I had the honor, at the tender age of 12, to meet the great man in person, Richard Wilson. He was a guest at an award ceremony I had been nominated for, and it was my great pleasure to shake his hand. I begged him at the time, to say his catchphrase for me. He politely informed me that he now only does it for large donations to charity. However, he made my day when he cupped his hands around my ear and half whispered it to me. Best moment ever. Long Live Victor.
@brutustantheiii84773 жыл бұрын
What good man!
@bramwell9482 жыл бұрын
Love that story
@Backoffboogaloo2 жыл бұрын
I love the Father Ted episode where Ted keeps saying the catchphrase to him and he hates it.
@martinputt64212 жыл бұрын
@@Backoffboogaloo "You know what I bet he'd love, I bet he'd love it if someone came up to him and said his catchphrase"
@Backoffboogaloo2 жыл бұрын
@@martinputt6421 “I bet nobody’s ever done that before” 🤣
@Stark238 Жыл бұрын
"They erm, hold a note quite well dont they". Rest in Peace Mrs Warboys
@richardgregory36842 жыл бұрын
I love the way that Margaret and Mrs Warboys instantly realise it's about Victor, but Victor himself doesn't until the song actually names him. Poor old Victor, he's abslutely oblivious to his own character. The way Margaret has that slowly dawning look of horror as she turns to face Victor, waiting for the inevitable moment when he finally twigs it's about him lol
@Mara648 жыл бұрын
Their faces as it dawns of them what the song is about is priceless
@Flopsy24024 жыл бұрын
Lol i work in the motor trade and yes we have customers we are tempted to do this too 😂 And actually our ‘mechanics’ are pretty tuneful 🙉
@chuckyoofarley9 жыл бұрын
Eric Idle isn't just a comedy genius, he's a great musician and songwriter. This made me laugh so hard when I saw it back in the day.
@melodykey9 жыл бұрын
chuckyoofarley this still makes me laugh hysterically now!!
@chrismurray10842 жыл бұрын
You should look up the rutles
@hsimah666 Жыл бұрын
I carried this song in my head from when I saw it on TV as a kid. I am so glad to hear it again! Seeing it on KZbin... I don't believe it
@ngiallag2792 Жыл бұрын
you gotta love the fact it isn't a microphone recording, but a professional recording booth and a well constructed and thought out song parody and singing in harmony. all that effort for a simple joke😂.
@nigelkthomas9501 Жыл бұрын
“They hold a note quite well, don’t they? The car mechanics!” Mrs. Warboys can never see bad in anything! 😜
@TheSteve2854 жыл бұрын
Laughed out loud when I first watched it. Laughed out loud the 100th time I watched. Classic.
@rosierennie58676 жыл бұрын
"They umm they hold a note quite well, Don't they? For car mechanics"
@rw87335 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Warboys at her very best. 😀
@ajakuk14 жыл бұрын
Eric idle was singing this song.
@Knappa223 жыл бұрын
Classic Mrs Warboys!
@kaysmith89922 жыл бұрын
Mrs Warboys was such an underrated comedy side-character.
@ciara3132452 жыл бұрын
They do tho😂😂😂😂
@andicog4 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this and loved it, as I've got older I realise just how true it was, the fight against incompetence and lunacy!
@strafrag1 Жыл бұрын
Yes, and it's worse now than in the early 90s too. Cheers.
@a.tanner85248 ай бұрын
The older I get, the more I turn into Victor Meldrew. The world around us is full of incompetent fools.
@dumphuq13 жыл бұрын
You can see Mrs. Warboys in the back trying not to laugh. I love the chorus too.
@dbnj23053 жыл бұрын
Ya I spotted her. Very good
@rozdoyle88722 жыл бұрын
Mrs Warboys is the best , sitting there quietly like one of Victor's garden knomes.
@josephbell90273 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, the best part of this is Margaret doesn't even seem too surprised that this is happening. She's shocked but not That shocked.
@j.1820 Жыл бұрын
If you hear this, you can never listen to 'Bread of Heaven' again without thinking of it- not that I'm complaining!
@bryan25607711 ай бұрын
That scene is up there with delboy falling through the bar
@James_Doyle83Ай бұрын
This is better
@oafctom5 ай бұрын
One of my favourite One Foot In The Grave Scenes
@vickytate71328 жыл бұрын
Victor is a legend
@rw87335 жыл бұрын
And a lovely man in real life too.
@kim78smith947 жыл бұрын
Mrs warboys for car mechanics they hold a tune quite soon Lol 😄😃😂😅😆😁😀
@lottiem0910 жыл бұрын
Margarets face is priceless
@nightwolf883 Жыл бұрын
I’m just picturing all these mechanics in a choir line standing next to a cassette deck recorder in the middle of their shop.
@StokieDave3 ай бұрын
I met Doreen Mantle on a charity event I was organising down in London back in 2000 and what a lovely lady. How many times they filmed this is anyones guess as a few were desperate to fall apart. 😂😂😂😂
@virginianeil6172 Жыл бұрын
RIP Doreen mantle ❤ 🌹🌹🌹🙏 brilliant actress 💯
@StokieDave3 ай бұрын
Lovely lady. Worked a few charity events when she turned up and was alaays life of the VIP area. ❤❤❤❤
@virginianeil61723 ай бұрын
@@StokieDave lucky for you to have had the privilege of being in Doreen’s company . it would have been an honour. 🙏💯
@rw87335 жыл бұрын
Absolutely magnificent. 😂 I miss them. And the real brilliance is their faces. 😄
@sajamor08115 жыл бұрын
I always have to sing this version of Bread of Heaven when Welsh rugby team sing it at Six Nations!
@gregsoddworld9 жыл бұрын
They hold a note quite well for car mechanics - lol
@charlottecole52817 жыл бұрын
PhotoLove when Mrs warboys said that I burst my stitches with laughing so much
@robobrien10462 жыл бұрын
Fantastic I love it the honda song with Mrs Warboys in the back of the car top class program..Rob.......
@SalisburyKarateClub4 жыл бұрын
What an excellent show this was.
@Foxhood2 жыл бұрын
The thing i note is that on completion the first thing Victor did was take out the tape and check the Record-Protect hole. Like he knew they would probably do something like that.
@hobi1kenobi1122 жыл бұрын
Mrs Warboys in the back quite enjoying the cadence and melody.
@saintniccage28182 жыл бұрын
He just brought it back again!
@enthrallingusername9 жыл бұрын
This never gets old
@markfox1545 Жыл бұрын
Something's age is dependent on when it came into existence. This is already decades old.
@enthrallingusername Жыл бұрын
@Mark Fox I wasn't aware of the concept of ageing. Thanks for the info 👍🏻
@sugarpuff2978 Жыл бұрын
@@markfox1545😂😂😂😂😂
@Darkstar2633 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite moments in the show and one of my favourite episodes.
@Cwmbran19843 жыл бұрын
How the three of them didn’t burst out laughing I’ve no idea. I wonder how many takes this took!😂😂😂😂
@paulscottrobson Жыл бұрын
I reckon Mrs Warboys (Doreen Mantle?) nearly cracked
@amysmileyreid95 Жыл бұрын
Professionalism maybe?
@dannypalin95837 жыл бұрын
Victor Meldrew is Britain's elderly answer to Charlie Brown in that he's a polarising character: you either sympathise with him or you think he's a miserable git. There were times when I felt his treatment from other people was rather mean-spirited at times, but I can see why the mechanics came up with this "You suck" ditty. If someone was whinging to you no matter how many times you dealt with them, you'd probably want to do this.
@danielwilliamson61805 жыл бұрын
He's a tosser.
@Darkstar2634 жыл бұрын
I don't believe he is constantly miserable, it's that other people tend to antagonize him. Weird and insane things seen to occur around him all the time and he probably feels like the only sane person.
@richardwright47544 жыл бұрын
This is a sitcom, btw, not a documentary.
@Testedecazzo3 жыл бұрын
Anyone can relate to him...the grease monkeys however...🙄
@gws5128413 жыл бұрын
Eric Idle, FOR THE WIN!!!
@mattcurtis19443 жыл бұрын
The Crimson Avenger, Victor Meldrew, my bloody hero
@MsFanmail9 жыл бұрын
Victor should get a OBE
@danielwickham34395 жыл бұрын
this is so going to be my funeral song i just know it
@ajakuk14 жыл бұрын
I had it for my wedding. But in the church we had to proper song but it was this one I wanted to sing. Xx
@thesmithersy22 күн бұрын
Nice to meet you then Mr Meldrew!
@ArnoldTohtFan2 жыл бұрын
0:45 that welshman's frail, quivering voice is fucking hilarious
@Growler577 жыл бұрын
BBC makes the best comedy shows
@theoccasionalbadger83157 жыл бұрын
You have got to be kidding me??! Citizen Khan??!!!
@Growler577 жыл бұрын
Love My Girl your right let's say most of the time
@JJMCB266 жыл бұрын
David Bowie Damn right, son! :D
@kelsohunt4605 жыл бұрын
They used to. They lost all credibilty years ago. BBC is fake news.
@robertoc24854 жыл бұрын
Did once upon a time
@strafrag1 Жыл бұрын
I was just in the kitchen singing this. I don't believe it!
@HamishG1995 ай бұрын
The fact that Margaret just always goes with the flow.
@virginianeil6172 Жыл бұрын
David renwick is an absolute genius 💯👍, I miss one foot in the grave , thank god I have the complete set of it .
@stuartdavies76332 жыл бұрын
I seem to recall that John Du Prez sang this song with Eric Idle. One of the most hilarious moments in the series.
@charlottecole52817 жыл бұрын
I like the end where Mrs warboys says they hold a good time for mechanics
@jimlock35144 жыл бұрын
@recall God damned
@Lushgirl81 Жыл бұрын
Dying 😂😂😂. Mrs Warboys trying not to laugh. 🤣🤣
@fender2002 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Love the line by Mrs Warboys too.
@johnmuldoon85138 жыл бұрын
get well soon victor
@jameshoffmann44197 жыл бұрын
VICTOR MELDREW VICTOR MELDREW!!
@edsmith6132 жыл бұрын
I love this absolutely brilliant allways cracks me up 😂😂😂
@joeritchie7286 Жыл бұрын
They hold a note quite well dont they for car mechanics
@kathybarry7850 Жыл бұрын
😂
@ryanwilliams18002 жыл бұрын
They..em..hold a note quite well don't they. for car mechanics?
@XmasTvElfАй бұрын
Someone just told this story as theirs on Simon Mayo’s show to try and a smart speaker. The sad thing is that no one recognised it.
@alexblacksmith5605Ай бұрын
I know, I don’t BELIEVE it!
@lottiem0910 жыл бұрын
Margaret's face priceless
@ryangriffin183 жыл бұрын
Never get tired of watching this
@monicanath4859 Жыл бұрын
This is just pure comic genius!
@kenwoolley3003 Жыл бұрын
This and the wig snatching rank as my 2 favourite bits of the series
@napalmslayer2 жыл бұрын
Mrs warboys line at the end makes it just that bit more sublime
@sailormoon25482 жыл бұрын
The looks on their faces is kills me everytime 😂
@zeffiraananas39995 жыл бұрын
Amazing... bloody brilliant
@dominichazell78624 жыл бұрын
I always thought it sounds like Terry Jones singing with Eric Idle.
@shanebyrne92648 жыл бұрын
you can never get enough of our old victor meldew my bosses wife's mothers the female version of victor I call her Mrs meldew because all she dose is bleeding moan about everything
@cherylcole13248 жыл бұрын
Shane Byrne I can't blame her the way this world is sometimes
@davidfriend90427 жыл бұрын
Meldrew*
@cerinolancerinolan71488 жыл бұрын
I love The Victor Meldrew song.
@chriswhiting19913 жыл бұрын
Absolutely priceless. That song at the end makes it even better
@ShroudedFury10 жыл бұрын
Not ashamed to admit that I do this sort of thing all the time xD I take a song and then alter the lyrics to fit the situation lol. Good example with this song "There's this cat we can't stand any longer, always on the bloody purr. Every day I clean up with the hoover, she just bloody sheds more fur!"
@billydeeuk8 жыл бұрын
I used to sing a version of "Rio" to the cat "Her name is Tabitha and she meows for her foooood"
@PassiveSmoking7 жыл бұрын
This song is dedicated to Fernando Alonso.
@billydeeuk6 жыл бұрын
PassiveSmoking Is it though?
@Alsatian_Productions4 жыл бұрын
I came to find this comment. I also would change Honda to Renault and you'd have Red Bull in 2017
@josephilsley30283 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Margaret knew something that Victor didn't. :)
@paulwilliams25932 жыл бұрын
They hold a note quite well don’t they for car mechanics
@superalfie39488 жыл бұрын
Can't stop watching it can't stop laughing. LOL
@cosmicjenny45087 жыл бұрын
They've stuck a piece of chewing gum in the record-project hole...
@MrBooBeeDoo3 жыл бұрын
*protect
@virginianeil6172 Жыл бұрын
Their faces when they realise who the song is about , absolutely priceless 😄😄😄💯👍
@charlottebowes76662 жыл бұрын
Sometimes singing is the only weapon you’ve got 😎💋
@xtheamazingax3 жыл бұрын
Bloody brilliant
@quagsirestudios46062 жыл бұрын
I wish I had a song about me, just like victor's.
@Saucyakld3 жыл бұрын
Never heard it before, priceless 😂😂😂😂
@hjp1hjp227 жыл бұрын
Guide me O thou great reedemer, pilgrim through this barren land, I am weak but thou art mighty, hold me with thy powerful hand, Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore, Feed me now and evermore.
@rosierennie58676 жыл бұрын
........ Yes, okay you know the Hymn, but no one asked for it. This is a comedy video
@peterbradshaw80183 жыл бұрын
@@rosierennie5867 Bugger off RR.......
@lisaknox4113 Жыл бұрын
Pretty good song even though it's about Victor . Poor guy. That's so comical!
@mikrikbell Жыл бұрын
Don't make em like this anymore. I still remember laughing till I cried with my dad.
@madmeerkat11584 жыл бұрын
A classic!!!
@brelshar4968 Жыл бұрын
RIP Mrs Warboys.
@robmckay57002 жыл бұрын
Thank you Eric Idle 😂
@Senseigainz2 жыл бұрын
Comedy is not the same anymore n
@cloudstrife1983 Жыл бұрын
RIP Mrs Warboys
@ajakuk14 жыл бұрын
Best ever episode 😂😂😂😂
@richardspandley63873 жыл бұрын
They stuck a piece of chewing gum in the record protect hole 😆
@peterdavies29603 жыл бұрын
Trevor Evans the Bus from Fireman Sam would sing along with this 😂
@abbeycat642524 күн бұрын
I’ve just laughed so hard at this that I have the hiccups..
@13vanhalen2 жыл бұрын
they don't make comedies like this anymore
@robertcater71163 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 😂😂😂
@syteanric3 жыл бұрын
Mrs Worboys makes this scene! 😂😂😂😂
@Wodehousean Жыл бұрын
Rip Doreen Mantle!
@danielwilliamson61805 жыл бұрын
One of One Foot In The Grave's funniest moments. 0:25 - 1:15.
@richardlyons12765 жыл бұрын
Why oh why do I find Annette Crosbie attractive here? I always think Victor punches above his league. I mean is it cos I just turned 40?
@speakertreatz Жыл бұрын
Not at all
@nicholasrogers72764 жыл бұрын
They predicted pump attendants everywhere
@ryangriffin18 Жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Doreen Mantle x
@railwayman69016 жыл бұрын
Nice one Luke.Good stuff.
@dclark988 Жыл бұрын
Rip Mrs worboys.
@fozzie5000 Жыл бұрын
Haha. Brilliant 😂😂
@alexlyons58563 жыл бұрын
Love the show fucking love the song mint as fuck 😄😄😄