This is one of the funniest comedy sketches ever!!

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Oh dear, hadn't seen this for years, classic Dave Allen 🤣

[@davidmouzayek3764]

There is something about these types of skits that make it just that much classier. No words spoken, smooth, slow, but so perfect

[@MB-tb6jy]

That's why I enjoy watching Mr. Bean. No cheap jokes or vulgar languages. Just pure foolery.

[@RememberThiswithDeniseBoland]

I agree

[@garbage4638]

Maybe the music

[@srkbhayo]

witty and smart

[@unknownuser8454]

No words spoken..?

[@infaqkhan2222]

British comedy, not many words, smooth and well build up to the end. Just love em

[@Methilde]

The best side of britain :) Unexpected ending, great.

[@Nilguiri]

​@@Methilde Not really! It was the most obvious ending in the world. As soon as I saw the other people in the café, I knew exactly what was going to happen. And Dave Allen was Irish, although this was filmed in Ruislip. But, apart from that, you're right! Cheers.

[@onesong2001]

Dave was Irish, not British.

[@Methilde]

@onesong2001 South Irish?

[@junior4654junior]

@@onesong2001 yes he was, but this is still a British comedy clip broadcast by the BBC. He didn't do any much TV in Ireland, in fact RTE banned him, lol.

[@kooroshsadri8888]

Now seriously, I didn't expect that!

[@funnyvideosandmemes151]

same

[@funnyvideosandmemes151]

same

[@JoeTheViewer]

Right 😂

[@maureenm8462]

I seen this clip many times and it's still funny

[@DennisD-D]

the wind blew the bill away and landed right where a car was going to park and the same procedure was repeated. That was my guess

[@keithrich8373]

Undoubtedly a class apart.Never be another Dave Allen.May his God go with him😅😅❤

[@MonaichFother]

Would've been even funnier if it turned out the cafe owner had set this up each time. :D

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

Brilliant

[@hollye549]

That what I thought! I was expecting that twist at the end…

[@minicle426]

Wouldn't surprise me if any actual Cafes got the idea from this.

[@richardgraham2303]

lol just thinking the same 😂

[@murrayblack1078]

Yes.. that is exactly what i thought. I was waiting for a thumbs up and a smile from the café staff/management

[@henryhadabona6558]

everything was so subtle. absolutely hilarious!

[@lukemitchell1975]

thats one good way of getting the customers lol

[@CaesiusX]

I was pleasantly surprised by the conclusion. Usually one can spot where such a thing will go. 🤣

[@jayess8714]

Did not expect that. Perfect. Just perfect.

[@r-leanmygirl-gj2kt]

I found it predictable.

[@goldfinger4967]

You just cannot beat British comedy. Brilliant!

[@deanosaur808]

Especially when it's made by an Irish man 😂👍

[@Nilguiri]

Dave Allen was Irish, but go on.

[@aclark903]

@@NilguiriI suspect not all of his writers were..

[@Nilguiri]

​@@aclark903 Yes, that's true. Dave Allen lived in the UK from the 1950s until his death in 2005, and English writers contributed to his shows, including well-known names like Graham Chapman and Terry Jones (later of Monty Python), Barry Cryer, and Chris Langham. Cheers.

[@junior4654junior]

This would never appear in Ireland at the time. Irish broadcaster RTE banned him in 1977. Like Father Ted, this is as British as chicken tikka masala.

[@leighpotter8735]

British comedy is the best. Mr. Bean, Fawlty Towers, and the skits like what’s posted here. Thanks for a laugh today.

[@reggycide]

Dave Allen was a classic. Did a TV show here in Australia too.

[@owenh1190]

Loved his work, I consider myself lucky that my parents let me stay up to watch The Dave Allen Show on Friday nights.

[@billorr2213]

Quite a few English comedy and crime programmes had seasons filmed in Australia in the 1970’s. I suppose production costs and budgets allowed for it during that period. There was the notional attachment between the two countries as well. Britain as ‘Old Blighty’ and Australia as a member of the ‘British Commonwealth of Nations’. Tastes seemed solidly fastened to Anglo-Australian preferences. Still, it resulted in some pretty good British comedy that we may not have been enjoying in other circumstances.

[@ClaireQuinn566]

Dave Allen - great Irish man. He was brilliant.

[@cwavt8849]

Not a single swear word, no nudity, just human nature and big laughs. Well done

[@onesong2001]

Yes, it would have been nice to have a little nudity in this scene.

[@ISAK.M]

This is the definition of old school comedy this is for sure something my dad would have laughed at lol

[@kevino4846]

Mine too, had a great sense of humor.

[@JohnJohnson-yv5xg]

Loved watching Dave Allen at Large. I remember him doing a monologue telling a joke about a Protestant and a Catholic. He had a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other . Classic stuff

[@JohnJohnson-yv5xg]

He would take puff and then a drink. He sat the drink down and after he took another puff he went to remove the cigarette but dropped it on his coat with the ashes getting on it. Laughed about using the wrong hands while drinking and smoking. (He had part of his finger missing lol)

[@anonymousshitposter1743]

British humour knows no bounds.

[@manchuriancandybar864]

So does Bangla humour.

[@anonymousshitposter1743]

@Brian Howard humour* and also you forgot your gazillion laugh tracks to go alongside that comment.

[@minicle426]

Ironically, Dave Allen is Irish.

[@deanosaur808]

@minicle426 English mother though, and moved to England when he was 14, and died in London. I'm not trying to claim him, half English/Irish myself 😎

[@junior4654junior]

@@minicle426 maybe so, but this sketch is British. Dave's standup is uniquely Irish. A wonderful comedian.

[@imjustabloke]

That's the best ending ever😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jessejames6041]

Denise that is so funny!!!Thank you!!! R.B.

[@brilliantmindsproductionac6428]

I seen this before😁😁😁 it is a classic thanks for the memories

[@StevieObieYT]

Well that's one reason to sit down for a cup of tea... They're all very classy... 😂

[@freqenc]

Boy, took me by suprise! I'd figured, behind the fence and such but not the diner. British comedy is sooo much better. Thank you.

[@mrshifter5007]

This is Ruislip, junction of Ducks Hill Road and Reservoir Road. The cafe closed years back but the building remained until 2020. The two women pushing the prams were not actors, they were people who lived a few houses up the street and were unaware of any filming .

[@helend269]

Thank you, just found it on Streetview thanks to your info. 🙂 I wonder why they chose to film it there. It's miles away from the BBC.

[@THREESISTERS15]

Love inside information

[@marcofarias8726]

Thank you ,for the information. I found it on streetview. Greetings from Brazil.

[@marekryszard]

I lived in Ruislip Manor in about 1968/69. Born in Woolwich, East London, 1961. The comedian's name was David Allen, I believe . . .?

[@janeamandaford4199]

💥💐💖 THANKS! 💖🌹💥

[@HumberNorton]

I did NOT expect that! Brilliant!

[@xFR0ZENxFLAMESx]

Remember watching Dave Allen with my parents when I was a kid. This is a classic.

[@EsseJD]

Gotta Love ❤️ Dave Allen👍

[@Glenfunnyman]

He was the don.

[@craigslist474]

I never saw that one coming! 😄😄😄 Bravo! Bravo!👏👏👏

[@Eltonlaleham]

This video is awesome in billions of ways.

[@niansenx]

Oh God! I was trying to think what the punchline was and it still got me!

[@ARMYUB]

Different class, top draw 😎✌💓

[@akoyoat]

the comedy is universal love it

[@simplytruth9729]

That was funny!! I needed this at 11:00 pm in America. Thanks

[@ruicorreia7882]

Simple and briliant.

[@bubbaray575]

Loved watching Dave Allen....a comedic genius ....40 years ago, sigh.

[@seiph80]

I definitely didn't see THAT coming!

[@deegeraghty9426]

Brilliant! Unexpected ending 😂

[@paultaylor7082]

Brilliant, Dave Allen at his best.

[@annapaolavolpe1099]

I never supposed a similar end😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.......british gags are always the best way to make laughing!!!!!!Too much amazing!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂thanks so much!!!!!I laugh till next week,sleeping also!!!!!

[@robertmac9057]

Classic, and love that groovy 70s music.

[@JiembaSands]

Amazing XD

[@LararenDaniel]

I did not expect that! Great ending!

[@nikoleon1897]

Great sketch

[@rickarnold6704]

Dave Allen was a master of sketch comedian

[@DJ-ct6so]

Dave Allen was a comedic genius. Of all his sketches that I can remember, the two competing funeral gigs racing each other to the grave site was the most memorable, at least for me. And his tale about the earthworm and the whiskey.

[@janeamandaford4199]

🌈🥸🌺 Ta very much for reminder of "Dueling Funerals"! 👌 💐 🙏 😽😄CHRZ 😃 from New Zealand! 🇳🇿 😀 🙏

[@DJ-ct6so]

@@janeamandaford4199 I also live in NZ (Hamilton) -- looks like great kiwi minds enjoy the same humour :)

[@dviate3242]

Dave Allen was a fantastic comic, either stand up or sketch!

[@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones9585]

I watched this on TV a long time ago as a child, and for several years after I somehow remembered it as being a Stanley Baxter sketch. Strange how memory can play tricks like that.

[@palmieritv1109]

who found this video while sitting at home and typed in "funny comedy clips"

[@BertGrink]

I had searched for "British Comedy", but i think that's close enough.

[@palmieritv1109]

BertyFromDK this video kind of reminds me of me bean

[@cuchulain55]

i typed in top ten best comedy skecthes.

[@andrewr3973]

Me. (about 5 mins ago)

[@wunderkammer_co]

Me

[@musicteacher5757]

LOL! Laughed so loud I woke my cat up!

[@ashraf2661]

Dave is sorely missed ...RIP !!!

[@robingould9465]

It is the best ever. Not a huge fan of the late Dave Allen, but this is still top-drawer material.

[@brianford8493]

Dave Allan.... Brilliant!!!

[@justgivemethetruth]

Dave Allen was reallyl funny, I remember that we have British Comedy night on PBS TV and the Dave Allen show was always hilarious.

[@jadedengineeringstudent]

This is why I love British comedy

[@rocknral]

Seen this many times, but i still got to laugh.

[@joeblogs5163]

The road sweeper, should have been Trigger 😂😂😂😂

[@hunter2442]

I laughed so hard I cried, I chocked and almost had a heart attack 😂😂😂

[@yowzephyr]

Heh heh. I saw this long ago. But I couldn't remember the ending. So just now I experienced the surprise ending all over again. Very cute sketch. Classic.

[@Joyce-t2f]

British humor is brillant!! LOL

[@craigbrowning9448]

I always liked the incidental music on this sketch.

[@masterpep7218]

Epic. I thought he'll be looking for the owner in the cafe, who will want to be bribed with his usual morning coffee to move the car, but then when he does move it, he'll pick up the money right away.

[@jameslatimer1432]

Can't remember the last time I see a road sweeper in London😮😮😮😢😢😢

[@bill-fk7tl]

WATCH MORE DAVE ALLEN IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY Phenomenal

[@grb024]

I was waiting for the waitress to go move her car and retrieve her money, then come back in and say, “It works every time…”

[@karinmanuel7393]

Die Gier nach Wachstum hat alle erfasst😄

[@johnfrancis4809]

Very good. Thank you

[@dkeith45]

My fave Dave Allen sketch is when a man is shown to lead a WILD life, then falls off a cliff to his death on the rocks below. When they turn the man over it's apparent by his collar that he is a priest, LOL : )

[@amulyamishra5745]

Plot Twist: The restaurant owner put that note there and the car belongs to him 😂

[@deborahgonzalezknight168]

Dave Allen was wonderful.

[@MrSullismom]

I needed that good laugh!!!!

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

This was good. 😁

[@stevehageman6785]

Dave was great. Monty Python with an Irish twist!

[@faisalmohamedabdulla3600]

One of the best.

[@michaelairley2015]

Brilliant, never seen this one

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Dave Allen was brilliant.

[@Glenfunnyman]

Totally agree.

[@innersting3174]

bravo..a skit worth watching

[@DarrenFinley]

Puts me in mind of Benny Hill! Great Comedy!😁👍

[@rockahbilly76]

So bleedin' clever!!!

[@PigeonsPie1]

The way all the patrons leave through the door. Like the 3-stoogies

[@nw8000]

I remember seeing this when it was broadcast!

[@AuntyShaPray]

Dave Allan was in a league of his own.

[@markharris4539]

Great sketch! 👍

[@leos2098]

Gute Werbung für's Cafe! 😂😂😂

[@kamilkarnale6010]

😂😂😂British comedy ! Superb!

[@kaybee5150]

Dave Allen. Sheer comic genius.

[@sirrichardrichard5655]

Good night and may your God go with you

[@GothamSnow]

That setup to the punchline 👌

[@timmyscroggins1962]

That was funny !!!!!!! ❤

[@sicks6six]

Dave Allen was one funny man,

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Classic British comedy,classic Dave Allen💎I remember an interview from a Sunday paper in the late 70s where early in his career one of the most difficult things he had to do was keep a straight face outside in the rain while taking into a microphone covered with a condom .."it was the only way we could keep out the water!" he said 💎RIP Dave Auckland New Zealand 2024

[@jukeboxjohnnie]

I guessed the end as soon as we saw the cafe

[@Tracey-t4n]

The older the funnier as it is something that people would do 😂😂😂😂 🙌🏻💚🇮🇪

[@robertm7071]

Just pure fun. No swearing. No nastiness or PC crap. What a classier and kinder age it was.....and packed full of talent, unlike today.

[@johno4521]

Me & my mum used to watch this but my dad was straight laced and hated it. He didn't like the funeral sketches. He'd always leave the room while it was on!

[@reid0oh]

Holy cow, now this right here is classic comedy. We will never have humour again because, to top this, is just impossible. If i had a nickel for every time I laughed outwardly I'd have 10 pounds (get it, like in the skit). Anyways I'm gonna go cry into my hands because I know I'll never laugh or be happy again.

[@rods1379]

I didn't see that one coming!

[@Yoctopory]

I was expecting it to be the owner of the café who placed the bill under the car XD

[@nonothik]

I expected that the car and the note would turn out to be the cafe owner's 😅

[@SkuliBragason-xc7jl]

Dave Allen is classic .

[@norb6492]

And you know who placed it there in the first place? The Cafe owners.

[@siminjalily664]

Brilliant is the only word