Oh... I laughed myself silly at this twenty years ago and I'm doing exactly the same now - It's magnificent. Harry Enfield's Television Progamme was some of the best television comedy ever made.
It's basically "The Persuaders" condensed into a sketch. It's got the cheesiness off to perfection. Starring a clapped out Roger Moore and even more clapped out Tony Curtis.
Simply comedy gold. A glorious send up of the older 60's/70's Playboy detectives themed shows with all their glaring faults. Again, thank you forever Mr Enfield & Co. 🤗
Boring comment but this along with 'poppet on a string', the casting, make up, hair, film quality etc for these period parodies is really really good, way better than anything else I can think of.
A brilliant, well observed (& very funny) homage to all those old ATV & ITC shows. The stock footage of the helicopter as it's taking off is from ITC's the Prisoner. The Comic Strip Presents team also satirise Jason King amongst others in Detectives on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown the sequel to the equally funny the Bullshitters (a send up of the Professionals TV show.)
I don't remember watching Jason King, but I do remember a few of those British ITV / Associated Television productions that aired either on the CBC or CTV back in the seventies like The New Avengers or The Persauders, most of those crime fighting shows were like that.
Ah god, i'd fogotten how funny this is. Champagne cork taking out the helicopter LOL !!!!! A nice cliche to those spy tv shows from the 70's, prob one of Harry's best sketches ever :)
The way the openng triptych comes together from 0:03 - 0:07 is sensational. I know the laughter's canned, but this part is so funny, it could plausibly be real.
So glad I had this recommended, great memories. I searched out and watched Harry Enfields ‘Leslie the barman’ character last week and this forgotten gem pops up this week.
Thanks for posting, got this on a ropey old video somewhere, but you've saved me the bother of trawling through them...amazing how I can still recite this after all these years!
I've never seen this, a parody of TV series that I grew up with, the persuaders, Jason King and department S. Brilliant and mud wrestling literally thrown in too.
Just for info, Amazon UK now list the complete Harry Enfield TV shows being released on DVD in the spring - there have been flase alarms in the past, but lets hope this is genuine - one of the greatest comedy series not available on DVD IMO.
But if anyone was brave enough the call this out for the hopelessly dated and sexist comment it is, would not others gang up to attack and insult them?
The actress is Jaye Griffiths isn't it? Very pretty when young. Saw her in "Ashes and Mettle' at the Court late 2021. Only okay but she was good as a banana Republic president.
an excellent sketch. anyone know who were playing the two 'lady mud wrestlers'? mmm. the straight haired one was rather nice. Everything about this sketch is perfectly observed. Ridiculously badly choreographed fights were a staple of these kinds of series, and the mud bath fight here manages to take it just one extra notch up into complete absurdity. classic.
Strange to think this first aired in 1994 and Austin Powers: International man of mystery first hit the cinema in 1997 - Groovy Baby!! 😅 - QUICK edit - Austin Powers used the “Parachuted into a waiting car” in the Spy who Shagged me! 😮
Austin Powers is probably a composite of many sixties film and tv "glamourous" superheroes. James Bond, obviously but also The Saint, Jason King, Department S (of which Jason King was a spin off), Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, etc. Austin Powers is a photographer, so there's a bit of David Hemmings in Blow Up there as well. "Come on, baby, give me sexy; that's great, baby..."
Jaye Griffiths lives in my town, I saw her in a shop recently and I had to bite my lip so as not to tell her she "really is bang on!" Unkuntu kwanda may be a step too far I feel.
@@QFIhawkman Familiar face but just couldn't place her. Recorded Series 1 of Between the Lines recently and she was Tony Clarke's love interest in a couple of episodes. There really isn't much that's witty on TV these days.
Aden Gillett who was a familiar face on British telly at the time (early 90’s) given that he also played ‘Jack’ in popular BBC period fashion series ‘House of Elliot’.
To this day, this is still one of the greatest sketches I've seen on TV, I remember this like it was yesterday.
Oh... I laughed myself silly at this twenty years ago and I'm doing exactly the same now - It's magnificent. Harry Enfield's Television Progamme was some of the best television comedy ever made.
Him & Paul Whitehouse were brilliant
"Toot Toot" friends are baffled as to why I find this so funny but it's the perfect 70's parody, so many cliche's in such a short sketch...brilliant!
Just those 2 simple words make me cry with laughter and bring back the very best of memories
It certainly is of Roger Moore and co.
It's basically "The Persuaders" condensed into a sketch. It's got the cheesiness off to perfection. Starring a clapped out Roger Moore and even more clapped out Tony Curtis.
That walk !
😆
It’s brilliant yeah 👍🏼
Simply comedy gold. A glorious send up of the older 60's/70's Playboy detectives themed shows with all their glaring faults. Again, thank you forever Mr Enfield & Co. 🤗
A superb homage to the late Peter Wyngarde.
RIP.
And not at all like taking the piss?
@@antispindr8613no fk all like taking the piss
It’s crazy I put this on because I’m watching Jason King on rewind TV 💯🥹❤️🙏🏼
Another brilliant sketch from Enfield just quality
That tickled me in the right spot. Jason King (played by Peter Wyngarde) would be proud.
One of the greatest comedy sketches of all time. Ding Dong!
I wish they had made this into a TV series.
I absolutely loved this, every early '70s cliche going
This is one of the funniest sketches that Harry Enfield did.
This is brilliant, anyone who gets it will agree! "Jason Queen" even the xylophone in the opening title shot, LOL!!!
Boring comment but this along with 'poppet on a string', the casting, make up, hair, film quality etc for these period parodies is really really good, way better than anything else I can think of.
Poppet on a swing is still one of the funniest things I have ever seen, ‘get in you bitch!’😂
A brilliant, well observed (& very funny) homage to all those old ATV & ITC shows. The stock footage of the helicopter as it's taking off is from ITC's the Prisoner.
The Comic Strip Presents team also satirise Jason King amongst others in Detectives on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown the sequel to the equally funny the Bullshitters (a send up of the Professionals TV show.)
Those 2 comic strip movies are superb - “stop shouting- I can’t!”
Never knew about those, and I'm 59. Have too look them up.
I watched this when it was aired and was rolling about with laughter. After watching it again it had the same effect. Brilliant post!!
Akways wanted this to be made into a series
Fantastic one of the funniest things on TH-cam remember watching it first time round
Probably my favorite sketch from any show.
I don't remember watching Jason King, but I do remember a few of those British ITV / Associated Television productions that aired either on the CBC or CTV back in the seventies like The New Avengers or The Persauders, most of those crime fighting shows were like that.
Recorded this first time around and could not stop watching it.
Me and my mates still use the quotes today.
I also recorded it and all these years later it still makes me laugh like a drain.
Awesome ! Bring back good comedy !
Omg it’s hilarious 😂
Ah god, i'd fogotten how funny this is. Champagne cork taking out the helicopter LOL !!!!!
A nice cliche to those spy tv shows from the 70's, prob one of Harry's best sketches ever :)
And the way that helicopter looks nothing like the one they see taking off five seconds earlier! x-D
This is class
And the Persuaders were very entertaining.
Have the box set od DVDs and the banter between Tony Curtis and Roger Moore is a scream
Hahaha yes Jason King , bit of The Persuaders reminds me of. Brilliant Harry Enfield
So funny, especially the exploding helicopter! I well remember watching this when it aired.
I love the way they run.
Harry Enfield starred alongside Martin Clunes in the first season of Men Behaving Badly
So, why did they drop him?
@@antispindr8613 He quit
When I was a '70s kid, this was the man I wanted to grow up to be. Then the 1980s came along....🙄
After seeing this I went out and bought Jason King on video and found it just as hilarious!!!
Brilliant sketch.
Absolutely loved this hello! ding dong! woof woof!!!
Superb then and still 😊
The way the openng triptych comes together from 0:03 - 0:07 is sensational. I know the laughter's canned, but this part is so funny, it could plausibly be real.
How can this have so few views compared to some of the shit that passes for comedy today there's no comparison
Oh fuck off with this. There was shit comedy when this came out, there's good comedy now.
People were saying that about this show when it came out.
@@Jayfive276 No, it's all left-wing trash.
TH-cam algorithm cleansing the world of incorrect comedy
Comedy today is sterile woke crap.
Absolutely brilliant!
Toot toot ,woof woof ,ding dong ,I say lol 😂
So glad I had this recommended, great memories. I searched out and watched Harry Enfields ‘Leslie the barman’ character last week and this forgotten gem pops up this week.
Twist, twist, twist, twist, and twist.............🤔🤔 twist, lol 😂
Just absolutely awesome stuff!
Thanks for posting, got this on a ropey old video somewhere, but you've saved me the bother of trawling through them...amazing how I can still recite this after all these years!
‘My god, it’s Jessica Dyke’..😂😂
Been after this for years! Nice one.
This is truly hilarious.
Filton Kingswood is a brilliant name.
I used to live in Kingswood (for those who don't know, it's a district of Bristol, as is Filton).
@@chocsal There should have been a character called Clifton St. Pauls.
Needs to become a series. Klassy.
O'Toole, Harris and Reed... 💕
Pitch perfect parody.
Effing brilliant!
Fantastic!
I've never seen this, a parody of TV series that I grew up with, the persuaders, Jason King and department S. Brilliant and mud wrestling literally thrown in too.
Tip top! Bang on!!
Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
This is a great piss-take of all the old ATV stuff, jason king, the saint, the persuaders etc.
"Look out,a mouse!"
Brilliant stuff. In Australia we have Bargearse that’s worth a look. 🦘
Excellent.
See also "The Interceptors" from Top Gear.
This is gold. 1970's Dandy's 😂
All thats missing is indeedy deedy the old jason king line brilliant comedy..👍😉👌
Best bit is the karate chop at 0:05. Has me in stitches every time.
...and twist! What a slice of comedy gold.
The Persuaders meets Jason King with a hint of Bond. Very funny. Top gear copied this on the show later.
If anyone asks me about my driving I’m going to answer” I didn’t win four Grand Prix in a row for nothing”
This happened to me on Thursday.
the old purple gas ploy!!
Absolutely Supa . Top Hole !
Brilliant.
Comedy gold
A real treat,
The aerobatics sequence is from episode 2 of Department S, the Trojan Tanker.
Rest in peace Mr King...
perfect!!!!
Dashing stuff
At the time, Martin Clunes must have been teaching a young Matt Berry.
Well spotteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!
Ah, the 1960s. That's exactly how I remember it.
Just for info, Amazon UK now list the complete Harry Enfield TV shows being released on DVD in the spring - there have been flase alarms in the past, but lets hope this is genuine - one of the greatest comedy series not available on DVD IMO.
It's the signpost at Junction 3 of the M32 on the outskirts of Bristol. Still a class name though!
Its funny, i only just noticed Clunes mouths "Purple Gas Ploy" just after Harry Enfield's character has said it off shot and then cuts back to them!
Sidney Harbour-bridge reminds me of Steven Toast.
Just watching Jason King and had to put this on ….😂😂😂👌🏼
"I'll show the world that women are stronger, more intelligent!"
"Look out! A mouse!"
"Where! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!"
But if anyone was brave enough the call this out for the hopelessly dated and sexist comment it is, would not others gang up to attack and insult them?
@thozz Of course.. I was getting my Griff's mixed up!
Thanks :)
A proper piss take of Department S and Jason King
Why have these never been released on DVD?
Utterly brilliant ….. this with Top Gear’s Inteceptors bloody brilliant
Classic comedy 🙏👌👌
The actress is Jaye Griffiths isn't it? Very pretty when young. Saw her in "Ashes and Mettle' at the Court late 2021. Only okay but she was good as a banana Republic president.
Perfection!!!
His is shit hot always love to watch harry enfield one of best that england can offer in comedy ture legend 😄😁😄😅🤣😂😁😀😃😄😃😄
Twist, twist, twist, twist and twist.....twist, twist
That's not Harry Enfield that's the Persuaders !
CLASSICK!!..
an excellent sketch. anyone know who were playing the two 'lady mud wrestlers'? mmm. the straight haired one was rather nice. Everything about this sketch is perfectly observed. Ridiculously badly choreographed fights were a staple of these kinds of series, and the mud bath fight here manages to take it just one extra notch up into complete absurdity. classic.
"You Loved Her, didn't you?" 😂😂
Strange to think this first aired in 1994 and Austin Powers: International man of mystery first hit the cinema in 1997 - Groovy Baby!! 😅 - QUICK edit - Austin Powers used the “Parachuted into a waiting car” in the Spy who Shagged me! 😮
Mike Myers must’ve watched this .Yeah babyyyy!
Mike Meyers reckons Austin powers was based on Jason king...I reckon he simply ripped off harry enfield....
Austin Powers is probably a composite of many sixties film and tv "glamourous" superheroes. James Bond, obviously but also The Saint, Jason King, Department S (of which Jason King was a spin off), Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, etc. Austin Powers is a photographer, so there's a bit of David Hemmings in Blow Up there as well.
"Come on, baby, give me sexy; that's great, baby..."
at least martin clunes got to hide his ears - with the hippy wig - early harry enfield was great
@teebee1984 Angela Griffin would have been about 3 years old when this was first shown, she was called Jaye Griffiths... hope this helps
Jaye Griffiths lives in my town, I saw her in a shop recently and I had to bite my lip so as not to tell her she "really is bang on!"
Unkuntu kwanda may be a step too far I feel.
@@QFIhawkman Familiar face but just couldn't place her. Recorded Series 1 of Between the Lines recently and she was Tony Clarke's love interest in a couple of episodes. There really isn't much that's witty on TV these days.
She was also in the Mercury one to one ads in the late 90s
Lady mud wrestlers in need, that's my favourite charity!
Good Old HarrY
A ComicK GeniuS.....
I recognise Martin Clunes but who is the third?
Aden Gillett who was a familiar face on British telly at the time (early 90’s) given that he also played ‘Jack’ in popular BBC period fashion series ‘House of Elliot’.
@@makara80 Thanks was bothering me!