American Reacts to Open All Hours Season 1 Episode 1 - Full Of Mysterious Promise 

One of those programmes you can watch time and time again and still enjoy a good laugh 😂

Mrs Blewitt played by the wonderful Kathy Staff (famous for playing Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine) reminds me so much of my grandma :)

Open all hours at No87 😊. Love how the show has a gentle way about it. No Crime, issues, politics ... happy days !.

My grandparents introduced me to open all hours as well as Dad's Army and love them both. I would also suggest that you watch dad's army as that's one of the country's favourite comedy.

They're repeating this a lot on UK TV at the moment. As well as being v funny, there's something very comforting about it. Maybe as its set in a simpler time, somewhere in the North, where I'm from.

great to see kathy staff here from last of the summer wine fame

G-G-Granville....f-fetch a cloth!!

I've been looking forward to this. This series was made 3 years after the pilot and the only remnant from it was the opening joke about the swallows leaving, (it all over the windows.) They also changed location. The pilot was filmed on location somewhere close to London, whereas the 4 series was shot, up north, in a street that was a part of Doncaster. The shop in question was, and still is, a hairdresser that they made to look as a archetypal corner shop of old for the external shots. Many of which used to exist on a lot of street corners 40+ years ago. This series differs a lot from Only Fools And Horses, as the humour is more, 'northern.' Arkwright is the typical penny-pinching miser who goes out of his way to separate money from anyone who dares cross the fresh hold of the shop. And, comes up with quite a few ingenuous plans to try to make it happen. The series does improve a lot, but as an opener this one is a good one.

This is such a classic programme, it's great to see you enjoying it. :) Lynda Baron was the perfect choice to play Nurse Gladys. She had such great chemistry with Ronnie B. The till is hilarious, and a great running joke over the course of the series. Granville's joke about Jaws being on at the Odeon was classic stuff. 😂

Back in more simple times before mobile phones and social media. People still shopped daily at their local shop and we all "lived in the moment" much more. Not everything was better of course but we were more content with what we had and didnt expect things right here, right now. Loved this show. A classic comedy that stands the test of time

So happy you’re watching ‘Open All Hours’. I used to love this growing up. Brings back some good memories 🙂 I remember when we had a corner shop like that and would sell a variety of things. You don’t see watering cans etc. at corner shops nowadays 😄🙂💗 xx

God, remember when even wee shops that would cut the meat exactly to the thickness you wanted. They all had those slicing machines. Haven’t seen one for years.

Arkwright offers a drink to the customer, let's him drink it then asks him for the money to pay for it. This was typical Arkwright, always chasing the sale. The music for the opening/closing sequence was written in 1861 and is called "Alice, Where Art Thou"

You are in for a riot with this series - every bit as classic as Only Fools, Porridge, Still Game and Fawlty Towers - great choice. Me and my partner love watching your channel here in the UK - you seem to love everything that’s fantastic and original about classic British telly.

I used to love watching this when I was a kid but it was more for the anticipation of the till snapping shut than the dialog as I didn't get it. I'm glad you are doing the series as it'll give me a reason to watch it now I'm grown up (mostly) and hopefully appreciate it fully.

Loved this episode, I was only wee when this was on TV, so I didn't know how funny it would be today, it doesn't disappoint. But the 70's eh? When we all hung out at number 87 and a pair of big granny knickers could knock a man off his bike, good times 🤣💛

Hey buddy😜. So so happy you have begun your viewing of this classic British sitcom. All the best. Peace and good vibes bruv.

Truly an icon of British comedy. Glad to see it getting some attention.

I think the till was worked by an out of shot props guy pulling a string. It made Ronnie and David’s fear a bit more realistic :)

Lynda Baron played Ronnie's wife in the final Two Ronnies episode. They were Mr and Mrs Geppetto to Ronnie C's Pinocchio.

You're reacting to the whole series? I discovered this show a month ago and am TOTALLY OBSESSED! new sub

Custard and Bartlett Pear Halves in Syrup in the Tins!

Lots of sauciness. Love all the innuendos. Good laughs. number 87.

Yesssss waited ages for you to pick this one up - enjoy the journey

Per per per play, damn it!

Stay away from No:87 kid. 😉 but if you do find your self there don’t forget to ji, ji, ji, jiggle it a bit. 😆 Yes Lydia Baron is Nures Gladys, Another detail that was changed from the pilot is Granvilles age from 25 to a younger 19. I’m looking forward to episode 4 it’s my fav from this series, but they are all great.

Its a great show, I don't think that Arkwright and Del Boy had much in common, Del was a dreamer, he had ambition that one day he would do the deal that would make him a millionaire, Arkwright had no ambition beyond squeezing the last penny out of the customers in his backstreet shop. His dream was of Nurse Gladys. Lots of actors passed through as customers, let's face it, would you go back? Mrs Blewett was a regular for the first two series, Kathy Staff who played her was best know for playing another battle axe, Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine the world's longest running sitcom, which was also written by Roy Clarke. I once served her in the shop I worked in, all I will say is I think she was playing herself in all her roles. 🤣

Filmed in my hometown well the exteriors any way and Still open all hours is also filmed here in the same spot.

One of my favourite UK comedies alongside Rising Damp and Father Ted, so glad you're watching it! David Jason and Ronnie Barker have such great chemistry and the writing is so tight 👌😁⚗️

Yay love this growing up when it was repeated. Even my dad quotes lines from this. I'm sure I've seen all at some point but never in order. 👍👍

I remember watching this on the tv when I was a kid, the family used to sit down and watch, on our shitty 90s telly

The episode with the burglars is one of the best

The street where this shop is is about 8 miles from where I live. Its a street just off carr hill road in balby Doncaster. Its still a corner shop now

You are correct kid! The swallows joke was repeated and Nurse Gladys were played by a different women (Lynda Baron) which you would have noticed continued to play her all through the entire series. in the pilot (Sheila Brennan) played the role and had a different accent. The shop also changed mainly it’s location

Have to check out "Are You Being Served?"...70's early 80's comedy about the staff and goings on in a department store. Cheeky and great fun. One of my favs..I have the whole series on DVD.

It must be great riding bike without a load of traffic. There use to be someone behind the wall of the till, to use a pull string. One talking about the death is on last of the summer of wine, which is another show written by Roy Clarke. They is a squeal still open all hours.

28:00 "Raindrops keep falling on my head." 30:00 I might've said 'they don't make 'em like that any more', but it just so happens that in the past decade they did. 30:35 I'm not sure if the last episode was broadcast in '87 or not. 32:40 Bristow; although there appears to be nowhere in the UK directly named 'Bristow'. 33:00 If you ever get round to watching Last of the Summer Wine, she'll be a face you'll know all too well.

I love how you always clap at the end of the programme.. I was born in the 70's & remember watching all these growing up.. they were as funny then as they are today.. x

I realised it was a long time ago by the low prices and use of half pence shown on the shop window. Half pence use was discontinued in 1984. The street views of the shop were of a ladies' hairdressers temporally converted for the filming.

I live about half an hour from we're this was filmed, and not all of us Yorkshire folk are stingy 😂😂

This was filmed in Doncaster, in the opening credits you can see a large chimney in the background which was part of the Peglers factory where I once worked.

Love your channel. Aww, I remember watching this with my mum and dad when i was a kid. A very funny show. If they haven't been mentioned before, other great old British sitcoms you should check out include Yes Minister (which had a sequel series called Yes Prime Minister), To the Manor Born, The Good Life, Dad's Army, Up Pompeii, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, The Young Ones, The New Statesman, Red Dwarf and Allo Allo, to name a few. Some of those are considered very un-PC by todays standards but were all very funny. Keep up the good work. From a British fan 😀.

Love the show and just subscribed to your channel, thanx for great reaction. Incidentally the actor at 21.05 appeared as a victim in 1995 unsolved crime watch uk 🇬🇧 murder reconstruction. Don’t know if true crime is your thing but most episodes of these are on RU-vid as well. The case of the gentleman is on too, but in a category ‘unsolved murders’ not a complete one

Number 87 !!!! Love it.

RIP Lynda Baron (Nurse Gladys)

They filmed a show called still open all hours.arkwriiight had died and Granville had inherited the shop and he's turned out just like Arkwright.😂

David Jason got cast as Del in Only Fools because of this show.

This is a proper old school one, but still brilliant

no87, good reaction kid.

Look up '7 of 1' starring Ronnie Barker. It was a series of pilot episodes and open all hours was one of them.

Remember corner shops growing up.

This and Porridge.

Just jeh...jeh...jiggle it a bit

You should absolutely react to Dad's Army!! One of the nations best loved comedies!!

Fetch a cloth.

97p for ham!? In 1976!? That's roughly £7 today 😵‍💫

Hey please please look into Keeping up appearances! Written by Roy Clarke as was this show! Dearest David Jason ❤️ he’s amazing as Granville in Open All Hours. Both these shows are classics! Mrs Bucket is brilliant - you’ll love her And please look into Victoria Woods - DInnerladies. That’s a northern UK 90’s canteen set tv sitcom! Very clever writing from all these shows

I miss 70s no pc non woke U.K. A true representation of U.K. 70s Wlm

If you like this, you should definitely watch Porridge with Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale (Kate Beckinsale's father) it is fantastic as is the spin off Going Straight. British comedy at its finest

Do you have a name for the intro music? Reason I’m asking is I’m making my daughter a random generated city and it has posters around. I have three test ones and would love your logo . I’d love even more an Easter egg to get the shotgun and plays your intro

Can you react to more open all hours.

Did you notice different actress playing nurse from polite series

My husband watched this programme I never could be bothered but now I relise 👍 it's so so funny can't believe I didn't watch it

try another series "last of Summer Wine" ran for many years

Sharabang = Bus

Love this show and God bless Ronnie B But oof at that N-bomb drop.

These days looking at a nice lady will get you nicked, pc gone mad 🙃