Up The Elephant and round the Castle Never On A Sunday

Up The Elephant and round the Castle Series One Episode Four

[@mr.x9566]

My favorite part of this video, is when it ended.

[@honeysuckle4537]

Agreed lol mind you jim Davidson remembered his lines brilliantly x

[@coxallk32]

So you watched the whole 24 or so minutes even thought you didn't like it? Clown. And illiterate.

[@PlasticGirl65]

I used to love this.

[@williambilly3269]

About as funny as a week in hospital... But makes me feel nostalgic

[@debbieharry387]

Do me a favour this programme was rubbish

[@jamiesplinter8758]

@@debbieharry387 by the reply u gave it sounds to me u really didn't read his comment correctly imo

[@eatmywords]

yeah. jim davidson maintaining his usual standard of utter shite.

[@SANDSCORCHER]

That voice of his could make paint peel and flowers wilt 😬😖

[@stickytapenrust6869]

In that sense, his voice is like one of my farts!

[@SANDSCORCHER]

Oh I should imagine your farts are infinitely funnier and more entertaining though 🤔

[@interestinglyinterested7972]

Not a single laughable joke in there, this is absolute gash.

[@Tony-1971]

But this was just one show. Today there are no comedy shows at all on tv that are funny. Not a one. Its all woke, pc garbage for the special snowflake generation.

[@woody5831]

How he got anywhere I will never know he's as funny as a Funeral

[@stephendines1936]

Audrey Roberts with a London accent.

[@mr.x9566]

@@howey935 "back then" as opposed to now?

[@spidyman8853]

She gave it a good go Well, she tried anyway

[@spidyman8853]

@@mr.x9566 Yes, back then

[@trevorrandom]

Reminds me of Lee Mack's Not Going Out sitcom

[@debbieharry387]

and thast bullshit too.utter bullshit, with one exception ;the actor in that is as dead as a dodo,but jim davidson coulve been funny if the script for his programme had been better.

[@andrewjoyce9038]

Not going out was funny

[@therespectedlex9794]

@@debbieharry387 Lee Mack's not dead.

[@spidyman8853]

Not Going Out is a funny sitcom and is way way better than Jim's show

[@jfc4798]

Except one of successful and one no one watched

[@brak777]

I was really young (about 8 years old) when I used to watch this and even at that young age I thought to myself surely this can't be what life is all about. Then a few years later rave and ecstasy culture hit England and I escaped that mundane horrible bullshit that TV shows like this represented. The rave and ecstasy culture saved my generation in the late 80s and early 90s from being like these people in this TV show

[@howey935]

brak777 I was about the same age when this was on T.V and I wholeheartedly agree with you.

[@RenegadeRaveArchives]

I was around the same age and loved this show and Jim! I knew people like this even had family members like this. I was also a part of the XTC and Rave Generation... I feel our country and culture have lost a big piece now that people like this, hard, cheeky, honest(ish) working men, barley exist.

[@eddyvideostar]

@@RenegadeRaveArchives To Champion: I champion your comment. Well done. The great vicinage of Britain could do without reminiscing and retreating to the lost years (of which you were, as you stated) finding "innocent" dope and faux-spirit lifting chemicals, computerized cacophonic canned music and difficulties with PC gender titles to satisfy the stupified and staggered. We yearn for the days of erstwhile when living real-life hard and proper, was the order of the day.

[@Solid_Jackson]

Such a weird comment- really wanted to mention that you went to raves. Edgelord. But you also clicked on this video, watched it and felt the need to comment

[@Solid_Jackson]

@@RenegadeRaveArchives the xtc and rave generation 😂 As no one referred to it at the time 😂

[@alasdairniven6578]

Oh how much better the elephant must have been in the old days, made of plywood and polystyrene. Whose idea was all the concrete?

[@kierangilly1]

Very famous cast.

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

I have this on dvd

[@debbieharry387]

poor you. fling it in the nearest bin quick.

[@FrankNFurter1000]

You want to have a word with yourself

[@spidyman8853]

So you have this on dvd eh, I pity you

[@grahamblack1961]

This was considered embarrassing out of date rubbish at the time.

[@howey935]

I forgot how shit the T.V program’s were in the 80s.

[@eddielasowsky7777]

Did you? That's really interesting mate.

[@stephenduncan3605]

Well Only Fools and horses was the best and will NEVER be surpassed.

[@Tony-1971]

Better than the woke, pc garbage they make for the special snowflake generation today though. Try Rising Damp, Love Thy Neighbour, Till Death Do Us Part, In Sickness And In Health, and Steptoe And Son.

[@spidyman8853]

There some good ones and some rubbish ones. But, the good ones surpassed the bad ones

[@lindsay9375]

brilliant classic comedy love it

[@jfc4798]

You've never seen any other comedy in your life if you think this is brilliant.

[@brianmorecombe2726]

On The Buses brought me here.Alternative comedy? In the 80s? Not in this one

[@AA-hg5fk]

So glad I wasn't born when this was on telly!

[@rnw2739]

Why? Would it have affected you that much? If so, it's a shame you were born at all.. you sound pathetic.

[@dionlindsay2]

Each episode only lasted 25 minutes. Labour usually takes hours. With the sound turned down what difference could it possibly have made?

[@Tony-1971]

Special snowflake. Bet Emily Atack and Romesh Ranganathan are more your bag 😂

[@jfc4798]

@@Tony-1971 you mean successful, millionaire romesh who sells out stadiums? Fat old gammon one burger away from a heart attack doing panto in Scunthorpe is more your idea of comedy.

[@Tony-1971]

@@jfc4798 ITV and the BBC pay plenty of worthless, woke talentless pricks millions. Don't worry about it. Its all bullshit made by middle-class lefty tossers, for middle-class lefty tossers.

[@MrDavey2010]

It’s truly awful!

[@therespectedlex9794]

7:30 At least a woman gets sent up for a change.

[@Wizard-uo4wj]

had a better night having piles

[@timwright4263]

Cor blimey.

[@andrewlynford1791]

Shame Sue Nicholls and John Bardon are in this pile of old plop. Hideous at many levels.

[@spidyman8853]

With regards to Sue it was before Corrie Street As for John Bardon, he did many acting roles here and there and it was years before East Enders Some one is got to earn some dough

[@JahBeatSoundSystem]

Malaria is funnier

[@pudspud2005]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. This is up there with the office, Faulty Towers and only fools. Jim Davidson is a master of his craft and the writers subtle nuance capturing gritty East end life in a humorous and witty way is a delight to behold. A true classic of the genre.

[@AA-hg5fk]

Not sure if being sarcastic or you're just an idiot...

[@mr.x9566]

This is an absolute British classic. This stands the test of time and is one of the pillars of British Comedy! I would regard this as 'essential viewing' for anyone who is a glutton for punishment

[@debbieharry387]

how old are you , about 20?

[@pudspud2005]

@@debbieharry387 I'm in my late forties, I was taking the piss, I was being 'ironic'.

[@debbieharry387]

its balls@@mr.x9566

[@keithmarshall7084]

Funny as toothache

[@jabbawonger6572]

Hard to believe that this shite was out at the same time as The Young Ones.

[@menditman2004]

TheWizard22UK Hi I must agree I wasn’t a fan of the young ones either, I just didn’t find it funny at all. But saying that some of the young ones when they were in other shows/films individually I thought they were quite good. For example Rick Mayall in drop dead Fred was brilliant.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

which was also shite lol.

[@chunk-berry]

please explain, to a novice in these matters, exactly it means to go up and elephant or to venture round a castle, tell me, what is located at the end of the journey up and elephants casshole

[@creightonjason]

Elephant and Castle - A part of run down London. I used to walk there from home trying t get to Victoria on foot, scared the crap out of my using the under paths

[@chunk-berry]

@@creightonjason i see thank you Jason , i think there are areas like that in many cities, i certainly know of a ffeew round these parts. now i hhink about it I am not sure which would be worse..... 1. to go through the elephant and castle 2. to go up an elephants arsehole. I really wish you had not brought up the subject now i can't get that image out of my mind,. thanks all the same Chunk Berry

[@entirelyeconomics4960]

It’s called that because a long time ago a Spanish princess came to London to marry an English king. Her title was “the Infanta of Castile”, and the people in London changed it to The Elephant & Castle”. The area in London where she lived is named after that now

[@spidyman8853]

@@creightonjason Yea it was rough back in them days

[@clarea1801]

They've got rid of the underpasses now ​@@creightonjason

[@jtpinnyc]

That has to win the prize for the worst TV theme ever recorded.

[@davidbeckett3313]

+jtpinnyc it sounds like it was done by the same person who did bullseye

[@UKMikey]

+david beckett It was not Keith Emerson's finest hour.

[@aidanlunn7441]

Except the Bullseye tune had a melody to it, not just random musical notes randomly chucked together...

[@leecoulson4224]

jnyc the show itself wasn't much better...

[@eddyvideostar]

@@UKMikey Dear UK Mikey: At 0:08 seconds, onward: I was bopping, not knowing that this was Keith Emerson. I knew I loved this while thinking of his rendition of the _Honky Tonk Train Blues. _I love this show theme and is very fitting -- from the one I loved to the vicinage I will never stop loving; craving daily the land of my humble abode and very significant capital of the world.

[@therespectedlex9794]

So what was the name of the series, Never On A Sunday?

[@spidyman8853]

LOL

[@jayp6421]

Ive had 3 bottles wine rghy now

[@clarea1801]

I live just down the rd from the elephant

[@jackbrown4120]

Hmmm

[@jamesadams6009]

I live in a castle.

[@MrClingclong]

Poor Jim, he really was appalling.

[@user-gi5nh6ng7g]

The only part of that sentence I have an issue with is the word ‘was’.

[@eatmywords]

@@user-gi5nh6ng7g mine is 'poor'

[@chrisevans5259]

I enjoyed it,... And Davidson's rapid fire acid tongue,...and funny quips and antidotes are both witty and clever.......not a vintage sitcom in the fools & horses or porridge class,....but miles better than the rubbish on the box nowadays

[@eddyvideostar]

To Chris Evans: Classic comment, culled and cuneiform, chiseled and carved in tablet stone. Well done.

[@debbieharry387]

i ll agree there but still bullshit

[@paulhollett7183]

Do you now which episode David Thewlis punched him in. I would love to see that episode.

[@therespectedlex9794]

Still on the box yourself fella?

[@jfc4798]

Chris Evans is not a connoisseur of comedy.

[@jlhuz]

I didn’t know this was a thing 🤷‍♂️

[@matweb8195]

Ran from 1983-1985, apparently.

[@thirdratecontent585]

Terrible but I can’t stop watching😐

[@concerned1]

Third Rate content like a car crash.

[@Autopsy6]

What are the chances of a geezer living in London being called Jim London? Would you Adam and Eve it?

[@spidyman8853]

It was a deliberate surname Jim concocted to say to the audience that " I'm a Londoner " Even if you watch his other sitcom about being a chauffer, his surname was London The sitcom was called Home James and he played the role of Jim London a chauffer. Again, it was not the funniest sitcom.

[@stickytapenrust6869]

Well if we’re going to have on-point names, we might as well call him Jim Cunt!

[@stickytapenrust6869]

@@spidyman8853That’s because it’s the same character. Home James was a sequel to this.

[@jamieorourke767]

Shockingly bad

[@mrsunshine6936]

His material can be ‘problematic’ in this day and age and he did have a chequered personal life, but Jim Davidson is talented. I remember a ‘lefty’ comedian and writer being in awe of his comic timing at a recording of Commercial Breakdown nearly twenty years ago. He just didn’t like him as a person and his brand of humour.

[@surebrec5113]

A lot of people who worked with him, both in front of and behind the cameras didn't like him.

[@EricPollarrd]

@@surebrec5113 try Bernard Manning snowflake

[@surebrec5113]

@@EricPollarrd I'm from Manchester. I know Manning all too well. He was the biggest snowflake there ever was. He was signed to do a comedy night in a local working men's club years ago and stormed off after doing about 10 minutes of his shitty act because he was being heckled. He pocketed £5k in notes for doing fuck all because he couldn't handle hecklers. So yeah, if you're going to call people snowflakes, Bernard Manning isn't the best choice of comebacks.

[@Edgel-in6bs]

@@surebrec5113 indeed. One extra even punched him after being paid to do so by the rest of the cast.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

He's nowhere near as good as Manning.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Actually. Went to see an episode of this being filmed highlight was Davidson doing bungle voices from rainbow in between takes gives you some idea how bad the show was

[@therespectedlex9794]

Don't forget Zippy and George, or Geoffrey.

[@betterbydefinition]

despite excellent supporting actors this is without doubt one of the worst, most unfunny sitcoms ever made

[@richardlloyd6116]

betterbydefinition I loved it when it was first on but watching it now it's awful

[@1wayne69harley]

Then don't watch it.

[@jamesfranklyn8547]

And here was me thinking jim davidsons career got worse with age, now I understand it's always been bad.

[@leejones8582]

Audrey and Jim

[@spidyman8853]

With Audrey, it was before Corrie

[@10beanz]

I'm a Londoner, and do like Jim but gawd blimey, luv a duck, it's awful. He was good with his lines, but: just is like yah nah, ain't is cos am er londanah, cos ah lav larndaran tarn. We all have to start somewhere, and you can't hide in the Internet.

[@spidyman8853]

It was a deliberate surname Jim concocted to say to the audience that " I'm a Londoner " Even if you watch his other sitcom about being a chauffer, his surname was London The sitcom was called Home James and he played the role of Jim London a chauffer. Again, it was not the funniest sitcom. So yes indeed, he wanted to show the world he is a Londoner which is fine to be proud of where one comes from, but, his was a bit too much - like a broadcast

[@zekeedwards9708]

Man i remember this, it was god awful! I've had funnier toothache

[@krushagrape786]

Davison u slaagson

[@Kissmikerotch]

I never realised at the time just how bad this was. I love Jim though.

[@discharge29]

sooooooo bad it was back then and still is

Good lad is jim Davidson.. great patriot . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@MrMarky2000]

Seriously I never even smiled watching this. I actually don't mind JD but this is just bad!!

[@jamesadams6009]

I know times and tastes change, but they don't change THAT much. Everyone i know thought this show was bloody dreadful back then, and still thinks it is bloody dreadful now. That's because IT IS. Embarrassingly poor.

[@jackfoley2192]

Is this a comedy

[@michellefalleur960]

NO

[@michellefalleur960]

It doesn't make anyone laugh, does it . (?)

[@ellenekanem]

The only thing I like about this is that authentic Cockney accents. Other than that, rubbish.

[@spidyman8853]

He is not a true cockney. He is mixed race. His dad is a scots man, and his mum is Irish.

[@ellenekanem]

@@spidyman8853 But he was born in the East End. Would you say Kenny Lynch wasn't a true Cockney because he was black?

[@spidyman8853]

@@ellenekanem Talking about Jim D not Kenny

[@ellenekanem]

@@spidyman8853 I knew that. Just using Kenny as an example. Problem?

[@anastasia10017]

this is better than dinner ladies

[@budgietrousers8275]

This was terrible, just like Jim's follow-on sitcom 'Home James'. He wasn't cut out for sitcom.

[@Phil_McAvity]

I’m not necessarily disagreeing but this is almost 40 years old.

[@Kavlor1]

A lot of sitcoms were like this back then Liver birds,Citizen smith etc. Comedies like Black Adder and Fawlty Towers were more unique shows that didn't follow this same formulae.

[@Phizzy]

@@Phil_McAvity Plenty of things are 40 years old and not shit, Ricky

[@Phil_McAvity]

@@Phizzy name 3

[@Phizzy]

@@Phil_McAvity lmao

[@johnmcfarlane748]

dreadfull

[@peterktori9116]

BULLS 👁 FLIPSIDE

[@19800bon]

Oh dear ! This is absolutely terrible. Please keep it in the past, it’s where it belongs!!

[@octaviussludberry9016]

Jesus H Christ. What a pile of dog mess.

[@davidsalyers234]

What a unfortunate failure of a show

[@LEGENDTRECE]

Are you trying to say elephants and castle in south east London

[@davids736]

I lived in Torquay back in the eighties, nightclubbing every night in the summer. Anyway, JD would do the summer season every year, and a friend of mine knew him. So I had the 'pleasure' of joining them a couple of times pubbing & clubbing, and I can assure you, JD was an obnoxious, drunk knob-end - totally giving it the big "I am". He was actually an embarrassment to be with, celebrity or no celebrity. Of course, he's an older man now and I'm sure he's a lovely bloke, but back then, he really was a prick - I'm sure if you asked him now, he would agree!!

[@davids736]

Sarah Barber Lol!! 😄😄😄

[@richardsmall7893]

What a waste of a life to be clubbing every night.Oh Dear!@@davids736

[@davids736]

@@richardsmall7893 Not every night, have Sunday off you know 👍👍👍

[@paulhollett7183]

Apparently not !

[@jfc4798]

@@richardsmall7893 yeah better to be at home doing crosswords. You sad boring git.

[@elizabethclayton2587]

Terrible then horrible know!

[@davids736]

Did people find this funny even back in the day??

[@anaccount8474]

No. It was crap even then. It was totally out of place in the 80s, when alternative comedy was at its height.

[@davids736]

An Account Ah, I hear you. Indeed, this being at the height of Alternative Comedy, this would've been everything that AC despised I'm sure. But on a pure comedic level - it's utter fucking shite either way!!

[@SleutherStrode]

no

[@davids736]

Sarah Barber I'm old enough to know this time, but I don't remember it - thankfully!!!

[@disismyutubename]

No !

[@spidyman8853]

Looking at the show now, he was not funny at all. The show is way dated and back then, you watched it coz there was nothing on the telly at the time

[@juliancresswell]

lots of negative comments, all JD haters from the looks, this was funny in the 80's, maybe not now with all the PC shite, but it was then. comparing this to the young ones doesn't even make sense. the young ones was alternative comedy, which paved the way for todays comedy style, this was old school. and YES i was around in the 80s and used to watch both. not a big JD fan these days though i have to admit.

[@paulhollett7183]

Never have I seen a bar set sooo low.

[@jfc4798]

Old school? This would have been shit even if was on the same years as on the buses. Shit is shit no matter when it was released.

[@degaulle30]

I dont understand, is this a comedy? There's a laugh track but no jokes 🤔

[@peterktori9116]

NOT FUNNY OK

[@michaelpowell3852]

Great comdey realy annoying theme tune

[@paulhollett7183]

Your bar is set really low. Sooooo low !

[@marieince3239]

Anything with Jim Davidson in is crap

[@Captain-Cardboard]

What about Jim Davidson's coffin?

[@c.t.martin3915]

@@Captain-Cardboard that's called firewood

[@michaelbitofallsortschanne7996]

Great comdey annoying intro tune

[@clivet3846]

This could well be the worst tv programme ever

[@stickytapenrust6869]

Nah, that belong to LWT sitcom Bottle Boys!