Exactly, as per the narrative "Immediately after marrying a young lady". Also she's knitting (not crochet or needlepoint) which is what practically all UK housewives of of our parents (and previous) generation did all evening every evening listening to the wireless (i.e. radio) or later watching television.
@@MrCuddlyable3 Thankyou Mr pedantic. Also, This is youtube, Im not writing an essay. Furthermore, I dont care, You understood what I was saying. Job done.
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Harry Enfield is a Genius. This is a total mocking of old 30'40's public information films, Done to perfection by Harry and his co-stars. Absolutely hilarious!
I love the way non-Brits try to analyze British humour. It's beyond analysis. I'm glad that you find it funny just for funny's sake. We need more laughter in the world.
"I love the way non-Brits try to analyze British humour. It's beyond analysis." Absolutely! It's totally unique, and whilst I like the "fast" humour of shows like "The Big Bang Theory", nothing can compare with British humour which runs the whole gamut of "pantomime" through to "observational".
I hate to tell you but the target was public information films of the 1930s! The 50s and 60s were a different matter, they dealt with sensitive issues like this in a jokey throwaway style, not the deadly seriousness that Enfield has captured perfectly.
These two characters are a spoof of early govenment/Public information films of the 50's and 60's very cleaver adding the jumping frames as if the film had been broken and spliced back together and the vertical lines where film was scratched, and also the crackly sound track, and most of all, the posh accents the only approved way of speaking on the BBC back in the day.
No way it was the 60s. Possibly very early 50s, but more like 30s and 40s. PC has made today's media more timid, prudish and primitive than even the 50s. The 60s was wild compared to now. So sad...
In the 1940's and 1950's there were actual guides for women how to be a good house wife. Things like, before your husband returns from a long day's work, ensure you have his tea cooking and reapply your lipstick and touch up your hair. Make sure the children's faces are clean and they are quiet. He needs to see you looking unflustered and happy to greet him on his return to a stress free, clean home. That's what a lot of his stuff is taking the piss out of. Old fashioned ways and ideas of doing things 'proper'. And he does it so well 😂
The funniest/scariest thing is, if you ever watch the *real* PSAs of that era (shown to unfortunate teenagers and young adults as 'educational material,') they're actually not that different in tone - Harry Enfield's parodies are funny because they're SO UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE to how the masses were taught to think back then.
Exactly, as per the narrative "Immediately after marrying a young lady". Also she's knitting (not crochet or needlepoint) which is what practically all UK housewives of of our parents (and previous) generation did all evening every evening listening to the wireless (i.e. radio) or later watching television.
Harry Enfield and chums did a few sketches, taking the mick out of Scousers, and as a Scouser myself, I wasn't offended one bit. They were hilarious.....
The couple are both wearing their wedding outfits. 'Mrs Grayson' is knitting. I don't know if you've seen this: 'Harry Enfield - Who's That Girl Sketch'. It's very funny
That sketch is so well made. Watch the way the woman moves her head from 2:05. Very reminiscent of actresses of that era. Then there’s the crackly sound, and the editing. Sometimes, they edit out a split second as a character turns their head. Well done to the whole team. 👏
This and the "women, know your limits" are some of my favourite Harry Enfield sketches. He has made so many classics in the past but these are some that have stayed with my whilst growing up. Super glad you can enjoy and can get the hyper britishness of it all.
The British Middle class used to be exactly like this and its amazing they ever had any kids . Whereas the working classes were at it like rabbits and talked about sex all the time.
I still find it funny older movies kinda said they were having sex but the woman’s feet had to be on the floor, just so we know they didn’t have sex but of course they did... because it was WW2 and everyone were rutting like rabbits.... but her feet are on the floor she’s still got a hymen! That whole period was sexually repressed you just need to watch Casablanca and see the non movement dude just grabbed her and pouted aggressively just really really close to her face!
“You know what a whistle is don’t you, you just put your lips together and blow” we aren’t sexually repressed now let me go make you a jelly salad... because that’s a thing!!
2:04. She's wearing her wedding dress you frightfully silly fellow. "The train is at Colchester. Ouch" I howled with laughter and nearly ruptured an rib.
A brilliant mockery of English sexual repression, but we seem to have gone too far in the other direction in recent years. Time for a stern lecture, from Mr Cholmondley-Warner, I think.
Morcombe and Wise used to share a bed on their show. They felt a bit strange about it and were told by a boss,If it was good enough for Laurie and Hardy it’s good enough for them . As for mr c w and friend I’m not sure.
I grew up watching Morcombe and Wise, and it didn't seem strange at all. It absolutely suited their act, and nobody thought anything more about it really. Just 2 best friends annoying eachother 24 hours a day. Harry Enfield is a comedy genius, but his best stuff was Harry Enfield and Chums with Kathy Burke & Paul Whitehouse.
Ha! I've never heard that expression, but I used to commute by train from Salford to Liverpool. My stop was Wavertree Technology Park, but a couple of times I missed my stop and got off at Edge Hill literally!
When I'm in need of unpleasantness I quite often ask mrs tiddywinkle if it's time to go up the wooden hill to the land of nod? Her reply is "oh dear, are you going to be bothersome" as she puts down her knitting
The old saying: 'Men marry in order to have sex. Women have sex in order to be married.' That was back in the day when sex before marriage was considered the greatest of sins.
There are loads of these, they were one of the regular sketches on Harry Enfield's show. Done as a piss take of the old government public information films. Just search Mr Cholmondley Warner...Diseases of the mind was a good one, HULLABALOO HULLABALOO !
Ah, the 90's were brilliant for comedy sketch shows like Harry Enfield and the fast show and Coogans run, also the comeback of slapstick comedy with 'Shooting Stars' and the quiz shows where you don't win anything like 'never mind the Buzzcocks' . I grew up on a diet of brilliant comedy, Doves, Raves and LSD. Ahhh those were the days.
take a look at David Armands mime videos. if you can find it the best one is "Torn" with Natalie Imbruglia, but there may be copyright issues between Warners group (who own it) and you tube that stops you showing it, or even finding it. it was done at "The Secret Policeman's Other ball" some time ago by David then redone with Natalie Imbruglia as a guest. Its now done as a quiz question on a show called fast and Loose.
@@Wiganpilot you did spell it right, Stavros lol... his trademark saying was Stavros ere innit... 🤣 never liked Lance and the other guy, the butchers but on the whole found Harry hilarious, but that's just my immaturity! 🤣👌
look at laural and hardys bed sketch, also in the black and white film " the lady vanishes " charters and couldecott ?. also morecmbe and wise , who had problems with the concept ..............untill someone memtioned L & H . they said if its ok for them............
You need to understand just how uptight we Brits were on virtually any subject up until the 1960’s an even beyond. We would never talk about anything directly but use euphemisms to alleviate embarrassment. There are a few other Cholmondly-Warner and Grayson spoofs including “Women, Know Your Limits”
Just shows how substandard a lot of today’s comedians are…a lot of stand up now as opposed to the sheer character crafting we see here…we didn’t realise what we had ! (Uk)
Check out Harry Enfields 'Norbert Smith: A Life'. You might need to do some background reading first but it's vg. Also go to the source of the whole parody thing - The Rutles
