If They Will Not Grow Up Then Cut Off Their Goolies

[@martythemartian99]

It's not just the comedy, it's their delivery. So good :)

[@G6JPG]

"I know these kids." I think that was the genius part of the sketch - the sympathetic social worker, who was a stereotype so well-known at the time (and Pammy's appearance as her was excellent) - so of course we all expected her to disagree with the suggestion; her agreeing was the punchline, really.

[@martm216]

Griff Rhys Jones is a master of the polite bemused reaction.

[@willb1405]

He looks like david cameron

[@blackfalkon4189]

also check out his skit with Rowan Atkinson as a perverted school principal

[@TimBadger-w7d]

I remember this so well. We went round saying “off with their goodies’ for weeks

[@barrymay8269]

And their goolies as well as their goodies !!!!

[@richardbanker3910]

I remember watching this at the time and I fell about laughing. Marvellous series. Still funny to this day

[@blackfalkon4189]

14 dislikes? only one solution

[@jeremyreid9582]

👌🏼 Brilliant comment ! Great wit does not fade with time.

[@edwinov]

Whahahahahaha!

[@rantional8180]

bless you for posting this, i grew up listing to these on cassette tape, comedy used to be funny.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

So comedy was funny when you were young but now your old it’s not funny anymore. I can remember when this was on TV and lots of old people were complaining that it wasn’t funny it was just crude.

[@rantional8180]

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 comedy has always been offensive on some level, as you said they said it was rude, comedy in general attempts to not offend these days. The court jester was the only one who could crap on the king, now you can't crap on anyone. It's not that I'm old, it's that you're a bunch of pussies.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

@@rantional8180 boomers

[@rantional8180]

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 I'm not a boomer you moron.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

@@rantional8180 a triggered boomer?

[@ANONYMOUS-xd3eu]

I saw mel smith in a pub many years ago he was at the urinal in the gents at the time It was in the country side he had a white rolls royce parked up no one took any notice of him as the pub was full

[@GuyLakeman]

hope you didnt get the herpes that killed him

[@iankemp1131]

This is only half the sketch, there is an equally brilliant 45 seconds runup setting the scene. The full sketch is elsewhere on KZbin under the title Football Hooligans.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

LOL at 0:06. The way Mel Smith says it is hilarious.

[@Nebarus]

They are right you know!

[@slartibartfast2649]

And in the 21st century, people willingly do it to themselves.

[@belch1889]

I have thought this so many times when the aged folk of Stanwell are wringing their hands and bemoaning the attitudes and actions of the local youth. "Cut off their goolies!" That'll sort them out!

[@dennisbuckley]

Possibly my favourite NTNOCN sketch. Just a shame the first minute has been edited out - this gives the context that makes Mel’s and Pamela’s characters’ lines and delivery so brilliant. Still amazing tho that so many commenters here love this sketch without it….

[@alicegrant3731]

Goolies ? Not heard that term for years!!🤣

[@daveyellis8157]

Nice to see Mrs Connolly there x

[@enigmagenesis7341]

She looks positively stunning here❤

[@richardclarke376]

they are right

[@altvamp]

They couldn't keep a straight face doing that.

[@karlhowsham200]

great tv before all this reality crap and shouty garbage we get today

[@steeden54]

Cut 'em off, anyway.

[@motionsickness1903]

Not the 9'O clock news.

[@grahamjeffries4566]

Are they talking about the House of Commons

[@craigds3745]

If they aren't, they should be.

[@jonchess8844]

Why is this funny??? Seems quite reasonable to me.

[@grahamlive]

Well quite.

[@fratosmanbaykal7233]

Is he Hugh Grant's big brother?

[@edwinov]

Mel and Rhys, great comedians. Pamela is just smokin' hot. Lucky Billy.

[@jpond541]

Who else thinks this should be policy in 2021

[@Dabhach1]

Visionary

[@simonmatcham6750]

That's the only way😂

[@emansnas]

All humor aside, should have been done looooong ago... when it still could have made a difference.

[@garethwatkins6347]

They dont make them like this anymore

[@geneandaj4286]

very funny

[@Rudepenaltyoffside]

Ok,thats great etc,but wat about the female hooligans?🤣

[@buzhug35]

Just cult… i watched them when i was young on french tv 🇫🇷

[@janeslater8004]

🤣😁😆😅🤣

[@terencekent615]

If only...🤭

[@ArfurBrain]

I'm not sure if my Victorian upbringing was actually a blessing. Some kids would benefit from working as they are among older people who can guide them from their experiences. Some kids now 2023 seem brain dead they haven't been taught anything. I had head injuries once I could think a little though, my memory was wiped I didn't know my name but I had some activity in my brain. I knew what a drip was and that I'd taken the drip bag off the hanger and dropped in on the floor because I thought it was causing my headache - that's how I knew the nurses meant me when the said don't take the drip bag etc, Ian!!!

[@MedievalFolkDance]

When you realise that while this was being filmed, chemical castration of homosexuals was an enforced punishment, it loses a laugh track and becomes very serious satire.

[@jamestuck6764]

Really? In which country was that then ‘cos it wasn’t the UK. NTNOCN was never overtly political anymore than any other comedy of the time. Politicians were fair game then as they are now. The main aim was just to make it funny.

[@MedievalFolkDance]

​@@jamestuck6764 The show that wrote a song about Mosely being sung by skinheads was not overtly political? If you say so.

[@jamestuck6764]

@@MedievalFolkDance well that is one three minute song out of 28 episodes so I would not say it makes the show overtly political. Maybe I missed something. Enlighten me please to the political subtext of the “Gerald the Gorilla “ sketch.

[@MedievalFolkDance]

@@jamestuck6764 Constable Savage, not political either? I could go through every single individual sketch so you can judge it on its political merits but, that might take some time.

[@jmcc4566]

@@jamestuck6764 the show was extremely political

[@citizen_wayne]

I'd say about 3/4 of the time, British humor is better than our's in America. Few exceptions, of course. I will say that our "greats" shit on your "greats" tho.

[@GuyLakeman]

interesting thanks, I need some examples of 'great' would make a good comparison table, movie series, sitcoms, standup, etc. mel brooks tream movies cracks me up as does mae west and those around her, dunno where to put charlie chaplin on nationality ... global? , jim carey sometimes and andy kaufman always * muppets vs ? spitting image - the office isnt funny unless you are one of the hundreds of million new service staff who enjoy sad office politics ... * mel brooks team vs goons and navy lark, and monty python and fawlty towers, and the carry on xxx teams, black adder team, mr bean french comedy, comedy store team and the young ones, tony hanckock, and ... etc etc. ? benny hill team etc? * lenny bruce vs max miller and bernard manning and the standup team on 'the comedians' circa 1971 along with freddy star and jim davidson etc, * that was the week that was team with david frost, mock the week , etc, etc vs saturday nigh live ? so many to pluck a fraction so stats needs work :)

[@chriscoffee9070]

Fawlty Towers.... I rest my case :)

[@dannis8552]

Have a look for Green Wing.

[@fakicro]

British humour is way superior and best on the world by far (I am not from UK).