Limmy reacts to 'Little & Large' doing 'Laurel & Hardy' 

The BBC backed Little and Large over Morecambe and Wise. And that audience? Bused in from Last of the Summer Wine. Their kids are now the audience for Mrs Brown's Boys.

Nothing to get yer spirits up like watching Limmy hate something to death

Imagine if they remade this with James Cordon as Oliver Hardy. Imagine the hate

The bit with the seat going up…. They peaked right there, at that moment.

6:16 Never seen him be so appalled and confused by something that he has to get that far away from the screen

I've never heard it described so well actually. He can almost feel his hands grasping around Little & Large's 'faces' in order to understand (demanding) to know what the hell they are.

2:35 Good... good. Let the Bodyform flow through you.

I used to babysit for a couple on my estate. I went round once and I'm sure he'd had a couple of liveners by then. I used to take round VHS films to watch, usually 18s. I put one on once and for some reason the brightness was turned down and there was no picture. It was history of the world part 2 which starts with grunting. He stopped in his tracks and says "oh is it a bluey? is it?" Yeah that's right I'm gonna watch hardcore porn with your kids, on yer way. Smokey and the bandit was on once and he nearly refused to go out because he said "it's the best film ever made". Anyway, he loved Little and Large, I think he was their core audience. You can't overlook just how big they were in that realm. Fucking awful Saturday night. Only thing worse was Cannon and Ball.

Little & Large was the James Cordon of the 80s.

lmao fucking yes when he talks about the aura of hatred surrounding you

"Hatred is one hell of a drug!" 😡

I remember my nan telling me she didn't like these two because she went to meet them backstage and they wanted cash for signed autographs, I guess that was shocking in it's day. It seemed so easy these days to be on telly.

Nice to hear The correct line of "Another fine mess" as apposed to "Another nice mess" post Mandela Effect.

Thank god someone can articulate it. Limmy keeps me sane

1:41 Limmy achieves enlightenment through hatred of Little & Large

Sometime in the mid 90s, I had a summer job at Butlins. I got see Little and Large live, I was scarred. It was so gruesomely poor. And the jokes for the adults were crowbarred in so badly. A nightmare.

To be fair, it's a pretty good impression.

Limmy will be hating on The Grumbleweeds next...and I can't wait!!

Limmy’s very own Grumpy Middle-age Masterclass! 😅

All joking aside, does anyone have Syd's telephone number? 👇🏼 *Clan Little* is a Scottish clan of the Borders. The clan does not currently have a chief and is therefore considered an armigerous clan. The Clan Little Society had a Guardian in place of a clan chief but, since his death in 2007, no suitable successor has appeared.

I love it when he says "rock on Tommy".

We are now further in time from the John Peel triggered ironic rerelease of Trail Of The Lonesome Pine than that was from Way Out West.

In Israel we call Laurel & Hardy השמן והרזה, The Fat Guy & The Thin Guy. Strange.

Remember that going to the pub before heading into the studio was a normal thing back then.

The old days of audiences. Laughing at nothing. Limmy wishes...

I hated these two when I was a kid. I never understood why Cannon & Ball were on the tele either. Primetime TV is still pretty poor to be honest, but this wasn't even Pontins level entertainment. Reckon they either had a really good agent, or were in the Freemasons. How else did they get on TV?!

Limmy's favourite sketch

transcendental hate

"Light entertainment" would be a grossly hyperbolic description for this shite.

guy on the left kinda looks like Limmy

feel your pain i watched way back when it hurt my head then

In 40 years you'll hate your own jokes too, remember the one with "is this a cigarette yeah?"

"Little and Large" ... Could be taken either way? Since the 'Fat' one (Eddie Large) is also 'Short' (i.e. 'Little') and the 'Thin' one (Syd Little) is also 'Tall' (i.e. 'Large') ... Ohh! The layers to their comedic genius knows no bounds.

I used to hate little on laughs as much as the next man

Syd Littles' career was later boosted by Guy Richie who saw his genius and cast him as Bricktop in Snatch. Much like Tarantino casting Travolta in Pulp Fiction. A brave move that proved a huge success. True story.

limmy went deep on this

0:18 Utter contempt for the paying audience. Jerry Lewis would have been proud of you. 🤣

😆😆😆😆😆 Completely agree about the outer body hatred thing. I taught i was the only one.

Pure pain.

Such a bitter old man

The silent movie's laurel and hardy done probably the funniest thing i ever watched

this is a mockery of Laurel and Hardy lol

*To have an inward feeling of acute embarrassment or awkwardness* "I cringed at this shite"

I'm in total agreement with Limmy on this one, I could never stand Little and Large. They just ain't funny.

As for the audience, I think people in those days were just happy to get out the house weren't they?

I met them back in the 90s. What a pair of total arse holes they were. 😂 Nah I'm joking, they were OK.

Their tv show ran for 11 years, who was the audience ?

What show is the audience watching? I want to see that one!

Little and Large were not the worst crime of the 80s. At least Eddie Large was genuinely funny. I mean just check out Cannon and Ball or Cheese and fucking Onion.

Belittle & Enlarge

We knew no better at the time, it's mostly retrospectively garbage. I was 11 or 12 at the time and had no control over the TV, it's pretty innocent stuff and I couldn't wait to get my Atari back out. My Dad used to love this tish.

BBC got away with a lot of rubbish in the 70s and 80s on primetime viewing.

Literally no point in being a second rate Laurel & Hardy

Sid just looks really uncomfortable - no wonder he went all holy roller once he couldn't get gig. Benny Hill copied a lot of the silent movie routines - over, and over and over.

canned laughter Limmy ?

I think I might have watched this when it was on, can't remember it, but I knew the Luton Airport punchline before they said it. I remember hating watching this at me nanna's, it was so fucking shite.

Another break down on stream

That fuckin 80s perm tho

I've subbed this is gold 🍀🇬🇧👍

Well done, job done

How can there be so much hate from Tina (Lemmy) Turner?

Bodyform for youuuu.

Profound

Bodyform for yoooooouu

*I cried with hate*

That's one of the worst things I've ever seen.

They were about as funny as piles. Audience is filled with silly 'oul bints just let out for an hour.

They laughed so heartily because they love them. In regard of your reaction... SHADOW PROJECTION is acute in areas closest to who we consider 'we are' - these are comedians, so it follows that you should might feel psychologically pained in this way. Just don't expect everyone else to feel the same 😊

Won’t you please do something like this to the comedians on Live at the Apollo? Unless you like them of course. But , surely, you must agree the audience laughter is over the top for such poor quality comedy.

And the arrogance to “tribute” comedy legends…