Are You Being Served: German Week

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  • Young Mr. Grace decides to have a "German Week" where the department will sell only German goods. However, after two days they discover they have only made 64 pence, so Mr. Rumbold and the floor staff decide to give the department a more German feel by dressing up and serving German wine. Guest starring Joanna Lumley.

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  • @FlexibleFlyer50
    @FlexibleFlyer50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    My mother used to watch these episodes religiously each week. Then, I got her the entire DVD series. She would sit in the living room for hours, laughing out loud. She must have watched each episode at least a dozen times, but it didn't matter to her. She loved the comedy and the pure zaniness of the series. Just wonderful!

    • @spookygirl7761
      @spookygirl7761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      💕🥰

    • @jayceew.rabbit9358
      @jayceew.rabbit9358 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      My mom was the exact same as your mom except with mine it was the golden girls!

    • @jayceew.rabbit9358
      @jayceew.rabbit9358 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Carol Epworth my mom's favorite was Rose, mine was Dorothy cause her sarcasm always made me laugh, and a close second was Sophia! I miss my mother so very much.😢

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I used to watch it with my dad. Then we got the DVD boxset. Now we randomly go into BritBox to rewatch favorites.

    • @duanetrivett750
      @duanetrivett750 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Susan you are a good Daughter. God bless.

  • @peterwarden7471
    @peterwarden7471 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    It's January 2024 and I watch the Series still regulary.
    And as a german I love special this one "german week".

    • @Melanie-u3k
      @Melanie-u3k หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I hope you realize we Brits do it with affection. We have no animosity towards the Germans at all.

  • @76marji
    @76marji 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    "German week" & "the Apartment" are probably me 2 faves! wish mr.Lucas hadn't left; his banter w mrs.Slocombe each wk was priceless!😂

    • @KaraCarsafliGelin
      @KaraCarsafliGelin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It Pays To Advertise, Mrs Slocomb Senior Person and The Clock also hillarious 😊

    • @amandaforeman7441
      @amandaforeman7441 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I love the Apartment, but have you see "Friends and Neighbors?"

    • @sunshineandwarmth
      @sunshineandwarmth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I especially liked him. He did a great "Peck's Bad Boy."😂

    • @melindalemmon2149
      @melindalemmon2149 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Apt is a classic!!

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This episode, the one about the holiday while the store closes and The Clock (Mr Grainger’s retirement) are my 3 favourite. There are some classic lines in all 3.

  • @tomheidrich
    @tomheidrich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I was born in the 90's and grew up watching re-runs of this, Keeping up Appearances and The Vicar of Dibley. Such amazing acting, witty & hilarious writing and timeless entertainment value without nudity, violence or foul language. I wish shows like this were still produced.

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby ปีที่แล้ว +9

      100% agree with this comment, bit I was born in 85. Those shows are such classics and never fail to STILL make me laugh.

    • @Gingerlox901
      @Gingerlox901 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Omg yes! As a child I truly adored this series and keeping up appearances!! Baby I love me some Ms. Bucket! I mean..Bouquet.

    • @jjryan1352
      @jjryan1352 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes just bosoms, slapping, and constant insults and innuendo. Such a clean show!

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 ปีที่แล้ว

      Acorn (virtual streaming channel), Britbox, and maybe Pluto may have some British comedies. I've been watching "Mrs. Brown's Boys" on You Tube.

    • @TheZodiacz
      @TheZodiacz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jjryan1352 my pussy drooped to hear you say such things.

  • @allanpatterson498
    @allanpatterson498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    When I first saw this show I was 17 , I watch it now and I am 8 years older than Frank Thornton when he appeared in this. I think Frank was one of the last ones to go to the promised land. Do not despair they are gone Rejoice that they ever were. Golden Comedy.

    • @ccaruso8293
      @ccaruso8293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This show is brilliant! Timeless

    • @kevinklingner3098
      @kevinklingner3098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Qqqq

    • @mirandac.k.4888
      @mirandac.k.4888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I actually met John Inman. He was such a sweet man! I embarrassed myself in front of him though. PBS had him on and I was running the phones for their donation telethon! I was watching the show on the television and yelled out I'm FREE without thinking and he had a good chuckle over it. It was awesome.

    • @joshswimmerly7110
      @joshswimmerly7110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They were all truly talented in so many ways. I am so glad that I have watched them for so long. So many laughs and being awed at their abilities and courage. I love almost every episode. What a talented bunch.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Nicholas Smith, “jug years” died in 2015.

  • @evilmidget
    @evilmidget ปีที่แล้ว +42

    God, any time Mrs Slocombe is drunk: COMEDY GOLD!

  • @letsseeif
    @letsseeif 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Are You Being Served a British Nation Treasure very much appreciated here in Australia.

  • @NigelDowney-sh5yd
    @NigelDowney-sh5yd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    After so many years, this was still hilarious. Bless all these wonderful actors

    • @eagleeye2300
      @eagleeye2300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hours and hours of joyful escape from reality, Thank God.

  • @SanDeezyBreezy61986
    @SanDeezyBreezy61986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    “All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.”
    Still one of the best lines, ever.

    • @poodtang2104
      @poodtang2104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Agreed.

    • @greg_1492
      @greg_1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      as an American I couldn't stop laughing!

    • @calvaryapologetics
      @calvaryapologetics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      And the next gag. "Can we knock it off, please?!" "She even remembers what she said!"

    • @derricklafrance9724
      @derricklafrance9724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why was the Luftwaffe lobbing hand grenades?

    • @SanDeezyBreezy61986
      @SanDeezyBreezy61986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@derricklafrance9724 yea, I’m not sure why the writers had her say land mine instead of bomb.

  • @brini2439
    @brini2439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    🤣 as a German who just found out about this series last week, I really love this episode! The actors did a great job!

    • @bugskarotioz5468
      @bugskarotioz5468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yay lol

    • @stephenhowes8937
      @stephenhowes8937 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It came to me as not a kinder and gentler view of Germany, which to me is the only safe place in the world for me to go along with Italy who were both "Axis". My focus is the fact that many English rock bands during the 1960's left England for Hamburg because Germany's acid rock hippie culture was growing rampant while "swinging London" was full of bust happy police and then in May 1968, the Apple Boutique was painted over white. There is the book Hamburg: The Cradle Of British Rock by Alan Clayson. That was from Hamburg's very early years before LSD hit there at around 1965. English rock group The Smoke attempted to record their hit single "My Friend Jack" (Eats...Sugarlumps?) and were threatened being banned and their record company terminated...so they were overwhelmed by invites from Hamburg!!

    • @stephenhowes8937
      @stephenhowes8937 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It got better once they put on the costumes and started dancing to the "umpa" band. They did seem a bit anti German for a while which had me worried.

    • @lovejumanji5
      @lovejumanji5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@stephenhowes8937. These people were so talented. This was filmed in front of a live audience. Often you hear them stutter (false start) their lines , because it was live . They didn’t do it over . They had them sing and dance for a bunch of episodes, very talented crew !

    • @SuperMoeLarryCurly
      @SuperMoeLarryCurly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      those hats are for tourists! YOU ARE A TOURIST!

  • @robertwebb22
    @robertwebb22 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    "German band ready?"
    "Ready when you are, mate"
    Cracks me up every time..... thanks for the memories.

  • @anneliesesteden390
    @anneliesesteden390 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Too funny for words! A killer! I’m German,I watch it over and over. Thank you!😄👍🇨🇦👏

  • @AdirondackRuby
    @AdirondackRuby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    "They're well-built, those German girls..." This episode will always be my favorite. I've watched it hundreds of times and I still laugh until I cry.

    • @jamesbm971
      @jamesbm971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's my favorite, too!!! 😍

    • @johanbruijnooge6818
      @johanbruijnooge6818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That wasn't a bra, that was a grapefruit carrier.

    • @robadams5799
      @robadams5799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is my first time watching the episode, and it's side-splitting.

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@robadams5799 Glad you enjoyed it! It's a classic!

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@johanbruijnooge6818 The idea that it was a brassiere is what’s funny.

  • @cindycanty6340
    @cindycanty6340 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    My grandpa and I would watch this all of the time when it was on PBS.

    • @bekindtoanimals2189
      @bekindtoanimals2189 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      29:02 Blimey, I don't remember that!

  • @Edvard.Munchkin
    @Edvard.Munchkin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Wendy Richard couldn't hide the smile hahaha she was so beautiful

  • @stephenusaf6315
    @stephenusaf6315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The joke about Mrs. Slocum and the American Air Force is 1 of the funniest in all of British comedy...and that’s saying a LOT.

    • @sushicourier
      @sushicourier 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Can we knock it off!" "She even remembers what she said!"😂😂😂

  • @paulharrison5889
    @paulharrison5889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    working a Myer store in austraila for 26 years this show bring back to many memories

  • @lloydrroman8388
    @lloydrroman8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Still watching in 2021, I remember watching this in elementary school in Brooklyn, NYC in the late 80's

  • @autophyte
    @autophyte ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's so un-P.C- the corny, crude schoolboy humour, the innuendo, the double- entendres. I just love it!

  • @andrewjones-productions
    @andrewjones-productions ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Trevor Bannister and John Inman had a wonderful chemistry between them on screen. I have no idea what they were like behind the scenes of course.

  • @iboro-kun84
    @iboro-kun84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "During our discussion, you did tell me that my costume would give me the appropriate air of authority. But I'm getting a lot of air and very little authority." - Capt. Peacock!🤣🤣

  • @littlemarmoset
    @littlemarmoset ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Joanna Lumley in a terrific cameo here!

    • @TiffyVella1
      @TiffyVella1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I came into the comments to see if it were her. Wunderbar!

  • @jeffsimpson426
    @jeffsimpson426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    It is heartwarming to read all the lovely comments from people who love this episode/show as much as I do . I am nearly 50 now and it is as funny now as when I was a small lad.

  • @שלוםאמסלם-מ3ב
    @שלוםאמסלם-מ3ב ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of the best episodes of the series

  • @pamjarvis2771
    @pamjarvis2771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I had love this show back in 1970s as young child! I do still love the show in 2020! The sense of humor is still hilarious today.

    • @gailalves7683
      @gailalves7683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My daughter and I watch the show she was in a senior high school and we enjoy watching this all the time I love Mrs Logan's hair colors I love the complete show they make you laugh God bless them

  • @ginnylorenz5265
    @ginnylorenz5265 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I used to think that Mrs. Slocome was very overweight. But I'm a lot older now and have more realistic vision.....and I think she looks quite cute and firm legged in her shorts. A bit stocky, but nice looking. God Bless dear Molly Sugden's Soul. What pleasure and happiness she brought us. I especially love her in "That's My Boy". What fun❣❣❣

    • @Briansgate
      @Briansgate หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same. as a younger man, I didnt even notice her. But as i'm older now, I can really appreciate her physique.

    • @kimdavison8083
      @kimdavison8083 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      she didn’t look at all over weight in that costume but never thought she did anyway

    • @Briansgate
      @Briansgate 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@kimdavison8083 not at all, merely noticing the difference in perspective as I get older, heh.

  • @donnamadiagan7402
    @donnamadiagan7402 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love this show, when I was young there was a store just like this, 3 floors, the owner went to school with my mom around 1910, those were great days, I loved seeing the floor walkers with the carnations in their lapel, something the kids today will never experience, glad I did.

    • @daisyviluck7932
      @daisyviluck7932 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, Walmart has their greeters, so 🤣🤣🤣

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@daisyviluck7932 Their cashiers could be known as floorwalkers

    • @howardgilman5698
      @howardgilman5698 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your mom went to school 113 years ago? I guess you know my next question.

    • @wandabanks6756
      @wandabanks6756 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I worked at Douglas drugs. A department store opened circa 1910

  • @modfus
    @modfus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    This group of classic British comedians would do just about anything for a laugh - no matter how unflattering or outrageous they looked. Great fun.

    • @fortysomethingbadgirls2173
      @fortysomethingbadgirls2173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thats what made the show work. It was by sheer accident that the sitcom transcended the original intent, focusing on Lucas as the only Normal one employed. Thats also what caused friction later on with Trevor Bannister and the writers and why he left the show. These great actors fine tuned it and played off each others character. You dont see acting like that these days.

    • @mimlo7534
      @mimlo7534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wonderful how they didn't let vanity get in the way. Mrs Slocombe's haircolor/make- up always crack me up.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Mondo...sarcasm is the type of comedy a lot of Europeans grew up with, and that's what makes it hilarious! It's a sorry situation when you can't make fun of yourself (that includes others).

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fortysomething BadGirls it was supposed to be revolved round Lucas and Brahms, as being a hate/love relationship going, and the rest like the bitter Grainger the womanizing Peacock the effeminate Claiborne and Bette ‘the drunken’ Slocombe. But later in the series, Humphries and Slocombe became the two most popular. The second was (and the real reason) was money. He had gotten another offer for a part, which payed more. Since he couldn’t work out the schedule between this and that, he left this for that.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Fortysomething BadGirls yes everybody’s too afraid of pissing someone off, offending someone, or hurting someone’s feelings! So afraid of getting shut down sued or losing their jobs, and in UK even being arrested now! There’s no freedom of speech, nor of press, nor of expression! Unless it goes along with “the agenda.”
      Political correctness is Communism!

  • @cherylharewood2549
    @cherylharewood2549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This was one of my favorite British comedy.

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should check out keeping up appearances if you have not. Hyacinth Bucket ("pronounced bouquet") played by Patricia Routledge is just awesome. I have to say that the Brits are really do know how to do comedy. I have so many favorite shows from the BBC.....

    • @cherylharewood2549
      @cherylharewood2549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@elenaderoet4926 I love that show also.
      Poor Elizabeth has to up with crazy Hyacinth

    • @cherylharewood2549
      @cherylharewood2549 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elenaderoet4926 thank you

  • @cherylharewood2549
    @cherylharewood2549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    My uncle Sydney who lived in Edmonton, England, loved this show
    R.I.P Uncle Sydney.

  • @patriciamooney928
    @patriciamooney928 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of my favorite British comedies.

  • @Aannan
    @Aannan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    It must have been such fun to do this show! I love how the cast are struggling to keep a straight face when they see each other in their costumes and their unpolished merriment in the final dance is delightfully infectious.

    • @catnewskawai9367
      @catnewskawai9367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love when Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lucas toast with the beer mugs which are meant to break, but Mr. Humphries's mug doesn't break so he has to do it himself.

  • @marciaallsbrook2335
    @marciaallsbrook2335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    My favorite episode as well. John Inman is beyond hilarious!

  • @lukasoitzl133
    @lukasoitzl133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    As an Austrian I have to say the dancing is pretty much on point. I had to go to traditional Austrian dance classes when I was a kid. Absolutely hated it back then.

    • @calvaryapologetics
      @calvaryapologetics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing

    • @brini2439
      @brini2439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣 Trachtenverein! I know your struggle as I am from upper Bavaria. Fortunately, my parents loved me and so I could avoid having to learn traditional dancing. Quite uncommon for us girls, back in the nineties.

    • @lukasoitzl133
      @lukasoitzl133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brini2439 I think you were one of the lucky ones. My older sister and cousins suffered through it for 8 years. By the way in Austria we call it Volkstanzgruppe. 😅

    • @Steve_P_B
      @Steve_P_B 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Did that include the face slapping?

    • @happycook6737
      @happycook6737 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We had American Square Dancing at school as part of the exercise class. 😂No one enjoyed that either.

  • @wickedcabinboy
    @wickedcabinboy ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I will never, ever tire of this series.

  • @OneWayDesigns
    @OneWayDesigns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Mollie Sugden, one of the best comedians ever!!

    • @flowerpower3011
      @flowerpower3011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I wish they could all wake up and come back to us 😔.

    • @Crusherkitty1
      @Crusherkitty1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      s444s4444444444444444r44444r444s44444444444444r444444r4r4444444r4444

    • @johanbruijnooge6818
      @johanbruijnooge6818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Crusherkitty1 Pussy got crushed?

    • @bugskarotioz5468
      @bugskarotioz5468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never takes shit from a floor walker.

  • @Mv4yi
    @Mv4yi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I started watching this in the 90's...cannot express how much I miss it, even down to the opening theme with the ringing of the cash registers. 😂 Each character was so well defined. Excellent writers and actors! I miss it so much, and felt such a loss when it went off the air. This show was really my first exposure to British comedy. Later on, I began enjoying "Keeping Up Appearances", also, which was another brilliant show. Thank goodness for British comedy, their witty, bawdy humor, and for the person who was good enough to post this video!

  • @pf5658
    @pf5658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    What made this show so darn amazing and funny is the fact that it feels like your are not really watching a show at all. Pure comedy gold.

  • @cwlim62
    @cwlim62 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Good to see a young Joanna Lumley here - playing the German woman customer 😊

    • @addie_is_me
      @addie_is_me 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shecappears several times in the series. She great.

  • @iboro-kun84
    @iboro-kun84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "German band ready?" "Ready when you are, mate." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @yjvs1009
    @yjvs1009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love British TV.. This is my all time FAVORITE show..I even have this on DVD..Mrs. Slocum is the BEST. And Mr. Humphreys is a SCREAM🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @bethangriffiths5206
    @bethangriffiths5206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "Count Poppycock, be getting your hands off my schnitzel!"

  • @jamesbledsoe1823
    @jamesbledsoe1823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The best times I enjoy Ms. Slocombe is when she's buzzed up jus sayin.😷🔥🍺🥃

  • @rick5793
    @rick5793 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's sad to realize that we've lost all these fine folks

  • @dirdib69
    @dirdib69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This episode in particular had several of the cast fighting not to bust out laughing.

  • @Scartonxx
    @Scartonxx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    They sure don’t make ‘em like they used to! An absolute classic

  • @nemo-nb3gh
    @nemo-nb3gh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    8:52 this departmental meeting segment is one of the best comedy repartees I have ever heard and seen . The whole German Week episode is one of the best in sitcom history .

  • @theodoretheelder6248
    @theodoretheelder6248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I don't think there has ever been a better television show. I used to watch this on PBS.

  • @susanboylefanable
    @susanboylefanable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    One of the funniest episodes of this show that was ever made!
    Quite glad to see it again!

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's one of my favorites, aside from the Pilot and the Punch and Judy affair.

  • @DavidShantzwildoutwest
    @DavidShantzwildoutwest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Joanna Lumley playing a German accent off hilariously

    • @rodneyjohnson4794
      @rodneyjohnson4794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      j.l., the his and hers lady!

    • @professornuke7562
      @professornuke7562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was going to comment but thought I would check. Yep.

    • @ljmcdonald2703
      @ljmcdonald2703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My husband von’t allow zis

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My parents had some friends who are German, and hearing Joanna with the accent is exactly how Germans speak English.

  • @juliemitchell3794
    @juliemitchell3794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    "All the other times she was flat on her back it was the American Forces responsible." 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @robertdiotalevi285
      @robertdiotalevi285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aid and comfort to the troops as it were!

    • @TheBee87bee
      @TheBee87bee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahahaha,I know,lol!!!!! She is a crazy!!!!!

    • @robertdiotalevi285
      @robertdiotalevi285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheBee87bee Mrs. Slocumb did her part...a bit more than others in fact. 👙

  • @ksak2649
    @ksak2649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I hope whomever put this cast together & wrote these episodes got one hell of a payday. Well deserved!! 😀😊👍

    • @1977ajax
      @1977ajax ปีที่แล้ว

      Free Büstenhalter for life, and a pair of Strumps at Christmas, probably.

  • @jok8996
    @jok8996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    1:16 “Count Poppycock, be getting your hands off my schnitzel!”🤣🤣
    (Sidenote: I spy Joanna Lumley at 5:46)

  • @daaanNederland
    @daaanNederland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    only after watching this episode more than 100 times I realised that the german band responded “ready when you are mate” 😂

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I like the exasperated look on Captain Peacocks face!

    • @pamelahayes8593
      @pamelahayes8593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't feel bad I just realized a mounth ago lol

  • @squonktears6265
    @squonktears6265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Here in the US prior to the mid 1970s our retail and commercial sector was still mainly downtown in the urban core(high streets as they say in England ) , in small towns called main streets . We had multi floor or stories department stores like this , movie theaters("the pictures") , many locally owned specialty shops, restaurants, pubs, cafes, grocery markets , outdoor vendors, etcetera everything you could imagine , wanted or needed was there . Now our US downtowns and main streets are dead as a doornail , ghost towns . Walmart , big box stores in general, retail and commercial development for the past 20 or so years is around the main thruway exits . There are no sidewalks and its really dangerous to walk from store to store with all that traffic there . This walmartization and multinational franchises have destroyed locally owned businesses and our downtowns and main streets in the US . Its ridiculous you have to drive your car from this place and that . It makes one angry and very sad .

    • @peregrinemccauley7819
      @peregrinemccauley7819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're not often wrong , but you're right again .

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon ปีที่แล้ว

      I din't think anyone called them "the pictures" after the 1920s ... are you from Iowa or somewhere?

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. Globalization has indeed destroyed everything- borders & countries entire identities are being wiped out. That was always the endgame of the Schwabs & Gates & Soros beasts out there - a ONE World Government tyranny. The EU & UN instrumental in this of course. The WEF is self explanatory as is the WHO. The danger of this can't be more apparent than th last 3 years global lockdowns & forcing poverty & government dependency where there wasn't before, mandates under threat, and now they're turning off local and international resources for food, fuels & every other supply we use, AND started are bankrupting taxpayers over a war that could have been avoided but instead is being pushed harder by the WEF UN DAVOS NATO beasts. Meanwhile the only thing in massive numbers they didn't stop in all of these lockdowns & cutoffs was mass invasions of incompatable peoples into countries being forced being forced to support them AND a WWIII possible outcome. Shows like ths were great distractions- all entertainment is - from what's going in big government- even going as far as to joking about WWII. It's funny how no one jokes about Vietman or Afghanistan though. Only WII. And here we are poking the bear with NUKES because our "leaders " are utterly insane.

  • @Jennifer-qo4kz
    @Jennifer-qo4kz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Man they don’t make them like they used to.
    This is a great series

  • @thumbprint7150
    @thumbprint7150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Thank you for this. All the actors are wonderful, including cameos. Joanna Lumley, seen here as a frau, was briefly married to Jeremy Lloyd, one of the writers of this uber-witty comedy.

    • @goldensloth7
      @goldensloth7 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thought that was her!

  • @sandraglover2681
    @sandraglover2681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    During this time when all nation's are going through such discomforting & uncertain times, this episode will lift your spirits. One of my favorites! I'm binge watching

    • @claudiachasman8307
      @claudiachasman8307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ME, TOO.;-)))

    • @tharealmikezee3165
      @tharealmikezee3165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I kno I was just watching this thinking something like..."a simpler time." It probably wasn't tho. I understand that.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tha Real Mike Zee not simpler, but better: and Free! Look up the data to see the 1970’s compared to today! It’ll shock you!

    • @johnkuipers7829
      @johnkuipers7829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does that even mean? Lift your spirits because of the Lockdown? I don't think so Sandra.

  • @Naza_44
    @Naza_44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Cpt. Peacock- "G'd morning madam, are you being served?"
    Customer- "just having a look!"
    Mr. Lucas- "so is he!" LMAO 😂👌

    • @doomed-y3s
      @doomed-y3s 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yeah he had a very good look and got a big boner in his pants

  • @Jeweliedear
    @Jeweliedear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I still laugh at bustenhalter and i am half German 🇩🇪😂🇺🇸

    • @oscarbrody762
      @oscarbrody762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello Julchen, how are you doing today?

  • @iboroudoh6505
    @iboroudoh6505 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "I'm getting a lot of air but very little authority." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @davidgilbert8091
    @davidgilbert8091 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I went to my grandparents my nana was in the living room laughing with joy and I came in to watch and I could not stop laughing I've loved this show ever since

  • @fmphotooffice5513
    @fmphotooffice5513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Ground floor: perfumery
    Stationery and leather goods
    Wigs and haberdashery
    Kitchenware and food
    Going up
    First floor: telephones
    Gents' ready-made suits
    Shirts, socks, ties, hats
    Underwear and shoes
    Going up
    Second floor: carpets
    Travel goods and beddings
    Materials and soft furnishing
    Restaurant and teas
    Going down

    • @brini2439
      @brini2439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's the comment I've been searching for so long! Thank you!

    • @jasminnemcdonald94A
      @jasminnemcdonald94A ปีที่แล้ว

      Second floor, please.

  • @BOLLOCKS1968
    @BOLLOCKS1968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mr Humphries in that outfit was priceless. I haven't laughed that hard at a TV show in years. ✌❤

  • @reubenpilli6549
    @reubenpilli6549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    19:18 Captain Peacock: "During our discussion, you did tell me that my costume will give me the appropriate air of authority. I am getting a lot of air, but very little authority".
    Mr. Rumbold: "Well, you have my permission to wear a bigger brush in your hat".
    Captain Peacock: "Thank you Mr. Rumbold".
    ...
    That has to be one of the funniest dialogues I heard in long time! Love it.

  • @michaelamato3533
    @michaelamato3533 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A fab comedy series which has never aged. Well scripted and excellent acting😊

  • @lubzeN
    @lubzeN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My favorite, love this amazing show, cheers from California ! British comedy is simply the best ! Many thanks for update this wonderful show!🙏😊🌁

    • @deerking4848
      @deerking4848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, British comedies are the best, especially the older ones!

  • @24602400
    @24602400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I had forgotten how much I loved this show.

  • @sinclairjg
    @sinclairjg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I always appreciated how willing this cast was to strip off or dress up.

  • @Sasfoot
    @Sasfoot 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I don't know how anyone else feels, but I'll definitely put Wendy on the list of Top 10 greatest legs in TV history.

  • @rodd22
    @rodd22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    A very young and beautiful Joanna Lumley -"I am knowing this.........." too funny xx

    • @steveweinstein3222
      @steveweinstein3222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wearing a horrible wig.

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@steveweinstein3222 I love her, but with a horrible accent, too.

  • @TheOpelkoenjas
    @TheOpelkoenjas 12 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    The best episode of all!! Specially when Mr. Humphries comes out of the fitting room, barely able to walk due to his tiny shorts, and Mrs. Slocombe drunk as a skunk "If you could only see yourselves, you look absolutely liriculous!" Funny as hell!!

    • @sandrajovic7735
      @sandrajovic7735 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheOpelkoenjas best comment!

    • @ladyjanegrey752
      @ladyjanegrey752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "D'you know...I can't think why, but my eyes are watering!" OMG!

    • @pacetti07
      @pacetti07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lady Jane Grey Another incredibly funny line is when Mr. Rumble walks in, and Mrs. Slocombe says, “Twiddle his knob somebody he’s out of focus.”

    • @CaitlinBrooksMusic
      @CaitlinBrooksMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TheOpelkoenjas I agree with you! I wish I could tell what songs Mrs Slocombe was singing. All I could hear was “La la la la la rum pum pum!”

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CaitlinBrooksMusic It was Lillie Marlein.

  • @sushicourier
    @sushicourier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    During one of my trips to London a few years ago I made a point of going to Clapham Common! I thought of you Mrs. Slocombe.😂🤣😂 🇬🇧 💘 🇩🇪

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    mrs slocombe and mr peacock going at each other was so funny

  • @susieQ128
    @susieQ128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    my youngest son's favorite episode... he borrowed my dvd with this episode and when he returned it the dvd was missing!!

  • @theresaholguin699
    @theresaholguin699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    On all the episodes that I have watched so far. Ms Slocombe hair color is always a different color. Love this show 💙❤💙

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She started out dying it but soon they went with wigs.

    • @sandiesmiggs6552
      @sandiesmiggs6552 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just makes the show fit in modern-day all that much more, with everybody having different colored hair nowadays

  • @marinazagrai1623
    @marinazagrai1623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Can you imagine that those who haven't our realm is 70 or older? Such comedic talent, never to be found again...sad, really.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I meant: who haven't left...

    • @deidraboswell8451
      @deidraboswell8451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very sad

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@marinazagrai1623 the entire cast has passed

    • @waivedwench
      @waivedwench 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lucky43113 Mike Berry (Mr. Spooner) is the only one still alive. He's not in this episode.

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@waivedwench I forgot about him

  • @robertagoicochea5068
    @robertagoicochea5068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I used to watch it when I was about 11. I loved this show. I’m 40 now and I still laugh. I love all these characters

  • @Imeraldgyrl
    @Imeraldgyrl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A very young Joanna Lumley as the German woman. I love this show.

  • @djtimemasheen7585
    @djtimemasheen7585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love watching this as the actors are so great, and they work together so perfectly. So sad they all passed away 😢

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad ปีที่แล้ว +8

    ‘You could carry a lot of coal in those’ is a favourite line.

  • @rebels42wynn83
    @rebels42wynn83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    The fighting scene between Mrs. Slocombe and Captain Peacock had me made laughing so hard with tears.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rebella12 Wynn ikr 😂

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 I agree with him too, I mean sometimes it's like I can't stop laughing

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sandra Jovic, I know I can’t. It’s like spending time with the mates, only at work.

    • @niquenique6393
      @niquenique6393 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Rebel12 Wynn Same Here 🤣🤣🤣

  • @briteness
    @briteness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I love it when they dress up and put on a show!

  • @tommanring5854
    @tommanring5854 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved this show on PBS in ohio in my 20ies I'm 52 now and just looked it up STILL FUNNY

    • @76marji
      @76marji 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wned-pbs, buffalo ny used to air it in the 70s & 80s. 😁

  • @donaldduck5404
    @donaldduck5404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Double the fun watching this as a German🤣🤣🤣

    • @fleurdelis9939
      @fleurdelis9939 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? Where are you from?

    • @donaldduck5404
      @donaldduck5404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fleurdelis9939 Bavaria, of course! The place, where "Lederhos'n" is at home.😎🤘

    • @fleurdelis9939
      @fleurdelis9939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@donaldduck5404 ich auch und nichts find ich furchtbarer,als alle Deutschen mit Lederhosen zu verkleiden,the american way!

    • @donaldduck5404
      @donaldduck5404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fleurdelis9939 verstehe dich vollkommen. Ich finde es lustig, dass sie hier so Schwaben und Österreicher auch mit drunter mischen. Man merkt wie wenig sie über das Land wissen. 😁
      Für mich hat seit diesem Video "Tom & Jerry" eine ganz andere Bedeutung.😂

    • @allanjcarpenter
      @allanjcarpenter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@donaldduck5404 I just found out my ancestors were from Bavaria! Vie gates?

  • @Alusnovalotus
    @Alusnovalotus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “I can only hear “sweetie D’aling”
    & “DON’T QUESTION ME!!”
    From Johanna Lumley
    😎😎😎

  • @ophthodoc
    @ophthodoc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This is a wonderful episode. The series had really hit its’ stride by the time this was produced. “Turn left at the Ausfahrt” LOL🤣

    • @isabelserrano6018
      @isabelserrano6018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've been to Germany and there Ausfarht always gives me a fit of laughter.

    • @susanhuber1932
      @susanhuber1932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A lot of my family were immigrants from from Germany. I love the humor of this episode.

  • @dirtydiscosecrets
    @dirtydiscosecrets 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    One of the best comedies ever

    • @derricklafrance9724
      @derricklafrance9724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed. How can you not love a show where the cast looks like Muppets?

    • @10toMidnight
      @10toMidnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Am I old when I say - “The good old days”?

    • @youbetcha6880
      @youbetcha6880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anybody else watch these videos just to ogle at Wendy Richard's?

  • @Quasihamster
    @Quasihamster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pretty accurate German, except one wouldn't use "Ausfahrt" inside a building. (Except a parking garage) The "Fahrt" part comes from "fahren", to drive, so it refers to the way out for vehicles.
    "Ausgang" would be more appropriate for an exit door.

    • @paulrelgne2149
      @paulrelgne2149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mikosh2: "Exit" or "Exit Here" would do!

    • @evelynwaugh4053
      @evelynwaugh4053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But to English speakers gang isn't a funny word but fahrt is.

  • @albionmyl7735
    @albionmyl7735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As a German I've laughed so much about this show......I have been many times in England in the recent years...and felt always very welcome...more than that...it seems the English like the common Germans....they make a difference between politics and normals...

    • @DeirdreMcNamara
      @DeirdreMcNamara 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We know it took the"moustache" 12 years of bullying and murder to make you march to his step - like the EU and the American democrats...just pop Merkel and Frau ulbricht - von leyer on top of a very high mountain and leave them there. But keep up the "eis cafes" sehr gut! Wunderbar!

  • @ccutehoney
    @ccutehoney 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This brings me back to being in middle school and high school and watching this after school on pbs. Still love this show

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      After school?! That must have been awesome! I had to wait until either 11 or so at night for them to start showing britcoms where I lived, or I had to wait until Saturday evening starting at 8 to try to get as many watched as my mom would let me stay up for.....

    • @syphon_9892
      @syphon_9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they ever sensor any of the words used in this sitcom on that channel ?

  • @annamossity8879
    @annamossity8879 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my favorite shows! Thank you! ❤

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Fun Fact: This episode was the basis for the unsold pilot of the Americanized version of "Are You Being Served?" known as "Beane's Of Boston". It was to be on CBS.

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yup Beane's of Boston was passed over but the pilot was aired.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Luis...many shows here, in the US (especially in the 90s) were "borrowed" from the Brits (i.e. a lot of DIY shows, "What Not To Wear, Friends, House of Cards"). Amazing these ideas had to be bought off the Brits - the ideas dept was all blank at the time (in the US). The House of Cards was from the very early 90s or maybe even late 80s...

    • @brenthaymon280
      @brenthaymon280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The show Sanford and Son was based on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son.

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marina Zagrai all in the family was too.

  • @davidthedeaf
    @davidthedeaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never been to England, and didn’t live in the era that this was made, but by golly so much of this show reminds me of when I was working retail in my early 20s!

  • @aidangamalieltayao3297
    @aidangamalieltayao3297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    God bless the entire cast plus guests for the gift of laughter.

  • @jakemcquade3157
    @jakemcquade3157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Whoever was in charge of casting should have been awarded the Victoria Cross.

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's that?

    • @fortysomethingbadgirls2173
      @fortysomethingbadgirls2173 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree! It was by sheer accident the show became a smash hit! Writers fought to keep Inman's camp character in script! It worked!!

    • @LuchaLibertaria
      @LuchaLibertaria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      David Croft did most of the casting as well as writing the show and he was awarded OBE :)

  • @jeffgalus8454
    @jeffgalus8454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Mollie Sugden plays a wonderful drunk

  • @EVZYL
    @EVZYL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Joanna Lumley doing a German accent. Priceless.

    • @vimponex
      @vimponex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I recognized her as well, immediately thought about the Avengers. Another class tv series:)

    • @chrisnewman7281
      @chrisnewman7281 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Correction doing a German accent quite badly

    • @littlemarmoset
      @littlemarmoset 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ve are here for ze buying of ze Harris tweed. :)

  • @jayceew.rabbit9358
    @jayceew.rabbit9358 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this show, Mrs. Slocum is my favorite.

  • @wongfrancis
    @wongfrancis ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a great show, It never gets old. It's creepy to think all the main actors there were now dead.....