Still Game Series 1 Episode 4 - Courtin - An American Reaction

[@stevebeardsmore3303]

There is a legal measure for spirits in Britain, though it is larger in Scotland than in England and Wales,

[@inkyman7695]

I've been a fan of still game for years, watched 100s of times. But with you it feels brand new. Your a funny guy and reactions are hilarious. Keep up the good work.

[@TheRealSquirrel]

Greatly Appreciate those words Thank YOU!

[@patdavis6383]

I loved that show. There was something wholesome and innocent about it if that makes sense. it could be coarse at times, but even that seemed fine because there was a sort of honesty to it. Well written, well acted, brilliant show. You felt like you belonged in the middle of it.

[@richb227]

I think that's part of its charm. I'm not Scottish and I don't fancy living in a tower block, but I still get a huge sense of nostalgia from watching Still Game. Mind you, I used to watch Rab C Nesbitt when I was a kid.

[@aidiess]

The " upside down " spirit dispensers are called " optics " in Scotland, and they dispense a measured amount when the glass is pushed up underneath !

[@Trev359]

Not just Scotland, the whole of the UK.

[@chrisspere4836]

Surely they have these too.

[@cs8106c]

Shame about Kevin Bridges …. Love the “Hoose rice “ story!😂👍🐿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@inkyman7695]

Hoose rice has to be the funnest story ever told by Kevin. Saw him performing in Belfast. Legend

[@cs8106c]

Navid in the corner shop gets a much bigger role as the series move on. He is hilarious. You should try to find some of the reunion clips on you tube where the cast are interviewed/ answer questions from the audience. The banter between the cast is brilliant. Also you will be surprised how young the cast look when not in costume/ makeup😂👍🐿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@glenlcampbell2134]

"Coming to Gillie's with us for a game of Grand Turismo?" Took me loads of listens and I'm a native.

[@tonycasey3183]

You'll be pleased to know that Edith is a recurring character throughout all the series'.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

I feel it'd be nicer for him if that could have been a surprise.

[@Herts1874]

Pumped in the Lavvy in the hoose. Classic Brilliant

[@angelavara4097]

Some of the older pubs have the glass hangers and optics.

[@ezza9578]

Just sat down to eat my tea, pick up my phone, what can I watch? Squirrel comes up with the goods, 👍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ChadeoYT]

Navid becomes a bigger role as the show progresses. Great job my friend.

[@northernlad1397]

Navid is one of the best characters

[@ChadeoYT]

@@northernlad1397 I fully agree!

[@northernlad1397]

@@ChadeoYT the one where Navid dyes his hair pure mint

[@nelliejames]

yes mate every pub has upside down bottles theyre called optics

[@susanashcroft2674]

Thanks Squirrel, I don't know where I was when this first came out but am loving watching this. I thought Barbara's sister was going to say she worked in a butchers and wrestled with/ cut the meat with her bare hands. Alas no she was a sewer who took in alterations, no doubt ripping her way through any excess fabric and driving her sewing machine like it was a tank!! Those beaded curtains remind me more of a fortune teller's hut on the sea front, but were quite the thing in the 70's.

[@MrNikolidas]

The optics ( the tap that goes in the upside down bottles) are a legal requirement. Singles and doubles have a specific volume under UK law.

[@TheMadTatter]

The Thirsty Laird is proof that you should never drink in a flat roofed pub

[@scottishfm5184]

Pint eh gunnise lol

[@tontusgingerus]

It just keeps on getting better and better. Try searching Chewin' the Fat for skits here and there. Jack and Victor spawned from it. Probably the most watched comedy in Scotlands history, and excerpts are very common on twitter as a way of video memes. You'll get to love Winston, Tam, Isa, Boaby and Navid(and Meena)as the episodes progress.

[@indigo8021]

“Hurdy gurdy gurdyyyyy, Oan the windae boaxyyyy”

[@lynette.]

All pubs have Optics for measured amounts .

[@emander8340]

Fantastic!!! Yep it gets better and better. Lucky Donkeys are the scratch cards. So you love how we say house as hoose? Try Toon (town), hame (home), oot (out) dinnae (don't) cannae (can't) doon (down), yellae (yellow) broon (brown), didnae (didn't) mulk (milk) gairden (garden).........the list is jist aboot endless! Figure the last yins (ones) oot yersel big man! Cheers for that. Sometimes you can be feeling a bit crap but there's always Still Game on hand to make things better for half an hour!

[@corringhamdepot4434]

They make special large spirit bottles for pubs with the labels on upside down. Which are often for sale on UK Ebay.

[@juliehillman8743]

A lot of the pubs and bars across the UK have spirits on optics that gives out a measured pour.

[@alexmckee4683]

About answering the phone with a string of numbers, a lot of people used to answer the phone with the local part of their phone number (our phone numbers have an area code and a local part which was originally 3 or 4 numbers long, now 6-8 numbers long). I guess it cleared up misdials immediately. With old UK phone boxes you could press "A" after hearing the person answer to be connected and talk to them, or press "B" to get your money back (so you could call again, if you'd misdialed).

[@louisemiller3784]

I laugh at Still Game dose t matter how many times I’ve seen it

[@williebauld1007]

Glad you are enjoying it and the accent isn’t too prohibitive for you 👍🏻 Aye most of the pubs have the spirt bottles with the optics attached, it gives you an accurate measure each time!

[@antiqueinsider]

Try to find an old rock and roll record by Lord Rockingham's XI "There's a mouse loose..."

[@Trev359]

This was the first episode I saw and it's still one of my favourites.

[@markthomas9568]

You need to see the one with big yin.

[@themoogle22]

The joke in the Irish themed pub is that Springburn is in North Glasgow, not Ireland.

[@ThomasKelly669]

Too funny, it’s good to see laughing so much

[@annother3350]

Yes, most pubs have those optics to measure the spirits

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Goody, one of my favourite episodes, thank you for sharing. Sorry you had the lurgy, glad you feeling better.

[@Tangerine10.]

Just keeps getting better and better bud , Scottish humour at its best 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@stuartjones4543]

Superb episode

[@cooldudefranny91]

Keep them coming squirrel. Great job bud

[@Stuart_Cox1969]

Yeah, we use optics a lot, looks good and it does the job pouring a perfect measure.

[@martindunstan8043]

Hey🐿️ just got up here in the UK (without Edith😂) and you reacting to Still game first notification, great start to the day. The UK generally sell spirits on optics that deliver a measure for sale the single or shot is 1/6of a gill pronounced Jill or 23. 7 millilitres (usually rounded to 25ml to even the distribution of liquid in the bottle, a dram is an old measurement not in general use 1 gallon is 1024 drams 1 pint is 128 drams or 4.8 gills. ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻

[@emander8340]

Ah man you're a star. I'm going to watch this later on. Cheers Squirrel!!

[@antonybrent6232]

😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏. Great reaction as always dude 👍

[@Pi_r8]

@HeyLookSquirrel Next one up sees Navids' daughters wedding, his wife Meena never speaks English so you'll need the subtitles on to catch her killer put-downs on Navid or anyone else in the shop. Not sure if your viewing settings/captions need to be adjusted to see the translation at the bottom of the screen.

[@TheRealSquirrel]

Appreciate the heads up I’ll be sure to remember to adjust

[@Rebornagain101]

@@TheRealSquirrel no need to as the subs are already in place just the same when she always talks

[@scottishfm5184]

Ye all spirits are in optics onky un open bottles are on shelfs and they get put on after the current bottle is empty and a fresh bottle goes on the shelf

[@Lochayetheview]

You should look up Still Game Live at the Cottiers Theatre. This is Genesis.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

The one thing you get with some British comedy sometimes is pathos. Something I don't think I've seen with US comedy shows.

[@ThomasKelly669]

The more I see those show’s, the funnier they are

[@BC_26fhj]

Nice storyline

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

I see Electric Beard got two strikes for showing two live events football and T.T

[@Rebornagain101]

And

[@mickt3390]

Quality..🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@itsonlyme9938]

There is a mouse in the hoose

[@DJDonnelly]

To understand the joke in the pub Jack was wondering what part of Ireland he was from that's why he asked him When the guy said "Springburn" They looked surprised because Springburn is actually a place in Glasgow. Also Victor says "Craigbank" but he was supposed to say Clydebank as that is actually where they are.

[@MyGlens]

Craiglang 😊

[@DJDonnelly]

@@MyGlens I know but they're in Clydebank not Craiglang lol

[@Pi_r8]

Lol Edith gotcha 😆👹

[@johnsymons8246]

If you like the Scottish pronunciation of house , I suggest you listen to Lord Rockingham's ix Hoots Mon, it has the immortal lyric there's moose loose aboot this hoouse

[@Rebornagain101]

People like you are a disgrace to Scotland

[@mathewcooper8327]

Would love to know what u think about Edith?

[@PaulEcosse]

I think it is Universal Comedy for KB. No chance getting that on KZbin bud.

[@GusMac6129]

The accent & the slang get toned down a bit as the seasons go on. Navid becomes one of the main characters. And yes, it just gets better & better.

[@Dangdrangus]

8 months later… sorry! The accents and slang don’t tone down whatsoever. You just become accustomed, see we’re not so hard to understand. You might even like it. From a Glaswegian with a London partner 😂

[@donnamariegallagher]

Subscribed. Hoose Rice mention, of course am Gonny subscribe! 😄 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜

[@DJDonnelly]

Honestly not a huge fan of this episode Winston gets kicked out the pub for no good reason (Even when they tried to explain it they did a terrible job at it) Plus when Jack asks Boaby when is he letting Winston back in and Boaby says when he apologises but Winston didn't do anything wrong, so no need for him to apologise. Also Winston sleeps with the woman at end was rather lame in my opinion considering that they only had 1 encounter with each other and that was when she was with Jack, Victoria and Barbara before they go into the pub. So him sleeping with her made little sense to me. Also they reuse this same post credit scene in an episode in series 3 but it made more sense in that episode than it does here.

[@emander8340]

I always took it that Winston was barred because he spat out his pint all over Boabby but I do enjoy a lot of this episode. Not as much as others but it still has strong parts. Winston still talks with his exaggerated voice mind you so just shows how early it is in the whole thing.

[@DJDonnelly]

@@emander8340 It's not a bad episode but I wouldn't put in my top 5

[@emander8340]

@@DJDonnelly oh no way top 5. Can't wait until he's a bit further in!

[@joannataylor3542]

I have the Still Game boxset watch it alot brilliant. My grandfather was from Glasgow he was a bare knuckle fighter never lost a fight . Love Scotland but hate the overstuffed hagis ( Nicola Sturgeon ) that runs the place

[@jamesmiller3142]

Are you losing weight?

[@TheRealSquirrel]

Yes a little. Thank You for noticing.

[@kaikito7662]

How about you use it being a Christmas special in order to review the Still Game: live at the 02 arena? It was a great, and hugely entertaining , show. Edith is memorable in it!