If people are wondering why this ended up in a kids' movie, it's because the word "arse", while considered fairly vulgar language, is not seen to be quite as vulgar as "ass" is in America. "Arsehole" is considered a fairly vulgar insult, however, and that will often bump a film up to a 12.
Honestly that constable was pretty smart. Wallace's traps and pest control devices have always been reliable, so for them to suddenly be ineffective would be out of character if they were facing mere rabbits. So the only logical explanation would be sabotage; a person would easily be able to bypass those systems. Of course nobody would expect a giant were-rabbit would be the cause
That's actually a really good point. And generally speaking, I don't remember any invention that Wallace has made ever drastically malfunctioning on it's own. They've only ever gone wrong from being misused, or deliberately altered by someone else. The only case was with the one from this specific movie in order to cure his own distaste for vegetables, and make the rabbits dislike vegetables instead. That's specific machine resulting in Wallace becoming the Were-rabbit being the only one I can think of that catastrophically failed. Though, if I remember right, it was actually Gromit that accidentally reversed the machine. So had that not happened, the machine worked perfectly as intended. Which I have to say, Wallace as an inventor has a stellar track record.
@@DragonHeart53Huh... thinking about it, you're right! There _is_ a series of shorts called "Cracking Contraptions" that's about Wallace inventing things that malfunction, but as far as the main series, everything mostly works as intended. Though it was Wallace who kicked the lever to reverse the machine, and they also failed to put the kettle on for their Rube Goldberg wakeup system on the first night.
This movie was utterly hilarious, and I still can't believe they got away with some of the jokes in it. Quite apart from "Someone arson around," you had "Kiss my artichoke," the vicar's "Nun Wrestling" magazine, and a naked Wallace covering his modesty with a cardboard box prominently displaying a "May contain nuts" sticker.
My favourite line I still quote to this day "I never saw such cauliflower carnage! Worse than the great slug blight of 32, back when there were slugs the size of pigs" "Groberts right the Slugs are back!!!"
It's actually like this in rural parts round here....that's how we ended up with the "you'll have someone's eye out with that" saying. Should have seen it at closing time down the many local pubs....carnage absolutely everywhere.
There's a similar gag in John Wayne's "Rio Grande". His Irish friend is repeatedly called an arsonist and acts deeply offended. Then he asks someone what it means, is told the correct definition, and laughs heartily. "Oh, is that all it is?"
@@jamespennington7919 You mean something like “What’s your brother doing tonight?” “Nothin’, just arsin’ about at the club with his friends.” “You mean his gay buddies?” “Yeah, so what? Oh...”
I've only seen three of the W&G Nick Park films (Grand Day Out etc) do not recall this scene. Which film is the short from? Thank you. Narragansett Bay
I think this movie is where I first heard the word "arson", but I didn't know what it meant until years later. Funny how movies can actually teach you new words.
Still one of my most favorite movies from Aardman, and fmaily movies in general. The organ was also hilarious. And when the villain was spinning around on the church
@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 I'm scrolling down trying to find the answer as well lmao. I know it's one of the Wallace and Grommit/ Shaun films, but not sure which
Reminds me of the first episode of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the radio. A woman is giving a tedious speech and you can just hear someone in the crowd say "Why don't you get on with it, you fart faced old bat?"
Good old British humour with word play. Brought to us by the genius Peter Kay. Edited again: Wow, not to be that guy, but so many likes in just over 24 hours! Appreciate the love. God bless I meant to type likes, and typed comments instead! Don't comment at 1AM is my takeaway from this.
@@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.Peter Kay gave us Phoenix Night when he was 28! Bone fide genius that, up there with the greats and no mistake. John Cleese didn't give us Fawlty Towers until he has 36!
His film was genius. Every time you watch it, you get new jokes that they'd snuck in so naturally. I wouldn't be surprised if every single line in this film is in some way a joke, I'm just not old enough to get them yet
I found myself reciting this word for word as I watched it. The Wallace & Gromit series (the feature-length Curse of the Were Rabbit especially) will NEVER stop being a cornerstone of great British comedy.
This movie had a lot of great little bits. My two favorites are the very obvious joke about the wererabbit needing to be killed by a 24 karat gold bullet, and the much less obvious joke that the author of the monster book is named "Claude Savagely"
I prefer the gag later in the same scene, when the character voiced by Ralph Fiennes mentions the titular Were Rabbit and there’s a dramatic chord in the music, and he immediately goes "Stop that!" And then they cut to the organ player in the church closing the lid on the organ.
The little finger wave with the phrase "That's right!" as he chuckles at his own joke while everyone boos him is what makes this pristine. 😄 Can't devastate a man who thinks his own jokes are hilarious.
@@04SlhSarson is when you set something on fire, here he just means arsing (messing around) so the joke is theyre confused why he says arson, when he means someone was just messing around.
That's pretty top tier, but the true best joke is when victor gets his pants pulled down by a weathervane and the vicar dramatically points and yells "beware the moooooon!"
Im 35, and if this film is on tv, Ill stop what Im doing and watch 😂 its genuinely one of the best children's films for adults.... its like Paddington!
Dude when lady goes through b secret door and you see the whole taxidermied bodies of the animals sticking out the other side of the wall, it just kills me every time.
There are so many great jokes in this movie. The gardening tools stall holder changing his sign to "Angry mob supplies" Wallace being genuinely surprised that the fallen tree is "heavier than it looks." "Who's there?" *BELCH* "Mrs Mulch?" The titles on Wallace's book shelf all being cheese versions of real books. The drawing of bigfoot in the vicar's book of monsters. "We'll be there in an AAAAARGH!" "In an hour? I can't wait that long"
I remember watching the first movie on Christmas eve 1989. There had been two clips of it on a show earlier in the year and I was more excited about that Christmas coming than I had been for ages. I crossed the days off the calendar and kept shouting "Only ... days until that film with the plasticine dog and the coin operated gas cooker is on TV!!!!!! Yipppeeee" Then I'd spin round in my chair. I was 25 and at work at the time, but I didn't care.
This is the best joke in Wallace and Gromit and in history it gets me EVERY TIME. I ahve always loved this joke and look foward to it every time I watch curse of the were rabbit
I don't know which is funnier, arsing around, or his head being the perfect shape for his helmet.
the second thing is way funnier to me lmao
You can hear it pop off implying it is THE PERFECT shape for his head. It is FITTED SPECIFICALLY for his head
Aardman are smart enough for it to be both
*”Plop”*
Both. Both is good
That character is funny in general, the way he puts up his defense the moment everyone actually listens to him kills me
He doesn't like shoot a gun into the air or make a loud demand to shut up, he just raises his fists like he's gonna MK Fatality everyone there
@@lowhp_comicBro thinks he's Kingsman: The Secret Service
The person who voices this character is called Peter Kay a comedian from BOLTON-ENGLAND
@@CatNiggaidk m8, what if he _is_ a kingsman?
I don’t want to find out the hard way 👀
Bro squared up
I choose to believe that this is the canonical joke that was written in the "World's Funniest Joke" sketch in Monty Python's flying circus.
That can't be it because then we'd both be dead by now.
how do you know you're not dead peter
i thought it was, "My dog has no nose?"
@@joeyhardin5903 It's made up German, but just imagine that it's been censored for TV
@@joeyhardin5903”Der ver zwei peanutz valking down de strasse, und von vas assaulted… peanut.
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho.”
If people are wondering why this ended up in a kids' movie, it's because the word "arse", while considered fairly vulgar language, is not seen to be quite as vulgar as "ass" is in America. "Arsehole" is considered a fairly vulgar insult, however, and that will often bump a film up to a 12.
not to mention "arse" is the more British term for ass
Yeah also ppl in the UK generally aren't as oversensive about swear words like they are in the US
It's similar in the US actually. You will hear "ass" uncensored no problem on TV but the "hole" part will get bleeped out until late night lol
@@BlazeHeartPanther Arse and ass, mean two different things.
And I thought it was “arson”
Whole family laughed our butts off in the theatre at this bit.
Laughed your arses off, rather.
@@yakobsoulstorm5187the opposite of arson
What, 30 years ago?
@@arealhuman826 Curse of the Were-Rabbit came out 18 years ago
@@arealhuman826 What a peculiar thing to say.
Honestly that constable was pretty smart. Wallace's traps and pest control devices have always been reliable, so for them to suddenly be ineffective would be out of character if they were facing mere rabbits. So the only logical explanation would be sabotage; a person would easily be able to bypass those systems.
Of course nobody would expect a giant were-rabbit would be the cause
That's actually a really good point. And generally speaking, I don't remember any invention that Wallace has made ever drastically malfunctioning on it's own. They've only ever gone wrong from being misused, or deliberately altered by someone else. The only case was with the one from this specific movie in order to cure his own distaste for vegetables, and make the rabbits dislike vegetables instead.
That's specific machine resulting in Wallace becoming the Were-rabbit being the only one I can think of that catastrophically failed. Though, if I remember right, it was actually Gromit that accidentally reversed the machine. So had that not happened, the machine worked perfectly as intended.
Which I have to say, Wallace as an inventor has a stellar track record.
@@DragonHeart53”I’m inventing mostly”
@@DragonHeart53 in that regard he's got a better track record than most inventors throughout all of history
@@DragonHeart53Huh... thinking about it, you're right! There _is_ a series of shorts called "Cracking Contraptions" that's about Wallace inventing things that malfunction, but as far as the main series, everything mostly works as intended.
Though it was Wallace who kicked the lever to reverse the machine, and they also failed to put the kettle on for their Rube Goldberg wakeup system on the first night.
@@hansj4832 Imagine typing this much for a fucking wallace and gromit theory. Get a life brother.
This movie was utterly hilarious, and I still can't believe they got away with some of the jokes in it. Quite apart from "Someone arson around," you had "Kiss my artichoke," the vicar's "Nun Wrestling" magazine, and a naked Wallace covering his modesty with a cardboard box prominently displaying a "May contain nuts" sticker.
Arson with in e
My favourite line I still quote to this day "I never saw such cauliflower carnage! Worse than the great slug blight of 32, back when there were slugs the size of pigs" "Groberts right the Slugs are back!!!"
To be fair, all the answers _were_ in that book.
@@isaacchirgwin5943Nice
for like 1 frame in the movie you can see an ad for fertilizer that says "bag o' shïte"
Can we talk about the fact his head is shaped perfectly to fit into his police hat?
I think that’s the point
And the “pop” when he takes it off!
That's the joke. It looks like a prick, and he's being a prick. Can't believe someone has to explain a penis joke.
@@robertmiller7921gets me every time 😂
No, why should we?
What makes it better is he used his position of authority to make everyone listen to it. With that set up even a bad joke can work.
Power move
Ah, that good ol' fashioned British humor. That was really good.
I can hear your accent
*Humour
Kiss my artichoke
@@RITS0TV ”humor” is fine…
@@limmeh7881For a true Englishman it's most certainly NOT fine!
This was such a good adult joke
I think children know what arse means as well.
This comment was written by an eight year old mormon.
What the fact he said arse or that his head is shaped like a cock
@@kabhes9040na they dont
@@kkkkoouciLolol lol ofc they do, i knew it was a rude word to say when i was, what, 8?
0:22 The fact that the dude was waving an actual pitchfork because he heard something he didn't like is absolutely top-notch
It's actually like this in rural parts round here....that's how we ended up with the "you'll have someone's eye out with that" saying. Should have seen it at closing time down the many local pubs....carnage absolutely everywhere.
well spotted
Everyone in the scene is carrying pitchforks and torches because they’re upset to begin with though
0:03 The way he gets into a fighting stance before he starts talking kills me. 😂
There's a similar gag in John Wayne's "Rio Grande". His Irish friend is repeatedly called an arsonist and acts deeply offended. Then he asks someone what it means, is told the correct definition, and laughs heartily. "Oh, is that all it is?"
Arson is also known as 'Monday' in Ireland.
i think he thought it was referring to something quite other lol.
@@jamespennington7919
You mean something like “What’s your brother doing tonight?”
“Nothin’, just arsin’ about at the club with his friends.”
“You mean his gay buddies?”
“Yeah, so what? Oh...”
It’s hard to find someone so morally bankrupt funny
That's actually hilarious.
This scene made me giggle as a child, even when I never understood the joke.
Now watching it again I am chuckling a lot.
I still don't get the joke but everyone is saying it's brilliant. I assumed it is just a play on the words arson and arseing
@@Q.O.V.P. I agree. I don't think it's very funny. The hat is funnier :-)
I love that they snuck in a little Monty Python "GET ON WITH IT".
One of my favorite movies as a kid, I will always have Wallace and Gromit in my heart. Thank you for being apart of my childhood
Still one of my favorites and this "kid" is 70 + 😂
What is the name of this movie?
@@aniksamiurrahman6365 The Curse of the Were Rabbit
@@aniksamiurrahman6365 Wallace and Gromit in “Curse of the Wererabbit”, I’m 52 and i love this ✌🏻❤🇬🇧
I've only seen three of the W&G Nick Park films (Grand Day Out etc) do not recall this scene. Which film is the short from? Thank you. Narragansett Bay
Still love how every character had so much detail, just watch how the guy in the back reacts to his punchline
And the bloke hiding behind the old lady
I think this movie is where I first heard the word "arson", but I didn't know what it meant until years later. Funny how movies can actually teach you new words.
Same here.
I remember thinking it was someone's name.
Gumball taught me procrastination before I was one myself
Frieza of all people taught me the meaning of “Salubrious”.
@@Gustoberg For me it was "presumptuous" when he meets Hector's mum.
"Funny how hearing words can introduce you to words" I guess it's actually not special when you think about it?
This part of the script was definitely an inclusion by Peter Key.
I’m saying that because he voiced the character.
so he's a...KEYstone cop? heheh see what I did there?
@@hubertberrum6242 His name is Peter Kay, so unfortunately not.
@@hotelmario510 you've missed the joke
@@hubertberrum6242 stop arson around, You!
@@worcestershiresauce6377 nope
Still one of my most favorite movies from Aardman, and fmaily movies in general. The organ was also hilarious. And when the villain was spinning around on the church
What’s the movie called?
@@tortis6342 Wallace And Gromit Curse Of The Wererabbit
@@elitely6748..ñ
"BEWARE THE MOON!!"
@@mkey570 YES
Wallace and Gromit’s animation style is always incredible to see
Movie name please
This movie is one of the UK's best exports, and this joke in particular is one of its best lines.
What language are you writing your comment in?
what film is this
@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511
I'm scrolling down trying to find the answer as well lmao.
I know it's one of the Wallace and Grommit/ Shaun films, but not sure which
@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 Curse of the Were-Rabbit
@@yipperdeyipWallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Wererabbit
0:10 the detail of the guy shouting in the crowd always gets me. 😆
What’s he saying?
@@peterrraklliproductions2020"oh get on with it!" that's what he said
@@ashlynbrown3728Oooooh… I thought he said “Get over here!”
Reminds me of the first episode of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the radio. A woman is giving a tedious speech and you can just hear someone in the crowd say "Why don't you get on with it, you fart faced old bat?"
@@furrywolfxfox7948 yeah I thought it's either "get on with it!" Or "oh get of here!!"
I love how after the joke the crowd berates him and he just insults them. Lmao
Good old British humour with word play. Brought to us by the genius Peter Kay.
Edited again:
Wow, not to be that guy, but so many likes in just over 24 hours! Appreciate the love. God bless
I meant to type likes, and typed comments instead! Don't comment at 1AM is my takeaway from this.
I thought the voice was familiar
Remember when he was on top of the British comedy scene?
"The genius" Peter Kay?
Pfft. Okay, sure.
@beyondwhatwecansee he really is a bloody genius
He is. Just look at what he manages to do with a simple cameo role like this. Bet half his great lines were improvised.
@@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.Peter Kay gave us Phoenix Night when he was 28! Bone fide genius that, up there with the greats and no mistake. John Cleese didn't give us Fawlty Towers until he has 36!
That’s Peter Kay, one of the UK’s finest comedians as Police Constable Mackintosh.
I love the joke with how his name is abbreviated as "P.C. Mac"
Heard his name was spelled as P.C. Mackintosh in the end credits
His film was genius. Every time you watch it, you get new jokes that they'd snuck in so naturally.
I wouldn't be surprised if every single line in this film is in some way a joke, I'm just not old enough to get them yet
Now imagine the movie has a laugh track. All the rewatch value gone!
WELSH DETECTED.
Helo fellow Welshman!
0:02 Why did he move like he is ready to fight ?
Man's is ready to unleash the fury. Bout to bring that police brutality
He close to leaving the grandma at the front served and protected
@@FelixCattus straight up bout to bring the law on her old ass
@@sbevil_kinevil2898not american
@@ItsVarien how
His head is really built like a finger
Conehead
loaf of bread 🥖 head
Bobby named Finger
@@spicylemon7475I'd totally watch an Aardman animated version of Breaking Bad
i was looking for „kid named finger“ references in the responses and i didn‘t get disappointed
I love how angry the old man in the background looks as soon as he realizes it’s not a serious suggestion.
two great gags in one bit
wallace and gromit is a treasure
Surprised they got away with that in a kid's movie.
I watched this a lot when I was small, this is the first time iv seen it as an adult. Only children who hear the language frequently would get it
It's not that heavy
It's pretty mild, really.
Arse really isnt a swear word in the UK
I mean, this got away with Wallace being naked covering up with a box of cheese that says "May contain nuts" so its not too surprising XD
Really adds to it how he has a quick chuckle at his own joke.
I found myself reciting this word for word as I watched it. The Wallace & Gromit series (the feature-length Curse of the Were Rabbit especially) will NEVER stop being a cornerstone of great British comedy.
Him and the vicar were the best parts of the film , especially the 24 karat scene
This movie had a lot of great little bits. My two favorites are the very obvious joke about the wererabbit needing to be killed by a 24 karat gold bullet, and the much less obvious joke that the author of the monster book is named "Claude Savagely"
What is this movie?? I love claymation movies!
@@nitrade87 Curse of the Were-Rabbit, it's a Wallace and Gromit movie
And the gag just before that: Nun Wrestling
I loved “Beware the moon!”
And the box that says “May Contain Nuts”.
I always love the way Wallace says, with genuine surprise, that the fallen tree is "heavier than it looks".
One of the best movies ever made. I re-watch this with my family every Halloween, and it gets better every year :D
This and Carry On Screaming are the perfect Halloween double bill.
why is no one talking about the sound when he takes off his helmet xDD? 0:03
I prefer the gag later in the same scene, when the character voiced by Ralph Fiennes mentions the titular Were Rabbit and there’s a dramatic chord in the music, and he immediately goes "Stop that!" And then they cut to the organ player in the church closing the lid on the organ.
After all these years, I still cannot believe they said “Arson around” in a Wallace and Gromit movie.
Love how he squares up before he starts
The little finger wave with the phrase "That's right!" as he chuckles at his own joke while everyone boos him is what makes this pristine. 😄
Can't devastate a man who thinks his own jokes are hilarious.
It feels like here's being cheeky, but then as he says "One of you lot" you can tell he still wants justice
dude squared up like he’s about to fight the whole crowd kingsmen style😂
I'm glad this joke is finally getting the recognition it deserves.
The way his helmet comes off is hilarious 😂
Being American and being able to get the joke is probably one of the best sensations!
🤣🤣
All us Brits remember this day very well
What helps elevate this joke is Nick Park’s incredible character designs
Nick Park is a genius.
My family constantly joke about something being arson because of this scene
That punchline had a better impact than the last 10 years of Hollywood's existence
I repeat this joke more often than I should
This movie was a great part of my childhood, even saw it in theaters. I still quote it a lot and I'm glad it's finally getting its recognition
Which film is it?
@@nospillblood 'Curse of the Wererabbit'. 😊
In the Polish dub, it was changed to a drinking joke, but kept the clever wordplay.
Bro can u explain to me this joke in Polish? Cuz i got Polish joke can't get this one... Please I have no f-ing idea what he means
@@04SlhSarson is when you set something on fire, here he just means arsing (messing around) so the joke is theyre confused why he says arson, when he means someone was just messing around.
@@bradturner7678 thank you very much
I remember losing my shit at this in the cinema as a kid, thank you so much for uploading it
I remember everyone in the theatre laughed at this part
Rewatched the Wallace & Gromit movies and theyre still so funny
Wallace and Gromit was the best man, I miss being a kid
This is the only movie which has had me on the floor, gasping for breath from laughing so hard. Absolute comedy masterpiece.
The head shape/helmet gag is the superior one in this scene.
Watched this all the time as a child, TO this day,… im still quoting this joke 🤣
Wallace and Gromit the Curse of the Wererabbit is my entire childhood
I remember as a kid laughing cause his head was a thumb. 16 year old me is laughing just as hard at the actual joke
That's pretty top tier, but the true best joke is when victor gets his pants pulled down by a weathervane and the vicar dramatically points and yells "beware the moooooon!"
Definitely the film's top joke in our house!😂😂😂
"He is no conehead, but he will do...." 😂
The memories have come back. I wanna rewatch this film now
I miss when animated movies had Jokes/puns like this.
Simpler times.
Edit: I meant before Cancel culture existed!
They still do
Bro talks like he's an old man who's actually experienced life
@@DHGxMcFlurry I'm 17. 😒
@@Sydin456 Live life and stop acting like this, all it does is make you regret wasting your teens being an uptight dirtbag
@@Sydin456 Exactly my point, stfu
I never hit the joke as a kid, but it’s so funny now as an adult 😂
The organ gag that followed was absolutely hilarious too
Movie is:
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Im 35, and if this film is on tv, Ill stop what Im doing and watch 😂 its genuinely one of the best children's films for adults.... its like Paddington!
Dude when lady goes through b secret door and you see the whole taxidermied bodies of the animals sticking out the other side of the wall, it just kills me every time.
wallace and gromit is a goddamn national treasure
global treasure.
There are so many great jokes in this movie.
The gardening tools stall holder changing his sign to "Angry mob supplies"
Wallace being genuinely surprised that the fallen tree is "heavier than it looks."
"Who's there?" *BELCH* "Mrs Mulch?"
The titles on Wallace's book shelf all being cheese versions of real books.
The drawing of bigfoot in the vicar's book of monsters.
"We'll be there in an AAAAARGH!" "In an hour? I can't wait that long"
The organ gag shortly after this is one of my favorites, but I love the wordplay throughout this film.
Curse of the Ware-Rabbit was such an amazing movie! I grew up watching Wallace and Gromit, so this take me back a long way! :) 🐕🥕🐇
I remember watching the first movie on Christmas eve 1989. There had been two clips of it on a show earlier in the year and I was more excited about that Christmas coming than I had been for ages. I crossed the days off the calendar and kept shouting "Only ... days until that film with the plasticine dog and the coin operated gas cooker is on TV!!!!!! Yipppeeee" Then I'd spin round in my chair.
I was 25 and at work at the time, but I didn't care.
I haven't watched this movie for almost 10 years but I think about this joke quite often. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's hilarious.
British humor at its finest
Unlocked a core memory
I've rewatched this movie a handful of times as a kid 😂
Okay damn, that was both simpler and funnier than I expected. I am 100% using this sometime
I can’t believe it took me so long to realise that the Policeman was played by Peter Kay
Who also got that joke added to the movie.
For anyone wondering, the movie is called Django Unchained
I'm a big fan of the "Large Rabbit Dropping" joke
“Stand back, there may be a large rabbit dropping.” 😂
This entire movie is gold 😂😂
That movie is a masterpiece
"Aye, someone..arsing around eh?"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pc Mackintosh was one of my favourites cause of jokes like this and later in the film. "Stand back! There maybe a large rabbit dropping!"
This film has always been hilarious to me. It was such a good parody.
This has always been my favorite joke for years
“Veh-gee-tay-bull” 😂😂😂
This is the best joke in Wallace and Gromit and in history it gets me EVERY TIME. I ahve always loved this joke and look foward to it every time I watch curse of the were rabbit
My favorite part is him taking off the hat only for his head to he perfectly shaped to it.
I thought the joke was about the shape of his head😂😂😂
Peter Kay as the police officer was absolutely a perfect fit
I Still Remember this Joke From when The First Time I Saw This Film in the Cinema, A CLASSIC!
Damn that helmet had a tight fit 😂
I still quote this most days and this is a film that came out well over ten years ago! 😂
It came out nearly 18 years ago
The head pop 💀
his little laugh at the end of that "Arsen around"...he knew what he was saying