Philomena Cunk vs Professor Laura Ashe

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  • čas přidán 22. 08. 2023
  • King Arthur Came a lot didn't he?
    Twitter: OnCunk
    Sharing all things Cunk - a fictional character from Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, Cunk on Britain, Cunk on Shakespeare and Cunk on Earth - Portrayed by the incredible Diane Morgan.

Komentáře • 164

  • @josemaria8177
    @josemaria8177 Před 8 měsíci +1039

    That Camelot scene was my first introduction to Philomena Cunk. I haven't looked back since

    • @a_depressed_monkey
      @a_depressed_monkey Před 4 měsíci +31

      You've come a long way

    • @youtubehandlesareridiculous
      @youtubehandlesareridiculous Před 4 měsíci +40

      @@a_depressed_monkey "The only evidence I have in that regard is he only had one son" is a fantastic line, I love how she just rolled with Philomena

    • @user-hu7rn4ym8j
      @user-hu7rn4ym8j Před 4 měsíci +3

      She doesn’t like to talk about the past…..so she’s not saying…….if that was your question@@a_depressed_monkey

    • @peterjones7673
      @peterjones7673 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Apparently so did King Arthur @@a_depressed_monkey

    • @OhGrowUpPodcast
      @OhGrowUpPodcast Před 4 měsíci +6

      Her visible pause is epic

  • @shrinkwrap1770
    @shrinkwrap1770 Před 4 měsíci +821

    You can actually see this woman choosing her battles in real time. 😂

  • @SchgurmTewehr
    @SchgurmTewehr Před 8 měsíci +490

    „The only evidence I have in that regard“ 🤣 how does she manage to stay so scientific and serious?

    • @DrunkenCoward1
      @DrunkenCoward1 Před 7 měsíci +25

      Scientists are like that.
      I studied history (though I didn't finish my degree) and I always answer like that.
      I try to enlighten people.

    • @septicwomb4394
      @septicwomb4394 Před 4 měsíci +21

      Multiple takes.

    • @septicwomb4394
      @septicwomb4394 Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@DrunkenCoward1I’m surprised you didn’t finish your degree in the science of history.

    • @DrunkenCoward1
      @DrunkenCoward1 Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@septicwomb4394 I am too.
      But laziness got the upper hand on me and took me in its choke-hold.

    • @septicwomb4394
      @septicwomb4394 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@DrunkenCoward1 What history did you like studying?

  • @derlangsame7813
    @derlangsame7813 Před 4 měsíci +364

    "He's modest in one way, but he also said He's the Son of God" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ep073132
      @ep073132 Před 15 dny +1

      all the prophets in the bible claimed to be son of god

    • @rob585
      @rob585 Před 8 dny +2

      @@ep073132No. Moses, Isiah, Elijah, John the Baptist, Jonah, and all the other prophets never claimed to be the Son of God. They never claimed to be King of the Jews, and they never tried to insert themselves into the trinity. That statement is just false.

  • @hxnnxh77
    @hxnnxh77 Před 5 měsíci +484

    Her mate Paul walked 30 miles dressed as Spider-Man whilst having explosive diarrhoea. What a legend

    • @josephsalmonte4995
      @josephsalmonte4995 Před 4 měsíci +30

      He certainly did NOT. The organisers stepped in & put an end to those disgusting shenanigans 😂

    • @Garrett1240
      @Garrett1240 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Not to mention he’s bigger than a log cabin

    • @chris.hinsley
      @chris.hinsley Před 5 dny

      But did he paint himself being crucified as a baby?

    • @Jerid58
      @Jerid58 Před 2 dny

      And raised 368 pounds. ❤

    • @chris.hinsley
      @chris.hinsley Před 2 dny

      @@Jerid58 368 pounds of what ???

  • @f0960031
    @f0960031 Před 4 měsíci +144

    Professor Laura Ashe accepted the filming offer several times. I feel that they all enjoy the interview lol

  • @syifams
    @syifams Před 4 měsíci +238

    She really blinked a few times like that was the hardest interview ever after the tablespoon question, props to her to actually tried to give answer to each ridiculous question 😂😂

  • @deadlysquirrel5560
    @deadlysquirrel5560 Před 7 měsíci +457

    I love her "My mate, Paul" stories, she doesn't have many of them, but I find them hysterical when she drops one in. Much appreciation from the midwest USA.

    • @ledpup
      @ledpup Před 5 měsíci +10

      They are good. They are exactly the same as "My mate, Dave" from Ali G, but so is Cunk the same as Ali G. But that doesn't make it less funny.

    • @dermax1027
      @dermax1027 Před 4 měsíci +3

      The one about the lorry is my favourite mate Paul story.

    • @ramzi0
      @ramzi0 Před 4 měsíci

      @ledpup exactly

    • @jamezkpal2361
      @jamezkpal2361 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Poor Paul. Having to wear that bib around his arse and being passed around like a blunt from inmate to inmate. I'd weep too.

    • @anshumanpaul1985
      @anshumanpaul1985 Před 9 dny

      She lies

  • @nomadik7
    @nomadik7 Před 5 měsíci +170

    Each time she says "my mate Paul.." you know there's a banger coming

  • @justarandomguy378
    @justarandomguy378 Před 5 měsíci +245

    The fact that she's trying so bad to hold her laughter at Cunk's ridiculous questions is so amusing and funny to watch. The whole "Jesus painting himself" bit became my favorite after the Camelot one because how she ended up following along with the joke but still trying to keep herself as professional as she could lol
    Also the Camealot clip became 10x times funnier knowing that it was the first thing she asked to the professor after she sat down lmao

    • @syifams
      @syifams Před 4 měsíci +17

      And the funniest thing is that the professor admitted Jesus wouldn't be killed had he been modest 😂😂

  • @avrilprinzip1092
    @avrilprinzip1092 Před 2 měsíci +45

    "Are there any paintings where he's being crucified as a baby?" That cracked me up.

  • @boomba118
    @boomba118 Před 3 měsíci +75

    the woman’s soul was extracted from her body when she was asked about King Arthur, absolutely brilliant =))

  • @l.j.krumenacker9802
    @l.j.krumenacker9802 Před 5 měsíci +171

    As a professor I hope to someday be interviewed by Philomena.

    • @Greendalewitch
      @Greendalewitch Před 4 měsíci

      "Was Eve offended that Adam decided to call the night of Christmas, Christmas Eve?" - Philomena Cunk to you propably.

    • @novemberalpha6023
      @novemberalpha6023 Před 3 měsíci +14

      Be careful what you wish for😂

  • @jamezkpal2361
    @jamezkpal2361 Před 2 měsíci +32

    Laura is such a good sport. And a lovely woman.

  • @philwhittall4915
    @philwhittall4915 Před 5 měsíci +122

    the way her face contorts after cunk says "...table spoon" kills me 🤣

  • @hrisikesh
    @hrisikesh Před 7 měsíci +110

    Oh! I love her expressions. I mean Dr Laura. Philomena is a phenomenal character I know. But this professor is so so delightful to watch, she is different from all other professors Philomena has ever faced.

    • @Bonovasitch
      @Bonovasitch Před 7 měsíci +24

      Freal. The long blink she does as she steels herself against Philomena's question about how much King Arthur came was the perfect non-verbal response.

    • @UnsightlyVessel
      @UnsightlyVessel Před 5 měsíci +3

      Saying “faced” implies they’re engaged in some sort of battle

    • @hrisikesh
      @hrisikesh Před 5 měsíci +20

      @@UnsightlyVessel That is a battle... One invades being armed with stubborn stupidity... The other resists being "defeated" by either showing anger or laughing out loud.... Isn't it quite a battle then? 😂

    • @DaveLL500
      @DaveLL500 Před měsícem +1

      @@hrisikesh I'd say Professor Ashe won this battle decisively.

    • @carlmally6292
      @carlmally6292 Před měsícem +2

      Professor Ronald Hutton did pretty well. He always has a twinkle in his eye. And he has spent a lot of time being interviewed by modern witches, druids and other rather unusual people.

  • @dragonmaster909
    @dragonmaster909 Před 3 měsíci +48

    One of the best professors in the show, she tries to explain and answer most of the questions, but acknowledges when she can't. She knows her subject, and doesn't come off as condescending

  • @acanthus_et_adonis8922
    @acanthus_et_adonis8922 Před 4 měsíci +46

    1:20 the way that the professor had to just process that for a bit was hilarious---

  • @yf2995
    @yf2995 Před 20 dny +6

    "About a tablespoon."

  • @sadas3190
    @sadas3190 Před 29 dny +8

    My mate Paul has to be the scariest words dreaded by these interviewees.

  • @goncalomoura8156
    @goncalomoura8156 Před 2 měsíci +16

    Oh my god, Laura’s so strong holding her laugh! 😂 but at the sale time you can see her making such an incredible effort! This is gold!

  • @maartenvandam344
    @maartenvandam344 Před 4 měsíci +39

    Your mate Paul leads such an interesting, if at times disturbing life. You must be such a great friend to him.

  • @patrickkiplimo4927
    @patrickkiplimo4927 Před 8 měsíci +50

    I love this professor

  • @edsondreifus1591
    @edsondreifus1591 Před 29 dny +6

    2:42 that woman was fighting for her life lmfao

  • @johnhewett9483
    @johnhewett9483 Před 3 měsíci +12

    That is great. Laura seems a nice person but really struggling to hold herself together. So much fun

  • @Psychlist1972
    @Psychlist1972 Před 4 měsíci +16

    The interviews are all so good.
    But my favorite Cunk bit is when she's looking at stone-age tools in a museum and points out the stone axe is "as well as boring, they are shit". :D

  • @icebearwbb
    @icebearwbb Před 2 měsíci +10

    1:20 you can tell her soul died a little inside 😂

  • @ouime7337
    @ouime7337 Před měsícem +3

    The Prof is knocking it out the park, keeping up with Cunk 😂

  • @jesus0piumkihcralks32
    @jesus0piumkihcralks32 Před 3 měsíci +9

    the baby crucified jesus painting got me

  • @pOpCoRn0531
    @pOpCoRn0531 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Sir Arthur Came-a-lot

  • @GOLVEL
    @GOLVEL Před 3 měsíci +10

    I hadn't noticed that it's the same professor. She looks younger on the second interview... I think.

  • @virtualsign
    @virtualsign Před měsícem +5

    "We're both just lost here, aren't we?"

  • @daviddonald9738
    @daviddonald9738 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I love watching them try desperately to grasp her non sequiturs, and develop a professional answer. Their faces are just a picture after question 1.
    Some adapt better than others and yet all try to give answers like there’s a classroom of kids watching!!

  • @jvharbin8337
    @jvharbin8337 Před 4 měsíci +15

    Any time she says "My mate Paul" watch out for whatever comes next!😂😂😂😂

  • @thomaslutro5560
    @thomaslutro5560 Před 5 měsíci +14

    Brilliant research, writing, delivery, and improvisation. Got to love this!

  • @janemarriott3389
    @janemarriott3389 Před 4 měsíci +9

    I just can’t even get over how very fabulous she is

  • @grandlotus1
    @grandlotus1 Před 24 dny +1

    Good sport, Dr. Ashe! You are just as clever as Ms. Cunk, which is the highest praise I can muster.

  • @EthanLomas
    @EthanLomas Před 7 dny +1

    That professor must be an amazing teacher. I don’t know how she kept it together lol

  • @silviamm8161
    @silviamm8161 Před 3 měsíci +2

    "it took me places I wasn't ready to go ...and when I looked up, Paul was crying" 😂 this bit was so funny and so disturbing in equal measures 😢. It now lives rent free in my head.

  • @samslara
    @samslara Před 4 měsíci +7

    Love the title. It suggests a conflict and I wasn't disappointed.

  • @gingerbasket5471
    @gingerbasket5471 Před 3 měsíci +7

    "Darkages" had me dying

  • @baldmofo6024
    @baldmofo6024 Před 3 měsíci +6

    the experts reaction are all meme worthy 😂

  • @daveb1177
    @daveb1177 Před měsícem +2

    Both these women are pure gold.

  • @KaZe-gs2ru
    @KaZe-gs2ru Před měsícem +2

    I love how the title says 'v/s' like it's a battle 😂

  • @SeventeenSeventySix
    @SeventeenSeventySix Před 4 měsíci +21

    Jesus really should've kept his mouth shut about being the son of God.

  • @pch2230
    @pch2230 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I know I should feel guilty about how much that prison story makes me laugh..

  • @nledaig
    @nledaig Před 3 měsíci +6

    Admiration for Laura

  • @antondillet466
    @antondillet466 Před 4 měsíci +9

    These questions, her simple-minded way of asking, listening and responding and how cool "Philomena" stays, while the person she talks with gets more and more confused! It's hard to believe! It's philomenal! I love her art a lot! You ask, if I came a lot? I‘m not King Arthur. As far as I know...

  • @grahamkearnon6682
    @grahamkearnon6682 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Yes I know its juvenile but, love the " king Arthur came-a-lot, funny.

    • @andrzejwilk7316
      @andrzejwilk7316 Před měsícem +1

      ... the moment Philomena drops the word "tablespoon" is the pinnacle of the deadpan humor

  • @yessidtoro
    @yessidtoro Před 2 měsíci +3

    I love this woman philomena philominei

  • @funkydozer
    @funkydozer Před 3 měsíci +4

    The only other person in history to call Jesus an idiot since Pontius Pilate.

    • @dm2060
      @dm2060 Před 2 měsíci

      Jesus is an idiot.

  • @hilberryable
    @hilberryable Před 4 měsíci +6

    How do they get through this without shrieking with laughter. I suppose a lot of editing was done to cut that out.

  • @davidroberts6549
    @davidroberts6549 Před 5 měsíci +18

    And when I looked up, Paul was crying........

  • @Thor_Asgard_
    @Thor_Asgard_ Před měsícem +2

    Its always good when she starts with my mate Paul ^^

  • @itips4021
    @itips4021 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I have to say I find the professor very alluring 😁And her compliance with Cunks comical 'distortions' only makes for more alluring! 😂😁

  • @YosefTesfaye10
    @YosefTesfaye10 Před 5 měsíci +11

    I really wanna meet “her mate Paul”

  • @jimmywellington
    @jimmywellington Před 4 měsíci +5

    I need to know when the Dark Ages were in relation to the techno anthem Pump Up the Jam by Belgian group Technotronic

  • @omekwan808
    @omekwan808 Před 12 dny

    1:46 Professor POV: "I thought we have ended the conversation"
    1:55 Professor unleashed her full potential to match Cunk's stupidness

  • @iTzJimBoi
    @iTzJimBoi Před měsícem +1

    You can honestly surmise that all kings came a lot. They had to produce a lot of children for the royal family.

  • @nialllambert3194
    @nialllambert3194 Před dnem

    "And when I looked up, Paul was crying"....I died....

  • @willswalkingwest7267
    @willswalkingwest7267 Před měsícem +2

    God Bless Professor Ashe.

  • @jaedanliam3347
    @jaedanliam3347 Před měsícem +1

    That slow and hard blink when she was asked about that camelot.. Hilarious 😂🤣

  • @TheCat0327
    @TheCat0327 Před 3 měsíci +3

    2:28 I am wheezing!!!

  • @rokkuform
    @rokkuform Před 3 měsíci +4

    we're both lost, aren't we? xD

  • @Fuliginosus
    @Fuliginosus Před 4 měsíci +8

    Jesus should have kept the Son of God thing quiet. "What an idiot!"

  • @yeracontra
    @yeracontra Před 2 měsíci +4

    And when I looked up Paul was crying 😂😂😂

    • @chris.hinsley
      @chris.hinsley Před 5 dny

      That’s not funny. How dare you laugh. 😂😂😂😂

  • @jacklav1
    @jacklav1 Před 4 měsíci +7

    The only evidence I have in that regard

  • @NecumNaTo
    @NecumNaTo Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is spiritual successor of Borat and Ali G. Glad to see it making a bit of a comeback.

  • @RichardAlibon
    @RichardAlibon Před 4 měsíci +15

    Great legs on the Prof!

  • @idiomasentusiasticos7954
    @idiomasentusiasticos7954 Před 4 měsíci +15

    I like to think her mate Paul is the same Paul from the Bible.

  • @dm2060
    @dm2060 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This prof is fineeee

  • @ClockwiseCat
    @ClockwiseCat Před 5 měsíci +9

    Darkeges

  • @thomasjpuleo8112
    @thomasjpuleo8112 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Oh God. I’m dying.

  • @Ubique2927
    @Ubique2927 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Any ideas about how long these sequences took to make?

  • @ialrakis5173
    @ialrakis5173 Před 5 měsíci +2

    super prof reactions

  • @xzcvdfxzc7256
    @xzcvdfxzc7256 Před měsícem +1

    King Arthur was mythological, so the poor guy never came at all.

  • @polygonDust
    @polygonDust Před 4 měsíci +4

    Darkages

  • @NeroCromwell
    @NeroCromwell Před 4 měsíci +7

    She kinda pops with those leggings and that accent

  • @prurido
    @prurido Před 3 měsíci +2

    which parties does professor ashe go to? i wanna be there

  • @blueshit199
    @blueshit199 Před 14 dny

    crazy how Philomena has such well defined eyes like you wouldn't find a person who has eyes more than she does, whereas dr Ashe just has spots on her face

  • @SegunLawal
    @SegunLawal Před 5 měsíci +5

    Poor Prof.... Philomena can do that to you

  • @nyancat6322
    @nyancat6322 Před 22 dny

    Professor Ashe censored the rude story in telling. The guy in the window after kissing was like "hang on! women don't have beards." giving the woman and her lover a big laugh at what he thought was a beard.

  • @seanys
    @seanys Před 2 měsíci +1

    A TABLESPOON?!?

  • @kevinreese8224
    @kevinreese8224 Před 2 měsíci +4

    She’s got to be a genius to be able to pull off being that blonde 😂😂😂

  • @chrisgriffiths2533
    @chrisgriffiths2533 Před 2 měsíci

    Given We Still have Not Achieved Peace on Earth.
    Then Surely We are still in the Dark Ages.

  • @Egill2011
    @Egill2011 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Who are you?

  • @kouranko
    @kouranko Před 4 měsíci +4

    I really don't know how these people keep a straight face. I wonder if they had to do lots of takes? I'm not sure I could keep a straight face, even if the subject of the question was part of my special interest!

    • @Davidsasz1239
      @Davidsasz1239 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Diane Morgan (Philomena's actress) said that the editors cut the parts of the interviews where the experts break.

  • @hemalkarambelkar9638
    @hemalkarambelkar9638 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I find Cunk's style quite funny since I don't relate to that history. But I wonder the historians would be pretty offended by her callous remarks 😀.

  • @chris.hinsley
    @chris.hinsley Před 5 dny

    “Which it was….”

  • @ricardocosson1105
    @ricardocosson1105 Před 3 měsíci

    so she just liked it

  • @Jerid58
    @Jerid58 Před 2 dny

    He raised 368 pounds. The crusaders never did that did they? 😂

  • @MixDK66
    @MixDK66 Před 20 dny

    Came a lot :D

  • @ariellovato1449
    @ariellovato1449 Před měsícem

    "which it was"

  • @madiantin
    @madiantin Před 5 měsíci +2

    1:20 Hahahaha =D

  • @fluffywaffles
    @fluffywaffles Před 26 dny

    Foxy professor

  • @ritvikg
    @ritvikg Před 4 měsíci +2

    'vs' 😂

  • @terrypoole6138
    @terrypoole6138 Před 4 dny

    Came a lot ha ha

  • @katherinewelling6026
    @katherinewelling6026 Před 2 měsíci

    😂😂😂

  • @jefmatttab
    @jefmatttab Před měsícem

    Came allot 😂

  • @sod6t9
    @sod6t9 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I do feel that this ladies legs look better and better the more times watched.