The Armstrong and Miller Show | Olden Days Musician Sings "Gonna Take You To A Gay Bar"

[@pauljackson1029]

I've lost track how many times I have watched this and it is still hilarious

[@victoriaevans3481]

Brilliant! Can we just stop and admire how well a pianist Alexander Armstrong is?!! He's bloody good.

[@jacobleetaylor]

Classically trained

[@lordeden2732]

How well?

[@Dunk1970]

@@lordeden2732 To be fair, he didn't seem to be unwell. Well, not until the lady struck him with a silver tray.

[@tomwelsh989]

Classically 😉​@@lordeden2732

[@klaxoncow]

@@jacobleetaylor Classically trained. At the gay bar. Also learnt how to play the piano as well.

[@mattjackson9859]

I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... but your great-great-great-grandkids are gonna love it...

[@wasshisface]

Fine reference

[@neofox.]

"YOU SIR" ...lmao

[@nerdymermaid2784]

*I wAnNa TaKe U tO a GaY bAr!!*

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Nerdy Mermaid **SERVING TRAY TO THE HEAD**

[@baltymora2]

😂

[@gallit81]

Its like a cherry on top

[@pollyfoofoo8703]

Kills me every time lol

[@mattbland2380]

They definitely should have done more of these. I'd like to see them eventually getting into it. Having Armstrong and Miller back for a new series would be great.

[@ALAH13]

"All that was left was his top hat and silk scarf the rest was just dust." That line makes me piss myself laughing every time.

[@samuelholmes3696]

Kind of makes you want to hear the rest of THAT story, doesn't it?

[@satireisnotdead5804]

@@samuelholmes3696 All of the anecdotes sound pretty wild to be fair

[@ID-8491]

@@satireisnotdead5804 Drinking the 12 shots of absinthe and trying to swim the channel.

[@samuelholmes3696]

@@satireisnotdead5804 definitely! I want to hear more about the guy who was hypnotised into believing he was a steam locomotive!

[@satireisnotdead5804]

@@samuelholmes3696 I want to know how he entirety of a man's being is reduced to dust, but his top-hat and scarf remained un-spoiled

[@jameretief8327]

The way the party is just talking casually about horrible unusual deaths is a skit in itself.

[@jamestinsley3110]

The juxtaposition of the guests talking about horrible things that have happened to people nonchalantly getting horrified by the music and lyrics is hilarious!

[@zhongwenren]

Just for reference here are the songs and the parts featured in the skit. 1st song Mouse T - Horny (around 50 seconds in), 2nd song is Ride on Time - Black Box (around 1minute 50 seconds in), 3rd song is Gay Bar - Electric Six (the whole song)

[@Grizzly01]

That would be 'Mousse' rather than 'Mouse'. The whole name of the act for that song is specifically 'Mousse T. feat. Hot 'n' Juicy'.

[@mxgirl918]

I always loved the Armstrong & Miller skits in which they juxtaposed the 21st century with some other era. Like this Victorian pianist playing modern songs that completely go against Victorian era sensibilities, cavemen doing job interviews, posh RAF pilots talking like modern teenage girls, etc

[@robertybob]

Isn’t it though

[@frankshailes3205]

@@robertybob Blud.

[@rockawaydatasystems4294]

Even after hundreds of views, this is still my go-to video for whenever anything makes me angry or sad - and it still never fails 😆

[@marklamley3826]

There aren't many comedy sketches that reduce me to hysterical laughter but this is 1. Even though you know where its going it somehow becomes even more funny

[@smok4101]

His reactions to the audience are spot on. I could watch this over and over. Such perfect timing.

[@jonnydarkfang2816]

Started watching this everytime it appears in my feed. Which of course makes it appear more often. Still love it though, I'm gonna have to rewatch the whole show again!

[@Jalkoth]

Same here

[@johnhewlett4872]

Me too! I wish they had done more of these sketches :)

[@LOVEDAVEGAHAN]

I wish Armstrong & Miller would do more together......it's way overdue!

[@jamesfish18]

We need more of this, it quite often has me in tears

[@kingdarkem]

The fact that they are probably snorting powdered mummy remains during this and get mortified by the music is comedy gold...

[@thefifthhorseman555]

Seen this hundreds of times still makes me laugh

[@historygrad7493]

I keep watching this and laugh just as hard as the first time I saw it. 😂 It always cheers me up.

[@jeffreystewart9809]

This is how my musical mind works. All it takes its a single note. 🤣

[@oldbarnsleyincolour]

Isn't it though...Isn't it

[@galexeqe]

I envy anyone who can casually play a musical instrument like that

[@rio_reds]

0:06 is the woman in the centre Martha Howe-Douglas?? I swear Jim Howick appears straight after as well. Edit: Just watched the rest and yes, yes it is. Absolutely wild to see some of the Horrible Histories cast 1. In other sketches and 2. Separated from the rest of them.

[@WolfTheMartin]

absolute joy... such a great show before its time

[@MrDaiseymay]

NO it wasn't--it would NEVER be allowd NOW !

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

@@MrDaiseymaywhy not did someone say the N word?

[@davidsmith5523]

Yeah but it was though.

[@thomascassidy8347]

Simply Divine, their expressions!!

[@LukeFaulkner]

I should definitely give this a go...

[@juanfilipwinifred]

“All that was left was his top hat and his silk scarf, the rest was just dust”

[@thehumancrayon3264]

Many have claimed to have been born too late. Some are obviously born too early.

[@Electricshrock]

Even in that context, the chords from Ride On Time sound great.

[@fins59]

I'm laughing so hard it actually hurts, but I'm going to watch it again anyway.

[@Soloman_Gumball]

I could watch 10 hours of this with inappropriate modern songs.

[@AmirBrooks]

One gets knocked down, but one gets up again...

[@alisonbryant5799]

Queen's "Fat-Bottomed Girls" would be perfect.

[@JBOsurf]

@@alisonbryant5799 Nine Inch Nails - Closer..

[@alisonbryant5799]

@@JBOsurf I don't think the audience would make it to the chorus. Mass fainting would ensue by line three of the first verse.

[@Sunset_City_Blues]

I'd like to see: "Sex On The Beach" - T Spoon; "Smack My Bitch Up" - Prodigy; "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls; "Sex Bomb" - Tom Jones.

[@ledichang9708]

It's so weird to see Jim and Martha from Horrible Histories in the background.

[@weirdTedE91]

And the woman that hits him with the tray at the end is April from IT Crowd in the episode where Jen breaks the "internet."

[@TheHutchy01]

He should just grow that moustache, it really works

[@machina4279]

@@weirdTedE91 Lucy Montgomery. An absolute queen.

[@Ulron1]

@@weirdTedE91 Ah yes, the one from Iran.

[@garyw370]

Pat & Lady Button from 'Ghosts'...!

[@GEOindustries0]

That Electric Six album is so good.

[@PeterW-ski]

My favorite of all A&M 🤣🤣🤣

[@zetectic7968]

Pure genius.

[@elliotchinneryhinks8554]

This scene is so hilarious 😂

[@richardsmith6995]

I've loved English humor since I was a kid, can't beat it...

[@MrDaiseymay]

class eh? bang on old boy

[@richardsmith6995]

@@MrDaiseymay I'll have to break out my 'English to English ' translation book.......

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

It's humour*

[@bsfbestshortfilmsonyoutube]

Brilliantly done

[@TheVickersDoorter]

He was hypnotised into believing he was a steam locomotive. A very rum affair...

[@flankspeed]

A man of God and with such enthusiasm. Well of course they ate him... ^_^

[@tmp3477]

Caught it in a Turkish bordello, of course he is quite insane now. 🤣🤣🤣

[@gergelycsuros2051]

Yes, he drank twelve shots of absinthe, and tried to swim the channel.

[@martm216]

These two were so good.

[@Halfdanr_H]

Stuff like this needs to be on tv instead of the over-saturated schedule of crap reality tv shows.

[@erikarneberg11]

Does anyone else wish he could have made it through at least one more chorus or verse of “Gay Bar” before he was so unceremoniously bashed in the head? As my ex-wife used to say; “I just wish it would last longer…” ; )

[@lufsolitaire5351]

Yea, Armstrongs musically talented on top of being hilarious.

[@lucianadurangomensoro]

0:32 Milei sos ese?

[@addressedtokill]

Hahaha- great stuff. My mates and I used to slowly sing in Gregorian chant 'I'm so holy- holy, holy holy'.

[@johntoland6696]

Armstrong is now(2022) one of the Classic FM presenters.

[@MsGnor]

@johntoland6696 And isn't it ironic, don't you think? 🤣🎻🎶

[@BHALT0S]

loved that ride on time rendition

[@zyazyaya3797]

가끔씩 보러오는데 진짜 급발진 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 개웃끼넼ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@vivekvicky2595]

From 1:30 that was a great tune

[@shockv100]

Gay Bar by Electric Six. It’s a certified banger.

[@michaelofarrell9637]

Excellent.,pity. They dont reform..this is. Class

[@AvitalShtap]

LMFAOOOO that's so accurate cuz he's singing so aggressively and so fast, they probably think he's having a panic attack at 0:55 HAHAH

[@TheWinjin]

Fun fact: that kind of music did exist for centuries, I mean, fast and aggressive, it's just not something that you would play in a salon during conversations. And I also think that "gay" have got its modern connotation in like 1950s, so in the period portrayed it would mean "I want to take you to a *frivolous* bar" which still means that it's not uptight and "I have something to put in you" would be understood completely perfectly in context ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Link on this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay#Shift_to_specifically_homosexual

[@flankspeed]

Armstrong and Miller: Kings of Anarchronism 😄

[@FiveRiversCity]

Suggestive songs and slapping someone with a tea tray, my kind of party! 😂😂😂

[@mikaelabowen5781]

This is just epic!

[@SamuelThomasFraser]

*three verses in* "I say, I've forgotten to put the bins out."

[@pawebrodzinski6094]

ahhh...! in you! 🤣🤣🤣 dyin

[@JavertRA]

These should have been done full length... on Armstrong's next CD perhaps?

[@butthz8850]

I'd pay several doubloons for such a thing!

[@1292liam]

crazy paving, i don't know how else to say it!!

[@paulrhodesquinn]

That really got me! 😂😂

[@marklees2603]

i'd love to take modern music back in time

[@SakariWolf13]

It's probably not quite what you mean, but you might want to check out PostModern Jukebox. They do covers of songs in retro styles.

[@bernardus4646]

The backhander with the tray is the best part for me.

[@juchetony1910]

"he had twelve shots of absinthe and tried to swim the Channel".

[@nigelcartwright5986]

Armstrong and Miller, what a mad cap combination!!!

[@ARBC2024]

I’ve just noticed a lot of those people were the Horrible Histories /Ghosts guys.

[@onesyphorus]

knowing he played an entire chorus of greensleeves just to land on D minor for gaybar lol its just absolutely hilarious 😂

[@JBOsurf]

You sir!

[@chasidahL]

A much missed addition to our tv viewing!

[@MrDaiseymay]

what a sick world around us, great comedy no longer permitted, in the name of whimps, who should be sectioned. Poor guys having to head up piss-poor quiz shite. etc

[@butthz8850]

@@MrDaiseymay it must be like a glass grave to them.

[@Kris.G]

I could easily simp for Jessica Ransom.

[@mike-fj4vd]

Yes he drank 12 shots of Absinthe and then tryed to swim the channel...

[@robs5688]

What's the name of the first song?

[@gopinggop]

best A&M sketch!

[@pauldockree9915]

Tom never from his word departed, His virtues were so rare; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair: And then he’d sing so blithe and jolly, Ah! Many’s the time and oft; But mirth is turned to melancholy, For Tom is gone aloft.

[@signalmanmusic4225]

‘Bought it in a Turkish bordello. Of course he’s quite insane now…’

[@GoranNewsum]

"ok"😂

[@19tet]

everytime i just randomlj remember this 😂

[@Norkindar]

"All that was left was his top hat and a silk scarf, the rest was just dust." I'd be pissed off if that conversation was interrupted by an upstart pianist too.

[@footbru]

" a man of god with SUCH enthusiasm .... of course they ended up eating him"

[@EekEek77]

Eleven people thought she was, "from Iran"

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Now it's 14 people who think it's the IT Crowd.

[@Calligraphybooster]

Ah. Time to play some Stranglers!

[@vibraphonics]

Always hilarious when the uploader ruins the punchline in the title. Oh wait...

[@Soloman_Gumball]

Helps people find it if they're searching for it.

[@croydonrudeness]

first time I've seen this, brilliant!

[@h1nicolas]

He is receiving a broadcast from the future

[@Han_Ji_Ye]

who know what is these origianl song ? 0:29 , 0:50

[@Ater_Draco]

Horny - 1989, Mouse T Ride on Tine - 1989, Black Box

[@muninraven3327]

I'm addicted to watching our American friends reacting to our quirky comedy. Why isn't this right up there? The WWII pilot sketches? Almost nothing. I fear it is our duty to hammer suggestions in the comments. It's that, or we are stuck with the likes of Michael McIntire reactions. Not good. No, Sir/M'aam. Not good at all!

[@PurushaDesa]

The raspy voice Lucy Montgomery is using here cracks me up.

[@wellofbeersheba]

I only discovered recently that this is a real song by Electric Six.

[@iwasglad122]

Really? OMG I thought it was just a funny and original part of the sketch. I must investigate further! Thanks for the info!

[@butthz8850]

@@iwasglad122 the video features Gaybraham Lincoln.

[@americasnudeerection604]

A great song, though neither their best nor their whackiest.

[@mistergekiga2455]

Man. Real talk, his cover of Ride On Time... Thats... Thats really good. Lol

[@ryankim9203]

Dat gaybar never gets old.

[@OLDMANTEA]

Tough to find quality entertainment back then lol..

[@lufsolitaire5351]

You know I’ve always been curious about how temperate upper-class Victorians would react to modern music even translated to sound like a bawdy tavern tune. I wonder if horny meant the same thing or calling someone a “hot temptation” would illicit that same moral pearl-clutching?

[@keuroe]

1:27 웨이러 미닛 저 멜로디 왠지 익숙한데...

[@billcobbett9259]

At 1:01, you'll see that the lamp has a light switch and a cord. Was this deliberate, or a cockup by the set designer?

[@erikarneberg11]

Electric Six has been around for longer than you might think… Errr… sorry. I meant the electric light…

[@pacus123]

What is name of the actress who hits Armstrong with a tray?

[@anssij678]

Lucy Montgomery

[@JavertRA]

Is it just me who wants the sheet music? Also, two Horrible Histories vets. to be spotted in this scene. (as well as the more recent addition of Jessica Ransom)

[@ketmaniac]

400 years ago they had "Fine Knacks for Ladies".

[@topologyrob]

Indeed. There was no lack of ribaldry in songs of the last few centuries, though they tended not to appear in such polite society I suppose (with some exceptions, eg. Mozart's canon on "lick me in the arse").

[@BabelColour]

Gave me a belly laugh!

[@alisonbryant5799]

17 people are afraid they'll be spotted in a gay bar.

[@albion.hlafweard]

Right on time... right on time

[@Kris.G]

it's 'ride on time'

[@ketmaniac]

It's "Rydon Thyme"

[@valeriacoolikova]

The very first time now i've discovered there were more than just a gay bar song that he played ....ahaha

[@hania.alghamdi5750]

start at 1.05 what is the classic piano ?

[@hania.alghamdi5750]

would someone please replay to my inquiry?

[@Ater_Draco]

​@@hania.alghamdi5750Greensleeves

[@JabrHawr]

it's called 'Greensleeves'. i like that tune. it sounded very familiar (and pleasant) to me but i couldn't remember what it was, and i ignored it. However, coming across your comment prompted me to try and remember, and i've done it, and i'm glad i did. For the record, i don't know much classical music. The reason i know this tune is Jethro Tull (a band i'm hugely fond of); they did their own version of it, which i recommend checking out (of course after checking the original since it resembles this one played here much more than Jethro Tull's!)

[@hania.alghamdi5750]

@@JabrHawr thank you so so so so so much for your detailed answer.

[@JabrHawr]

@hania.alghamdi5750 pleasure!

[@Makeitso2023]

Who’s the actress next to Ben miller? Sure I’ve seen her in other things but can’t think of her name

[@zibafu]

What was the second song ?

[@gwishart]

"Ride on Time" by Black Box m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2HUpouilNSXack