@@SabretoothBarnacle .. yeah, I love it. It reminds me of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected from the late ‘70’s/‘80’s, but it’s a little more sophisticated, maybe?
The name of the village, Royston Vasey, is actually the real name of the stand up comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown. I've never really watched this show to be honest but I believe he has a cameo as the local mayor in a couple of episodes
you would be delightfully surprised at how popular this style of humor is in america! or at least how much people enjoy it, even if you don't see it in our mainstream media
@@therealdeal9600 yes I saw the live show in my town,Weston-Super-Mare, did you stay in the foyer after for signatures and photos with them. It was great.
It gets me every time Pauline says "Ross!" (my name). As I've said, I'm certain she's based on my jobcentre coach from about 20 yrs ago. She hated me because I'd already been to Uni, her actual phrase was "there you are, going for a job with your STERTIFICATE in ya hot little hand" LOL just too close to the stuff Pauline says!
Don’t know if anyone has ever mentioned this before, but in the UK there’s a saying “It’s grim up north”. This show plays on that to a spectacular degree!
My favourite character has always been Papa Lazarou, but I think he only comes in on season 2. I’d highly recommend the Christmas speacial. Possibly the best comedy Christmas special I’ve ever watched and the good thing is it’s a stand-alone story, so gives nothing away from any of the seasons.
It's real genius is when you get season 2 and realise 90% of the punchlines to series 1 are revealed. Utterly unique and one of my favourites. Psychoville is also genius.
My favourite ever comedy. So glad you’ve covered this. It does develop really well! Would love to see you do it with more of the screen if you can. Also, Psychoville is made by the same crew! Many thanks as always Josh 👍
The characters in League if gentlemen are absolutely wild in their exaggeration but also quite finely drawn and well acted so as to be believable and well acted and some resemblances to characters that might exist in real life.
One of the slightly disturbing things about Pauline is that she's apparently based on the restart officer that Reece Shearsmith actually had in real life. _"She was my officer in Wood Green in 1992. Obviously not everything about them is the same, but yes, there is a real-life Pauline out there somewhere."_
Me too , I was there . when I 1st saw it I said OMG that is just like it was on the restart course , then I found out Reece is from Hull. there are a lot of Hull references in the show ,the Store Detective from Hammonds of hull , Charlie and Stella Hull and the name of the pub the go in are based on a real couple who went in that pub .
Your reactions to British humour never fail to impress! This sketch show is both insanely grotesque and hilarious in equal measure. There had been nothing quite like this before and these guys are genius. I’m sure they coined the name of the village from the name of stand up comedian, Roy Cubby Brown, whose gigs are vulgar, crass, and utterly disgraceful… it’s perfect 😅
Paused as soon as it started just to say that Royston Vasey (the town in the show) is named after a comedian (Roy Chubby Brown) who was my Nannas neighbour when they both lived in Grangetown (Middlesbrough). He once bought me a Pint... of Orange (I was 8) and he gave me a signed copy of one of his VHS' which I had until a few years ago when I put it in my stapdads coffin as he was a big fan of Chubby.
You still have a lot of great characters coming up , Papa Lazarou , Charlie and Stella Hull, Mike , Crème brulee, Iris and Mrs Levison , Dr Chinnery the vet , to name but a few.
Stick with this series. It starts slow but it gets WAY crazier and funnier as it goes. Nobody understands how to make horror funny like these guys. They know their stuff.
It was a running gag that we never found out what the “Special stuff” from the butchers was. The only thing that the creators said was that it wasn’t human meat because they thought that was too cliche.
Dude, you gotta watch these episodes with the commentary on, even if just for yourself, the 3 actors/writers and the fourth writer sit down and you get so much info, it's f*cking hilarious 🤣
Just to let you know there a few new and newish shows on British TV that have won awards and are classics of the future. From the newest: Stath Lets Flats, Derry Girls, Fleabag. You might have copyright probs so just watch them yourself to get into them and just as a relaxation. I should warn you Derry Girls set in Northern Irelend where the accents are quite strong so you might need subtitles but you’re probably becoming an expert by now.
For the wrong reasons.PL is NOT a "blackface" character as the wokeists would have us believe, Ironically and metaphorically, the character is much darker than that.
Another show to check out if you can fit it in. The royle family. Its usually always set in the family home and rarely ventures out of it, but the interactions between the family members is comedy gold. Cheers josh
@@safeashouses211 sorry i didn't realise. Are the reactions on youtube or some other host? It's just refreshing to see an american reacting to comedy us brits grew up with that may not be broadcast or even understood overseas.
@@therealdeal9600 He's got a Patreon page. It costs £4.20 per month, but it's well worth it IMO. Loads of content on there now: www.patreon.com/AfterWorkReactions/posts