Gavin and Stacey S3 Ep6 REACTION!
Added 2025-03-13 17:30:03 +0000 UTCLet's see if it happens.
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Hey, we will take the piss out of the welsh to the end of day, but if an american starts, we will step in front and be like "Woah, wind your neck in yank, you havent earned the right or our respect to make fun of our welsh cousins, we can say what we want, but you do not."
Dave Jones
2025-09-21 11:19:41 +0000 UTCI'd say about 70% of the jokes in Gavin and Stacey are cultural and go way over Boomers head. I'm not sure why people recommend shows like this to you. Some of the jokes are so inherently cultural and subtle that they even go over British heads. Like in this episode, one of the funniest things is Nes going down the aisle to Angry Anderson's "Suddenly" which is a throwback to Kylie and Jason's wedding in hit Aussie soap Neigbours from 1986. A mssive thing in the UK at that time. That's a real throwback but brilliant also.
Tass
2025-08-06 01:33:49 +0000 UTCWhy have you changed to Vimeo?! I can't cast to my tv now ffs!
Lz Bristol
2025-04-08 12:01:32 +0000 UTCAnd it's important to keep in mind that this episode - s3 ep 6 - aired in January 2010; that was the finale... until the return in 2019 with the Christmas special (long wait) and then the actual final return in Xmas 2024. So a long, long wait, twice over, and it always delivers. 9, 10 years between this and the 2019 special, and then another 5 years... 'twas a huge wait, huge excitement in the UK for both specials.
DSJ.
2025-03-15 23:46:57 +0000 UTCI had to unsub from ETS21 because I was finding Spencer increasingly irritating to watch. Like you say he often missed the mark completely, but it was the howling fake laughter at things he thought he was expected to laugh at that I couldn't listen to any more. Daniel is an absolutely sound bloke though, always enjoyed his contribution to the channel.
Chris H
2025-03-15 13:05:39 +0000 UTCBoomer, when Smithy says, “I’m done!” then he and Gavin say, “Romeo done!” This is a reference to a British rapper called Romeo, who was part of a rap group called So Solid Crew, who had a No. 1 single called “21 Seconds,” where various rappers do verses, and when Romeo finishes his verse, he says, “Romeo done!”
Rob Palmer
2025-03-15 12:37:40 +0000 UTChaha i forgot john prescott was in it
Jed Baker
2025-03-14 20:31:04 +0000 UTCOFAH was an almost annual tradition watching it on XMAS day. Plus there weren't as many channels back then. Also now, the include catch up figures too so it's all different.
Daniel Simpkins
2025-03-14 19:43:23 +0000 UTCBoomer, after the specials there was a cracking documentary all about the show. Unprecedented access with James and Ruth, interviews with fans and lots of behind the scenes stuff. Also features a wee clip of the infamous fishing trip. Well worth a watch if someone can get you that sent over to you.
Paul Archibald
2025-03-14 19:05:20 +0000 UTCThe two specials were a big deal in the UK. Series 3 ended in 2009, and the next special was 10 years later in 2019. People had assumed the show finished at series 3. Then we had to wait another 5 years again for the finale. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
Kathryn Edwards
2025-03-14 11:44:01 +0000 UTCReact to misfits think you’ll like that
Scott Boult
2025-03-14 10:15:24 +0000 UTCHoly shit. I didn't realise John Prescott was in this. I've only seen him on Top Gear in the reasonable priced car. I also now know what a Gooch is.
Joe Thornhill
2025-03-14 01:08:14 +0000 UTCI've watched repeats of this out of order so often that it never really occurred to me that this was the final.
Joe Thornhill
2025-03-14 00:38:47 +0000 UTCMaybe. But those figures will include overnight and Iplayer. No such thing back then.
ThetaSigmaTheOriginal
2025-03-14 00:20:45 +0000 UTCFar fewer channels back then, too! It could even be argued with expanded terrestrial, subscription services, Youtube, etc that wasn't around during OFAH, Gavin and Stacey pulling in numbers like that is more of an achievement!
David Lyons
2025-03-14 00:18:48 +0000 UTCI’d completely forgotten about that cameo
Kieran B
2025-03-13 23:11:43 +0000 UTCThat’s a good way of framing it when seeing the episodes back to back
Kieran B
2025-03-13 23:11:28 +0000 UTCHaha, absolutely - that’s why it’s so hard to get it right, it’s not necessarily logical and you just have to be immersed in it to get it like much of culture - or you have to particularly perceptive of the dynamics which good comedians naturally do very well. Completely agree it can be very unfair.
Kieran B
2025-03-13 23:09:52 +0000 UTCI love how you're opening up so many levels regarding regionalism, nationalism and group identity. We tend to subconsciously place rules on what's acceptable banter, dependent on how it relates to the complex nature of group identity against "outsiders". It can be quite unfairly hypocritical in nature, but I think it positively shows that despite our differences, brothers can stick together.
Jay
2025-03-13 23:07:20 +0000 UTCThis show is better than I thought it was. Great acting by some good actors. The writing is very good to. So James Corden, the writer is good. But as a person he's still, by all accounts, a prick
Yaapsdad
2025-03-13 23:02:25 +0000 UTCAs a cricket fan I definitely prefer Americans over Australians 😂
Julian T
2025-03-13 23:00:05 +0000 UTCRemember the 2019 special is 9 years after this! We waited a long time for it. And obviously the last special was 5 years after that.
Kieran B
2025-03-13 22:58:38 +0000 UTCSmithy...now that is a way to break up a wedding!
Yaapsdad
2025-03-13 22:51:23 +0000 UTCI think they just got bored of it, which is fair enough. I get the impression that they wanted the channel to go in the direction of celebrating American culture, but got swept up in the whole "react to British things" trend. Probably good for channel growth initially, but it never really felt like what they want to achieve.
Jay
2025-03-13 22:50:53 +0000 UTCRight lane is the fast lane. Middle lane is for the gash bastards to hog and the left is for trucks, trailers and people who know how to drive on the motorway properly
Chris Silverthorne
2025-03-13 22:47:59 +0000 UTCNot at all, I won’t get on my soapbox about how the American Revolution was a very British Revolution - and really the American view is missing a lot of that context. My comment was more on the distance of the relationship, not about any level of relationship. I include kiwis because so many kiwis are first generation and essentially are Brits, they’re just not as typically loud or brash as Aussies - Canadians can give it too, they have a polite front but they’re not soft. They’re culturally a hybrid of Americans and Brits really though so not in the same league as Aussies or even Kiwis. And of course there’s Québécois culture which it’s its own thing, and coincidentally what I wrote my thesis on. Yeah I was just about to add an additional line agreeing with you about banter from outsiders, if it’s done right and they really understand the culture, as I wasn’t really referring to that - more the shift from regionalism to group identity in the face of genuine insult and attack, eg a Lancastrian and Yorkshireman banter until a southerner picks a fight and then they’re northerners; said northerners and southerners banter until a Scot picks a fight and then they’re English; the Scots and the English banter until an Italian picks a fight and then they’re British. And so on…
Kieran B
2025-03-13 22:47:25 +0000 UTCI unsubscribed as soon as they said they aren't going to react to any more British comedy. It's what they did best! It's a shame really. Thank god for Boomer 😂🙌
ZedMC
2025-03-13 22:40:44 +0000 UTCFrom my perception, aside from our differences over things like gun control, I don't think historically any Brit has a real problem with Americans. None of us actually mind that America gained independence from Britain, so we have no real hate on that side. So when an American goes hard on the insults, we take it more personally because we feel that our third cousin that we have a good relationship with, is trying to make us feel bad. Canadians and New Zealanders are way too polite to even bother with the whole banter thing. Aussies are essentially Brits with a different accent and a thicker amount of sarcasm, so it's like being insulted by our own. I've also noticed that Brits are generally fine with outsiders insulting us, if they've had some experience of our idiosyncrasies. American comedian Doug Stanhope and German comedian Henning Wehn are two good examples. Both of them are smart enough to pick apart some of our behaviour, without resorting to basic lazy stereotypes.
Jay
2025-03-13 22:35:56 +0000 UTCThe poem is Stop All the Clocks by WH Auden, it was famously used in Four Weddings and a Funeral. At the funeral, obviously
Kieran B
2025-03-13 22:24:46 +0000 UTCI used to watch embrace the suck21 but don't now.Daniel I like and thought he was quite perceptive. Spencer frequently imo got the wrong end of the stick and after some time watching British content seemed no nearer understanding us nor seemingly that bothered about doing so. It was about his own preconceived ideas, I think. Honestly I'm sure he's a likeable enough bloke but far from the sharpest tack in the box, nor a great comedian. None of these observations I've made about him, whether right or wrong, apply to King and Queen Boomer and I'm more than happy continuing to watch your good channel.
Yaapsdad
2025-03-13 22:12:44 +0000 UTCIf you have time boomer definitely worth checking out series 1-3 bloopers you’ll be laughing non stop
subzerostolly
2025-03-13 22:03:39 +0000 UTCDefinitely not waiting that long! He started in Aug!
Daniel Simpkins
2025-03-13 22:01:30 +0000 UTCYou’re spot on with the brothers and sisters analogy. We banter with each other but as soon as an outsider picks on us we’re one and the same. Aussies and Kiwis are first cousins (and there’s still loads of first generation Kiwis and Aussies originally from the UK - overall we absolutely have the closest relationship with them, they’re still close family either way as they have the closest mindset and humour to us). Canadians are second cousins and Americans are third cousins.
Kieran B
2025-03-13 21:56:28 +0000 UTCDefinitely, that's what I thought as well. He tried a bit of Brit sarcasm and it just came out badly. I get the impression that Spencer doesn't like to kiss up to his audience, so I get why he dug his heels in.
Jay
2025-03-13 21:13:36 +0000 UTCJust an idea King Boomer, but the specials were Christmas Specials, I definitely remember the first special in 2019 being set at Christmas, the one just on was not set at Christmas I don't think, but may be too long a wait and I know you haven't done any like Halloween or Christmas specials, aside Home Alone, from what I can remember! May be wrong!! but perhaps they would be good to save as a double over Christmas time, maybe a week apart! Just an idea 😇
Dave L
2025-03-13 20:56:14 +0000 UTCI liked everything you said. As for Spencer, I saw the part you are talking about and I firmly believe he didn't mean any harm at all. He just sucked at executing those sarcastic jokes and it didn't go down well. He probably should have never posted that.
Brian Moran
2025-03-13 20:53:58 +0000 UTCHe did a bit to camera saying how the channel can't get rid of us Brits, and threw in some banter which came out really negatively, when I think he was just trying to do a bit of British sarcasm. It seems to have lost them a few subs. I'm pretty sure his recent trip to the UK gave him the idea that he could get away with it, but it's always a fine line to walk when it comes to throwing about banter. I feel bad for him that it backfired, but he didn't do himself any favours by telling anyone that complained that they were "butthurt" and "Can't take a joke". It was a masterclass in how not to run a Youtube channel. Bless him! Edit: Just to add, I don't want to make this anything negative about Spencer. It was just my point of view on why his banter hit differently than when our countries do it.
Jay
2025-03-13 19:59:54 +0000 UTCHow did Spencer insult the Brits? Not watch anything from those guys for a while.
Jon
2025-03-13 19:52:05 +0000 UTCSomething tells me your comment regarding insults between countries is slightly related to Spencer from Embrace the Suck's recent vid that insulted the Brits? (If I'm incorrect, I apologise). My personal take on it. Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland have all had issues with each other over the years/centuries. We are closely tied both culturally and historically, so it's a difficult relationship. For us to throw around a bit of banter with someone from another of those countries, you either have to be on friendly terms with them, or it has to be gentle ribbing without getting too deeply into the political side (unless you want to be xenophobic). Being part of that complicated relationship does give us some allowance, because we know we are related by that troubled history. It's a way of dealing with our differences, and getting past those troubles through humour. Americans are related to us, but you're not directly part of the troubles between our nations, so having an American assume they can freely join in on the banter without being part of that history, just feels like throwing insults without earning that right. We do love outsiders ribbing us, but there's a fine line between lighthearted banter, and just plain insults that aren't earned by that historical context. It's a difficult thing to judge. Aussies also get a free pass with England, because of our shared history, and mainly because they're pretty much the experts in anti English banter (outside of the UK and Ireland), but everywhere else it just comes across negatively. I hope that explains it a little bit. Would be happy for chat to correct me if I'm way off the mark. Just my take on it.
Jay
2025-03-13 19:49:57 +0000 UTC2019 and 2024 specials next up!!
AWR93
2025-03-13 19:46:20 +0000 UTCJust so you don’t watch in wrong order the next to watch is The Christmas Special from 2019 then the most recent from last year is Gavin and Stacey: The Final 😊
Rachel
2025-03-13 19:42:35 +0000 UTCYeah, right lane is the fast lane
Joe Blakeley
2025-03-13 19:11:13 +0000 UTCFair to say that Only Fools and Horses was aired when the UK population was significantly smaller, so audience viewership would have been larger by a percent. I'm not picking sides as I'm not a big fan of either show. They're both fine, though.
ThetaSigmaTheOriginal
2025-03-13 18:40:49 +0000 UTCLol oblivious to the John Prescott cameo. Tidy.
James Steel
2025-03-13 18:39:12 +0000 UTCStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun, Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood; For nothing now can ever come to any good.
Rebecca Musson
2025-03-13 18:33:01 +0000 UTCOnly fools and horses got 23 million viewers when they became millionaires
Michael Oliver
2025-03-13 18:20:41 +0000 UTCJust the two Christmas specials to get through.
QueenKennaofStormholt
2025-03-13 18:15:47 +0000 UTCOne of the actors who played Neil the baby also plays him in the next 2... then you really notice the time that's gone by!
Gem Lou
2025-03-13 18:14:38 +0000 UTCLittle bit of context to earlier jokes for you here KB, In an earlier episode Nessa talks about when she dated John Prescott (A former British Labour MP and deputy Prime Minister to Tony Blair) and how when they broke up he took it badly and punched a civilian (When Labour were in power in the late 90's/2000's John punched a man who threw an egg at him in the street in front of the media camera) At 23 mins into this episode, after Pam and Mick talk to dave, the man who shakes Daves hand is John Prescott! He passed away in November 2024, he was definitely titan of British politics and a very well known person here.
Lee Knowles
2025-03-13 18:13:23 +0000 UTCLmfao boomers brothers and cousin analogy was spot on to me
zStarr
2025-03-13 18:06:05 +0000 UTCThink the john Prescott appearance went straight over your head 😅
David fallows
2025-03-13 18:03:57 +0000 UTCLooking forward to watching this later! I’m glad they made more, but at the time this was also a great and happy ending
Michael May
2025-03-13 17:43:53 +0000 UTC
