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@spooony2714 Жыл бұрын

This has the potential to open you up for a world of weird. The League of Gentlemen and it's writers are the best at dark comedy out there. This, Psychoville and Inside Number 9 are all awesome.

@zeee149 10 ай бұрын

Should def check out Brass Eye by Chris Morris....

@boxingfan2281 Жыл бұрын

Even before I watch this, I am so looking forward to the reaction. Royston is on the rather extreme range of British Humour and I love it. Keep at it through the series and you will be drawn in.

@petermorris9818 Жыл бұрын

This is a magnificent show.

@callumjames7854 Жыл бұрын

Royston Vasey is also the real name of Roy Chubby Brown. If I remember right, Roy Chubby Brown ends up playing the Mayor in season 2.

@gallopinggargoyles7891 Жыл бұрын

spoilers

@hayley37732 Жыл бұрын

Yeh your right as Roy's name is Roy vasey the name of the village lol

@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq 10 ай бұрын

When I worked at Stockport Daw Bank bus depot we started programming the electronic destination boards on the buses with a secret 13x Royston Vasey Local Service destination display option. When the drivers discovered it many started using it instead of Sorry Not In Service when between duties. After a couple of weeks this mysterious 13x bus had featured on the letters page of a couple of local newspapers, at least one of whom contacted the company for a comment. Management were not amused and we got a memo from them informing us that technically we'd broken regulations by advertising a non-existent service and the X13 option was to be removed from all destination boards as and when each bus was due a software update. It was fun while it lasted.

@vomgrady Жыл бұрын

It was originally a theatre sketch show that won the Perrier fringe award at Edinburgh. It's barking. Well worth sticking with but if you think it can't get any weirder you are totally wrong. Great show.

@peterpurpleheartparade5357 Жыл бұрын

This show is just plain genius! 3 guys playing over a hundred characters or something like that. So,so dark and twisted and like a UK version of Devils Rejects like you said lol. Stick with it, everything fall into place . So glad you've finally got round to watching this

@laughingachilles Жыл бұрын

I loved this show when it first aired. I didn't think many foreigners would like it because it's so very weird and very British. Then again you have watched so much of our comedy that you might get it :)

@margaretflounders8510 Жыл бұрын

The Germans loved it!

@grannym2880 Жыл бұрын

I also loved This is Jinsey (or whatever it was called) and The Might Boosh. My hubby could never understand why I was into the weird ones. They just made me smile 🤷🏻‍♀️

@batintheattic7293 Жыл бұрын

@@margaretflounders8510 Is that so?! Interesting. It's extraordinarily British so it is curious who else likes it.

@laughingachilles Жыл бұрын

@@batintheattic7293 The Germans also adore Mr. Bean.

@bonnacon1610 6 ай бұрын

They didn’t mind Herr Lipp then?!

@emander8340 Жыл бұрын

'and I'm someone from Mississippi and that's kinda scary to me' That was your own wee bit of comedy gold right there man! 😂

@P5YcHoKiLLa Жыл бұрын

THIS IS A LOCAL CHANNEL ! FOR LOCAL PEOPLE !

@shaksper Жыл бұрын

The League of Gentlemen is basically a documentary. That's what's funny about it. Worth sticking with it because it's a classic.

@graemeparrington2841 Жыл бұрын

Wait until episode 1 of Series 2 with the introduction of Papa Lazorous! Sublime 😂

@tsuguminiyamoto6417 Жыл бұрын

The writers based a lot of the characters on people they met. Reece Sheersmith based Pauline the jobcentre lady on a real woman who ran the jobclub in Hull. I freaked on finding this out as I live in Hull, I went to that jobclub and met her! It was only when I rewatched the series, that I could see all her traits exaggerated, just not that much :p

@bobby666666 Жыл бұрын

I had her too when I was on Jobclub. Yes, she did have a thing about her pens. When I first saw it on this show I was rolling with laughter.

@tsuguminiyamoto6417 Жыл бұрын

@@bobby666666A fellow sufferer! It was the early 90s when I attended. The building was a portacabin at the side of the Victoria docks buildings back then. All I really remember of her was that she managed to cheese off every person there very quickly. I didn't initially realise when I watched the show. It wasn't until my then girlfriend told me Pauline was based on a real person Reese Shearsmith had met that I started to twig and the memories came flooding back. They got her look right as well :p

@bobby666666 Жыл бұрын

@@tsuguminiyamoto6417 I was at the building opposite the old Frank Dee's Supermarket. The next block was Debenhams. It was around 1990.

@tsuguminiyamoto6417 Жыл бұрын

@@bobby666666 a quick bit of maths that has kept me up half the night, I've worked out that I was there in 1993. I'm assuming they'd moved offices. My main memory of her was her looking at my CV layout and telling me what a bad job I'd done in front of the other inductees. I left not long after...

@bobby666666 Жыл бұрын

@@tsuguminiyamoto6417 I remember the name and it was Kemley House which is now flats.

@fen3184 Жыл бұрын

Good heavens. You're in for a hell of a time if you last long enough to meet Papa Lazarou...! And I'm not entirely sure that's a good thing... 🤣

@MrAzlan85 5 ай бұрын

Helo Dave! 😅

@LeightonCorcoran Жыл бұрын

One of the darkest slices of British Black Comedy in existence. And one of my absolute favourite television shows of all time. I would strongly recommend Psychoville and Inside Number 9 after you've finished with League Of Gentlemen. Another two brilliantly dark and hilarious slices of television gold and also from the minds of Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith.

@kirstygunn9149 Жыл бұрын

Love all this teams work. Marck Gattiss went on to write and act in both Doctor who and Sherlock.Psychoville is a must watch as it has get out, and Nope star Daniel Kaluuya init playing a brilliant if a bit criminal character , and some very warped characters played by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. ( Daniel ,Reece ,and Steve have also had parts in Doctor who over the past 16 years)

@CynicalReactions Жыл бұрын

"It's just a big bloody joke to you, innit?!" I love this show so much. Can't wait to watch the other ones with you.

@Muckylittleme Жыл бұрын

League of Gentlemen is insane, but insanely funny.. It takes a bit of acclimatisation to its weirdness but it is well worth it.

@richardlong-jt4gp Жыл бұрын

Most of the main characters are played by Reece Shearsmith Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss. Who all wrote The Script Along with Jeremy Dyson. Mark Gatiss also writes quite a few episodes of Dr Who so look out for his name in credits. He wrote and starred in the Lazarus Experiment (season 3 episode 6) as Professor Lazarus.

@hiramabiff2017 Жыл бұрын

E.B 🥰! If you watch all of the League of Gentleman series it will put Your on a journey to some of the funniest dark humour you have seen in years. You love our British humour and I personally cannot wait to see your reactions as the series goes from strength to strength in humour & weirdness.😉

@nicholaschurm5081 Жыл бұрын

Just finished rewatching the whole series and live shows, always a classic! It's definitely anything but random. As the series progresses you will find how the stories of each character (or set of characters) bear relevance to their previous appearances. Series 3 is brilliantly done as each episode is shown from different characters perspectives over the same time period, ultimately culminating in a single event linking them all together. This show is just masterfully written and the 3 main actors have such an incredible range of talent that brings all their characters to life.

@bhurzumii4315 Жыл бұрын

You NEED to stay the course with this show. It's dark, gritty, borderline insane but very, very funny! Also, the cast are phenomenal at bringing the denizens of Royston Vasey to life! (Watch out for the "orange juice" advert - it'll kill you!)

@gigmcsweeney8566 Жыл бұрын

You're embarking on a journey of discovery that will take you down the darkest recesses of British humour. LoG is a masterpiece.

@Steve_P_B Жыл бұрын

The best way that I can describe it is that it's like a sketch show of very dark humour with kind of a general connection that all this is happening in this small, out of the way, country town of strange characters and freaks

@Kernow80 Жыл бұрын

The 3 dudes play all the charaters. Each sketch will introduce you to some of the many freaks who live or pass through crazy town of Royston vasey. As the series goes on the indivudual stories somewhat interconnect with an overarching Theme. But not always. Its british comedy at its finest but very dark and twisted. I actually had the pleasure of seeing thier live interactive theatre show and some characters are so creepy and they walked up the isles of the theatre scaring the hell out of the audience that you might be picked to " join them " on stage

@AnglOsAxOn2 Жыл бұрын

They made a film which is worth watching after you've finished the series. Roystan Vasey is the real name of Roy chubby Brown a great English comedian, think you've watched his vids. It was just three actors who played all the characters. Reece and Steve later co wrote inside number 9 which is really worth watching.

@jessicapayne8622 Жыл бұрын

I mean, HOW HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THIS?!

@Stannington Жыл бұрын

It was filmed partly in and around Hadfield, which is a small town between Manchester and Sheffield and yes, the people that live there in real life are actually quite scary. I believe there are 4 people playing most of the characters with several support actors.

@Chubby-Phil Жыл бұрын

you're not wrong

@monkeyhouse1672 Жыл бұрын

There are short and long story arcs that become interconnected thematically over the 4 seasons of the show. The writers all love old horror, dark comedy, Python, tales of the unexpected and so on - so they wanted to create a universe in the town of Royston Vasey where magic, horror, incest, cannibalism all co exists .

@Max-wl7jn Жыл бұрын

“Homeboy looks like he could store a whole 8-ball in one nostrel” I’m dead 😂😂😂😂

@101steel4 Жыл бұрын

We'll have no trouble here!

@codcake72 Жыл бұрын

This show is brilliant alan

@grabtharshammer Жыл бұрын

So glad you have joined us here, hope you are Local ... You will never leave. No it is not just a bunch of sketches, and no it doesn't have a storyline ... exactly ... it is just a Documentary about a typical English small town, this one is in the Peak District, but it could be almost anywhere in the UK

@misterprecocious2491 Жыл бұрын

"Is Dave there"?

@loopylad4722 Жыл бұрын

If you like dark comedy/satire, I'd recommend Brass Eye and Jam. If you're not easily offended both are great.

@SeeDaRipper... Жыл бұрын

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.

@leehallam9365 Жыл бұрын

There are three main cast members, they play all but a few parts, they are also the writers along with the fourth member of the team. Each set of characters have continuing stories, and sometimes they interact. Babs the taxi driver is a character that provides some of the links. It is the story of a small working class town in the hills of northern Englznd. It was filmed in Hadfield, which is about 8 or 9 miles away from where I live. It is a work of genius, but you need to tune in to it as it is so different.

@owenoneill5955 Жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this.....prepare to have your head turned inside out 😆 Stick with it..... you will be none the wiser at the end 🙂

@MantisEnergy Жыл бұрын

Watching this at the time as a teenager, it really threw the doors open for dark/weird character comedy. For we teenagers who saw this at the age when you fall in love with things.. wow.

@58jennypenny Жыл бұрын

you know Royston Vasey is the real name of Roy 'Chubby' Brown.

@gallopinggargoyles7891 Жыл бұрын

they are sketches, but are setting up the characters and their storylines within the freaky town of Royston Vasey

@andyf2837 4 ай бұрын

Once you are in you'll never leave! This is genius as is most of the chaps work

@scotteades5319 Жыл бұрын

This is gunna be a great journey - amazing show - it all does interconnect - first two seasons at least - enjoy - I’ll enjoy the ride along

@antiqueinsider Жыл бұрын

I wish you luck with this (but it's brilliant) yes the stories have common threads, and are continuing though the series with sometimes two or three sections in each episode. The basic jokes are about inbreeding, local isolationism and failure to embrace progress. The team always have a very dark edge to their humour, so sort of like The Addams Family on Elm Street interpreted by Monty Python. The exposition of characters makes this first episode a bit disorientating, but as the threads are developed things will become more familiar. Keep going!!

@Grey138 Жыл бұрын

You're into a whole new level of weird with that EB 😂

@carlosdeferrer3585 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, one of my favorite comedies of all time.The dark undercurrent that you picked up on has to do with the writers love of hammer house of horror and tales of the unexpected UK shows they grew up with.

@AncientHermit Жыл бұрын

Never seen before because I have not had a TV for more than 3 decades. Kind wild and fun. Thanks for my intro to this Alan. Will be intrigued to see how it shapes up. Be well.😉

@MrPercy112 Жыл бұрын

You’re In for a treat!

@grabtharshammer Жыл бұрын

The really weird thing is that a couple of days ago I was watching one of your Reactions, and I thought "he really gets some of our more sophisticated comedy, but I wonder how he would take to some of the more niche stuff, like ... League of Gentlemen !! Next thing, here you are :) Stick with it, I think you will like it. Written by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson. (I never realised until I looked on Wiki, that part of it was filmed in the Town where I was born in West Yorkshire, a Local town). Mark Gattis wrote and has acted in some of the Dr Who episodes, Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes as played by Benedict Cumberbatch with Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves) written alongside Stephen Moffat (Dr Who). He also wrote for Game of Thrones & Dracula. Pemberton & Sheersmith are brilliant writers who also created Psychoville and the fantastic series of single stories Inside No.9 (def worth a watch especially the (almost) silent one). These are a bunch of actors / writers very much in the vein of Monty Python but possibly a bit more sophisticated.

@corringhamdepot4434 Жыл бұрын

Remember when lots of people used to say, "This is a local shop, for local people" all the time. 🙂

@CEP73 Жыл бұрын

Pure genius show!! My all time absolute favorite!

@raybearoz Жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore this show... It's so quotable that even to this day when I'm running conferences as work I'll open with "Okey Dokey Pig in a Pokey, Good morning Jobseekers"..... You may also want to keep an eye on posters in the backgrounds of shots.. . Some of them are hilarious... And as weird as these characters are, there's even more to come...

@jaszicus Жыл бұрын

Finally! Such a great show, I hope you enjoy them all

@davebirch1976 Жыл бұрын

The outside filming was done at a place called Hadfield in Derbyshire, about 30 miles from me

@iSuRRendeReDuK Жыл бұрын

Royston Vasey is also Chubby Browns real name. Enjoy the trip.

@rogerbillings5081 Жыл бұрын

Started out as a Radio 4 comedy show -" On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen". Incidentally "The League Of Gentlemen" is a British film from the 1950's about ex army officers planning a robbery.

@j0hnn13K Жыл бұрын

This is such a classic show that inspired shows like "Little Britain". It's also the very show that gave the game server i am part of, it's name, Royston Vasey (old game, TFC) So yeah, for me this is a bit more "personal" so to speak, i absolutely love this show. And yes, it is a weird and sometimes puzzling show, but it is so darn funny, albeit it it might not be for the faint of hearted people, more than often they "just go there". Keep it up my bearded friend, once this show has its hooks in you, it will forever be a part of you, one way or another. Enjoy!! ;)

@sdavo Жыл бұрын

Little British was prior to these sketches. I went to see Williams and Lucas at the Edinburgh festival in 1996 and the league of gentleman guys went to see them live so probably same time

@j0hnn13K Жыл бұрын

@@sdavo that i did not know, i always thought LOG inspired LB, fun actually that it kinda is the other way around.

@frankdoyle9066 Жыл бұрын

Don't worry we were all confused and at times terribly frightened. But could not stop watching. You just never watched it before going to bed!!!

@deadcatthinks6725 Жыл бұрын

Oh boy, you're in for a treat with this. It will all come together.

@sim5847 Жыл бұрын

The thing you need to know is that Royston Vasey is Roy Chubby Brown's real name and indeed Roy plays the mayor of Royston Vasey in the series. Shot in Hadfield in Derbyshire its off its tits weird, only the British could produce this! - it is funny dark humour played by three main characters. It connects in the end watch the next episode lol!

@JonathanReynolds1 Жыл бұрын

Royston Vasey is the real name of the comedian Roy Chubby Brown. Naming the town after him was their in-joke.

@happiestaku6646 Жыл бұрын

Oh god, what a rabbit hole you have stumbled into, you will never want to leave, and you will become a local.

@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach Жыл бұрын

Ahh the League of Gentlemen... comedy grand guignol.. Like the Young Ones, this hit the zeitgeist at exactly the right time.

@Chriscuit Жыл бұрын

Royston Vasey! Chubby Brown's real name.

@tick999 Жыл бұрын

Some of the best actors in the world here. The characters are unreal

@claregale9011 Жыл бұрын

Creepy, weird , dark but hilarious ...I love it 😅

@DIYTAO Жыл бұрын

I'd say that League of Gentlemen is like mental roller coaster with twists, turns, humor, dark, absurd and occasional Whiplash.

@philjones45 Жыл бұрын

Sadly this brilliant show is barely repeated these days due to a character that has been perceived as being "black face", but it wasn't depicting someone of colour. It's suffered because of it, and you may get some negative commments/feedback from viewers and perhaps KZfaq. However the writers (the three main cast members and another guy who didn't want to be on TV) defend the character stringently ‘It was not me doing a black man,’ Reece insisted. ‘It was always this clown-like make-up and we just came up with what we thought was the scariest idea to have in a sort of Child Catcher-like way

@JamesLMason Жыл бұрын

They're all still available on iPlayer and that particular character featured in the specials, only a few years ago, so I don't think the BBC can be too worried about it.

@philjones45 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesLMason Netflix dropped it

@vezhopkins714 Жыл бұрын

So ace your reacting to this series I love it and the 3guys that are most of the characters are always in it and most of the comedy is strange and dark there’s not a main story as such but the sketches are darkly themed I think the vet and the “local shop” owners are my faves and I’m sure there’s been several memes on the saying s “are you local?” Being the one I have seen most hang on in there though only gets odder from here ! 😂😂😂

@gostopstopgo Жыл бұрын

this show will grow on you like the characters

@robertwright7937 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to Royston Vasey! You'll never leave.😈

@graemeparrington2841 Жыл бұрын

This isn't a sitcom. This is a documentary.

@MrPercy112 Жыл бұрын

👍😂

@racheldicker5611 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is connected , stick with it , and it will become clearer

@martindunstan8043 Жыл бұрын

EB, 🤣🤣🤣I had to pause watching to say, you have opened a wild crazy can of worms with this one it's mental yet funny it's just about a bunch of characters in the VERY close knit village of Royston Vasey(Roy 'chubby Brown's real name) none of it really makes any sense but you constantly wonder what the hell is coming next in this weird part of the UK

@bobbyy956 Жыл бұрын

It follows the various characters as the series goes on

@aloysius6937 Жыл бұрын

EB It's the darkest weirdest craziest sit com you'll ever see mostly played by three blokes Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss all writers and Jeremy Dyson who writes olso, It's fantastic 😂

@rachelhyde6311 Жыл бұрын

Keep watching its amazing! And the live shows are also great! Stick with it, its one of my favourite shows along with inside number 9 which 2 of them created! They are all genius! 😂

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv Сағат бұрын

One man’s Royston Vasey is another’s Tucson, Arizona. 🧬

@colintaylor7733 Жыл бұрын

All connected in a very unconnected way.....Best of British.

@slayerrocks2 Жыл бұрын

This is life in the rest of the country, outside places like London and Swansea. If you get too affected, the safe word is "Juliet Bravo!"

@LowGrav1ty Жыл бұрын

For those that don't know, Royston Vasey is the real name of comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown

@briz1965 Жыл бұрын

'I said bummers were deaf.' You have to watch them all, I can't wait for you to see this series pal.

@JP200 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant comedy, very dark and weird. Played by only a couple of actors. Very memorable scenes 😆

@JohntheLNERP2 Жыл бұрын

British comedy best there is

@stevesoutar3405 Жыл бұрын

"What the hell have y'all got me watchin? " fantastic - I hope you enjoy this

@karenmacdonald1990 Жыл бұрын

It will start to make sense and interconnect - you've hit comedy gold!

@martindunstan8043 Жыл бұрын

EB you're reaction is totally normal😂it's weird alright but funny in that is so strange I believe the plot essentially is strangers are viewed as dangerous to their bizarre closed off existence, it's certainly no 'Still Game' but provides some strange very different humour. You poor fella🤣 that was a baptism of fire Sir🤣✌️🍻

@aj225 Жыл бұрын

Took your time getting around to it EB

@Chriscuit Жыл бұрын

League Of Gentlemen is an amazing series but very off the wall 😆🤣

@bellyfluff9 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant Show Mate!

@johnsimmons5951 Жыл бұрын

Each of the stories slowly progressed through each episode, getting more dark/ weird each time but still very funny.

@jeanlongsden1696 Жыл бұрын

Royston Vasey is Roy "Chubby" Brown's real name.

@jessicapayne8622 Жыл бұрын

Oh. And don’t tell him the plot!

@skinheadjon901 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for you to see Papa Lazarus in future episodes 🤔😂😂😂😉

@dave_h_8742 Жыл бұрын

Sit back and enjoy as it gets weirder further on.

@jonnno243 Жыл бұрын

If you survive series 1 and 2, you MAY be equipped for series 3.

@phillipgreen3893 Жыл бұрын

it takes some to get used to I love the inept vet

@frombrum Жыл бұрын

it has taken me 20 years to pluck up enough courage to watch this series again

@harveydent73 Жыл бұрын

My all time fave comedy. Wait 'til you see Papa Lazarou "Hello Dave"

@hastiebar Жыл бұрын

Stick with it . I have just binged watched all 3 series again and forgot just how good it is . Very clever writing and characters . It will all make sense at the end .

@billysmith3841 Жыл бұрын

As someone from the moors of northern England the local shop in this is pretty accurate

@Hippydays1959 Жыл бұрын

We loved Royston Casey when it came out and never missed a show. It’s the best of British dark humour my favourite kind of humour, hope you enjoy…

@davidkerr885 Жыл бұрын

love this show! I live about ten miles away from the village of Hadfield where it was filmed. If you're ever in Manchester (UK) it's well worth heading east into the Peak District, brooding hills and moorlands. Bleak but beautiful at the same time. Great for hiking!

@darkcommission Жыл бұрын

The village name "Royston Vasey" is actually Roy "Chubby" Brown's real name.

@chrisperyagh Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the best dark comedy series made. Another one I'd recommend for you to review is 'The Mighty Boosh' from the mid '00s, also 'The Young Ones' from the early '80s and 'Bottom' from the '90s - all BBC shows.

@grannym2880 Жыл бұрын

He has reacted to Bottom before. And maybe The Young Ones too at some point. (I secretly loved Boosh) 😊

@chrisperyagh Жыл бұрын

@@grannym2880 Cheers! I'll have to check those reactions out!