Upscaled - Big Train - s1 [couchtripper]

[@because_the_internet]

The cat and mouse fight is the most accurate street confrontation caught on film.

[@powderedground78]

Fantastic to see this on here. Gods work you are doing of late, Couchtripper! I was a bit too young to see it on its original airing but was lucky enough to catch it later on. I do hope the next generation find this on their algorithms.

[@SongBillong]

Easily one of the best sketch shows ever. So many classics!

[@LoneKharnivore]

Is that why it only lasted for two series, four years apart?

[@SongBillong]

@@LoneKharnivore Eh? There have been loads of brilliant shows that have only had one or two series. That means absolutely nothing! The vast majority of US comedies are utter shite yet get about 25 series each. Off the top of my head, here are some classic UK comedy shows that only had one or two series: The Day Today, Jam, Spaced, Fawlty Towers, 15 Storeys High, Bruiser, The Armando Ianucci Shows... I could go on.

[@SongBillong]

@@sratus Oh, absolutely

[@jimbobbby]

God I miss this crew of comedians so much.

[@grahamandrew907]

Loved it from day one, favourite sketch, old teacher going back to old empty school.😂😂😂

[@pseudonayme7717]

The cat and mouse fighting still cracks me up. "Leave it, it's not worth it!" 😄😄

[@dw300]

Pegg almost breaks his neck at 8:40 !

[@jackiechan8840]

What a classic. Thanks for sharing Mr Tripper

[@stuartmitchell1908]

Thank you Couch tripper! Excellent work as always 🔥

[@wookieboss2643]

The gymnast sketch at 55.00 was exactly what happend in the Olympics this year 😂😂 . The aussie woman who couldn't break dance at all

[@indigohammer5732]

The Woman who broke dancing

[@thebagelsproductions]

RayGun 😂 absolutely amazing

[@MrAndys21]

Hahahah I thought exactly the same thing...

[@vincenttiggelman4978]

Kevin Eldon's timing is always superb

[@johnbongjoey5200]

I LOVE the World Stare-out Championship!

[@paulschnyder938]

Especially the 43rd - it really was an outstanding tournament.

[@joda6466]

This channel is like a time machine back to my formative years!

[@---df5sr]

This happened to me. I passed man in my car throwing glass bottles at people in the street, as i drove further i saw a copper and pulled up to tell him. As i drive off i could see in my rear view he went straight into Greggs bakery 😂

[@ennayanne]

most competent police officer

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

But did anyone steal his helmet? sorry that's a piracy thing I think

[@sarah3796]

Haha…. Though their partner might have been in there and they were going in to get them

[@TonyLee-r6k]

They do sell good pies

[@cmasseylynch]

This series was tops .

[@Equalizer1-t4w]

Ah,nice one for this,Couchtripper. An underated and criminally unrepeated regularly,classic sketch show. The Stare Out Comp is a fave. 😅

[@thebagelsproductions]

I've never seen this before, but it's just full of talented folks who I love ❤️

[@magnetizedclairwy]

Thank you so much for this and all your videos, awesome!!

[@Jonebee7771]

Glad I bought it on DVD 👍🙂

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

I don't know why but "You're trampling on our rights, Roger!" never fails to get me. Always a problem when low morale is undermining your... productivity

[@jimbobbby]

Adam and Joe wrote that one 😂

[@remylebeau34]

​@@jimbobbbyAdam and Joe was classic I had no Idea they wrote for this, thanks for sharing

[@jimbobbby]

@@remylebeau34 no problem. I'm a bit obsessed with buckles and I think he said it on a podcast.

[@remylebeau34]

@@jimbobbby does Joe do anything nowadays? I haven't seen anything from him since way back then

[@jimbobbby]

@@remylebeau34 directs films. He did attack the block, kid who would be king and a couple of others. He does podcasts with Adam once a year tho and they're pretty funny.

[@user-mz1ym3ux4i]

Somehow managed to foretell Australian break dancing and Lia Thomas in one sketch

[@THEE4DARKESTCORNERZ23]

The big train on a small map reminds me of Liz Truss 😂

[@MephitisUK]

One of the best sketch shows made, up there with 'Smack the Pony'.

[@paulschnyder938]

Way, way funnier than Smack the Pony

[@carlhunton9516]

What a first ep of s1. Amazing.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

The Hall and Oates sketch is simply legendary.

[@eadweard.]

1:35 What really makes this bit work is the contrast between the police in the sketch and the real cops: one lot are scruffy, aloof and would do anything to avoid solving crime - whereas the ones in the sketch are dressed quite smartly.

[@believeinpeace]

The first one is my most favorite ever! The train was is a gem also!

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

I literally cried with laughter at the table tennis/funeral home sketch 😂😂😂😂😂

[@WeAreSomeRandom]

Awsome man , I had the dvds back Iin the day 👍

[@SkipSpotter]

The best era for Brit comedy writing.

[@listerofsmeg884]

Chris Morris narrating the jockey/Prince skit of course Plus Liz Truss at 19:30

[@carlhunton9516]

Never twigged this before!

[@BidensStairPhobia]

The Hall and Oats sketch is god tier.

[@mushmyth]

Brilliant CouchTripper - thank you, that Virginia Plain ending was wonderful. Did you manage to get the second series done?

[@Couchtripper]

requests? buymeacoffee.com/couchtripper

[@jimbobbby]

​@@CouchtripperI like your style man!

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

There’s a woman in this sketch show that’s been bothering me all the way through as I thought I recognised her - 💥 its Alan Partidges Ukrainian girlfriend ! Thank fk for that 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@FightingCoward]

Id forgotten that the actor Kevin Eldon was in this!

[@bulletproofblouse]

That's because of how good his acting is.

[@superfurryfox1]

DRINK YOUR WEAK LEMON DRINK NOW!

[@ethzero]

Where's... My... JELLY!

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

EEEAAARRTH

[@wysiwyg2006]

He had his own funny show, Here's Kevin

[@PsychedelicGoo]

"won't we need a giant" 😂

[@listerofsmeg884]

Keep being reminded of the stare out sketch at 1:00:20 when the footballer of the same name scores for Villa. 'it's hard not to mention Duran's unusual style '

[@paulschnyder938]

Campignola is the master. There'll never be another.

[@meu02136]

Brownings bank sketch has now been stolen by haribo. I like that too to be honest.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

That "murder at the dinnertable" sketch looks like it was taken straight out of Jam.

[@speiss2002]

George Martin... OMFG!

[@existnow.]

Well we know where RayGun got her breakdance routine from. 🇦🇺

[@Equalizer1-t4w]

@11:15 was the sketch I think I told my mates about to convince them that to get on the Big Train 😂

[@ytran4808]

Memorable characters

[@joda6466]

Was that graham linehan? In the hall and oates sketch?

[@jimbobbby]

Yes

[@SimonHeartfield]

and Michael (Simon Greenall) from the petrol station/hotel in I'm Alan Partridge in the same scene.

[@jt_uk_]

So this is what Jim was up to before FND

[@paulschnyder938]

Brilliant comedy

[@artofsam]

The second sketch with the police officer is no longer comedy its reality.

[@jimbobbby]

Simon pegg foreshadowing ed in sotd in the ritz/titz sketch.

[@steveballinger9643]

The scene starting at 1:38:55 I’ve been searching for for years. Cheers guys Oh..um 😮

[@wifflebat14]

I never knew this was the origin of fursonas!

[@patchso]

The actor Kevin Eldon.

[@RedHerringMedia]

Ooh interesting which episode was it?! I love this sketch show series, definitely one of the best ones out there!

[@Couchtripper]

Episode 3. The whole thing was blocked.

[@tomsmith3758]

@@Couchtripperwas that the episode with Kevin Eldons ‘fat handed tw*t’ character? Seem to remember it involved him catching a baby falling from a high rise building.

[@SharpFitnessLook]

Never seen this before,probably C4 that’s why

[@Couchtripper]

It was on BBC 2

[@MiniLemmy]

2nd sketch - who knew the police would ACTUALLY end up like this? (At least for minorities)

[@SocialJusticeWorrier]

She should have said he was wearing a St George's cross.

[@ennayanne]

they were always like that and acitvely hostile as well

[@bulletproofblouse]

1:48:35 Arthur Mathews shouting "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! YOU BOLLOCKS!" easily the highlight of both serieses. Really a great sketch series, many of the sketches have a strong Gary Larson influence.

[@chriswinrow1483]

Classic

[@THEE4DARKESTCORNERZ23]

Who did the animation for the staring contest? Could it be the same person who did Simons Cat? ❤

[@Couchtripper]

"The first series included a series of animated sketches written and drawn by Paul Hatcher and animated by Chris Shepherd, with composition and additional animation by Rhodri Cooper and Jeff Goldner of Animation Post. "The World Stare-out Championship Final" was originally a self-published comic that Hatcher created in 1996 which Graham Linehan spotted in a comic shop in London and then contacted Hatcher with a view to using it as animated sequences in a proposed sketch show commissioned by the BBC." www.play.mdx.ac.uk/media/SHEPHERD%2C+Chris+-+BIG+TRAINA+STARING+CONTEST+-[phone]+UK/1_k8bspmeg

[@THEE4DARKESTCORNERZ23]

@@Couchtripper ah it was Simon tofield. I guess it's all in the first name lol 😂. But thanks for your correct info it's much appreciated

[@djpaulhannon]

How would they have gotten this past the pitch stage with this?

[@RiPFreespeach2024]

Nah fast show was better

[@Couchtripper]

Nobody asked.

[@LoneKharnivore]

Wow. Simon Pegg was incredibly lucky Spaced got commissioned, wasn't he? If this was his career highlight I doubt he'd be starring in Hollywood movies today.

[@Couchtripper]

you liked your own comment - that's funny

[@Equalizer1-t4w]

​@@Couchtripper 😂😂😂

[@wbertie2604]

I think it was Band of Brothers that helped him - Tom Hanks, David Schwimmer as connections. Didn't seem to hurt the careers of Scott Grimes, Damien Lewis, etc, either.