Parents Don’t Understand Their New Phone

Parents Don’t Understand Their New Phone
#comedy #sketchcomedy #parenting

Anne has a new phone, but how to use it?

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[zaynebm]

I must say Oisin has grown quite a bit in character development, he seems to be more patient and well behaved with his mother than before!

[GreenJimll]

So true, but one thing that was wrong from my experience is that Anne should have been trying to push down on the touch screen with the force of 30 elephants, even after being told to do it gently.

[interneteditor]

I had a job, in the late 90s, training middle-aged solicitors to use their new work computer system. Every. Single. Moment. of my days were like this, with added threat of getting the sack for rolling my eyes too much.

[tonyatthebeach]

Anne Flanagan does a superb job of playing Hog in the other sketches

[mikaela]

This is so spot on. I bought my mum a smartphone on her last birthday and ever since, every time I visit her I have tons of requests and explanations in regard to how to use it. At first I behaved kind of annoyed, but then my mum reminded me that she was patient enough back in the days to teach me how to wipe my own ass and eat with a fork...

[kawaiikitty]

It’s scary how accurate this is, especially the stress of thinking they have to remember all the passwords without writing them down.

[sharronfarrell]

As someone who teaches digital skills to Seniors this is scarily accurate 🙂 Changing Sleep to never in Settings is almost always first thing I do!

[milogromit]

I can so relate. It took us 5 hours to get our parents phone to their "just basic needs". This skit is actually making my blood pressure go up. 😆

[josuibarretxe]

I feel you Oisin. As a son I’ve been through this many times, as well: smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs, emails, internet and everything in between. The only remedy to that is patience.

[PaulV.]

I support that nice lady. You cant do anything when your screen turns off in just 10 sec. The first thing I do on any of my new phones is setting that timer to 60 sec.

[KamilkaOz]

Instant classic 😆 can’t believe Teaching Computers to Parents was 5 years ago… This is such a natural follow on from that

[dianethompson]

I laughed so hard because that was exactly what I was like when I bought my new phone yesterday. I had 2 sales reps and the manager trying to get me a simple phone. I am a senior so they had pity on me.

[anniesoernym]

Arms trying and failing to keep his Barry face was the cherry on top of a delightful sketch!
So much laughter around here 🤣 Thanks very much, lads!

[WestExplainsBest]

What a brilliant documentary!
These guys should do comedy sketches too.

[dolphins]

😆🤣 I lost it at "75 years!" Truly, these are the most relatable skits on the planet, no matter where you're from. That opener reminded me so much of my folks, and we're from the side of the world, Jamaica! 🇯🇲 Long live F.A.H. (And Anne Flanagan 😊💯)!

[alison]

I just want you to know that you’ve resurfaced SO MANY repressed memories of me trying to help my parents and my grandparents on BOTH sides with technology. You learn how to connect a few cables because you play video games and suddenly you’re the family IT person…

[AdeleiTeillana]

I relate to this harder than I've ever related to anything in my life. How on earth did these guys in Ireland know exactly what it's like to be me and my mom?? 😂😭

[jonweinraub]

That hunt for the small notebook of passwords is 100% on point.

[kateu.]

"Play your cards right and I'll leave it for you in my will" 😂😂

[hehemusicauthorfreak]

I'm getting flashbacks to helping my Gran with her phone- on her landline, trying to help and describe the steps to setting up a phone I couldn't even see 🙈 so this video was all 100% accurate for me!