Hale and Pace - Mr.Popular

[@russellford5597]

When you think of what we have to settle for in TV comedy these days. Norman and Gareth are criminally underrated in the history of TV comedy. This sketch is a work of genius.

[@Funkstar124]

Russell Ford Too bloody right. Actually, I can see some material in their clips on KZbin that has been "recycled" by other so called comedians recently. They were brilliant weren't they? Latest thing they did was Benidorm. There is a video of them singing Smoky's "Alice" in the post filming party in Benidorm with the cast and they changed the words to, Chalice? Chalice? Who the f***k is Chalice?" as in Joh Chalice (Boycie) who is was also co-starring. It is on KZbin somewhere too.

[@MrJ-ro1yr]

@@Funkstar124 gavin and Stacy stole alot from hail and pace sketches, Cordan the fat unfunny prick made his name off stolen content.

[@BrianFeral1]

Doesn't seem to even be ANY sketch shows at all these days and decent sitcoms are very rare.

[@geoffpoole483]

Didn't watch much of Hale and Pace when these sketches were first broadcast, but I'm pleasantly surprised to find their sketches have withstood the test of time.

[@georgejacob3162]

I didn't take much notice of them when I was a kid but stone me they're funny!

[@GregKemp-t2z]

'Falling down water' Brilliant.

[@colpope9361]

£2.23 for a pack of 20 and a newspaper?? Those were the days!

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Yes

[@julesviolin]

Yeah but wages were only 50p/hr😅

[@soeffingwhat]

That's only cos it seems cheap now, back then it was "pricey"

[@hermanthetosser4219]

Keep the change! And if you can't be good, be careful

[@hermanthetosser4219]

​@@lp7399 Ur joking, 17 quid for cigs?

[@Madfattdeeb]

When I was younger and worked in a market, there really were customers like this. I didn't mind though, they actually made my day better :)

[@CraigNiel]

There was a contractor used to come into my old works a bit like this guy, always said the same shite jokes! His favourite was if you greeted him with a simple, "Hi, how are you! he'd say, "I'm good thanks, any better and I couldn't stand it"... every single time without fail!

[@criticalbill2090]

We all know somebody like this...and if you don't, chances are it`s YOU

[@deanthomas5977]

There's genuinely people like this and they don't even know it

[@GoogleGoogle-fd6do]

I work in Security, one of my team mates is a fat guy called gary, exactly the same as this guy, wont shutup for one minute, talks absoloute shit and bores everyone, we all try to hide when hes in the room

[@davemustaki134]

When I was growing up people like this got laughed at and they kept quiet now it's normal to act like a wanker

[@deanthomas5977]

@@davemustaki134 are you saying they suck or no?

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

I don't. Oh fuck...

[@granitesevan6243]

These guys made Sunday evening before school way less shit back in the day

[@earlofsandwich7884]

Sundays were a day off but the day before school. Was it on at 10pm? I used to enjoy the show.

[@randyborstol2491]

especially the Swedish sauna sketch - cor blimey!

[@Shuggy1973]

The bit that he spooks the stranger by going woof-woof cracks me up.

[@ashleyporter9547]

"Oh look. 3 aces. That'll be difficult to beat"

[@pumpkinhill4570]

He's so sarcastic though I would have thought it just as likely the guy had nothing and he was trying to help him out.

[@mattmojomusic]

I’m sure we all know a person like that..so hilarious and true at the same time

[@Skipper-j2z]

Might try that today when they are on phone instead of calling them zombie walkers.

[@mkbuddy]

That is hilarious I work in retail and really do get customers like that

[@gungagalunga9040]

He's harmless. We need more characters.

[@Madfattdeeb]

LOL! I remember having customers like this too.

[@Madfattdeeb]

@NumptyMagnet That makes two of us.

[@laurencetitusoates6328]

Well I won't be patronising your establishment again !!!!!

[@motleymenace]

Those customers always mean well though

[@johnnyretro1975]

i forgot how blooy funny these 2 was lol love them

[@GK1976A]

There’s at least one of these types where I work. Strangely though, some people find them amusing.

[@TimZZR2]

You get people like that, i was a window cleaner for 15yrs always used to get "you've missed a bit haha" every bloody day, every person who said it thought they were unique. Only if they knew. Idiots! 😂 If you have a window cleaner don't tell them they missed a bit.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

I tell im to piss off

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

If i had a window cleaner id tell him to piss off.

[@tomservo5007]

tim lightbrown, you seemed to have missed a bit in the corner

[@vladdracul5072]

What's a window and why does it need to be cleaned?

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

Thanks Tim. Have made mental note to tell the window cleaner he's missed a bit next time he comes round.

[@angelamartin5003]

I never forgot this sketch fantastic

[@neildempster2827]

That cake at the end. 😂

[@IsaacWale2004]

"Be good. And if you can't be good, be careful"

[@HeyDoNotSubscribe]

A say this at the end of phone calls

[@brandonp1038]

The thing that makes it funnier is the fact he laughs after each sentence.

[@alanaspinall7147]

i always felt kind of sorry for him, after all in his own twisted way he's a positive person,yet he gose about it completely the wrong way lol

[@oddforestcritter]

No, he's just a wanker

[@alanaspinall7147]

@@oddforestcritter a wanker would imply intent to be an arse, he trying to be nice, he just fucks up on an epic scale

[@vladdracul5072]

@@alanaspinall7147 Obviously even his mother has given up on him.

[@alanaspinall7147]

@@vladdracul5072 a mother that gives up is no mother at all, no matter how anoying he is, he's not a bad person, at at lest should account for something

[@vladdracul5072]

@@alanaspinall7147 I didn't say he's a bad person, he's just thinking everyone else thinks as he does, and his mother, writing wanker on the cake, has given up to teach him otherwise. He's a positive person and that's the problem: being TOO positive makes one invariably lose some or all sense of reality.

[@craigjeffs6733]

I’m actually jealous he gets to commute to work every day and pick up a paper and some darts. Things we took for granted.

[@xx8ballxx]

im a bit of a lad... that bit always gets me lol

[@philipharrison73]

What a duo the cake classic

[@IsaacWale2004]

"Fair to middlings the way I'm diddling as I always say"

[@PhflyDan1]

Flanders

[@foo4572]

Actually as I’m getting older I’m starting to get like this at times and you only just realise when you stop and think 🤔.... 🧐

[@CrystalGreymon]

Maybe you should just stop?

[@mad2007]

We all have met toss pots like this guy haha

[@furtherafield1292]

Inspiration for Colin Hunt, Fast Show

[@SuckMeDidjeridoo]

Morning Tiddly Orning!

[@rub1tan679]

You Forget how funny 😂 these guys are😂😂

[@bluegtturbo]

I can say I used to work with a guy just like that. He'd sweep into the office every morning with a 'Good morning campers!!' and all the heads would go down..

[@IsaacWale2004]

"I really think seeing me set ol' Bob up for the day"

[@IsaacWale2004]

I love this.

[@HalePaceTV]

@aaronstately I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure Little Britain got a few ideas from Hale & Pace too(especially the police line-up sketch)

[@robchissy]

2.23 for a pack of smokes, and the paper, i remember i that cheap and even cheaper

[@stephendines1936]

That would be over a tenner in January 2020.

[@stephendines1936]

That would be over £11 now in January 2020

[@fasthracing]

I remember 10 Players No.6 being 14p. I ain't that old either

[@OdinzEinherjar]

@@fasthracing F off, 10 Regal were 80p when i was 12, im 41, you must be about 60?

[@drawincode1800]

Wanker section

[@specialized29er86]

He'd be a fun catch for some lucky lady.

[@franzherflek4116]

It's sad when you think there's actually poor sods out there like that ,we all know one..... Maybe it's me !

[@James-jl4jt]

“Oh look 3 aces. That’ll be difficult to beat” hahahaha

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

The days when comedy was actually funny 😂

[@IsaacWale2004]

Yeah... and when people didn't call everything racist...

[@hermanthetosser4219]

@@IsaacWale2004 I hear you're a racist now father, how did ye get inta that sort a ting

[@Alkatrask]

Back when we could have Saville and Rolf Harris and them on tv.

[@fookorf]

@@IsaacWale2004 snowflake. Try not being racist you pube headed seat sniffer. Your comedy is wank.

[@fookorf]

there's plenty of good stuff if you look for it. Pleb.

[@malcolmabram2957]

I like him, reminds me of myself. I also put on 'cow-pat' after shave. Great for queues, or crowded shops. Helps getting noticed in pubs too.

[@IsaacWale2004]

"Morning Bob me old mucka!"

[@CrashOrganism]

LMAO @ "Morning Bob me old mucka!" Translate to English Even google does not understand English Thats just made me laugh hard...

[@KillingSpree193]

The Real life Flanders lol.

[@IsaacWale2004]

Yeah, but people like Flanders...

[@scannaunderscore1]

I forgot about these guys, subscribed.

[@TallSilentGuy]

Like an early Colin Hunt prototype.

[@johnking-wm1oz]

You know him too ha

[@anthonyjordan5103]

That’s when comedy was comedy.

[@dnakatomiuk]

Every Sunday night guaranteed this was on the family TV, back when ITV has a spine

[@Grizzle38]

Used to work with a bloke like that, in the pub me and mate would have great fun fobbing him off on each other, then stand behind trying to make the other on laugh, mickey takers i know, but hilarious all the same.

[@etherealdreams7936]

And for any newcomers wanting to understand English culture start here and take notes !! :-)

[@derrickdomino8210]

"Up at the crack of a sparrows fart eh milky?" "And if you can't be good be careful" Gold! Modern British comedy can't come close to this..

[@IsaacWale2004]

"Morning Bob me old mucka" "Fair to middlins the way I'm diddling as I always say"

[@WisdomQuotesLife-sw3xk]

I really have met a few people exactly like this : ))

[@DunnGolfing]

Stay alert how did he forget that 😂😂😂😮 brilliant

[@stevesalt9005]

Hale and Pace the masters of using profanity. Minimal and perfectly executed.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

Fkn great

[@simposayerman]

Happy Birthday W**ker 😂😂😂👍🏻epic sketch

[@BBoaBrim]

OMG! I think this is me!

[@barrygibbens1900]

Oh look 3 aces that'll be difficult to beat

[@rachel.mcgowan]

Colin Hunt with a side of Only Me. But this was before either.

[@georgeowain]

1:55 that today can land you in a lot of trouble with the law.

[@leechilds3725]

Fantastic 😂😅.

[@gailal]

Bring them back ! Where are they now ?

[@BionicRasta]

Thesedays this type of person would be classed as aspergers, being socially awkward, of a nervous unnatural disposition & lacks general awareness of how he relates to others. In classic observational comedy its the local loon that sits next to you on the bus.

[@IsaacWale2004]

"See ya" "Not if I see you first"

[@IsaacWale2004]

That sounds like a threat...

[@Gary-pe4ce]

"Falling down water"

[@IsaacWale2004]

Yes.

[@john207100]

Great, made me laugh!

[@drunkenmaster6434]

You do get people like that LMAO hilarious

[@Jafmanz]

notice the drinks fridge in the shop? thats right metal, glass and cardboard. no plastic bottles. the good old days!

[@Jafmanz]

@a w Some shops are starting to bring in glass bottle returns. you just drop the glass bottle off at the machine and you get a token for the return value. a step in the right direction.

[@simonbellmusic]

£2.23 for 20 JPS and a newspaper. Those were the days.

[@darryllharden9141]

Like that bit where the cake says Happy Birthday Wanker and the audience reactions that roar with laughter.

[@IsaacWale2004]

The audiences laughs are so funny

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

The guy who played the milkman at the beginning, was a friend of mine. Nice guy.

[@hermanthetosser4219]

Still alive?

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

@ I don’t know. I lost contact years ago.

[@thomasdonau8]

'Be good, and if you can't be good be careful'. Catchphrase of a work colleague bore. Hope he reads this and know I'm referring to him.

[@andrewjames9996]

I think most co-workers are a bore to be honest.

[@rayblack2004]

@oddity3927 and a white guy running a newsagents

[@freesaxon6835]

Yeah amazing, now being squeezed out of every job in the country ....

[@BatteryExhausted]

Free Saxon THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!! You can go and pick fruit, dummy.

[@mr.x9566]

@@BatteryExhausted Gave you a thumbs up, hahaha. There are jobs here (in the U.K) that people wish not to do and some of those same people moan that foreigners/aliens/immigrants are taking 'their' jobs. Ive never heard anybody who is highly skilled within their field say "they're stealing our jobs". People don't realise that net migration and immigration generally balances out and has done for however many years.

[@freesaxon6835]

@@BatteryExhausted that comment fell flat with me

[@freesaxon6835]

@@mr.x9566 ye gods even the Uber liberal BBC, and Biden have slagged off ' buy in' job immigration, it lowers wages, and robs the country they have left of a work force, as any Romanian farmer

[@vikingfortiesfaeroes]

0:18 Clement Freud wasn't taking any chances

[@Steven-f281]

He reminds me of our new prime minister 😂

[@aaropajari7058]

If you dont know a guy like this YOU are this guy.

[@Synbious]

I'm a bit of a lad. LMAO

[@TheSurviver72]

Ah, the good ol' days. 😁

[@spectron3]

There's people or someone I once knew who was just like him.

[@ferolcat2009]

£2.23 for twenty cigs and a paper, wow, this is old..

[@pauljordan4452]

About 1993.

[@qwadratix]

Last time I bought 20 Embassy would have been about half-a crown a pack. (Haven't smoked for a while)

[@Ian_Beale_Eastenders]

When I started smoking (stopped Jan 06) in 1999 it was around £3.40 - £3.90 for 20 and about £5.20 - £5.70 in 2006 iirc

[@planetrockford]

1991 based on the newspaper headlines, first Iraq war kicked off early 1991

[@andrewdavies1312]

We all know someone like that

[@IsaacWale2004]

I used to be like that...

[@charliebrown1751]

Brilliant

[@johnwatson5235]

I work with a bloke like this😢

[@hermanthetosser4219]

He must be abit of a lad

[@justinboon3811]

These clips were so funny hilarious comedy gold what’s that on your tie I’m a bit of a lad happy birthday w n er

[@wildrosesfortheexit]

This one’s a gooden 😂

[@shadowbanned5164]

Love the ending *HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANKER* roflmao

[@MrGlobbits]

£2.23 for 20 JPS and a paper? Farkin' 'ell...papers alone are approaching that much nowadays!

[@jd5726]

I can tell this guy is pretty popular

[@stevedelahunty3859]

That bus.. lol

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Oh gawd, I've had to work with people exactly like him!

[@Kelly14UK]

03:18

[@marclaw4511]

Proper telly back then.We laughed and didn't harp on about what was PC or not.

[@alexelsewhere404]

Laughing my arse off in 2020 😂😂😂

[@liamdallimore807]

Sounds like Richard Ayoade in The IT Crowd 😂

[@mark4lev]

Autistic that’s why

[@Bart-Did-it]

Falling down water

[@ThomasCorfield]

But he's so nice!

[@ElvarMasson]

Aww 😄

[@AcidoTyke]

Err no thats NOT the actor who played Tony Angelino in Only fools ;)

[@IsaacWale2004]

Is there any way to get these without the laugh track...? Or at least make it quieter...?

[@dirge8982]

2.23 for a pack of cigarettes and a newspaper. Back when you didn't have to roll your own lol

[@propanbutan4634]

Oscar winning performance ... this is acting

[@moussetache1815]

02:18 straight up legendary spoiler

[@SiLatics56]

This guy reminds me of Colin Hunt from The Fast Show.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

i could totally see paul whitehouse and the fast show gang doing this as a sketch.

[@brettwyatt7165]

Shweppes n CocaCola never change

[@MrGoneTroppo]

Wonder what Hale and Pace have been doing for the last 25 years?

[@IsaacWale2004]

This only came out 25 years ago...

[@MrGoneTroppo]

@@IsaacWale2004 Edited!

[@IsaacWale2004]

@@MrGoneTroppo okay

[@IsaacWale2004]

They've both appeared on stage shows and in films... that's about it...

[@michaelfoulkes9246]

£2.23 for cigarettes and a paper how things change

[@tomosburton1756]

Aww that's quite sad lol