Big Train - Showjumpers & Firefighters

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17 жыл бұрын

You know it's allways the same thing when there is a fire. The firefighters are trying to do their job and there's allways some showjumpers who wants to try and help, allthough they have no experience of firefighting.
A great clip from the TV-series "Big Train" (1998).

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@rossmcl177 14 жыл бұрын

Love it when Mark Heap takes the hose and is just grinning at the fireman.Pure class.

@IrishSausage 16 жыл бұрын

When Simon Pegg gets hit by the axe... Classic. And their faces, especially Heap's when they're having goes on the hose. Brilliant.

@whodearmedearnodear 3 жыл бұрын

I know, Im bloody hysterical..😂😂

@neuvocastezero1838 2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen an adult be able to portray childlike exuberance and behavior this well.

@james_9190 10 ай бұрын

Just realised Mark Heap talks to the woman hes rescueing like shes a skittish horse

@a1white 3 жыл бұрын

I love that someone thought of the concept of this sketch. It's perfect.

@copee2960 Жыл бұрын

The look on marks face when he starts waggling the hose...made this 50 year old mans heart ache ...we were all kids once...brilliant acting from all of them ...nothing on tv these days to even come close to the laughs.

@WoodenkingsMan 15 жыл бұрын

I love how they act as children.Thats brilliant!

@pernordvi1971 3 жыл бұрын

British humour! There nothing that can conquer it in the whole world. Great actors, the concern of the details in the sketches, the absurd humour. I just love Big Train! :-D

@demeterAUS 16 жыл бұрын

the face of that female showjumper playing with the taps cracks me up every time. So tragic...

@evelau 12 жыл бұрын

Bahahahaha Heap and Eldon's faces are the best when they get to hold the hose. hahah too funny.

@ZoltanVII 16 жыл бұрын

BRILLIANT "They don't know what they're doin those lads"

@ealaspada 16 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite sketches. I love that Arthur Matthews forte seems to be angry, hysterical screaming. Thanks for posting!

@CecilyHeron 13 жыл бұрын

I didn't want the sketch to end!!

@WoodenkingsMan 15 жыл бұрын

Very good acting - the moves, the mimics and behaviour. brilliant :-)

@jjsunshine4188 Жыл бұрын

hahahahaha this is the funniest sketch next to the Monks baha !!🤣🤣🤣

@colinu9209 2 ай бұрын

I think that someone just found a bunch of show jumpers outfits and they wrote a sketch around that 😂

@clan_fraser19 8 жыл бұрын

Omg when they're all having a go hahahah

@thetrueparadisecity 12 жыл бұрын

aw i love when the firefighter swings his ax back onto Simon's head, hilarious :)

@murielsartre 15 жыл бұрын

"Is there any smoke in your lungs?" Hahahaha!

@nataliequick7957 Жыл бұрын

It stresses me out that they are showjumpers for absolutely no reason! I know that's the whole point but arrggghhhh 😂😂

@SamuelBlack84 3 күн бұрын

I love the concept of a completely bonkers crossover 😂

@boydegg 14 жыл бұрын

Mark Heap does it best - he's hilarious.

@AskaGreenDay 15 жыл бұрын

my friends and I sneak up on each other at random moments and say 'do you have smoke...in your lungs?' good when theyre in the middle of drinking and they go 'pffffffffffffffffffffffffff' and spray drink everywhere =D

@weswheel4834 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, for the days when you could drink with smoke in your lungs (whether you wanted to or not...).

@TeaAtTwo2 4 жыл бұрын

Is the firefighter the same actor who played the Geordie in I'm Alan Partridge?

@dedjderaladin298 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Simon Greenall.

@darylcatpiss 3 жыл бұрын

The brunette lady is sonja, Alan's girlfriend

@stevehendon4076 3 жыл бұрын

And the voice in the Meerkat commercials....simples

@shelbyvillerules9962 2 жыл бұрын

And at 3:34 that’s Kevin Eldon who played Mike Sampson on I’m Alan Partridge.

@jimdaw65 Ай бұрын

@@shelbyvillerules9962 I am contractually obliged to point out that he's the actor Kevin Eldon.

@binnieb20 9 ай бұрын

What's so interesting about this is that Simon Greenall is the Fireman, and this has Simon Pegg, Mark Heap and Julia Davis, which is very interesting.

@Mugwump187 13 жыл бұрын

This sketch is such a who's who of British Comedy

@Kelly14UK 8 жыл бұрын

They seem really nice

@robwilson6946 3 жыл бұрын

........it's dripping. Priceless.

@TheThejpmshow 3 жыл бұрын

Michael the Geordie as a firefighter. There’s a scary thought

@SamuelBlack84 3 жыл бұрын

Geordies are terrifying to start with

@_dude.. Жыл бұрын

D'ya wan a cuppa beans?

@mcfcguvnors 5 жыл бұрын

love this its genius

@cullenmayes3370 10 жыл бұрын

The British certainly do have one thing down: Sketch comedy.

@Pining_for_the_fjords 7 жыл бұрын

Money Python's Flying Circus, Fry and Laurie, Harry Enfield and Chums, The Fast Show, Harry and Paul, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Armstrong and Miller, Bruiser, Big Train, Jam, Man Stroke Woman. We do have many quality sketch shows.

@Khild565 7 жыл бұрын

Brass eye

@Pining_for_the_fjords 7 жыл бұрын

Khild565 Brass Eye is great, but I don't think it's a sketch show as it carries the same characters, settings and story throughout an episode.

@MichaelrDolan 6 жыл бұрын

How did you miss the best one ever: The League of Gentlemen? (Yes, I'm aware that's a subjective statement.)

@Picnicl 6 жыл бұрын

And panel game shows.

@tipsycat27 13 жыл бұрын

haha I saw this randomly on the telly a few years ago and found it hilarious, but didnt know the show's name or anything. Finally managed to find it- love it :D

@billyhodges7194 Жыл бұрын

Greatest sketch show ever

@Robin54 15 жыл бұрын

i'm a firefighter and have such an urge to do it when I go down the pole.

@boosh90 11 жыл бұрын

arthur matthews? nice one :)

@robgrazebrook 16 жыл бұрын

thats brilliant.

@craigmills9674 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@franksfiddle9031 Жыл бұрын

Over the last few days I've become increasingly annoyed that I never knew anything about this show ... and then I realise .. .I do now :)

@SamuelBlack84 9 ай бұрын

That's a reference to me not being married, isn't it?

@franksfiddle9031 9 ай бұрын

@@SamuelBlack84 I have no idea what you're talking about

@phitsf5475 Жыл бұрын

So he flips 'em over, and ff-ffuhmff, and funnily enough it lands on its wheels, and it starts first time and they just drive away

@joerobinson3536 4 жыл бұрын

Superb 😂😂

@MrDiggityaus 2 жыл бұрын

4:19 Looked like Simon Pegg really hurt himself at the end when he put his finger in the water jet stream.

@RussinTirnaNog 2 жыл бұрын

And the girl that saw him was in fits of laughter as she turned back to face the fireman.

@waltclarke2618 Жыл бұрын

The most ridiculous thing I've watched for a while 😂😂😂

@SixEightySeven 16 жыл бұрын

Arthur Mathews, the writer of the sketch, is the fireman seen @ 1.23 and also later in the clip.

@34hedgehog 5 жыл бұрын

0:23; they remind me of Meerkats the way they move!

@Simple1Jack 4 жыл бұрын

The guy playing the main Firefighter also does the voice of the Russian Meerkat in those annoying adverts.

@colinsweeney2628 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder are they the two dennis fire engines that were used in Londons Burning

@thebirdman666 15 жыл бұрын

well spotted!!

@albin0lsson 17 жыл бұрын

The sound is supposed to come out of your speakers. If it doesn't, it's not my fault. I can hear it.

@albin0lsson 15 жыл бұрын

LOL, I just showed this to my brother and he said "What does showjumpers have to do with firefighters? I don't get it! I won't laugh until I get the connection", and I just told him that that is British humour, lol.

@darkmster6100 6 жыл бұрын

Albin Olsson [abbedabb] because there piss useless at anything else haha

@Charlie-tl4dv 11 ай бұрын

I was laughing... but, I still need to find the connection.

@Kaseyshere101 16 жыл бұрын

omg that was pretty funny

@Catherine3234 14 жыл бұрын

Honestly don't know why I noticed this but, the board next to the woman at 00:6 ish is a replica of the League of Gentleman Job Club one... :)

@niansenx 11 ай бұрын

At 00:04 there is a clipboard in the right that has a list of jobs in it, all crossed out except for "babysitter". This is virtually the same as the list of jobs Pauline writes in the first episode of The League of Gentlemen. Is that just coincidence? Weird. LoG came out the year after this but may have been filmed around the same time. It's not exactly the same list, just weirdly similar.

@PetersonZF Жыл бұрын

Many of the people who watched this at the time have kids, now. What if I told you that's Captain Barnacles with the hose? :)

@sexobscura 6 жыл бұрын

makes sense to me

@TheAlexmynameis 5 жыл бұрын

When Fire get there before the HART team does.

@Sunlight70 15 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Anybody got the "Poledancing Fireman" video? from Big Train? Funniest sketch they ever did...

@stvdballs9969 6 жыл бұрын

Sunlight70 Yes, it's up now.

@westsidewheelmen Жыл бұрын

❤

@thebirdman666 15 жыл бұрын

total genious

@ChrisBrett2K 13 жыл бұрын

@urbanrootz Indeed this is true.

@pennydesouza 14 жыл бұрын

@Catherine3234 Ha, well observed!

@feanor 14 жыл бұрын

the fireman witht he axe looks really familiar.

@Micksprint 11 ай бұрын

Ive watched spaced, red dwarf etc. But i dont get this. What do show jumpers represent?

@breakfreak3181 11 ай бұрын

Nothing. It's just absurdism.

@Bunchun 13 жыл бұрын

@DanthemanCTU24 It sounds like him aswell.

@EnterArt100 13 жыл бұрын

@1.27 looool

@TheodorBjork 13 жыл бұрын

Can't stop laughing at @02:03

@Almakarika Жыл бұрын

2:03 and here you go

@Allik27 8 жыл бұрын

3:04 that's f*cking hilarious XD

@Jackjack505 14 жыл бұрын

SIMON!!!!

@DouglasGladney 12 жыл бұрын

florence nightengale sketch was second

@soccom8341576 16 жыл бұрын

That's really random.

@stupidblond428a 16 жыл бұрын

lol

@DouglasGladney 12 жыл бұрын

This IS the funniest Big Train sketch,the cursing housekeeper was second

@LusciousTwinkle Жыл бұрын

You mean Florence Nightingale?

@ninamikal 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@jamesjonesrocket 14 жыл бұрын

it's michael out of alan partridge

@simonball5746 4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to understand the Geordie...people.

@Simon0 14 жыл бұрын

What.

@wookiedog 5 жыл бұрын

Peggs teeth 🤣

@j.j.c.s2802 Жыл бұрын

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@manusia319 7 ай бұрын

I'm not from Britain, why showjumper though? need the context lol

@roryross3878 3 жыл бұрын

I just can't suspend my disbelief that any group of them would want to do something useful to society. 😂

@mcfcguvnors 5 жыл бұрын

"its dripping" god she caused more seed to be spilt in corrie than Michael J Fox at a bird feeder,shes so damn hot

@timelessthee 5 жыл бұрын

lmao

@sooper2dooper3 13 жыл бұрын

funny

@sewardo 6 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain why showjumpers would be so keen to help?

@MikeOtterfox 5 жыл бұрын

greg seward if you need to understand why you’re missing the point. It’s fantastic surreal madness. Just go with it.

@JuddermanProductions Жыл бұрын

I'm not saying this isn't funny or creative, but I don't get it... and I desperately want to... (Showjumpers?)

@MagicTammi 4 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain showjumpers and firefighters to Me? Why showjumpers and why do they show a child-like fascination with the fire equipment. They are like dogs, they don't take no for an answer. I find this video quite disturbing. I feel I am missing something, but I don't quite know what!

@westboundbadger 4 жыл бұрын

Its really just totally abstract comedy,....There is no hidden meaning,just a wonderful imagination at work !!

@MagicTammi 4 жыл бұрын

@@westboundbadger How do we know they are showjumpers? The lady said they were, but they also look like foxhunters. She could have been mistaken. Maybe it is some kind of reference to foxhunting which should be banned. It is saying foxhunters meddle with things they shouldn't?

@natmanprime4295 2 жыл бұрын

whats missing is you! your confused reaction is what makes it so funny "i find this video quite disturbing" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Relyt22 16 жыл бұрын

Replace the red coats with yellow shirts and you got yourself some Scientologists.

@JehanineMelmoth 11 ай бұрын

But they aren’t dressed as showjumpers. They’re dressed as hunters. One wears navy, black orteeed coats for showjumping, not one’s hunting pink.

@joylunn3445 7 ай бұрын

Until recently male showjumpers rode in red jackets, ladies wore blue.

@JehanineMelmoth 7 ай бұрын

The red of hunting jackets is never, ever referred to as red - it's called pink, even though it's clearly red! @@joylunn3445

@chloelaw1818 11 жыл бұрын

I laughed at this and I noticed the two lady riders in this sketch, I thought lady riders in the sport of showjumping wear black jackets a stock shirt. Must be eventers.

@MagicTammi 4 жыл бұрын

This is in unrealistic. The police would not let them near! They are trying to be like Monty Python but Julia Davis can't act and it falls flat.

@Patriiiiick 4 жыл бұрын

It's absurd for a reason. Comedy doesn't have to be realistic.

@MagicTammi 4 жыл бұрын

@@Patriiiiick Did you enjoy the sketch? What do you think were the best bits, and which let it down? I wonder why they only featured this situation once and didn't feature other scenarios of the same idea...