Women: Know Your Limits! Harry Enfield - BBC comedy

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2008
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  • @nicomeier8098
    @nicomeier8098 Před 4 lety +2266

    "A wild and dangerous opinion of her own" Best line ever.

    • @Kris.G
      @Kris.G Před 3 lety +37

      This line is so 2020...

    • @pixelatad6298
      @pixelatad6298 Před 3 lety +3

      Nice

    • @bomma2694
      @bomma2694 Před 3 lety +29

      @StuArt Ish 😢 the BBC used to be fun sometimes. RIP

    • @rosejohnson6050
      @rosejohnson6050 Před 3 lety +10

      Hilarious!!!!!!!!

    • @dannyswettenham1251
      @dannyswettenham1251 Před 3 lety +43

      Political correctness has destroyed good humour like this. Surprised this is on CZcams

  • @mygoditsfullofstars9148
    @mygoditsfullofstars9148 Před 5 lety +1759

    `my wife is a lecturer`
    Alan Partridge: `aren`t they all`

    • @tollyt7465
      @tollyt7465 Před 4 lety +50

      Lecturer you say?
      She is then in fact a Secretary..
      Wonderful profession for women until they come to their senses and return to the kitchen..

    • @wrlpod
      @wrlpod Před 4 lety +16

      Classic partridge

    • @gillymac9363
      @gillymac9363 Před 4 lety +17

      "Not my words Carol; the words of Top Gear magazine."
      "Sonia go to the static home, I'll handle this...Sorry about her lads."
      "Minor women's whiplash."

    • @FlabbyAbi
      @FlabbyAbi Před 4 lety +2

      @@gillymac9363 🤣 so funny

    • @SANDSCORCHER
      @SANDSCORCHER Před 4 lety

      🤣

  • @callummarch3970
    @callummarch3970 Před 4 lety +2003

    The 1.2K dislikes are by women who do not know their limits

  • @pauldavies152
    @pauldavies152 Před 3 lety +503

    This still makes me cry with laughter 25 years after it was made.

    • @colincolenso
      @colincolenso Před rokem

      It's funny because it's true. Giving women the vote started the downfall of Western Civilization. Greeks knew it far before it became obvious to those remaining with sense.

    • @alanhenson6854
      @alanhenson6854 Před 9 měsíci

      Unfortunately we are now making women third class citizens

    • @bill-wd7zs
      @bill-wd7zs Před 3 měsíci +1

      Same here, it's 27 years now...:)

    • @DarrenJamiesonJamieson
      @DarrenJamiesonJamieson Před 2 měsíci

      I'm glad that I am a man. All that I have been able to assertaine from women so far is that I'm being told off.
      I'll keep you posted!

    • @Astuga
      @Astuga Před 16 dny

      And here we are, wishing that we never had abandoned the gold standard and wondering, why many students become woke morons or OF girls with blue hair and nose rings.

  • @itchywitchy2248
    @itchywitchy2248 Před 5 lety +2525

    I didnt understand anything about this video, but i do love little kittens

    • @mystii8134
      @mystii8134 Před 4 lety +82

      itchy witchy oh my! I must agree, it was far too complex! Those kittens where quite fluffy!

    • @JendrixHimi
      @JendrixHimi Před 4 lety +25

      Thats why I love you Itchy ! ... glad your name aint Hillary or Greta x

    • @TwisterMw
      @TwisterMw Před 4 lety +119

      You dear sweet thing

    • @JendrixHimi
      @JendrixHimi Před 4 lety +30

      @@TwisterMw , Absolutely , be a dear little sweet thing and we will love you ! , Know your limits !

    • @SkepticalTeacher
      @SkepticalTeacher Před 4 lety +30

      That's all right, dear, you're so pretty and delightful!

  • @kookybooby
    @kookybooby Před 7 lety +859

    The facial expressions are priceless.

    • @SueBea
      @SueBea Před 6 lety +26

      I laike the eccents.

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 Před 4 lety +20

      Particularly when the conversation turns to more serious issues.

    • @marcuswalters8093
      @marcuswalters8093 Před měsícem +1

      That look as he turns toward her.

    • @sallybannister6224
      @sallybannister6224 Před měsícem +1

      It's just bloody brilliant , and soooooo funny. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thank goodness for real English humour, best in the world .

  • @edwardogrady6587
    @edwardogrady6587 Před 3 lety +382

    Harry Enfield was the master of periodic sketches like these, his depiction of early /mid 20th century Britain were priceless, he & Paul Whitehouse are a national treasure

    • @mantabond
      @mantabond Před rokem +8

      Harry Enfield plays rich gentlemen like no other I know.

    • @marcuswalters8093
      @marcuswalters8093 Před rokem +3

      I'm still trying to find the one about racism. It's not entirely unlike how people view racial harmony today.

    • @Rockercaruthonyoutube
      @Rockercaruthonyoutube Před rokem +1

      @@mantabond why do they always leave the ĺavatory seat UP.

    • @mantabond
      @mantabond Před rokem +1

      @@Rockercaruthonyoutube Who, gentlemen of means?

  • @stevensharp5135
    @stevensharp5135 Před 4 lety +563

    No women were harmed in the making of this documentary.

  • @CarlYearwood
    @CarlYearwood Před 9 lety +233

    "Look at these venomous harridans!" One of my favourite comic lines ever.

    • @susandumbill8805
      @susandumbill8805 Před rokem +1

      Now I know why I can't get my hairstyle right! Oh, but I do love little kittens!!

    • @susannamarker2582
      @susannamarker2582 Před rokem

      Habitens.

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 Před rokem +1

      ​@@susannamarker2582
      That's just the English accent heard with American ears?
      Harridan:
      a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.
      "a bullying old harridan"
      synonyms: shrew, virago, harpy, termagant, vixen, nag, hag, crone, dragon, ogress, fishwife, hellcat, she-devil, fury, gorgon, martinet, tartar, spitfire, old bag, old bat, old trout, cow, bitch, battleaxe, witch, targe, scold, Xanthippe"
      Look at that last one... Weird

    • @susannamarker2582
      @susannamarker2582 Před rokem

      @@mickeydrago9401 why the question mark ? Are you asking me or telling me ?

    • @bernicerogers2383
      @bernicerogers2383 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@susannamarker2582He's telling you. He doesn't know if you're American.

  • @MrMarcusirish
    @MrMarcusirish Před 6 lety +999

    Me and my ex used to spoof this a lot...whenever she'd get out of line I'd say 'woman...know your limits' she'd come back with 'I love little kittens' ahhh...classic days.

    • @keegan773
      @keegan773 Před 5 lety +133

      Marcus Maher
      That's probably why she's your ex.

    • @monopoly1027
      @monopoly1027 Před 4 lety +91

      @@keegan773 Because... banter?

    • @fatmikecj
      @fatmikecj Před 4 lety +235

      @@monopoly1027 no, because she got ideas above her station and Marcus did the correct thing and dropped her off at the asylum obviously. He's just feeling wistful for the days when he still had a delightful girlfriend instead of an over educated harridan.

    • @zhenshuang
      @zhenshuang Před 4 lety +12

      @@keegan773 because she didn't get the limits.

    • @wolfthequarrelsome504
      @wolfthequarrelsome504 Před 4 lety +1

      Maybe if she did she would still be your missus.

  • @appalachianmama3384
    @appalachianmama3384 Před 4 lety +112

    That was awesome. "What a delightful thought, you dear sweet fragile little thing, how I adore you". 😂🤣

  • @bieituns
    @bieituns Před 5 měsíci +12

    Everyone knew at the time Harry Enfield and chums were brilliant but probably didn't appreciate it it at the time and took it for granted that it was one of our last great comedy geniuses. So underrated. Only with time and with hindsight can you fully appreciate what a masterpiece it was.

  • @derrickdomino8210
    @derrickdomino8210 Před 8 lety +446

    Hah, brilliant.
    "with a wild and dangerous opinion of her own"!

  • @MrTingrag
    @MrTingrag Před 3 lety +141

    Brilliant!
    Thumbs up who agrees this should be repeated in 2021 on a sat night at 20.00.

    • @RA76951
      @RA76951 Před 3 lety +17

      Crikey, the woke mob would go into meltdown - LOL.....

    • @richardsnape1630
      @richardsnape1630 Před 3 lety +7

      There would be so many snowflakes that the entire world would entire a new ice age

    • @marcokite
      @marcokite Před 3 lety +3

      and every night for public information

    • @OneVoiceMore
      @OneVoiceMore Před 3 lety +2

      You couldn't AIR THIS, are you kidding?
      The feminists of today would burn down the BBC.

    • @blackheartwornonmysleeve8045
      @blackheartwornonmysleeve8045 Před 2 lety

      Reminds me if that skit in family guy when the cave woman finds the caveman's p*rnographic tablets, that bit was hilarious

  • @misfit2022
    @misfit2022 Před 4 lety +891

    Imagine if BBC had talent like this now. There hasn’t been a decent sketch show since League of Gentlemen.

    • @TheGiantKillers
      @TheGiantKillers Před 4 lety +151

      Comedy died thanks to a blizzard of snowflakes. Can't even tell a knock knock joke anymore without someone labelling it anti homeless cause they don't have a door to knock.

    • @misfit2022
      @misfit2022 Před 4 lety +19

      Gridball 1954 As a big fan of comedy I was particularly talking about the death of sketch shows but sitcoms also seem to be in trouble too now in 2020 for their poor quality and in 1975 for being too hilarious or whatever reason the mob gives. Look at the top 50 sitcoms of all time and the most recent started in 2001 The Office and Phoenix Nights. The only comedy is ageing panel shows like Mock the Week. I still go, pre pandemic, to live comedy where the snowflakes don’t go so you still get a good night but it doesn’t transfer to TV like it used to.

    • @islander790
      @islander790 Před 4 lety +65

      Never to be seen again - thanks to the left-waffe marxism prevalent in western society.
      BBC are a disgrace - anything it was before with the brilliant award-winning writing of the 2 Ronnies, Blackadder, Not the 9 o'clock news, Harry Enfield, Monty Python, Young Ones, Bottom and the awesome Fast Show is sadly long gone and slowly being erased from history - to be replaced by woko-haram, femi-nazi approved 'comedy'.
      No need to pay your licence fee any more - unless you want more of this.

    • @misfit2022
      @misfit2022 Před 4 lety +2

      John Holmes I thought that was the Jon Holmes then until I saw the extra h. Don’t tease me like that. I used to love the Now Show with Punt, Dennis, Holmes and the remarkably talented Mitch Benn. Bottom I saw live a number of times and still drink out of my bottom mug. I also have all the Comic Strip presents, ch 4 I know. I have not seen anything I would consider comedy on the BBC for a long time. They brought back the League of Gentlemen a few years ago but other than that all panel shows. I go to live comedy a lot pre Wuhan flu and the problem with that is unknown opening acts. This did not used to be an issue and even a few years back you would get Chris Ramsey or someone like that easy going family stuff but last year I saw some weird stuff and one European even said and I kid you not “all this material was sent off to be put through a feminist filter.” That got the biggest laugh of the night. These are normal people outside the London bubble who like a laugh not a lecture. Also go back 10 years and even live lefty comics were funny because their comedy might mention something political in passing but it had a punchline and the act wasn’t consumed by it and there would be lots of other stuff in there too. An example of this would be ex teacher John Moloney who was a regular opening act but even he would not pass muster now as he used to open with “I used to be a German teacher meaning I taught German. I wasn’t taking over other classrooms for no apparent reason.” He’s left wing not not politically correct but when I hear they are taking a Golden Girls episode down for wearing mud masks, not a joke, it begs the question what is acceptable? I certainly don’t know so I will stick with with my box sets of unacceptable material like Black Books, Billy Connolly, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Father Ted as well as those mentioned above.

    • @Zerofightervi
      @Zerofightervi Před 3 lety +4

      The Tracy Ullman show is pretty good, the woke support group sketch was very funny.
      I'm surprised the BBC were brave enough to air it to be honest.

  • @stevedoubleu99B
    @stevedoubleu99B Před 3 lety +62

    These sketches are technically superb, methinks, as well as being very cleverly written and performed.

  • @miscellaneous.7127
    @miscellaneous.7127 Před 8 lety +1075

    Admit it! British comedy is the best!

    • @Rentonboyo
      @Rentonboyo Před 7 lety +9

      Irish comedy is better.

    • @nakonako5482
      @nakonako5482 Před 7 lety +13

      List some to watch.

    • @Rentonboyo
      @Rentonboyo Před 7 lety +10

      No.

    • @nakonako5482
      @nakonako5482 Před 7 lety +23

      Kevin Mallen
      Or they don't exist.

    • @bid84
      @bid84 Před 7 lety +18

      Why Not? It's true I agree, Irish comedy takes its cues from you brits.

  • @thezec
    @thezec Před 5 lety +319

    “Look at the women, aren’t they pretty? Look at the way the laugh, they’re delightful!”

  • @cheesetomato9140
    @cheesetomato9140 Před rokem +44

    Harry Enfield a true comedy genius, these sketches are hillarious

    • @heiltd1286
      @heiltd1286 Před měsícem

      Spoilt by the canned laughter. This is funny. I don't know when to be told to laugh.

  • @petertwiss4215
    @petertwiss4215 Před 4 lety +91

    Good to see the old public information films are back.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Před 2 lety +2

      Talking about something sensible at last

  • @faithhopelove9673
    @faithhopelove9673 Před 9 lety +1388

    I don't understand politics, but I love little kittens. :D

    • @faithhopelove9673
      @faithhopelove9673 Před 9 lety +6

      TheGonzaPoker Thank you for the compliment.

    • @thomaster8870
      @thomaster8870 Před 9 lety +55

      Heather Ritz You delightful, fragile creature, you! ♥♥♥

    • @faithhopelove9673
      @faithhopelove9673 Před 9 lety +64

      *flutters eyelashes, and skips into the kitchen to bake cupcakes while the men talk politics.

    • @thomaster8870
      @thomaster8870 Před 9 lety +29

      Faith Hope Love​​​​​​​​​​​
      ...The men had begun talking about politics... Thus the lady of the house decided to go and fetch the cupcakes - They were about to finish baking anyhow. Waiting for the cupcakes to reach perfection before taking them out of the oven, she overheard the men disputing each others' political views with ever increasing voluminosity and decided to turn on the radio. "The boys are awfully loud today", she said as she briefly went over the topics she recognized from overhearing her husband's evening television sessions. She turned up the radio with a chuckle to mask the sound of the men vigurously banging on the table. From what she gathered, her husband was the one spearheading the debate, which cast a smile upon her face... The cupcakes! She almost forgot them.
      Thankfully she hadn't missed the moment the cupcakes reached the height of their gustatory pleasure. The cupcakes were quickly prepaired and garnished with strawberry slices. She couldn't wait to have the boys try the new recipe she'd learned at her last meet up. "The cupcakes are ready!" she loudly exclaimed in excitement..... She turned off the radio. Walking up to the cupcakes... she turned back once more and turned down the radio's volume. It was quite a shock to her the last time the radio was turned on while it was set to its loudest.
      The debate had also dialed down, it seems. Something about the president? Anyway, she rushed to the living room, cupcakes in hand, opened the door with a swift motion of her elbow and dropped the tray of cupcakes.
      Before her lay the bludgeoned corpses of the men, among them the twitching, bloodied remains of her husband.
      A blood-covered man holding a blood-smeared golf-club erupts in maniacal laughter before quietly kneeling next to one of the corpses and patting it on the cheek. In a tone that infrequently alternated between pompous and almost breaking out in laughter that blood-covered man said: "Sir, I disapprove of your opinion on the withdrawal of our troops!"
      Taking in the maddening hellscape unfolding before her eyes, the lady's body caught up to her shattered mind and she screamed at the top of her lungs, but what left her mouth was her half-digested dinner accompanied by unintelligible gurgling noises. She felt tears run down her cheeks and noticed vomit splatter onto the cupcakes she had poured her all into making.
      The man stood up and resumed talking about politics. She didn't want to hear it. Her eyes and ears closed, the disturbing sound of bones being violently shattered - to pieces - it penetrated the hands covering her ears - it penetrated her soul.
      Her lungs were torn between expelling and taking in air, so she could do neither.
      The man proceeded
      to pulverize the fractured skulls
      skulls of what were once his colleagues.
      colleagues.
      Strength left her arms. Heavily breathing he spoke exhaustedly, yet almost monotonely - one or two syllables with every expiration of his breath:
      "Boy, "
      "polit"
      "ICS"
      "sure are"
      "HARD!"
      ,
      he spoke monotonely. She couldn't move her limbs. Weak. She couldn't feel them.
      He dropped the club. He turned his head to the lady of the house, calling her by name, she couldn't think, and asking her if she had an opinion on the matter. she couldn't answer.
      Her head was frantically shaking -she had no control- , witnessing the man calmly wiping her husband's blood and flesh from his face with a handkerchief , she fell unconscious
      This is a story of a woman's life being saved by the simple act of knowing that she has no say in complicated political matters.

    • @faithhopelove9673
      @faithhopelove9673 Před 9 lety +35

      Oh my... Politics is not for women. Women are much safer staying in the kitchen and not voting.

  • @MarxistKnight
    @MarxistKnight Před 6 lety +738

    Who permitted all of these sweet creatures to access the electrical cobweb to comment with their own opinions? Their husbands should exercise greater authority.

    • @bulmaroquiroz5776
      @bulmaroquiroz5776 Před 4 lety +19

      This is one of the funniest comments well elaborated tnx 🤣🤣🤣

    • @AAAAAA-gg4zc
      @AAAAAA-gg4zc Před 4 lety +19

      L is for Labour. L is for Lice

    • @bigred8438
      @bigred8438 Před 4 lety +3

      lol.

    • @groovynipple7092
      @groovynipple7092 Před 4 lety +36

      MarxistKnight I’m without a husband so I’m a loose cannon firing at will! Quick, get a man to reign me in before I hurt myself! 😂😂😂

    • @louiseanderson1505
      @louiseanderson1505 Před 4 lety +3

      😂😁😂😂😂😂

  • @carlastaton4150
    @carlastaton4150 Před 4 lety +88

    As a venomous harridan I am triggered.

  • @JurassicRod
    @JurassicRod Před 4 lety +103

    Back before comedy was outlawed on Uk television.

    • @ArcanePath360
      @ArcanePath360 Před 3 lety +5

      Indeed. The good old days where offending people was a funny thing, which the offended could also laugh at.

    • @ArcanePath360
      @ArcanePath360 Před 3 lety

      @DaToNyOyO Good point. Sort of what I was getting at really but in a badly communicated way. Like Alf Garnet, where he said all these offensive things, but the joke was on him, not the people he is offending.

    • @shelbyvillerules9962
      @shelbyvillerules9962 Před 3 lety +7

      These days you can’t even write racial abuse in excrement on someone’s car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat.

    • @ArcanePath360
      @ArcanePath360 Před 3 lety

      @@shelbyvillerules9962 lol

    • @Gigantemanatee
      @Gigantemanatee Před 3 lety

      sakor88 They do cross the line a little too often though.

  • @BigyetiTechnologies
    @BigyetiTechnologies Před 9 lety +189

    "Look at these venomous harridans""

    • @SvenTviking
      @SvenTviking Před 6 lety +3

      EarthIs NotFlat I’ve known a few of them!

    • @jjryan1352
      @jjryan1352 Před 5 lety +8

      Don't think I've ever heard "harridan" used in the US. Had to look it up.

    • @baldrbraa
      @baldrbraa Před 5 lety +3

      Frantically and absurdly deranged

    • @turbo8628
      @turbo8628 Před 4 lety +3

      Gets me every time 😂

    • @michellegordon456
      @michellegordon456 Před 4 lety +2

      I look like that i got an MSc lol

  • @andrewjjhamilton1
    @andrewjjhamilton1 Před 10 lety +225

    Very informative. I love these short learning films.

  • @ManCave1972
    @ManCave1972 Před 3 lety +114

    That dirty look from Paul Whitehouse is a fine piece of acting.

  • @philiptynan9159
    @philiptynan9159 Před 4 lety +134

    This always cracks me up, I love showing this to my wife and even she has to laugh.

    • @dudanunesbleff
      @dudanunesbleff Před 4 lety +24

      If she knows her place, she will laugh for sure...

    • @JendrixHimi
      @JendrixHimi Před 4 lety +12

      Well if she laughs she has a brain ! , even though maybe its a little overloaded with this much information

    • @dudanunesbleff
      @dudanunesbleff Před 4 lety

      @sos sos As in the meaning the comedian on the video says it, I guess.

    • @VenturiLife
      @VenturiLife Před 3 lety +7

      She is laughing politely to appease you, as the powerful man in the relationship.... and that's ok.

    • @ferociouslioness
      @ferociouslioness Před 3 lety +1

      @@VenturiLife wtf

  • @deirdreofthesorrows
    @deirdreofthesorrows Před 8 lety +2141

    1,200 Women didn't know their limits

  • @mind-less
    @mind-less Před 4 lety +544

    In an era polluted by inflated egos, political agendas and rampaging ignorance this is a drop of pure human brilliance.

    •  Před 4 lety +4

      This was late 90s I believe... A different age.

    • @stephenjones9746
      @stephenjones9746 Před 4 lety +8

      @ British humour is generally more edgy than American.

    •  Před 4 lety +1

      @@stephenjones9746 You may have flattered us once with that compliment, but these days I'm not so sure. Most of what I see on our TV is bland, safe and predictable. 'Edgy' is just too risky for mainstream.

    • @stephenjones9746
      @stephenjones9746 Před 4 lety +2

      @ Maybe we just watch different programs.

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 Před 4 lety +6

      J T G Have you not seen 'White Gold', 'The Inbetweeners' or 'The IT Crowd'?...

  • @martinw5582
    @martinw5582 Před rokem +9

    Lot of geniuses in these comments thinking this is somehow un-PC comedy that couldn't be made today. If you think the butt of the joke here is "women" you are severely comedically challenged. This could very easily be made today because it satirizes classic, old fashioned sexism.

  • @reelspilltv
    @reelspilltv Před 2 lety +25

    Harry + Paul, why did you two stop doing this. This is comedy gold. The two of you are definitely on my British Mount Rushmore of comedy. Next to Spike Milligan.

  • @newsmaniaingaidai
    @newsmaniaingaidai Před 8 lety +48

    "The conversation turns to more serious matters" (sudden serious faces)

  • @eddiecaplan1908
    @eddiecaplan1908 Před 5 lety +2282

    Feminism is turning women crazy, for the last seven hours,my wife has just stared through the window, it has unnerved me so much, i let her in 😀

    • @turbo8628
      @turbo8628 Před 4 lety +58

      Lmfao, got me 😂

    • @AAAAAA-gg4zc
      @AAAAAA-gg4zc Před 4 lety +66

      I usually wait for the whimpering and sobbing.

    • @matambale
      @matambale Před 4 lety +61

      Similar story here, old chap. Seems this lovely woman was banging on my front door, most of an evening. Finally got up and let her out.

    • @timholt1414
      @timholt1414 Před 4 lety +18

      Wins the internet today

    • @shaz-johnthreesixteen3331
      @shaz-johnthreesixteen3331 Před 4 lety +5

      Eddie Caplan 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @htkm1179
    @htkm1179 Před 3 lety +20

    This never gets old! Comedy gold!

  • @chokeromance
    @chokeromance Před 4 lety +81

    My mum just shouts 'fluffy kittens' because of this when things are getting a bit too intellectual.

  • @mikeyflaherty6628
    @mikeyflaherty6628 Před 9 lety +834

    I wish they still made comedies like this 😕

    • @luketimothy
      @luketimothy Před 9 lety +35

      ***** How can that be possible? This video was uploaded in 2008...

    • @tarikhk2
      @tarikhk2 Před 8 lety +1

      ***** This was made during my childhood( I'm 27)

    • @richaw11
      @richaw11 Před 8 lety +8

      +audacity Early 90's more like...... ;-)

    • @johnafirth
      @johnafirth Před 8 lety +9

      I wish Harry Enfield could still make comedies like this.

    • @tryceratopstv3583
      @tryceratopstv3583 Před 8 lety +7

      +audacity It's from 1990-92.

  • @TheChugg11
    @TheChugg11 Před 8 lety +347

    "Look at these venomous harridans- they all went to university...hard to believe that they're all under 25!"

    • @welshpete12
      @welshpete12 Před 4 lety +4

      :-))

    • @Drosophilax
      @Drosophilax Před 4 lety +40

      Oh, how prophetic. They wouldn't stand out in any gender or whatever studies course.

    • @jacksonman5217
      @jacksonman5217 Před 4 lety +17

      Thats how they look today you see these university wamans and this is how they look shouting black lives matter we hate trump lol

    • @truth2919
      @truth2919 Před 4 lety +3

      Lol, that was so funny. 🤣

    • @marcusberglund9105
      @marcusberglund9105 Před 4 lety +11

      That's the point where I stopped laughing.. Too close to reality

  • @Harmonical1
    @Harmonical1 Před 2 lety +25

    Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are two of the funniest men in the world! I never tire of this brilliant sketch.

    • @SylkaChan
      @SylkaChan Před rokem

      Where does this science come from? Over educating women somehow leads them to premature aging.

  • @susannamarker2582
    @susannamarker2582 Před rokem +24

    Still watching this in 2023. Still funny.

    • @susandumbill8805
      @susandumbill8805 Před rokem +4

      Me as well! They must have had a great time making this!! 😺😸😺😸🐈🌞😸🏠✋

  • @heftyalan1152
    @heftyalan1152 Před 6 lety +44

    Still one of the best sketch shows of all time. Used to watch Harry at school in the days when everyone watched the same shows at the same time

  • @A-Distant-Star
    @A-Distant-Star Před 7 lety +154

    Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield are true comic geniuses and legends! I am so thankful I can enjoy their work! I've seen this one dozens of times and it still makes me laugh!

    • @jrnas8046
      @jrnas8046 Před 6 měsíci

      Think it's so cool that Harry never thought he was that funny so wanted to bring along his funny mate Paul for his sketches... Turns out they're both legends! True pioneers

  • @padraigmckenna
    @padraigmckenna Před 2 lety +9

    Yes ladies the washing up isn’t going to do itself

  • @vanessadoidge1585
    @vanessadoidge1585 Před rokem +18

    Brilliant. I loved these two

  • @theurbangentry
    @theurbangentry Před 9 lety +805

    CLASSIC!!! such a classic sketch, hilarious!!!

    • @stoneartisen4216
      @stoneartisen4216 Před 5 lety +36

      bbc today would too piss weak pc to do this now

    • @barneyh7014
      @barneyh7014 Před 5 lety +2

      The Urban Gentry I knew you got ideas from your most recent video from somewhere!

    • @MrVidification
      @MrVidification Před 5 lety +3

      Social media opinion rules all, and not just the bbc. It's impact upon the media is just too great, regardless of true overall public opinion. Having said that, the bbc does voice some opinion that questions this way of thought through critics such as jonathan pie, even if on a whole the bbc try to avoid being 'controversial' to the sjw generations largely born post 1990s @@stoneartisen4216

    • @siegwardofcatarina100
      @siegwardofcatarina100 Před 3 lety +6

      Funny my history teacher showed this when we were covering actual feminism not feminazis and this is a comedy sketch

    • @andrewwilson8273
      @andrewwilson8273 Před 3 lety

      I thought it was originally a documentary?

  • @tollyt7465
    @tollyt7465 Před 4 lety +190

    I bought my wife a Kitten to prevent her brain from expunging what little intelligence she has after I heard her utter the words Gold, And Standard only 3 days apart..
    I barely saved her, but she is now on the road to a full recovery thankfully..

    • @roberthughes9856
      @roberthughes9856 Před 4 lety +21

      Your wonderful and selfless act of kindness for the less fortunate, and able, brought a tear to my eye. I apologise for crying like a damn foreigner.

    • @Steve-wm1ol
      @Steve-wm1ol Před 4 lety +14

      She should be grateful to have a considerate husband such as yourself.

    • @JendrixHimi
      @JendrixHimi Před 4 lety +11

      You are a kind man , she should be eternally grateful , you saved her brain from overloading

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Před 2 lety +6

      Now, she can happily cook dinner and polish your shoes

    • @davesy6969
      @davesy6969 Před 2 lety +5

      Sadly my sister went to university and hasn't been the same since, even little kittens don't help.

  • @jumblyman
    @jumblyman Před 3 lety +26

    One of the greatest comedy sketches of all time.

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 Před 3 lety +26

    Pure genius!!! Contender for the greatest short sketch of all time!

    • @craigdylan3953
      @craigdylan3953 Před rokem

      Genius? I guess if you can drool you are a genius these days. You are probably a genius too Keith.. Wow I am so impressed.

  • @BagsGrundy
    @BagsGrundy Před 6 lety +13

    Enfield's face is pure gold "see how the men look at her with utter contempt!" Lol!

  • @warpedreflection3650
    @warpedreflection3650 Před 6 lety +41

    I saw this when it was first shown on tv. Showed it to my sons when they were teenagers and it still makes me laugh when I see it.

  • @OleLeik
    @OleLeik Před 3 lety +15

    Superb sketch. A decades old classic, and still very much relevant today.

  • @frankiedeans7637
    @frankiedeans7637 Před 2 lety +5

    CLASSIC..PURE GOLD..
    respect from Edinburgh Scotland..

  • @cashflowglo7262
    @cashflowglo7262 Před 5 lety +51

    I freak n just Love the British ! Thank You For This !

    • @joepublic3933
      @joepublic3933 Před 3 lety +17

      On behalf of the population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the civilised parts of Scotland, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for your warm statement, obviously coming directly from your heart (your weak female brain being too occupied with thoughts of kittens). We Brits are indeed lovable and not a little freaky, setting our hats at jaunty angles with a healthy disdain for authority (except that of royalty).
      Being a proud Brit, I would willingly leave you my portable mobile telephonic device number so that you could contact me and eventually become my wife (if I feel affinity for your sufficiently attractive womanly attributes).... but I can't seem to be able to "upload" (whatever the devil that means) the photograph of my visiting card. What a shame for you, dear sweet thing.

    • @GB-vn1tf
      @GB-vn1tf Před 3 lety +6

      @@joepublic3933 as a civilised Scot, I concur.

    • @section5760
      @section5760 Před 2 lety +4

      We’ll said old chap jolly good old show may i say indeed.

    • @redsquirrel1086
      @redsquirrel1086 Před 2 měsíci +1

      You have splendid taste Madam.

  • @johnvandedem
    @johnvandedem Před 13 lety +48

    I'm assuming this is set at the end of WW1 when Britain was considering staying with the Gold Standard. They ultimately did and there exports crashed, as the woman predicts. I think that might be the core of the joke, along with the incorrect sexist men rounding on the correct woman. So many levels of humour in this sketch. Utterly Brilliant!

    • @danielrichter2452
      @danielrichter2452 Před 2 lety +9

      Glad to see someone picked up on the historical accuracy of the Gold Standard issue of the 1920s.

    • @edwardglenn9310
      @edwardglenn9310 Před rokem +1

      Yep, you got it.

    • @oliverford5367
      @oliverford5367 Před rokem +1

      Yes, the gold standard was finally abandoned in the 70s cos it didn't work. So the woman was right

    • @robair67
      @robair67 Před rokem +3

      The book "The Creature From Jekyll Island", by G. Edward Griffin, has the most comprehensive explanation of the whole "federal reserve/gold standard" issue, that continues to control our society to this day. Some of these comments may not age so well, on reading it. Also, I too love little kittens.

    • @MrJoeyWheeler
      @MrJoeyWheeler Před rokem +4

      However, since leaving the gold standard, our money has had no value at all and we have had regular recessions and depressions like clockwork almost every 20 years. It's a ludicrous system and we should have adapted with the gold standard rather than abandoned it for make-believe money that is increasingly worthless.

  • @miketgl4543
    @miketgl4543 Před 3 lety +12

    This will never stop being funny.

  • @mattylf1
    @mattylf1 Před 3 lety +28

    Back in the day when the bbc had some talent around the place !

  • @inghamsvideos8516
    @inghamsvideos8516 Před 10 lety +19

    "Now the conversation turns to more serious matters" *Everyone stops laughing and looks serious*

  • @turkeyhill4216
    @turkeyhill4216 Před 5 lety +53

    my husband always tells me what I should think. it takes the guess work out of life!

  • @asldkjaslkdj
    @asldkjaslkdj Před 4 lety +9

    'Daphne, we're going home!'

  • @Stu-SB
    @Stu-SB Před 2 lety +4

    "Wild and dangerous opinion of her own" ..hahaha.. brilliant..and TRUE !

  • @codswallop321
    @codswallop321 Před 13 lety +222

    This sketch is an example of British men in the 1990's making fun of British men from the 1930's. And it's genius.

    • @davebellamy4867
      @davebellamy4867 Před 2 lety +28

      It's making fun of feminists. Enfield was clever to give it a double meaning. A triple meaning, since going off the gold standard has lead to the ruin of the west.

    • @chippysteve4524
      @chippysteve4524 Před rokem +8

      Thanks for the 'mansplaining' ;-)

    • @theraven3607
      @theraven3607 Před rokem +10

      @@chippysteve4524 I'm sure it was his privilege.

    • @mattygroves21478
      @mattygroves21478 Před rokem

      @@davebellamy4867
      *"since going off the gold standard has lead to the ruin of the west"*
      Perhaps some day you'll even meet one of the very few economists that agree with you. The Tea Party conference would've been your best bet but it's been dead for 5 years or more.

    • @mattygroves21478
      @mattygroves21478 Před rokem +3

      @THE NEW HOUSE Were these sketches not from Harry Enfield and Chums? I didn't think they were as new as the show he did solely with Paul Whitehouse.

  • @elpistolero9394
    @elpistolero9394 Před 6 lety +13

    Must’ve watched this 100 times. Still brilliant.

  • @chrisgillard6129
    @chrisgillard6129 Před 4 lety +20

    Best comedy I've seen in quite some time. Truly classic. Should be mandatory for all grade 12 students before they enter into college.

  • @Fratrix
    @Fratrix Před 8 lety +42

    This went over so many people's heads.

    • @poppedweasel
      @poppedweasel Před 5 lety +2

      femini/wooosh

    • @johnmartinez7440
      @johnmartinez7440 Před 4 lety +4

      Did it? All I see is men whinging about feminism

    • @johnmartinez7440
      @johnmartinez7440 Před 3 lety +8

      @sakor88 That's the trouble with Enfield's sketches. The people he's making fun of are too stupid to realise he's making fun of them. They don't understand satire, so they think he's agreeing with them.
      They bemoan the idea that "THE BBC WOULD NEVER BROADCAST THIS NOWADAYS", when in reality if they did make a new show, they'd whine about it being "too SJW/woke/left-wing".

    • @chadgrylls5264
      @chadgrylls5264 Před 22 dny

      @@johnmartinez7440 A midwit in it's natural habitat. Tread carefully; they shed a wall of text at the slightest provocation.

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 Před 8 dny

      ​@@johnmartinez7440 that's the thing with satire. Often people don't get it. Eg with loadsamoney people thought he was celebrating crass showoffs or just embraced it.

  • @geoffaldwinckle1096
    @geoffaldwinckle1096 Před 7 lety +64

    This still happens in New Zealand when women talk about Rugby law interpretations

  • @timsykes333
    @timsykes333 Před 9 měsíci +5

    I’m a teacher, I once showed this to an a level sociology class. About 20% of the class got it and found it hilarious. The rest just looked scandalised

    • @dewaldt8104
      @dewaldt8104 Před 9 měsíci +2

      It's sad when only a fifth of a class room understands humour.

    • @strictlykev311
      @strictlykev311 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Maybe because u showed it in a sociology class ? Like when someone goes into a class they aren't expecting to watch satire and unless this was part of a greater conversation about sexism in the 1950s or something it's odd to play. I think most people understand this isn't legit saying woman are stupid it's a joke.
      But I find it odd so many
      cancel culture concerned, and legit sexist people seem to be in the Comments of this video. Your students may have also found it odd that u focused on this video specifically especially if it didn't fit contextually with the lesson

    • @stephenholmes1036
      @stephenholmes1036 Před dnem +1

      This film should be shown at all schools to show the effects of education on woman

  • @stephenholmes1036
    @stephenholmes1036 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thank you for showing this information i hope those dear ladies remember!
    Know your limits!

    • @SteelCowGirl4Ever
      @SteelCowGirl4Ever Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hmm, let's see, I went off to college and majored in science, got myself a gainful career as a clinical laboratory technician and make bank. Own a motorcycle, a pickup truck, a fishing kayak, 2 hunting rifles and my own living space... What "limits" are we talking about exactly? 🤔Lol

  • @mikecosslett1421
    @mikecosslett1421 Před 4 lety +22

    Hard to believe we used have such good comedy on British TV 😀

  • @jojojorisjhjosef
    @jojojorisjhjosef Před 9 lety +110

    I love how they can comfortably make sarcastic jokes about this.

    • @mechaman3736
      @mechaman3736 Před 8 lety

      +SuperBerniecat some people..........

    • @jojojorisjhjosef
      @jojojorisjhjosef Před 8 lety +1

      ***** It was like a double bluff, I one upped their sarcasm with my own.

    • @8Rincewind
      @8Rincewind Před 5 lety

      +Ehren .Newton No you wouldn't, idiot.

  • @davedogge2280
    @davedogge2280 Před 4 lety +5

    Can you imagine this on the BBC in 2019 LOL !

  • @JAY1892
    @JAY1892 Před 2 lety +5

    A very thought provoking, serious and factual documentary that didn’t need a laughter track.

    • @marcokite
      @marcokite Před 2 lety +2

      agreed! some people seem to be treating this documentary as if was funny

    • @JAY1892
      @JAY1892 Před 2 lety

      @@marcokite
      😂 The ruddy scoundrels!

  • @Angusismyhero
    @Angusismyhero Před 12 lety +34

    Me and my sister can watch this a million times over and still laugh every time.Harry Enfield's awesome! I spent a recent week off uni pretty much solidly watching HEaC and got inspired to write to him asking why you can't get it on DVD as it's so good. I didn't expect him to reply but he wrote a really nice letter. He even gave me tips on comedy writing since I mentioned I'd been doing it on my course! Maximum respect for him!
    PS Why do people HAVE to get into arguments on CZcams videos? :(

    • @Salena905
      @Salena905 Před 2 lety +2

      That's so great to hear and I agree I hate when people end up arguing , some people you talk to just seem he'll bent on being annoying and love to argue. I love HE & C too. 👏☺️💖

    • @tamar5261
      @tamar5261 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Salena905 no they don't 😊

    • @rabbitshoes9553
      @rabbitshoes9553 Před rokem +1

      I know I'm ten years late but ... why _can't_ we get it on DVD? Did Harry explain?

    • @sarahclarkson1212
      @sarahclarkson1212 Před rokem +2

      @@rabbitshoes9553 he did!! It was out of his control though, so he didn't really know!

    • @RevGary
      @RevGary Před rokem

      @Angusismyhero Angus Young n the Boys say its a Long Way to the Top if you wanna Rock and Roll 🤔😉

  • @Ephisus
    @Ephisus Před 6 lety +280

    Ironically, it's smarter to enjoy kittens than to destabilize your currency.

    • @Imperial_Boltgun
      @Imperial_Boltgun Před 4 lety +5

      Are you saying a gold standard is destabilising or stabilising?

    • @bluegtturbo
      @bluegtturbo Před 4 lety +3

      @@Imperial_Boltgun Maybe it's why the dollar is so strong - Trump prefers pussy...

    • @djtim06
      @djtim06 Před 4 lety +8

      @@bluegtturbo - Strong? You won't be saying that when the interest on your debt alone surpasses your tax revenue haha!

    • @simonturner1
      @simonturner1 Před 3 lety +4

      Fixing your exchange rate via a gold standard is a surefire way to destabilise your currency because it leaves it open to speculative attacks. That can't happen with floating rates.

    • @simonturner1
      @simonturner1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@djtim06 That's not a problem for countries with their own fiat currencies. Currency-issuing governments haven't been financially constrained in that manner since the last gold standard (the Bretton Woods agreement) ended in 1971. They can always service their debts and every other financial obligation irrespective of the tax take. Spending always comes before taxation, not afterwards.

  • @Offshoreorganbuilder
    @Offshoreorganbuilder Před 7 měsíci +2

    This never ages.

  • @andrewpepper8031
    @andrewpepper8031 Před rokem +2

    Bring back comedy like this.

  • @seamusoflatcap
    @seamusoflatcap Před 5 lety +116

    1:35 Is that the Spice Girls reunion?

  • @raymonda5476
    @raymonda5476 Před 5 lety +651

    Brilliant satire. A seemingly lost art in current comedy.

    • @oakeye980
      @oakeye980 Před 4 lety +46

      Not lost, it's borderline illegal now. Can you imagine the backlash if this was released yesterday?

    • @lucasmucas2807
      @lucasmucas2807 Před 4 lety +27

      @@oakeye980
      We need more of it though! The more the outraged mobs screech and holler the more non-PC comedy should be produced. 2 things to laugh at for the price of 1.

    • @oakeye980
      @oakeye980 Před 4 lety +5

      @@lucasmucas2807 agreed.

    • @zaynahmed
      @zaynahmed Před 3 lety +2

      sos sos you’re not living on planet Earth if you think that

    • @AnradTheUnvaxxed
      @AnradTheUnvaxxed Před 3 lety +5

      @sos sos I neither accept the label of right or left wing, two broken wings on crippled bird. When I take the political compass test my result is just left of the centre which would make me a nazi by far left standards.
      I am writing to say that as a left leaning centrist that you are very wrong, most left wingers are absolutely pathetic nowadays and the far left are absolutely intolerant of anyone else who is right of Chairman Mao. The far left are the most diverse group of intolerant people that ever existed on the planet.

  • @shaanmasters7654
    @shaanmasters7654 Před 2 lety +3

    I started crying with laughter, so much, it's hurting!

  • @marksteven6116
    @marksteven6116 Před rokem +2

    Too right 👍

  • @davidgreen5099
    @davidgreen5099 Před 4 lety +5

    i did not expect such amazing accuracy from the BBC.

  • @Superfluous521
    @Superfluous521 Před 9 lety +122

    you cant beat British comedy

    • @JL-tc3pf
      @JL-tc3pf Před 5 lety +3

      Clever comedians, unlike 98% of ours.

    • @carusmike
      @carusmike Před 4 lety +5

      no, but political correctness did

    • @RevGary
      @RevGary Před rokem

      Yeah American comedy superb too too many to mention.

  • @JosephStealin
    @JosephStealin Před rokem +2

    Good sensible public service advice

  • @maggiematthews3517
    @maggiematthews3517 Před rokem +4

    Pure comedy gold. Absolutely hysterical!

  • @noelmajers6369
    @noelmajers6369 Před 6 lety +69

    "Look at these venomous harridans...they went to University." :D:D:D:D

  • @craigdixon7416
    @craigdixon7416 Před 5 lety +6

    An absolute gem please world never lose this sketch

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice Před 2 lety +5

    Seen this years ago, still funny as hell.

    • @bananaheadxbox
      @bananaheadxbox Před 2 lety +1

      I can remember watching it when it was first on TV in the 90's. Still funny.

  • @junglebhoy28
    @junglebhoy28 Před rokem +2

    Never gets old

  • @my-king
    @my-king Před 10 lety +118

    Lmfao. This is one of the best Harry sketches. I have watched this so many times yet it still makes me laugh.
    He is one of England's greatest in my opinion.

  • @baconcrusader7476
    @baconcrusader7476 Před 4 lety +50

    A thousand women didn't know there limits!!

  • @saira_6151
    @saira_6151 Před 2 lety +1

    "See how the information is evenly and tidyly stored?"

  • @alishdafish
    @alishdafish Před 4 lety +2

    "what a delightful thought you dear, sweet, fragile, little thing"

  • @benhos12
    @benhos12 Před 10 lety +5

    This is one of the best sketchs thing around at the moment.

    • @inspirality
      @inspirality Před 10 lety +1

      At the moment ? This sketch is over 12 years old...!
      But yes it was good.

  • @billyshearer117
    @billyshearer117 Před 4 lety +11

    Need to remember "venomous harridon"

  • @htkm1179
    @htkm1179 Před 4 lety +1

    Harry at the peak of his powers!! Watched this when it was first broadcast on telly!! Thank you You Tube!

  • @wayfairer5086
    @wayfairer5086 Před 2 lety +2

    That face she made in the end... that's the face of true pain

  • @PoppyCorn144
    @PoppyCorn144 Před 6 lety +23

    Constantly grateful of this so I know my limits!

  • @rosiew9115
    @rosiew9115 Před 8 lety +422

    Commenters, know your limits!

  • @dava73
    @dava73 Před 4 lety +3

    Blessed days. One prays, one day we can return to these pleasant times.

  • @potheadmike8510
    @potheadmike8510 Před 4 lety +83

    "Yes... Over education leads to ugliness, premature aging, and BEARD GROWTH!"

    • @potheadmike8510
      @potheadmike8510 Před 4 lety +9

      @Rafael Acosta - I loved that clip showing a woman's brains getting scrambled, when bombarded with too much information!
      LoL! Perfect examples... Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nancy Pelosi, and Ilhan Omar!

    • @debbiethemadbee
      @debbiethemadbee Před 4 lety +2

      About sums me up 😂

    • @sadafahmed9563
      @sadafahmed9563 Před 4 lety +3

      That's how the feminists look 🤣🤣🤣

    • @potheadmike8510
      @potheadmike8510 Před 4 lety +3

      @pisswobble - I LOVE those images of women cooking, wearing a skirt, and a pair of high heels!

    • @potheadmike8510
      @potheadmike8510 Před 4 lety +1

      @@debbiethemadbee - I imagine you look very... Becoming with a beard.

  • @norwestersauce9755
    @norwestersauce9755 Před 6 lety +5

    this it's the most accurate thing I have ever seen. I'm converting to what ever that was!!!