Americans React to "Sorry" with Ronnie Corbett

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@markywellsboy2182 4 года назад

Sorry was a gentle, slow burner of a comedy. He was forever apologising. Timothy Lumsden became a nickname for anyone who was still living with their parents when they should have left home. I think he was supposed to be around 40. Mother refused to let him grow up and leave home and whenever he got himself a girlfriend mother would do everything in her power to ruin the relationship and stop him from leaving. His sister had managed to leave home and get married, but then, she wasn't Mummy's little boy. Father was a fabulous character. He didn't say much, but when he did, it was usually pretty good. "Language, Timothy" became a well used catch phrase.

@ridbensdale 4 года назад

Loved Sorry! as a kid. Language Timothy!!

@scottwebb1978 4 года назад

Timothy is in his 40s and mother still treats him as her little child

@72Deckard 4 года назад

That's what makes it funny.

@ANDCFC95 Год назад

Thats the plot

@eddievision 4 года назад

He has a Sister who tries to get him leave home and breakaway from his mother's apron strings which is basically what the show is all about...

@carolinec9625 4 года назад

Timothy's mum always treats him like a child.. that's what the comedy is all about.. & makes it funny x

@platetec4636 4 года назад

I used to go out with this girl and her Dad was the Set Designer for this show, We went to the BBC to see one of the episodes being filmed and afterwards walked around the sets and offices.

@jjcustard6378 4 года назад

I loved Sorry, witty and inoffensive

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

This was meant to be a vehicle for Ronnie Corbett, but Barbara Lott was probably the star of the show. The setting was very middle-class and unthreatening, like many British sitcoms of the time. It gave us the classic catchphrase: "Language Timothy!", uttered by the hen-pecked father whenever anything vaguely coarse was said by Timothy.

@angelatester2471 4 года назад

I love "Sorry". There was always the hope that one day, Timothy would escape the clutches of his overbearing mother. The episodes revolved around his efforts to escape and his mothers efforts to defeat any escape. A theme running through each episode is the food. Mother will not waste any food and serves up gruesome concoctions made from old leftovers.

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

Maybe something of Margaret Thatcher about her?

@markywellsboy2182 4 года назад

Lol, I forgot about the left over food.

@yorkshireboy9801 4 года назад

Absolutely bizarre, 20 mins ago I was talking to 2 British Caribbean friends about why the English say sorry all the time, I even mentioned this program and they remembered and liked it.

@angievara7355 4 года назад

I loved this show.

@jasonturner8509 4 года назад

He was putting bread on the car hoping pigeon's would poop on it. I imagine he had the bread to feed ducks in a pond somewhere.

@thomasarmour5386 3 года назад

Glad you understood Ronnie Corbetts Scottish accent

@martinmowbray6448 4 года назад

The first episode of porridge with Ronnie Barker is a classic. Please do that next. 😁

@lizdyson3627 4 года назад

Timothy is a man in his 40s desperate to leave home and find love but his mother who is totally dependant on him tries everything possible to prevent him going. The aunt is only In one episode.

@kyotocoversjimanderson782 4 года назад

I didn't know about "Sorry," as I lived abroad at the time. But this had me smiling throughout.

@johncradduck39 2 года назад

I loved watching sorry in the 80s. Some great and funny characters 😄

@bobbyboko6317 4 года назад

Ronnie Corbett was also in the Four Candles sketch that you reviewed part of the Two Ronnie's with Ronnie Barker

@enarabone1751 4 года назад

Just to let you know that grape nuts are a cereal that you can buy in the supermarket, Asda and Tesco sell them the cheapest, lol

@Yellowswift3 4 года назад

One of my favourite shows when growing up. Great seeing your reactions. :)

@metaforically 3 года назад

Why? What makes it great?

@somyod2u 3 года назад

William Moore, who plays the father of Timothy, was married to Mollie Sugden, who famously played Mrs.Slocombe in the sitcom " Are You Being Served ".

@orsonkaart1853 4 года назад

I really liked this at the time! Thanks

@merxeddie6474 4 года назад

Through the length of a comedy series the audience builds a familiarity and affection for the characters,which is not always demonstrated using clips.Watching these shows brings me nostalgic warmth as well lots of laughter. Thanks for posting,wish you happiness in your adopted home. In British comedies a recurring theme is the protagonist being trapped in a situation unable to free himself from an emotional dependence.

@dr.zacking2097 3 года назад

This predated Keeping up appearances...he's in his forties living at home and this is the family dynamic plus class stuff .......keep well you guys as ever 👍

@tillyt4054 3 года назад

Sorry is a very underrated comedy

@BlueShadow777 4 года назад

“Grape Nuts”... it is (or was) a breakfast cereal.

@camrondirossi3249 4 года назад

Great tv series. RIP ronnie

@williamstewart6454 4 года назад

Most of the plots from what i remember is Timothy trying to break away from his mother who always wins and keeps him from leaving

@susangore9457 4 года назад

I love Sorry i have them recorded i watch it when i just want to chill

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

As a lover of 50 great British sitcoms over the years I watch it when I just want to slit my wrists..which isn't very often :)

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

To answer your question Felipe, a show like this wouldn't be made today (but I think you probably knew that!). The last attempt at a culturally mainstream, traditional family-oriented British sit-com was probably My Family, which ended I think in the mid-00s. British culture, at least on television, is more diffused than it was when Sorry! was first made - then there were only three TV channels, of which one (BBC2) was deemed specialist, non-mainstream and not particularly geared to a family audience.

@HighHoeKermit 4 года назад

A reference to the 4 times Olympic medallist Sebastian Coe there, or Lord Coe as we now know him.

@harryh3203 4 года назад

The Matt Berry cover of the Sorry theme tune is amazing.

@wobble108 8 месяцев назад

Trust me lots of mothers were like this from a certain generation. They captured it perfectly.

@chrisbradley1192 4 года назад

It's the same with any good comedy; the writing, the characters and the actors have to come together to produce this kind of gold. If any one of these 3 is missing then it flops.

@jameshumphreys9715 4 года назад

A catchphrase from this is "elbows Timothy." When he use to put them on the tables, which my mum said to me. This is my life, but as not as sufferable. He is in his 40's

@MikeRees 4 года назад

Heh, I never got that one but I got a lot of "Language, Timothy!"

@Joe-rn7td 4 года назад

It's Language Timothy! In this dark backward comedy!

@MousePotato 4 года назад

I met Timothy's mum in this (Barbara Lott) on a London Underground train in 1983.

@carlranns6658 3 года назад

Bread to feed the ducks in the park pond, that's why it's broken into bits and probably old stale bread

@barrygower6733 4 года назад

I recognised Mr Lumsden was played by the actor who was Betty Turpin’s husband, Cyril, in Coronation Street where he was a policeman.

@somyod2u 3 года назад

In real life he was the husband of Molly Sugden.

@generouspeasant 4 года назад

I always look forward to your videos even if you do leave your spoon in your tea.

@MrPercy112 4 года назад

The spoon, yes, an abomination! 😁

@paddymulligan 4 года назад

Ronnie Corbett's dad in Sorry (William Moore) was married to Mollie Sugden (Mrs Slocombe) from Are You Being Served

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

I think they did a sitcom together in the 80s or 90s.

@ANGELICHUMANANGEL 4 года назад

GREAT VIDEO PRESENTATION LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! !....HIT THE BUTTON AND SUBBED YOU GUYS 👍

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

At 9:50 - funnily enough I've heard it referred to as a "Barker's Egg".

@scottwebb1978 4 года назад

Funny you made a title goof and said sorry and the show is called sorry 😂 👍💜

@ItsTerryTime 4 года назад

What was the song you had playing in the background here? I liked that.

@JanTheNan 4 года назад

Language Timothy!

@catherinerobilliard7662 4 года назад

Timothy is a librarian in his 40 's who attempts to rebel against his overbearing mother, as his sister Muriel did, but is unable to forgo the molly codling his mother gives him.

@thomaslowdon5510 4 года назад

Fly papers are a bit rare these days...but theyre a sticky roll of paper you pull out and hang up. Flys are attracted and stick on . Cant get off...

@owbeknackin9306 4 года назад

Watch The Two 'Ronnie's Four Candles' .

@keithbuxton1723 Год назад

What gets me is he is most likely older than her !!!!!! googled it 10 years between them she is older !

@woody816 4 года назад

Have u done any fawlty towers

@omegasue 4 года назад

Timothy often says ".... mother I'm 42 years old ... " This series used to frustrate me, even though it was funny. Have you ever checked out Doc Martin. The action takes place in Cornwall, Martin Clunes plays the lead character, a grumpy, clever London surgeon who suddenly had a bad reaction to the sight of blood.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sbSeqGjftHI.html

@cockertoo8920 4 года назад

Timothy's Dad in real life was married to Molly Sugden another comedy actress

@texbankuk 4 года назад

Sadly there does not seem to be any Clips of "Me Mammy" (Milo O'Shea) Ca 1970? Which Mrs Brown is a Tribute act to, (2010's to now) Is listed on the Missing Episodes list archive archive.is/20120630225101/www.btinternet.com/~m.brown1/mammy.htm 😞 Another classic from that Time Was "NEVER MIND THE QUALITY - FEEL THE WIDTH!" about 2 Tailors, 1 who is Jewish and the Other is an Irish Catholic ( Manny Cohen & Patrick Kelly) Again episodes are sparse but it did get a Movie which Takes our Protagonists to Rome and you have to understand the Plot of the Movie to see a bit Laurel & Hardy style Word play how they got from London to Rome ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RpwQq0RStOQ.html Plenty of Accents to Listen to BTW

@diogenesagogo 4 года назад

You should try Dear Ladies (Dr. Evadne Hinge & Dame Hilda Brackett). Two guys playing a pair of eccentric old ladies living in a village (Stackton Tressel). It's not laugh out loud funny but it has a lovely quirky atmosphere that stays with you. This is them in concert: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-get7UPCe3I8.html & a sketch: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UfmtTrSV8_k.html

@taffythegreat1986 4 года назад

I would’ve thought if that guy with the two dogs just been to the park. He would be getting into his car. Not going back to the park again. Unless he forgot something.

@Joe-rn7td 4 года назад

Review Love Thy Neighbour - Voodoo!

@superreds9775 4 года назад

good call

@neilmcdonald8355 4 года назад

Fly paper was sticky paper that you hung up and they stuck to🎩

@tonyt765 4 года назад

I'd recommend Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, turned into a small series after success at the Edinburgh comedy festival about 10 years ago, instant classic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x1jzDx1PXBk.html

@jameslloyd949 3 года назад

People are less defined by class now so you'e right that format probably wouldn't work today. By the way, if you do add the music to your videos that features when you're watching it might be better not to. It can be distracting when wathcing the clips... just some feedback for you!

@stingray4real 3 года назад

Timothy Lumsden’s Dad in Sorry played the Major in Fawlty Towers.

@stephenturnbull7542 Год назад

The Major was played by Ballard Berkely. William Moore played Tim's father.

@taffythegreat1986 4 года назад

He’s a mummy’s boy, hen pecked by his mother as he’s the only child

@nige-g 4 года назад

Felipe's analysis was spot on. Funny in its day but now probably to old fashioned.

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

As a great lover of our endless Sitcoms I only agree with the second part of that synopsis...

@pflynn581 4 года назад

Ditch the background music.

@markmccormack1214 4 года назад

England has always been a divide by class still is can't think of any show like this now apart from a reality show called rich house poor house where the family switch places to see how the other half live maybe you should do a reaction on that one.

@jussihaverinen313 3 года назад

They are loaded, but the fortune is in disrepair. Fact.

@DomIstKrieg 4 года назад

Ronnie Barker's Mispronuncimation might be an interesting watch. Mispronuncimation is spelt wrong on purpose.

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

I see what you did there.....

@MarilynCrosbie 3 года назад

I love this series. However, I'm from the baby boom generation.

@lintonkenneally7954 4 года назад

I think you reset your white balance on your camera as it kept going in and out

@eanjamesmogg9488 4 года назад

Google flypaper 👍

@beanie7042 4 года назад

Have you watched BBC's Miranda yet? It's a really funny show.

@seeker1432 4 года назад

Totally irelivent to the video, But i think it will amuse you both. Its the same singer as the gurilla in cadbury advert. Genesis - Land of Confusion (Official Music Video).

@cockertoo8920 4 года назад

My Dad hated this comedy as his own Mother was the same.

@MickeyDJ1 3 года назад

But now just realised that Ronnie Corbett died in 2016. 😕 The world is increasing becoming a lonelier place, as the household names I grew up with are all disappearing..!!!

@scorpnz4433 4 года назад

Considering student debt these days wouldn't it be normal for adult kids to be living with their parents at age 40 lol

@dercoss 4 года назад

Never really liked this comedy at the time. However, as there were only 3 or 4 channels at the time you tended to watch things you didn't much care for. Having said that Ronnie Corbett was one of the greatest tv comedians in the UK for 50 plus years...

@1988madhatter 3 года назад

Not going out

@tonywilkinson6895 4 года назад

There were better shows from ronnie Corbett, bless him.

@raycope2086 4 года назад

Strangle the guitarist please, it's distracting.

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

As a lover of a cascade of great British Sitcoms since the early 1960's I have to say that I did not laugh once along with the likes of "Last Of The Summer Wine" and sacrilege (!) Dad's Army. This barely raised a smile....

@MrJpsspecial 4 года назад

I think if you like good comedies try looking at The LAST of THE SUMMER WINE much better than this .

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

As a lover of, at least,50 Brilliant British Sitcoms since The Rag Trade in 1961 I have never laughed at Sorry or LOTSW...

@MrJpsspecial 4 года назад

@@Isleofskye I' m sorry to hear that you never found LofSW funny it must be that I'm 80 &can identify with them.

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

@@MrJpsspecial Fumnily enough John I was just writing on a football vlog that when I saw my team win at Leeds on the 6th April,1988 I stayed at Holmfirth where they made LOSW but too slow and genteel for me, my friend...lol

@rosalindrussell1020 4 года назад

I know it was popular but I must admit I never liked it. Ronnie Barker could carry a show on his own but not Ronnie Corbett in my humble opinion

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

As a great lover of 50 wonderful UK sitcoms I thought Sorry was really lame and totally unfunny. Corbett was Wise to Morecambe's Barker...

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

@@Isleofskye or Barker's Morecambe 😉

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

No words can adequately express my remorse regarding my inexcusable error. I am mortified that I got to make such a Schoolboy error and I only try to crave your forgiveness for my brief moment of total complete and utter insanity in making this mistake. I have no excuses and I can only apologise ,profusely, for my stupidity, once again. You are a good man for pointing this out to me. I'm inconsolable at the moment.....:(

@MrJonno85 4 года назад

@@Isleofskye You can come back from this, I know you can

@Isleofskye 4 года назад

Sleepness night Jon. Still trying to piece together the set of circumstances and my mindset that led me to make that comment. Mysterious forces are at work but I wil get to the bottom of it. I WILL PREVAIL.....Jon...