@@tonycaniggia oh Dear, did everybody notice how pretty and sweet they were to begin with, then once they started offering an opinion they grew steadily uglier. Tut, tut, beard growth will soon become apparent.
I am an American man. And I must get British humor. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. I still have tears in my eyes. I mean doubled over uncontrolled laughter.
It’s a fantastic sketch, but it’s not sarcasm, it’s a satire on the misogyny of the past. It’s actually a really well-observed, accurate depiction of this type of ‘self improvement’ public information film. Glad you loved it though.
Satire is comical exaggeration of something an "accurate depiction" would be a documentary. I dont think at any point in our history people ever thought Queen Boadicea, Queen Elizebeth I or Queen Victoria were dipsey and unintelligent, in fact they have always been held upon a pedicel, above most Kings, and their rule has always been seen as a "Golden age". despite the relentless and deeply decisive propaganda, by those with a view to subversion and global enslavement of humanity, this country is not and has Never been 5exist !
You girls make me proud to be British and restore my faith in humanity. I think our youth have been too heavily influenced by American sensitivity and it is so refreshing to see 2 young women laughing about a joke while taking zero offence to it. This is what society needs moving forward. The ability to separate harmless fun from hurtfully intended abuse. Americans should watch these two and learn, to help you stop draining the rest of us with your whining!
@@davidwithers5102 I agree. I said this a year ago when all I was getting on my CZcams suggestion were whining young self entitled American women and these two British girls were very different. It was a reflection at the time of how young American women were broadcasting themselves to the world.
@@davidwithers5102 it’s probably a factor of maturity. And familiarity. When people make statements like this, they are either 12ys old, or they are ignorant of the people about whom they are speaking. Saying “Americans should….“ is pretty much like saying “black people should… “ It takes maturity (such as yours) to see the parallels. Hopefully this young person will see this eventually. And if they don’t, I guess it’s their right to be a bigot. I don’t worry about what people like this think of the people in my country, because when they call us whiney, all they are doing is whining about the US. Oh the irony! That YOU through for interjecting intelligence into the conversation.
Refreshing to see normal youngsters take comedy how it was meant instead of going off on some faux outrage of perceived injustices we are being conditioned to accept as being "normal" Thus gives me encouragement that maybe our civilization is not lost after all.
The funniest aspect of this sketch to me is that Harry Enfield's wife's contribution to the conversation is justified with reasoning whereas his is just, "I think it should".
The opening wasn't sarcasm. It was a direct imitation of the government's public information films of the 50s and 60s. This is the problem with satire - in order to appreciate it fully, you need to be familiar with what is being satirized, otherwise the humour is lost.
This is a satirical send up of the public information films they used to show in cinemas in the 1930s/40s and not a million miles away from the attitudes of the time, which is a part of why they are so funny. This is from The Harry Enfield show from the 90s, he did loads of these on his sketch show, usually under the heading of Mr Cholmondley-Warner, Enfield played his man servant Grayson. Loads of them are on CZcams, the conjugal rights and diseases of the mind are probably my two favourites.
I am glad you enjoyed 2 of our greatest comedians in sketch shows like "Harry And Chums" and "Harry and Paul (Whitehouse).. If you looked at the very end of this video you can see a whole mass of videos to choose from, my friend. Examples would be Harry as a South African Chemist/Pharmacist. Harry and "wife" Pammie as 2 elderly, inappropriate, Americans and anything involving another Actor who played the character Mr.Cholmelry-Walker with a long mustache. Enjoy:)
Paul, check out Harry Enfield's," The Pharmacist "or any of the "Harry and Paul " show. or " Harry Enfield and Chums " The latter is older stuff, mate. Happy chuckling.
This is satire not sarcasm. It’s a brilliant parody of old public information films, rendered with brilliant attention to detail (you should look at some genuine Pathé newsreels from the 1940s and 50s). They use this method as a perfect vehicle to talk about entrenched misogyny of the past, which still has echoes with many institutionalised views of today. And it’s immaculately performed as you point out - the scowls on Harry and Paul’s faces are priceless. Great stuff.
I am well aware of Harry Enfield as his comedy I remember it first time around. Your tone comes across as patronising. I have indeed watched many Pathe Newsreels. I get it. I was just pointing out that sarcasm and satire are one and the same thing in many cases. And if you look up sarcasm it includes satire too. As for Harry Sketch they were indeed taking the piss. It was maybe sexist but not misogyny at all. Not hatred of women. Maybe your left wing misuse of the English language has let you down!
@@juliantompkins9650 You genuinely did not get this? Satire and sarcasm aren't the same thing ( except maybe in your head). Why do you need to have one of your labels (its not misogyny but sexist). Bollocks. It is taking the piss out of old style mid 20th century views of women. All of the clues are there for you but it was a big whoooosh! for the Julian household. Or are you trying to be a modern day clever dick. Oh you are...crack on then. By the way, do you believe we should return to the gold standard?
Definitely a patronising tone, to integrate this comedy with negative narratives that you are twisting is a by product of a self loathing Left wing individual. Did I also leave out virtue signalling?
@@juliantompkins9650 It comes across to me as educational. Ironically the women watching this video don't know the difference between satire and sarcasm
Back when this was on TV we went to a dinner party at friends - 8 of us, all had girls in the same class at school. There was some discussion about a serious matter concerning the school and everybody was contributing except one lady who sat there looking puzzled. Our hostess. Trisha, tried to bring her in to the conversation: "Sandra, you're looking concerned, what do you think?" "Well," came the reply, "I'm sure it's all very interesting but we've just got a labrador puppy and we just can't THINK what to call her!" As Trish said later, the antithesis of knowing your limits!
There’s a great clip of Harry’s showing an ‘old’ lip of football players. Nowadays they hug each other when a goal is scored, in the 1930s/40s this just wasn’t the done thing! It’s very funny
This was first screened on BBC1 in the early 90's, i think most of my year watched it, because 'women know your limits' became a school catchphrase for the next few years, including from the girls lol.
Indeed! If you don't know "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" (MST3K), they essentially created the "riffing/reaction" genre in the late '80s/early '90s, and they often covered actual "public service" film shorts from the '50s and thereabouts, when there was an explosion of same as film-strip tech became accessible to many classrooms. Honestly, if anything, the satire created here is frequently *less* ridiculous than the genuine "advice" given to schoolkids at the time. It's worth seeing, if only to realize how silly the moral panics of the day were, especially as a lot of them are being trotted-out again today by the right-wing, and for the same destructive, bigoted purposes.
@@juliantompkins9650 almost correct. Yes, it is satire, but sarcasm can be a form of satire. Taking the piss out of politicians is satire, but you can use sarcasm as a tool to achieve this.
You know this is only from the 90's? Harry did a lot of these skits made to look pre war or wartime with zero camera movement & zoom to spoof Public Information Films of that era. The 'Gold Standard' guy was Paul Whitehouse who goes fishing with Bob Mortimer now and the 'Venomous Harridans are Cheryl Cole, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow.
I'm American and I remember seeing a serious "how to live properly" British instructional film about how dangerous it is to (wait for it) run n a public street. It ends with an unsuspecting young woman running down a street (the fool) with two workmen holding a large plate of glass about to turn a corner onto the street where the woman is running. Then he screen goes blank...but you can imagine what was about to happen. Anyway, I think this Enfield skit was satirising that sort of film and attitudes about women in the 1930s.
Yes, spot on That's exactly the kind of stuff that these Harry Enfield black and white sketches were sending up. There were a fair few of them included in his 1990s comedy series. Look out his "Mr Cholmondly Warner Presents" sketches.
Just of a point of subtlety, the "woman without limits" was completely right. It's generally believed that reverting to the gold standard, would have been very damaging to the economy.
Imagine being an earliest feminist a few centuries ago. It must have taken all their considerable self control (a known trait of their sex) not to kill us all! 😂
When i was a kid and a black and white movie was on TV i used to think that the entire world was black and white in the days those movies were made, and the world became colourful when colour TV was invented.
Great to see 2 people reacting naturally to comedy....if we can't laugh at ourselves, our nationality, sex, idiosyncrasies etc. etc.....we're all doomed! Anybody and anything should be a subject for comedy!
And they are? What you're worried about is being held accountable for what you choose to say. That's not "freedom of speech"; that's you wanting to restrict everyone else's freedom of speech so that you might have "freedom from criticism". If you haven't thought-through a joke, it's probably not funny, and you probably shouldn't waste everyone's time with it. If you're going to demand the attention of others, at least put in the effort to make it worth their while. George Carlin has thoughts on this, and he knows way better than you. Go look him up.
@@michaelccozens People don't give offense, YOU take it. Get over yourself. And no, famous people don't know more about this than anybody else. Celebrity worship is part of the problem - 'oh, the Hollywood elites don't like my joke about Transgender people, so it must be wrong of me to tell it ...'. No, it's not. If it's funny, it's funny. End of. That is after all the goal of comedy is it not 😉. The world would be a barren place if we removed everything that might p*ss somebody off. Because in today's society there are snowflakes everywhere just waiting to be offended about everything.
Absolutely brilliant you saw that its comedy and had a good laugh, i was in my teens when Harry Enfield and Chums was on, it would never get aired on tv today, despite it highlighting the obsurdity of how women were supposed to behave in certain environments and time periods.
Just as hilarious now as it was when first aired about 30 years ago!!! Enfield did a whole series of these pseudo public info films, genius!! I strongly recommend that you look up the "suits you sir" series of skits on mens outfitters assistants from The Fast Show!! You will be destroyed by laughter!!!
In case it is not clear this is from the 90's not the 40's & the whole point was that it has to be in black & white in order to be am effective spoof of a 1940's public information film, same goes for the exaggerated RP accents & the grainy film & skips. I recently saw a 40's public information film & i swear the guy in it must have been the inspiration for Mr. Chumondley ( who actually is not in this particular sketch ), please check out the Driving sketch, the sex education, & and also L is for Labour, absolute comic genius as well as nailing it just as this does !
What's great is that Britian did indeed go back on the gold standard in the 20s and the high value of the pound was disastrous for British exports. Daphne was completely correct!
Oh my god, please check out Brass Eye, they did some absolutely scorching comedies based on controversial topics, done in the style of rolling 24 hour news. The absolute pinnacle was "Paedogeddon", which was about media frenzy, hypocrisy and mob culture, and after it aired, the newspapers that decried it performed their part perfectly - "the Star article was positioned adjacent to an article about the developing bust of 15-year-old singer Charlotte Church, and that the Mail's coverage was preceded by "close-ups" of the "bikini princesses" Beatrice and Eugenie, who were 12 and 11 at the time."
I remember watching this when it came out in the 80s. Even then through humour it made us think about what we thought. It did a lot for equal rights at the time in a secret but well founded way.
I think the word is irony... a shade subtler than sarcasm. The beginning music sets the tone here as it was the theme tune to Music While You Work, from BBC Radio, Light Programme in 1940s when as part of total war initiative women worked in factories replacing their men off at war. And radio was broadcast over tannoy to keep spirits up.
So pleased you young'uns discovered and enjoyed Harry Enfield. He has other great scetches: "Harry Enfield very important man" (2 different scetches) is IMO a killer.
The absolute best thing about your reaction is you can understand this is a sketch from the 90s taking the piss out of life in the 40s and instead of a typical ultra defensive woke reaction you get the humour and just laugh. Good for you! 👌🏻
@@boof-7599 i got called racist and a nazi at work by my manager 7 years ago merely for voting brexit , best thing was it was in a wetherspoons , their chief was a brexit supporter , safe to say i left not long after , woke numpties are everywhere and they negatively effect lives , its an authoritarian mindset
You need to see diseases of the mind and conjugal rights. Harry enfield and chums was fantastic. It's a shame we don't have that level of comady these days.
I’ve seen young American women react to this sketch and it’s not taken so well, you got it as it’s intended. There are some who thought it was really from the Thirties and they scowl just like Paul Whitehouse.
That is a hilarious and clever video....I am so pleased you saw and appreciated this (as a mother of a now 33-year-old daughter 😶and I know she would too) The only 'layer' of this, of course, that you may not appreciate is that it is, specifically, in the style of a 1940's (?) public information video. Btw I am new to your channel and will definitely watch more.... 👍
Imagine my Beitish Mum’s surprise when she moved to the US in the early 50s.that this was the expectation for women at parties. She and my Dad left more than one dinner party after a male party goer started yelling at her.
Have a look at the Harry Enfield sketches 'I saw you Coming'. There are about 6 of them where he's an antique dealer in London, very funny and I'm told very true to life today.
These are a parody of public information films from the 40s and 50s but didn't stop there and came back as spine chillin' cartoons in the 70's called Charlie says... lol
Look at these two ladies reacting, aren't they pretty? They're delightful.
I'm going to start leaving that comment on every video with a female reacting to UK comedy, see if anyone gets it.
I’m shocked that their husbands allowed them to offer an opinion on this light entertainment piece.
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@@Struieboy didn't you hear they go to the uni
@@tonycaniggia oh Dear, did everybody notice how pretty and sweet they were to begin with, then once they started offering an opinion they grew steadily uglier. Tut, tut, beard growth will soon become apparent.
Omg young people with a sense of humour and not offended! Thank goodness!
I am an American man. And I must get British humor. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. I still have tears in my eyes. I mean doubled over uncontrolled laughter.
Humour. ;)
@@lilacfloyd Is that the English spelling, like they spell color, colour?
@@derekhajos3555 Yes. Don't worry I was just being a bit of a twat. Glad that you found the Harry Enfield clip funny. :)
@@derekhajos3555 it is indeed
good for you !
"A wild and dangerous opinion of her own". Classic.
It’s a fantastic sketch, but it’s not sarcasm, it’s a satire on the misogyny of the past. It’s actually a really well-observed, accurate depiction of this type of ‘self improvement’ public information film. Glad you loved it though.
You know full well we'd take the kitten lady every time 😂
Since women have been given the vote the UK has been in permanent recession.
Satire is comical exaggeration of something an "accurate depiction" would be a documentary. I dont think at any point in our history people ever thought Queen Boadicea, Queen Elizebeth I or Queen Victoria were dipsey and unintelligent, in fact they have always been held upon a pedicel, above most Kings, and their rule has always been seen as a "Golden age". despite the relentless and deeply decisive propaganda, by those with a view to subversion and global enslavement of humanity, this country is not and has Never been 5exist !
isn't it parody?
need to bring it back
This is the best way of dealing with the past- forget Cancel Culture, just take the piss out of it lol
A very good answer
but take the piss out of what though? the original clip from Harry Enfield was taking the piss in the first place?
@@JohnSmith-rw2yn That's the exact point he was making.
@@SteveGodrich it read more like the girls to take the piss, that's where I've mixed up 👍
@@JohnSmith-rw2yn No worries.
Harry Enfield is a comedy genius...he gets the characters spot on and the script is clever ironic and just plain funny. Brilliant.
He is Brilliant at Observation comedy, of all eras.
You girls make me proud to be British and restore my faith in humanity. I think our youth have been too heavily influenced by American sensitivity and it is so refreshing to see 2 young women laughing about a joke while taking zero offence to it. This is what society needs moving forward. The ability to separate harmless fun from hurtfully intended abuse. Americans should watch these two and learn, to help you stop draining the rest of us with your whining!
I’m guessing you don’t personally know many Americans. I used to think they were overly sensitive too. I was very wrong.
@@BiologyBabe you’re right. I only go by them constantly protesting their rights, boundaries and genders on social media.
You're being a bit harsh! How can you make a sweeping judgement on 350 million people??
@@davidwithers5102 I agree. I said this a year ago when all I was getting on my CZcams suggestion were whining young self entitled American women and these two British girls were very different. It was a reflection at the time of how young American women were broadcasting themselves to the world.
@@davidwithers5102 it’s probably a factor of maturity. And familiarity. When people make statements like this, they are either 12ys old, or they are ignorant of the people about whom they are speaking. Saying “Americans should….“ is pretty much like saying “black people should… “ It takes maturity (such as yours) to see the parallels. Hopefully this young person will see this eventually. And if they don’t, I guess it’s their right to be a bigot. I don’t worry about what people like this think of the people in my country, because when they call us whiney, all they are doing is whining about the US. Oh the irony! That YOU through for interjecting intelligence into the conversation.
Great reaction. Once we British can't take the piss out of ourselves we will be lost.
The 'Women keep your virtue' one is a killer.
What a nice pair of delightful ladies from the West Country......
With opinions of their own.
Those 4 women in the photo are the funniest part, just the gormless looks on their faces 😂
See how the ladies try to analyse the sketch - isn’t it delightful how they recognise it as comedy and don’t get all offended?
Refreshing to see normal youngsters take comedy how it was meant instead of going off on some faux outrage of perceived injustices we are being conditioned to accept as being "normal"
Thus gives me encouragement that maybe our civilization is not lost after all.
Strange how women were actually regarded so highly and much more safer than they are today. Havnt progressed much ,have we .
I was literally thinking the same thing!
Another right-wing simpleton policing the web for the sake of outraged patriots!
Init. Brilliant these girls
The funniest aspect of this sketch to me is that Harry Enfield's wife's contribution to the conversation is justified with reasoning whereas his is just, "I think it should".
The opening wasn't sarcasm. It was a direct imitation of the government's public information films of the 50s and 60s. This is the problem with satire - in order to appreciate it fully, you need to be familiar with what is being satirized, otherwise the humour is lost.
This is a satirical send up of the public information films they used to show in cinemas in the 1930s/40s and not a million miles away from the attitudes of the time, which is a part of why they are so funny.
This is from The Harry Enfield show from the 90s, he did loads of these on his sketch show, usually under the heading of Mr Cholmondley-Warner, Enfield played his man servant Grayson.
Loads of them are on CZcams, the conjugal rights and diseases of the mind are probably my two favourites.
I'm an American who loves British humor so thanks for doing this one. I'm going to have to find more Enfield skits to watch now. This was hilarious 😆
Harry Enfield the Yorkshireman is a good one to watch! Good luck🙏🇬🇧
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I am glad you enjoyed 2 of our greatest comedians in sketch shows like "Harry And Chums" and "Harry and Paul (Whitehouse)..
If you looked at the very end of this video you can see a whole mass of videos to choose from, my friend.
Examples would be Harry as a South African Chemist/Pharmacist. Harry and "wife" Pammie as 2 elderly, inappropriate, Americans and anything involving another Actor who played the character Mr.Cholmelry-Walker with a long mustache. Enjoy:)
Look out his "Mr Cholmondly Warner Presents" sketches.
Paul, check out Harry Enfield's," The Pharmacist "or any of the "Harry and Paul " show. or " Harry Enfield and Chums "
The latter is older stuff, mate.
Happy chuckling.
I remember this airing for the 1st time back in the 90s. Only us Brits do satire so well.
An evaluation obviously based on extensive studies of foreign language satire...
As an American, I agree
@@Jacob_Junge ah....sarcasm. how terribly witty.
@@davidstanton4716 Yeah, sarcasm is SOOO funny!
Naaah, you just don’t understand foreign languages and cultures and somehow are proud of your ignorance.
These two girls are even funnier than the sketch! Love them!
Fun fact: the lady at the front is Harry Enfield's frequent comic collaborator Kathy Burke 4:32
Well done girls for accepting this skit for what it was.
This is satire not sarcasm. It’s a brilliant parody of old public information films, rendered with brilliant attention to detail (you should look at some genuine Pathé newsreels from the 1940s and 50s). They use this method as a perfect vehicle to talk about entrenched misogyny of the past, which still has echoes with many institutionalised views of today. And it’s immaculately performed as you point out - the scowls on Harry and Paul’s faces are priceless. Great stuff.
I am well aware of Harry Enfield as his comedy I remember it first time around. Your tone comes across as patronising. I have indeed watched many Pathe Newsreels. I get it. I was just pointing out that sarcasm and satire are one and the same thing in many cases. And if you look up sarcasm it includes satire too. As for Harry Sketch they were indeed taking the piss. It was maybe sexist but not misogyny at all. Not hatred of women. Maybe your left wing misuse of the English language has let you down!
@@juliantompkins9650 You genuinely did not get this? Satire and sarcasm aren't the same thing ( except maybe in your head). Why do you need to have one of your labels (its not misogyny but sexist). Bollocks. It is taking the piss out of old style mid 20th century views of women. All of the clues are there for you but it was a big whoooosh! for the Julian household. Or are you trying to be a modern day clever dick. Oh you are...crack on then. By the way, do you believe we should return to the gold standard?
Dude we understand the joke.
Definitely a patronising tone, to integrate this comedy with negative narratives that you are twisting is a by product of a self loathing Left wing individual. Did I also leave out virtue signalling?
@@juliantompkins9650 It comes across to me as educational. Ironically the women watching this video don't know the difference between satire and sarcasm
Back when this was on TV we went to a dinner party at friends - 8 of us, all had girls in the same class at school.
There was some discussion about a serious matter concerning the school and everybody was contributing except one lady who sat there looking puzzled.
Our hostess. Trisha, tried to bring her in to the conversation:
"Sandra, you're looking concerned, what do you think?"
"Well," came the reply, "I'm sure it's all very interesting but we've just got a labrador puppy and we just can't THINK what to call her!"
As Trish said later, the antithesis of knowing your limits!
There are a few of these - 'Women, for Pity's Sake Don't Drive' and 'Women, Keep Your Virtue' are pretty funny 🤣
excellent, so refreshing to see youngsters laughing at comedy not looking for ulterior motives
There’s a great clip of Harry’s showing an ‘old’ lip of football players. Nowadays they hug each other when a goal is scored, in the 1930s/40s this just wasn’t the done thing! It’s very funny
“I think it’s a good thing we’re doing drama”
What a brilliant one liner 😂😂
I came across this on my recommended 😁Wonderful to see the next generation finding these old gems 😂😂😂
This was first screened on BBC1 in the early 90's, i think most of my year watched it, because 'women know your limits' became a school catchphrase for the next few years, including from the girls lol.
It's not sarcasm, it's satire, the reality of the 30s to 50s is genuinely not far off this you'd be surprised.
Indeed!
If you don't know "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" (MST3K), they essentially created the "riffing/reaction" genre in the late '80s/early '90s, and they often covered actual "public service" film shorts from the '50s and thereabouts, when there was an explosion of same as film-strip tech became accessible to many classrooms. Honestly, if anything, the satire created here is frequently *less* ridiculous than the genuine "advice" given to schoolkids at the time. It's worth seeing, if only to realize how silly the moral panics of the day were, especially as a lot of them are being trotted-out again today by the right-wing, and for the same destructive, bigoted purposes.
It is satire but satire is sarcasm. Taking the piss out of politicians is sarcasm.
@@juliantompkins9650 almost correct. Yes, it is satire, but sarcasm can be a form of satire. Taking the piss out of politicians is satire, but you can use sarcasm as a tool to achieve this.
Oh the irony of this comment
Incredible stuff Mike, well done.
You are delightful Ladies just let your natural beauty shine through.
You know this is only from the 90's? Harry did a lot of these skits made to look pre war or wartime with zero camera movement & zoom to spoof Public Information Films of that era. The 'Gold Standard' guy was Paul Whitehouse who goes fishing with Bob Mortimer now and the 'Venomous Harridans are Cheryl Cole, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow.
I was wondering how old it was, that's awesome.
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Oh goddamn it - it’s not sarcasm! 😂 “Women know your English”. Loved your reactions though 😂
I'm American and I remember seeing a serious "how to live properly" British instructional film about how dangerous it is to (wait for it) run n a public street. It ends with an unsuspecting young woman running down a street (the fool) with two workmen holding a large plate of glass about to turn a corner onto the street where the woman is running. Then he screen goes blank...but you can imagine what was about to happen. Anyway, I think this Enfield skit was satirising that sort of film and attitudes about women in the 1930s.
I remember that ad.
Yes, spot on That's exactly the kind of stuff that these Harry Enfield black and white sketches were sending up. There were a fair few of them included in his 1990s comedy series. Look out his "Mr Cholmondly Warner Presents" sketches.
These silly women - they’ll run into anything!
Wait, was this not one of those serious informational videos?
Did she give the glass a damn good cleaning? she should have , women know your place!
Refreshing to see the younger generation appreciating good humour, how unwoke you are, bravo ladies.
Just of a point of subtlety, the "woman without limits" was completely right. It's generally believed that reverting to the gold standard, would have been very damaging to the economy.
Zeen,Mi Bredrin Bob.
Tru Say,Mi Bredda....
And also kittens are indeed lovely.
Taken exactly how it should be. Great reaction🙂👍
Imagine being an earliest feminist a few centuries ago. It must have taken all their considerable self control (a known trait of their sex) not to kill us all! 😂
When i was a kid and a black and white movie was on TV i used to think that the entire world was black and white in the days those movies were made, and the world became colourful when colour TV was invented.
Very funny video. Thank you for brightening my day. When they started to scribble over the woman's mind I almost fell over laughing.
If only Harry Enfield knew he was predicting the future, uni students do look like that now
Great to see 2 people reacting naturally to comedy....if we can't laugh at ourselves, our nationality, sex, idiosyncrasies etc. etc.....we're all doomed! Anybody and anything should be a subject for comedy!
And they are? What you're worried about is being held accountable for what you choose to say. That's not "freedom of speech"; that's you wanting to restrict everyone else's freedom of speech so that you might have "freedom from criticism".
If you haven't thought-through a joke, it's probably not funny, and you probably shouldn't waste everyone's time with it. If you're going to demand the attention of others, at least put in the effort to make it worth their while.
George Carlin has thoughts on this, and he knows way better than you. Go look him up.
@@michaelccozens People don't give offense, YOU take it. Get over yourself. And no, famous people don't know more about this than anybody else. Celebrity worship is part of the problem - 'oh, the Hollywood elites don't like my joke about Transgender people, so it must be wrong of me to tell it ...'. No, it's not. If it's funny, it's funny. End of. That is after all the goal of comedy is it not 😉. The world would be a barren place if we removed everything that might p*ss somebody off. Because in today's society there are snowflakes everywhere just waiting to be offended about everything.
@@michaelccozens Yes, THIS!
One of the funniest sketches of all time!
People living in the 1940s and 50s had to endure dreadful pompous public information clips at the local cinema. This is brilliant!
Check out another video from Harry Enfield called The Conjugal Rights Guide.
You ladies will learn a lot 😂
I play Harry Enfield to my 14 year old daughter....she loves it....it should be on the school curriculum.
Watch Kevin and Perry as well.
Yup, it should definitely be on the school curriculum, rather than what gender would you like to be today & how to be offended on some else's behalf.
How have you not seen this before?! It’s classic comedy
Look for a British mini series "A very British scandal". It shows how women were treated 60 years ago in UK.
good to see humour does still exist these days! :)
God, I hope University doesn't ruin you two.
Absolutely brilliant you saw that its comedy and had a good laugh, i was in my teens when Harry Enfield and Chums was on, it would never get aired on tv today, despite it highlighting the obsurdity of how women were supposed to behave in certain environments and time periods.
Just as hilarious now as it was when first aired about 30 years ago!!! Enfield did a whole series of these pseudo public info films, genius!! I strongly recommend that you look up the "suits you sir" series of skits on mens outfitters assistants from The Fast Show!! You will be destroyed by laughter!!!
the Enfield one on women driving is hilarious as well.😂
In case it is not clear this is from the 90's not the 40's & the whole point was that it has to be in black & white in order to be am effective spoof of a 1940's public information film, same goes for the exaggerated RP accents & the grainy film & skips. I recently saw a 40's public information film & i swear the guy in it must have been the inspiration for Mr. Chumondley ( who actually is not in this particular sketch ), please check out the Driving sketch, the sex education, & and also L is for Labour, absolute comic genius as well as nailing it just as this does !
Another great reaction, thanks to you both, you’re delightful
They should bring back these documentaries....
What's great is that Britian did indeed go back on the gold standard in the 20s and the high value of the pound was disastrous for British exports. Daphne was completely correct!
Harry does a set of great sketches as a teenage boy well worth looking out for them.
One of my faves. Harry and Paul did some genius work. The Yorkshire Man is similar but Yorkie.
I love the "... even though it's in black and white..." LOL
That was really funny. I would love to see more videos like this one.
Stick to talking about fluffy kittens! Thanks for posting the clip, I first saw it many years back.
Oh my god, please check out Brass Eye, they did some absolutely scorching comedies based on controversial topics, done in the style of rolling 24 hour news. The absolute pinnacle was "Paedogeddon", which was about media frenzy, hypocrisy and mob culture, and after it aired, the newspapers that decried it performed their part perfectly - "the Star article was positioned adjacent to an article about the developing bust of 15-year-old singer Charlotte Church, and that the Mail's coverage was preceded by "close-ups" of the "bikini princesses" Beatrice and Eugenie, who were 12 and 11 at the time."
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are comedy Legends.
I remember watching this when it came out in the 80s. Even then through humour it made us think about what we thought. It did a lot for equal rights at the time in a secret but well founded way.
Thank goodness we have some young people who understand and enjoy satire. 👍👍
This sketch is an excellence warning about wokeism. Time for women to know their place and limits.
I think the word is irony... a shade subtler than sarcasm.
The beginning music sets the tone here as it was the theme tune to Music While You Work, from BBC Radio, Light Programme in 1940s when as part of total war initiative women worked in factories replacing their men off at war. And radio was broadcast over tannoy to keep spirits up.
As drama students you might recognise the "venomous harridan" in the front as a BAFTA and Cannes award-winning actress. :D
Nice reaction ladies, Harry Enfields has done lots of very clever stuff👍☘️🇮🇪
So pleased you young'uns discovered and enjoyed Harry Enfield.
He has other great scetches: "Harry Enfield very important man" (2 different scetches) is IMO a killer.
The absolute best thing about your reaction is you can understand this is a sketch from the 90s taking the piss out of life in the 40s and instead of a typical ultra defensive woke reaction you get the humour and just laugh. Good for you! 👌🏻
I don't think that "wokeness" is as much of a problem as people make it out to be, where do you encounter enough woke people for it to be typical?
@@boof-7599 i got called racist and a nazi at work by my manager 7 years ago merely for voting brexit , best thing was it was in a wetherspoons , their chief was a brexit supporter , safe to say i left not long after , woke numpties are everywhere and they negatively effect lives , its an authoritarian mindset
@@mick6721 Do you? Or do you just read the Daily Mail all day... and believe it?
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Perfect reaction!
British documentaries are always so informative.
I wonder that this video hasn't caused a huge explosion from sheer irony.
You need to see diseases of the mind and conjugal rights. Harry enfield and chums was fantastic. It's a shame we don't have that level of comady these days.
I’ve seen young American women react to this sketch and it’s not taken so well, you got it as it’s intended. There are some who thought it was really from the Thirties and they scowl just like Paul Whitehouse.
The problem is, this is not far off the mark for the thirties and forties. Of course it is exaggerated but not by much.
Also try “take heed women, keep your virtue” for more Enfield laughs in a similar vein
So good to see the good old days when women knew when to speak, and when to shut up.
Humour........yep!.......
A cracking reaction, I loved your laughs 😁
you have got such a beautiful smile, love your videos, thank you.
Highly recommend the Harry Enfield skit "Homophobic Dad" !
Your reactions are priceless!
That is a hilarious and clever video....I am so pleased you saw and appreciated this (as a mother of a now 33-year-old daughter 😶and I know she would too) The only 'layer' of this, of course, that you may not appreciate is that it is, specifically, in the style of a 1940's (?) public information video. Btw I am new to your channel and will definitely watch more.... 👍
Glad you laughed.
Imagine my Beitish Mum’s surprise when she moved to the US in the early 50s.that this was the expectation for women at parties. She and my Dad left more than one dinner party after a male party goer started yelling at her.
Have a look at the Harry Enfield sketches 'I saw you Coming'. There are about 6 of them where he's an antique dealer in London, very funny and I'm told very true to life today.
Well done ladies great reaction 👍🏻
Thanks Georgia and gabby. I love this one .
Utterly delightful reaction
If this is the first time you have come across Harry Enfield your in for a treat.
Great reaction guys
Its funny because its an exaggerated truth. Great reaction.
She also was called Georgia.
These are a parody of public information films from the 40s and 50s but didn't stop there and came back as spine chillin' cartoons in the 70's called Charlie says... lol
Life Tip: When arguing with your spouse, don't quote this.