American Reacts to Milton Jones One Liners

[@knowlesy3915]

Milton is odd, but often great. "my grandfather was rushed into hospital and they covered his back in lard, after that he went down hill very quickly"

[@Sue474]

I was hoping that one would be in this. One of his best.

[@mcfcguvnors]

my other grandfather jokes are the best as well as " i didnt like fishing" class

[@yam-yam8431]

Which grandfather though? He has 100s lol

[@frozengamer3030]

He looks odd

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

"I learned the English language by being locked in a room with a box full of records. I tell you it wasn't easy, but if I could do the same again, I would my friend............ Fernando"

[@AndyMarsh]

Milton's radio shows were utter gold. These kind of one-liners interwoven with a completely bonkers narrative story.

[@noahbrown6970]

I didn't realise he had a radio show, will have to check em out :) was it on BBC?

[@slowerthinker]

There were four series of _Thanks a lot, MIlton Jones_ on Radio 4.

[@MillenniumDays]

Oh I caught a few of his radio shows years ago, they where a highlight of my day when I was living without TV or internet (moved house and wasn't setup, nothing tragic).

[@lpsmaduk]

Yes totally agree

[@MADTago]

Also the Very World of Milton Jones and Another Case of Milton Jones

[@cutthr0atjake]

Milton Jones is fantastic. His surreal take on the oneliner makes him like no other.

[@Paul-hn6un]

In fairness he is heavily influenced by the American comic, Emo Phillips. Who is well worth your time looking at clips of. Hilarious.

[@keef000]

Loved watching this, Milton is a great Comedian and no swearing for cheap laughs.

[@margaretnicol3423]

I'm glad you found Milton. The other one is Gary Delaney who's great with one liners.

[@cmdrflint9115]

Was just about to suggest Gary Delaney, his 6min bit from the Hot water comedy club had me in absolute stitches!

[@glennaustin37]

I agree. If you like Milton Jones, Tim Vine and Stewart Francis, you can't help to love Gary Delaney....

[@HateRiff.Absolence]

I saw Stewart Francis live in Buxton and he was awful which was a shame because he has been one of my favourite one liner comedians for years.

[@gamingclips8133]

Think he’d like Russel Howard tbh , he’s kinda got that kiddish humour but funny for all ages.

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@gamingclips8133 Isn't there one on how the US news is different to the UK news? That might be fun.

[@dh88comet]

My favourite comedian, I just love the way his mind works.

[@johnfrancis8913]

Milton Jones is a comedy genius, love his work!

[@colinhawes1907]

One thing i like about him, he never uses bad launguage. Have watch several of his sessions on youtube.

[@adrianbradley8513]

Actually Milton is a Christian.

[@bazzakrak]

And @@adrianbradley8513 ? What does that have to do with it, Christians are not very saintly

[@showmoke]

@@adrianbradley8513 - yes he is - a Roman Catholic I believe. Probably the reason why he doesn’t use bad words in his sketches EVER. For me personally I like that. Sadly, there are very few comedians around like that these days. The worst example that springs to mind that I could never follow because of his racist/homophobic so called ‘comedic’ presentations was the late Bernard Manning. Appalling character.

[@brianparker663]

Been to a few MJ gigs now and they are gold. The jokes build and gradually refer back - you start off with the odd chuckle but, by the end, there are just tears of cumulative laughter rolling down!

[@FLQueerLiberal1982]

I highly recommend the compilation of Milton's "scenes we'd like to see" on Mock the Week. And those of James Acaster.

[@bazzakrak]

Or Gary Delaney that cat has some nice ones as well

[@sidrat2009]

Yes do that, pretty much any episode of "Mock The Week" with Milton in it is worth watching, just for his bits.

[@inyourfacespacecoyote1061]

Seconded 🖖

[@pauloneill623]

James Acaster is so fucking funny

[@ReeceyOne]

How's your lucky pencil case now?

[@franl155]

I first discovered Milton Jones on BBC Radio; he had a series "The Very World of Milton Jones" with vague plots filled in by puns and one-liners. Hadn't heard him in a long time, so thanks for this.

[@gwhack]

Very nice bloke, met him in person. The vicar at my local village church knows him, don't know how exactly. He managed to get him to come and do a show in the village recreation ground to help fund church repairs. Made a lot of jokes relating to our village, which shows he took time to do some research. Video might be on KZbin somewhere.

[@christopherwoolnough2160]

And not one swear word ! Brilliant comic

[@brianparker663]

A keen Methodist churchman I believe...:-)

[@chrislawley6801]

Is so daft though so funny laughing with Miles. He is great with the way he uses language with great timing, is very wonderfully different and underrated comic genius : )

[@timberwolf5211]

Love Milton Jones! I thought he was weird when I first saw him on Mock The Week, but then I got his sense of humour. He's brilliant!

[@mickt3390]

Candle comedian. A slow burner. Lol. Very funny. I had to watch it twice 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ManxAndy]

Milton is a very underrated comic…….and very very clever at acting a fool, but his delivery of one liners is superb……👍🇮🇲😂

[@Daz555Daz]

Love this guy. He plays a lot of big venues these days but the first time I saw him he was doing a gig in front of 50 people tops. He was superb.

[@DaveLynchWriter]

It wasn't the end! That was the joke from the beginning used in a different way to wrap it up .. love him

[@yesihavereadit]

Seen him live, incredible, you cannot remember a single joke but you are laughing all the time

[@oeokosko]

Just read this. I posted exactly the same sentiment not two minutes ago! Plus no swearing.

[@mcsporran7228]

Milton Jones and Time Vine are my favourite 'clean' comedians, both very clever!

[@TheWarpseed]

Love Milton, see him alot on the live circuit and he is always a nice bit of silly amongst the 'edgyier' comedians. He's one that always leaves you in tears. One of my faves- I''d like to die peacefully in my sleep like my granfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers'

[@foolsjourney8118]

Alas, that one wasn't his. The great Monkey Bobhouse did it a very long time ago. He'd be more than happy to bequest it to someone like Milton though.

[@TheWarpseed]

@@foolsjourney8118 Ah the master, you're not wrong there about the leaving his jokes to other people, didn't he leave his joke tomes to Tim Vine?

[@foolsjourney8118]

@@TheWarpseed Not sure. I know at his peak Bob and Denis Goodwin were writing around 7 hours of comedy a week, including a number of radio shows and much of Bob Hope's material. Monkhouse had the largest collection of off-air recordings of TV from the 70s until his death- tens of thousands of hours of every variety show and comedy ever broadcast- and 15 years later archivists are still going through it and cataloguing it.

[@marvinc9994]

You, my Friend - and I mean absolutely NO disrespect to your folks or your country - YOU have a British Soul (something you have in common with ALL the best Americans) ! Your 'getting' our Humour proves it.

[@officialwillieg2001]

Seen him twice live at Warwick Arts Centre in England. Genius.

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

Warwick Arts Centre is in Coventry.....Coventry is in England ;)

[@officialwillieg2001]

@@eyesofisabelofficial well done Einstein.

[@emmahowells8334]

Love Milton he absolutely hilarious.😂👌

[@josefschiltz2192]

The lovely Surreal Milton Jones. De-nahhhh!

[@sandyhagen9155]

Of course, Milton is a regular on Mock the Week, which I know you’re now getting into. Love his one liners. 😂😂

[@Niggleblade1986]

Glad u got round to this guy, was going to mention him to you 🙌🏾

[@robertwright7937]

I already know how this is gonna go. Milton Jones is mad!😆

[@andrewgrant6516]

My favourite Milton Jones joke is "Just before my grandad died, we rubbed goose fat all over his back. After that, he went downhill fast."

[@Azimuth47]

Cheerio in the U.K. is a way of saying goodbye 😂

[@ajaxlewis7664]

How did I not get that? Christ I'm slow. Thanks.

[@davidmacdonald1695]

From “Chair Ho!” when a posh person would call a cab in past centuries where they were sometimes carried by two people.

[@victoriaemery2493]

Thanks for doing this, I love Milton, glad you found him. Love to you and your family. ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ashleyp.4932]

I think that was very clever of Milton to rescue the "my nephew was an accountant joke". He had obviously worked out an additional punchline in case the original one didn't go down so well - It was slightly ruined by the person "woo-hooing" and Milton responding. I've seen him do the joke in front of other live audiences and they've loved the original punchline, and the follow up just built on that.

[@StalwartShinobi]

I saw him live once and remember enjoying it alot, so many one liners it's easily forgettable and that's why he is the most rewatchable

[@Tomp4ul]

I love Milton Jones. Probably one of my favourite comedians, along with Mitch Hedberg.

[@stevenwilliams4172]

we are very lucky in the UK to have the finest comedians

[@paulbanks223]

My best one liner is, ''The definition of a true gambler is a man who risks a fart when he has diarrhoea''.

[@patdavis6383]

You could also try the best of Milton Jones on Mock the Week and also Tim Vine One Liners. He used to hold the world record for the most in a set period of time.

[@davidgibson121]

Milton is a very funny guy both on and off stage. In fact, he is known for his pranks and windups during the Edinburgh festivals. Including hiding a phone on the STV set and repeatedly calling Kevin Bridges during his interview with them to ask " Hey Kev, it's me again! Have you seen my phone anywhere" This was during a live broadcast on STV News.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Alan. All those grandads made me think of a chap whose mother was very relieved to have escaped from the Nazis. When asked about his dad he reputedly said his father was some Canadian soldiers.

[@michaelglynn2638]

Never seen this chap before! Thanks Mr EB enjoyed that👍

[@alanwordley5977]

As others have said "Gary Delaney" is brilliant. Great one liners and puns.

[@hardlyme779]

Love how you smile with your eyes. Milton Jones is one of my favourite comedians. Are your one, if not, my favourite American Reactors, you and Hey Look Squirrel.

[@neilmacdonald9843]

Classic, his Grandfather monologues are legendary

[@andrewclayton4181]

He has a skewiff view on life. He often repeats themes, but always delivers the unexpected. Jeremy Hardy was a good laid back comic, didn't do one liners but rambled more. Check out his Montreal comedy festival appearance.

[@RB747domme]

Oh I remember Jeremy Hardy! Is he still on the circuit, or doing stand-up shows and radio? I haven't seen him on TV in ages. Would love to go and see one of his shows one day.

[@alisonmlewis4825]

@@RB747domme Sadly, Jeremy Hardy died of cancer in 2019.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Milton Jones's stuff on Mock the Week is great too. For some brutal one-liners that you'd never see coming, you'd need to check out Anthony Jeselnik. He's pretty unique.

[@adrianmcgachie]

Loved the twinkle in your eyes with this one, EB!

[@chrismac2234]

The late great Bob Monkhouse tipped Milton when he was just starting out.

[@ceiranwalsh5475]

Yes!! I said about doing a Milton jones video weeks ago and now it’s here!!!

[@bazzakrak]

Yeah so glad you found Milton Jones. Now check out Gary Delaney he has some brilliant ones as well. Or Greg Davies, that tall chunky man has some brilliant stories, specially those from the Graham Norton show Edit To help you out, here is a video with some of Gregs stories on Graham Norton kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqvYhqekfZ2brsk

[@SpeedyBrandon]

HE'S FANTASTIC ON THE SHOW 'MOCK THE WEEK'

[@eldoofthe3rd]

Milton Jones is the king of one liners but Gary Delaney is the president

[@Samaldoful]

Wait kings normally rule over presidents lol

[@eldoofthe3rd]

@@Samaldoful comedy is a weird world

[@neilmacdonald9843]

Milton Jones....brilliant, glad you shared

[@rcormie]

My Grandfather was a GI that that joined the RAF………….he became a GIRAF

[@ajakuk1]

Omg. Sir you have to react to Jonny vagas into interrupting the promo of the last leg. That will have you crying.

[@davidhoward2487]

That is without doubt, the funniest, straight faced story anyone will see!

[@ajakuk1]

@@davidhoward2487 it's also when Alex brooker loses it. His laugh just sets the whole thing off.

[@kylehill1314]

In his joke about getting his nephew receipts for his birthday, id have went with: if he doesnt like them we can always take them back 😂

[@derby1263]

When he said bodies are always found in tents i think he was referring to a forensic tent ⛺

[@davidhoward2487]

Yes...you got it...

[@foolsjourney8118]

This I believe was one of if not his first proper appearance on TV. He's honed his delivery a lot since then, but is still just as off the wall. Most commonly seen as a series regular on Mock the week. He's a bit like the offspring of the great Steven Wright and Emo Phillips.

[@judewestburner]

Love that you've got the Yorkshire white rose behind you

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

It's not even the fact its there, its the _prominence_ 😂❤

[@kevg3320]

"Love that you've got t' Yorkshire white rose behind you" There you go shipmate, fixed it for you 😉

[@zachpaterson2585]

Glad to see Milton finally feature! If you like his style the Canadian Comedian Stewart Francis is similar, but a bit more adult

[@adipost6585]

Is Alan the Eclectic Beard ready yet for some League of Gentlemen? Perhaps the Pamela Douve sketch or Mr Chinnery the Vet as a taster????

[@Niggleblade1986]

Gary delany is a good shout aswell 👌🏾

[@johnorourke3969]

Great gig, when he played here in Dublin. So funny.

[@BigglesBot1979]

He so deadpan when he does it I think that adds to his act

[@kevg3320]

"..from the makers of......."😆

[@nicksykes4575]

Hi Alan, Miltons delivery reminds me of the American comedian Emo Phillips.

[@vladd6787]

now there's a name from the past. What ever happened to him?

[@nicksykes4575]

@@vladd6787 No idea Vladd, haven,t heard anything of him in years.

[@niptodstan]

In Britain we call it “dry humour’.

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Love dry humor. Dry sarcastic deadpan comedy is some of my favorite

[@METALFREAK03]

@@TheEclecticBeard You would love James Acaster

[@CorvusCorone68]

@@METALFREAK03 James Acaster is superb

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

deadpan one liners, and miltons the king of them

[@damo8.lufc.england.152]

E.B shaved his beard, Milton created a wig. Hehe.

[@craigfs81]

It's interesting that with Tim Vine you have the rapid one liners and then Milton Jones you have the slow almost methodical dead pan one liners. Both enjoyable though.

[@martins8619]

I appreciate both Milton and Tim Vine, both masters of their craft but so different too. I do sometimes find Milton hard to watch though

[@geoffwheadon2897]

One of my "go to" comedians, glad you know Milton.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

you never know where his jokes are going, he really does think outside of the box. look out for him on Mock The Week.

[@torspedia]

One of my favourite comedians. His "grandfather" jokes are something of a trade mark of his. :-)

[@georgecaplin9075]

“ This fool ain’t got no sense”. This man understands Milton Jones.

[@Pi_r8]

Check out Milton on Mock the Week, he wasn't a regular but his brand of jokes usually had the other comedians waiting in anticipation for his next line.

[@Boozakk]

One of my favourite Milton Jokes is his angle c (Anglesey) joke. But maybe that’s just because that’s my island

[@steveb1972]

He’s a master of one liners! 🤣

[@MTB-Idle]

seen him live a few times - he's awesome

[@bensheekey9305]

I usually don’t like one-liner comedians, but there is something about his delivery that just makes these really bad jokes funny. There is only one other i can compare his style to, and thats Stewart Francis

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Just saw Ricky Gervais Aids. It was informative, hilarious and controversial but backed by facts. You may like too. It was on his live tour.

[@alland1241]

He did one about a blind parachutist and his dog, not heard it in years, but funniest thing i ever heared

[@kevintrace5396]

I could laugh every time even though I heard it from him time and time again he puts it over right funny guy

[@robchissy]

don't go camping because whenever there's a murder it's with intent, in tent

[@pauly741]

we have some brilliantly funny stand ups over here

[@dirtbikerman1000]

Oh no you didn't.....haha I'm glad you've discovered Milton Hes very unique

[@benspeedschannel888]

Milton is a bloody genius 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lynette.]

Quirky is our word for him.

[@memoryfoam2285]

Mock the week is a brilliant show he's appeared on, especially the scenes we'd like to see segment.

[@AncientHermit]

Brings new meaning to the word "forefathers" really.......................

[@oeokosko]

Saw Milton Jones live. Brilliant. A constant stream of one liners. I can never remember jokes but do remember "Islamaphobia|", "No it's a young sheep". Just silly. And not one single swear word. See 'comedians', it can be done!

[@steady_94]

First time here. First thing I noticed was the grand Yorkshire flag in the back! 😁 Yorkshire born and bred. You've earned my sub!

[@davidhoward5392]

Word play extremely clever

[@bimwho]

Eb: I like the set up for this Me: wait for it Milton: my other grandfather..... Eb: how many grandfather has this guy got? Me: there we go 😅

[@paulrowe3163]

Milton Jones is a legend!!!

[@sholomrabin2011]

he is very deadpan in his delivery, thats what makes him so funny

[@pameladevlin8309]

Saw him live in my home town of Kirkcaldy couple of years ago, he was hilarious

[@GameHammerCG]

"He's a bit off-beat" is certainly one way to describe Milton...

[@silvermane9370]

He also has a radio sitcom on BBC R4

[@mopo8552]

Milton is great