Americans React To Al Murray Name A Country... We Have Defeated Them!

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Al Murray is an intelligent Oxford teacher who has some of the funniest standup we have ever seen. Reacting to his standup is one of our more favorite pass times.

[@CommonSenserules1981]

These do a good job at trying not to piss people off.. He was referring to the war of 1812 where the US declared war on the UK and invaded Canada and got repelled and ended up getting sieged with most battles lost, all war objectives lost hence signing a peace treaty. The US did win a battle at the end of the war meaning they did not lose any territory which gave the Yanks a reason to call for some victory even though they were the ones that declared war and got there arses handed to them ..

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The US declared war on the British empire, more specifically, to declare war upon the UK would mean they were attempting to invade the British isles

[@CommonSenserules1981]

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 They did send a ship or two and had zero chance.

[@Zentron]

​​​@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Yes, though they did start making preparations in the 1920s in order to invade the UK, but gave up on the idea in the 1930s. Hitler was going to align himself with us to repel the American forces, in exchange for our aid in his military invasion of Poland and other countries in Europe, but with the sudden decision by the US to give up on its UK invasion, Hitler used the still steady uncertainty to begin his invasion plans without us... though there was no chance of us collaborating with him anyway!

[@smithers4420]

​@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 The French won thst battle for them

[@DeanMoxley87]

@@CommonSenserules1981 was that a default setting

[@Shoomer1988]

He studied history at Oxford. He's a very smart guy.

[@-M0LE]

He’s just not funny

[@Shoomer1988]

@@-M0LE Not very in that clip. But it others he's hilarious.

[@-M0LE]

@@Shoomer1988 I’m English and never laughed at him It’s a crass humour imo

[@silkaverage]

​@@-M0LE why are you even here then? commenting on a video about someone you clearly don't like?

[@-M0LE]

@@silkaverage what is the comment section for ??????

[@universalfleece]

He has a degree in Modern History from Oxford and is a self confessed History fanatic so he genuinely does know his shit. The fact he is then also clever enough to twist anything into a patriotic British win is just genius. What is the best thing about his act is the people that don't get it is an ironic act..they say he is being "racist" when actually he us taking the piss out of people who are actually like that in real life

[@mickieg1994]

Some Derek and Clive is perfect for that, they do this caricature of the 70's racist in some of their work, it's hilarious but we're so far removed from it now that the satire is harder to spot and so alot of people nowadays think they were genuine.

[@leohickey4953]

Yes, Al's main on-stage character is the Pub Landlord, for which he's won comedy awards in the UK. Well worth checking out. The character is one you don't see so much of in real life anymore, but is a traditional "know it all" bar owner, with ultra patriotic views and an opinion about everything. He does drink a lot of beer during the performance, but it's alcohol-free stage beer. He also interacts fully with the audience, especially the front few rows, asking them questions about their lives, ridiculing their non-traditional jobs, flirting with the women (whose jobs he categorises as "teacher", "secretary", or "nurse" regardless of what they said), and generally tearing the place up. A few clips on YT show him picking on Americans in the crowd, so you might enjoy those.

[@JR-rv3xr]

Al Murray has started a new tour for 2024. I went to one of the shows earlier in the year it was great! At the end he sings a song called 'We sre not Americans'. Its absolutely class 🤣👍

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Can you imagine how many people would have a degree in history, if there were more teachers like him around?

[@bennyfactor1]

He does do history documentaries. One to watch is The Road to Berlin; a 10 part series, where he drives an American WW2 jeep and follows the UK/American advance from D Day to the fall of Berlin.

[@Alice-hp6yb]

I think you have to remember that his persona on stage is very much a character that Al is playing. He actually has an incredibly privileged background. He went to boarding school from a young age. His father a lieutenant colonel, grandfather a ‘Sir’ from Scottish aristocracy. As others have mentioned studied at Oxford.

[@Valant-t9p]

If we had a teacher like him we would all pay more attention in history class 😂

[@Zombie-Tog]

His "we have ways" podcast is all WW2 stuff...brilliant

[@angelahawman4263]

Al Murray on Task Master is him as himself. 😆I think you would enjoy it. From Yorkshire UK.

[@BrianMac2601]

He doesn't get drunk, it's non alcoholic lager he drinks on stage as part of his persona/character.

[@tonto2455]

Great reactions. You rolled with the punches.

[@jakefowler8522]

Al Murray’s a genius.

[@vilebrequin6923]

He's got a doctorate in History from Oxford University 😊

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

Not sure he’s got a doctorate from Oxford. He certainly graduated with a degree (likely a BA) in History.

[@baggyenjoysham]

He does a series called “why does everyone hate the Brits” it’s great.

[@Snaakie83]

Yankees is actually referring to the early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam... They were often called Jan or Kees...or the combination Jan-Kees... Somehow Yankees is the final version after a few hundred years... (Its the same for Boss (baas) and cookie (koekje)... Dutch leftovers.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

Love Al Murray! As I'm a Brit, I've been lucky enough to have seen him live several times. Comedy genius and he has a degree in Modern History from Oxford. But he does have one or two small errors in this skit. UGANDA - Nope. He is doubtless thinking of Tanganyika which was German East Africa. Which we did indeed snaffle and add to the Empire at the end of WW One. Uganda had already been added to the Empire a number of years previously (in the late 1880's ) as the Protectorate of Uganda. WHITE HOUSE - No, that's an urban myth. It was indeed burned after the British victory at Bladensburg, but it was already known as the White House prior to the War of 1812. Its somewhat porous stone construction had been whitewashed to protect against freeze/thaw erosion for nearly 20yrs prior to the burning. BURKINA FASO - Nope. A French colony since the late 1880's. Since Al replied "used to be a German colony" I rather think he is confusing it with Togo which we grabbed after WW One (well technically Togo was split in two, we got half, the French got half).

[@alanmurray5963]

Al Murray has an excellent name......bloody excellent 😃

[@jimbo_1312]

isn't it short for Alastair? Close enough, though, I guess.

[@vallarian9690]

he had his own show called Time Gentlemen Please, its basically this but a sitcom

[@PeterJPickles]

He does both, the comedy and has his own programs, podcasts and a few other educational outlets. Check out "we have ways"

[@codbudgie]

Al Murray did a sitcom called "Time Gentlemen Please" which is based around the pub landlord, not sure if that was first or the character came first though, deffo recommend taking a look.

[@Noob-Splaining]

He was at a comedy festival I think the Edinburgh one and the actual compare who introduces all the acts didn't show so he quickly created this character and stood in, the other acts loved it so much they even chipped in with some suggestions and so the Pub Land Lord was born....the rest is history.

[@iamjurell]

He started the character early on, I think, on stage and for other things.

[@bobjunoir6253]

You guys should check out. Al murray - nations of the world. Just a complete pisstake of every country on the planet

[@crocsmart5115]

His very early act was a strange sort of ventriloquist/noises performance,very well done and quite funny. I think (if memory serves) the pub landlord developed when he had to mc comedy shows. (Please correct me if I’m wrong)

[@kriswheeler5686]

Septic tanks are properly dumb sometimes 😂

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Sometimes???? Never met an intelligent one.

[@matthewmcnerlin231]

Just a superior education system. Also it is the Irish that love Guinness

[@MichaelLamming]

You're known as Yanks all over the English speaking world 😂

[@drum253]

Yeah, yank is an old fashioned brit term for any Americans, but, rarely used nowadays..apart from piss taking, as this is. He wasn't a History teacher, but, studied history at Oxford University. Knows his stuff, for sure. Good amateur drummer too.

[@lotuselise4432]

I just call them Barclays and I believe he still lives in Chiswick so old Phil Collins stomping ground hence maybe the drum kit.

[@drum253]

@@lotuselise4432 Yes, and in typical fashion Al doesn't play a kit made by one of the big names like Yamaha, Tama, Pearl etc, he plays a kit made by a small firm called The British drum company 😁. They're a reasonably new firm and make very nice kits. It made me laugh when I saw which make he'd chosen.

[@EveryTongueShallTell]

Found out one day that Americans don't call themselves yanks which is one thing all Americans can be known as. Apparently, in the States it's only the people from the New England part of the country who are yanks.

[@petertyson4022]

Yanks or Yankey might of came from the Dutch name Jan( John). First heard in the American civil war. Amracans call the English/British, Limey's. Because the British navy give its sailors lime or lemon juice to stop scurvy. But the Amracans didn't know about or believe in its treatment.. Bit of history. Yer. Al Murray is the boss. like the reaction you guys got. 😊👍

[@brianshockledge3241]

Britain did in fact invade Peru.

[@MajorLeap-ww6bf]

Britain never invaded Peru, though some British pirate ships raided the coast, but there was no attempt to invade.

[@stuartmitchell3236]

Calling an American a Yank. Is like the English being called Poms by Aussies (and maybe others) just a slang nickname that sticks.

[@MorganMontyMcKeown]

Yank, Yankee I believe comes from how the North American Indian tribes engaged with early English settlers pre USA and referred to them as "Yangees" as they could not pronounce the term "English".

[@davehogg63]

Yanks is a contraction of the Yankees. Coined by the early Dutch colonists their name for the British was John Cheese, in Dutch Jan Quese the J pronounced Y, like Yan kweese.

[@aidiess]

enjoyed it immensely guys ! Can I please recommend his skit on the world economy !! It is off the scale hillarious - especially when it gets to California and then over to New York ! I promise you, you'll love it

[@chocolate-teapot]

Septic tanks have no idea

[@stanleyhipkiss4690]

Calling Al murray a history teacher is like calling Ronaldo someone who enjoys football

[@GoldenKaos]

Yeah, he himself admits that you have to stretch logic a bit to get every country in.

[@cyberash3000]

he also has a comedy sitcom called time gentleman please where he plays the pub landllord in his own pub with a barmaid barman and locals, its very funny

[@DEAN0795]

“Perfectly poured”

[@davemaullin2789]

“Nations of the world” superb video, got to be done you yanks 😉

[@timmyelite2951]

Like everyone has said he studied history but he also done a bunch of stuff on the history, wrote a book and did a Ted talk.

[@dixienormus8097]

You guys need to check out his one about great britain being the centre of the earth it's fantastic.

[@cyberash3000]

americans came wit hthe term and told us to call them yanks, its after the song over there sung by american GI's says "over there over there,tell them the yanks are coming over there"

[@Darrell3163]

i think i might be right in saying Al Murray has a first class honors degree from Oxford University for Modern history. I don't believe he was ever a teacher though.

[@goodgod77]

some one check this to make sure i am correct. British invasion of the river plate 1806 - 1807 (present day argentina and Uruguay ) Spanish victory. English Armada 1589 Spanish victory. Afghanistan no one wins there. Ireland ended in a draw 1922.

[@martinshepherd626]

Alot of all this is fairly common knowledge in Britain

[@NorthernWayfarer-Alice]

Anglo-Satsuma 'war' 1863... UK beat Japan, the result of that skirmish had a direct impact on changing the entire Japanese political system.

[@Th3D3ltaforc3]

He did this shtick at a gig I went to and I stumped him, he said he'd give me a free ticket to his next show in the area and give me an answer then, next time he showed up there was no sign of any free ticket

[@richardbeaton7324]

You guys should check out Dylan Moran. Either his ( Like Totally ) or ( Monster ) show . He's another one for drinking on stage and he's Irish. He also did a little comedy series with Bill Bailey called Black Books.

[@Axispaw1]

Dylan Moran is terrible 😂

[@richardbeaton7324]

@@Axispaw1 So is your personality 😂 ,,,,

[@dorothysimpson2804]

Actually the Vikings never left.

[@jimjams20001]

La fosse septique en argot rimant Cockney équivaut à "'yank"

[@alexdevine760]

Not a little stretch at all peru served spain we then defeated spain who owned peru end of.

[@ETRTriad]

Never came across offended to myself 🤷🏾‍♂️ We brits should be able to see banter better than anyone.

[@Soulvex]

you showed this about 3 times now.

[@hanskneesun123]

It's easier to look up the countries the Brits haven't invaded.

[@smiddlehurst1]

We had a flag surplus, what else do you do with ‘em but go find a country, stick one in it then have an energetic dispute with the locals over such minor details as taxes and fealty?

[@CM-1723]

React to Every country England as ever invaded visualised

[@Mina-kq6cf]

hi!! have you guys completely abandoned show-jo channel and patreon? just asking, i accidentally stumbled upon this video and was curious.

[@beeby9689]

nations of the world by Al Murray next, OR.... bacon proves the existence of god

[@patrickwheeler5701]

Antarctica

[@marcozani6115]

Nobody mentioned Afghanistan

[@newcastlelukelowther]

Reading the comments on this no wonder they all got bored 😴

[@robertdaniel8125]

Re upload

[@1001-p4q]

This is what happens when you don't have an American education

[@daweshorizon]

FFS, you guys really need to brush up on your history. And learn to understand the concept of irony. I feel the need to explain further, but I can't be arsed. OK, I will try. Al Murray is very brainy graduate in History from Oxford University. That's why he knows his stuff. Al, (actually using his real name) plays the character of a stereotypical landlord of a British Public House, opinionated yet helpful. He may have old-fashioned, but nevertheless 'traditional' values and beliefs. And he sells you beer. Possibly crisps as well; or 'potato chips', if you must. The Public House, or simply 'Pub', is a cultural facet of life in the UK and Ireland. People go to the pub for a beer after a day at work, or maybe to meet friends later in the evening. The nearest pub you can walk to, may be referred to as the 'local', where you will meet many familiar faces, pass the time of day and talk bollocks about football, horse-racing and the weather. The British Pub is iconic. Friendships and relationships are formed. Both good and (less frequently) bad. So basically, Al Murray is mainly poking fun at British arrogance and weird ideas of National pride. Any offence taken by Americans, French or Germans is just collateral damage. It's comedy! In Britain it's called 'taking the piss'. I hope this makes things clearer for what Al Murray would call you, 'dozy yanks'. Love and peace.

[@gregphillips24]

By the way he doesn't drink real beer on stage.Non alcholic.

[@JohnHF1957]

Al's knowledge is great (he has a History degree but was never a History teacher), the delivery is very impressive but not all of the information he gives is factually correct (i.e. there was no Pope Julius XII, only three Popes were named Julius and the dates of the treaty that partitioned New World discoveries between Spain and Portugal were incorrect). I am not being overly critical but one can't fully compliment someone for something they do that is not totally correct (I think I am qualified to comment, as I was a secondary school History teacher for 33 years, covering in my studies and teaching , Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern European History, Australian History, Pacific History and American History).

[@alecbowman2548]

He’s not correct about Uganda. It was never a German colony.

[@richardmiller3839]

Learn history everyone