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  • čas přidán 22. 01. 2022
  • A great comedy from the mid 70's, following the adventures of landlord Rigsby, a miserly yet likeable rogue, and the tenants he exploits. Series 3.

Komentáře • 190

  • @stephentomkinson5115
    @stephentomkinson5115 Před 14 dny +4

    One comedy which has stood the test of time. As brilliant, quick and witty as it was back in the 70's. Never get tired of watching an episode. The cast and Eric Chapel the writer were fantastic.

  • @kurman4749
    @kurman4749 Před rokem +42

    I absolutely loved this series the first time it was shown on television in the 1970s. It is just as funny today with the incomparable Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby. Priceless.

  • @mrlesta
    @mrlesta Před 10 měsíci +27

    Rupert Rigsby the ex war hero with shrapnel that moves around his body, the ex boxing chamo, the wine and food connousier, the perfect gentleman in a unruly permissive society, the best sitcom character in british comedy

    • @redorblue8124
      @redorblue8124 Před 25 dny +1

      leonard was my father

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan Před 20 dny

      That's a rather novel spelling of the word connoisseur.

    • @mrlesta
      @mrlesta Před 20 dny

      @@SpeccyMan Isnt it just

  • @free..to..air..
    @free..to..air.. Před rokem +68

    Another great scouse actor ...serious player doing expert comedy....timing...absolutely spot on.....the looks...innuendo...sly asides..Rossiter had it all

  • @starkRECORDINGS
    @starkRECORDINGS Před rokem +56

    Rigsby is simply brilliant. "Crumpet, anyone?".

  • @sheargillsparkie9588
    @sheargillsparkie9588 Před rokem +37

    Absolutely fantastic. Heart warming brilliance. Written and performed by absolute legends.

  • @barnabyhoofer8044
    @barnabyhoofer8044 Před rokem +43

    One of the best ever. Rigsby's face when he finds out he is not invited is pure class.

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před rokem

      He could be a mean son of a bitch though...hence why the young lady used the term 'that evil old man', I think it was. Clearly liked...not!

    • @PoshLifeforME
      @PoshLifeforME Před rokem +3

      hehe he he yeah that was gold.

  • @malimalou751
    @malimalou751 Před rokem +23

    The best of British comedy ! British comedy at its best !

  • @cacambo589
    @cacambo589 Před rokem +45

    Mojo, you will be rewarded for uploading this work of genius. Bless you. Sometimes I could cry for the kids I see in the streets who'll never understand the significance of Rossiter in his prime.

  • @tinajones5641
    @tinajones5641 Před rokem +14

    One of my favourite comedy series from my childhood. Never get tired of watching this kind of comedy.

  • @paulmoloney4160
    @paulmoloney4160 Před rokem +26

    I luv Don Warrington brilliant actor and Alan sadly missed and Rigsby British comedy is the best

  • @bob-sb2zu
    @bob-sb2zu Před 10 měsíci +7

    Judy Buxton was a very good sport in this episode ,a very lovely young lady too ,played the' upper class' daughter to perfection .💘

  • @guysatchwell6990
    @guysatchwell6990 Před 23 dny +4

    Cattle grid, gravel drive, six stone Labrador!

  • @keriannandrews7362
    @keriannandrews7362 Před 2 lety +43

    My favourite episode, sheer brilliance

  • @emmapeart6101
    @emmapeart6101 Před rokem +16

    Great comedy, brilliant actors. Timeless classics 😂.

  • @dean8552
    @dean8552 Před 2 lety +29

    The best comedy ever 🤣 i was fetched up on this 🤣 😂 😆

  • @Shoosh125cc
    @Shoosh125cc Před rokem +7

    i dont care what some people say about racist rigsby, im of mix race and i love him😂😂😂😂one of the best

  • @user-qy9rt9cy2b
    @user-qy9rt9cy2b Před 19 dny +3

    Watching 2024 still fab love them can’t make comedy like this anymore ❤❤❤❤

  • @501sqn3
    @501sqn3 Před rokem +14

    Pure quality,those were the days 👏👏👏

  • @dogpaw775
    @dogpaw775 Před rokem +25

    brilliant, not seen since 70's- acting, script, pinnacle stuff. thank you.

  • @67lionsoflisbon37
    @67lionsoflisbon37 Před 10 měsíci +10

    The range and depth of the sitcoms made by the Beeb and the various ITV companies in the 60s,70 and 80s was extraordinary. Rising Damp cast were giants. Funny and witty. Better days.
    Nowadays, utter crap on tv.

  • @philjamieson5572
    @philjamieson5572 Před rokem +21

    I really miss this kind of comedy. I'm old old so that probably explains it.

    • @josephwright6154
      @josephwright6154 Před rokem +6

      I am matured like a fine wine, and I'm sure you are. Rising damp was very funny 🤣

  • @user-jv4rq4qe1d
    @user-jv4rq4qe1d Před 8 měsíci +2

    Amazingly well written and delivered. Superb. Nothing like that now.

  • @nix4pool
    @nix4pool Před 10 měsíci +3

    One of the greats, LR born to be Rigsby, brilliant writing too, superb comedy series.

  • @tomdagg6545
    @tomdagg6545 Před 2 lety +12

    British comedy. 60s 70s 80s 90s best fantastic. Brilliant acting. 👏😎

  • @Woodman-Spare-that-tree
    @Woodman-Spare-that-tree Před rokem +17

    Every single actor in this series was top class. You’d never see that nowadays.

    • @tonywarriner4489
      @tonywarriner4489 Před rokem +1

      Too true

    • @SundaeRoast
      @SundaeRoast Před rokem

      No blinkered prejudice there, then.

    • @SundaeRoast
      @SundaeRoast Před rokem

      @crazyclive Paranoid much? What logic, pray, did you deploy to deduce that said utterance was directed at you?

    • @SundaeRoast
      @SundaeRoast Před rokem

      @crazyclive Leave me alone, you creepy old man 🥴

    • @SundaeRoast
      @SundaeRoast Před rokem

      @crazyclive God, you are soooo creepy! 😦

  • @malimalou751
    @malimalou751 Před rokem +4

    In my view, another TOP comedy of the period and that I get to watch again and again on CZcams is BREAD !

  • @colinryan315
    @colinryan315 Před 2 lety +106

    They don't make comedy's like this anymore because there's not actors like lenord rossiter anymore.

    • @paulbats6996
      @paulbats6996 Před 2 lety +1

      There are plenty of talented actors around today.

    • @stevenfinch9026
      @stevenfinch9026 Před rokem +3

      @@paulbats6996 no chance

    • @pauldurkee4764
      @pauldurkee4764 Před rokem +12

      Spot on Colin.
      Leonard Rossiter definitely a top notch actor, he did his apprenticeship in regional theatrical companies, like many did years ago, that's where they learned the craft, I'm sad to say most actors these days don't have that background, that's why they're not in the same class. 👍

    • @jamesadams6009
      @jamesadams6009 Před rokem

      Leonard.

    • @selenaannesmith1604
      @selenaannesmith1604 Před rokem +1

      @@paulbats6996 rubbish

  • @johnboyle4797
    @johnboyle4797 Před rokem +8

    Loved this in seventies,now adore it in the 2020s.

  • @jameswoodford2628
    @jameswoodford2628 Před 21 dnem +3

    Still funny after all these years.

  • @kevpage
    @kevpage Před rokem +12

    Greatest comedy ever produced, let’s see an American comedy remembered after so many decades

    • @terryhalco1021
      @terryhalco1021 Před rokem +3

      Well, there is All in the Family, the Bob Newhart Show, and the Mary Tyler Moore Show...

    • @deanmartin5478
      @deanmartin5478 Před rokem +1

      I saw all those American sitcoms of the seventies and they were bloody boring and not funny and were really PC even back then. Archie Bunker was a bad rip off of Alf Garnett.

    • @wideawake914
      @wideawake914 Před rokem +1

      The only USA comedy shows that I found funny and still do were green acres, bilko, f troop.

    • @MOGGS1942
      @MOGGS1942 Před 19 dny +1

      Sgt. Bilko, Frasier.

    • @briancox9357
      @briancox9357 Před 2 dny

      Seinfeld, Frasier

  • @Hondanissanman
    @Hondanissanman Před rokem +12

    I love the scene when rigsby says crumpet anyone (11:08) 😂.

  • @johnkhalkho798
    @johnkhalkho798 Před rokem +3

    Sheer Brilliance by all the characters :)

  • @johnnykennedy4669
    @johnnykennedy4669 Před rokem +6

    18.30 - 19.00 ....Absolute genius from Leonard Rossiter.

  • @jameslynch7826
    @jameslynch7826 Před 2 lety +9

    Love it
    Absolutely hilarious
    Brilliant

  • @Baltihunter
    @Baltihunter Před 9 měsíci +2

    The double goose as they stormed out lol

  • @davidbishop904
    @davidbishop904 Před rokem +4

    "Ah yes, Glyndebourne. The three day event no doubt." 😆

  • @johnbell2639
    @johnbell2639 Před rokem +6

    Most ironic line from Richard Beckinsale if I was to go suddenly was spoken in this episode

    • @kevinsimpson8686
      @kevinsimpson8686 Před rokem +3

      Yeah, poor fella. I saw an interview with his daughter recently and she was still so upset at the fact her dad died so soon. I think he was about 36 but I could be wrong. Richard would have went on to great roles as he was a very talented actor. God bless mate.

    • @carlodonn8983
      @carlodonn8983 Před rokem +5

      ​@@kevinsimpson8686he was 31

  • @arthurconan1899
    @arthurconan1899 Před 25 dny +1

    The Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin..... Leonard Rossitor... brilliant

  • @kevinmoffatt
    @kevinmoffatt Před 8 měsíci +1

    Imagine being given the task of writing the script and being told it's a comedy set in a boarding house? Where would you even start? And yet it was, in my ignorant opinion, an absolute masterclass of the best of British comedy that encapsulates all of the nuances of English society and social values and brought to life by the genius of the casting and their acting talent. My wife and I still banter with the dialogue fifty years later.

  • @tonyjohno7570
    @tonyjohno7570 Před rokem +4

    Crumpet anyone haha 😂 genius

  • @ronwalker9834
    @ronwalker9834 Před rokem +4

    Love this show.proper actors.

  • @vinnyvincent2862
    @vinnyvincent2862 Před rokem +18

    TRIVIA : Rigsby and miss Jones didn't get on with each other in real life (opposite political beliefs) and Ironically the night leonard Rossiter had his fatal heart attack in the theatre he was performing 🎭 she was in the audience ! A 40year anniversary tribute documentary has since been made for TV including a Reunion for the Surviving cast Members ! But Frances de la tour Didnt participate ! R.I.P. Richard Beckinsdale Leonard Rossiter ! And Vienna ❤🙏

  • @peterhagan8454
    @peterhagan8454 Před 26 dny +1

    flick the fly out of the tea cup, a man of etiquette and refine

  • @chuckynickolodean8420
    @chuckynickolodean8420 Před rokem +3

    Leonard Rossiter was BRILLIANT...

  • @redlabel3977
    @redlabel3977 Před rokem +5

    Priceless comedy 😂🤣

  • @dougaldouglas8842
    @dougaldouglas8842 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Just hit on this one as like to remember the great acting that we once had, tongue in cheek acting.

  • @kjh789az
    @kjh789az Před rokem +2

    Love the dialogue and dingy interior.

  • @davidwaterhouse2552
    @davidwaterhouse2552 Před rokem +1

    Oh just Brilliant! I have got the box set, but it still cracks me up watching it again! dx

  • @kokoeteantigha389
    @kokoeteantigha389 Před rokem +5

    I don't slurp.
    Yes, you do. Sound like a buffalo at the watering hole.

  • @ericrobson4291
    @ericrobson4291 Před rokem +3

    Sleaze heaven but done with charm/1970s forever

  • @rockyrowlands3652
    @rockyrowlands3652 Před 10 měsíci +1

    His timing was spot on.

  • @helentucker6407
    @helentucker6407 Před rokem +2

    That was just so good!

  • @paulmoloney4160
    @paulmoloney4160 Před rokem +9

    And Judy Buxton was brilliant

    • @Useaname
      @Useaname Před rokem +2

      She had a lovely harris

  • @squiresquiffy3728
    @squiresquiffy3728 Před 7 měsíci

    Still just as good as I remember it. So well written and performed.

  • @davidpollard4051
    @davidpollard4051 Před rokem +4

    They don't make them any better than this. "Shall I go round with the air freshener ? The wind's off the abattoir tonight..."

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před rokem

      London has many sewers, so in truth can come in from any direction.

    • @davidpollard4051
      @davidpollard4051 Před rokem +1

      @@nialloneill5097 Yes, but it wasn't set in London.

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před rokem

      @@davidpollard4051 The film was, but the series were set a good 20 miles from where I come from up north, in Leeds. In fact, my great auntie used to live in nearby Holmfirth too, which we used to visit when I was really young, and which I dreaded, due to the enormous hill we had to walk up to get there, as she must have lived close to where Nora Batty was purported to live in the series Last of the Summer Wine. As for smells, well S Yorks could stink, especially when the biggest coking plant in Europe at Manvers In Wath was throwing out its variety of sulphurous compounds, which stunk like bad eggs. I reckon that was worse than any sewerage smell, but it would be probably be down personal preference, or should I say indifference, even repugnance. GREAT show by the way!

    • @davidpollard4051
      @davidpollard4051 Před rokem

      @@nialloneill5097 I know - there are frequent references to the M62 motorway during the series so no idea why you mentioned anything about London ? It's clearly set against a Northern backdrop.

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před rokem

      @@davidpollard4051 Simply the sewers there.

  • @imanihekima1659
    @imanihekima1659 Před 13 dny

    The lines Alan speaks at about 3:56 where he's describing the home reminds me of Rigsby's way of putting things.

  • @Jack-fs2im
    @Jack-fs2im Před 13 dny

    pure class comedy

  • @rra8973
    @rra8973 Před 2 lety +15

    What genius so funny everyone plays their parts fantastically well only with there were a Christmas episode for every series and a few more series aswell just got into this show properly what a treat

    • @donnn-ow4rj
      @donnn-ow4rj Před 2 lety +2

      You only just got into the series?? My God what took you so long?? lol plus theres a brilliant movie rising damp , not sure if you knew ?

    • @rra8973
      @rra8973 Před 2 lety +1

      @@donnn-ow4rj yes saw the film to it was good beckinsales character was amiss but I truly love it all currently watching one foot in the grave having just binge watched only when I laugh also amazing

    • @donnn-ow4rj
      @donnn-ow4rj Před 2 lety

      @@rra8973 yes I love one for in grave and recently binged watched them all r on bbc. I have every episode on dvd but not watched them in a few years so nice to catch up with them all again.. one for in grave is unique comedy cause it has dark serioues iissues mixed in with it. I do like only when I laugh but not as much as I want too if tjat makes sense?? lol notice peter bowles plays archie in it exactly the same as hilary in his rising dano episode it might as well be the same chracter .

    • @rra8973
      @rra8973 Před 2 lety

      @@donnn-ow4rj yeah there is alot of good british comedy we have that is true it's sad to say I'm just a recent fan of peter Bowles just watched him in bounders and fell in love I'm trying to find a copy of the complete series of perfect scoundrels but cant find it anywhere such a shame.just purchased to the manor born lyttons diary and the irish r.m and his autobiography!lol

    • @donnn-ow4rj
      @donnn-ow4rj Před 2 lety

      @@rra8973 does he mention his experience in rising damp in his autobiography? I know Leonard rooster was very difficult to work with. Also if you are a fan of him, he is in a tales of the unexpected with Joan Colin's called neck. It's a great sinister episode. Filmed in about 1980 just before she got her big dynasty role.

  • @highdownmartin
    @highdownmartin Před rokem +1

    The class war of 2022.
    A great episode

  • @nonnayoubuzinnes1669
    @nonnayoubuzinnes1669 Před 29 dny +1

    Liverpool's finest actor imo

  • @Sjmby95
    @Sjmby95 Před rokem +5

    Classic comedy 🤣

  • @davidcattell7631
    @davidcattell7631 Před rokem

    I have always like 60s 70s 80s 90s Classic as the timeless as time am 54 years old not keen on the modern stuff in 50 years that will always be shown

  • @thomashanratty9091
    @thomashanratty9091 Před 21 dnem +1

    Brilliant

  • @raidenwolfe6495
    @raidenwolfe6495 Před rokem +2

    God love ya Rigsby!

  • @jaymorris3468
    @jaymorris3468 Před 19 dny +1

    Classic, This, Ever Decreasing Circles, Fawlty Towers, Reginald Perrin, Only Fools and Horses etc, there isn't comedy like this any more. Mores the pity.

  • @arthurconan1899
    @arthurconan1899 Před 25 dny +1

    Pure Genius 😂

  • @abztrakt7071
    @abztrakt7071 Před rokem +1

    I remember thinking as a kid this guy looks a lot like Jackie Chan, I still do lol

  • @Eire_Go_Deo
    @Eire_Go_Deo Před 2 měsíci +2

    I always thought Alan's girlfriend Caroline was absolutley gorgeous ❤

  • @slobodanreka1088
    @slobodanreka1088 Před 2 lety +5

    4:31 "Is she worth much?"
    "52,000"....
    Such precious times.

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před rokem

      Simple comedy and jokes, but they usually worked, although the wish for a white wedding would cause a rumble, or two, these days.

  • @wywot
    @wywot Před rokem +1

    Wey hey hey hey...twice.😀

  • @user-vl7yv8pe5u
    @user-vl7yv8pe5u Před rokem +2

    I agree to all of the comments

  • @henryroot4381
    @henryroot4381 Před 10 měsíci +1

    A comedy masterclass by Rossiter. We won't see his like again sadly, nor this high level comedy.. destroyed by wokeists..

  • @mikegrace
    @mikegrace Před 2 lety +7

    Rigsby kicking the table over

  • @QUIGS102
    @QUIGS102 Před 2 lety +3

    I agree!!

  • @michaelodonovan7405
    @michaelodonovan7405 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I fancy it...

  • @Useaname
    @Useaname Před rokem +1

    Ruth's face at 22.38

  • @tobleramone
    @tobleramone Před rokem +1

    I fancy it.

  • @MegaStig25
    @MegaStig25 Před 2 lety +3

    Mildred Bagworthy that was

  • @operationpaperclip3952
    @operationpaperclip3952 Před rokem +1

    I clicked SUBSCRIBE just by looking at the title and the color pallete hues popular for that decade.
    Just a few seconds into the show and --BULLSEYE!
    Excellent Show.
    Ohhj, to meet and have as a friend someone like the older Gent.
    Where are the good People these days?
    He's the Pillar of Society.
    Some cultures, the single mother is a glorification. Sad.
    Those Types of Social Circles are also T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
    I'm here in Los Angeles, so you might understand what i mean.
    A society doesn't long endure built on fatherless homes.
    Tragically, some women ONLY care to be mothers without providing for their child, a Father in the Home.
    That's SELFISHNESS, NARCISCISM, HEDONISM.

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před rokem

      That's something that started in the late 70's, early 80's over in the UK, often inspired by the desire for a free flat, freedom from parents, freedom from partners, and ability to have a sh_g. These women usually preferred not to declare their men, even if they had a regular one, as it interfered with the maximisation of their benefits. I never criticised it but plenty of people did, but it was the way the poorer half of the populous got by, especially women who didn't want to work. It was then though that the honesty, and sincerity of our society began to decline, as feminism began to expand, and men generally became rats, and relationships are much more superficial. I recall my father's generation who were really chivalrous, but now they'd think you were an unscrupulous sex abuser and after something if you went to help a damsel in distress..I don't know whether it is true or not, but a chap told me older women are a nightmare over here, as they split with husband, take lion's share of home, obtain a job with lots of money in bank, then have own place with car, and holidays etc, and go around pulling younger men. So whatever the reasons for all this moral decline and decay , the result is a fractured society, with no strong father, or mother figures, that are capable of moulding genuine human beings for our societies. However, politicians as role models have a lot to account for too, and just in the last week over here, the ridiculous budget that is rewarding the greediest, and most crooked segments of society sums our society up really, we're f'd. And this won't be fixed overnight, but it will end in conflicts, and wars, that are wrose than anything we have seen thus far, sadly.

  • @jimmywormholes2053
    @jimmywormholes2053 Před rokem +1

    MaGicKal ShoW
    MaGicKal

  • @paulmoloney4160
    @paulmoloney4160 Před rokem +1

    A jam butty

  • @liquiddenti
    @liquiddenti Před 2 lety +40

    Could you imagine if this was shown today on ITV or the BBC? The woke snowflake lefties would have a meltdown! 🤣

    • @eddyriley2055
      @eddyriley2055 Před 2 lety +10

      we can only enjoy their pain.

    • @paulmcdonough1093
      @paulmcdonough1093 Před 2 lety +2

      to right

    • @pj1909
      @pj1909 Před 2 lety +8

      It's on itv3 10am regularly and it's 2022

    • @Rich6Brew
      @Rich6Brew Před 2 lety +4

      "woke snowflake lefties": Client Journalist speak.

    • @paulbats6996
      @paulbats6996 Před 2 lety +5

      Another reactionary comment from a Daily Mail reader.

  • @dafinker3443
    @dafinker3443 Před 8 měsíci

    Comment , Colin Yan 👏✅

  • @privatewiddle7636
    @privatewiddle7636 Před 8 měsíci

    Silver sleeves

  • @jb6368
    @jb6368 Před rokem

    15:22 rigsby looks like he could demolish with a swing of that also lol

  • @josephdunne8223
    @josephdunne8223 Před rokem +2

    Perfect comedy. -- And lots of' 'pre-programming' to the 'agendas' they now force down on us all..............

  • @ProfessorKenneth
    @ProfessorKenneth Před 3 měsíci

    😅👍🏻

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 Před rokem +7

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

    • @cliffwheeler7357
      @cliffwheeler7357 Před rokem +6

      Why have you posted dialogue from an episode of Fawlty Towers on the comments for Rising Damp? Why would you do that unless you were a bit strange.

    • @fredflintstoner596
      @fredflintstoner596 Před rokem +3

      @@cliffwheeler7357 HOW DO LIKE THEM APPLES ?

    • @stevenfinch9026
      @stevenfinch9026 Před rokem +1

      @@fredflintstoner596 karma corner

    • @fredflintstoner596
      @fredflintstoner596 Před rokem +1

      @@stevenfinch9026 I KNOW NOTHING !

    • @stevenfinch9026
      @stevenfinch9026 Před rokem

      @@fredflintstoner596 ha ha do u watch him

  • @rosannacastagnetti330

    Going back year

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 Před 11 dny

    Episode from 1977. Mrs Armitage, was played by the late Diane King, bit of a racist episode, with the usual ranting fast-talking Rigsby.

    • @omblackwell1183
      @omblackwell1183 Před 11 dny +2

      What racism? Are you imagining things again Mr. Sugden? Things such as “everybody born before the millennium is the spawn of satan and likely, at any moment, to mention the Devil’s Dumplings”?

  • @stellen11
    @stellen11 Před rokem +7

    Alan's gf is so gorgeous. Even better than brenda!

  • @jansammut9557
    @jansammut9557 Před rokem +2

    Brilliant