Not The Nine O'Clock News - Gerald the gorilla

[MrPixlas]

Flaaange

[suskistube]

"Whoop", a totally made up term for gorillas!

[dutchlover2012]

a Gorilla who can speak what aristotles said...XD

[JonnieBrightside]

Everyone gets on with David Attenborough.

[geraldliriano]

lol my name is gerald

[jchoward9]

this is not a gorrila on a wendsday afternoon us what u typed in to get here

[1965ajax]

@jchoward9 You're right, It's Monday morning mate.. ...BTW,What 'time-zone' you in?

[02proctera2]

I am also a bit partial to Johnny Mathis 

[doctortehe]

And now the word is in common usage. all hail the flange of gorillas!

[MaskedMan66]

@doctortehe "Whoop," I think you mean! :-)

[ACNC1]

Always wondered where they got this idea from? Could be when Michael Parkinson interviewed Ollie Reed watch?v=jp77ECNTBkU

[MyPablohoney]

Six people have absolutely no sense of humour!

[MrScarysbro]

Billy Connelly is a lucky man!

[MaskedMan66]

@MrScarysbro Aye!

[BoboBenny]

6 people must be talking gorillas!!!

[ZeroPercentFat]

Hahahahahahaha! A gorilla speaking greek! hahahahahah!

[wisteela]

Classic

[LoxagosSkiritidas]

Am Greek,and what Atkison said is:here is a cucumber, the woman is a bicycle.Εδώ είναι ένα αγγούρι,η γυναίκα είναι ένα ποδήλατο. XD

[funkycoldm3dina]

OMG she is so beautiful!

[mrcalarsenal]

Rowan Atkinson is an absolute comedy genius along with his writers. You have Mr. Bean, this, Black Adder etc.

[Ajemandme]

Ha ha I like the way Gerald eating banana.

[fredriknorand]

'Flange' is now a word used by academics, but it originated in this sketch!

[trickykid73]

@fredriknorand Gorillas or Baboons ? ...and so whats a whoop ??

[jamieblack]

'When I caught Gerald in '68, he was completely wild' ...' Wild! I was completely livid!' HAHAHA GENIUS

[ADyingFaith]

'Leave Dave out of this'

[Longsleeeves]

I was waiting for the gorilla to retort. "I could crush your head"

[raymazarek]

pamela is a babe.

[stvn758]

Yeah, I've got lots of mates. Ha.

[TheTheoldgit]

"Oh shut up and have a banana!"

[travellinginandtonic]

and to think that a group of gorillas is called a whoop because of this sketch, superb.

[FreedomFighterUK]

@travellinginandtonic erm it's flange.

[xyaqua]

1:25

[frostytheaussie]

you can here Rowan stutter when he says "but in" at 0:49. that's the reason why he pronounces b-words in such a distinctive way, to try and get around the stutter

[carruthersj]

@frostytheaussie Nice spot!

[burmanmusic]

The Funniest Line of All Time Award goes to 1:08 Pure Genius!

[johnamackr]

does he say crumpet?

[nonindividual]

They were just discussing "flange" on TMS. That's what brought me here.

[Merrillmiller99]

One of the funniest sketches I´ve ever seen!



[donkeyboy27]

David "bloody" Attenborough...hahahaha

[silkyskilz]

classic sketch!!!!!!!!!!!

[JPRandom12]

6 people are pissed of gorillas.

[StLandrew1958]

"It's a Whoop of Gorillas, Professor. It's a Flange of Baboons..!"

For a couple of years after I first saw this sketch in the early 1980s, I thought a collection of baboons was indeed a Flange. [It's actually a Congress, if you want to be pedantic. Nothing wrong with Group, of course]. Then just a few years ago I read a scientific paper in Nature which talked seriously about a Flange of Baboons. Classic Comedy making its mark in zoology.

[jelazylizard]

@StLandrew1958 on Qi it was comfirmed that when not the 9 oclock news made up word for a group of baboons (flange) it became accepted lmao

[louisrei]

I'd like to have its script...so badly

[aaron9099]

"Aristotle once said..."

lol, love Rowan.

[LucasW180]

Wild? i was absolutely Livid xD

[SonOfRojBlake]

Wild, I was absolutely livid.

Simply brilliant.

[kingofthedammed]

6 people are gerald

[cancino98]

Six people wipe their bottoms with letters...

[RandytheAstonishing]

I thought it was an actual black guy in a "faceless" gorilla costume at first. Go on, deny it...but you see it too.

[38dragoon38]

Fookin' 'eak! A middle class gorilla! He'll be appearing on Woman's Hour and plugging an autobiography next!

[TheSchoolRandomeness]

For everyones information the thing he says in Greek is

Εδώ είναι ένα αγγούρι. Η γυναίκα είναι τι ποδήλατο.

Here is a cucumber. The woman is the bicycle.

or

Η ζωή είναι ένα αγγούρι, η γυναίκα είναι τη ποδήλατο"

Life is a cucumber, woman is the bicycle.

[dovestones]

"Crumpet"

[987TravelSingapore]

lol.

[hillfigurs]

who is she by the way... anyone know?

if you do i implore you please tell!

[tailgunner66]

@hillfigurs

That's Pamela Stephenson, one of the regulars on NTNON. In this skit the professor was Mel Smith and Gerald was played by Rowan Atkinson.

[WROrchestra]

@hillfigurs Pamela Stephenson - Billy Connolly's Wife

[hillfigurs]

oooh that girl is waaaay sexy!!!



[3thewes3]

Class

[Paulwherrell]

The 6 dislikes must've been gorillas!

[stipefan11]

@Paulwherrell: Yes - I guess it was Gerald´s old - well, how to spell it? - woop. (?)

[ADEMruinedmylife909]

Funniest thing about this for me is the way that "Gerald" examines his fingernails whilst the professor speaks! XD

[Landog14]

@ADEMruinedmylife909 And the fork and knife to eat the banana later on!

[Landog14]

@ADEMruinedmylife909 And the fork to eat the banana near the end!

[P3NGYJ03]

The Closed Captioning on this is so very Fail ;)

[Monamika84]

I love Rowan as an intelligent gorilla:)

[sinceyoudied]

"The production on that album is AMAZING!"

[tich302001]

yes Pamela is still married to Billy Connolly the have two children two girls

[Tworonnies1]

Why would a French person watch this it is not their type of comedy

[lordtufty]

She is probably a mega milf now!! XD

[jeparlebienlefrance]

i've study it in english.After translation it's very funny ^^

[Teetee33]

They cut out the orangutan bit, where he says, "you know how you tell jokes about the Irish not being very clever. Well, back home we tell the same jokes about orangutans, who really aren't famous for being all that bright..." Still, a classic bit of comedy.  RA as Gerald is superb. :-)

[thechotuchichu]

not in the biblical sense....lol

[Smitamas101]

"David Attenborough, all i ever here is David BLOODY Attenborough"

[lordtufty]

@Smitamas101 *hear

[QuinlanRocks]

haha, I've watched this loads of times! but have only just realised that after the 'Wild? I was absolutely livid' line, I'm sure he says 'I've never met such a Twat in my life!! lol

[xTheNightWatchmanx]

My dad LOVE's this!

[ad841164]

What an absolute gem XD

[ItsTurningGreen002]

6 people didn't graduate high school english.

[TheodorBjork]

I love it when he laughs at the "biblical sense" joke. Shows Rowan Atkinson's great mastering of verbal, and to a even larger extent, physical comedy (and I do not count that Mr. Bean-tripe into that)

[LordGuinness]

@TheodorBjork

poor Mr. Bean!

[WENGERGOONER]

Geralds first nod cracked me up!!!

[tom300591]

OK then....here's the Gorilla one from Not the Nine o clock News...

[tom300591]

Ok then...another one from Not the Nine o Clock News...

[SjaanK85]

What does Livid mean?

I tried to look it up, but google doesn't go any further then 'upset'.

But that doens't make any sense.

Help anyone.

[MrCousinHemp]

@SjaanK85 Furious.

[SjaanK85]

@MrCousinHemp AAHH Tanks alot mate!

[wetukman]

or going mental at a suggestion off

[dycarbon1]

@SjaanK85

extremely angry/furious

[bronkoghma]

@SjaanK85 well, obviously, its evenw orse than wild

[HoosierMF]

"Yeah I've got lots of mates"

[misshobbity]

*is laughing so much I now have hiccups* Man *hiccup* THIS. IS. FREAKIN. *hiccup* the funniest damn sketch, never gets old!! *hiccup* A million episodes of My Family couldn't have one second that is as funny as this.  Classic.

[robloxcoolman32]

lol the flower!

[zatoichi12345]

'he's living with me.'

'not in the biblical sense'

[ADEMruinedmylife909]

"Whoop, professor, a whoop of gorillas. It's a flange of baboons for god's sake"

XD LMAO!

[isosteric]

30 years old! British comedy gold. Rowan is genius as always but Pamela should be given due credit for carrying this sketch. Her dead pan comedy timing is a master class. A timeless classic. Love it love it love it!!

[chinahands100]

@isosteric billy a lucky boy haha

[MultiSmartass1]

I like the idea of a Gorilla being taught to talk so well he corrects the diction of the scientist who has taught him. Quite nice sketch here.

[IHaveTheQi]

Dibs on Pamela Stephenson

[Dracopol]

The sketch just after this was "I Like Bouncing", a song parody of ska music. Those guys can't stop bouncing!

[TheAverageFox]

"Wild? I was absolutely livid." Makes me laugh every time I see this.

[StLandrew1958]

It's a Whoop of Gorillas, Professor, a Whoop. It's a Flange of Baboons..!

Of course, it's actually nothing of the kind, but subsequently there have been zoologists studying baboons, who have referred to a collection of them as a Flange.

Such is the influence of Not The 9 O'Clock News, down through the years.

[StLandrew1958]

It's a Whoop of Gorillas, and a Flange of Baboons..!

It's actually nothing of the kind, but zoologists studying baboons have subsequently referred to a collection of baboons as a Flange. How's that for influence..?

[nivram2641]

Thanks, Kimmo. LOL. Many years ago I wrote a TV film for ABC, a so-called serious film, on Ape communication. What was I thinking? I should have written it as a comedy.

[mgzt190plus]

CRUMPET LMAO! Classic!

[sherrywine1941]

Thanks Mikee.. this was terrific LOL

2 Thumbs up,

Sherry

[HermanHanauer]

Thanks for the laugh in between...Mike...

[TINMANschannel]

superb great show loved it ,,thanks Mikee

[monello198]

that is still funny after 30 years...

[alexandraxxxxxx]

@monello198 mikee one of my fav shows, really funny .....never dates...thx u for sharing ;;0)

[MisfitDirectors]

This is why people say a Flange of baboons. Richard Curtis made it up.

[malelion]

"68".... haha..

[intermezzo770]

superb.

[MrDCWood]

This is a bloody brilliant sketch. ONLY Rowan Atkinson could've portrayed Gerald.

I only just noticed something just now. 1:11, after he's said he was 'absolutely livid' and the audience laughs and applauds, Gerald carries on with "I've never met such a twat in all my life."

Listen closely and you can hear it! LOL!

[Musicmakertom]

I can't believe this has only has 75k views! Possibly the funniest sketch ever!

[nagamora]

"ur methods do leave a bit to be desired "

"not in the biblical sense "

LOL .

can't get enough

[xfirebomb]

This is bloody hilarious.

[nagamora]

SHUT UP AND HAVE A BANANA

I'm addicted to this video

[martynpank]

1565992 I hope you're right. This translation is very funny!!!!

[benarielraven]

Thanks to this sketch, the collective for baboons is now "a flange". Pretty amazing, if you think about, that one throwaway line like that can change zoological terminology forever...

[martynpank]

Does anyone know the latin- (Pheonetically) 'eethoee ine en angooday, eeganecke, ine, peepavilladoh'? I've heard it may be- 'Here is my wife & she sings for the people'!!!! But, I'm not sure!

[Anteater1234567]

Its Greek...Aristotle.

[martynpank]

Yes. But is it acurate?

[Anteater1234567]

No idea, I've only ever studied latin, not greek

[martynpank]

I thought it was Latin! Please understand that I have put this on pheonetically! But, above all, this sketch is brilliant!

[Anteater1234567]

Nope, its Greek. Aristotle was a Greek

[martynpank]

Understand. My best translation is as below- 'Here is my wife & she sings to the people'. Can you say different?

[Anteater1234567]

Though some use of google suggests:

Εδώ είναι ένα αγγούρι. Η γυναίκα είναι τι ποδήλατο.

Here is a cucumber. The woman is the bicycle.

or

Η ζωή είναι ένα αγγούρι, η γυναίκα είναι τη ποδήλατο"

Life is a cucumber, woman is the bicycle.

[martynpank]

Anteater-  I hope you are right, this is so funny!

[1565992]

Actually it's not Aristotle, but a joke in modern Greek: "Life is a dick, woman is a bike; suck the one and ride the other". Not a very good one, by the way, but still it's rather funny listening to Rowan speaking my language.

[dharmaseed]

Oh, shut up about your bloody evening classes, Gerald!

[fdmarminy]

have you got a mate?

yeah I'v got lots of mates, the professor, his son Toby, Raymond from next door.

no that's not...

Oh I see what you mean.. Crumpet Crumpet LOL

[therobertotronic]

LOL! Love it. Rowan Atkinson is great!

Gerald?!!

'68 0:37

[shadowcontroll]

"Wild? I was absolutly livid!" lol

[RabbiGrandad]

"Wild I was absolutely livid" XD

[ChannelEden]

@RabbiGrandad one of the best lines on tv ever

[ADEMruinedmylife909]

@RabbiGrandad He's never felt like such a twat in his life! XD

[DinoCrunch1]

sorry brutal turtle

[DinoCrunch1]

yes blue turtle she is peng

[BrutalTurtle]

Pamela a so hot.

[starsky665]

Oh why cant us youngsters have shows like this instead of Cowell's kingdom of crap... I've just found NTNON and I wet myself nearly every sketch, this has to be my favorite by far! And that mask is just the best!

[Blacknarcissa]

@starsky665 I agree. I grew up on a diet of Jeeves And Wooster, Blackadder and NTNON! - I'm 16 now and would much rather watching those programs than anything with Cowell in. :/

[starsky665]

Blackadder! =D Yeah in the list includes Mr Vic Reeves, Monty Python and The Ronnies, I mean really what a load of shit we have on these days, Apart from like IT Crowd, Black Books Father Ted and The Inbetweeners TV is pretty much shit,

[Blacknarcissa]

@starsky665 True. The Inbetweeners is great and you can't beat Black Books (I've seen Bill Bailey live! woot!) or Father Ted. I also love Peep Show and Spaced but I haven't yet watched IT Crowd although my friend adore it. However, I would give all these up for Monty Python to be shown on TV again - quoting lines is no fun on your own! :D

[starsky665]

Lol all my friends know Monty Python so its all good :D Oh yeah Peep Show that Mitchell and Webb Look and Simon Pegg is just brilliant. Also lcuky so and so for seeing the Bailey live. *Jealous*

[Blacknarcissa]

On my 16th birthday and everything. Best birthday present ever. x)

[monkeybanana101]

The production on that album is amazing!

[kakadoodoo3000]

my friend recommended this to me, and i'm eternally grateful.

[tiradeoftruth]

one of my favs from the 2 dvds.

i think after he says

i was livid i think he says..

"i never such a twat in me life"?

[treschicestmoi]

sheer brilliance!

[louisrei]

@ 2:53. What does he say? Who is Johnney Mashes? Anyone would help?

Thx.

[pa1a7qZ6e]

Johnny Mathis

[Tazz070299]

@louisrei

Johnny Mathis :-)

[xxirlandssamuraixx]

johnny mathis

[EricDanier]

WOW!!! I'm Greek!! He really DOES speak greek at 3:10!!! With an awful accent of course, but he's says "Life is a cucumber, and the woman is a bicycle."!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!! I wonder where he got that from!!!!!!!!!

[juzt156]

lol

[goodbyelonglive44]

@EricDanier what the.....

ha ha ha ha ga

[Dracopol]

@EricDanier That's profound!

[binaway]

@EricDanier Well of course. You wouldn't expect a gorilla to have a Greek accent now would you

[Thestrangegoldhorse]

@EricDanier I'm Greek too! haha what an accent !!!!!!!! haha ! Brilliant sketch by the way !

[HaniiPuppy]

@EricDanier I'm going to say that next time I'm in greece, just to see what other people's reactions would be xD

[ChannelEden]

@EricDanier From Aristotle :)

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Look, I know you've never got on with my mother..

Well she didn't exactly like Me!

She got on perfectly well with David Attenborough

David Attenborough! All I ever hear is David bloody Attenborough!

[LadyMagnolia90]

wow, he speakes greek at 3:10. I'm Greek and it was hilarious to hear it so unexpectedly!!! Rowan Atkinson is the best!!!!

[kakadoodoo3000]

what did he say, in greek? :) thanks

[LadyMagnolia90]

he said: "i zoi ine ena aggouri, i gineka ine ti podilato".(grammatically incorrect-it should be "ena podilato")The translation in english is "Life is a cuccumber,woman is a bicycle".A joke of course...Aristotle wouldn't have said that!!!

[kakadoodoo3000]

HAHA! OMG! even the greek part was a joke. rowan atkinson is brilliant! my british colleague recommended this sketch to me. i think he'd be most amused to know what the greek part meant. thanks so very much!

[TheIandurkin1]

class

[Kimberleg]

One of Rowans's best sketches ever