I'm saying this because people have been confused before. James is NOT bombing in front of a tough crowd: The Audience are intentionally silent, they are part of the show.
seems a bit sad this would need to be addressed, since you can pretty clearly see a number of the audience members trying to hold in their laughter after awhile
@@luller85 He is literally asking for "veg". Cabbage is veg. The statement is correct. If it had involved quotes, and the quote had been incorrect then it would have been an inaccurate statement. So either you think cabbage is a fruit, or you're an insufferable pedant.
Just gonna say... aubergines and courgettes are fruits (and so are cucumbers.. because... seeds) Also because of my love of absurdity... I like the next level attention to detail. All the audience members are at conference and as such, are wearing conference name badges around their necks. Perfect :chef's kiss:
He's making a point that a tomato is a fruit, that's cool, but he's happy to say that a banana is also a fruit. It's a berry, that's why it has no seeds.
Would be fun IF premises weren't wrong : tomato is a fruit AND a vegetable, as is pumpkin, and plenty other vegetables. Now there are regulations : tomatoes are vegetables in the US since late 19th if I remember correctly, due to exportation regulations. Tomato is a fruit in EU since 2004 because of a portuguese tomato jam (and EU regulations specify that jam is made of fruits). Yet while there is a biological definition of a fruit (a fecunded ovary), there is no such definition for a vegetable. It's basically defined as the part of a cultivated plant we consume. If tomatoes don't fit in...
Comedian: why did the chicken cross the road? ForgiveAllOfUs: Well actually chickens are usually found in chicken coops or industrial chicken farms. It would be highly improbable that a chicken would venture to the kerbside and attempt to navigate through traffic. I find the premise and the believability of this joke to be flawed, so I will derive no pleasure in any attempt at a punchline. Everyone else: This is why you’re never invited to anything.
I feel like everyone already knows that tomatoes are in fact fruits so his set up is highly flawed. If it was a different fruit he used as an example it’d be easer to buy into this whole premise. I say this as a massive fan of James. Also the refusal to be labelling people is not a great idea when doing so means their needs aren’t met. I am autistic and only found out last year and am still finding psychologists and mental health “professionals” who say that why do you need a label. When I clearly need a label for my struggles to be treated as valid and accommodated for. Fuck the status quo of not accommodating disabilities and the systemic ableism.
@@jelly2584 A crude drawing at best... Seriously though, it didn't have the usual convoluted arc that his material often displays. Perhaps it was a tangent.
I'm saying this because people have been confused before.
James is NOT bombing in front of a tough crowd:
The Audience are intentionally silent, they are part of the show.
Actually it looks more like it’s a stock footage audience, filmed in front of a green screen.
It's actually a crowd of cabbages. Because people are not fruit.
It’s also not funny on a base level, seems more like a spoof of TED talks pretentiousness
@@matehavlik4559 100% this. All green screen with stock footage audience.
seems a bit sad this would need to be addressed, since you can pretty clearly see a number of the audience members trying to hold in their laughter after awhile
"and you'd be right if that statement were true" is a phrase I need to use more often
I would have gotten him a cabbage and said “Some little boy paid me to give you this and say “You’ve been cabbaged again.
oh no, not the cabbage boy
4:08 And that's just the tip of the iceberg!
@Ellaceit's good you've pointed that out, but just leaf it.
*CABADGED
He's literally asking to be cabbaged again.
He's practically asking. Not literally.
@@luller85 He is literally asking for "veg". Cabbage is veg. The statement is correct. If it had involved quotes, and the quote had been incorrect then it would have been an inaccurate statement. So either you think cabbage is a fruit, or you're an insufferable pedant.
Gronald Scratch you're absolutely right that he's asking for veg. You're proving my point. All cabbage is "veg". Not all "veg" is cabbage..
Oi oi savoy.
Goddamn I love these peaches.
Weird title because I've been snacking lately and I'm pretty sure that I'm ready to eat apricots
go for it! ✨
I’m dried apricots
Not everyone is as ready to eat apricots as they think they are!
I'm not as dried apricot as I thought I was.
Vegetable lover, I see...
tell me why i am in love with this man
Because he is a magnificently weird cabbage in the world of veg tomatoes 😂
He’s passionate
Isn't that the easy question?
The hard question: why aren't way more people in love with this man?!
@@postedbyneal absolutely
British accent, talent, vulnerability and the fact that his deadpan comedy gives him a cool persona
with the tomato pics after the "every single one of you" I WAS SCREAMING LAUGHING
"people are not a fruit" wrong i am gay
I don't know what I just watched. But I do know it's the best thing I've ever watched.
How does this make no sense and complete sense at the same time?!? I love him
James acaster is the best
Oh no, he said "Pardon the pun" before the actual pun... poor James, he doesn't learn!
at least he didn't say 'no pun intended' lmao
3:05 still hasn’t taken his mums advice
im extremely fruity, thank you very much james acaster.
i mother frickin love James
I don't know why but the "all vegetables are real" line always makes me laugh the hardest
The desperation of the seeds to be believed cracks me up 🤣
i love him. that’s all.
Just gonna say... aubergines and courgettes are fruits (and so are cucumbers.. because... seeds)
Also because of my love of absurdity... I like the next level attention to detail. All the audience members are at conference and as such, are wearing conference name badges around their necks. Perfect :chef's kiss:
James Acaster does an entire Ted Talk about tomatoes and nobody notices that he can’t pronounce tomato.
You say tomato, I say tomato.
@@maryl.95 Tomato!
Awe bravo! Acaster makes me laugh so hard I usually end up with leaky eyes, love him!
oh my god, i love this man.
This is performance ART ahahaha best part of 2021
How is the crowd not in hysterics? 🤣
They’re supposed to be, I’m pretty sure this is mocking ted talks
Because they are not there. There is no crowd. It's all an illusion.
Death comes to us all.
masterful!!!
amazing
At 3:59 James lists tomatoes as a vegetable... ultimate troll?
He also puts up an eggplant as a vegetable, after explaining that fruit have seeds.
GODDAMN I LOVE THESE PEACHES
"all soup is vegetables" uhh chicken????
i'm not a fruit but i AM ready to eat apricots
*sees title* idk I'm pretty fruity...
Getting some Robert Benchley vibes. :)
I was told that the banana is a herb
Wrong, its a verb. Idiot.
He's making a point that a tomato is a fruit, that's cool, but he's happy to say that a banana is also a fruit. It's a berry, that's why it has no seeds.
Oh boi. Just wait till i tell you that wild bananas have seeds.
1:19 I don't think she knows James is a comedian 🤣
It's part of the act
Would be fun IF premises weren't wrong : tomato is a fruit AND a vegetable, as is pumpkin, and plenty other vegetables. Now there are regulations : tomatoes are vegetables in the US since late 19th if I remember correctly, due to exportation regulations. Tomato is a fruit in EU since 2004 because of a portuguese tomato jam (and EU regulations specify that jam is made of fruits).
Yet while there is a biological definition of a fruit (a fecunded ovary), there is no such definition for a vegetable. It's basically defined as the part of a cultivated plant we consume. If tomatoes don't fit in...
Comedian: why did the chicken cross the road?
ForgiveAllOfUs: Well actually chickens are usually found in chicken coops or industrial chicken farms.
It would be highly improbable that a chicken would venture to the kerbside and attempt to navigate through traffic.
I find the premise and the believability of this joke to be flawed, so I will derive no pleasure in any attempt at a punchline.
Everyone else: This is why you’re never invited to anything.
@@2159ianmilne Fair enough :)
edit : plus I have no idea what post-brexit tomatoes status is...
@@ForgiveAllOfUs. I’m guessing you’re a government minister then :)
I'm a meat.
Oh my gosh, thank you!! So glad i'm not the only one who thinks Ted Talks are ridiculous :D
OrAnges
This is SO OLD! Why the re-upload?
If anyone makes a joke about repeats on Dave here we'll be really upset...
@@UAndDave that's almost a dare....
It's become self aware
Ha ha this is the best comment thread🤣
14 people haven't eaten tomatoes in custard.
Why’s he saying TOMAYTO
Tom-ay-to. eurgghh.
As someone who identifies as a fruit I find it deeply offensive that James would deny my opportunity for self-expression
the title is misleading, for i am as dried apricots as i think i am
But a courgette is also holding seeds, isn't that a fruit too than? 🤔
Aafke Blootvoetje yes! & aubergines in that case, 🌶 tooo
How are they taking this so seriously
they're part of it
Acting
I feel like everyone already knows that tomatoes are in fact fruits so his set up is highly flawed. If it was a different fruit he used as an example it’d be easer to buy into this whole premise. I say this as a massive fan of James.
Also the refusal to be labelling people is not a great idea when doing so means their needs aren’t met. I am autistic and only found out last year and am still finding psychologists and mental health “professionals” who say that why do you need a label. When I clearly need a label for my struggles to be treated as valid and accommodated for. Fuck the status quo of not accommodating disabilities and the systemic ableism.
Entirely by design. Good luck.
Why he's saying tomato like an American, god only knows....🤔😂😂😂
The non laughing is painful
Fruit and vegetables are a very serious matter and this is a very serious lecture.
Eggplant is a fruit.
Tough room
They're part of the film its a skit
"people are not a fruit" then explain homosexuality ? checkmate
That crowed is fruitless, no life in any of them
Fun fact, a tomato is a berry same with bananas
it’s parodying tedtalks so the audience were told not to interact or laugh
@@abantibarman6775 hahah that makes sense, I was watching it and felt sorry for James😂
My feelings got real hurt when no one laughed once
Its part of the joke - they're acting
@@moonpie21012 nah I realize that its just frustrating
I am somewhat mystified, did someone dare James to make an unprepared presentation?
Its a sketch
@@jelly2584 A crude drawing at best... Seriously though, it didn't have the usual convoluted arc that his material often displays. Perhaps it was a tangent.
WTF is this?! 😆
Watch out, people who identify as fruits will be complaining in the comment section
cripplingly boring.
I suspect the crippling happened before you watched this.