Love this - not least because it was almost all filmed in my home borough of Barnes in London. We were all late for Primary school the day we spotted the film crew - would have been even later if they hadn't gently chased us away. Place has changed at lot since. Jimmy Edwards (the Policeman) also played Euphonium in the local Watneys Silver Band who'd give live summer concerts on the common. You've also got Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Kenny Lynch, Jimmy Tarbuck and Jim Dale just in this clip - see the whole thing. NB - the pub was a real-life one-room 'boozer' on the corner of Cleveland Road, the Police station was the old Library around the corner in Ellison Road. Tell you what, I'll shut up now.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards It was released in 1967 (shamefully, had to look that up), so I'm guessing my memories of filming are from 1966. Always hazy on actual dates/years (I was around 8) but do remember we were in shirtsleeves, so wasn't winter.
As they say ---- "Those were the DAYS". One of the BEST. I still remember ORIGINAL. Just great, each time I see it ,makes me laugh till the eyes give up tears. They were the best comedians, especially Tommy Cooper and the saying goes "JUST LIKE THAT".
Genius Eric Sykes it proves actions speak louder than words in comedy . Some of these so called comedians today take half an hour to tell a joke. This sketch is non stop comedy brilliant!
So did some then. Depends on the particular type of comedy, in this case slapstick, the comedian's style (audiences have expectations of how a specific comic should perform so they have to stay in that character even if they want to stretch themselves).
This is old style comedy that was and is incredibly funny. They don't really make it like this anymore sadly. The remarkable thing about these old comedy scenes is that they still have the power to make one laugh to the point of being hysterical. Fantastic.
Totally agree! Comedy is gone under the lunatic woke brigade - perhaps we should make a comedy about the woke! Thank God we've got these to look back on. I show this type of comedy to my wife, who is Bulgarian and she finds them hysterically funny. The good old days and it brings back memories for me too, all those cars and lorries, the clothing, houses road signs, police uniform (proper policing in those days).. Brilliant.
I just happened to come across this gem. It is brilliant intelligent well thought out comedy from the country that never fails to deliver. I have loved British comedy since I was a young boy. This stands the test of time and still delivers the laugh. A New Yorker who really needs good fun in these trying times. Thanks much indeed!
@@deboraharmstrong7081 You are most wonderfully welcome. Please oh Please to all your country: please keep the world laughing! We need you more than ever! Love!
Thank you for your kind reply. I think our old comedy films are going to be helping all lot of very sad people in this Covid ridden world today. Take care, Deb x
@@simonl4523 Wish they were just funny. Like bulls in China shops: might raise a chuckle in the onlooker when they enter shop - but not for owner of the shop and onlooker has some empathy for owner. Aaagh! Now you've got me thinking politics when I fancied a laugh. I'd have been 12 if it came out in 1967
Little did we know it at the time but all that this was and represented and seemed so permanent would soon be gone. So nice to see the familiar, friendly old faces and England as it was. I must say it made me feel a little nostalgic.
In truth this was a throwback to the slapstick days which hadn't been seen in roughly 30 years even back when this was made. So it's kind of a "new fashioned slapstick comedy" .
I remember running this in a cinema one time. The accompanying notes in the can said 'on dialogue', which I took to mean no audio. So I didn't switch the amps on, until someone came to complain there was no sound. "it's silent" I said, "look". I turned on the amps and, of course, there was sound. Just no dialogue. Doh!
Britain great then? Strikes, economy tanked with £50 spending limit abroad, taxes higher than income for many, utterly useless management, bolshy unions were utterly sexist (see Maid in Dagenham about Ford upholstery workers' strike and conflict with the union), all set for our industry to collapse against German and Japanese quality and efficiency, very corrupt police, viscous racism, and, in the background, the bomb, cold war, Vietnam. As children, we were mostly blissfully unaware and pop music was great but our parents had to cope with it
@@thinkof100 In its day, the 50s and 60s, this slap stick humour was funny. Today it is no longer, except amongst those who's memories are rekindled. It's not a matter of intelligence so insulting the taste of others is a bit arrogant, wouldn't you agree.
@@aeroplod No, I would not agree. If you think this is funny then there is something wrong with you. Taste or memories are irrelevant. You might smile looking back but it is not funny. Your a bit simple if you think it is.
I was a child when I saw "Das Brett" (in german) first. Now I'm retired and I found it in CZcams. The Plank is an Evergreen up for the next 100, 200......years. Thanks for uploading 🤣🤣🤣
Naughty constable character laughing at the poor old gent, why not help him cross the road. Oh I felt so bad for the poor chap who ended in the bin van.
Eric Sykes, you were the best writer for comedy without any fowl language, a rare breed indeed will remember you from watching old clips from your shows. Thanyou for many many laughs.
For us Brits it has so many early actors and comedians that we are warm to them straight away. ai suppose you have to put yourself into that time frame to really get it.
Ah remember those days of metal refuse bins? When the bin man would come up your drive, pick up and bring back the bin after emptying. So different nowadays.
i believe that was actor John Junkin as the truck driver toward the end,who had once appeared with the Beatles in a Hard Days Night. sure looked like him. Also this stuff is very reminiscent of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton.
I've been looking for this video for a very long time! I remember this one when I was very young and watched the TV broadcast with my family. Beautiful and so funny! Thank you so much! ❤
I have got this movie DVD of Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes in The Plank I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxx
This is a rip off of the original with some of the same actors but many not playing the same roles. Also the original did not have a single word spoken in it whereas this has and is nothing like as funny!
@@stephenclayforth7649 'rip off' is the wrong word. They remade it a few times. There's a b&w version for one... and a seventies one where James Hunt and Joanna Lumley have cameos.
@@stephenclayforth7649 Seriously, type "The Plank 1967" on a search. The full 45 minute version of THIS comes up. THIS is the original. It has just been remastered but it still clearly the late 60's by the looks of the cars and the clothes. The one you think is the original is the famous 1979 television version. "rip off". Indeed, they ripped it off by setting it in 1967 rather than 1979... And then people say people aren't one-track-minded creatures of habit who never revise their old assumptions (sarcasm)
@@stephenclayforth7649 Stephen Clayforth Seriously, type "The Plank 1967" on a search. The full 45 minute version of THIS comes up. THIS is the original. It has just been remastered but it still clearly the late 60's by the looks of the cars and the clothes. The one you think is the original is the famous 1979 television version. "rip off". Indeed, they ripped it off by setting it in 1967 rather than 1979... And then people say people aren't one-track-minded creatures of habit who never revise their old assumptions (sarcasm)
Love this - not least because it was almost all filmed in my home borough of Barnes in London. We were all late for Primary school the day we spotted the film crew - would have been even later if they hadn't gently chased us away. Place has changed at lot since. Jimmy Edwards (the Policeman) also played Euphonium in the local Watneys Silver Band who'd give live summer concerts on the common. You've also got Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Kenny Lynch, Jimmy Tarbuck and Jim Dale just in this clip - see the whole thing. NB - the pub was a real-life one-room 'boozer' on the corner of Cleveland Road, the Police station was the old Library around the corner in Ellison Road. Tell you what, I'll shut up now.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards It was released in 1967 (shamefully, had to look that up), so I'm guessing my memories of filming are from 1966. Always hazy on actual dates/years (I was around 8) but do remember we were in shirtsleeves, so wasn't winter.
Those were the days
@@mothiurNCL weren’t they just ☺️
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Absolute Classic
Yes indeed: England was lovely back then. The comedies superb. That lovely old England, gone forever. So sad.
Bring it back then !
@@ljd8520 Oh my. Would love to be able to do that.
@@johnroff1941 seems nice and peaceful
I love looking at the cars in this shorty . I owned a Hillman Imp and my Father had a Ford Corsair. Wonderful times .
The dustbins are better now, and the NHS and pensions, and life expectancy and housing and roads etc
As they say ---- "Those were the DAYS". One of the BEST. I still remember ORIGINAL. Just great, each time I see it ,makes me laugh till the eyes give up tears. They were the best comedians, especially Tommy Cooper and the saying goes "JUST LIKE THAT".
An absolute classic and not a single foreign car on the streets lol
@Slavery is Freedom, War is Peace That doesn't count, it was a British Army major who restarted their factory after the war! lol
I thought I'd seen most popular British comedies from 60's/70's but this is a gem! I'm American and love the humor!!😂😂😂
The full version is more than twice as long, and it’s on CZcams
I like y'all across the pond too! You have some classics as well.
low expectations eh?
Genius Eric Sykes it proves actions speak louder than words in comedy . Some of these so called comedians today take half an hour to tell a joke. This sketch is non stop comedy brilliant!
Which ones ?
So did some then. Depends on the particular type of comedy, in this case slapstick, the comedian's style (audiences have expectations of how a specific comic should perform so they have to stay in that character even if they want to stretch themselves).
Thank you for posting this .My husband ,who was British, introduced me to it many years ago. It brings back happy memories of him.He had it on VHS.xx
There were at least two different versions made of this. Both equally funny and well worth watching.
Remember watching this with my dad, he was laughing that much, I'm sure he forgot to breathe! He was going purple!
Brilliant, thanks for making me Laugh in these un-certain times, Stay Safe Everyone and may All those characters no longer with us Rest in Peace, XX
Lovely film good old British humour with the brilliant Eric Sykes.and Tommy Cooper
Just loved it very funny .British always does do the best comedy .
This is old style comedy that was and is incredibly funny. They don't really make it like this anymore sadly. The remarkable thing about these old comedy scenes is that they still have the power to make one laugh to the point of being hysterical. Fantastic.
I agree what a good movie
Totally agree! Comedy is gone under the lunatic woke brigade - perhaps we should make a comedy about the woke!
Thank God we've got these to look back on. I show this type of comedy to my wife, who is Bulgarian and she finds them hysterically funny. The good old days and it brings back memories for me too, all those cars and lorries, the clothing, houses road signs, police uniform (proper policing in those days).. Brilliant.
Absolutely totally brilliant!!!❤️❤️❤️
Oh My!!! Havent seen this in soooo many years. Gold!
Tommy Cooper, Eric Sykes, Jon Penington, Jimmy Edwards. All the great comedians now passed on but still not without their fans. 1967 film. Brilliant.
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Only seen this once years ago
pretty sure that's Roy Castle sat on the plank at the start, another great entertainer from his day :-)
Lovely to see the nice old cars and virtually empty streets.
Cleared for filming
I wish it were really like that. The world is to cluttered.
I just happened to come across this gem. It is brilliant intelligent well thought out comedy from the country that never fails to deliver. I have loved British comedy since I was a young boy. This stands the test of time and still delivers the laugh. A New Yorker who really needs good fun in these trying times. Thanks much indeed!
Thank you for being so kind about our country and our worthy comedians, mostly long gone, sadly.
@@deboraharmstrong7081 You are most wonderfully welcome. Please oh Please to all your country: please keep the world laughing! We need you more than ever! Love!
Thank you for your kind reply.
I think our old comedy films are going to be helping all lot of very sad people in this Covid ridden world today.
Take care, Deb x
Well now the main source of British comedy comes direct from the front bench of the Tory party.
@@simonl4523 Wish they were just funny.
Like bulls in China shops: might raise a chuckle in the onlooker when they enter shop - but not for owner of the shop and onlooker has some empathy for owner.
Aaagh! Now you've got me thinking politics when I fancied a laugh. I'd have been 12 if it came out in 1967
Brings back good memories! 😂
This is on NOW talking pictures, sky Channel 328
R. I. P., Christopher Plummer
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Little did we know it at the time but all that this was and represented and seemed so permanent would soon be gone. So nice to see the familiar, friendly old faces and England as it was. I must say it made me feel a little nostalgic.
What is different? Im not from England so I dont know.
@@yellow6100 im going to say imigration......as a guess i am not from England either.
Diversity is not our strength. America is the same way. It use to thrive so beautifully.
@@yellow6100 It's just England as it was then and not the global toilet it has become.
@@yellow6100 It's easier to answer the question "What is the same"?
Ans: Practically nothing.
Just look how clean the streets were 👌
The wounderfull Tommy cooper what great laughs i had as a youngster with Tommy on the tv in the 70s many thanks rest in peace Tom you were great
My aunt was set in the second row the night he died on stage every one thought it was a joke but the poor man was dying
I love slap stick 👍
An appsolut classic 👏 💚 It thank you for showing ✨
Loved this when I saw it the first time,and still love it now.
I agree, what a crack up. Truly a good film!
One of my all time 'favs' so many 'stars'! Simple (very fuuny) comedy for multiple generations....
One of the comedy master films. Pure genius!
Ahh memories... Cortina Mk1s, Hillman.....Ford Anglia.... Thanks John.
When the poor cop wound up on that board, I laughed out loud!
Brits and Englishs are great pure people i love them so much.
Good old fashioned slapstick comedy. Love this old film
In truth this was a throwback to the slapstick days which hadn't been seen in roughly 30 years even back when this was made. So it's kind of a "new fashioned slapstick comedy" .
@@equestriangirly2296 good comment. And revived again in shows like "The play that went wrong" franchise
One of the best sketches ever.
Many, brilliant English actors and an England, peaceful and gone. Forever!
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@Alex Smith you aren't English and you aren't even British at all. So fuck off then you shitty troll
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I remember running this in a cinema one time. The accompanying notes in the can said 'on dialogue', which I took to mean no audio. So I didn't switch the amps on, until someone came to complain there was no sound. "it's silent" I said, "look". I turned on the amps and, of course, there was sound. Just no dialogue. Doh!
Happy days with Jim Dale, Tommy Cooper, Barbara Windsor, Eric Sykes………… when Britain was great. Excellent viewing 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
What is the name of this show ?
Britain great then? Strikes, economy tanked with £50 spending limit abroad, taxes higher than income for many, utterly useless management, bolshy unions were utterly sexist (see Maid in Dagenham about Ford upholstery workers' strike and conflict with the union), all set for our industry to collapse against German and Japanese quality and efficiency, very corrupt police, viscous racism, and, in the background, the bomb, cold war, Vietnam. As children, we were mostly blissfully unaware and pop music was great but our parents had to cope with it
This is not only hilariously funny it’s also a social commentary of the times.
It's a social commentary on today's times as well...
More , more , please ! Due to my ill health I need to laugh 😆. Thank you.
I laughed so hard to the point i couldn't catch my breath and started freaking out coz i thought I was gonna literally die laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really ? It was so predictable and corny. And reading other comments about finding this funny makes me question their intelligence.
@@thinkof100 In its day, the 50s and 60s, this slap stick humour was funny. Today it is no longer, except amongst those who's memories are rekindled.
It's not a matter of intelligence so insulting the taste of others is a bit arrogant, wouldn't you agree.
@@aeroplod No, I would not agree. If you think this is funny then there is something wrong with you. Taste or memories are irrelevant. You might smile looking back but it is not funny. Your a bit simple if you think it is.
@@thinkof100 As I don't get into conversations with anyone who is arrogant and self centred, bye bye.
@@aeroplod Bye bye stu_pid 😶
A fantastic film. I love the part where Roy Castle rises from the rubbish lorry.
I was a child when I saw "Das Brett" (in german) first. Now I'm retired and I found it in CZcams. The Plank is an Evergreen up for the next 100, 200......years.
Thanks for uploading 🤣🤣🤣
So many legends of comedy here ah.
Quite amusing, dear chap.
I had tears running down my legs.
J'adore ! C'est bien fait et ça ne mange pas de pain ! Bravo !!!
Jimmy Edwards scooting along trying to mount his bike. I die every time.
My grandchildren just love this ❤
Very funny. Nerver seen this version before.
I love it this is great well done well done well done I haven't laughed in months I really needed this
What a gem! Bloody wonderful!
Gosh, I must be old. I knew nearly all these actors !
Not seen that for years . great to see those actors and the cars
l love all these wonderful comedians, they were all so special, l enjoy the old comedys far more than the modern stuff.
me too. this was terrific!
This is the sort of humour that can be watched and enjoyed in any country in the world. Language doesn`t matter because the humour is entirely visual.
An old British car lovers dream, sadly all of them now in the huge scrapyard in the sky!
My dad had an Anglia and Corsair in the 60s and 70s !! remember riding in them as a child !
Not all . Still have my MK1 1965 lotus Cortina. Rog. Pacific sunset records
Hilarious thank you for sharing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I truly loved this! Too funny! Thanks a lot for posting
I have this on video tape, so happy to see it here, my Dad showed me this and we would both laugh a lot. It’s a brilliant piece of comedy.
One of my favorites! Thanks
Makes me proud to be English British.
Every time I watch, it is like the first time. I am still laughing. Thank you for posting.+
'Tis... bloody, dashing, brilliant, stupendous, wonderful...(words Americans never use).
This is on NOW talking pictures, sky Channel 328
R. I. P., Christopher Plummer
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Love it a blast from the past💓
All based around a plank. Genius!
Naughty constable character laughing at the poor old gent, why not help him cross the road.
Oh I felt so bad for the poor chap who ended in the bin van.
An absolute pearled of a comedy film. Everyone should be forced to watch this whatever age. Hilarious
Outrageous funny Brithis humor.🤣😂🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇰🙏🌅😍
Ah, the good old days
Hello 👋 Janette🌸
How are you doing today ??
England lovely back then
It's like watching Westminster.
British humour at it's best!
Eric Sykes, you were the best writer for comedy without any fowl language, a rare breed indeed will remember you from watching old clips from your shows. Thanyou for many many laughs.
Hilarious and clever. It's worth looking at their original version too.
I don't know how or why this showed up in my recommended feed, but I loved it!!!
Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful
For us Brits it has so many early actors and comedians that we are warm to them straight away. ai suppose you have to put yourself into that time frame to really get it.
Great Video 📹 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
Used to watch Eric Sykes with my father when I was younger. Happy time's
this was great. I'm glad I watched.
Ford Anglia at 1:32. Me & the missus & our 1st daughter in 1970 in the old Ford Anglia.
Look at those wonderfully empty streets!
Cars should be only available for the elite!
Those where the days.
Clean streets too and tidy gardens.
Good timing and complete daftness work every time for me.
Love. The. Old. Boots and shoes
Ah remember those days of metal refuse bins? When the bin man would come up your drive, pick up and bring back the bin after emptying. So different nowadays.
British Humor Classic 👍🍀❤️
i believe that was actor John Junkin as the truck driver toward the end,who had once appeared with the Beatles in a Hard Days Night. sure looked like him. Also this stuff is very reminiscent of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton.
Loved this many happy memories.
what a good film
HISTORICAL almost Hysterical in So many different ways . GREAT VID
Hence the expression,"As thick as two planks"
Love it a blast from the past💓..
what a good film!!
Fantastic !!!
I will never see a plank again without falling down with laughter , even now im laughing just thinking about it .
I've been looking for this video for a very long time! I remember this one when I was very young and watched the TV broadcast with my family. Beautiful and so funny! Thank you so much! ❤
luved this great no frills humour
Isn't it simply brilliant. Xx🤣🤣
It never even raised a smile after being familiar with the original but the original still cracks me up.
Old is gold
That was really funny.
I have got this movie DVD of
Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes in
The Plank
I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxx
I haven't seen this before but it was funny. Recognised a few characters from the carry on films. Nicely done
The original was the best with Charlie Drake in it. Makes your side's ache after watching the full video.
Charlie Drake was in the re-make this is from the original.
The British have produced the best comedians.
This is very roughly edited version of the original 45 minutes version which truly is a classic ☝🏼
This is a rip off of the original with some of the same actors but many not playing the same roles. Also the original did not have a single word spoken in it whereas this has and is nothing like as funny!
@@stephenclayforth7649 'rip off' is the wrong word. They remade it a few times. There's a b&w version for one... and a seventies one where James Hunt and Joanna Lumley have cameos.
Wasnt the Arthur Lowe version shorter running time
@@stephenclayforth7649 Seriously, type "The Plank 1967" on a search. The full 45 minute version of THIS comes up. THIS is the original. It has just been remastered but it still clearly the late 60's by the looks of the cars and the clothes. The one you think is the original is the famous 1979 television version.
"rip off". Indeed, they ripped it off by setting it in 1967 rather than 1979...
And then people say people aren't one-track-minded creatures of habit who never revise their old assumptions (sarcasm)
@@stephenclayforth7649 Stephen Clayforth Seriously, type "The Plank 1967" on a search. The full 45 minute version of THIS comes up. THIS is the original. It has just been remastered but it still clearly the late 60's by the looks of the cars and the clothes. The one you think is the original is the famous 1979 television version.
"rip off". Indeed, they ripped it off by setting it in 1967 rather than 1979...
And then people say people aren't one-track-minded creatures of habit who never revise their old assumptions (sarcasm)
mannequin replacement never gets old!
what a good film
always makes me smile x
I don't know what I just watched but it was good.
Shane Bowman Me alsoo