Harper Humour I - Sharpe's Rifles 

When Sharpe and co. return in the scene which started at 3:00 and Harper is sat there with his gun in his lap, the hat on his head and a grin on his face .... ah, it made me grin.

Soldiers have a unique sense of humour, whatever the period in which they're fighting, but Sharpe and Harper are an even more unique double act. Read any of the Sharpe novels or watch any of the films and there are other scenes with that earthy sense of humour. Priceless :)

Given the accuracy (more properly, lack of accuracy) of a musket, the first trooper was not risking a lot. Unfortunately, Harper had a Baker Rifle.

The humour in the book is what makes it so awesome :) I do love the bit where Harper saves him even though Sharpe's yelling 'NO'... 'No? 'The Bastard was going to fillit you!' 'It's all right, I just didn't want a hole in his overalls''

Harper's confrontation over the box was so damned Irish!

hahaha i love that little run Harper does when Sharpe told him to fall in XD

Love the beginning of this......Sharpe and Harper are friends till the end.

Nothing like watching some harper vids for that serotonin boost

I love the expression on top hat's face when his second goon gets done by the ramrod.

I love the early 19th century atmosphere the widdly, overdriven electric guitar evokes.

Whoever played Harper had to have the time of his life

"You fight dirty Harper." Real war is dirty...sir.

"aye, it's a grand day fer it." he's a proper Irishman if I ever saw one.

Firing the freaking ramrod! My God every time I see it I think HOW F'ing COOL! Harper was such a badass!

Cooper's aside to Harris, 'christ, a bloody Methodist", then he slugs down the brandy was always good for chuckle...

"They're the best of friends and they have the scars to prove it".

You know it's funny. I've seen recent photos of Daragh O'Malley and he looks almost exactly like Brian Cox (who played Hogan) these days. They could pass for brothers.

I love how Sharpe and Harper became such good friends and allies

"We had a bit of a barney, sir"

4:20 was tne part where I realized this show can't be taken seriously. It made no sense that a man willing to start a fistfight with his commanding officer and who is on his way to executed for it would show so much loyalty to the crown, nor does it make sense he could reload a musket so fast no matter how many short cuts he took in the process. I doesn't even show him pouring powder into the breech, which is a necessary step.

That makes perfect sense, presumably it never occurred to them he was a rifleman (or maybe they just thought he would mess up the shot in a panic, what with them being cavalry).

loved vid thanks . im off to wach the box set again !

and what a team they made....i actually just found this series about a week ago. now i have the books on the way. got to find out what Harris's first name is....lol

i love the bit with the box and harper's report to sharpe, possibly the best part of sharpe that doesnt involve hogan's bull :)

He's good, and he knows it.

@cqbhoun If you read the novel Sharpe's Rifles there's an exchange between Sharpe and Harper aboot England and Ireland and why they were put side by side and I swear you'll be laughin' till the tears are running down your ankles. I finished it last night and when I came to that two-hander I was laughin for aboot half an hour before I could get back to reading it.Would have been great in the film.

L-O-U-D-E-R-!-!-!-!-

As s Metal head I like that electric guitar, but... let's be real, it fits like a right glove on a left hand.

Forgetting what you were going to say when you go to comment on a Sharpe video, now that's erm... errrrm.. no don't tell me it'll come to me..

LOUDER!

It's a rifle not a musket

Coolest Irishman ever.

called your job, the guy who charged is the nicer of the 2, sacrificing himself so his comrade would live.

A fair point :) Though I prefer S35Somua's explanation.

i couldnt rest easy in america knowing that bastard owed me a shilling..lol

GOD..SAVE..IRE-LAND!

“One of you will die.” “Ok, I’ll go first!”

Sharpe's great there's times it makes me laugh so hard!

I thought I might add to this, 8 years after the last post? Every hero needs a side-kick that is even harder than the protagonist? Not trying to 'big myself up' but me and John, holy fuck, better avoided than look to fight us. It was just a fact. No word of a lie, we were at a party and I was doing very well for myself but John seemed to be getting belligerent, like a true friend, I got us both out of there before it all 'kicked off', if anybody even touched John it'I would have been war, especially as John could bring a war all by himself. Abs no bs, when we we were leaving the party, just to see if I could still kick above my head. I kicked a sign, not for any bad reasons, just to see if I could? Well, John caught the sign and crushed it between his mighty paws.There are movies where people mess with Batman, but you definitely don't mess with John! This is the same guy who literally ko'd two 'serious players' in the time it took him to throw two punches, left and right, bang bang end of discussion. If anybody could 'channel' Harper, it would be John. Pax vobis.

I'll never get tired of army jokes!

How convenient that those two French cavalrymen didn't have pistols or carbines for some reason.

GOD SAVE IRELAND!!!!

I never get the logic to the 2 cavalry v Harper. "One of you will die", well then I'm buggering well not going to be the first to charge him! Why would you make yourself the first person to charge him, you're pretty much guaranteeing he'll shoot you! Ok, so Harper is so epic it didn't matter who went first, but... ;)

01:49 Not a proper officer? Why??

Yes the Baker rifle

...and im napoleon bonaparte

Is there a finer irishman, i doubt it.

Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain, please repent for it’s a sin