French & Saunders - Old Ladies Museum Tour

[inextinguishable00]

@Jeromeo1980: Ayyy, please delete the description :) It's a big spoiler. Great sketch, though :)

[JerusalemCherry]

So funny. Never seen this show in the states but people in the usa can view on youtube. Maybe I can get it on dvd.

[gladiatorbunnies]

AMAZING SONG!

[LilyJaynex]

The thing I love about French and Saunders is that they don't have to say anything to make you laugh... They are just funny!

[wolfmanagr]

Love the escalator scene LOL

[JoJoPageXx]

I love the part where she takes the sugar :) just the fact that everyone does it XD

[pianistaholic]

I think the MUSIC is one of the songs in the album "Classical New Age Piano and Cello Duets" (with label: BrianCrain . com Records). You can find the CD on Amazon, and listen to the sample.

[Maneater1984]

oh good lawd this is funny :D

[CB774172]

The music reminds me of sims

[spider23000]

@CB774172 Me too. Thought I was the only one. It plays when you are designing a house, right?

[SugarRuneStarNut]

@CB774172 that is what I thought o.o in building mode or something

[dannyisso]

LOL haha this is hilarious! "There it is, ooo hoo!" = "CAFE" LOL XD

[jamestreet]

What song is this? Someone please tell me ?

[Transterra55]

The music "is" beautiful. Anyone know if it is from an album?

[eternia75]

I like the sketch..it's simple..but i LOVE the music so much.....wish i could find out what it is..it's so beautiful....

[seethevolcane]

Brilliant sketch. Applies to most I know (alas).

[SugarRuneStarNut]

"I could eat the cabinet"! so funny x]

As soon as I saw the 'Cafe' sighn it sent me into hysterics

[vatnaskil]

Gotta love that giant screw

[RaWrZzZz]

That was really cute <3

[aehtenap]

:D Do you know what the shopping centre needs??

[aehtenap]

love it, very funny.

[ratsRfab]

I absolutely love this sketch, me and my sister watch the whole episode this sketch is on nearly every day and we still laugh, i love the music in the background and their faces when they see the cafe are hilarious. F&S forever! .x.

[Javi621]

they thought they were at a shopping center lol !

[Javi621]

God I could watch this clip just for the music.... it's so relaxing

[exitnine]

what does she say after she takes the sugar at the very end?

[miykeb]

@exitnine 'Just Tate now, did Lyle die?'

[exitnine]

"heeeheeeheee!!! I COULD EAT THE CABINET!!!!"

[REDsquirly]

As American, I love these women! This sketch is awesome because it is what I do at an art museum with my friends.

[tobermory12]

I enjoyed this very amusing

[TheSpellerbee]

"There it is! There it is!" *Dawn licks her lips as she says this*. lmao. this is whats great about french and saunders, the littlest things are the funniest.

[wordlark]

I love French and Saunders.  This could be entitled Cathy and Linda ....a day at the Museum

[eternia75]

the music is beautiful and so haunting...i wish it was available to buy somewhere.

[hallows03]

@SallyAugusta she says it because it's the museums home brand sugar called "Tate" and there is a popular sugar brand called "Tate and Lyle". So she thought that Lyle had died becuase the sugar only said "Tate" on it (Tate-modern museum)

[vivisson]

ooo british humour. xd

[gOtHiCxAnGeLxox]

"THERE IT IS!" XD

[SallyAugusta]

What does Jennifer say at the end? Sounds like "Think Lyle died?"

[thatmuse76]

The sad thing is, I know people like this.

[loveloveslouise]

I remember watching this years ago on the telly, and all of it made me laugh, especially the 'cafe' bit, made me fall off my seat haha :L

[BethGoth15]

This sketch made me a fan of French & Saunders XD I remember quite clearly watching it with my mum and laughing my arse off XD

[ChocolateChad127]

Hahaa! This is such a great clip. :D

[Sammeh00725]

that's the bridge from HP & The Half-Blood Prince at the end.

[Missbeansontoast]

This is one of their best skits, but it's so understated that it frequently goes unnoticed.

[hersenlozeslet]

The restaurant is by FAR the best thing about the Tate Modern, which to me really only proves that contemporary art is devoid of beauty and utterly depressing. Paying 12 pounds for a GLASS (not a bottle!) of wine really left me reeling though... that is just THEFT.

[Nomoredrama2000]

I went to an exhibition last week, all that interested me was the cafeteria! lol

[dethadol1]

"its only tate now, do you think lyle died?"

classic!

[Darkheart101]

Im so sad that out of my group of friends im the only one who finds this funny. Cause the only jokes my friends get are sex related -_-

btw

love the music =)

[hersenlozeslet]

Change your friends for better ones!

[bucks8789]

@Darkheart101

You must be a people watcher ! This captures so much.

It is funny.

[maqe]

@Darkheart101 maybe you should change your group of friends :P

[SKILMONTY]

@Darkheart101 yeha that´s sad but so true :(, they´re great

[cynicaloptimist999]

@Darkheart101 Same here. I'm American, so I think a lot of it has to do with a lack of appreciation for British humor. I do have one friend who loves Brit Com as much as I do. Just keep searching and you'll find those friends who have the refined sense of humor required to enjoy this brand of comedy.

[SClub7AreAwsome]

@Darkheart101 Same with my friends. they actually dont even kno who they r :( I love em!

[leinad123]

Fancy trying the wobbly bridge?

Yeah, Im a bit of a dare devil!

[eham020]

Well, turns out i was in the ballpark but not quite correct. I got a mail today from someone who was involved in a lot of the music for F&S.

He tells me that he has been asked before what the music is called. Sadly, it is a piece of 'Royalty Free' music from the BBC library which the editor laid down.

I suppose someone could try to contact the editor, but i guess it's possible that it may not even have a name.

I tried :)

[CoyoteFitzy]

I emailed the composer of the music in this episode, he mailed me back too, said the same thing, just some stock music. . . I mailed the BBC and asked about the piece, never got a responce. This was about a year ago...

[BubblePuff15]

Just out of interest, who is the composer?

[CoyoteFitzy]

Simon Brint and Simon Wallace. I emailed Simon Wallace. He informed me that it was a stock piece.

[TheEmmaDarling]

what is a stock piece?its beautiful xx

[CoyoteFitzy]

@TheEmmaDarling Stock piece as in it was music that they had on file, just select a musical piece and thats that, such a shame it is not found yet.

[eham020]

I dont think music and comedy have ever fitted better. This sketch is more artistic than the art featured in it !

I have found out who composed this wonderful piece of music and I have sent him an Email to see if he will share the title.

Watch this space !!!!

[TheLouiseLove]

THERE IT IS!!!

'CAFE' haha

[Swainsboroinian]

WHAT IS THE SONG THAT IS PLAYING? I'm dying to know what it is si I can have it on my iPod.

[odst000a]

1:34 lol they only went there for the cafe lol there so funny

[woweq]

they are a really art experts! aren't they?:)))

[oldbag699]

most excellent lurvvv the granny shoes v - they cant be old ladies in a cafe casue it hasnt taken them 2 hours to decide what they want and another hour to get their money outta their purse

[jqdsilva]

i get that same reaction at a dull museum... as i am sure 80% of people do.

[CocaineHabbit]

"steal some sugar"

god, thats my step grandmother- or it would be if she'd taken the cuttlery as well.

[oliviaakaspazmoid]

I remeber that blue canvas at 1:18 it was literally plane blue nothing else and it was about £5000. WTF!!! I COULD DO THAT!

[sorcha425]

That's what I did when I went to Tate Modern during a theatre and art studies trip!!

[oliviaakaspazmoid]

Cafe-best bit!!! XD

[CocaineHabbit]

like school field trips. lunch and the gift shop are the only enjoyable bits...and missing school of course.

[blooooodycat]

that was so funny they do look like old ladies!

[anil605709]

you know, if the audience laughter wasn't there, this would be wierd and boring.

[lovetheywayyoumove]

i saw this a couple of yrs ago on the tv and cracked up, i had to watch it agen

[CynicalHippie]

This is so perfect! How many of us have went to some exhibit, blown through it in ten minutes and headed straight to the café? Genius!

[triggsy80]

1:46 LOL

[wolfmanagr]

@triggsy80 she loves that cake haha

[GeneralTralamite]

I love this scene, one of my favourite from French and Saunders!!!!

[Iluminator]

I'm fascinated how good cinematography is for a comedy show

[CoyoteFitzy]

Desperatly trying to find info on the piece of music in this scene, It was not by the credited composer of the score of the episode. He said it was a stock piece used, selected by the director. I have emailed the BBC. I beg everyone else to do the same. Its a shame that good music is so rare, and hard to credit...

[chonkindonker]

thats the first thing that struck me as well - how good the music was

[jdolio82]

i found an A & E documentary on Truman Capote with the same song. I have also tried to figure out the composer but no luck so far.

[CoyoteFitzy]

If you do have any luck, PLEASE let me know, and everyone else on here. Its driving me nuts, lol

[cuttersboi08]

Sounds like it could be George Winston.

[BubblePuff15]

what's the music on this video, i've heard it somewhere, can anyone help me out?

[GeneralTralamite]

it sound to me like the music used for the sims.

[Animalcrossing95]

OMG!!! yeah i agree! its sounded like sims 1 for ps2 to me :) that game brings back memories

[keepinlow]

I so get them! I visited a modern museum in Brisbane, and I so did NOT get it! HAHA!

[Divine186]

I thought of that as I saw this - GOMA ... I was like WTF?

[blugeagua]

Please what is the name of the music playing???!!! I would love to know!

[grantapuslafsalot]

haha that picture with just a dot on and a plain blue one haha!

[myLastTears]

Please what is this music?

[eternia75]

God i love the music!

Who is it by!?

[xAmphipolisChickx]

Just a total Classic x

Love them two

[michaelleacy]

"I could eat the cabinet!" great stuff

[SilaVendethiel]

This is so funny. French and Saunders make me proud to be British - when it comes down to it, we do humour like no one else =)

I love that music....does anyone know what it is?

[TeaAnLemons]

thats totally me at a museum!...bored outta my skull until i spot a cafe

[tmotofga]

The punchline is hilarious!

[LMPPrincess]

i find the tate modern pretty boring ):

[sebcool06]

Oh it's just Tate now, do you think Lyle died? ...Classic

[brosseau]

the tate is amazing. and french and saunders as well, of course.

[myLastTears]

Lovely

It would be better without loughing track

What is that buetifull music?

[nekomann]

myLastTears, I agree with you about the music. I've been searching high and low for it ever since I'd seen this episode a few years back. If you ever figure it out, post it here!!

[Charmredux]

I went to Tate Modern before seeing them on stage last week actually.. And I felt exactly like them: CAFE!

[dramaking85]

did you no french and saunders have been working together 4 30 years and they are both 51

they look fantastic for 51 dont they

[babyraven]

This would have been much funnier for me if you hadn't spoiled the ending in the description! But it's still pretty awesome.

[soylattedrinker]

Yeah, agreed, you should change the description.

[purewish]

snap here

[dramaking85]

sorry can u type that agen i fell asleep after Americans it was that bouring

[babyraven]

Burns work much better when you spell correctly. Just sayin'.

[mastmedia]

We Americans have absolutely nothing on the Brits when it comes to humor. At least, nowadays.

There are so many subtle levels to the humor of French and Saunders that it really should be study. It really sets a gold standard. Someone should do a documentary on them because there work really needs to be analyzed.

Every element from music, to movement, to expression, costume, diction and delivery works to present a bit of character study that is unsurpassed even to the most keen observer.

[dramaking85]

BLAH BLAH BLAH it was funny thats all you need 2 say not write a bloody esay

[mastmedia]

You don't have to read a bloody essay if thinking thinking makes your head throb.

"See Eurotrash read. See Eurotrash head swell from reading. See Eurotrash retaliate in anger. Eurotrash has no life."

[dramaking85]

there u go agen another esay

wat is with u

[mastmedia]

It's called exercising my right to free speech.

Now go book and dentist appoinment and bugger off you albino primate.

[PatrickLHawkins]

@mastmedia I could not have said it better, well done!

[juveny2]

@mastmedia I agree with you, although I would like to point out one american comedy that I think rivals even french and saunders, its called Arrested Development, a friend of mine recommended it and it is very sharp and original.

[mastmedia]

@juveny2 Yes. I've heard of Arrested Development. I watched the entire series years ago.

Of course, although it was a darling with the critics, I can see why the general public wasn't ready for that kind of comedy.

With the success of shows like 'Modern Family' and the American version of 'The Office', I think people are started to warm to the concept. Subtle humor allows for more audience imput. People enjoy thinking and getting involved with what they're watching.

[djalternegro]

@mastmedia

we americans have nothing period except meaningless rhetoric that shapes our trite mentality. high class humor is the least of what we lack.

[mastmedia]

@djalternegro "we americans have nothing period except meaningless rhetoric that shapes our trite mentality. "

I never thought about that, but you're right. Most of our thoughts are shaped by media marketing and popular political views. Original ideas and a fresh outlook are basically rare.

It's like our personalities are manufactured at an early age. All this "freedom" and yet the fear of not fitting in somewhere/anywhere dictates who we are.

Even non-conformists conform in a way. Sad.

[pomomatthew]

You know what this shopping center needs, a jolly good John Lewis!

CLASSIC. These are total Waitrose ladies.

[lebasilah]

This is too cute! Aww <3

[JIT21JIT]

amazinggggggggg

[Charmredux]

My god, that was brilliant!!!

[ledge69]

Genius...that is my nan wherever she goes.

[leinad123]

"Ill just steal some sugar, Oh its just Tate now, Did Lyle die?" LMAO

[killyourg0d]

hahahhahahahahhahahahahah xD

[Tophrulezz]

THERE IT IS!!! *cafe sign* XD

[regularcelery]

You know what this shopping centre needs? A jolly good John Lewis!

I'll just steal some sugar...

[cocochanelleke]

Screeeech!

F&S ...!

[bbelvoir]

That's so funny!... "Just Tate now, did Lyle die?"

Hilarious!

[CoyoteFitzy]

Dose anyone know the name of the music played in this sketch? It has been bugging me, I really like it.

If anyone knows, please tell me.

[kezziwoo]

I <3 Them!

[SatinFox2]

So true! When my course was there(college educational trip)we were exactly like that :D

[Morphinetouch]

Rofl ty for warning about the description :)

x

[g7ad2v]

the description spoiled it for me.

[Donimo]

You're right, it does ruin the sketch to know all that beforehand.

[MartinaOfSweden]

thanks for that comment, I diden't look at it all thanks to you :)

[darthneji1992]

i looked at it after lol

[XxHxAxWxKxX]

HAHA! pretty fudging AWESOME punchline on that joke =D

I'm a little bit worried though... I'm 15 and I take all the sugar when I'm done XD

[SBITY]

This is hilarious. I do wonder if and when I become that age will I seemlessly wander....

[ross781987]

french and saunders at their best, love it when dawn french looks at the cake at the end!!!

[blugeagua]

I would really like to know the name of the music please!

[MichelleLuvsNYC]

I think Jennifer's husband, Adrian Edmondson (from young ones) did the music. It is wonderful...this is one of my favorite sketches.

[bjs351]

Lovely music actually. Does anyone know the name of it?

[zamolxis7]

j'ai adoré. c'est trop vrai

[SmellyCatSally]

LOL!! man i luv them. it's so true that sometimes the cafe is on your mind more than the art. thanks for this!

[sam81292]

o god that is so fricken funny

[financehipflask]

they took a simple thing that we all understand and made it funny.

[financehipflask]

i think it is true tho that women, and men of certain ages when they go into an exhibition museum etc, walk in the door with the cafe in mind if its a woman the gift shop is on their mind as well. so well done.

[chellbie]

they make me laugh, I loved the one when they went on the boat...

[beccabock]

that is exactly how i was like when i went there!