Download it here: www.youtubekeep.com/recently-d... Very funny sketch from "Not the Nine O'clock News". What breakfast would be like with John McEnroe and his parents.
You can watch this a thousand times and still chuckle with the brilliant script and the fantastic acting from the cast. Over time John's mum and dad actually look like Pam and Mel in this sketch to my mind.
This is hardly an exaggeration. McEnroe was REALLY like this, in fact some of the lines are taken from him verbatim: "You CANNOT be serious! You are the pits of the earth!"
And his words ... put him into the role of the umpire trying to calm things down whilst being accurate " The juice was slurped" with no emotion. Acting and script writing at its best.
This was priceless when it appeared in the full context back in 1980. But I still found myself laughing my head off - it looks over the top - but hilarious. Nothing on modern TV makes me laugh Im afraid - I need to keep going back to fawlty towers monty python etc and this.
The fact that this McEncroe mainly holds the racket in his left hand is well observed. I read a book about lefthandedness that claimed my lefties had fiery tempers and used Macca as a prime example.
Notice he uses his right hand when he chops the top off the egg.. One famous left hander was Paul McCartney and Faul uses his right when he forgets ...
It was a trick. No way that was real. He waved his racquet above the egg while to one side somebody had a small piece of thread to pull off the already prepared prop egg top on hinge.
This was hilarious. I wonder what McEnroe thinks when he sees this. Actually his worst outbursts where not that many, but certainly notorious. If tennis had personalities like his again, the sport would be watchable again.
You're right. Sport is now a very serious revenue-generating activity and no-one dare step out of line or take the piss. This was brilliantly acted. Good, subdued American accents from Mum and Dad. I laughed like a drain at the whole thing.
Love this skit. When you look up his tantrums this is hardly any exaggeration - I remember his tantrums but I can't believe they were so bad. I have no idea how he got away with his complete and utter nonsense. Many of the lines are exactly what he said.
I grew up with my earliest tennis memories being the Borg v McEnroe wimbledon finals, their incredible rivalry was timeless beyond compare... and yet sadly short lived. McEnroe defeated him in 4 sets in 1981 avenging his loss to the Swede the previous year, and after losing to him at the US Open Borg retired stating he had lost his passion for tennis. He was just 26, but he began playing at the top level when he was only 15, winning his davis cup debut match when Sweden played New Zealand. After 11 years with 6 French open and 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles to his name, he was burnt out. Before McEnroe's career had ended he had claimed 7 Grand Slam tournaments of his own. I absolutely loved Borg, and found McEnroe irritating at first, but he grew on me quickly almost for no other reason than I just couldn't get enough of him! It was him alone that had me following Tennis for the next 20 years subsequently watching greats like Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi... I then lost interest myself not long after watching that era. I must say though that I went to the 2001 Hopman Cup in Perth Western Australia to watch Richard Fromberg of Australia play a youthful and extremely technical pony-tailed Swiss lad who was ranked 22 in the world, I never heard of him before the tournament. He went on to win the Cup with his number 1 ranked team mate Martina Hingis. His name was Roger Federer. Gee don't I bloody go on...anyway, back to J-Mac and that it's interesting to note that Borg understood where McEnroe was coming from with the tantrums, Borg himself had a terrible temper on the court as a youth until it was extricated from him by his coach prior to entering the ATP limelight. He saw J-Mac's fury as self driving, a tool of his own impetus, fuel for his fire. Yes McEnroe was very much one who engaged in a lot of gamesmanship at key moments, that was ever so apparent, but his tantrums I believe had everything to do with what was inside John, and nothing to do with his opponent. Jesus I miss McEnroe, he is my favourite player of all time, his antics only surpassed by his mesmerising serving action, his speed to the net, the skilful volleys and most of all his all-encompassing passion.
@@colinhooper1933 I don't remember all that well but I guess he did make tennis more exciting. Everyone's so "professional" now, it is a little boring in that way.
I think we know that the popularity of watching tennis (theatre) on tv during Wimbledon fortnight was with the hope of witnessing McEnroe 'losing' it and the Umpire getting an earful!
Remember hearing this on Doctor Demento; just for giggles, I turned up the volume when "John" drank his OJ--sort of aural instant replay--and definitely heard a slurping sound. IR didn't exist like we know it today back when McEnroe was the terror of decent society; what would it have done to him to be properly reproved? Maybe not a good thing after all; he'd have mellowed, so we wouldn't have funny things like this. He's why I was a Bjorn Borg fan. There is not a font large enough for "John"'s outbursts; this is absolutely classic!
@@dwblurb Be that as it may, she is still Australia's greatest ever tennis champion and the building is named for that; it's not the civic hero award. Her views on marriage, which would have been considered mainstream and in fact implicitly assumed as the normal view just a few short years ago, are suddenly no longer correct according to a few people who are 100% certain they are "on the right side of history", to quote Navratilova's written critique. I smell a rat when the sands of unassailable truth shift that suddenly. What each of us thinks about Margaret Court's view on marriage is really immaterial. I don't agree with her, but that doesn't matter, because she is being honored for being the greatest tennis player, not the nicest lady, and she has not committed any hate crimes or other things so horrible that she should not be so honored.
@@stevennicholas4160 Had he been a member of the wokies as you say, he wouldn't have stuck to his guns during the Serena- greatest tennis player ever - controversy. Nor would he have criticised banning of Russian players by Wimbledon.
Con el descubri el tenis , fue mi idolo , no pare hasta que consegui una raqueta como la suya , Dunlop Maxply Mc Enroe , la pude comprar cuando se deprecio , al cambiar de modelo a la Max 200 G ya en grafito ,
Understandable the Brits found John McEnroe annoying. Love the sketch. Showing how much of a sore loser and a crybaby McEnroe was whenever he displayed his terrible sportsmanship on the tennis court.
"Good morning my parents"
Absolute comedy gold. Never gets old
You can watch this a thousand times and still chuckle with the brilliant script and the fantastic acting from the cast.
Over time John's mum and dad actually look like Pam and Mel in this sketch to my mind.
Get's a bit old if you're too young to know who McEnroe is!
Loved how John opened his egg with his tennis racket.
Oh yeah, wonder how long it took him to practise that!😂
Loved how Griff ripped off his wig at the end😂.
Apparently John McEnroe loved it!
One of the best NT9OCN sketches. I love the thought that McEnroe brings his tennis racket to the breakfast table!
I wonder how many takes it took to knock the top off the egg? :)
I loved McEnroe...A brilliant player and vivid personality. I don't bother watching tennis any more...it's so boring and I hate the grunting.
@@bingo99aa 3, on the third they actually did see some chalk dust fly up from the shell.
This is hardly an exaggeration. McEnroe was REALLY like this, in fact some of the lines are taken from him verbatim: "You CANNOT be serious! You are the pits of the earth!"
Rumoured he has Aspergers.
this is easily one of the best sketches from this show
1:39 Griff Rhys Jones was incredible in this sketch.
They were all good in this sketch.
Griff was amazing in this. Mel Smith was a genius, RIP.
Excellent sketch, they don't make them lik,,,, actually, they don't make them at all.
The script writers nailed it as well.
Not forgetting they were doing the show weekly to fit in news stories. Brilliant team all round.
I remember watching this when it was first broadcast. Hilarious. NTNON was always the first thing we talked about at school the next day.
I remember talking about this sketch at school next day!
I lived in rural Australia and we talked about this at school
The funniest sight in sports: a John McEnroe meltdown
John's dad's hat steals the show 🤣
And his words ... put him into the role of the umpire trying to calm things down whilst being accurate " The juice was slurped" with no emotion. Acting and script writing at its best.
To be fair. He was right. It wasn't slurped. :)
@KoivuTheHab YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!
@@dude3049 haha
Hahahahahahaha!
Yes, he clearly slurped his orange juice, no question about it!
@@iamrocketray audible.
Clearly Advantage Mum
I wanna bring in dad! I wanna hear what dad has to say!!!! The drink was slurped ! 😂😂
How did they not laugh? Brilliant.
A brilliant parody of Superbrat circa 1979/80 but he grew up and became a great player. Still hilarious nearly 40 years later
it breaks me up every time I watch this. So good!
This was priceless when it appeared in the full context back in 1980. But I still found myself laughing my head off - it looks over the top - but hilarious. Nothing on modern TV makes me laugh Im afraid - I need to keep going back to fawlty towers monty python etc and this.
congratulations at getting old
The drink was slurped.
Totally epic sketch.
one of the many best sketches
I think Johnny Mac would find this funny - he has a great sense of humour
"You wanna be made to sit in a pile of puke" LOL !!
1:50 "You ought to be made to sit in a Pile of puke!"🤣 I lost it at that point the first time I saw this on TV and I did now.👍
The fact that this McEncroe mainly holds the racket in his left hand is well observed. I read a book about lefthandedness that claimed my lefties had fiery tempers and used Macca as a prime example.
Notice he uses his right hand when he chops the top off the egg.. One famous left hander was Paul McCartney and Faul uses his right when he forgets ...
Great shot when he takes the top off the egg !!!
Incredible.
I wonder if it was one take.
@@graemestarkey7524 I also thinking that he aimed too low in the first shot. LOL
I wonder how many takes it took. Great actors Mel & Griff.
It was a trick. No way that was real. He waved his racquet above the egg while to one side somebody had a small piece of thread to pull off the already prepared prop egg top on hinge.
Excellent, really well done.
Rhys Jones is really great
Griff's face is just PRICELESS after his mother tells him to go sit in another room, lol.
He didn't slurp his drink, and the egg was runny. Lol
Are you serious? Can you be serious?
Still makes me laugh 😃 😀 😄
A good old TV comedy classic !
Mel Smith did a good American accent.
facial expression too
Mother you are the pits of the earth!
The egg was on the line! Chalk FLEW UP! 😂🤣😅
4 people Cannot be serious
I have been looking for this - thanks for uploading!
Brilliant I wonder if John McEnroe has seen it? I bet he has now he has mellowed
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS??!!
What did I do? What did I say?
LFMAO!!!
This was hilarious. I wonder what McEnroe thinks when he sees this. Actually his worst outbursts where not that many, but certainly notorious. If tennis had personalities like his again, the sport would be watchable again.
Mcenroe & Connors was back when tennis had character
this is not funny
You're right. Sport is now a very serious revenue-generating activity and no-one dare step out of line or take the piss.
This was brilliantly acted. Good, subdued American accents from Mum and Dad. I laughed like a drain at the whole thing.
Talk rubbish. The sport is as good as it ever was with three of the best players ever, and no cheating like Mac
@@stoolpigeon4285 McEnroe did not cheat. He was nearly always right about the line calls.
Love this skit. When you look up his tantrums this is hardly any exaggeration - I remember his tantrums but I can't believe they were so bad. I have no idea how he got away with his complete and utter nonsense. Many of the lines are exactly what he said.
When we were watching Wimbledon my Mum used to say: "I'd like to smack his arse!"
He was nearly always right with his calls. Had Hawkeye had been around, none of this would have happened included this hilarious scene.
I grew up with my earliest tennis memories being the Borg v McEnroe wimbledon finals, their incredible rivalry was timeless beyond compare... and yet sadly short lived. McEnroe defeated him in 4 sets in 1981 avenging his loss to the Swede the previous year, and after losing to him at the US Open Borg retired stating he had lost his passion for tennis. He was just 26, but he began playing at the top level when he was only 15, winning his davis cup debut match when Sweden played New Zealand. After 11 years with 6 French open and 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles to his name, he was burnt out. Before McEnroe's career had ended he had claimed 7 Grand Slam tournaments of his own. I absolutely loved Borg, and found McEnroe irritating at first, but he grew on me quickly almost for no other reason than I just couldn't get enough of him! It was him alone that had me following Tennis for the next 20 years subsequently watching greats like Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi... I then lost interest myself not long after watching that era. I must say though that I went to the 2001 Hopman Cup in Perth Western Australia to watch Richard Fromberg of Australia play a youthful and extremely technical pony-tailed Swiss lad who was ranked 22 in the world, I never heard of him before the tournament. He went on to win the Cup with his number 1 ranked team mate Martina Hingis. His name was Roger Federer. Gee don't I bloody go on...anyway, back to J-Mac and that it's interesting to note that Borg understood where McEnroe was coming from with the tantrums, Borg himself had a terrible temper on the court as a youth until it was extricated from him by his coach prior to entering the ATP limelight. He saw J-Mac's fury as self driving, a tool of his own impetus, fuel for his fire. Yes McEnroe was very much one who engaged in a lot of gamesmanship at key moments, that was ever so apparent, but his tantrums I believe had everything to do with what was inside John, and nothing to do with his opponent. Jesus I miss McEnroe, he is my favourite player of all time, his antics only surpassed by his mesmerising serving action, his speed to the net, the skilful volleys and most of all his all-encompassing passion.
@@colinhooper1933 I don't remember all that well but I guess he did make tennis more exciting. Everyone's so "professional" now, it is a little boring in that way.
I'm actually in tears laughing at this !
Classic scene, used to love this show when I was at school, mum and dad would let me stay up late to watch it.
Fantastic acting in my opinion!
Great forehand taking the egg top off John!
The pregnant pause before you know he's going to lose his shit... priceless.
I miss you this show
A brilliant and very very funny sketch
Even today Hilarious ❤
Griff is so brilliant as John and also Mel in John Snr hat great sketch
I feel like him everday
The American accent is on point 🤣
I think we know that the popularity of watching tennis (theatre) on tv during Wimbledon fortnight was with the hope of witnessing McEnroe 'losing' it and the Umpire getting an earful!
Remember hearing this on Doctor Demento; just for giggles, I turned up the volume when "John" drank his OJ--sort of aural instant replay--and definitely heard a slurping sound. IR didn't exist like we know it today back when McEnroe was the terror of decent society; what would it have done to him to be properly reproved?
Maybe not a good thing after all; he'd have mellowed, so we wouldn't have funny things like this. He's why I was a Bjorn Borg fan.
There is not a font large enough for "John"'s outbursts; this is absolutely classic!
The drink was slurped.
Griff's voice and face cracks me up at 1:33.
Pretty damn spot on!
The lack of laughter at 1:22 shows that must have been about the 50th take
Mom says, "John, here's your red card, you are grounded for your behavior".
Hilarious!
The Ball Was Out!!!
What about the chalk dust that blew up😊
Omg its like someone took a video of my family
Well you shouldn't have slurped your orange juice . Don't you know manners are important. ( Sorry, just having a flashback to my youth )
Absolute treasure!
We are in the presence of genious!
Genius
So good, can imagine this is so accurate
I used to love these two
Spot on ....the full mac
" The drink was Slurped !" 😂😂😂😂😂Superb dry Response for Father !
Absolute classic.
I Love this Video of Not the nine aclock news its funny and john mceinrow his terrible behavior
+Emma Galpin ^_^
Griff Rhys Jones went balls to the wall, which makes it funny.
Brilliant
Went here because I was reminded of this prat's existence after his 2020 hijinks with Martina at the Australian Open.
He was 100% right. Margaret Court is unfortunately beholden to a primitive religious cult.
@@dwblurb Be that as it may, she is still Australia's greatest ever tennis champion and the building is named for that; it's not the civic hero award. Her views on marriage, which would have been considered mainstream and in fact implicitly assumed as the normal view just a few short years ago, are suddenly no longer correct according to a few people who are 100% certain they are "on the right side of history", to quote Navratilova's written critique. I smell a rat when the sands of unassailable truth shift that suddenly. What each of us thinks about Margaret Court's view on marriage is really immaterial. I don't agree with her, but that doesn't matter, because she is being honored for being the greatest tennis player, not the nicest lady, and she has not committed any hate crimes or other things so horrible that she should not be so honored.
And, from what she has said, I think Margaret Court's opinions are based on her being preyed upon by lesbians when she was young
McEnroe is a fully signed up member of the wokies. He wouldn't get so much TV work if he wasn't.
@@stevennicholas4160 Had he been a member of the wokies as you say, he wouldn't have stuck to his guns during the Serena- greatest tennis player ever - controversy. Nor would he have criticised banning of Russian players by Wimbledon.
classic
What did I do? lol
great!!
Utter classic
Now I recall how we remembered John McEnroe's father! 😁
Bring back not the nine oclock news .
Lmfao brillant
Classic classic
That's because the Cardinals used to be in St Louis. They didn't move to Arizona until 1987-88
Orange juice simply can NOT be slurped.
You cannot be serious!
@billybobjoeericidle famous tennis player who yelled at the ref "you CANNOT BE SERIOUS!" lol
Classic
What did I do 😂awesome...
ha ha très drôle ! Si cela se trouve, c'était réellement comme cela dans la famille Mc Enroe.
The thing with the egg was perfect not even the real McEnroe could of done that..you could imagine him being like a brat...
You can't be serious. LoL.
Glad he won his tournament hate to think what he would be like if he lost!!!
John McEnroe under lockdown.
Absolute classic. Will never date.
God, I LOVE Griff Rhys-Jones!!!! Pause at 1:02 and call an exorcist!!!
Con el descubri el tenis , fue mi idolo , no pare hasta que consegui una raqueta como la suya , Dunlop Maxply Mc Enroe , la pude comprar cuando se deprecio , al cambiar de modelo a la Max 200 G ya en grafito ,
Chalk dust!!!
So funny
Richard Simmons 😅😅😅
2:02 what did I do.. 😂
Jeeesus Chriist mother!
Understandable the Brits found John McEnroe annoying. Love the sketch. Showing how much of a sore loser and a crybaby McEnroe was whenever he displayed his terrible sportsmanship on the tennis court.
Lurvy1963
He was so entertaining though!
Yes, he was a great player with an obnoxious personality, a bit like Alex Higgins in snooker, except without Higgins' occasional charm.
Bu.t out.burst were only for bad line calls that his own eyes saw. A bit like having something stolen & who likes that?
I’m a Brit and I loved him. Great player and great character. Very intelligent guy.
McEnroe was a genius, and the most charismatic player in tennis history.
You make me want to sit on a pile of puke 😂 Classic McEnroe! !!!