Spike Milligan - Laugh At A Cretin

[McToddRidesAgain]

This is one of my all-time favourite Spike Milligan sketches. Everything about this sketch is spot-on, the dialogue, the stock footage they use, the music, the editing, costumes, it's an absolute blinder and basically says everything that needs saying about game shows. Thank you very much for uploading it!

[TheMrgaztop]

They are not available on dvd because the morons at the bbc deleted them all

[eelpieballox]

why has there not been an investigation into this victimization,, they didnt wipe the fuicking crankies and little and large and other shit we have to endure,, but this is timeless and irreplaceable class,,

[Johniola1]

While lame shows like Dad's Army, Are You Being Served and Eastenders remain untouched. Sickening!

[Johniola1]

True story: Terry Jones once got word that the BBC was going to begin wiping Python. (!!!!!!!!!!) Upon hearing this, he bought all the original masters directly from the network, and thank God for that! The wiping of classic original British comedy was almost tradition at the Beeb, and entire episodes of Q, 1948 Show, Not Only But Also, Frost Report and the first few seasons of the Goodies were all wiped so they could use the tapes for "Horse of the Year" show and news footage!!!

[bobojohns]

@popvids40 @popvids40 No, the BBC won't show non PC stuff because the moment they do the right wing media jump on them - see 'Sachsgate' for a classic example, although there are many more. A very real fear of upsetting the apple cart and having public funding pulled from them is a great stifler of creativity. You want more daring TV? Stop reading the Mail.

[eggmangoogoogoojoob]

@bobojohns I couldn't agree more. UK Gold even bleeped out the word 'bastard' when Margaret was reminiscing as to the cruel fate of her budgie in 'One Foot in the Grave' recently.

[johnhalley974]

It gets worse. They are even beeping out certain words when they show reruns of porridge on TV. What next? 18 ratings for the two ronnies.

[johnhalley974]

Who scrambled the boobs in the shadow puppet bit? Last time i seen this it was left in.

[gr00ved]

@johnhalley974 I had to do this on a couple of videos - previously posted uncensored versions of some of my clips were reported by some prudish people as containing inappropriate content. We're living in tough times...

[p717]

@gr00ved

Rough times indeed when folks can't enjoy a nice looking breast :)

[tyraMenendez]

@johnhalley974

Americans and our fear of boobs.

[Zeanu]

Hahaha. XD

[cosycleaner]

Funny how masterly TV comedy predicts the future - this IS the X Factor!

[parlezuml]

@cosycleaner I think he's actually having a pop at "Game For A Laugh", which was big in the early 80's

[milbomilbo]

@parlezuml Yes! I presume the cut price Wogan is Henry Kelly, the bearded she-man Matthew Kelly, the Richard III hunchback must be a reference to Jeremy Beadle's polio affected hand (which does seem in poor taste!) I think the blonde woman is meant to be Sarah Kennedy.

[swallin19]

Blame the rights holders, Equity, PRS, and the BBC, they all share the contractual mess they wrote themselves into, along with other broadcasting unions who forced the restrictions on to archived material.

[dsilvahub]

Laugh at a cretin, I thought it was called big brother?

[MsBkirk]

@dsilvahub He's predicted Britain's Got Talent here as well as Big Brother.

[dsilvahub]

@MsBkirk Huurrrrr (sound of shuderring) britain's got talent.... I'd almost blocked it out. May I add Strictly come dancing?

[leoseries]

Laugh At A Cretin. Is this where they got the idea for Reality TV?

[schizoidboy]

@leoseries Most likely;)

[rlneesam]

Bluebottle and Eccles on each side of a locked door. Bluebottle says "Turn the knob on your side" Eccles replies, "I haven't got a knob on my side".

Bluebottle tries to explain gravity to Eccles.

"Eccles , when you jump up in the air what happens?" "I come back down again." "Why is that?" "Cos I live here".

Good enough for me.

[soundnicetome]

Hey dont forget even though you cannot get these programmes on dvd,just think of the fantastic option available today?What about X Factor,complete shit in every respect !!!

[sillywalks111]

Now we know where the Python's 16 ton weight came from.

[LeeJTurnock]

Sorry, the Pythons' 16 ton weight was a reference to a 1950s record called 'Sixteen Tons'. Besides, they did their first series in 1969, this Milligan clip is from 1982!

[rlneesam]

clip from 1982 original show 1954

[RoyMallard02]

Why the hell are this and Q not available on DVD? Ridiculous.

[LeeJTurnock]

The BBC should be ashamed of themselves. All those great programmes in the archive, destined to rot there forever. Rutland Weekend Television, It's Marty (Feldman), the Q series, There's A Lot Of It About, Dave Allen at Large, the list goes on and on. And they remain determined to shit all over the Goodies, even though they ran for ten hugely successful years on the BBC and regularly pulled in viewing figures of 10 million - unheard of for BBC2 today.

[rlneesam]

Tommy Handley, Just Fancy, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, Breakfast with Braden, Stand Easy, Much Binding, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch? Jimmy James and Eli

[lochead1]

@LeeJTurnock Yeah, and you know what really gets my goat? The British public paid for all of that material to be made. By rights, we should have free access to ALL of the BBC's archive.

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

@LeeJTurnock The networks here in the US have the same lack of foresight. Where once there were hilarious B&W movies on late night TV, there are only infomercials now. As children, my siblings and I would wake up at 5:30am to watch a test pattern until 6:00am when the networks came on the air for an hour of cartoons before school. We became regular TV viewers at that early age. Now there are no cartoons. If the networks want to compete with cable, they should revert back to the classics.

[Glenn1967ful]

@LeeJTurnock

Oh yes and show such boring rubbish as Holby City and Eastenders as if they are great entertainment. Also the way they almost ignore Kenny Everett now is a disgrace.

[xenosoldier]

@LeeJTurnock Old American wisdom. If you want something done, bitch and moan as loud as you can and get some friends to join in. Eventually, it does seem to pay off. So let's start riding their asses about it.

[Lytton333]

@LeeJTurnock Blanket Snooker-coverage on BBC2 these days..says it all really..

[flappospammo]

@LeeJTurnock

well said , the way they treat the goodies is beyond belief

they say it's old fashioned - so dads army and porridge isn't ? and whats wrong with being old fashioned anyway

%$£& the bbc

[eelpieballox]

lets not forget the BBC should sued as they wiped a lot of BEATLES variety shows they had in the valuts, now if thats not a crime,, they are subnormal arseholes who work there,, 

[WilliamDeGroins]

I'm led to believe that the Beeb erased the tapes of Q etc.

[7Lightening]

@RoyMallard02 Because some of the material is missing from the BBC archives.

[sunderland1631]

ar hes fallin in da wata.

[arfacat]

the shadow puppet bit is brilliant

[robinoi]

It's Game For A Laugh

[LeeJTurnock]

Keith Smith at 01:30 is piss funny!

[bunglezip]

Once again,a choice cut of genius!

[TomRaymondUK]

Who's that man-woman-thing at 1:18? It's been driving me crackers! I don't recognize the actor / actress at all!

[hoadmaback]

Its Julia Breck....You cant disguise that bust, even whiththose clothes!!!!

[TomRaymondUK]

So it is!

[robinoi]

It's supposed to be Matthew Kelly