The Fast Show - Arthur Atkinson Complete Part 3

wheres me scrag end?! more comedy genius from the fast show. arthur atkinson and tommy cockles :) wheres me washboard!! have you seen it!

[@KnjazNazrath]

You are now aware this is the only version of "I was on the Central Line" still in existence. Bless Arthur for singing it that night, or future generations might never know this Blitz classic.

[@mattdavies7398]

You were on the Bakerloo

[@cattybigness]

I was on the Victoria Line thinking where is everybody?

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@cattybigness That line isn't in the song. You must have been on the Bakerloo.

[@cattybigness]

@@PreservationEnthusiast It was a joke 😉.

[@jayhache5609]

@@cattybigness As was what he said.

[@antster1983]

"I've seen you griddlin' eggs like there's no tomorrah!"

[@Connyger]

Paul Whitehouse is a genius...brilliant character!

[@calstonjew]

This is where Johnny Rotten got his stage persona

[@rainblaze.]

Nah that was old man steptoe

[@norbertalbertz7259]

I wasn't to keen on that character when young but now it's my absolute favourite lol hilarious

[@Lazy_Sundae]

*too

[@Alun49]

I watched a clip of Max Miller performing, and was as confused as I would be watching Arthur Atkinson! Maybe Whitehouse's caricature is not as abstract as one might think!

[@yorkshirepianist8407]

If only The Good Old Days had been this brilliant, it'd still be on the telly.

[@Lazy_Sundae]

Impressive that the Central Line/Bakerloo Line song was specially written for this sketch!

[@jayhache5609]

You mean written by Arthur Atkinson for his sketch back in the war? That was impressive! ; )

[@lynngreene1993]

SO miss the FS and all it beheld!!

[@LtGenAile]

So they met at Oxford Circus? Yes I looked it up. I'm speaking from the year 2021 where we have bugger all else to do.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Wait till you get to 2024 mate, it's even worse!

[@Drblooter99]

The music hall comic as a thoroughly dislikable man whose act is just a set of catchphrases and a sentimental refrain. No Huddian fondness for that lost world here. Weird, cold, eerie -- as Whitehouse could be, better than any other modern comic.

[@2760ade]

'Weird, cold, eerie', an absolutely perfect description of what has always bothered me about this period of so called entertainment!!

[@hyena131]

@@2760ade Nonsense!!! It was bloomin' marvellous - full of cheekiness and optimism often in the face of war and poverty. And of course great rib tickling fun and spic and span clean, rib splitting humour.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

@@hyena131cannot tell if serious

[@hyena131]

@@DaveDexterMusic< < < simon callow

[@maxinebendix]

"I was on the Central Line- you was on the Bakerloo!!!" (How queer!!!)

[@antster1983]

“I’ve seen you wear your brother’s clothing, sir!”

[@englandmadethewest]

Nice one smokedup.

[@offensiveplaythroughs7159]

I still cor find me scrag end

[@fegman]

Where's me scrag end?

[@alfredcaulin]

have you seen it?

[@hoodatdondar2664]

No, I ‘aven’t. ‘Ave *you* seen it?

[@mrstudley1986]

is that an actual song, or something they made up for the show?

[@michaeldeluca6331]

Yes

[@peterwhite6683]

Did you ever find out?

[@CollaterlieSisters]

Quite.

[@jayhache5609]

Definitely.

[@SirBoycie]

Basically...Lee Evans