It's the end that's the best for me. The way Victor tells Jack to stick his karaoke up his arse just as the doors close so there's no come back. Comedy gold.
When I started drinking in the 60s a pint of beer was one shilling and sixpence, a bottle of Newcastle brown ale was two shillings and sixpence. Five pounds lasted me a week. That's what I call the good old days. I love Jack and Victor in Still Game.
@@Rippedflesh69 I could get 8 bottles of the brown bomber for a pound. In those days before cold shelves, the bottles were at room temperature. Some of the beer was in barrels behind the bar, with wet towels on them to keep them cool. Beer was one shilling and sixpence a pint. £5 kept me going all week. I could buy 4 gallons of petrol for a pound and get 2 shillings change On the downside wages were crap. I had to do jobs on the side to keep me going. I was young and fit and ready to do anything to make money.
@@AirPowered In those days maybe £50 per month. I agree it didn't seem like a lot compared to wages now. money went a lot further in those days. We had no computers or mobile phones. I don't think we even had a tv. Today most people are well-off with their smart TVs, computers, and mobile phones. It has become a got-to-have society. I struggle now as I am on a basic old-age pension. I would gladly go back to those times. I was happy then. I am not now.
I stumbled across this series on Netflix a few months ago, and became an instant fan - I find it amazing how Jack and Victor have managed to bring this series to life. This is the best episode of all of them.. Absolutely Brilliant! (.. or a term used here in Canada - Really Awesome!!) Winston really deserves to be happy, and it looks like Winnie will make this happen. Sorry to see the series has run its course . As a parting comment from Toronto, Canada, I'm proud to have learned new slang to add to my vocabulary!
Hi Jane - I too came across ‘Still Game’ on Netflix almost by accident, and I have not enjoyed a show as much as this one for many years. I have a Scots friend who had never seen it either, and we watched it laughing our selves silly all the while. Unfortunately I missed parts of the last series as I don’t think Netflix broadcast it? I have since been catching up on their earlier endeavours on RU-vid. Their show ‘Chewin’ the Fat’ is very funny. Cheers from Australia.
Test for Scottishness Question: gonnae no dae that? If they reply correctly then they’re Scottish or Scottish friendly….. That should be the test for Scottish residency. Chewin the fat and still game are (no joke) often good education of modern Glasgow culture. You learn the slang, the types of people, the humour, traditions (Hogmanay and traffic cone on wellington) a bitter rivalry with Edinburgh. Glasgow reminds me of the late duke of Edinburgh HRH Prince Philip (pardon the irony) Leader in all but name………denied their due credit but never the less they carry on, supported by their own confidence, duty. He’s a king without a crown. We’re a capitol without centre of government. Also he’s a duke of Edinburgh. Educated in a Scottish boarding school. And he’s a descendant of Robert Bruce and Mary Stewart! I don’t want separation from The wonderful UK, but if we did have PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN as our monarch, splitting duties with HM. That be nice. Shame it would never happen. RIP your royal highnesses. (If you hate him because he’s rich, powerful, unelected and privileged. I invite you to research his younger years. He been through some hard shit, and came out the other side as a man of integrity, charity, loyalty and humour. Yes he was granted this power, but focus on what he chose to do with it. Was he making the world better or worse. I imagine it must be really hard to argue he wasn’t a benefit even if you’re the most Republican Brit on this land.
The 2 boys are brilliant together.I'm an Irishman used live in Glasgow.i used love stillgame.jack and victor used remind me of my grandad and he's mate
This is wonderfully funny, and it's got to be one of the reasons they created the TV show Still Game. I notice that the language is a bit easier to understand. I would love their other show, Chewin the Fat, if I could only make out the words a bit better.
Dunno how many times i've seen this, but cant help noticing that Jack seems to exclusively stock Australian lager. God i've got too much time on my hands.....
Thirty years to the day, Old Man Griffin let me in that morning, my first day January '92. Across from the King's Theatre. Man this was made about a decade later. Our standard price for a pint of Tennents' Lager or for example 70 Shilling heavy was 1 pound 20p before Bass took the pub over spring, 3 months on.
Just as well it never worked out. Otherwise we'd never have met Boaby. But was this done in the later days of CTF, cos Jack mentioned The Clansman as i think they started SG while CTF was still running?
My parents used to run pubs, earliest price I remember was 96p a pint (£1.12 got you a pint and a packet of crisp) but when I was born it was 62p. Cheapest I've seen these days is my local doing happy hour £2.25 Fosters or IPA.
I'm getting on a bit but in 1973 when I was 17 (I know, under age drinker) a pint was 16p and 10 Embassy Regal ( I was a smoker then but stopped in 1975) was 15p so you could have 5 pints of beer and 10 cigarettes for less than a pound. Of course at that time I was only earning £14.00 a week.
@@stevebinning977 wee bit older lol. I was born in 82 but you could already see the prices crawling up in that 10 year difference compared to the previous 10 years (approx). 1960 8p a pint 1973 16p a pint 1982 96p a pint Took 13 years to double from 60-73 but only 9 years to go up by 4 times the cost in 82.
@@develynseether4426 I just remembered that the annual rate of inflation in 1975 was something like 29% after OPEC vastly increased oil prices. There was a point in the 70s when wages were getting an index linked rise every month.
