@@nondescripthandle212 hey can you please keep your stinky, overused, typical redditor caca on reddit and not plague the rest of the internet please. thanks :)
This is probably the best DA sketch ever, absolutely fine tuned for total frustration and confusion. Truly a master at work. Miss him even decades later.
Me and my dad (I’m now over 45) watched this when it first come out and I have never seen him laugh so hard, before or since. Dave Allen was superb. His bit on the car following him is just as funny.
"If someone asked you what time it was and you didn't know you would feel stupid!" "Well why doesn't he feel stupid? He doesn't know the time either." Hilarious, and a typical answer you would get too! xD
The most genius sketch ever at illustrating both the absurdities of the English language, and understanding and relating so lovingly to the mind of any young child. I wish I was a child of Ireland in many ways - they just seem to 'get it' all so well and have a laugh at the same time..
It's like like words 'Minute' and 'My nyoot'. (The second spelling I did to clarify the different pronunciation) Both words are actually spelt the same. I can understand why non English speaking people find our language confusing!
"..the third hand is the second hand" - everyone knows where it's going! LOL! Fan-bloody-tastic! I love that he's actually saying that it's not that easy for kids to learn how to tell the time on an analogue clock...and it isn't!
One of the best sketches ever written, delivered by one of my favourite comedians. I have seen this so many time but I still cannot help doubling with laughter.
My little boy has problem reading books even though he managed to graduate from pre-school. The trainer sensed concerns that he might be able to enroll grade and advised to hold him back. But I didn’t stop trying right until I discovered this particular *4ChildrenReading. Com* a reading guidebook. His own reading abilities are excellent for the 1st grade student and also his development definitely surprised the trainer. She also stated the story to other people.
My dad's favourite comedian. I injured my leg laughing so much at one of his live gigs in Melbourne back in he 80's. The injury to the leg? An irish tragedy: I kicked it up in a fit of laughter so hard at Dave's antics, that my shin caught the sharp cast iron base of the seat in front of me- causing me to laugh and cry at the same time.
It's been 50years since I saw this crowded into a tv room at boarding school and I can still laugh to my hearts content. I believe I and many others miss that kind of highly intelligent humor. I
Favourite comedian in our home. My dad being northern Irish. Loved him. He was so good at relating to what was happening around him. My favourite sketch is the two funeral parties trying to get the church first. Still makes me laugh still. 😂😂
I just lost it when he said that the third hand is the second hand, that had me in stitches. One of the greatest laughs I have had in quite some time. :D
My parents gave up trying to teach me how to tell the time on a standard clock and bought me a digital watch. 😂 My brother told me to watch "Playschool" which was for nursery aged kids and I learned to tell the time on a standard clock. I was 10 years old at the time. 😂
I can't watch him without thinking of my, (late), father. He was a devoted fan of Dave Allen and whenever he was on TV we kids would have to sit in absolute silence in case we made a noise and he missed any of the jokes. Having to hold a cushion to our mouths for fear of laughing was no joke. " Thank you, good night and may your God go with you ".
Strangely enough, it was a Spaniard who had lived in Sweden for years, now back in Spain, who brought Dave Allen up in the conversation at lunch today - gracias Roman!
I watched these with my parents, I think it was Saturday night viewing. Not only has this stood the test of time, but it is clean funny comedy unlike so much comedy today. Like a lot of people here I watched this when it was new on 1 of 3 channels, so much simpler back then.
The lunacy of how we live our lives beautifully illustrated by the master storyteller. I first saw this as a kid and remember wetting myself with laughter!!
me too.. my dad let me watch him at a tender age of about 9..he was so funny ..but my dad.. laughed so loud ..he understood more then what i did with the gags
Brilliant stuff from a truly great comedian, sadly missed. Modern comics could learn a lot from this man. He only swears for emphasis and when he does he uses it like a verbal grenade........
As you say Brilliant stuff,this really is comedy at its best,what i don"t understand is that i have got the Best of Dave Allan on DVD but for some weird reason it don"t have this sketch included on it,yet it has to be among the best he done!
canada mann Jasper Carrott Stuff also brilliant observation-comedy at it's best, his 'car insurance claim-forms ' absurdities of how we completely lose it' absolutely brilliant!
I'm Irish Catholic with Irish parents. British and Irish humour have their intersectional points. Dubliners receive British broadcasts and vice versa on Britain's west. Much of it is similar and loved in both islands.
How has this got so many dislikes? I know that some people will get offended by absolutely anything (some people just wake up looking for reasons to say they are offended by something) but come on, this was hilarious while being completely family friendly and totally inoffensive
Yeah! From that I was imagining about what the poor kid was thinking, "Okay, the first hand is the hour hand...got it! The second hand is the minute hand...got it! But then Daddy said the third hand is the second hand. What? Are there two minute hands, now or what? Gee I'm so confused. Will I ask him or is he gonna yell at me again?!"😁
Man I miss the era when Dave Allen At Large was tops. I remember being a kid still going to primary school & watching his BBC show on a Sunday night when & I shudda been in bed. On Monday, us kids who were able to stay up to watch him couldn't wait to tell our classmates about his mad cap comedy sketches. Being a through Irishman he never took his background serious, his piss-take on religion, sex, & everyday life was hilarious. Another great comedian sorely missed in this time of mediocrity.
When we all get together it is amazing what nonsense we think makes sense and we all agree about. ONly when, as he does here, tries to explain to someone who is not party to the conventions, do we see how stupid it all really is. Time is but a small example of this. He was a genius for seeing the nonsense in everyday life and our ridiculous our conventions truly are. I miss him a lot
The whole imperial measurement system(The one the US uses), is also part of this, makes no sense compared to the simple and easy metric system. America please, it's 21centuary!
petereuk52: I take the points you're making, but I very slightly disagree. On the contrary, much of the machinery of everyday life makes perfect sense when you stop and think about it - and yes, that includes the traditional clock face. If such things didn't make sense, then Mankind would have devised far better alternatives by now and ceased using such methods long ago. In the case of time measurement, our system is solely determined by the Earth's rotation and orbit around the sun. Accordingly, as it's a cosmic event, we have no choice in the matter where our time system is concerned, ergo it's not at all "stupid". The Dave Allen 'way' was to simply take the extremely ordinary (or exceedingly familiar), and twist it into something that, on the surface at least, APPEARED to be utterly nonsensical. Such an approach takes exceptional talent to pull off with genuine conviction, swagger and style....and that's why, even to this day, I still regard him as the greatest comedian of all time. Many have stolen a few pages from Dave's unique book of humour, but none have even got close to touching this much-missed, genius of a comic. He's an absolute legend.
MiZunoX L: Personally, I'm equally happy using the Imperial system (UK) or the metric system as I'm fully conversant with both. There again, I suppose I was lucky enough to be raised at a time when both systems were in common usage in Britain...plus I entered into a career where precise measurement in both these systems was essential. Oddly enough though, I prefer the traditional Imperial system for some weird reason, lol ;-)
I don't think the point is that these 'conventions' are 'stupid', merely that we take for granted how easy to understand they are because we're used to them, and we forget that to an outsider or newcomer they're incredibly complicated to master.
@@Turrican60 the Imperial measurement system is 'friendlier'. Here in Canada, metric is widely accepted for pumping gas, laboratory tests, road signs, ordering industrial materials, etc. But personal measurements such as recipes, birth announcements, our height/weight, etc, majority of us prefer imperial.
My generation grew up with Dave Allen so all you young ones out there might not be able to read a clock but you should now understand the meaning of the generation gap, yes?
Anybody who is currently on here and loves this guy as much as me watch BBC2 tonight Dave Allen night.Saturday TV suddenly is worth watching.Words can't express this man's ability to have u in stitches talking about life
I saw him do this routine at Albert Theatre and it’s still as funny now as then Got the privilege of cabbing both him and his family just before he died And he still was up to his comedic Best even then Miss him Great comic
I have to admit that the first time I saw this was [25 odd years ago ] it was when I was courting my wife to be meting her parents for the first time, and I laughed so much I wet myself. What an introduction, still together though
The way he constructed his jokes was pure genius.
👍
Yes pure genius !
The way he voices the innocent child is masterful :O
No it isn't
No one to touch him now,Example Jimmy Pleb Carr what a load of crap meat
@@alfching2499 Aye right fucking ALF
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@@nondescripthandle212 hey can you please keep your stinky, overused, typical redditor caca on reddit and not plague the rest of the internet please. thanks :)
As a primary school teacher I can relate to this so much!!! 🤣Teaching time is so difficult.
Kids only want to know one time... Home time ;-)
👍 it is so difficult - they need to know fractions and 5 times tables
I'm glad someone is doing it! There are high school students who are unable to read a classroom clock today.
Couldn’t agree more!
Now is the only real moment, we are magic in creating arts & skills.
kind regards Leg-ends
"and the third hand is the second hand."
I CANT THIS IS GOLD
Out of something so simple he made absolute comedy genius!!!😄😝😁😀😅😂🤣😆
Now that one is five!!!
Just brilliant.
i realize it's kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good place to watch newly released movies online?
@@arielfernando3916 no idea sorry.
Maybe 123 movies???
The absolute master of observational comedy. Genius is an overused word, but he was one.
This is probably the best DA sketch ever, absolutely fine tuned for total frustration and confusion. Truly a master at work. Miss him even decades later.
I had never heard of him until a day or so ago. Absolutely brilliant humor, plus it has stood the test of time. Thank you for these uploads.
I grew up watching Dave Allen. 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, phenomenally funny, but do watch his sketch on air travel if you haven't seen it. It's just brilliant too.
Dave was well ahead of his time. A comedy genuis. Rip Dave very sadly missed
He was of his time. It was the golden era of comedy.
Ahead of his TIME.😂😂
With all the repeats on TV why has Dave Allan's shows not been repeated. Pure genius😄
he didn't want that
Comedy Gold the way Dave goes between adult and child in this sketch is outstanding.
Me and my dad (I’m now over 45) watched this when it first come out and I have never seen him laugh so hard, before or since. Dave Allen was superb. His bit on the car following him is just as funny.
Ah I love this. You and your aul lad have good taste.
I've got great memories of watching Dave with my dad too ❤️ I'm 47 - my daughters never learnt how to read the clock 😆
the 100 people who disliked this clip can't tell the time
Can't follow a joke.
🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely timeless😂😂😂
Dave Allen is truly missed
No they just hit the wrong button with their fat hands!
i am in my 50s and can remember my father teaching me to tell the time. We also made a cardboard clock together. NICE memory
"If someone asked you what time it was and you didn't know you would feel stupid!"
"Well why doesn't he feel stupid? He doesn't know the time either."
Hilarious, and a typical answer you would get too! xD
The most genius sketch ever at illustrating both the absurdities of the English language, and understanding and relating so lovingly to the mind of any young child. I wish I was a child of Ireland in many ways - they just seem to 'get it' all so well and have a laugh at the same time..
Dave Allen was my fathers first cousin, he was a brilliant comedian
your father too?
where your father from???
Hours, not ours. Brilliant. Amazing that even one of us did understood the clock then, hearing this.
"Yes, because it is silent."
"I don't know"
😂😂😂😂😂
It's like like words 'Minute' and 'My nyoot'. (The second spelling I did to clarify the different pronunciation) Both words are actually spelt the same. I can understand why non English speaking people find our language confusing!
Pure genius. Sadly missed. Could watch him all the time. Brilliant man and always makes me laugh. Wish they would show this in the TV.
The man was a real comedy genius
😂😂😂The genius that is Dave Allen...forever missed
"..the third hand is the second hand" - everyone knows where it's going! LOL! Fan-bloody-tastic!
I love that he's actually saying that it's not that easy for kids to learn how to tell the time on an analogue clock...and it isn't!
Such a well written, and then well delivered skit.
This kind of skill is underestimated.
One of the best sketches ever written, delivered by one of my favourite comedians. I have seen this so many time but I still cannot help doubling with laughter.
My little boy has problem reading books even though he managed to graduate from pre-school. The trainer sensed concerns that he might be able to enroll grade and advised to hold him back. But I didn’t stop trying right until I discovered this particular *4ChildrenReading. Com* a reading guidebook. His own reading abilities are excellent for the 1st grade student and also his development definitely surprised the trainer. She also stated the story to other people.
One of my all time favourite comedy bits. I used to. Watch dave allen on BBC with my parents
We'd all be laughing so hard
You can't make this stuff up, seriously... RIP Dave allen.
Absolute gold. Really feel like Dave Allen is super underrated.
My dad's favourite comedian. I injured my leg laughing so much at one of his live gigs in Melbourne back in he 80's. The injury to the leg? An irish tragedy: I kicked it up in a fit of laughter so hard at Dave's antics, that my shin caught the sharp cast iron base of the seat in front of me- causing me to laugh and cry at the same time.
I was laughing so hard at a show of his back int the 80's, my side hurt for 2 days afterwards. The greatest comedian I have ever seen!
😃😃 oh dear!
I would of loved to see that.. laughing at your pain and agony along with Dave Allen would be money well spent.. 👍😂
Sorry 😂😂😂
It's been 50years since I saw this crowded into a tv room at boarding school and I can still laugh to my hearts content. I believe I and many others miss that kind of highly intelligent humor. I
Favourite comedian in our home. My dad being northern Irish. Loved him. He was so good at relating to what was happening around him. My favourite sketch is the two funeral parties trying to get the church first. Still makes me laugh still. 😂😂
I remember watching this with my parents when I was a teenager. We were all in stitches. It was the first time I'd ever seen Dave Allen.
I just lost it when he said that the third hand is the second hand, that had me in stitches. One of the greatest laughs I have had in quite some time. :D
My parents gave up trying to teach me how to tell the time on a standard clock and bought me a digital watch. 😂 My brother told me to watch "Playschool" which was for nursery aged kids and I learned to tell the time on a standard clock. I was 10 years old at the time. 😂
I don't think i have ever heard of this man before. But I just rolled on the floor from laughing so hard. I loved it.
I can't watch him without thinking of my, (late), father. He was a devoted fan of Dave Allen and whenever he was on TV we kids would have to sit in absolute silence in case we made a noise and he missed any of the jokes. Having to hold a cushion to our mouths for fear of laughing was no joke. " Thank you, good night and may your God go with you ".
The most intelligent comedy ever God rest you sir!
Had me laughing out loud. Got to be one of the funniest jokes told by one of the funniest men ever ;)
I will never get tired of watching this sketch, it is effortlessly funny.
Love it sm.
The best comedian ive ever heard.
Strangely enough, it was a Spaniard who had lived in Sweden for years, now back in Spain, who brought Dave Allen up in the conversation at lunch today - gracias Roman!
22 years later and still funny!!
Ronan FitzGerald:
24 & still funny.
👌
Actually, it's 25 years 🗓⌚
26 years and hilarious..
27 years later and it's not only funny but it's true.
He was a very clever and funny man. His comedy was top class.
Officially he is my favourite comedian ever. No other comedian will ever be get even hundred and thousands miles close to this guy. What a genius.
I watched these with my parents, I think it was Saturday night viewing.
Not only has this stood the test of time, but it is clean funny comedy unlike so much comedy today.
Like a lot of people here I watched this when it was new on 1 of 3 channels, so much simpler back then.
Still one of my all-time favorite stand-up bits ever. Pure brilliance of cerebral comedy.
Angels are laughing till tears fall from there eyes, thanks for making alot of people happy.
The lunacy of how we live our lives beautifully illustrated by the master storyteller. I first saw this as a kid and remember wetting myself with laughter!!
me too.. my dad let me watch him at a tender age of about 9..he was so funny ..but my dad.. laughed so loud ..he understood more then what i did with the gags
Brilliant stuff from a truly great comedian, sadly missed. Modern comics could learn a lot from this man. He only swears for emphasis and when he does he uses it like a verbal grenade........
As you say Brilliant stuff,this really is comedy at its best,what i don"t understand is that i have got the Best of Dave Allan on DVD but for some weird reason it don"t have this sketch included on it,yet it has to be among the best he done!
@@andysmith4351 The Best of Dave Allen DVD is a BBC Production from 70s/80s - this series was from Carlton for ITV in 1993
Hilarious. Dave can make something as simple as telling the time so funny.
one of the best irish comics ever and this must be the best dave allen did
One of the best comics ever!
Never mind Best Irish just one of the best ever
I was to young to appreciate him in the 70s but now I'm older, what a legend. How come 4 dislikes, are you mad.
Catholics
Total genius, absolute classic
This guy is brilliant.
Arthur Grigoropoulos not funny
I used to watch \at Large when I was much much younger. Always liked his material, the Two Ronnies, and of course Benny Hill.
canada mann Jasper Carrott Stuff also brilliant observation-comedy at it's best, his 'car insurance claim-forms ' absurdities of how we completely lose it' absolutely brilliant!
I'll give you everyone else, but Benny Hill - you can't be serious.
...the third hand is the second...
Absolute masterpiece
This one of my favourites.Always makes me laugh.Loved it the first time round.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pure genius. Dave you are sadly missed. A true comic God!
Unbelievable ! I adore it ! The marvelousness of the English language !
I've only heard of him this morning, and he's already in my top 3 comedians list!
Have to agree,"His timing and delivery were perfect".
This man is absolute genius British humour at its finest can't get enough of it.
Eh sorry but he wasn't British in any way.
Irish
I'm Irish Catholic with Irish parents. British and Irish humour have their intersectional points. Dubliners receive British broadcasts and vice versa on Britain's west. Much of it is similar and loved in both islands.
@@anthonywhelan5419 Still doesn't mean that Dave Allen or his humour was British. and what has catholic got to with it?
Very few comedians can bring their chemistry to the stage, and make their formula work.
I watched this when it came out when i was a boy. It is still really hilarious now. Fantastic man Dave Allen.
He was a comedy Legend. A good Irish Comedian. RIP Dave Allen😭
How on earth did this genius comic remember his script? Even I couldn't keep up and I wasn't trying 'live on stage'!
A grand master ... truely missed
Priceless. Will always love him.
How has this got so many dislikes?
I know that some people will get offended by absolutely anything (some people just wake up looking for reasons to say they are offended by something) but come on, this was hilarious while being completely family friendly and totally inoffensive
They are probably miserable arseholes who work for a company that makes digital watches.
And the third hand is the second hand...I died.
the 1 is a 5.. and the 2 is a ten...and the 6 is ahalf... on the floor laughing
Yeah! From that I was imagining about what the poor kid was thinking, "Okay, the first hand is the hour hand...got it! The second hand is the minute hand...got it! But then Daddy said the third hand is the second hand. What? Are there two minute hands, now or what? Gee I'm so confused. Will I ask him or is he gonna yell at me again?!"😁
Right up there with 'Who's on first'. Comic genius.
A master class in comedic timing and delivery and so very funny. What a guy......sadly missed.
Found this today as a 27 year old and it's hilarious. Genius 😂
Talk about killing myself laughing - I nearly died!
Masterful!!! King of Comedy!!!
I miss him.
Man I miss the era when Dave Allen At Large was tops. I remember being a kid still going to primary school & watching his BBC show on a Sunday night when & I shudda been in bed. On Monday, us kids who were able to stay up to watch him couldn't wait to tell our classmates about his mad cap comedy sketches.
Being a through Irishman he never took his background serious, his piss-take on religion, sex, & everyday life was hilarious. Another great comedian sorely missed in this time of mediocrity.
I don't know why this video appeared in my homepage today, but I don't regret watching it. Hilarious!
Master comedian and Raconteur extraordinaire. This sketch had me in tears of laughter. Took me some time - the fat hand moved a little - to recover.
Pure genius!
TOTALLY ! TOTALLY!!! BRILLANT ! BRILLANT !! R.I.P. DAVE ALLEN . MISSED GREATLY !! FROM U.K.(2021).
When we all get together it is amazing what nonsense we think makes sense and we all agree about. ONly when, as he does here, tries to explain to someone who is not party to the conventions, do we see how stupid it all really is. Time is but a small example of this. He was a genius for seeing the nonsense in everyday life and our ridiculous our conventions truly are. I miss him a lot
The whole imperial measurement system(The one the US uses), is also part of this, makes no sense compared to the simple and easy metric system. America please, it's 21centuary!
petereuk52: I take the points you're making, but I very slightly disagree. On the contrary, much of the machinery of everyday life makes perfect sense when you stop and think about it - and yes, that includes the traditional clock face. If such things didn't make sense, then Mankind would have devised far better alternatives by now and ceased using such methods long ago. In the case of time measurement, our system is solely determined by the Earth's rotation and orbit around the sun. Accordingly, as it's a cosmic event, we have no choice in the matter where our time system is concerned, ergo it's not at all "stupid".
The Dave Allen 'way' was to simply take the extremely ordinary (or exceedingly familiar), and twist it into something that, on the surface at least, APPEARED to be utterly nonsensical. Such an approach takes exceptional talent to pull off with genuine conviction, swagger and style....and that's why, even to this day, I still regard him as the greatest comedian of all time. Many have stolen a few pages from Dave's unique book of humour, but none have even got close to touching this much-missed, genius of a comic. He's an absolute legend.
MiZunoX L: Personally, I'm equally happy using the Imperial system (UK) or the metric system as I'm fully conversant with both. There again, I suppose I was lucky enough to be raised at a time when both systems were in common usage in Britain...plus I entered into a career where precise measurement in both these systems was essential. Oddly enough though, I prefer the traditional Imperial system for some weird reason, lol ;-)
I don't think the point is that these 'conventions' are 'stupid', merely that we take for granted how easy to understand they are because we're used to them, and we forget that to an outsider or newcomer they're incredibly complicated to master.
@@Turrican60 the Imperial measurement system is 'friendlier'.
Here in Canada, metric is widely accepted for pumping gas, laboratory tests, road signs, ordering industrial materials, etc. But personal measurements such as recipes, birth announcements, our height/weight, etc, majority of us prefer imperial.
just brilliant and one of the best
Simply brilliant
One of my all time favourite comedians ever! Simply brilliant and one of those people you wish had never died so he could just continue to entertain.
My generation grew up with Dave Allen so all you young ones out there might not be able to read a clock but you should now understand the meaning of the generation gap, yes?
I legit cracked up every single time he said “The fat hand!”
I remember trying to teach my daughter the time.. I was even getting myself confused lol
Anybody who is currently on here and loves this guy as much as me watch BBC2 tonight Dave Allen night.Saturday TV suddenly is worth watching.Words can't express this man's ability to have u in stitches talking about life
I have a 9 year old girl and a 6 year old boy and I have just been taught a valuable lesson! There's a man that went "all the way!"!
I've always got time for Dave Allen!
I saw him do this routine at Albert Theatre and it’s still as funny now as then
Got the privilege of cabbing both him and his family just before he died
And he still was up to his comedic Best even then
Miss him
Great comic
greatest comedian ever genius. x r.I.p.
This is one of my favourite Dave Allen sketches
Reminds me so much of my dad trying to teach me the time when I was a kid and getting his hair off! 🤣🤣🤣 Loved Dave Allen growing up👍👍👍
have got to show this to my adult children and my grandchildren.. happy days watching Dave..
Use to love watching his shows. So good to see them on TH-cam.
The third hand is the second hand genius
Just watched documentry on bbc2 dave allan just fantastic
The last guys post says it all. How can anyone not find this classic clip funny. GENIUS!!
Hahaha. I used to love this man. He even lost me for a bit. Hahaha. he was so clever. And so straight faced. Loved him.
A perfect example of comedy, absolutely flawless both in verbage and delivery.
Pure brilliance.. I understood Dave Allen when I was about 10 years young,when his programme was on bbc2 ...
I have to admit that the first time I saw this was [25 odd years ago ] it was when I was courting my wife to be meting her parents for the first time, and I laughed so much I wet myself. What an introduction, still together though