American Reacts to Open All Hours - s01e01 - Full Of Mysterious Promise
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Only people of a certain age will appreciate that the title was inspired by a TV commercial for Fry's Turkish Delight- "Full of eastern promse".
This show gets better as the characters develop .
This show is considered as one of the great sitcoms of English comedy, in more recent years its had a bit of a reboot as Still Open All Hours, with Granville now owning the shop.
This show and Porridge are Ronnie's finest sitcoms.
Porridge is funny but a vastly different character.
It's a lovely, gentle, north country comedy.
Ronnie's stutter is incredible he uses it to get some brilliant rude jokes in without ever actually saying anything inappropriate leaving the audience to provide their own smutty punchlines.
Not a fly or mouse swat, it's a carpet beater. Before vacuum cleaners were invented carpets were taken outside, hung up and beaten with one of those to shake the dust out.
@simoneobbins8357
I've still got one of the old metal ones with the wooden handle.
I was hoping someone had explained that for our man! Thanks for that. Again, very much an item of the period, in terms of it appearing in a TV show. The 1970s and 80s were the last time you saw comedy like this - gentle, domestic and heartwarming with genuine characters and enough chuckles and cultural references to keep it entertaining.
It's hard to explain exactly how big of a comfort hug this series remains. As a 49 yr old Northerner who sadly moved down south age 5, we had numerous visits to relatives still up north. The milk float delivered to my gran's at 6am and we would get woken up to say hello to the milk lady Annie who would tell us how big we'd grown since our last visit. The local grocery store was referred to as 'Auntie Jean's' by my gran, though she was unrelated to us! Pretty much all the items in Arkwright's store were available, except we got a whopping 10p upon return of our glass dandelion and burdock or cream soda bottles! As for the insistent flirting between Albert and Nurse Gladys, even watching now, it very much still feels that Gladys has full control of the situation - in part, perhaps because of her role as a nurse, and the inherent respect that goes along with it. I suspect audiences today might find it questionable, but she is never distressed by it - just world weary and bemused - as a woman, I can relate! 🙂 And it's a comedy of its time with the usual gender stereotypes. Hope you'll stick with it, but if you fancy trying a few other first episodes of some classic sitcoms, here are just a few for your consideration! 1. The Good Life (1975-1978) 2. Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995) 3. Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-1989) 4. One Foot in The Grave (1990 -2000) 5. Waiting For God (1990-1994)
Every one a gem! & as a 74 year old who has been dealing with inappropriate advances from both men & women since my pre teens to my late sixties I too respond with 'world weary & bemused' tolerant evasion. Chin up but never let your guard down - opportunists are everywhere. Cheers.
@@MazzaEliLi7406 lol. Yes, I wish I'd had the resolve of Gladys whilst working with numerous 'opportunists' in the earlier stages of my working life! I remember one job interview I had for a restaurant. I sat with the manager when an electrician who was working on some lights, climbed down his ladder and walked past. Turned to the manager and said, "You should hire her, she's got great legs!" 30 years ago and I still remember the cringey feeling of, "So we really are all just lumps of meat then!" I think it's so interesting re-watching classic sitcoms with modern sensibilities, but I do understand how newcomers must recoil at some of the 'accepted' sexism and misogyny! 🙂
@@yzolakitchi Yup. Cheers!
One ofofofof the best British comedies of which there are many classics
They called him The Guv'nor. He was highly respected because he was so good. You've met the three main characters, they are supplemented by various customers, some regular others one offs. Then there is the milk delivery lady who Granville develops a thing for.
In complete contrast, in Porridge, Ronnie plays a wily old con in prison, that series is excellent too.
Granville ( David Jason) achieved huge success following this a shady street trader in Only Fools and Horses. , That's very funny too. He's been knighted since then.
Give yourself a treat S, and do some more.
There were about 30 episodes of OAH in the 1970s/80s, and then it was revived in the 2010s as “Still Open All Hours” in which an older Granville was essentially a continuing version of the Arkwright character.
The till that grabs the money and slams shut becomes a running gag through the entire run of the show. More than one episode revolves around it, and as the years progress it gradually gets faster and more vicious in its action.
I still flinch when I think of what happened to poor Granville's dangler. 😳
The saying here of "open all hours" does not mean 24 hours. It means when a shop is open say from 5 am to 10 pm, which are long hours compared to 8 am to 6 pm we just say " oh they're open all hours"
Dude. This is old but absolute quality. I hope you "get" it. It hasn't aged at all. So funny. Please enjoy and do a couple episodes.
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This is from February 1976.
The Pilot episode shows a different Nurse and is from March 1973. It is on CZcams.
I was born a couple of streets away from where this was filmed.
Have you seen Porridge? That’s a younger Ronnie Barker as a character in Jail
Also look for a sitcom called Gimme Gimme Gimme starring Kathy Burke. Episode 1 "Who's that boy"? So funny, good luck
If you enjoy this you’ll want to watch Porridge too, top notch Barker.
Bxkid7 and and couple others have done this awesome series, its generally a safe one to do without the hassle of copyright strikes and stuff.
We had an Arkwright where I grew up in the 1960s and 70s. His shop was on the end of a parade of shops. Every Christmas all the other shops in the parade used to put up a large Christmas tree in an oil drum and string lights between them. All except outside his shop on the end of the row.
Although it had to be fitted in around the various commitments of Barker and Jason, 'Open All Hours' was a big hit show. Particularly during its longer run in the 1980s. I don't know how many people objected to the fact that the regular cast were not, in point of fact, northern. The writing, on the other half, definitely is!
I've been watching these repeats for years, but I've never seen the First Episode. Thank you Mr Squirrel
There is a pilot episode with a different Gladys Emanuel
@@sjbict I'm glad Squirrel didn't start with the 'pilot' episode.
Snap - not even all those years ago.
Written by the brilliant Roy Clarke who's hits include Last of the summer wine. The follow up series Still open all hours isn't a patch on the original as Roy Clarke had passed away ,his humour couldn't be written by someone else and it showed. RiP Roy your sadly missed.
What do you mean passed away. He's 94 years old.
He also wrote all six series of Still open all hours.
So happy your jumping on oah. Its sooo good, Ronnie and David together is pure gold
This and Porridge….. Barker at his finest
There is a small local shop a 7- 11 near me called Arkrights . Also parked outside a nearby pub is a yellow three-wheeled car like the one off only fools and horses .
Another oldy that the whole family could sit and watch together 📺😄
The mouse swatter is actually a carpet beater used back in the day to clean carpets / rugs by hanging on a clothes line and beating the dirt out of them.
I thought you reacted to this already, but I think I got you mixed up with the Eclectic Beard. 😂
Trigger from Only Fools and Horses might say, “It’s open all hours - but not at night!”
This ran for around Ten Years first time around, I think it started around 1975-ish so running alongside The Two Ronnies, Sir David Jason bought it back about six or so years ago, as they'd asked before about whatever happened to Granville, they kept a picture of Ronnie B by the old till. The original series pulled in millions and the person who played Nurse Gladys worked with Dan in the nightclubs, so knew Ronnie C more so than Ronnie B at the time in the 60's. The shop they use is actually the local hairdressers, which they refurbished each series, so it's a real Street in the North and exteriors are all the shop, I think they filmed up north as well, but might have been BBC in London, it's a long time ago
There are 4 series of the original ones.
Nice one Squirrel.
I used to watch this when I was a kid when my Grandparents were alive.
Most of the jokes went over my head then. But I can still hear them laughing now at the silly adult humour.
Brings back good memories. Happy days! 😂
All best!
This was filmed just down the road from me (figure of speech) in Balby near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. It's a hairdressers and the council want to demolish it.
I was a kid and lived in balby Doncaster in the 1970s and I used to go down the road to watch this being filmed it was great times back then
That got me then, I didn't know what Charabanc driver meant, now I do! I had an idea it was something to do with horses 😅 we're so young and naive!
This series was responsible for me , even to this day, upon spilling something or seeing it spilled, saying to no one in particluar 'Granville, fetch a cloth...'
26:43 - it's a beater for a carpet.
The First of any series is never quite representative of the series as a whole. I think Open All Hours (like Porridge) has "pilot" episode" in the form of Comedy Playhouse (for Porridge) and Six of Barker - for OAH. , the six also produced the series "Clarence" (a mr magoo type short sighted character). We had on Saturday a special 60years of BBC2 program scheduled, which included Ep1 of Carla Lane's "Butterflies" , and the first episode of "The Likely Lads"
I'm glad he didn't start with the pilot episode of this, with a different actress playing the part of the nurse, too.
Porridge and Open All Hours both came from the series Seven of One. The Porridge pilot was called Prisoner and Escort.
In reference to prices, my first office job after leaving college at around that time paid me £30 per week. Out of which I was paying £15 per week for a bedroom in a shared house.
somehow I was on £50 and paying a tenner which I thought was a lot.
Hey Squirrel. This was a great programme and was a pure record of the time. Arkwright’s “belle” Midwife Gladys Emmanuel was the typical midwife. They were employed by the local GP (Family Doctor) to aid women through their pregnancy. At one time they rode around on bicycles but later all seemed to have Moris Minor cars, usually white! Usually they were portly women and the best known women locally as you can imagine. They knew the intimate details of the mothers in the area, and the dad’s!
The shop was typical of Mum & Pop shops before the time of supermarkets and large grocery stores.
The ability of Ronnie Barker to keep up such a speech impediment was very skilful and didn’t seem to offend the general public. The follow up show “Still open all hours” wit David Jason taking over the main role is a great show with some of the old characters and a few new.
I think the cash till reflects the tight fistedness of Arkwright who somehow has a knack of 'extracting' money out of his customers, I guess the till is doing the same with the 'keen' note spring clip and snap tight drawer . 😃
Absolutely love this! Part of my childhood!
His best series, I think most would agree, was "Porridge"? Set inside a prison.
Nurse Gladys Emmanuelle, lived just up the road from me.
Urmston, Manchester.
Never saw her well stuffed blouse though.
Although it became an intrinsic part of the series, Arkwright's internal monologue was the one part Ronnie Barker didn't really care for. I think it was because it might have cast the character in a more philosophical light, at odds with his apparent devotion to small shiny tokens of exchange. All of which he preferred to keep in the till - with it's cash drawer operated by a production hand with a rope just off-set.
ONG you have your channel proud starting this ronnie barker is amazing you need to watch this regularly weekly if possible & its could be like still game Tony please keep watching it the stutter is amazingly done by sir ronnie barker
This sitcom and " porridge" show how wonderful was Ronnie Barker.
What Happened to "Maid Marion" products and stores as a buying group competitor to Spar ?
Hey🐿👍a real blast from the past,so glad you're giving this a go it's a gem with Arkwright on his neverending quest to snare nurse Gladys and Granvilles never ending quest trying to discover the meaning of life🤣it's definitely of it's time but a classic,cheers mate✌️🍻
"Open All Hours" doesn't refer to literal 24 hours, it's just a Brit saying. More a mindset like the Beatles 8 days a week. It just means that if you need a tin of beans or a loaf of bread etc the chances are that the shop will be open. Maybe 6:30 AM to 9:00 PM which may as well be all day.
Oh squirrel I luv this series I watched it with chadeo before he was a music reaction channel I luv Granville so funny so a good period of time this was ❤😂😹✌🏼🐿️ 32:24
Title theme is called 'Alice, where art thou'...
ive the dvd box set of open all hours love ronnie barker and david jason they were bbbbbbbb rilliant togather rip ronnie
I remember this when it came out, a good fun series :)
you gotta check out "porridge". a much younger ronnie.
One of the better sitcoms. There was a couple of comments that would be considered too racist to air today. When Granville said things were so hard in his day that people from Bradford went looking for work in Pakistan, it was a reference to the high number of Pakistanis that emigrated to Bradford from the 1950s onwards.
thats not really racist, it is factual ! it was more Post WW2 a lot from Bradford etc became ten pound poms and went to New Zealand/ Australia etc leaving somewhat of a labour shortage for the remaining mills etc. The enterprising migrants in ended up running some of the textile businesses (and just about every minicab and all speaking with a broad yorkshire accent ! ( see AdventureMe vids though for how local and national govt took the historic heart out of much of Bradford with the destruction of rail stations and the blasting through of ring roads and motorways. ( and to be honest no one with any sense should really attempt to live in Queensbury ( though one of my friends did )
Did you recognise Del boy
if you persevere wait till you get to the various bits of shtick about his money belt
Have you looked at the Two Ronnies ‘By The Sea’ yet?
Notice my national flag behind you 😊
Please do more
Could u recton to still open all hours
If u havent seen last of the summer wine u should compo and nora batty are arkright and nurse gladis emaunel to a tea compo more direct tjen arkright
Fyi mrs blewiett is the same actress as nora batty
F f f fetch your cloth
RIP Ronnie
im stealing that.. back in my day people of Bradford used to go to Pakistan looking for work!! haha gold