American Reacts to Phoenix Nights (#7)

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[@woosaf123]

The joke where the officer says "it looks to be caused by a discarded fag" and then Brian goes "Jerry some queer's burnt me club down" is obviously offensive but subtly hilarious 😂

[@lukemcdonald4272]

I hate that Taffe didn't get it 🤣

[@wozzywick]

I didn’t pick up on that, that’s hilarious

[@MikeyNottz]

I’ve seen this sooooo many times & I’m gay, I still never picked up on that till I saw your comment!!? 😳🤣🤣

[@georgiabroadbent9418]

We call cigarettes fags in the north of England

[@thesimpsons17]

Honestly think it's the best joke of the series, it's so well written and subtle

[@paulmckay5639]

When Brian tries to phone max n paddy and it says Ironside calling, Ironside is a detective in a wheelchair lol

[@jodu626]

“Looks like a sad Disneyland.” Never a truer word said

[@GrubStLodger]

Yep

[@muigichannel7825]

fuck you guys, i have some good family memories in sad disneyland / depression land / black pool

[@jodu626]

@@muigichannel7825 😆. Good place to get laid tbf

[@SeanS102]

What does it say about me that I'd rather go to Blackpool than Disneyland?

[@davidhoward2487]

oi! My former hometown just got millions invested you'll see, it's also a Pheonix!!

[@sharonmichelle3147]

Garlic bread is a running joke with Peter, he mentions it in his live shows and his Warburtons ad as well.

[@gwauk205]

@@retrorambles517 Why’s it sad! It’s a joke FFS!

[@Bobthesub]

The flowers for Alan in Blackpool were a nod to Allen Bradley, a character from ‘Coronation Street’ who was killed when he was run over by a Blackpool tram.

[@richardupton3323]

"rita" bbaammmmmm

[@mcallisterwill]

Taffe, takes one look at Blackpool, sums it up perfectly. 'looks like sad disneyland'

[@leedstory6595]

To answer a few questions; Kenny Dalgleish was a footballer who played for Liverpool, judges are referred to as 'your honour'; although for everyday use 'sir' and ma'am are more common. The 'depressing Disneyland' is a downmarket seaside town called Blackpool (imagine combining Las Vegas with Detroit and that is where we are at). The Alan who died was a character called Alan Bradley from Coronation Street who was run over by a tram in Blackpool in 1989.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Ted Robbins who plays Den Perry. is Paul McCartney's half cousin! He's also the uncle of Emily Atack who played Charlotte Hinchcliffe in The Inbetweeners 🙂

[@woosaf123]

Wait until you see the "family fun day" episode 😂

[@dantesphotography91officia84]

Sammy snake & the gay Satan that's episode 2 can't wait for his reaction to that one😂😂

[@ListerDavid]

The gent on the tv is Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog, they was on the box a lot in the 80s. Max & Paddy singing the theme tune to Minder is just classic.

[@scratchingwithdjsteve3881]

Jerry singing the songs about bin bags and corned beef make me laugh every time i've seen this episode!

[@Dearden91]

The depressing Disneyland is Blackpool and yeah, it pretty much is 😂 And yeah we'd probably refer to judges as sir or madam, maybe My Lord or My Lady depending on how high the court is, but never your majesty 😂

[@MrGersboy72]

Kenny dalglish was a football player, that’s why it’s so unbelievable that he said it’s his second name

[@MrGersboy72]

And the place Brian goes to after the ad break is Blackpool, it’s our Vegas, kind of

[@ajaxlewis7664]

@@MrGersboy72 one of the best football players ever. ❤

[@itznoah8796]

Taffe316 - It's actually Brian's third club. His first one, the Aquarius (only seen in a flashback in Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere) flooded with people electricuted and Brian was sent to hospital when he was pinned to the bar with a fruit machine, trying to save the night's takings (Mentioned in That Peter Kay Thing). One of the outtakes was the sign reading 'magistrates court' falling off the building. Love the video. In a deleted scene, a bar worker comes to the club when Brian is outside, and says Den Perry wanted to buy the old Phoenix club.

[@philkasafir.]

I literally fucking howled with laughter when you said Sad Disneyland 😂😂😂😂😂 I lived in Blackpool years ago and I will always say the northwest has the most genuine people ♥️ but thanks for the laugh mate, sad disney land 😂😂 brilliant

[@WRCSeb]

We just are the most genuine

[@ChavvyCommunist]

"Kenny Dalglish" is the name of a Scottish footballer, so yeah, that being his surname is another lie of Kenny's.

[@Tomversal]

I didn't know it was a footballer at first so I just thought it was some bollocks word he made up to sound posh

[@beardedloon77]

He was nicknamed King Kenny of the kop for the time he spent playing/managing Liverpool f.c

[@samthef1guy958]

@@beardedloon77 also Celtic

[@WRCSeb]

@@beardedloon77well Kenny did win a prem with Blackburn he’s special in the north west

[@badgermcspoon11]

King Kenny very famous

[@scudda85]

The absolute legend that is the late Jim Bowen.

[@makaio9578]

Those flowers saying rip Alan was a callback from a old episode in Corrie when someone was hit by a tram after chasing someone, I’m pretty sure you actually reacted to it

[@sharonmichelle3147]

That was Alan Bradley chasing after Rita, it's one of Corrie's most famous scenes.

[@Ian_Livesey]

“Rita!” *smack*

[@richardupton3323]

@@Ian_Livesey "rita" bbaammm

[@mickyc1983]

@@sharonmichelle3147 watched a bit of Corrie in the 90s but knew about the ‘incident’. Laughed so hard at your commentary of the blokes demise 😂😂 well played.

[@docgonzales]

England hasnt changed one bit in 20 years, amazing documentary this.

[@makaio9578]

Frank was played by Jim Bowen who presented bullseye, in case u recognised him

[@joeroche6807]

Was gonna say the say that myself

[@joeroche6807]

And Bully's star prize...a club

[@LeoG666_]

And Dave Spikey presented the second version of Bullseye 🎯.

[@leehallam9365]

He is in the Amirillo video too.

[@joeroche6807]

@@leehallam9365 was Mr Blobby in it as well? I vaguely remember it

[@DJErrn]

6:12 it’s your honour in the uk too, that’s just Peter Kayism. Like the ‘VD player’ watch one of his stand ups to know I recommend live at Bolton.

[@paulkneeshaw6064]

The bin bag song Jerry was singing in asda was a parody of men in black.

[@jen6879]

Perfect way to start a cold, dreary Monday morning! Great stuff 👍🏻

[@alexcrawford6162]

Judges are addressed as “my Lord” here

[@DeclanTanner05]

"Sad Disneyland" is the best and most accurate description of Blackpool in history

[@Jobladesuck]

That’s Blackpool. The complete opposite to depression land 😂

[@davekaaria7620]

One of the best comedy series there is! You should do An Idiot Abroad that’s hilarious 😂

[@shadowisgonnakillya3047]

If you were wondering, the flowers for Alan is a character from Coronation Street who died after being ran down by a tram.

[@j0hnf_uk]

The Bloke on the TV show at 7:39 was Bob Carolgees with, 'Spit the dog.' Who originally appeared in cult Saturday morning TV show, 'Tiswas', in the late 70's - early 80's.

[@joschlunde]

“Sad Disneyland” that is literally all I’m going to call Blackpool from now on.

[@CanaryDude]

The guy with the puppet dog was Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog, entertainment act from the 80's. If you watch closely he somehow managed to get a Bob Carolgees mention into each episode of That Peter Kay Thing in some form or another as a bit of an easter egg (as well as a cameo from Kay's Mother!).

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

Also the road to know where when Paddy he was tuning the radio in the camper it came on the radio that’s TVs own bob Carolgees and spit the dog lol he’s practically in everything of peters only thing I’ve not heard him mentioned in is car share

[@DamoBFD]

"A sad Disneyland "- yep you nailed Blackpool 😂

[@hamzahasan3361]

The song max and paddy were singing at the van you called vibin Is the theme song to the classic series minder which is another classic you should react to

[@pigknickers2975]

Yeah seconded!

[@CRHead-id7gh]

With you there Minder and how about the sweeney?

[@MrGersboy72]

Ahhh! The one where Dennis Waterman writes the theme tune, sings the theme tune

[@RussWWFC]

So many Easter Eggs in Peter Kay stuff lol, at 12:50 the Alan they mention refers to Alan Bradley, a character from the British soap opera Coronation Street who died in Blackpool after being hit by a tram

[@susanashcroft2674]

Peter seems to incorporate things people, places and things which are references from the 70's/80's such as Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog who was in a children's programme called Tiwas, Jim Bowen from Bullseye, Ironside was a popular US TV detective programme back then. The reference to Kenny Dalglish was a former manager for Liverpool football team, the music during his speech were sports theme tunes and chart hits from back then. Blackpool which has it's infamous lights and had hotels named The Ponderosa and the 'disabled' charity collection box was something you saw outside shops and clubs in back then. Thankfully the charity was renamed as it wasn't very PC.

[@sprint955st]

References to the 70s/80s is basically Peter’s stand up act

[@paulmckay5639]

It's mad all week I've been saying to myself sunshiiine in doors.. sunshine in doors just randomly and now this is the next reaction it's happened a good few times with still game.. the synchronicity is real 👌

[@archer8822]

Jimmy savile fixed it for me to milk a cow blindfolded

[@statosphereonline2008]

"That guy might be my dad" made me laugh out loud.

[@Saint_Dan132]

Getting this saved to watch with my tea in a while. My exciting life lol

[@PINKKYLIELOUISE]

Notice Beatrice Kelley who played Marion not in this season is now Enid Dunn as Joyce

[@katashworth41]

What a way to describe my hometown, sad Disneyland.

[@archer8822]

It is the armpit of the world

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

The dancer/magician at then end was in fact the wife of the actor who plays Den Perry.

[@tonypate9174]

Today dawn the Tubes of You hole of rabbits I learned .........thanks for the info now deep in the grey matter , waiting for the time to slap it out and impress ......and "stop burying your nuts in the sandpit"

[@tonypate9174]

Me bad DOWN not dawn " tat tingers" small key pad old age etc...

[@Landie_Man]

Totally missed the ironside on the phone lol.

[@malcolmnicholls2893]

Respect for the brilliant production details.

[@MatthewLenton]

There is an updated version of the Amarillo video without Jimmy Savile Looking back on that video it's weird to think a lot of them are now dead

[@jamesclare]

the rip thing was for a scene that happened in coronation street many years ago im sure every body else will tell you

[@makaio9578]

He did react to the episode

[@ChavvyCommunist]

How'd you leave a 3 day old comment on a video that's only been up for 11 hours

[@jamesclare]

@@ChavvyCommunist patrion

[@PINKKYLIELOUISE]

7.40 Peter Kay loves Bob Garolges and spit the dog lol

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

The numbers blurred out because they realize when they released it the numbers in the phone book is actually real number that people could call and prank as I think it’s one of the producers phone books as obviously back in the day in the 90s we kept numbers in phone books as you will know and that’s why

[@dazh1295]

Hoss, Frank Cartright, the legend that is / was Jim Bowen 👏 perfect coupling Peter & Jim

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

"We'll sort the bill out when you leave" cracks me up!

[@mikejamesporter]

We call our judges your honour too - it's just Brian isn't the sharpest 😉 Also the location Brian was in with the flowers in is Blackpool, a seaside resort in the North West of England. In its heyday it was one of the places to be in for families for staycations. Apart from the annual illuminations and the Pleasure Beach (theme park), it can often be been as a "Sad Disneyland" these days thanks to the economy. Fun fact: There is an edited version of the Amarillo video available with Jimmy edited out. There's also a new version made last year to honour NHS and Key Workers in the fight for Covid.

[@PINKKYLIELOUISE]

12.43 in memory of Alan it’s a reference to the character Alan Bradley from Coronation Street who was killed by a tram when he was chasing Rita Sullivan

[@sarahfields288]

"we were late yesterday cuz you said Jackie Chan was comin to see yer bout some Paint"

[@MrGersboy72]

He did! You missed him by seconds!

[@sarahfields288]

@@MrGersboy72 he kicked an old lady in the back over there!

[@davidc209]

That song you might be thinking of near the start is I think From Now On by Supertramp. As soon as I heard it I thought it was Supertramp.

[@stevemorganexperience7833]

We don’t say your majesty that’s a joke as it’s called a magistrate but yeah we say your honour

[@Ian-lx1iz]

...although, I ...personally, wouldn't know, of course. lol

[@MaximusLab1982]

yes i would have thought the joke was a play on the word magistrate

[@stevemorganexperience7833]

@@andrewharwood8168 yeah it’s the same word. We just spell it grammatically instead of phonetically

[@ruthathey7886]

I read once that the flowers for Alan were for the Character Alan Bradley out of a soap called Coronation Street. He was a villain that was killed off by one of the trams there in 1989.

[@StillABigKid]

FYI, the song playing over Brian's sad montage is a cover of "don't cry out loud" by Peter Allen

[@grizzlygamer8891]

Alan was a character from a soap opera called Coronation Street. He was killed off by a tram on that spot at some point in the 80s.

[@shellybelly35]

The starting melodic to the song was 'we are the world' American music star's response to famine relief in 1984/85 also they did live aid simultaneously played with the UK too. He called the magistrate your Majesty as he often confuses his words when he should if said your honour. Kenny Dalglish is a famous footballer, which should of made his testimony look like a bunch of cobblers and unbelievable. Oh yeah the guy with the puppet dog is bob carolgees and spit the dog. Famous kids entertainers in the UK late 70's through the 80's.

[@MirageMusicUk]

Sad Disneyland, Depressionland 😂 Blackpool is my hometown and I can confirm you're right, used to be the place to party back in the 60s though, kinda like a discount Vegas, and the flowers are a reference to Alan from Coronation Street yes 😂

[@RockoOfBolton]

Alan was a character on coronation street who got killed by a tram at Blackpool years ago where the sad Disney land scenes were filmed

[@Tomversal]

In the new release of the Peter Kay Amarillo video they cut Jimmy Savile out of it anyway :)

[@katyloutattersall6910]

We certainly do NOT call judges "Your Majesty" in the UK 😂.

[@tonybartlett6567]

We do not cash judges your majesty here. We say My Lord / My Lud

[@gedprice88]

That song at around 8:20 does start out sounding like Live Aid song Taffe.

[@LandersWorkshop]

12:50. I think that was a reference to a Coronation Street character who got hit by a tram back in 1989. Heady times.

[@Land967]

One thing I didn't get with this episode was that Jerry was offered a job performing on cruise ships what? a day before the fire? and a couple of weeks later he would prefer Asda over travelling the world??

[@MatgoStyles]

I thought the instrumental to that song sounded like Don't Cry For Me Argentina before the vocals kicked in. Maybe it was a mash up.

[@kickstart_1.3]

6:58 He sounds like the taxi driver from The League of Gentlemen.

[@scpjack7856]

Kenny Dalgliesh is a famous soccer player who played for Liverpool FC in the 1980s. It‘a another reference to the fact that Kenny lies about everything.

[@booth2710]

18.40 Wasn't expecting that kiddie ride - thought he was on the Waltzers ...

[@neilymanadventures6577]

I stayed in that Blackpool hotel last year, its real name is The Lyndene Hotel but I believe that it has closed in the last couple of months as the owners went into liquidation.

[@NE-Media.inc.]

The song is: Don't cry out loud by Melissa Manchester

[@tegwenhafparry7488]

The song sounded like "We are The World, We are the Children" Live Aid USA Charity song from 1980s

[@hedlnes3202]

‘They’ll throw the key at me’...

[@channel55andaboxoftissues16]

15:52 that's the soundtrack to MINDER. Minder was in competition with OFAH back in the day. More of a comedy thriller rather than a sitcom

[@shoot_the_glass5654]

The bit when you said "sad Disney land". In England we have lots of seaside towns that have experienced decline because of the shift in Holiday trends over the last several decades. When flying was considered expensive, most families spent Bank holiday weekends near the seaside and summers in caravan resorts.

[@bigab51]

The song you couldn’t think of is We are the World - USA for Africa

[@petermizon4344]

The best is yet to come when the gangster gets his come uppence, there are some realy funny bits in second series

[@peterhagan8454]

i have seen the pheonix nights way back in the day and dre watching now with you gives a a whole new joy

[@scpjack7856]

Also, we call judges “Your Honour” as well. The “Your Majesty” line is just another one of Brian’s spoonerisms, like in S1E1 when he says “Singing Acapulco” instead of “Singing a Capella”.

[@glasgowguy7386]

No we don’t. I’m pretty sure in both English and Scots courts it’s either m’lud/my lord or my Lady/ m’lady

[@geordiewishart1683]

In Northern Ireland, England and Wales, magistrates are referred to as your worship. Crown court judges are addressed as your honour. High Court judges are my lord or lady. In Scotland, all judges are addressed as my Lord or lady, save for JPs who are addressed as your honour.

[@Zavala1]

When we are about to set off in the car and my wife is driving, I often say "Drive on, Tarik". I'd forgotten where that came from.

[@ryanbroadley23]

The song that max and paddy are singing, Is this the way to Amarillo? Was re-released by Peter Kay and Tony Christie and was a number 1 single

[@Jobladesuck]

I thought the song sounded like feed the world at first

[@0770322]

No this was another local joke, there was a famous soap opera called “Coronation Street” and a baddie from the soap opera was killed by a tram at Blackpool holiday resort in the northwest of England

[@Ian-lx1iz]

Hahaha - a butcher boasting of 'BSE day'. Hilarious. (16:28) 'Bit of Something Extra' is right, but it's a bit of something you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy: Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis ....aka 'Mad Cow Disease'. lol.

[@Saint_Dan132]

Last episode is quite relevant to the current climate in the UK most of the pubs I grew up near are closing due to not being use. It's very sad and yes three tablespoons of ambition twice a day that's what I'm on

[@stevebeardsmore3303]

Kenny Dalglish is a famous former footballer who played for Celtic, Liverpool and Scotland.

[@ChavvyCommunist]

"M'lord" is usually what we call judges I think.

[@redjojo09]

I think the sad song at the start that you're thinking of is 'we are the world' by USA for Africa.

[@belowaveagej0e780]

“Garlic Bread?”

[@veryvarley6706]

The puppet at the beginning was Spit the dog. A genuine thing that really did happen on kids TV. Bob Carolgees and Spit the dog - the guy would speak to someone and spit would just gob in their face. It lasted about 7 or so years.

[@peterbrown1012]

He ended with a candle shop near me at Lady Hayes craft centre near Frodsham, Cheshire.

[@jen6879]

@@peterbrown1012 yeah been there many times! Greetings from Warrington :)

[@beardedloon77]

And Rod Hull attacking people's genitals an a-holes with an emu

[@undercoverkeyandtheglitchy2644]

Kenny Dalglish was a soccer player from the 80s

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

We would also say, your honour, in court, your majesty is just for the royal family.

[@davekaaria7620]

Think it’s your honour here too but he’s not been informed 😂

[@petershaw1984]

The phone ringing in church......a subtle not to the full monty.

[@martinogold]

That's my local ASDA, woop!

[@InterDimensionalLizard]

8:08 The piano sounds a bit like "We Are The World".

[@ShadoWolfJaden]

No we say “your honour”, Brain just said “your majesty” for some reason.

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

Or M'lud?

[@peterbrown1012]

@@martinmaguire-music6692 no, that's just for judge's.

[@alexjohnston8889]

Don't know if you noticed but come and get your black bin bags was written by Peter after hearing, hear come the men in black by Will Smith. The 2nd song Jerry does in the supermarket about corned beef was meant to be call me by blonde but they couldn't get permission to use the melody. Actually if you put the subtitles on the dvd when he's singing corned beef it says in brackets to the tune of call me, when it isn't.

[@bigthecat100]

The black bin bags original song is 'Forget Me Nots' by Patrice Rushen, the melody/bassline was sampled by Will Smith for Men in Black.

[@alexjohnston8889]

@@bigthecat100 true but Peter said he got the idea after men in black came on the radio and based it around that.