So many fond memories of driving past an McChunkys and my daughter in the back seat chirping up "Daddy, can I have a Casserole Happy Meal?" I'd almost always give in. Loved digging the toy out from the gravy.
@Beechcliffe Жыл бұрын
I had my 8th birthday in a Brown Diamond, they gave me a small pair of clogs and the cake was a shepherds pie with candles on. I'm dead now unfortunately, so those happy memories are lost to time.
@FatNorthernBigot2 ай бұрын
Brown Diamond sounds like a delightful birthday venue, although I am saddened by your death and, therefore, your inability to further reminisce.
@occohusАй бұрын
If you're reading this, yet a year longer dead, hope life is treating you well and rest in peace.
@iamrobertkroghАй бұрын
Prove it
@BeechcliffeАй бұрын
@@iamrobertkrogh sadly my current metaphysical state prevents me from existing, reminiscing or accessing the earthly realm in any way. All I would say is, why would I lie?
@LostwaveObsession27 күн бұрын
Hope you are planning on coming back to life soon. There are lots of ways to, in 2024. The Queen Mother is back soon I read.
@joehill95364 жыл бұрын
This takes me down memory lane. There used to be a Big C next to where I grew up! I always associate the smell of industrial-grade beef stock with Monday morning, when it was delivered. All gone now--when the firm contracted in the Nineties it was replaced with a walk-in Cobbles clinic. Then, when that went bust because no-one with Cobbles can walk, it became another branch of Synthesizer Patel Electronics, and now you have to walk right into town to the Brown Diamond for a decent casserole....I miss those days.
@christschinwon4 жыл бұрын
It was also briefly a Computer Jones laptop & pc repair.
@elbecko79694 жыл бұрын
Thanks for painting us a picture of what it was like back then
@rmc73803 жыл бұрын
Still have Big C in Thailand
@avybenfield5083 жыл бұрын
I remember sitting in O'Gravys as a young girl in Skibereen.
@christschinwon3 жыл бұрын
@@avybenfield508 Can you smell gas?
@colbangers6336 Жыл бұрын
During a visit to the Big C Casserole restaurant, I was surprised to find Pauline Quirk, the renowned actress, dining there. As she sat down, a waiter mistook her for a new staff trainee, leading to a series of discrepancies. Pauline played along, turning the evening into an unexpected theatrical delight for everyone present. In fact, she buried herself so deep into the character, when I returned to that restaurant around four years later, she was still serving casseroles.
@GaiaMediaIndustries2 ай бұрын
You may have run into what casserole scientists call chav paradox. In layman's terms - all London peasants looking acting speaking and smelling the same, resulting in all London peasant women resembling Pauline Quirk. And vice versa. Peasant men of course looking like Jim Davidson.
@iainmaccorquodale7123 жыл бұрын
I grew up on the West coast of Scotland, me and my mates would always pop into our local McChunkeys for a Casserole on they to school in the morning. God we were so fashion conscious back then....
@Mattheq2 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise they'd opened a branch on the west coast - good work from a Dundee based company.
@christschinwon Жыл бұрын
@@MattheqI especially went to West Kilbride for their opening day. To be honest it was, .. shit
@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac902 Жыл бұрын
On a family holiday to France many years ago my parents took me to a Bidet’s - the French equivalent of McChunky’s. They had all your familiar favourites except over there a Big Chunk is called “Le Chunque” and a Bisto McShake is a “seau de boue" Quite remarkable for a country whose language doesn’t even have a word for casserole!
@zuulroom Жыл бұрын
And don’t forget in France you can order a beer in a casserole joint!
@zuulroom Жыл бұрын
Je rappe toute la journée et je rappe toute la nuit. Je rappe, je rappe, je rappeté rappe
@christschinwon Жыл бұрын
@@zuulroomregarder la caméra!
@ballsups2 ай бұрын
@@christschinwon regardez autour yog
@misterchippie Жыл бұрын
I was always fascinated by Easter Island, so you can imagine my glee when we got our first Imhotep Casseroles branch. We used to go every Monday, Thursday, Wednesday and Tuesday.
@WilliamSmith-mx6ze4 ай бұрын
I'm fairly sure O'Gravy's now do a casserole-o-fish for Fridays.
@neilsanghvi52292 ай бұрын
Did you try their Rapa Nui Chieftan's Feast? It was served with a slice of silphium stuffed mouse, tiger nut cake, and a non-refill Mesopotamian beer
@nickchadwick64772 жыл бұрын
Love that Clive Pounds has a photo of Len Pounds at his desk, with nasal corks applied.
@trydowaveАй бұрын
just noticed that :)
@anorakus82723 жыл бұрын
I used to know Clive in the 70's when he was a sales rep at Brake Bros. Nice bloke, if you caught him on a good day
@brianm28812 жыл бұрын
That last line would fit right in on the show.
@RatelHBadger2 жыл бұрын
Only a handful of casserole joints made it over here to New Zealand. I think my favourite was Beefys on K Road in Auckland. Ian Botham himself flew over to officially open it if I recall.
@zuulroom2 жыл бұрын
The Casserole Veranda was by far the best casserole restaurant of the lot. True there weren’t as many options or new additions to the menu but in my opinion, their casseroles were the most authentic. Plus they had respect for their customers and didn’t sacrifice on quality or change the recipe in order to cater to newer “trendier” customers.
@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac902 Жыл бұрын
Don’t blame the public for changing tastes! Cassie’s - once a humble mom and pop business in Brighton which eventually became the south coast’s biggest casserole chain - managed to adapt to the times with its veggie and gluten free options. Sadly that wasn’t enough to keep the health inspector at bay and, well, I’m sure you remember how the “cholera casseroles” scandal of ‘98 ended.
@simonjones772711 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Remember the green gingham tablecloths and the macramé menu holders? I used to love those!
@andrewthomas27153 жыл бұрын
Shortly after filming this, Clive Pounds sadly died following complications from a wasp sting to his anus.
@anorakus82723 жыл бұрын
There will now follow one second's silence
@paulhyland74562 жыл бұрын
@@anorakus8272 Beep
@Rutherford_Inchworm_III2 жыл бұрын
That joke caught me flat footed the first time I saw the episode, laughed so hard I nearly pissed myself.
@lister_of_smeg6545 Жыл бұрын
You may be pleased to know that Clive has since come back to life.
@IAMPLEDGE Жыл бұрын
@@lister_of_smeg6545I already knew that. He sent me a signed Big C menu. Happy days.
@indy.b2 жыл бұрын
In Australia the chain casserole restaurant we went to was Cazzas. As well as the standard choices of marsupial or marine, you could always rely on the Cazza pie-floater to make you "full as a goog!" (egg)... a jumbo sized pie filled with casserole floating in a bowl of casserole. And for the people who didn't like casserole then there was a separate stew menu to choose from! Even today, I still long for the taste of Cazzas signature herring-and-kidney casserole meal deal with chips, coke, and a dessert bowl generously filled to overflowing with artificial whipped cream. "Hey kids whatsa wazzas? Get you and yez mates downa Cazzas!" (their jingle still doesn't make sense even today)
@jpaulc4412 жыл бұрын
I loved eating emu casserole washed down with a pint of Castlemaine XXXX at my local Walkabout pub. The jewel of Australian cuisine.
@Surv1ve_Thrive Жыл бұрын
Well once we saw you Australians enjoying BBQ grilled casserole at home it inspired us to do the same in Britain. CasseQ or BBrole really became the fashion trend to get involved with.
@Van_Der_Lay_Industries4 ай бұрын
@@Surv1ve_Thrive I don't know how many times I've heard someone say "Throw another casserole on the barbie!"
@jasonleech12546 ай бұрын
I miss this time in my life.
@jjb2004mk23 жыл бұрын
I'd be so happy if casserole takeaways existed.
@ian_b Жыл бұрын
Sometimes there's nothing I'd like more than a casserole delivery.
@mrmeerkat1096 Жыл бұрын
Peter is a brilliant actor/ impersonator.
@KenLieck6 ай бұрын
Any time you need to cast a role, he's your man!
@ok27603 жыл бұрын
I remember McChunky's! Went there for a birthday treat on Oxford Street in London in 1985.
@NobodyNowhereKnowhow5 жыл бұрын
I fucking love the picture of him from the look around you experiment with champaign and sulfur, or sulfaign on his desk.
@slacknhash3 жыл бұрын
Nah, that's Len Pounds. Clive Pounds's brother. He was shot dead following the sulphagne incident.
@TheMistaRich3 жыл бұрын
Brown Diamond was my favourite
@Quaid44 Жыл бұрын
I think about this sketch a lot for some reason.
@gdfoodology4 ай бұрын
You're not alone 😂
@honkynel11 ай бұрын
Ha! this brings it all back. Haven't had a casserole in years!! It was always the lamb for me. They used to have these tubes that it came out of.
@michaelw281611 ай бұрын
On a recent trip to New Zealand I was surprised to see they still have Big C casserole fast food outlets. Of course the technology has moved on since they featured on Look Around You, and you now order your automated casserole 'online' with WiFi - or even have it delivered to your door by using an 'App'.
@LEJAOHAN10 күн бұрын
I remember my dad used to take me to have a bowl in the old casserole place. You had to bring your own spoon from home, but it were bloody lovely.
@matthewsneed575211 ай бұрын
😂😂😂👏👏👏 I’m so glad to be the kind of guy who has this kind of video pop up in my algorithm. I guess all those years of watching SNL and Monty Python have come to fruition. 😂
@Surv1ve_Thrive Жыл бұрын
When we saw Australians enjoying BBQ grilled casserole at home it inspired us to do the same in Britain. CasseQ or BBrole really became the mass market fashion trend to get involved with.
@cajakit3 жыл бұрын
1:20 "MONDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY"
@rbdriftin10 ай бұрын
I was a big customer of Imhotep Casserole back in the day.
@tripdefect875 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite bit of season 2
@N3RDYKID974 жыл бұрын
Why's that?
@anorakus82723 жыл бұрын
@@N3RDYKID97 People don't have to justify their comments.. just be content in the knowledge that it's his favourite bit of season 2 🙂
@theoriginaldanalogue3 жыл бұрын
Haha same here. My favourite bit in the whole sketch is when news came in that Clive Pounds had died and they observed a 1 second silence. Pahahaha
@j0hnf_uk Жыл бұрын
I can't remember the last time I had casserole. Casserole amnesia is a thing.
@peterfirside295 Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry. That must be terrible. Have you tried hypnosis ?
@enoz.j35066 ай бұрын
My uncle owned a Casserole eat place ,back in the 80's ,i do miss Stew.
@lordcdubs6 ай бұрын
In California there’s a local chain of Casserole Cafes called “Out-n-About”. It’s like McChunky’s but with more meat-to-gravy per bowl. If you’re ever in Hollywoodland or on the warm Malice Beach, you need to order an “Out-n-About Big-Bowl-Casserole”
@Harriet-Jesamine2 жыл бұрын
Gutted they haven't put the whole clip up... I wanted to see the bit when the casserole comes out of that tube from the ceiling!!
@Joeyorangecupcake Жыл бұрын
Mmm, hotter than the centre of the sun, deliciously splattering into the bowl and probably into your eyes...
@Dr.Fiendish Жыл бұрын
I fell in love with my first wife over a liver and turnip casserole at McChunky's.
@hughmanitee187711 ай бұрын
You are a lucky man
@greg0uk6 ай бұрын
The framed photo on his desk 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@fragglet3 жыл бұрын
Clive Pounds there in the days before his marriage fell apart and he was driven mad by the force of gravity and things falling over, spilling and getting knocked out of cupboards. I'm Greg Evigan, goodbye. I made this.
@jjb2004mk23 жыл бұрын
He never recovered from the trauma of watching his son go through Helvetica Syndrome.
@christschinwon2 жыл бұрын
If a man can't throw beetroot at his own son, what's the world coming to?
@WilliamSmith-mx6ze7 ай бұрын
Driven so mad he even changed his name to Peter Gibbs.
@neilsanghvi5229Ай бұрын
I was always curious about Clive Pounds's marriage. Wasn't it supposed to be an oranged marriage?
@rflorian86 Жыл бұрын
after a long night of drinking, there's nothing better than a jumbo slice of casserole
@enoz.j35066 ай бұрын
Your thinking of your wifs asserole.
@TheWitchfinderGenral Жыл бұрын
I miss McChunky's Original Dundee Casseroles, shame they closed down after the casserole crisis in '92
@chickenlips20102 жыл бұрын
Just piping hot casserole...
@mrneutral84234 жыл бұрын
I'll stick to O'Gravys thanks.
@TequilaCT Жыл бұрын
Oh yes the Casserole Massacre of '87!! His Brother Mr D Pounds was assassinated that year too!! Newspapers had headlines such as; "Gravy-geddon" "gravy on the streets" "Quarter-d Pound-er" and "Casserole Combat in Chelsea". Because of that Casserole takeaways began shutting down, there are only 5 Casserole takeaways left in the UK as of 2023, Big C has one located in the Isle of man, it has a 2 star hygiene rating.
@theskolcup2 жыл бұрын
Serafinowicz is so underrated
@John-lp5xh11 ай бұрын
He had a great grandad that was very rated...... In the camps 👀
@mftmss708610 ай бұрын
replace u with c replace n with u replace d with n replace e with r drop the rest of the letters and there fixed it for you
@SnabbKassa3 жыл бұрын
I know people who were eating this beef and veg gunk well into the late 80s. Spellcheck: FINNISHED 🇫🇮
@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac90210 ай бұрын
God I wish Wetherspoons would bring back Casserole Night. The one dish all the lads could agree on.
@metalmick7 ай бұрын
Big C, happy memories. I always went for the Chocolate Starfish off the dessert menu.
@enoz.j35066 ай бұрын
Your mixing this up with asserole, me thinks.
@deldirk7123 Жыл бұрын
Yes no time to do anything at all, not even type this. Lots of good sachets with casserole. All you have to buy is a bit of meat and veg, pop in the oven for 90 minutes. To save time you can do your washing and ironing while the meal is automatically being prepared by the oven
@zackakai51737 ай бұрын
You guys in the UK are lucky - here in the US, casserole places didn't really become common until the late 2000s. I remember when the first American O'Gravy's opened in my area my junior year of high school, it became the regular hang-out spot for a lot of the kids at my school. Good memories man.
@williamrisbridger606 ай бұрын
Didn’t they open a few drive-thru places on the West Coast? There’s that famous picture of the giant speaker post that’s shaped like a ladle; I’m pretty sure that was at an O’Gravy’s.
@zackakai51736 ай бұрын
@@williamrisbridger60 ah see I'm on the east coast so I'm not sure when they opened out there. Though I think for legal reasons O'Gravy's is called Gravy's Jr. or something once you go west of the Mississippi (kind of a Checker's/Rally's situation)
@peterhammond3779 Жыл бұрын
Sherwin’s was a regional chain of Casserole takeaways where I lived on the border between Staffordshire and Leicestershire. By the time me and my mates started to buy them regularly (April 1979), Sherwin’s had seen better days. The Formica surfaces had lost much of their lustre, as had the acoustic booths housing the trademark public phones. I’d give anything to go back to those days. I’ve never really warmed to the coated cashew nut shops that are a hallmark of most modern precincts.
@extrude22 Жыл бұрын
The music is epic
@AllanGildea3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@silentxero59553 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! I've been hoping to see this again!!
@Rhubba Жыл бұрын
I worked in a Brown Diamond during the uni holidays. It was at the time when they'd lost the rights to sell Coke and had their own brand. If any customer asked for a Coke we had to reply "do you mean Brown Carbonated Replacement?" or else we wouldn't get a little diamond on our name badges. And, yes, I can confirm that if a pretty girl was at the counter we'd shout "Brown on Six" meaning pretty girl at counter number six. If she turned out to be ugly we'd say "broil that", referring to the meat broiling machines we had. Now it's all touchscreen ordering technology in the Brown Diamonds and less banter.
@GaiaMediaIndustries2 ай бұрын
Mature viewers might recall the adult casserole establishments up behind Oxford street, Casserole Revue, The Dirty Doily, and Charlies.
@alanwakeishАй бұрын
Look around you 2 looks like a glimpse into an alternate universe.
@IAMPLEDGE Жыл бұрын
The detail that went into the Big C menu is astonishing: CASSEROLES beef...................small 50p medium £1.01 chicken.............small 50p medium £1.01 ham..................small 50p medium £1.01 porcupine.........small 50p medium £1.01 PUDDINGS chocolate casserole..........................90p crab-apple pie....................................90p hundreds & thousands 9p DRINKS casso-cola®...small 14p medium 16p cassolade......... small 14p medium 16p extra gravy.........small 23p medium 26p hot milk............ .small 8p medium 9p cold milk............. small 8p medium 9p warm milk.........................................free
@christschinwon Жыл бұрын
The hundreds and thousands price went up considerably after Medibot was spotted in there a couple of times
@youngyoungmcgurn50886 ай бұрын
Oh, wow - blast from the past there. Does anyone remember Brown Diamond's ill-fated attempt to keep up with mechanisation, with that weird ATM-style dispenser? The Brown CasseHole, I think it was called. Not sure why it did so badly - perhaps it was just too ahead of its time. People would be all over that now.
@Geffers582 жыл бұрын
Imhotep Casserole is the best.
@Carlos-ql8sh3 ай бұрын
Interesting fact: the first McChunkys in Scotland didn’t advertise “British Beef”; all of their promotional literature was identical to that available south of the border (colour-in recipe cards, “Mister Brisket” etc) but the beef was advertised as “Scottish Beef”. This became more of an issue during the Falklands war in 82, when there were mysterious “supply issues”. pPeople started to work out that it had been neither British nor Scottish beef all along - it was Argentinian! I still remember the Brown Diamond advert that took the piss out of them for that - you wouldn’t get away with that these days, of course. So un- PC!
@markwrightrf10 ай бұрын
Just arrived home from a short business trip to Peking and my wife and I were equally gobber-smashed to discover that Mc Gravy's and Big C are still going strong in China. Their signature casserole dish - and forgive me for the clumsy translation here - 'bowl of rancid meat parts and putrid vegetables squirted down pipe to tourist" continues to pack 'em in.[CORRECTION EDIT] I have since discovered that the outlets we visited were nothing more than bootleg establishments, profiting from long-gone British brands, sporting fire sale-bought signage and livery, all the while peddling far-eastern filth. Three stars.
@michaeldeluca63313 жыл бұрын
Brexit : The Restaurant
@jakepierson62084 ай бұрын
I remember when Big C casseroles tried to expand to United States of America and it was good for a few years until the America branch broke away and became its own company of Auntie Adam's casseroles and when that happened, the quality just died on the spot and the company folded in within the year. I remember the taste of the bacon mac and cheese casseroles like yesterday even though they were awful for my sodium and cholesterol intake.
@LikeMothsToAFlame Жыл бұрын
So glad Clive Pounds came back to life.
@tetsuoshima73854 жыл бұрын
Came here for the Avatar, subscribed ‘cos of the great uploads👌🏻🙂
@lightnear8085 Жыл бұрын
Over here in the US we just had Cathy’s Casserole and it did okay until the leveraged buyout happened during the housing crisis. In a matter of months they were out of business and many locations got turned into Panera Bread.
@EmoTioN773594 ай бұрын
Coming from the West Midlands we were never lucky enough to experience the casserole craze, no Brown Diamond for us, we had to make do with KFC 😢
@darthkek19536 ай бұрын
East Beef Stay Slim They said it as a joke and it's the literal truth.
@superman000013 жыл бұрын
Sadly, there was to be no opening night...
@Tomurow Жыл бұрын
There's a new vegan option at Big Cs called 'Byf Royale with Chys' . I can't wait to wrap my lips around that hot pot!
@wisteela7 ай бұрын
Is that bones in the bowl? If so, I've not noticed it before. Anybody know what the building is they used for the Big C offices?
@ubeemac7094 Жыл бұрын
I wish we had a decent casserole chain in Ireland. We’ve only got Cassidy’s, which is a bit dusty and the chunks are too large.
@JamesCalbraith9 ай бұрын
And thus, Yoshinoya was born.
@owatopham9 ай бұрын
Ahh, our casseroles.
@DaveWhiting01Ай бұрын
Has anyone been to the McChunky's in Tokyo? They do watermelon casserole. Bizarre!
@iano6944Ай бұрын
A shame Big C restaurants closed down. I used to go there on Saturdays with my mother who sadly passed away... big C.
@DaveWhiting01Ай бұрын
There's still one in Redditch. Still do Big C's bone marrow bites... yummy!
@thekelvingreen18 күн бұрын
I'm curious, does Big C do any sort of orange casserole?
@rich_rich90 Жыл бұрын
"Well... pardon my language they're shit".... Awkward pause. 😂😂😂
@nigelcarren7 ай бұрын
Anyone else craving Pizzer or Pork-Cylinders after watching this?
@millsykooksy48632 жыл бұрын
Sir Stew....Mc Chunky's lmao
@DLCMORRIS4 жыл бұрын
probbably how to get rid of a body of evidence
@YoshsWorld9 ай бұрын
are casserole restaraunts really a thing in Britain? cause I'd like to look into opening a franchise here in the 'States
@linefacedbaby3 жыл бұрын
I've not seen an Imhotep's before
@Unsung_Earth2 жыл бұрын
Thants 👍
@RoachDoggJr43528 күн бұрын
This whole video is insane, I'm so glad I live in the good old fashioned US OF A (America). What an absurd joke of a continent England is ever since leaving Europe.
@spoddie4 ай бұрын
I've been hoping O'Gravy would open a store in Tokyo but all we have is Brown Diamond and the local Let's Stew which is rubbish.
@addambelmont3050Ай бұрын
Is casserole really that big in the UK?
@extrude22Ай бұрын
The joke is that casserole is probably one of the slowest foods.
@sphinxtheeminx10 ай бұрын
Never give a gypsy casserole.
@n0denz Жыл бұрын
I wish we had Brown Diamond in the US :'c
@enoz.j35066 ай бұрын
You do ,its called asseroles 'R' US
@gyorkshire257Ай бұрын
Clive Pounds is the funniest name I've ever heard.
@Blades-fm6ck8 ай бұрын
Serafinovit's character probably based on Tomorrow's World presenter Michael Rodd
@FPSNecromancerBob Жыл бұрын
It hadn't clicked with me before that the compant was called The Big C 😂
@CA-ee1et2 жыл бұрын
1:05 Why is he wearing an OUCA tie?
@felixcornelius25772 жыл бұрын
We all like and enjoy a casserole
@davidfoxall3344 Жыл бұрын
Poor Clive Pounds, awful that wasp sting to the anus that killed him
@jzilla1234 Жыл бұрын
O'Graveys 😂
@superman00001 Жыл бұрын
Clive Pounds later died of complications following a wasp sting to the anus.
@zanseattle Жыл бұрын
We all love casserole, but journalistic integrity is also important. Obviously this piece is biased, as the production was paid for by Crockutainment Enterprises, the parent company that owned McChunky's and Sir Stew and had a controlling stake in Big C. Infuriating that only a passing nod is given to Imhotep Casseroles-by far the most popular cass-spot in London around this time. Immy's was famous for the giant straws it provided with each casserole bucket, which were later adapted for use in bubble teas and made the company millions in licensing fees.
@Enzo012 Жыл бұрын
This must have been what they had before McDonald's was around?
@Dongobog-ps9tz5 ай бұрын
O'gravys was always great except for them constantly stapling dogs to the ceiling.
@CoyKiyote3 жыл бұрын
Lol I thought Big C was Cancer
@Smylexxia6 ай бұрын
I hated Picasserole's. It was everything wrong with 80's Nouvelle Cuisine restaurants. Athena inspired artwork of hunky unshaved men cradling a newborn casserole in poncy black and white on the walls, filofax inserts with casserole recipes available at the pay-point, the constant sound of beepers only just drowning out the sound of Clannad. I'm glad they went bust. Give me a McChunky's Casserole Bap anytime.
@simonhodgetts65302 жыл бұрын
I miss the modern world. This post-modern one is rubbish!