@@brendansheerin8980 Irish jokes, black jokes, white jokes - never mattered and everybody saw it for what it was; just a bit of fun. Proper television....
@@brendansheerin8980 Ah, okay, I see what you mean. Well as long as they were in good taste and not intentionally offensive. So I wouldn't include material from Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson!
Came back to this sketch today. Was at the railway station and said to the only employee present "looks like the train is going to be 40 min late, Hey." His reply, "oh, I haven't got a clue" Almost burst out laughing thinking of this sketch!!😂😂😂
@@nicholascampbell3259 i must agree I loved the two Ronnie's especially the one question behind the answer sketch so good, the one was brilliant though by Russ so funny
Look for the jack link's collection of messing with sasquatch adverts . On a personal note I would advise you not to be drinking anything while watching it --as it might end up spraying out your nose
He was hilarious back in his younger years, and I'd love to see him make a return to tv and give us all one last laugh before he leaves us for that big comedy show in the sky
Brilliant, I remember a similar clip where the questions all required “pass” as a correct answer, ie how do footballers deliver the ball and what does motorway traffic use the right hand lanes for etc.....
Song by the Rolling Stones , I can't!No! Correct! Who played " we don't get fooled again" in 1971? Who?Next! Correct!! i made up this last one inspired on("who's next" an album by The Who)
Romans 10:9 "...if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
He was my favourite from those days of British comedy and I'm Irish. I just had to look at him in any sketch and his face, without even starting a sentence, would have me collapsed with laughter. God bless him him.
Me too. I can remember being eaten alive by midges after a day of riding my bike in a shirt and shorts and coming back home and laughing myself senseless to Russ in the evening after supper.
I love that you say you're Irish - Do we share anything more with any country in the world that the UK (England). We love their sport, music, culture because of similarities, etc. Every guy in Ireland supports an English team in the Premier League. We're alike, it's not a crime. The sins of all that have gone before us are not our sins, no matter what side you're on. Thank Christ for the UK, Ireland would be a weird place without them. French comedy and German music ain't up to much.
For those wondering about the long John silver question he said, "Pull the other one" (as in "you must be joking" and is based on "you're pulling my leg"). The first one wasn't there referred to Long John Silver having a peg leg.
My God ever since a Benny Hill show came up in my feed lots of other vintage British comedy shows are being recommended. I have to say the amount of talent the British had back in those days was tremendous along with the amount of output. Today we only have dead beats who can't be comedic unless they are swearing their heads off. Shame on them!
I think it surprises many in the UK just how big Benny Hill was in the USA and well, everywhere! You might want to check out Dave Allen (Irish comedian from this era) and the Two Ronnies - must admit I was not really a fan of the Two Ronnies but they were popular. Morecambe and Wise and a comedian called Tommy Cooper also ruled back then - give them all a go :) Cooper was a bit like WC Fields - you just laugh when he walks on, he does not have to say a word. Of course there was Monty Python too but I know they conquered the USA and you know them well.
I agree but there probably is real funny men out there it’s just those who can place them in the limelight don’t. Britain was all about class and humour. We’ve lost our identity but who cares about that?. No one and our long faces prove that the power of laughter was key to not taking ourselves to serious. Now you can’t say boo to a ghost,,and is why my DVD collection is full of the original comedy greats,,,in fact that reminds me I need to find my Little Bobby Thompson DVD.
Love this! Russ Abbot was a staple of TV comedy in the 80's. This sketch owes a bit to The Two Ronnies I reckon, but just as clever, and that's intended as a massive compliment! Love Russ. Love and peace.
Really do miss the old style comedians. Life was so much easier in the olden days folk didn’t get so easily offended and could take a joke. Now a days you can get arrested just for looking at someone.
Went to see Oliver on the stage when Rowan Atkinson was in the role however on the day we went he was off sick and Russ stood in for the performance and he was absolutely brilliant
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams............
I would have liked if he was given a question at the end that he answered legitimately and thus casting doubt on if he was seriously answering all the questions the entire time.
I'm guessing this is a recurring character that the audience was familiar with. Even without context and not being familiar with some of these English terms, I still understood everything and got the joke due to the context clues. The look of the character, from the facial expression, to the outfit, to the hair, gives you a general idea of what the character is like from just a glance. Very brilliant. Extremely funny.
At the time, calling someone a plank meant they were stupid. "As thick as two long planks" was a popular north of England insult. So the character being called Mr Plank was a clue.
For those wondering what the last response was, he said "Shod this for a game of soldiers, I'm off" which is old British slang for "fuck this shit, I'm out"
Such a shame he disappeared. Why, I don`t know cos he was the biggest thing on telly back in the day. His Wiki page is miserable and does no justice to the contribution he made to British comedy.
@@rogerswift1983 assuming you’re saying this sarcastically as you are also fed up of PC rubbish, and you are not a millennial snowflake with sense of humour bypass?
@@rogerswift1983 unless it’s on some weird random tv channel like other comedy stuff is? Wife met them all aged 8 and got her madhouse album signed, which she still has. She says Dustin Gee ruffled her hair, Les Dennis gave her a hug as did Russ and spent ages chatting and they were all really nice. The good old days.
Tell me you don't watch modern comedy shows without telling me you don't watch modern comedy shows. If you think this basic wordplay is the height of humour, I don't know what to tell you.
Like how he came thinking he might be able to answer the first few questions realsing that he overestimated himself on the first question. And manages to get do far.
I used to love Russ ! Proper good old fashioned humour! But very clever, Kids will never know who this guy is, they can't even tell the time unless its a digital watch lol
In Australia, AND, around the World, we ALL have jst lost Barry Humphries; Dame Edna Everidge, from Moonee Ponds(the Bland Suburb), Hoppers Crossing, which he calls 'Swappers Crossing'etc.
Brilliant just brilliant had me in stitches back in the 90s still doing it today Russ ABBOTT THANKS very funny man 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 D.DUBLIN IRELAND
That Madhouse show was bloody hilarious, really wish we could have that kind of show back on saturday evening instead of the endless quizzes and reality stuff!.
anyone here seen the 1979 Peter Sellers film "Being There"? It's about a guy who seems dim witted yet wins at life out of almost incredible luck, but there's more to it than that.
