DADS ARMY INTRO

[CactusFlagg]

Only boring people watch this show. And they always start with "He's dead. He's dead. He's dead. He's dead. He's getting on now."

[mrdjp97]

How could anyone hate this tune.

[Tozzywozzy01]

R.I.P David Croft :'(

[CharizardLv5]

hitler disliked

[Giselle76502]

1 PERSON DISLIKES IT, DON'T PANICK, DON'T PANICK MR MANERING!!!!!

[mrmagicroundcircle]

Spent many a weekend at walmington on sea as children in the seventies hadnt hardly changed much since the war years.

[richintalent]

My dad, rest his soul, who RARELY laughed at anything, found this show uproariously funny as he'd spent time in England during WW2. I wonder if there was ever a comedy [and this question is asked innocently with no malice intended] regarding Germany's side of the war [excluding 'Hogan's Heroes']?

[Boico101]

@richintalent Although 'Allo 'Allo! focuses mainly on the French resistance, it does have numerous scenes that concentrate solely on the German officers, don't think it's what you were looking for but I thought it was worth a mention.

[TrollReborn]

@richintalent Not really. The closest one would be 'allo allo' a comedy set in occupied france.

[illegalsmirf]

God bless the brave German armies :)

[thatguywiththeegg]

United we stand, divided we fall. R.I.P. our fallen hero's.

[vorkutaman]

lol at the people saying the home guard were as good as the SAS! The home guard was full of dithery old grandads with WW1 bayonets and pitchforks. Thank god Hitler never invaded because the home guard would have been useless. Great programme though.

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@vorkutaman dont call my grandad dithery . he would give you a punch on the nose .

[vorkutaman]

@mrmagicroundcircle well if he was in the home guard then i would imagine that that is unlikely to happen.

[Boico101]

@vorkutaman Actually, many members of the Home Guard were trained in Guerilla warfare tactics and may have been quite useful had the Third Reich ever occupied.

[vorkutaman]

@Boico101 they could have been a nuisance for a while but inevitably the battle hardened troops of the German army would have crushed them. I'm not denegrading the dad's army,they were brave old boys who were willing to fight for our island's sovereignty but let's not pretend they were a proper fighting force. They were mostly born in the 1800's and were no match for the fitter,younger and better trained third reich soldiers.

[oarfrost]

@vorkutaman "they could have been a nuisance for a while but inevitably the battle hardened troops of the German army would have crushed them."

Dunno. The Home Guard's main problem was that initially they didn't have any decent equipment. That said Britain rearmed a lot faster than is generally assumed, many of the HG had been through WWI and were a lot more battle trained than the Germans and would have been fighting on interior lines. If the German army couldn't take Leningrad it would ...

[oarfrost]

@oarfrost bleed to death trying to fight its way into London. Possibly most important of all, the HG were all volunteers. Most of Hitler's troops were conscripts.

[mrmagicroundcircle]

i was told by my grandfather that the home guard were far more deadly and fearsome than the sas.

[ojideagu]

@mrmagicroundcircle You do speak a complete load of horse shit. You're like those fake old gits wearing pretend medals who go to memorial ceremonies posing with fake medals among the real veterans.

Stop trolling. This song was not written during the war, and the home guard were nothing like the SAS.

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@ojideagu beg your pardon

[lukekellycopy]

that is clearly the dunkirk rescue

[MrGikesmanners]

Arthur Lowe used to be a narrator or Mr Men Orignal Series by Rogar Harvgraves in 1975-1983!

[mrmagicroundcircle]

My grandmother born in the eastend remembers singing this in underground during the darkest days of the blitz. And whenever the theme came over the tv she would breakout in uncontrolable tears . We dont realize what these poor people went through or how lucky we are..

[Woodlander65]

Oh dear! Love this theme though.

[rowancboi17]

'who do u think u are kiddin jurgen klinsmen if u think old englands done!'

[JReed1985]

The Germans did chase the English back to their country when all England could really do was defend themselves against the Luftwaffe (German airforce).

I found the intro funny that the English got drawn back by the Germans.

[nrjelley]

@JReed1985 you mean British? Not English you fool!

[JReed1985]

@nrjelley well it's close enough to what I was trying to say.

[easyrsguide]

did churchill and hitler not concieve a new breed of fish called the fearsomes?

[FILMMAKERCHAP]

this feem toon has been hijacked by ASDA and made into a reggae jingle LOL

[sendtothefunnyfarm]

Apparantly it was written by Jimmy Perry for the show. It was sung by Bud Flanagan who died soon after it was recorded in 1968.

[lyonnich]

very good

[britishgoose01]

its true, the very 1st SAS

[britishgoose01]

did u know the SAS the best in the world, was created in WW2, and trained with the homeguard and the homeguard were that good they never bet them

[robrawcliffe]

Don't see how that is possible really. The SAS were involved in vital missions throughout the war and sabotaged many military installations and ports. The home guard were renowned for being ill equipped and were generally laughed at. It consisted of farmers with pitch forks and their own shotguns which is no good against a machine gun that can fire from a distance.

[robrawcliffe]

Also there is a story of a RAF plane that was shot down and as the pilot parachuted out of his plane the home guard thought we was a Nazi so they shot him several times only to find out he was an RAF pilot. The home guard didn't come anywhere near to being even slightly as deadly as the SAS.

[britishgoose01]

ive read about this, unless there are people writing lies

[MaxGalactica]

However, some of "Dad's Army" were highly trained and ready to assassinate possible nazi sympathisers should England fall into Nazi hands and people like Lord Halifax take over and run a Nazi England. So they still can't just be dismissed and laughed at. They did their duty in the war, even if they weren't on the front lines.

[AceTheSalmon]

I have also heard that Home Guard members would couldn't tell the difference between a downed British pilot and a German paratrooper

[BlindPilot95]

@robrawcliffe I see your point but in some cases they did, there was a division in the home guard that were highly trained, so secret in fact that once the German invasion begun, the commander of this division was to be killed because he knew too much. They were trained to kill with fists and everyday objects as well as a rifle. Although the home guard as a whole would not have been able to hold off the German invasion, merely make it annoying for them. :D

[Ragbag02]

@robrawcliffe wel, the Home Guard have only recently been renowned as being "ill-equipped" and "generally laughed at" through popular culture such as Dad's Army. In fact, the Home Guard, were a very efficient fighting force consisting of over 1.7 Million Men! They didn't just have pitch forks and shotguns, they were equipped with Smith Guns (heavy turret machine guns!), Molotov Cocktails, and Spig Mortars. Also they practised at Battle Schools, and were equipped with American Rifles.

[RogerThat123546]

Im a great fan of this ( dads army )

[0AndyC0]

The song is just called 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitlar', a lot of people think it was written in the 1930s or 40s but it wasn't actually written until the 1960s, specially for this programme. The singer was Bud Flanagan, who was a genuine star from the 1940s and came out of retirement just to record this, although sadly he dies before the tv show became a hit. It's available on various 'Flanagan and Allen' compilation cd's.

[bigaussie68]

hehehe.....they don't like the ole cold steel sir!!!

[drivechri]

are you a fan of dads army i am it's great

[yiddomark74]

DON'T PANIC!!!

[StreetRyder3]

i rember when i first wanted to see this.. a few months ago i saw the lost epersodies (spelt it worng i no) te where funny as hell!!! shame that bbc over recorted them so they where not shown.. they where oly shown at swan theater and i saw them! funny as hell... couldnt stop laufing

[obadie18]

great stuff..