Recorded in 1982 on VHS video in Black & White by mistake but I think the quality has been better preserved than if it was in colour. Enjoy this classic sketch...
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@hihosilverlining11 ай бұрын
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this down the years…as a kid and now as an old lady. And it’s still funny 😂
@paulhughes9435 Жыл бұрын
Absolute comic genius ! had the pleasure of meeting Eli Woods, a totally unassuming guy and a credit to his profession
@terryallen53284 жыл бұрын
Classic humour from an age long since gone, impeccable timing. RIP all three.
@pentuplove65424 жыл бұрын
Roy Castle was on a Float on the Isle of Mann. My mum called him so she could take his photo. This was almost 40 years ago, mum had problems getting the camera to take his picture. Roy stayed smiling in a finishing act position until mum could take the photo. A great professional. Missed by many.
@eugenefarrar19594 жыл бұрын
One of the best, from an era where the stars weren't celebrities, they were grafters, none better.
@reetpateet86563 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this so many times. Absolutely incredible timing by three comic geniuses! No swearing, just good honest comedy 👍
@robharper4096 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic. A real tribute to Jimmie James. Three great performers but I still think Eli is the best.
@rchequers5 жыл бұрын
I made the mistake of watching this on a busy train. I ended up having to hide in a corner because of the shaking shoulders and the tears of laughter streaming down my face. Classic comedy. Thank you for sharing!
@dambuster63875 жыл бұрын
There is a earlier version of this with some else in stead of Roy Castle that,s was one of the original,s of the act who I think passed away.
@eugenefarrar19594 жыл бұрын
Excellent isn't it.
@highpath47762 жыл бұрын
@@dambuster6387 Fred Waring ?
@philippaine5 жыл бұрын
Eli Wood ....he starred in a rerun of this sketch on TV .. he'd hardly changed in appearance .... what a legend
@kevinbennett76154 жыл бұрын
This is the one from the 80's. It says so in the title.
@philippaine3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pK5ldamHsNrQpKc.html Try this link!! 1962.
@crawfb4 жыл бұрын
Timing, pace, writing, performance = a perfect cocktail of comedy. Sadly the recipe seems to have been lost today.
@tdsymes3 жыл бұрын
I love this sketch, but you are wrong. Timing in comedy is just as good today as ever was. And the style of comedy fits the age we are in.
@davidoconnell41002 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
@andyhowlett22315 жыл бұрын
Absolutely marvellous. Professionals who know the ropes and know how to do it. Classic
@MrDavey20102 жыл бұрын
So clever. The timing of all three is superb. Highly professional.
@fatbelly275 жыл бұрын
If the audience weren't standing to applaud that at the end, they should have been. Thank you for posting it, and thank you to Michael Parkinson for capturing a little bit of history
@kevvome5 жыл бұрын
A fantastic sketch, in fact in the top three of all time. At first I wasn't too keen on Roy Castle playing the part of the idiot, but after watching this several times it dawned on me just how good he was here and he was perfect for this role. There isn't enough of this kind of comedy on youtube, more's the pity as I can watch this kind of entertainment all day and night. A sad fact that all have departed this world, but I believe strongly that as long as you live in people's memories you can never truly die. Thanks for the so very many laughs guys. It's been one of life's pleasure's knowing you.
@ianbentley72764 жыл бұрын
i remember the original with jimmy james, and have looked at it on here, but i think this is much better, can't understand why it's in black and white though.
@Tocsin-Bang6 жыл бұрын
The timing is immaculate!
@Wa1kerBros4Ever8 жыл бұрын
Glorious!! A classic piece of choreographed madness performed wonderfully. Thank goodness moments like these will now never be lost. Thank you for uploading.
@Markintheshed8 жыл бұрын
bloody fantastic , remember watching this live, and trying to play it back, on vhs only to find I hadn't pressed the record button,
@Bethi4WFH5 жыл бұрын
Great timing. I love the guy in the middle, and the fact that none of them corpsed. So good.
@terryallen53284 жыл бұрын
Good old fashioned comedy, sadly missed on today’s television.
@steve-lj7vy9 жыл бұрын
When ever I need cheering up I watch this.
@sydneyleggett62764 жыл бұрын
I am ancient enough to love comedy without swearing and based on clever use of language....plus some dubious choreography.
@petergrundy6234 Жыл бұрын
So funny after so many decades .🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@mickbrod15 жыл бұрын
THANKS FOR POSTING THIS GEM OF BRITISH COMEDY .MY THANKS TO COLIN PATERSON FOR HIS SPOT ON COMMENT.
@johnhughes40837 жыл бұрын
My mother and her sisters would often tease me with the "`ave you been puttin` about that I`m barmy?" bit when I was a child. I think they must have heard it when Jimmy James was the lead, but as a child I had no answer to the simple question. Made me laugh though, they were the funniest people I have ever known. All three of them died many years ago. Some of their routines were straight out of music hall, I can still hear them sixty years later, and smile.
@roblin5011 жыл бұрын
Thanks to people like you uploading clips like this, people like me get to see the cream of British comedy...thanks Planty 77 for posting this gem.
@crossleydd424 жыл бұрын
There's that surreal touch of Morecombe & Wise about all this! Pure Music Hall stuff. Another hilarious Music Hall sketch is Sandy Powell as the useless ventriloquist, also on KZfaq.
@eugenefarrar19594 жыл бұрын
That's when entertainers were pro and really did have talent. superb!
@reetpateet86566 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, just brilliant, and as already stated no swearing and no filth. No real comedians about these days that compare. Such excellent timing and so so funny. Ditto to a comment below....I can't stop watching it either!!
@bmcgoo60272 жыл бұрын
There is 'filth' in this when they talk about the Bounty bar - for fuck's sake.
@christopherfisher62934 жыл бұрын
My wife just not get this at all!! I love it!!!
@jackthebassman16 жыл бұрын
Eli Woods was fabulous, a real original and sooooooo funny, his timing was legendary.
@alanbratt30224 жыл бұрын
Following a fall last Saturday, when i landed flat on my chest, i made the mistake of watching this hilarious comedy clip. Couldn't help laughing, but laughed so hard that i am in absolute agony now. I remember seeing this particular clip on the Parkinson show back in the 1960s. Oddly, it hasn't aged at all. Still fresh & very clever humour.
@JONNYHOTROD4 жыл бұрын
AMAZING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!
@1aberbeeg8 жыл бұрын
It is just so funny, cannot stop watching it, bless the three of them.
@snerper7 жыл бұрын
Phil Strong= same here, real comedy, no smut just funny lines!
@klackon14 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the original sketch when I was still at school. Coincidentally, I was born in Leamington Spa and lived there for a number of years. A gorgeous blond with blues eyes lived a few doors away. Sod the Bounty Bar.
@tomkent46564 жыл бұрын
You can watch part of the original sketch with Jimmy James here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adGEfdOUs7urcqM.html
@mhb76485 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant
@clivepresley29075 жыл бұрын
Sad about Roy Castle. He left us too early.
@mickeyred6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Funniest sketch I've seen in a long time
@cs_fl50484 жыл бұрын
OK.... I really enjoyed that. I've never seen it before. Thank you.
@DAVE3215412 жыл бұрын
As with the original version with Jimmy James, it's the timing, as well as the comedy script that makes this sketch special. It's a shame we don't see more like this on todays comedy shows. You could still see James Casey and Eli Woods in some episodes of " Last of the summer wine ".
@derricktelling57262 ай бұрын
what a piece of classic comedy
@avandriver4 жыл бұрын
What a gem . Thanks for sharing .
@martinspeak9244 Жыл бұрын
Such timing - no egos just comic genius a product of the music halls ! even a tiny touch of Laurel and Hardy in there - brilliant !
@Thisisace11 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing throughout. Wow!
@basilsearle3485 Жыл бұрын
This was pure comedy long may they live in our memories
@TheDrummie15 жыл бұрын
Comic genius, perfect timing and choreography
@paulwoolley4957 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant performance, perfect timing👍👍 the likes of which we’ll never see again😢
@noriemeha5 жыл бұрын
Jimmy James! Now I see where Eric Morcambe got his inspiration... the glasses, the talking off, the three word repostes, the missed moves.... it's all there. Classic act.
@tomhenshaw22064 жыл бұрын
I thought the same, then read that Jimmy Casey used to write for Morecambe and Wise and helped Eddie Braben hone their classic work from the 60s and 70s. Btw Eli Woods and James Casey were cousins.
@johnjackson73104 жыл бұрын
There is no comedy anywhere near this standard now great timing and so simple fantastic.
@grenvillephillips69985 жыл бұрын
A brilliant routine and somehow the black and white seems to enhance music hall feel of the piece.
@equalsql75084 жыл бұрын
That was just superb.
@Kings_New_Clothese10 жыл бұрын
Falling on the floor with laughter!
@somyod2u8 жыл бұрын
" The lodger got more meat than your father, you know " wonderful stuff.
@robertmunnerley497614 күн бұрын
Absolutely brilliant.....don't get anything like this now ...
@MonoLith20498 жыл бұрын
i remember watching this as a kid & found it hilarious then. watching it now for the first time since its broadcast, i was laughing so hard i could hardly breath. brilliant. thanks for sharing
@JohnBamber23126 жыл бұрын
I feel just the same
@highpitwilma5 жыл бұрын
Same here! Classic! Thanks for posting it!
@nicholaswiltshire63564 жыл бұрын
Absolute brilliant class comedy. No smut, no swearing and no filth.
@effyleven11 жыл бұрын
That was a scream! Didn't see it at the time, but I did just now. Thank you.
@eleanormatthews5275 Жыл бұрын
Love this even though I've seen it many times.
@garrywood53454 жыл бұрын
Classic Comedy...All Talented And Perfect Timing.
@Thursdaym24 жыл бұрын
Back in the seventies, our band played a Christmas gig at a hotel in Altrincham and Ely was the main attraction. Was very funny but we had a hard job following his singing. Thought he got the best laughs in this video, great timing.
@chap666ish5 жыл бұрын
Black and White makes this so much better
@petergibbs4 жыл бұрын
I do think this is the best version of the Box sketch done. James Casey is better than is his dad I think. Roy Castle is the best Box holder as well.
@ianbentley72764 жыл бұрын
agreed, i saw the original, and have looked back at it on here, but this outshines it.
@allanball84668 жыл бұрын
No crudity nudity or need to blaspheme. An era when Comedy reigned supreme.
@jacquelinekalich83107 жыл бұрын
Still makes me laugh out loud!
@susanwoolfitt72976 жыл бұрын
Jacqueline Kalich i
@bashbrannigan5 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen these guys before. They’re great.
@juliamcintyre50125 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@carolbrand1812 жыл бұрын
I,m pleased to say that Jimmy Casey & Eli Woods were relations of mine .
@Pwecko3 жыл бұрын
This was hilarious. I haven't laughed out loud like this for ages. Wonderful.
@philippaine5 жыл бұрын
Best sketch ever on TV? If not, very close to being so.
@martinspeak-nd3ob22 күн бұрын
Try Freddy Starr “Vincent” sketch completely different but just as funny and clever
@marknailis Жыл бұрын
Still brilliant
@skoot2u6 жыл бұрын
A masterclass in comedic timing.Who could do this today ?
@martinspeak9244 Жыл бұрын
Nobody - !!!!
@leondarrylfenton70364 жыл бұрын
52 people without an iota of a sense of Humour..👿
@prideparkheroes10 жыл бұрын
classic sketch,makes me laugh every time i watch it.
@bigteno45975 жыл бұрын
Loved it.
@terencebarrett28975 жыл бұрын
absolutely brilliant real natural skill talent eli woods was fantastic wonderfull real entertainment real natural laughter
@paulcoates678710 жыл бұрын
RIP Eli Woods
@paulredhead86035 жыл бұрын
Comedy perfection. Plain and simple.
@philsooty54214 жыл бұрын
James Casey's father Jimmy James was the original and I saw him do this live, Huton Conyers and Eli Woods were his stooges and they where brilliant
@edhumm5 жыл бұрын
Such an epic sketch and still totally timeless! The first time I saw this the part of Jimmy Casey (who may or may not have died at that point) was performed by Roy Hudd, again with Roy Castle and Eli Woods. Again the timing was exceptional! Does any one else remember that version and of so is there a recording of it waiting to be found somewhere.....? Thank you for sharing this wonderful routine, stands alongside "Who's on First?" by Abbot and Costello
@jillalexander3006 Жыл бұрын
No - that version was James Casey and Eli Woods but Hidd doing ROy Castle's part. I think it is on here off a Sunderland variety concert. Not as good as this though. Roy Castle had done this part with the other two for several years on the variety circuit. Hudd just an egotist who had to muscle his way into everything and make it about himself. Dreadful man. This is the best version of BOx Sketch I ever saw but the stooge in the long coat changed regularly in fact the chap in the hat was originally that stooge when his father was the main part.
@bryanbentham52904 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@leneynon62684 жыл бұрын
Brilliant👏👏👏👏👏👏😂
@bennyjazzful4 жыл бұрын
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.
@skeggyboy584 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that 👍🏻
@stevenmathers6661 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see them perform this routine on stage during a recording of "Castle's Corner".
@elaineprescott76332 жыл бұрын
What a shame today's comedians aren't up to this standard. Pure geniuses.
@andyhowlett2231 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Old troupers who knew what was funny and how to do it. No smut and no bad language.
@MrGerrymagic5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful comedy. You couldn’t analyse it.
@colinwood10238 жыл бұрын
James Casey & Eli Woods thay were grate
@Lytton3338 жыл бұрын
Just great..
@martm2165 жыл бұрын
Wonderful old piece of business.
@julielowe74623 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest sketches ever, I remember these three doing the same classic act on the Royal Variety Performance, I think the original performance it was based on goes back to the 1930's, but I cannot remember who did it, but I know I've read it somewhere probably in Roy's Memoirs
@pohl544 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest things you will ever see.
@colinp22386 жыл бұрын
When I see acts like this it makes me wonder how the hell acts like Ant and Dec, Reeves and Mortimer even get off the bus. Today there is nothing of this calibre being shown on TV. Unfortunately none of these prolific talents are alive today.
@patrickkelly70855 жыл бұрын
especially the Geordie twosome they are talentless
@philippaine5 жыл бұрын
Ant and Dec are a pair of talentless idiots
@Kirkee75 жыл бұрын
I agree totally
@kevvome5 жыл бұрын
Ant and Dec are pure untalented shite, but Reeves and Mortimer are very funny. Horses for courses I suppose.
@mrbrown21865 жыл бұрын
Bob Mortimer is a national treasure.
@flashtheoriginal4 жыл бұрын
Now THATS entertainment
@bigal36174 жыл бұрын
spot on
@robinmcarthur3287 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@maggiepickering83553 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@jrgboy6 жыл бұрын
RIP all three, James Casey , Head of Comedy at BBC Manchester was the son of Jimmy James who originated this sketch..
@djm96765 жыл бұрын
Wonderful comedians .... the good old days
@user-bo5qv9pd5z4 ай бұрын
TRULY MAGNIFICENT best COMEDY EVER 👍👌💯
@ianbentley72764 жыл бұрын
I only had to look at Eli to crack out laughing back in the day/
@edzporn4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this sketch when I was twelve at the London Palladium . That would be about1958 , i always thought the straight man was Jimmy James
@ianbentley72764 жыл бұрын
The man in the hat is Jimmy James's son, James Casey, taking the part of his late father. .
@jillalexander30064 жыл бұрын
The one in the long overcoat changed many times over the years.