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.
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.
@@voltageisthename 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!
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
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.
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
@@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
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.
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.
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
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.
@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.
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.!
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. ;-)
@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.
For those curious, the real reason was to differnetiate the two Britains: Greater and Lesser. Little/Lesser Britain used to be a way to refer to Ireland or Brittany.
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...
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?
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 🏴🏴🇬🇧
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
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!)
@@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.
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
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...
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.
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
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.
@@user-uq1fq6gs3i th-cam.com/video/ANF_12_uwEc/w-d-xo.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.
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.
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!
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!
Regarding Scottish ''independence''?? The one question, that needs answering is, ( and it applies to the Irish too) Both having spent centuries fighting the English, and spilling all that blood, and, in the Scottish case, Scotland applying for union with England, for pure monetary reasons) How on earth can applying for 'independence'', be squared with being ruled totally, by a foreign state ( the E.U) with virtually NO POLITICAL FREEDOM, what so-ever?? Why do they think the UK majority wanted out?? and ,, WHY are the E.U criminals, fighting like hell to stop us? answer--OUR MONEY. Do the 'Independant'' Scots and Irish , have sufficient money to make good, our escape, monetarily? Someone, is going to have to make good the massive deficit.
Just think of all the Celtic NHS prescriptions England won't have to pay for once the Scots and possibly N.Irish jump ship. All we have to do then is pursuade the Welsh to put their hands into their pockets and pay for their own prescriptions and there's a shed load of cash saved straight away.
Except of course, we were one of the rulers in the EU, one of the big boys that asked for many of the common rules. Like any partnership, pros and cons, wins and losses, but overall the EU is a large powerful political force that means it can stand up to other big boys, where we now can't.
In southern Africa we have a saying "Only made dogs and Englishman". Refers to when the sun is so hot outside that only "mad dogs and Englishman would be working in the sun" 😂😂
@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
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).
Gggg “Typical Englishman with a chip on his shoulder that hates the Irish.” I’ve lived in England all my life and seem to have failed to find a single Englishman who hates the Irish. It sounds like you’re pulling these stupid comments out your arsehole.
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?)
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
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
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 😂😂
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.
@@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 !
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.
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
@@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'.
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!
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.
Britain had the largest empire of the worlds history. Forget the Romans and the Amercians, ours was the largest, until we handed all the territories back. If it wasnt for us, there wouldnt be Americans, Canadians, Aussies or New Zealanders, and South Africa would be the home of the All Blacks. Britain was named by the Greeks, who called it Prettanikē after the Celtish word for "people with tattoos draped over their body". The Celtic word became the Welsh word Prit, meaning "shape or form", which became Pritanī - an odd-shaped erect peninsula where the Prits lived. In other words, the island is shaped like a cock and we are all a bunch of Prits.
Also there wouldn't be any trains, sanitation and everything else from the "What have the Romans done for us sketch" in places like India so can they stop calling us looters and thieves. Jeez, India has it's own space programme today mostly paid for with foriegn aid money from,............ the UK. What do we have? A few firework rockets on November the 5th!
@@baylessnow - Absolutely. We laid roads, bridges, railways and canals, established trade routes, brought peace and healthcare and education. We still own some of the Caribbean and the south pole, and the empire is still an area many times the size of the island itself. btw, its funny but I made my own vid on youtube called: What did the romans actually do for us? It turns out not much, but yet civilisation itself perhaps?
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
Americans refuse to use any measurement system other than the Imperial one and we only speak English I think we may be more English than the English at this point.
You could be right, some US East coast accents are thought to be closer to early English than modern UK accents? It is sometimes confusing here as we use both Imperial and Metric system.... travel in miles and buy our fuel in litres!
@Pug Nacious A few things in the US are smaller/lower. Your alcohol proof levels are lower in spirits and beers. I worked as a Framer in Orange County, we would finish at 3pm and demolish several six packs before hitting the bars! Could never understand why I stayed sober after a session, until I noticed how low the alcohol levels were!
@@aaronstorey9712 because of international cooperation Russia and China are also involved in the International Space Station and they both use the metric system so NASA does to because it's simpler than converting everything from metric to Imperial and back agian. The reason Americans don't use the metric system is because we grew up with the imperial system and we have no interest in learning another system of measurement.
@@jamesmacdonald3090 No lad, the South West of England has the closest accent to middle English if that's what you're going after. The Cornish / Devonshire accent.
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 😂✌️☝️👌
Not sure what's funnier, Al Murray or the guys on here not knowing it's satire.
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.
@@BernardTheMandeville You're understanding of satire is stupid. All satire is is making light of something
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.
Priceless
@@BernardTheMandeville Go & watch his TEDx talk when he's not in character.
I'm an American and I can say that yes indeed Great Britain is truly great
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.
@@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.
Big sister Britannia is good Brother America is good and Mother France can be a pain in the ass but they always get along
@@voltageisthename that is the biggest lie I have ever heard.
@@voltageisthename 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!
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
One out of 3 for yanks, must try harder.
@@dylandrew6071 so salty and triggered imagine still being mad about 1776
@@UserName-om6ft Why would we be mad about the painter John Constable dying?
It’s all those pints he’s drinking that’s how
@@dylandrew6071 no you're mad about the British losing to the US in the revolutionary war
I knew a guy who was just like this in real life.
colin Paterson yes he was called Alf Garnet
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
colin Paterson the peak of comedy?
Every pub in the UK has one pal, and bloody happy I am about that. 👍🏻😂
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.
My wife left me after realising my 10cm wasn't a foot, even though I told her I had small feet
I've got a 12 inch dick........but I dont use it as a rule
They said "Give her an inch and she'll take a yard" so I slammed her half a foot.
My wife asked me to give her 12 inches and make her bleed....
So I fucked her twice and hit her with a hammer.....
Anyone else think Danny Devito looks like he has a very short, but very thick penis?
@@irw4350 buuuuullshit
The history teacher after a few too many pints:
darn he's a different person with hair above his neck ..
Same fucking jokes though.
@@Smdylan sexy
Real Luke Kew im sexy and I know it
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
@@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
This guy is a riot! He knows how to mix his knowledge with humor and make people laugh. Funny as all get out!
You Brits are tough as nails. We love you.
We love you too x
Nope we dont. Brexit is great, good ridance
we really aren’t
but we got the spirit
The ONLY resemblance to a nail they have is how they all get hammered!
@inconnu4961 and which inferior nation are you from Sir?
classic pub landlord
it's making fun of politics, not dressing up politics as comedy
Yeah proper pub not one of those food bars calling themselves a pub
@jon jon You sound real fun at parties.
4:42 it’s funny because the French actually made a calendar with ten days in a week
that's actually interesting :)
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.
"centre". You are not on the Jeremy Springer show.
Dunno where you are, but in working class London they mostly still serve the same purpose
U right a witherspoon I know is like care in the community homeless people spend all night in there
spot on Ash
Many local boozers now are flats.
Why is it that some of the most genius sounding people of the human race happen to be stand up comedians?
Would explain the attempts to censor them via Social Justice/Political Correction.
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.
Because the truth is funny.
Because they all went to oxford or Cambridge
British comics no less.
"Alright Fritz, it's 2 minutes to, put the sausage down." This guy is my new favourite comedian.
“Britain is the CENTRE OF THE EARTH. Its a SCIENTIFIC FACT” 😂😂😂
@half a rasher raytown and you can not take a joke.
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
We're the centre cos we created latitude and longitude lol
@@sellotape06 not quite true
@Senior_researcher_egg -Level _4_clearance- no it is not correct, the centre of the Earth is a hot ball of mostly iron
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.
If you liked the weather, we would deport you.
"Oh, great,Britain." Had me dead!
Hahahaha
It really didn't. That's a ridiculous thing to say.
PMT : Potteries Motor Transport, was an old bus company in Stoke on Trent.
Let's get Al Murray, Danny Dyer, Jason Statham and Tom Hardy in a film together
Ali Walls not Danny Dyer mate he’s a luvvie lefty twat , talks a good game.
@@Thorny5718 yep, total cockney wanker.
And Eddie hearn
Add Jimmy Carr
yew fackin wot?
One of the best comedians in the history of humankind.
You mean better than Boris Johnson? Surely not.
For the first time in years I’ve laughed at a comedian...
You need to get out more mate or start paying your Internet bill on time lol
Gammon?
Because it isn't biased, patronising tripe, disguised as political 'comedy' for the first time in years?
@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.
So funny man
“Honestly as long as the French loss something I’m happy”-British foreign policy for all of history.
😂😂😂😂After 1707 maybe.
@@agamemnonhatred1707-1904
My mate is genuinely like this
Wish I was mates with your mate.
Bloody love this country 🇬🇧
Great Britain has a lot to be proud of. Such as birthing Australia.
Greatest country ever 🇬🇧
@British Teeth ?
@David McDonald Hahahaha. No
@British Teeth Among the top countries in terms of teeth health but ok
Great Britain : "great its Britain" 😂😂
I've heard many of these jokes before, but he's still good
this is pretty old itself pal.
@@mowvu sexy
Mow Vu you must’ve like it, again, to watch the vid, pal
@@lordjoemott1683 i do like it. i love it! still old and still very very good.
Mow Vu good man
The best thing is his “yeah”, “heh” and “oh” between the line
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.!
There's nowt great about austerity
@jon jon Corbyn wasn't advocating for austerity policies you dunce
jon jon
Fancy going for a pint of his tears 😂
@jon jon Corbyn's policies weren't that far left at all, but crack on mate
@jon jon point to a single policy in Labour's manifesto that you could reasonably describe as a communist policy
ALL HAIL TO THE ALE!
And welcome the wine. For the ladies
Now The point is...
ERM you ain't no British at all you sausage
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. ;-)
TheGuvnorsGameZone And a glass of white wine or a fruit based drink, for the ladies! 😂
This giys always pop up on my TH-cam. Love it when comedians are well educated and funny. This guy is awsome
How patriotic will you make him?
God: yes!
This guy reminds me of Alphie solomons from Peaky Blinders
"the clock goes tik tok not tiiik toook" hahaha
Can't go wrong with solid material like this.
@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.
@Gggg so u have the iq of a goldfish then?
@Gggg Up the 'RA!
@Gggg IRA are terrorists. You must like Corbyn as well eh?
@Gggg It's a pity your "phenomenal education system" couldn't teach you how to spell
I could listen to this guy all day 😂😂😂
For those curious, the real reason was to differnetiate the two Britains: Greater and Lesser. Little/Lesser Britain used to be a way to refer to Ireland or Brittany.
Al Murray looning about on stage making outrageous statements makes me laugh so much.
I didn't say it was wrong to be patriotic in my comment i didn't mention that at all.
That last sentence!!@!!!
He is fantastic! Chaotic, yet everything makes sense
4:32 I would not touch the metric system a 3.048 meter barge pole
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...
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?
gibson3lespaul all that for a couple of likes your very sad
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 🏴🏴🇬🇧
gibson3lespaul ............que ?
Robbie Suggy lol hes sad for knowing the history of our countrys name well i guess am sad too for reading and learning something.
Is no one gonna mention that amazing belt buckle he has on?
"Britain are the master minds of war, we haven't lost in 1000 years!"
"Why is it called great Britain?"
E dovete ringraziare gli vostri padroni Americani se no la 2 guerra mondiale la vincevate col c...o!
@@rg2932 wut?
The founding fathers have entered the chat.
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.
Giver and Receiver ?
God damn alot of people dont understand sarcasm.
4:41 not enough room on the calendar for that.
10 days in a week.
I swear I wont get political: *8minutes later*
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
That thus?
@@matthewhowes2978 happy? Imagine pointing out typos 😂
I've seen plenty
@@GregoryMcStevens I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
sort them by latest
Same reason Robin Hood's friend was called Little John
If you could read you'd be amazed at what's in the history books
@@Sk-tb7kt You German?
@@Sk-tb7kt If you're insinuating he can't read, why are you writing to him?
What?
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,
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!)
That Garry bloke looks like Jay from the inbetweeners
Nelson's ship was,is HMS Victory...!!!
I'm an ignorant American whose knowledge of British history starts and ends at Blackadder and even I know that.
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
@@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.
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
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
Take a shot every time he says Great Britain
His satirical wit is brilliant!!🤣🏴
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...
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.
@@Lonestar24 Meh yeah man fuck all that acheivement n' sheeit
@@Lonestar24 isn't mongolia the most desolate country in the world
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
@@anoopkl4u yeah I don't think you can find any empire that isnt all of those things
"It's three point *_threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_* " "That's not a number, it's a fuckin mosquito" My favourite part of this sketch
Lol at all the overly patriotic people in the comments not realising the joke is about them.
It's the correct answer. It's what Brexitards need to hear. But the joke is themselves.
Kerry Fry / Shutup about brexit. Get over it.
@@user-uq1fq6gs3i We can't get over it unfortunately.
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.
@@user-uq1fq6gs3i th-cam.com/video/ANF_12_uwEc/w-d-xo.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.
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.
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!
ok buddy.
Boring twat
no
wrong
Great Britain is called 'great' because its the largest island in the British isles
Wasnt nelsons ship the hms victory not invincible...
The point still stands.
Finarfin The “Victory” was invincible....
He only had one ship in his whole career? Wow, I never knew that.
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!
Finarfin same thing
Regarding Scottish ''independence''?? The one question, that needs answering is, ( and it applies to the Irish too) Both having spent centuries fighting the English, and spilling all that blood, and, in the Scottish case, Scotland applying for union with England, for pure monetary reasons) How on earth can applying for 'independence'', be squared with being ruled totally, by a foreign state ( the E.U) with virtually NO POLITICAL FREEDOM, what so-ever?? Why do they think the UK majority wanted out?? and ,, WHY are the E.U criminals, fighting like hell to stop us? answer--OUR MONEY. Do the 'Independant'' Scots and Irish , have sufficient money to make good, our escape, monetarily? Someone, is going to have to make good the massive deficit.
Just think of all the Celtic NHS prescriptions England won't have to pay for once the Scots and possibly N.Irish jump ship. All we have to do then is pursuade the Welsh to put their hands into their pockets and pay for their own prescriptions and there's a shed load of cash saved straight away.
@@baylessnow Scotland wont have the money to be in the EU on their own
Philip Croft aye let the English pay for us. What a fanny. 😂😂😂😂
Except of course, we were one of the rulers in the EU, one of the big boys that asked for many of the common rules. Like any partnership, pros and cons, wins and losses, but overall the EU is a large powerful political force that means it can stand up to other big boys, where we now can't.
Nelson's ship was HMS Victory. I don't know if that was an intentional mistake, but...
Don’t anyone tell my old lady she came up short hey !
In southern Africa we have a saying "Only made dogs and Englishman". Refers to when the sun is so hot outside that only "mad dogs and Englishman would be working in the sun" 😂😂
He’s genius-truly!
2:58 we put the line there because we are in charge
It is not really satire regarding the metric system. I agree with him wholly. Of course, I could be wrong.
Well, the world would tell you that you are indeed wrong.
gillecroisd 92 NASA uses the metric system since 1990, just so you know
@@gabrielr3390 just brilliant
3:31 lol "...put the sausage down..."
You cant fault his logic, This man is a national treasure.
@Gggg If i was joking i would have put lol at the end of treasure ?
@Gggg Of course you're Irish. Let me guess. Still hate us English because of the potato famine?? 🤦♂️
@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
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).
Gggg “Typical Englishman with a chip on his shoulder that hates the Irish.” I’ve lived in England all my life and seem to have failed to find a single Englishman who hates the Irish. It sounds like you’re pulling these stupid comments out your arsehole.
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?)
If you are a Greek tell us about the Island called Lesbos, much more interesting
Nah its because its at the center of the earth mate.
@@xaceptic1759 nah it's the centre of the map, but the "kaabah" is situated exactly at the centre of the earth
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
fair enough.
builders = pass me that three by two mate.
how much?
oh about two metres.
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
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 😂😂
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.
@@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 !
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.
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
He probably knows he’s an Oxford history graduate.
Paris Mean Time - only works 24 hours a week and gets a month off once a year.
Mon Dieu, c'est la blague!
how the yellow vest protest going
John Lost ........la britain c'est formidable.......qui?
@@delboytrotter8806 ...mais bien sur...
Gren Itch Mean Time - goes on the dole then votes for Brexit.
Please no trollish comments, this is humor.
Excellent
No one:
Some EDL member at 5am in a kitchen:
Dont give em compliments they wish they could be this funny or educated
The EDL don't exist anymore you, muppet.
Keep up.
By the way, what garbled and nonsensical meaning did your comment have?
@@mikeycraig8970 funny, why you crying
@@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'.
@@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
bloody brilliant mate!!!!
He can grow hair ? :o
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!
loving how there's '1997' in the background and most people not knowing thats when the british empire lost its last colony
Falklands?
@@tombrown3355 no, hong kong
@@gavendoesRON No, I think he means the British still have a colony, the Falklands. 1997 just marked the end of the British empire.
Ironic timing...
'Great' timing ;)
Hopefully comedy will become funny again.
@@jamess6961 wdym BBC comedy with Loyiso Gola, Jamali Maddix and Romesh Ranganathan are really funny. Bring back Jim Davidson
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.
Britain had the largest empire of the worlds history. Forget the Romans and the Amercians, ours was the largest, until we handed all the territories back. If it wasnt for us, there wouldnt be Americans, Canadians, Aussies or New Zealanders, and South Africa would be the home of the All Blacks. Britain was named by the Greeks, who called it Prettanikē after the Celtish word for "people with tattoos draped over their body". The Celtic word became the Welsh word Prit, meaning "shape or form", which became Pritanī - an odd-shaped erect peninsula where the Prits lived. In other words, the island is shaped like a cock and we are all a bunch of Prits.
Also there wouldn't be any trains, sanitation and everything else from the "What have the Romans done for us sketch" in places like India so can they stop calling us looters and thieves. Jeez, India has it's own space programme today mostly paid for with foriegn aid money from,............ the UK. What do we have? A few firework rockets on November the 5th!
@@baylessnow - Absolutely. We laid roads, bridges, railways and canals, established trade routes, brought peace and healthcare and education. We still own some of the Caribbean and the south pole, and the empire is still an area many times the size of the island itself. btw, its funny but I made my own vid on youtube called: What did the romans actually do for us? It turns out not much, but yet civilisation itself perhaps?
One of my favourite comedians. Fucking brilliant
We should have a redcoat regiment... Just to strike fear into the world of spears and natural resources😁🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Gggg you are really brain dead aren’t you?
Perfect
You could split it £3.33 each and put 1 in the charity pot
He's hilarious! One of the best! You can't beat British humor! Hi from a froggie but who gives a toss??? 😀👀
Humour*
Tbh metric units are so much easier
Unless these audience 'feeds' are 'plants' then this guy must be a genius! Such rapid responses!
You only book tickets in the first few rows if you want to be on tv and answer question
And here I thought it got its name from the Romans. I like his answers a lot more. 👏
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
THE FRENch invented the Matric
I don’t know what to comment so this will be my comment
Wise words mate...
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You said it man
He soon needs to update his material , maybe change "great Britain" to "Little Britain"
No as little britain was a place in france
@@keyproductions100 80% it's Latin
What
@it's bigger then i thought what a name ... my mind went in gutter as read it lol
Update, britanistan.
Americans refuse to use any measurement system other than the Imperial one and we only speak English I think we may be more English than the English at this point.
You could be right, some US East coast accents are thought to be closer to early English than modern UK accents? It is sometimes confusing here as we use both Imperial and Metric system.... travel in miles and buy our fuel in litres!
@Pug Nacious A few things in the US are smaller/lower. Your alcohol proof levels are lower in spirits and beers. I worked as a Framer in Orange County, we would finish at 3pm and demolish several six packs before hitting the bars! Could never understand why I stayed sober after a session, until I noticed how low the alcohol levels were!
and yet NASA uses metric
@@aaronstorey9712 because of international cooperation Russia and China are also involved in the International Space Station and they both use the metric system so NASA does to because it's simpler than converting everything from metric to Imperial and back agian. The reason Americans don't use the metric system is because we grew up with the imperial system and we have no interest in learning another system of measurement.
@@jamesmacdonald3090 No lad, the South West of England has the closest accent to middle English if that's what you're going after. The Cornish / Devonshire accent.
Twelve inches or ten centimeters!! XD
if he doesn’t stop a statement with “yeh” he will pass out
IT IS NOT SERIOUS JESUS
Joseph Richards
I think judging from the comments some people think this was a lecture, the guy is a comedian and I think he is hilarious.
@@Tridhos but alot of it is true that's the funniest part
TED just rang him
I hate missing out on a joke, so, can someone tell me what “RBS” is? Al noted a fellow’s RBS badge.
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 😂✌️☝️👌
Are they going to "revisit" Blackadder, (captain) Darling?
This guys like my brother
Once people start laughing he starts sending pointless jokes