Bernard Cribbins "Right said Fred"

[lancesta01]

Haha <3

[BaiocoIslandFilms]

Are they trying to put a house inside the other house?

[Gallifray666]

Bernard Cribbons what a very talented man!!!

[zarquon53]

We still sing this at work , and collapse laughing .

So Charlie 'n me had another cup of tea , and then we went home !

[kaizoisevil]

Wilfred Mott!!!

[GER08ify]

A few weeks ago I was listening to Don Black on Radio 2 he played a version of "I Grew Accustomed to her Face" sung by Bernard Cribbins, what a brilliant version it was too!!

[deweydebi]

love it

[badboybaldy1]

have a cup of tea do it tomorrow hey ! smiling 

[callie084]

That song describes me when I'm doin housework

[RebekahRules]

"....And So We Had A Cup Of TEA" LOVE IT!!

[michaelclark09]

Congrats on the OBE! ;)

[bjwoody2000]

ill ave a cupa 2 sugas

[ConfusedHippos]

This is our family theme tune, a car journey isnt a car journey without this (on a CASSETTE!!! :O)

[washingtonblair]

always sounded like my late uncle, its such a magic song

[Fingalful]

They don't make 'em like Benard Cribbins any more.

[faithrogers31]

omg, the memories thank you

[lilynick1]

good ol' Bernard. ...and he at one time was a spoon salesman ... :)

[musicmandon1]

I think these lads were moving a chandelier. Yesterday I had one of those thankless jobs on that took forever and i spent most of the day getting nowhere, which is when I tend to think of this song. Then, or when I'm exercising my Seeing Eye dog. Either this one or "Keep Right On to the End of the Road," are good songs when I take her out for exercise.

[rtozier2011]

@musicmandon1 I believe it's a piano.

[choc113]

Used to work with a guy just like Fred:( Why think for 5 seconds when you can heave-ho and get it done? usually it didn't work and took 10 times as long if it did:( But that was just his way:( Probably still is

[Tiwaking]

Ahh tea! Is there anything you cant solve?

[freethoughtmusic]

In our family it became a catch-phrase to this day; used when plans went awry. "We'll just have to leave it standin' on the landing". We used to listen to this on an old 45rpm single played on a mono record-player. F--k; life was so much simpler and more fun back then.

[eddiebear100]

Bernard Cribbins was a genius to come up with this catchy tune.

[OXOcubic]

Why does this remind me of Sarkozy and Merkel and all the other cretins trying to fix the euro cock-up. They just gonna have to leave it on the landing and go back to francs, lira, gelders and all.

[MaidofKent1965]

Where's that kettle? ....

[dharmaseed]

This song always cheers me up when I'm down. That and a cup of tea.

[MelesMeles]

Can't tell you happy I was to hear this on Radio2 today!

God bless you Steve Wright!

[Nit996]

this makes me feel like some tea...

[T5Classico]

Loves his Charlie, that Cribbins bloke ...

[FemmeAnonyme]

Heh we used to have to sing this in my junior school music lessons. I can't believe it's taken so many years for me to look up.

[CGC0711]

My mum started sing this when the piano was being moved into the house and the movers started laughing

[ProudToBeNerdy]

BERNARD CRIBBINS SIMPLY OOZES BADASSERY.

[Cee1003]

Heard them sing this on Have I got news for you last night, knew I'd find it here somewhere, loved listening to it when I was growing up, Bernard Cribbins definatly needs some recognition <3

[lfcjohno1]

Was great to see him back in Doctor Who after all these years. Acted most of his coworkers off the screen, a legend and gentleman.

[09onzarip]

I was meant to put that in the search bar :L sorry

[DavetheChimp]

@CockneyRebel1979

it's called "acting" sir. Mr. Cribbins is an actor, and is playing the role of an ineffectual working class oik, just as Terry Scott is playing the role of a small boy in the song "My Brother"

I have to listen to this song daily at the moment. I think it should be the British National Anthem

[ilkfc123]

this song gives me a tingly, warm feeling inside. ahhhh.

[madbob5a]

Brilliant, who gives a shit where Bernard comes from, he's a class enterteiner!

[shirtale]

The only hint to it being a piano is the line removing "the thing's what 'old the candles" Otherwise it could be any heavy piece of furniture. The object is not the point!

[shirtale]

This song sounds just as fresh as it did 40 years ago. I remember it as well today as I did back then, great video to match -Well done! The best of all those comedy songs from the 60s.

[shirtale]

This song sounds just as fresh as it did 40 years ago. I remember it as well today as I did back then, great video to match -Well done!

[2004PontiacGTO]

so is the whole song about moving the piano?

[sanham1954]

Let's face it, Wendy Richards made a living out of being an East Ender, yet she was born in Middlesborough...

[zoemum123]

Bernard Cribbens could do a London accent because he's an ACTOR !!!

[PolarSquid]

This song is beautiful. So is Bernard Cribbins.

[mrsebastian800]

by the way bernard cribbins iis my uncle im sebastian cribbins winfield he is from ohldam ! but he lives in london

[sunnymarky]

so amazing ,not heard this for 20 years but I still know it word for word,, classic

[SpawtAwnProductions]

2 people aren't tradesmen.

[animator1919]

amazing old dude lol

[trainchugger53]

Has anyone mentioned Doctor Who yet?

[bobblethewol123245]

hayley caprani-warner likes this

[Stemax1960]

A favourite on Junior Choice. All those cups of tea though, hope the toilet was handy!

[bgibb101]

Legend!

[zwaardrager]

real english people: we've got a problem, let's have a cup of tea

[ShivuTheWolf]

@zwaardrager yep, then we trash a few rooms :3

[chamberlain1210]

@ShivuTheWolf : yep i love trashing a room or two.... go on bernie my son

[ShivuTheWolf]

@chamberlain1210 XD

[martynpank]

@zwaardrager  Yes!!

[MikiStrange]

Infectious. You will be singing this song first thing tomorrow morning. :-)

[gawdisdadawg]

i like prawns there nice

[granmut]

@gawdisdadawg : "they are" or "they're", certainly not THERE!!!!

[theanglez86]

cup of tea, anyone?

[dharmaseed]

@theanglez86 Thanks, I already had five, and some guy caved in the ceiling.

[misstrespain666]

does any1 have the music to this

[ninjaluvsmarshmallow]

bernard cribbins = foot (leg end ary)

[TheHutchhickersGuide]

I must say, Bernard Cribbins is a fantastic guy to talk to! : )

[SuddenSparkles]

Eye agree. Eez 2 ayztea.

[Bodphrah]

This is awesome - knight the man!

[Bodphrah]

This is awesome

[TazZdespO]

epic

[mark1007]

Bernard is a national treasure! There aren't too many like him.....

[1691bhm]

Gawdblimeyguv ...well...i was gonna upload this BUT i can't beat wot you've dun 'ere..! Pure class..! imanuglyfrog (real cockney)

[Kaffyboy]

He was FANTASTIC in 'The Hotel Inspectors' episode of 'Fawlty Towers'!!

[SunnyLovetts]

great!

[CATMAJ57]

Oh childhood memories listening to childrens choice on radio 1 on Saturday mornings

[merlinpi1]

mrcribbins stalwart british actor respect love his productive carreer they dont make them like that these days love and pease pudding up the hammers.

[CockneyRebel1979]

Blindin' song! But one question: if Bernard Cribbins is from Lancashire, then what's with the LONDON accent? :/

[gerdenshed]

@CockneyRebel1979

Good question lol.. It worked for Dick Van Dyke didn't it ;0)

Mark....

[CockneyRebel1979]

@gerdenshed That's the point, my son- it DIDN'T! :/

[gerdenshed]

@CockneyRebel1979

Wasn't Dick Van Dyke a Cockny lol... Next you'll be telling me Dr Who isn't a real Timelord!

Mark...

[CockneyRebel1979]

@gerdenshed Dick Van Dyke was a YANK, PRETENDIN' to be a Cockney! I'm a REAL Londoner, and I talk with a REAL London accent. Wanna hear a REAL London accent? Listen to a few Chas and Dave interviews, me old son! They're REAL Londoners, NOT fake ones! :)

[gerdenshed]

@CockneyRebel1979

I was joking lol...

Mark...

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@gerdenshed No sense of humour, these southerners............

[ebmusicman84]

@gerdenshed No to mention that Dick vanDyke vent to Australia to lean the Cockney accent lol.

[Denzzzz25]

@CockneyRebel1979 im a london boy meself. this is classic...............besides,­i used to clean his winders wen i wa a kid !

[dharmaseed]

@Denzzzz25 To earn an honest bob?;)

[tonpal]

@CockneyRebel1979

The funniest part of Dick Van Dyke's accent is that he could actually do a near perfect cockney but they decided no American would be able to understand him, hence the 'odditty' in Mary P.

[tsunamimom]

@tonpal On a radio show earlier this year, he claims his accent was bad because they gave him an Irish voice coach who couldn't do an English accent any better then he could. (NPR, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, Oct 23, 2010)

[tonpal]

@tsunamimom ... which supports the old adage: beleive nothing you hear and only half of what you see! ;-)

[tsunamimom]

@CockneyRebel1979 - if you include Enfield and Edmonton as London, you'd be right about Chas and Dave but they're no more cockney than I am and I was born in Paddington. Now Michael Caine is a genuine Londoner. And if you want a genuine Cockney accent, go no further than Barbara Windsor.

[sewitt60]

@CockneyRebel1979 Chas and Dave are from the Home Counties not London. I'm sure one of them is from Kent.

[misstrespain666]

@CockneyRebel1979 he maybe a yank but he did do a blindin job tho on the accent

[NickyLess]

@CockneyRebel1979 Yeah but Dick Van Dyke came to London via Australia lol!

[NattyBonCom]

@CockneyRebel1979 Felt abit sorry for old Dick Van Dyke. For the film he was taught a London accent by an Irishman! He's never been forgiven for it either. I always remember my parents playing Chas and Dave - they seemed to have such a laugh. great fun!

[Eddy2730]

@CockneyRebel1979 Quite frankly, the reason Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent was so terrible was because the voice coach he had at the time was Irish.

[prittstick1ify]

@CockneyRebel1979 they chose Dick Van Dyke because of his excellent dancing skills and singing. His accent I did not care about, because it was entertaining to watch his dancing and comedy.

[hitthatperfectbeat]

@CockneyRebel1979 I think he figured that the cockney accent is more workin class.

[Eddy2730]

@CockneyRebel1979 I suppose it sounds better that way! After all, I played Sgt. Pritchard in an amateur stage production of 'Hi-De-Hi' so that makes him a Cockney.

[shirtale]

Lovely to hear this again. I've never forgotten it, I remember it from the radio in my childhood and its stayed with me. Thanks for letting me hear it again.

[cyberman360]

Wow they must reely like tea.

also briliant song cribbins is a ledgend

[jemflux]

This song was actually playing on the Radio when I fell off my ladder while cleaning

my Mother's windows...I'll never forget it.

[jazzmanzoot]

Superb !

Couldn`t help but notice, the PG Tip Monkeys ! LOL

" coo eeee ! My Shifter, Teas served !"

"`ere Dad ! ? Do youknow the Piano`s on my foot ? ? "

"You hum it Son. . . . . and I`ll Play it !"

Two Classics for the price of one. . . . . Bonus !

[ladydigger]

Ah the halcyon days of listening to this on Uncle Mac on the radio. Great stuff from Bernard. As hilarious today as it was then.

[katie7714]

Brilliant! Anyone fancy a cup of tea?

[megapaulsimon]

pmsl every time i hear this, very funny man our Bernard, deserves so much credit

[kevsuch]

Bloody marvellous. Im a Northern Soul fan but this has me in stitches each time. Trouble is Freds too hasty, blinding.

[uktechman21]

I was listening to it today on BBC (MY COUNTY)

[Geekwholovesjellytot]

listened this in car today and nearly wet myself laughing

[123timmybb]

yeah....was it on radio 2 with chris evans?

[BiologicalMetacrisis]

Best song about miving a piano, ever!

[qasim158]

were doing this school at school

[Cptjackjacky]

brilliant guy, brilliant actor and musician, give him a bloody knighthood!

[weirdunclebob]

@Cptjackjacky Ask and ye shall receive! He got a gong in this years list for services to drama. So, it's SIR Bernard Cribbins, OBE, now. =D

[blackwhimsy]

"CRIBBINS!!!!"

[WelshCrusader87]

So you're an expert in manual work and the industry in the UK? I said it as a joke not anything serious :S

[catbump12]

@WelshCrusader87 not really british people do work hard the media only shows people who are lazy like us see the americans and fat lazy people who just eat mac donalds but that isnt true now is it ?

[babclayman1]

According to an interview with Bernard Cribbins, he confirmed the object was a mini grand piano, based off music writter "Ted Dicks" real life experiance on where he bought one and asked the moving men to bring it to his basement flat (he lived under a greengrocer) and they asked "What? Past the sack of Potatoes" (reason why they're potato people in the music video) and it ended with them having to take the piano apart and that inspired Mules Rudge (did Lyrics to "Hole in the Ground") to do this

[sweetnotes19]

this song is so addicting..

[xSophieSkittles]

Bernard Cribbins - Legendary.

[gerdenshed]

He's on Dr Who now too ;-)

Mark...

[xSophieSkittles]

Yeah, i didnt actually know he sung this song before doctor who lol! :)

[THEPYSGOD]

he wasalso in the Dr Who movie i think with Roy Castle back in 1962?ish

[RedBlueGrange]

@THEPYSGOD He was in a Peter Cushing Doctor Who movie, but not the one with Roy Castle. Cribbins was in Invasion Earth 2150, Castle was in Doctor Who & The Daleks. 1966 and 1965 respectively.

[annie482000]

Still makes me laugh, this one. How many cups of tea did they get through?? :D

[gerdenshed]

@annie482000

Thank you Annie ;-)

Mark...

[annie482000]

@gerdenshed

"Took the wall down,

Even wiv it all down,

We was gettin' nowhere and so we 'ad a cuppa tea........"

And a cuppa tea is what I'm having right now!

Annie :)

[annie482000]

@gerdenshed

I'm about to 'ave anuvver cuppa tea. Milk but no sugar.................luverly!

[costellodan]

;) Thanks

[suedixon1]

Fabulous song that reminds me so much of when I was younger(and I'm not that old) Well done Bernard Cribbins !Cant wait to show my Dad, thanks for posting it.

[annie482000]

I was still in single figures when this one, "Hole In The Ground" and "Gossip Calypso" came out. My dad used to like this song too.

Annie :)

[finnw1]

I remember that song. Might even still have the 7" single somewhere. I wasn't aware at the time that it was the same guy who did the Wombles' voices (the BBC were re-running it when I was slightly too old to appreciate it.) Cribbins was great in Dr. Who 2008. Looking forward to the 2009-10 specials.

[annie482000]

He was also a policeman in one of the film versions of Dr Who in the mid-1960s. Peter Cushing played The Doctor in both films. Roy Castle was "Dr Who And The Daleks" and Master Cribbins was in the other one - "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD". I saw both at my local cinema when I was about 12-13.

Annie :)

[kenfig]

Remember the great 'Two way stretch' movie with Sellers,Hyde-White,David Lodge and Lionel Jeffries ? Also Mr Hutchinson in Fawlty Towers and the landlord in '70s Hitchcock black comedy thriller 'Frenzy'

[Josiebenn]

What did you have to go and solve it for??? No fun anymore. I could never work out in 50 years what they were shifting. Didn't want to!

[eruptionista]

(it wasn't  a piano)

[InsertNameHere803]

I thought it was a piano? It is the 1960s animated version.

[theheartislowtolearn]

well I guess it was a piano!!!!

still a brilliant idea not to mention the object in a song that is all about moving the darn thing

[MrAndrewjs]

great sound affects..

[theheartislowtolearn]

great song cos it never mentions what they are trying to shift....who said it was a piano??

it was a coffin

[MrAndrewjs]

coffins dont have legs.

[HarryClarkson]

and things that hold candles

[stacksovids12]

Its a piano, I have a video of the original piece of animated footage made for the song in the 1960s, possibly the first music vid ? and it shows two characters moving a piano

[roblowefan1]

I remember asking my Grandad what a doe was!! He had this on a '45' !

[stacksovids12]

Dome ! or in other words your head.

[nannybebe74]

This brings back happy memories from my childhood. :)

[guitarflame5]

Personally, i think they'd've got the piano out when they took the wall down:D

RIP fred:P

[dagenhamdaveNo1]

Put the kettle on someone!!!!!!!!!!

[gerdenshed]

2 sugars please ;-)

Mark...

[fluxgenerator]

So Funny.

[Winkerjohn]

Brings back memories of soooo long ago it almost makes you feel old

[PwiincessKayk]

omg i lobve this song

[robinhghblind]

fucking good

[michellybaby]

haha lov it <3

[dylanhectik]

saved my matrriage yhis ta x

[ianthegroover]

Absolutely Brilliant! Thinking about learning this for a Ukelele-styled version. Many Thanks!

[gerdenshed]

Glad you liked it Ian. Let me know if you do a cover ;-)

Mark....

[LemonPencilGirl]

Haha classic! Great song this, thanks for posting =)

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend, do I take it you like Doctor Who and is that how you came across Bernard Cribbins? ;-)

Mark....

[LemonPencilGirl]

Erm... *looks sheepish* yes, but I heard this on the radio and thought it was funny before I knew it was him =)

[gerdenshed]

He's been in show business for years and years lol... I was surprised to see him turn up in Dr Who ;-)

Mark..

[neurofire]

Timeless - so British and so funny. Thanks for putting this up. BTW - loved the stills!

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend ;-)

Mark..

[dylanhectik]

i once had the honour of cleaning the great mans windows in weybridge as a 13 year old.i thort he was old THEN im 46 now.ha ha

[gerdenshed]

13! That was child labour then lol...

Mark...

[finnw1]

That means BC was between 46 and 48 at the time - funny that you describe that as "old" when you are the same age now :-)

[xMrsxTennantx]

Hahaaa, and so, we, 'ad a cuppa teeeea.

[gerdenshed]

Two sugars please lol...

Mark..

[lovealbatross01]

im gonna master this song and blow the local kareoke away... what a tune!

[gerdenshed]

Go for it my friend lol..

Mark...

[jenny5466]

Anova fav of mine.. and so we had a cuppa tea... Lol ; )

[gerdenshed]

Great song ;-) 2 sugars please lol...

Mark...

[quillerpen]

happy memories - thank you!

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend ;-)

Mark...

[UISTMAN59]

Classic comic song. Thanks for the post.

:-)

[lukessummer]

Life is a grand thing indeed...thanks for posting!

[alfie20000]

listed to this for the first time in donkeys years - reminded me of my dear old Grandad....reduced me to tears, in fact. Happy Days, thanks for bringing back memories from many, many years ago.