This is a pleasant surprise, Josh. I'm very interested in seeing how you react to this show. Nothing happens lol. The genius is in the dialogue and relatability of the characters.
Josh, can I just say, mid 2020 to mid 2021 was the worst time of my life and your channel was one of the few places of comfort for me. I still watchyour videos and you always put a smile on my face or pass on your infectious laughter. Thank you.
This is a cult classic. you have no idea how happy it's made me you're watching it. Caroline Aherne who plays Denise is a comic legend, this show didn't need a laughing track, it just connected with people. Northern people may get this more than Southern people in England also can depend on your economic background too. But it definitely spoke to me this show! Keep at it with this one!
I disagree. Any English people, from Berwick to Bude understand the scenario and jokes in The Royle Family. The Alistair McGowan parody, with members of the Royal family replacing the Royles, made the point that everyone in the country, from whatever social background, sit together watching the telly and talking nonsense.
@@artsed08 I was coming more from my personal viewpoint which I should have made clearer. when I went to university I came across people from a far more privileged background than me and they just couldn't comprehend sat around the TV, people in and out the back door and a lot of the subtle jokes went over their heads. But I do take your point and can see how I came across.
Unlike most UK sitcoms of the time, the show was filmed in 16 mm film using single camera production style and was not filmed in front of an audience. The producer Glenn Wilhide is on record as saying, "It was a big fight to make sure it had no laugh track"
Ricky Tomlinson who plays Jim has a very interesting history . For years, he and others fought the British Establishment to clear their names after being jailed for a Construction Strike . In prison he first read the fantastic book ..The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists....which he said changed his life
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, despite the odd title, is a surprisingly good semi-autobiographical story by 'Robert Tressel', published after his death. It's very thoughtful and heartrending, about exploited working people around 1910 in Hastings, England. It's well written - almost worthy of a writer like Charles Dickens, writing half a century earlier. George Orwell thought very highly of it, not least because of its socialist message.
@@frglee It is a book which all should read , no matter which political leaning people have. I think that this book should be part of the school curriculum ,read by all children so to learn how Life works
@@frglee One of my all time favourite books, which I've read 3 times and currently a quarter way through again (hadn't read it for over 5 years) so quite the coincidence finding this comment!
Josh you've done it again. This show is up there with Only Fools and Horses and Father Ted as one of my favourite comedy series ever. I hope you quickly become a fan of the show. Also legend has it that Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who did the theme tune, originally refused them to use his song because he thought it was going to be used by the actual Royal family! When he was shown the pilot, he loved it and let them use the song.
Omg I love this show! I watch the Christmas specials every year! now I associate the whole show with Christmas! The house has a very similar layout to mine growing up and the nostalgic shows they watch…. Oh man! Lol
As you get into this Josh, you'll see how bloody funny the jokes can follow on from last week and blend seamlessly into the next episodes. The majority of the actors had massive careers in comedy or UK TV. They all really know how to deliver the lines so well. Ralf Little who played Antony Royle, this was his first TV role. The show won many awards in the UK for acting, writing and overall Best Sitcom for several years.
Also reminds me of growing up in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s. In a 3 bedroomed house, with only a gas fire in the lounge and no heating in the bedrooms. With a mother who was obsessed with lights. We were expected to all sit around the TV on the 3 piece suit every night, with one little lamp on top of the TV. I used to do my homework during breaktime at school, because my moth always claimed that putting on a 60 watt ceiling light "hurts my eyes".
I wondered if you'd do this. The untrained eye could see the episodes as quite samey but I'm sure your extensive knowledge of Brit-coms will stand you in good stead to recognise the subtle humour. 👌🏼 RIP Caroline. 🕊
Keep watching this, because they are good. especially when David and Denise invited her parents over for Christmas dinner. (Denise is the main character played by Caroline Aherne. She died a few years ago of cancer.)
i love this series so clever , i like one of the later episodes where Denise and Dave are married and have a baby they come to visit when it comes to going home they get up and go to the door , and mum says ,hey Denise haven't you forgotten something . oh baby David ,hilarious , and the episode where there stripping the wallpaper in the living room , SO well written and so sad that the lovely Caroline O'herns died so young
This is one of those series, like League of Gentlemen and Phoenix nights that is outside of what we normally see in a comedy, so it’s easy for people just to not get it. In this case, it’s almost as though someone heard that “Seinfeld was a show about nothing” and said “really, I’ll show them what a show about nothing really is”
It was my Da that was always complaining about letting the heat out if we were standing at the door talking to friends in the winter, well it being Scotland it was 3/4s of the year ! I haven’t watched this since it first aired so it will good to have a little look back !
The Royale Family is one of the all time great British comedy's but it never travelled well because it's so quintessentially British. But you've been watching UK comedy for some time now Josh so hopefully it will click with you. If it does you are in for one of the most well written and character building to ever come out of these little isles.
Oh man, can't believe you're doing this one!! It is my absolute favorite UK show (well, besides maybe Waiting for God). I'm catching up on all your other stuff too and really enjoying them!
I used to get close the door or are we heating the street now! I look back now and with the current steep rises in the cost of heating and energy can see why my parents used to say it.
Honestly this is one of THE best British shows.. Jim is miserable and tight with money but hilarious.. twiggy the guy selling stolen gear also hilarious.. Anthony being told to do everything for them… and it was all written by Caroline Aherne who plays Denise (also hilarious) RIP…. you’re gonna love this series josh and there’s some Christmas specials too..
Always loved this series. It’s set up north where I live and I totally get the way they live and how they interact, exactly the same when I was growing up haha
I never got into The Royal Family. Couldn’t put it in my top 100 favourite Sitcoms but it was and is very popular. Have you watched Who is America by SBC? And the Bruno movie? There is also about 40 minutes of extra unused clips from the movie. I actually think the Bruno movie or Who is America is the best thing he’s done, but most would say Borat.
😲😲😲😲 OMFG why didn't I ever think about Josh watching the Royale Family..... I love this programme so much, same level as OFAH for me. Can't wait to watch this 🎁 It's a typical representation of a working class northern family, you'll get used to it and the characters. Each episode gets better.
Yes mate. Yes. You get the point. It doesn't really matter if you get all the jokes, the fact that you can relate is what makes this program brilliant. Yes.
Oh gosh. Your mum sounds hilarious. You are letting the flies in and the heat out! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am so glad that you like the Royle Family, I wasn't sure whether you would have a problem with the accents.
I rewatched this recently and fell in love with it all over again. It came out when I was a teenager so I related to Anthony a lot although I didn't get called a lazy git quite so much. Be interesting to see what you think as some of the humor is VERY British and not sure if it travels well but no show encapsulates what life was like in the 90's for a working class family in Britain better than this show
It's the cinematic nature of the comedy. It's less sitcom-y, laugh-track-y, so it can be touch and go for people to get it, ya know? That's why people were a tad wary bout it 😋 glad you liked it 😊
I can understand why people might have thought this wouldn't translate across the pond, and that you might struggle with the northern accent, but famillies are the same the world over, we all can relate to just hangin out at home, round the tv, doing nothing particularly exciting so it was great to see your reaction to this. Enjoy the rest!
So glad you’ve chosen this brilliant comedy show I’ve been waiting for this ever since I joined your channel thank you for this! Three series of this comedy where made before the untimely death of Caroline Aherne!
I used to live next to 'the Feathers' in Chorlton, Manchester. Never dared go in though :D It wasn't really called that either; apparently the name 'The Feathers' was Jim's real local...
A lot of the comments here reflect my thoughts watching your commentary play through. This is a classic comedy gold of British television as a reflection of an atypical Manchester family that a lot of British people, especially we Mancunians can relate. I’d like to put forward my recommendation for another comedy gold based in Manchester called ‘Dinnerladies’. Well worth a watch in my opinion :-)
Glad you liked it. This is an unusual and quite an original British sitcom, set in Manchester, quite observant as to working class family life in Britain, and tries to be honest and true to life, rather than melodramatic or silly. Practically all the story takes place in the Royle's living room. The humour comes from the banter between the characters and from some of the daftness and stresses of everyday life. It gets better as the series progress, even quite profound and touching in places. A strong cast too, who work very well together. It was very popular back in the day here.
@@davidz3879 Partly true, but Dave works full time, Barbara Royle works part-time at a bakery. Jim Royle doesn't work, he is in his early 60s and may be retired, he may just be workshy. His daughter Denise is also bone idle and apathetic and ends up when married relying on Dave to keep her in cigarettes and catalogue clothes, and is a pretty lazy mum too. Antony ends up as a successful businessman in later series, so he was pretty aspirational. Nana is a pensioner. Still seems more a working class family than 'underclass' to me.
No matter where in the world you come from this show is a slice of everyday family life. I did well here in England because it is very close to the truth how brittish families are. Everybody gathered around the TV watching crap programs. Bickering and having pointless conversations. By the way the daughter and soon to be son in law are the writers and creator's of the show.
Nice, I just found this old chestnut of a series myself. BTW, do us all a favor mate and do at least one video on “Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps”.
