This is even funnier now than when it was first shown. The way he can't let it go is so well observed and true to life. One of Enfield's many brilliant characters.
No point in trying to pretend that you are something that you are not. Better off just taking life as it comes, doesn't really cost anything to be pleasant to people.
"How many businesses have you built up single handedly in the West Midlands?!?" - This is such a perfect joke if you're from the West Midlands. SO many "Richer than you" types knocking around here! 🤣
Oh yes, I've met a few 'big fish in small ponds' who never venture over 20 miles except to fly to some god awful villa in spain. Everyone knows their business both professionally and socially as their shit local radio adverts saturate the ears.
@@paulabo123 Worse in what way? I'd definitely say there are more people in the West Midlands with the mindset of "personal wealth equals worth as a person" than in Yorkshire.
What's amazing is though they might have tons of money and a private registration on their car but it's incredible how stupid many of them are, lots of them are arrogant, ignorant show-offs who really don't have the brains or intelligence.
@@iamjohngalt8568 for me it's the facial expression as much as anything else as well as Stanley's response when he realises that he's completely out of his depth.😜🥴🤣
Did a euro river cruise last year and had a fellow OZ couple like that , after 2 days no one sat at their table there after , kept flashing pictures of his big boat at home , people pick up on knobs pretty fast .
i think KATHY BURKE is brilliant she manages to change herself literally when she plays different characters. the only other actress who can do this is SHERIDAN SMITH
When I waited on tables in Grimsby as a teen, there was a "rich" (by GY standards that weren't hard to do in the mid 80's) old couple like this. Man did they piss me off! Hed sit there smoking his fuck awful pipe with an expression on his face that youd never tire of hitting and she'd wear some fur coat. Their car was massive compared to the shit boxes most people had. And what tip did they give me? 50p. Even my boss told them to never come back when he saw that
OMG! Sympathies mate. Actually, sad story - I did have a mate who kind of thought on similar lines to these two, heavily into earning big money and what is conspicuous consumption. When he lost his job as CEO of a large national company, following a takeover, he took his own life. Very sad, his whole identity had become absorbed in his career and wealth.
What makes it for me is that gasp! After he tells them all his property, they realize he's considerably richer than you i think it's from the audience, perfect
I worked in what was at the time Birmingham's only 5 star hotel and dealt with old money and new money and by the far the worst were the new money guys. They thought it was a licence to treat less well off people like shit.
I have actually met people like this. I'm from Birmingham and every working class bloke who owns a relatively successful business is like this, obviously not as blatant but always insinuated. I'm working class too by the way.
I'm in total agreement with you on this. I work at Birmingham Airport for over 20 years now, and there are passengers who think they can speak and act like this. All because they dress up in what they think are expensive togs, and carry a designer bag with them on their Spanish flight. Very sad ! Oh and the excessive BRAGGING is so embarrassing. I think they should have a net thrown over them and removed to lost luggage department. Enfield and Bates portray this well. They have certainly done their homework. Come fly with me lets fly fly away.
I met a couple like that in a Dubai Hotel. Bragging about their S Class Mercedes, when they asked me which car I drive. I said a Honda Civic! (True, my wife's car). They left me in peace to finish my G&T in the club lounge without another word.
Unfortunately met people like that on holiday on a couple of occasions, he had them down to a tee. That 'I've got more money than you, you should be privileged that i talk to you' attitude.
What would have finished this sketch well, when they disappeared out of sight, his boss approaching him and asking if he was going to do any work today or what? 😁
@@OliHandy2008 Yeah, I know, but I was suggesting it might have been funnier if he had been cleverly turning the tables on the snobs, but then once the snobs were out of sight, fuming, it turned out he was just an employee of the hotel after all, not wealthy, get it?
The nouveau riche ....in whatever age..always have the loudest voices..with the least to say of any real value......as the old saying goes...empty vessels make the most sound
Surely the punchline to this was Harry and Wife walking away, only for the man to grab a bucket and mop and show that he was just the cleaner all along on his break.
