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  • Curator of very bad dad jokes, James May explains why we laugh.
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  • @rovenzoo
    @rovenzoo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    If you ever hear james' laugh, It's actually really hilarious

    • @loganthekrogan2182
      @loganthekrogan2182 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's like the combination of a duck and badger. (laughs)

    • @StupidBlech
      @StupidBlech 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Logan Stair He does seriously sound like an asthmatic duck when he laughs and I love it

    • @epender
      @epender 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Search for the James May Romanian GPS video, it's amazing

  • @liamsmith331
    @liamsmith331 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    For god sake, I'm sure he realizes that he is James from top gear you don't have to keep telling him

  • @Cmmf_
    @Cmmf_ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    2:40 I actually laughed at that. Stupid Careless Airways Inc. Always dropping pianos on things.

  • @animeOfDarkness405
    @animeOfDarkness405 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I do suffer from laughing fits when something pops in my head and finds it funny

  • @Ivu100
    @Ivu100 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    James May's laugh is hilarious and contagious XD

  • @MB200bus
    @MB200bus 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They used the falling piano joke before, on Top Gear. Ask the Morris Marina Owners Club, they know all about it :3

  • @samakshuppal
    @samakshuppal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember the old days of top gear when the trio used to laugh at each other, especially Jeremy!

  • @yolandahuang1284
    @yolandahuang1284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never knew that Lucy Brown was not the first human who forced James to say the equivalent of "Like, Comment, and Subscribe" on TH-cam.
    I wish this series was continued!!!

  • @BigBadOsiris
    @BigBadOsiris 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love James May.. And I just found this video.
    James you do laugh.. A lot.. Your laugh makes me laugh.
    Glad to see You taking part of TH-cam!

  • @dirtbike4life420
    @dirtbike4life420 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it just me, or does James May's superior knowledge trigger a rather primitive reaction, likely from many generations past... HE'S A WITCH! FLOG HIM!

  • @rishirajchakravarty479
    @rishirajchakravarty479 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All you need to do to make James May laugh is make something terrible happen to Jeremy Clarkson. As demonstrated in the Top Gear Campervan Challenge.

  • @LlwtyDeer
    @LlwtyDeer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some times i think im going to suffocate im laughing so hard. Its when i just cant stop

  • @10thdoctor15
    @10thdoctor15 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The research showing we laugh at things that aren't funny wasn't accurate because it was conducted in America, where they have a very different sense of humour.

  • @iRetroLancer
    @iRetroLancer 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gotta love a bit of James may

  • @KingofMGS
    @KingofMGS 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Has anyone ever heard James May's real laugh, its fantastic XD

  • @wwyk1993
    @wwyk1993 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I laugh when I think of James' laughter on Top Gear.

  • @szili76
    @szili76 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    James May is my hero! Top gear all the way

  • @TheKaneDestroyer
    @TheKaneDestroyer 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We all laugh, because we love to.

  • @ryaningham5374
    @ryaningham5374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Why do we QUACK"

  • @ErichoTTA
    @ErichoTTA 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very fascinating stuff.

  • @HiddenLifestyle
    @HiddenLifestyle 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You made me chuckle!

  • @drewlogan4341
    @drewlogan4341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    no i did not breath when I was born I was on emergency oxyegen

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The machine breathed for you so you did breath even if involuntarily.
      Great to hear you've survived by the way!

  • @Tstopmotionstudios
    @Tstopmotionstudios 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BEST NAME EVA!

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Sir, I just paused the video when I heard you say that endorphins and dopamine can do things like help lower your blood pressure AND relieve stress. I got to thinking: What IS 'Stress'? Isn't it a combination of symptoms like blood pressure, lowered breathing, etc? I'd love to see a video where you describe "stress" ;D

  • @IOutDoSyndicate
    @IOutDoSyndicate 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    -Habit. Same reason you stretch even if you aren't about to strain yourself with physical activity
    -Cracking your knuckles causes the bones in the joint to pull apart, which forms a gas bubble (from the synovial fluid)
    There. Explained in two sentences.

  • @kght222
    @kght222 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    a newborn can laugh inside 24-48 hours of birth. i don't say that as if it is some sort of study, i say this from experience, i have held a newborn who chuckled at something that his father was doing to get his attention.

  • @1BYEBYE1
    @1BYEBYE1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol so many down votes, i wasn't even trying to be a jerk or something too. i was just saying they did a video on this subject too. people are stupid funny

  • @RatchetMedia801
    @RatchetMedia801 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dark side of laugher, that could be a pretty intense form of protest. Just imagine a maybe group of people laughing at riot police instead of beating on them

  • @nickrich56
    @nickrich56 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    After extensively searching the "web" and the local library I couldn't find one joke from Islam. More insightful than funny I suppose ... but it makes me laugh.

  • @DeadlyLothen
    @DeadlyLothen 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had seen that twice..First time..Didn't laugh..The second time..I spilled my beer and nearly passed out I laughed so hard. Poor Top Gear orangutan.

  • @Gu53cUa
    @Gu53cUa 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Captain slow!!! I can't believe that I had the chance to found your youtube channel so randomly. hehehe Srry formy awfull english. Gran fan tuyo.!!

  • @069hughes690
    @069hughes690 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I reckon if everyone who watched top gear had a TH-cam channel this would be watch a thousand times more than what it is now

  • @NickUnitedKingdom
    @NickUnitedKingdom 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You ruin the joke if you post it in the comments section, sort of spils the suprise if you notice it before the punchline.

  • @3248934
    @3248934 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting, I think it has to do with relieving tension and it works, but would be great to have a scientific answer.

  • @QueenFondue
    @QueenFondue 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dissecting a joke is like dissecting dissectinga frog. We know how the frog works, but the frog is already dead.

  • @Asdam14
    @Asdam14 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laughed at the part where he said that adults mostly laugh at things which aren't funny. Ironic enough?

  • @TrueBlueEG8
    @TrueBlueEG8 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nah, Clarkson ramming him and James getting out with the machete, that was comedy gold, Jezza was shiteing!

  • @debbiethemadbee
    @debbiethemadbee 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosh didn't they make the t-shirts in a bigger size? That one looks about two sizes too small on him.

  • @ismaeldescoings
    @ismaeldescoings 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found boneless ! I found it ! But now here is my question : Was this an intentional easter egg on Pinkie Pie or not ? If it was, it was incredibly well-founded !

  • @mattfox14
    @mattfox14 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I woke up in the middle of the night and just heard a baby laughing, I would be scared

  • @SleepyR
    @SleepyR 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    So then when I am watching Top Gear I am actually getting a good workout as well...

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My most honest laugh is when I'm alone. Does it mean I am dying to.communicate with myself?

  • @joe2sims
    @joe2sims 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    that does mean a scientist did tickle a guerrilla just to see what would happen

  • @TheBurningOakTree
    @TheBurningOakTree 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think I may have laughed at the rupert bear joke... I'm a terrible person.

  • @lawsm9393
    @lawsm9393 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like if you heard him say : "No, I'm kidding. I'm going to pub." at the end.

  • @amytwigg3989
    @amytwigg3989 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought this was supposed to be comedy week not info time with James may

  • @Mikeysnelgar
    @Mikeysnelgar 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    James should get a t-shirt of him wearing that exact t-shirt and so on...

  • @tdog3270
    @tdog3270 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    James may goes back to his top gear days and drops a piano on something!

  • @leebot3000
    @leebot3000 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    does it make me weird then that i do laugh out loud when i'm on my own?

  • @BlueMarler
    @BlueMarler 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What would make James laugh? Jeremy Clarkson in a very tall Citroen :D

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you feel a bit depressed when you laught far too much?

  • @phajthoj
    @phajthoj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about laughter from YTPs or youtube poops??

  • @CODtriggerhippy
    @CODtriggerhippy 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just came from the pub so I was laughing the entire time :) derp

  • @QOTSAPT
    @QOTSAPT 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a weird child I remember being at primary school and fail to understand why my peers laughed so much and so hard to pretty much anything, their constant state of cheerfulness was slightly irritating, but guess I was a bit slow on that too, as I've become to understand that latter as the idiotic current version of me.

  • @prn_Melatonin
    @prn_Melatonin 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know whats funny? Hammond ramming into the back of your car.

  • @RustyIShacklefurd
    @RustyIShacklefurd 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:10 Do you find something amusing about the name Bigus Dickus?

  • @pskattaful
    @pskattaful 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    But what yardstick do they have to say this weighs 1 kilogram?

  • @salland12
    @salland12 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was laughing when James drove a Austin princes full off water.

  • @kzkingu
    @kzkingu 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really had to google Gelotology just to see if its real...

  • @debbiethemadbee
    @debbiethemadbee 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    How does glue not stick to the inside of the container? ;)

  • @MindlessTube
    @MindlessTube 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    How you talk about laughter without mentioning tickling.

  • @Comeechawaylama
    @Comeechawaylama 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tbh, this is one of the funnier videos in comedy week.

  • @OhhhYehItsMeh
    @OhhhYehItsMeh 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    For once, James May has more #swag than everyone else

  • @svsguru2000
    @svsguru2000 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    we all know what james' laughter sounds like. a duck.

  • @MrPowerscrew
    @MrPowerscrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why there arnt many views on these videos .....

  • @mrlahey5600
    @mrlahey5600 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    did I see Ronald McDonalds shoes in the background

  • @KaityWLO
    @KaityWLO 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laugh all the time.
    Is that why i'm so skinny?!

  • @sabrinaovo9532
    @sabrinaovo9532 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    mate i laugh like every hour not even exagerating

  • @modteamuk
    @modteamuk 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    James you're videos should have way more views!!

  • @808GT
    @808GT 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    James, please, hit the Jim or skip a pie or two!

  • @MrBoblebob
    @MrBoblebob 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:21 "no who am i kidding i'm going to the pub"

  • @username951100
    @username951100 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder how they researched tickling gorrilas

  • @JCglitchmaster
    @JCglitchmaster 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    god how did i get here

  • @mattfox14
    @mattfox14 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Or rather No I'm kidding I'm going to the pub

  • @mrhacker99999
    @mrhacker99999 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laughed as soon as he said Hello TH-cam...

  • @DJHardStatic
    @DJHardStatic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aw they didn't show a clip of James laughing!

  • @Jaymac720
    @Jaymac720 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laugh every time I watch top gear

  • @2010safety1
    @2010safety1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot James for answering my question

  • @K0K4NE
    @K0K4NE 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    James may with makeup

  • @AngrageGuy
    @AngrageGuy 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kinda weird to see James away from top gear

  • @omnipotente666
    @omnipotente666 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:07 CREPPY HAS HELL

  • @debbiethemadbee
    @debbiethemadbee 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been wanting to ask the whole 'how do cats work?'question such as purring, landing on their feet, falling from high up and landing unscathed, how they (and some small animals) can manage to get through a tiny gap, etc.

  • @davvvideos
    @davvvideos 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:40 they couldnt find a morris marina.

  • @WoWplayer791
    @WoWplayer791 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you explain to me how magnets work?

  • @kevinlumoindong3498
    @kevinlumoindong3498 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    i laugh whenever James is laughing..

  • @CR34T1V31D34
    @CR34T1V31D34 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    The piano joke actually made me crack!

  • @TCfoxs
    @TCfoxs 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do we laugh more when we're tired?

  • @infiniteaditya
    @infiniteaditya 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want that t-shirt and i want it now

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:38 But I am laughing at it anyway

  • @kacperczerniecki7548
    @kacperczerniecki7548 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    thumbs up if u clicked he t shirt

  • @Deadsoc
    @Deadsoc 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    "just kidding I'm going to the pub"

  • @HarrysHouseChannel
    @HarrysHouseChannel 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    "I think I'll go to the gym"
    *faintly* "No, I'm kidding, I'll go to the pub."
    But on a more serious note, what makes us humans treasure items?

  • @wesmatron
    @wesmatron 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't help laughing at funerals

  • @TaiAndMatthew
    @TaiAndMatthew 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    how is this involved with comedie

  • @prn_Melatonin
    @prn_Melatonin 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    On every road trip they've done.

  • @charlesacephillips
    @charlesacephillips 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    how is teflon atached to the pan

  • @Krisiun111
    @Krisiun111 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, yes! Me and my friend got stoned and laughed ourselves to death because James was cracking up. It was contagious! lmao laughing just thinking of it... I gotta find that episode.

  • @1BYEBYE1
    @1BYEBYE1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    vsauce talked about this too :)

  • @profile11me
    @profile11me 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's is not the only mistake

  • @AmirulSyafi
    @AmirulSyafi 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    i yawned when he say yawn.. :|