American Reacts 'Allo Allo' Episode 1 (PART 2)

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[@DivineFalcon]

The accents in this show actually has a purpose, as they show what language the person is speaking. It's a brilliant way to show people speaking a language without actually speaking it, and an ingenious way to tackle language barriers.

[@laziojohnny79]

Once you've found the first episode of season 1 and start to understand the storyline you'll enjoy it much more. In my opinion 'Allo, Allo' is one of the best British comedyshows and on par with 'Fawlty Towers'.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

People with bad French accents are speaking French. With bad English accents, they're speaking English. With bad German accents, they're speaking German. Michelle of the resistance is bilingual, so her voice changes depending on whether she's speaking French or English.

[@criticalfayle7509]

The thing I never understood was why the people with the French and German accents could understand each other just fine without needing to change but Michelle would have to speak with an English accent for the airman to understand her. Like René doesn’t need to speak with a German accent for the Colonel to understand him he just speaks with a French one still? I get that the story would just be too complicated if no one could understand each other but yeah… sorry if this makes zero sense

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

@@criticalfayle7509 Makes perfect sense - I've wondered the same thing myself.

[@superdave3842]

Don’t worry about it

[@sannev8407]

@@criticalfayle7509 The thing is not to think about it too much :p

[@markgreen950]

I loved this show growing up. Didn't realise until I was much older that this was set up as a parody of a BBC drama called Secret Army which is an excellent show and also well worth your time.

[@secondtimearound2539]

Dads Army definitely worth a watch. 'Don't tell 'em Pike!'

[@Seanadun]

This was a great comedy. Went on for 9 yrs. I've seen every episode. Enjoy it.

[@Roberto_79]

Trust me… This just gets funnier and funnier… Especially when you get to understand how they work the language triangle.

[@chiefaberach]

When I saw this dubbed on Belgian TV I realised what a puzzle they had created for translators. Little moments like saying cheerio when theyre pretending to be German would be hard to convey in a foreign language, but apparently it was successful all over the world.

[@pietergreveling]

I presume it was French (Wallonia) Belgium and not Dutch (Flanders) Belgium.

[@chiefaberach]

@pietergreveling no, it was the Flemish part and they don't usually dub shows, so either my memory fails me or it was an anomaly.

[@karenmariavandecasteele6921]

I've always seen the original in Flanders. Never seen it dubbed! 😅

[@chiefaberach]

@karenmariavandecasteele6921 it must have been the subtitles that got me thinking about the translators then. Either way, it would be a nightmare with all the different languages portrayed through accents. How do you write a Dutch sentence in an English accent when the policeman character's speaking French badly?

[@karenmariavandecasteele6921]

@@chiefaberach I know they turned it into a stage play a few years ago. Perhaps that is in Dutch? As it's performed live for a Dutch speaking audience? Because when I was reading that news, I was thinking the same thing. 😉

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

I'm extremely happy you've started this, this is extremely good. But make sure you use the Wikipedia episode list so you know you're watching them in the right order. Each and every episode is a direct continuation of the previous one. If you played every episode back to back without the theme tunes, it'd be like a seamless, very long film. If you watch random episodes, the story wouldn't make sense because many of the jokes rely on things which happened in the previous episode. I understand you now know this isn't actually the first one. The first one is called "the British are coming"

[@corringhamdepot4434]

The British Officers disguised as French with strings of onions around their necks, is a reference to the "Onion Johnnies". Who used to be a common site in the UK. They were were Breton farmers and agricultural labourers who travelled, originally on foot and later on bicycles, selling distinctive pink onions door to door in Great Britain. London's last Onion Johnny retired in 2005.

[@pietergreveling]

Keeping Up Appearances is a great one to check out too! 🤞🏻✌🏼

[@TOYSTITCHER]

YES!…I’ve been waiting for someone to react to this series 🤗 and it’s YOU!…YAY, perfect 👍thank you…seriously looking forward to more !

[@gettimabodybag6213]

Love the fact that you chose this old show, one of my faves. Not many folks react to Allo Allo. Funny thing is just today i purchased the entire box set lol.

[@donkfail1]

I second the idea of Dad's Army. I had heard it referred to so many times in UK media, so I had to look it up. Now it's a favorite classic. Another classic British show is Porridge (1974-1977), a prison comedy starring Ronnie Barker (one of The Two Ronnies). It was followed by Going Straight (1978) as he got out.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

I'd add "Open All Hours" (also starring Ronnie Barker) and "Yes Minister"

[@donkfail1]

@@jamesdignanmusic2765 Was never gripped by OAH, but YES! Yes Minister (and Yes, Prime Minister) ... fantastic!

[@sharonellis8776]

This was a really funny show. Love all the different characters. xx

[@johnm8224]

The reason this was so successful across Europe, surprisingly well in Germany even, is because it pokes fun at all nationalities.

[@gettimabodybag6213]

Wait until you meet "Officer Crabtree" his character is a British intelligence officer who disguises himself as a French policeman. Easily one of the funniest characters on the show.

[@benlee8436]

I missed the first episode when it was on and always assumed that it would have the painting being stolen, but non! It was much like any later episode. Herr Flick is surely the standout performance in this one, with a shout out to Michelle of the Resistance for the accent shift. My grandparents who were actually in this war loved this series by the way!

[@frankszappaschin]

Classic British 80s comedy , along with..... it aint half hot mum , about a british military concert party ( to entertain the troops) in world war 2 , Get some in, about national service in britain in the early 60 , in the R.A.F. and also Dads Army absolute classic. great to see you enjoy some British classics.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

I saw shiw, West End, hilarious. Dad was Normandy Veteran and koved this show Thank you for sharing this ❤.🌲👵

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Whoops, spell checj?

[@johnloony68]

The actress Rose Hill (the mother) and Carmen Silvera (the wife) died in the same care home where lots of entertainment personalities retire. Rose Hill outlived Carmen Silvera by a year even though she was older.

[@ginettechiverton7113]

The English man pretending to be a French policeman, is hilarious, he speaks very bad french, ....in an English mixed up way. 🇬🇧😄

[@slashnburn9234]

Ironically, the actor who plays him, Arthur Bostrom, is the only member of the cast who actually speaks fluent French in real life.

[@legend9335]

The later ones are hilarious. Much funnier as they developed their characters.

[@spencercorker7013]

Hi Connor. You've missed the pilot episode. Please react to it as it's one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

This show has been on reruns through out europe for the past 30 years. even dubt in french for the french audiance switching the accent joke . Funny enough the french voice fits renes voice better .

[@Jinty92]

I noticed it listed on French cable channel 30 odd years ago. My parents and I couldn't work out how they would make it work. My dad was a French teacher so we visited French friends yearly but none of them had cable tv. I am Scottish and it was funny watching Taggart in French. One of the episodes mentioned our town's name and our French friends screamed when they heard it.

[@seanmorris]

《Taggart...il y a eu un meurtre!!!》

[@PSDC]

Gordon Kay who played Rene played a straight guy in allo allo who was attractive to all the women characters but in real life was gay and his partner was my uncle's cousin, we never met him but by all accounts was a lovely man who nearly lost his life in a bad car accident which is visible on his face with a scar alot of years later in this sitcom so watch out for that folks.

[@razor1uk610]

..Yes, I remember the genuine national shock that happened from that accident; ..whilst in slow traffic in his car, during a brief squall of a gale a shop sign was blown off its mountings, and plunged through the sunroof of Gordon's car, smashing his skull in and causing very considerable damage to his skull and the front of his brain. He very nearly didn't make it. The show was 'paused' for a 3 or 4 years while he recovered and healed by the shows creators and from the love of public and cast & crew for Gordon - as it was one of things that kept him 'fighting onwards' during the medical surgeries. the motor & cognitive therapy sessions AFAIK, and throughout the rest of the series he soldiered on with head-aches and some twitches and struggled through with many retakes to get his lines & their delivery as he wanted to appear unaffected in-character.

[@ginettechiverton7113]

I hope you enjoy Dads Army, another hilarious Comedy set in WW2. 🇬🇧😊

[@1970Coronet_green]

In case you're wondering why some dialogue is repeated, the twist is the British airmen don't understand French so when Michelle of the resistance speaks to them in English, she uses an English accent.

[@nolasmith7687]

So glad you are enjoy ‘Allo ‘Allo, wonderful show. Please can I ask you to view this video from our point of view. The bottom third of my screen is about half the screen of the show we are reviewing, so we are seeing about half of the original tv screen. The left top quadrant if the screen is your picture of castle . You and your Xmas tree occupy the upper right quadrant. Is there any way you could adjust this for easeful viewing?

[@Payne2view]

Sorry to be picky but that's not Episode 1, when the British Airmen arrive. Funny though.

[@jameselder720]

This is episode 1. The episode you are referring to is the pilot episode... which is technically episode 0.

[@Payne2view]

@@jameselder720 Ah. That'll teach me not to start counting at 1. 🙂

[@Payne2view]

@@jameselder720 So the Airmen arriving episode is the Pilot episode. Figures.

[@jameselder720]

@@Payne2view LOL. Yes, I know... very appropriate, isn't it?

[@Colin-mc4ml]

My two favourite sitcoms Allo Allo and Dad's Army. The genius of Allo Allo is it's all in English spoken with French ,German, and Upper Class Received Pronunciation English for the English, and none of them understand what the other is saying. This is a send up / parody of the classic 1970s BBC & RTBF wartime drama Secret Army set in occupied Belgium. London funds a Belgium resistance cell to rescue British Airmen and get them back to England. As a cover for the operation a cafe/restaurant in Brussels frequented by the Gestapo and Luftwaffe Police who are trying to capture downed British Airmen for interrogation. Connor, you must do Dad's Army, this is the only classic sitcom the BBC still show every year on a main BBC channel. The other thing you may notice is the double entendre in British comedy making it suitable for kids and another meaning for the adults.Also reoccurring catchphrases like in Allo Allo "Listen very carefully I will say this only once." In Dad's Army "You stupid Boy" Great seeing your reactions to this classic comedy.

[@emaloney2211]

You don’t need to know what the girls do with the flying helmet, the egg whisk and the wet celery, just use your imagination!!

[@Junoleda]

Love the name Herr/Hair Flick

[@marklivingstone3710]

It was a bit risqué for tv, but the best line ever from Herr Flick was when he sent some shirts to a tailor to have his name embroidered on them. He looks at the shirts, picks up the phone and rings the tailor to tell him he is not happy. When asked why he says ‘there is no joiny uppy bit between the L and the I.

[@oneeyedrichmond]

Herr is German for Mister. So it's Mr Flick in English. Otto is his first name.

[@razor1uk610]

@@oneeyedrichmond yes, ..his Character's usual name, is a double or triple joke ... It can be misread as Herr F u c k, the Hair Flick, is a reference to Hitlers hair being combed off aggressively to one side, and as member of the Natzi Gestapo (and nephew of Himmler), it is a indicator of his character being very devout to the political & torturous darker aspects of the Natzis, all that sets him up as the evil threat to all the other characters French, British & German Army etc, albeit at times, with him being the victim of his own or others hilarious incompetencies, while covering his a$$ from rivals in the Natzi & Gestapo regime(s) & in Berlin.

[@jeffgraham6387]

The first Indiana film was '81....'allo 'allo began in '82

[@Lubikit]

Almost a year ago, time for another episode ?

[@grahamnancledra7036]

You're watching undoubtedly the funniest TV Comedy besides Fawlty Towers from the UK. Unfortunately Comedy tastes here have changed so much. Little Britain is now reviled and personally I find TV Comedy here very strange and un-funny. Maybe because they have reverted to the US type of writing comedy: Team writers. The Great British shows were a product of either one or two writers at the very most. And that has let to the decline of British Comedy. Please go ahead and give us the enjoyment of watching your reactions to 'Allo, 'Allo. I love watching you wipe away the tears of enjoyment.

[@JJ-of1ir]

Great!

[@susanbearchell6436]

Oh conner you are so right about Jeffrey dahmar. We have an equivalent here in London, Dennis Nilsson

[@seanmcmichael2551]

Read this carefully..... I shall type this only once.

[@kimwilson3863]

Indianna Jones 1981 Allo Allo 1982

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

This is early on but you are definitely missing one .

[@robbutler9978]

It seems to get better with age.

[@jackearl2398]

As a kid watching this in England it was a mix of funny yet boring , but good enough to watch ....

[@miguelagramos]

legend!!!!

[@Steppest]

Lt Gruber (the gay German) is in pirates of the Caribbean, he takes money off captain Jack Sparrow when we first see him walking onto the dock.

[@oneeyedrichmond]

He (Guy Siner), before Allo Allo, was also in Dr Who during the Tom Baker era in Genesis of the Daleks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX-slXd7gNBljNk Hilary Minster (General Von Klinkerhoffen) was also in it too.

[@unojayc]

The Secret Army and Colditz are excellent shows , but not comedies, very good drama's.

[@highpath4776]

why did the the english not just leave as the french onion sellers ?

[@razor1uk610]

in occupied France (and all other places under German control), to travel anywhere more than within your local town/county area, you needed specific written permission from the Germans, and 'selling onions door to door' certainly didn't meet the remit for permit for travel longer distances between or across different regions.

[@gaynor1721]

I don't think this is the first episode.

[@znotch87]

Dad's Army is good, but Allo Allo is better. Please react to all seasons, and don't forget the specials ;)

[@duncanmit5307]

💜👍💜👍😀😀😀😀

[@annpartoon5300]

shame only half a video picture

[@andrewsims4123]

Helga = director Christopher Nolan's auntie 😀

[@peterbiggin7193]

I never really enjoyed this, even at a young age I found the humour too obvious and silly. Dads Army had a lot more depth and better characters

[@razor1uk610]

But I bet you'd think that Ricky Gervais or Alan Partidge is funny though...

[@peterbiggin7193]

@@razor1uk610 No not really though I sometimes find Ricky amusing. I think Steptoe and Son, Yes Minister, Porridge and Blackadder certainly are far better than a thin one-dimensional pantomime type of show like Allo Allo

[@razor1uk610]

@@peterbiggin7193..at least e agree on nit being fans of Ricky - I find him barely more unfunny as Alan, ..although he is a good as an actor when being a Dentist haunted by the dead. Yes Allo Allo is a bit flat, but that helps to highlight all the other innuendos, double entendres, the three-way language & colloquialisms and other parts ofthe general story and plot of the series. Plus all the flatness also belies that all the characters are cartoonish stereotypes of the era - the only thing missing is the maids being forcible shaved bald, raped and lynched by the French after the war...

[@timholder6825]

Nope, thats it. Goodnight Vienna.