When this aired I watched it with my Dad. Was the first time I'd ever seen him laugh himself silly as he was mostly a serious man with no time for the arts so this will always be my favourite comedy sketch of all time
I know eh? Notice our midfield was nowhere to be seen? Or our defense...? Also, once we hit double figures, why did we just lay down and let them run all over us? Oh yeah, the assaults, but that's no excuse! How come no one picked up the big pot of glue? Cost us the game! We should have just knocked it up to the big man up front, especially just after his shorts got pulled down by that Arsenal player. etc
To be fair though, our second, straight from the throw in, should never have stood. Why it didn't go to Var i'll never know. And where was Wright for their winner? All he had to do was apply a bit of hot water to his boot to loosen the glue, and take it off his foot, and we could have taken it to pens. They were obviously flagging because I noticed their pipes were starting to go out. Oh well, there's always next century.
Maybe I've just become too old and jaded, but I don't laugh out loud much at modern comedy. This gave me a much needed laugh though, and was brilliantly done.
Forty years later, that was still the formation of choice on our school playing field. Both teams following the ball around like a swarm of bees. You could never get at the ball, there was always a forest of legs in the way.
You know, some comedy sketches stick in your mind forever, like " fork 'andles", and "Don't tell him, Pike". This is bloody brilliant. So good to see after 30- odd years!
I had a wireless in black and white. If I remember rightly the case was bakelite with linen trim. It was ideal for listening to static from long-forgotten stations such as Hilversum.
Some of the earlier Harry Enfield sketches were pure genius, this is the best of the lot. No matter how many times I’ve seen this, it’s still hilarious
I was centre half in that game , before the match we all had a massive bag of chips,scraps and a whale butty followed by a suet pudding with dumplings and treacle. Charlie Charles Charles was a great captain and let us all have a pipe full of Bakkie just before we went on . After the match we all crammed into a tin bath of cold water and coal tar soap ,then off to the chippy for supper. Great days .
I've watched this and other Cholmondley-Warner sketches many times, and I've never noticed that before! Well spotted, and a clever touch from Mr Enfield.
The day after this sketch was aired on tv, Paul Whitehouse asked me in the street for change for the meter, I acknowledged I knew who he was and he asked if I saw the show last night and proceeded to act out the sketch in the street. Brilliant.
It's amazing that there are comments from 10 years ago but most of the comments are from the last day or so. RU-vid algorithm decided this was worth resurrecting. Hey, it got something right for a change.
I’m not usually in the habit of using “ language” whenever I post a comment on a subject, but I am sitting here at home in tears of laughter at this sketch. I well remember watching it when it was first broadcast all those years ago. There is no comparison between this sketch ( and many other Harry Enfield sketches ) and the bloody rubbish that passes as comedy on MSM. There, I said what I think and stand by it!
Another absolutely 'spiffing' comedy sketch from Harry & Paul. I could watch it over and over. I remember watching it for the first time with my late parents many years ago and us laughing so hard. A lovely memory. Just a brilliant concept idea.
Absolutely fantastic. When I was at high school we hid in an old atic behind the stage while assembly was on, teachers came up but we hid too well, we found an old leather football and recreated this on the playing field! Great memories!
This was when Harry Enfield could do no wrong, his first BBC series was groundbreaking comedy. Was that Ian Rush playing no. 9, I'm still not sure.. and the look on Paul Whitehouse's face when Harry was pulling his shorts down 😆 gold
Ah dear ol Harry the man who gave the school play grounds a thousand catchphrases for close to twenty years. Wish he was still doing his stuff and without the "No Laughing" Police watch his every move.
Arsenal crowd to Liverpool and Enfields show, less than 60 years. Liverpool to today, 32 years. Over half as much again time gone by since that programme. I feel old (and I am old). And even that Liverpool team is dated in terms of fitness and tactics compared with today. Enfield show was brilliant
They seem to be kissing , and Harry Enfield ran away . I cried so much i missed the rest of it. Wife came in from other room to ask what was going on. Played it again , they seem to be ..... i'm gone again, my sides hurt, i cant breathe, and gravity has pulled me onto the floor. takes a deep btreath. ok, i'm going to watch it all the way through .. Started it again . Kissing ... harry enfield running away ... i'm gone. I'll try again tomorrow:)
Other than the Mrs Richards sketch in Fawlty Towers my favourite comedy sketch of all time. 'Smoking some shag and passing round some nice looking sandwiches' at half time. Hahaha lol 😅
Top class football from the lads. This level of skill and sportsmanship is lost in today's time, we don't see this sort of class from the players on the field any more.
I'm a black dude from da hood who don't know shit about soccer. THIS GOTTA BE THE FUNNIEST SKIT I EVER SEEN (Behind Chappelle/in livng color resectfully) *Edit* every time I get a like alert, I watch this video AGAIN LMFAOOO
