Little Britain - Happy Couple

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  • Little Britain - Happy Couple
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  • @ChrisB-ki9ch
    @ChrisB-ki9ch Před 5 lety +3983

    Loneliness in company is way worse than loneliness in solitude.

    • @scruf2002
      @scruf2002 Před 4 lety +69

      1 is the loneliest number. 2 can be as bad as one it's the loneliest number since the number 1

    • @verlasseneorteinniedersach5076
      @verlasseneorteinniedersach5076 Před 4 lety +4

      @@scruf2002 John Farnham

    • @muskokamike127
      @muskokamike127 Před 4 lety +99

      actually no, it can be worse.......
      But to be honest: the number 1 thing that any person should learn first off is to be 100% content or happy in their own skin and by themselves. THEN you can be happy with someone else. If you rely on anyone else to be happy, or "not lonely" you're doomed.

    • @michaelfilimon8510
      @michaelfilimon8510 Před 4 lety +15

      Chris B I’ve been in this situation before. What taught me to not tolerate this in my life at present and future. Been happy since :-)

    • @rmlfilms123
      @rmlfilms123 Před 4 lety +6

      100 %

  • @salt1956
    @salt1956 Před rokem +484

    "British couples rarely divorce. Instead, preferring to live out their days in unimaginable misery." That's gold.

    • @dryflyman7121
      @dryflyman7121 Před rokem +18

      Yes, Gold, but sadly very true for 1000’s of couples.

    • @handyman4192
      @handyman4192 Před rokem +8

      Millions

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před 9 měsíci +10

      It's even worse in the Republic of Ireland, divorce was completely illegal until 1996!

    • @bonitobonita9263
      @bonitobonita9263 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@AA-hg5fkthat is pretty recent! Like it was illegal when these little Britain or come fly with me skit were filmed.

    • @madrx2
      @madrx2 Před 8 měsíci +5

      Poor Richard Bucket

  • @doriansz3130
    @doriansz3130 Před 6 lety +2452

    "Marriage is a wonderful way of destroying not just your own life but also somebody else's"

    • @mayam5233
      @mayam5233 Před 5 lety +67

      A very slow n painful suicide

    • @Larfhard2008
      @Larfhard2008 Před 4 lety +15

      I love this!! 😂😂😂

    • @rebeccamclaren97
      @rebeccamclaren97 Před 4 lety +33

      @@gregoryashton tbh though what comment did people appreciate more, yours or his?

    • @rebeccamclaren97
      @rebeccamclaren97 Před 4 lety +13

      @@gregoryashton Idk what that means so I'll leave it up to your imagination

    • @ruru_bckwrds8737
      @ruru_bckwrds8737 Před 4 lety +4

      Hell yeah. I promised myself I wouldn't feel guilty for ruining someone's life. Word

  • @Darkstar263
    @Darkstar263 Před 9 lety +2186

    I love how Matt manages to maintain that same unhappy facial expression during each of this sketches lol.

    • @gh-ve1dz
      @gh-ve1dz Před 7 lety +50

      come to see me when i work. i do better😂

    • @Svennybaerchen
      @Svennybaerchen Před 7 lety +61

      He's like Angela Merkel.

    • @Candisa
      @Candisa Před 7 lety +8

      g h High five!
      but not too enthusiastically please

    • @vojtanovak7078
      @vojtanovak7078 Před 7 lety +6

      Svennybaerchen Ja das ist Angela

    • @016329
      @016329 Před 6 lety +25

      Haha it’s worse than unhappy, it’s indifferent. Nothing matters to her at all haha.

  • @danyjr
    @danyjr Před 5 lety +1941

    This is a genuinely funny sketch but underneath the laughter there is a deep, dark message.

    • @PonzWasTaken
      @PonzWasTaken Před 4 lety +83

      alright lad don't make comedy depressing

    • @miffyn1737
      @miffyn1737 Před 4 lety +32

      I feel bad watching this.

    • @jamesbm971
      @jamesbm971 Před 4 lety +12

      @@JimmyBergman7 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @billtommpson1630
      @billtommpson1630 Před 4 lety +5

      @@JimmyBergman7 allahu alam my God can beat your God's ass😂😂😂

    • @rhys896
      @rhys896 Před 4 lety +9

      I mean the message isn't hidden... Stop trying to be "woke" lol, you just come off as sad and a bit pathetic.

  • @girlygirlyblonde
    @girlygirlyblonde Před 8 lety +873

    Suddenly together forever doesn't seem quite so romantic.

    • @Perfidion
      @Perfidion Před 5 lety +46

      People think romantic comedies are real, and when their lives don't reflect the hilarious warm-hearted antics of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, they realise they've made a spirit-crushingly awful mistake. Get a cat. There's less emotional trauma involved. And it's cheaper.

    • @TheMoonlight2887
      @TheMoonlight2887 Před 5 lety +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @wdanowel4331
      @wdanowel4331 Před 5 lety +6

      why suddenly? I myself have never got that marriage thing. It`s everyone`s choice and you pay for it.

    • @earthworm2590
      @earthworm2590 Před 4 lety +2

      Is that what you say when you cry yourself asleep to your whale wife

    • @I_Kan
      @I_Kan Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂

  • @SJMJ91
    @SJMJ91 Před 8 lety +918

    "I really am now just waiting for you to die." 😂

  • @69op2gg1005ify0m
    @69op2gg1005ify0m Před 7 lety +316

    I see so many married couples in pubs and restaurants just like this

    • @davidlewis1787
      @davidlewis1787 Před 3 lety +50

      Worked in catering all my life. Those kind of customers are very common and are always the ones who make a huge fuss and complain about pathetic things or invent imagined slurs or rudeness from team members because they sit in silence for the whole meal and the 15 minute wait for food seems like an unbearable eternity. Awful

    • @elliekinzz1
      @elliekinzz1 Před 2 lety +10

      Same here, even relatively young people!!

    • @DarkAngel2512
      @DarkAngel2512 Před 2 lety +17

      I'm like this with new boyfriends...so I stopped dating. I dont take naturally to it. Much prefer being single and celibate. The odd dose of sex every couple of years and I'm good to go.

  • @GazFunkstar
    @GazFunkstar Před 5 lety +383

    Hats off to Little Britain for doing a series of sketches based on my parents!!

    • @howareyou857
      @howareyou857 Před 2 lety +8

      Probably based on their own

    • @PeaceSM1954
      @PeaceSM1954 Před 2 lety +7

      😂😂😂😂 mine too!

    • @unterdessen8822
      @unterdessen8822 Před 2 lety +19

      I think I was the only kid in school who prayed for their parents to get a divorce. But God wasn't listening, so I became an atheist.

    • @IIXxx_juliet_xxXII
      @IIXxx_juliet_xxXII Před 2 lety

      Lmfao same here

    • @Crocs4cats
      @Crocs4cats Před rokem +8

      Same! Without the small talk though…🥹

  • @annahayes6054
    @annahayes6054 Před 10 lety +1403

    Bit of a pause there while I chew

  • @Liam-uh3pr
    @Liam-uh3pr Před 4 lety +103

    “Help me out here you boring old cow”😂😂😂

  • @shortyshark1
    @shortyshark1 Před 6 lety +958

    Lord he tries. I know the feeling 😐

    • @simonbrown9695
      @simonbrown9695 Před 5 lety +18

      i feel for you same boat

    • @starsstripes2393
      @starsstripes2393 Před 5 lety +57

      Cut your loses and go....lifes too short

    • @NetiNeti-gm5bz
      @NetiNeti-gm5bz Před 5 lety +12

      If your soul growth is stuck it's time to move on or find your own passion. There's infinite better things in life. You can bring heaven on Earth, it's all perspective

    • @Ian-yf7uf
      @Ian-yf7uf Před 5 lety +21

      Maybe time to jump ship mate! At least if your kids are grown. Good luck and on to the next adventure

    • @wendywatkins7366
      @wendywatkins7366 Před 4 lety +21

      I’ve had dates like this

  • @bradgotch
    @bradgotch Před 6 lety +2206

    This makes my inevitable loneliness seem a much more attractive end.

    • @bp56789
      @bp56789 Před 5 lety +48

      I couldn't talk to girls for ages. I forced myself to while I was at uni because I realised if it would only become harder to learn later. I probably came off a bit strange for the first 100 times. Probably still do to be honest lol, but if I want a girlfriend, I can get one. Try tinder too. You get a lot of practice seeing what conversations are interesting, what where is the line between coming off too weak/strong. Find something rare you're passionate about so you can carry a conversation if the girl is shy / doesn't talk much. For me it's philosophy, economics, and stand-up comedy. Then there's basic stuff you like that can help start a conversation: movies, TV shows, games, animals.
      You've got to try talking to girls and be willing to embarrass yourself for 100 conversations before you have a good one. If you can't even talk to other guys, learn to talk to guys first.

    • @bp56789
      @bp56789 Před 5 lety +7

      And yes, I know you were making a joke

    • @EclipseOfTsuki93
      @EclipseOfTsuki93 Před 5 lety +26

      Fuck, I can't wait to move out of Nebraska. Otherwise, my end will be inevitable loneliness. Gay and lonely.

    • @emilinebelle7811
      @emilinebelle7811 Před 5 lety +4

      Blackout043 what’s wrong with Nebraska?

    • @noctuaryfahy1509
      @noctuaryfahy1509 Před 5 lety +3

      bp56789 that’s actually really good advice, cheers mate!

  • @zugger900
    @zugger900 Před 3 lety +371

    This is such a well acted sketch, you can really feel the lack of emotion but the deep rooted emotion at the same time 😂

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před 2 lety

      Lies again? Always Happy Sheng Siong

  • @farramirrmendoza9192
    @farramirrmendoza9192 Před 2 lety +180

    Even with Matt barely saying anything, his face perfectly tells you he's lived a miserable married life

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Před rokem +1

      Haha! Or perhaps his Mum or Sister did, and he was able to study it that way?

  • @__seeker__
    @__seeker__ Před 6 lety +370

    Legit depressing. So well done

    • @mariea82
      @mariea82 Před 4 lety

      I love your profile pic...love the colour!

  • @funkyfabulous6090
    @funkyfabulous6090 Před 8 lety +1111

    a bit of the old mash potato

    • @jonnygti
      @jonnygti Před 7 lety +84

      ''putting it on the old fork............. using the knife to balance it on the fork............. and in it goes''

    • @funkyfabulous6090
      @funkyfabulous6090 Před 7 lety +13

      jonnygti
      reminds me of michael rosen

    • @jonnygti
      @jonnygti Před 7 lety +6

      I dont know of him, but he must be pretty funny if he does anything like these sketches

    • @sibabalenqumse5280
      @sibabalenqumse5280 Před 6 lety +1

      Lol

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před 6 lety +14

      I say this every time I eat a bit of the old mashed potato...

  • @221b-Maker-Street
    @221b-Maker-Street Před 2 lety +17

    This is the kind of couple you read about in the papers or see on the local news after the wife has stabbed her husband 117 times. And when interviewed, their neighbours say:
    _"Quiet couple, kept themselves to themselves, really. They've lived nextdoor-but-one for over 20 years, I suppose. We used to nod at one another while mowing our lawns or washing the car, but we didn't really know them. Nothing like this ever happens round here."_

  • @1kmbbmk
    @1kmbbmk Před 10 lety +1203

    This would be sad if it wasn't so funny.

    • @TheNeilsolaris
      @TheNeilsolaris Před 6 lety +67

      I was going to say it would be funny if it wasn't so sad!

    • @soonny002
      @soonny002 Před 6 lety +32

      Or maybe it would be funny if it wasn't true?

    • @helenmullane3547
      @helenmullane3547 Před 6 lety +5

      +Neil Uk
      my thoughts exactly😢

    • @bp56789
      @bp56789 Před 5 lety +3

      Oh god Hahaha

    • @scotchdopole
      @scotchdopole Před 5 lety +13

      It's funny because it's true

  • @Rose_D
    @Rose_D Před 8 lety +665

    "Don't go...." pahahah

    • @AdamAus85
      @AdamAus85 Před 8 lety +12

      +Rose Davies Lol favourite part

  • @chrisgibbs0698
    @chrisgibbs0698 Před 10 lety +2271

    This is what happens if you marry your school crush

    • @putinsgaytwin4272
      @putinsgaytwin4272 Před 6 lety +12

      Christopher Gibbs what do you mean by that?

    • @fernthegreenfairy
      @fernthegreenfairy Před 6 lety +118

      tony flamingo you know everything about each other so the relationship becomes boring

    • @MoskHotel
      @MoskHotel Před 6 lety +73

      Fern Alderton I know a couple of older couples and they both enjoy each other’s company for over 50-60 years now. Probably American couples are far different from British couples.

    • @robertstorey7476
      @robertstorey7476 Před 5 lety +117

      This is what happens if you marry anyone.

    • @berca6420
      @berca6420 Před 5 lety +12

      I don't think so

  • @SJMJ91
    @SJMJ91 Před 13 lety +71

    "Now they're trapped in a cage. Imprisoned together in misery." LOL!!

  • @soundseeker63
    @soundseeker63 Před 7 lety +938

    Can't imagine what it must be like for the people who actually live like this. Tragic really. Only David and Matt could make something so depressing so hilarious! :-D

    • @dianaram.c.1992
      @dianaram.c.1992 Před 4 lety +23

      soundseeker63 tbh my parents live like this it’s horrible. They don’t want to separate but idk 😐

    • @tauresattauresa7137
      @tauresattauresa7137 Před 4 lety +42

      @@dianaram.c.1992 fear keeps them together. They cannot imagine being single again and being lonely...

    • @someonesomeone25
      @someonesomeone25 Před 3 lety +15

      Many people live like this.

    • @imcherbitch943
      @imcherbitch943 Před 2 lety +10

      This is all too common unfortunately, my grandparents were like this and my parents are heading that way. They don’t even sit together it’s so depressing.

    • @sarac.3259
      @sarac.3259 Před 2 lety +14

      Thankfully, my parents weren't like this nor would they have gone that way, but I know people who are. The sort of people who say, "that's Christmas done for another year" on Christmas Day. Joyless.

  • @justathought973
    @justathought973 Před 6 lety +589

    I like how they made the shot look as though they're the ones in a cage. lol

    • @rebeccamclaren97
      @rebeccamclaren97 Před 4 lety +22

      Same. I want to know what makes people feel more trapped though, a long marriage or being single forever. There are benefits and disadvantages to both, and it scares me to think of my life being either one of those.

    • @elliekinzz1
      @elliekinzz1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rebeccamclaren97 you don’t have to do either, some people grow old together without ever getting married, or, just have open relationships

    • @DarkAngel2512
      @DarkAngel2512 Před 2 lety +9

      @@rebeccamclaren97 I cant imagine being in a relationship let alone long term. Its whatever makes you happy. The idea of being alone doesnt scare me. I love my own company.

    • @bonkeydollocks1879
      @bonkeydollocks1879 Před 2 lety +2

      That was the whole premise of the sketch

  • @ericvillari8100
    @ericvillari8100 Před rokem +40

    Even Sophocles couldn't have written a more savage tragedy. This is beautifully written. (We've all met couples like this, sadly).

  • @LuvSlushie
    @LuvSlushie Před 6 lety +751

    I know SO MANY couples like this! 😂💔

    • @sajmeister
      @sajmeister Před 6 lety +28

      KT NI lol so do I, my parents are one of them.

    • @lauthalia8758
      @lauthalia8758 Před 6 lety +12

      KT NI try moving to Eastbourne lots of the old people are like that

    • @stephenadamson7032
      @stephenadamson7032 Před 6 lety +1

      Me to shame

    • @morganolfursson2560
      @morganolfursson2560 Před 6 lety +18

      Exactly, word for word, what i was about to write .
      This for me is the very definition of hell on earth , on a daily basis .
      But i am grateful to all those couple , for teaching me, how not to be in my relationship.
      Luckily i am the opposite of that in my married life.

    • @suzannesadiiqa
      @suzannesadiiqa Před 6 lety +30

      Me too. Why oh why do people live like this? Fear of change perhaps or unwillingness to admit defeat or mistake. Surely any change would be preferable to this living hell.

  • @vordman
    @vordman Před 4 lety +139

    About twenty years ago I went out with a girl and her parents were just like this. I felt sorry for the father because he was a nice guy. Couldn't reach the mother at all, most peculiar woman. Why anyone would have married her baffles me to this day.

    • @medievalist
      @medievalist Před 3 lety +6

      What's the betting his own mother was the same? Boys always marry their mother. It's sad when the example set is poor :(

    • @2jz-boi
      @2jz-boi Před 3 lety +2

      @@medievalist wtf

    • @sarac.3259
      @sarac.3259 Před 2 lety +5

      @@medievalist Yes and no. My husband thought the world of my mother and I am very like her in temperament. I am not very like his mother (lovely lady tho she was).

    • @SuperiorHound
      @SuperiorHound Před 2 lety +21

      I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why my dad married my mom. Then, she at 61 began a quick downhill slide because of a rare brain disease. My dad did EVERYTHING for my mom until the day she died, at home, in her favorite chair, at 65. Why did he love her? I don’t know. But he did, and no one should’ve questioned that. Especially their kid. I’ve always been sad about that. Aren’t I lucky he was such a great husband to my mom!?!

    • @carlaconnor8347
      @carlaconnor8347 Před 2 lety +5

      Like the sketch said - they were probably once in love

  • @onkelsy8001
    @onkelsy8001 Před 4 lety +77

    "hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way..."

    • @TheSchemer1
      @TheSchemer1 Před 3 lety

      Sounds like a David Mitchell line

    • @onkelsy8001
      @onkelsy8001 Před 3 lety +6

      @@TheSchemer1 actually it's a line from my favourite pink floyd song

    • @TheSchemer1
      @TheSchemer1 Před 3 lety

      @@onkelsy8001 ah really fairs, though have you seen peep show

    • @fordism.01
      @fordism.01 Před 2 lety

      Run rabbit run dig that hole and catch the sun.

  • @fionafitzsimmons1000
    @fionafitzsimmons1000 Před 2 lety +74

    This was my parents before they divorced. They had nothing in common. My mother met someone else and left my father, and he was mainly aggrieved that the man she left him for was a van driver. He found it outrageous that she’d rather be with a van driver than him, an accountant. She married him and they were together for 24 years before she died. I don’t know if she was truly happy even with her new husband, but at least they talked to each other.
    I’ve been married to my husband for 33 years, and 3 kids and many ups and downs later, we are closer than ever. Our kids say we still act like teenagers when we start riffing off one another. The thing is, it takes effort to nurture a relationship, and I think some people just can’t be bothered. If I thought we were going to end up like that, I’d leave him tomorrow. We only get one life and we shouldn’t waste it being miserable with someone we despise.

  • @tove236
    @tove236 Před 6 lety +207

    Funny how they've turned the roles around. Usually it's the woman talking and talking, while the man just sits there.

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor Před 3 lety +7

      Me and my covid girlfriend are kinda like this. I only talked so much because it was all we had, but it turns out she hates small talk or even talk without a specific point. I hope when I meet her its not like this because otherwise..... I will have to find someone else.

    • @tendies9248
      @tendies9248 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm the quiet woman he's the talkative male, I'm quiet because I'm introvert but also stressed because I pay all the bills
      There should be a study on the talkativeness of the bread winner in relationships

    • @Togmot
      @Togmot Před rokem

      my ex would he great to talk to IF she talked to you but if she was upset in the slightest she wouldnt even bother to answer all sometimes when talked to.
      This is emotional blackmail and then one just has to end it because youll never get respect or love when you need it.

  • @jonnygti
    @jonnygti Před 7 lety +445

    Love the first sketch how its so awkward and nobody knows what to say so he starts doing a running commentary of everything, genius hahahaha

    • @ohkfilms
      @ohkfilms Před 2 lety

      Wait what’s the first sketch called

    • @jonnygti
      @jonnygti Před 2 lety +3

      @@ohkfilms I don’t know if it’s got a particular name, but could be just “happy couple”. If you type “little Britain happy couple” into youtube, this sketch, and another one at the zoo, pops up. Watch the zoo one , it’s even funnier than this restaurant sketch😂😂😂

    • @Lerequindemort
      @Lerequindemort Před rokem +1

      I've heard this conversation so many times...Doctors/hospitals are a great place to hear. Usually with daytime TV as the backdrop. Brrr it gives me the heebeegees.

    • @imadrunk3576
      @imadrunk3576 Před rokem +1

      Using the knife to balance it on the fork

    • @jonnygti
      @jonnygti Před rokem

      @@imadrunk3576 then abit of mash…………….bit of the old mash potato”😁😂

  • @HookedOnSonics518
    @HookedOnSonics518 Před rokem +12

    I lost it when he said, “Don’t go” to the waiter. LOL

  • @nohaylamujer
    @nohaylamujer Před 8 lety +141

    Matt is such a great actor.

    • @ButtChinsAreHereToStay
      @ButtChinsAreHereToStay Před 8 lety +12

      +nohaylamujer I think he said far too much in these scenes.

    • @milkyoni
      @milkyoni Před 5 lety

      @@ButtChinsAreHereToStay that's script, not acting.

    • @ButtChinsAreHereToStay
      @ButtChinsAreHereToStay Před 5 lety

      @@milkyoni I think you missed the irony. Doh.

    • @scruf2002
      @scruf2002 Před 4 lety +4

      @@ButtChinsAreHereToStay wasnt irony it was sarcasm but I get u

    • @peterdavies2960
      @peterdavies2960 Před 3 lety

      Yeah, how does he keep a straight face and not lose his shit laughing? 😂

  • @XrGrimreap3rX
    @XrGrimreap3rX Před 8 lety +518

    Its like looking into my future

    • @martinledavis2724
      @martinledavis2724 Před 8 lety +23

      mine two 😞
      miserable cow

    • @AdamAus85
      @AdamAus85 Před 8 lety +13

      +Whoever Well there must be some people out there who are chill and awesome and you just want to hang out with all the time. Just has to be

    • @DAVIDE-bk8by
      @DAVIDE-bk8by Před 6 lety +7

      There is but it would make poor comedy material.

    • @cameronspalding9792
      @cameronspalding9792 Před 5 lety +7

      You don’t have to go down the same road: make sure u make the right choice when u propose!

    • @libster1691
      @libster1691 Před 5 lety +5

      Whoever My Two Main Reasons:
      1.) To have someone there for You, when nobody else can help you.
      2.) So you don’t die alone.
      Of course Marriage is not for everyone, ( mainly because they fallen out of love and can’t stand each other). But what people forget is that marriage is a commitment, and you’re going to go through a lot with your partner. Maybe a few plates and forks tossed around, but sooner or later all your problems will come to an end. It’s just your choice to runway from it all, or face it.

  • @joshuanesbit
    @joshuanesbit Před 7 lety +163

    david walliams is fantastic

  • @jimfisher5916
    @jimfisher5916 Před 2 lety +70

    Absolutely hilarious. Sadly I know a couple exactly like this, they go in my local, sit together and never speak a word, then go home. Happy days ☹️

    • @NomfundoV8
      @NomfundoV8 Před rokem +1

      Oh wow😔

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 Před rokem +8

      There’s many of them, I’ve observed this regularly, I remember one time a guy in this predicament said to me “Sometimes, I wish I’d married a bloke” 😂😂😂

    • @SussedRage
      @SussedRage Před rokem

      Yeah I've seen that. I was tempted to go over and make small talk once, but we heard the bloke talk at the bar and he was rude and miserable. I couldn't be a lone ranger either..to me that's just as odd.

    • @mandyward5372
      @mandyward5372 Před rokem +3

      Society aka the human sheep have been tricked into beiliving you have to be in a relationship with someone to make your life fulfilled. Im going to accomplish so much in life i have so much planned so when im 60/70 i can look back on all the fun memories and all the things I've achieved instead of sitting in a chair with a husband/wife as depressed as can be wondering what the point of life is

    • @onthebeachinsitges
      @onthebeachinsitges Před 3 měsíci

      The fact that they're silent can also mean that they're completely comfortable

  • @jayanthilameer756
    @jayanthilameer756 Před 4 lety +80

    Life is sad, but how funny these two are. The best ever partnership.

  • @markflute721
    @markflute721 Před 5 lety +72

    Love how the only thing the wife says is “Ornithophobia”

  • @Johnno9989
    @Johnno9989 Před 9 lety +168

    Among some of the best characters in Little Britain, in my opinion

  • @davidb5173
    @davidb5173 Před 2 lety +44

    This genuinely gives me an existential crisis. One of their best sketches

  • @paulmcgrath5259
    @paulmcgrath5259 Před 8 lety +239

    never knew small talk could be so funny

  • @cityhawk
    @cityhawk Před 4 lety +43

    Matt’s look of apathy in these sketches are priceless.

  • @Dakhaos-ou812
    @Dakhaos-ou812 Před 3 lety +14

    Damned..silence is deafening loud.
    That lifeless expression on lucas face..Priceless

  • @owencampbell8799
    @owencampbell8799 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Matt’s face is priceless. Comedy gold.

  • @jebsmith323
    @jebsmith323 Před 5 lety +19

    My mother talks just like this. Every thought that goes through her mind.

  • @jsmasters77
    @jsmasters77 Před 7 lety +64

    One of the best shows ever!

  • @ThomasCorfield
    @ThomasCorfield Před rokem +14

    My wife left me 2 years ago after 19 years of marriage and I've never been happier.

    • @isaachunt5799
      @isaachunt5799 Před 9 měsíci +5

      my wife left me for my best friend.
      i do miss him.

  • @samuelluttrell-henshaw2322
    @samuelluttrell-henshaw2322 Před 6 lety +719

    Still better chemistry than Bella and Jacob from Twilight

    • @Vesnicie
      @Vesnicie Před 6 lety +18

      Samuel. S. L. Henshaw And a better love story, naturally!

    • @morethanmusic2816
      @morethanmusic2816 Před 6 lety +4

      😝

    • @fauxmanchu8094
      @fauxmanchu8094 Před 5 lety +3

      Samuel. S. L. Henshaw 😅😆😬

    • @emilinebelle7811
      @emilinebelle7811 Před 5 lety +5

      Aww come on. 😂 appreciate it for what it was. A teen movie promoting abstinence.

    • @NetiNeti-gm5bz
      @NetiNeti-gm5bz Před 5 lety +6

      She tried too hard to be straight.

  • @barkingdave3167
    @barkingdave3167 Před 2 lety +25

    Absolutely crying with laughter; two geniuses

  • @PlanetaryMATE
    @PlanetaryMATE Před 9 lety +441

    I really love this skit but at the same time i feel really sorry for him :(

    • @therebel4332
      @therebel4332 Před 4 lety +9

      @@MegaSmk Its a two way street,, if you grow apart its best to leave for both your sakes,, if there's kids involved it can be tricky agree,, but usually the kids are young when the fire still burns, the couple are still quite young and sexually active so,, its usually when the kids have grown up or are past their formative years that the fire goes out.

    • @MegaSmk
      @MegaSmk Před 4 lety +8

      @@therebel4332 you're right, of course. been there. I had many good years with my husband. When we were 50 and the kids were gone... well, there are different reasons and it's a different process for every couple, and we did put some effort in... but finally decided that we both still had some dreams to pursue and enough life in us to start a completely new phase in our lives. That was seven years ago and we are both happy with the decision.

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju Před 4 lety +11

      @@MegaSmk What husband makes their wife "heave their guts up" and I don't even know what making their "face fall asleep" means? It is generally the woman that's the problem as men tend to have a better temperament and are easier to get on with.

    • @annak7062
      @annak7062 Před 4 lety +17

      @@David-ud9ju guys I think we found the sexist

    • @MegaSmk
      @MegaSmk Před 4 lety +4

      @MusicMadMaurice the chicken or the egg? :-)

  • @mbod2gigi
    @mbod2gigi Před 2 lety +112

    Every time I worry about getting older and being single I revell in this.

    • @Witchofthewoods.
      @Witchofthewoods. Před 2 lety +9

      That's what I'm doing right about now myself...I'm older and single and loving it 😆

    • @gail9299
      @gail9299 Před 2 lety +3

      nothing better than being in a really genuinely happy marriage with someone you really love. I'm older and single 😁 but what I've discovered as I've got older is 90% of the happily married people I knew aren't happily married at all! At least half of them are downright miserable. I cannot imagine what it's like to live with someone who even just irritates you slightly! Let alone with someone you really dislike - cannot comprehend that at all!
      Think I'll stay single, safer bet 😂

    • @aurynwestwield1682
      @aurynwestwield1682 Před rokem +1

      @@Witchofthewoods. How many Cats? 😂😉🐱🍷

    • @dazalad123
      @dazalad123 Před 10 měsíci

      Me too

  • @croydonrudeness
    @croydonrudeness Před 3 lety +46

    this is so good in such a horrible way. One of the saddest things is seeing a couple who've clearly been together for a long time just sitting in complete silence eating a meal at a restaurant. I guess maybe they're just super comfortable with each other being totally silent but frankly it just looks like they're totally bored with each other and have nothing left to say. I'd rather be by myself than in such a relationship.

  • @mikipav1064
    @mikipav1064 Před rokem +20

    This happens to couples that married purely out of the "necessity" to marry and out of pressure from their parents and society. This type of emotionless relationship is more common amongst eldery couples because back in the day marriage wasn't an option, but an absolute must. If someone failed to get married before they turn 20, people started to think that something is wrong with this person and if someone failed to get married before they turn 25, they became an outcast of society and it was almost impossible to get someone to marry you at this age because you were labelled as being to old to get children. At least that's what my grandparents and other eldery people told me. So many couples didn't had much time to get to know each other before they decided to mary. They were in a hurry. The real sad part is that they probably realised early on that they married the wrong person, but divorce was also not an option back than if you didn't wanted to end up as an outcast.

    • @vordman
      @vordman Před rokem +2

      There's a video on YT titled: Why You Will Almost Certainly Marry The Wrong Person. It's well worth a look. It's a bit deflating, but makes some salient observations. Tbh, it makes you wonder why anyone would ever bother getting married, especially these days when there are so many other things you could be doing.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad Před 7 měsíci

      Happens today a lot. Most blokes get marriage because someone allowed them entry to the furry cup. Men are so desperate to have their twig and berries touched they’ll end up with anyone then regret it later.

  • @ublutwyche
    @ublutwyche Před 10 lety +52

    These have gotta be my favourite LB sketches. Absolutely superb.

  • @hansgruber788
    @hansgruber788 Před 10 lety +247

    The waiting to die thing was legendary and I'm going to use that now.

    • @onceuponablog5412
      @onceuponablog5412 Před 10 lety +1

      LOL because if someone becomes fat they are no longer worthy of love...i see now but your a douche. ..Does that mean you are worthy of love, nah.

    • @AlfredTheBrave
      @AlfredTheBrave Před 9 lety +15

      OnceUponABlog Ummm... what?

    • @LiquidSasha
      @LiquidSasha Před 9 lety +9

      OnceUponABlog Ummm.... what?

    • @RokuRG
      @RokuRG Před 9 lety +8

      OnceUponABlog Ummm... what?

    • @andrewclark1217
      @andrewclark1217 Před 9 lety +7

      OnceUponABlog what? umm

  • @Zzzzz_Zzzzzz______
    @Zzzzz_Zzzzzz______ Před 5 lety +152

    You're miserable on your own and miserable if you're long-term married. Life is a game that no one wins.

    • @harrycallahan3221
      @harrycallahan3221 Před 4 lety +27

      For some it's the misery of loneliness. For others it's the joy of solitude.

    • @therebel4332
      @therebel4332 Před 4 lety +13

      Better to be alone in that scenario really, at least being alone you can go off and do stuff.

    • @epiphany55
      @epiphany55 Před 4 lety +6

      @@therebel4332 What's stopping you from going off and doing stuff just because you're married? The only thing that truly limits your freedom is having dependent kids.

    • @therebel4332
      @therebel4332 Před 4 lety +1

      @@epiphany55 We need to have kids so they can carry our bloodline on

    • @ardshielcomplex8917
      @ardshielcomplex8917 Před 2 lety +1

      Not so if you have interesting distractions.

  • @anouarkrassimovich7481
    @anouarkrassimovich7481 Před 5 lety +76

    My ex-girlfirend and I were like this after only 5 years together...

  • @manxpuss
    @manxpuss Před 4 lety +33

    The sad truth is that there are many who live their lives like this.

    • @JoshxIZ
      @JoshxIZ Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah I think a know a couple near me :/ I should try and help them

  • @DowzerWTP72
    @DowzerWTP72 Před 5 lety +29

    I could watch these two for hours! Their sadness is oddly moreish!!

  • @mariannepiiksi5317
    @mariannepiiksi5317 Před 3 lety +6

    Priceless 😆😆 English humour at its best👍👍🤣🤣

  • @alienracer3391
    @alienracer3391 Před 2 lety +5

    Husband to waiter 'don't go', magical 🤣😂🤣. 👽

  • @Sean-ll5cm
    @Sean-ll5cm Před 6 lety +264

    As much as I find this funny, this is what I'm scared of... I want to meet someone eventually, but I don't want to be sad in my later years. I don't want to be unhappy and miserable, always longing for my youth and that amazing feeling of love when you first start dating someone.

    • @vonIsen
      @vonIsen Před 5 lety +13

      Mgtow for life!

    • @jordanbrown161
      @jordanbrown161 Před 5 lety +1

      my man

    • @dianacassinelli9467
      @dianacassinelli9467 Před 5 lety +22

      Sean so..you want to be young forever...if that’s the case u gonna endup all alone...enjoy life life and be happy...we all gonna get old...just look for the right person...travel first

    • @chesterdonnelly1212
      @chesterdonnelly1212 Před 5 lety +10

      Sean, when you get older you're probably not going to still be thinking like this. I am married. My wife is uninteresting and bad company. But I don't crave romantic love. My youth is well and truly gone but I wouldn't say I'm longing for it.

    • @jamtart3671
      @jamtart3671 Před 5 lety +9

      Do every drug you can get your hands on, no problem you wont make it to forty

  • @CorporalFriendlyShark
    @CorporalFriendlyShark Před 11 lety +100

    Ironically the best new characters in Little Britain USA were British...

  • @joejackson1541
    @joejackson1541 Před 6 lety +195

    I lived this nightmare, until I told her she had to go and live somewhere else!!!
    Best day of my life!

    • @whitehorses460
      @whitehorses460 Před 4 lety +54

      and probably hers as well.

    • @clarebearcuddles
      @clarebearcuddles Před 4 lety +8

      @@whitehorses460 🤣

    • @dianaram.c.1992
      @dianaram.c.1992 Před 4 lety

      Why?

    • @macb.43
      @macb.43 Před 4 lety +1

      Can I ask why you married?

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad Před 3 lety +10

      @@whitehorses460 awwwww. Does it bu.t hurt your feelings that there might actually be woman that are the cause of many marriage failures?
      Another cliche it’s always the men.
      I know you Woke folk like not to take self responsibility.

  • @peponwi
    @peponwi Před 12 lety +22

    i mean, the expression on the wife's face...priceless. i wanna get married soon.

  • @Canalcoholic
    @Canalcoholic Před rokem +4

    “I’ve just poured hot tea in your lap; still nothing? You’ve ruined my life.”
    I would laugh if I wasn’t crying inside.

  • @avrilpeters
    @avrilpeters Před 3 lety +26

    how did Matt manage to keep a straight face through all of that, I would not be able to he is very good😆

  • @BD_Scab
    @BD_Scab Před 5 lety +8

    Great show!! I advice people who don’t live in the UK to watch all 3 seasons. Brutal Classic British Humour

  • @daddysromangel
    @daddysromangel Před 9 lety +311

    I really know Brit couples just like that.

    • @016329
      @016329 Před 7 lety +19

      Marc Lidia Yep there's an old couple who live near me who are just like them and even look similar haha

    • @CivicYt
      @CivicYt Před 6 lety +12

      They are all over the world. It’s a lot of these in Sweden too

    • @jamie6192
      @jamie6192 Před 4 lety +1

      Who the fucks says Brit lol

    • @MissItaliana6
      @MissItaliana6 Před 4 lety

      😂 😂 😂

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před 4 lety +2

      @@jamie6192 erm Brits? Non Brits who are referring to Brits?

  • @whitepride1004
    @whitepride1004 Před 9 lety +33

    i don't think i want to get married anymore

  • @MrDerynryan
    @MrDerynryan Před 5 lety +9

    A fantastic clip. British comedy at its finest UTR

  • @melvert33
    @melvert33 Před rokem +12

    As Charlie Chaplin said " Life is a tragedy when seen in close up but comedy in long shot"

  • @gh-ve1dz
    @gh-ve1dz Před 7 lety +62

    the details of how he balancing his food on the fork xD

  • @gra6799
    @gra6799 Před rokem +6

    More true to life than some people may realize..

  • @deehunter9382
    @deehunter9382 Před 2 lety +5

    Life is too short to spend it like this. They both deserve better. Don't believe you should stay together because you've put in 40 years. Not if this is the way you're relating to each other. Have courage and move on! Make the most of the years to come (the last years of your life?) worth living. It's never too late to reach out for something more. God bless anyone who actually lives like this. Praying for all of you and for your highest good...and courage!

  • @mamouilletten1562
    @mamouilletten1562 Před 4 lety +21

    I've seen many couples like this when i was waitress in a fancy restaurant, not a word exchanged during the whole meal. That's sad

  • @chubbygardener
    @chubbygardener Před 2 lety +14

    They made me remember a couple I knew in a hospital, the man had been operated on, his wife was coming to visit him every day. They didn't talk. She sat next to the bed, took a magazine out of her bag and read, he filled out crossword puzzles during the time she was there. Thus they remained during the two hours of the visit. Not a single word except good evening and goodbye.

    • @sutherlandA1
      @sutherlandA1 Před 2 lety +13

      Sometimes people are so content with each other that not much has to be spoken at all

  • @saami9606
    @saami9606 Před 5 lety +27

    I aspire to be this happy one day!!

  • @siddcandy
    @siddcandy Před rokem +2

    OMFG this is just BRILLIANT 😂😂

  • @ivanmayer1353
    @ivanmayer1353 Před rokem +1

    Wow. I brought all the dvds as soon as they came out,yet I never knew that these clips even existed. And they've been here for so long. And I'm looking around CZcams at least 5 days a week. Lol

  • @genevievevitale8141
    @genevievevitale8141 Před 2 lety +11

    This is my husband and I. He spent the first 20 years talking. We are at 33 years now.He only stopped talking when he was sleeping. He talked in the shower, in church, mowing the lawn, while chewing hunks of food. I'd talk to him but he never heard me. He carried on with 2 phones, 5 friends, all in the same room everyday as we are self employed small business owners. There are thousands of times I can recount how he spent 20-30 minutes on the shitter talking to himself. After awhile you just stop listening, you just stop answering. It's not worth the waste of breath. Show this couple 30 years younger.

  • @alisonjordan
    @alisonjordan Před 2 lety +13

    Just watched the sketch: “Little Britain - Happy Couples” A friend asked me, once, if I ever regretted not getting Married!! I said that I can feel lonely in a crowded room. I am fine with my own company. Watching this sketch 📺 Made me realise how fortunate I am. It is interesting that the husband does all the talking, but has nothing to say!! The wife’s silence speaks volumes!!🌞

  • @lesblack8996
    @lesblack8996 Před rokem +8

    This is so accurate. I always pick out the unhappy couples if I'm in a social setting. I can't help it, it's so glaringly obvious

    • @MrPinkie321
      @MrPinkie321 Před 11 měsíci +1

      When they go out for a meal and sit in silence

  • @BD_Scab
    @BD_Scab Před 5 lety +9

    “COME FLY WITH ME” was a legendary show too 100

    • @BossySwan
      @BossySwan Před 2 lety

      If you’ll pardon the pun

  • @MadonnaImperia
    @MadonnaImperia Před 12 lety +18

    I just love how the wife doesn't react when her husband pours tea in her lap :D

  • @dineshapunchihewa1228
    @dineshapunchihewa1228 Před rokem +6

    Oh God . The people who created these sketches are geniuses. Actually there are couple like that. Bound to each other with unhappiness to share. Nothing common

  • @djr6876
    @djr6876 Před 4 lety +7

    Im American, I just discovered these two on you tube, so I’m binge watching. Brits are so funny.

    • @andrewdaley5375
      @andrewdaley5375 Před 3 lety +1

      If you want more British comedy let me know I will send you some titles of some really funny series. Andy England 🇬🇧 👍

  • @JodzGaming
    @JodzGaming Před 9 lety +95

    I pour tea on your lap still nothing

  • @onelife7247
    @onelife7247 Před rokem

    Brilliant lol Sums up almost every married couple I’ve ever observed in England.

  • @BloodMoonASMR
    @BloodMoonASMR Před 2 lety +2

    Sorry to be an English teacher, but the camera looking through the cage was a great way of illustrating a trapped marriage.

  • @HHHKingofKings58
    @HHHKingofKings58 Před 4 lety +19

    I always cry laugh at the end when he gives up trying and his spite comes out. "Come on ya cunt." 🤣

  • @schattentaenzerin
    @schattentaenzerin Před rokem +4

    Everyone feels sorry for him, while I think I'd have her exact facial expression, being with someone that's constantly narrating everything for decades.
    Would be fun if he walked off, someone else talked to her and she'd be all animated, happy and chatty 😁

  • @margplsr3120
    @margplsr3120 Před 10 lety +11

    Matt Lucas is so great as woman in "happu couple"!

  • @dontalkt2meboutheros
    @dontalkt2meboutheros Před 7 lety +43

    "You ruined my life." XD

  • @Hopium500
    @Hopium500 Před 4 lety +10

    I'd rather die in a retirement home than wait around and die spending my last days like this couple, but most seniors do and it's depressing.

  • @HirnExe
    @HirnExe Před 4 lety +46

    He seems to be the victim here but if you think about it, obviously "she" is the one who died first.

  • @itsdannyhoney
    @itsdannyhoney Před 5 lety +13

    I love that the only word she ever said is “ornitophobia” lol

  • @merkules6
    @merkules6 Před 6 lety +12

    The sad thing is that couples similar to this exist. People are so stuck on the idea that they should not divorce, no matter what, that they actually stay in that one bad relationship. Some people stay together for the rest of their lives and can be quite happy. I don't think this is very common. It's not as common as people would like to think, that's for sure. Most of us will fall in and out of love many times during our lives, and there's nothing bad in that nor should it be fought against. People should neither be stuck with the idea that monogamy is the only way to go. But when you find a person you really want to be with (and you shouldn't stay with someone you don't) you need to work to make that relationship work. After all it would be nice to have a person beside you that knows you though and through, that takes care of you and you care for them. If a relationship is not like this or heading this way, then something should be done about it.

  • @stephenmcginn6872
    @stephenmcginn6872 Před 4 lety +36

    Walliams genius timing and scripting. What’s not said is almost as funny. Therein lies the gag.

  • @jasenwright1178
    @jasenwright1178 Před 2 lety +3

    I have seen this in actuality so many times! They make a very valid sketch!!!