American Reacts Philomena Cunk being Philomena Cunk

[@ajaxlewis7664]

This does not do her any justice. Bit of a shame this is how he discovered her. Every single joke is cut off and ruined.

[@Exoixx]

Agreed.

[@runtsgal]

Agree.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Yep 👍

[@autumnwinter1462]

@@jayjanuary4754 No it’s a pre-edited compilation.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

One of the few comedians guaranteed to have me genuinely laughing out loud, so much, I’ve learned not to eat or drink when she’s on tv

[@mpmlopes]

Her stuff is definitely all worth watching. One of my favourite scenes is her take on the Titanic, os as she calls it the Titan 1C submarine.

[@estranhokonsta]

At 6:40. when she said "Galileo's full name was Galileo, Figaro - magnificoo". She was joking and refereeing to the Queen's song "bohemian rhapsody" lyrics.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

_Really?_ I'd never have guessed... 😉

[@gabuanybody7926]

​@@221b-Maker-StreetI'm pretty sure this piece of information was meant for the autor of this video since it went straight through and out of his not very knowledgable mind with no effect.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Giants Causeway isn't a natural phenomenon, it was left there when the world Lego championships got a bit out of hand

[@Steve-gc5nt]

😂

[@pedanticlady9126]

Maybe a LEGo pull 😉👋

[@annother3350]

It was formed by the giant - Gog Magog

[@luisostasuc8135]

~6:29 yes, Michaelangelo had to chisel the grundle of that man, and had an absolutely great time doing it 😁

[@gillianrimmer7733]

They're called 'crisps' in the UK here because we'd already been eating 'chips' ( which you call French fries) for around a century before commercial crisps went on sale.

[@donmurray3638]

The experts she interviewed on the history season! All their heads exploding seconds in, as they wondered if she was real, and had actually asked that stupid stupid question!

[@221b-Maker-Street]

You do realise they're in on the joke, right?! TV is produced, scripted, and directed - even when you might think it isn't!

[@donaldb1]

@@221b-Maker-Street That's not quite fair. It is possible to have improvised, unscripted material on TV. For instance when Chris Morris or Sacha Baron Cohen (as Ali G) did spoof interviews the subjects were not in on the joke. But you're right that Philomena's guests do know it's not real and sometimes it's clear they are struggling to keep a straight face. Personally, I think that's what's best about it. It's not about sending them up, it's about making fun of that genre of TV.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

Her genius is that when some “stupid” questions are asked, you then think “hang on, she’s got something there…” like a boy saying the Emperor has no clothes.

[@archwaldo]

@@donaldb1 the guests know it's a comedy show, they just don't know the questions to be asked of them.

[@windsorSJ]

I was at Giants Causeway a few weeks ago, amazing place. The rock formations are natural formed from lava streams. On the opposite side of the sea in Scotland there are the same formations from the same eruption. There are numerous places around the world that have these formations.

[@enkilakasha]

they are called "basaltic columns". indeed they are found in a lot of places in the world, Giant's causeway just being the most well-known.

[@Dan-B]

Giants causeway was formed in a similar way to how dry mud cracks. Volcanic liquid basalt contracted and split as it cooled from top to bottom, forming columns of rock.

[@AngloAborigine]

Bro its got giants in the name, wtf are you talking about, everyone knows the Scots giants threw islands at the Irish giants.

[@Dan-B]

@@AngloAborigine You had me in the first half ngl

[@McJibbin]

if this is true.. this is the best way ever of describing it so i can understand. Thank you Dan

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Oh god I laughed just at reading her name 🤣

[@Amphibiot]

Philomena Cunk is just the name of the character she plays. Her real name is Diane Morgan.

[@casp11]

She's absolutely brilliant love her stuff 👌🤣🇬🇧

[@rbrooks2007]

She started out as one of the 'talking heads' giving their opinion on various situations along with Barry Shitpeas on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. I'm amazed at how the serious academics still lined up for these series as their colleagues must have given them a 'heads up' as to what was going on, from previous series. At 15:23 she's asking "Are you talking about Jane Austen or Mr. Men?" which refers to the Mr. Men children's books series.

[@darkcat7938]

And then one day, one fine magical day they put foul language on Price Drop TV. That right there was the best advert for a TV there EVER WAS!

[@barneylaurance1865]

The academics are in on the joke. They don't see the script in advance but they know they're being booked for a comedy show.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

@@barneylaurance1865 Indeed, it's funny how often viewers assume they're clueless. Some of them are also being funny themselves, albeit in subtle ways.

[@Griexxt]

Diane Morgan is great. I first saw her as Philomena in Charlie Brooker's "Screen wipe".

[@grunions9648]

Fun fact: The bands '10cc' and 'The Lovin' Spoonful' (you'd recognise them if you heard them) are both named after the amount of...erm... produced when you... hmm

[@shaunkeasey3674]

Connor you make me laugh when our dry and sarcastic British sense of humour goes straight over you head! 😂

[@JanMike9]

He's thick

[@pathopewell1814]

​@@JanMike9Absolutely, do they not teach history in America? I appreciate British humour would be over his head.

[@brianfewer919]

3:40 "Is that true, or am I an idiot?" *pauses video to find out if he's an idiot... says nothing*

[@paulleeny82]

not him looking up for "volcano angry hill"

[@memkiii]

You're thinking too hard about how hard thinking about thinking really is. That's why we have Philomena, to do the hard thinking about how hard thinking is, for us. The "stones" are a natural formation. They are Basalt columns, as seen on the Giants Causeway and other places. Formed by cooling lava. Kettle Chips are an annoyingly branded crisp.

[@ThePauseShow]

This is how Basalt columns form: Those shapes are forming because of how the lava cools. It starts at different spots called “centers.” If those centers are evenly spaced, the forces that pull inward toward the centers end up creating different chunks of cooling lava that are hexagonal (6-sided), or close to it.

[@daffodil800]

love Diane Morgan in Motherland and Afterlife as well

[@martinmillar7137]

She is fkn hilerious and a fine writer. Wish she was on TV more tbh.

[@kevinabbott3890]

The Renaissance (Rennie sauce) was some kind of ketchup. How they come up with this is awesome

[@trendydelquendy]

This is like"ADHD/Autistic reacts" (which I am) and it's wonderful. Trying to get background on every small bit to get the joke, forgetting why you need to se the orange bit again... I love it!

[@dougoneill7266]

14:38 Yes, it's natural it is basalt rock formed from volcanic activity. it is on the North coast of Northern Ireland and known as 'The Giant's causeway'

[@AngloAborigine]

not you aswell, fk me

[@h-Qalziel]

There is another side on the other side of the Irish Sea on Staffa, off the coast of Scotland. The most famous part is Fingal's Cave.

[@dougoneill7266]

@@h-Qalziel Where Finn McCool crossed to challenge the Scottish Giant. hence Giant's Causeway.

[@rosegarden37]

And to this day we’ll never know what his question is

[@ninjapants7688]

15:12 "Are we talking about Jane Austen or Mr Men". Mr Men was a series of kids books with strangely drawn characters that represent an emotion or specific characteristics like "Mr Happy" "Mr Sad" or "Mr Forgetful"

[@thebograt6810]

I am so glad someone has finally found Philomena :D

[@richardpollentine8196]

Watch full episodes there all hilarious from start to finish

[@dirtystarlight]

Character first seen on Charlie Brooker's shows I think. Now I keep thinking about 2016 wipe and how we all thought everything was terrible then. Hopefully still on KZbin. Also Philomena flummoxed that poor man by asking him to compare Jane Austen to "mr men".

[@alanmackie7012]

I always thought Barry Shitpeas was the one who'd get their own series but what the hell do I know?

[@BeeLZBeeb]

Does he still do the wipe?

[@dirtystarlight]

@@BeeLZBeeb unfortunately not I think he got too busy with black mirror and other stuff. Last one was antiviral wipe I think about COVID. At least all the old ones are on KZbin.

[@chriswood426]

Google says - The word "volcano" comes from the little island of Vulcano (with a U) in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. Centuries ago, the people living in this area believed that Vulcano (with a U) was the chimney of the forge of Vulcan -- the blacksmith of the Roman gods

[@theguanenonli]

ive been watching her episodes.. OMG i havent laughed this hard in such a long time. I cant believe i just found about her. ;

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Yea, I think this is the one that proves you are officially British, Connor. Welcome. 🇬🇧

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

Really? the dude has been watching British humour for years, and still doesn't get the majority of it.

[@stuartbeaton-gm9xn]

You are watching Phenomena and asking..."Is that true?" Only an American could say that!! LOL! Renne SAUCE you dolt! Mind blowing how far over your head this goes!

[@arianaink100]

14:40 the stones are natural it’s created because of the makeup of the stone itself. many stones form with crystalline base structure meaning larger outcroppings mimic that same shape. (Disolved saltwater has salt which is crystalline when that salt dries into flakes those flakes are crystalline and when you make salt rocks/those candy rock looking sticks the salt forms in a similar crystalline formation. Larger sections mimic that small crystaline shape even if the size is exceptionally large. In this case the formation is hexagonal because the rocks themselves have 6 sides meaning whatever the stone composition is it mimics that hexagonal pattern You can think of it like tree rings. Those rocks have had hundreds, thousands, million years of compression or growth to form into the large shape they are

[@luccity100]

14:30 they probably started out as circular but in a softer form and bundled together like bubbles. Because the sides keep touching each other you get hexagons. This effect also takes place in honeycombs bees make then circular and they slowly sag in hexagons

[@carlhartwell7978]

If you ever want to find the origins of a word, there is a Wikipedia for words. I usually just type the word followed by etymology (or meaning) into a search engine.

[@pathopewell1814]

The Oxford English Dictionary is where you will find true definitions. Wikipedia is dreamt up by online sources eager to make some cash. Reliability is not their forte`!

[@davidhoward5392]

She just baffles these people who have huge intellects and don't come across the general public, they literally are bamboozled

[@idcyco3623]

Some of them pick up on it pretty quick, some of them just can't make heads or tails of her. Her delivery is so dead pan she throws them for a whirl.

[@Eldenaro]

For reference with regards to Charles Dickens; Nicholas Nickleback = Nicholas Nickleby 1838 Great Defecations = Great Expectations 1860 David's Copper Field = David Copperfield 1849 The Picnic Papers = The Pickwick Papers 1836 Oliver's Twist = Oliver Twist 1837

[@luisostasuc8135]

*Charles Dickings

[@RichardStrong86]

Yes, those stones are natural. They're volcanic rocks that form hexagonal columns when they cool under specific circumstances.

[@AngloAborigine]

bollocks, it was a massive tree

[@rhxdi9257]

“The stones” is giant’s causeway in Northern Ireland, basically lava streams that solidified, completely natural and fucking impressive

[@emiliajojo5703]

She's just the best!give us more!!!

[@markalexander3659]

"It'd be hard to come up with a brand name for human flesh" - so this isn't a brand name, but it's colloquially know as "long pig" because we apparently taste like pork and when roasting on a spit we look similar to pigs, but longer

[@robbie_]

Your interest in that statue's arse was a bit disturbing McJibbin.

[@McJibbin]

Idk I was just curious about the craftsman 🤷‍♂️😂

[@bhurzumii4315]

@@McJibbin "Curious about the craftsman" Is that what you young kids are calling it these days? #ChutneyFerret #UphillGardener #ArseBandit

[@erikadavis2264]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Zomdra]

"Crisps: a wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack." "Chips: a thin slice of food (typically potato) made crisp by being fried, baked, or dried and eaten as a snack." I feel like they're both equally logical ways of referring to crispy, cooked slices of potato.

[@maxmoore9955]

She is Brilliant 👏, with a Northern English, Accent, BUT A BRAIN 🧠 SECOND TOO NONE ,.KNOW ONE BETTER .

[@chrisgibson7591]

More than what you've got

[@maxmoore9955]

@@chrisgibson7591 Alright Mumpty, explain what I've got wrong.?

[@chrisgibson7591]

@@maxmoore9955 I think you mean numpty

[@Sub2GigaChad]

@@maxmoore9955 well I'll take a shot. I'm really hoping they're all deliberate and supposed to be amusing somehow, but here goes. The unnecessary comma after the word English, The incorrect use of too when it should be to, and the wrong spelling of no-one. I pray to God it was all a really bad joke.

[@c_n_b]

@@Sub2GigaChad The expression is "second to none" not "second to no-one" 😬

[@jamesward6175]

Well a 'chip' is actually a slice of a potato, and that slice is crisp. That's why we call fried potato slices 'crisps' and chips of potato 'chips' - fries could refer to anything fried. Do not attempt to challenge a language you have merely borrowed and corrupted in the process 😁 Love your content btw!

[@rorychivers8769]

Potato shavings

[@MaikKellerhals]

Yes the stones are natural. Have you ever seen crystal shapes? It happens a lot in nature.

[@mary-y8x8h]

My brain has been done in by these two!! Need to have a lie down now.

[@Billiousful]

The "confused" look, also known as a " connor"

[@morebaileyskim]

Oh yeah the giants causeway is how the lava/igneous rock formed there and the surrounding non volcanic rock slowly washed away - super cool. We have them in Scotland too

[@passionfruit5320]

JANE Austin or Mr MEN!? A collection of children's books.

[@skyfalldeadpool1633]

This woman leaves me in stitches. Tok good for this world 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@matko350]

I lost it on the Pompei 🤣🤣🤣 Hope she is just acting with all that 😂

[@PHDarren]

15:53 Kettle Chips, they are a US company and they don't bother changing the name for UK sales.

[@mikebailey783]

@15:02 - Jane Austen or "Mr. Men" (a series of kids cartoon-based story books about various characters such as Mr. Greedy, Mr. Bump etc)

[@SimonSaysHypno]

The stones are the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, a naturally occurring phenomenon and I think it's a World Heritage site. A few miles from Bushmills Distillery

[@alunchurcher7060]

Philomena is a very funny woman. asks the stupid questions millions ask every day on the internet.

[@mentalpot]

Connors Scots accent is pretty impresive. I'm Scottish and mine isn't even as good as his lol 👍🏻

[@callumtokody8294]

I know for a fact he didn't just call a candelabra "beauty and the beast guy"

[@anitaherbert1037]

Diane Morgan was brilliant as Philomena. British humour at its best. There are prehistoric pictograms like those in England cut in chalk hills. There are also horses.

[@ProfTydrim]

Yes the stones are natural. They are basalt columns and form in this hexagonal shape when a lavaflow starts to cool off and the Lava hardens. The cold, mafic lava has less volume than in its liquid form and contracts, forming cracks from top to bottom when it does so. The hexagonal shape is the result of the specific crystalline structure of Basalt, because of this structure the hexagonal form is the ideal state of it. Path of least resistance sort of.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

I'm addicted to Philomena

[@whattiler5102]

"Crisps" make every sense; they are very thinly sliced potatoes cooked to be 'crisp'. Look up the generic dictionary definition of a 'chip' (not specific US) and see what makes most sense.

[@WideNerdy]

You're right that in Britain, potato chips are called "crisps" but when they say "chips" they're referring to what we call "French fries"

[@michaeleberly7351]

Devil’s Tower in Wyoming exhibits a similar phenomena as Giant’s Causeway.

[@jcwdog]

Love Philomena. That one bit you couldn't uderstand what she said was Mr Men. She was referring to the Mr. Books. Mr. Funny, Mr. Messy etc...

[@Disco_Breakin]

Diane Morgan national treasure

[@CoffeeConnected]

For the line which was almost incomprehensible she said "Funny like Jane Austen or Mr. Men?"

[@mizzfunkybox10]

great video but this compilation has not done her justice, she is one of the funniest women on the planet!

[@m1x0]

dude did you get your intro from mr, video? made me click like 10 times faster that i normally would xD

[@c_n_b]

She seems like she's playing a character though. The interviewees will know straight away that it's fake but they are just playing along because it's all light hearted. I mean seriously, "The Bibble"? No-one would believe that.

[@chikitabowow]

Basically if you're not crying laughing at Philomena Cunk then you should probably start reading *_anything_* again, some of the references in there are so brilliant that it hurts

[@paranoidandroid4956]

You really do need to watch a whole episode of Moments of Wonder. They’re so damned funny.

[@insylogo]

Giants causeway is natural, apparently the crack propagation is easier in some angles and that's why most of them are hexagonal.

[@seanbarker4610]

The stones are at the Giants causeway off the coast of Northern Ireland, and are completely natural!

[@davidrowlands441]

Great post. I like philomena. It's a different type of humour. Very funny.

[@xismecwilliams9604]

Thinking about thinking he immediately goes into a think..

[@PedroConejo1939]

Seeing Diane Morgan as Philomena is a brush with genius. You need to watch whole shows to see that she is so much more than an Ali G knock-off.

[@stevefurlong79]

14:40 yep, that's natural. The Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland is a bunch of basalt columns formed by a volcano millions of years ago.

[@Professicchio]

She is 50% right about the origin of the word 'volcano': it is from Latin but it was the name of the god of fire Vulcan, didn't mean 'angry hill' 😁

[@anitaherbert1037]

The hexagonal basalt columns of the giants causeway of Northern Ireland continue on under the sea to the coast of Scotland. They were formed by natural geological processes caused by the volcanic heating and then cooling of the basalt forming a sort of crystal structures. I believe.

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

A crisp potato and a chip of a potato, makes complete sense. French fry on the other hand makes no sense at all.

[@dododimitrov9657]

The video is badly cut , you just need to see the entire interview to get the complete picture

[@fasteddie406]

"Jane Austin or Mr Men" Mr Men a series of children's animated characters

[@joestretch5570]

A grundle?????🤣🤣🤣

[@thumpercomet3856]

At 15:10 she said "Are we talking about Jane Austen or Mr. Men". I don't know if American's have the Mr. Men books. They're a long running series of kids books.

[@aaroncarson1770]

She melted your brain. It's what she does.

[@mlee6050]

"imagine this orange and then that it is not there" like McJibbin question?

[@lilyliz3071]

The rocks are natural , they are basalt , generally in the UK found in northern Scotland and some isles and also in Ireland , you should watch the KZbin video about how the tectonic plates shifting gave us the world as we know it , the land mass used to be one entire mass

[@pedanticlady9126]

Pangea?

[@deanbelcher8052]

She is so much more funny than this video. These are only small pieces of the whole clips

[@Samson1]

Mister Men is a series of children's books from many days go by.

[@jonathanknight3298]

Yes, it's natural. it's called "The Giants Causeway" and it's in Northern Ireland.

[@suzannearnold1997]

wasn't vulcan the roman god of fire? I think volcanoes are named for him.

[@Scylla2112]

Yes. Volcano means angry hill in Latin.

[@stewartphillips1782]

There are similar rock formations in the canary island of El Hiero, it is caused by the slow rate of lava cooling

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

The stone pillars are natural and are basically crystals formed through geological processes.

[@shivskin]

Kunk series is now on Netflix she is brilliant check her out I love her comedy

[@KME4698]

She said " are we taking about Jane Austen or Mistermen" (kids tv show)

[@rreyes01]

the stones are made of basalt, that is why they look in that shape.