Comedy doesn't come any better than this timeless classic.....from an era when British comedy was brilliantly written and wonderfully acted....great memories
Always chokes me up when even in the midst of stewing hatred his concern for his dad takes over, if only they knew the joy these give us all these years later
Such a wonderfully funny comedy from a long gone era of vintage British comedy. Brilliantly written, and character acting at its sublime best, and delivered with a warmth and a humor , that's sadly lacking in today comedies. Steptoe & Son was an exceptional comedy that remains a classic to this day.
I remember watching this show laughing with all my family In Wales around the coal fire in the winter It was brilliant They don't, make good tv shows like these anymore
I love Galton & Simpson - you just know they worked on 'snails and asparagus tips', fine tuning the possibilities until they found the most absurd, yet believable, combination possible.
Yes without all the horrible swear words and filthy jokes like comedy today wish we were back in the.early sixties and.l.knew then work l.know now.l would not have wasted my time with the idiots.l did then..do not regret being with my.lovely husband forty two .years how we laughed at steptoes bucket eoma
At 18:22 is one of the funniest sequences you will ever see. When you watch these you'll probably recognise the writers' gags in a lot of later sitcoms. Like Euston Films, and Minder: these were forerunners and templates, 'borrowed' by lesser productions. While some are lauded and knighted, the Steptoe and Son company are ignored. Without Galton & Simpson and these two wonderful performers (straight actors both) - we wouldn't have had half the laughs and slapstick nicked from them over the years. But plagiarists rarely put their hands up.
This episode was shown on BBC One on Tuesday 6th September 1966 - the same day Arsenal drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday and the PM of South Africa was assassinated.
The looks between 'arold & Albert when they realise that they're going to get paid off by the butcher. Pure Shakespearean! "...you're a butcher..put me out of me misery!" 😂😂😂
I much prefer the 1960s Steptoe and Son over their 1970s return. The 1960s episodes just have a great atmospheric feeling to it, something which was lost a bit when they moved to BBC Television Centre in 1970 to record the colour series.
Even though Ray Galton and Alan Simpson were exceptional comedy writers ,it was due to the sublime acting i.e. reaction shots between Harry H Corbett and Wifrid Brambell ,both were outstanding performers In comparison when listening to the radio series, something is missing, that something is the reaction shots between the two actors, both Wilfrid and Harry H were experts at mime and would have been wonderful silent screen stars. They never hated one another,the resentment came post the Australian tour as Harry H Corbett believed his craft and indeed the series was being placed at a far more mediocre level(I have seen that tour on TV and, in my opinion, it was a dreadful stage show and cheapened the genius writing talent that both Galton and Simpson possessed )In addition Wifrid Brambell was blowing his lines due to his alcoholism, unfortunately these factors lessened their. professional respect for one another, no true loathing ever occurred between them.
It was so real and brilliant. Both actors were amazing. I think Harry H. Corbett was the even better actor as Wilfred did a lot of sight gags but both were a total riot.
Alan Alexander My sister used to have a Saturday job in a butchers when they used to put the 'Price Per Pound' on a spike & pushed it into the piece of meat on display. One day she saw an assistant cleaning his nails with the spike! That isn't even the reason I finally became vegan...eww
I still use those for EFTPOS receipts in the shop i work in. Its been the same in most past jobs too. Is Australia behind? No other easy way to keep them all together, very quickly, when you dont want to take more than half a second because theres loads more people to serve.
I think maybe this episode inspired John Sullivan for writing "Only Fools and Horses" when Uncle Albert tries to help out Del Boy and Rodney by falling down a hole.
He (John Sullivan ) stole a load of scripts/ideas from 60s/70s comedies. George (George & Mildred) playing poker with Tristram for pennies says" I've got 4 kings"...T'm says " I've only got 2 pair"...George is about to take all the pennies when T'm says "I've got a pair of aces & I've got another pair of aces". This was nicked by J S in the "Winning streak" episode on Only Fools & Horses....when identical thing happens with Del & Boycie.
@@daz3b560 he even nicked from himself! the early episode of them fleeing dels hellbitch girlfriend left in the flat to stay with their aunt in clacton.only after a few days does she think to ask who are you?its a complete stranger ! this wad also a citizen smith episode as well.
@Kani Fuker well said!became a cash cow and went on far too long!grandad had little to do with sullivan as his appearence in minder shows the character was all leonard pearce! likewise trigger early on isnt thick! that came from roger! he did a scene with nick lyndhurst and kept calling him dave retake called him dave retake lyndhurst said the name is rodney go again roger said off the cuff is dave a nickname then?hey presto the character was born!
@@daz3b560 it was also done twice by terry and june in that series and happy ever after! terry dresses up as a barrister to get damages for aunt lucy who was hit by a dustcart!almost line for line in places!
After Steptoe run up the household debt eating prime cuts of fish and meat without his son knowlege, the crafty old man tricked the butcher in paying them money instead. Harold topped it off by, "and we wont be buying anymore meat from you, it would only choke me" in his wonderful acting voice. Oh what a pair!👍😂
Weren't those the days when these episodes were filmed live...no retakes? Real actors. I think of the hoo hah now when soap stars make a huge deal if just 1 episode is filmed 'live' as a one off.
@@geoffpoole483 filmed in front of a live TV audience and shown live are two complete different things, the first comment is also wrong, when these comedy's where filmed in front of a live TV audience there was retakes, it was inevitable the actors would make mistakes, or even the audience would laugh too much and cause a retake, as in Peter Bowles scene in rising damp
I think that when time makes a final judgement, it will be Galton and Simpson and Harold Pinter who are viewed as the greatest English dramatists of the mid 20th century.
"Let them eat cake": see how the rich treated poor people. Of course, Marie Antoinette didn't say it And fancy breads like the cake (broche) in this phrase had to be sold at the same price as bread (by law). There was a flour shortage at the time. So broche, cake, would have been an affordable alternative to the staple of French people's diets, bread. It took far less flour to make broche than it took to make an equal sized loaf of bread.
Nowadays sitcoms consist of swearing and people falling over. Nothing on tv can make me laugh anymore. Im 35 and only classic sitcoms like this make me laugh.
That was an expensive bill and somebody must have eaten very well. Before this year's inflation rate hikes to over 10%, £190 was about £4500 at today's prices, 22.88 times as high as average prices since 1965. The pound had an average inflation rate of 5.65% per year between 1965 and early 2022, so a cumulative price increase of 2,188.40%. Dread to think what that is in December 2022. From 24:53 Harold realises Albert's had them all over. And Harold's face is a picture but he then claims that lies don't come easy to him, and takes the money 😁
I imagined that one day Arold had the last straw, killed Alberecht. I imagined that some day in the future, Arold returned to the house to encounter Albrecht's ghost.
i got talking to an old totter a couple of years ago in a yard in london and it turns out,he did all the real shots of horse ,cart and yard for years,i didnt believe it till i asked the weighman what did he do for the bbc..and he come straight out with it,unless. he was telepathic it must have been true,got paid for being in and ato6nd these,id have donr it for free lol..qualify. .never made a bad one
Its actually a common problem, older people start raking up debts believing they'll be paid when they die. My dad almost lost the family home cause he kept borrowing money, and half paying bills.
This reminds me of a neighbour of mine, he,d hand over his pay to his wife , she,d make out it was never enough & he,d have to do without nights out & new stuff. When she died he found out she had rung up multiple catalogue account debts all for her, & stuff bought for herself online he didn't know about
Even though I love Steptoe and son (and Sanford and son and Trailer Park Boys) shows like this always aggravated me, I know they are just shows but when people can't get ahead due to greed, bad choices and not paying your bills it makes me mad. As someone who has worked at minimum wage jobs all his life I know that you can live poorly and still succeed over time.
Comedy doesn't come any better than this timeless classic.....from an era when British comedy was brilliantly written and wonderfully acted....great memories
Great English Comedy loved by all Aussies we looked forward to all
the episodes on the telly every week.
Great Memories - Great Actors.
true comedy, the way it switches effortlessly between pathos and humour is breathtaking.
Always chokes me up when even in the midst of stewing hatred his concern for his dad takes over, if only they knew the joy these give us all these years later
I know, me too!
J
Yep
Such a wonderfully funny comedy from a long gone era of vintage British comedy. Brilliantly written, and character acting at its sublime best, and delivered with a warmth and a humor , that's sadly lacking in today comedies. Steptoe & Son was an exceptional comedy that remains a classic to this day.
Agreed. It genuinely can make a very strong claim to being the best sit com of them all
Brambell's impersonation of Bonaparte is just PRICELESS!
However dare anybody not like Steptoe and Son, everyone a classic,
They’re shytehawks
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Brilliant actors, cannot be beaten!
BEN ROUSE, thank you so much for putting these episodes on you're channel for us to watch, 🎭
28/7/2022
Wilfrid singing French with the hat on was the jewel in this episode!! 🤣
This show brings back childhood memories.
Me too, and now I'm 11 years older than Harold, gulp!
I remember watching this show laughing with all my family
In Wales around the coal fire in the winter
It was brilliant
They don't, make good tv shows like these anymore
I love Galton & Simpson - you just know they worked on 'snails and asparagus tips', fine tuning the possibilities until they found the most absurd, yet believable, combination possible.
Albert: “I spent it on essentials”
Harold: “I know, I can see the empty bottles out back!”
Ha ha 😂 hilarious. Classic British comedy at its best.
Yes without all the horrible swear words and filthy jokes like comedy today wish we were back in the.early sixties and.l.knew then work l.know now.l would not have wasted my time with the idiots.l did then..do not regret being with my.lovely husband forty two .years how we laughed at steptoes bucket eoma
Bucket woman.last.of Summer wine.morcombe.and wise anyone remember . Harry worth happy new year from.oluve epsom.surrey.to.everyone.
Brilliant, can't stopped watching these episodes, thks
At 18:22 is one of the funniest sequences you will ever see. When you watch these you'll probably recognise the writers' gags in a lot of later sitcoms. Like Euston Films, and Minder: these were forerunners and templates, 'borrowed' by lesser productions. While some are lauded and knighted, the Steptoe and Son company are ignored. Without Galton & Simpson and these two wonderful performers (straight actors both) - we wouldn't have had half the laughs and slapstick nicked from them over the years. But plagiarists rarely put their hands up.
I agree
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The best comedy ever.
Timeless and priceless!
My personal favourite episode classic many thanks for sharing it 👍🏼
One of the best Steptos ever!!😁 vintage Guy.(63).
"It's only my favourite dish cos i was unaware that we we're running a miniature Savoy grill here"....Hhahahahaha
I had pheasant once, and I got a piece of lead shot stuck in my teeth.
@@WedgePee Did you sue?
@@SamuelBlack84 No! Waitrose clearly had a disclaimer saying there would be lead shot in game birds.
Remember my dad intoducing me too this whem i was a kid still watch it to this day never gets old.
" Dad stop eatin' that carpet!" hahahaha
Wilfred bramble is the best actor of all british actors
One of my fav. Episodes.......
this is brilliant ! so so funny,they were brilliant,nothing like it on tv nowadays,thank you so much for posting !!
This episode was shown on BBC One on Tuesday 6th September 1966 - the same day Arsenal drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday and the PM of South Africa was assassinated.
lovely bit of irrelevant trivia that
Up the Arsenal
@@Azrael442 That was Soooooo interesting....I fell asleep with boredom
Not much happened in your life 😏
I bet the PM of South Africa was gutted he never stayed in and watched it
@@oldskoolfool141 Hahaha
The looks between 'arold & Albert when they realise that they're going to get paid off by the butcher. Pure Shakespearean! "...you're a butcher..put me out of me misery!" 😂😂😂
Best actors ever
A remake of this episode is on Sanford & Son called, "The Great Sanford Siege"
watched that quite a good remake american style though original more gritty and thought provoking.Must watch to see.
@Curtis Rupp Funny, because the guy that played the father in Steptoe & Son died broke as well.
one of the Best show's, and what we've got now on tv is a load of crap, HAROLD,used don't make them like they used to do
wonderfull brings back great memorys, bless them both.
This is the best thing I have ever seen it is so interesting to wotch for me and it mates me laugh so much 😂😂 😊
I much prefer the 1960s Steptoe and Son over their 1970s return. The 1960s episodes just have a great atmospheric feeling to it, something which was lost a bit when they moved to BBC Television Centre in 1970 to record the colour series.
I agree. and the writing too.
Even though Ray Galton and Alan Simpson were exceptional comedy writers ,it was due to the sublime acting
i.e. reaction shots between Harry H Corbett and Wifrid Brambell ,both were outstanding performers In comparison when listening to the radio series, something is missing, that something is the reaction shots between the two actors, both Wilfrid and Harry H were experts at mime and would have been wonderful silent screen stars.
They never hated one another,the resentment came post the Australian tour as Harry H Corbett believed his craft and indeed the series was being placed at a far more mediocre level(I have seen that tour on TV and, in my opinion, it was a dreadful stage show and cheapened the genius writing talent that both Galton and Simpson possessed )In addition Wifrid Brambell was blowing his lines due to his alcoholism, unfortunately these factors lessened their. professional respect for one another, no true loathing ever occurred between them.
so right. they were the best.
Truly the best
Pure class just a pity the BBC don’t spend some cash and restore these episodes to the best quality they can
This is one of the better quality episodes (in terms of picture and sound)!
I used to watch this show when I was a little girl.
I lost it when Harold said "dad will you stop eating that carpet" 🤣
27:43 Albert seems to have changed his mind about Chinese food since '65 Today'.
Could be he's winding up Harold, because he knows he loves it.
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It was so real and brilliant. Both actors were amazing. I think Harry H. Corbett was the even better actor as Wilfred did a lot of sight gags but both were a total riot.
I don't think Health&Safety was around when they invented those spikes for storing bills.
😊😂😆
Alan Alexander My sister used to have a Saturday job in a butchers when they used to put the 'Price Per Pound' on a spike & pushed it into the piece of meat on display. One day she saw an assistant cleaning his nails with the spike! That isn't even the reason I finally became vegan...eww
I still use those for EFTPOS receipts in the shop i work in. Its been the same in most past jobs too. Is Australia behind? No other easy way to keep them all together, very quickly, when you dont want to take more than half a second because theres loads more people to serve.
They are still used today. No need at all for health and safety for something like that.
Before Health&Safety they had something else.. what was it now?.. hang on it'll come to me... ohh yes that's it 'common bleedin' sense'
Vive La France, hilarious episode.
Very good acting
Remember these first time round in B&W.
Can't beat It! You can't get away with this now due to PC going crazy.
The film Angela's Ashes
Have you never watched Mitchell and Webb, Ricky Gervais, Armstrong and Miller?
I love futile sadness of Harold.
Great comedy 😀..Harry h Corbett & wilfrid brambell rip to the both of YOU .. x
I think maybe this episode inspired John Sullivan for writing "Only Fools and Horses" when Uncle Albert tries to help out Del Boy and Rodney by falling down a hole.
He (John Sullivan ) stole a load of scripts/ideas from 60s/70s comedies.
George (George & Mildred) playing poker with Tristram for pennies says" I've got 4 kings"...T'm says " I've only got 2 pair"...George is about to take all the pennies when T'm says "I've got a pair of aces & I've got another pair of aces".
This was nicked by J S in the "Winning streak" episode on Only Fools & Horses....when identical thing happens with Del & Boycie.
maybe because john sullivan said the first time he saw steptoe and son on the Comedy Playhouse, he made up his mind to do a comedy about junk men..
@@daz3b560 he even nicked from himself! the early episode of them fleeing dels hellbitch girlfriend left in the flat to stay with their aunt in clacton.only after a few days does she think to ask who are you?its a complete stranger ! this wad also a citizen smith episode as well.
@Kani Fuker well said!became a cash cow and went on far too long!grandad had little to do with sullivan as his appearence in minder shows the character was all leonard pearce! likewise trigger early on isnt thick! that came from roger! he did a scene with nick lyndhurst and kept calling him dave retake called him dave retake lyndhurst said the name is rodney go again roger said off the cuff is dave a nickname then?hey presto the character was born!
@@daz3b560 it was also done twice by terry and june in that series and happy ever after! terry dresses up as a barrister to get damages for aunt lucy who was hit by a dustcart!almost line for line in places!
That was wonderful, thank you
After Steptoe run up the household debt eating prime cuts of fish and meat without his son knowlege, the crafty old man tricked the butcher in paying them money instead. Harold topped it off by, "and we wont be buying anymore meat from you, it would only choke me" in his wonderful acting voice. Oh what a pair!👍😂
I'm absolutely starving i'd love bangers and mash and a nice cupa tea
Genius♥
The first time seeing this show!
A whole packet brilliant comedy at it's best
Weren't those the days when these episodes were filmed live...no retakes? Real actors. I think of the hoo hah now when soap stars make a huge deal if just 1 episode is filmed 'live' as a one off.
I think a lot of shows were filmed live in those days. Z Cars certainly was.
@@geoffpoole483 filmed in front of a live TV audience and shown live are two complete different things, the first comment is also wrong, when these comedy's where filmed in front of a live TV audience there was retakes, it was inevitable the actors would make mistakes, or even the audience would laugh too much and cause a retake, as in Peter Bowles scene in rising damp
"Wouldn't be the first time he had your trousers down"
Excellent
Fantastic.
awesome show
Great people live them both rip gents adored alkways never get tired off yu both ❤
I think that when time makes a final judgement, it will be Galton and Simpson and Harold Pinter who are viewed as the greatest English dramatists of the mid 20th century.
Are these uploads the original steptoe series as it was shown on tv or the edited dvd versions?
Certain words have been removed as they are highly offensive these days.
"Let them eat cake": see how the rich treated poor people. Of course, Marie Antoinette didn't say it And fancy breads like the cake (broche) in this phrase had to be sold at the same price as bread (by law). There was a flour shortage at the time. So broche, cake, would have been an affordable alternative to the staple of French people's diets, bread. It took far less flour to make broche than it took to make an equal sized loaf of bread.
Brioche
"They won't find the pulse where you keep your finger"
"A Whole Packet.."
Harry H was a Royal marine commando.
Using an online inflation calculator £200 is now £3,500
Albert is kind of like my Mum.and I'm kind of like Harold💜.just not as....adventurous.
If only Albert hadn't had been so reckless with the money he had won in 'The Bonds that Bind Us' episode LOL!!!!
Nowadays sitcoms consist of swearing and people falling over. Nothing on tv can make me laugh anymore. Im 35 and only classic sitcoms like this make me laugh.
I LOVE IT....
Classic comedy series, 🍀
Great!
Classics
Wasn't Wilfrid the mean old grandfather of Paul's in A Hard Day's Night? He looks familiar.
yes it's him...wasn't he very clean...
Yes it was Wilfred brambell was not like his character in real life he was always dressed immaculately
That was an expensive bill and somebody must have eaten very well. Before this year's inflation rate hikes to over 10%, £190 was about £4500 at today's prices, 22.88 times as high as average prices since 1965. The pound had an average inflation rate of 5.65% per year between 1965 and early 2022, so a cumulative price increase of 2,188.40%. Dread to think what that is in December 2022.
From 24:53 Harold realises Albert's had them all over. And Harold's face is a picture but he then claims that lies don't come easy to him, and takes the money 😁
I imagined that one day Arold had the last straw, killed Alberecht. I imagined that some day in the future, Arold returned to the house to encounter Albrecht's ghost.
Brilliant, just Brilliant.
i got talking to an old totter a couple of years ago in a yard in london and it turns out,he did all the real shots of horse ,cart and yard for years,i didnt believe it till i asked the weighman what did he do for the bbc..and he come straight out with it,unless. he was telepathic it must have been true,got paid for being in and ato6nd these,id have donr it for free lol..qualify. .never made a bad one
Albert seems to have changed his tune on Chinese food since 65 Today
Its actually a common problem, older people start raking up debts believing they'll be paid when they die. My dad almost lost the family home cause he kept borrowing money, and half paying bills.
The show Sanford And Son was based on.In fact,SAS even used some of the Steptoe scripts.
the things albert says...
how many years has harry been 38?...🤷♂️
He’s only 40 in this.
And the father, relentlessly, knows the son.
This reminds me of a neighbour of mine, he,d hand over his pay to his wife , she,d make out it was never enough & he,d have to do without nights out & new stuff. When she died he found out she had rung up multiple catalogue account debts all for her, & stuff bought for herself online he didn't know about
This is like strawdogs film without the violence lol.
These 2 are: performance soldiers of legendary proportions
((is that the right word)?)
Not really but picturing Harold saying it as he slowly rises from his seat gave me a chuckle
@@oldskoolfool141 L😁L 💕
😊
Compares this to Sanford and son but Steptoe didn't say "put it back in the mailbox". Harry got violent while Lamont Sanford didn't
This is comedy as it should be not like today
Even though I love Steptoe and son (and Sanford and son and Trailer Park Boys) shows like this always aggravated me, I know they are just shows but when people can't get ahead due to greed, bad choices and not paying your bills it makes me mad. As someone who has worked at minimum wage jobs all his life I know that you can live poorly and still succeed over time.
"Harold, You Dummy!"
"A whole packet!"
Do do do do do, do do do do do, do do do, do doo dooooo
This is so funny!!!
I wouldn't trust that father,he had Grouse,lol!
"that cadaverous little head of yours"
He wouldn't share with his son? Nasty man!
Lol!! Dad stop eating the carpet!!
You need a conversion calculator and a dollar value in the 60's to understand what's going on. Other than the dad eating high on the hog.
Man I am really hungry