Americans React: Al Murray - All Jobs Are Terrible

[@becksyno7]

His character is a pub landlord and the real man is a very clever historian.

[@chucky2316]

An idiot

[@JohnHF1957]

Not a "very clever historian". Al has a History degree but has never used it for employment.

[@becksyno7]

@@JohnHF1957ok but I think you need to look up historian meaning.

[@seacrestboxers1787]

He is still a very clever man exceedingly knowledgable in history, ( semantics !)​@JohnHF1957

[@jodu626]

@@JohnHF1957except for his history podcasts, history documentaries and history books he’s published. apart from that

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

'Al Murray versus Americans' is the one for you Steve, good British name Steve.

[@stevealharris6669]

I always thought so😁.

[@MrDaiseymay]

NAAA LUUUVLY bRITISH NAME, INNIT ?

[@eddhardy1054]

Lynsey... Posh!

[@davebrown9707]

Beautiful British name

[@mikeblake1000]

As other's have said...definitely check out Al Murray VS Americans...it's brilliantly funny

[@catherinewilkins2760]

Al Murray is an Oxford University educated historian, being a comedian is better pay than being an academic.

[@MrDaiseymay]

AND MORE ENTERTAINING

[@muzmason3064]

Met him on the Uni comedy circuit a true gent and a great WW2 expert as well as History in general

[@StewedFishProductions]

You also need to realise that at the start of the 'show', Al converses with the audience, remembers their names, occupations and similar. He then refers to people throughout the show... So when he looked up to the box and asked if "being a fireman was all its cracked up to be..." - the guy was a fireman etc.

[@StewedFishProductions]

@@seniorslaphead8336 TBH: YOU are the very first person I have ever heard make that comment... Also, I have been in several Al Murray shows over a few years. As far as I'm aware, not one person in the audience were 'plants' (and I spoke with quite few). Also, I GOT 'picked on' once and was NOT expecting it - mind you, I got off lightly, but ONLY because someone nearby had their mobile 'ring' and Al turned his attention to them... So for you to say 'he uses a lot of them', I challange YOU to explain how you know this, because I DON'T BELIEVE YOU !!! So please prove it!

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

In his stand up shows, he plays his character "the pub Landlord", so beer is referenced often and he passes out drinks to the audience from time to time. He is actually rather smart and has a history degree from Oxford, so history and politics get used in a lot of his shows. His most popular videos to react to are "Name a country... We have defeated them." "Al Murray vs Americans, Funny" " Al Murrays take on the nations of the world"

[@reactingtomyroots]

I would have never guessed he had a degree from Oxford. Seems like a funny dude, we'll have to check out some other clips. Thanks for the suggestions.

[@annicecooper8105]

​@@reactingtomyrootshe does a lot of serious history programmes on his own YT channel too which are excellent. He has a particular interest in WWII

[@Tommy-he7dx]

"Al Murry - name a country we have defeated them" This one shows off his history knowledge :)

[@chucky2316]

Afghanistan twice then was missed off his list 😂some historian

[@MrPercy112]

@chucky2316: what is up with you, exactly? 🤔

[@Tommy-he7dx]

@@chucky2316 What List? He asked members of the audience to name a country, He wasn't reading out loud from a list. He did graduated with a degree in the subject from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University.

[@chucky2316]

​@@Tommy-he7dxhe's a an obese privileged posh boy who has got everything because of who he is, not through hard work just ask his cousin david cameron

[@chucky2316]

​@@MrPercy112nothing I'm okay I hope you are 😂

[@R3ED3R]

AL Murray is a very smart man if you were wondering he is Oxford educated. He does a persona as a drunk pub landlord as a 'bit'

[@chucky2316]

Not smart but well connected he's about as smart as a Chinese watch

[@R3ED3R]

@@chucky2316 you having a laugh? he's smart?!

[@chucky2316]

​@@R3ED3Rno well connected being the cousin of david cameron. Being born with a silver spoon doesn't make you smart

[@richardcook9794]

@@chucky2316show us your history Degree from Oxford ,Mr Fiyta

[@chucky2316]

​​@@richardcook9794okay I will the north West frontier and in later years Afghanistan 🇦🇫 😂 Al murray and his lot came unstuck out there didn't they 😂

[@gavinhall6040]

He's playing the charcter of a pub landlord. So the reason fro the beers is because he's playing somebody who owns a pub. He's actually a really brilliant oxford educated historian, this is all just for laughs

[@chucky2316]

He's never had a pint in his life

[@gillfox9899]

​@@chucky2316 you are so pathetic. If you can't say anything nice or constructive, shut up

[@Bob10009]

You’re not actually watching Al Murray, you’re watching The pub landlord - a stage character played by Al.

[@chrisaris8756]

One of his first things when he starts the act is to pick up on a few people and get their names. He then uses them again and again during the act. He is one of the last genuinely funny and CLEVER comedians!

[@Reba-123]

He is drinking alcohol free … it’s part of his act as the pub landlord

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Al Murray v Americans is a must!

[@R3ED3R]

should have done name a country we have defeated them first...

[@Griff942]

Or how Great Britain got it's name.

[@StewedFishProductions]

OR Al Murray vs Americans...

[@chucky2316]

The welsh in his case

[@trailerman2]

Great reaction :-) His character is 'The pub landlord' hence the setting. He plays an ultra patriotic 'Englishman'. He is in reality a highly educated historian with a photographic memory......to see that, as others have suggested, watch "Name a country, we have defeated them" , you won't be disappointed ;-)

[@suekendrew-3790]

I love Al Murray, in real life he is just as funny but he is also very knowledgeable and interesting and I could listen to him for ages.

[@TheRealist2022]

At about 2:50, where he says the lady doesn't listen to the Pope...he says "cos you've got one in your handbag luv aint ya? just in case ya pull".... he means a condom!

[@johnm8224]

One of our better stand-ups. I think his "Explaining Global Economics" skit is one of his better ones.

[@chucky2316]

No he really isint

[@Britishshadow]

It’s a great sketch for the more educated audience members

[@dannylee387]

It will be one continuous beep for the swearing when they get to New York

[@johnm8224]

@@chucky2316 Well, Lee Evans has retired...

[@primalengland]

For your own safety and wellbeing, don’t go down the Al Murray rabbithole unless you’re willing to stay there for a while. Al is an addictive genius. By the way, Steve is a beautiful British name. 😁

[@chucky2316]

A genuis no a privileged white boy who had opurtunity laid at his feet

[@primalengland]

@ Woke up with a sore vagina, did we? It’s ‘opportunity.’ Obviously missed out on his education.

[@angelabushby1891]

Not family,he just says any name

[@primalengland]

@@angelabushby1891 🤷‍♂️

[@primalengland]

@@chucky2316 Wacist! 🤪🤪

[@IanDarley]

He talks to the audience in the early part of his show, he remembers all of their names and jobs and teases them throughout the show. He is playing a character of a stereotypical overly patriotic British pub landlord. Not only that, but he is an Oxford graduate history expert with a big brain and also speaks many languages.

[@helenroberts1107]

He’s not drunk, he’s actually really clever and very fast thinking

[@chucky2316]

He's not clever he's well connected that is a massive difference

[@julianbarber4708]

@@chucky2316 What's your problem? Murray IS distantly related to Cameron, but also to William Makepeace Thackeray.....a much better connection, I would have thought. The idea that Cameron would in anyway help a sixth cousin, is frankly ludicrous. If you don't find him funny, just say so.

[@chucky2316]

​@@julianbarber4708it's not what you know it's who you know ? It's a theme that runs through every privileged white boy

[@chucky2316]

​@@julianbarber4708I don't have a problem but I will call these people up when they b shate

[@chucky2316]

​@@julianbarber4708william makepeace thackeray the man who grew up on the wealth of the east India company and micky taking the potato famine in Ireland is that the same man 😂

[@tmac160]

He meets the audience during the warm-up and remembers them during the sketches. His main work now is World War history podcasts which fits in with his Phd in History from Oxford University. "The Pub Landlord" is a comedy routine he did years ago following a TV comedy series he wrote. A clever man with a very serious side to him.

[@bobsteele9581]

For some reason, the idea of the pub landlord was never something that appealed to me, so this is the first I've seen of any of Al Murray's standup routine (although I was aware of him). Have to say though, this was hilarious and very clever in terms of observational comedy. Al has just got a new fan 😁👍

[@scottirvine121]

I was the same until a few years ago then saw him and he was hilarious and very clever

[@julianbarber4708]

I was the same!

[@wessexdruid7598]

It's a way of taking the p out of everyone, but particularly the British.

[@annicecooper8105]

Anyone going to an Al Murray gig knows that if you buy a ticket in the front few rows then you are fair game for the evening. They are all up for it 😂

[@shelleyjackson8793]

It’s a character he plays called The Pub Landlord. He’s a very intelligent man who has quite a posh voice in real life.

[@reactingtomyroots]

That makes me want to see what he's like when he isn't performing on stage.

[@allisonmilligan9834]

Al Murray is from the small village I live in, he’s a thoroughly lovely bloke.

[@DGLUK1]

He always starts his show by chatting to members of the audience, finding their name and occupation and then refers back to them throughout the show. He plays the character of a pub landlord but, in reality, he is a respected historian and author of historical books. Educated at Oxford. My favorite of his is Global Finance. Absolutely hilarious.

[@dizzielizzie9989]

People that book seat in the front few rows or the boxes at an Al Murry show know exactly what they are letting themselves in for.

[@tonys1636]

It's Murray.

[@Pomdownuder]

His "vs Americans" "how global finance works", are brilliant. You've got one in your handbag (condom) 😅 His "beer" is 0% alcohol, he's pretending to be a barman, an overtly nationalistic know it all. He picks half a dozen or so "stooges" in the audience, generally an older person/couple, a young lady, young man, a foreigner. He banters with them through the show.

[@DougBrown-h1n]

A good friend of mine used to run a small comedy club in central London. The acts were either "up and coming" comedians or established pros trying out new ideas. One evening Al Murray turned up and asked whether rather than use the stage, would it be okay to do his new act from behind the bar - and that I believe is where "The Pub Landlord" was first tried out on a live audience. (I'm sure many others will say the same in the comments - but, you have to do "Al Murray vs Americans" - it's hilarious!) Another great comedian from London, is Micky Flannagan, my favourite, is his act, "To catch a peeper" - but everything he does, you can't go wrong!

[@RockyBobbieBuster]

You've found quite the rabbit hole to go down with Al Murray, "what hell sounds like in different accents", "countries of the world", "name a country we have defeated them", "how global finance really works" and many, many more, hope you three are well, sending blessings from England ps I've recommended "UK girl rant about the price of ice cream", it's a viral video because of her anger and especially her Burnley accent, honestly it's one of the very best and funniest videos on KZbin ✌️

[@victoriawilliamson8863]

This man is a genius, so very clever, one thing to note is that he takes the mick out of you he actually likes you, the pub landlord is just one of his acts xx

[@ryanperry3105]

The beer he's drinking on stage (he fills the glass from the pumps behind him) is non alcoholic, the character is a pub landlord. I remember an interview with him once where he said there was an issue with the beer one night, and it was alcoholic without him realising, and he started stumbling around the set a bit, slurring more than normal etc (he gets through a few pints on stage)

[@petersymons4639]

He's not drunk at all, he's playing a character the "pub landlord" he's also a narrator for some good documentaries. Should give them a watch sometime!

[@reactingtomyroots]

Wow! I would have never guessed this was a complete act.

[@kingoftadpoles]

Only the bravest of the brave sit on the front row of any comedy gig.

[@MarkmanOTW]

For context, Al Murray plays a pub landlord - traditionally these were men who ran a pub. They were typically strong characters who were very opinionated (in spite of not always being the brightest) on everything, had traditional views, and often very patriotic. Growing up with these characters, their world-view resonates with many people and provides the ideal vehicle through which he delivers the comedy. Seeing the world through the lens of this character helps deal with contentious issues, make fun of things, and challenge/sidestep political correctness.😅

[@wendywilson858]

My son was in Canada and went to a Alan Carr show and he picked on my son. He didn't realise that my son was from England and he ended up apologising to him. 😅😅😅 xx

[@CeleWolf]

Carr? Oh dear

[@jeanlongsden1696]

you really need to watch a full live show of his. as the first half is just talking to the front row and people in the boxes. he askes them their jobs and makes fun of them. when I went to see him live, I made sure not to be sat in the front. in the second half of the show, he will do what ever routine he has written and references the audience members. he is very intelligent and has a great memory, as he thanks each of the front row by name at the end of the show.

[@themoderntemplar1567]

Youve got to check out him exposing how global finance works and him going round the globe describing countries.😂😂😂

[@glastonbury4304]

Most British comics banter with the audience...😂

[@moyaterry8493]

Yes. It’s a character he plays. The pub landlord.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

The Pub Landlord is a character played by Al Murray, it's not his real persona. He has a history degree from Oxford and specialises in WW2 history, he has written a few books on the subject including an excellent book on the batt;le of Arnhem well worth reading called "Arnhem Black Tuesday"

[@grabtharshammer]

You should know what a "Box" is in a theatre. A private area with seats for people with money to watch a show. One of your Presidents was shot whilst sitting in one by that Wilkes-Booth bloke

[@TheCornishCockney]

You came in on a clip. Previously he’s been having banter with the audience,he gets their names and other personal info then comes back to them regularly throughout the show to usually take the piss out of them. Seen him twice and he was brilliant but i never get front row seats!

[@danielferguson3784]

His persona is as a pub landlord, so he serves drinks, he dosn't get drunk. He researches his audience, finding out about jobs 7 nationalities etc so he can pick them out for a joke. He is actually a very intelligent & learned history professor.

[@keithritchie4184]

Very funny and knowledgeable man I've seen him live twice absolutely brilliant

[@Coastal15]

His sketch abut Hell in Different Countries is not to be missed.

[@kelvinlambert4249]

A good Second Watch for Al Murray is, "What Hell is like in different countries". Love watching you two giggle😂

[@CeleWolf]

If you don't want to be called out, sit back in the rows. He knows the names of people in the first few rows. No he's not drunk. He's playing a character.

[@AlOh-2]

He is the only comedian I know that gives you an education, while making you laugh 😂

[@kylemenos]

George Carlin

[@chucky2316]

David cameron

[@graham9473]

Funny and intelligent. You can't ask for more. Top man.

[@jkpole]

So Funny, Al is FANTASTIC..... Thank you for sharing.... More Please..... At the start of his shows he talks to the audience and finds out their names or jobs or interests etc ... Al has said in an interview that he targets the first few rows ....

[@clifftricker3024]

They are old theatres with stalls on the side, he usually askes people there names and what they do, then he rip's into them and has a laugh

[@number1discodave]

The Pub Landlord edit Murray's principal character in performance is an English publican with conservative values and an animosity towards Germans and the French; he challenges audience members to name any country before producing some plausible instance of Britain bettering it. The character has a great love of the British 1970s rock band Queen, often getting musician(s) on his show to perform one of Queen's tunes in their own style. He has described his persona as a "know-all know-nothing blowhard who knows the answer to every question even though he hasn't been asked any of them".[17] The character first appeared in 1994 during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in the show "Pub Internationale", with Harry Hill[13] and Matthew Bradstock-Smith (who played "Little Alan" as well as the keyboards in Hill's Edinburgh, radio and TV shows). The show featured the "Pub Band", with Murray playing the drums and compering. After trying out a character deemed not to have worked, at the opening show Murray suggested saying that the compere had not made it to the show and that the barman in the venue, the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, had offered to fill in. At the Edinburgh Festival,[18] Murray came up with "The Pub Landlord".[

[@polheg1]

Saw him in Brighton last week. On form .... 😂

[@stewh9711]

Hello I'm a big fan of your reaction shows, His act is the pub landlord....and I was lucky enough to see Al Murray on stage a few months ago (my first time) and wow what a show. The way he interacts with members of the audience is so impressive but he also selects people out 15-20 at least to ask names / occupation etc and manages to go back to them as the show goes on with great detail....laughs from start to finish. My wife and I was a few rows from the front and remember him looking out at us all and he commented how many bald guys (me included) was in the audience and it looking like a potato patch!! He has many videos clips online with plenty being on history too as he's a big historian and Oxford university educated.....a very intelligent and knowledgeable man.

[@reactingtomyroots]

I belong in that potato patch too. 🤣

[@johnhewett9483]

You have never seen an old theatre it seems. They used to have private areas called boxes you could pay for in addition to the normal seats in the main part of the hall

[@BrianMac2601]

You've been told how educated he is and he's playing a character, he does crowd work. The lager he drinks on stage is non alcoholic though so he can play up to the character character without actually getting drunk. Name a country, we've defeated them, you'll both definitely like that one!!

[@aarontatham5533]

All of his skits are brilliant! 😂 One of my lecturers at College made themes for him years ago

[@SteveParkes-Sparko]

As many have aready said here - Al Murray's stand-up show is ALWAYS played in the role of a Pub Landlord - it's a character persona he puts on to do his stage shows - that's why there's always a bar with pump-handles behind him - and also the stacked 'kegs' at the sides.

[@ChaseOakley-rw2lx]

I saw Al Murray recently and he involved all the audience. Shame i was not in a great headspace, but I still enjoyed it. Great comedian. He dashed a pint across the front row xD they were soaked!

[@natmanprime4295]

"yeahhh" the women sounded so .. wretched 😂

[@paulc180]

Guys guys guys, you must do his Al Murry - Name a country... We have defeated them. sketch, its hilarious.

[@StephenWhittaker-g5g]

He is also into Astronomy and Astrophysics which he is extremely knowledgeable about.

[@chucky2316]

He's also privileged and white 😂

[@lambethian]

Have a look at lee evans comedian he swears a lot is very observant of people and their actions in all situations especially his poor wife you will never stop laughing and his actions during his stories and sound affects are fantastic worth a watch kind regards from England john

[@DansManCaveUK]

Part of his act is that he's the pub landlord and he always has a functional lager pump on stage along with packs of nuts. He says a gent should have a pint and the ladies should have a "fruit based beverage". He's a very smart guy with an education in history

[@phil18751]

I always wondered if the Queen made up her own lyrics like the Presidents in My Fellow Americans. You need to do a lot more, Al Murray, you 2 will absolutely love him.

[@SausageFingers73]

you need to watch one of his shows from the beginning, he will "work" the audience, asking their names and jobs etc, and he will be working usually upto 20 people, remembering their names and keep coming back to them. The audience fully expect to be worked too. His character is Al Murray, the pub landlord. He also did a chat show on British Tv, based on that character, and in a fake pub.

[@bobhawke7373]

I know introverts feel different but I love comedians you can involve yourselves with. I am an Auatralian and there was this comic named Rodney Rude and he had the kind of show where the audience yelling out stuff were called hecklers, but they were also integral to the show and Rodney Rude wanted those 'hecklers' to yell out whilst drunk. Addressing the hecklers was at least 10% of his show. I had been to a show before but when I went to a 2nd show I was drunk and felt confident. So I started interrupting him and yelling out in the middle of his show. It was brilliant. He tore me apart. My looks, my clothes, the mystery of how I had a girl agree to attend the show with me, the way I speak, what my future would be. The dude took a solid 2 minutes of the show to level me like I was Baghdad. And then after the show Rodney Rude found me in the bar and bought my party a round of drinks and spent a solid half hour chatting and laughing with us and thanking me for the ammo.😂

[@conkersbadfurday356]

What a rabbit hole you've just entered...

[@glenmartin7978]

I was at his latest tour but fairly close to the back as I did not want to be picked on lol, he soaked the first few rows with his beer while doing his routine, someone in the front row complained that they were soaking wet and he said "what do you expect, you got front row tickets you can expect nothing more you dozey twat"

[@deggsymarley]

See Al on taskmaster more of his real fun personality , shines through

[@mrsmum3-6]

He's playing the part of a pub landlord. He's actually an historian in real life and written books too.

[@andrewcoates6641]

In his tv series Time Gentlemen Please he played his character but with a bit more of a backstory such as his wife having left him for a French barman taking their son with her, which gives him an irrational hatred of all things French, only for the same French barman to arrive in his pub looking for the lady in question, because she has run off with another barman. There’s also an episode where he is having an extension built on to his pub and the builder finds archeological remains so he has to stop the building work to allow the local university archeology department to dig up the entire pub garden, but the students spend most of their time in the bar , blocking the regular customers from being served. His character is also always seen wearing a red jacket which is the insignia of a landlord’s association that he is supposed to be a member of, but he is accused of breaking some rules of the association and is nearly thrown out. It was shown late at night on the ITV channel so it wasn’t as popular as it deserved to be, you should be able to find some clips or even some episodes via the internet.

[@KEITH-jc6gs]

No going back for you now. You have to do more Al Murray. You'll thank us.🤣

[@greatdelmondo]

Al Murray plays a character which is like your traditional patriotic pub landlord. He has a bar on the stage and regularly pulls himself a pint throughout. He is brilliant at interacting with his audiences and very very sharp. He is a very clever man and a historian.

[@IanHopkinson-lu8xo]

He spends the first part of his shows talking to the audience, he learns their names, their jobs and where they live, and he often includes them or information about them in his jokes

[@IkarosWaltz]

Don't worry, Michael Collins did get to land on the Moon eventually lol

[@susanashcroft2674]

Al as many have said is playing a character and for his character he shaves his head. He looks different when he has hair (and a beard). He is fast thinking and as far as I'm aware not drunk...the beer glass, bar, kegs are just props, being The Pub Landlord character.

[@baldyhead]

He's also a good drummer.

[@TanyaRando]

You're heading down the rabbit hole of Al Murray! Incredibly clever guy, it takes a while to be able to disconnect his character of the pub landlord, and his real self 😂

[@markjohnson9476]

He is playing a character called 'The Pub Landlord'. Playing up to stereotypes. That's why the beer kegs etc. He isn't like this in real life.

[@keslitsmith1252]

Al Murray is known as The Pub Landlord! Also was just as funny to meet in person, as I had the brief privilage of experiencing yrs ago. An extremely knowledgeable guy too!

[@marlonthomas8042]

He is probably the best comedian at audience interaction He’s phenomenal at it

[@cheryltotheg2880]

I saw him live in February he’s a comedy genius and also a genius historian. Yay I love comedy reactions . You’d like Michael McIntyre

[@normanseaman6397]

Al Murray is not bald, it’s part of his pub landlord persona, Al interacts with his audience and remembers the names of all those he’s interacted with

[@reactingtomyroots]

He's not bald? That's crazy. He must really get into character. 🤣

[@enemde3025]

This is his character THE PUB LANDLORD. HE had a series on TV called TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE. Not only is he a very funny man , he is very knowledgeable about history. " you've got one in your handbag, just in case you pull". A CONDOM . I have never seen Star Wars or Star Trek movies (just the old TV series with William Shatner etc). He asks people in the audience their names and jobs and refers back to them during the show.

[@BritBlue582]

Al Murray ( The Pub Landlord) explains. global finance / The Euro Crisis & hell in different accents - are all well worth watching!

[@tonysmith6940]

He plays a character the pub landlord and interacts with the audience a lot that's how he knows the names and what they do for a living he has a amazing memory Please do more of Al Murray it doesn't matter what order you do them in Great reaction love from the U.K.

[@charlestaylor3027]

There is a comedian called Dara O'Brien and he goes along the front row talking to people. One show he got halfway along and the guy said he was a food technologist and a couple of questions later he said "I invented the Magnum ice cream". Dara then said "right the rest of you can go home".

[@uppyraptor49]

The best one is the american sketch🤣its priceless

[@chucky2316]

No the best one is when his cousins Eton mate legged it 😂 Gideon 😂

[@MrPercy112]

May the Lord protect us from eejits. 🙏🏻

[@Topgooner01]

Welcome to the brilliant Al Murray. Try him proving that "God is British" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christinebarnes9102]

Al Murray the pub landlord is his public personality.

[@seacrestboxers1787]

Yes you must watch countries we have defeated hilarious and showing his great knowledge

[@andreaconroy3623]

Yep, never sit in the front row at a comedy show 🤣🇬🇧

[@chucky2316]

This is not comedy

[@Bobmeanstreak]

They are random audience members. He is just very intelligent and remembers the names... He is a historian and specialises in military history.

[@danielmaggs6361]

I absolutely love your stuff - Thank you!

[@PaulDear-jb2bu]

Look up "Secretaries". That will show you how he starts his shows and how he learns their names and occupations and he then uses that as part of his show and keeps referring back to them. He is also a renowned historian, particularly about WW2 and has made his own documentaries and podcasts. He is currently making a WW2 podcast with historian James Holland called "Walking the Ground".

[@mattsmith5421]

He talks to the audience at the start of the show and gets to know some of them, that's how he knew their names and jobs.

[@paulc180]

You have hit onto a cracking comedian here.

[@stephenspencer2632]

I have seen Al Murray a few times. He spends the 1st part of the show getting to know members of the audience and then refers to them for the rest of the show. He plays the part of a pub landlord. He is very knowledgeable and has a degree in history from Oxford University. Please watch Al Murray vs Americans.