The Candlelight Supper: Season 2, Episode 3, Part 1

[Cvandoloski]

shouting is so common.

[MissLeopard28]

"Richard, I have reason to believe that something has pooped in my polyanthis."

LMAO!

[MsFanmail]

Hyacinth makes the most funniest faces when she sees onslow and daisy.........................

[Pauly69s]

if ur gonna wear a see thru nitey dont wear a vest!

LMFAO!

[aliceamazing4]

"She'll sing at me, she always sings at me!" LOL<3 Emmett is hilarious

[bronteteri]

this rose is so much prettier than the other rose..although they both kept slim and looked good all the time.

[beani24329]

I don't care how disappointed he'll be, you must not start calling him Brenda

[beani24329]

Love how she asks Richard to be quiet about the phone call, but when Richard says it is Violet, she screams about the swimming pool and room for a pony

[djguapo]

"It gives the impression that I specialize in superfluous amounts of garbage"

ROFL!

[phantomhurricane666]

@djguapo most of which comes out of her mouth.

[SuperSlavisha]

I would gladly went to Hyacinth's Candlelight supper! I like this show very much,but in my country ,almost no one has even heard of it!

Hello to all the fans from Montenegro!!!

Slavisha:):):)

[ruffian816]

hyacinth has way too much time on her hands.

[Persephoness]

i know Absolutely Fabulous is being redone but i wish Patricia would come back for more keeping up appearances

[NerdyGoodGIRL]

I Love when Onslow says " Let Mr. Helliwell come early and he can Tidy up"! Too Funny! I agree! If he wants the house to look a certain way, Let come with cleaning supplies and a Hoover, and clean up the house to his own liking. Leave and the return and pretend that the House has always looked that way!

[ladypeinforte]

hahaha "they will keep passing down my avenue"...I wonder if the scriptwriters pooled all their experiences of outrageous neighbors.

[csrogc63]

Poor Hyacinth~!~ her plans are always ruined.

[Hanakomiko]

poor emmet a candlight supper :) I remember that in one of those episodes Hyacinth is talking on the phone with Violet and she tells her about Elizabeth or someone else and after a while she says 'What do you mean you couldn see anybody?'

[twiwonder]

Maybe I'm nuts, but I cAn't see Liz without thinking of "Chicken Run." She looks AND sounds exactly like one of the chickens.

[Terreca27]

I luv it luv it luv it

[MrElectrician59]

This show was so hilarious.

[VOLVORULEZ1995]

Does anybody get the impression that Emmet's camp?

[Sakoderman]

this was aired before my birth! LOL

[nevfx]

@Sakoderman This aired like 2 weeks after mine!

[GrahamLondonUK]

@Sakoderman Same for me, except that I was 32 years old!

[maxflyingcowboy]

thanks norwegicusthethird for having uploaded this amazing series!

[jd00720]

I swear, Violet's Bruce is nuttier than a squirrels pantry...

LOL!!!

[mcabevere]

really want to ask, why can't someone married with that sort of irritating but kind woman get divorced?

[MariaRoth76]

I record this everyday.

[jonnygti]

I dont care how dissapointed he'll be, you must not start calling him Brenda LMAO hahahahah love it

[CrazySexyCoolmeisha]

haha.......i feel so bad for richard being married to a crazy person like hyacinth

[Blackthorne369]

@thosefour Yes, long may Mrs. Bouquet reign! B-u-c-k-e-t, Bouquet!

[wannagoback052]

HA HA I used to have on my answering

machine- Hello, this is the lady of the

house speaking, please leave a message,

thank you,trying to sound like Hyacinth. It really

cracked my Mom up.

[phantomhurricane666]

she talks enough rubbish to qualify for the rubbish lorries to pass everyday anyway.

[MsTommyknocker]

what happened to part 2??

[MsTommyknocker]

Thanx for uploading!!!!!

[shudde240]

It would have been great if we could have seen Sheridan! LOL!

[donufro]

You do see the back of his head in one episode ;-)

[KingofStarfox]

This show is brilliant.

[dars2607]

Why is there no laughing at the 'confirming or removing' interpretation part? :-P

[TiffKing]

i wonder why they added emmett to the show, there's nothing wrong with him, I luv emmett, I just wonder if producers felt that the show lacked something or just wanted to add another character

[gymnastix]

Great contribution here, "Norwegicus The Third!" This is a great TV series, and the uploads you've provided are a wonderful addition to You Tube.

[DanielDrosa]

Its hardly suprising that Emmits wife ran off with another man judging by the way he acts

[NashvilleJermz]

"you must not start calling him Brenda!" hahahaha!!! This show and Are You Being Served are my two favorite shows!!

[93euro]

lol 3:12

[Utube2look]

In the opening where it shows the title, isn't that a possible photo of her son Sheridon.

[powerstar09]

I never thought of that it could be i wish we could have seen him in at least 1 episode

[gymnastix]

Yes, I quite agree. And it would also have been nice to have seen "our Violet" and her husband "Bruce," the couple with the home that has "a sauna and is big enough for a pony."

Except for an episode wherein "Hyacinth" & "Richard" rush to rescue "Bruce" (who's up a tree, dressed in one of "our Violet's" evening gowns), in which we may only see some legs dangling from the foliage, I don't think "our Violet" and her "Bruce" were ever shown either.

[gymnastix]

Perhaps a sequel series is in order, then?

Wouldn't it be great if at least a reunion feature could be produced, finally showing "our Violet," her "Bruce" and "their Sheridan?"

[powerstar09]

I quite agree a sequel would be marvelous

[dangeloandthangs]

Bruce was just shown in the episode right before this one; he is dressed as Maid Marion as Hyacinth and her husband drive down the street.

[28PaulS]

Patricia Routledge grew up in Birkenhead! lol

the least posh area you can think off.

[gymnastix]

Is Patricia Routledge still acting or retired?

I am just now watching "Keeping Up Appearances" in the States--it airs weeknights on a public broadcasting affiliate in Boston, Massachusetts.

Watching this series has become a daily routine for me, something to which I greatly look forward in this period of cultural decline on American television, especially for the situation comedy genre (which I grew up loving and am so disappointed about the current lack of contemporary, quality series').

[gymnastix]

I actually saw Miss Routledge's later TV series, "The Hetti Wainthropp Mysteries" first.

And while she was amusingly eccentric in that series, which, like our "Murder, She Wrote" series starring Angela Lansbury, must be borrowed from Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple" stories, I think the role of "Hyacinth Bucket" is absolutely magnificent and will be this actress' def8ining role of her career.

[gymnastix]

Excuse me, that was supposed to read "defining role of her career." The text font is getting harder & harder to see, as my vision continues to deteriorate.

But I also think the text default in my browser (Firefox), to begin with, is too small for even a person with normal vision.

[gymnastix]

Is Miss Routledge in good health, do you know? I would love to see her act on stage, if that would ever be possible.

By the way, would you say Birkenhead is a locale more akin to where "our Daisy, Onslow & Rose" reside on the show--that is, decidedly lower-class?

Do you happen to know (if it was ever mentioned on the show) in which neighborhood "Daisy & Onslow" did reside, if their neighborhood was based on some actual, British neighborhood?

[28PaulS]

yes..Patricia Routledge is in good health, however she is about 80 years old now so she no longer acts.

As for Birkenhead, there are alot of terrace houses, and some parts of the area are closed down and fallen apart. There is also a high crime rate, such as robbery and anti-social behaviour. I only know the modern Birkenhead though, the era she grew up in I imagine it would have been very different.

[gymnastix]

Also, was the neighborhood of "Hyacinth & Richard " ever mentioned, and was it real or based on some real, British neighborhood?

Thank you for your initial comment, too--always nice to know some background about one of my favorite TV programs.

[lsdmadman]

leastaways no one piddled in hy's petunias

[Narnialover4]

love this show

[debzeppeliniv]

OMG thats too funny, or maybe not, if it was a Hyacynith, lol.

[debzeppeliniv]

i love this show, i can watch it over and over. imagine actually being a guest at one of her suppers rofl!!!!

[GhostOfPaley]

You and me both. I've honestly been in similar situations :S

[RIORDENATO]

poor emmet..... his wife ran off with a man who wasn't even good at gardening.

[jonnygti]

What do you mean you've nothing to wear dear? you have lots of beautiful clothes.

I see, bruce is wearing them.

Well he cant be wearing all of them.

I see hes very possesive of them?

[Kcatcutie]

=) Love them!

[GearRocks]

Man, things sound all TOPSY-TURVY at Violets and Bruces house! : D

[bubblebear83]

They should make the Mrs. Bucket video.

People call her Mrs. Bucket that pronounce Bouquet.

[TXRider]

The "unseen" Violet is hilarious. Really great!

[karenraposo]

"Oh, not that knitted 2 piece, I can't bear him in that knitted 2 piece"

Love Richard

[ucalegon7]

thank you for having this up, so many good memories

[GandSAfan]

"Richard, I have reason to believe that something's pooped in my polyanthis!" LOL!

[geostar616]

"bog off Onslow" lol

[acidbomb44]

richard, dont shout its so common

ROFLMAO!!!

[acidbomb44]

bolshie bin man ROFL !

[fossiegirl]

Onslow to Daisy -- "if your going to wear a see-through nightie, don't wear a vest"

a vest in Britain, is an undershirt, isn't it?

[raindropsinclouds]

Yes, that's correct.

[Carpe0Diem8]

yeah

[george77772moons]

wait, did she say "balls*** binman?"

[CybermeN100]

no ballshie binman

[m0ufin]

Plus the term is bull not ball too.

[ScooterLett]

It's actually Bolshie Binman. I've heard "Bolshie" used in several other British comedies through the years. It's short for Bolsevik.

[lionandcobra]

I do hope that it will get better soon.any way, your idea of posting all epidodes is just wonderful. you can buy only two series in my country.I have never seen series 4 or 5.

[NorwegicusTheThird]

I had to order season 4 and 5 from the U.K as well. Don't know why they don't sell the entire series here.

[Rollinabigbone420]

I know!! I have been trying to find the Waiting For God series, and the Are You Being Served, but to no avail... Sometimes American marketing sux...

[Hagar7]

I think nearly the entirety of Are You Being Served are on YouTube. Waiting For God I don't know because I never found it that funny, but re: AYBS you're in luck.

[Blackthorne369]

@Rollinabigbone420 @Rollinabigbone420 Yes it does sometimes. But you can totally find the sets in America! You just have to order them from shoppbs org. It's expensive but they're there. So are other great British comedies: Are you Being Served?, Last Of the Summer Wine, and others!

[Blackthorne369]

@Rollinabigbone420 @Rollinabigbone420 Yes it does sometimes. But you can totally find the sets in America! You just have to order them from shoppbs(dot)org. It's expensive but they're there. So are other great British comedies: Are you Being Served?, Last Of the Summer Wine, and others!

[lionandcobra]

why is the sreen so narrow?

[NorwegicusTheThird]

I have no idea really. It did not go out from my video editor like this, it is the work of youtube. And it annoys me.

[JTBlade]

i love this and i love this norweigus guy that keeps putting them on thanks babe x x x

[klarinetta]

British comic is one of the best in the world and much better than American.

[theinventer6000]

sorry I DISAGREE, I think that American comedy is getting better and is really good, but the British have a very unique way of doing Comedy which is what makes them great.

[klarinetta]

American comedy used to be good when we had Cheers,Fraiser and Seinfeld but since then it has only gotten worse. How many times have we seen the dumb fat husband and the thin sexy looking clever wife??????

[SheepFugue]

Oh come on, there are plenty of mindless stupid british comedies. Better products are more likely to find a broader audience, that's why it always seems like foreign countries have better tv and movies than we do. Because they don't export the shite.

[LupoProductionsLtd]

Well, that's not really true. There are many mindless comedies from every country, but Britain has many more "smart" comedies than just about any other country. And yes, people do export shite- look at the success of things like "My Super Ex-Girlfriend", etc.

[george77772moons]

this show kicks so much god**** ***. and british comedy is awesome

[gymnastix]

You are correct that there has been a general decline in the American TV sitcom. But such does not discount the overall history and quality of the genre itself, among which the programs you mentioned would be considered (by television critics, scholars and informed viewers) the very best.

[gymnastix]

And though series' such as "Still Standing" and the like may harken back to a day of the one-dimensional, stupid father-husbands and know-it-all mother-wives (prevalent in such early TV programming as "The Life Of Riley" and "Trouble With Father"/"The Stu Erwin Show"), such programs as "Father Knows Best," "Leave It To Beaver" and "Family Affair" provided more realistic, reflective and responsible, parental role model figures in the intervening period.

[gymnastix]

Characters such as "Jim Anderson" and "Ward Cleaver" were written as having flaws, but dispensing wisdom and offering sound advice more often than not. Their series' showed not only fathers, but parents generally "knew better," if not always "best."

[gymnastix]

I'm, of course, not including such farcical characters as "Archie Bunker," and the animated "Homer Simpson" and "Peter Griffin" (of "Family Guy"), which were deliberately written dumb to make the points of their respective, generally well-written TV series'.

[gymnastix]

But the fathers and husbands portrayed on shows such as "The Donna Reed Show," "Leave It To Beaver" and "The Andy Griffith Show" were generally solid citizens and realistically-drawn portraits of actual, American family lives of the period, and the comedy holds up pretty well half a century later.

[gymnastix]

Would that TV families of the 21st Century could be so together (literally & figuratively), while still exuding such warmth and humor as in the best of TV sitcom families.

One may hope for a renaissance, especially in reality. But with the very foundation of the nuclear family in peril (owing to higher divorce rates, and so-called "blended" and "extended" families, etc.), such a rebirth is unlikely.

[gymnastix]

The television situation comedy (as was television, by Philo Farnsworth) was invented in the United States.

[gymnastix]

And from "The Jack Benny Program" and "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show" to "I Love Lucy," "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet," "Mister Peepers," "Leave It To Beaver," "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show," to such later-day classics as ""All In The Family" (granted, adapted from the Britcom "Till Death Us Do Part"), "The Golden Girls," "Seinfeld," "Frasier" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," there have been plenty of clever, entertaining and innovative, American sitcoms.

[gymnastix]

While I, too, love "Keeping Up Appearances" and appreciate some, other British TV comedies I have watched ("Doctor In The House," "Are You Being Served" and "As Time Goes By" among them), it is just patently uninformed and untrue to have written the statement you did here, regarding television situation comedies produced in the United States.

[gymnastix]

After you have watched at least some episodes of all or most of the series I mentioned, and have made a more serious study of the TV sitcom genre (as have I , over a lifetime of 51 years and still studying), then perhaps you will be more qualified to render an opinion on a subject about which you are currently, obviously ill-informed.

[jimjackal3]

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