Tony Robinson reads a hilariously grumpy letter from a father to a son

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25 күн бұрын

Sunday Times racing correspondent Roger Mortimer spent 25 years writing to his only son, Charlie, and in 2012, many of those amusing, touching, exasperated, gossip-filled missives were collected to form the book, Dear Lupin. This is just one, written in 1978 when Charlie was working away from home.
None other than Sir Tony Robinson joined us to read this brilliantly funny letter at Letters Live at London's Royal Albert Hall in March 2024.

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@AenesidemusOZ 23 күн бұрын

"Neither listened to a word the other said, which was sensible as neither was saying anything worth listening to." The Internet in a nutshell

@Lisargarza 23 күн бұрын

Best comment on the Internet today, bar none.

@SpeckleKen 23 күн бұрын

@@Lisargarza I'll take your word for it. I didn't consider it worth reading.

@iainhair6888 23 күн бұрын

Sorry could you please repeat that I was not listening !!😂😂

@The_Farwall 22 күн бұрын

"Your mother is still convinced that a poltergeist whipped away a sausage she was cooking" is the greatest arrangement of words I've ever come across.

@HaliPuppeh 23 күн бұрын

I find it hilarious that the P.S. was almost as long as the letter itself.

@nulnoh219 23 күн бұрын

That's a lot happening in that village.

@CrapKerouac 23 күн бұрын

A letter only an Englishman could write.

@llchapman1234 23 күн бұрын

And read 😂😂😂

@faenethlorhalien 23 күн бұрын

Upper lip was stiff in this one, forsooth.

@karolw.5208 23 күн бұрын

I agree, only a Britisher can be so succint yet pack so much information into five minutes.

@rexochroy2 23 күн бұрын

Richness of the English language ❤😂😂

@JakobusVdL 21 күн бұрын

Disagree, miserable gits are a worldwide phenomonon

@chrsmcfrln 21 күн бұрын

Dear Lupin and Dear Lumpy (letters to the daughter) are both great books. Just endless witty bile like this.

@markfrancis5164 17 күн бұрын

Met Tony years ago, during a local history exhibition in Woolwich. He was polite, kind, charming and quite the most pleasant and relaxed ‘famous’ person I’ve ever met.

@karenkalweit6018 23 күн бұрын

That was my dad when he quit smoking after 45 years of it. He was so grumpy we almost wish he was tart again.😉

@mathewdallaway 23 күн бұрын

Beautifully delivered!

@sheryltaylor7181 23 күн бұрын

I hope this man does more of these letters, he's wonderful.

@loopwithers 23 күн бұрын

While you wait, you can enjoy more of his thoughts by watching the comedy series Blackadder and the archeological series Time Team

@terinn7115 20 күн бұрын

@@loopwithers Love me some Baldrick.

@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore 23 күн бұрын

I love Tony! Great presentation and the content of the letter was absolutely British.😂

@Soguwe 22 күн бұрын

That's enough colorful characters to fill three sitcoms

@KrisHughes 23 күн бұрын

There's a whole book chapter in every statement. Brilliant piece of writing, brilliantly well delivered. Why did the one about the potatoes make me laugh out loud?

@fugithegreat 21 күн бұрын

I feel like we're kindred spirits, this grumpy old man and I.

@ValleyKnown 23 күн бұрын

Tony is a global treasure

@robstimson4234 21 күн бұрын

The last line explains all the sour observations.

@samanthamaynard4447 20 күн бұрын

I'm only 2 minutes in and laughing so much it turned into a coughing fit. I love Tony from Time Team, and he is the perfect fit for these acerbic, droll letters.

@jimyoung9262 21 күн бұрын

Baldric got really articulate as he aged

@lomax343 10 күн бұрын

Tony Robinson and Roger Lloyd Pack (Trigger in Only Fools...) both prove the curious fact that you have to be REALLY smart to convincingly portray idiots.

@susansouthard 23 күн бұрын

Tony is wonderful!

@Justrex01 23 күн бұрын

Tony is always my favorite straight man.

@ScottishOutlaw 23 күн бұрын

Tony commited! 👏 Well read!

@ericerickson6537 20 күн бұрын

Toni is the best.

@janelloyd4332 23 күн бұрын

Brilliant..hope he reads more of these letters

@bevgordon7619 22 күн бұрын

I just looked for after Tony walked away: yes, You tube RM’s audiobook! Can’t wait to read these father and son nuggets

@philomelodia 3 күн бұрын

I can’t ever stop seeing him as Baldric. So, the thought of Baldric reading such a letter is just absolutely funny to me.

@giantnerd14 20 күн бұрын

I could listen to this for hours.

@sarahwatts7152 23 күн бұрын

Excellent delivery!

@unseelie63 22 күн бұрын

Reminds me a bit of Rowan Atkinson(Tony worked with him many moons ago,if anyone is unfamiliar with Blackadder).

@tessiepinkman 22 күн бұрын

Hahaha this is just fantastic! Amazing! Thank you.

@4ajustpeace 23 күн бұрын

The tragical lost art of family letter writing.

@comealongcomealong4480 20 күн бұрын

@inpeaceagain I guess superceded by Family FB Groups, Facetime, Instagram, Whatsapp, Emails, Video Sharing etc etc 😐 Are these less edited lives I wonder? compared to letters.

@caittails 15 күн бұрын

This sounds exactly like the messages my grandma sends in the family group text, so the art lives on, it’s just the medium that’s changed. 😂

@comealongcomealong4480 14 күн бұрын

@@caittails The skills your grandma learned when younger to write a letter. On a separate note, love the two shaggy hounds in your thumbnail. Very content looking doggos.

@Ivehadenuff 23 күн бұрын

Love Sir Tony - from Massachusetts, USA 0:34

@susanpilling8849 23 күн бұрын

Brilliant as always!

@user-xy4sd5sx7v 23 күн бұрын

Loved this. Love Tony Robinson. An old lady from Phoenix AZ

@annettefournier9655 22 күн бұрын

Brilliantly delivered.🎉

@ncooty 22 күн бұрын

Superb.

@lynnblack6493 21 күн бұрын

That's perfect!

@corlisscrabtree3647 23 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@blackbird5634 15 күн бұрын

John Houseman would be proud, the impression is sincere and delightful.

@ellenkemp3798 18 күн бұрын

Thank you, very enjoyable.

@thesuncollective1475 12 күн бұрын

Delightfully Understated 😊

@rosebroady6618 23 күн бұрын

Far and away the funniest letter yet

@pobsdad 21 күн бұрын

Oh, aunt Barbara, what have you done?

@hadtopicausername 20 күн бұрын

Life goals.

@Wally535 23 күн бұрын

Perfection!

@BlackAdderLXX 21 күн бұрын

Excellent work Baldric

@deejayk5939 20 күн бұрын

That was great😂

@kikidevine694 20 күн бұрын

Someone with the same attitude as my father 😂😂😂😂😂

@arlenehutchinson9259 20 күн бұрын

He's a GOSSIP 😂😂😂😂😂

@williamclifford4441 21 күн бұрын

These Dear Lupin letters were hilarious and for once Tony gets the flavour wrong.

@editionprimavista4937 11 күн бұрын

He definitely had a... cunning plan... for this one!

@NatalieElizabethBeech 12 күн бұрын

Well damn Barbara, look what you did.

@kierancreighton96 14 күн бұрын

Now i feel like im the relic found on timeteam

@elkudos6262 23 күн бұрын

Ought I remind you just how this particular round of hostilities “was precipitated”?

@teresapaskell5459 20 күн бұрын

Roman Atkinson would do this one justice too😂👍

@grahameroberts8109 23 күн бұрын

Shouldn’t he be titled as Sir?

@margielewis6009 19 күн бұрын

😂

@hwizell7478 23 күн бұрын

I have given up Sundowners ink abundance Smoking tobacco

@SiiriCressey 23 күн бұрын

How's it going?

@AudriaOdom-fr2zs 23 күн бұрын

🤗👏👏👏👏👏👏👏..

@susiew2521 17 күн бұрын

I think this poor man needs to start smoking again - at the very least a pipe 😂

@antoinepetrov 23 күн бұрын

I don't want to be that guy, but... Baldrick!

@CatsJP 23 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️📃📃📃👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣

@Heothbremel 23 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@shirleylee2793 23 күн бұрын

4:52 Balderick 😂

@SiiriCressey 23 күн бұрын

Nah, I think Sodoff Baldrick would gift people turnips.

@brucestaples4510 23 күн бұрын

@@SiiriCressey Gadzooks! I don't know you. I don't know Shirley. I don't even know Sodoff Baldrick (though I feel I should). Help. (🇺🇸 Does that explain?)

@SiiriCressey 23 күн бұрын

@@brucestaples4510 Baldrick was a character played by Tony Robinson through the entire Blackadder television series. He had a minor obsession with turnips.

@brucestaples4510 22 күн бұрын

@@SiiriCressey Ahhh. So, from my colonial perspective, my ignorance is due to not viewing enough PBS, or Britbox...methinks. Thank you veddy much.😁

@SiiriCressey 22 күн бұрын

@@brucestaples4510 B.B.C. America, I believe. At least when it was new. New-ish.