Go For an English - Goodness Gracious Me

[cmontgomeryx]

Hahaha this is so funny! Going for an english

[Soundtable1]

alright mate! ahaahahaha :D

[christuiqbul]

this is grate, anyone who is offended can piss off.

[funkyfranx]

Haha, bread rolls :)

[tubegoonxtc]

Still makes me laugh even after all this time. I'm white and not offended BTW.

[xxxpinkcandyflossxxx]

'24 plates of chips please'

Lmao

[jimbo01111]

what a fantastic comedy sketch, had me in fits of laughtert.. thumbs up 4 me!!

[Hellishcrusade]

We didn't call India 'The Jewel In The Crown' for nothing y'know!

Never met anyone of Indian descent I didn't immediately like...which regrettably, I can't say for many others...including us Brits.

[ranbrent]

Im white and this is racist....See how stupid that sounds?.....i wen't up to an indian..done the same thing but instead of "english" it was "indian" he called me racist.

[5Sush0]

"Bring the fork and knife" LMFAO! obviously they will bring them! :D lol

[Antmania1]

I think people are anal-ysing this too much. Just sit back, watch and laugh at a great parody of what (some) white people are like in an asian restaruant.

[grumpyguts1967]

@Antmania1 well said

[vapourmile]

Awesome! This program almost passed by unnoticed, I won't even comment on what I think the reasons for it is. "I want the blandest thing on the menu". Priceless.

[rajamohan07]

Jamaas....... Absolutely mind boggling comedy... Every time I watch Sanjeev and gang I laugh for hours.... Where can I find whole series...

[KevinTheGremlin]

I love this sketch it's hilarious :)

[wtfbollos]

absolutely briliant!

[EgoShredder]

The English are a dirty scum race so far as the lower classes are concerned, and the behaviour of the others is not that great. I am English and I am ashamed to be associated with much of the population I refer to, particularly the yob underclass morons hinted at in this video. This is actually very tame.

[vmanth]

@EgoShredder English are not a dirty scum race.They are as proud as any other.There are some rotten apples which sully this great country.

[EgoShredder]

@vmanth

Actually very little has changed since the middle ages hundreds of years ago. Back then the English had a terrible reputation for filth and being in a drunken state all the time, and also for lacking culture or intelligence. The reason that England became 'great' and also an empire of brilliant culture and thinking etc, was due to the many foreign invaders changing our country for the better; in some ways the same is happening today.

[wicaco]

The guy in the dark green shirt is such a great parody of the average Westerner in an ethnic restaurant. "What's the spiciest you've got? I'm so daring!" "I'm using chopsticks! Behold how cultural and exotic I am!" Reducing another culture's traditions to exotic, curious novelties isn't enlightened, it's insulting.

[trudon]

steak and kidney pee

[nathanisawsome]

Who bloody ask you ha?

[hmntds]

Let me guess, the writer and director are both NOT Indian, and most of the actors are second generation xBCD's ...

[skindeepfiji]

@hmntds

bbc.co.uk/comedy/goodnessgraci­ousme/

Seriously. Do you in fact live in the UK?

[LemonBombProductions]

Kulvinder's hand movements are so funny LOL.

[MrNaz2802]

LatinAmericaStudios: if you watch any tv show or film, Asians always play a stereotype so actually there is a lot of generalising, also in the programs of the late seventies and the eighties, stereotyping was far worse. This sketch was done in the 90's on the back of behaviour actually taking place in indian restaurants in the 80's. So do your research before submitting comments crying about prejudice.

[LatinAmericaStudios]

Hmm - somehow I think that if there was a TV sketch generalising about Indian people in Britain in this way, there would be an anti racist outcry. As usual in Britain, it's one rule for the whites and a completely different rule for immigrants.

[Stiofain1967]

@LatinAmericaStudios I think you'll find they are having a pop at typical racist attitudes amongst some (not all) westerners by holding up a mirror to how some people in the UK behave in Indian restaurants. Years ago I remember being out with a group of 'friends' who behaved terribly in a restaurant. That was the last time I went anywhere with them.

[Mr0011011]

@LatinAmericaStudios You're an idiot. This is a parody of what people ACTUALLY DO in resturants. That's why it's a parody.How has it ever been "a diffrent rule for immigrants"? Firstly, these people are British, putting on these accents for the show. There are a MUCH higher percentage of white people on benfits in the UK - who also perform worse in education.There is no such thing as a "true brit" . Oh and India/ns are portrayed steryotypically and racially on TV everyday.

[LatinAmericaStudios]

@Mr0011011 When did I say anything about benefits or education performance, or about being a true Brit? Please give examples to support your assertion that "Indians are portrayed stereotypically and racially on TV every day"? Iif a comedy series tried to portray minorities in this way there would be serious complaints and you know that. And your comments about parody or reflecting what some people do would be dismissed as irrelevant due to offence caused

[LatinAmericaStudios]

@Mr0011011 When did I say anything about benefits or education performance, or about being a true Brit? Please give examples to support your assertion that "Indians are portrayed stereotypically and racially on TV every day"? Iif a comedy series tried to portray minorities in this way there would be serious complaints and you know that. And your comments about parody or reflecting what some people do would be dismissed as irrelevant due to offence caused.

[Mr0011011]

@LatinAmericaStudios It's your attitude about immigration, like they havent worked hard for their own lives. Effectivly everyones an immigrant anyway. You said "true brit" - what is that exactly then? The simpsons, Family Guy, Eastenders, Corination Street, Friends, How I met Your Mother - the general iggnorance of people - the list goes on and on. There are HUGE steryotypes and that's a fact. How would it be "dismissed as irrelevant due to offence caused" - that's total BS

[LatinAmericaStudios]

@Mr0011011 - seriously mate you have my comments confused with someone else's. i did not use the phrase true brit, nor did i imply there was or make any assertions about immigrants. most of your arguments are about things i never said. i just don't find the sketch very funny though i see perfectly well what it is trying to do. i merely pointed out that such overt racialising of humour would be deemed unacceptable if the situation were reversed. i don't like the other shows you mention either.

[evilmick66]

@LatinAmericaStudios "such overt racialising of humour would be deemed unacceptable if the situation were reversed." That's kind of the message of this...

[saif4eva]

poor james :P

[cheerios4canaries]

24 plates of chips!! LMFAO, fatties.

[m4dm00]

chicken tika is an english dish :P but yeh, scampi is tasteless.

[Taqqiyastar]

Thats how English people behave when they had a drink and even they take it further

whether they are drunk or not but they will give it a try if the Management of the Restaurant is not strict.

These type of customers should be kicked out from the restaurant and my cousins restaurant they don,t Tolerate these sort of behavior by customers and they get kicked out.

Excellent Comedy

[northendcottage]

So funny and clever, anyone who thinks different or takes offence in any way is surely missing the point. I'm going to be thinking of the "24 plates of chips" next time I order popadoms!!

[anjumasi]

lol steak and kidney PEA

[lionzzz24]

soooooooooo funny

[doggiegunner]

aw poor James they are all picking on him, bastards lol 

[Adeela1989]

jame ass lol

[cradleofdeath123]

james looks like the scarecrow from batman begins...

[fuckamericanidiot]

@cradleofdeath123 cillian murphy, yeah he does a bit

[Mickylove76]

Going out for an English innit.

[Schnorbs]

Years after I first saw this sketch, only just noticed the "Let's get tanked up on lassis" line!

[welshgit]

Always love this sketch!

[paultasker6]

very funny :-)

[hkpthebest]

It hamnass funny man

[HappySweeto]

Eh Jam-US!

[TingTongsHoliday]

"The blandest thing on the menu" reverberated across Britain in the Lads' years of early yob culture, and this sketch was one of the things that in many ways (IMO) brought to light how badly behaved certain sections of society were (& are). We laugh at this now, as then, because of this. I see this, and much of Sanjeev & co's work as a strong part of bringing Brits of all colours closer. So keep flaming - everyone who does is a blinkered arse who really needs to wake up and reassess their views.

[willobi]

you want bland try egg and chips and bread roll !!

[randomsamno9]

Extremist nationalists are so funny, whatever culture they decend from. They are so incredibly stupid its beyond belief. Its a shame that when they decide to commit acts of violence and vandalism they aren't so funny anymore, that is the reason why anyone with any intelligence takes them seriously, not because they believe they might have a point, but because even stupid people know how to fire a gun.

[MsEvilbanana]

The waiter is so hot!

[Shaggy0405]

@ euro and mitzi. You people obviously do not understand comedy. You both sound like racist knob-heads. Your comments are totally disgusting and make me ashamed of you both being English and part of my own race and culture. Why don't you both crawl back to yr skanky little hole from once u came from and leave the rest of us from all cultures and races to live in peace. You make me sick.

[desdemure]

ALDYTE MYATE!

[nickashine1]

This sketch is legendary.

There was another one I really liked where sanjeev and one of the women are talking at a railway station and they constantly get interrupted by hawkers. Does anyone remember what that one was called? I can't find it on youtube.

[scrumdown2007]

LMFAO too Acurate  hee hee

[euro4569]

This show is an insult to the white race. You people wouldn't like it if we put on skits about your race would you. Go back to your own country or accept that this is England and you live with the English and shut the fuck up.

[mitzi7416]

@euro4569 Its most disgraceful, disrespectful etc. These people obviously have no concept of british cuisine.The canned laughter seems irrelavent.What problem do these people have with food that is not disguised with heavy sauces, monosodiom glutamate, etc.Crap on the side indeed.Ive worked in the kitchens in these so called indian resturants and Ive seen too much

[birdman3120]

@mitzi7416 Second video I have seen you on with comments like this, again I will assume it is sarcasm.

[captainpanic08]

@euro4569 Oh shut the fuck up. I'm so sick of brainless racist blathering. Sanjeev Bhaskar, who wrote this, was born in Ealing, he IS English (as are most of the cast), he's a Londoner ffs. The scene is a parody inversion of an exaggerated stereotype, and everyone here realises that. It's not insulting 'the white race' apart from in your own deluded mind. Try thinking before you speak, and try learning one or two things about comedy as well.

[funkyfranx]

@captainpanic08

Actually, Sanjeev Bhaskar was born in Essex :)

[sunil7227]

@captainpanic08 man just fuck off!!

[sunil7227]

@captainpanic08 stop panicing!!!!! fuck face..

[Noxnaxia]

@captainpanic08 Hey retard, being British isn't the same as being English.

Besides, most Indians are stinky cow worshipers, I wouldn't be surprised if nobody likes them.

[mayurdips]

@euro4569 Wow you really are a massive bonehead.

[birdman3120]

@euro4569 Your user name and beliefs don't really go together. English nationalism and Europe don't mix. But that aside, this programme makes fun of Anglo-Indian culture mainly. You clearly have only half a brain cell, if that, to not understand what is actually being said in this skit. Indian people are some of the most accepting people of other people's cultures and beliefs. Maybe if you tried talking to some of them instead of hanging around with your nationalist mates you may learn something

[shahideurope]

@euro4569 well actually that's exactly what british comedy was like in the 1970s except it was not ironic like this sketch it was deliberately offensive e.g. curry and chips, mind your language, love thy neighbour etc.

[Ghengiseanie]

LOve this still my dad faced this shit through the 70's

[PalestineCitizen2009]

One of the funniest videos ever worth to get a oscar:)

[fuckyiuyiu]

JAAAMMESSS

[punjabiveganvet89]

lol

[TheHaffMeister]

That is brilliant.

[StefanieSchmiedel]

Does any know where I can find more of these?

And why is the guy in green asleep.

[trca101]

@StefanieSchmiedel the guy in green is asleep because its highlighting a point that whenever typical english louts go to these places to eat, there is more than likely always one thats too drunk and asleep on the table... but said that, not all english people are like that, this being said from an ethnic minority living in england...

[junkybabes]

@StefanieSchmiedel you should be able to buy the whole series its called 'the kumars at number 42' and they do loads of sketches... i think guy in green is supposed to be drunk...

[nsam]

BEST EPISODE EVER!

[okayawesome1]

james is hot :)

[myhamismad]

Jesus Christ, does no one notice that the guy burping is Nitin Sawhney???

[bugstrut]

I think they copied the idea for this sketch from an old Alexei Sayle joke.

[JAYMZACHILLES]

i wanna see white ppl to this to them hahahaha im sure it would different

[trca101]

@JAYMZACHILLES i think white people have being doing this in UK asian restaurants for decades, hence why i imagine this sketch was performed to highlight that fact....

[zebibey]

"jams..thats wat said darling"

[Dynkaa]

What's the name of the guy burping?

[jtbpm47]

excellent, fancy stuff BUTTER haha.

the BBC should being this show back so funny

[rightfredsdead]

whats the blaaa-ndest thing on the menu ??

[grimTales1]

"I'll have.. 12.. BREAD ROLLS"

"I'll have what he's having... AND a Prawn Cocktail"

Genius :D I love how this sketch turns ignorance and stereotypes on it's head about what some may do in an Indian restaurant, "Whats the blandest thing on the menu?" Brilliant.

[dorkee3]

I love this. Me and my brother were quoting it the other day so I had to come and find it. "What's the blandest thing on the menu"

Brilliant.

[12345678amera]

lolage!!!

[sosgez]

This is up there with the parrot sketch.

[Tunissan]

first reaction: this is brilliant!!!!

second reaction: shit, they know what we get up to in indian restaurants!

[fieryfather]

"Gimme some of that fancy stuff" "Butter!" :D

[Zut50]

Possibly the best sketch of all time!

[ScrittiSparkle]

this makes me laugh so much,its so funny and turns everything around,genious,i love it,and i agree with westlondonlion,our food is bland,as we say in our house,rather eat the cardboard box it came in!

[doncorleoneug100]

hey jeymass..muahahahahahaa...

[akmandem69]

oh lol oh shit!dam the poor waiter, man so unlucky ahahaha.

[crushcrushcrushme89]

I love the look at 2:01

They really get the way people act when they go to Indian restaurants. This makes me laugh everytime

[rvic11]

@crushcrushcrushme89 I completely agree, love the mispronunciation of the dishes - "Steak and Kiddlie Pea" haha. Just like drunk English people trying to pronounce the names of Indian dishes. Genius

[Vaibik]

This parodies the often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was recently voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch.

[Xezlec]

I love Indian food, but this makes me kind of ashamed to ever go into an Indian restaurant again.

Funny as hell though!

[lilshawtie1234]

Jamayzz...its james...ye jams haha!

[pharcyde110573]

I could write an essay on the execution of pure genius on so many levels in this sketch.. but it speaks for itself! Every so often a true comedy treasure is born and this sketch will always be a force to be reckoned with.

[Sosostris]

I nearly die with laughter anytime I even think about this show . . . .

[penilefrenchelephant]

and bring a fork and knife

[westlondonlion]

excellent scene - i think it highlights and subverts the idoicy of your typical ignorant english lager lout, i remember seeing this as an 11 year old and laughing my arse off. Brilliant, and I must say our food is totally bland and tasteless lol

<3

[LABCall]

Agreed - I wouldn't say our food is totally tasteless, but it does lag behind India and especially Italy. You're absolutely right about subverting the stereotype. "What's the blandest thing on the menu?" Genius.

[unclemort1960]

@LABCall english food is certainly not tasteless ,the best dishes are suited to a cold climate but its hard to find good english grub in restraunts so you are better off eating indian/chinese etc

[LABCall]

@unclemort1960 true, true - I enjoy a nice Cornish Pasty every now and then, especially when I'm in serious need of a filling lunch. I suppose "cooking for the climate" does hold up, because our food doesn't really translate into hotter countries!

[unclemort1960]

@LABCall when i was a kid salads were pretty boring mostly limp lettuce i suppose thats why some people covered it all in salad cream.mind you i thought school dinners were not to bad better than the crap some kids eat now

[Vaibik]

@westlondonlion

This parodies the often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums.

[westlondonlion]

@Vaibik

yeh pal, that was my point in my comment ... d'oh

:D

[drunkalfuzzyness]

@westlondonlion haha same here!! someone told me it was on youtube.. i had to find it again!

they should do a new series!!

[favsncrap]

@westlondonlion Not 100% correct Asian dinner beats all.. but European deserts rape asian deserts. Asian deserts are bland...

[26110]

@favsncrap

the word is desserts, I think you mean, as in puddings, afters whatever. Deserts usually have camels, unless you do mean Asian deserts which very probabaly do have camels.....

[favsncrap]

@26110 deserts are indeed bland ever been to one?

[CaligirlSofia]

wat do u have that isnt completely tasteless? LOL

[willobi]

you want bland try a double egg and chips!!

[nogginiman]

brrrrrrread rrrrrrrolls...funny and clever stuff!

[arkmalfius]

LOL One crap on the side. 24 plates of chips...WOW...I love this.

[leonidasaa]

HEY CLIVE OF INDIA!!!!

[SHEWOLF7]

I remember this lolzz very funny thanks for uploading.

[mitzi7416]

@SHEWOLF7 do indians really go out for an english after a night on the beer and behave like this?if so its quite disgraceful.this lot seems terribly ignorant about british cuisine.

[SHEWOLF7]

@mitzi7416 nah they dont behave this way its just some light hearted humour, they are taking the mick out of those that do really behave this way lol

[mitzi7416]

@SHEWOLF7 this sketch is stereotyping british people who dine at indian resturants and also british food.just because our food is not spicy , doesnt make it bland.this is political incorrectness gone mad.

[SHEWOLF7]

@mitzi7416 gosh its just comedy, what about the comedy sketches about going out for n indian and the fun making of how spicy indian food is? so should indian ppl be offended? am sure they just laugh it off as it is what it is just some comedy and nuffin to get wound up over.....

[niliap]

@mitzi7416 Its not stereotyping if its true. I saw enough idiots behaving like this, and worse, in Indian resturants during my time in Leeds. Excellent show and a brilliant sketch. As for the use of the word bland, look up antonyms for Spicy in the dictionary. Look up sense of humour while you are there as well ;)

[mitzi7416]

@niliap what cheek. well i certainly dont know any english people who behave like this in any resturant . you obviously dont mix with the same type of people as ido otherwise you would make these ignorant sweeping statements.

[niliap]

@mitzi7416 Ignorance implies a lack of knowledge which is not the case since I have seen this behaviour first hand. As for the people I mix with I have no say on who dines in the same restaurants as me especially on a Friday night in a university town when the Rugby team are out on a drinking spree. Face facts, it happens, just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t change that, if it didn’t happen the sketch wouldn’t be so funny. Get off your high horse and lighten up!

[Shadowsdream]

@mitzi7416 I've worked in Indian restaurants and beg to differ.

[kualitee88]

@mitzi7416 man, think u need to calm down a bit there, its not stereotypin english people and how bland brit food but the fact that they're makin fun of their own culture. if it was enlgish ppl don't u think the accent might be different?