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4 жыл бұрын

Rowan Atkinson comedy style documentary, 37.50 traffic light scenario is well worth watching.

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@MrLense Ай бұрын

I can imagine a universe where Rowan atkinson hosted top gear

@radeejarrar6521 Ай бұрын

he SHOULD have been the main host replacement if they so desperately had to sack clarkson. would still be watching to this day even though i wouldve still missed clarkson and the other two.

@geniferteal4178 Ай бұрын

No one would take the show seriously. 😂

@volvo245 Ай бұрын

Someone did when Jezza was on? It was intentionally silly 90% of the time.

@radeejarrar6521 Ай бұрын

@geniferteal4178 yo. It's top gear we're talking about here 🤣 when have they ever prioritized seriousness?

@geniferteal4178 Ай бұрын

@@radeejarrar6521 exactly

@the_real_vdegenne 5 күн бұрын

There is something super relaxing and comfortable about old british rooms and accents amplified by old video grain.

@RIZFERD 2 күн бұрын

Anything vintage actually including in Asia

@Filipe1020 Ай бұрын

Only Rowan can nail being both a serious gentleman and a goofball.

@michaelc3977 23 күн бұрын

The result of an 178 IQ - higher than Einstein or Hawking.

@martinsolomon5500 19 күн бұрын

@@michaelc3977everyone has a higher IQ than those two idiots.

@jeffreyhunt1727 9 күн бұрын

Jerry Lewis too

@TangerineGalaxy-eo9zh Ай бұрын

in this episode of Top Bean

@thqp 21 күн бұрын

Hahahahah that's funny! :D

@jamesmiller113 Ай бұрын

24:35 - "I love dominant women too" - "It all becomes *painfully* clear" - superb from Atkinson

@Apexseal1 Ай бұрын

rodrick was bloody insane

@someoneelse1534 12 күн бұрын

"I love going round roundabouts!"

@NERGYStudios Ай бұрын

This man is a bloody global treasure.

@Smokinjoewhite Ай бұрын

Absolutely, he transcends international borders.

@michaelc3977 23 күн бұрын

He's quintessentially English, and it's the English who are a global treasure. The English who are the greatest and most morally virtuous Empire ever to have ruled. The English with it's Commonwealth are still the largest collective of people on the planet. 56 independent countries offering their voluntarily association and a people numbering over 2.5 million. England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom providing the world with it's blueprint for modern living.

@Dooblecaine 20 күн бұрын

@@michaelc3977 Is that the UK that is currently giving up their cities and towns to foreigners that care little about British mores and norms?

@RIZFERD 2 күн бұрын

Treasure? Not sure about that.

@RIZFERD 2 күн бұрын

British mores and norms? Well, Karma Never Sleeps. British sins and the entire western world and middle east are endless.

@stuartwright9148 Ай бұрын

Sorry Rowan, it was me that t-boned you in the Renault 5GT turbo race at Brands Hatch after your spin. And we were in the same team!

@derthilo787 Ай бұрын

hahahahaha great!

@markscarborough1018 2 сағат бұрын

I bet you've never told that story to anyone until now have you 🤪? That's a cool claim (crash) to fame!

@stuartwright9148 2 сағат бұрын

@markscarborough1018 you're right, been dining out on that for 30 odd years every time he's on the TV. Best thing was that he brought a whole TV crew to film the whole race, and I took him out on the first corner!

@markscarborough1018 Сағат бұрын

@@stuartwright9148 Excellent Stuart! I can't quite imagine how gut wrenchingly embarrassing that must've been? The Alps would be an appropriately sized rock to crawl under for a year or two?

@stuartwright9148 Сағат бұрын

@markscarborough1018 The exact opposite Mark, it was a badge of honour in the pits. They had placed cameras all over the inside and outside of his car, with one just above his front wheel arch. We took bets in the puts who could clip it off on a corner. I finished the race with it embedded in my front bumper when I hit him! Just reading that back it sounds like I did it on purpose which I did not, he span on the first corner and we were taught to aim for the middle of the car as they usually roll forward or backwards with momentum...sadly he just kept skidding sideway and I had nowhere to go!

@Pressed_For_Time Ай бұрын

"The car must fit. Because as soon as you buy a car, you are immediately identified with all the other people, who have bought that kind of car." - Rowan Atkinson

@GTMarmot Ай бұрын

Utterly brilliant. He nailed the absurdity of the whole psychology of it

@strappaplank6017 9 күн бұрын

very well said sir

@DoubleDeckerAnton Ай бұрын

It's time for Rowan to do a part two of this fabulous programme.

@chapel976 Ай бұрын

19:10. This feeling about Porsches and their owners goes back so far.

@nobodynoone2500 Ай бұрын

But odd we don't feel that way about the 1950's and 1960's ones, only the 70's onward.

@Biface Ай бұрын

i think its in the 'prim and proper' nazi heritage porsche has lmao. uptight

@ivanmifsud6972 Ай бұрын

Still vastly entertaining in 2024!

@JesseP.Watson Ай бұрын

0:53 So subtle but the way there's TWO psychologists analysing him rather than one, like he's a particularly curious specimen that requires extra personnel... God that made me chuckle. Makes me want to do a skit where the camera pans off the guy on the couch and there's a whole row of psychologists staring at him. 😂 This is an absolute masterpiece. Brilliant in its bizarrely off-kilter portrait of man.

@wdowa94 Ай бұрын

KZfaq 2024: Hey look! Mr. Bean had its own top gear

@jorgecabrera7088 Ай бұрын

im 27 and just now seeing this i’ve been living under a rock

@Felix.Bartlett.58 Ай бұрын

Im 15 and im so glad my parents made me grow up with this stuff, it's way better than the brainrot other people my age grew up with

@aidy6000 Ай бұрын

im 30 lol!

@wat6592 Ай бұрын

in 1999 I used to stand outside of grocery stores with a sign that said the world is at its end

@connormeechan5784 Ай бұрын

25 and on the Same boat…

@adrienohmer9452 Ай бұрын

Give yourself a rest : I'm 33 😅

@pjousma Ай бұрын

It's SIR Rowan Atkinson! :)

@alexyordanov7324 Ай бұрын

How well we used to write and produce shows.

@heinous70 Ай бұрын

Disfiguring the parental vehicle..😂

@SammyM00782 Ай бұрын

I think I speak for a lot of Americans when I say we love Rowan. Brittish comedy doesn't usually go over well here in the States, but Rowan is just a genius. He can reach any market on Earth.

@michaelc3977 23 күн бұрын

Other than Mr. Bean, what other characters of Rowan do you enjoy?

@shieldshockerwot 2 күн бұрын

@@michaelc3977 Benny Hill

@chrisburn7178 Ай бұрын

Can Roderick be for real? He's both the most loathsome and charming person I've ever seen on screen.

@fahrradmittelfranken8207 29 күн бұрын

ride a bike, meet a guy like that behind a wheel every 10 minutes.

@martinda7446 29 күн бұрын

@@fahrradmittelfranken8207 I rode a bike for 20 years - Never met a bloke like Roderick! Still never met a bloke like Roderick. He was amazing. I'd like to meet a bloke like Roderick, but, just not, as you say, on my bike.

@fahrradmittelfranken8207 27 күн бұрын

@@martinda7446 well they usually don't engage in conversation while driving like that.

@cologne2792 Ай бұрын

What an absolutely superb piece of television! I loved it 34 years ago and I still do.

@1gerard47 24 күн бұрын

First time seeing this,so visionary.

@sethshaffer681 2 жыл бұрын

He still looks like he'd get wasted by those children playing rugby, even as an adult.

@mrbagitos Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. I’ve never heard of this program before. Thanks for uploading.

@mockbattles Ай бұрын

The 928 is the only Porsche I’ve considered owning. The Holden Ute is what I currently own and is still my favourite car to drive daily.

@fahrradmittelfranken8207 Ай бұрын

I can't believe he would recreate his youth rugby antics to demonstrate what he did like that. But then again, it's Rowan Atkinson, so it makes a lot of sense.

@andyf6813 Ай бұрын

Racing the old moggy around the farm priceless what a super guy

@nagaslrac 19 күн бұрын

He’s got a screwdriver & knows how to use it.

@vitof.4626 Ай бұрын

What a jewel of KZfaq to keep. Enjoyed every minute. I wish he would show his Jaguar or McLaren. But sure, he was only on the way to them, with two HP…

@brianp7022 Ай бұрын

Police advocating higher speed limits... Using a member of the public for a TPAC manoeuvre... How times have changed... People don't like driving electric cars because they're associated with domestic appliances 😂

@jeepxj8903 28 күн бұрын

From the days when we got shit done!!!

@petiertje 25 күн бұрын

@@jeepxj8903 Same shit we still smell and stand in today though. To bad nobody wants to shovel anymore.

@agnidas5816 21 күн бұрын

electric cars = power outage in summer time or during a winter blizzard. The grid only has so much power ... Germany is buying power frowm EU ... you cannot put e vehicles on the road without shutting down the power grid... y'all environmentalists are brain washed by big coal to play right into their hand and force you to keep buying coal power for the grid. You're not helping environment. Nuclear was the answer. You need a more robust nuclear grid. And you should be using betavoltaics in the cars instead of alkaline batteries...

@Gecko.... 19 күн бұрын

@@jeepxj8903From the days when there was zero accountability and authorities did what they liked... 😂

@jeepxj8903 19 күн бұрын

@@Gecko.... fair point

@mytube3358 18 күн бұрын

Rowan Atkinson is a global treasure and should be protected at all costs.

@archiveoddball4761 17 күн бұрын

Damm right !!

@karlavelo2482 5 ай бұрын

Well that is quite a find ! More than 25 years after watching Mr Bean for the first time, what a surprise to discover that R. Atkinson had previously made such a serious program about the place of automobile in our society. And I'm glad that he mentions the nuisances that it brings as shown by the driving of that totally nuts London minicab driver.

@dandare1001 Ай бұрын

I'm totally with Rowan on Porsches, and with his Aston Martin views. It's comforting that we agree. 😄

@Levenstone132 Ай бұрын

That was brilliant! I used to attack London traffic with the firm's mk2 Escort van. No lights at Hyde Park Corner,like a chariot race!

@stenovitz Ай бұрын

😅😍I like your comment very much, since I've had EXACT those thoughts in my frontal lobe during several visits to London during 80ies and early 90ies AND in addition a vision about a pursuit up to Marble Arch to donut round the bends. And then decades later when Olypmics Road Bike TT course was revealed in London I had my hopes - with Rowan in eager DS car personalized as his Morris ofc. - was close, but no cigar 😁Greets from Denmark

@robinwells8879 Күн бұрын

I can entirely relate to Rowan’s early years story. My eldest brother built me an atco lawnmower powered go cart and I would literally spend all weekend driving it around and around the extensive paths of our rambling Edwardian house in Belfast. This progressed to my getting the mini out of the garage for my mother for the school run from about ten onwards. When I was old enough to have a moped I had a Honda SS50 unrestricted ped and went to school on it in a sui, tie and cowboy boots !😂 Like Rowan, I had no lessons and turned up in my Mother’s sporty Alfasud for my test and failed first time for similar ill defined reasons. I have always loved cars and driving since my earliest days. I even recall as a very young child, being sat on the floor of my Father’s Austin landcrab to work the floor mounted headlight dip/high beam switch when he tapped my head!😂. The pursuit of the perfect drive is a lifelong struggle that, for me, simply never wanes. I once saw Rowan driving a red Ferrari on the A14 near Barhill as he passed me. 🎉

@frenzyglee666 Жыл бұрын

Only his sence of humor can cause such a sweet laughter.

@badad0166 Ай бұрын

As my parents told it, my second word was "Mustang" (when I saw one from the backseat). My first word, was, "Ghen" (again!) when I was gently tossed high in the air...

@martinda7446 29 күн бұрын

Roderick mate, you upstaged Rowan Atkinson, by a fair margin too. Amazing. If that was, as I suspect, an act, brilliant.

@stuffedgrubs 20 күн бұрын

I can't believe how much this mirrors my experience driving. It's exactly the same from the farm to the trucks to the track. The farm part really hit hard. Bought back all those feelings.... I've also definitely taken plenty of those "shortcuts" 😂😂 Great video

@dw4245 Ай бұрын

The essence of road rage finally explained at 37:07

@ExaFren Ай бұрын

"The Government are reluctant to do anything that might affect our freedom, or our standard of living" EL OH EL

@timesquare5473 Ай бұрын

Produced in 1990

@phenomanII 17 күн бұрын

46:04 welp, there it is - nailed the current situation

@turbofan67 Ай бұрын

That was fantastic. Why have I not seen this before ? Looks like it was produced in the early 80's. Had to laugh at the greeny, "if this doesn't stop we're all fuxed", 40 years later and we're still cruising. I was thinking last night about the theory that your patience increases with age. But I'm sure that driver incompetence is rising faster than my patience.

@anaderdimension 28 күн бұрын

Hi, at the end of the video at the Tiger Television orange screen, on the bottom says 1990 in Roman Numerals. I thought you would like to know🙂

@aaronbuildsa 15 күн бұрын

@@anaderdimension Footage from 1988 & 1989 as well - the Aston Martin Virage launched at the 1988 Motor Show

@Pietervdv Ай бұрын

It's great how relevant this video still is. Which makes me wonder how relevant his current views on electric cars will be in 30 odd years.

@worawatli8952 29 күн бұрын

It's unreal how the joke of "I'd rather ride a horse than electric car" is still relevant. rofl

@methamphetamememcmeth3422 24 күн бұрын

@@worawatli8952I'd rather ride a dick than an electric car

@andrewradford3953 24 күн бұрын

Or 5 years

@FYMASMD Ай бұрын

Cars represent freedom. Especially in areas where you can drive for days and still be in one country. Like Australia or the USA. You just keep going and going. It’s great.

@methamphetamememcmeth3422 24 күн бұрын

Let's say on average you do 120, how long would it take to travel from absolute east to the absolute west of the US?

@EportChris Ай бұрын

Smashing stuff 😁 What a nice surprise.... I've never seen or heard of this gem before. Thank you for uploading 👍🏻

@barrycuda3769 Ай бұрын

I'll admit, before watching this, I had never heard anyone say the word , "Tangential " , I feel enriched.

@stefankaiser3354 Ай бұрын

That's what your teacher meant at the parents' evening when he said you never paid attention during math class and didn't listen to him! 😅

@jeffmorris5456 18 күн бұрын

That's sad. Read more, and that increased knowledge can become tangential in improving your life.

@barrycuda3769 18 күн бұрын

@@jeffmorris5456 Yes Sir , right you are guvner.

@smanqele 15 күн бұрын

@@barrycuda3769 🤣

@pjousma Ай бұрын

the ending and view on electric vehicles was so accurate

@8iker Ай бұрын

8:05 I like trucking, I like trucking, I like trucking, And I like to truck!

@seavixen125 21 күн бұрын

I like trucking, I like trucking, I like trucking, And if you don't like trucking, tough luck.

@mubaraksodha Ай бұрын

Brilliantly done ! This must have inspired Cunk to some extent. 😄

@Astro_War 3 ай бұрын

If I had a time machine this is the era I'd like to go back and visit. Never saw this programme at the time - mid 1990s, I was probably watching The Word or something😆

@matthewbooth1283 2 ай бұрын

1990. MCMXC.

@smanqele 17 күн бұрын

Those shrinks must have been holding back a lot of laughter during that session. Brave men!

@Smokinjoewhite Ай бұрын

Damn, I haven't heard that one in a while... "A bit of a spazz".

@AbandonedClassicsOne Ай бұрын

Advocating a higher speed limit! They won’t do that now and compromise the revenue stream - particularly in Australia where the overly conservative speed limits simply bores drivers to death. But the money made from fines - it’s incredible!

@rob_lightbody Ай бұрын

That's fantastic. Love Rowan, didn't know we had so much in common!!

@xrstofstreepify 23 күн бұрын

Holy crap! never have I found anything that resonates so much!

@havardstle3788 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic! And in most ways as actual today as then, except we are not driving around in rockets.😂

@shadeburst 2 күн бұрын

The humor is surprisingly heavy-handed.

@JaceBarretto Ай бұрын

Thankyou for uploading. Rowan Atkinson is a legend and the fact that he is a great ambassador of cars makes him all the more legendary.

@dorpersatdawn 15 күн бұрын

The round about scene is the funniest piece of tv I've scene. haha I call my driving charismatic . . no you're just an ass hat lol.

@ryurc3033 Ай бұрын

To the nerd at 45 minutes telling us we have to give up cars this decade or the world will never recover. You know that hole in the ozone layer? Yeah, not a thing anymore. Now all we have to do is keep electric car manufacturing to a minimum so we don't ruin what we just did. Continuing to drive your old car instead of buying new does more for the environment than driving the new car.

@leenevin8451 Ай бұрын

My diesel will u give u an asthma attack

@andrewradford3953 24 күн бұрын

EV sales are growing exponentially. What are they going to ruin, tax free mega profits for foreign owned oil companies?

@danielkerryann Ай бұрын

Thank you! I remember this well (I bought it on VHS from Wilko's back in the 90s) especially Roderick on the roundabout!!! ;-)

@theafro Ай бұрын

Thanks for this, prescient and nostalgic at the same time!

@archiveoddball4761 Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@autumn_rain 21 күн бұрын

have never seen this gem from one of my favourite persons

@franciscope7141 Ай бұрын

42:36 terrifyingly acurate glimpse into the future

@amirhashm1 Ай бұрын

Masterpiece. Rowan Atkinson make a modern day version!

@robertcrawford7485 19 күн бұрын

It's funny how we were so worried about something that didn't exist... Mr Ozone

@perikholt3395 24 күн бұрын

40:45 Glad to know I’m not alone in choosing one-hour detours to avoid spending fifteen minutes stuck in traffic.

@davecom3 Ай бұрын

15 people a day! Thats about 5 times what it is today. Every man and his dog drove drunk, no airbags, no adherance to speed limits, and very little punishment when caught speeding.

@worawatli8952 29 күн бұрын

It's unreal how the ending is still relevant today, that many people would rather ride horses than drive an electric. rofl

@andrewradford3953 24 күн бұрын

People still fear change.

@Dooblecaine 20 күн бұрын

There is a big change between a gasoline powered vehicle and a horse and buggy. I think it is more a situation where people don't like unproven, immature technology that currently causes more pollution issues than it solves becoming the dominant means of personal transportation. Especially when the reasons for the change are those pollution issues. And also while other countries (namely India and China) are still propping up highly polluting coal fired power plants by the bushel to this day. People don't like to squeeze their own lifestyles and choices when vast many in other countries are not. It just seems hypocritical and wholly unnecessary.

@timothyhicks5843 29 күн бұрын

Paul made a difference. A decent bloke who had a positive impact. The total figure of drivers trained via Drive & Survive and his work with Prodrive must be quite something.

@8iker Ай бұрын

Roderick is a fucking legend!

@oneandonlyjaybee 25 күн бұрын

"let's go in this lane, carve them up and turn left"😂. Imagine the level of social media comment section analysis of some of his driving nowadays. I hope he's still alive and driving like this in a corner of the capital somewhere

@Where_is_Waldo Ай бұрын

1:40 Something gives me the impression that Rowan is on the spectrum. I suppose you could get that impression from much of his work but I was already familiar with (and I absolutely loved) his work long before I came to any understanding of the autism spectrum so it never really occurred to me until this moment.

@8iker Ай бұрын

I have a friend that knows him. He's incredibly shy and awkward but gets around it using humour.

@jonnnyren6245 17 күн бұрын

Why didn't Reichsmarschall von Clarkson beg this man to be on The Grand Tour as a 4th host?! 😂

@stacydraper1001 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏 Thank you for uploading this 🙂👍

@joezephyr 14 күн бұрын

Fabulous thank you!

@1974UTuber 22 күн бұрын

What a bloody brilliant documentary and so very true

@lobsterwhisperer7932 Ай бұрын

Dude has crashed his Mclaren F1 twice..and other assorted Ferrari's.

@drumstick74 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing this gem! Huge love to Rowan and his car enthusiasm, humour and wit.

@PN_48 Ай бұрын

Haha Roderick is brilliant! Thanks KZfaq😂

@brianmgrim 7 күн бұрын

One of the most English things I’ve seen in a long time.

@angeloreyes357 13 күн бұрын

Great artist..Sir Rowan Atkinson..very classy..

@michimibsi829 2 ай бұрын

Amazing,thanks for uploading!

@anyau Ай бұрын

0:36 Saying this in 1991, while in 2024 everything is the same

@deemond5289 27 күн бұрын

I cant believe I have never seen this, its brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

@pressureworks 19 күн бұрын

He really does like to Truck !!!!!!

@elliotcaponfield3539 Ай бұрын

That taxi driver Roderick is an absolute madman 🤣🤣🤣 what year was this filmed? Is roderick still driving?

@anaderdimension 28 күн бұрын

It was produced in 1990. You can see it in the last orange screen Tiger Productions, in the bottom says 1990 in Roman Numerals🙂

@alanawinter503 12 күн бұрын

Rodrick now works in Dundee lol as a delivery driver, he’s an amazing guy to chat with

@mnbalfour1985 Ай бұрын

Rowan Atkinson should have bought a short-wheel-base sedan version of the Mercedes Benz 600 Grosser. It is more restrained, less ostentatious.

@Nemura12 Ай бұрын

This is quite intellectually entretenning.

@kekke2000 Ай бұрын

Very interesting, just to see the perspectives they had. Mr Green Peace Guy, I'm sorry, we chose the toilet. I'm very happy we have improved safety and effeciency at least.