rita_de_peeves Yes it's brilliant! It really takes skill to combine sadness and comedy like this and it's all the more powerful because there really are lots of women like Elaine out there (to a less extreme extent haha).
@@xr6lad Called phantom pregnancy I think and is a very sad diagnosis. These women (often unable to have kids), truly start to convince themselves they are carrying. Heartbreaking.
@The Complaining Channel What are you going on about, ya whiny little douche nozzle? I mean I figure you're a sarcastic asshat, considering your name and all. If that was a compliment, thanks. If sarcasm, I'm impressed...sort of.
Watching this, at times, I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. The expression on her face near the end when she acknowledges that she is not actually pregnant is heart breaking...and then when the camera is observing her trying to turn the pram around at a distance, I wanted to laugh again. I suppose my emotions are just like that of a new mother...all over the place ;)
I love Elaine..she is the funniest and my fav character next to gran and drunk bride, but this episode has always made me a little bit depressed... poor Elaine.. :(
+Krijn van Alten False pregnancy, phantom pregnancy, or hysterical pregnancy- officially called pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammals-is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the organism is not actually pregnant.
The word 'hysteria' is based on a Greek word for ''uterus'' It was once thought that many diseases and ailments that affected women were due problems with the uterus. The word has now changed meaning, although we still speak of women undergoing a hyster-ectomy. ie removal of the uterus.The word hysterical is now concerned with emotional excess - something that someone with a pseudocyesis will likely experience.
banjoman44 I know that, but I thought that in the medical word these days 'hysteria' in the meaning of the emotional condition is avoided. So if you see it used now in medical terminology (like hysterical pregnancy or the hysterectomy) it refers only to the meaning of uterus. But, I have to honest: this is (I think) the case in the Dutch medical word, I can't speak of the situation outside the Netherlands. Also: on the Dutch Wikipedia, the synonym hysterical pregnancy is not used, but pseudocyesis is named instead. I know this is not hard proof for anything, but it might be a sign that the word 'hysterical pregnancy' is not that common used (anymore) here.
This isn't about choosing to be childless if that's what you mean. This is about hysterical pregnancies. It's a psychiatric/medical issue some people deal with.
Unbelievable as it might be I can vouch for the truth of this situation….as a childcare SW I met a young woman who not only lied about her pregnancy to her parents….they bought all the gear…cot, pram, clothes..bedding, bottles etc…she went up to her room one night and came down telling her parents that she had had the babe and it was sleeping in the cot…and she was going up the pub. They investigated and found that the baby in the cot was a doll….long before the days of these lifelike ones…she told other whoppers too….and people believed her.
She was experiencing, as the video is titled, a 'hysterical pregnancy'. When women experience this, their bodies display symptoms of being pregnant even though they aren't. This can include not having periods.
...What do you mean? The feminists need to deal with the fact that you think it's sad that a babyless mother is in denial and confronted with being unfertile? How do you expect them to 'deal' with the fact? Do you assume they dislike hearing that there are men that have feelings and show concern for women's issues? ...isn't that exactly what they wánt? Don't you mean; "There you go, dear feminists! Hope you like my expression of feelings! "?
@@Widdekuu91 One of the great things about comedy is that it can tell truths that everyone knows but none dare to say. Elanie Figgis is a fictional character but has enough truth to be recognizable. It's 2006 and she is probably late 40s early 50s. She is infertile NOW but she may have been as fertile as any woman ever. Her natural fertility window has passed. What was she doing with her life for the past 25 years ? She is not just unhappy, she is so desperately unhappy she is starting to hallucinate, that is mentally unwell. Feminists would have you believe that any differences in mental attitudes between men and women are the result of socialization, which they call an oppressive patriarchy which can be changed, not the result of biology which cannot, which they call biological determinism. Middle aged women who are childless and alone are growing in number. Is their unhappiness the result of socialization by the oppressive patriarchy ? Is that a problem that feminists can deal with ? Or will they just blame men and society for the painful results caused by women's own choices ?
@@jakedee4117 .....Ohhhh you're a troll. Jeesh, sorry that took me a while. Should've checked your empty channel before I got into a discussion with you over whether or not women should be allowed to choose whether they have children. Sorry, I genuinely thought for a second that you were a socially awkward person that had a positive point. No problem, have a good day, bye.
@@Widdekuu91 Questions of infertility and mental illness are often difficult to talk about. They are often very personal and raise strong emotions that make it hard to see the issue clearly. Crying Troll if you find some one who won't affirm your beliefs is childish. I am not your Mum and I'm not your therapist. I'm not required to provide you with a comforting space. Nobody is denying anyone's right to choose. But that's not the same as saying anyone who wants children has the right to HAVE children. We have, at best, the right to try.
@@jakedee4117 Feminist urge women to get financially independent. Sperm banks have been around quite a time. As well as information about women's fertility and that is not a good idea to leave it too late. So you are right, if someone just figures out as middle aged that she wants kids, she should put the blame on feminists. That the feminists have not had their message out clear and loud enough that women should have better chances to better income generation early enough in life to be able to have kids before one becomes infertile. There are many young couples who would want children but cannot afford to. Also young families with kids very often face financial problems. Why is that. Even with both parents working!
Not sure you get it. It is funny because it is so realistically sad, touching and pathetic (a lot of real people have mannerisms, delusions, etc just like Elaine) whilst you know that its a part played by an actress. Thats what makes it so brilliant. In life, tears and laughter are often only a thin line apart.
The sad thing is while we laugh; there’s are people like this out there. And while I’m far from PC in my humour, not sure this is a little bit ‘nasty’ when people do have serious ‘health issues’
Because people like that have their priorities fucked up they would rather go hungry than be seen badly dressed if they were physically wasting away they would insist that they were deliberately trying to lose weight
Seems like all the Americans think this is sad. It’s not sad, it’s hilarious. Life doesn’t revolve around getting married and popping out kids for everyone.
Have some compassion, being a woman you are raised to believe life revolves around marriage and popping out kids and get punished for having career ambitions and women who don't want children are villified. The world is cruel to childless women, you are being cruel dismissing their agony. I hope in your next life you'll be born a girl and maybe then you'll understand.
It's sad because the character is clearly unhappy. Many people are happy childless, but if this character was happy childless, she wouldn't have a hysterical pregnancy and fake it all the way through.
It's nothing about being *raised* with those beliefs, there are biological urges to reproduce which have nothing to do with your upbringing. Far more powerful than any beliefs could be.
@@juliannehannes11 I am British & 66 years old. I was never raised just to be a mother & was encouraged to have a career. All my friends were too, some had children & some didn't & that was okay, nobody vilified them. Is this the norm in the US to believe that women are raised just to have kids?.
I used to think this was hilarious, and it still is comic genius but as you get older you realise how heartbreaking it is too. She's a bit daft, but all she wants to is to feel loved.
Our sweetest laughter is bought with our sweetest pain…something…a great poem I should not have ballsed up completely and forgotten, says. This character works so incredibly well because she’s both. Loove our Footlong Figgis
How strange when a comedy sketch can actually move you .... This is actually quite sad but tragically funny
rita_de_peeves Yes it's brilliant! It really takes skill to combine sadness and comedy like this and it's all the more powerful because there really are lots of women like Elaine out there (to a less extreme extent haha).
I think this is a bit close to the bone tbh as there are women like this. It’s actually not funny and they need help.
@@xr6lad Called phantom pregnancy I think and is a very sad diagnosis. These women (often unable to have kids), truly start to convince themselves they are carrying. Heartbreaking.
Remember diddy David Hamilton
Probably her most poignant and saddest character.
Pathos. :/
uhm, she dumped daniel craig, lol
@@celeryg66 she was looking for someone slightly better looking
@@salvolondon lol, like fat men that want supermodel, ugh
I would use the word pathetic.
Catherine Tate is a master comedienne.
@The Complaining Channel What are you going on about, ya whiny little douche nozzle? I mean I figure you're a sarcastic asshat, considering your name and all. If that was a compliment, thanks. If sarcasm, I'm impressed...sort of.
@____________________________51 Hey, if your first comment was a dig at the OP's spelling, I have to inform you that comedienne is correct. Ciao!
What a talented actress and comedienne. Felt like she just came and went.
Most genius does just that. Most don't know of them. We are lucky to have discovered magic!
She didn't go anywhere, she went on to star in other projects like the Office (US), Doctor Who etcetera
that saddened me a bit..
"I've been to Doncaster the accent grates on me"
"Your baby wouldnt necessarily have a Doncaster accent"
"But can I take that risk?"
😂
Awww )': actually felt like crying when she said "no I'm not pregnant" poor her
Every time I watch this and get too sad I remember.... she ends up with Daniel Craig. And then dumps him.
ok.. that's actually really sad...
Lol you have NO sense of humor. Prat!
@Amy Howcroft-Sims more like no humor
@@MIS315 actually making fun of real people that actually have this sort of mental issue with fake pregnancies isn’t funny prat.
“I’m not sure if that was a contraption...” 🤣😂🤣
Yes, the word "contraption," instead of contraction LOL!
When this first aired I never dreamed I would end up 36 and in the same sad position in life :(
Hey it’s never too late! :)
There is a support group called More to Life if you are in the UK. I hope you get all the things you want in life.
I really think society is a lot less judgmental since 2006, so many 30-somethings with no partner or kid nowadays ❤
Hey man how you doing?
Hahahaha what a saddo LOOOOL
Watching this, at times, I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. The expression on her face near the end when she acknowledges that she is not actually pregnant is heart breaking...and then when the camera is observing her trying to turn the pram around at a distance, I wanted to laugh again. I suppose my emotions are just like that of a new mother...all over the place ;)
No, these are not your ''emotions'', this is exactly what this skit intended to do, the exact emotions it aimed to provoke.
Coffee colored!
"Not on the outside, but on the inside I'm huge"...sounds like the Tardis (coincidence much?) LOL
must have been forshadowing! LOL
And the pram turns (Left)
So @ 3:48 she's saying that she's bigger on the inside?
Yes...
Veronica Hudon sings the doctor who theme tune
OOOOOWEEEEOOOOO OOOOOWEEEEEEOOOOOOO!!!
Is she the tardis?
@@rachelleach1472 did the doctor wish really hard?
I think it is sad. What an amazing performance !!
As we know, all comedy is based on some form of tragedy. This is the perfect example.
What a fantastic actress,made me really sad at the end!
Bless. I feel so sad for this character. 😢
I love Elaine..she is the funniest and my fav character next to gran and drunk bride, but this episode has always made me a little bit depressed... poor Elaine.. :(
For me, the best British comedian,ever, since many many years! Excited to see her in the Hard Cell on Netflix next 12 April
i love this catherine tate character!
I love Elaine but this was actually quite sad.
Omg, I came here for laughs and ended up with crying 😢
Comic genius. Perfect timing.
So true!
The clock bit in this gets me every time 😅
It is the wee point at the clock 😅
This woman is just truly talented.
Definitely sad as there are people like this 😪
The title is a little misleading, there is not 'hysterical' pregnancy at all. Its a psychological one!
+Krijn van Alten False pregnancy, phantom pregnancy, or hysterical pregnancy- officially called pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammals-is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the organism is not actually pregnant.
banjoman44 But why is it called hysterical then? I mean, with such a pseudocyesis there is not actually something in the uterus, right?
The word 'hysteria' is based on a Greek word
for ''uterus'' It was once thought that many diseases and ailments that affected women were due problems with the uterus. The word has now changed meaning, although we still speak of women undergoing a hyster-ectomy. ie removal of the uterus.The word hysterical is now concerned with emotional excess - something that someone with a pseudocyesis
will likely experience.
banjoman44 I know that, but I thought that in the medical word these days 'hysteria' in the meaning of the emotional condition is avoided. So if you see it used now in medical terminology (like hysterical pregnancy or the hysterectomy) it refers only to the meaning of uterus.
But, I have to honest: this is (I think) the case in the Dutch medical word, I can't speak of the situation outside the Netherlands.
Also: on the Dutch Wikipedia, the synonym hysterical pregnancy is not used, but pseudocyesis is named instead. I know this is not hard proof for anything, but it might be a sign that the word 'hysterical pregnancy' is not that common used (anymore) here.
You are right Krijn, the term 'hysterical pregnancy' is certainly a term of antiquity.
Don’t be feeling sorry for Elaine figgis this woman broke Daniel Craig’s heart 😂😂
Oh give it a rest 😂
I don’t know wether to laugh or cry
This is so funny but so sad 😭 She just wanted a baby
I’m sure this has happened to someone somewhere, and they wouldn’t be laughing at the end of the video
Wow. 2006 how we have moved on.
David Evans Moved on even further since you wrote this. The years fly!
This isn't about choosing to be childless if that's what you mean. This is about hysterical pregnancies. It's a psychiatric/medical issue some people deal with.
Oh my goodness this is so tragic, poor Figgis, nobody seems to understand she just want's a baby.My god don't you just hate contraptions.
I can’t believe she turned down Daniel Craig.
She is really lonely
tatennant
I've been to doncaster the accent grates on me Lol
Contraption 😂
on the inside im huge... "it's bigger on the inside!"
She's so funny, just brilliant.
There is something bittersweet about ol' Elaine. You do feel a bit of sympathy for her beneath the laughs.
Unbelievable as it might be I can vouch for the truth of this situation….as a childcare SW I met a young woman who not only lied about her pregnancy to her parents….they bought all the gear…cot, pram, clothes..bedding, bottles etc…she went up to her room one night and came down telling her parents that she had had the babe and it was sleeping in the cot…and she was going up the pub. They investigated and found that the baby in the cot was a doll….long before the days of these lifelike ones…she told other whoppers too….and people believed her.
She is brilliant.
Contraptions 😂😂😂😂omgawd I'm on the floor here
She amazing actress so love her shows.✌✌✌✌✌👍👍👍👍
She's marvelous doing accents, but I've never heard her do a Scoucer (Liverpudlian). Bet she'd be excellent!
for me this is the best thing EVER!!! :D I love Catherine Tate!
2:10 The paper is blank both sides
pretty sure this was before she was on Doctor Who
screencut considering her season of Doctor Who was 2008.. um.. yes?
A really bizarr comical drama. This skit left me back with a stone in my stomach
So why she wasn't having Periods ? Early menopause maybe ?
She was experiencing, as the video is titled, a 'hysterical pregnancy'. When women experience this, their bodies display symptoms of being pregnant even though they aren't. This can include not having periods.
I think the character is supposed to be from York, England.
Catherine Tate :: Genius.
Contraptions, lol
I had forgot about this character, like Donna...
Reminds me of Kristen Wiig
I know this is supposed to be comedy but this is actually terribly terribly tragic.
Deal with that feminists !
...What do you mean? The feminists need to deal with the fact that you think it's sad that a babyless mother is in denial and confronted with being unfertile?
How do you expect them to 'deal' with the fact? Do you assume they dislike hearing that there are men that have feelings and show concern for women's issues?
...isn't that exactly what they wánt? Don't you mean; "There you go, dear feminists! Hope you like my expression of feelings! "?
@@Widdekuu91 One of the great things about comedy is that it can tell truths that everyone knows but none dare to say. Elanie Figgis is a fictional character but has enough truth to be recognizable. It's 2006 and she is probably late 40s early 50s. She is infertile NOW but she may have been as fertile as any woman ever. Her natural fertility window has passed. What was she doing with her life for the past 25 years ? She is not just unhappy, she is so desperately unhappy she is starting to hallucinate, that is mentally unwell. Feminists would have you believe that any differences in mental attitudes between men and women are the result of socialization, which they call an oppressive patriarchy which can be changed, not the result of biology which cannot, which they call biological determinism.
Middle aged women who are childless and alone are growing in number. Is their unhappiness the result of socialization by the oppressive patriarchy ? Is that a problem that feminists can deal with ? Or will they just blame men and society for the painful results caused by women's own choices ?
@@jakedee4117
.....Ohhhh you're a troll. Jeesh, sorry that took me a while.
Should've checked your empty channel before I got into a discussion with you over whether or not women should be allowed to choose whether they have children.
Sorry, I genuinely thought for a second that you were a socially awkward person that had a positive point. No problem, have a good day, bye.
@@Widdekuu91 Questions of infertility and mental illness are often difficult to talk about. They are often very personal and raise strong emotions that make it hard to see the issue clearly. Crying Troll if you find some one who won't affirm your beliefs is childish. I am not your Mum and I'm not your therapist. I'm not required to provide you with a comforting space. Nobody is denying anyone's right to choose. But that's not the same as saying anyone who wants children has the right to HAVE children. We have, at best, the right to try.
@@jakedee4117 Feminist urge women to get financially independent. Sperm banks have been around quite a time. As well as information about women's fertility and that is not a good idea to leave it too late. So you are right, if someone just figures out as middle aged that she wants kids, she should put the blame on feminists. That the feminists have not had their message out clear and loud enough that women should have better chances to better income generation early enough in life to be able to have kids before one becomes infertile. There are many young couples who would want children but cannot afford to. Also young families with kids very often face financial problems. Why is that. Even with both parents working!
i cant help but feel really sad watching this :(
I don't find myself rolling around the floor with laughter. If I want seriousness I'd rather watch a documentary on Jennifer San Marco.
what accent is this? it sound beautiful.
portishphonic it’s definitely northern England, I always think she sounds like she is from Cheshire way, maybe even from just outside of Liverpool.
wait, did she lose the baby, or was she never pregnant to begin with?
Hello!!!!
It’s a comedy sketch….. chill and laugh 😂
Its actually sad. Not sure background laughs were relevant.
Not sure you get it. It is funny because it is so realistically sad, touching and pathetic (a lot of real people have mannerisms, delusions, etc just like Elaine) whilst you know that its a part played by an actress. Thats what makes it so brilliant. In life, tears and laughter are often only a thin line apart.
Lady Charlie Chaplin) Sorry for Elaine, it's so hard to be Elaine Figgis🤷♀️ She is so beautiful in the end...
Fergie Figgis lol
Now that the delusion has been addressed, hopefully the contraptions will stop.
Sad 😥
That was sad.
oh wow. I'm crying and laughing.
That's sad😭
I knew of some one in this position 😔 sad...
She turned left
The sad thing is while we laugh; there’s are people like this out there. And while I’m far from PC in my humour, not sure this is a little bit ‘nasty’ when people do have serious ‘health issues’
Poor Elaine.
This is the reality now... lot of women are desperate but would rather watch their eggs dry up instead of "settling" smdh...
Her expressions😂
This is sad, a character that very much exists but should not be made fun of. More educational than comedy.
She marries Daniel Craig next
after Barry manilow 😁😁
This was sad ! 😯
05:55
Elaine is the perfect Brit. Female
Superb, but so wish the audience 'larfter' could be canned!
What's the accent
Love her.
Is that kristen wigg
5:47
iTs 2o06 😂
Fergie Figgis….
VP baby
Are you a real person?
If she’s supposed to be such a loser, why is she so well dressed? I love that shirt.
Because people like that have their priorities fucked up they would rather go hungry than be seen badly dressed if they were physically wasting away they would insist that they were deliberately trying to lose weight
You're own language is sad...
Danielleee x "You're"
So funny
Not one part of that was funny-just very sad
That is the point, it's tragic humour, it's British.
@@Widdekuu91 no I am British-and I still don’t think it’s funny
@@ginastarey4695
It's not funny, it's tragic. That's the point.
Laughing so you don't cry.
Fuckinell hahahahahahaha
Seems like all the Americans think this is sad. It’s not sad, it’s hilarious. Life doesn’t revolve around getting married and popping out kids for everyone.
Have some compassion, being a woman you are raised to believe life revolves around marriage and popping out kids and get punished for having career ambitions and women who don't want children are villified. The world is cruel to childless women, you are being cruel dismissing their agony. I hope in your next life you'll be born a girl and maybe then you'll understand.
It's sad because the character is clearly unhappy. Many people are happy childless, but if this character was happy childless, she wouldn't have a hysterical pregnancy and fake it all the way through.
It's nothing about being *raised* with those beliefs, there are biological urges to reproduce which have nothing to do with your upbringing. Far more powerful than any beliefs could be.
Life is *nothing* without those things. It doesn't revolve around them, but it doesn't have em it's empty.
@@juliannehannes11 I am British & 66 years old. I was never raised just to be a mother & was encouraged to have a career. All my friends were too, some had children & some didn't & that was okay, nobody vilified them. Is this the norm in the US to believe that women are raised just to have kids?.
was dis a pammarama investigayshun/! its sad that u preepul have added da fayke laffs, its a relly sad dicumentirry, arusehoales
Samuel Bradley it’s a comedy, not a documentary.
I used to think this was hilarious, and it still is comic genius but as you get older you realise how heartbreaking it is too. She's a bit daft, but all she wants to is to feel loved.
Well she chucked Daniel Craig out!
As a 25 yo gay father with a child, I agree that there's nothing comic about this. It hit home hard. Only I know what I went through to be a father.
It is absolutely heartbreaking.
Oh come on
Our sweetest laughter is bought with our sweetest pain…something…a great poem I should not have ballsed up completely and forgotten, says. This character works so incredibly well because she’s both. Loove our Footlong Figgis