Rising Damp: Episode 7: Stand up & be Counted (prt1/3)

[MsFanmail]

g8 comedy richard beckinsale was so good looking he would have been 64 this year if he was alive.

[diskochimp]

The older I get, the funner this is...

[LaughingGravy73]

"You're a Phillistine Rigsby!"

"Thank you Miss Jones"

[glennfs1954]

4.35 ...."and you lot were burnt to a crisp" They`d never get away with now

[jvanderveen]

Thanks so much for uploading these. RD is hands down my favorite tv program ever. You are right about our American comedy being different than your English variety. I'd hesitate to use the word "better", but there certainly is a different flavor to it. I would go out on a limb and say that even our comedy of the time period was funnier than today's stuff. The whole cast of RD was pure genius, though. The chemistry was some of the best I've ever seen. Thanks again.

[IkeDyson]

@jvanderveen

Rising Damp was shown on American television?

[Luzdelaluna2]

nothin like British comedy...BIG UPS !!!!!

[crockyoshighty]

Isnt it wonderful that though Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale are both long dead now, we can still sit and watch them. I know that that might seem silly to say or perhaps even overly sentimental. But it really dose seem that telly programs today are so Americanized with their, laugh here, be sad here etc format. No offence to our Yank cousins, but their programs have always been packaged crap. And particularly soulless crap at that. :o)o:

[RisingDampChamp]

@crockyoshighty I agree i mean at least our comedy is still moderately funnier than the American's but it's still not as funny as it used to be. I guess comedy back then was directed more towards adults but these days there's such a wide genre to entertain so it's hard to find the right balance.

[RisingDampChamp]

@RisingDampChamp Yeh it isn't "better" it's just 'different' in approach lol.

[IkeDyson]

@RisingDampChamp

I have been swapping videos with Americans where they copied OUR sitcoms or they copied OURS. I like the way they did Man About The House as "Three's Company."

[rickrolltide]

@RisingDampChamp as a "Yank" I am sad to say I agree how awful our comedies are compared to these classics! You know how good they are when you can watch them over and over and they don't get old. How often can you do that with most, or any American shows. I can't stand "Friends" (A Coupling rip-off) or many others. In fact, if you ever have seen Sanford and Son, you can see another rip off from Steptoe and Son...Ironic, isn't it? :(

Thank you so much for putting this on!

[robion1957]

@rickrolltide bilko

[IkeDyson]

@crockyoshighty

I disagree. Their "culture" is different, so their comedy will produced different too. Personally, I like the way the Americans did Man About The House as "Three's Company."

And do you remember "Two's Company" with a Brit (Donald Sinden), and a yank (Elaine Stritch)?

[TheDiamond909]

@crockyoshighty i totally agree my friend

[crockyoshighty]

@TheDiamond909 Whacha TheDiamond909 and ta for the comment. I had to read what I had written before replying to you it being 9 months ago and all and while doing so couldn't help listening to dear old Leonard prattling on to Miss Jones which inturn had me creasing up all over again. :o)o:

[stevewhu]

''and you lot were burnt to a bloody crisp''

Lol wouldn't get away with that now.

XD

[BooksMusicMe17]

"What about free speech?"

"That's not the point, you're giving this place a bad name, I've got my position to think of."

They sample that at the end of the Chumbawamba song Amnesia, I didn't know it came from Rising Damp before.

RisingDampChamp, thank you so much for uploading these! They hardly ever show them on TV any more, aren't available on most download sites and I haven't got the DVD set. You rock!

[chewblued]

'neh, they'll try the airports first'!! quality!!! ..they way he delivers that line is perfection and pure cynicism

[shaunyMP72]

snigger,snigger,snigger.HAHAHA­HA.

Fucking love This..

[jonnytightpants]

cheers uploading these! this is a great one. "a cant get on the billiard table as it is!"lol

[britmansmaname]

good idea uploading them but the qulaities to poor to watch skips and the actors movements are to slow

[taywil64]

I am just gald to see Rising damp! Its not subscription TV...

[RisingDampChamp]

Yeh i wonder how long it'll be before youtube orders me to take them down lol. They do that i'll just upload them again.

[Terminator860]

Don't worry theres thousands of clips that ain't sposed to be on you tube it will take them ages.

[rancidpx]

cool! i look forward to seeing series 4 then

thanks again!

[RisingDampChamp]

Yes there are 7 episodes to each DVD and i have all 4 series of Rising Damp with title menu's and everything lol.

[rancidpx]

well ive had the first 3 series on video for years now and ive just seen "Stand Up And Be Counted " on here for the very first time! its not on my video and i'd never even heard of it until tonight! weird..

[RisingDampChamp]

I have every season lol. Takes a while to split each episode into 3 parts and upload them that's why it's taking so long sorry.

[rancidpx]

thanks for putting these up - brilliant show

rossiter was a genius!

have you got series 4?

id like to see the very last ever episode