I love the fact that whilst one of them is taking his go with the drinks, the other player in the background casually throws a few darts. Clever little touch.
Perhaps years ago when darts professionals could drink on stage but its water only now, sadly. I used to love all the smoking & drinking years ago - too politicly correct nowadays
What I love is that they're actually throwing their darts and having a 'proper' match in the background. Out of focus, out of shot, it's beautifully subtle writing and directing. :-)
I remember watching this when it was first televised. I was sat in the lounge with my mum, dad and two brothers, not one of us could stop laughing all the way through.
Fair Bloody Dinkum, the first time I saw this skit, I got into an uncontrollable belly laugh on hearing their names announced. Bloody funny skit. British comedy is the best by heaps. And Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith (RIP) were two of the BEST!
I agree wholeheartedly with the above comments, absolutely hilarious, but today I reckon the fun police would say there's nothing funny about binge drinking
@@alanrix5344 it seems you can’t laugh at fuck all anymore, if I want to watch the likes of chubby brown ( just using as an example) then nobody is going to stop me and I’ll still laugh if the jokes about a Pakistani or an Irishman, I couldn’t give a toss.
This scene is actual reason why the BDO banned the drinking of alcohol during televised matches back in the 80’s as this was the perception that people had of professional darts!
It was the start of sanitizing the character of the sport. They did the same with snooker. They were both pub games played and watched by people enjoying a few drinks.
Every time I've seen this sketch I have never noticed 😂😂😂 as if they really are at a darts match but the real event is the drinking 😂😂😂 Crazy that they even allowed them to drink while playing back in the day 😂
All that toxic masculinity and those fat bellies, clear fat shaming, as well as promoting alcholism.. Will you hold me tonight Marco whilst I cry myself to sleep? There ya go me laddo.
@ThatDutchGuy Can you be both Neolithic and a Boomer? I'm a millennial i guess anyway. Given the fact the Tv series is reasonably 'rude', reasonably rude comments should be in the spirit of the thing. I was only talking about darts anyway, in the same way they only talked about trucks
@Jay Boomer Comedy - fuck me you’ve fallen into those young fuckers traps already! If they stopped drinking Americanos and shaved their beards they might be able to afford a house one day!
Atkinson was born in County Durham and educated in the North East, including Newcastle University. That's why he does such a good North Eastern accent taking off Sid Wadell the 'Voice of Darts' who was brought up in Northumberland.
@@thomasrobinette3227 Well, seeing as Atkinson was born and raised in Consett and studied in Newcastle I'd say his accent here is original and genuine...
absolutely brilliant sketch..it sticks in my mind even after all these years..we need more of this on mainstream now...i remember a certain hedgehog sketch which received complaints.nowadays they'd have had to apologised...instead, the following week they just kept repeating it over and over again..after that, no more complaints
"Completely Newscasted" was a sideways reference to Not the Nine O'Clock News favourite Reginald Bosanquet a contemporary newsreader who was 'fond of a tipple' :-)
Watched this when it was first on tv. Nobody had a clue what what they were doing until they did it with the drinks. Sooo funny then, and even funnier now.
*burp* "Oh, and he's missed the table altogether". "Oh, would you believe it? It went in, but it's come out again". XD Genius. One of the all time greatest sketches.
Not the Nine O' Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones and probably one of Mel's finest shows Colin's Sandwich. In additon directing one of my fave films of all time 'High Heels and Low Lifes' ... a great loss and will be very much missed ... a true comedy genius and a naturally funny man. Rest in Peace .... :(
There’s always someone moaning about comedy being “censored” now 😒 I think you’re just watching entirely the wrong stuff. NTNoCN was always pretty timid, wide-audience comedy (still great). But you really think today is censored? Did you ever watch Mock the Week when Frankie Boyle was on the show? Or the episode of Peep Show where Jez wanks over the queen on a £20 note in a sperm bank? Literally anything on Southpark or Rick and Morty if you include adult cartoons. Or if you’re not strictly talking about comedy, what’s censored in shows like Euphoria, Altered Carbon or The Punisher? That’s just off the top of my head - 30 odd years ago these shows would have caused protests from snowflake religious groups and parents for “excessive violence, drugs and portrayal of sex”, now no one bats an eye. No, shows are less censored now than at any point - you’re just watching the wrong stuff, at the wrong time, in the wrong places and therefor reach the wrong conclusion.
@@lukefreeman828 don't conflate anime porn with telly shows ffs. Gtfo. Comedy on the TV is more dead than ever with so much politically correct bullshit to appease the can't offend crowd. Bullshit.
@The Head Reacher oh no... a few tiny words have been censored? Oh no! But thankfully portrayal of real life I.e. death, violence, drugs and sex are all far less censored these days than they used to be. Because the perpetually offended do-gooders of the older generations are being ignored.
@@lukefreeman828 it starts with a few words and it moves on to banning the whole thing. that's how this will play out in the long run. Mandating speech is when you're on thin ice when it comes to freedom of speech.
miss you mel you were a lovely funny and very warm hearted man you made mel laugh very hard on many times you and jones had the best sketch show in the country i still find it my favourite
Remember the good old days of Jocky Wilson and Cliff Lazarenko and the Geordie Darts commentator Sid Waddell who once referred to them as these fine athletes.
Even in the states in electronic darts leagues, this sums up league finals. Watched a player somehow made it to single's finals, and was so plastered he was lunging halfway to board before throwing
@king offa lol yup. Our league is minor stuff... finals are in casino hotel ballrooms. 4 day events and 12 hours or more of throwing. I dont drink but people there would prob go crazy not getting their fix
This sketch was the first thought that came into my mind when i heard the awful news. Grew up with NTNON & Smith & Jones. At christmas every year in our house we still watch The Home-Made Xmas Video: a Video de Dad and listen to rockin around the christmas tree. RIP Mel Smith, Comedy Legend.
This was one of the greatest examples of satire that hit its mark, and changed the world in doing so. I don't know about nearly being destroyed, but, after this sketch was aired, the Darts Authorities were so embarrassed they began to work at changing the culture, and therefore the image, of professional darts.
Very Very Big Thanks for uploading as i never forget this clip from Not Nine o Clock News on BBC 2 back in the early 80s. When smith belch, our mum looked cross and said Honestly'' Woz ther any need for That!!! while the rest of family bust out laughing. Cant beat old days.
