The Scousers

The Scousers

"The Scousers" was sketch from the Harry Enfield's Television Programme comedy show of the early 1990's.

It featured a set of stereotyped Scally characters from Liverpool, "Ga'", "Ba'" and "Te'" played by Gary Bleasdale, Harry Enfield, Joe McGann, and Mark Moraghan. The original inspiration for the Scousers sketches were Barry Grant and Terry Sullivan two characters from the soap opera "Brookside", set in Liverpool.

The Scousers were usually depicted with curly Kevin Keegan-esque permed hairstyles and bushy moustaches, wearing shell suits, and speaking in thick Scouse accents. Common catch phrases they came up included "Eh? Eh? Eh?" "Dey do dough, don't dey dough" (They do though, don't they though).

Whenever a potential problem or dispute arose, this would result in The Scousers repeating to each other their most famous catch phrase:

"Alright! Alright!, Calm down! Calm down!""

This catch phrase was Bleasdale's input as he changed the scripted original, which was "Break it up 'ey, come on, break it up", during the first rehearsal. McGann brought "Dey do dough, don't dey dough" to the sketches. The characters had allegiances to the city's football teams with "Ga'" being an Everton fan while "Ba'" & "Te'" were Liverpool fans. This leads to even more disagreement.

Influence of "The Scousers"

Even though the Harry Enfield's TV series finished over a decade ago, the catchphrases, the 'taches and the curly wigs are still associated with people from the city of Liverpool. This parody has helped to re-inforce the negative stereotype of Liverpudlians. However they have embraced these characters in a similar way to the Scots and Russ Abbott's "C U Jimmy".

The actors Paul Usher and Brian Regan who played Brookside characters "Barry" and "Terry" also appeared in a "The Scousers" sketch" "Terry Gets Married".

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3NqLjPGRds&feature=related Harry Enfield The Scousers "Terry Gets Married" - You Tube]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2338937.stm Brookside fans hold Scouse demo - BBC News]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/352840552/ Harry Enfield Scousers in Liverpoool (spoof) - Flickr]


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