Monty Python - The Four Yorkshiremen & Hell's Grannies (Reaction)

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

"We were evicted from our hole in the ground" always kills me

[@ciaranconlon84]

Sadly we seem to have reached a point where no part of that is ridiculous. Living in a hole in the ground: plausible. Getting evicted from it: even more plausible.

[@danielgardecki1046]

There's also an original version of *The Four Yorkshiremen* too in *At Last the 1948 Show* (1967) with *John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor* and *Marty Feldman.*

[@davidmckie7128]

Here is the link to the sketch... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHyrd414irl0as0

[@PassportToPimlico]

@@davidmckie7128 The version that I prefer. Gives the full credit to Feldman and Brooke-Taylor (RIP)

[@johnwilletts3984]

As a Yorkshireman myself I have to admit that this stereotype was once accurate. I can remember back to the 1950s and 60s and people bragging about how poor they once were.

[@andrewelliott4436]

Have a look at Harry Enfield's "Yorkkshirenan" sketches.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say.

[@carolramsey6287]

Now half of them wouuld be black or muslim.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

as another Yorksherman, i fully concur, lad. Mi'dad lived it.

[@clarencewalker3925]

As a child of the Sixties I can relate.

[@tdurb0]

For it’s time, it was so surreal in so many places. The fact that it’s 2022 and it’s still being talked about, says everything.

[@jonathanpoole5316]

Their favourite joke was: "You have 30 seconds to summarise Proust".

[@alabama1413]

Dear Lucy & Brad, this particular sketch always has me in tears of laughter. There really were people who were all about one upmanship here & the Yorkshire accents were perfect for the sketch. You gotta love Hells Grannies too, just so ridiculous & hilarious too. Best wishes

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I could once recite this almost word for word, and can still quote whole swathes. As a Yorksherman, it always struck a nerve. .. and you try and tell the yoong kids of today that.. and they woan't believe you. Graham's pause before his delivery of the line '' ..... Luxury.'', and the diction/accent he gives it is brilliant.

[@speleokeir]

This sketch always reminds me of my grandad. Back in the day people had big families due to lack of contraception and high infant mortality. My gran was the youngest of 9 kids and my grandad one of 6. Both lived in small 2 bed stone terrace houses in Yorkshire. In 1919, just after the end of WW1, Grandad passed his 11+ to go to Grammar school. However his family couldn't afford for him to continue his education when he could be out earning his keep. Instead at the age of 12 he got a job at the local cotton mill in Marsden as an office boy, child labour laws being somewhat different to those of today. Between the Spanish flu pandemic and the war huge numbers of young men had either died, been crippled or suffered from shellshock. Due to the shortage of men women took over in the mills, but weren't given senior positions in those days. As a consequence Grandad did well. At 18 he was a section head and continued to rise up the company hierarchy to junior management, middle management, senior management and then onto the board of directors. The only director who wasn't a relative of the mill owner. Class was a big thing back then and it wasn't the done thing for management to mix with the ordinary workers. However both he and my gran were still outsiders to the middle classes so they were neither fish nor fowl, which must have been hard despite his success. My gran in particular became estranged from her family (apparently they felt she had got too big for her boots). My mother and aunts were also quite isolated as kids as a result. They were packed off to boarding school at the age of 6, but again never really fitted in due to their working class background. On the other hand they all went on to university which was still not that common for women in the 50s, something they'd never have had the opportunity to do without Grandads success at t'mill. He were a proper Yorkshireman with his flat cap, love of pickled onions and a pint of bitter. Plus he was as tight as a gnat's chuff when it came to holding onto his hard earned brass!😆He paid for his kids to have a good education, but expected them to make their own way in life after that and never gave any handouts. Aye life were tough then, but try telling that to kids today and they won't believe you!😁

[@samgamgee42]

Ohhhh, we used to Dream of living in a corridor..... one of my favs

[@johnboy2562]

In the Hell's Grannies sketch, the woman being interviewed after having her husband babysnatched is Leslie Judd, who went on to become a presenter for long running children's programme Blue Peter. True!😲😄

[@martintabony611]

The bit when she danced with Pan's People was put up a couple of weeks ago

[@jean-marcevans1439]

The bit when they’re walking down the high street was filmed in North Finchley High Street. The boys walking behind we’re in my class at school. The keep left signs was filmed outside my school. We were all outside as the teachers gave up trying to keep us in school.

[@bradlucy]

So cool 😎

[@Garland042]

four yorkshiremen is one of the best scetches of all time!

[@lewisner]

Whenever anyone complains about how tough their life is you tell them "we used to live in a hole in t't ground covered by a sheet of tarpaulin ".

[@mymartianhome]

There are still people like this about, I used to encounter them when I was on the ambulances. Instead of competing to see who had been the poorest they competed to see who I've been waiting the longest for transport home from the hospital. Old man to me:-"you take your time don't you, 2 hours I've been sat there waiting." Next patient:-"2-hours, I came out of my appointment 3 hours ago!" And so on down the line, then when they had finished with how long they had waited, it was how long they had had to wait for a cup of tea while they were waiting, then how much pain that they had been in while they were waiting.

[@darrylhinko5568]

as a 7 year old i was flipping through the channels, no remote, don't be silly, and i finally hit PBS where Hell's Grannies was just starting, I was never the same, i am now 53 and a huge Python fan.

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Jou think jou'r fat, Ei can't ewen fitt beheind the vheel aw mj eisc cream trach. Jast biecuas jou'r a bigg, sloppj fat Haystacks Calhoun doesn't maek mj pants fitt anj meir comfortablj." - Doug Stanhope

[@ukdnbmarsh]

The Four Yorkshireman is the ultimate one-upmanship battle, still hilarious.

[@katznkittens]

“We like pullin’ the ‘eads off sheep.” lmao

[@jonathanpoole5316]

According to Alaister Philip Wiper the original Spam, Tulip's Pork Luncheon Meat, originated in Denmark. Spare a thought for the Spartans and their staple, the infamous "Black Broth", it's supposed to be the reason they were so eager to die in battle.

[@Yorksbloke]

“The Four Yorkshiremen” sketch was originally from a 1960s series called “At last the 1948 show” which featured John Cleese and Graham Chapman and two other comedic actors who weren’t in Monty Python when the TV series began a few years later. The Monty Python team did do it live a few times with the Monty Python cast and this was one of their rare performances of it.

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

I had that skit on a record LP back in the 70's (still have it) and played it for my Mom who liked comedy but didn't like me wasting my time listening to my "bullshit records" (I had many comedy albums then as now). I finally ask her sit down and listen to the record that had this skit. I had to pause the record 3 times during this skit because she was going to pee herself she was laughing so hard. She still didn't like me listening to those records; however, she gave me a bit more leeway after that night. Mom had a good sense of humour and was a fan of some British sitcoms as well. She was a good woman!

[@stephenmiller195]

Me too absolutely brilliant

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

@@stephenmiller195 4 Monty Python, 3 Robin Williams, 2 George Carlin, 2 Bill Cosby (in the long-before), 2 Bob Newhart and 1 Cheech & Chong. There may have been a few others but cant' remember at the moment. Love comedy!!

[@rhodriwatts7525]

Hello my lovely loonies. greetings from the UK! I remember being allowed to stay up late to see these shows in the 70's!

[@vincentsaia6545]

Those four guys were every parent to every child: "You kids have it so soft today. When I was a child...."

[@vincentryals2478]

As always loved your reaction, but what was best was seeing you both the correct way around. I did once take a snapshot of one of your videos so that I could flip it to see what you both really look like! All the Best!

[@ledzep331]

Ice with thi gravel an'd rocks. Luxury!

[@michaeldecker3480]

I used to love watching them.

[@johnpoile1451]

The lovely Lesley Judd uttering the immortal line HE WAS ONLY 48.

[@AlexRubbo]

As a dad I try not to be like this but on occasion I have said to my daughter something like: 'Well when I was your age...". At this point she usually responds with, "Dad, f**k off". We laugh about it.

[@nickgrazier3373]

Hi Lucy and brad, my question is did no one else grow up with Monty Pythons Flying Circus?? I know I did. Good grief the 70s and 80s wouldn’t have been the same without them and the re runs! Hope you enjoy what you can get hold of, they are brilliant. I loved the fish fighting down at the dock, I laughed so much I fell off my seat and had to go in the kitchen.

[@bradlucy]

We never had exposure to Monty Python where we lived.

[@SilverionX]

We made a game out of this, called it Four Yorkshiremenning. Very fun to slowly exaggerate more and more until someone comes up with something so great you can't think of anything to top it.

[@annettethumath707]

love watching people with the same weird humar as me, love it.

[@pzpete]

Bits of the film were shot inmy old school in Islington, North London; most of the rest was shot around it.

[@Max_Flashheart]

Luxury

[@davepb5798]

You can see where Kids in the Hall, got their inspiration!

[@danielgardecki1046]

The original *Hell's Grannies* from *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969-1974) series 1 episode 8, was filmed in my city *Bradford,* mainly in and near to *Lister Park, Manningham, Bradford,* along with the opening "houses" which are in *Great Horton, Bradford.* *Monty Python* filmed in a least 15 locations across *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film,* not that anyone realises. There's also a lot of strong connections with the *Monty Python* sketches which were filmed in *Leeds* and *Bradford* near my house, and *Harry Potter* which was created by Monty Python superfan *JK Rowling,* as she was clearly taking ideas and names from them, again not that anyone realises. *Steve Abbott* the *BAFTA, Oscar* and *Cesar* winning producer, from *Bradford,* was their accountant and manager from 1979-1997. He also co-owns their production companies *Prominent Television* and *Prominent Features.*

[@davebirch1976]

Rita sue and Bob too was also filmed around Bradford.

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@davebirch1976 I know more of Bradford's productions than anyone, including the people in City of Film team.

[@mikemcchesney2555]

Anybody that has read Lord of the Rings knows to pronounce it Shy-r! Bilbo didn't live in the Shear! LOL Monty Pythons Flying Circus was almost called "The Toad Elevating Moment" (no shit)! They eventually got to Monty Python because they all agreed the name sounded like a sleazy theatrical agent!

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

British 1970s sociological documentaries looking at youth culture were presented in this exact manner! The class condescension was something else. I suggest you check out a 1973 BBC documentary following the lives of the first Hells Angels chapter in England. The Monty Python prresenter got the speech and attitude perfectly!

[@John-re2qw]

The people of Yorkshire have the stereotypical reputation of exaggerating about have difficult circumstances were in the past. Micheal Palin, one of the four in this sketch, is a Yorkshireman.

[@edeledeledel5490]

The Fish Slapping Dance is my favourite MP sketch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imm7lnesgNZ8aqc&ab_channel=ArmyTanksStudios

[@felixthecat02]

Somebody from Yorkshire?, there're living the posh life, full of luxury....I had to grow up in Lancashire

[@dirtbikerman1000]

Haha 😄

[@SadPeterPan1977]

You were unlucky.

[@stephenmiller195]

Awesome guys, I was brought up on monty python absolutely brilliant, thanks guys 😂

[@bradlucy]

Glad you enjoyed it Stephen

[@darrylglynn1557]

Well, if nothing else, I've learned the name for those manual ice drills, today. 😂

[@Isleofskye]

Yorkshiremen are, traditionally,known for being stubborn and reflecting on "The Good Old Days" hence The 4 Yorkshiremen:)

[@davidrowlands441]

Great post. Love the pythons clever humour.

[@mlee6050]

8:47 "worked 29 hours a day"

[@arwelp]

I used to work in IT. In the 1980s we ran the daily processing suite of a new system with production volumes of data for the first time. It took 26 hours to complete…

[@mlee6050]

@@arwelp I understand that but what I said is as it's impressive to fit 29 hours into a day I wish I experienced a bit but longest these days is 3 hours I done

[@joguipo]

Quality entertainment as usual guys! God that Godin looks gorgeous! Cheers

[@TheCheshireCat2190]

Hell's grannies that'll be me when i get older🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤

[@victorsixtythree]

9:27 - I used to think "walking to school uphill both ways" was impossible...but it's easy. Imagine your house and the school are both at the top of hills and there's a valley in between. Boom - uphill both ways.

[@Dav_Rock]

Vicious gangs of keep left signs, I'm afraid to go out 👀

[@lpgibbo7463]

In Yorkshire we say these are the "if you've pissed on the moon, they've had a shit on Mars" type of person. Don't engage, just smile & nod. 😉

[@josefschiltz2192]

Small appearance there of Lesley Judd - later of Blue Peter. The 'Baby Snatchers' made off with her husband.

[@tdurb0]

Not seen you do Python yet, til now (for all I know, you might’ve done 20 reaction vids already) Love that it travelled well across the Atlantic at the time. All it takes is the images of this video to make me belly-laugh. “Our dad would beat us with his belt” is where I start to belly-laugh, even knowing every word of it that’s coming I ❤Your videos

[@bradlucy]

Monty Python Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLug5SerrX4IiGaVQG02ZSEW1HRxnbWd4P

[@tdurb0]

@@bradlucy Thank you! I totally forget to look for your playlists. This is why my own body’s ‘Restore To Factory Settings’ defaults to: ‘a twat’

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Oj goddamn, das a bladj gorgeous chalice."

[@milesdust3465]

I have the whole skit on VHS. "Albatross, albatross"!😀

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

It’s not so silly as you might think. Comic exaggeration. I recall Yorkshire fast bowler (cricket🏏), Fred Trueman who took up commentary when he retired from the game. He was an uncompromising Yorkshireman. Much of his analysis was looking back to the old days; how tough they had back in the day and how easy moderner players had it. He was a loveable blowhard with a terrific sense of humour. Great player. I come from the south of England. As a kid I used to holiday up north in Yorkshire. Lovely, warm people up there even though you can recognise essential Yorkshire traits in this sketch. It’s very clever.

[@777petew]

What else you going to do, but laugh? Silly = laughter to me. 😁

[@wartsnall7332]

"Hell's Grannies" was a parody of the BBC documentary series Man Alive which ran from 1965 to 1981.

[@kentk2215]

Great to see you guys left-to-right now. More Monty Python to check out the. Australian Philosophy Department, and Flamange/Scottsman wins Wimbledon.

[@John-re2qw]

The Philosophy Department of the University of Woolloomooloo. "Immanuel Kant was a real piss ant... etc".

[@ShakemeisterS64]

As a Yorkshireman I still find this sketch funny.

[@SeanSenior-f8b]

As a Yorkshire man I love thte sketch.

[@tomg6318]

they're two kinds of people in the world, people who get Monty Python and people who don't

[@UKCougar]

We have one of those who always has to go one better. We call here "Elevenerife" because if you've been to Tenerife then...

[@misolgit69]

You'll have to excuse my memories but admittedly it was a hell of a long time ago....there was a fairly short sketch about a 'flasher' complete with dirty mackintosh it may a segue into another sketch not sure also look for The Spanish Inquisition 😇

[@LohiHarHar]

I prefer Hells Grannies, Yorkshire is more of a classic scketch, but funny still.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

At last the 1948 show. The original was with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke Taylor.

[@arwelp]

Made in 1967. The title was a comment on how long the TV companies kept programmes on the shelf once they were made before transmitting them!

[@UKCougar]

My gran used to say, "back in my day you could go out and leave the front door open!" Well, that's because you had nowt. What's someone going to come in and steal, coal?

[@neonvandal8770]

Classic! 😂

[@crashnreset6987]

[@j0hnf_uk]

The press in the 70's coined the term, 'granny bashers', that were young men/youths who would target old women after they'd gone to draw out their pensions. Monty Python, of course, turned it round so it was the grannies who were doing the bashing. The same went with, 'baby snatchers', where those doing the snatching were supposedly babies. As for the keep-left signs; that was indeed rather silly. The four Yorkshiremen is, of course, an exercise in oneupmanship, or rather onedownmanship in having had it worse than anyone else when growing up.

[@michaeldecker3480]

The lumberjack skit.

[@bradlucy]

We did that one 😁😁🍻

[@xx-hutchinski-xx2932]

anything hary enfield is a good laugh

[@dirtbikerman1000]

In an igloo? You had it made... We used to live on top of an igloo surrounded by polar bears, in a blizzard while getting pecked to death by penguins. You were lucky I'm actually from Yorkshire by the way and can confirm this is how everyone acts

[@bradlucy]

We lived on an iceberg surrounded by killer whales and greenpeace

[@dirtbikerman1000]

@@bradlucy luxury 😄👍

[@SteveCausier-wi6gc]

We “Yorkshire” people pronounce it Yorksher, but good attempt. Keep the reactions coming guys !

[@paulmiddleton8699]

If I stole a baby goat would I be a kidnapper?

[@petermizon4344]

ONE THAT STILL STICKS BUT UNTRUE IS. DEEP POCKETS AND SHORT ARMS LOL. TIGHT ARSES😊

[@kumasenlac5504]

Ha ! We dreamed of being sick for two weeks.

[@Wigwaglights]

Hi both, I just love your comments.

[@dannylinc6247]

Ten miles in snow, uphill both ways! Oh yeah? Try it in wide leg denim jeans. You ingrate!

[@misterprecocious2491]

Next, The Batley town women's guild re enactment of the bombing of pearl harbour.🤣

[@stephenmiller195]

Hahahaha brilliant

[@martinfinn674]

Sheer luxury...

[@normanseaman6397]

I’ve climbed Everest, I know I passed you on my way down

[@simontay4851]

"Work 29 hours a day down mill" always makes me laugh. There are only 24 hours in a day so how is that possible.

[@adiebarrett]

Easy. He said he got up before he went to bed.😁

[@Wang_Monkey]

People say stuff like that now and they're not joking!

[@geoffprice5357]

good job

[@Tygerhart]

In Canada we say "York-sher" too. Dunno where you guys are from...

[@xx-hutchinski-xx2932]

bo selecta is funny gimmr gimme is crazy

[@JamesTaylor-yh9rl]

history today

[@goldboy150]

This is the one you saw. Military camp drills… kzbin.info/www/bejne/bV6Vm3-Cgsl4eNk

[@stuartryan610]

Have you been to Bradford? It's unchanged 😜

[@mako1100]

I am a Yorkshireman....I fail to see the humour in this truth.... 🤣

[@ezza9578]

Igloos? What luxury our Igloos melted so we lived in a cave with a bear, can't beat a bit of money python ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@mijmijrm]

Monty Python ... Silliant brilliness. One Downmanship.

[@xx-hutchinski-xx2932]

try watching the inbetweeners guys

[@JosephB-tv7gf]

"Walk to school uphill both ways"? Sounds iffy to me.

[@peterdubois65]

And you need to check out the skit not the nine o'clock news did about the life of Brian 🤣

[@quarkwrok]

You have to do Mr Hilter and Mr philosophy football. Have to!

[@TheTurnipKing]

Most of the sketches come from Flying Circus, so they're all pretty old. Four Yorkshiremen is such a classic there's actually a remake. ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjRqGCPl9VjY9E )

[@raytalbot5890]

A man phoned his work, I can’t come to work to day as I’m sick. Oh dear how sick are you? Well I’m in bed with my sister, is that sick enough…. 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍

[@lisannebaumholz5028]

Definitely recommend "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition" and "Dirty Fork": kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZubn2eDm82di8U kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXSvpZSBbLB_e68

[@IanDarley]

🤣🤣Have you seen their 'world's funniest joke' sketch yet? 🤣🤣

[@bradlucy]

Not yet Ian. We will add it to the list 😁🍻