Love this. This goes way beyond mere comedy, and into a special area of absurd poignancy that only Chris Morris seems able to reach.
@LunaTricksTelevision3 жыл бұрын
100% love the headspace this man can create. The best dark comedy. Psychological,.
@kylesweeney-stewart5358 Жыл бұрын
It's really sad
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv10 ай бұрын
Really nicely put.
@crybunny4 жыл бұрын
my cat sometimes refuses to come in at night from the balcony and i picture me as the woman and him as the man in this sketch
@AstonishingSodApe8 жыл бұрын
There will never be anything like this on television again.
@HarryNixonTube6 жыл бұрын
Diogo Pereira no. Sadly, I think you’re right.
@returnoftheredeye5 жыл бұрын
I agree, but that's part of the magic of it.
@redlady9355 жыл бұрын
Agree. Even new Morris doesn't have the genius of old Morris.
@snarkynoonan66265 жыл бұрын
Who watches television these days? o.o
@redlady9355 жыл бұрын
@@snarkynoonan6626 clearly not pedants
@mu9cephei15 жыл бұрын
I've watched this many times - Chris Morris manages to convey the complete and utter estrangement of Anthony from his wife and by extension the whole of society in under three minutes. An astonishing piece of television. And Amelia Bullmore is excellent in this too. Why is she not on our screens more often?
@defragsbin4 ай бұрын
I like how she popped up in Happy Valley :-)
@Garbageman282 жыл бұрын
Come back to this every now and then. What a magnificent portrait of melancholy.
@RK-kn1fg3 жыл бұрын
My uncle is literally like this. He currently lives in a shed on an allotment and washes in the river Trent, eating tinned food from the church
@felixcornelius25773 жыл бұрын
Why don't you bring him some eggs and tea ?
@RK-kn1fg3 жыл бұрын
I think I will, I'll take him a plate of eggs
@spangol873 жыл бұрын
Update please..
@georgejohnson59043 жыл бұрын
Classic British mental breakdown
@CelticSaint3 жыл бұрын
Please tell us how he is now. Thanks. Is he still the same?
@AstonishingSodApe8 жыл бұрын
There is sadness, melancholy, comedy and even beauty in this. Wistful I believe is the word that best describes this sketch. This, together with Suicide with an Escape Clause, are proof Chris Morris doesn't make comedy sketches, he makes beautiful cinema.
@falamble8 жыл бұрын
On his inspiration for making the show, Morris commented: "It was so singular, and it came from a mood, quite a desolate mood. I had this misty, autumnal, boggy mood anyway, so I just went with that"
@AstonishingSodApe8 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting. Thanks for sharing. Where did you find that interview?
@MrEggcake7 жыл бұрын
I believe it's from the book 'Disgusting Bliss', worth a read if you are a Chris Morris fan or interested in his work.
@redlady9355 жыл бұрын
❤️
@QFIhawkman15 жыл бұрын
"The only comfort I suppose is that I won't have to live with it quite so long..... I imagine being picked off by a sharp frost in the winter..." I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! The futility of it all.
@kitharrison8799 Жыл бұрын
It's just wonderful and no item of television since has done anything like this single sketch.
@perkyporkpie13 жыл бұрын
Thisis the greatest distilation of fear loss and sadness I have ever seen-just stunning
@mucusmayhem11186 жыл бұрын
It's dangerously persuasive.. 😁
@scslre6 жыл бұрын
Probably my favourite Jam sketch. It tickles something deep inside my brain.
@paulmorphy61875 жыл бұрын
your fancy
@firebeardnc60124 жыл бұрын
@Hugh Jones Doesn't bear thinking about
@harryburrows21125 жыл бұрын
Her voice is so beautiful
@TriviaChallenge2 жыл бұрын
R.P.
@Boylieboyle Жыл бұрын
@@TriviaChallenge Message received and understood.
@jonobrow3 жыл бұрын
This is so much more than just comedy. I don't even know how to describe it, other than brilliant.
@uber-cg8vq4 жыл бұрын
I wish i was able to write stuff like this. It's funny, but there's also deep emotion and meaning. All in just under 3 minutes
@kevinarchibald615010 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Inspirational.
@Bootstrap19312 жыл бұрын
"plate of eggs"
@Eric-zv9ut7 ай бұрын
The simple joys of life
@denbyrne80657 жыл бұрын
The best bits are the shots of him standing outside. Looking at the family arriving. Gazing across his estate,in a total state of depression. Fucking hilarious.
@aturek11213 жыл бұрын
Realizing there are so many amazing parts in this, the look up at "some tea" has to be one of my favorite looks of all time 1:56
@mowithchickens16 жыл бұрын
something so wistfully sad about his 'plate of eggs' that's the limit of his desires having lived outside so long!
@Macho_Fantastico5 жыл бұрын
"We don't need them but they're jolly nice"
@nickbrice84975 жыл бұрын
JAM is my favourite comedy series of all time just brilliant
@RichieW4 жыл бұрын
quite a lot of food in the kitchen garden.. some stuff around the bins..
@dekionplexis18 жыл бұрын
I love this one, and 'The Gush', Morris is a terrifying genius.
@declanmurphy83996 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous music
@cam10000018 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately 'The Gush' which I uploaded over a month ago has just been removed due to being "inappropriate nature". Oh well...
@LunaTricksTelevision3 жыл бұрын
Must be about six months ago I, moved out of the house and started living outside. The idea came from a book I was reading I think, can't be err, quite sure about that but um, if you think about it we don't really need central heating, big kitchens, rugs, huge beds, its all, nonsense. (Well we don't need them but they're jolly nice) Well they're useless really. ... I can sleep anywhere I want now I can sleep under a hedge or err, in the tractor shed. (It does worry me when it is awfully cold). Cattle.... Sitting down with the cattle that keeps you warm. (At least then you get a little bit of heat. I do, worry when I know Anthony is out in the open on a particularly bleak night; rain, sleet). ... There is quite a lot of food in the kitchen garden. Some stuff around the bins. A blackbird flew into the greenhouse the other day and I er, picked him off. He didn't taste too great I must say. (We're having lamb tonight) Sometimes I have to fight the cats for food. (Richards bringing Helen for supper tonight). But err, the dogs pretty loyal. (Blocked off that draft in the drawing room; it's awfully snug now). ... I must admit I do occasionally, find myself staring in through the, drawing room window rather wishfully looking at the cosy scene there, big fire (yes), the family, all together. (You're quite a pretty sorry sight out there really). I, sort of think all I have to do is walk in through the front door and I could have a nice hot bath, and err, a big plate of eggs, some tea, (Hmm, why don't you come in tonight darling) Can't really indulge that sort of thought, its uhm, dangerously persuasive. (Just for an hour or so) ... I think that's the main, problem actually is, living with that contradiction. Ahh, the only comfort is that I don't suppose, I'll have to live with it quite so long. (Mmm). I imagine being picked off by a sharp frost in the winter. (I am afraid that is probably true). Though I suppose if I did go inside I err, wouldn't have to live with it at all really. (I never lock up at night you know) Tsk. Just doesn't bear thinking about. ... And you should lock up. --- Chris Morris transcribed
@kristabrennan799111 жыл бұрын
A while ago the idea struck me that she might actually be dead. Aside from right at the end when the camera has gone black and he responds directly to something she said, he never really acknowledges her. Perhaps she died and he wasn't able to cope with being in the house without her, struggling with all the memories of how she made it warm and comforting; now he just wants to disappear into the landscape and die as well.
@veroniquehoflack49107 ай бұрын
Your comment has blown me away ...
@Eric-zv9ut7 ай бұрын
But she said people were coming for dinner
@kristabrennan79917 ай бұрын
@@Eric-zv9ut if she's dead, everything she says is either a memory or a fantasy, and the lights on in the house and the dinner etc are the same, just figments or memories...
@GenBanks15 жыл бұрын
I get moments like that lol, when I feel kind of like wandering around aimlessly living outside. Great sketch, funny and surreal and just... weird but thought provoking.
@KaliberKing15 жыл бұрын
The timing and camera-work surrounding the word "cattle" makes me laugh every time. "bedding down with the cattle"...
@Taobeth11 жыл бұрын
cackling loud alone in my apartment at 1am on a monday. sigh.
@razbizzle10 жыл бұрын
SAME
@Boylieboyle4 жыл бұрын
If you have a telephone, there is such a place as America. Just don't bring too many onions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWa6m3erm8ycbLc
@almost18894 жыл бұрын
This inspires me in a weird way, like, I'm not laughing at all, but it's so ... Funny and The music in the background Probably did that to me-_-
@jasonburke842 жыл бұрын
"The dog is pretty loyal". Incredible.
@BelatedCommiseration17 жыл бұрын
This sort of sketch really highlights the sense of almost puritan self denial that is inherent in a lot of Morris's work...the disdain for comforts and things as ultimately meaningless and the people that hanker after them as brainless parasites, yet desiring them yourself. You can tell this bloke went to a Jesuit boarding school...thats for sure...
@AstonishingSodApe8 жыл бұрын
Love how at 2:26 the colors become more vivid. It's those details that matter and make this a work of art.
@Epistemofo15 жыл бұрын
Hilarious and strangely moving at the same time... Comedic poetry.
@mrneutral84233 жыл бұрын
Probably my favourite Jam sketch. The most inspiring at least.
@TheRawmackaw11 жыл бұрын
Just excellent.
@agilekind Жыл бұрын
"Just doesn't bare thinking about" - absolute genius delivery (like "sobbing in quite a wretched way" in Suicide With An Escape Clause) This whole sketch is a masterpiece.
@ankle_burn6 жыл бұрын
this sketch is perfect
@duncanmunkan2 жыл бұрын
That's Sonya from Alan partridge. What a great actress
@chulk60714 жыл бұрын
(and you should lock up) Is about as close as a happy ending as you're gonna get...
@richardawrhodes69656 жыл бұрын
Poignant and touching
@InstallaFriend7 жыл бұрын
I think that’s the main problem, living with that contradiction
@Kainlarsen10 жыл бұрын
Somebody had a theory about this sketch. It was that his wife was dead, and merely a 'ghost' talking to him. The "And you should lock up" line at the very end is telling. Something bad happened, and he had a nervous breakdown with the guilt.
@ShearsOfAtropos7 жыл бұрын
I think straining to interpret (blue) jam sketches in this manner kills their otherworldly beauty. They are perfect dream-like vignettes on their own, no need to bring them to earth with weighty academic terms.
@christschinwon7 жыл бұрын
ShearsOfAtropos very well put
@TheMrMediocre7 жыл бұрын
Kainlarsen that makes sense. if you notice he's not conversing with his wife inferring she's not actually there
@arrivingarriving51667 жыл бұрын
ShearsOfAtropos, I agree entirely, there is an otherworldly beauty to certain Jam sketches that doesn't survive shared interpretation, academic or otherwise. This is one of them - and it's a masterpiece.
@derdingobaron6 жыл бұрын
If the wife is dead, then where does the food from the kitchen garden and around the bins come from?
@cam100000 That's a shame, the gush is great and I suspect the censors didn't get the gag.... Thanks for posting, Jam is/was/will be the best comeddy series ever. Loved it on the radio first time round
@TonyWhite-s4cАй бұрын
Man oh man, I miss comedy like this.
@AlanAttack6 ай бұрын
why am i crying with f**kin laughter at a man standing outside ffs hahahahaha!
@carlkamuti8 жыл бұрын
The actress is Amelia Bullmore, Sonya from I'm Alan Partridge.
@CelticSaint8 жыл бұрын
She wears no makeup!!
@christschinwon7 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT I love you.....in a way!
@CelticSaint7 жыл бұрын
She's mildly cretinous.
@warriorofwrestlingv34 жыл бұрын
I can not believe I never made that connection till now
@stephenmcconnell10009 ай бұрын
She was also Steph Barnes in Coronation Street, 1990
@vosteove2 ай бұрын
Something about the way he never directly acknowledges his wife or what she’s saying makes the tragedy of this scene so much stronger.
@sewercat939815 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@serpenthydra4 жыл бұрын
Kudos to the composer or music selector, without that gentle mood it would be terribly bleak...
@brocklagan14 жыл бұрын
@ShankingArmitage "Armitage shanks", very good! Not sure to be honest, I'd say possibly BBC online archives as it was broadcast on Radio1, circa 1997. It was pretty much broadcast as you "hear" it on the JAM DVD, the images were done after which is why a lot of it doesn't sync up
@cam10000015 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's 'Over' by Alpha.
@DaveyMulholland2 жыл бұрын
So good
@rayblack200415 жыл бұрын
so touching, its like he's punishing himself
@cryptmonkey13 жыл бұрын
"...and you should lock up!"
@rcm616-j5t11 жыл бұрын
and she doesn't take her eyes off him the whole time lol
@ShankingArmitage14 жыл бұрын
@brocklagan other than theft do you know if you can get Blue Jam the radio stuff anywhere? really love the monolgues. you should check out "Rothko" and "Suzy's Wedding"
@felixcornelius25775 жыл бұрын
A plate of eggs and some tea
@pigger1115 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, nervous breakdown. Nicely done.
@Dreyno5 жыл бұрын
Thought this was a Jam b-side I hadn’t heard. Even better. Chris Morris.
@jasondaviesdavies65523 жыл бұрын
I like this
@Wolviepayne15 жыл бұрын
"I never lock up at night ya know?"
@AstonishingSodApe8 жыл бұрын
Is he swallowing a raindrop at 0:56?
@AstonishingSodApe8 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Like any good work of art, there are many details and nuances to be appreciated.
@Shazbut01918 жыл бұрын
I took that as a facial mannerism he'd picked up from associating with cattle
@lukerogers1513 жыл бұрын
I never lock up at night you know
@Nvananon2 жыл бұрын
He's gone feral.
@Boylieboyle13 жыл бұрын
00.52 Simultaneous sigh - deliberate?
@monkey26r15 жыл бұрын
Chris Morris is the Boz Boz.
@Buz-Lunch-Punx5 жыл бұрын
He's also the Chung Wit
@carnivalecretins8539 жыл бұрын
The opposite of JG Ballards Home??
@anadr01d19 жыл бұрын
John Lloyd I'd say he out-Ballards Ballard in the JAM 1 intro and Crime Reconstruction monologue.
@mu9cephei15 жыл бұрын
Excellent video from Chris Morris as ever. Can anyone tell me what music this is?
@LAnonHubbard5 жыл бұрын
Darude - Sandstorm
@monkey26r14 жыл бұрын
@ozena52 Oh yes he's the chung wit, the biff boff and the puff pastry hangman.
@CelticSaint13 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the book he was reading was? What started all this off?
@erikfreitas70933 жыл бұрын
Maybe something by Thoreau?
@adamlacey814 жыл бұрын
And now THIS way of life is dangerously persuasive.
@randykawasaki13 жыл бұрын
can someone upload a non pixellated version of the gush..... it wont last, but the JAM version is better than the BLUE JAM radio version. X
@marknewbold25834 жыл бұрын
No Blue Jam is a masterpiece
@jontk3 жыл бұрын
@@marknewbold2583 The TV version was notably missing the recurring monologues, they really were the heart of the radio show, neither version being entirely about comedy, though sketches like this one do somewhat fill that void.
@andystow7 жыл бұрын
Genius...
@antichris789 жыл бұрын
Plate of eggs... mmmmmmm
@VortexMotiveVision17 жыл бұрын
That is exactly the correct word.
@censoredbyyoutube42913 жыл бұрын
This series has some of the darkest comedy I have seen.especially the one with the baby whose pipes were not working.plus the music makes it even more insidious.
@andystow7 жыл бұрын
'Picked off by a sharp frost'...
@jankath13 жыл бұрын
Do you know anywhere that i can find English subtitles for Jam?
@childofthesun324 жыл бұрын
That moment when you first watched this and think that the make up on Chris is pretty good, that it really looks like he's been living outside, homeless, for months. Then years later you realise that's just Chris' normal face.
@bibby500015 жыл бұрын
last i remember was alan partrige series 2
@QFIhawkman14 жыл бұрын
Some tea... mmm.
@mu9cephei13 жыл бұрын
@oisaveloy Only too true...home insurance adverts weren't what I'd been thinking of when I posted that
@Ajnkana15 жыл бұрын
"and you should lock up"
@KarlHamilton5 жыл бұрын
Plate of eggs lol
@Johnconno3 жыл бұрын
T E Lawrence after returning from Arabia. Churchill bought him Clouds Hill in Dorset. And gave him a bag of marbles.
@kevbomb15 жыл бұрын
"a plate of eggs"
@KaliberKing17 жыл бұрын
Deep thinking keep drinking
@Destro70008 жыл бұрын
See this is what happens when a rich person reads a book featuring a new idea. :D Great sketch. It's like highly unnecessary suicide based on adopting a new ideology when you already have everything you need.
@invertedchords14 жыл бұрын
I'm craving some boiled eggs now.
@TheUKMarshall11 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know the music? Sorry if it's already been asked.
@micfarrelly192710 жыл бұрын
Morris made all the music for the series himself.
@LesterLeapsIn110 жыл бұрын
Over by Alpha
@michaeldesocio876710 жыл бұрын
Mic farrelly Yes, you're exactly right. Not many people realize that Chris Morris goes by other aliases, such as Aphex Twin and Brian Eno.
@commerceserverservercommerce6 жыл бұрын
He goes under the aliases “DJ Shadow” and “Fila Brazila” as well.
@LAnonHubbard5 жыл бұрын
Darude - Sandstorm.
@bmt33155 жыл бұрын
Cattle
@fluffypinkandmoist12 жыл бұрын
trippy
@OriginalApexTwin13 жыл бұрын
A plate of eggs, yummy!
@jarzhinio14 жыл бұрын
@mu9cephei Well said, I can only assume it is because she has high standards and doesn't want to risk doing anything which isn't totally great.
@Boylieboyle13 жыл бұрын
@kipplewitz Oh definitely can't. What do you mean?