The Fast Show - Arthur Atkinson Complete Part 4

[@owenlewis8006]

Chester got revenge in the fast show live shows. "I've seen it- here's your fucking washboard." And he smashes it over Arthur's head

[@thefrecklepuny]

Chester Drawers' nephew Joe Beasley appeared on a once-popular chat show, 'Alan Partridge' with an act called "Cheeky Monkey". The family curse once again came into play with quite predictable results.

[@theculturedthug6609]

I've seen you eating fish on a mutton day....where's me scragend?

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Yabbadabbadoo!!!

[@randlerobbertson8792]

Why is this so funny ? Is it me ??

[@davidbliss5985]

​@@randlerobbertson8792I don't know sir, is it you? Or is it him at number 53 having it away with the lady who sells lard on the corner?? And where's your washboard?

[@idrinkcoffeeandknowthings]

I LMAO every time I see the audience suddenly disappear when Chester drawers act goes wrong and then them instantly come back with Arthur comes on haha

[@antster1983]

"Sorry, Chester, was you doing your act? Only I didn't hear anyone laughin'. Mind you, they are now! 'Ere, that reminds me of a very funny tale - er, where's me washboard?"

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

It’s so daft it’s hilarious!! I was just a kid when this was in telly, still just as funny!!!

[@pavedoh]

Such a great sketch, there's not a wasted second in it. 'Open the window, close the door!'

[@kevanbrown7620]

Totally agree, "Hey, hey, open the window, shut the door'

[@philrichardson99]

Oh give over!

[@LordMarps]

Missus, vicar!

[@mrneutral8423]

'Write that on the back of your ration book' ...

[@AtheAetheling]

I love that Chester's act is actually comprehensible for the most part. And they hate it.

[@craigstratford5086]

I tapped on the window with a fruit polo .

[@theeddielang]

'I said, have you a wasp, have you a wasp? He said, we don't sell wasps. I said, you do, I said, you do, there's one in the winda!!' THX for putting these up, they're pure gold....

[@antster1983]

"He-hey! Hey! Hey, open the window, close the door, hey Mrs. Vicar! Whoa-ho!"

[@mrbtapir]

10 years ago this comment was. TEN YEARS AGO

[@jimmymcguire8217]

12 years, this is the oldest comment I've ever seen, what a time to be alive

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@antster1983That's what cracks me up, "Hey, hey, open the window, close the door, hey Mrs. Vicar" hilarious, pure class man👍😊

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@jimmymcguire8217 1 day ago your comment was, unreal. Lol.

[@antster1983]

"Oooh, that's a bit blue, isn't it, Chester? You're digging your own grave out there, man!"

[@chrisjames6327]

I've seen you griddling eggs like there's no tomorrow

[@BlookbugIV]

Simon Day intro was the best bit by miles. Love that guy.

[@kevanbrown7620]

I keep watching this, Arthur Atkinson and Chester Drawers together, they have me in tears with laughing, "ay,ay, open the window, shut the door. Ay, Mrs.Vicar"

[@davefisher8356]

I think Chester was massively under rated , or do I mean talented Nit my wife, your wife sir! still laughing after watching this 100's of times!

[@kevanbrown7620]

This is brilliant, Chester Drawers,he hasn't got a chance man 😊

[@theculturedthug6609]

I've seen you eating mutton on a pine day...where's me scragend?

[@kevanbrown7620]

"Hey,hey, open the window, shut the door"

[@musiconair]

Wahaay, open the window, close the door!!

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Corny humour was just the thing back then. The clouds of tobacco smoke rising in the theatre was too. These people had been through WW2 and just wanted simple entertainment and a laugh. Really nice allusion to Arthur Askey and his ilk. The Fast Show was one of the finest comedy series, ever along with Harry Enfield.

[@TheodorBjork]

"There isn't time Chester" lol

[@pauljones1350]

A fruit polo I say what a delightful recollection I tapped on the window with a fruit polo .nicely done good banter good jokes good costumes

[@Cuzalino]

Brilliant

[@The1969Vintage]

"...off you go your train leaves in 10 minutes you've done a good job..."

[@KrillLiberator]

Brutal.

[@Holygasoline]

I nearly wet meself first time I saw this, yeah that audience bit where they 're appear in a split second 😂😂😂

[@kevanbrown7620]

Hilarious

[@antster1983]

They even booed in Received Pronunciation 🤣

[@BURP39R]

I once saw Thomson dying on his arse at a comedy gig. Oh the irony.

[@mikeysaint4368]

The world wasn't yet ready for Chester Drawers. His radical "blue" and deeply racist humour wouldn't be accepted till the New Wave of British comedy of the 'sixties, personified by the likes of Bernard Manning.

[@bennyblanco936]

I'd love to watch a spin off or series of shorts of Arthur + chester on tour🤣..poor ol Chester - i love + hate the way arthur steals all his punchlines + takes the piss with him ..he's such a tosser!🤣🤣..excellent comedy pairing

[@jon780249]

If Sunak was a stand up comedian he would be Chester Drawers.

[@samsum3738]

When variety died , they held Arthur s act for questioning .

[@jimsmethurst6113]

Yes missus I've seen you buying scragg end fer yer old man on a Tuesday.

[@theculturedthug6609]

Ave you seen it? Mutton on a egg day?

[@jimsmethurst6113]

@@theculturedthug6609 who are you supposed to be then? Uncle tumbly the tumbling turk.....

[@beavisbonce]

Full house when Arthur comes on lol

[@xtraspecialmango]

Open a nursery for a friend of mine 😂

[@wasteyelo1]

Oooh, that's a bit blue isn't it Chester!

[@MrBoBoTom]

Auidence just fills up again lol

[@grimTales1]

Poor Chester Drawers

[@bennyblanco936]

He's had too much held against him in his time 🤣🤣!!?

[@jimsmethurst6113]

And now go to itma. The 1940's original version of the fast show. Can I do you now sir?

[@theculturedthug6609]

Where's me scragend? I've seen you eating fish on a mutton day. Have you seen it?

[@jimsmethurst6113]

@@theculturedthug6609 oh look mother, I'm skipping....

[@theculturedthug6609]

@@jimsmethurst6113 This way...look another one!

[@ianbillericay]

Wheres me washboard? :D

[@FranMSK]

Really? Aw, that's kind of sad, I like him. He's great at playing slightly tragic characters, like Roy in the sketch with Caroline Aherne.

[@rkidmurray]

poor chester never stood a chance eh?

[@antster1983]

"'Ere, that reminds me of a very funny tale - where's me washboard?"

[@mrstudley1986]

@alexjaep old school english comedians like arthur askey and george formby.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Does anyone know what episode it was that Arthur hits Chester over the head with a big piece of wood?, it is the most vicious Arthur is ever shown, He hits Chester really hard with the wood than back stage he tells him off for not being on cue very nastily, when Chester says "Sorry Arthur I'm a bit distracted tonight, me wife told me we are having a baby" and Arthur says.........{I feel bad typing it lol} Oh, is it mine? I cant find this AA sketch anywhere, If someone knows or better still HAS IT, please post it

[@jamiecook4288]

Chester needs a puppet called Cheeky Monkey

[@JJONNYREPP]

The Fast Show - Arthur Atkinson Complete Part 4 1449pm 13.12.22 i dont believe it!!!!

[@gan9e]

Other less well known comedy greats from that era were the talents of Jenny Taylia & Cleo Toris... sadly no longer with us.

[@antster1983]

I thought they both married Andrew Lloyd Webber, both marriages ending in divorce of course.

[@russellwhite1581]

OOh - that's a bit blue gan9e! You're digging your own grave on here, man!"

[@gottlobfrege1527]

but Phil Leato sucked.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

A lot of their material was derivative - taken from the now little-known Phil McCrackin.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Remember their mentor - the now forgotten Prunella “Pu” Denda

[@mattdavies7398]

That's a bit blue.

[@antster1983]

There's even someone booing in Received Pronunciation too!

[@norbertalbertz7259]

Hahahahaha

[@mattblackwell4100]

I know it's a piss take but I wonder whether it was based on someone. As the sketches go on through the show he's shown to be a real prick with a pervy side, a sort of person who was popular but had a hidden agenda and a wicked streak, bit of a Jimmy Saville type character

[@BackToTheBlues]

I'd say Arthur Atkinson was based on Tommy Trinder. The height of his popularity was in the 1940's and 50's, and he had a similarly fast-talking, abrasive outgoing manner. Toward the end of his career he appeared on the panel show The Parlour Game, and annoyed his co-stars by manoeuvring things so he always got the last word in. If you Google 'comedy chronicles bruce forsythe tommy trinder' you'll be able to read a fascinating article called 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us: Comedy Rivalries' about Trinder and Forsythe, and in one part you can even see a real similarity to the bit where Chester Drawers comes on and Atkinson walks off.

[@mattblackwell4100]

@@BackToTheBlues cheers, I'll check out that article

[@VengaboysRbackINtown]

@TomthatiscalledTom Lol. He could actually be his son. :-)

[@BURP39R]

Yes if he was acting tragic, fair enough. He was actually just being tragic. A different kind of "funny". Bullet proof role as "Roy" though, agreed. He did a sketch show with Aherne and Cogan for Granada, years before. Although local to me I've only seen a few clips. It really looked awful. Onwards and upwards I guess.

[@alexjaep]

who is arthur supposed to be lampooning?

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

The closest to him was Arthur Askey who was a huge star in the era this is set in, His catchphrases were "Hello Playmates", and "Ay-Thang-Yaw" {I thank you said in a funny drawl }. it sounds awful but he really was very funny in his day. Many old pro's regard his as the funniest there was but I myself liked Ted Ray for razor sharp wit OH, and Tommy Cockles lol

[@russellwhite1581]

@@RonWylie-gk5lc - I think Tommy Cockles is a cross between Barry Norman and Denis Norden.

[@DJSwezzleMusic]

Arthur Askey

[@Bellocks1]

It’s a mixture of Arthur Askey and Max Miller.

[@tonyandthewhoniverse8527]

Ow queer