Why It Is Called 'Great' Britain

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  • The Pub Landlord reveals why we are called 'Great' Britain. Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival.
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  • @manchesterisred99
    @manchesterisred99 Před 4 lety +3421

    Not sure what's funnier, Al Murray or the guys on here not knowing it's satire.

    • @BernardTheMandeville
      @BernardTheMandeville Před 4 lety +110

      I wouldn't call it satire, for me that would imply he actually believes the complete opposite of what he says here. I would say he plays an exaggerated persona or maybe an alter-ego.

    • @LDwestwood1986
      @LDwestwood1986 Před 4 lety +160

      @@BernardTheMandeville You're understanding of satire is stupid. All satire is is making light of something

    • @hughneek12
      @hughneek12 Před 4 lety +38

      I have seen him interviewed a couple of times and he seems the polar opposite of the type of obnoxious cretin he brings to ridicule.

    • @dongoldney
      @dongoldney Před 4 lety

      Priceless

    • @cheddabiz7869
      @cheddabiz7869 Před 4 lety +8

      @@BernardTheMandeville Go & watch his TEDx talk when he's not in character.

  • @ruhtam8971
    @ruhtam8971 Před 2 lety +505

    He can mix stupidity, intellect and humour in such a chaotic way I'm surprised how his mind can handle all of it at once

    • @dylandrew6071
      @dylandrew6071 Před 2 lety +4

      One out of 3 for yanks, must try harder.

    • @UserName-om6ft
      @UserName-om6ft Před 2 lety +1

      @@dylandrew6071 so salty and triggered imagine still being mad about 1776

    • @dylandrew6071
      @dylandrew6071 Před 2 lety +6

      @@UserName-om6ft Why would we be mad about the painter John Constable dying?

    • @rockhopper88
      @rockhopper88 Před 2 lety

      It’s all those pints he’s drinking that’s how

    • @UserName-om6ft
      @UserName-om6ft Před 2 lety

      @@dylandrew6071 no you're mad about the British losing to the US in the revolutionary war

  • @jackcasey8078
    @jackcasey8078 Před 4 lety +330

    I'm an American and I can say that yes indeed Great Britain is truly great

    • @jackreilly335
      @jackreilly335 Před 4 lety +11

      Jacky My Dogg10 US is great too always good to see these comments from the other americans who have nothing nice to say about britain love from the UK brother.

    • @PhoenixT70
      @PhoenixT70 Před 2 lety +13

      @@jackreilly335 Britain's far from perfect (neither is the USA to be fair) but as long as she keeps to her roots, she'll always be Great.

    • @voltagethename9959
      @voltagethename9959 Před 2 lety +5

      Big sister Britannia is good Brother America is good and Mother France can be a pain in the ass but they always get along

    • @alexanderflemming6788
      @alexanderflemming6788 Před 2 lety +5

      @@voltagethename9959 that is the biggest lie I have ever heard.

    • @freddiemedley5580
      @freddiemedley5580 Před 2 lety +2

      @@voltagethename9959 what are you on about? Austria is are birth mother with the celts. Then Italy as are adoptive mother with abandonment issues. Then the Germanic people again with the Saxons and then the Danes and then the Saxons again and then the Franco Danish( normans) and then the Germanic people again with Victoria's husband. And I'm pretty sure the ancient British people who lived here before the Celts were also Germanic. So are mother Is the Germanic race not France!

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 Před 4 lety +1748

    I knew a guy who was just like this in real life.

    • @terrybirks8538
      @terrybirks8538 Před 4 lety +16

      colin Paterson yes he was called Alf Garnet

    • @mikydees91
      @mikydees91 Před 4 lety +144

      His based on English working class pub owners. Al Murray is a oxford educated graduate. One of best historians about. Watch his BBC docs . This is satire

    • @frelted6744
      @frelted6744 Před 4 lety +3

      colin Paterson the peak of comedy?

    • @Thorny5718
      @Thorny5718 Před 4 lety +36

      Every pub in the UK has one pal, and bloody happy I am about that. 👍🏻😂

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 Před 4 lety +10

      No he was just a twat - he was a great critic of everyone else's life but never looked at his own faults. He soon made you uncomfortable to be around him, most of us avoided him but he homed in on us. I know this character is comedy but comedy is a study of life and charicaturing it.

  • @henrygraham1590
    @henrygraham1590 Před 3 lety +454

    “Britain is the CENTRE OF THE EARTH. Its a SCIENTIFIC FACT” 😂😂😂

    • @christopherlee-hudson3283
      @christopherlee-hudson3283 Před 3 lety +2

      @half a rasher raytown and you can not take a joke.

    • @Yeet-bv7gi
      @Yeet-bv7gi Před 3 lety +16

      He was right.. we are the centre.
      The clock starts in Greenwich and either moves forward based on your timezone (east) +1 + 2 etc
      Or backwards based on where you are -1 -2 but it's calculated and ranged in Britain because of a treaty signed and agreed to by alot of countries

    • @sellotape06
      @sellotape06 Před 3 lety +6

      We're the centre cos we created latitude and longitude lol

    • @Yeet-bv7gi
      @Yeet-bv7gi Před 3 lety +2

      @@sellotape06 not quite true

    • @dzonbrodi514
      @dzonbrodi514 Před 3 lety +3

      @Senior_researcher_egg -Level _4_clearance- no it is not correct, the centre of the Earth is a hot ball of mostly iron

  • @blakestormcrow6275
    @blakestormcrow6275 Před 4 lety +452

    My wife left me after realising my 10cm wasn't a foot, even though I told her I had small feet

    • @irw4350
      @irw4350 Před 3 lety +4

      I've got a 12 inch dick........but I dont use it as a rule

    • @johnwalshaw7362
      @johnwalshaw7362 Před 3 lety +5

      They said "Give her an inch and she'll take a yard" so I slammed her half a foot.

    • @apuppynamedoz
      @apuppynamedoz Před 3 lety +16

      My wife asked me to give her 12 inches and make her bleed....
      So I fucked her twice and hit her with a hammer.....

    • @robertwright7937
      @robertwright7937 Před 3 lety

      Anyone else think Danny Devito looks like he has a very short, but very thick penis?

    • @LeakyTrees
      @LeakyTrees Před 3 lety +3

      @@irw4350 buuuuullshit

  • @T0M_X
    @T0M_X Před 3 lety +136

    The history teacher after a few too many pints:

  • @TheyCalledMeT
    @TheyCalledMeT Před 4 lety +806

    darn he's a different person with hair above his neck ..

    • @Smdylan
      @Smdylan Před 4 lety +6

      Same fucking jokes though.

    • @reallukekew4702
      @reallukekew4702 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Smdylan sexy

    • @vanukas8783
      @vanukas8783 Před 4 lety +1

      Real Luke Kew im sexy and I know it

    • @marciasyme4586
      @marciasyme4586 Před 3 lety +1

      The Empire Strikes back!
      What makes Britain Great?
      Their sense of humour
      Their fierce sense of fairness
      Their haphazard nationalism
      Their football hooligans
      and Queen Victoria
      The short fat despot who forged an Empire to get away from the kids.
      Did she spare your back? NO!
      Did she spare your sweat? NO!
      Did she spare your blood? NO!
      So what DID she do?
      She gave you an Empire you had built.
      She is your Empress and you are her Empire Builders.
      With her fierce spirit and unflinching ways she galvanised you into giving birth to The Modern World.
      #GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

    • @marciasyme4586
      @marciasyme4586 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Smdylan The Empire Strikes back!
      What makes Britain Great?
      Their sense of humour
      Their fierce sense of fairness
      Their haphazard nationalism
      Their football hooligans
      and Queen Victoria
      The short fat despot who forged an Empire to get away from the kids.
      Did she spare your back? NO!
      Did she spare your sweat? NO!
      Did she spare your blood? NO!
      So what DID she do?
      She gave you an Empire you had built.
      She is your Empress and you are her Empire Builders.
      With her fierce spirit and unflinching ways she galvanised you into giving birth to The Modern World.
      #GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

  • @varyingredbeard9827
    @varyingredbeard9827 Před 4 lety +308

    classic pub landlord

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox Před 4 lety +7

      it's making fun of politics, not dressing up politics as comedy

    • @kevablade
      @kevablade Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah proper pub not one of those food bars calling themselves a pub

    • @luckerooni7628
      @luckerooni7628 Před 4 lety

      @jon jon You sound real fun at parties.

  • @Crustymarine
    @Crustymarine Před 3 lety +125

    This guy is a riot! He knows how to mix his knowledge with humor and make people laugh. Funny as all get out!

  • @djashjones
    @djashjones Před 4 lety +610

    What used to be great in Britain was if you needed a chippy, sparky, decorator, mechanic, etc. Just pop down to your local boozer. Once upon a time your local boozer was like a community center. Now it's a creche serving shite ale.

    • @terrortorn
      @terrortorn Před 4 lety +65

      "centre". You are not on the Jeremy Springer show.

    • @mokkaveli
      @mokkaveli Před 4 lety +3

      Dunno where you are, but in working class London they mostly still serve the same purpose

    • @renditioners
      @renditioners Před 4 lety +6

      U right a witherspoon I know is like care in the community homeless people spend all night in there

    • @2010dame
      @2010dame Před 4 lety

      spot on Ash

    • @johnlacey7126
      @johnlacey7126 Před 4 lety +2

      Many local boozers now are flats.

  • @Nicholas_Schaeffer
    @Nicholas_Schaeffer Před 4 lety +69

    4:42 it’s funny because the French actually made a calendar with ten days in a week

  • @isaiahcampbell488
    @isaiahcampbell488 Před 4 lety +330

    Why is it that some of the most genius sounding people of the human race happen to be stand up comedians?

    • @0robbi0
      @0robbi0 Před 4 lety +15

      Would explain the attempts to censor them via Social Justice/Political Correction.

    • @ph_hacker_d
      @ph_hacker_d Před 4 lety +25

      Comedians are typically observers of the world. To observe and to be able to communicate your observations in a comedic way requires a brilliant understanding of the subject matter, as well as strong communication skills. Doing both at the same time conveys intelligence. Now throw in the ability to make that funny. And you’ve got 3/3 skills in conveying intelligence.

    • @matthewhowes2978
      @matthewhowes2978 Před 3 lety +1

      Because the truth is funny.

    • @Iloveyouallalittle
      @Iloveyouallalittle Před 3 lety +1

      Because they all went to oxford or Cambridge

    • @Cryscorde
      @Cryscorde Před 3 lety +3

      British comics no less.

  • @Byerly2k20
    @Byerly2k20 Před 4 lety +98

    "Oh, great,Britain." Had me dead!

  • @WintersWar
    @WintersWar Před 4 lety +82

    You Brits are tough as nails. We love you.

    • @theouter_banks7260
      @theouter_banks7260 Před 2 lety +9

      We love you too x

    • @balduccioliv
      @balduccioliv Před rokem

      Nope we dont. Brexit is great, good ridance

    • @Rahck92
      @Rahck92 Před rokem +2

      we really aren’t
      but we got the spirit

    • @inconnu4961
      @inconnu4961 Před rokem +2

      The ONLY resemblance to a nail they have is how they all get hammered!

    • @petercross3984
      @petercross3984 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @inconnu4961 and which inferior nation are you from Sir?

  • @olympusamvs2621
    @olympusamvs2621 Před rokem +52

    "Alright Fritz, it's 2 minutes to, put the sausage down." This guy is my new favourite comedian.

  • @alastairwalls8445
    @alastairwalls8445 Před 4 lety +374

    Let's get Al Murray, Danny Dyer, Jason Statham and Tom Hardy in a film together

  • @smiggy5768
    @smiggy5768 Před 4 lety +232

    I've heard many of these jokes before, but he's still good

    • @mowvu5380
      @mowvu5380 Před 4 lety +3

      this is pretty old itself pal.

    • @reallukekew4702
      @reallukekew4702 Před 4 lety

      @@mowvu5380 sexy

    • @lordjoemott1683
      @lordjoemott1683 Před 4 lety +1

      Mow Vu you must’ve like it, again, to watch the vid, pal

    • @mowvu5380
      @mowvu5380 Před 4 lety +4

      @@lordjoemott1683 i do like it. i love it! still old and still very very good.

    • @lordjoemott1683
      @lordjoemott1683 Před 4 lety +1

      Mow Vu good man

  • @alexyp8990
    @alexyp8990 Před 4 lety +53

    How patriotic will you make him?
    God: yes!

  • @arnoldscully8906
    @arnoldscully8906 Před 4 lety +48

    One of the best comedians in the history of humankind.

    • @william6682
      @william6682 Před měsícem

      You mean better than Boris Johnson? Surely not.

  • @iainhughes6637
    @iainhughes6637 Před 4 lety +348

    For the first time in years I’ve laughed at a comedian...

    • @saintjude8029
      @saintjude8029 Před 4 lety +13

      You need to get out more mate or start paying your Internet bill on time lol

    • @thedude9014
      @thedude9014 Před 4 lety +2

      Gammon?

    • @yingguoshidifu7894
      @yingguoshidifu7894 Před 4 lety +7

      Because it isn't biased, patronising tripe, disguised as political 'comedy' for the first time in years?

    • @yingguoshidifu7894
      @yingguoshidifu7894 Před 4 lety +5

      @Gggg well done on not understanding that art is subjective. Only difference between you and him is that he has a special that you're commenting on and you just have a shit, ignorant comment. Pathetic, unloved trolls are a bore.

    • @okoromarvelous4986
      @okoromarvelous4986 Před 4 lety

      So funny man

  • @lizthatcher2586
    @lizthatcher2586 Před rokem +12

    This from an American "I’m a former New Yorker. I’ve only visited Canada, but lived in London for the past 25 years. In the States, if you have a good job, you can live very comfortably. But if you have a serious medical emergency or long term medical needs, this can bankrupt you, you can lose your home & be very poor. For average workers, the medical insurance is very difficult as the insurance is very expensive and on top of that, you have to co-pay. And many can’t get insurance because of pre-existing issues. In the UK, medical care is free, doesn’t matter about your past history ... the taxes we pay towards it is less than what people pay in the States for their insurance. People never have to worry about being homeless because of ongoing medical problems. Whenever I go back to New York to visit, I’m a bit shocked at how very poor many people are there - compared to London.
    In the UK, if you are working, but not able to afford rent, the government will pay towards your rent. It may not cover all the rent, but it helps. If you have children & don’t earn enough in your job, the government will top up your earnings so you are above the poverty line. If you are unemployed, your unemployment benefits won’t stop as long as you are actively looking for work & attending the skills meetings. And if you do accept a job, but it doesn’t pay well, the government will top it up to make sure you are earning what they consider to be the minimum needed to live on.
    My high-earning son had the opportunity to work for his company in the States, but he realised he has a much better safety net here in the UK for his family. It felt too much of a risk for him to have to pay for medical insurance for his family when it isn’t even guaranteed that it will pay for certain things.
    The only thing I don’t like about living in the UK is the weather. But everything else, in my personal opinion, leads for a better quality of life.

  • @TheGuvnorsGameZone
    @TheGuvnorsGameZone Před 4 lety +129

    ALL HAIL TO THE ALE!

    • @markweston216
      @markweston216 Před 4 lety +6

      And welcome the wine. For the ladies

    • @KillTehBane
      @KillTehBane Před 4 lety +1

      Now The point is...

    • @jgilly3362
      @jgilly3362 Před 4 lety +1

      ERM you ain't no British at all you sausage

    • @EleanorPeterson
      @EleanorPeterson Před 4 lety +3

      I'll have my wine in a pint glass, please. A proper bloody English pint glass with a proper bloody handle and a chunky pattern on it, not one of those crappy modern straight things. Stackable? Dishwasher safe? My arse. ;-)

    • @chrisferris7234
      @chrisferris7234 Před 4 lety +1

      TheGuvnorsGameZone And a glass of white wine or a fruit based drink, for the ladies! 😂

  • @EndoClaw
    @EndoClaw Před rokem +28

    “Honestly as long as the French loss something I’m happy”-British foreign policy for all of history.

  • @mgz_lxw4492
    @mgz_lxw4492 Před 4 lety +27

    My mate is genuinely like this

    • @MemeGang420
      @MemeGang420 Před 4 lety +5

      Wish I was mates with your mate.

  • @kieranpotter1483
    @kieranpotter1483 Před 3 lety +27

    Great Britain : "great its Britain" 😂😂

  • @TheLifeOfDan1
    @TheLifeOfDan1 Před 4 lety +43

    Bloody love this country 🇬🇧

    • @1969cmp
      @1969cmp Před 4 lety +5

      Great Britain has a lot to be proud of. Such as birthing Australia.

    • @perperson199
      @perperson199 Před 4 lety +5

      Greatest country ever 🇬🇧

    • @perperson199
      @perperson199 Před 4 lety

      @British Teeth ?

    • @perperson199
      @perperson199 Před 4 lety +4

      @David McDonald Hahahaha. No

    • @PhoeniX199777
      @PhoeniX199777 Před 4 lety

      @British Teeth Among the top countries in terms of teeth health but ok

  • @johnmaxnodiff5875
    @johnmaxnodiff5875 Před 3 lety +7

    PMT : Potteries Motor Transport, was an old bus company in Stoke on Trent.

  • @lewdogzombies
    @lewdogzombies Před 3 lety +20

    I could listen to this guy all day 😂😂😂

  • @maxjones503
    @maxjones503 Před 4 lety +46

    Can't go wrong with solid material like this.

    • @dominicgriffiths5732
      @dominicgriffiths5732 Před 4 lety

      @Gggg ahh i could tell you were Irish without even looking at your picture. Hating on Britain for no other reason than we are better looking smarter and more athletic older brother. Whilst mummy ignores you and you grew resentful of us.

    • @dominicgriffiths5732
      @dominicgriffiths5732 Před 4 lety +1

      @Gggg so u have the iq of a goldfish then?

    • @maxjones503
      @maxjones503 Před 4 lety +1

      @Gggg Up the 'RA!

    • @OnlyGrafting
      @OnlyGrafting Před 4 lety +1

      @Gggg IRA are terrorists. You must like Corbyn as well eh?

    • @jay70328
      @jay70328 Před 4 lety +1

      @Gggg It's a pity your "phenomenal education system" couldn't teach you how to spell

  • @clarriott5
    @clarriott5 Před 4 lety +25

    Al Murray looning about on stage making outrageous statements makes me laugh so much.

    • @clarriott5
      @clarriott5 Před 4 lety +1

      I didn't say it was wrong to be patriotic in my comment i didn't mention that at all.

  • @kasenwalker874
    @kasenwalker874 Před 4 lety +21

    This guy reminds me of Alphie solomons from Peaky Blinders

  • @Anthony-pl2hk
    @Anthony-pl2hk Před 4 lety +230

    "Britain are the master minds of war, we haven't lost in 1000 years!"
    "Why is it called great Britain?"

    • @rg2932
      @rg2932 Před 4 lety +1

      E dovete ringraziare gli vostri padroni Americani se no la 2 guerra mondiale la vincevate col c...o!

    • @liamadams5064
      @liamadams5064 Před 4 lety +5

      @@rg2932 wut?

    • @redjupiter2236
      @redjupiter2236 Před 4 lety +13

      The founding fathers have entered the chat.

    • @frelted6744
      @frelted6744 Před 4 lety +22

      we havent lost a single war ever. we dont talk about the one that started america or anything. never happened, we're too perfect to have lost.

    • @frelted6744
      @frelted6744 Před 4 lety

      Giver and Receiver ?

  • @jamess6961
    @jamess6961 Před 4 lety +100

    Britain just decided,.,.,for the third time.! categorically to put the Great back into it. Let’s hope comedians accept this, and revert to being funny again.!

    • @FR-eu3ch
      @FR-eu3ch Před 4 lety +5

      There's nowt great about austerity

    • @FR-eu3ch
      @FR-eu3ch Před 4 lety +4

      @jon jon Corbyn wasn't advocating for austerity policies you dunce

    • @jamess6961
      @jamess6961 Před 4 lety

      jon jon
      Fancy going for a pint of his tears 😂

    • @FR-eu3ch
      @FR-eu3ch Před 4 lety +2

      @jon jon Corbyn's policies weren't that far left at all, but crack on mate

    • @FR-eu3ch
      @FR-eu3ch Před 4 lety +2

      @jon jon point to a single policy in Labour's manifesto that you could reasonably describe as a communist policy

  • @gicking3898
    @gicking3898 Před rokem

    That last sentence!!@!!!
    He is fantastic! Chaotic, yet everything makes sense

  • @TheDough19
    @TheDough19 Před 3 lety +2

    This giys always pop up on my CZcams. Love it when comedians are well educated and funny. This guy is awsome

  • @knvxxx
    @knvxxx Před 2 lety +8

    When the football coach is also the history teacher

  • @JEDR_MUSIC
    @JEDR_MUSIC Před 4 lety +10

    The best thing is his “yeah”, “heh” and “oh” between the line

  • @jamesnichol2183
    @jamesnichol2183 Před rokem +5

    His satirical wit is brilliant!!🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @TopNotch770
    @TopNotch770 Před 2 lety

    bloody brilliant mate!!!!

  • @seanohaimheirgin1047
    @seanohaimheirgin1047 Před 4 lety +33

    Same reason Robin Hood's friend was called Little John

    • @Sk-tb7kt
      @Sk-tb7kt Před 4 lety +1

      If you could read you'd be amazed at what's in the history books

    • @lloydcoe9680
      @lloydcoe9680 Před 4 lety

      @@Sk-tb7kt You German?

    • @yingguoshidifu7894
      @yingguoshidifu7894 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Sk-tb7kt If you're insinuating he can't read, why are you writing to him?

    • @CeluiEtSeul
      @CeluiEtSeul Před 4 lety

      What?

    • @renditioners
      @renditioners Před 4 lety +1

      Around the time of Robin Hood mostly French was still spoken so perhaps it would have been petty jean(little John) zis izz row bean 'ood,

  • @physics-guy3164
    @physics-guy3164 Před 4 lety +44

    I swear I wont get political: *8minutes later*

  • @sino9627
    @sino9627 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent

  • @jackboggis270
    @jackboggis270 Před 4 lety +26

    That Garry bloke looks like Jay from the inbetweeners

  • @thelardking3678
    @thelardking3678 Před 4 lety +16

    God damn alot of people dont understand sarcasm.

  • @colinh9813
    @colinh9813 Před 10 měsíci +7

    As they say, it takes a wise man to act the fool, Al is a genius, God bless (who by the way is British)

  • @be.stoic1985
    @be.stoic1985 Před 4 lety +33

    "the clock goes tik tok not tiiik toook" hahaha

  • @markymark9176
    @markymark9176 Před 4 lety +2

    Love this guy :)

  • @darrenyoung001
    @darrenyoung001 Před 4 lety +26

    Nelson's ship was,is HMS Victory...!!!

    • @PaulfromChicago
      @PaulfromChicago Před 4 lety +5

      I'm an ignorant American whose knowledge of British history starts and ends at Blackadder and even I know that.

    • @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq
      @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq Před 4 lety +1

      PaulfromChicago lord nelson had 27 ships
      The flag ship was called victory captained by Thomas masterman hardy
      You won’t get that from black adder

    • @PaulfromChicago
      @PaulfromChicago Před 4 lety

      @@Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq I doubt Nelson commanded 27 ships. A quick review of my copy of a Trafalgar Companion reveals Nelson commanded:
      Little Lucy, which is a tender and doesn't count as a command
      Badger, which was a brig sloop and not a ship
      Hinchenbroke 1
      Janus 2
      Albemarle 3
      Boreas 4
      Agamemnon 5
      Diadem 6 as commodore. We'll assume the lower rank commodore without a captain underneath him, so this still counts
      Diadem 7 as commodore
      Captain 8 as commodore
      La Minerve 9 as commodore
      Back to Captain, which is already counted.
      Nelson is then promoted to Rear Admiral (of the Blue). At this point he no longer commands ships, but rather squadrons.

    • @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq
      @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq Před 4 lety

      PaulfromChicago never said he commanded them all
      Did it take you 24 hours to research all that lol
      He was in charge some way or another of 27 ships in total
      Fact

    • @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq
      @Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq Před 4 lety

      PaulfromChicago just google how many ships lord nelson was in charge of and it the first thing that comes up
      You can’t be that stupid

  • @pianoman1894
    @pianoman1894 Před rokem +3

    Is no one gonna mention that amazing belt buckle he has on?

  • @mattz2350
    @mattz2350 Před 3 lety +2

    Perfect

  • @funDAYsmiling
    @funDAYsmiling Před 4 lety +3

    He’s genius-truly!

  • @oluwahefner4194
    @oluwahefner4194 Před 4 lety +103

    He can grow hair ? :o

    • @welshgit
      @welshgit Před 4 lety +9

      Yeah, he was interviewed once and said it was a bit of a pain having to shave his head for his 'pub landlord' character! Maybe he's finally got fed up of doing it!

  • @jeffreyoneill6439
    @jeffreyoneill6439 Před 4 lety +5

    I appreciate your response. Being a builder and engineer I see the ease of the metric system but I happen to love fractions and see the things that can be done with then that can’t with metrics. I am probably wrong, but passionate.
    Please just allow me that.
    Thank’s mate b

    • @samkhodr9975
      @samkhodr9975 Před 4 lety

      fair enough.

    • @irw4350
      @irw4350 Před 3 lety +1

      builders = pass me that three by two mate.
      how much?
      oh about two metres.

  • @him050
    @him050 Před 3 lety +32

    All the comments be like “LOL So funny how no ones gets this is satire.” There isn’t a single comment that I can see from someone not getting that this is satire

  • @harrygreenaway8003
    @harrygreenaway8003 Před 3 lety +2

    One of my favourite comedians. Fucking brilliant

  • @zestobrandino
    @zestobrandino Před 4 lety +11

    Take a shot every time he says Great Britain

  • @gibson3lespaul
    @gibson3lespaul Před 4 lety +47

    So I guess I'll be the nerd... It is called Great Britain, because it is a wrong translation from latin. The name in latin was Britannia Maior. Maior (sometimes written major) can be translated into great or big, but it can also be translated as upper, and it this case this was the real meaning of the phrase. So Brittania Maior means Upper Britain, as opposed to Britania minor, which is, of course, lower Britain. Lower Britain is today known as Brittany, or in french Bretogne. So, these terms were used by French rulers, following the conquest ofWilliam the Conqueror (in France known by his french and real name: Guillaume le Conquérant) to distinguish Brittany (or Bretagne) from Britain. So, when good people that we today know as Brits took control of the island known today as the Great Britain back from the Frenchies, they decided they will translate latin name Brittania Maior to Great Britain, rather than Upper Britain. Voila! P.S. I agree it's great :) All of it...

    • @EleanorPeterson
      @EleanorPeterson Před 4 lety +9

      Thanks, perfessah. That's great. It's a purely geographical distinction, denoting the largest/greatest landmass/island/whatever of several dozen crummy little ones. Yes, yes, yes. We know. Do you want mayonnaise on your archipelago? But it's fun to suggest otherwise because it winds people from the States RIGHT up, and that's always good for a laugh. "We can't call it great, buddy, because it's un-Constitutional and it makes us feel bad, so we'll call it Little Englandshire because it's tiny and it really sucks."
      Sounds reasonable to me.
      I think the term 'great' can only mean 'terrific and wonderful and BIG and BEST and NUMBER ONE' in the USA (hence the constellation Ursa Major becomes 'the Big Bear', not 'the Greater Bear', and Canis Major is just some dumb ol' pooch - the 'bigger' and not the 'greater' of two; and the poor old Plough becomes 'a Big Ladle-Type-Spoony-Thing').
      The Great Lakes, however, are Jolly Super and actually Awfully Expansive.
      I expect Emperor Nero Trumphole will want to rename the USA: 'The Great United States of Great America, Greatest and Best and Biggest Nation For Ever And Ever, Like for Infinity, You Know, Plus One, No Returns, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah'.
      Even though Canada is far greater, North America-wise. Bigger, I mean.
      Or do I?

    • @robbiesuggy8579
      @robbiesuggy8579 Před 4 lety

      gibson3lespaul all that for a couple of likes your very sad

    • @JD-re3cj
      @JD-re3cj Před 4 lety +1

      Elli P it is called Great Britain because it is the unified , united countries of the British isles and wasn’t referred to as ‘great’ Britain until the unification with Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

    • @delboytrotter8806
      @delboytrotter8806 Před 4 lety

      gibson3lespaul ............que ?

    • @jackreilly335
      @jackreilly335 Před 4 lety

      Robbie Suggy lol hes sad for knowing the history of our countrys name well i guess am sad too for reading and learning something.

  • @TristanTzara100
    @TristanTzara100 Před 3 dny

    This is hilarious. I'd forgotten just how funny and clever The Pub Landlord is. Of late you've become The Bloke From We Have Ways of Making You Talk, so it's good to be reminded of your day job! (love that podcast by the way!)

  • @darrenhutchinson5435
    @darrenhutchinson5435 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant

  • @ahmadtarek7763
    @ahmadtarek7763 Před 4 lety +7

    I love how he said the metric units were smaller and thus, worse, but the acre is better than a meter cos there's more of it.
    Yes I know it's satire but it's still funny as fuck.

  • @bigearedmouse17
    @bigearedmouse17 Před 4 lety +59

    You cant fault his logic, This man is a national treasure.

    • @bigearedmouse17
      @bigearedmouse17 Před 4 lety

      @Gggg If i was joking i would have put lol at the end of treasure ?

    • @richarddawson2268
      @richarddawson2268 Před 4 lety +1

      @Gggg Of course you're Irish. Let me guess. Still hate us English because of the potato famine?? 🤦‍♂️

    • @richarddawson2268
      @richarddawson2268 Před 4 lety +4

      @Gggg The thing is.. the IRA is much more recent than hundreds of years ago 💁‍♂️
      Just seems mind boggling that the Irish still hate the English from what happened hundreds of years ago and everyone involved/caused the incident is now dead. But hay ho, any excuse to hate the English apparently

    • @RF-et2kv
      @RF-et2kv Před 4 lety

      i can do that 10 fold in breaking is idiotic claims

    • @neonghost7333
      @neonghost7333 Před 4 lety +1

      Gggg You couldn’t hold back from replying to this guy in order to start an argument all because he thinks a comedian is funny. Comedian... funny... If you’re trying to represent your country in some weird way then i suggest you stop embarrassing yourself. You resorted to name-calling so you could come out on top of the debate, calling the man a Neanderthal, but you just demonstrated your of intelligence (and probably a job).

  • @harryzero1566
    @harryzero1566 Před 3 lety +1

    I can never understand why the thumbs down!
    With Al Murray, there are no surprises, he Al ways makes me laugh and he's a very naughty 'boy'.
    The people who dont have enough red blood cells to get their thumbs up, almost certainly have 'other' difficulties.

  • @mjkickass08
    @mjkickass08 Před 3 lety

    You said it man

  • @nicksmith7552
    @nicksmith7552 Před 4 lety +9

    Don’t anyone tell my old lady she came up short hey !

  • @josearqco
    @josearqco Před 4 lety +14

    Twelve inches or ten centimeters!! XD

  • @ibookboyuk
    @ibookboyuk Před 4 lety +2

    😊 Haahaaa! That was brilliant. 😊

  • @golagaz
    @golagaz Před rokem

    3:31 lol "...put the sausage down..."

  • @pepela8214
    @pepela8214 Před 4 lety +20

    I'm gonna *totally* ruin the joke here and give a cool fact:
    The reason Great Britain is called that is because of the French province of Brittany. In the Medieval era it used to be an independent kingdom so the "Great" was put before it to differentiate between the 2 places: Britain and Brittany!

  • @michaelawford7325
    @michaelawford7325 Před 3 lety +8

    Very Funny, I like him, although the meaning of Great at the time of creating the Union was just Big or Large, like Greater London including the suburbs. Also as a surveyor I’m bloody glad we went metric. Americans stayed with the Imperial system and see what happened to them 😂😂

    • @donaldpaterson5827
      @donaldpaterson5827 Před 2 lety

      Rubbish, as someone who was fortunate enough to be brought up in the Imperial system I can assure you that once learned it’s a lot, lot easier to manipulate.

    • @michaelawford7325
      @michaelawford7325 Před 2 lety +1

      @@donaldpaterson5827 If you prefer the Imperial semi duodecimal system good luck to you, I was also brought up with miles yards feet inches furlongs fluid oz lbs ozs farthings cwts tons pints quarts gallons shillings half crowns sixpenny, acres, guineas, etc. As a chartered surveyor making a living manipulating dimensions and values the day we decimalised was a godsend !

    • @donaldpaterson5827
      @donaldpaterson5827 Před 2 lety +2

      Hi Michael, I suspect your a lot younger than I am. I’m 75 now and spent my formative years working in imperial as an engineer. I still have to convert metric to imperial to have a feel for it. When working out a calculation in imperial I always had an intuition if it was right or wrong, not so with metric. In addition in fastenings we went from BSW, BSF, BA,BSP and BSPF and many more to the Unified series (combination of U.K. and US threads thought to be required after WW2) followed shortly after by Metric.
      It may just be that what you learn in your youth, you pick up easier and retain. Anyway Im happy that what has been a pain for me has benefited someone.

  • @Valen-xu2wy
    @Valen-xu2wy Před 3 lety

    He convinced me!

  • @kareemshivers3534
    @kareemshivers3534 Před rokem

    That belt 🤣🤣🤣

  • @iaincaillte3356
    @iaincaillte3356 Před 4 lety +11

    Paris Mean Time - only works 24 hours a week and gets a month off once a year.
    Mon Dieu, c'est la blague!

    • @aaronstorey9712
      @aaronstorey9712 Před 4 lety

      how the yellow vest protest going

    • @delboytrotter8806
      @delboytrotter8806 Před 4 lety

      John Lost ........la britain c'est formidable.......qui?

    • @iaincaillte3356
      @iaincaillte3356 Před 4 lety

      @@delboytrotter8806 ...mais bien sur...

    • @iaincaillte3356
      @iaincaillte3356 Před 4 lety

      Gren Itch Mean Time - goes on the dole then votes for Brexit.
      Please no trollish comments, this is humor.

  • @evantaylor2938
    @evantaylor2938 Před 4 lety +3

    Firstly I was a bit off this but I like it a fair bit more now, it’s actually really funny

  • @nicolas-bw8du
    @nicolas-bw8du Před rokem

    He's hilarious! One of the best! You can't beat British humor! Hi from a froggie but who gives a toss??? 😀👀

  • @thomasrichardson9784
    @thomasrichardson9784 Před 13 dny

    Anyone know where i can watch the full show?

  • @V4DP
    @V4DP Před 4 lety +4

    When they revisit Blackadder Mr Murray should replace Stephen Fry. Great education disguised in art. Best of British. Well done for winning Wimbledon as well while the Swiss watch 😂✌️☝️👌

    • @samkhodr9975
      @samkhodr9975 Před 4 lety +1

      Are they going to "revisit" Blackadder, (captain) Darling?

  • @stephenbrady1322
    @stephenbrady1322 Před 4 lety +4

    Nelson did sail
    on HMS Invincible he left Great Yarmouth to join the Baltic Fleet

    • @Exiledk
      @Exiledk Před 4 lety

      *sail...

    • @stephenbrady1322
      @stephenbrady1322 Před 4 lety

      @@Exiledk thank you for correcting my spelling I never noticed before

  • @thetooginator153
    @thetooginator153 Před 2 lety

    I hate missing out on a joke, so, can someone tell me what “RBS” is? Al noted a fellow’s RBS badge.

  • @edwardezako8537
    @edwardezako8537 Před 3 lety

    He is real life!

  • @hughneek12
    @hughneek12 Před 4 lety +6

    The reason Great Britain is called Great Britain:
    The name Britanny was used by the Europeans for this land, the word means "the place where tin is obtained," as the europeans from ancient times used to obtain that metal from the Cornish tin mines. The reason this land is called "Great Britain" is because the ancient French called this land "Great Britanny" as this island is the larger of the two islands, Britain and Ireland. They named the island of Ireland "West Brittany."
    (You can tell I'm something of a geek, can't you?)

    • @valleycommando6089
      @valleycommando6089 Před 4 lety

      Hugh Neek yes you’re a GEEK

    • @JackR772
      @JackR772 Před 4 lety

      If you are a Greek tell us about the Island called Lesbos, much more interesting

    • @xaceptic1759
      @xaceptic1759 Před 4 lety

      Nah its because its at the center of the earth mate.

    • @XRP212
      @XRP212 Před 4 lety

      @@xaceptic1759 nah it's the centre of the map, but the "kaabah" is situated exactly at the centre of the earth

  • @jeffreyoneill6439
    @jeffreyoneill6439 Před 4 lety +25

    It is not really satire regarding the metric system. I agree with him wholly. Of course, I could be wrong.

    • @dzello
      @dzello Před 4 lety +4

      Well, the world would tell you that you are indeed wrong.

    • @gabrielr3390
      @gabrielr3390 Před 4 lety +1

      gillecroisd 92 NASA uses the metric system since 1990, just so you know

    • @TheMrcoolguy1998
      @TheMrcoolguy1998 Před 4 lety

      @@gabrielr3390 just brilliant

  • @joeybagodonuts6683
    @joeybagodonuts6683 Před 4 lety

    What year was this performance?

  • @HistoryTracks1943
    @HistoryTracks1943 Před 10 měsíci

    Tbh, there used to be 10 months in a year, apparently In order to synchronise the calendar with the lunar year, the Roman king Numa Pompilius added 2 more months, January and February

  • @TheJewishCamel
    @TheJewishCamel Před 3 lety +9

    No one:
    Some EDL member at 5am in a kitchen:

    • @mallardofmodernia8092
      @mallardofmodernia8092 Před 3 lety +9

      Dont give em compliments they wish they could be this funny or educated

    • @mikeycraig8970
      @mikeycraig8970 Před 3 lety

      The EDL don't exist anymore you, muppet.
      Keep up.
      By the way, what garbled and nonsensical meaning did your comment have?

    • @TheJewishCamel
      @TheJewishCamel Před 3 lety

      @@mikeycraig8970 funny, why you crying

    • @mikeycraig8970
      @mikeycraig8970 Před 3 lety

      @@TheJewishCamel So, as well not being able to write a coherent sentence you also have problems reading them too?
      My answer was informative, to aid that big gap in your (scant) knowledge. There was no 'crying'.

    • @TheJewishCamel
      @TheJewishCamel Před 3 lety

      @@mikeycraig8970 shuddup you dork🤣 no one cares how smart you can sound on a keyboard go find somet to use your big brain for usefully

  • @subrosa7708
    @subrosa7708 Před 4 lety +87

    I am not a British, but I can answer. Cause British Empire was the greatest in world history and will be so. "Sun never set down in British soil." You British should appreciate your history. I understand comedy though...

    • @Lonestar24
      @Lonestar24 Před 4 lety +7

      Meh, the British Empire was a bit low effort though. Lots of empty land with just a flag in the soil, or filled with people that never knew they somehow became subjects of some euro monarch.
      The Mongols though, those were the real pros.

    • @callithowiseeit5806
      @callithowiseeit5806 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Lonestar24 Meh yeah man fuck all that acheivement n' sheeit

    • @russianbot3512
      @russianbot3512 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Lonestar24 isn't mongolia the most desolate country in the world

    • @anoopkl4u
      @anoopkl4u Před 4 lety +5

      Sun never set down in British soil because even god couldnt trust the Brits in the dark
      one of the most Racist, cruel, oppressive loot empires on the world

    • @russianbot3512
      @russianbot3512 Před 4 lety +11

      @@anoopkl4u yeah I don't think you can find any empire that isnt all of those things

  • @georgebuller1914
    @georgebuller1914 Před 3 lety +2

    Unless these audience 'feeds' are 'plants' then this guy must be a genius! Such rapid responses!

    • @ctykckcktyvc7558
      @ctykckcktyvc7558 Před 3 lety +2

      You only book tickets in the first few rows if you want to be on tv and answer question

  • @dirtyharrydefeatsislamblmt6900

    Al Murray, ruler of the Universe

  • @petrolhead1077
    @petrolhead1077 Před 4 lety +52

    Ironic timing...

    • @reinhardsmirnofsky2507
      @reinhardsmirnofsky2507 Před 4 lety +12

      'Great' timing ;)

    • @jamess6961
      @jamess6961 Před 4 lety +5

      Hopefully comedy will become funny again.

    • @Charles2k
      @Charles2k Před 4 lety +1

      @@jamess6961 wdym BBC comedy with Loyiso Gola, Jamali Maddix and Romesh Ranganathan are really funny. Bring back Jim Davidson

  • @srivatsadamaraju1473
    @srivatsadamaraju1473 Před rokem +4

    Something tells me he’s not gonna be this fiery if he comes to India 😂.
    Love the energy tho, satire done just right!

  • @n1thecaptain965
    @n1thecaptain965 Před rokem +1

    "It's three point *_threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_* " "That's not a number, it's a fuckin mosquito" My favourite part of this sketch

  • @kaiserwaffle7896
    @kaiserwaffle7896 Před 3 lety +2

    This guys like my brother
    Once people start laughing he starts sending pointless jokes

  • @maxxod1
    @maxxod1 Před 3 lety +4

    And here I thought it got its name from the Romans. I like his answers a lot more. 👏

  • @montyboon4127
    @montyboon4127 Před 3 lety +3

    Sad part is the french made a new calendar and there were 100 seconds a minute and 100 minutes per hour, and 10 hour days, they did this during the French revolution

    • @MackerelCat
      @MackerelCat Před 3 lety

      He probably knows he’s an Oxford history graduate.

  • @KegOfMeat
    @KegOfMeat Před 4 lety +2

    I’ve just found a new favourite comedian

  • @bobhoskins9509
    @bobhoskins9509 Před 3 měsíci

    HMS invincible - Nelson?

  • @ManlyPelican
    @ManlyPelican Před 4 lety +29

    Lol at all the overly patriotic people in the comments not realising the joke is about them.

    • @kerryfry1857
      @kerryfry1857 Před 4 lety +2

      It's the correct answer. It's what Brexitards need to hear. But the joke is themselves.

    • @user-uq1fq6gs3i
      @user-uq1fq6gs3i Před 4 lety +7

      Kerry Fry / Shutup about brexit. Get over it.

    • @kerryfry1857
      @kerryfry1857 Před 4 lety +2

      @@user-uq1fq6gs3i We can't get over it unfortunately.

    • @user-uq1fq6gs3i
      @user-uq1fq6gs3i Před 4 lety +8

      Kerry Fry / Then you are a child. You cannot handle losing. Boo hoo, I voted against brexit as well but unlike you I’m not whining about it and bringing it up in whatever I say. Get over it you baby.

    • @kerryfry1857
      @kerryfry1857 Před 4 lety +1

      @@user-uq1fq6gs3i czcams.com/video/ANF_12_uwEc/video.html It's on going. People need to be aware of the damage that's coming. But feel free to ignore. Stay safe and take care.

  • @finarfin3042
    @finarfin3042 Před 4 lety +41

    Wasnt nelsons ship the hms victory not invincible...

    • @jonsimpson6240
      @jonsimpson6240 Před 4 lety +12

      The point still stands.

    • @IRISHSALTMINER61
      @IRISHSALTMINER61 Před 4 lety +3

      Finarfin The “Victory” was invincible....

    • @Otacatapetl
      @Otacatapetl Před 4 lety +1

      He only had one ship in his whole career? Wow, I never knew that.

    • @edmundisanski982
      @edmundisanski982 Před 4 lety +7

      He captained more than one ship in his whole career but as far as I can see HMS Invincible was not one of them. The Pub Landlord would be pleased to know this ship was captured from the French. However he would be in denial that it was in advance of British designs of the time and heavily influenced future British battleship designs that were seen and triumphed at The Battle of Trafalgar. What an own goal for Les Francaises!

    • @trenton7156
      @trenton7156 Před 4 lety +1

      Finarfin same thing

  • @kurtsteiner8384
    @kurtsteiner8384 Před 4 lety

    All you may be interested to know. The British invented to metric system. Although we use imperial also it's not the same as us imperial like US gallons are smaller than UK gallons. The same applies to miles, feet and inches.
    Hope it helps

  • @rasalgul6253
    @rasalgul6253 Před 2 lety

    He should be priminister. He's smart and logical.