Hilarious!

Best line in the sketch.

The big city!

@@stp4281 Only good line in the sketch

Me too!!! 🤣

Not where I'm from. 15-20 years ago folk were like this.

As a Yorkshire man I can assure you that it's not that long since this was not an exaggeration 😂. Sadly.

Nope this is a gross stereotype of how Yorkshire people are, not even a close representation of us 🤢🤢

Leeds is sophisticated now but world was very different 25 years ago. As unofficapital of North we look down on Southerners eg Shedfielf

@@ChrisTopher-nr1vb facking southern fairies 😆😆

Do you know the one about a girl that brought her boyfriend home to stay the night? He had to stay downstairs and not use the toilet upstairs as not to wake her parents. He said what do I do if I need to go to the toilet? she replied, use the sink. later that night he shouts, wheres the paper!

who do'es? if ya've never slashed on 't plates in t'sink yer a lying twat, tha nos. r lass used to do it too. ( save walking upstairs, like.)

I'm from Yorkshire and that is funny,I mean it I'm not being sarcastic,are you from Yorkshire ❓

your lass likes it.

Hahaha

This was twenty years before Mad Men

@@stevencassidy6982 But the time period Mad Men was set in was 30 years before this.

Mate you're that far wrong it's not funny. mad men was not even dreamed of back then ... unless your having a laugh - are you havin' a laugh!!!

FUNNY

It has already aged. It is like watching Bernard Manning.

@@occamraiser don't be a poof, have some lard

@@occamraiser stick to watching Miranda and Mrs Browns boys then 😂

@@occamraiser It is supposed to be like watching Bernard Manning! I think you missed the point.

This is very funny! lighten up cupcake.@@occamraiser

Brilliant satire never loses its relevance. Read a 30 year old copy of Private Eye, and pretty much everything in it will still have teeth.

Eee . No offence meant , lad . Its only Banter ...

Back then, to play cricket for Yorkshire you had to be born there. Up until the 1990s they wouldn't even accept outsiders from other parts of England - never mind overseas players.

@Tom Brown About 55 years ago I had a black work mate, we used to do the racial banter bit all the time " Good morning black man, Good morning White man" was typical so I've never seen any harm in banter because it's the intent that matters

@@steveforest8385 ...but that's the whole point of that part of the sketch. A racist 'plain-speaking, it's only banter' Yorkshireman saying that a black player can't play for Yorkshire, purely based on skin colour, automatically based on the assumption that they're not from Yorkshire. In reality, in the 1990's, there were tens of thousands of black and Asian players that could have played for Yorkshire based on the old 'born in the historic county boundary' rules.

😂

Yeah I thought the same 🤣

“No offense”!

Brilliant 👏love it

How did Harry Enfield predict this?🤣

knottlawhites This and 'The Four Yorkshiremen' [Python/ALT1948 Show] are amongst my favourite bits of comedy ever - I don't think that's all that unusual for a Yorkshireman. I don't know if it's peculiar to us, but things so proximate to one's native domicile are particularly stimulating to the ulnar nervous receptors. Is it the same for those shitey southern poofs?

knottlawhites it's an extreme stereotype, obviously, but I doubt any true Yorkshireman would be offended by it, we used to be very straight talking people, you bluntly said what you thought of someone new, they just as bluntly did the same back, now you understood one another, no offence taken and no bull, and you got on with life, 'twas t' Yorkshire way. Shame it's dying off.

Miles Chalmondey Warner was always my favourite sketch

@@lynby6231 mr Grayson 🤣

This is the joke from Eric morcombe more or less ? ‘ this is the wife ? Don’t laugh 😂 ‘

His wife never thought so shame 😂

+LoafOfPint very good haha.

Yeah and he could have said York but it wouldnt have been so funny as Leeds is very second rate to York.... Genius right there....

Its so subtle, signs of how subtle Harry and Pauls later shows could be. In this context though the sheer self delight in the fact that he had indeed travelled all the way to Leeds away from kith and kin. Beautiful, comedy this good is a dying art. Higsons pony tail is worthy of mention too, detail that just makes the scene.

@@stevegrose6789 you are so right and very concisely put point!👍

@@kmmining1359 he cud a said barnsley.

aye, were a simple lot

Ha

Someone once said if you ever go to Yorkshire don't ask for directions. You will get a history of the area and family history.

@@Blazstabman90PWNZ A bit flat under't cap

billywhitewolf It must have been difficult not to laugh its so funny

billywhitewolf Higson held back a couple of laughs as well

Yes, loved that.

Bloody awful :-/

The whole place looks like the office they're in?

It's not like that in Harrogate!

Then long live Yorkshire .

Too right, mate! It’s exactly like this in good ol’ Yorkshire!

Couldn't agree more. I used to always quote lines from it

Not even close to the best,it's OK but the best ever,no way

@@davidmellish3295 Each to their own, but I'm curious as to which ones you think are better? :)

@@davidmellish3295 so whats your best ever sketch?

Bahahaha lol

Watched this 20 years ago but never understood the " ....sophistication l been to Leeds joke. Assume it is about stereotypes but could someone please explain???

kingelvis Leeds (my home town) is seen as the cosmopolitan, big city capital of Yorkshire. We've got a Harvey Nichols, tha' knows! People from Sheffield will dispute this.

@@ianrhodes6928 No you've deffinitely got a Harvey Nichs up there.

@@ianrhodes6928 Nay lad for us in the north/East riding York is the Cosmopolitan big city

@@ianrhodes6928 I'm from Sheffield and although it is bigger than Leeds, Leeds does tend to have a better shopping centre!

I'd say William Ulsterman is a good candidate too...

@@ytnsanw Yep, another underused one that was really good.

It was done about 2-3 times

@@robertexley5193 I've only seen one other one with him in it.

Funnist comedian ever, full stop.

@@gibson4676 If you read the missive. I didn't quote him as a Yorkshireman, I stated, "A character" Read before you start putting your clog in it me old mate. And by the way, I lived in Nuneaton for four years. I know the lingo, Youth.

@@gibson4676 Only pointless to people that don't have a sense of humour. Haven't you got anything better to do?

@@gibson4676 All the best mate. Stay safe.

The best thing about this exchange of course is the fact that someone answered the OP NINE years later and then the OP replied!👏

@@roodersclive8654 Is that a Guiness World record?

nubdys perfect lad.

Hi I, live about 4 mile from Leeds and we're all like that from up ere enjoy it mate😉.

@@christianbarrass2643 i know.

Paracetamol helps!

Good to see yanks with REAL humour.

😂😂😂 Dear Old Dad!

@Francesca Moss "Ok lass now run along an mek us cup o tea an be quick wiv it an den on tbed for a shag " P.S Your dad should said "she mekks great yorkshire puddings an twas a bread-cake in t oven"!!!

@@1414yorks made me chuffin laugh. 😀

Eeh your dad was ALMOST as romantic as mine.....

"Mum why did you get married in winter?" "Dont ask"

Hull is still in Yorkshire & Bradford is more like 5 miles from Leeds !

It's almost like looking at ancient hieroglyphics.

Yeah, but not a good one. Harry Enfield was garbage. Used to love it as a kid, though.

@@moodini99 hogwash, you just got converted mate.

I'm a Yorkshireman and I laughed my tits off at this! If anything, it's a bit watered down from the reality.

Still does, just in different forms. James Acaster's great for one

welcome Sharon.

@@skoltheviking1201 Aww thank you Skol! Viking eh? I've even been to your Jorvick Centre in York, that was a great day out too.

I'm from Leeds living in Liverpool - it must be the Leeds-Liverpool canal that does it. Great sketch

@@rubberplantsandwich 😂😂😂

Yorkshire and scouse, now all you need to do is head up t’ geordies and you’ve got hattrick of confusing southerners

I hate it. People here just don’t speak to you or smile, miserable bunch of goons.

Not just saying it but at 77yrs and raised and lived them in Leeds I have always preferred Lancashire folk. I have found them more disposed to humour ,sympathetic and cultured in the everyday sense..but that's just me...

He's bang on there

Cardiff,,,,nice place,, lived there for a long time,, what part you from,, I was canton.

I've got a mug with that, but instead of Yorkshire it says Barnsley

SuperModwolf This deserves to be the top comment.

Back then you got a decent interest rate even on a normal savings account. No 0.01% interest crap.

West of England. Not quite dead centre north like sheffield

ta fa compliment.

Don't forget your passport !

Beat me to it haha

The bloke that set Egg bank up lives....... in Yorkshire, fact.

Snowflakes, george kirby, sjws and lefty loons. Thats why

We do: Borat, Pub Landlord, ...

@@NickDixon al Murray is about as funny as 4th lockdown

@@corporal747 You speaking for the nation there, or just yourself? Comedy is subjective. I can't help if his humour goes over your head. Point is, it's the same kind of sketch: the main character is the target. The bloke making good old traditional black jokes is the idiot.

@@gunsharck I get your point but can I say that I’m a “lefty” and I love this humour and also stuff a lot more offensive. In my limited experience it’s often conservatives that find this sort of thing unacceptable. I wouldn’t say cancel culture is just a leftie thing. And I wouldn’t say snowflakes are all lefties.

I also saw this back in '92. My flatmates were quoting it for months!

Thanks I guess.

Eeee that were reet gud shag luv

Aztecius w

Now we have Miranda Hart laughing at penises instead. How comedy has fallen!

They'd have a meltdown "hey up (think thats what he said) there's a poof in town" kills me every single time I watch this! pmsl

@@TomCat681 I have two words to say to that crap on nowadays shite!

@@TomCat681 Shite! The exact reason why I don't watch TV at least much anymore because its all a load of bollocks now (not being confined to just comedy).

@@TomCat681 LOL can still remember when cancelling my licence fee, thought got the TV on in the background, then thought not really bothered about this. Went on the site and cancelled it and got a bit of a refund too haha! Never looked back since, not really anyway and when the BBC come out with something I consider daft (arguably most of the time they come out with something daft and stupid) I roll my eyes well theoretically speaking anyway.... when I'm at either of my parents or wherever I am and have to watch that crap.

I love that Hale and Pace sketch too. I think it's the mushy peas that incites me to want to go on their airline.

Shy T ha ha

Coldacre o

He just had to ask

looking at todays ads on tv - well, I dont. Racist rubbish.

So is the girl. When he grabs her and pats her, she looks like she loves it but has to stay in character.

@@Scripture-Man Yeah they both look like they're struggling to not laugh, not surprising! ponytail guy is Charlie Higson from The Fast Show!

The very funny Charlie Higson from the Fast Show. Bob Fleming and others.

Bunny from "Is he a quare?" sketches

I was watching this when it aired. Died laughing then, just as funny now! (And I'm American.)

@@VIDS2013 Didn't think you would understand our British humour.

@@ericgeorge5483 I watched a lot of Benny Hill and Monty Python on my local PBS station when I was a kid. That's pretty much universal humor! (Was in graduate school in the UK when I saw this show.)

@@VIDS2013 Yes it is indeed universal, that's how clever those guys were.

fer *

Except it isn't true now!

ayye.....on paper

No it wouldn’t because it’s taking the piss out of racism...? - I sometimes feel like the only people who don’t understand the difference between racist jokes and jokes about racism are the anti - SJWs trying to prove a point... Signed: a London student.

Oh god, A) we do not live in some weird PC dystopia that you seem to think we do, there's plenty of "offensive" comedy and B) This isn't even offensive, it is mocking racism, not being racist, and C) Students are all too busy taking MDMA to care about anything like that.

Yes and interestingly enough they're either Yorkshire men OR Cockneys.

+Martin Le Davis haha.. for sure.. You'll never play for Yorkshire.. No offence.. fckn amazing!

Absolutely right. I'm from Yorkshire and I found this hilarious.

+orgennoon That's his point. Despite me and you knowing it's a joke it still would be too edgy for TV these days.

Talking of PC Brigade I found out the other day that Yorkshire's 'The Railway Children' got it's 1st complaint in 2013 as it "would encourage children to play on the railways" 42 years after it's release! That's just another thing to add to the list of things idiots complain about every single week

thart right theer lad

Well Sam didn't

Sam isn't from Yorkshire.

Brian Clough was born in Middlesborough , North Yorkshire but was the best England manager we never had . Considered to be too outspoken and direct , just like Harry's character , but he would have got the job done .

@@Mark64W North Riding !

Shame he changed his accent, he would’ve been even funnier if he sounded like this.

We've disowned him. He's like a cuckoo in the nest.

orate mate.

Why would anyone be offended by that? xD

I said no offence.

Tales From The Riverbank thanks for the compliment

Ch0plet, right, very good to stand up for what's right.