The ITV Panto was a yearly staple as a kid but the current uploads on YouTube are very low quality. If somebody can get better quality uploads when they inevitably rerun them this year that'd be wonderful.
As I'm sure many long-time subscribers may be aware, today was the annual BritBox event Britmas. For those unaware, this occasion sees a deluge of classic Christmas specials land on the service. My original plan was to merely present this as a bullet point list (because seriously, we're looking at 36 uploads in a single day) but one huge surprise simply had to be highlighted first.
For those of you who've already seen my separate image post, you'll know what I'm about to say. For those who haven't, it's a juggernaut of early sitcoms. With zero warning, BritBox UK uploaded Steptoe & Son. And we're not just talking about the first couple of series either. No, this is the entire 8 series run between 1962 and 1974 (with the Christmas specials as separate uploads which we'll get to later). The BritBox UK team even went out of their way to include surviving telerecording versions of episodes so that every single one is accounted for. No corners were cut here. Seeing one of the earliest fully surviving British TV series fully available for streaming is a feather in the cap that deserves to be heavily promoted. Here is the official description:
- Steptoe & Son (BBC, 1962-74, 57 episodes across 8 series and 2 Christmas specials)
>Classic Brit comedy from the 60s & 70s. In the chaos of their Shepherd's Bush cottage, Albert Steptoe & son Harold run a junk business. But Harold is desperate to escape, though his plans never quite work out. Look out for a young Joanna Lumley!
And here is everything else that was added today:
- A Christmas Carol (ITV, 2000)
>A modern take on Dickens. Loan shark Eddie Scrooge has his local housing estate in a grip of fear, but on the night before Christmas he is visited by the ghost of his ex-partner.
- A Christmas Carol (BBC, 1977) - A rare adaptation by the BBC that only aired once and received a now-out-of-print DVD release
> A vivid depiction of Dickens' classic Victorian Christmas tale. The tight-fisted & miserable Scrooge gets a visit on Christmas Eve from the ghost of his business partner. This ghoul has come to show the old git the error of his ways.
- A Duty Free Christmas (ITV, 1984)
>Christmas Special 1984. 80s comedy. After much persuading, Amy agrees to spend Christmas in Spain with David. By a twist of fate Linda & Robert have also booked the same hotel - a perfect opportunity for David to carry on trying to woo Linda.
- **Are You Being Served? Christm
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
But nobody ever mentions his sister, Onya, who invented the starter pistol.
“BOOM”?!
