Hello Hugh!

The full run of Hugh sketches from The Armando Iannucci Shows. Each week, Armando would gently cajole Hugh into reminiscing about his past.
Sadly, Hugh - full name Hugh Cecil - passed away on February 11, 2004. Goodbye, Hugh.

[@jamescrowther1234]

"It was called jungle then, not drum and bass" Quality haha

[@Ethros64]

"1942 was my gap year" pure genius

[@merejackles]

Divine isn’t it

[@christowhit]

A work of sheer genius... 'in those days the internet was in black and white, it was only on for 3 hours a day...we used to get dressed up in our sunday best to log on to it'

[@famalam943]

It was, I remember it well

[@MrPlannery]

17 years later and I'm still laughing at this sketch

[@barrymarshall]

my favourites: "You couldn't just jump into bed with a lady back then. You'd go along to her house and ask her parents if you could knock her up, and get her on crack." "We never had Feng Shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place, and as a result all our businesses went bust. And that was the start of the great depression."

[@jeecreative]

Armando Iannucci is a genius

[@teddy1066]

RIP Hugh (1913-2004) Absolute legend.

[@fiveredpears]

Hugh threw the brick that started the riot in the young ones.

[@MrPlannery]

I'm literally going to have to find that now

[@russelledwards001]

I know this already.

[@jimmarshall3724]

cheeseburgers were a penny then...

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

"Chris Evans...till he disappeared up his own arse" about frigging right!

[@bookofdaveandsteve]

Twice.

[@christschinwon]

Today I listened to a radio interview on the D Day celebrations & there was a chap speaking who sounded exactly like Hugh. Every single word!

[@mgblgtv]

Jesus I still piss myself at this, I've watched it dozens of times "We'd sing peter Andre songs and show off our pecs" R.I.P Hugh

[@Bootstrap193]

i love the way he says "junglist mash-up"

[@andreaprodan5616]

Iannucci... " I suppose it was very exciting in the Old Days, when new things came out..." Love those dead-pan, polite,questions... the TONE and content is great!

[@jim7831]

I've suggested the armando iannucci shows to every American reactor I can find on here, because its so good and underrated. Still no ones picked it up unfortunately 😕

[@russelledwards001]

Village sniper

[@deepinder381]

For an old boy he knows how to memorise a script.

[@thatdrattedcat]

His demeanor and accent is just perfect I particularly like the idea of a coin with Jabba the Hutt on one side and Queen Victoria on the other... I'm told Doctor Who has one...

[@Zorg2006]

Just magnificent. RIP Hugh.

[@cdname47]

There's one missing? "Concordes! They were great planes! We used to call them "Cracked tubes of death!" I think it was cut out of the C4 showing coming so soon after the first ever (and last) Concorde crash but it's on the DVD..

[@IbnShahid]

Well spotted.

[@Oscar301]

Hugh smells of memories

[@Bexium]

i can't stop watching this

[@2730-n6g]

This is becoming real.

[@ArcanePath360]

The internet was in black and white - spat my bear out. Damn I was here seven years ago.... just saw my old comment

[@joshaw9565]

Timeless - and it gets more relevant the older I get! 'Someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success. So we all celebrated by running out and killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit'

[@skelbagz]

I remember when it was still Jungle :'( Those were the days !

[@IbnShahid]

Yeah proper dark, old school and hardcore stuff, before the polo-neck wearing, trendy, Hoxton set took over and made it all “conceptual” and “ambient” and lame sounding.

[@jammyg1779]

It's a little bit scary seeing comments posted 18 years ago. That's my entire life up to now

[@dodoegg1]

reminds me of the brass eye sketch about theft, the old woman remembering that "back in the old days locks were made of a sort of....paper"

[@TrevorTrolls]

brilliant

[@oldwah]

Haven't laughed so much in years. Absolutely brilliant character that Hugh. Too many classics in there to mention.

[@olysses31]

Cheers MisterSix! These sketches are absolutely brilliant, now I can email this to all my friends. Every day.

[@DaveKarl]

Thanks a lot for compiling these MisterSix. This was unforgettable comedy!

[@ChrisFreek]

1942 was my gap-year. Quality!

[@Hozewitdemos]

...you would take her along to a Junglist Mash-Up. It was called Jungle then, not Drum and Bass, that came later.

[@QuackersAhoy]

Hugh - a legend.

[@rabidsasquatch]

For the love of all things sacred, do not scroll down below this comment.

[@jigbaw321]

"Turn all of the lights our and chew polystyrene" Bahahahahaha bloody brilliant !!

[@ArcanePath360]

Classic - Thanks for the compilation

[@bombblastmen]

Absolute class! 10 on 10

[@stephaniejoellablack]

i love my grandad

[@rrsmac]

Hugh Cecil can also be seen in the background in several episodes of Dad's Army and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[@somena]

"Oh Hello Hugh.. I was just wondering if we are all drowing in Porn" -- Laugh time.. 2 minutes at least... some barking noises.

[@opee]

Hugh Smells of memories..

[@solidbronze]

I've seen this tons of times but never noticed the 'Lily Savage and Kirsty Young' joke. Lmao.

[@Tunnellad]

Absolute Genius..

[@bollo87]

Rest in peace Hugh. x

[@jameshumfry1256]

"my mother would make some sushi out of corned beef" hahahahahaha

[@fuckamericanidiot]

"It was very different...we never had sushi, I mean we had to improvise; so we would go to the fish shop and used to say 'don't bother frying it', or my mother used to make sushi out of corned beef".

[@vaudevillian7]

Huzzah, well said. Hugh Cecil was a superb comedy actor for many decades. I think you're right about it being profound in all of those ways. It'd be a disservice to older people to treat them like they have no bloody awareness, that they always have to be stoic and defiant. They're people, not another species. Stories make the news because they're the exception not the norm. No less disgusting, but I think you'll find there's more repsect than the Daily Mail narrative likes to present Whitney...

[@lakshmimittal]

I LOVE his hat.

[@kitchenaut]

Wasn't there a Feng Shui one where he said people putting their boxes in the wrong places made their businesses go bust?

[@marcus4411]

Hugh was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

[@giggie]

hugh smells of memories !!

[@_Super_Hans_]

Hope man's still alive he was well funny

[@MrMord3n]

According to video description, he passed away in 2004.

[@T800System]

"hugh smells of memories" pahahaha

[@janbosik8953]

Oh... I thought it was Uncle Junior on the thumbnail.

[@COLEEN322]

speechless

[@OliverLevy]

Good work, MisterSix. Aaah . . . but what about, "Well, we never had feng shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place. As a result, all our businesses went bust. That was the start of the Great Depression."?

[@EIbrandedcontent]

hello hugh!!

[@mohomonkeyman]

it was jungle then, not drum and bass, that came later

[@custardgannet]

@penchanskii I think I recently saw him in the 'audience' as an extra in 'The All New Alexei Sayle Show' show from '94. It's quite hard to tell if it's him but probably is... pointless info or what :)

[@davejuk]

And if they said yes, you'd take her along to a Junglist mash-up. It was called Jungle then, not Drum 'n' Bass; that came later.

[@davidgreen3444]

order a gas mask and a pound of tripe lmao

[@mistertarmac]

Because he'd been getting shot at a wall three times a week in that episode.

[@dommovedchannels6268]

"Back then the internet was black and white"

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

This is the level of elder wisdom that I aspire.

[@mohomonkeyman]

in the episode that that part of the clip comes from Armando had been beaten up i think...

[@Destro7000]

He wrote The Day Today / Brass Eye!

[@famalam943]

I wonder how Hugh is doing now

[@SlaaneshiChaplain]

Found it again

[@maryhadfad]

Maybe he's remembering lines! If you can believe that.

[@rare6499]

Haha bloody brilliant

[@COLEEN322]

amazing what wiki can tell you but lets get back to the upright base video and how sad it is to watch one on the internet,whats your take on this i need your feed back please?

[@cdname47]

Isn't there another one where he talks about going everywhere by concorde?

[@MrPlannery]

We called them 'cracked tubes of death'

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@filmnet it makes absolutely no difference to me whether he was or he wasn't. he wass an extremely old man who played it perfectly

[@lewisfitzjohn]

0:37 Those early computers.

[@COLEEN322]

its the upright cardboard base king bling bling baby bling bling!

[@amiablesnowman]

haha, how come he had blood on his face just randomly?

[@daherbalis]

As aforementioned, it's called a bass. What exactly about it offends you so much? I'll relay your creative suggestions to the person who made it. What have you made recently, apart from a fool of yourself?

[@yossariancomplex]

This isn't taking the piss out of old people: it's not as if this guy really thinks those things, I'd wager there's no-one in the entire world who actually thinks anything like what Hugh says is true.. This is scripted. It simply portrays an articulate, interesting, funny, intelligent old man and an excellent actor. I called you an idiot because you are the one belittling the aged- you would deprive us of 'Hugh's' fine performance. P.S. I don't know what subscribers are.

[@rokshok183]

Gotta love Hugh! one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success....so we all celebrated by killing an ostrich.

[@babyshaker90210]

whys the talk show dudes face all messed up in like 3:30-3:40?

[@elduderino3120]

Gas masks and a pound of tripe :) those were the days.

[@dubKLUFF]

"It was called jungle then, not drum and bass" forest drive west brought me here xD

[@lustreboy]

he was very good... until he dissapeared up his own arse! GOLD!!!

[@888star1]

thought so...

[@earthacademy]

in those days the internet was black and white.... lol! ...(actually black and green?) :-P

[@joostay]

corned beef sushi

[@Destro7000]

@pstm1 I know.

[@BrentfordsLegend]

the internet was in black and white and only on 3 hours per day. ha ha

[@seesnap]

jabba the hutt lol

[@ElWizzzardOfWu92]

@mrmungo97 yeah

[@verynuggable]

I remember when Britain still had mostly Britons living here! Had to finish with that eh?

[@russelledwards001]

Still does

[@rayblack2004]

I wonder how old Hugh really is?!?

[@saturn1returns]

Junglist Mash-up!

[@allboutk]

not drum and bass, tat came later

[@yossariancomplex]

So, by your logic, we can never ever show old people having a laugh, they can only be filmed if they are in 'profound' scenarios. No old people in comedy. Do you cry out in indignant rage when ever Last Of The Summer Wine comes on. Further more, even if I agree with your old people/profound material rule, this is still okay because I think it is profoundly: profoundly inventive, profoundly imaginative, profoundly interesting, profoundly fun and it challenges our preconceptions.

[@daherbalis]

"Some quote from the clips we just watched which I hope will make me incredibly popular and get the most likes." Sigh.

[@therealjoebloggs]

In view of the recent Council elections and the sort of OTT rhetoric that gets thrown around, just thought I'd throw in one really hyperbolic statement that some people might actually think IS going to happen. And, depending on whether there ever will be a EU referendum, maybe it might. Eastern Europeans immigrating, indigenous Brits emigrating. That's what they say they'll do, anyway.

[@daherbalis]

bass plural of bass (Noun) Noun A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular. The common European freshwater perch.

[@theboatdrifts]

ahahaha gap year

[@daherbalis]

As aforementioned, it's called a bass. What exactly about it bothers you so much? I'll pass on your tips on creativity to the person who made the bass. What have you made recently? Apart from a fool of yourself.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@panasonicyouth1985 arse