American Reacts to Les Dawson - Cissie and Ada At the Doctor's Surgery

American Reacts to Les Dawson - Cissie and Ada At the Doctor's Surgery
In this video I react to a skit with Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough, Cissie and Ada at the Doctor's Surgery.
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[@Problembeing]

The modern day criticism of these characters is that they are misogynist stereotypes, but it’s from people who are too young to remember actual women who were exactly like this! :D

[@johnirwing2571]

A bit backstory to the two characters, they were Lancashire lasses who used to work in the cotton mills, these were very noisy factories and the workers there developed the ability to lip read as they couldn’t hear each other’s voices. So when in conversation it came to something that was embarrassing or they didn’t want anyone to hear they would mouth the words rather than speak them.

[@millysworld6150]

My mum was a Lancashire Lass who worked in the cotton mills. I can confirm these guys have those ladies down to a tee. Edna from next door used to always walk in unannounced for a cup of tea and a chinwag and I would listen to their unintentionally hilarious tales. RIP Mum n Edna x

[@davepoultney4719]

There were old ladies like this in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. They would often lip read and whenever the conversation got at all taboo or risqué they would mouth the sentence or final few words. They would often get things wrong and mishear things too.

[@henryjohnfacey8213]

As a bus driver I can say l knew many dear ladies like these. Very lovable. Chindits are a branch of British and commonwealth soldiers that operated behind enemy lines in the jungle WWII. I met one once in Manchester traveling with me. He wore the Burma Star.

[@777petew]

It was fantastic observational comedy because I knew these 'stereotypes' from the 1960s and for much later. Older women WERE like this. BTW Cissy meant a Barium meal, but said Bavarian. My mother was like that. They chose a word to fit if they couldn't remember.

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

Les Dawson was very under appreciated. A very intelligent man but rarely (if ever) offensive and with a clown comic manner. Miss him and his Mother-in-Law jokes a lot

[@jeanlongsden1696]

I'm so glad you watched this, there are many more Cissy and Ada sketches to watch. the reason that they sometimes mouth words to each other when talking is, because most of the old women had worked in mills up in the North. so most of the woman could lipread and do so when talking about something private or using a rude word.

[@toshe.6690]

in the seventies we were in Blackpool, i remember an old woman sat like les, legs wide open, looking like a string of sausages, my brother and myself were sniggering and laughing, then both of us felt blows on the back of heads from our mother. she dragged us over to the old lady and made us apologise.

[@raymartin7172]

My grandmother, God bless her, passed away at 105 ten years ago. This is so accurate for northern working class women of that generation.

[@EdinburghAndy]

My favourite Cissy & Ada sketch was about Ada's Greek holiday.

[@ladykaycey]

I remember women like this from my childhood. In fact, I know a woman a bit like this today and if she doesn't know a word she'll never be at a loss to make one up. She's hilarious 😂

[@paulmaxey6377]

The Cissie and Ada skits were based on an even older British comedian called Norman Evans who did a skit called 'Over the Garden Wall'. It was done as a monologue of a woman (Evans in drag) talking to a neighbour over the garden wall. An example from 1950 is here:

[@joanmduncan]

Cissie and Ada! Roy Barraclough was a wonderful character actor, the perfect comedy partner for Les Dawson.

[@hawkpaul8735]

Les Dawson was actually a comedy genius and his delivery was so dry it made it even funnier. Love this clip and your infectious laughter makes me laugh more.

[@roserado8228]

Les Dawson was a very talented man,watch his piano playing,it is truly amazing.

[@anthonyellis987]

I loved watching Les Dawson's show as he was a natural comic. When I was a child, I remember women behaving like Ada and Cissie. RIP Roy Barraclough.

[@chrisjones2224]

For those of us of a certain age, and especially from Northern towns and Cities, Cissie and Ada, were mirror images in looks, sounds and mannerisms of our Grandma's

[@timothyp8947]

When I was a kid, our next door neighbour used to do the thing of just mouthing certain words when talking to my Mum - so these two characters always remind me of that.

[@tristandunn4628]

I love the way he messed up words like "hysterical rectomy" and "bavarian meal". Les was a genius and still sorely missed