Series 1 episode 10, 29/03/1986. Starring Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Harry Ditson, Steve Steen, and Carey Wilson.
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@Blayze1017 Жыл бұрын
If you’re familiar with this movie you will realize how good this is.
@ewaf88 Жыл бұрын
I found The Third man unbearably sad at times. I'm finding this unbearably funny
@pjd4268 Жыл бұрын
Just busting up...heheheh...so good.
@Cybjon Жыл бұрын
It really is, isn't it?
@Blayze1017 Жыл бұрын
@@Cybjon it sure is
@paillette201011 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@mollyfilms Жыл бұрын
Robbie did an exceptional impression of Orson. This is such a masterpiece. I’ve never seen this before, such a good cast.
@anthonyomahoney1224 ай бұрын
Robbies Orson Welles is spot on.
@thomashildebrand6706 Жыл бұрын
absolute genius. great Orson Welles impersonation !
@thetartanspartan01 Жыл бұрын
I've been a fan of the Third Man for nearly twenty years and I had no idea this existed. I also really miss Robbie Coltrane.
@Schlachthof5 Жыл бұрын
He even sounded like Orson Wells.
@TheSaltydog07 Жыл бұрын
Same. Got the VHS in 1983 as a gift. Still watch it.
@ColinH1973 Жыл бұрын
@thetartanspartan01 I also had no idea about this, and those are my sentiments exactly. Such a sad loss.
@douglasmilton2805 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know why this just dropped into my inbox, but oh man what a gem. Have loved The Third Man unreservedly since childhood and this is such a great parody. And it’s got Miranda Richardson! Great camera and lighting work. Just excellent. RIP Robbie, glad I finally got to see this.
@Richard19551 Жыл бұрын
Miranda Richardson is just so brilliant :)
@garybrockwell2031 Жыл бұрын
With you there👍✌️🇬🇧💯🤩
@alexanderkarayannis6425 Жыл бұрын
@@garybrockwell2031 She's a national asset!...A Treasure!...Terrific actress, be it in hilarious Comedy, or Shakespearean Drama, and absolutely everything else in-between...Very talented lady!...
@martamp_el84 Жыл бұрын
A hint of Madeleine Kahn in there. 😊
@funkyalfonso Жыл бұрын
@@martamp_el84 Exactly what I thought. Lili von Stupp.
@vingotaq777 Жыл бұрын
The Third Man is one of my fav movies , this spoof is so clever and Robbie Coltrane nails the Orson Welles character
@leonlowery3389 Жыл бұрын
outstanding. Perfect Orson even down to the run.
@patrickvalentine8700 Жыл бұрын
Thank God this spoof of the classic Third Man popped up on my feed. Absolutely hysterical.
@charlesmclaughlin4444 Жыл бұрын
Never was a huge Robbie fan, but his impression is spot on…’old man.’
@briankorbelik2873 Жыл бұрын
Yes, a good spoof of one of the best films ever to be filmed in celluloid or any other type of"film".
@alexanderkarayannis6425 Жыл бұрын
The more familiar one is with the real movie, the funnier this will be...I happen to be a huge fan of the original and I found this hilarious from start to finish...🤔🤭😁😂 Many thanks for a most delightful upload!..👏👏👏
@dannycalley7777 Жыл бұрын
AK ..............if you get the chance .........a Schillers Reel of La dolce Gilda !!!!!! .........from the 70s
@alexanderkarayannis6425 Жыл бұрын
@@dannycalley7777 Thanks for the tip, always on the lookout for such gems, still, all I get is the description on that page, with a notice: "Sorry, this video does not exist!..." Pity!...I "ll keep trying just in case...
@rgnyc Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Perfect, right down to the shots and angles. Never knew Robbie Coltrane could do such a dead-on Orson Welles.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
I believe he wrote it too
@rgnyc Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 I am in even greater awe at that. It's well written, perfectly crafted, with terrific performances.
@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын
This is excellent. If you've never seen the original, please see the movie or refrain from leaving an uninformed comment. And for the love of God it is NOT SNL.
@ukuleletyke Жыл бұрын
That’s the best Welles impersonation I’ve ever heard..
@chinny_reckon5 ай бұрын
You know you live an interesting life when someone follows you around playing the Zither.
@joby19881 Жыл бұрын
Fuck, Robbie Coltrane's Orson Welles is so spot on! The world is so much emptier without him
@anonymouse407311 ай бұрын
I watched The Third Man again this weekend and boy this sketch does it justice, even down to the Dutch angle. Robbie was exceptional and was obviously a huge fan of Welles, even playing him in Urban Myths in 2017 and choosing the Harry Lime theme when he was a guest on Desert Island Discs in 1992. Great job, old man. Greatly missed. ❤
@TranscendianIntendor2 ай бұрын
Yes about the Dutch angle shots.
@stephaniecarrow4898 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic Orson Welles impersonation. I love the original movie, and love this parody. Great camera work, and re-creation of the original settings. Love the "cat," who's still by the kiosk in the chase scene :-) And it's great to hear that music again!
@iandenyer2372 Жыл бұрын
Hah! Not seen this before.. Coltrane's "Lime" is brilliant.. :)
@alanbradfield3211 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant - Friday/Saturday live was a fantastic show - the off angle shots, the decor and acting is superb send-up. I visited the actual doorway where Orson Welles was hiding (with the cat) in Vienna a few years back and spoke to some of the locals who didn't know the significance of the location. 'Do you really think, old man...'
@kimberlykasimoff1447 Жыл бұрын
This was done so well, I thought at first it was just dubbing the movie. Yes, I know who the real actors were.
@wrmty56413 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame the London Eye wasn't around in 1986
@renukaviswanathan454 Жыл бұрын
Loved the original. And now this!
@bedstuyrover Жыл бұрын
now this was really well done!
@jameshartley5 Жыл бұрын
this is one of the best parodies i've ever seen ... kudos!
@garybrockwell2031 Жыл бұрын
Wow our ROBBIE doing an ALL SOME WELL'S 🥰😁 CAROL REED WOULD BE HONOURED 🎬🤩🇬🇧💯
@josegutierrez9568 Жыл бұрын
I love this clip so much I gotta see it once a day
@dannycalley7777 Жыл бұрын
JG ..............try La dolce Gilda .........a SNL spoof of La Dolce Vita , Gilda Radner , and the crew !!!!!
@velvetbees Жыл бұрын
Robbie Coltrane, who played Harry Lime in this spoof, was given tender, loving memorials by the kids who worked with him for ten years during the Harry Potter movies. This is a great spoof that honors how good the original movie is.
@larss337 Жыл бұрын
My all-time favorite movie. And this is a great spoof.
@jantyszka1036 Жыл бұрын
Coltrane is bang on, voice, look, everything.
@ilyastone4353 Жыл бұрын
Robbie Coltrane is so good at this Welles impression. He obviously has great love for Orson. I need to see more Of Coltrane’s stuff. Best impersonation ever.
@peteredwards338 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant ! Nice to see Robbie.
@mikeforney354 Жыл бұрын
Great, should have thousands of views, guess my generation is just about kaput
@lynnerobson3435 Жыл бұрын
Hilarious spoof really funny made me laugh robbie coltrane at his best
@markcantemail8018 Жыл бұрын
@@lynnerobson3435 The Cat , classic .
@roderickfernandez5382 Жыл бұрын
You're not alone out there you're not alone there are plenty of us
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
@mikeforney354 Seems like it had to wait a year before KZbin's mysterious algorhythms spotted this video. Views have shot up in the last couple of months since I guess it's appearing in people's recommendations
@donbrown1284 Жыл бұрын
Too long.
@jamesyates1432 Жыл бұрын
"He got me a date with Prince Andrew and a role on Eastenders." Shit, That line didn't age well.
@joshuarosen465 Жыл бұрын
It got much funnier. It was a throw away line in 1986, now it's hilarious.
@Lou-f Жыл бұрын
Or they knew
@charcolew Жыл бұрын
@@Lou-f Everybody knew at the time
@vikingsong2068 Жыл бұрын
No they didn't. Andrew would have barely been in his thirties in 86. He was considered attractive, was a war hero, and dated supermodels. No one knew he was screwing teenagers or that Epstein was a monster.
@sharonryan28158 ай бұрын
Robbie Coltrane does a pretty damn good Orson Welles impression.
@TheSaltydog07 Жыл бұрын
Robbie ❤️❤️ does an excellent Orson. Oh, FYI, I also found a wonderful parody of "Brief Encounter" on KZbin.
@wrmty564132 жыл бұрын
Thanks - been searching for this forever!
@stewreviews9345 Жыл бұрын
Same. Sad news today promoted me to find it. It's really very good..
@wrmty56413 Жыл бұрын
@@stewreviews9345 Robbie does a beautiful Orson. RIP
@ergbudster3333 Жыл бұрын
Hmm.. I think it takes a lot of love to make a parody this acute. One of the classic films.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
It's not clear who wrote/directed/produced this and other similar film segments for Saturday Live as they are largely uncredited. I would think that they came from the Comic Strip team, possibly even directed by Peter Richardson. However, Robbie Coltrane gets a writing crediting in the show that this film was a part of, so there's a good chance that he either wrote or co-wrote it.
@davidlawrence5 Жыл бұрын
Orson and I are both in hysterics!
@johnmillard7555 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@SvenAnarki Жыл бұрын
This and Robert Mitchum doing Farewell, My Lovely have to be the two best SNL parody skits!
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
It's not SNL. It's UK show Saturday Live
@BGNOLA Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 yeah, too obscure a reference to be SNL
@jmccallion2394 Жыл бұрын
Robbie does look like the great man, especially in incident with the cat!
@ThePookosh Жыл бұрын
"a date with Prince Andrew..."
@Iamkcs2c Жыл бұрын
I just watched the original, not only is this a great spoof, but a very effective condensation. But I miss Valli.
@davewhitehead8601Ай бұрын
Above Coltrane's head in the doorway scene it says "Wienerschnitzel Straße"! 😂
@the_grand_tourer Жыл бұрын
03:06 "A date with Prince Andrew!", I guess like everyone knowing about Jimmy, people knew all about Andrew too. Genius sketch, dialogue felt like 'Airplane', tight writing. Good old Robbie! And Miranda!
@vikingsong2068 Жыл бұрын
No one knew he was screwing teenagers or his friendship with Weinstein or that Epstein was a monster back in the 80s. Andrew in his younger days was a bit of a playboy and a lot of women found him attractive.
@TighelanderII Жыл бұрын
Never knew of this. I think it was around this time that I got a VHS copy of the movie. I had never seen it before that.
@scott1434 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@GloryholeComedy Жыл бұрын
I’m keen to know who directed this. It was clearly made by someone who truly loved the film. The script was a bit poor, but the photography is spot on. I never saw this at the time. Thanks for sharing.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
It is uncredited. Robbie gets a writing credit at the end of the live show, presumably for this piece. It's possible he may have also directed it, but my other guess would be Peter Richardson. Beyond that, there are no clues.
@lawrencehawkins7198 Жыл бұрын
This is so good, I couldn't laugh. I had to take it all in, first!
@johnheath43059 ай бұрын
“Old man” is great
@maxcaldwell268011 ай бұрын
GENIUS
@amcleanYT Жыл бұрын
Laughed so hard!!!
@hypercomms2001 Жыл бұрын
excellent!
@davidhull1481 Жыл бұрын
Wow. One tends to forget that SNL once assumed it’s audience knew a thing or two about classic movies. No Adam Sandler/Rob Schneider/ Pete Davidson idiocy here.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
As I've mentioned a few times, this isn't SNL
@davidhull1481 Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 Oops. I didn’t read the comments, so I don’t know what you said. But I also didn’t read the description carefully. My brain saw Saturday Live and filled in the Night. Funny, that.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
@@davidhull1481 No worries, I guess if you've grown up with it your brain fills in the words
@davidhull1481 Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 Yeah, it’s a well known phenomenon. I’ve seen quizzes and the like about this. And I fell for it. So what show is it from? I can’t place the man’s name, but I think he’s Canadian?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
@@davidhull1481 Well you already said it, it's from Saturday Live, as it says in the description, the UK show from 1986. Robbie Coltrane was British
@danielcleary3914 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Robbie Coltrane spot on. As was everyone else. Shows you what SNL could be at its best. Miranda Richardson excellent Alida Valli! Not sure of Actor who did Cotton but Great Job!
@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын
It's NOT SNL. It's a UK production, Saturday Live. Probably made before most the SNL cast were even born.
@nevbarnes1034 Жыл бұрын
I really should watch that film some day.
@pressureworks Жыл бұрын
Nice one !
@dennisburby8585 Жыл бұрын
Coltrane could be Welles' twin. Even the voice
@TeaParty1776 Жыл бұрын
The zither! Make it stop! Im going mad!
@robkeeleycomposer Жыл бұрын
Miranda Richardson does a damn fine Marlene Dietrich! This is superb!
@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын
You know she is not playing Marlene Dietrich but Alida Valli in the film, right?
@grodesby3422 Жыл бұрын
They could use the London Eye for the confrontation scene if they remade it today.
@franzliszt3195 Жыл бұрын
The 3rd Man, one of the best movies made, but today almost no one in the USA knows it.
@canadagood Жыл бұрын
There were actually American and British versions made. They had different narrators and the American version is sadly about 11 minutes shorter. Thankfully the British version is far better known today.
@pendragon4905 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@judcitizen706 Жыл бұрын
The guy who plays Holly sort of sounds like a young Bob Odenkirk.
@sebastianb.1926 Жыл бұрын
Back in 86 SNL was watched by scholars and gentlemen.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
Great, but this isn't from SNL
@sebastianb.1926 Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 I was making a statement totally unrelated to this video. I'm not embarassed in any way.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
@@sebastianb.1926 You should be ashamed of yourself
@sebastianb.1926 Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 Quite the opposite. Never felt more proud.
@BigHenFor Жыл бұрын
Who cares? This is British humour. Not the Sellout SNL
@tingewickmax Жыл бұрын
One of my father's favourite films. He was born and grew up in Vienna. At the age of 13, in 1938, he left on a "Kindertransport". It's only later did I realise the real significance of this film to him. It's a great film, even without the connections. Miranda Richardson still doing ER I here too 😂
@robertricketts546711 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@joshuarosen465 Жыл бұрын
The Third Man is well known amoung film buffs but i didn't think the general public was familiar with it. Is it better known in the UK, or more specifically was it better known then?
@zargonfuture4046 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@rudyreyguzman11 ай бұрын
Really good
@hagerty1952 Жыл бұрын
Hagrid, the early days...
@pjd4268 Жыл бұрын
Who's the Viennese guy who looks/sounds like Herbert Lom?
@dale5898 Жыл бұрын
Was that Rod Steiger?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
No, the credits are in the description
@gerry34311 ай бұрын
3:06 A date with Prince Andrew ! What did they know in 1986?
@btraven7681 Жыл бұрын
A Walther P-38 doesn't make an appearance in the original movie although it certainly is implied.
@moonlightray8493 Жыл бұрын
2:12 Is this a reference to Fritz Lang's "M", perhaps?
@alexanderkarayannis6425 Жыл бұрын
👍
@MartinCanada Жыл бұрын
There is an elderly bearded balloon peddler in TTM. He intrudes on Maj. Calloway & Sgt. Paine's stake-out of the railway station café roughly 2/3rds the way through the film. Paine buys a balloon and tells the peddler to "Scarper!"
@alexanderkarayannis6425 Жыл бұрын
"Ballon mein Herr?..." Also a strong reference to "M" in the original film, no doubt in my mind about it 😁
@jsXanatos Жыл бұрын
Nice
@snarflatful Жыл бұрын
Clever.
@hectorheath9742 Жыл бұрын
Quality spoof, but I thought the music really good. And who was the American actor?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
Harry Ditson
@brianjones3191 Жыл бұрын
What did the girl say at the end? I turned on subtitles, but it didn’t seem to make sense. Great homage to the brilliant The Third Man!
@drparnassus2867 Жыл бұрын
"You couldn't even get me on the cover of Socialist Worker."
@vikingsong2068 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, Robbie is dead. RIP, old man.
@whentheleveebreaks47325 ай бұрын
The fact that we are more censorious today than we were in the 1980s doesn’t speak well of the progress of society.
@justicewokeisutterbs86412 ай бұрын
Very well done. Coltrane does an excellent Welles. 😎👍
@marccannizzo8721 Жыл бұрын
What is the last thing she says in the sewer?
@alexanderkarayannis6425 Жыл бұрын
"You couldn't' t even get me on the cover of Socialist Worker..."
@estebanfrisch2536 Жыл бұрын
That is funny!
@pintpot Жыл бұрын
Who is playing Holly?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
It's Harry Ditson I believe
@owenmcgee8496 Жыл бұрын
They went to a lot of effort with this. The camera work etc. I'm not sure the parody/story worked, though.
@kkroeger5868 Жыл бұрын
This bit was too advanced for SNL....
@tomripsin730 Жыл бұрын
This is actually from a series called Saturday Live, which was a British show, distinct from SNL.
@hetmanjz Жыл бұрын
Guess it's a good thing it didn't appear on SNL, hahaha 🤣
@earlleeruhf3130 Жыл бұрын
I am so confused. I thought this was a SNL skit. It didn't help that I have never seen The Third Man film.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
Yep, that's why it says Saturday Live (UK) in the title, nothing to do with SNL (USA)
@TighelanderII Жыл бұрын
Now I know that this is not from SNL, when did SNL add the "Live" to its name?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
From the beginning as far as I know
@TighelanderII Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 No. It started out as, "Saturday Night". The "Live!" part was added sometime in the Eighties.
@TighelanderII Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 I just looked at the start of the 100th show, from the last season with what was left of the original crew, and "Live!" wasn't in it.
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
@@TighelanderII 17th episode of season 2 according to Wikipedia
@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын
Who cares? Look it up!!
@walterbenjamin13862 ай бұрын
Lololololololol!!!!’n
@johnonorgan Жыл бұрын
laugh track ruins video
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
You're right, it does a bit in this context. But as it was shown as part of a live show, they couldn't really mute that out
@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын
Tell that to every comedy show ever invented. No on is expecting serious drama here.
@emitindustries8304 Жыл бұрын
Why the ridiculous canned laughter? If it's really funny, then I laugh. If it's not, which this is, then the laughs must be artificially applied, which they are. OK... what I just wrote is funny! Are you laughing? If not, then I'll turn up the "fake laugh machine", so you don't have to laugh. Just let the machine do all the work. You can sit back, and listen to the assorted chuckles, guffaws, titters, tee-hee-hees, and the occasional grunt, and be satisfied that you saved all that energy. But you should be upset that the people who made this video don't think you're smart enough to know what's really funny. Are you?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
No. The film was within a live show, broadcast live, with a live audience.
@carebear8762 Жыл бұрын
Back when SNL was about comedy. 9 minutes on a high concept parody of a 40 yr old movie?
@Stocko1234 Жыл бұрын
As I mentioned in other comments, this is nothing to do with SNL, it's from UK show Saturday Live
@carebear8762 Жыл бұрын
@@Stocko1234 I meed to read more closely. That makes much more sense. Thank you!
@RandomDudeOne Жыл бұрын
Interesting, but not very funny.
@BrokebackBob Жыл бұрын
That constant cloying music ruined the film for me. Everytime I hear it, I'm triggered and cringe. Otherwise it's meh.
@doctorshawzy6477 Жыл бұрын
I pray for you
@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын
Well, then, nothing to see here. You obviously have never seen the original. Move along.