"I've had my TV mended. Well I say mended. A shifty looking youth in plimsolls came and waggled me aerial and wolfed me Gypsy Creams but that's the comprehensive system for you". Genius 😂😂😂
@gilgameshofuruk4060
3 жыл бұрын
And in one unfaltering breath.
@helencurry9831
3 жыл бұрын
That is a whole play there. In two sentences. Every word considered, every word funny, every word adding to what we know about the character. Genius!
@frankhendricks5918
Жыл бұрын
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face
@hunnyboo17
7 ай бұрын
Absolute queen of monologue ❤😂😂😂
@Rubiks-nq4yq
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@nathelondon3719
Жыл бұрын
Victoria Wood wrote and Patricia Routledge delivered. A paring made in heaven.
@jmiller05
9 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest comedy actresses of all time.
@antoinetteflaccus
4 жыл бұрын
yes , she is , may God protect her and bless her.
@gilgameshofuruk4060
3 жыл бұрын
@Luigi 80 Excellent dramatic actress as well. Hetty Winthrop was my favourite character.
@Mania28
3 жыл бұрын
@@gilgameshofuruk4060 yes definitely not just comedy. Also her singing too, multitalented.
@100goldenboy
9 жыл бұрын
She is a national treasure. Perfect comic timing and great writing
@frankhendricks5918
Жыл бұрын
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face...
@macktravels68
Жыл бұрын
Patricia Routledge is a legend. Comic Genius and amazing actress.
@ladyambermere
5 жыл бұрын
It is difficult to know what makes Kitty so sublime. I saw these monologues on As Seen on TV when in first went out and I feel that I have been quoting them ever since. She is just so completely herself, and the writing walks a tightrope between the totally mundane and the totally surreal. We feel that we know this person, she explodes with a sort of bonkers life force, and she in unfazed by anything. Something great about the very maddest things coming in parentheses. Never hospitalised, except when concussed by an electric potato peeler at the Ideal Home Exhibition? Victoria Wood's comic writing defies analysis. Every word is just somehow the very funniest it could be and the speed of Patricia Routledge's delivery just makes image follow image, absurdity follow absurdity in a way that is completely magical. Unsurpassed.
@GeorgiaGeorgette
3 жыл бұрын
Perfectly put.
@swsfrancais7289
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. And because she is such a good comedy actor I couldn't watch her as Mrs Bucket. She reminded me all too convincingly of some dreadful battle-axes that ruined my life when young. But had Victoria Wood written a series with Kitty as the main character it would now be seen as comedy gold surpassing possibly "Dinner Ladies"
@andrewchinn3178
2 ай бұрын
Constantly quoting from Kitty and indeed Victoria Wood sketches after almost 40 years 😱
@shadowfox1221
16 жыл бұрын
"I'm poked in the street by complete acquaintances"... Priceless!
@GeorgiaGeorgette
3 жыл бұрын
I lost it at that 😂
@PupRiku
Жыл бұрын
I was concussed by an electric potato peeler at the Ideal Home exhibition 🤣🤣🤣
@lino0047
4 жыл бұрын
I love her . She must be one of the best actresses in comedy ever . No one like her
@christopherreed9181
2 жыл бұрын
When you get top notch writing and brilliant performers…perfect humour
@zaphodbeeblebrox6627
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody could write‘skits’ as well as Victoria Wood. They were absolute gems when delivered by Phenomenal actress’s such as Patricia Routledge & Julie Walters.
@simonjones7727
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. They need a very particular acting style. No hamming up. No knowingness in the delivery. The mad lines have to be delivered absolutely straight.
@mattwebb6056
Жыл бұрын
We can probably thank Victoria Wood for Patricia landing the role of Hyacinth in KUA. Pretty sure I read somewhere that it was Patricia's performance as Kitty which got her noticed by the guy who did the casting.
@gilgameshofuruk4060
3 жыл бұрын
2:21 the amazing breath control of the fine singer that she also is.
@MegaHamish001
10 жыл бұрын
hahaha The Wonderful beginings of the future Mrs Bucket :-)
@mmjhcb
5 жыл бұрын
Even when you don't quite get all the British references, you're still laughing at her impeccable delivery. She's a marvel!
@Alwpiano
4 жыл бұрын
Her northern accent is stronger here than in the Keeping Up Appearances. She plays arrogant, sarcastic personalities so well.
@scottreading6544
4 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius!! Brilliant. The writing and delivery is perfect.
@theoutspokenhumanist
Жыл бұрын
Pair a great comedy actress with a perfect script and you get, magic! Once this was done, it was impossible to imagine anyone but Patricia Routledge as Kitty and it was certain that no-one could have written anything so sublime except Victoria Wood. Sadly missed.
@kimphuong3556
3 жыл бұрын
Who can ever forget Kitty, Dame Patricia Routledge is just brilliant and has a great flair for comedy along with her other versatile performances, both Miss Victoria Wood's writing and Dame Patricia Routledge as Kitty just blended SUPER. bravo Kim P.
@frankhendricks5918
Жыл бұрын
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face
@Mar-enfrance
7 ай бұрын
Wonderful woman, wonderful actress! ❤
@yonkcity
8 жыл бұрын
Today I celebrate one of the world's most gifted, bright and beautiful comedic minds, Ms. Victoria Wood. Thank you for the brilliance, laughs and classic one-liners and turns of phrase. The joy you've shared on humanity is everlasting. Godspeed, dear Lady.
@vyneaofficial
8 жыл бұрын
Goodnight, Victoria.
@ginnylorenz5265
7 жыл бұрын
So beautifully expressed.
@MorganJServices
15 жыл бұрын
There will never be anyone like Kitty ever again. She is one person I would have love to meet in life. I have been hooked on UK comedies for years. Once I saw Onslo wearing a Green Bay Packer's (my home team) jersey on "Keeping Up Appearences". What a hoot!
@Ellythrion
16 жыл бұрын
Indeed, though that is only half the brilliance... delivery is everything and Ms. Routledge is an absolute master at delivery!
@smiejka
15 жыл бұрын
She's alive and kicking. Wonderful woman....God bless her :-)
@Knappa22
3 жыл бұрын
Sublime writing, sublime performance. Bask in the glory of it :)
@Violet-jy6qs
3 жыл бұрын
I love this type of comedy the writing the actress why don't we see this type anymore
@sparkers70
17 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this Kitty sketch. Patricia Routledge is an amazing character actress. My favorite, though, will forever and always be Hyacinth from "Keeping Up Appearances" -- absolutely brilliant comedic acting in what is easily one of the funniest sitcoms of all time!
@Fatima502
11 ай бұрын
Agreed, but how I wish Victoria Wood had written a special episode
@salt_cots
3 ай бұрын
"My father's mother ran her own abattoir" is one of my favourite comic lines of all - it's so unexpected.
@mcf59
18 жыл бұрын
KITTY RULES!!! havent seen this in ages...thats me for you three bangles and a polo neck thankyou!
@Chewbaxter
17 жыл бұрын
Absolute gem - this woman is THE BEST at doing monologues - her best performance was "A Lady Of Letters" - long live Ms. Routledge - and of course, Mr. Alan Bennett! :) Neil.
@pedanticradiator1491
5 жыл бұрын
Chewbaxter Victoria Wood wrote this
@starrosborne7839
5 жыл бұрын
It says a lot about Victoria Woods writing too that these sketches are as good as they are
@juststoppingby390
7 күн бұрын
I adore her. Always a fantastic delivery.
@edwardgradidge9612
4 жыл бұрын
Both writing and delivery-genius!
@godot789
10 жыл бұрын
this is the funniest comedy character EVER !!!!!!
@cmasseylynch
6 жыл бұрын
Did wonderful performances of Alan Bennett plays.Talking Heads.
@andrewphippsphillips1455
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty much every Talking Heads was brilliant. He chose his subjects well. The Thora Hird one was genius, as was his own Chip In The Sugar episode! Well recalled and posted :-)
@wenglishsal
14 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly funny... Patricia Routledge is fantastic... She is awesome in anything she acts in... Fabulous and so witty too... Victoria Wood's writing screams class and talent... And she picked the right lady tp perform it... Bravo... bravo ;0)x
@gymm56
17 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Still so funny and the delivery is faultless. A classic.
@ghughesarch
11 жыл бұрын
Predates Talking Head, but postdates A Woman of No Importance by a couple of years, and various other similar Alan Bennett bits and pieces by even longer. But the strong female (or "female") character performing comic / bittersweet /.farcical monologue is a staple of Northern humour going back a long way before either Bennett or Wood, though they were the masters of it through the 80s and 90s.
@feeltheforce10
5 ай бұрын
She was perfectly cast as Hyacinth - time flies shes an old lady now.
@jonathanstafford
12 жыл бұрын
@FeelGood30 Gypsy Creams are round biscuits sandwiched with a vanilla butter icing. Like Oreos, just a different flavour.
@weottertalk
16 жыл бұрын
I LOVE her. SO funny...and she reminds me of a friends mother, here in the states. Xenia Ohio
@scottgray6276
3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't you love to see Kitty encounter, Hyacinth!?!?!?!
@williamevans9426
2 жыл бұрын
'Kitty' (and, indeed, Pat Routledge) - timeless!
@LiaNaLaNoLaCHa
14 жыл бұрын
Patricia Routledge is a very good actress
@thomaslawrence2375
2 жыл бұрын
IT’S THE BUCKET WOMAN!!!! 🤣🤣
@frankhendricks5918
Жыл бұрын
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face
@FrugalQueeninFrance
4 жыл бұрын
Waggled my Ariel and wolfed my gypsy creams
@gillianmorris7969
4 жыл бұрын
But thats the Comprehensive system for you 😃
@MickeyCool30
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant!
@rsslvscff
17 жыл бұрын
Dame Edna and Kitty must get together and have tea. It would be phenomenal!!!!
@jamsdodger8970
4 жыл бұрын
I'm having tea with the boys in flat five. (Is one of them Sheridan by any chance ?)
@Vic35102
6 жыл бұрын
Can't imagine Mrs Bouquet bucket would find this amusing 😂😂
@garethwilliams3819
6 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean
@pickybitch2707
3 жыл бұрын
I love Kitty
@deannausernametaken
17 жыл бұрын
Wraning: Do not attempt to drink tea or anything else while watching this. The combination of fluids and laughter may cause choking. (as I have learned)
@robinellison6708
6 жыл бұрын
Patricia has always been a wonderful actress.
@stephenmaskrey6527
3 жыл бұрын
My all time favourite comedian absolutely fantastic
@JamesVaughan
15 жыл бұрын
Why hasn't Patricia Routledge been made a Dame Commander by now? She certainly deserves it!!
@pedanticradiator1491
5 жыл бұрын
James Vaughan she is now
@gregoryjeromewoodham2470
10 жыл бұрын
this is fantastic
@jaccusefashion
4 жыл бұрын
My maisonette back onto a cake factory, so I'm dusting my nick nacks all day long!
@sussie5
17 жыл бұрын
shes amazing actress comedian hiliarious i luv her in keeping up apperances
@sharongilley3985
4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest
@gregday8724
4 ай бұрын
I used the Mashed Swede quote often when people ask how old I am.
@muscleboi4use
14 жыл бұрын
@WELLBRAN He wrote some of her material but "Kitty" is written by Victoria Wood. Just wonderful!
@dominicestelley2168
4 ай бұрын
Kitty reminds me of my gran, sort of a cross between Kitty and Joanie Taylor. God rest her.
@pauljames5826
Жыл бұрын
“I speak as I find”
@sandmansam1965
10 жыл бұрын
Love Kitty !!
@newmark401
16 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's Patricia Routledge. "Keeping Up Appearances" ran from 1990 to 1995, but has been repeated a lot, so that's why it probably seems so recent.
@MJJLWolf
13 жыл бұрын
Dame Patricia Routledge anyone?
@karmaboi
7 жыл бұрын
Today..... finally :)
@Actionguy1
17 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@kathrynp8080
3 жыл бұрын
Complete avoidance of midget gems....oh how I agree with her on that one 😁.
@asteverino8569
4 жыл бұрын
Love this storytime way of funny. Especially by Ms Routledge. I don’t know every reference, but no matter.
@candosmith1127
11 жыл бұрын
OMG i love her
@danielhagerty7153
3 ай бұрын
I've always thought Kitty was basically the premise for creating Hyacinth Bucket.
@richardmcdonald7005
3 жыл бұрын
Just brilliant
@Chewbaxter
16 жыл бұрын
Always loved the 'Kitty' monologues - excellent stuff! :) Neil.
@musiclover9361
13 жыл бұрын
@neilrwilkinson One of the best one-liners ever!
@cristinavelasco9818
3 жыл бұрын
🇬🇧👍 R.I.P. 👍🇬🇧 GREAT, ACTRESS WE ENJOYED YOUR TALENT. YOUR IMAGINERY MIMICS TALENTED AS A GREAT ACTING. 🥰👏
@simonjones7727
3 жыл бұрын
Patricia Routledge is still alive! She is 92.
@seventyfour1833
16 жыл бұрын
Yes - that seems to be the one Kitty monologue that is missing from here, so I hope that someone will post it some day. She drinks so much sherry that eventually, she just keeps the bottle !!! It is absolutely hilarious. We have seen Patricia Routledge on stage in London in "Talking Heads" doing two monologues, and she is brilliant - an absolutely superb actress and a master of comedy timing.
@markdorais2846
5 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT
@__seeker__
5 жыл бұрын
She’s on another level
@kzbxvz
13 жыл бұрын
Way before "Keeping up apperances" she was a comedian star.
@ironguanyin123
5 жыл бұрын
and used to sing in operas, too!
@gymnastix
15 жыл бұрын
This is obviously several years before Miss Routledge portrayed "Hyacinth Bucket" on "Keeping Up Appearances." And I've read she had also acted on Broadway, won or was nominated for a Tony Award in some production. So was this "Kitty" the first TV acclaim for Miss Routledge? What year was this produced?
@tomservo56954
4 жыл бұрын
She won the Tony in 1968 for the musical DARLING OF THE DAY...she was also one of Sidney Poitier's fellow teachers in TO SIR, WITH LOVE.
@fiorellafenati5395
5 жыл бұрын
splendida attrice
@darrowby1972
14 жыл бұрын
So very Victoria Wood wording, but by god this is wonderfull, well written and damn funny!
@juneseghni
4 жыл бұрын
I met a new person named Kitty at work today- this was my first thought...
@martinward10
8 жыл бұрын
shows Victoria wood was really behind the wonderful hyacinth (the idea at least)
@philipwood5284
8 жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed. I said it very early on and Roy Clarke finally 'admitted' from where the idea came :p
@midsummernight2009
5 жыл бұрын
Yes peppery like Victoria Wood
@Dianaemanuel
13 жыл бұрын
Aside from Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett, is there a better writer than Victoria Wood today?
@garethleeming539
3 жыл бұрын
Answer: No!
@popazz1
13 жыл бұрын
Patricia,Susie,Duncan,Celia et al must've kissed VW's feet to be offered such wonderful characters.Yes,they're all fine actors in their own right,but the absolute joy of being able to appear in Britain's finest comedienne's tv shows would have to have been just amazing! Susie with her continuity announcer,Patricia as Kitty,Celia & Duncan in Acorn Antiques,simply superb.Oh,& naturally,JW,let's not forget her input,lol.A Damehood for VW,please!
@annaabramian11
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is a DVD collection of Kitty. She's amazing! 💕
@pedanticradiator1491
4 жыл бұрын
Theres only 5 short sketches they are on the DVD for Victoria Wood As Seen on TV
@annaabramian11
4 жыл бұрын
@@pedanticradiator1491 Thank you!
@chef1088
3 жыл бұрын
I wish they were available in the USA :(
@HauntFreak13
3 жыл бұрын
@@chef1088 They’re on the Keeping Up Appearances DVD set
@stephenborsbey4350
7 жыл бұрын
but thats the comprehensive system for you. victoria wood went to bury grammar school.
@newtonwhatevs
Жыл бұрын
Now that's the real Talking Heads.
@carmelaG20
16 жыл бұрын
She is!!!
@121Swaleskid
14 жыл бұрын
Kitty ftw :D
@jaccusefashion
4 жыл бұрын
I think Victoria Wood tried to fit 'pedestal mat' into her work as often as possible....it recurs at least once in Dinnerladies alongside 'two washable wigs'
@jillbald1430
2 жыл бұрын
“draughty excluder” was another domestic item she was very fond of.
@franj1
15 жыл бұрын
genius!
@cellodiva2007
15 жыл бұрын
She is alive and well :-)
@Pighood
15 жыл бұрын
= National Treasure
@emjayeuk
11 жыл бұрын
I think this predates Bennett's Talking Heads by a couple of years.
@JamesVaughan
15 жыл бұрын
What?!! I hadn't read or heard that. Last time I looked at Wikipedia she was still living and was about 80, maybe not as active as she was a few years ago.
@laurabowden1938
8 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@geekerella7296
7 ай бұрын
Wow! Hyacinth Bucket precursor. I've never seen this.
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