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Dave Allen. I remember watching him on the beeb back in the day... Yes, I'm old.
Same here
Loved his interaction in front of the audience.
definitely among top 5 in sit-down comedy field to this day.
"Goodnight, thank you, and may your God go with you."
Still my favourite stand-up (or sit-down) ever, I think. I am also old.
His bit about teaching his son how to tell the time is pure gold. Has me creased every time I listen to it
The first hand is called the hour hand. The second hand is called the minute hand and the third hand is called the second hand... SHUT UP!
I showed my kids that when they were learning to tell the time in school. I'm not sure they got it, but I certainly enjoyed seeing it again.
Except that is decades older. 2008? Dave Allen was in the 70/80's mate!
Yeah, they're not very good at telling time.
Oldies united around Dave allen
Dave Allen was a genius, and so gentle with it. The different stories he told about his missing (half) finger were great.
I always adored his sign off "May your God go with you"
Between him and Billy Connolly, the UK comedy scene was golden for a long while. Sadly, it's nowhere near as good now.
He had a very strong dislike (putting it mildly) of the Roman Catholic Church, I think due to childhood experiences.
The different stories he told about his missing (half) finger were great.
The one that sticks with me is where he used to hold his glass with his finger inside the rim, but his drinks were too strong.
i remember watching him on pbs, good night and may your god go with you
The one thing I remember about Dave Allen was that he once mentioned in his show that an anagram of his name was Anal Delve.
That’s the sort of mental image that stays with you!
I watched him on our local channel in the US.
First time I've heard the BBC called the Beeb! 😂
There was a sketch he did where he ran a row boat company at a lake and he was using a megaphone
‘Boat 99 your time is up’
Co-worker ‘we dont have a boat 99’
‘Boat 66 are you in trouble?’
What movie was this?
It's a British comedy sketch show. Dave Allen was the comedian.
So, what's the name of the British sketch show?
The Dave Allen Show.
I'm 33 and love Dave Allen. Then again, I too, am old.
I thought it was Dave Allen! Thanks for confirming it. I remember I couldn't take my eyes off his hands when I was a kid because my cousin told me the hand he held his whisky glass with was missing a finger.
Time to head off
Gonna roll out.
Alright cut it out
Only gotta axe once
Oops forgot to grab decap.
It's an old meme, but it checks out...
Hurry up with the scene. We don't have all day. Chop chop!
My ancestors are smiling on me imperial. Can you say the same?
That was the MOST expected thing to happen, ever.
OP is just a spam bot
That's British humor. The longest lead up to the most expected punchline.
The explanation being "Actor went viral" backs this...
Ever? I say sunrise and sunset are more expected, since I personally did not see this coming
If you stay out all night to watch where the sun goes, it will dawn on you eventually
Hahah that’s funny as fuck, and also a cute way for me to get updated on how many people think my comment was trash and worth downvoting. Hooray for friendship!
Individual experiences may vary.
Yeah no doubt, and clearly many folks agree with you and think I’m a nincompoop. Well, jokes on me, I am a nincompoop.
I think you're pretty cool.
I don't know if that matters, but it's true.
Individual experiences may vary & I’m at a particularly uncomfortable juncture where it does matter to me, so, thank you ❤️
You're just fine. Reddit is very, well reddity waits to be buried under avalanche of downdoots
Just for saying that, we demand you get a divorce, move house and change your identity. It's the only way now.
(/Jk - reddit is indeed reddity😂)
Just contacting my local vacuum parts shops rn - I need a dust filter for a Hoover Max Extract 60 Pressure Pro
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There was nothing unexpected here
"Cut!"
"Nonono! Not the Head! The take! God Almighty, we need to do it again, clean that mess and get the other actresses ready and John please, is the fifth time it happens...Stay focused and don't finish the move, get the axe to the edge of the neck..."
The minute I saw the axe and director, I knew the punchline.
If that was unexpected, then consider me Miles Davis.
That's a great movie😂💜
an "unexpected" ending is essentially the very definition of a punchline.
but if the bar for "unexpected" content is that low, then this sub becomes indistinguishable from r/funny
What do you expect when the OP is a spam bot. That’s what half of Reddit is now. At least the “posters” are bots.
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Baldwin's prop.
Funny, but not really /r/unexpected . Especially given the whole 'multiple camera angles' thing.
Rust (1974)
One of the ‘family’ shows we watched growing up.
A proper 'Unexpected' Dave Allen clip.
Well played, very well played.
Dave Allen.
Is this what they call the "extra mile?"
Can't wait for the "this was staged" reddit comment!
This was staged!!!
Did she really die?
You can see the punchline coming from miles away, and yet one still wants it
reminds me of the "it's not exactly brain surgery" sketch from Mitchell & Webb
Totally Expected
Can someone explain to a newbie like me, when the director is speaking and directing the actors while filming, do they isolate the director's voice or is it on a different channel?
Jajaja si no explica bien pasa esas cosas 🤣🤣🤣😃
christ comedy has come a long way
How so?
It used to be funny instead of people screaming dick jokes in the most obnoxious way.
The lord is not a joking matter
is anyone else bothered by the way she put her head past the log with her torso on most of it, her neck isnt even in a good position for a clean cut
Sunday night on PBS for me
"...Print it."
MY favourite word to yell when ever I pass a circus...
Taking method acting to the next level
I loved him! Funny as....
Where was the fucking supervisor????
I think... He misunderstood. The guy stopped recording and missed it. Can we get another actress to fill in?
nice
The best!
Dave Allen will never not be funny.
The director looks like white Tyler the creator
Take 127? Same scene, 127 times? At 127 takes, I'd be taking off everybody's head with that axe.
Also, assume that's a 16mm film camera, so it's probably got 100 or 400 feet of film to roll. That's about 3 minutes or 12 minutes of film. If each take is 30 seconds to shoot, 127 takes is about 64 minutes, so that camera will need to be reloaded at least 6 times, if not 22 times.
Directed by Alec Baldwin
I watched Save Allen on PBS in rural North Carolina years before cable or satellite. The station was so far away that we got mostly static with a little Dave. He was still awesome.
Method Acting is one thing, but it's Method Directing where we run into trouble
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
Actor went viral
Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
What?
...the people have spoken