One of my favourite quotes (she's in a discussion with a BBC suit) "Don't tell me what will and won't work on television. I KNOW what will work on television - that's why I'm on television and YOU'RE NOT !"
@canny_linguist10 ай бұрын
I'm imagining the late, great Victoria Wood crying with laughter as she wrote these lyrics. What a woman.
@airsam17 жыл бұрын
"I've seen one in a book and I was not impressed" hahaha, she's awesome
@valmurphy24626 жыл бұрын
'wore army boots and braces but I didn't think twice' never fails to make me laugh- along with, ' he tried to take my rainhood off, I said No way'
@richardhughes19994 жыл бұрын
It's the whistling after the book line and the sideways glance at the audience which gets me. Victoria knows it's the funniest line in the song, and she's going to milk it...
@bclaw352 жыл бұрын
She drained her Rum n Baby Sham, Run her fingers through her crew cut said I love u Pam ! My fav lyric
@jackohara10011 жыл бұрын
"Ive seen one in a book and i was not mpressed!" Best line in the song
@vyneaofficial7 жыл бұрын
She created her own league, a cut above every other comedian, and she stayed up there, and probably still will until all of us are dead. Never replaceable, never to be surpassed. RIP, Victoria, None shall ever be missed as much as you.
@fireyflower66432 жыл бұрын
I feel so sad when I watch this, gone before her time
@rmathews68518 жыл бұрын
Clever lyricist. Clever pianist. Clever lady. Sad loss.
@andreaholley94962 жыл бұрын
I hadn’t heard this one before ....she is badly missed as so clever! Her facial expressions are superb...VERY British humour. Fabulous
@Knappa2212 жыл бұрын
She truly is head-and-shoulders above any other comedian... and has consistently been for decades.
@gadgetheartist39708 жыл бұрын
I keep getting waves of sadness but then I watch a clip and end up laughing my pants off. What an amazing gift to give to the world. XXX
@johnoconnor46238 жыл бұрын
+gadge roberts Same here, I never laughed so much as I have at this. Victoria at her best. If there is a heaven and a happy corner in it, I want to go there and watch Victoria forever.
@Zabljak993 ай бұрын
In my opinion, it's her finest song! Love it so much and never get tired of hearing it. Thanks for the laughs Vic ❤
@laytonjones20932 ай бұрын
I concur
@jmack876716 күн бұрын
Thatis my view also! It's even better than the Ballad of Freda and Barry
@MichaelTaylor-gt2ge3 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius! Like someone else said "what a gift to give the gift of laughter" even after she's not here anymore! She truly was one of life's observers, then used her observations in her work.
@majorleaguefan11 жыл бұрын
I adore Victoria Wood, I remember finding her vhs videos in the front room when I was about 9, hooked ever since. She is the queen of comedy.
@Rachel-sl9mi7 жыл бұрын
RIP, she was the first celebrity I was genuinely sad when she died
@NowFunStarts8 жыл бұрын
Well, we all watched this, laughed and than shed a tear..or two..Thanks Vic, love ya xx
@leighbrown56528 жыл бұрын
RIP Victoria Wood such a talented woman who will be sorely missed.
@virginiaanthony92808 жыл бұрын
I can't even say the name 'Pam' without thinking of the way Victoria Wood says it. I was brought up with her humour. A very sad loss :-(
@xmlstudios5 жыл бұрын
How does she say it different to anyone else
@jays28772 жыл бұрын
@@xmlstudios She delivers the whole song in a tone that typifies a certain kind of woman.
@MegaStig253 ай бұрын
Not her awful bosoms but her magnificent CapiaDimonte
@MegaStig253 ай бұрын
@@xmlstudiosif you know you know, if you don't well, that's god's way of telling you you have no sense of humour
@darrennewcomb369510 жыл бұрын
This song puts me in stitches every time I listen to it. Absolutely hilarious.
@ThomasHarding19907 жыл бұрын
HOW have I only just discovered this? It's bl00dy HILARIOUS! R.I.P, you goddess.
@TwoWholeWorms4 жыл бұрын
"I don't say gay, I still say queer, I think that Mussolini had the right idea" Literally crying laughing. xD
@mrlollipop71323 жыл бұрын
Typical Twat!! Get a life
@mrlollipop71323 жыл бұрын
Oops! Apologies...I really should pay attention to the detail!
@MsMoem13 жыл бұрын
Victoria Wood - they don't make them like they used to!! She is a proper star!!
@gb82824 жыл бұрын
Still can’t believe she isn’t around 😢
@beckylangridge17068 жыл бұрын
My favourite thing. So unfair that she's gone. Rest in peace sweetheart and thanks for the laughs. xx
@unknownpersonunknownperson74517 жыл бұрын
Becky Langridge same here
@stacey19618 жыл бұрын
Once in a generation Comic ,writer,all round entertainer . will be missed . Sad day . R.I.P Victoria Wood. You made us laugh & cry for 40+ years .
@ASMRAlternative8 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Beautiful; Loved this woman since I was 11. X Brilliant vid.
@89chrisj8 жыл бұрын
+Miss Cellaneous I was about 9 when Dinnerladies started, I became a huge fan of hers. She always made me happy. It's just heartbreaking.
@krisking078 жыл бұрын
+Christopher James i think i am a demented fan i still sing her songs in my show...lol
@paulatradies19423 жыл бұрын
Sorely missed a very talented and amazing performer back in the days when Britain tv was worth watching god bless Victoria Wood
@russellfrizell2908 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten all about this song, one of my favourites, made all the more amusing by the fact I grew up in Abergele :)
@bojack407 жыл бұрын
RIP there will only ever be one VW. Loved by all. I am sure she had very little idea just how much she will be missed. Thanks V
@DRS374128 жыл бұрын
RIP, you will be missed deeply by millions of fans.
@xanaduflipper8 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. RIP Victoria.
@judycliffe90598 жыл бұрын
Feeling so very sad today that we have lost her. She always made me smile and l loved her in " Dinner lady's. "
@ollie87507 жыл бұрын
Omg remember loving her as a kid. Love this song and her she will be sorely RIP miss wood you absolute comedy godess❤️❤️❤️❤️😽
@poppyharris70528 жыл бұрын
Never heard of Victoria Wood until a couple of day's ago, but what a genius! This made me really laugh, R.I.P Victoria!!
@amandashare12815 жыл бұрын
We have lost such a talent. RIP Victoria gone too soon!
@suey82275 жыл бұрын
I could laugh at this all day!!
@IlanBoy24 жыл бұрын
Goodness I miss you dearest Victoria. I watched you from your earliest comedy shows to your acting career and in particular Housewife number (was it) 42. This song made me laugh like a drain the first time you sang it. Always you’ll be loved by me and the Bugs Man. Jan 2020
@SheTheDee19718 жыл бұрын
Sheer Briliance. Very, very funny woman and so talented. What a loss....RIP Victoria. x
@odeon11618 жыл бұрын
What can I add....? You have made me laugh for most of my life....Rest in Peace my lovely.....
@patriciaspry50718 жыл бұрын
Such a sad loss and such a brilliant talent - she will be sadly missed .
@clarecollins25475 жыл бұрын
Such a sad loss. Gone far to soon, but her humour is everywhere!
@zbr767 жыл бұрын
About ten-and-a-half months and the wound in comedy is still obvious. Miss you dear Vic.
@diharding10028 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. - Victoria - THANK YOU FOR THE LAUGHS - Sadness with laughs - Thoughts with Family :'(
@rgrace66098 жыл бұрын
Talent, funny, intelligent. Victoria you will always reign... so very amused. R.I.P.
@rosemaryalexander55927 жыл бұрын
music
@honeychild85252 жыл бұрын
this song is so hard to keep time with, respect to the dearly departed Victoria Wood
@honeychild8525 Жыл бұрын
@@nettils5555 just me then
@markblann37554 жыл бұрын
Still coming back to this after all those years, as guaranteed to make me laugh! Thank you Victoria! x
@miketravis61498 жыл бұрын
Shocked & saddened at yet another famous name that I grew up with that has been taken from us far too soon. Thank you Victoria and thank you You Tube for letting us pay our respects in this way. R I P lovely lady.
@hollyandsapphire6 жыл бұрын
so hard to watch this all the way through without laughing. she was such a champ was our Vic
@Ampton698 жыл бұрын
A very funny and talented lady. RIP Victoria
@besty2228 жыл бұрын
Just marvellous. Sorely missed.
@tillyatsl11 жыл бұрын
she is a very very clever and versatile woman
@paulmiles91025 жыл бұрын
yes indeed what a legend my all time fave so sad victoria isnt with us no more but seeing this had me in sitches
@sonjabellew40428 жыл бұрын
Freaking love her always have, what a loss to the world
@johnoconnor46238 жыл бұрын
I got a laugh on all sides!! I can only wonder if you had "ginger nuts" instead of "custard creams". Brilliant comedy Victoria. Love you forever.
@boyinjuly12 жыл бұрын
I always find myself singing this to myself.
@Shybairnsgetnowt113 жыл бұрын
V W is one of the funniest women around, I don't understand why we don't see more of her on tv.
@lindagilbert74478 жыл бұрын
She was so talented,what a sad day RIP Victoria Wood
@hannahlilyjoannaanastassaa41945 жыл бұрын
Fabulous sweetie. Wish you were still alive. Forever in my heart at least xxx love you xxx
@paulfitton52888 жыл бұрын
RIP. true master of her art.
@gregsmithendavis43153 жыл бұрын
Love you vicky i watch these with tears in my ears
@wrinklies21673 жыл бұрын
Miss get together and having a laugh with crowds
@simonsaysrewind8 жыл бұрын
another legend rip year.
@Cleow338 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius. How did she know that Abergele is a funny place and that rain hoods are hilarious and that Mussolini would be funnier than,say, Adolf Hitler or Hermann Goering? Just wonderful. Thank you Victoria 💔☹️
@Mishima5054 жыл бұрын
I think it's because Mu-sso-li-ni is four syllables and scans better...
@ElMaestroRyan2 жыл бұрын
@@Mishima505 just here to say Adolf Hitler is four syllables and doesn’t work in the slightest. It’s more than that… it’s very clever it both “sounds” funnier and is the type of character detail she nails all the time. Pam would abhor Hitler… but Mussolini he was ok.
@gregsmithendavis43153 жыл бұрын
Miss you vicky x x
@metalnickie748 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius! Rest in peace lovely lady xx
@pamelawalkden15264 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this, she is brilliant, especially using my name!
@MrTrevor1817 жыл бұрын
This is so down to Earth & funny...RIP Victoria
@LouisSantos-vu4kr3 жыл бұрын
Lol she's great,I never laughed so much.👍👍👍🇵🇹🇺🇸
@russellfrizell2906 жыл бұрын
always makes me smile. I actually lived in Abergele
@Briggsy4358 жыл бұрын
RIP :(
@petehind18 жыл бұрын
RIP Victoria :'(
@THECRITIC9611 жыл бұрын
She's a lyrical genius.
@lizzie79942 ай бұрын
So good ❤
@transmissionends6414 жыл бұрын
@fireyjax79 How she keeps a straight face singing this little gem, I don't know!! She is so fabulous!!!
@89chrisj8 жыл бұрын
RIP Victoria. You were one of a kind and you'll forever be missed and always remembered :'(
@Bearingz13 жыл бұрын
"I've seen one in a book and I'm not impressed" HAHA! :D
@michaelritchie29687 жыл бұрын
OK, so I know "Let's Do It" is regarded generally as her finest and funniest song, but I laugh at no lyric in her back catalogue as I do "I've seen one in a book and I was not impressed."
@JenFoto7 жыл бұрын
Michael Ritchie for me this is the best song...so clever
@sheilas12836 жыл бұрын
Michael Ritchie Me too! Brilliant line!
@mattwood15625 жыл бұрын
Michael Ritchie It’s called “The Ballad of Barry and Freda” you heathen 😂
@TheEulerID3 жыл бұрын
To me, the archetypal Victoria Wood line is "no woman over forty suits a mauve string vest" as it has that perfect coincidence of the surreal with the everyday that marks out her genius with the English language and social observation.
@martinward103 жыл бұрын
I love "he tried to take my rain hood off, I said no way!"
@loveliverpool7814 жыл бұрын
I can imagine that the world is full of "Pams"
@FrauDaphna10 жыл бұрын
She's so brilliant
@shieldaigbencher3 жыл бұрын
Total legend
@alanbrand13836 ай бұрын
Miss this ladynso talented ❤❤❤
@b321s8 жыл бұрын
RIP Victoria, you made us laugh and left good memories.
@martinward36857 жыл бұрын
A legend taken far too soon
@2929emmq13 жыл бұрын
wat a funny woman !! love her songs
@PoshPC8 жыл бұрын
RIP Victoria
@glendacaine8 жыл бұрын
Genius, can't believe she's gone
@minustwelve8 жыл бұрын
RIP Legend :'(
@Independenceforsco146 жыл бұрын
What an amazing talent. Such a loss.
@modmutha86082 ай бұрын
Just absolutely brilliant
@stephenb19628 жыл бұрын
Rest In comedy heaven Victoria Wood - love you XXX
@PhysicsMasterMind11 жыл бұрын
Wow, God made two of them! I thought Tom Lehrer was the only one!
@libradublin14 жыл бұрын
ive watched this everyday since i found it that was 2 weeks ago, love it fantastic
@ianrock85158 жыл бұрын
RIP :'(
@timonmob95882 жыл бұрын
This song had been crafted. The rhythm, the punch lines. Everything about it. It also makes me laugh.
@jollyboatman7 жыл бұрын
Will never be equalled
@angelasanders868 жыл бұрын
RIP Victoria, you always made me laugh, a real shame that we have lost another great lady, heven must of sent some investigations out, cos there is one hell of a party going on up there,
@trudycutts35297 жыл бұрын
I love her humour amazingly funny .such great humour. how she will be missed x
@ShitLiterature9 жыл бұрын
It's kind of a posh asexual anthem...
@alicebergonzi38024 жыл бұрын
'The smallest room' is a euphemism for a normal toilet.
@charlie8914 жыл бұрын
@Crystal Kanashii smallest room is a slang for the toilet, as she's too posh and polite to say toilet
@kiapenstone2563 жыл бұрын
Pam is my asexual queen 😂
@badleatherlad11 жыл бұрын
comedic genius and perfection
@shirleyegan46198 жыл бұрын
a loss of a legend loved her comedy banter rip victoria and also rip to prince the singer who has sadly passed away today rip to both of them