She doesn't have the range.

Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones in conversation. They don't have the range...

[@Lisa13245]

“Shirley Bassey?” “She doesn’t have the range. I’m sorry, Shirley; I love her to bits, but she doesn’t have the range.” “But that’s you.” ” I don’t care. I don’t have the range.”

[@ernstjohannes37]

Lisa13245 I LAUGHED. SO. HARD. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ernstjohannes37]

4:39

[@hummingbirdcity]

Still cracks me up, even though I expect it.

[@Redge.]

Lisa13245 😂😂😂 omfg I can't breathe

[@gorgjesss]

No one has the range. 💯😅

[@SixEightySeven]

I will never tire of saying 'doesn't have the range'. I do not care how few or how many people get the reference. It is the greatest line ever. You are privileged to have heard it.

[@tigerfeet2813]

😂😂 like your style

[@dammitstephen]

I shoe horn it into any conversation I possibly can. "Wanna go to the gym today?" "I don't have the range."

[@staycurious644]

It’s truly iconic.

[@willgiles6848]

You say you will never tire of it, but darling, you haven’t got the range!

[@zackhanson4788]

You use a Welsh accent, of course?

[@galaxyseal5081]

"Paul McCartney" "She doesn't have the range"

[@CoryMck]

Well she doesn't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@QueeGeeSproggitt]

Cory Mck how long did it take for you to do that instead just using the "🤷🏻‍♀️" emoji

[@cherrybledsoe3638]

😂

[@Rogerthatx10]

Inadvertent but true. Didn’t laugh on that one. Lol

[@adonaiyah2196]

There's no such place as Sheffield

[@NothingCanDescribeUs]

"And... what about you, Shirley, do men throw their pants at you when you're onstage?" "Darling, they try, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ThE RANGE!!"

[@calvinmirandamoritz4507]

that voice has been in my head saying that... for years now

[@calvinmirandamoritz4507]

that voice has been in my head saying that... for years now

[@kahuna3901]

This is the greatest line the ever did. Just hilarious

[@demarcos69]

I just kept cracking up because all Shirley's hits all have the same damn note, Brilliant

[@stewartfraser2574]

I know,;I do loads of Shirley songs and they usually revolve around Bb, well, when I do them they do, maybe I just don't have the range!!

[@BilliePosters]

@@stewartfraser2574 hahaha

[@yourmomschesthair8233]

she doesn't have the range lol

[@johnpopo8440]

@@yourmomschesthair8233 whatevs

[@SuperStargazer666]

Wish I could sing like Shirley, I don't have the range😐

[@theesamnightingale2474]

SuperStargazer666 no one has the range

[@kutestsnails7331]

I love you darling but you don’t have the range.

[@adonaiyah2196]

You know she made Happy Birthday 😫😫

[@pch2230]

Neither does she.

[@PistachioDean]

"Billie Eilish?" "She doesn't have the range. NO TIME TO DIEEEEEEAHHHH There. That's how it should be sung."

[@headoverheels88]

Okay this one made me cackle out loud

[@madmadameminx]

I'm dying!

[@tigerfeet2813]

😂😂😂

[@Silent-Queen]

Well, it’s true though! She doesn’t have the range!

[@Hasief]

Actually she does have the range 😂 www.nme.com/news/music/dame-shirley-bassey-says-billie-eilish-did-a-good-job-on-bond-theme-2822072

[@KINGBADASS100]

Matt’s performance as Shirley is legitimately masterful.

[@Walkingfunny]

"Dahling they try, but they don't have the RANGE!!"

[@EpicWingmanXIII]

The whole thing was leading up to that moment and it was glorious.

[@randomstuff1826]

Did you manage to see each other's shows? " I didn't get a chance darling I was only there for twenty seven years"

[@rachelm.a.4224]

and Tom Jones was only there for three hundred

[@maksuud8698]

''Oh, I've seen that film, pure fantasy...People aren't unemployed. There's no such place as Sheffield. It's utter rubbish.'' My ribs cracked from laughter.

[@emmadupuy5331]

Can someone explain that joke?

[@rhyswatkins7545]

Shirley Bassey is a bit eccentric or doolaly.

[@Tylerpierre99]

it plays on the joke that Shirley is a diva and is pretty far removed from reality.

[@Tylerpierre99]

as the song goes..."they who have nothiiiiiiiing"

[@marlinesouffrant5619]

If anyone is looking for the "doesn't have the range" part. it's 5:05-5:25

[@PsyrenXY]

Jesus christ thank you

[@rudymartin8583]

thanks my dude

[@qwerky1309]

Thanks, because this is overly long!

[@randaratliff4327]

Good Looking Out! ✌🏽

[@georich93]

Not all hero's wear capes

[@SixEightySeven]

I've finished the Internet and this is my favourite video,

[@kekoakaawa8879]

This interview is iconic. It’s so iconic that I don’t have the range to express just how iconic it is.

[@tenaciousdewsfx5793]

😂😂😂😂

[@hepa00lepa]

I don't care, I don't have the range I crack up every time. I've rewatched it so many times lmfao

[@garyhenkle2557]

dickpigging101 me too

[@trevdjmrbeaver3150]

Ha ha ha brilliant

[@lol365]

"He's putting me off darling, I've had so many hits...Happy Birthday to you..."

[@craigmurphy70128]

I cant decide whether that ones my favorite or "Tomorrow Never DIIIIIEEES, there thats how it should be sung"

[@Matthewgreen7779311]

Shirley literally did the entire interview lying down. That’s a diva.

[@sayanalimana697]

So true 😭😭😭

[@karma2.098]

She saw a darling film darling! 😀

[@jenniferirwin82]

She's not here to make friends. 🤣

[@omargoodnesssake]

Shirley: “It was very tough darling. Living in a small Welsh mining village and growing up black.” Tom: “Well it was worst for me. Living in a small Welsh mining village and growing up Welsh.”

[@saragilchrist5749]

Best line ever

[@Knappa22]

Shirley actually grew up in Tiger Bay in Cardiff’s docklands. Very diverse even back then.

[@snelopy]

i love how the camera drifts eerily towards Tom's crotch all the time

[@DeadChocobo]

+snelopy it does doesn't it...i noticed at the end, but then going back it's sometimes resting there when they cut back to him. lol

[@wohdinhel]

as it should

[@PMATLomos]

Probably their best ever sketch. Love it.

[@darrylweathers6764]

'Yeesss I am the voice of Bond dahling. The DIAMONDS THEY ARE FOREVER SIR! THE MOONRAKER KNOOOOOWWSS!! THE GOLDFINGAAAAHH!! All the songs my dahling.' LOOOOL

[@JayRicci7891]

You didnt do em all, I did Thunderball.

[@darrylweathers6764]

I think youre mistaken dahling thats one of mine. THE THUNDERBALLS ARE FOREVER SIIIRRRR!!!

[@lewistricker8058]

darling?

[@tarync6539]

"You're a wicked boy trying to seduce me!" 🤣

[@maree-mareesongwriter6226]

"The diamonds they are forevarsarrrhhh.....the goldfingarrrhhh". She sings like that LOL.

[@BadmanPictures]

as an American from Chicago, I just found this show and this is basically my everything rn

[@ambidextra_ambidextra]

Can I also recommend Star Stories

[@lewistricker8058]

cool, welcome to britain!

[@rifaif7119]

"All the hits darling." Just perfect and never gets old even after watching repeatedly over the years.

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

I love it when Matt plays sassy women. XD "I LAV TO MAKE LAV TO YOU DAHLING." XD

[@MrLarryhoover425]

You again!

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

Nice to see you too XD

[@McPartygirl18]

"You're a wicked boy dahling trying to seduce me dahling" 😂😂😂

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

LMAO You can see where Bubbles came from xDDD

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

"OOO take your hands of meeeeh!!" 😂😂

[@leftyla]

2:40 Ferrrerro Rocherr schhocolat, my dahling. lol My god... this skit is hilarious!!

[@girlgirl55]

I’ve got to say, Jamie Theakston is brilliant in this. His horrified and baffled reactions are spot-on.

[@franklingoodwin]

Jamie Squeakston* 😉😂

[@thelouisfanclub]

I wish I could be as self-assured as Shirley Bassey is in this sketch

[@pendafen7405]

Yes! It is the dream to have this much self-awareness and this little self-consciousness.

[@josephstewart2821]

Maybe you could be... If you had the range

[@cherieglam]

What a masterpiece Am I allowed to say that, because I don't have the range!?

[@CekaDStar]

“I’ll meet you around the back, by the bins. Uhh take your hands off me!” 😹😹😹😹😹

[@teamjoffery]

Hahahaha "....but that's you." "I don't care I don't have the range!"

[@dontyoumind524]

I showed this to my dad and now he won’t stop saying “SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE RANGE”

[@kieranwhite6647]

'THE THUNDERBALLS ARE FOREVER SIRRR!'

[@parisn1fan]

He? Tina turner ? Gets me in stitches every time.

[@TomRipley7350]

You mean Dickie Turpin, darling.

[@lukeluke9446]

"People aren't unemployed, there's no such place as Sheffield, utter rubbish" 😂😂😂

[@cooktheant]

The green, green grass of home... Florida.

[@soundseeker63]

For anyone who has seen the original clips of Shirley Bassey when she is drunk, this is all the more hilarious because it is so accurate! :-D Long live Dame Shirley.

[@DistantCousin]

I sought it out and am FASCINATED with that documentary now! Awful drunken jokes about the Bishop Said To The Actress etc!

[@jasonhurd4379]

I love how every song Shirley demonstrates sounds exactly the same. 😂

[@oceans80]

She does bring Thunderball up a key or two to show versatility lol

[@veeganboy]

...and with the insistence "That's how it should be sung." lol

[@KHAAAAAAAANNN]

Hes putting off dahling I've had so many hits, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOU...

[@mushroomhead3619]

Shaka KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

[@ReadyFreddie7]

"I think you're mistaken, darling, that's one of mine...THE THUNDERBALL'S ARE FOREVER SIRRRRRRRR!!!!"

[@thomasduncan-watt3455]

"Shirley, do the men throw their underwear at you too?" "They try, but they don't have the range!"

[@jadiellima8922]

“Paul McCartney?” “She doesn’t have the range”

[@criticalbill2090]

31 people just dont have the range!!!!

[@ritadepeeves]

Bill Proud 52 people now. i love them i adore them but they dont have the range, darlings

[@AstrudWorld]

yaspaige6 61 Now

[@TheBlaxkWolf]

Bill Proud 62 people don't have the range

[@AmbioCompanyInc]

63 now

[@Todo-1996]

Bill Proud 66

[@keythwarren5075]

Jamie theakstone was stunning here. Those closeups don’t take any prisoners!

[@matthewediker6752]

She just doesn't have the range x

[@geekygengar5467]

"Well it was worse for me; living in a small Welsh mining village and growing up Welsh!" xD Gets me every time.

[@NE8675309]

5:24 "I don't care... I don't have the range." I'm dead.

[@MichaelNovakYT]

I love how Lucas’ impersonation of Dame Shirley Bassey was just an early Bubbles Devere! 😂😂

[@zeddeka]

They did that with a couple of their characters. Lou and Andy were basically just Lou Reed and Andy Warhol from rock profiles.

[@puppyhowler]

shirley bassey? she doesn't have the range! that's you... i don't care i don't have the range

[@SuperSar23]

This would have been the greatest snatch game performance of ALL TIME!

[@Camille_Anderson]

💯👐👏👏🤣🤣🤣 the snatch game we all need to see!!

[@MLaker221]

This is the best inside joke between friends... my gosh-- I've been known for years of saying that nobody has the range!!! :) Thanks for uploading this so I could come back to this all these years.

[@paulsmith3128]

One of the funniest sketches period.

[@calvinmirandamoritz4507]

Yes, we all come here over and over again for the "She doesn't have the range" moment... but it's best version is at the end. "Darling, they try !"

[@irkallla]

The casual roasting to each other is killing me inside XD

[@dvdredmond]

David Walliams looks like Fred West here!😱

[@mushroomhead3619]

That's quite frightening eek!

[@lynnehenderson5471]

ha! ha! ha! Magic!!!

[@imnotgayyy8489]

omg!lol

[@howey935]

dvdredmond haha he does as well he should of played him instead of Dominic west.

[@mushroomhead3619]

But then he'd have to murder people!

[@jardon8636]

i laughed so much, i am welsh, i nearly went hysterically insane...

[@pausebeforeviewtube]

i'd never have guessed you were welsh with a last name like _jones_ :)

[@mushroomhead3619]

"I met Tina turner once, he said I was the best singer of my generation" Jamie Theakson: You men she, "No he, buck teeth, pink hat, hair bigger than David Tennant?" Shirley: That's Timmy Turner, dear.

[@madmadameminx]

Still, Turner! 😉

[@sexyone3365]

😭😂 “I hope it’s chips, it’s chip” lol. This was so much fun to watch.

[@ares6953]

i cracked up laughing so hard !! "i don´t care i don´t have the range" bit was so funny

[@hanbinbaik6454]

LOL I don't care I don't have the range

[@spelcheak]

One of my favorite bits in this-that I haven't seen brought up-is that she choose where to live from a Herbie film.

[@joshuabrazile]

"The diamonds are forever sir!" Send flowers to my family, because I died.

[@Ploddypop11]

Ferrerrro roshayy schokolahh mai dahling

[@Biskmut]

*in the tune of Diamonds Are Forever* "TOMORROW NEVER DIIIIES" "There, that's how it should be sung."

[@anorak103]

4:18 = Skyfaaaaaaaaaaaaall I love it when a joke actually gets fresher years after it was written!

[@silentfox8]

"Paul McCartney?" "SHE doesn't have the range" im DYING

[@Danthaman1971]

I would comment on this video But I don't have the range!

[@elisdylan]

Watching David’s welsh accent go from Welsh to Indian cracks me up

[@welshcaesar]

One of the greatest videos on KZbin. What a tonic. Cmon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheGuillermo519]

I keep returning to this over and over. Love it.

[@TomRipley7350]

You don't have the range.

[@TheGuillermo519]

@@TomRipley7350 Still, Turpin.

[@randomstuff1826]

"Have you ever stayed in a trusthouse fortay travel lodge my darling?" "Yes I have" "You're a very wicked boy trying to seduce me"

[@deanroberts3499]

She Doesn’t have the range She doesn’t have the range Doesnt have the range .. but that’s you .. I don’t care I don’t have the range 😂😂😂😂

[@hexipo2352]

“But that’s you” “I don’t care she doesn’t have the range!”

[@DutchessCottonPuff]

LMAO,, HIS show had to be on in the afternoon so the audience could get back to the nursing home

[@starpupilz]

“They try, but they don’t have the range!” Such amazing payoff for that joke

[@raindropsneverfall]

I love Matt Lucas’ mannerisms, esp. in this sketch! :p

[@drumptruck6268]

i came for one line but stayed for all nine and a half minutes of joy

[@blkindians7974]

Lmao she said ive had so many hits and started singing happy birthday to u.

[@mrscotland718]

Their timing is perfect and their reaction looks so real lol makes it the best sketch ever. Perfect example 7:00 to 7:45

[@TThoMusic]

"The green green grass of home!!....Florida."

[@thelouisfanclub]

omg i love this "shirley"

[@RS-vb5kn]

We hope it's chips it's chips! *Serious face* Still kills me to this day

[@danuk2136]

"fried onion rings you'll have to wait and see..WE HOPE ITS CHIP'S ITS CHIP'S WE HOPE IT'S CHIP'S IT'S CHIP'S!"

[@franceleeparis37]

The Brits have always been great at impersonation... but this is another level.. best comedy in the world...

[@AI-tc8fv]

The man who broke the bank of Monte carlooooooooaahhh 1:17

[@93akane]

Am I the only one who thinks the host is hot? 😘😜😂

[@KAvanAlten]

Yes.

[@djpheeze]

No. Everyone thought he was hot at the time. Then he disappeared for a bit. These days, he's, like a 7/10-tops dad-bod type.

[@sweetchavacano2]

What is his name?

[@djpheeze]

Jamie Theakston. I think he presents some daytime game show or something.

[@EfHaichDee]

Obviously not. Shirley Bassey thinks he's hot too.

[@untidyecho9916]

Tom Jones pissed on my friend's nan's doorstep once.

[@JPMJPM]

Was that in Wales?

[@theeverchosen1504]

As a Welsh person this is hilarious!

[@tarikgec6102]

THE funniest thing i've seen in my life😂

[@manbro3260]

7:52 The Face of the Interviewer is so perfect, So much bewilderment causes these strange inhabitants, the man deserves a BAFTA!

[@TheFever77]

7:35 The fact that she’s singing a commercial about panty-liners LMAO.

[@BossySwan]

I quote this when discussing electric cars

[@ChaosZeus999]

Call me Bubbles dear, everybody does

[@pausebeforeviewtube]

*call me Bubbles, _darling_. everybody does

[@joneve8347]

I tried to watch this on my broadband but I didn't have the range...

[@odin8010]

I don't care I don't have the range!

[@LusciousTwinkle]

Legendary....Shes right - they dont have the range....

[@ginawhoever9734]

these are all hilarious but this one in particular makes me laugh like some dog with mange. these two were so destined to do comedy together.

[@Camille_Anderson]

anyone else see how Shirley morphed into the almighty Goddess that we know as Bubbles?? absolute legend!! this is truly one of their best. Wish they'd collaborate again. 💯🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@dirtgirl6227]

I watch this video at least once a week. it's so much more than the meme. every moment a perfection