One of the Greats.

@@metsot Yes. I was very disappointed that he became a director and stopped being a perfomer, as I think there are many great directors, but not as many truly great comedians, and Mel Smith was just so amazingly talented when it came to comedy, be it the acting, the timing, the voice, the facial expressions, etc, he had it all, as few other comedians had. Still, like all the great comics of the past decades, even though he's gone, we can still see his performances when we choose. I'm so glad that this Covid situation, if it had to happen at all, happened now, when we have access to KZfaq, DVD box sets, so many cable/satellite channels, etc. Imagaine if it had happened fifty years ago, when in the UK we only had three TV channels, no video recorders, no computers, etc. How boring would that have been?

Ploni Almoni Oddly, no one has that reaction now.

methven Arundell Every time I’ve seen Griff in recent years, usually on some show about UK riverboats or some such, he seems like a moany, bitter, man now. I don’t know why.

😏😏😏

that would've been gay

@modern studies wheres your comedy show? Oh wait yr just a spazz .

@@nasskhan4543 No, modern studies collect this junk and it is heartbroken that a piece that he/she does not own but love is destroyed.

@@lukechandra6233 is nt that stating the obvious, describing a gay joke as gay, is n't that redundant.

Simon, it was leading you to think it was going to be that, it did fall on its arse though.

It's meant to be imitating heraldic language, isn't it? The mackerel is sort of rearing up after all...

Not sure that a fish CAN be rampant (as it has no feet to 'rear up' on) - but that somehow adds to the charm I've always thought.

Ha, I have a twist on that where my online moniker for years has been Skoora, from Kids in the Hall Skoora the gentle shark. Almost no-one gets it.

Heraldically, it's not rampant as that is for 4 legged predator/beast . For that particular posture, it would have been called urinant. The closest posture for a fish to rampant would be haurient. Would probably spoil the humour if they do use the heraldically correct term though.

"...And for our next lot, another Cayman Blue. Anyone?"

@@NivMizzet89 mo... monty python?

That would go against the joke of the sketch

Just as well you weren’t writing for them then eh?

@@petittrainguernsey3297 - I mean, it wasn't terribly funny anyway.

Encrusted with seashells and marked "fra Bonnie Scotland!"

Balsa wood.

There's literally nothing completely new you can do in comedy after MPFC.

@@neithere - Hmm, not sure about that. As much as I love Monty Python I do think that a lot of the sketches became absurd just because they were known for that style, but it didn't always translate to funny. I think lots of comedians have done new styles of comedy since Monty Python but these discussions never end well unfortunately.

it has seized to be...this is an ex-ashtray...

It rests! It rests? Yes, it was pining for the fjords PINING FOR THE FJORDS?

Lol love it

Every time I enter a seaside (crap)shop, I am unable to resist the urge to ask if they have a ‘rampant mackerel ashtray’ in their inventory! Suffice it to say, no one has ever picked up on or recognised my attempted tomfoolery 🤣

Excellent! I'll try it myself - I live in a seaside area and there are some 'quality' crap goods shops locally. I doubt anyone under 50 remembers the sketch now anyway!

@@skyboswell my group of friends frequently break out into sketches from the ‘not the 9 oclock news’ era! Many of the times we can be heard extolling the production of the Johnny Mathis album (when a child is born) as we run through the perfectly memorised ‘gerald the gorilla’ sketch. Constable Savage was another favourite too 🤣

Aah, the grammophone beats it, I think :)

@@airprimus Another timeless classic! Love the way he draws the word out:"Gram-o-phone".

lol you're kidding, this sketch is awful 🙄

Wares

+hiroji 95844 I think it's "your wares" and not "your wear" which really makes no sense.

*ware

Adults having a willy waving contest by correcting each other's spelling, on KZfaq of all places. None of you are the winners here.

Yep, my mistake..

I didn't predict it

That would be the Monty Python version.

Fun at parties

I guess for some people, it hasn't aged well. It was quite legendary for its time.

Barney Os. And still is. Probably the best British sketch show ever. Can't think of anything better.

@@cloudfactory2000 It is not even in the same league as Monty Python, the Two Ronnies, or A Bit of Fry & Laurie, among others. It doesn't even come up to the level of Morecambe & Wise: it ranks alongside the bloody Benny Hill Show. Occasional brilliancies - mostly thanks to Rowan Atkinson - but mostly flat.

@@DieFlabbergast, don't be ridiculous. It's miles better than M&W, who were a bit overated. Benny Hill is also brilliant. There's nothing around today that is anywhere as good as him.