The Armstrong and Miller Show

The Armstrong and Miller Show - Hitler sketch

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13 жыл бұрын

Hilarious sketch from Season 3, Episode 5, describing the single most important piece of intelligence from WW2

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@mipmipmipmipmip Жыл бұрын

These 4 minutes were a better cinematic experience than both last Indiana Jones movies together

@szw1337 9 ай бұрын

The cut to the Nazi's at the end was a perfect final touch.

@noneofyourfckingbusiness8302 3 жыл бұрын

Personally I really liked the "Testies, Testies, the Furher has only one!" piece.

@Hertog_von_Berkshire 3 жыл бұрын

Surely it's "Fantastisch testies, the Führer has only one". That's what I hear anyway.

@seaoftranquility7228 Жыл бұрын

There’s no doubting it is a very funny line, the question is however, would it have won the war? I estimate that this would have been around May 1944, just before D-Day. At this time the Axis powers had conquered most of Europe and England still feared a full scale invasion from the Nazis. Churchill was painfully aware that the Germans were working on their own satirical ditties so time was of the essence, but it was also vital that they not jump the gun and lose due to inferior songwriting. The composer (who remains nameless like so many heroes from that terrible conflict) was right to discard the ‘Daisy’ inspired taunt. Had he not done so the consequences could well have been catastrophic.

@VickersDoorter 10 ай бұрын

@@Hertog_von_Berkshire It's testes, testes; a parody of "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do".

@benjamina6618 10 ай бұрын

whatever came right before it, I really liked that one. if it’s parodying anything, I’d like to know what the original is.

@AirKIng74 9 ай бұрын

@@benjamina6618I too have agonized for years over whatever it's supposed to be. It's so familiar but I have no idea what it is.

@VickersDoorter Жыл бұрын

Very authentic late 1960s diesel locomotive horn there.

@ParaBellum2024 11 ай бұрын

Let's not let facts get in the way of a good joke!

@itsirrelephantman Ай бұрын

I noticed that as well. Needs a retcon, he travelled into the future to find inspiration, easy as marvel

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

Possibly the worst 'Eurovision Song Contest ' rejection ever.

@shimmeister1062 11 ай бұрын

Without doubt the funniest sketch I have seen in my 60 years. The seriousness of it it absolutely spot on.

@Electricdreamerb 10 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought the scene where Armstrong is trying to write the song is one of the best in this show's history

@krashd 7 жыл бұрын

Xander coming up with modern electronic and disco ditties on a harpsichord in the Victorian era were great sketches too. The bouncing energy building up in his character as he cracks in to the energy of "I'm Horny" by Mousse.T is hilarious.

@listerofsmeg884 5 жыл бұрын

@@krashd 'no?... Ok...'

@richardjamieson6681 3 жыл бұрын

@@krashd a bit late for a reply but the bit where he performs 'Gay Bar' before being knocked out by the woman with the drinks tray is one of my favourite scenes.

@jimbojones8208 3 жыл бұрын

"Testes, testes, the Fuhrer has only one" 😂

@answerman9933 Жыл бұрын

If this scene represent the best then the show must have been dreadful in its entirety.

@pumpkinhill4570 6 жыл бұрын

I can't believe they're still making Academy bait movies like this.

@trublgrl 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched as much Armstrong and Miller as I could find, but I never saw this sketch. It literally had me laughing out loud, alone in the middle of the night. For those of us in the US, this team is one we really missed out on.

@ammedredd 3 жыл бұрын

The only thing that the Monty python team ever All agreed on was that it would never work in the USA, they were all very very wrong. Armstrong and Millar, this sketch in particular, has that same daft old British Upper class being sent up by what appears to be the British Upper class, an accent easy to understand by Americans too and as with all the best British humour it takes the *#"* out of itself, nothing is sacred. British humour swears allegiance to nothing but humour, with a straight face too of course. Well,. It did!

@ammedredd 3 жыл бұрын

What I meant to say was ' I agree '.

@jessicalrich 11 жыл бұрын

He's only like, got one ball and shit? Like, only one ball? Random.

@jdavison8551 4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Leigh harsh!

@anarchomando7707 4 жыл бұрын

Its true though

@ianjones3568 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it though.

@ScoopMeisterGeneral 4 жыл бұрын

Standard.

@LowryYT 4 жыл бұрын

@@ianjones3568 isn't it

@DogOfKrondor 11 ай бұрын

The version we heard as kids, growing up in Perth, Western Australia was: Hitler has only got one ball, the other is in the Perth Town Hall His mother, the dirty bugger Cut it off when he was small

@tonygorham 10 ай бұрын

I'm the UK or was on the Albert Hall

@greenwoodorganics4681 9 ай бұрын

it rolled into the deep blue sea picked up a bit of fresh seaweed the fishes got out their dishes and had scollops and bollocks for tea

@PruskiWawrzyniec 10 жыл бұрын

I honestly think that the song where he goes: "Testies, testies, the furher has only one..." would have been much much better than the original.

@athull08 10 жыл бұрын

Indeed. That was the tune of Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two). He should've said "Testes, Testes, the Fuhrer has only one And the best is, poor old Goebbels has none And what about Goring and Himmler? Their problems are both similar They have two balls, but they’re so small They look like they’re almost gone"

@ticklish1991 8 жыл бұрын

+athull08 your song gets stuck in my head most days. it's unbelievably brilliant. just fyi.

@axefairy7868 7 жыл бұрын

holy fuck that's incredible

@mary-kittybonkers2374 Жыл бұрын

This sketch is absolute genius. I knew the song because many of my relatives, who had either fought in WWII or had experienced the Blitz, told me about it and even sang it. To have an entire sketch about it is inspired…and I actually choked on my tea when the car horn sounded😂.

@BiblicalMumblings Жыл бұрын

It's a train horn.

@mary-kittybonkers2374 Жыл бұрын

@@BiblicalMumblings Thanks.

@markiliff 10 ай бұрын

@@BiblicalMumblings From one of those diesel trains that British Railways introduced ca. 1955!!

@davejaguar6532 10 ай бұрын

total and utter genius, I've known the song all my life and this totally cracked me up.

@tortysoft 10 ай бұрын

Don't worry about that :-0 @@markiliff

@WildSeven19 3 жыл бұрын

The horn sounding had me gasping for air.

@Drummer2020 2 жыл бұрын

If it ever comes up in a pub quiz: the tune is from a march called Colonel Bogey written by Kenneth J Alford of The Royal Marines. His pen name was Major Ricketts and the tune was also played and whistled in the film 'bridge over the river Kwai'

@colindorrans9495 5 ай бұрын

I did not know that.

@binaway 8 жыл бұрын

While a POW in Poland my late Dad said they used to sing this. An English speaking guard asked them why they kept singing about Hitler and the other top Nazis. The POW's explained it's meaning. He laughed in a very hushed manner saying no no. You will get into trouble. You must stop.

@MahsaKaerra 8 жыл бұрын

That guard seemed like a nice guy, proof that not every German was a Nazi. I hope he survived the war.

@piershood8454 7 жыл бұрын

binaway

@stephenhooker882 7 жыл бұрын

Für Zat - you fill be schot....

@atraxuswraithe6031 7 жыл бұрын

binaway - Mate, it seems to me that your Dad was a bloody hero, and don't ever let anyone tell you any different. To sing that song in that situation; that took serious guts. If you don't mind me asking, which branch of the allied armed forces was he in? Just so you know, my paternal Grandpa was in the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), as a Leading Aircraftman, who worked on Avro Lancasters and Short Sunderlands (British bomber aircraft). Basically, he was in charge of keeping the Lancasters and Sunderlands in working condition and to repair them after a mission. He died 4 years before I was born, but I've talked to my Dad and my Gran about him, as well as found his service records online, so I am, at least partially, familiar with him.

@paulreeves7249 5 жыл бұрын

Nice fairy story got any more. It is utter bol-locks but half wits love it.

@pressureworks Жыл бұрын

This song, Der Fuhrers Face, and of course The Killer Joke brought Hitler and his vermon to their end.

@drdudemeister 12 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder what the spy went through to get that information

@AsDeadAsDillinger 4 жыл бұрын

_"Many bottoms died to bring us that information."_

@anarchomando7707 4 жыл бұрын

@@AsDeadAsDillinger bothans

@larsgutsein3910 9 ай бұрын

Prince Ludwig : Yes! I was one of his sheep! Lord Melchett : His sheep? Not... Prince Ludwig : Yes! Lord Melchett : Flossy? Prince Ludwig : Yes! Lord Melchett : But didn't we...

@ericjamieson 6 жыл бұрын

They were originally going to sing this at the beginning of Bridge on the River Kwai, but British censors at the time wouldn't allow it, so that's why in the movie they whistle the melody instead.

@BadWebDiver 5 жыл бұрын

I personally love the orchestration that surrounds the main melody with that one.

@jamesmaybrick2001 11 ай бұрын

Lol. Grew up in the 70's, post war UK. This song (or near enough) was our playground anthem. "Hitler, Has only got one ball, the other, he left in the Albert Hall....." I cant remember the rest. It was 40 years ago.

@IvanHuntDrum 11 ай бұрын

Well, he must've had three, because one was definitely at De Montfort Hall!

@jimbojones8208 3 жыл бұрын

"You know Hitler's balls?" - Yea? "You know how many he's always had and that?" - Like, two balls or some shit like that? "Yea well he's only got one ball now" - Random

@erikarneberg11 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it?

@PDFulwood 3 жыл бұрын

@@erikarneberg11 Isn't it though?!

@MrBigCookieCrumble 3 жыл бұрын

@@PDFulwood You know what i mean?

@Emsworth377 3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. I'm not some sort of remtard or something.

@damageYT666 3 жыл бұрын

Harsh.

@zetaconvex1987 6 жыл бұрын

This is actually comedy genius.

@BadWebDiver 5 жыл бұрын

Especially as it's played so deadpan.

@zetaconvex1987 5 жыл бұрын

Gentlemen, I think we've just one ourselves the war.

@NoahSpurrier 3 жыл бұрын

It is.

@nmajoros 3 жыл бұрын

it's fairly derivative of the Monty's Funniest joke in the world though

@GtsAntoni1 3 жыл бұрын

I've come from the future to tell you you're still right.

@harryohrt5255 6 жыл бұрын

If I may point out: the tune, "Colonel Bogey March", was inspired by the composer's overhearing of a retired colonel's call on a golf course.

@TheShanampan 3 жыл бұрын

If I may point out it was a diesel engines horn,which were not around in the 40's..

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, you said bogie. Unreal shame..

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheShanampan didn't stop its rejection from the European Song Contest

@flanplan5903 3 жыл бұрын

This sketch is hilarious, even more so when you realize that the song is a real one. I should also note that I also found the dissonance between Armstrong’s speaking and singing voices (it’s somewhat harder to tell from his singing voice and speaking voice that it is the same person).

@JT29501 Жыл бұрын

"Realise"? There isn't a British schoolkid who doesn't still know this song, even over 80 years later!

@christopherpeden547 3 жыл бұрын

So clever n bloody hilarious got to be one of the best sketches of all time

@tiffro 13 жыл бұрын

this has to be one of the best sketches ever

@lewys93 13 жыл бұрын

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time; however, I showed it to my friends and they didn't even crack a smile

@TheVickersDoorter 4 жыл бұрын

Nine years on... did you ditch them and get new friends who understand great humour?

@Steve-gc5nt 3 жыл бұрын

Were they German?

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

They ain't friends they 'comedically challenged '

@mipmipmipmipmip Жыл бұрын

Did you first check how many balls your friends have?

@Kris.G 7 жыл бұрын

3:33 that line was delivered masterfully!

@BadWebDiver 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, by one of the guys who starred in Horrible Histories.

@pavarottiaardvark3431 3 жыл бұрын

First time I saw this I absolutely lost my shit at "Testes, testes, the Fürher has only one!"

@SvenniTayivek 8 жыл бұрын

I wanted to hear the full song about Goering's prick. That came out wrong didn't it.

@EmperorBeef 4 ай бұрын

Never before has a single minor third interval been employed to such comedic effect

@mightisright 13 жыл бұрын

Get me my old piano.

@NorbertDoetsch 10 жыл бұрын

One of the best sketches ever, real funny, alway wondered where this song came from...

@ghhg213 2 жыл бұрын

i live not far from a train line , I'm singing this 20 times a day

@martydoherty2660 7 ай бұрын

Very good. Alexander is a very talented musician. It reminds me of a funny story about English chutzpah or foolishness, take your pick. In the summer of 1940, George Orwell burst into a pub in London, possibly The George on Mortimer Street, and shouted ‘The German Army’s crossed the Rhine! Somebody said ‘Parlez Vous’, and they all carried on quietly supping their pints.

@Grymbaldknight 6 жыл бұрын

To address some confusion in the comments, the melody to this song predates the version which sings about Hitler. It's called the "Colonel Bogey March", for anyone who's interested, and was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts of the British Army.

@BadWebDiver 5 жыл бұрын

It's also used as the main theme tune to the movie "Bridge on the River Kwai."

@burtlangoustine1 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@davidsmith5523 Жыл бұрын

It was most memorably performed at one of Hitler's balls though.

@amcmenemy5647 Жыл бұрын

Vielen Danke

@tonywright8294 10 ай бұрын

Do you have any friends ?

@deanberolzheimer2658 8 ай бұрын

Comet, it makes your mouth so clean... Comet, it tastes like gasoline..... Comet, it makes you vomit, So get some comet and vomit ,todaaaaay!

@janes.9736 8 ай бұрын

we sang this as kids. This sketch made me laugh out loud. One of the best.

@squamish4244 12 жыл бұрын

One of their best! How do they come up with this stuff?

@tonyjedioftheforest1364 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant comedy genius.

@marialac4177 Жыл бұрын

This is incredible funny😛, excellent! The first time that I hear about Armstrong and Miiller, genius!

@nobunaga240 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant sketch capturing all sorts of funny memes or is it tropes

@MrMyers758 12 жыл бұрын

2:48-2:54 That kick was so powerful it caused the candle to ignite!

@Schensue 12 жыл бұрын

This song and the funniest joke ever written won the war.

@tonylia2057 4 жыл бұрын

Haven’t laughed this hard ad long till my sides hurt in a long long time...especially when the car horn beeped

@Grizzly01 3 жыл бұрын

Train.

@patersor Жыл бұрын

@@Grizzly01 And a *very* Post-war train to boot 🙂

@Cabdrum1 3 жыл бұрын

The diesel train .... genius 🤣

@TheCatBilbo 3 жыл бұрын

But, during WW2?!

@Cabdrum1 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCatBilbo I think it’s called ‘poetic licence’ .....

@yetidodger6650 2 жыл бұрын

this is actually comedy genius.

@Definitely-aDuck 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite shows. Very funny.

@flannerymonaghan-morris7461 2 жыл бұрын

This is hilarious. Also I find the dissonance between Armstrong’s speaking and singing voice to always get to me here.

@LuRawen 13 жыл бұрын

Such a random little song! XD Would be good for a ringtone... :D

@athull08 12 жыл бұрын

@TheMotherOfChrist which background music? If you mean the tune of Hitler Has Only Got One Ball, that's a military march called Colonel Bogey.

@scaryninja1693 12 жыл бұрын

@MCTheo3 That'd be the one, cheers. They also have some of the "Fast and Loose" improv comedians in the show as well, I've noticed.

@miambao 13 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that fucking train gets me everytime.

@Theytoldmetodoit1 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, and about 20 years too early. Lol

@David-ud9ju 6 жыл бұрын

Given the horn and the sound of it moving, it was almost certainly a car.

@blackbird5634 10 ай бұрын

My mother grew up during the war and she and the other kids sang: ''Goebbels had two like gerbils.'' so you know, all kinds of fun rhymes there!!

@RelativelyHostile1 12 жыл бұрын

2:06 is just too fucking hilarious, i burst out in high pitch laughter in the middle of the night and i'm a dude XD

@athull08 13 жыл бұрын

@alexstewartmovies the train's horn was the first 2 notes of Colonel Bogey, which reminded him of the tune.

@MixedBag27 13 жыл бұрын

The best sketch these two have ever done.

@tonydoherty2190 4 жыл бұрын

Pardon the pun but that's bollocks

@martinfiedler4317 10 ай бұрын

@@tonydoherty2190 Really two??

@georgeharrod7805 2 жыл бұрын

The Nazis didn't stand a chance after that.

@MrKaywyn 6 жыл бұрын

I love the song.

@athull08 13 жыл бұрын

@LuRawen you can get it as a ringtone, it's a very famous tune

@johnsrabe 3 жыл бұрын

The song was sung by Ulrich Tukur and Steve Buscemi in the international blockbuster “John Rabe.”

@lewisjones2825 Жыл бұрын

Dudley Moore used the same tune to parody Beethoven

@kiwisteve6598 8 ай бұрын

Gold. Just think what ‘allo ‘allo could have done with the same idea.😅

@freakyflow 13 жыл бұрын

@harpoon66 Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" refers to the many variations on a set of lyrics to the popular "Colonel Bogey March". These are four-line lyrics making fun of the Nazi leaders the train horn was two notes in the song which the voice on the two notes is Bol - locks! or Bollocks which is slang for balls

@ebonywatch 2 ай бұрын

I've only got to hear that fucking two-tone train whistle and I'm gone. Inspired stuff!

@shantibaku7394 10 жыл бұрын

Isn't the other one in the Albert Hall? LoL. Love it when the horn inspires the tune :)

@jonathandown5709 9 жыл бұрын

There are multiple versions yes.

@visigothic67 8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Fraser Kids still sing about the grand old Duke of York, and none of them know why.

@zarabada6125 5 жыл бұрын

@Shanti part of the humour with the horn is that it's an anachronism. The sketch is meant to be set in WW2 but he hears a modern train horn. WW2 trains in the UK would have used whistles instead of horns.

@Codex7777 4 жыл бұрын

@@zarabada6125 - Thank you for explaining it to us mere mortals. We, being thick as shit, were completely ignorant, re' the humour. Luckily someone, with the wisdom of the gods, was on hand to explain the deep profundity beneath the surface. Once again, thank you!

@RonWylie-gk5lc 6 жыл бұрын

You know, that song must have been a thorn in the side of the Nazis ha ha, it certainly kept the spirits up , clever buggers {as always}

@rossnavy 12 жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice that German soldier at the end is angelos epithemiou!

@danfozzie 13 жыл бұрын

Best Pairing In British Comedy. :D

@IndieVolken Жыл бұрын

for the Trainspotters out there ; the sketch kind of falls flat at 2:55 when the 1980s "125 high speed train" horn does the opening notes of the tune Colonel Bogey

@OtherSideOfMorning Ай бұрын

Oh no!!! Anyway...

@mindrolling24 4 жыл бұрын

Oh this is brilliant!!!

@squamish4244 12 жыл бұрын

One of their best! So clever!

@ajivins1 12 жыл бұрын

I foresee an Ivor Novello in the offing...

@PedroConejo1939 Жыл бұрын

Out of nowhere this pops into my feed, the week after we were trying to teach the kids at school the importance of (and the words to) Colonel Bogey. Must remember to use it when we return in September.

@athull08 13 жыл бұрын

@SadSadDoomDay you can. The tune, at least. It's a very famous tune.

@doverandover61 8 жыл бұрын

Johnson has only got one ball Cameron had two but very small Farage kept his in the garage and poor old Leadsom has no balls at all ( That´s to be expected )

@emilymorley-davies9453 8 жыл бұрын

ha ha ha! i just love this vid as well.

@drivingcat6901 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't farage be the one with one ball?

@Mikdeelow 6 жыл бұрын

looool! i’m crying from laughing so hard! and can barely type!

@vlengoc 12 жыл бұрын

@TJPricey4eva It's called 'On Dangerous Ground' by Ian Hughes I was wondering the same thing, used Shazam to find out.

@josephinebennington7247 5 жыл бұрын

Only one tiny, but important, observation...the descending two tone Dee Dah should be an ascending Dah deeh. But nevertheless, a brilliant sketch.

@ChrisMelville 4 жыл бұрын

Josephine Bennington My local trains give a descending horn. I guess they must go both ways.

@nobunaga240 Жыл бұрын

Probably their finest sketch

@LordPosho 13 жыл бұрын

@harpoon66 There was wartime song called Hitler Has Only Got One Ball - its sung to the tune of Colonel Bogey (the tune they whistle in the film The Bridge on The River Kwai). Its a song you first hear as a teenager at school then you grow up with it. Not sure if its would really be funny to anyone not familiar with Britain.

@PhilJonesIII 6 жыл бұрын

We used to sing this song on the school bus back in the 1960s. The driver and conductor didnt just encourage us, they taught us the damn song.

@timdowney6721 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is funny to one not familiar with Britain. Me. I’ve been humming it and laughing for, now, 46 hours. ;>)

@remandstimpy 5 жыл бұрын

+Tim Downey. Glad you liked it. EVERYONE in Britain knows this song, even those born decades after the war, that's why there are those random bursts of laughter as the audience realizes where the sketch is going.

@jeevesthepunk 13 жыл бұрын

@alexstewartmovies its the first two notes of the song he writes

@TheMotherOfChrist 12 жыл бұрын

whats the background music called?

@dereksawle 3 жыл бұрын

the train, lol. brilliant!

@G31M1 9 жыл бұрын

And that's how they won the war XD

@RexOrwell 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. It was touch and go for a while.

@tommiturmiola3682 4 жыл бұрын

Quite literaly. It all depended on two things: 1)British having balls and fighting. 2) Hitler having second thoughts several times during the war. This including Hitler not invading England. In the end invasion wouldn't have been even possible as things went but this was mostly because Hitler couldn't even dream of invading England and expected them just to give up and therefore didn't plan for it. Had Germans planed for it before starting the war and gone for it immediately after Dunkirk or capitulation of the France then it propably would have been successfull.

@hindlewalker9330 11 ай бұрын

This was a ditty we knew and sang back in the 60's in the playground.

@flankspeed 3 жыл бұрын

"Gentlemen..."

@garychapman4294 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant! And I loved brabbins & fyfe 😂

@MrGjcannon 10 ай бұрын

They also serve who only sit and compose bawdy songs.

@Thursdaym2 4 жыл бұрын

Funniest of all. As kids we sang it.

@teddyboysdontknit810 4 жыл бұрын

Butch 78 me too!

@muninraven3327 5 жыл бұрын

There's a bridge named after this. The bridge crosses the river Kwai, but the bridge itself is more correctly referred to as the... "Kawaii Bridge". So adorable!

@TangyMeringue 11 жыл бұрын

2:53 Genius

@albion.hlafweard 5 жыл бұрын

3:10 the start of the song

@qhlpp 12 жыл бұрын

2:07 he forgot to put the bins out.

@tonycavanagh1929 7 жыл бұрын

when the train went by

@LagunaX1 12 жыл бұрын

The car horn was amazing lol

@teclo1057 4 жыл бұрын

TRAIN

@TheVickersDoorter 4 жыл бұрын

@@teclo1057 I guess being a classic British Rail diesel horn tone, it's lost on those outside the UK.

@seankayll9017 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheVickersDoorter Wouldn't it have been a steam whistle during the war?

@billyandrew 10 ай бұрын

A classic. 😂😂😂 I miss their shows.

@missgreeneyes56 13 жыл бұрын

@danfozzie I know it's been a long time but, you have forgotten Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore. Listen to Dudley's piano. KZfaq (Dudley Moore Beethoven Sonata Parody)