears ​@@sratus

[@sratus]

@@davidellis1079 That's good work, lovely stuff.

[@alantraish3368]

Pomposity purveyed perfectly

[@LordVikingLive]

A very funny thing to do, when you watch this. Is to drink cognac or brandy every time they drink it.. as a game.. I've done that now about 40 - 45 times...

[@mikeonfreeserve2926]

How strong? About 40 to 45 proof?

[@kascally]

I've watched this sketch 42 times now. Maybe a few more or less

[@An_Arbitrary_Miscellany]

So... 40... 45 times?

[@awesomefrankrapid]

I quote this so often, and the pre6.30pm drinking curfew is a rule to live by

[@graememorrison333]

"There comes a time in ones life when one has to say goodbye to the Matterhorn and hello to the Peak District" 😀. Brilliant line, and I''m at that age now - and a damn sight younger than Bunny Armstrong.

[@dode5064]

Brilliant as always

[@dippydogz]

MY friend Hayley was shotgun in the car and said she was starting a new job in Newbury, I asked, innocently, how long will that take? 40 minutes? She replied 40,45. MY mate Boo in the back seat stuck his fist forward for a fistbump as we chuckled away to ourselves, and we wouldnt xplain what it meant. Once she found it, she was bang on board

[@MrWizzleTeets]

Perfect Harley Street doctors

[@Kimjongil.]

Can't imagine how difficult it is for them not to just break down laughing 😂😂😂😂

[@highdownmartin]

I think it took them 40 takes to get it right. 40 or 45 45,40 45. 40 45

[@martinloney6322]

Just superb!

[@arcticradio]

Paul Whitehouse an absolutely gem of an actor, brilliant in every way.

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

‘Not at all Sheridan-Shelley told me you’d be popping by’ priceless poetry.

[@dfcvda]

as a nurse in England this is not far off what most of the Surgeons are like, bless them.. Honestly we dont care.

[@DenkyManner]

This series is getting better with age. They should be allowed to do more. But the BBC regularly lets all-time geniuses languish while promoting the hell out of tripe. And are then the first to air tribute nights to people they wouldn't give the time of day when they were alive.

[@davidmatthews631]

I’ve seen this so many times the “40 45” has worked its way into my speech.

[@CamMci]

this is the funniest H and P sketch ever

[@dopiaza2006]

Challenge - fill up your car but make sure it stops at £40.45. Record the conversation and see how many times you can say 40 45 and get the cashier to repeat it.

[@robertwright7937]

Done. 146 was my personal best.👍

[@rory4605]

No comedy duo can play interminable old farts better than Harry and Paul..

[@560smr4]

Iv watch this clip at least 40/45 times.

[@comebackkid3990]

thanks Gavin

[@barrywatts8501]

When I first watched this I was about 40 -45 years ......well 45...40-45 years.

[@TheHorseOutside]

Poor old Bunny, such a frightful quare

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

How much older does that make up make Harry and Paul? Well I'd say about 40 . . 45 years

[@andrewcairns8266]

40 years, 45 years.

[@nicholasdavies6264]

Superb!

[@delbhoye]

I wonder if they're talking about Bunny from the club who's a frightful quare?

[@paperchain1239]

The 53 who disliked this sketch haven't laughed for what 40,40 45,45 years.

[@franzaugust838]

this is excellent!!!!

[@kenmccready2870]

They are brilliant at observing uk class system and the way toffs communicate with their own personal tribble,,40 45 .......40..... 45 ...etc etc ....

[@infinitysearcher8858]

Got me in tears!

[@dopiaza2006]

Boris actually said it in a press briefing recently. Probably inadvertently but it was enough to set me off. Worked well with his voice.

[@Cwmbran1984]

How long until we get out of this Covid lockdown? Oh about 40, 45 years???? 40, 45 years???? 😂😂😂😂

[@RichardHaymanJoyce]

Best sketch ever

[@feathermen1138]

I have been watching this for 40 - 45 mins...and still very funny