when I first saw "are you being served?" I was clinically depressed in high school, & missed half my 9th grade yr bc of that. i would watch this show on PBS every night, & this was the ONLY thing that brought something close to a smile on my face, & eventually laughter followed. I was so fascinated by Mrs. Slocombe's different colored hair. To this day, I am thinking for this show helping to pull me out of the dark depths of depression. I continue to love this show to this day.
Now now, we can't have you missing half a year of school because you were watching a television programme, that sort of thing is just not on. I will unfortunately have to take this, up the ladder so to speak. Are you free Young Mr. Grace...
Missed school because of depression? That's pathetic. How are you even depressed with a home life that is so loving and caring you're given sick days for being upset?
I used to dress the sets for this show back in the early 70s. I worked on the pilot and the first 2 series. The show was based on Simpson's of Piccadilly department store. One of the writers had worked at the department store. I worked as a window dresser at Simpson's. We were approached to dress the set because they wanted the set to look authentic.
Gentle ribbing subtle innuendo… I miss the good old days when folks could make a joke without being cruel and other folks could take a joke in good humour. 😂
There is nothing subtle about the humour in this programme. It was crude all the way through, and today we merely state what people were thinking when watching this. An excellent programme which I thoroughly enjoyed, but to suggest it is subtle is truly bizarre.
@@kingy002 Yeah. The humor was flat out. I mean some suggestions were subtle...but for the most part most viewers caught on quick.And many times the characters were our right cruel to each other with the name calling and attacks on looks. All for fun though for script.
I worked in retail (Sears) for 35 yrs and discovered "Are you being served" in the mid 80's. I can't tell how many times I have watched every episode lol 😂 😆 Although we didn't do the things they do in this show I can relate to all they do and say. I was also fortunate enough to actually meet John Inman in person in Virginia Beach, VA when he did a book signing. He signed my copy of the "Are you being Served" book and I treasure it to this day.
The quality of the script writers and actors is extremely high. After 50 years it's still current. Time stood still with this sitcome. Humpries was the glue
Harold Bennett (Young Mr Grace) would die of an actual heart attack in late 1981, some three years after this episode originally aired. RIP Harold Bennett, you've done very well!
Jan Holden was a beautiful actress and I believe she was perfect for the part. Mr. Humphries standing in for Mrs Slocum, carried it off in a humorous manner that only he could do so.
@@user-ud7mg5gv2g if you’re new to this show, welcome to the team…this was taboo, as people there were “fairies” but didn’t talk about them. It was probably risqué during the 70s to have such a character - the theater was very different since the viewers accepted the actors being different - but on TV it was uncharted territory.
Let me get this straight. You misunderstand when Mr Rumbold loves the bits. Whose bits? It doesn't matter. Certainly other people's bits should not be a subject of discussion on a social media platform. Please stop it.
So many awesome things about this show, and I never get tired of hearing Mr Humphries answer MEN'S WEAR. As with anything in life some episodes are better than others, and this one is a perfect ten
In 1985,it was shown on state TV doordarshan india, it was instant hit with all of us, in fact, I used to address my bank manager as capt peacock, bcuz he used to adore this pure british sitcom. Thanks for uploading these gems, with love from India🇮🇳.
I have to wonder if any of the actors in This realized how many people they would touch.... this made my teens and twenties bearable, and now that I am in my mid-forties, it certainly continues to help.
One of the best shows ever. Thankfully PBS in America aired it on Sunday nights. I became a huge fan of all British shows. British TV is so much better then American television. Mrs. Slocomb rules.
He also dressed as a woman a few other times in later episodes, once as his mother in a movie theatre, and once in a bathing suit trying to win the store beauty pageant.
I like those conversations between Mr. Humphies and Mr. Lucas at the counter. It had a sense of realism, at least to me. They performed very well together and after "Mr. Lucas" left the show, it just wasn't the same, in my opinion.
There are a few decent post-Lucas (Trevor Bannister) episodes, but despite the strong performances from the rest of the cast it was clear that they were out of ideas. I think It is more than just the change of cast---I think Bannister left because the show was sliding downhill. When they brought in Mike Berry as Mr. Spooner, they had him play the part in a more negative light; while Lucas was sarcastic and witty with Mrs. Slocombe---sometimes going too far--Spooner was just plain mean. With the arrival of Spooner and Old Mr. Grace for the 1981 season, in many ways they should have ended it there. There are still some good episodes in the last few seasons, but they now become the exception rather than the rule.
@@JayH7745 Quite right, Mr. Lucas was brilliant and the replacement totally miscast. They did the same when replacing the irreplaceable Young Mr. Grace.
@@JayH7745 the man who played Mr Spooner said he had no idea why they'd cast him, since he was known as a singer and not an actor, per se. He only sang once in his time one the show. I believe he's the only surviving cast member...
i still watch AYBS everynight. sometimes i watch several episodes a night. i know the dialougue of some by heart. its so heartwarming watching these super old shows.....
I've gotten into the habit of looking left and right when asked by my students if I'm free! I take advantage of the situation to introduce them to Are You Being Served!
I love Mr. Harmon for his ability to always take the high road and by never allowing anybody to ruffle his feathers. A real classy person and so much more than Captain Peacock ❤️
I missed are you being served so much that I broke down and got a subscription to britbox. My grandmother was sweet enough to record the entire series on VHS and put them in chronological order, along with Keeping Up Appearances, waiting for God, are you being served again, the good neighbors (or the good life), to the manor born, open all hours, as time goes by, and probably several other that I forgot. We used to make Saturday evening PBS viewing a mandatory family function. I miss those days and I miss all of my favorite comedies being on PBS.
I love this show my mother may she rest in peace got me into watching this show back in early 2000's when she was staying with me she was born n Manchester england so this meant a lot for her watch an i watch t now because i feel like she still here with me . such a great cast you dont find comedy like this any more
@@Jen-cc9xk No, he was right 1418 is correct. Battle of Rouen, (31 July 1418-19 January 1419). In his campaigns to capture Normandy during the Hundred Years' War, Henry V of England besieged and took the city of Rouen.
@@billgreen1861 I didn't say there wasn't a war in 1418. Peacock's intention was to insult Mrs Slocombe. I don't think Peacock would do that by implying she's 550 years old because that age is just ridiculous. It's much more insulting to imply she's 20 years older than she is, by referring to WW1 instead of the war she means, WW2. It was common to refer to WW1 as the 14-18 war. In addition, precisely how much of the audience, lower class and lower and middle-middle class, do you think would know of a short war in 1418? They would have thought he was pulling a date out of the air. But if they understand it to be WW1 they think, "Ha ha, he's having a dig at her by saying it's credible she was around during the First war!" Now go ahead, justify your "1418". I'll wait.
@@Jen-cc9xk I'll go along with your long answer. We in the "new colonies" have never heard the expression 14-18, only the joke that if it was "the great war," why did they give it a number. So thanks for the education. Wasn't, or isn't, the 2 finger salute the same as our middle finger insult? I wonder if either are banned on "the telly"
@@Jen-cc9xk I disagree. He clearly meant 1418. It is an intentional exaggeration of her age. I did not know what war he was referring to, but I knew instinctively that there must have been a war that year.
My favorite of many great lines in this episode: when the woman says of her husband after seeing the price of the coat, "He'd have a heart attack!" Humphries replies "Fortunely it IS black!" I broke out laughing!!
If you watch closely, Mr Humphries pushes a button or lever with his hand, behind the mannequin, that triggers the bra to pop! They made up terrific displays for the show!
I can't get enough of watching this incredibly wonderful show. I wish my grandmother was here with me and my daughter right now. She was a huge fan of Mrs. Slocombe's variety of colorful wigs.
It may have just been me, but it looked like she was really trying not to either laugh or smile after delivering that line. What a riot making that show must have been.
I love are You Being Served I remember when it first come out Lord knows I love the British I love the way they talk mr. Humphries a brilliant actor he really knows how to spice up a show
I love the British humor, especially Are you being served. I have all the entire series plus Are you being served again and the movie. Never tire of watching these wonderful people.
Watching these episodes really helped me get through the COVID lockdown last year. I truly miss quality television shows like this one. I did not realize it in the 70s, that I would look back on it as a much simplier and happier time in my life.
Miss Brahms - What sort of a school did you go to, Mr Humphries ? Mr Humphries - mixed Miss Brahms - oh yeah, girls and boys? Mr Humphries - no, just boys //wiggles eyebrows// XD XD XD XD XD ahahahahahahahahhaahahahahah XD
@@bradredford4846 Ha, you're right, I never noticed that one! I like how at different times you used to see them breaking character (or trying hard not to) in some of the most hilarious bits.
@@bradredford4846 One of my favourites is the one where they're impersonating shareholders to help Young Mr Grace ("Takeover," I think?), and Bannister can't help but laugh when Grainger comes in as the man from Eaton - but then he instantly rolls with it and continues on like it's Mr Lucas laughing, haha.
You haven't lived until you've worked in a big dept. store. During Christmas, you'd better have your psychiatrist on speed-dial. A whole lot of fun though.
Prudence...so right...been there, done that! I worked for 2 weeks (while in college) in the mall at the Galleria (Houston, not Dallas) because I couldn't sell anything, so I was spending more on gas than making so I quit. A few yrs later I worked at another store in the mall, and that was a waste of time (during the Crristmas season). It's not the fun we have watching this amazing series!
I worked at Sears back in the 1990s (Sporting Goods and Lawn & Garden) and worked Black Friday from 1991 to 1998. Hectic - but I have to admit, I've never had so much fun.
I can relate to this show, specifically the "Gents" dept....for the last 4 years I have sold suits for JCP and it is the same environment as this....never a dull moment with the three of us in the Suit dept
@Brian Goss Oh my God...isn't there indeed. Having him in the women's section is just rip-stitching. I've seen a gay man serving in a "Forever 21" store and he had colorful knee-highs; he didn't try hiding his inclination so he looked utterly ridiculous - I'm also 50+ and I couldn't buy from such a sales person. It would just be too distracting after I entered the store.
@@atri-us That is your opinion. I walk with my husband but don't grab his butt, as I've seen gay couples do; that stuff should remain at home. Over exposure of that lifestyle (media/TV etc.) doesn't mean it's acceptable to the straight people!
@@atri-us What I mentioned, is what I've observed in public. I've always lived in huge cities, so people don't try hiding their preferences (it's called privacy...some things should be kept private).
Thank you Kris. You're a jolly good man. I'm a big fan of these britcoms since the late Benny Hill. He was jolly good too. In fact, he was hilarious. Keep up the groovy work, baby!
Benny Hill was hysterical. Sad to think that after they chastised him for being so "sexist" and so "demeaning to women" that he'd be completely tame compared to what's on the average station, now.
In lake forest il. we had a store celled Smiths Mens Wear. Exactly EXACTLY as this! 1968. I mean EXACTLY! Including the floor walker, mr harmon, and mrs slocomb. Even had the exact seperatipn between mens and ladies wear. M. IL.
@@PumaLyn yes you are right....guess they'll always be haters..he was a brilliant man, actor and unforgettable smile...R.I.P John Inman aka..Mr. Humpries❣️
@@HarvestMoon21 His "I'm free!" always put a smile on my face. Some people are simply born talented and he was one of them.❤️ May he RIP knowing that his name will live on..
There are many ensemble casts from the US I wouldn't watch a second time under penalty of death but British comedies don't seem to get old. I watched this series in the 70's and it's still fun.
I "died" @ 26:15 till the end!!!" I work as a "head waiter" in a restaurant. Salesmanship & service is what I'm known for. what an ensemble cast of characters! it must have been "Bliss" to work on that show. You see what I did there? "Bliss"
when I first saw "are you being served?" I was clinically depressed in high school, & missed half my 9th grade yr bc of that. i would watch this show on PBS every night, & this was the ONLY thing that brought something close to a smile on my face, & eventually laughter followed. I was so fascinated by Mrs. Slocombe's different colored hair. To this day, I am thinking for this show helping to pull me out of the dark depths of depression. I continue to love this show to this day.
Now now, we can't have you missing half a year of school because you were watching a television programme, that sort of thing is just not on. I will unfortunately have to take this, up the ladder so to speak. Are you free Young Mr. Grace...
Laughter is the best medicine!
How are you feeling these days?
Missed school because of depression? That's pathetic. How are you even depressed with a home life that is so loving and caring you're given sick days for being upset?
That's beautiful
I used to dress the sets for this show back in the early 70s. I worked on the pilot and the first 2 series. The show was based on Simpson's of Piccadilly department store. One of the writers had worked at the department store. I worked as a window dresser at Simpson's. We were approached to dress the set because they wanted the set to look authentic.
Very interesting! 😊
Wow! How wonderful! Honestly you are truly blessed ❤🎉😊
Gentle ribbing subtle innuendo… I miss the good old days when folks could make a joke without being cruel and other folks could take a joke in good humour. 😂
There is nothing subtle about the humour in this programme. It was crude all the way through, and today we merely state what people were thinking when watching this. An excellent programme which I thoroughly enjoyed, but to suggest it is subtle is truly bizarre.
@@kingy002 Yeah. The humor was flat out. I mean some suggestions were subtle...but for the most part most viewers caught on quick.And many times the characters were our right cruel to each other with the name calling and attacks on looks. All for fun though for script.
I worked in retail (Sears) for 35 yrs and discovered "Are you being served" in the mid 80's. I can't tell how many times I have watched every episode lol 😂 😆 Although we didn't do the things they do in this show I can relate to all they do and say. I was also fortunate enough to actually meet John Inman in person in Virginia Beach, VA when he did a book signing. He signed my copy of the "Are you being Served" book and I treasure it to this day.
I met him as well at his book signing in San Diego, California in the late 90's.
The quality of the script writers and actors is extremely high. After 50 years it's still current. Time stood still with this sitcome.
Humpries was the glue
It’s such a classic show that I frequently have on a background noise and it’s gotten me through some difficult days.
I dunno, Humphries was neither one way or the other ..
The whole team is one perfect ensemble.
Agreed 😅😅😅😅😅
If still broadcast in the 22nd Century, the quality of the comedic skill, will still bring a smile, then a laugh. 😀 Greetings from 2024.
Harold Bennett (Young Mr Grace) would die of an actual heart attack in late 1981, some three years after this episode originally aired. RIP Harold Bennett, you've done very well!
Harold Bennett was hilarious as young Mr. Grace. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Hahaha "Captain Peacock, I don't respond to any man's finger." Too funny. Makes me laugh every time. 🤣😂🤣😂
And some goon above suggests that this is subtle humour. Comedic!
I love the way Rumbolde makes his own stories with his misunderstandings.
Yes
Rumbold
Cuth to his friends...
:-)
@@markbarret6836 Old jug ears
HA...Mr. Rumbold's misunderstanding of basically everything is so hilarious to me. The others look at him like he's lost his mind... LMAO!
He's so funny and clueless! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the cockney accent of Mr. Harmon and his sarcasm
@ChAoTiC\Production's They both were very funny. Harmon was sarcastic, while Mash was crude and crass
@@pzkw6759 Exactly!
Mash😂
Jan Holden was a beautiful actress and I believe she was perfect for the part. Mr. Humphries standing in for Mrs Slocum, carried it off in a humorous manner that only he could do so.
John Inman was a good actor and I miss him🙏❤️
I love this show so much. I even bought it on DVD... One of the best shows ever made. Mr. HUMPHRIES IS MY FAVORITE. ❤💯🙏🏼🤣🤣🤩
Young Mr. Grace grabbing Mr. Humphrey's butt was very funny 😁 👀 😁 🍒 Fairy 🍰 🍰 🍰🍰 Cakes
Slocumbe and humphries were both my favorites...
Can't stand Humphreys and his gay nonsense
I also love his character. He is hilarious
@@user-ud7mg5gv2g if you’re new to this show, welcome to the team…this was taboo, as people there were “fairies” but didn’t talk about them. It was probably risqué during the 70s to have such a character - the theater was very different since the viewers accepted the actors being different - but on TV it was uncharted territory.
I always love the bits where Rumbold totally misunderstands everything
Let me get this straight. You misunderstand when Mr Rumbold loves the bits. Whose bits? It doesn't matter. Certainly other people's bits should not be a subject of discussion on a social media platform. Please stop it.
William Skelton, Yes! He's so funny getting everything all wrong!😁😁😁😁😁 Love this show!
So many awesome things about this show, and I never get tired of hearing Mr Humphries answer MEN'S WEAR. As with anything in life some episodes are better than others, and this one is a perfect ten
I'm free!
This episode is over 40 years old, and I still quote this show on a daily basis. My English father raised me on this, "Dad's Army", and "EastEnders"
In 1985,it was shown on state TV doordarshan india, it was instant hit with all of us, in fact, I used to address my bank manager as capt peacock, bcuz he used to adore this pure british sitcom. Thanks for uploading these gems, with love from India🇮🇳.
Watching this again for during the lockdown makes life so much more tolerable. !!
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That's marvelous!
Love back at you India. From the United States?? Or something like that.
I have to wonder if any of the actors in This realized how many people they would touch.... this made my teens and twenties bearable, and now that I am in my mid-forties, it certainly continues to help.
My grandfather and I would watch this show when I was a child. I now watch this with my granddaughter!! Haha Cheers Granddad
"Captain Peacock, I don't respond to any man's finger;" hahahahahahaha! !
Mr Humphries is going to dinner with no pants on !
This show was Brilliant ! Afraid we shall not see one like it again .
One of the best shows ever. Thankfully PBS in America aired it on Sunday nights. I became a huge fan of all British shows. British TV is so much better then American television. Mrs. Slocomb rules.
The one episode where Mr. Humphries is in FULL DRAG and attracts Young Mr.Grace!!!!!
He also dressed as a woman a few other times in later episodes, once as his mother in a movie theatre, and once in a bathing suit trying to win the store beauty pageant.
The ending made me laugh out loud. Mr. Humphrey's was hilarious parading around in that fur coat and competing with Mrs. Sloucum for the commission.
Mrs. Sloucum? The name of the character is mrs. Slocombe, but "Slowcum" is another pronounciation.
Slocum
I'll take both coats....so beautiful!!
Love the ending
Not many sitcoms make me even smile but this laugh out loud 🤣
I like those conversations between Mr. Humphies and Mr. Lucas at the counter. It had a sense of realism, at least to me. They performed very well together and after "Mr. Lucas" left the show, it just wasn't the same, in my opinion.
Mr Lucas was a very needed part of the cast. Mr Spooner was not a good replacement either. I didn't care for Spooner at all.
There are a few decent post-Lucas (Trevor Bannister) episodes, but despite the strong performances from the rest of the cast it was clear that they were out of ideas. I think It is more than just the change of cast---I think Bannister left because the show was sliding downhill. When they brought in Mike Berry as Mr. Spooner, they had him play the part in a more negative light; while Lucas was sarcastic and witty with Mrs. Slocombe---sometimes going too far--Spooner was just plain mean.
With the arrival of Spooner and Old Mr. Grace for the 1981 season, in many ways they should have ended it there. There are still some good episodes in the last few seasons, but they now become the exception rather than the rule.
@@JayH7745 Quite right, Mr. Lucas was brilliant and the replacement totally miscast. They did the same when replacing the irreplaceable Young Mr. Grace.
@@JayH7745 let it be
@@JayH7745 the man who played Mr Spooner said he had no idea why they'd cast him, since he was known as a singer and not an actor, per se. He only sang once in his time one the show. I believe he's the only surviving cast member...
The original actors were cast well. After "Granger" passed and "Mr. Lucas" left the show it was never quite the same.
I've always hated that Lucas didn't get a send off. He was just gone. They worked together so long and its like no one noticed he was gone.
Mr. Grainger was really amazing in this show. miss his presence in this show :(
Love the end credits with the characters looking into the camera, brilliant. 😀
How in the world did they all keep their composure when Mr. Rumbold tried to sort out the incident between Slocumb and Peacock??? 😆
Come along R-2 D-2. He said it. Wow.
i still watch AYBS everynight. sometimes i watch several episodes a night. i know the dialougue of some by heart. its so heartwarming watching these super old shows.....
I have it playing on my phone at home and at work almost every day! So comforting and darn funny!
Thank you so much to @Kris for taking the time to upload these episodes. It's a great joy watching them. Greetings from the Marshall Islands! 😍🇲🇭
Mr. Humphreys is hilarious with that deep base voice. Men's Wear 😂😂
Rubertha Blackman they meant fog... That area is known for its infamous fog. Blinding...
Agreed. This episode was sooooooooooo hilarious altogether
Thumbs up to the original comment! The other two comments are confusing, totally off topic.
@doctorwho0077 That's what I've been telling silly b**** @Sandra Jovic for sometime.
Capt Peacock are you free? At the moment I am Mr Humphreys
Mr Lucus are you free?
Im free Mr Humphreys
I lost it when the bra snapped open on the mannequin. Mr. Humphrey's reaction was hilarious! There will never be another John Inman. 😢
I've gotten into the habit of looking left and right when asked by my students if I'm free! I take advantage of the situation to introduce them to Are You Being Served!
That's a great teacher 👏
@@thatsfunnymom4149 Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🤗
Jolly good. Oh Puma are you free?
@@ericmadsen7470 *looks left and right* Yes, I am free. 🤭
@@PumaLyn Be careful here comes ol jugears and he's in a right mood.
john inman….pure class
Lucas’ Jamaican accent was hilarious 😂
This so reminds me of dept stores in the 70s.... before they were updated.
Nostalgia!!
After all this years watching it it's still sounds fresh as ever
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And it was 9 months since you commented. Its still the same, but even better
Captain Peacock, I do not respond to any man’s finger! Laugh my ass off!
So sad that they can't make series of this quality any more
So true
Agree!
Very true.
Imagine how many people would complain!
good clean humor (notwithstanding Mrs. Slocombe's talk of her "kitty cat") lol.
I love Mr. Harmon for his ability to always take the high road and by never allowing anybody to ruffle his feathers. A real classy person and so much more than Captain Peacock ❤️
Now that we're all stuck indoors due to the COVID 19 pandemic, I'm having a fun time watching these episodes again! Thank you.
Stay safe and enjoy this wonderful show!
Corona is the biggest scam in 2000 years
I still laugh at the entire cast and I'm happy to find them on u tube
I missed are you being served so much that I broke down and got a subscription to britbox. My grandmother was sweet enough to record the entire series on VHS and put them in chronological order, along with Keeping Up Appearances, waiting for God, are you being served again, the good neighbors (or the good life), to the manor born, open all hours, as time goes by, and probably several other that I forgot. We used to make Saturday evening PBS viewing a mandatory family function. I miss those days and I miss all of my favorite comedies being on PBS.
Agreed
Enjoy it while it lasts
I love this show my mother may she rest in peace got me into watching this show back in early 2000's when she was staying with me she was born n Manchester england so this meant a lot for her watch an i watch t now because i feel like she still here with me . such a great cast you dont find comedy like this any more
My late mom and I watched Are You Being Served? together 😊. She so loved this show 😊💖💝
Nice
Mrs Slocombe: "... I had it during the war, you know!"
Captain Peacock: "1418?"
The humour is off the charts on this program! :) I love it!
He meant 1914-1918.
@@Jen-cc9xk
No, he was right 1418 is correct.
Battle of Rouen, (31 July 1418-19 January 1419). In his campaigns to capture Normandy during the Hundred Years' War, Henry V of England besieged and took the city of Rouen.
@@billgreen1861 I didn't say there wasn't a war in 1418. Peacock's intention was to insult Mrs Slocombe. I don't think Peacock would do that by implying she's 550 years old because that age is just ridiculous. It's much more insulting to imply she's 20 years older than she is, by referring to WW1 instead of the war she means, WW2. It was common to refer to WW1 as the 14-18 war. In addition, precisely how much of the audience, lower class and lower and middle-middle class, do you think would know of a short war in 1418? They would have thought he was pulling a date out of the air. But if they understand it to be WW1 they think, "Ha ha, he's having a dig at her by saying it's credible she was around during the First war!" Now go ahead, justify your "1418". I'll wait.
@@Jen-cc9xk I'll go along with your long answer. We in the "new colonies" have never heard the expression 14-18, only the joke that if it was "the great war," why did they give it a number.
So thanks for the education. Wasn't, or isn't, the 2 finger salute the same as our middle finger insult? I wonder if either are banned on "the telly"
@@Jen-cc9xk I disagree. He clearly meant 1418. It is an intentional exaggeration of her age. I did not know what war he was referring to, but I knew instinctively that there must have been a war that year.
This is when TV was entertaining and fun to watch. 1,000 X's better than today's 🐂💩. Sad their all gone.
My favorite of many great lines in this episode: when the woman says of her husband after seeing the price of the coat, "He'd have a heart attack!" Humphries replies "Fortunely it IS black!" I broke out laughing!!
"Mr Peacock, I don't respond to any man's finger" 😂
CAPTAIN! Lol ^^
Loved watching this back in late 70s and 80s child hood memories 🖤💛❤️🇦🇺👍😅
I wish they'd had young Mr. Grace on more often. He and Mr. Harman were very funny😁😁😁
Spot on, and Mr. Nash wasn’t right for the part. Mr. Harman was old school, loved him.
He's been on dadsarmy another good one
Mr Mash did a very good job, he was just different!
"Has he been scribbling on the walls again?"😂😂😂
Lol
Oh, to have John Inman as a roommate! So much fun.. (Past tense...my they all RIP)
When that bra popped. LOL and then the scarf afterward. Legend.
And then tapes the end on!😅
If you watch closely, Mr Humphries pushes a button or lever with his hand, behind the mannequin, that triggers the bra to pop! They made up terrific displays for the show!
I can't get enough of watching this incredibly wonderful show. I wish my grandmother was here with me and my daughter right now. She was a huge fan of Mrs. Slocombe's variety of colorful wigs.
Originally they had her DYE her hair a different color for each episode, but then they switched to wigs.
I understand
Mrs. Slocombe's pussy wins awards whenever she shows it!
There’s something about this show that gives me comfort. I’ve seen every episode dozens of times.
"Captain Peacock, I do not respond to any mans finger..."
Hahahahahaha
It may have just been me, but it looked like she was really trying not to either laugh or smile after delivering that line. What a riot making that show must have been.
Exactly! 😂😂😂
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I don't either none should
I love are You Being Served I remember when it first come out Lord knows I love the British I love the way they talk mr. Humphries a brilliant actor he really knows how to spice up a show
I love the British humor, especially Are you being served. I have all the entire series plus Are you being served again and the movie. Never tire of watching these wonderful people.
Cheryl Harris p
When I was a teenager, I used to get made fun of because I love this show so much, I did not care I watch Every episode,
I have been watching and loving AYBS for nearly 40 years. Got the wife hooked as well.
Why?
@@deidraboswell8451 My Grandmother asked me the same thing. "Why, oh my goodness why do you watch that?" Ah memories, gotta love em.
Kevin Morgan 😂❤️ well, I guess everyone has their own taste in programs.
Good for you! You have good taste in Britcoms. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 📺📺📺📺📺 👍👍👍👍👍 😁😁😁😁😁
Watching these episodes really helped me get through the COVID lockdown last year. I truly miss quality television shows like this one. I did not realize it in the 70s, that I would look back on it as a much simplier and happier time in my life.
How the cast of this show could've kept a straight face performing is beyond me LOL.
I wish there was a bloopers reel somewhere!!
Miss Brahms - What sort of a school did you go to, Mr Humphries ?
Mr Humphries - mixed
Miss Brahms - oh yeah, girls and boys?
Mr Humphries - no, just boys //wiggles eyebrows//
XD XD XD XD XD ahahahahahahahahhaahahahahah XD
I personally didn't notice eyebrows wiggle
I didn't get it
Amesh Pettinger neither did I really but I’m just going to assume he meant mixed sexualities
10:30 "How dare you, Peacock? I asked you a perfectly civil question." One of my all-time favorite bits in AYBS 😂
It looks like Captain Peacock is smiling at that reaction! Hilarious!
@@bradredford4846 Ha, you're right, I never noticed that one! I like how at different times you used to see them breaking character (or trying hard not to) in some of the most hilarious bits.
@@sandwichbreath0 haha, it's fun. I also think he's trying not to laugh in "The Junior" when he's talking to Mrs. Slocombe about her being a nippy. 😆
@@bradredford4846 One of my favourites is the one where they're impersonating shareholders to help Young Mr Grace ("Takeover," I think?), and Bannister can't help but laugh when Grainger comes in as the man from Eaton - but then he instantly rolls with it and continues on like it's Mr Lucas laughing, haha.
@@sandwichbreath0 haha, that's a great one! I would've done the same if I were Bannister. Too funny!
I love Mr Rumbold's innocence it's refreshing 😂.
I agree. Innocence is a refreshing word to describe him ☺
STUPIDITY you mean.
@@jefftanner3803 a combination of both
@@sandrajovic9304 drago mi je da je jos neko sa Balkana gledao ovu seriju
He is totally out of it…his whole world revolves around the chance of being in the board room ⬆️, so anything else doesn‘t matter.
I enjoyed John Inman and Jan Holden's scenes. Especially when Molly Sugden joined in and created a battle of the fur coats. Great stuff. 👏👑
The 'flirtation' between John and Jan was beautiful. John had charisma and it took him a long way.
I just simply love everything about this program
You haven't lived until you've worked in a big dept. store. During Christmas, you'd better have your psychiatrist on speed-dial. A whole lot of fun though.
I do work in a big Dept store and it is craaaaaaaaazy
I worked in one when I was a young man. You're right. Christmas was a trip!
Prudence...so right...been there, done that! I worked for 2 weeks (while in college) in the mall at the Galleria (Houston, not Dallas) because I couldn't sell anything, so I was spending more on gas than making so I quit. A few yrs later I worked at another store in the mall, and that was a waste of time (during the Crristmas season). It's not the fun we have watching this amazing series!
I worked at Sears back in the 1990s (Sporting Goods and Lawn & Garden) and worked Black Friday from 1991 to 1998. Hectic - but I have to admit, I've never had so much fun.
I can relate to this show, specifically the "Gents" dept....for the last 4 years I have sold suits for JCP and it is the same environment as this....never a dull moment with the three of us in the Suit dept
Love it when mrs Slocombe tells off Capt Peacock and just let's him have it hahahahaha
Mr. humphries should stay in the Ladies' department. He'd make more sales flattering all the ladies than he would in the men's department.
Brian Goss I am more worried about the fact that you are 50 and you presume everyone is attracted to opposite sex.
@Brian Goss Oh my God...isn't there indeed. Having him in the women's section is just rip-stitching. I've seen a gay man serving in a "Forever 21" store and he had colorful knee-highs; he didn't try hiding his inclination so he looked utterly ridiculous - I'm also 50+ and I couldn't buy from such a sales person. It would just be too distracting after I entered the store.
@@atri-us That is your opinion. I walk with my husband but don't grab his butt, as I've seen gay couples do; that stuff should remain at home. Over exposure of that lifestyle (media/TV etc.) doesn't mean it's acceptable to the straight people!
Marina Zagrai what are you talking about?
@@atri-us What I mentioned, is what I've observed in public. I've always lived in huge cities, so people don't try hiding their preferences (it's called privacy...some things should be kept private).
I luv when Peacock is knocked down a peg or two!
I loved it when Mr.Lucas rubbed his demotion in! So funny!!!
You'd better sign for your tape and chalk!!! 😅🤣😃😂🤤
I loved it when Mr.Lucas rubbed his demotion in! So funny!!!
You'd better sign for your tape and chalk!!! 😅🤣😃😂🤤
One of my favorite episodes- Penny Irving, Vivienne Johnson and Jan Holden (along with the regular marvelous cast!)
I’ve so missed these shows ❤️💖💝
The show is all made in good fun , Thanks for the laughs all.
@AI AC hence her comment👻
@@sandrajovic9304 And hence your stupidity. F*** off with your comments, will you? 😠
@@dariowiter3078 I thought Sandra Jovic made a perfectly valid point. You are the one who comes across as an idiot.
Ah, this marvelous duo - John Ingman & Jan Holden! Double grace&benevolence! It makes my heart melt.....
Jan Holden indeed is gorgeous👍
I am envious of her British beauty!
@@fortysomethingbadgirls2173 She was 47 years old here....
Are there more episodes anywhere?
Don't ask why, but I always liked this show. It always guaranteed at least one good laugh and constant smiles.
I do love mr. Tebbs voice...I can hear him narrating my childhood favorites... people don't speak so nicely these days...
That Mr Rumbold🤣🤣🤣🤣He knows how to generate a new story from an original one, and without him knowing he's doing so.🤣🤣
Anyone else notice how John almost messed up his line at 7:16
He played it off well. Great actor!
Actually came off as authentic. Brilliant!
This was how it was meant to be spoken . ..no mistake here
I so miss ‘Are You Being Served’ on PBS - it played for many years and remains one of my favorite English comedy series.
Thank you Kris. You're a jolly good man. I'm a big fan of these britcoms since the late Benny Hill. He was jolly good too. In fact, he was hilarious. Keep up the groovy work, baby!
Benny Hill was hysterical. Sad to think that after they chastised him for being so "sexist" and so "demeaning to women" that he'd be completely tame compared to what's on the average station, now.
Mr. Tebbs appears 14 mins in. I began to wonder if he'd left.
In lake forest il. we had a store celled Smiths Mens Wear. Exactly EXACTLY as this! 1968. I mean EXACTLY! Including the floor walker, mr harmon, and mrs slocomb. Even had the exact seperatipn between mens and ladies wear. M. IL.
Was it as fun working there?
"Not on your nellie!" Lol
I don't think the bra was supposed to pop off😅, which I think is why Mr. Humphries improvised
👏🏼 superb acting!
Fixed / pre-fixed prop, it's what they specialized in, props and gags.
It was. He actually did it if you look carefully.
Did anyone hear Mr Tibbs laugh when Mr. Humphries starts playing with the bra?
mr humphries exemplifying the ultimate customer service experience
Lol he's my favorite character
Thinking the same. He turned two free pairs of pantyhose into more than $3000 pounds.
He's my favourite too. It's very sad about the accusations that were made against him after his death in 2007 due to Hepatitis A. He was 71.
@@PumaLyn yes you are right....guess they'll always be haters..he was a brilliant man, actor and unforgettable smile...R.I.P
John Inman aka..Mr. Humpries❣️
@@HarvestMoon21 His "I'm free!" always put a smile on my face. Some people are simply born talented and he was one of them.❤️ May he RIP knowing that his name will live on..
love the part mr Humphries stuffing a bra LOL
this is one of my fav Ep of Are you being Served ?
Mr Humphries is really funny in this video.
Young Mr Grace is funny too.
Mr Grace has still got it!
There are many ensemble casts from the US I wouldn't watch a second time under penalty of death but British comedies don't seem to get old. I watched this series in the 70's and it's still fun.
LOL, I love Mr. Harmon explaining vacuuming the stairs to Jug Ears. 😂
I love them all but Mr Humphries is the ULTIMATE!!!!
I can't stop watching this!!! I love it!!!! Also, Grace and Favour, a spin-off!!
Grace and favour was not as funny as are you being served? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Mr. Humpheys- "Answers the phone -"Men's Wear" -Love it lol
The meeting in Rumbold’s office is hilarious. Such a funny episode. Thanks. :)
I "died" @ 26:15 till the end!!!" I work as a "head waiter" in a restaurant. Salesmanship & service is what I'm known for. what an ensemble cast of characters! it must have been "Bliss" to work on that show. You see what I did there? "Bliss"
I loved British humour especially from the older shows. Everything was innuendo.
Who else has a boss like mr. rumbold 🙋🏾♀️ makes work hilarious
Mister Lucas @ 19:54 Shows how absolutely hilarious he can be 😅
I love this show me and my dad always loyal sat down at the time this came on and laughed our asses off 😆