"Mr Martin, were you ever afraid for your life?" "Well, the Beatles certainly never took drugs in front of me"
@PSUK
9 ай бұрын
This sketch is an absolute masterpiece
@richardclarkson3016
2 ай бұрын
I always felt Revolver was a truly ground-breaking album, although most critics’ minds always go to Sgt Pepper’s in that regard. Paul, in particular, always felt that Revolver was the one that saw them take the biggest steps forward in terms of composition and musical style. George shared that view, although John and Ringo less so.
@TheHansFredriksen
12 жыл бұрын
I can recite this speeches exactly and was able to do so in a conversation about the Beatles at an Irish bar in Atlanta. Proudest moment of my life.
@andrewh5568
9 ай бұрын
What made this so great was that each scene was shown spliced throughout the episode so you'd just get these random shots between everything else culminating in the press conference.
@DrParanoidAndroid
11 жыл бұрын
..so that thing he was saying about the Beatles.... is that some sort of reference to me not being married?
@lisasommerlad1337
9 ай бұрын
Well the thing is, the thing is, so to speak, is that rattling drain pipes cannot really be adequately compared to a dripping tap, for instance, if one were to venture forth into making such a comparison, as it were.
@bmt3315
8 жыл бұрын
Only a true fan could write this sketch.... Farewell George Martin.
@comanchio1976
6 жыл бұрын
+bmt43 ...or understand it, more than likely ;)
@pakora81
Жыл бұрын
"Mr Martin, do you think your release represents a positive shift in attitudes towards the West or is it just a publicity stunt?" "Well, I never really understood all the criticisms against Ringo's drumming"
@Nalinho
8 жыл бұрын
He was a man with a great sense of humour. Im sure he wouldve loved this if he ever saw it.
@81Mace81
8 жыл бұрын
Another masterful comedy performance from Mr Kevin Eldon
@salvadormarley
8 жыл бұрын
+81Mace81 Yes. He should be a household name. A master comedy actor.
@comanchio1976
6 жыл бұрын
I rewatch old episodes of Hyperdrive, pretty much solely for his psychopathic first officer character. He plays it better than Hopkins in Silence Of The Lambs
@vordman
9 ай бұрын
He's absolutely brilliant, isn't he. I really started to believe it was George Martin.
@applerydh
8 жыл бұрын
RIP George Martin. I hope you´ll laugh at this up in the sky!
@MultiAmbivalent
8 жыл бұрын
+applerydh I'm sure he would. He always struck me as someone with a sense of humour.
@iratepirate3896
6 жыл бұрын
This has always been my favourite comedy sketch of all time. It's just absolutely perfect.
@dominicberesford5459
8 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best comedy sketches I have ever seen! Always cracks me up and Kevin Eldon's impersonation is bang on. RIP the wonderful gentleman George Martin and thank you for your immeasurable contribution to music. You'll be greatly missed.
@SlyRy
8 жыл бұрын
Heard the news and came straight here.
@garyclifton1979
8 жыл бұрын
My thought process exactly
@MartinHiggins1972
8 жыл бұрын
me too
@philkensebben2000
8 жыл бұрын
+SlyRy Same
@cameronferguson4514
8 жыл бұрын
+SlyRy Only way to pay tribute really!
@adamwright9517
8 жыл бұрын
+SlyRy Me too. A great man, much missed, gently satirised in a great sketch by a great comedian, comic actor and impressionist.
@vampyros1
14 жыл бұрын
Normally this type of lampooning is embarrassingly 'not funny'; this, however, is funnier than hell! Love it-
@saltech3444
Жыл бұрын
2:48 "Well, the *feedback* at the beginning of I Feel F..."
@colinsweeney2628
2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people think it’s a concept album ….. it actually isn’t 🤣
@brianahern3636
5 жыл бұрын
Good sketch. This reminds me a bit of that Ardal O'Hanlon joke, where he says he would love to have sat down and had a chat with Neil Armstrong for two hours, and not mention the moon once.
@ritchieswann
8 жыл бұрын
A great tribute to Sir George this. I don't think the sketch is making fun of him at all, rather it's mocking everyone else who were never interested in anything else he ever did and couldn't believe he DID do anything except talk about the Beatles 24/7, particularly from the 1980s onwards, despite his actual track record as a producer and engineer.
@simonrugg
15 жыл бұрын
"...Strawberry fields, I could go on. Absolute tour de force" lol!
@coopermanisgod
11 жыл бұрын
"A lot of people think it's a concept album. It actually isn't"
@jasonpfinch
10 жыл бұрын
I like the fact that the kidnappers drive a beige Volvo 345.
@peacelovebeatles
15 жыл бұрын
Lmao. This is so frickin' funny. Who ever thought this up is a genius XD
@tonedeafmunkey
13 жыл бұрын
Big Train is sheer genius. Matthews and Linehan are comedy writing legends. Father Ted + Big Train = two of the best comedies of our generation
@ronb5714
9 ай бұрын
Long may they remain two hilarious blokes. I’m sure they won’t part ways when one of them becomes a conspiracy nut.
@donaldwebb
21 күн бұрын
@@ronb5714 dont think either of them became a 'conspiracy nut'
@ronb5714
15 күн бұрын
@@donaldwebb It's genuinely sad to see what Linehan has become. Although also, in a wider sense, perhaps it's no bad thing that such a nasty bigot has become such a pariah. This isn't Hollywood where Mel Gibson keeps his friends despite being a POS; Linehan has fallen down a rabbit hole and people (friends, colleagues, family, the industry at large, the wider public) don't want anything to do with him.
@donaldwebb
15 күн бұрын
@@ronb5714 Him and JKR are correct. And you don't know what you're talking about. There are problems with gender ideology convincing non-gender conforming children to use drastic medications & go on a path towards radical surgeries, such as double-mastectomies. And activist policies like the Gender Recognition act would make it easier for men to infringe on women's private spaces. The basic fact is that it's impossible for humans to literally change sex, and policies/top-down language-decrees designed to obscure this are essentially illiberal and totalitarian.
@donaldwebb
15 күн бұрын
@@ronb5714 Him and JKR are correct. And you don't know what you're talking about. There are legitimate concerns about gender ideology encouraging gender-non-conforming children to use drastic medications and go down a path towards radical bodily surgeries, e.g. double-mastectomies. Radical activist policies such as the Gender Recognition Act would make it easier for men to infringe on women's private spaces, including changing rooms and rape crisis centres. It's already the case that male rapists can be sent to female prisons. And the basic fact is that it is impossible for human beings to change sex, and radical policies/ top-down language decrees designed to obscure this fact are essentially illiberal and totalitarian.
@maffis7573
4 жыл бұрын
Why isn’t comedy like this anymore ,bring it back please
@vordman
9 ай бұрын
The 90s was a golden age of comedy. Big Train, The Fast Show, A Bit Of Fry And Laurie, KYTV, Alan Partridge. All these shows are still bloody brilliant and haven't aged at all. All produced by the BBC too. What the hell happened to the BBC in the 21st Century!
@jameswilson1609
8 жыл бұрын
To think he survived a kidnapping all those years ago and went on to die aged 90, just brilliant.
@oldtintoys
2 жыл бұрын
Bloody genius!
@sparklefrost
10 жыл бұрын
Well the feedback on the beginning of 'I Feel Fine'...
@TimChuma
8 жыл бұрын
I still remember seeing this when it was first broadcast. No other comedy show attempted such a parody. Was very specific and stuck in my memory for that reason.
@tonydimeo1882
6 жыл бұрын
Tim Chuma What show is this?
@johnsmith-wx5fb
4 жыл бұрын
Big train
@GnCFilms
8 жыл бұрын
Ten people are Beatles fans who can't take a joke.
@comanchio1976
6 жыл бұрын
+GnC Films No true Beatles fan can't take a joke. They must be Stones fans who've gotten lost ;)
@geneclart1
15 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him all day
@arizonabay1970
14 жыл бұрын
easily one of the funniest comedy sketches ever!
@BeatsonsGirl84
17 жыл бұрын
Well, Mr. Martin really did adore "the boys". Great stuff!
@chromebaby
8 жыл бұрын
RIP George and thank you.
@salvadormarley
15 жыл бұрын
One of the best ever sketches.
@ian_b
8 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed to see not a single mention of his kidnap ordeal in the press, as if it has fallen down the "memory hole". I came here to check I'm not imagining things!
@VinnyDrysdale
6 жыл бұрын
I never grew tired of listening to him.
@gal00li
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent ...sounds just like him
@JohnnyMagorish
6 жыл бұрын
George neglected to mention the song Rain, which I'd rate up there with Ringo's best drumming performances.
@adamcole4623
9 ай бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing!
@topherstott
8 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant
@silverstevo
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant x
@addsfsds
17 жыл бұрын
I love this video!!!!
@RSG2006
16 жыл бұрын
Ulysses61 says "When George Martin was told about this video, he shrugged and said, "no one ever asks me about anything else." LOL. Well, that's probably true...I know I myself don't have too many questions about The Fourmost, Cilla Black, or Billy J. Kramer to put to him. :>
@carlmarks8170
4 жыл бұрын
Well, he did record the number one hit with Gerry and the Pacemakers, "How Do You Do It" which as chance would have it, was first offered to The Beatles, but they politely declined. Their first single "Love Me Do" characterised by John's harmonica had charted quite well and they needed something worthy of a follow up. John went away and wrote "Please Please Me". It bowled him over when they played it for him. He said "Gentlemen, I think you've got your first number one record."
@polarbear109p2
14 жыл бұрын
That was my favourite big train sketch
@Rhett-Christopher
8 жыл бұрын
I read the news to today - oh boy....
@jiminycrint
11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@bohemiatotal
18 жыл бұрын
This is the funniest thing I've seen in ages!. LMFAO
@EDMC100
14 жыл бұрын
LOL Beautifully done :)
@stevephillips7264
6 жыл бұрын
Genius
@636117
15 жыл бұрын
The voice is so close. Funny indeed.
@markybloke
16 жыл бұрын
Kevin Eldon is the 2nd best comedy actor in Britain! (behind Mark Heap) - in my opinion. Top stuff.
@MadflowsA
12 жыл бұрын
This had me scream laughing
@auteurAM
8 жыл бұрын
George Martin did seem to go on about the Beatles like in this sketch although usually it was in a program about the group so that was what the makers wanted to hear. It might have got to the stage where he figured that that is what people want to know about so whenever a camera was on him, off he would go.
@MooOinkMedia
2 ай бұрын
It oddly feels as if this sketch was made specifically for me.
@cbrb40
15 жыл бұрын
Wow! that was funny, I was laughing on this one too. That was well made. That's George all right. He can go on and on about the Beatles. lol that was so well made and funny. :) I agree with peacelovebeatles.
@videoplusdvd
17 жыл бұрын
Actual Norman Smith was the engineer from the beginning through Rubber Soul (6 albums). Geoff Emerick worked on Revolver and Sgt Pepper, quitting during the White Album sessions. He returned for Abbey Road (total of 3).
@jigbuilda
13 жыл бұрын
Piss funny stuff this, though personally I could listen to George Martin talk about the Beatles until the cows come home!!
@lkijju
15 жыл бұрын
lol, superb.
@dr.biscuits
3 жыл бұрын
Fucking brilliant....
@Sirfev2010
11 жыл бұрын
oh my my :)
@jungenbum
17 жыл бұрын
lol thats hilarious!
@ahabthewhaler
14 жыл бұрын
classic
@pauloutten
15 жыл бұрын
Genius! Does anyone know where I can find the 'Hall & Oates' sketch, other than purchasing the DVD odviously. Thanks.
@kiwimass
11 жыл бұрын
Simon Pegg!!
@sexobscura
5 жыл бұрын
how very very fucken very true
@aeyb701
11 жыл бұрын
Reminiscent of the slaying of Sir Kenneth Clark scene at the beginning of "The Holy Grail" (Python flick).
@stevebritgimp
17 жыл бұрын
No, I reckon we'd do that. George Martin really would keep talking about the effing Beatles regardless of what you did to him.
@brucey5232
8 жыл бұрын
j Hes still yarning when they drag him out. lol.
@nameofthepen
16 жыл бұрын
Too funny. :D
@narozzz
14 жыл бұрын
@HardcoreFlea - funny how that's actually kind of related to the question....
@gazuaman
15 жыл бұрын
the kidnapers made a huge mistake...let him with his mouth free! i had a real laugh.
@heathmeikle
6 жыл бұрын
So fucking funny!!!
@edaines
14 жыл бұрын
Oh i see it's a play on george martin constantly going on about the fucking beatles
@rainblaze.
5 жыл бұрын
..well when paul brought it to me he played it on guitar , I said, well its a beautiful peice paul but it doesn't REALLY sound like a beatles song to me , To my ears i thought it need strings ..Perhaps a quartet .....
@Inproksis
13 жыл бұрын
@armandbourgoignie I think the worst part is that 20 people gave it a thumbs up; they are the real villans
@52ginjaninja
4 жыл бұрын
Kermit at 1:52 and topless woman at 2:51
@MadflowsA
12 жыл бұрын
@jigbuilda You and me both!
@tinrobot2866
8 жыл бұрын
Simon Pegg before getting famous.
@mavrick45
18 жыл бұрын
great vid!!
@comanchio1976
7 жыл бұрын
I bet you don't even remember asking this, but in case you're interested: it's from an old but good British comedy show called - Big Train
@pauloutten
14 жыл бұрын
@ted5529608 Yes I know, it was just this guy I couldn't work out whether it was one of the usual gang or not.
@eldoroonie
13 жыл бұрын
Gee, thanks for explaining the joke, I never would have got it. Humour is always much better when someone explains it.
@pauloutten
15 жыл бұрын
Is this the same guy that was in the 'Sticko' advert?
@aliofly
14 жыл бұрын
ha!
@jemimallah
6 жыл бұрын
something that undermines this otherwise amazing sketch is the fact that the "john and paul were always very encouraging" line is not only complete bollocks but not even complete bollocks george martin ever said himself. john & paul treated george as a songwriter like shit from more or less start to finish, something which martin didnt even realize until abbey road, and something which martin's actual testimony regarding the history of the beatles diplomatically acknowledges
@romeosdistress
15 жыл бұрын
that was over 35 years ago, to be fair
@ted5529608
14 жыл бұрын
@pauloutten they're all played by the same actors and actresses ..
@armandbourgoignie
13 жыл бұрын
@starrynightuk THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING AND THUS RUINING THE JOKE. :)
@mikemckv
15 жыл бұрын
But don't you feel that the sketch trivialises some very serious issues. Like the break up of the Beatles for instance?
@hazel10987
17 жыл бұрын
Did George Martin really say all those things.
@jan.tichavsky
16 жыл бұрын
this reminds me of the stolen newsreader from monty python, check it :)
@Zunesblow
11 жыл бұрын
@cbrb40
@christopherkempf1507
3 жыл бұрын
evidently inspired by the Monty Python "kidnapping the newsreader" sketch
@chucks1255
7 жыл бұрын
Did George Martin ever said that Sgt. Peppers is not a concept album?
@jemimallah2591
7 жыл бұрын
i dont know but the "i don't like your tie" story is real so i would be surprised if the rest of it is made up
@holysmoke45
15 жыл бұрын
is it just me or is Patrick Swayze's head far to big for his body ?
@jermleather
17 жыл бұрын
Im going to assume that you are joking. If not, consider getting out more.
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