Inspector Clouseau - Telephone engineer (full scene)

[@mgwilliams1000]

The best of all the Pink Panther movies.

[@NickGillings-vf3ye]

Oh yes , by far the best . The Inspector Clouseau off-shoot “ A Shotin the Dark “ is also hilarious . A tie between the two for me .

[@RichardRau-vo4qo]

Yes, that was the 'Return of the Pink Panther', 1975...Saw it at the theatre then....I was in my Junior year at UNO..

[@RichardRau-vo4qo]

Christopher Plummer was great as Sir Charles "Phantom the Litton"

[@RichardRau-vo4qo]

I was in love with Katherine Schell (Lady Litton)

[@rodlayne8527]

'Shot in the Dark' is the classic.

[@ruthjeffery2539]

Peter Sellers is the first actor who made me laugh until I cried. I miss that.

[@tomcarpenter700]

I thought he was the funniest comedian out there back in the seventies when I will go to the drive-in and Watch his movies

[@antispindr8613]

Funny ha ha in films, but 'funny' weird in real life?

[@64fairlane305]

The last, not the first

[@brucethomson3242]

Never will there be another actor has talented as Peter Sellers. Timeless and hysterical!

[@emilflognoid1532]

I think your forgetting about Ryan Reynolds, genius!

[@emich28]

Glad to see the phewn and doorbell are now fixed.

[@kingsxkids]

There will be no charge 🙂

[@jerrycole1530]

No other actor will ever replace Peter Sellers.

[@EnglishTurbines]

His little French van is truly hilarious all on its own....Comedy gold.

[@annescholey6546]

We used to laugh at French tek. We called 2CVs Clouseau Cars😂

[@theJB03]

This kind of van is Italian, Vespa make if I'm not mistaking.

[@jp5481]

@@theJB03 yes, they're made by Piaggio, the same company that makes Vespa scooters.

[@777jonah888]

blake edwards, the director.

[@sanguinarium1614]

It takes a Brit to say something so stupid, it's an Italian van... dumbass

[@kdub1242]

Not only was Peter Sellers a master of disguise and a master of telephone technology, but let's not forget he was also a master of the parallel bars.

[@meeloshm9973]

Pavlova of the parallels

[@hoofhearted1902]

Reminds me of my time at the police academy. Ah yes it’s all coming back to me now. I rememBAAHHUAHHHHHHHH

[@khalidamajoud4114]

😂😂😂

[@kingfarticusreturns6371]

@@meeloshm9973 Paralleler of the parallels

[@andrewthompson9714]

WELL !! THAT FELT GOOOOD !

[@PTS-THX1138]

.....Even the last 30 seconds in the yellow van has me in stitches every time..... No words..... No music....... Just pure 100% comic value...... Excellent stuff....

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Clouseau sniffing the phone in the lobby is a hugely underrated moment

[@ianmangham4570]

Sniff test 😮 checking for continuity

[@isaacperes6257]

These Pink Panther movies were pure brilliance. They are just as funny today as they were in the 1970's when I first saw them. This telephone repair scene and the disaster that Clouseau creates in the Lady Litton's hotel room in Gstaad are two of his best. There are no actors today that can match the genius of Peter Sellers!

[@lsingstock1646]

Don't you wish they would show this stuff today? Lots of sit -com reruns but no movies.

[@Tara-TJ-007]

I wasn't even born then but my late mum & dad loved him! I can see why!🤣🤣🥰

[@kingsxkids]

We must not forget the interrogations , and the “priceless “ Steinway 🕺🏽

[@ianmangham4570]

​@Tara-TJ-007 I was born I'm 1807 and we never had tv 📺 😮

[@ndarcy]

The best thing about these scenes to me it's always that Catherine Schell can never keep it together. I always remember another scene at the nightclub where she just bursts into laughter all the time.

[@herbertolijslager1395]

Yep

[@timdowney6721]

No one can ruin “Here is lo-oking at you kid” like Guy Gadbois.

[@paulmarsh8974]

She's 76 years old now..

[@JBM425]

@Lili Víla In an interview sometime in the 90s, Schell said producers left it in because the laughter fit the notion that she was seeing through such a corny act. It was comedy gold all around!

[@stephenholloway6893]

She saw through his disguise twice in the same film. Which also made this scene funny as well.

[@Darkstar263]

I love how her laughter was completely genuine. Shows how funny Peter Sellers was.

[@ironrose6]

6:38 I love that the butler calls him "inspector" and no one misses a beat.

[@SoberIrishman]

I grew up watching these films in the 1980s. No cgi, just solid acting and comedy and clean. This formula needs to be brought back but I know it is long gone. 🍀🍀

[@dave_yeg8596]

My God she's beautiful.

[@phmwu7368]

Catherine Schell

[@pietkoster9046]

Indeed !!

[@TXLorenzo]

Of course she is beautiful. She is Hungarian.

[@pietkoster9046]

The only reason I watch this scene is because of her.

[@kenriehl7852]

Breathtaking

[@h4x0rl33tee]

Nobody could play this part apart from peter sellers was a legend comedian

[@ashersharif6264]

Extreme comedy from simple actions. no complications. Peter Sellers was genious so was Edward Blake.

[@rodlayne8527]

Try Blake Edwards. 😂

[@thebestlayahead7331]

"Madame it is my business to locate trouble". This is the story of my life! Brilliant line and I'm going to use it going forward.

[@Gilliganfrog]

The frantic-ness, nervousness, clumsiness, earnest confusion, and sincerity of good physical comedy are very hard to do intentionally and well. Sellers was a master.

[@johnperrigo6474]

precisely!

[@bluedan1873]

'Do not come in, I'm putting my tools away'. Omg i grew up loving this movie and i laugh harder today watching it. Just a piece of comedy art!

[@stevem2323]

Not just this one, all of them are comedic art.

[@tomcarpenter700]

He are getting stuck under the desk, Never Gets old

[@bluedan1873]

@@tomcarpenter700 absolutely. Actually watched it on Stan just a couple of weeks ago. Never gets old.

[@ianboard544]

"I have fixed your doorbell from the ringing - there is no charge" was an oft-repeated joke at work (I'm an electrical engineer). This whole sequence (and the one where the little service truck keeps ending up in the pool) is hysterical.

[@Luzt.]

Add to that the way he "went through" the cable with cable snips and you can not possibly add to the scene.

[@johntechwriter]

The little red service vehicle was a Citroën 2CV, a tiny truck used by every farmer in France. The yellow three-wheeler was even more humble than the Citroën and I cannot identify it.

[@alistermelbourne991]

@TheBigHase or in Italy an Ape

[@elipeterson1167]

He fixed the doorbell even tho he's a telephone engineer 😂

[@andym28]

@@elipeterson1167This might come as a shock but telephones do use electricity. Telephone engineers are qualified to work with electrical systems.

[@darrenhaycock3905]

The outtakes to this particular scene will have you in stitches You should have a ganders

[@nelsonbeauchemin5931]

I not only know but I lived it ! I am a boomer and proud of it !

[@lenevee4925]

I miss this type of physical comedy. You can't find movies like this nowadays!

[@southwest3671]

Because people are too stuck up these days, and quickly offended, throwing the racial card, etc.

[@kingsxkids]

Rat Race, nothing but trouble, bits of mad, mad,mad world 🙂

[@guyriddihough]

Rowen Atkinson does physical comedy very well.

[@slimjimphantom6294]

This comedy is brilliant, love Peter Sellers

[@peterward2275]

This may well be the funniest film of the whole series. All the creaks and other noises without any music just seem to make it all the more funnier, somehow.

[@kumarkunal6475]

This guy is a legend May God bless his soul

[@1JUSTGOTLUCKY1]

This is probably the funniest character I have ever scene...Peter Sellers was a comedic genius.

[@bobby3787]

Seen*

[@guidepost42]

I've seen this clip a thousand times if I've seen it once. And still I fall on the floor laughing.

[@sebastianlopezyvars4196]

So he did not only repair the pheune but also the doorbell. Peter Sellers is just to good. Can't stop laughing

[@maryjane1085]

Tis two dahlinks...

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

phone? too

[@arronjoseph1212]

These films made us all laugh , thanks for posting

[@timwingham8952]

Just as they're taking his first truck out of the pool he does it again!!! Absolutely hilarious!!!!!

[@yooneeque1]

I remember Dreyfus's line "He's destroyed a swimming pool and two trucks. Compared to Clouseau, Attila the Hun is a Red Cross volunteer."

[@mossion]

Its all the subtleties of these movies... Blake Edwards was a genius, must admit. Add Peter Sellers and you get the best comedy ever.

[@mossion]

funniest line hahahah

[@phaasch]

Several decades ago, I was fortunate enough to spend an evening with Catherine Schell. I remember we talked and laughed a lot about this film, and PS. She is what you see- a beautiful woman with an infectious sense of humour, such a rarity, and a real pleasure to spend time with.

[@Jehannum2000]

Lucky bugger! Gorgeous and fantastic in everything.

[@mar11n01]

Jesus….Thank you for sharing!

[@KilliK69]

you lucky, lucky man. she was a beautiful woman with a great sense of humor.

[@nickgodfrey5464]

everything this guy touches, he destroys. brilliant comedy.

[@RMJ1984]

As Dreyfus says, give me 10 men like clouseau and i could destroy the world.

[@drewski1535]

Compare to Clouseau Atillia the hun was a red cross volunteer

[@nickgodfrey1148]

RMJ1984 😂

[@Aurochhunter]

10? Let’s be honest here: it would only take 1.

[@notafool3178]

SOUNDS LIKE DJT !

[@jehugo66]

My Grammy (Boston, MA lexicon a la Great Britain) took me and my little bro to see the Pink Panther movies at matinee theaters. What great memories!

[@aeroclouds]

Without a doubt, the best ever series and comedy films. Nothing comes close. I have the complete set of pink panther masterpieces

[@burlmapleleafs]

They don't make movies like this anymore Peter Sellers is a genius. I'm sweating I'm laughing so hard

[@dinodino1620]

They don't make women like that anymore either.

[@777jonah888]

A leaf fan with some good taste, you're the first I come across

[@carminemurray6624]

So true, there is only one Petter Sellers, anything less is an Insult.

[@waynegeorge3752]

Sellars, Milligan, Borge, Cleese, Laurel and Hardy et al. Comedy at its finest. I've just watched excerpts from each of them and I'm aching with laughter!

[@cquilty1]

Wane Gorge 1. It's spelt *Sellers. 2. "Borge???!!!" Don't be ridiculous.

[@umutemrealp4873]

“I know when there is a trouble, and when there is not a trouble.” Clouseau as the greatest trouble-maker.

[@drewski1535]

And I can definitely tell you that there is a trouble you may rest assured at that

[@kencf0618]

The Trump before Trump.

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@kencf0618 Making your pheun great again.

[@LukeSidler2005]

I love how he just casually cuts the wires for the doorbell. He could've just done that all along. LOL

[@Schugger1]

"Madame! It is my business to locate trouble!" *runs into wall* Understatement of the century. Le Inspector is trouble incarnate :D

[@Reprodestruxion]

Schuggerbaby *eye twitch

[@nilsarnehjelmevoll7039]

I have the box with these films. They’re great to watch again and again along with Seller’s last film, Welcome Mr. Chance. A sad comedy, the sad clown story

[@andyharman3022]

I saw "The Return of The Pink Panther" in the theater when it was first released. I NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD IN MY LIFE! Before or since. I laughed so much, my ribcage ached all the next day. The movie is still great on TV, but seeing it on the big screen just made it funnier.

[@GudieveNing]

ditto, even now too.

[@Instrument_of_Peace]

I'm crying from laughing so hard!!! Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards...geniuses!!! 💖 Thank u 4 posting!!

[@mewrightnow]

Good ole days

[@lostthe80s]

She lost it several times making scenes with Sellers - the laughter is not acting, she's genuinely in hysterics ..... wonderful

[@chucklucas8747]

This guy was damn funny miss him

[@jonmassey8124]

You should try and watch the Nightclub scene with them both.. she is in hysterics and apparently the director wanted to do another take but they decided to leave it in the film and all the better for it.

[@playboymaxim]

@@jonmassey8124 Yes, that scene is hilarious lol

[@lostthe80s]

@@jonmassey8124 I have - it’s just love - he’s a genius and she’s just lovely

[@markyoung2348]

Peter Sellers was a genius of comedy !

[@clarkkent6026]

in france they hate him because he depicted french policemen as clumsy fools

[@sterlingpound217]

@@clarkkent6026 it s a comedy ffs. Don t you know comedy? Litteraly shaking right now.

[@clarkkent6026]

@@sterlingpound217 but you know how french nationalists are, dont blame me, I just say how things are; to me Sellers was a genius too but leftists always claim racism, victimization, etc, etc

[@sterlingpound217]

Then your criticisms are wrongly directed... You should target the political sphere

[@sterlingpound217]

@@clarkkent6026 which I am terribly annoyed at, trust me

[@THE_BIGBIRD]

How can anyone dislike this! words fail me this is pure comedy 🤣 😂 you can't beat this you really can't well whoever disliked this you don't know comedy im sorry but it had to be said

[@blackprince4074]

I worked for the phone company company in Australia called Telecom, We should have used this film for training.

[@mewrightnow]

Black Prince I think they still use this for training in the states. Had a hurricane a few years ago. When the repairman left, the telephone pole in our yard was tied to a tree and you had to duck to go under the wire. Not kidding either!

[@Nick-il8zw]

Telstra makes the Inspector look like a pro.

[@michaelhope007]

What do you mean you should have used it for training...you guys did use it for training.

[@homeone4054]

Very funny...but don't be silly you haven't got the telephone ("fuurn") in Aus yet have you?

[@michaelhope007]

We do have the telefuurn in our country just have the world's worst internet.

[@danthemeatman9883]

Absolutely hilarious 😂 I’m crying over here in st.Petersburg , Florida !!!!!!!!!!

[@jnaughton9501]

My husband worked for Blake Edwards and when they were filming the door bell segment with David Lodge everyone was in stitches and they had to wrap and go home. I have photos of the red ‘van’ landing in the pool which PS had already drove into, before repeating with the yellow one. Joe Dunn was the stuntman. It was all filmed at a real villa.

[@excitedartists5994]

J Naughton thank you so much for sharing your memories!

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

Oh man what a hilarious day

[@mrjolly8680]

That’s so cool.

[@bp7495]

Why were people able to make movies of this calibre back then? The casting, script and performing is just perfect.

[@johnrogan9420]

Hooked to the chair...beyond improv

[@jamesbrawley5039]

Peter Seller's was one of the best !!!! This is a great scene...

[@drewski1535]

Nothing in today's world stops this

[@brucegordon7248]

I love Lady Litton's uncontrollable laughter, when she comes in contact with Inspector Clouseau.

[@MrHardhausenIpresume]

How I love all his inspector Clouseau movies! They never get boring...

[@hoofhearted1902]

Comes out of the room breathing heavy. Classic

[@jjthomas2297]

To think Steve Martin actually thought he could fill these shoes. Preposterous!

[@mewrightnow]

David Martin Not nearly. SM is funny but not as natural. Overacting.

[@drewski1535]

That was just depressing to see someone else take over a character that someone else bought to life first and really fit the part well

[@HusseinDoha]

Steve Martin didn't thought he was filling any shoes. He just played a role. Seller is still my favourite though

[@depecheddurand]

Geoffrey rush could be the best person playing as peter no one else.

[@davidmcnulty3618]

Steve Martin is a brilliant and natural Comedian, just like Sellers was, but it didn’t need a re-make. The plot of the re-make was lazy, uninspired and ridiculous.

[@pierremorin7898]

He was and still is the best...

[@lifetimes2983]

You know he is going to foul up or destroy every situation he encounters. But watching how he does it as the Master.... bumbler has doubled me over in laughter so many times and this clip is such a perfect example. So many great memories. No one will ever replace Peter Sellers

[@pfarquharson1]

Catherine Schell was a beautiful actress

[@robingreaves2941]

Catherine schell

[@Jehannum2000]

I met her once.

[@mewrightnow]

stephen noonan Don’t you mean Stephen Noonan!

[@ussemi4912]

"No trouble back there." freakin' hilarious

[@franceleeparis37]

This is why I never let a telephone engineer out of my sight... 🤔😂😂😂

[@willyrivero470]

"Madam it is my business to look at trouble"...yes, he's the creator of trouble!! 😂😂

[@GoodOldDaysGaming]

Ever feel like you grew up in the wrong era? I was born in 1988, and sure the 90s were fun, but everything today sucks. The 60s and 70s seemed like a great time; superb music, hilarious comedy, and the women were naturally attractive in a way nobody is anymore.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

I'm 75 years old. For me the early Sixties were the great times. But today you can see stuff like this on your computer any time you want to. That almost makes up for being old.

[@11Kralle]

I thought the 80s were deplorable, but then it hit me... ...the 90s, the 00s a.s.f. a.s.o.

[@StanleyKowalski.]

but when you started school, all the world's knowledge is at your fingertips, you didnt have to find the right book, or library to satisfy your curiosity. everything you want to learn about anything is at your fingertips. hope you take advantage of that. i wish i had the same available information opportunity when i was kid. but your generation disappoints me at times. watch Jay Leno's jaywalking, you will know what i am talking about

[@pyrog.c.c89]

Right on bro right on

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

you missed out on all the fun man

[@MrDavey2010]

I saw this movie when it was released. I was creased up with laughter throughout. Classic Sellers.

[@silentgamer944]

Yeah every phone repairman smells the phone to identify if it's working. Kills me every time I see it. XDDD

[@drewski1535]

Ah yes Sniff sniff yes this phuen will not do at all show me another phuen it won’t do at all I’m afraid

[@mrjolly8680]

Only Peter Sellors could do this

[@playboymaxim]

@@drewski1535 Phone must have passed it's expiration date lol

[@drewski1535]

@@playboymaxim yup that's my guess

[@AttilaAsztalos]

Everyone knows all electronics (and electrics) works by magic smoke: when the smoke comes out, the thing is dead. Therefore, it's quite logical to test for any residues of magic smoke by smell if malfunction is suspected...

[@geedubb-q1u]

The outtakes alone would make one heck of a movie.

[@hthesmith7915]

His little yellow van is superb.

[@erenunal]

Just like his red van lol

[@geekay1349]

if i could go back in time, i'd like to be here. A Nice place to be.

[@MsMesem]

Yes please, can we go now?

[@Fooleish]

I see what you did there lol

[@ChristophersMum]

I'll comment when I can get my breath back.....can't stop laughing....!!

[@179077]

Oh Christ - I was a little down till I found this just the funniest sketch I’ve seen in ages.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"Tell me, where's your nearest _telefyeun?"_ "You... just moved it."

[@drewski1535]

there. what? Ah yes sniff sniff yes this phuen will not do at all show me another phuen it wont do at all im afraid show Monsieur Flo, Flournoy Flournoy the telephone in sir Charles’s study

[@obliviousmode575]

The sound of the glue when he sat down. 😂 @ 5:54

[@davidrobinson8224]

Catherine Schell loses it here with Sellers and especially when Sellers meets her in the bar scene when he says "Here's looking at you kid". Absolutely love it when that happens.

[@ramphulavedhanand3084]

Bennyhill show is a tonic for life. I salute u mr Bennyhill people like u should come again and again on this planet. Bye.

[@frankmartinez1159]

Steve Martin playing Clouseau is like Don Knotts playing James Bond

[@johnperrigo6474]

Weird analogy but true.

[@tehf00n]

The genius of Sellers was subtle in the most glorious way. His ability to do something inocuously and infer the stupidity of that to the viewer was second to none. For example, in this scene, when Sellers gets up with the chair attached to his behind, he looks at where the chair is, not at the chair. Like he is oblivious to where the chair is. In reality you would already know the chair is stuck to you, but he took it to another level. Steve Martin did mostly the opposite, where he created the stupidity and forced it at the viewer. It wasn't terrible and is certainly a masterful comedy performance from Martin, but his style is designed to fit a more visually homogenised comedic audience, rather than the mentally pioneering style that Sellers masterfullly presented.

[@kentclark6420]

That's an astute observation. It's all about the subtleties.

[@sananto6896]

At 2:00, the "pfennne"......nobody butchered the English language like Inspector Clouseau..... This dude was a freaking comedy genius.

[@smjjohnson]

Another completly hilarious scene.. thanks for sharing for us..

[@Realmasterorder]

Peter Sellers was unmatched and Cathrene Shell is Absolutely gorgeous

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

gorgeous

[@Realmasterorder]

@@suzycreamcheesez4371 Yes indeed.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@@Realmasterorder As Metallica says nothing else matters! aloha nui loa! We're done!!

[@Realmasterorder]

@@suzycreamcheesez4371 Glad we agree on Cathrene Shell and Metallica as well :) Namaste.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@@Realmasterorder Catherine What's with you and spelling correctly? We can't take you seriously. Goodbye Farewell and Amen!

[@Dag_Nabbit_]

They had a clever Foley person for this one, the small details are well done.

[@daeljuma]

Peter Sellers' comic genius was incomparable. He has a small part in a movie called "The Wrong Box." It's one of the most hilarious parts ever filmed.

[@paulputnam8211]

Plays Doctor Pratt in The Wrong Box. Another brilliant comedy with Peter Cook & Dudley Moore in lead parts.

[@mewrightnow]

daeljuma omg. Never saw that. Gonna look it up

[@tellmesomethingamisayingto3957]

"communications expert and chief trouble-shitter for the Nice telephone company."

[@johnclark3697]

HYSTERICAL.watch this after a bad day. All seems well.

[@slick4401]

Same here.

[@amiramirie7549]

You are absolutly wright.😂😂😂❤❤

[@rossmingay26]

Every day in 2020 then 🙈

[@timdowney6721]

When the desk rolls over, then Clouseau’s look at 5:07 I’ve watched this and other scenes umpteen times. They crack me up every time.

[@davidatownsend8334]

He knows how to deal with a troubleshitter!

[@larsnilsson8949]

Pure genius! Peter Sellers, the king of comedy!

[@dbrew2u]

Sheer Comic Brilliance as only Peter Sellers was able to pull off .

[@michaelbonanno7476]

love the sound effects!

[@ehought]

Sellers is genius but credit must go as well to David Lodge for keeping a straight face despite serious comical provocation!

[@derekstocker6661]

Comedy genius, great to see this one, Peter was an excellent actor and comedian and is sorely missed. You just don't get this level of comic acting now. Taken too soon as have many of our entertainers. RIP Peter.

[@draganpajvancek]

In just few minutes he manage to destroy and lose his pants LOL

[@stephen7740]

Just pure genious.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

If this is the best the French police can come up with it doesn't say much about the rest of them. Breaking door bells, sitting on glue, ripping his trousers, he can't do anything without wreaking havoc. Peter Sellers was one of a kind. Great comdey actor.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Today's American comedy cinema lacks the finesse and timing that was put so carefully into these Clouseau films with Mr. Sellers. Blake Edwards had such a keen knack for humor, especially the cartoony kind. He knew his craft, he knew that pacing was key, that stretches of silence help. Notice there is not one bit of musical score here. We have nobody like him or Sellers now; luckily we can watch the classic Pink Panther films and laugh ourselves weepy.

[@oldmacisback]

Do not come in. I am just putting my tools away. Haha

[@Motzmann-hg7no]

There is only one Clouseau. Peter Sellers. Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau was just plain embarrassing.

[@carlosgomez7400]

Totally agree with you 👍 💯

[@nymetswinws]

"Do not come in, I was just putting my tools away!"

[@phoullawalker9835]

I love him, really good! Thank you.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

I was a kid in the 70s and yes, TV and music then were amazing! So many good programs on TV - I Iearned to count in Spanish from watching Sesame Street. Variety shows were still popular then and TV was very entertaining. Women were more stylish then and men's fashions were just as stylish and still masculine. My father dressed up when company came over. It really is a time gone by.

[@srao6480]

Men's "fashions" in the 1970s and early 1980's were horrible.

[@baumcollcsame7871]

Any Peter Sellers movie I must have watched dozens and dozens of times!!! Every time one of his movies comes on TV I'll watch it all over again. I know every line and every gag!! And yet when I see the scene about to come on I say ALL the lines ahead of time and laugh my ass off!!! AND SO DO MY GRANDKIDS WHEN THEY WATCH THEM WITH ME!!!

[@joeyjennings9548]

Great Man Funny Man of countless scenes. someone i wish i could have met. they dont make em like that anymore 😂