Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak across a puddle to stop Elizabeth I from getting her feet wet . Al Murry always gets a historical quote into his routine .
In case he needs any further clarification, Sir Walter was a sort of legalised pirate who sailed completely around the globe, helped defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588, played a role in the colonisation of the Americas, and introduced tobacco and the potato to England. He also served time in the Tower of London for getting married to one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting without Elizabeth's permission (crazy times).
Although technically two of those he gets wrong lol. It’s still fun though… And, to be fair, I wouldn’t have known off the top of my head and he must have prepared for so many countries that he was bound to potentially mix some up.
I think better ways are to read his new book “Arnhem: Black Tuesday” or to listen to the podcast that he does with James Holland about the Second World War, “We Have Ways of Making You Talk”.
The Cloak & puddle thing comes from the story that famous sailor Sir Walter Raleigh spread his cloak once across a puddle so that Queen Elizabeth 1st could step over it without getting her feet wet. It is apocryphal, so may never have happened, but has become legendary.
Re the puddle thing - yes it's a traditional gesture of chivalry but the fact that he says "cloak" hints at how long it's been since someone actually did it!
I’m old enough to remember a time when a Royal news reporter threw his raincoat across a puddle for the Queen Mother to walk over. The Queen Mum didn’t hesitate at all, she stepped onto the coat with a slight nod to the newsman and a discrete “Thank you”. Quiet, understated class from a real Lady. The reporter probably had the macintosh framed as a lovely memento of the day.
He's well into WW2 and knows a great deal of information, attends war locations, veteran meet-ups and anniversaries, and once stood for election to parliament.
I love the way you 'banter'. The back and forth is usual for friends but the fact that you respect each other's vocal space shows deeper affection. ❤❤❤ from UK 🇬🇧
My partner is my best friend. After two or three meetings over a couple of weeks (not dates) it was apparent to both of us there was something special between us and we started dating. Two weeks later we started living together. My family, friends, workmates, everyone, in fact, thought I was crazy, but I knew better! That was in 1976, we're still together after 48 years, and still best friends. It's just as you describe it and I'm sure you'll be best friends for a very long time - there's something about the way you two interact with each other that shows your deep and enduring friendship. Another great video guys. Have you looked up Peter Kay yet? He's hilarious, especially his one man shows.
Al Murray is descended from the famous Victorian satirist and novelist William Thackeray whose most famous book was “Vanity Fair”. Stanley Kubrick based his film “The Luck of Barry London” on another Thackeray novel.
I drove him home one day in my london taxi very quiet man but we had a laugh near the end of journey at a cyclest riding a bike with a long plank of wood across he's handle bar's dodging everything wider than the bike itself 😅😅😅❤
Hi, fun video as always. Saw Al Murray live in Manchester, several years ago and just as fun, One to look for if you can find it is 'Name a Country, Britain has invaded it'. He poses a question to the audience and he goes off on a tangent which is amazing and educational to watch.
I think the biggest difference between American and British (or Europeans, or Australians!) on a date is table etiquette. There's nothing so jarring as watching Americans use a knife and fork.
I can't look at them eating, it annoys me that much! I have often wondered how American dignitaries cope if they have to attend a formal British function. Image sitting with the Royals and using your cutlery like a toddler.
I didn't think you were calling your wife dude. You two are so cute together. Keep going with Al Murray, whenever you need an educated laugh.🤣🤣 From Yorkshire.
Another comedy recommendation for you would be: "That Mitchell & Webb Look" which I think you'd like. In terms of modern day chivalry, I think the most common example I see/do is when I'm in the queue for the supermarket checkout and see the person immediately behind me only has 3 or 4 items, while I've got a basket full of food for the next few days, is you let them go ahead of you. Your additional wait is negligible, but if you enforce strict queue etiquette then they'd have to wait a while for not a lot.
If I remember my history lessons . Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cape down to help a lady across a puddle. This was about four or five hundred years ago. I guess it would have been very gallant in those days.
There are a lot of videos on TH-cam of Al Murray in his serious historian mode. Well worth watching. The cloak over the puddle refers bsck to the period of Elizabeth I when Walter Raleigh is supposed to have placed his cloak over a puddle so that the Queen didn't dirty her shoes or dress.
You want to watch his series on WWII, he drives from the landings in Normandy to Berlin in a WWII jeep, following the path the allies took, he meets a series of people and armour from that era along the way. Very informative. As for chivalry being dead, the answer to that is yes and no. It all depends on the person you meet, or where you are.
Lee Evans is very good, his expressions are brilliant, hes always sweating from his impressions. Shame he doesn't do it anymore, i find him one of the funniest
"Ladies present" is an old way of Brits not kicking off at each other. You wouldn't start a pub brawl when the wives and kids were around as they could get battered in the conflict and that wouldn't be a fair fight, or square-go. It then became a general term of an area that wasn't accepted as an area to sort out disputes.
My mum, 93 said today how Dad always opened the car door for her, remember to how. Dad, Normandy Veteran but always a gentleman, he'd open to let her out. M manners were expected, imo.
We British know npmore about how Americans express themselves with various odd sayings...and some of us think of "Dude" or "man" as said by surfers from various American actors like Keanu Reeves... I think Steve is still to learn how much more we already are aware of "Americanisms" than perhaps most Americans are aware of UK sayings and expressions!! 😊
Google: A cloakroom is a room where people can store their coats, hats, umbrellas, and other outerwear while they are in a building. Cloakrooms are often found in large buildings like schools, churches, gymnasiums, and meeting halls. They are also known as coatrooms or checkrooms in North America. What is a cloakroom in a house in the UK? A cloakroom is a room containing toilets in a public building or a room containing a toilet on the ground floor of someone's house. N.B the ground floor in the UK is what Americans call the first floor, which has been reached by not using a lift/elevator or any flight of steps/stairs.
Those lights alone really do give out a lot of heat, no matter why you're on a stage! Why do you think in movies etc, you see makeup being reapplied during a break?!
A gentleman should also walk on the side of the pavement closest to the road--this is also part of the puddle thing. When roads were the sewage system, the mess would accumulate by the sides of the road--it was the man's job to get his legs covered in much in order to protect the lady's dignity. Sir Walter Raleigh probably also stopped QE1 getting her shoes a little browner than she liked them.
Al Murray drinks beer.Its real beer he is drinking in his shows. He even has his own beer called Guv Island Beer...In some of his shows The Pub Landlord, Murray serves pints of beer to his audience.
@@Jim_Slip .. I did read an interveiw he did with some paper. He was asked about the beer if it was real or not.. He said Im not telling you. So make of that what you will..
The cloak was back in Elizabethan times, so is now purely symbolic. There's a lot of onlIne dating in the UK too, but people do sometimes meet in work, the gym, the pub, but it's not as easy to meet people now as it used to be. Especially with all the wokery about. He does a brilliant sketch about world finances, and another about how the UK defeated every nation in the world.
Forget the puddle thing. We don't wear cloaks anymore. I do however hold the door open. I remember at a hotel once, coming out of a room, I saw a lady coming towards me, so held the door open for her. Then I remembered that I was coming out of the men's room. 🤦♂️ She was headed for the ladies room. 😂 Holding the door open is as instinctive as blinking for me. I'm well dragged up. 🤭
Such amazing honest reactions as always and attention to the details ❤ His one about Britain has beaten everyone is rather tongue in cheek so to be taken light-heartedly but is rather clever and very funny.
I knew what you meant when you say dude and please do his Vs Americans and I think he has been on stage for a while that's why he was sweating Great reaction as usual love from the U.K.
@@Rachel_M_ i only remember that drake was considered uncouth & rough with a strong bristol accent and a very red weather beaten face so maybe he wasn’t the most gentlemanly. but who knows 🤷🏻♀️ 😂
There is a series of short videos on TH-cam titled "Al Murray debates the Pub Landlord" where, via the magic of split screen, the "real" Al Murray debates historical events with his pub landlord persona. You would hardly think they were the same person.
@@reactingtomyroots They are on a TH-cam channel called "HISTORY Play" and are quite short, about 5 minutes each. They are mildly amusing rather than hilarious but worth a watch.
My dad and grandfather would put me on the inside of the road whenever we walked somewhere - old fashioned manners. It was so I wouldn't get splashed by a car and also to protect me. I miss that.
you need to watch his vid talking about the time he ran for parlement as his pub landlord character , there is a ted talk version but its way to short the better video is him at his old university gibing the talk to the students , its here on TH-cam
If you want to see a top class comedian, look up 'An audience with Ken Dodd'. He had hardened showbiz professionals crying with laughter. People used to take picnics to his shows because he just wouldn't stop. More than one stage manager has been known to have thrown the keys to the theatre on to the stage shouting 'Just lock up when you're finished!'
The cloak & puddle is supposed to have been Sir Walter Raleigh so Queen Elizabeth didn't get her feet wet . Many comedy sketches over the years where it turns out to be deeper .
I also say dude and man! (Way too much and im a 50 yr old female from uk (south east/kent originally). My husband says its from watching too much American TV. I like the banta u and lyndsey have, its similar to mine and my husbands. Its funny to watch u watching British things and trying to work out stuff ie language differences.
Alastair hey Murray is his real name Father was a lieutenant colonel in the parachute regiment and his grandfather was a British ambassador Very different in real life Also very clever if you ever see him on uk series taskmaster where he thinks about challenges differently from the other contestants
I dont know if he would go as far as putting his coat on a puddle for a woman but i have a friend who was brought up that he walks road side of pavement with women so if a car goes through a puddle, he gets the majority of the splash
Honestly, I think I mentioned on your other Al Murray video (if I didn’t, I certainly meant to) but he did a great series called Why Everyone Hates The English, where in each episode he teams up with a comedian from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France or Germany and they discuss the relationship both historically and currently between it and England. There is genuine history discussed and the episode is filmed in its respective country and includes some of its culture and scenery but there’s also a lot of fun in it too…and it’s definitely worth a watch.
Al's more than knowledgeable he's a Professor of History plus some other teacher stuff I can't remember, the kids he taught must have been his first fans. Played the drums with Phil Collins too.
During a visit to the Queen, Raleigh noticed that Elizabeth I was about to step into a muddy area. To prevent her from getting her feet wet, he gallantly laid down his plush velvet cloak over the puddle, allowing her to walk over it without getting dirty.
Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak across a puddle to stop Elizabeth I from getting her feet wet .
Al Murry always gets a historical quote into his routine .
In case he needs any further clarification, Sir Walter was a sort of legalised pirate who sailed completely around the globe, helped defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588, played a role in the colonisation of the Americas, and introduced tobacco and the potato to England. He also served time in the Tower of London for getting married to one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting without Elizabeth's permission (crazy times).
@@leohickey4953 I just read that in al murrey's voice.
@@benlove81 Ha ha! "Queen Elizabeth, o'course, as you remember..."
When Sir Walter was around, Queenie was always wet.
You could also watch the Hamlet advert……
If you want to see how knowledgeable he is , watch his name a nation we've defeated them.
Yeah that's a classic😂😂😂
th-cam.com/video/6DafuN7wxuM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ft_Zql5by6NFhCnP
Although technically two of those he gets wrong lol. It’s still fun though… And, to be fair, I wouldn’t have known off the top of my head and he must have prepared for so many countries that he was bound to potentially mix some up.
100%
I think better ways are to read his new book “Arnhem: Black Tuesday” or to listen to the podcast that he does with James Holland about the Second World War, “We Have Ways of Making You Talk”.
The Cloak & puddle thing comes from the story that famous sailor Sir Walter Raleigh spread his cloak once across a puddle so that Queen Elizabeth 1st could step over it without getting her feet wet. It is apocryphal, so may never have happened, but has become legendary.
Re the puddle thing - yes it's a traditional gesture of chivalry but the fact that he says "cloak" hints at how long it's been since someone actually did it!
OR ADMIT'S TO DOING IT
@@MrDaiseymayNobody does it anymore and hadn't for decades because it's profoundly weird
@@Welcometotherox & ineffectual unless it's a particularly absorbent cloak!
@@kenny832 I think Absorbent Cloaks Ltd went out of business around 1560 or so.
@@stewartmackay After Walter Raleigh made them “by Royal appointment!”
I’m old enough to remember a time when a Royal news reporter threw his raincoat across a puddle for the Queen Mother to walk over. The Queen Mum didn’t hesitate at all, she stepped onto the coat with a slight nod to the newsman and a discrete “Thank you”. Quiet, understated class from a real Lady. The reporter probably had the macintosh framed as a lovely memento of the day.
He actually had a comedy TV series "Time Gentlemen Please" playing this character.
He's well into WW2 and knows a great deal of information, attends war locations, veteran meet-ups and anniversaries, and once stood for election to parliament.
Yes. I was at his live show the night of the results. Nigel Farage blamed him for his poor results.
@@grahamgresty8383 He offered to buy Nigel a drink in his pub, to ease his pain...
"Madam, I could make your son a lord, but I cannot make him a gentleman." -- Charles II
I love the way you 'banter'. The back and forth is usual for friends but the fact that you respect each other's vocal space shows deeper affection. ❤❤❤ from UK 🇬🇧
Thanks, Jennifer ❤️
My partner is my best friend. After two or three meetings over a couple of weeks (not dates) it was apparent to both of us there was something special between us and we started dating. Two weeks later we started living together. My family, friends, workmates, everyone, in fact, thought I was crazy, but I knew better!
That was in 1976, we're still together after 48 years, and still best friends.
It's just as you describe it and I'm sure you'll be best friends for a very long time - there's something about the way you two interact with each other that shows your deep and enduring friendship.
Another great video guys. Have you looked up Peter Kay yet? He's hilarious, especially his one man shows.
Please do some of his historical bits he's so good at those and really shines
Al Murray is descended from the famous Victorian satirist and novelist William Thackeray whose most famous book was “Vanity Fair”. Stanley Kubrick based his film “The Luck of Barry London” on another Thackeray novel.
Barry Lyndon.
Awesome
@ Thanks for the correction, it may have been a typo.
He's also presented some TV history documentaries. His 'Road To Berlin' series about the last days of WW2 is excellent.
His recent YT vids and podcasts about WW2 (D-Day, Market Garden, the Blitz, etc) with Jim Holland have been very enjoyable.
I drove him home one day in my london taxi very quiet man but we had a laugh near the end of journey at a cyclest riding a bike with a long plank of wood across he's handle bar's dodging everything wider than the bike itself 😅😅😅❤
I feel like some of the biggest performer personalities do tend to be more quiet in real life. And that sounds hilarious!
Al Murray vs the Americans is a must!
Al Murray - Bacon proves the existence of God.
All Murray originally invented his Pub Landlord persona to host a comedy night to introduce the guest comedians up to the mic.
His ‘Britain defeated every country in the world” routine cracks me up.
His ‘nations of the world’ might be better though.
Agreed! Both epic!
Global finance is my personal fave.
The reason it doesn’t happen anymore is man don’t wear cloaks anymore 😂😂😂🇬🇧🙏🏻
----and don't want to look a pr***
Only flashers and vampires
Hi, fun video as always. Saw Al Murray live in Manchester, several years ago and just as fun,
One to look for if you can find it is 'Name a Country, Britain has invaded it'. He poses a question to the audience and he goes off on a tangent which is amazing and educational to watch.
I think the biggest difference between American and British (or Europeans, or Australians!) on a date is table etiquette. There's nothing so jarring as watching Americans use a knife and fork.
I can't look at them eating, it annoys me that much! I have often wondered how American dignitaries cope if they have to attend a formal British function. Image sitting with the Royals and using your cutlery like a toddler.
Or not use them to be more accurate😂
It's easily understood humour, and translates to Americans without trouble. He is a great comedian. Thanks for laughing.
I can only imagine how u would bot laugh ifvud been in the audience goin by how much fun u had watching him on screen,u both have me in stitches 😂😂❤❤
Our list of comedians is endless and it's no holds barred. From Dave Allen through to Benny Hill, Billy Connolly etc. etc.
I didn't think you were calling your wife dude. You two are so cute together. Keep going with Al Murray, whenever you need an educated laugh.🤣🤣 From Yorkshire.
Look up the guy he brings up on stage to act like a squirrel. If you want to see a sweaty comedian, look up Lee Evans
Another comedy recommendation for you would be: "That Mitchell & Webb Look" which I think you'd like.
In terms of modern day chivalry, I think the most common example I see/do is when I'm in the queue for the supermarket checkout and see the person immediately behind me only has 3 or 4 items, while I've got a basket full of food for the next few days, is you let them go ahead of you. Your additional wait is negligible, but if you enforce strict queue etiquette then they'd have to wait a while for not a lot.
Hi Steve & Lindsey, love your reactions, and so happy that you paused, so that you did not miss the punchlines 🙂
Surprised you didn't choose Al Murray v Americans.
That one's funny.
He doesnt know his own people let alone a yank
If I remember my history lessons . Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cape down to help a lady across a puddle. This was about four or five hundred years ago. I guess it would have been very gallant in those days.
There are a lot of videos on TH-cam of Al Murray in his serious historian mode. Well worth watching.
The cloak over the puddle refers bsck to the period of Elizabeth I when Walter Raleigh is supposed to have placed his cloak over a puddle so that the Queen didn't dirty her shoes or dress.
You want to watch his series on WWII, he drives from the landings in Normandy to Berlin in a WWII jeep, following the path the allies took, he meets a series of people and armour from that era along the way. Very informative.
As for chivalry being dead, the answer to that is yes and no. It all depends on the person you meet, or where you are.
Lee Evans is very good, his expressions are brilliant, hes always sweating from his impressions. Shame he doesn't do it anymore, i find him one of the funniest
No, Evans is a second rate Norman Wisdom.
You're both great fun and clearly respect each other. Keep on making reaction videos and entertaining us Europeans.
Al Murray’s first TV appearance was him making sound effects with his mouth. On a children’s TV show 😂
"Ladies present" is an old way of Brits not kicking off at each other. You wouldn't start a pub brawl when the wives and kids were around as they could get battered in the conflict and that wouldn't be a fair fight, or square-go. It then became a general term of an area that wasn't accepted as an area to sort out disputes.
Look up Al murry making a mockery of democracy. It's almost an hour long and it's him as him self giving a " lecture " at St Edmunds university.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk - fantastic WW2 Al Murray podcast.
"Does chivalry still exist in Britain" you ask, I guess this can only be followed by clips of weekend nights in town centres ;)
My mum, 93 said today how Dad always opened the car door for her, remember to how. Dad, Normandy Veteran but always a gentleman, he'd open to let her out. M manners were expected, imo.
Sir Walter Raleigh famously laid his cloak down and more recently someone in Friends!
We British know npmore about how Americans express themselves with various odd sayings...and some of us think of "Dude" or "man" as said by surfers from various American actors like Keanu Reeves... I think Steve is still to learn how much more we already are aware of "Americanisms" than perhaps most Americans are aware of UK sayings and expressions!! 😊
Yes, the rest of the world gets bombarded with America but they are very insular.
Google:
A cloakroom is a room where people can store their coats, hats, umbrellas, and other outerwear while they are in a building. Cloakrooms are often found in large buildings like schools, churches, gymnasiums, and meeting halls. They are also known as coatrooms or checkrooms in North America.
What is a cloakroom in a house in the UK?
A cloakroom is a room containing toilets in a public building or a room containing a toilet on the ground floor of someone's house.
N.B the ground floor in the UK is what Americans call the first floor, which has been reached by not using a lift/elevator or any flight of steps/stairs.
The jacket reference is to when Sir Walter Ralegh rescued Elizabeth l feet from getting muddy and wet by covering a puddle with his velvet cloak.
He's written a couple of books on military history and he has a military history TH-cam channel.
The puddle thing is a reference to Sir Walter Raleigh, who allegedly did it to Queen Elizabeth I. It then became a symbolic image of chivalry.
Those lights alone really do give out a lot of heat, no matter why you're on a stage! Why do you think in movies etc, you see makeup being reapplied during a break?!
A gentleman should also walk on the side of the pavement closest to the road--this is also part of the puddle thing. When roads were the sewage system, the mess would accumulate by the sides of the road--it was the man's job to get his legs covered in much in order to protect the lady's dignity. Sir Walter Raleigh probably also stopped QE1 getting her shoes a little browner than she liked them.
He's a clever man our Al.😊
Now we plodge through puddles while giving the lady a piggy back 🤣
You guys are so sweet. My husband and I are best friends and I think it’s the strongest foundation for a marriage / relationship.
A ENDEARING AMERICAN EXPRESSION THAT WE DON'T USE IN THE U.K.=''OH MY GOSH''
You need to see Peter Kay misleading music lyrics, absolutely hilarious
We'll add that one to the list :)
Imagine being Rob and having to wait for the DVD to prove you really did get up on stage with Al Murray.
😂
Have a look at Al Murray 'Every Country We've Defeated'
Al Murray drinks beer.Its real beer he is drinking in his shows. He even has his own beer called Guv Island Beer...In some of his shows The Pub Landlord, Murray serves pints of beer to his audience.
@@Jim_Slip .. I did read an interveiw he did with some paper. He was asked about the beer if it was real or not.. He said Im not telling you. So make of that what you will..
al murray does drink he did a month sober, but he prefers wine to beer, he drinks none alcoholic beer when on stage
Michael McIntyre dentist sketch.
Peter kaye and misheard lyrics
The cloak was back in Elizabethan times, so is now purely symbolic.
There's a lot of onlIne dating in the UK too, but people do sometimes meet in work, the gym, the pub, but it's not as easy to meet people now as it used to be. Especially with all the wokery about.
He does a brilliant sketch about world finances, and another about how the UK defeated every nation in the world.
You also have to remember we are not talking about puddles of water, the streets used to be open sewers... lol
I never knew it meant that! So how happy were women a few minutes later while walking around with a man in a pissy coat? 😂
Forget the puddle thing. We don't wear cloaks anymore. I do however hold the door open. I remember at a hotel once, coming out of a room, I saw a lady coming towards me, so held the door open for her. Then I remembered that I was coming out of the men's room. 🤦♂️ She was headed for the ladies room. 😂 Holding the door open is as instinctive as blinking for me. I'm well dragged up. 🤭
😂 Love it!
Hope you guys get to check out Micky Flanagan and Michael Mcintyre.
Oh Steve you really do over think these!! Nana Karen UK
😂😂😂, the pub landlord is just a character
The cloak/jacket thing is indeed symbolic
In the real world his voice is the same just not as loud. He made a TV sitcom based on his pub landlord persona called "Time Gentlemen Please"
Such amazing honest reactions as always and attention to the details ❤ His one about Britain has beaten everyone is rather tongue in cheek so to be taken light-heartedly but is rather clever and very funny.
Thanks, Daniel! Appreciate you :)
I would love to get called onstage at a gig like this.
I knew what you meant when you say dude and please do his Vs Americans and I think he has been on stage for a while that's why he was sweating
Great reaction as usual love from the U.K.
He plays the part of a pub landlord who's wife left him 12 months ago
"Being a Gentlemen" is definitely a real thing.
Not sure this video is going to tell you how though 😂
Al also writes books and his latest one is a day in Arnhem during WWII was recently released
On TH-cam--"The Two Sides Of Pub Landlord All Murray."
sir walter riley apparently did that for Elizabeth 1st (i think) laid his coat across a puddle
Close. It was Sir Francis Drake.
@ ahh yes 👍 🙏
@olllena148k turns out it was Walter Raleigh. My bad
Walter Riley? Is that the guy who makes chocolate toffee rolls?
@@Rachel_M_ i only remember that drake was considered uncouth & rough with a strong bristol accent and a very red weather beaten face so maybe he wasn’t the most gentlemanly. but who knows 🤷🏻♀️ 😂
Not many of us wear cloaks these days. Wasn't aware we had been transported back to Tudor times lol.
I lay a cloak across a puddle every day in the UK. Love from Leicester ❤
The persona he uses is his caricature of a “Pub Landlord”
There is a series of short videos on TH-cam titled "Al Murray debates the Pub Landlord" where, via the magic of split screen, the "real" Al Murray debates historical events with his pub landlord persona. You would hardly think they were the same person.
That would be interesting! Thanks for the suggestion. :)
@@reactingtomyroots They are on a TH-cam channel called "HISTORY Play" and are quite short, about 5 minutes each. They are mildly amusing rather than hilarious but worth a watch.
My dad and grandfather would put me on the inside of the road whenever we walked somewhere - old fashioned manners. It was so I wouldn't get splashed by a car and also to protect me. I miss that.
Pub landlords were the original Google in Britain, if they didn't know the answer they knew someone who did 🤣
you need to watch his vid talking about the time he ran for parlement as his pub landlord character , there is a ted talk version but its way to short the better video is him at his old university gibing the talk to the students , its here on TH-cam
Al Murray vs Americans is worth checking out.
It's the gesture, bro. You're willing to put your jacket down so the ladies' feet don't get wet. It shows you're caring and considerate.
My favourite Al Murray is "Comparing accents from around the UK". I can't remember if that was the one you already watched or not.
If you want to see a top class comedian, look up 'An audience with Ken Dodd'. He had hardened showbiz professionals crying with laughter.
People used to take picnics to his shows because he just wouldn't stop.
More than one stage manager has been known to have thrown the keys to the theatre on to the stage shouting 'Just lock up when you're finished!'
We would love to see your reaction to Micky Flanagan. He's so funny. Particularly "The Sh*t's Abroad! Delhi Belly" It's hilarious 😂
Try his sketch on Nations of the World
The cloak & puddle is supposed to have been Sir Walter Raleigh so Queen Elizabeth didn't get her feet wet . Many comedy sketches over the years where it turns out to be deeper .
I also say dude and man! (Way too much and im a 50 yr old female from uk (south east/kent originally). My husband says its from watching too much American TV.
I like the banta u and lyndsey have, its similar to mine and my husbands. Its funny to watch u watching British things and trying to work out stuff ie language differences.
Alastair hey Murray is his real name
Father was a lieutenant colonel in the parachute regiment and his grandfather was a British ambassador
Very different in real life
Also very clever if you ever see him on uk series taskmaster where he thinks about challenges differently from the other contestants
I dont know if he would go as far as putting his coat on a puddle for a woman but i have a friend who was brought up that he walks road side of pavement with women so if a car goes through a puddle, he gets the majority of the splash
Honestly, I think I mentioned on your other Al Murray video (if I didn’t, I certainly meant to) but he did a great series called Why Everyone Hates The English, where in each episode he teams up with a comedian from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France or Germany and they discuss the relationship both historically and currently between it and England. There is genuine history discussed and the episode is filmed in its respective country and includes some of its culture and scenery but there’s also a lot of fun in it too…and it’s definitely worth a watch.
Thanks, Lynne! I'll add that to our list :)
AM vs Americans...brilliant. Walter Raleigh laid his cloak over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth 1, so a lady does have to get her feet wet.
Sir Walter Raleigh famously is said to have thrown his velvet cloak across a puddle to protect the Queen's feet from getting wet.
Please react to Lee Evan’s - The Wife🙏
Al's more than knowledgeable he's a Professor of History plus some other teacher stuff I can't remember, the kids he taught must have been his first fans.
Played the drums with Phil Collins too.
'ROAD TO BERLIN - Al Murray Episode 1/10 D-Day' Excellent 10-part series on youtube.
This is 'The Pub Landlord' played by Al Murray.
During a visit to the Queen, Raleigh noticed that Elizabeth I was about to step into a muddy area. To prevent her from getting her feet wet, he gallantly laid down his plush velvet cloak over the puddle, allowing her to walk over it without getting dirty.
The modern version of the puddle would be for the gentleman to walk through a puddle so his partner does not have to