Dave Allen - Adam and Eve REACTION

[@alysonhopkins2037]

Watching Dave Allen was a must when I was young. One of the best. RIP.
He grew up as an Irish Catholic.
Always ended his shows by saying "May your God go with you".

[@SteveGT0]

Still is.

[@mariabettega3513]

He was the best comedian of his day in my opinion. The nuns at my school loved his programme.

[@LudwigKessler]

Lol. You claim to be so observant by talking about the glass of whiskey changing colour, but totally missed the fact that he has half of his index finger missing. And what's more, it's the same hand holding the glass. Absolutely priceless.

[@jillosler9353]

Dave Allen is IRISH - which almost guarantees he was strictly raised as a Catholic. He comes from the days where you didn't have to swear every other word! The drink was whiskey.

[@markkettlewell7441]

He wasn’t born in Ireland.

[@Ken-pi7qk]

@@markkettlewell7441Dublin

[@jimir68]

“David Tynan O'Mahony (Dave Allen) was born in the Firhouse suburb of Dublin on 6 July 1936, the son of an Irish father and English mother”

[@paulcaswell2813]

And, as is so typical, his Irish jokes were unmatched - just as a Jew will tell easily the funniest Jewish jokes. But Dave was simply on another level from 99.9% of comics. The man was genius.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

At this time the UK was full of Irish construction workers. They didnt swear every other word, they swore every word. These days we all go to Ireland begging for IT jobs, and nobody swears at all.

[@bobbyboko6317]

The Dave Allen Show was not to be missed

[@johnrice7076]

Dave Allen was way ahead of his time he was a comedy genius RIP Dave

[@DaveKeenan1956]

He'absurdities of everyday life, and the Catholic Church and the Bible were endless sources for his gentle brand of humour.

[@djgrant8761]

I love how Dave Allen would sign off. He would say. “Goodnight, thank you, and may your God go with you.”

[@TheCornishCockney]

The “water” wasn’t water,it was Jamesons Irish Whiskey,when you were allowed to smoke and drink on tv.
One of the very best storytellers ever.
Huge in the UK and Ireland at the time.

[@laapache1]

This was in England , not The Us

[@TheCornishCockney]

@@laapache1 ?

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

​@@laapache1where are you getting the US from? can you not read or something?

[@Philcoxon]

The TV crew super glued the glass to the table one night.

[@peterd788]

At the height of his popularity he wasn't popular in Ireland because his British shows were banned there. He lived in England since he was 14 and loved mocking Irish Catholics in his gentle way.

[@AndrewEllwood-xg5hw]

4.05 when Jodi glances over at Nick to see what his reaction is to the 'He's happy' comment....then he looks back at her cautiously! 😂😂

[@johnwilson5743]

Dave Allen was raised in Ireland as a Roman Catholic. Many of his stories refer to things he had to do or believe according to his religion. There are many, many, humerous situations that most people can relate to, from all walks of life. Note: he does not ridicule religion: just points out some of the bizare beliefs and sometimes mentions how he slowly transitioned to being an atheist. But he is a comedian first and foremost: not some angry atheist trying to make points.
I explained that because of your own personal beliefs that tend to cloud your viewpoints. Cheers.

[@martindunstan8043]

This man was awesome in his time, simply a hilarious story teller, other standouts from him are, teaching time to a kid, aeroplanes, on driving, origins of Christmas, funeral. He has so many great rambling observational stories it's impossible to list. Great reaction👌✌️

[@philcleghorn701]

Jodi looked so uncomfortable watching that but so lovely that she stuck at it. You Nick were brilliant, the lead up to women, you got as soon as he mentioned Adam was happy. Fantastic reaction.

[@tradeladder146]

Why bother watching a Comedian who they know tells Religious jokes if it's going to offend them, so stupid and pointless. ,🤔

[@neilcarpenter2669]

Dave Allen was an alternative comedian before the they became popular, he was unique in many ways and I'm old enough to remember watching him back in the seventies when he was considered by many to be very controversial and received death threats from some in the catholic community in Ireland, generally in the UK he was very popular whether you were religious or not though. Much missed by many, myself included.

[@grumps48]

I was a Glasgow Taxi driver and picked Dave Allan up from the theatre he was appearing in and took him to a house and asked if I could come back at 10:30 and take him to his hotel. I arrived on time and rang the doorbell a lady answered and I asked for Dave and she said Oh he’s not leaving yet then the voice called is that my taxi and then he came and left. He apologised that his host had tried to send me away. He was a true gentleman.

[@educatednumpty71]

Dave Allen was famous for having a glass of whiskey beside him on every show. There was a joke where he played a sketch and his drink was refilled afterwards.

[@michaeldaley5831]

It was actually apple juice he drank,same as Dean Martin.

[@francesthompson593]

Dave Allan was Irish and a fantastic story teller. You should try ‘Teaching The Time’ or ‘ First At School’. RIP Dave Allen!😢

[@philcleghorn701]

Jodi was so distracted by the backdrop, it helped her dodge the religious slant. Dave Allen tells a great story and I am certain as teacher's you will love watching him teaching his son to tell the time. The frustration around children's responses and trying to explain to them will have you in stitches. I'm sure you both will have had moments like this.

[@paulcaswell2813]

Dave's humour was totally lost on these two. This particular clip was guaranteed to lose most in the US, as it contained jokes on religion, and clever wordplay combined with subtlety. A US audience wants the laughs telegraphed half-an-hour before a punchline.

[@ladykaycey]

Teaching your child to tell the time and starting school/learning about religion are classics. So funny 😊

[@johnwhear9600]

I grew up watching British comedy in the 70s. Dave Allen was a favourite.

[@royburston8764]

Teaching how to tell the time to a child is the perfect routine for your enjoyment , teaching and children, you'll love it.

[@Tony_8808]

Dave Allen, The Legend. More of him, please.

[@donkinghan1]

It was in colour. He was drinking whiskey...sometimes he would be smoking while telling the story...that was all allowed back then.

[@norb0254]

Dave Allen was a 70s comedian..and irish ,so he did a lot of religious jokes and sketches...Sadly today he probably would not be allowed to do his jokes ,as half the world would be offended..I remember watching his weekly show ...You should watch his sketch about teaching a child how to tell the time ,,Hysterical ,but what he says is actually true....I will add the with your other half saying about the black and white and the glass ,i must say i thought she had a hat on till i noticed it was the chair lol

[@jerryhayes9497]

He pointed out the nonsense of religion....
So loving christians threatened to kill him...
Some things never change

[@Max_Flashheart]

Dave Allen "Teaching Your Kid Time"

[@coot1925]

The reason his suit was black and white is because his suit was black and his shirt was white. 😂😂😂

[@daveofyorkshire301]

You're seeing a small clip of his show that has been re-encoded to upload to TH-cam, no doubt they messed with the saturation levels because it was full colour. Your own eye is carrying out most of these tricks on you, the background being lined/textured was pulling the colour out of your perception.
The glass is probably whiskey or something similar, you don't sip water or ginger ale (which is mainly for kids or mixing drinks over here), you gulp it, you sip strong alcohol...

[@philipcochran1972]

Any-thing by Dave Allen. His first day at school is a good one.

[@phillipridgway8317]

About the lack of colour, it is old footage, shot with old camera technology, plus it has been copied many times (losing a little more colour each time), plus I suspect this copy was once recorded on VHS tape too, which is very low definition! In other words, we are lucky to have it to watch at all! Despite all that, Dave Allen is always well worth a watch...

[@avandy3]

He used to have a glass of whisky and smoked French cigarettes.

[@loungelizardatwar7375]

As a young man I used to love watching Dave Allen on Sunday nights on PBS. He has such a unique style and wit. A couple of his most watched clips are about airplanes and teaching how to tell time.

[@marionthompson3365]

Loved him. Such a wonderful storyteller. Along with the other suggestions, the one about the supermarket is excellent too. Rip Dave Allen.

[@davidmarsden9800]

The glass contains whisky 🥃 hence the colour. He had his own BBC TV series in the late 1960s and early 1970s plus appeared in this format in his BBC TV series Dave Allen at Large always with a glass of whisky.
He always got complaints because a lot of the sketches in his shows and jokes in his standup were about religion and the absurdity of it to his mind and especially the Roman Catholic church with him being Irish.

[@sdkezjarran5206]

He was brillaint in his days, as parents you must watch and react to his sketch on teaching the time, can not wait for Jodie`s Yeps as she watches it. Loving you guys so much I signed up to support the channel each month.

[@GordonWishart]

OMG Dave Allen was an Irishman from the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 in the 70’s, a brilliant lapsed Catholic comedian who drank whiskey and used to smoke on stage until his doctor told him to stop after Dave had a heart attack. He eventually died in early ‘80’s from cirrhosis of the liver. He was most famous for live performances taunting the Catholic Church. Hilarious clever humour.

[@Helena-nu3cr]

He died in 2005 aged 69 not the 80s

[@meteerbil2078]

I saw Dave Allen when he was new. (Yes, im that old). He has always been sitting in a chair like that. Drinking. He once said "it shure as hell not tea in the glass.

[@dalbhuie_youtubeaddedanumber]

Wonderful comedian, almost compulsary viewing when I was in my youth. On the other topic raised in the reaction, Nick didn't see it, I didn't see it, I doubt anyone else saw jodies black and white hand or yellow drink. Time to lay off those special cookies.

[@michaeloates5804]

Dave didn't drink water on stage it was whiskey, or at least that's what he allowed the audience to believe. But it was ginger ale.

[@scottosborne2915]

jodi im not going to give you a hard time with this he was drinking whisky that is what was in that glass not cup jodi
and colour was off cause of the age of it colour was really dull in the 80s
the g string nose got me

[@mervgagen4458]

The drink was whisky, his trademark. The clip is from an old TV broadcast ~ the '80s/early '90s when the TV chroma space was much more limited (EMI 2001 cameras and 2-inch tape and so on). Dave was Irish and a very successful comedian and sadly passed away far too young.

[@punkpopnotdead]

this is a rabbit hole worth going down

[@andyb7963]

The worst thing is that when he died the catholic church refused to bury him and a protestant vicar had to do it, they did the same thing to father Ted who is a priest in a very funny comedy series that you should look at

[@76ludlow]

Really enjoyed your reaction to our great irish comedian Dave Allen. He was well known for his religious jokes, of which there were many. He also had a great routine about airplanes and another about teaching your kid time. I highly recommend you look for those.

[@johnwilson5743]

Note: Please turn up the sound of the video you are watching. Your own sound is great: the video sound is far lower. Cheers.

[@BoringReviews]

Thanks

[@scouseofhorror104]

Definitely teaching the time, aeroplanes and first day at school 😂

[@chriscjad]

Teaching your kids the time is brilliant from Dave Allen

[@jasonyoung7705]

His sketch about 2 old fella's having a duel is epic

[@paulbromley6687]

He was from outside Dublin Ireland but lived in England he was a favourite of mine growing up I’d be allowed to watch him from about Eight years old on the BBC tv, he does sketch comedy too within his sit down comedy show. He would drink whiskey and smoke …he had a missing end of his index finger I always wanted to know why but never found out.

[@2old4gamez]

Dave lost the top of his finger in an accident involving a cog in some kind of machinery.

[@roberttaylor5997]

@@2old4gamez He told a joke about it that involved him biting it off himself.

[@nigelturner3251]

Dave always drinks whiskey, probably Irish with the e.

[@necessaryevil3428]

Need to check your sound levels ...... very quiet 🤫

[@BoringReviews]

Will do.

[@johnhewett9483]

I predict once you have seen more from Dave Allen you will love him. Very clever and observant man. Watch - traching your child time, airplanes religeous jokes etc etc there are many.

[@MrHolmgren194]

Dave Allen is a friggin legend!

[@ezza9578]

One of the all time great story tellers, and a top bloke to boot 👍❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@koshtie]

He's Irish ? another great video Guy's , ATB Wayne UK...........

[@Steve0272.]

" firat day at a school " Dave allen its quality 👌 👏 👍

[@pikricky]

Dave was a legend,watch some of his sketches in The Dave Allen Show from the late 60's,also watch his video on first day at school,classic

[@pjtufty66]

He was From Rathfarnham Co Dublin , 9 & 1/2 fingers .
A depressive Genius .

[@anthonywhelan5419]

My family emigrated Ireland for Australia in 1958. We grew up watching Dave Allen - who, BTW got his start on Australian television. My very proud Irish Catholic father loved Dave. Dad was friends with lots of the clergy and they all loved Dave too, including the Bishop, according to Dad. I went to see Dave live in Melbourne circa 1986. I injured myself laughing so much. We met up after the concert, obviously drunk, and flirted with my wife.

[@JEFF-ft6qm]

Nose knickers became quite popular where I live about three years ago. Dropped out of fashion now though.

[@Ian-lx1iz]

Lordy (7:42) - in a reaction to an Irish comedian, I wasn't expecting _color prejudice_
lol

[@peterd788]

Dave Allen was an Irishman who spent his entire adult life (except for 11 months in Australia) in Britain where he was extraordinarily popular. I loved watching him on TV in England in the 70s and 80s. He could drag out a story for ages and it was always worth it.

[@daviddavies3637]

Dave Allen was a genuinely special comedian that I watched as a kid, although I realised a few days ago that his first series in the UK aired when I was two. It was the relaxed way in which he'd tell his stories. He was a great storyteller. If he was wrong and there is a God, once he got over the shock, he'd get them laughing in no time.

[@glastonbury4304]

Loving your channel, loved to of had you two as my teachers, brave doing TH-cam as teachers , one thing is for sure you two work so well together, so in love , you probably get that all the time, but once more can't hurt!! 😂❤

[@cockneygeezer3528]

I remember seeing this on TV back in the day, I think it was the 70s, in those days very few people in the UK had colour TVs,, and the colour was never very good

[@clivem.791]

Yes dave was irish and a superb comedian and his timing was excellent..

[@55tranquility]

Fun fact, many years ago when I was about 5yrs old Dave Allen lived up the road from us. He used to drink in the same pub as my Dad who always said he was a lovely guy. He moved away years ago.

[@amandabyrne4670]

The cameras for tv shows didn’t have HD back then.

[@fionabarr6064]

The best story is when he tries to teach a child to tell the time, hilarious.
Bedside him always he had a whiskey by his arm. This sketch wasn’t finished you’d enjoy it much more.
He also had part of one finger
His accent is Irish, he is so irreverent 😂😂

[@waynepiper3659]

how u notice all that but didnt noticed his finger missing .cool review :)

[@jamespickersgill8416]

Once you notice his missing finger, you can’t unsee it.

[@BoringReviews]

What? Didn't notice that. I will look for it next time.

[@jamespickersgill8416]

@@BoringReviews forefinger, his left hand.

[@artbeck3507]

Other comedians would mimic his main mannerism - using his fingerless hand to brush off his non-existent dandruff from his shoulders. You’ll also notice how animated he can be whilst telling his jokes, but never does he manage to knock away his whiskey glass. He would often also smoke cigarettes…two vices that weren’t considered off limits to state-sponsored tv in the late 70s - early 80s !

[@deannawoolvine5725]

He was well known for drinking and smoking on stage poss whisky or vodka but funny as hell one of my child hood memories we watched every week

[@philipashley9723]

Dave was one of my favourite comedians. I was raised in 'the 40s, in England. One of my favourite jokes of his was, when his parents sent him to a convent, to school.

[@andrewtongue7084]

From (this) Irishman's perspective, the best Irish jokes are told by the citizens of Ireland - no-one else comes close. That Allen can take a controversial subject matter such as religion, & make fun of it is all part of what we term, the craic (pronounced 'crack') - it's a sublime form of conversation, & more often than not, very dry, dark humour; the "Gideon" reference is made as an observation, whereby, in many motels/hotels you will find a copy stashed in a drawer of your room, altho', in these latter times, deference to any religious orthodoxy is now virtually eradicated - primarily due to the disaffection toward same. If you are of a mindset to appreciate this laconic style of humour, then you'll be a life-long fan of Dave Allen; he questions established authority, & spares no quarter for the individuals who roam this planet projecting their hyperbole. He is (also) a past master of observing the sublimely ridiculous attributes of the human condition, with all its attendant flaws; &, as is the case with most of Ireland's populace, he is the consummate storyteller. Typical of Allen, at the completion of every show he did, runs with a respectful salutation: "May your God go with you..." 😉

[@stuartsharman3055]

"Hate gardening..."
So do I.
Love that line.😅

[@helenwood8482]

The "water" is whiskey.

[@johnwhear9600]

Also check out Dave Allen on Airplanes and Dave Allen on Australians (we can take it).

[@williambilly3269]

Dave allan is a funny Irish comedian, think he was drinking whisky, he also had a mission finger, some of his sketches are very funny. 🇬🇧👍

[@clayt2k]

Simply put Dave Allen was a master at telling a story 🤗

[@dennisstaines8005]

The reason his hands look funny is because he was born with one finger with the end missing. This was the hand that was on the glass. If you look carefully you see several times during the video. My favourite Dave Allen sketch and he was a great comedian.

[@DaveKeenan1956]

He wasn't born like that, he lost the top of his finger in a childhood accident.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

that guy is a genius comedian of his time no matter how many times i seen the vid and when i was young watching him he cracks me up.yes it is 5.46 in the morning the bloody sun risen from the east i forgot to draw the curtains

[@colinwilson4658]

I WAS NOT SURE IF YOU LIKED HIM OR NOT
IF YOU DID HERE ARE A COUPLE MORE
Dave Allen - "Teaching Your Kid Time"
th-cam.com/video/0QVPUIRGthI/w-d-xo.html
Dave Allen on Religion
th-cam.com/video/jxo81Ok9Urk/w-d-xo.html

[@bristolsonic]

Dave Allen on religion or Dave Allen -the sketches are two i'd highly recommend.

[@ericbatemanrodgers]

Watch him teaching his son to tell the time and him talking about flying he is brilliant

[@orhanhasic7681]

Every single thing he did was brilliant. I am over 50 years old now and I grew up in what then was Yugoslavia. I remember watching him as a kid on TV on sundays. Loved it than, love it now. During the last 30 years I have been living in Sweden and I don't remember ever seeing him on TV here. Thankfully there is this thing called TH-cam. 😁

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. You have to find his 'ghost/horror stories' and priest/butler comedy sketches.

[@handyandyoway]

Connect the dots. An Irish man would not be sitting drinking coloured water....try whiskey. Also, as you were paying close attention to his hands, did you notice he had half a finger missing? Apparently it was bitten when he flipped off the devil! 😮 😉

[@georgejuniorleedom4476]

Or flipped off Allah? God? Disney?

[@LennyHenrysDorsalCavity]

A close friend of mine told me a story not so long ago about a work colleague explaining to him who the comedian was “yesss… he used to sit there on stage with a glass 1/4 of whiskey, and the joke was he would have a glass constantly refilled, oh how it was hilarious”
We googled the comedian and it came up with someone completely different, will be nice to finally show him who it is 😂

[@karenp5959]

Oh that's not water, it's whisky 😂

[@wheels2fun526]

He's Irish.There is no change in the colour. It was shot in colour.

[@natmanprime4295]

just what i needed, thx

[@76ludlow]

Dave Allen was irish, but he lived most of his life in England, after spending his childhood in Ireland, which might explain his peculiar accent. He was fiercely proud of his Irishness, even though he didn't live there. Much of his comedy material was informed by his early Catholic upbringing and education, which he largely rebelled from, so he was well known for his religious jokes, which made him somewhat controversial in the 1970s I highly recommend his comedy routine on Airplanes.

[@vallee3140]

you must watch his teaching a kid time, and The airplane one, Religion ,everything he did was great, and he always looked smart..

[@somniumisdreaming]

I know you are also committed Christians, I appreciate that you too laughed at some good fun humour.

[@millsy1861]

The true gentlemen of comedy, Mr Dave Allen RIP ❤

[@darrellpowell6042]

The quality is because its at least 40 years old. The original broadcast is obviously better. Also recordings that gets copied many many time will lose quality, even digital copies suffer degradation over time.
In fact ALL movies have 5 master copies of the original movie, they are kept in storage so when that movie degrades over time, one of the master copies can be used to record more quality copies.

[@ltsecomedy2985]

Hi Guys, firstly, sorry Jodi, that was from his B.B.C. Tv show in colour, but remember the B.B.C. only started with colour around `69/70. I was watching him with my parents from the late `60`s throughout the `70s. His longest show was (Dave Allen At Large), it consisted of joke-telling sections interspersed with sketches. For the sketches he had a regular group of comedy actors with him, who I also saw in other British Tv/films over the years.
On You Tube you can find a compilation of some of the sketches, it has been split into 4 parts, i.e. (The Best Of Dave Allen.....The Comedy Sketches 1/4, 2/4 etc.) I think they run at around 10 mins each. Great to see you reacting to Dave, he is greatly missed.

[@grabtharshammer]

Not only was this from a time when Colour TV was relatively new, but you have to remember that this was probably copied across from an early Tape system, and 625 lines at 50hz was also fairly new. originally TV had 405 lines so looked grainy. All but the newest TV's could not show programmes at 625 lines. Not only that but I think US TV used a different system again. So Colour wasn't great when it first started, but then there are all the other differences to take into account in converting this to a compressed format to be shown on You Tube. Yes, this conversion could probably have been done better with all the new technology, it could have been enhanced, so it also depends on who put this video up on to YT

[@ltsecomedy2985]

@@grabtharshammer Yes, I only know of this "405-625 Lines", as I was telling another reactor about the costume drama (The Forsyte Saga). Which was the last British drama series broadcast in B/W, that decided not to wait & be in colour. Partly, as they already had got together a great cast & were worried about losing someone, if they delayed. But, also because at that time in 1967, not enough of the new sets were in use.

[@ianjones2187]

Hi love your reactions . If you notice halve of Daves index finger is missing , don’t stop him from holding the whisky glas (good man) ps he’s irish

[@BoringReviews]

Thanks. Yeah someone mentioned about the half finger. I didn’t notice it initially but we recorded another react to one of his videos recently and I saw it then. Hard to think I didn’t notice it at first

[@grahambamford9073]

Nose knickers....... ha ha😂

[@dazza9326]

I would recomend Ricky Gervias or Jimmy Carr, but I think they'd be way out of you comfort zone.

[@Burglar-King]

Jodi was trying hard not to laugh…oooh I mustn’t laugh at this, it’s about our creation. It’s not done. It’s ok to laugh at the bible Jodi as long as you confess the sin after. I have to confess too now and I’m not even Catholic. Dave Allen lost the tip of his finger but never said how. So he made jokes about how he grabbed and bit the attacker, the studio lights came back up, and it was his own left hand.

[@janmullen6976]

Dave Allen is Irish, and he had alcohol in his glass, comedians like him usually had a drink beside him😂