London's Fake Downing Street Instagram: @halfasleepchris Patreon: / halfasleepchris Half-Asleep Chris PO Box 530 Farnborough GU14 4HH United Kingdom
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@mr.x95665 жыл бұрын
This video should be retitled ; "Two Front-Doors on Two Different Streets that Appear Similar Until Scrutinised"
@Badhat665 жыл бұрын
It should be renamed where Wally as the presenter is a remarkable look alike
@for1114 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha!! Spot on!
@shepherd81714 жыл бұрын
Inevitably
@ShelbyFarrow4 жыл бұрын
So, when I visited England back in 1988, I got a photo of the wrong door!
@TaylaPlayzAKATDG4 жыл бұрын
Why does everybody (except me) have a letter as their logo?
@lachlankeddie75 жыл бұрын
I personally think Larry the Cat would make an excellent Brexit negotiator. He'd start by putting all options on the table. Then, one by one, he'd simply push them off...
@DayOldMeat5 жыл бұрын
Yes, but he'd never actually leave, and then when the EU take him outside, he'd want to come back in straight away with something dead in his mouth.
@comments64825 жыл бұрын
@@DayOldMeat And that is the EU itself
@ephemera...5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@dodgydruid4 жыл бұрын
I think the coiled up runny brown things left behind police dogs would prob do a better job than the clowns tasked with it :(
@originalherdsman35244 жыл бұрын
@@comments6482where always having to sort things out when we shouldn't have to, about time we got the naighbour in to clean up there mess from our gardens. Or we could build a big fence to keep cats out.
@AverytheCubanAmerican5 жыл бұрын
That moment when 10 Adam Street and 10 Downing Street see each other: *pointing Spider-Man meme*
@shironhun5 жыл бұрын
Haha, nice one mate
@wondermittens18445 жыл бұрын
I’m just gonna leave this here: imgur.com/gallery/rDakwOy
@AbsoluteMiniacGena5 жыл бұрын
There used to be a replica of 10 Downing Street at the old Granada studios in Salford, Manchester
@aviatorx45635 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely everywhere. Whyyyy..
@missybarbour68854 жыл бұрын
How are you in the comments of every video I watch?
@DragonFang4095 жыл бұрын
Does anyone live there? Because if so it must be extremely irritating having so many people come to your door just to take pictures!
@urbanprojectz5 жыл бұрын
DragonFang 409 yes I do, we are keeping it the way it is because it has such a buzz about it!
@ausbare1405 жыл бұрын
@@urbanprojectz your are a good man Adam Webb.
@DragonFang4095 жыл бұрын
Adam Webb Wow, I really didn’t expect the actual house owner to reply! Thanks for the info, I’m glad it doesn’t annoy you too much
@urbanprojectz5 жыл бұрын
Well technically don’t live there, it’s used as an office space. We used it for a little while as we needed an office space and it felt great walking up to it in the morning and turning and waving before entering, but that novelty wore off quite quickly. It was designed by the architect Robert Adam. I believe that you can still rent the office space if you make enquires, there are around 4 offices for rental! And all things considering, not that expensive! Thanks :)
@cutielol05 жыл бұрын
@@urbanprojectz wow, this information is just as interesting as the facts video.
@MSFSFlying4 жыл бұрын
Let’s just take a minute to appreciate how the man does all this stop motion for every video. He does not use cool video transitions, he just does a really cool stop motion paper thing that turns out AWSOME! Round of applause to Chris!
@MSFSFlying4 жыл бұрын
A warm feeling in my heart after seeing Chris has loved this comment! But, it’s all true!
@Peachy_kitten2 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@AndrewMadeAFilm5 жыл бұрын
I feel like there was a great opportunity for a cat pun at 1:46: "You've got to be kitten me"... haha. I had no idea about Larry the cat's official title, or the crooked number 10; I'll definitely keep an eye out for that on the next news broadcast
@HalfAsleepChris5 жыл бұрын
That's brilliant haha
@BaileyMagikz5 жыл бұрын
Andrew MadeAFilm quality pun 😂👌
@Betty_Virago4 жыл бұрын
“The knockers are different”... every British woman’s worst nightmare! 😂🤣😂🤣
@dodgydruid4 жыл бұрын
I think there is no shame in having different knockers, more than a handful is always a waste I was once told O.o
@TheAtb854 жыл бұрын
"And we call the bigger one "our favourite"." - Jimmy Carr
@dholaholics4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@cleo56104 жыл бұрын
Both my parents are in the police and so if they bring their id cards and if the guards at the gate are kind, we can get in and stand next to the door. The only time i have ever gone in was when i was 8 years old; we didnt have anything to do and so my mum chanced it and we got in and my sister and i took a few touristy photos. Ever since then, i havent gone back and nobody will believe me.
@laurena95635 жыл бұрын
"And yes, Boris now inherits Larry." Poor Larry. He didn't ask for this.
@gondametzger61465 жыл бұрын
#larryforpm
@RomanoPRODUCTION5 жыл бұрын
The pain won't be long
@Pining_for_the_fjords4 жыл бұрын
@@davidspropaganda I know Cameron wasn't exactly popular, but at least he had a sense of humour, unlike May and Johnson.
@worldissues86834 жыл бұрын
Boris is Larry's slave
@worldissues86834 жыл бұрын
As is everyone who works there
@SamAronow5 жыл бұрын
That face when you said “Boris Johnson” gives me life.
@DayOldMeat5 жыл бұрын
@@moonlitdesert It's because he's not a fascist, he's a populist. He's going to spew out random, incoherent policy ideas in the hope that everyone will go "well, I did hate him, but immigrant amnesty/bringing back hanging/painting postboxes yellow/changing the national anthem to Bohemian Rhapsody really sold me". Thing is, he's not President, so he can't say "we will immediately start building hospitals" because Parliament need to approve that, and they're on summer holiday now, he should've said "we'll build hospitals in like a month after my holiday, if Parliament approves my budget". His policies are feel good buzzwords with nothing behind them. Also, it's hyperbolic to call him a fascist, but his Cabinet is more right wing than Britain has had in a long time, and more right than the Shadow Cabinet is left, and Corbyn is frequently called a communist.
@harryburrows21125 жыл бұрын
@@weswheel4834 Yes the cabinet is right wing. It is the Conservative party. Calling Boris Johnson a Fascist is not "A tad hyperbolic", it is just simply a lie.
@weswheel48345 жыл бұрын
@@harryburrows2112 Yes it's the Conservative Party but the people he brought into the cabinet are to the right of those who left, the cabinet has moved to the right in terms of authoritarianism and probably economically as well. But know, he's not a fascist.
@harryburrows21125 жыл бұрын
@@weswheel4834 I agree
@welshman1004 жыл бұрын
Made me cringe. Though there wasn't a face.
@vespelian57694 жыл бұрын
I once had the dubious honour of urinating in 10 Downing Street when I was driver's mate for a company called Barrow Hepburne Equipment Ltd when I delivered a ministerial case to the address in 1980 and quickly used the dowstairs lav. No security gates or armed police then. It was a different world though the future was on its way.
@TheFeldhamster3 жыл бұрын
But didn't you have *more* problems with domestic terrorism back in the day than now? The whole Northern Ireland trouble thing? And that didn't only play out in N.I., I remember there were attacks and bombings also in London.
@user-tn7fh7mz7v5 жыл бұрын
You should do a collab with jay foreman and you remind me Grian
@skfok84724 жыл бұрын
Yea ikr
@justhaider63003 жыл бұрын
At the start I thought this was grians blog channel
@TT_LB3 жыл бұрын
I thought that too
@KingJake-om7yq3 жыл бұрын
I think he might be Grian’s long lost twin
@juozasuwu45373 жыл бұрын
So true
@AmusementLabs5 жыл бұрын
Police: "We found Waldo, he's here at the fake PM door making a video, over."
@paulkennedy87014 жыл бұрын
I think you mean Wally. These are British police.
@defaultmesh5 жыл бұрын
"quite possible the world's most famous door" Maxmoefoe and Shrek: *_hold my frickin door_*
@paulkennedy87014 жыл бұрын
Are you suggesting Shrek's door is more famous. That seems very unlikely (even if we were including fictional doors). And who on earth is Maxmoefoe?
@SquirtyBertie5 жыл бұрын
A tapir on the gate at 0:19. I haven't seen that at Downing Street before!
@albertbatfinder52403 жыл бұрын
Such eyes! I am talking about the tapir, not you.
@just_games_axb35355 жыл бұрын
I read Drowning street while reading the title, btw great video :)
@HalfAsleepChris5 жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks a lot!
@EVILBUNNY285 жыл бұрын
Ngl if I lived there, I’d turn it into as close a replica to 10 Downing Street as possible, because why not?
@geniusphil15 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I didn't know about this place! Thanks man!
@johnsonrob4 жыл бұрын
I love finding out about these little things, which I have been surrounded by all of my life, but about which I had absolutely no idea. Nice one Half-Asleep Chris. Gonna subscribe for that.
@williamg209two3 жыл бұрын
explains how jay foreman filmed in front of it
@alexanimations11685 жыл бұрын
oh ok. wait a minute what?
@James-gc5if3 жыл бұрын
Um, the Honourable Feline's full official title is Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Important to get these details right; he has friends in high places.
@applesapplesapples57735 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know there was a fake Downing Street. Well the more you know
@weswheel48345 жыл бұрын
You'd think the fake PM stays there. But no, Boris is in the real Downing Street. (ah ha, ha ha, etc.)
@markfox15454 жыл бұрын
Apples Apples apples - there isn't.
@Cliffdog013 жыл бұрын
Do the people of that house like the attention or are they frustrated with all the tourist checking out there door?
@trevordance51813 жыл бұрын
You actually used to be able to walk up and down Downing Street. I've done so myself. I remember when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister he actually rejected a plan that would stop ordinary members of the public being denied access to what I still think remains in law as a public right of way to this day.
@kalanaherath30764 жыл бұрын
I'm happy that my favourite British politician was featured here, although he's the only unelected British Politician- Larry, the Chief Mouser! 🐱
@applesapplesapples57735 жыл бұрын
I love Larry the videos of him just waiting for the door to be open is so cute
@radiomedusa82955 жыл бұрын
The people of Great Britain as a Russian i say do not be scared of Boris. Be scared of Vladimir that comes after
@nlm2nd3 жыл бұрын
Scrollin through the recommended tab this evening and this popped up. Apparently the mutual subscribers of Jay Foremen brought me here. Love the stop motion.
@Jamie_kemp5 жыл бұрын
Being sneaky with that tapir Chris! Love these kinds of videos, out and about doing stuff and talking about really interesting things!
@SunflowerSpotlight5 жыл бұрын
This was an awesome video! Love the similarities and differences! The tilt of the “0” and the lack of a keyhole are really interesting! Hmm it does make me wonder whether Ralph or Tom will be named Chief Mouser in your household, and whether that’s causing any rivalry, or if they’ve taken on that role in a shared capacity. 🤔
@Vapidity5 жыл бұрын
i remember getting a class picture taken outside of 10 Downing Street on a school trip... another student tripped and broke her ankle on what i believe is the boot scraper... this was over 10 years ago now though now, so not sure on full details anymore.
@nsavar58645 жыл бұрын
I just love the extra architectural detail you put in (0:44). Another example why you are a great film maker. Keep up the great work.
@rabidrivas5 жыл бұрын
"World most famus door" I've been to london and I don't know what that door is famous for and I didn't know it was famous.
@jasbindersingh24415 жыл бұрын
Then you don't know much.
@rabidrivas5 жыл бұрын
@@jasbindersingh2441 I certainly don't
@adrianpandora_de5 жыл бұрын
Intresting..... But its still a great video, also, im sending my postcard on the 15th of august!
@HalfAsleepChris5 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I look forward to it :)
@adrianpandora_de5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heart!!
@adrianpandora_de5 жыл бұрын
@@HalfAsleepChris i hope it will be in the last PO box video!!!
@usingjam77895 жыл бұрын
As always loving the videos you make. Keep up the finaminal is work you do.
@sams44605 жыл бұрын
These people are waiting hours for Borris Johnson to walk out of that door
@rhyfelwrDuw5 жыл бұрын
Again, another informative video. I'm a Brit and I have lived in London, but I didn't know about the '2nd 10 Downing Street' door! I wonder who lives in 10 Adam Street 🤔🤔🤔
@Adzie365 жыл бұрын
I love your videos mate. Really educational and fun. Keep up the great work!!
@RonRicho3 жыл бұрын
10 Downing Street and 10 Adam Street but Half Asleep Chris as a presenter is a 10 as well. Thanks for posting this.
@steffib7395 жыл бұрын
I love the Tapir!!! (at 0:19) Your videos are amazing and I learn something new every time! Keep up the amazing work :)
@kiss56925 жыл бұрын
You have the best voice 💖💖 I could literally listen to it all day
@principalskinner84635 жыл бұрын
So I've been to the actual downing Street and had my photo taken outside the door with my law class it was actually rather fun and we met Michael Gove ( I know that he's not the best person to meet but still)
@ausbare1405 жыл бұрын
Who is the best person to meet?
@principalskinner84635 жыл бұрын
@@CS88754 I don't know it's not just me though most British people do it
@harveysmith1004 жыл бұрын
No one ever notices that in both buildings the brickwork is of the highest quality
@mubsi.y5 жыл бұрын
I went there on a monopoly school trip
@iandalziel74054 жыл бұрын
You must have been board stiff!
@mubsi.y4 жыл бұрын
@@iandalziel7405 lmao it was required
@miriam42353 жыл бұрын
Somehow, the image of a cat flap in the door of nr. 10 Downing Street, makes me very happy. 😁
@MickAngelhere5 жыл бұрын
Nice I can remember the days when you could take your photo with the Bobby at the door of number 10 Downing St
@AbsoluteMiniacGena5 жыл бұрын
Back in the olden days 😆
@MickAngelhere5 жыл бұрын
Mrs Frogzilla yep back in the day 👍👍
@notthatyouasked66565 жыл бұрын
I used to go by Downing street in the mid-1980s. At that point, the street was blocked off but the fence was only about 3 feet high, so it was quite easy to see down the street to the door of number 10. Those days are long gone...
@lornenix22434 жыл бұрын
I think the blue door in Notting Hill would give 10 Downing Street a run for its money on fame.
@BeAreYou5 жыл бұрын
if someday UK win the Eurovision, your youtube style/aesthetic should be on the postcards.
@TheCoomer4 жыл бұрын
Visited the Churchill war museum. Saw the door, it is amazing how old it is 1750 ish
@c.c87524 жыл бұрын
Larry should not have to ever wait for the door to be open he is the only one there doing his job
@imranbecks4 жыл бұрын
I was in London a few years ago and I took a pic outside the door at 10 Adam Street coz yes, its a nice replica of Downing Street.
@Jaw-w7t5 жыл бұрын
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS CHRISSS!!!!
@flyingsheep5674 жыл бұрын
Did you know that the brick in Downing Street was originally yellow until the 1960’s? Soot from factories covered it, making it black. No. 10 was renovated in the ‘60s where it was properly painted.
@EddusPoet3 жыл бұрын
Lovely video! Number 10 Gower street has a similar look, especially in the 0 being on its side. It also happens to be the department of politics for Birkbeck College, University of London.
@skfok84724 жыл бұрын
The thumbnail looks like he is about to steal the door and say "scoop she doop, another door for me"
@pogdog15454 жыл бұрын
They Had Us In The First Half Not Gonna Lie
@nivia27055 жыл бұрын
Found thee tapir! It toward the beginning of the vid
@tobeytransport28023 жыл бұрын
You can actually ask the policemen at the entrance to Downing Street, they are legally allowed (but not required) to let you in because it’s a public street and they are just using normal road closure powers to shut it off, if your polite enough they may let you walk in (after checking your bag)
@danielle25865 жыл бұрын
Love London 😍
@Jaxie325 жыл бұрын
I Wish I Coud Go There!
@BritishBriggsy5 жыл бұрын
@@Jaxie32 Definitely head there when you can - it's fantastic!
@Jaxie325 жыл бұрын
@@BritishBriggsy ok id gladly go to london... I just dont have the money:(
@BritishBriggsy5 жыл бұрын
Jac Animations Well in the meantime keep watching these great videos around London. And hop over to my channel to see some other sights to 😃
@Jaxie325 жыл бұрын
@@BritishBriggsy will do:)
@turtle76255 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris I saw you video about the Golden Gate Bridge and fell in love with Reggie then saw the video that said he was not doing well but then hoped he was ok so I searched you channel and saw heartbroken and watched it and cried for a few minutes
@carola-lifeinparis5 жыл бұрын
Your channel is amazing. Educational, entertaining... I wish I knew so many facts about the city I live in as you know about London
@davidjames5795 жыл бұрын
I believe it has been used in some TV and film as a stand-in for No.10, but I'll have to look it up.
@liannapim10883 жыл бұрын
I genuinely passed this door a month and a half ago and thought they looked so similar that it was probably used in movies as a street/ front door double
@teegandiy37255 жыл бұрын
Larry is so cute
@JourneywithSmee5 жыл бұрын
So is Boris 😂
@Jk-bi1oe5 жыл бұрын
I am obsessed you are bloody amazing at videos
@KiiXii2 жыл бұрын
Imagine finding Larry strolling down the street, I wonder if it’s Illegal to pet him?
@jeff321035 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for showing respect to the office of PM.
@wolfgangrange49272 жыл бұрын
0:19 how did he possibly put that i forget its name on the fence without security going "you can`t do that"
@davidmjackson77845 жыл бұрын
Can it be true? That's where Wally/Waldo is hiding/living?
@NatariSaito5 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious! And so informative, as always. Thanks for the video!
@nsbhater5 жыл бұрын
What a great piece of fun fact! 😀 I loved it. And thanks for enlightening me🙏 Now I really want to go to London again soon🇬🇧
@aliceprice12385 жыл бұрын
Your videos are just so wholesome!
@eekee6034 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, there were no gates on Downing Street. You could just walk right through. In 1973, Prime Minister Harold Wilson rejected a proposal for more security, his secretary writing, "I much regret this further erosion of the Englishman's right to wander at will in Downing Street." The big gates restricting all access didn't go up until 1989.
@katrinabryce4 жыл бұрын
The door bell/intercom on Adam St is the most noticeable difference.
@aidanwilliamson50645 жыл бұрын
I enjoy watching your videos multiple times because unlike other creators your videos have quality over quantity and dont last too long which gets boring, your voice is also quite cool
@rosiefay72835 жыл бұрын
I saw the intercom on the left of the doorframe and thought "I didn't know No.10 had one of them". Then the screw-on metal "10" was a give-away.
@iandalziel74054 жыл бұрын
Imagine the misdirected mail they must get at 10 Dowling Street...
@michaelhanratty51244 жыл бұрын
Absolutely zero given they're different addresses
@johannerahbk86025 жыл бұрын
We actually saw this on our School trip to London. Our teacher showet us the “Real” door, and then we went to Adams street to take pictures.
@NineWorldsFromDrew5 жыл бұрын
I’m a Boris Johnson impersonator, and I just filmed some clips for construction industry radio station Fix FM, outside of both the real Downing Street, and 10 Adam Street, just earlier this week. So seeing that you’ve just uploaded this video is pretty cool :)
@petermostyneccleston28843 жыл бұрын
There is no letter box on the door of 10 Downing Street, but the other Number 10's mostly have them.
@fireaza3 жыл бұрын
Aw. And here I was thinking the reason was it was a decoy door, intended to put a stop to people putting flaming bags of poop on the prime minister's door step.
@PlanetoftheDeaf3 жыл бұрын
Weird that 10 Adam Street is blurred in Google Streetview, and it's the same whichever year you choose!
@Brados-nt9xl4 жыл бұрын
0:19 look whats on the gate chris fave animal
@daymanito08604 жыл бұрын
imagine living there and just seeing chris there
@olivervanbezooijen47794 жыл бұрын
In a school trip we got to stand out side the actual 10 downing street and loads of people were watching us behind the fence
@G-Dawg-qg2ny5 жыл бұрын
I never knew about that everytime i watch your videos i learn something new thx chris
@ruff1draft5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Hope it remains there.
@bpajak2 жыл бұрын
My son likes you videos and your merch. He looks forward to seeing new merch you add.
@eqlispe57305 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid! Congrats on nearly 150k
@robertlinke26663 жыл бұрын
i always wondered why people where just allowed up the the PM residence, this makes much more sense
@tyronewhitehead31233 жыл бұрын
Happy Christmas Larry 🐈
@imdumbok30525 жыл бұрын
I love this guy's accent😂😂
@preethishetty30255 жыл бұрын
Great video as always consistent Chris 😊😊
@HalfAsleepChris5 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! :)
@welshman1004 жыл бұрын
The number 10 not being central... my ocd cant handle it.
@LeeLucas5 жыл бұрын
Another well good job done here Chris and it must be a Catastrophe for Larry to have Boris move in :)))))))))))).
@JohnADoe-pg1qk4 жыл бұрын
There was a question about 10 Adam Street in a german TV quiz show a few days ago.
@fifthredondo94085 жыл бұрын
Yay new Half-Asleep Chris video
@welshgit5 жыл бұрын
It was the intercom that gave it away for me, though it wasn't until you put the pictures of the two doors side by side that I realised how unobservant I actually am! Still, great money making opportunity.. Make a door exactly like 'number 10' and charge tourists and the media to stand in front of it!