You are so right about Sonia of East Enders! 🤣 6 years later... but Andy Bell from Erasure made a nice big Frida too! th-cam.com/video/L-d4J3YUQmU/w-d-xo.html
How many of us can say that the legendary Rowan Atkinson/Mr Bean (who is arguably just as world famous as ABBA) has played us? That's a real compliment to Bjorn.
The sheer genius of Richard Curtis & Howard Goodall.(To correctly perceive that's exactly how Abba succeed - not just in Super Trouper - then to insert it as the actual bridge, to create 3 tunes AND a showbiz cliché). I haven't stopped loving that section, in 44 years
Lots of comments here about Frida not being ugly. I agree she wasn't, but it just fits, because it rhymes with the next line. This is not a Disney movie. In an interview with Tim Rice, he told how Disney were constantly on at him to improve the lyrics for "Aladdin" after the previous lyricist (Howard Ashman?) died. The lyrics for Evita weren't all great. Disney are notoriously perfectionist. Or were.
One of us is ugly ,one of us is cute, one of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit that's three references to 3 of them, so don't know why everybody assumed the "ugly" was referencing directly Frida ,probably more likely Bjorn , but for me I thought he was much more characterful than beaming Benny and it was just a silly parody anyway
the line was clearly directed at Frida - however the satirical British quartet are probably still kicking themselves over not realising at the time how Frida came to be etc - because if she really was ugly then that means yet another failed Nazi project all these years later.
@@mrgobrien she never was ugly, but in the 80s she seemed to look older than she was. When I saw Super Trouper, Frida appeared and I looked up to see if she was still alive and she was, only 74. That means she was 34 in the 1980 video. I was surprised because I thought that in the video she was in her late 40s.
When they say "one of us is ugly" the camera shows "Frida" and when they say "one of us is cute" Agnetha is shown. Plus Frida is being portrayed by a man. I mean it could not be more obvious. But still it's just a parody
The parody is pretty funny. Kind of feel it was a bit harsh on Frida (but the joke is ambiguous enough that it was probably as much a dig at Griff Rhys Jones). People generally had a preference one way or the other. The translation errors and visual gags are properly funny.
I was a SERIOUS Abba fan. Took it too seriously. I remember being hopping mad when I saw this as a kid. My parents teased me by singing Super Doopa. Now I can see the funny side. But I still love Abba!
Although Ronnie barker had an issue with not the 9 O clock news being the swearing... And they replied with two ninnies about how two Ronnie's just swear and hide it all
Super duper, super duper, super duper, super doo One of us is ugly, one of us is cute One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit Two of us write music, two have way a song Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong But still, super duper, it's super duper that we're number one again Singing super duper duper, makes a super duper refrain We believe, that if you have three tunes in a song And a showbiz cliché nothing can go wrong The world is just a great big stage Each man plays his part In this concrete jungle, my sleeve is on my heart On the beaches we go swimming in the nude Oh how I wish now and then that we could sing something rude Breast and bottom, tongue and inner thigh Heaving bellies come up from behind But still super duper, it's more super, super than we would have thought If it's super duper duper, make it super duper short Super duper, super duper, its a super duper refrain So we thought how super duper to sing "super duper" again
i'll take anytime Frida anytime! she's very spontaneous and not scared to try different looks/hairstyles! i doubt Agnetha could pull a different hairstyle aside from the typical blonde hair..
This was good comedy. I think if even Abba could laugh at it. Why people took it seriously & offensive is daft. This is the trouble today. Everything has to be PC.
"One of us is ugly, one of us is cute". This so called parody has always annoyed me since the first time I saw it in the 80's. How could anyone even suggest that Frida was ugly? Frida certainly wasn't ugly. In fact I think she was better looking, had an equally sexy rear end and could move and dance the socks off Agnetha! I also preferred her deeper, smoother voice. The evidence is out there. Just watch the videos and particularly the live concert performances and you'll see that I'm right. Yes I know it's just a comedy sketch but it still bugs the hell out of me!!!
I don't think we should necessarily take it that far. Much of their song seems to be original; the fact that a *man* is on the screen should suggest they are poking fun at themselves.
This is the most awful thing that I have seen where people on a show make fun of ABBA especially bashing Frida calling her ugly “one of us is ugly one of us is cute” what is that saying Frida and Agnetha are both beautiful and both have talent when their voices go together the people who participated in this are awful thinking that this is funny it is not funny to ABBA fans… if you are an ABBA fan and you think this is hilarious then you are shedding light on hating on ABBA and making it seem as Agnetha is picking at her nose that is disrespectful because Agnetha has an amazing voice and so does Frida these people are just jealous and Rowan Atkinson why would he participate in Johnny English “Does your mother know” was in the sound track and also ABBA wouldn’t like this at all! Calling Frida ugly she is one of the most beautiful women on the planet with a voice of an Angel
Griff Rhys Jones as Frida looks like Sonia out of EastEnders.
OMG you are so right!!
And Sigourney Weaver, but a bit. 😄
And he does look like Frieda too 😂
But better looking 😂
You are so right about Sonia of East Enders! 🤣 6 years later... but Andy Bell from Erasure made a nice big Frida too! th-cam.com/video/L-d4J3YUQmU/w-d-xo.html
"One of us is ugly one of us is cute" always remember that line even 40 years later!
40 years....jeepers!
And Pamela Stephenson points to herself at the end of that line. Yes I would much rather see Pamela Stephenson nude than Griff Rhys Jones.
Remains the best ABBA parody.
You are the remaining Self-Righteous Brother.
How many of us can say that the legendary Rowan Atkinson/Mr Bean (who is arguably just as world famous as ABBA) has played us? That's a real compliment to Bjorn.
Apparently he was upset!
Never noticed her pointing to herself at the “One you’d like to see in her birthday suit”
Only just noticed that when watching it recently.
I actually did notice her doing that when I saw the programme at the time. A bit mean of them to imply that Frida was ugly though!
@@johnnyb8825 she was
Very very funny. Loving reliving Not the nine o’clock news again.
Just brilliant. The song at the end of the episodes was always a high point for me.
Kate bush one is the best imo, but this is pretty special.
@@menditman2004 'I like Bouncing' and 'Gob on You' were my faves. Even today!
I like the Punk song "Gob on You"
I like trucking.
@@rw8733 And you like to truck?
I love the music from this show.
part of my young manhood. brilliant.
"We believe,
if you have three tunes in a song,
and a showbiz cliche,
nothing can go wrong!"
The sheer genius of Richard Curtis & Howard Goodall.(To correctly perceive that's exactly how Abba succeed - not just in Super Trouper - then to insert it as the actual bridge, to create 3 tunes AND a showbiz cliché).
I haven't stopped loving that section, in 44 years
That nose bump always gets me 🤣🤣
ABBA is still Supa Dupa 2022!
I believe Howard Goodall wrote all these; he is friends with Richard Curtis who wrote BlackAdder and he wrote the theme music
Red dwarf too
Mr. Bean and The Thin Blue Line as well.
Friday is amazingly gorgeous, but this is still very funny
Björn Bean :D
"on the beaches we go swimming in the nude, oh how I wish now and then that we could sing something rude!"
Now I know where OMD took this song from. :D
Lots of comments here about Frida not being ugly. I agree she wasn't, but it just fits, because it rhymes with the next line. This is not a Disney movie. In an interview with Tim Rice, he told how Disney were constantly on at him to improve the lyrics for "Aladdin" after the previous lyricist (Howard Ashman?) died. The lyrics for Evita weren't all great. Disney are notoriously perfectionist. Or were.
She was
Now we know how abba ended up in Johnny English. Be interesting if they did a similar sketch for does your mother know
But no ABBA in JE 2 and 3 :(
Bet ABBA saw this and found it very funny
One of us is ugly ,one of us is cute, one of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit that's three references to 3 of them, so don't know why everybody assumed the "ugly" was referencing directly Frida ,probably more likely Bjorn , but for me I thought he was much more characterful than beaming Benny and it was just a silly parody anyway
the line was clearly directed at Frida - however the satirical British quartet are probably still kicking themselves over not realising at the time how Frida came to be etc - because if she really was ugly then that means yet another failed Nazi project all these years later.
@@mrgobrien she never was ugly, but in the 80s she seemed to look older than she was. When I saw Super Trouper, Frida appeared and I looked up to see if she was still alive and she was, only 74. That means she was 34 in the 1980 video. I was surprised because I thought that in the video she was in her late 40s.
When they say "one of us is ugly" the camera shows "Frida" and when they say "one of us is cute" Agnetha is shown. Plus Frida is being portrayed by a man. I mean it could not be more obvious. But still it's just a parody
3 references to 2 people :)
my sisters and I
The parody is pretty funny.
Kind of feel it was a bit harsh on Frida (but the joke is ambiguous enough that it was probably as much a dig at Griff Rhys Jones).
People generally had a preference one way or the other.
The translation errors and visual gags are properly funny.
This is like a mix of Super Trouper and Elaine. :)
lyrically Super Trouper and One of Us, musically I hear Two For the Price of One but the music refers to ABBA’s style in general
I was a SERIOUS Abba fan. Took it too seriously. I remember being hopping mad when I saw this as a kid. My parents teased me by singing Super Doopa. Now I can see the funny side. But I still love Abba!
Can't stop laughing! It's so pissfunny
This is not it is literally making fun of ABBA
@@gianna6739 Yes it is, taking the piss out of ABBA's Super Trouper song😆😆🤣😂
Why isn't there great programs on TV like this any more, its all soaps shouting Comedians swearing, cooking or reality rubbish.
Although Ronnie barker had an issue with not the 9 O clock news being the swearing... And they replied with two ninnies about how two Ronnie's just swear and hide it all
Back in the days WHEN comedy was funny, not only that, well crafted and funny too.
Must have been sodding funny filming it
i miss this
Mr. Bean played Bjorn.
Nice video
RogoRoshmidia
Super duper, super duper, super duper, super doo
One of us is ugly, one of us is cute
One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit
Two of us write music, two have way a song
Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong
But still, super duper, it's super duper that we're number one again
Singing super duper duper, makes a super duper refrain
We believe, that if you have three tunes in a song
And a showbiz cliché nothing can go wrong
The world is just a great big stage
Each man plays his part
In this concrete jungle, my sleeve is on my heart
On the beaches we go swimming in the nude
Oh how I wish now and then that we could sing something rude
Breast and bottom, tongue and inner thigh
Heaving bellies come up from behind
But still super duper, it's more super, super than we would have thought
If it's super duper duper, make it super duper short
Super duper, super duper, its a super duper refrain
So we thought how super duper to sing "super duper" again
The irony it was abba last no.1 in the uk
i'll take anytime Frida anytime! she's very spontaneous and not scared to try different looks/hairstyles! i doubt Agnetha could pull a different hairstyle aside from the typical blonde hair..
Maybe Agnetha was more aware of the disaster it would mean :)
@@jannsteiner no shes too shy
Brings back awesome memories.
Halcyon Days !
🤣
So is this or French and Saunders the better parody?
This WAS the comedy of the time. Copied by many, (garbage such as Hale and Pace etc)
This was good comedy. I think if even Abba could laugh at it. Why people took it seriously & offensive is daft. This is the trouble today. Everything has to be PC.
a bit mean towards abba (frida is ugly? agnetha picking her nose)
@TheRenaissanceman65 camera shows Frida
Don't remember this
"One of us is ugly, one of us is cute".
This so called parody has always annoyed me since the first time I saw it in the 80's.
How could anyone even suggest that Frida was ugly?
Frida certainly wasn't ugly. In fact I think she was better looking, had an equally sexy rear end and could move and dance the socks off Agnetha! I also preferred her deeper, smoother voice. The evidence is out there. Just watch the videos and particularly the live concert performances and you'll see that I'm right.
Yes I know it's just a comedy sketch but it still bugs the hell out of me!!!
I don't think we should necessarily take it that far. Much of their song seems to be original; the fact that a *man* is on the screen should suggest they are poking fun at themselves.
Still annoys me though but I've calmed down now :-)
frida was a beast!!
I always assumed the “one of us is ugly” was directed as a joke at Bjorn as he was always the funny looking one
I just think it's the opinion, one was the best looking and the other was not the best looking.
This is the most awful thing that I have seen where people on a show make fun of ABBA especially bashing Frida calling her ugly “one of us is ugly one of us is cute” what is that saying Frida and Agnetha are both beautiful and both have talent when their voices go together the people who participated in this are awful thinking that this is funny it is not funny to ABBA fans… if you are an ABBA fan and you think this is hilarious then you are shedding light on hating on ABBA and making it seem as Agnetha is picking at her nose that is disrespectful because Agnetha has an amazing voice and so does Frida these people are just jealous and Rowan Atkinson why would he participate in Johnny English “Does your mother know” was in the sound track and also ABBA wouldn’t like this at all! Calling Frida ugly she is one of the most beautiful women on the planet with a voice of an Angel
Oh shut up
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why quality comedy isn't safe around certain people. 😏
This comment perfectly captures everything wrong with the world today.
Ironically, Abba have actually recorded worse than this.
A *lot* worse...
If it was Howard Goodall, then that would be the reason
Can you name one? Bc I haven't heard any that are bad
@@adrianatdottru They don’t have to be that bad, but there’s worse than this because this is brilliant and extremely funny.
Roman doesn’t have to do much to be funny
Shite
Furchtbar
@ProfessorofRock lol. ..