Le Compte de Fru Fru reappears in Blackadder the Third as an impoverished nobleman escaping the French revolution and reduced to eating horse Willie's at Mrs Miggins pie shoppe.
No he's dead? When did this happen? I had no idea. Mel Smiths died, has he really? Mel Smiths dead! No! Mel Smiths dead I didn't know that! Hey did you hear that folks? Mel Smiths dead! Yes really, Mel Smith is dead at least we still have Victoria Wood and Caroline Aherne to laugh at! What?! Hang on a miniute! No! Them too. Never!
That is Griff Rhys Jones - he was a BBC radio producer and comedy writer until he was asked to do Not the Nine o Clock News. Curiously one of the programmes he produced was Top of the Form on which a young schoolboy Hugh Grant was a contestant. Bit of comedy trivia for you. You're welcome.
Good old Rowan Atkinson. The only sane man left in Britain. And having spent much more time around hospitals in the last 6 years than I care to mention, I totally relate to that sketch. Come to think of it, I also relate to the Belgium bits as well.
He can back up all of his intelligence with the novels he's written and papers he's peer reviewed, what have you got to show for it, snarky comments on youtube?@@timewalker6654
I'm glad i checked the comments before I said the same thing! Funnily enough, the Belgian chargé d'affaires would probably be happier eating 'horse willy' than his French ancestor :)
@@gowangoldy8515 He said "another Cayman penny blue". The expression "THE Cayman penny blue" indicates that that's a unique postage stamp, and bringing up another piece of something that should only exist once implies that one of them is fake, if not both.
The penny blue isn’t a stamp, it is the original template for some of the first postage stamps. There are different blues for different stamps, but each one is unique. Hence the joke.
@@pancudowny "Later in the program, Cliff looks at Belgium eating habits in this week's Holiday Habits segment. But first here's Tim's Reviews which today Tim reviews the new bathroom product Glee." 0:24 - 0:52
Hello from France, I just found out that Mr Atkinson had a télévision existense before impersonating Mr Bean. This is so odd and funny. Just as at beginning of all Mr Bean épisodes, i thought he just appeared out of nowhere . Never crossed my mind that he most likely had a career before Bean 😂
Yes, and Mr Bean is more about very visual gags, quite often, whereas Not The Nine O'clock News often had more subtlety about it & was of course more of a team effort. With Atkinson typically the funniest
Man, why can't comedy be like this these days! This shows serious talent, ideas with thought to them. Comedy these days, most of the time, is simply about making an ass of people. Thank goodness we can watch these over and over again, cause they never go out of date:)
Hammern28 Just as to consider and ponder, the weight of the vocabulary used and the skill in which it is, has run off a cliff in 2017 comedy. I do in my mind, while laughing at their jokes, think how good use of the English language is done in the NTNOCN and is still, in British comedy. I really hope that it doesn't erode away.
That's a comparative word---my experience goes back 70 years, and today's efforts are poor, but put this down to the grey death-like hand of the PC loonies.
*Guido Motshangen:* Rowan Atkinson was the Chief Inspector in the brief 2016 series, _Maigret,_ set in 1950s France. Each of its two series only consist of two episodes; it was cancelled by the network.
I lived in Belgium for 15 years and never had a bad meal when eating out. The standard of its cuisine is one of the many hidden surprises of the country.
@@hunterluxton5976 No, I’m very British, I’m a huge NTNOCN fan, and I get the humour fully. I also know Belgium and its cuisine very well. Nothing in my comment negates the humour. I’ll let any Americans out there respond to the implications for them of your comment. Personally I think Americans have produced some of the very best humour of our times.
It's a crime that Not the 9 o'clock News isn't available to buy in its entirety. There are so many superb sketches left in the vaults, purely because it's believed that today's audiences wouldn't be familiar with or care about the often contemporary political satires featured on the show. We've all heard about Thatcher, right? That's all you need to know.
@@hasan_z Yes, there are few episodes here and there, and also the compilation that was released years ago. But if you want the complete series, you're out of luck. I honestly have no idea who could possibly have a copy of the tapes. Not unless there are some old Betamax copies in a basement somewhere...
I can't explain why but the beginning of the Glee sketch is like ASMR to me, I would literally just watch a video about that guy talking about his toothpaste lmao
Memorable comedy that kindalingas 😆 Now that shows my age, having watched this show since it's first airing. Now where's pam and my American express card 😍
Blahblahblah Blah they all bid on a stamp they expected to be very rare and valuable, but then with the punchline we see that they are very common and not unique essentially and he just wasted 8 million pounds
@@billowen3285 WELL-- there are, such rare, and often UNIQUE items, that any big collecter would know about. and never expect to see up for auction, so--for ANOTHER ONE, to be so casually announced, would be a shock, and devalue the first one, straight away.
Incidentally the Le Comte de Frou Frou is a name that reappears in an episode of Black Adder the Third, I think it was the 3rd episode with the Scarlet Pimpernel.
@@johnp515 We know that, but for humorous effect the Not The Nine O'clock News team literally put a copyright sign underneath it in the name of G Chaucer with the roman numerals for the year 1382. Check the video at 3:18.
Le Compte de Fru Fru reappears in Blackadder the Third as an impoverished nobleman escaping the French revolution and reduced to eating horse Willie's at Mrs Miggins pie shoppe.
He's not wearing his mongoose costume though
Rowan Atkinson ..... brilliant actor
Actually, watching a Johnny english movie right now...
Mel was better
As a Belgian i can confirm these eating habits. *places hand on your leg* Thank you for your time. *wafts away*
Come back here.I don't mind.
@@AndyHoward LOL 😂
*waffles away
That won't help during the pandemic eh?
The Ides
What about breaking wind?
I love the intro...
"I appear... to be in the wrong court room"
You're the oldest comment I've ever seen 🤯🤯🤯
Damn this is an old comment.
do u think he/she is dead by now
It took 11 years for someone to reply to the comment
Whoa...do you still remember your password?
Mel Smiths face everytime Rowan gropes his leg is hilarious!
No he's dead? When did this happen? I had no idea. Mel Smiths died, has he really? Mel Smiths dead! No! Mel Smiths dead I didn't know that! Hey did you hear that folks? Mel Smiths dead! Yes really, Mel Smith is dead at least we still have Victoria Wood and Caroline Aherne to laugh at! What?! Hang on a miniute! No! Them too. Never!
The Bad Guy From The Darkside
eyy, what are you talking abt? xD
Smith always did the best reaction shots in comedy.
@@Sal-zi4tu don't ask, otherwise he won't stop his shite racket
@@MrDaiseymay he will now he was my brother and he passed away last year x
The Glee guy looks like a cross between Hugh Grant and James McAvoy.
Exactly 🤣👍👍👍
Exactly
That reminded me of the "crab paste" sketch from Naked Video.
Griff Rhys Jones. The older he gets the more like Hugh Grant he looks.
That is Griff Rhys Jones - he was a BBC radio producer and comedy writer until he was asked to do Not the Nine o Clock News. Curiously one of the programmes he produced was Top of the Form on which a young schoolboy Hugh Grant was a contestant. Bit of comedy trivia for you. You're welcome.
Sad that we lost a comedy genius, RIP Mel. You were brilliant.
Mel Smith (1952-2013). God rest his funny soul.
Good old Rowan Atkinson. The only sane man left in Britain.
And having spent much more time around hospitals in the last 6 years than I care to mention, I totally relate to that sketch. Come to think of it, I also relate to the Belgium bits as well.
There's Stephen Fry.
@@methamphetamememcmeth3422 fry the pseudointellectual
He can back up all of his intelligence with the novels he's written and papers he's peer reviewed, what have you got to show for it, snarky comments on youtube?@@timewalker6654
Le Count de Frou Frou came back in Blackadder 3 as a French nobleman!
I'm glad i checked the comments before I said the same thing! Funnily enough, the Belgian chargé d'affaires would probably be happier eating 'horse willy' than his French ancestor :)
Alan Heath he was also the Scarlet Pimpernel.
i knew i heard it somewhere before thanks ..... for somereason my mind went to chandler in friends ...
Indeed he was - in disguise!
Indeed! I wass about to write the same thing.
TH-cam: lets recommend this 13 years later
Works for me!
@@zzzng you legend replying 13 years later.
Plus one month...
Plus another one 😂
🥱😂
The Ploughmans Lunch sketch so simple, so funny & Griffs reaction is very funny
my favorite part from this videoclip. I actually smiled at it :)
I was looking through a David Opie Book ,of 1950's adverts , and there was a image of a household 'Cleaner' called 'GLEE '.
That blue coin auction is how i feel everytime there's a 70% off steam sale for a game i just bought yesterday.
Then you can just refund the game. I think they even specify you can refund it if it goes on sale and rebuy it
It was clearly, a postage Stamp. Coins aren't Blue.
@@gowangoldy8515
He said "another Cayman penny blue". The expression "THE Cayman penny blue" indicates that that's a unique postage stamp, and bringing up another piece of something that should only exist once implies that one of them is fake, if not both.
@@K-ROW "the iphone X" doesnt mean only one was made
The penny blue isn’t a stamp, it is the original template for some of the first postage stamps. There are different blues for different stamps, but each one is unique. Hence the joke.
Mel Smith's facial expression at the end of the Belgium sketch always cracks me up.
Mel Smith was a legend, as a comic and director. Sorely missed.
I'm from Belgium, and we really do touch everyone.
Dutch, you said?
Wow.
Must be really awkward to talk with you boi... Or not, if you're into the touchy thing...
Do you guys really express the highest praise for a meal by vomiting all over the table to eat it up a second time?
Gary Daniel Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you?
Sphincter gristle - now there's a thought it's impossible to unthink.
The look on Griff's face at 0:44 when he realizes Glee is not toothpaste and is a toilet disinfectant is priceless.
"For that gleeming sparkle, just wipe around the rim of the bowl and... 😳😨😝" 😁
@@pancudowny "Later in the program, Cliff looks at Belgium eating habits in this week's Holiday Habits segment. But first here's Tim's Reviews which today Tim reviews the new bathroom product Glee." 0:24 - 0:52
That last sketch has the most hilarious punchline I've ever come across.. Absolutely brilliant
...anyone..? 😄
law of supply FTW
Superior comic invention and performance. I just LOVE the 'Cliff Michelmore' impression---his side-long look for support--priceless.
And on the Songs Of Praise sketch, Cliff Mitchelmore gets mentioned, but as the enemy of Rowan as a priest. 😂
Comedy before the world went mad. A treasure.
In this case I appear to be in the wrong court room😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hello from France,
I just found out that Mr Atkinson had a télévision existense before impersonating Mr Bean. This is so odd and funny. Just as at beginning of all Mr Bean épisodes, i thought he just appeared out of nowhere . Never crossed my mind that he most likely had a career before Bean 😂
Yes, and Mr Bean is more about very visual gags, quite often, whereas Not The Nine O'clock News often had more subtlety about it & was of course more of a team effort. With Atkinson typically the funniest
Man, why can't comedy be like this these days! This shows serious talent, ideas with thought to them. Comedy these days, most of the time, is simply about making an ass of people.
Thank goodness we can watch these over and over again, cause they never go out of date:)
British comedy today is still good
No no no! Define Pranks are so funny, you almost believe in their reality, let alone their originality xD
Hmmm... if I am not laughing, they would not be funny... for me! See? Taste.
Hammern28
Just as to consider and ponder, the weight of the vocabulary used and the skill in which it is, has run off a cliff in 2017 comedy. I do in my mind, while laughing at their jokes, think how good use of the English language is done in the NTNOCN and is still, in British comedy. I really hope that it doesn't erode away.
That's a comparative word---my experience goes back 70 years, and today's efforts are poor, but put this down to the grey death-like hand of the PC loonies.
Can anyone imagine Rowan Atkinson doing Hercule Poirot?
I'm sure Agatha Christie would laugh herself back to life.
I never thought about that but I so want that now.
*Guido Motshangen:* Rowan Atkinson was the Chief Inspector in the brief 2016 series, _Maigret,_ set in 1950s France. Each of its two series only consist of two episodes; it was cancelled by the network.
"the tact of the silent wooft is much prized" belgian eating habits, lol
mel smith's expressions here are priceless.
+Ulfnarr He's almost cracking at Frou Frou's antics!
2:25
The worried looks off camera are hilarious.
Another Caymen Blue...hilarious! Such fine British humor.
Griff Rhys's face when Rowan gets his food is priceless!
I lived in Belgium for 15 years and never had a bad meal when eating out. The standard of its cuisine is one of the many hidden surprises of the country.
@Paul Kaye and their beer 🤪
You must be American. The humour is lost in you.
@@hunterluxton5976 No, I’m very British, I’m a huge NTNOCN fan, and I get the humour fully. I also know Belgium and its cuisine very well. Nothing in my comment negates the humour. I’ll let any Americans out there respond to the implications for them of your comment. Personally I think Americans have produced some of the very best humour of our times.
@@pavolk relax mate.
@@PJD_55 Best in the world!
Man, I was fourteen back then, but really loved this show, especially the space shuttle in first, second and third gear
You have great taste 😊
That was a wonderfully imagined joke---one of my favourites. (diesel engines weren't they?)
I lost it at the farmer's lunch bit.
Frou Frou: '...this MEAL' (rubs leg) LMAO
I'm Big Fan of Rowan Ankinson From Kerala, India ❤❤
I remember Pamela Stephenson from this show.She was gorgeous and funny and was in Superman 3.
4. Not a very likely contingency in Belgium.
Loved watching this the first time round. Always talk of the playground next day.
This is my favourite show. Always shall be !
Now I definitely don't want to go to Belgium.
Cayman Blue; brilliant!
Cayman Penny Blue. I must try to meet Cayman Penny if I'm ever in her neighbourhood.
@@GirGir183 good onya--and try and make her less blue
The silent woofts is much prized
It's a crime that Not the 9 o'clock News isn't available to buy in its entirety. There are so many superb sketches left in the vaults,
purely because it's believed that today's audiences wouldn't be familiar with or care about the often contemporary political satires
featured on the show. We've all heard about Thatcher, right? That's all you need to know.
Is it a crime to download it from the internet
@@hasan_z Good luck finding it on the Internet. It's not available. Not even the Russians have it...
@@SpaceCattttt hmmmm I was just saying it,never watched this show before but the clip seemed ok. Challenge accepted, I will try to see and let u know
th-cam.com/video/sOW1gMGmNSY/w-d-xo.html long clips
Some full eps available on youtube just search the program name and set search filter to >20mins
@@hasan_z Yes, there are few episodes here and there, and also the compilation that was released years ago.
But if you want the complete series, you're out of luck. I honestly have no idea who could possibly have
a copy of the tapes. Not unless there are some old Betamax copies in a basement somewhere...
'And now Lot 175, another Cayman Blue.'
3:12, so simple, and so hilarious!
I love ❤that stupid ‘sun’ on holiday Habits!!!
I love the hospital sketch, I can remember when it was first broadcast....
I can't explain why but the beginning of the Glee sketch is like ASMR to me, I would literally just watch a video about that guy talking about his toothpaste lmao
@ 1:30 Mel Smith looks exactly like Matt Lucas, or the other way around! I like him still very much! RIP
Greetings from Germany 🧡🧡🧡
Holy Heinz whilst you are not wrong, he is actually impersonating Cliff Mitchelmore who was a travel program presenter.
Rowan looks like gomez addams. If there is a new addams family movie, they should consider rowan bean atkinson. 😂😂
Mel Smith and Rowan Atkinson together is superb
When I first met Gerald he was completely wild. Wild? I was livid!
As the co-owner of the Belgian restaurant 'The art of the fart' I can proudly say our customer base is 69% British.
Mr Bean with Mustache looks so good😮💪🏻
It’s not Mr Bean it’s Rowan Atkinson
Excellent! Happy memories of when comedy was funny.
try HILARIOUS
@@MrDaiseymay No, because that could imply that modern shows are funny. I don't find them so unfortunately.
I'm Belgian and I'm not even offended
Not a very likely contigency in Belgium LMAO
Smith and Jones, thank you.
Rowan Atkinson is simply amazing here .
Me: *watches one Rowan Atkins video*
TH-cam recommendations: "Here's 'Not the 9 o'clock new' from 2007!"
This stuff is from the '80s
*Atkinson
You really think this was filmed in 2007? 😂😂
@Zayd Noor "re-upload", like they originally uploaded it to TH-cam in 1980?
I went to Belgium and broke wind all over the place. It was very satisfying.
M''mmm but did you shit yourself ? that was the ultra test
@@MrDaiseymay well...not that time.
Did you break wind silently, or in a facetious and unruly manner?
@@SuperMikado282 I was quiet about it...
To each his own - still makes me laugh!
Thanks for uploading it!
It's such a shame that most Americans just know Rowan for being Mr. Bean. He's so much more than that!
Thanks... really for the white wine fountain at 01:59.. amazing awkwardness
Greatly missed. They just don't make 'em like this anymore!
You still alive
@@ak-freefire8467 Yes, last time I checked!
@@zzzng havr you checked again since?
Memorable comedy that kindalingas 😆
Now that shows my age, having watched this show since it's first airing.
Now where's pam and my American express card 😍
after 30 years I still know almost every line
well done
Fun Fact: The name comp De Fru Fru would be used in a Blackadder episode in the 3rd series.
comte
Oh dear TH-cam algorithm why did u took 12 years to recommend this video to me. You already know i like Mr. Bean.
and here we have another cayman blue i completely lost it there :)
Can you please explain that one? It went completely over my head
Blahblahblah Blah they all bid on a stamp they expected to be very rare and valuable, but then with the punchline we see that they are very common and not unique essentially and he just wasted 8 million pounds
@@billowen3285 no need to hate bro if you dont get it
naf photography huh? I explained it to him?
@@billowen3285 WELL-- there are, such rare, and often UNIQUE items, that any big collecter would know about. and never expect to see up for auction, so--for ANOTHER ONE, to be so casually announced, would be a shock, and devalue the first one, straight away.
Incidentally the Le Comte de Frou Frou is a name that reappears in an episode of Black Adder the Third, I think it was the 3rd episode with the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Well spotted. Imaginary character portrayed by Tim McInnerny's Lord Topper, who is finds the sausage in Mrs Muggins's shop "VERY suspicious"
Griff's character in the Glee sketch is called Tim. 0:51.
He's testing that leg so that he can cook it & eat it later.
This is what happens when people with BRAINS create humour!!!
Such a shame so many non-Brits only know Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean
Rowan Atkinson saying "Small potatoes" is one of the creepiest things I've ever heard.
This video was 13 years old.. And yt recommended to me..
Same here
.
I can't stop laughing on "Glee"!!! HAHA!!!
Rowan Atkinson is my favorite
THE best comedian show ever ! ...gonna build me time machine....❤❤❤👍🖖🤙
my english is awful but this kind of comedy still make me laugh even that i didn't get the entire point of what they are saying :v
Thats how you know its good
Best of British humor !
This and Blackadder is how I learned English to begin with.
Humour is universal. We all laugh when some one falls over etc.
I'm mostly English and I still couldn't understand what they were saying. You just need to get the general gist of it.
oh, i love how he touches his knee:)))
The one with the disgusting words and Rowan being sick is hilarious.
"small potatoes" :)))
Lol ;)
The Glee sketch was pretty good too.
Yes, how unfortunate! Perhaps he'll read the directions more carefully next time. :P
I know. Love Griff. Hes the best thing to ever come out of Wales.
.....''another''.... Cayman Blue....lol
That glee ad had me in stitches..
Such a great choice of Product name, I thought it was a real brand.
"sphincter gristle" just NEEDS to become part of my permanent vocabulary...
3:00 I've enjoyed it very much. Pfoot!
Don't mind me, im just coming here because this video was recommended
"Hercule" Hahahahahaha
The class aspect, is the first scene, where the counsel must declare his interest, which he handled with aplomb.
" the Belgian charge d'affaires" :)))
Don’t get it ??
@@MH-fk5cg never mind
Ahh, perhaps a descendant of the Comte de Frou-Frou of Blackadder fame?
:3 "I've enjoyed it very much"
*farts*
I wish it was louder, although perhaps he wasn't THAT impressed with the interview?
The ploughman's lunch joke is so old that there was a copyright that popped up under it. It attributes it to Geoffrey Chaucer in 1382.
That would have been improbable for the simple reason that the Ploughman’s lunch wasn’t invented until the 1950’s
@@johnp515 We know that, but for humorous effect the Not The Nine O'clock News team literally put a copyright sign underneath it in the name of G Chaucer with the roman numerals for the year 1382. Check the video at 3:18.
So this is the prove that Mr. Aktinson was never young.
When he stretched out to touch the other knee... I just had to burst out... Lol
strange eating habits indeed.
Entire lines of the scene 'Le Comte de Frou Frou', which's about the Belgian table manners
And this how a legend started his great carrer
Sphincter gristle.
(0:51) The Count of Frou Frou was used later in _Blackadder the Third,_ episode 3.
R.I.P. Mel Smith!
Remember the newscast where they announce the latest crisis- a shortage of gravity, and it is everyone's duty to use as little of it as possible?