Singing, Ringing Tree spoof by The Fast Show

[@steveNCB7754]

Saw the original TV series as a child - still receiving counciling in my retirement LOL.

[@MaxxPower101]

The bit where it plays Cars cracks me up every time.

[@cheyennebrennan966]

Best Parts: -A REALLY random Warwick Davis cameo -Discovering Gary Numan has fans even amongst bridges -Simon Day looking FABULOUS! 😂😂❤❤

[@MikeSparrow]

This is one of the best sketch shows ever made in the uk.

[@mattclub85]

You're absolutely bloody right it is

[@oldjake]

The original kids' TV series on which the sketch is based had a strong effect on its audience, no doubt including members of the Fast Show. So, the sketch is relevant to perhaps half the members of a particular five to ten year age range.

[@KaydeyRai]

The Gary Numan bit on the bridge is perfection

[@jrp312]

It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen

[@impbr]

The memory of the last image 'kinda lingers'.

[@ians5597]

Only one like for that reference, and that's me! I don't get the lack of likes, but I do get the reference 😉

[@MrSimonmcc]

Ah, Not The Nine O'clock News.

[@maverlk7]

@@ians5597last ever episode of Not the Nine oclock news…. The memory kinda lingers 😂

[@sassquadsteve]

Never knew Warwick Davis was in a Fast Show sketch. Immortality beckons!

[@Ian_sheridanuk]

Oooh utterly butterly!

[@jamespasifull3424]

That was just a tiny bit weirder than the original!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@karensmith2215]

There was once a poll that voted The Singing Ringing Tree the most frightening thing ever shown on children's television. Somehow it managed to include everything that would give children nightmares. I first saw it as a child in the sixties in black and white. It was only when it was repeated in the seventies (when a whole new lot of kids were traumatised) that I realised it had been filmed in eye-watering technocolour, which took it to a whole new level of weirdness.

[@tamar5261]

I've never forgotten the evil midget

[@niallmartin9063]

As a child in Dublin, I watched it through my fingers but couldn't look away. A triumph of East German cinema, still though the bear, the evil dwarf . . . . .

[@leeder92]

It completely fucked me up. 😬😵‍💫

[@22pcirish]

I remember the show and recall how weird it was!

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Technocolour - when spelling mistakes still aren't wrong.

[@gordonm7038]

Cars by Gary Numan on the bridge!

[@tripzville7569]

Yes indeed it is lol.

[@nibbenjamin]

Good old Warwick Davis!! :)

[@BriGuyIL1980]

I'd love to see the bloopers on this skit.

[@crealnej]

Love this sketch. Nice touch with "Cars" by Gary Numan there.

[@tomenglishmusic6808]

This is just brilliant, in so many ways.

[@tamar5261]

A masterpiece in my eyes

[@oldjake]

I've read that the first showing by Auntie was in November 1964. I should think I was first aware of it in 1966 and must've seen the series three or four times. The maximum effect was obtained while suffering a dose of `flu!

[@chessoc7799]

I looked at the original and I never knew it was in colour :) mind you we had a b/w tv back in the seventies.

[@scopex2749]

I saw the original Sing Ringing Tree when I was 4 years old..................it terrified me in B&W a lot scarier especially watching behind the sofa!

[@jimmenaman]

This scared the shit out of me when i was younger!!!!

[@vicsaul5459]

Utterly butterly! The German original is a classic, watch for flying green trolls when in forests!!

[@alexclarkemusic4436]

Utterly Butterly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnp8131]

Brilliant. I was just talking about the original to my wife, who'd never heard of it. Found out it was East German and the missus is West German. Probably didn't broadcast much of each others stuff back in the fifties and sixties? She should see this though!

[@bapsmcginty4782]

I have the original on DVD. it was a novelty gift from my older brother for my sixtieth birthday . Still, it scared the shit out of me in the sixties/seventies. 👻

[@leeosborne3793]

"Tu stupido slappa!"

[@Maplax]

2:15

[@94popart]

2:26 CHRISSS WADDLEEE! the first time I saw this I just couldn't stop laughing

[@neils0501]

The look on Arabella's face at 1:53 - 'he does this every time'

[@richardmorton4762]

Anyone old enough to remember The Singing, Ringing Tree?

[@QueenAmethyst55]

@Aspie Mt69 Used to give me nightmares 😱

[@chrisrowl5001]

👍🏼

[@denisemackay1411]

Yep 😂😂😂

[@MrTommybigpotatoes]

Yes I Do and that's why I Hate Warwick Davis .

[@kevinstephenson4674]

@@MrTommybigpotatoes You fool, Warwick Davies wasn't in the actual Singing Ringing Tree, it was an East German film.

[@muddwetguy]

@JerryTKangaroo It was part of the gag - a sort of gag within a gag. The Fast Show sketch show had a regular slot featuring a mythical 'Channel 9', a sort of parody on what Brits think are really bad TV channels in (probably) Latin America. They are speaking a sort of joke 'foreign language'. Within that slot they then often made a gag out of TV shows that people would be familiar with in Britain - in this case an East German cult TV series from the 60s called the Singing Ringing Tree

[@markboon341]

Originally made in 1957 I believe, but aired in the 60s with the help of children's TV programmes producer, Biddy Baxter MBE !

[@holytriplem5959]

Not Latin America, just Southern Europe in general. The idea was that you'd go to a Mediterranean beach resort on holiday, turn on your hotel TV and have no idea what the fuck was going on.

[@aporue5893]

''disgusting demonessa sausage dog flap du morte!'' LOL!!!

[@leod-sigefast]

As a teenager in the 90s who had a bit of a crush on Arabella Weir, the final scene was quite ... exciting! It certainly left a mark in the memory.

[@oldjake]

Lame? It's British silliness at its finest!

[@Deepingpaul71]

Love the ending 😯

[@ZuluRomeo]

Simon Day in drag is always funny.

[@gordonm7038]

Zulu Romeo He's a brilliant comedian!

[@jtpinnyc]

There is something about him which is absolutely hilarious

[@davidharris4062]

The original was scary, but we were brought up tough in the 60’s 😂😂😂

[@GavTatu]

warwick davis being typecast yet again.

[@Johnconno]

I took LSD when I was 7 years old to watch this, it... changed me.

[@WireMosasaur]

Is that a very young warwick davis without a single line?? my god xD

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Haha, at least the decapitated guy gets lucky in the end.

[@EdgeMan]

YEAH that bit has me in stitches every time

[@oldjake]

It was a BBC programme, originally aired in the United Kingdom in 1997.

[@agentfarnsworth]

Not that early, he was in Return of the Jedi 15 years before this!

[@churchy99]

The fast show was BRILLIANT! I loved the randomness of this sketch. I can tell it's parody (because I recognise the style of show from older ones, but what is it inspired by exactly) I still find it funny even though it seems to be a bit of an in-joke. Also cars by gary numan on the steps was great and everyone in this scene is awesome!

[@kevinstephenson4674]

It's a take off of a 1959 East German TV show The Singing Ringing Tree that.wss broadcast bu the BBC in the 1960's and scared the Willie's of half the kids who watched it. Deeply creepy like many fairy tales can be.

[@voiskumbeaver3285]

It's great that the sketch works even when you're not familiar with the source.

[@markxist]

The Fast Show, best skecth series of the last 20 years. Little Britain take heed

[@trustnoone81]

Mr Hoppy... mentale!

[@ZuluRomeo]

Bono estente kiddies

[@LaughingPsycho]

I loved the original and Robinson Crusoe and that Disney Zorro series.

[@Renzsu]

Chris Waddle!

[@aporue5893]

utterly butterly! Pipi snau!

[@ZZombyWooff]

I'm not sure what the fuck just happened. but I'm glad it happened

[@danielwilliamson6180]

3:06 "Rollocks!" LOL

[@jonathankieranwriter]

That’s Warwick Davis (Willow, Leprechaun movies) as the dwarf!

[@vividius7951]

and this pretty much sums it up

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

Utterly butterly .😆😆

[@JRHartly1984]

This is classic comedy! This was the number one comedy prgram of its day and it's still funny which is more than can be said of Ricky Gervais and the Mighty Boosh who people only like because its popular to like them.

[@gionnijohnson408]

The fact they based this off of a German fairytale film is just hilarious!🤣

[@eris535]

I don't know whether to cry or laugh at what I just saw... In doubt we pretend we haven't seen anything

[@MikeSparrow]

I love the way the bridge music is cars by gary numan

[@mattclub85]

Simon as the witch amazing....

[@rokker101]

awesome!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Warwick Davis and Arabella Weir have both appeared in Doctor Who.

[@tonyandthewhoniverse8527]

Daniel Williamson I used to watch that..

[@0ceanicify]

Arabella Weir appeared as The Australian Doctor Who.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@0ceanicify She's an alternate universe version of The Doctor in the audio productions.

[@jellicle2023]

And it will only ever resonate with those of a certain age!

[@TheDivineMissJayvee]

Rollocks !

[@yorkiecob]

Laughed all way through, fabulous! But why did the witch look like Angela Merkel!?

[@blah5533]

2.52 best bit of horsemanning yet!

[@mrspivvy]

yes, that bit cracked me up too

[@harrybuik9763]

No child in Scotland since 1964 has ever married a princessen what happened to the golden fish , love to know ,it was a great 3 part tales from Europe , also the girl with the golden hair ,and the tinder box , also never go 8nside a tree 🌳 lol 🙂🙂

[@mattclub85]

Ooooo utterly butterly

[@perardua966]

What just happened? OMG 😂

[@paulbrown7622]

Seems that Geeta had a staring roll in this

[@silverascal]

This is really terrific! Thanks for sharing. Where/When did this air? I'm laughing out loud!

[@waynesWyrdWorld]

Rollocks.

[@jamesavalos4555]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣 that's the gold 🥇

[@LikeMothsToAFlame]

Is that Warwick Davis?

[@matelot95]

Isn't that Warwick Davis?

[@jimmenaman]

Best hethethethethe ever!!lol

[@lisie2853]

What the fuck did I just watched? lol

[@djs66]

Does anyone have the CHANNEL 9 Christmas Nativity Sketch??

[@JIMHARVEY0]

Ton Holy Sprog?! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZDHZXeuo9mpaJY

[@djs66]

@@JIMHARVEY0 Awesome find!! Thank you!

[@vhseshproductions2378]

My dreams

[@Moloko_b]

Silly slapppa lol 😂

[@jamierourketen]

suit you!

[@levyashin23]

@3:15 'The Music Lovers'

[@jamespasifull3424]

If you don't get the references, you won't get the jokes! It's not 'bad-comedy', it's just beyond your understanding!! 🤣 Me? I thought it was funny as f**k!! 🤣

[@ZZombyWooff]

FALIA HELLA CHRIS WADDLEEEEE

[@umegoyomi]

I just found out this is not a made up story LOL

[@antonycullen6225]

UTTERLY BUTTERLY!!!! 2:36

[@Terppa777]

The original: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZm5d5avab-Af8k

[@izaakfarrington7751]

3:06 😂😂😂

[@asldkjaslkdj]

Chris Waddle.

[@umbongoSpud]

Chris Waddle

[@94popart]

1:56 gary numan!

[@FrankNFurter1000]

2:04 TU STUPIDO SLAPPPPAAAA

[@LuDux]

You know, for children

[@aporue5893]

PIPI SNAU

[@danielwilliamson6180]

0:24

[@churchy99]

sorry I am very stupid and didn't read the title properly!

[@stuagu]

pant wettingly funny

[@Phil-1]

the the the the.

[@flaneur5560]

As I recall, in the oiriginal the princes was cursed with ugliness and was turned ... into a brunette!

[@brain8484]

no she had green hair you plonker