‘Authentic Stupidity’: Ben Elton on how idiotic humans can be

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12 күн бұрын

The comedian Ben Elton says he's spent his 45-year career "exploring the outer limits of human idiocy."
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Best known for his work on Blackadder and the Young Ones, as well as writing musicals and novels, will tour this summer with a new standup show he's called 'Authentic Stupidity’.
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@escapetheratracenow9883
@escapetheratracenow9883 9 күн бұрын
"In a democracy, it is necessary for people to learn to endure having their sentiments outraged" - Bertrand Russell Conflating disagreement with hatred is the calling card of an immature and underdeveloped mind.
@opinion3742
@opinion3742 2 күн бұрын
True when true. But quite often just an excuse for something more harmful and sinister.
@user-fe1gb9uc1t
@user-fe1gb9uc1t 10 күн бұрын
"often, people haven't really been listening" - yes
@MAGNUM2F
@MAGNUM2F 7 күн бұрын
We should not have people deciding on what's offensive or not. Assume people have their own opinions and that these will often be different from yours. The era of no debate is over.
@matthewtaylor7355
@matthewtaylor7355 5 күн бұрын
Would you defend the rights of Paedophiles to Free Speech?
@andrewrobinson2565
@andrewrobinson2565 4 күн бұрын
The era of a Magnum being an ice cream is over. 😢
@opinion3742
@opinion3742 2 күн бұрын
And Ben clearly pointed out that this is happening on a spectrum. People are not always arbiters of truth and good sense. The over sensitive snowflake is not only more of a myth than is advertised, those dishing out offense very often can't take it themselves.
@andrewrobinson2565
@andrewrobinson2565 2 күн бұрын
@@opinion3742 (edit:+1) At 63 years old and being a polyglot with access to lots of words, I find this "Newspeak" (Orwell) uninteresting. Snowflake, wokist, gaslighting etc. are unnecessary additions to the English vocabulary and are often used incorrectly. They're nearly all aggressive punch-down terms and are a reflection of egotistical and narcissistic tendencies in our (so-called) betters and leaders. Just sayin'. Bonne journée, macht's gut, نهاركم سعيد ☮️❤️⛱️ 🌊🇨🇵🇪🇺.
@opinion3742
@opinion3742 2 күн бұрын
@@andrewrobinson2565 Terms will always be abused. As is the case with all serious conflict truth has been the first victim in the culture wars.
@user-gq1ov5bl1h
@user-gq1ov5bl1h 9 күн бұрын
No one has a right to not be offended, They do have a right to not suffer abuse. As Ben Elton says, there's a huge difference between the two. Unfortunately a lot of people think they're the same thing.
@totallybored5526
@totallybored5526 8 күн бұрын
The perpetual “offended” are usually the most abusive
@claymor8241
@claymor8241 8 күн бұрын
Almost no one thinks that. Where do you and those like you get this rubbish? There is not a great bloc of society lining up to heap abuse on people, which is why so many people are searching high and low to find offence where none is intended. It really is nonsense.
@favesongslist
@favesongslist 7 күн бұрын
Like the debating differences of opinion, now meeting 'cancel culture'.
@carltaylor6452
@carltaylor6452 7 күн бұрын
When you have clowns arguing that correctly gendering people is 'abuse' or introducing hate speech legislation based on subjective perception in which all forms of 'abuse' are subject to investigation, then you have to narrowly define what you mean by 'abuse'. Words no longer mean to many people what most of us think they mean.
@markpostgate2551
@markpostgate2551 6 күн бұрын
I think he is equivocating there. Who makes the distinction? Is an Emily Howard sketch from 00s Little Britain merely offensive to some people or is it abusive to those people? Opinions on that will differ but they can all agree with Ben Elton's Barnum statement opinion that people should have opportunity to be offended but never abused, and what is the point in saying something that everyone agrees with regardless of where they stand? He is playing it very safe to say there is a difference between the trivial and egregious yet not say what the difference is or whereabout the boundary is. On analysis, that is quite weak sauce.
@duncankowable
@duncankowable 10 күн бұрын
what the UK needs now is Prime Minister Blackadder. That's a cunning plan.
@mikearchibald744
@mikearchibald744 10 күн бұрын
But there are so many immigrants now, the only way they'd get there is if they are a cunning linguist. Helps with the female vote as well.
@richardmoffatt2540
@richardmoffatt2540 9 күн бұрын
It cannot fail
@jayrdee8542
@jayrdee8542 6 күн бұрын
Ben Elton wanted Natural Born Killers banned in 1995. He even made play called Popcorn about wanting to ban it.
@paulburton9386
@paulburton9386 10 күн бұрын
Thank God for Ben Elton in this mad world. I've been watching him since the 80s. The Young Ones might be dated now, but everything he says in interviews and in his stand-up is always right up to date.
@thelostboy9884
@thelostboy9884 10 күн бұрын
So you're okay supporting a man who supports the terrorist state of Israel?
@catscan2022
@catscan2022 10 күн бұрын
Hes far more ahead of the game than I am. I'd never heard of the word cis until I read his last novel. It was like beimg informed of a whole new subculture.
@mattvjmeasures
@mattvjmeasures 10 күн бұрын
Neil ! Your bedroom's on fire !
@jasoncraig606
@jasoncraig606 9 күн бұрын
@@mattvjmeasuresYoung Ones will never date, its imprinted on my psyche since 10 years old😊
@totallybored5526
@totallybored5526 8 күн бұрын
Just because something someone says is “up to date”, it doesn’t mean what being said is correct, intelligent, interesting, well thought out, or empathetic. It just means they’ve said something for seals to clap at so they can feel “up to date”
@ianwilkinson2731
@ianwilkinson2731 8 күн бұрын
He’s one of the parts that started all this lunacy deciding which comedians were offensive and now it’s backfired and everyone’s offended about everything 😂
@kevinmarriott8698
@kevinmarriott8698 8 күн бұрын
You sound very offended.
@TarpeianRock
@TarpeianRock 8 күн бұрын
Exactly right : he was the one at the forefront to cancel Benny Hill. Whatever one thinks of BH (I was not a fan) he didn’t deserve the cancellation Ben Elton ( and others) were pushing, it broke him.
@brianwilson49
@brianwilson49 8 күн бұрын
elton merely expressed his opinion about bernard manning and benny hill; he didn't ask for them to be cancelled. i think, as elton says, there’s a rather large chasm between the two and if you don’t understand that it's probably because you haven't been listening.
@TarpeianRock
@TarpeianRock 7 күн бұрын
@@brianwilson49 “merely expressed his opinion” : smells of shirking one’s responsibility for one’s actions don’t you think ?
@brianwilson49
@brianwilson49 7 күн бұрын
@@TarpeianRock if you’re a bit simple, yes.
@artofsam
@artofsam 10 күн бұрын
Everytime I watch Ben Elton it makes me realise how much John Oliver has stolen from him.
@johnstirling6597
@johnstirling6597 10 күн бұрын
Which one is the clone of the other?
@homertangler9529
@homertangler9529 10 күн бұрын
Well, how much then? Any examples?
@liborsionko
@liborsionko 9 күн бұрын
​@@homertangler9529 His face
@gonzo1354
@gonzo1354 9 күн бұрын
i've never seen them in the same room together
@homertangler9529
@homertangler9529 7 күн бұрын
@@gonzo1354 ...and I've never seen either of them eat or drink ANYthing...and it's already 2024. That's a long time. They might be androids. I'm keeping an eye on John Oliver. The OP can keep an eye on Elton.
@Thunderer0872
@Thunderer0872 10 күн бұрын
"Double seat, Double seat, gotta get a double seat!"
@JamJam0189
@JamJam0189 10 күн бұрын
Why don't you like sitting next to people or are you on the larger side of life.?
@philoshaughnessy906
@philoshaughnessy906 10 күн бұрын
Oh, yes. I remember that.
@davidh4514
@davidh4514 8 күн бұрын
Window seat
@peterrobinson6091
@peterrobinson6091 6 күн бұрын
best stand-up show i ever saw🤣
@doggieclaude
@doggieclaude 3 күн бұрын
That phrase lives rent free in my brain to this day
@pcat1378
@pcat1378 10 күн бұрын
2024, people who can't control their own emotions want others arrested
@TarpeianRock
@TarpeianRock 8 күн бұрын
Brilliantly concise description of the Woke madness.
@MaggotTayne
@MaggotTayne 10 күн бұрын
Ben: Can I come on your channel to promote my new tour? C4: That’s not really news-worthy Ben: What if I complain about cancel culture?
@andymoore9977
@andymoore9977 5 күн бұрын
Nailed it!
@jozy6264
@jozy6264 10 күн бұрын
I agree wholeheartedly with Ben Elton here but it doesn't change my negative opinion of him ruining Benny Hill's career to make a political point back in the 80s.
@nathangriffiths6218
@nathangriffiths6218 7 күн бұрын
@@ChuckWind-Saw 100% - Benny Hill's show ended because the public tired of it, not because Elton criticised it. That show had production costs of more than 1.5 million per episode in todays money and it was unsustainable for ITV.
@andymoore9977
@andymoore9977 5 күн бұрын
@@nathangriffiths6218 Ben Elton, like a vulture, saw a weakness and went for it to feather his own nest. Sorry about the mixed metaphors!
@wightangel
@wightangel 8 күн бұрын
Ben Elton should be recognised for his contribution to British comedy.
@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511
@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 6 күн бұрын
he's really not that great
@richardmullens4707
@richardmullens4707 4 күн бұрын
He taught me to put a single sheet of loo roll down before having a poo so I applaud him for that.
@jedimasterbazz
@jedimasterbazz 10 күн бұрын
Leonardo Carpaccio!! 🤣🤣🤣
@noneofyoubusiness4895
@noneofyoubusiness4895 8 күн бұрын
Translate to English : - )
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 2 күн бұрын
Elton is responsible for the current situation. He pushed the PC comedy in the 1980s, called for the cancellation of Benny Hill and Natural Born Killers(his play "Popcorn" was effectively about that).
@markpostgate2551
@markpostgate2551 6 күн бұрын
I wondered where Elton would fall on it because in some ways he was part of a vanguard of the culture that has become so repressive now - for example he was a key influencer in ending Benny Hill's career, and he was always one of the more prudish of the alternative comedians - although I always thought it a bit ironic that on channel 4's Saturday Night Live he would do a ranty piece about racism in comedy and then hand immediaely over to Stavros ("ello everybody peeps, it's me Stav innit?") which bore all the features of what Elton had been ranting about - and in some ways Elton led us into 80s political correctness whilst Enfield led us out towards the more liberated 00s of Little Britain and South Park - and in some ways the Little Britain team have gone the other way, being terribly edgy in the 00s when it was fashionable to be edgy but apologising for it as soon as the fashion is to be hypersensitive, and I don't think it is very impressive to be fashionable. You know what is fashionable? Clay. I actually find it quite interesting that Elton is prepared to say there is a problem, whereas Stewart Lee, who I would have expected to be contrarian, seems oblivious to it. But I think the biggest problem is the way people can self-shelter. Aa lot of my points if evolution in the 90s was due to an idea or counter-argument to a piece of dogma I had been indoctrinated into that I simply stumbled upon, whether it was flicking through TV, browsing in a library or bookshop, listening to the radio, hearing expressed in a small gathering of friends, and I think with streaming, blocking, trigger warnings, deplatforming, social atomisation, discourse moving to online social media rather than pubs and parties et cetera it is so easy for people to coccoon themselves away from challenging views - sure there is a great market in independent podcasts, stand up comics, alternative news et cetera but people have to seek them out and get to tailor their own diet of ideas - it is all available to anyone willing to seek it out, but there is not much opportunity for stumbling upon a challenging view by accident and I think we all need opportunities for accidentally stumbling upon things.
@sirrathersplendid4825
@sirrathersplendid4825 3 сағат бұрын
Exactly right: Elton was at the vanguard of the repressiveness. A bit like Frankie Boyle, once at the raw rock-face, now a gatekeeper. Funny old world. At least Elton now sees how deranged things have become.
@angelabrooke5059
@angelabrooke5059 10 күн бұрын
Have to agree with him. Nice to hear someone whois intelligent. Refreshing change
@offshoretomorrow3346
@offshoretomorrow3346 9 күн бұрын
Ben, wildly missing the point that Elon Musk has warned that AI is profoundly dangerous!
@andyw8984
@andyw8984 3 күн бұрын
Also missed the point that Elon is one of the few pushing back effectively against cancel culture.
@woodyspooner
@woodyspooner 9 күн бұрын
Trigger warning, life isn't all sunshine and ice cream. You may see or hear unpleasant things that you may disagree with. Grow up and deal with it.
@nightowl7459
@nightowl7459 9 күн бұрын
Ben Elton, I'm sure he was the one who helped get Benny Hill cancelled.
@Bromley68
@Bromley68 9 күн бұрын
The Benny Hill show was cancelled in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 (equivalent to £1,414,100 in 2023
@VictorMaxol
@VictorMaxol 8 күн бұрын
@@Bromley68 The spirit of the point is correct.
@Bromley68
@Bromley68 8 күн бұрын
@@VictorMaxol Yea...it actually isn't. "nightowl7458" has articulated that Ben Elton "helped get Benny Hill cancelled" when the facts are that falling ratings that didn't justify the costs did. Nothing to do with Ben Elton whatsoever.
@nightowl7459
@nightowl7459 8 күн бұрын
@@Bromley68 He was cancelled because Elton and his so called "alternative comedy" were calling out the old comedians and Benny Hill in particular for their misogyny amongst others thing, they started the leftovers comedy, viewing figures might have been falling and I'm not sure about production cost? But he was part of Hills cancellation.
@Bromley68
@Bromley68 8 күн бұрын
@@nightowl7459 Thames TV could not have cared less about Ben Elton. Everything you've written is incorrect. I'm guessing you're doing this on purpose.
@user-fg3bn6nj8v
@user-fg3bn6nj8v 10 күн бұрын
Oh thank god! I thought he was going to go full Gervais. I couldn’t take that. I’m a millennial and huge Ben Elton fan haha
@55tranquility
@55tranquility 6 күн бұрын
The fact that the police will send seven officers over a tweet and my car was stolen from outside my house and they didn't lift a finger, didn't want to know says it all
@kaminznanna
@kaminznanna 10 сағат бұрын
“I auditioned for the director and gave myself the role”, wow
@IanInChengdu
@IanInChengdu 10 күн бұрын
I’m offended at We Will Rock You.
@stevenbootes8807
@stevenbootes8807 10 күн бұрын
Then don't watch it 👍
@SpacialKatana
@SpacialKatana 9 күн бұрын
Five pounds to get into my own bedroom,what have you done turn it into a roller disco? 🤣🤣🤣
@paulelverstone8677
@paulelverstone8677 9 күн бұрын
Uncanny.... ;o)
@callanturner4749
@callanturner4749 9 күн бұрын
Elton did a job on Benny Hill years ago….hmmm
@ricardolorrio8228
@ricardolorrio8228 6 күн бұрын
yeah.. I remember that....
@andymoore9977
@andymoore9977 5 күн бұрын
@@ricardolorrio8228 Mr Elton would like to move on.......
@AnthonyKellett
@AnthonyKellett 6 күн бұрын
It's interesting, what Ben said about Thatcher. I always said precisely the same thing about Tony Benn. Credit where credit is due.
@michaelscales5996
@michaelscales5996 7 күн бұрын
When he first started he criticised the great Benny Hill for being sexist and racist ! Now he says,being offensive is not a hate crime and we must maintain a sense of proportion.Complete hypocrite !
@tobleramone
@tobleramone 6 күн бұрын
Not at all. You just haven't understood the debate.
@michaelscales5996
@michaelscales5996 6 күн бұрын
@@tobleramone The debate has been turned around by Elton to help his wallet grow.I understand that !
@andymoore9977
@andymoore9977 5 күн бұрын
@@tobleramone Well please explain to us stupid folk what happened.
@tobleramone
@tobleramone 4 күн бұрын
@@michaelscales5996 Well I'm not a fanboy, I just don't think it's an either or situation. I can laugh at Benny Hill but I can see the problems with some of his stuff too.
@roc7880
@roc7880 11 күн бұрын
he probably meant being offended is not a PROOF of a hate crime, although being offended can be a hate crime against yourself in itself. love Elton.
@rhysperegrine5100
@rhysperegrine5100 10 күн бұрын
He definitely did mean that. But neither does he want to be an anti-woke culture warrior about the whole thing
@kapitankapital6580
@kapitankapital6580 10 күн бұрын
I don't think you can commit hate crimes against yourself, even in modern Britain...
@biegebythesea6775
@biegebythesea6775 10 күн бұрын
no he didn't mean that. he's making fun of people who hate woke culture.
@biegebythesea6775
@biegebythesea6775 10 күн бұрын
@@rhysperegrine5100 he doesn't like the anti-woke mob, no he didn't mean that
@rhysperegrine5100
@rhysperegrine5100 10 күн бұрын
@@biegebythesea6775 He did mean that. You can gently criticize woke culture without becoming a complete anti-woke idiot
@kramer26
@kramer26 3 күн бұрын
Offence is never given, only ever taken.
@g.pmoore4293
@g.pmoore4293 Күн бұрын
To be fair it was Mr Elton's generation of comedian who were among the first people to take offence of moat things that didnt star themselves
@RS-jb1lf
@RS-jb1lf 10 күн бұрын
Didn’t think much of Elton, but when he articulately summarised our unelected, deceitful PM, Sunak, he went up massively in my opinion. I’m going to watch his show live!
@bertbox69
@bertbox69 10 күн бұрын
It's not difficult to point of the flaws and shortcomings of a worthless place holder like Sunak
@RS-jb1lf
@RS-jb1lf 10 күн бұрын
@@bertbox69 Well he was sold as a “grown up” coming into fix the mess of his predecessors, little did many know he would actually be a whole lot worse.
@lizziebkennedy7505
@lizziebkennedy7505 10 күн бұрын
@@RS-jb1lfhe’s not worse than Truss. But it’s a cesspool alright.
@paul7TM
@paul7TM 10 күн бұрын
Doesn't he live in Western Australia now... but yeah the ink fingered little desk clerk as George Galloway calls Sunak.
@PGHEngineer
@PGHEngineer 9 күн бұрын
Surprisingly quiet when the Labour Party were killing children in Iraq, however.
@filangafree
@filangafree 10 күн бұрын
old school genius.
@doonewatts7155
@doonewatts7155 5 күн бұрын
Ben is that rare thing someone who never utters the phrase 'It was better in my day'
@mariajefferies8555
@mariajefferies8555 10 күн бұрын
Genius 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼brilliant comedic delivery
@andyhello23
@andyhello23 9 күн бұрын
Yep, being offended is not a hate crime People used to just leave people alone they hate, now we live in a world where people think everyone must like what they hate, and allow threats to them to exist just because people cannot say no today, without thinking you will offend someone. About time someone in public said this like elton said Being offended is not a hate crime People have no way of knowing why people are the way they are, and just because two people hate each other, there is thousands of reasons why can happen. All people on earth will have a few friends in life if they are fortunate Alot of people have no friends Where does this idea that everyone is supposed to like each other come from?
@muttley5958
@muttley5958 6 күн бұрын
There's no such thing as a "Hate crime"
@markpostgate2551
@markpostgate2551 6 күн бұрын
​@@muttley5958 Well there is, obviously, because "crime" is a legal construct and anything legislators say is a thing is a thing because legislators say it is. You may as well say there is no such thing as a class A drug or there is no such thing as a parking offence. The question is should there be?
@tonysargent1699
@tonysargent1699 10 күн бұрын
Still such a great bloke! So glad for his parents parents!! Thankyou "SIR" Ben Elton!!!
@joelonsdale
@joelonsdale 10 күн бұрын
A man of extremes: The Young Ones and We Will Rock You... Glad to see him return to home territory.
@learningpianoat61
@learningpianoat61 8 күн бұрын
Hey, Ben... if you're reading this... thank you for 'Filthy, Rich & Catflap'. Arguably the best and most important sitcom ever written.
@paulclarkson9343
@paulclarkson9343 8 күн бұрын
Steve Hughes has been saying this for years.
@bganonimouse2754
@bganonimouse2754 6 күн бұрын
Delighted to see Elton back on the scene. Keep speaking out, we need you mate!
@mooseyman74
@mooseyman74 3 күн бұрын
Nice of that young woman to perform an interview just before she heads out to the shops
@Romalvx
@Romalvx 6 күн бұрын
As a tour guide I have much genuine material to submit to Mr Elton, such as silly statements, ridiculous feedback and hilarious mishaps.
@johnllewellyn3481
@johnllewellyn3481 9 күн бұрын
Right on Ben. Be seeing you so. Johnnie XXX
@zed4225
@zed4225 8 күн бұрын
Love Ben Elton, massively talented. Good to see he’s hitting the road. West Australia Elton?
@dh1380
@dh1380 2 күн бұрын
Very well articulated
@edaindaimhin6009
@edaindaimhin6009 7 күн бұрын
About time he woke up to the insanity.
@davidloveday8473
@davidloveday8473 8 күн бұрын
Unfortunate description in the thumb nail. What Ben Elton clearly meant was that being offended doesn't necessarily mean you've been the VICTIM of a hate crime. But at the same time, he made pretty clear he doesn't agree with those (including certain comedians) who groundlessly claim that cancel culture means "we can't say anything any more".
@pauldavis3791
@pauldavis3791 8 күн бұрын
And being offended doesn't necessarily mean that you are right.🙂
@davidloveday8473
@davidloveday8473 8 күн бұрын
@@pauldavis3791 true. Also true: free speech doesn't deprive people of the right to be offended, or to say they are offended. And people exercising their right to say they are offended doesn't limit the free speech of others.
@carltaylor6452
@carltaylor6452 7 күн бұрын
Tell that to all the comedians who have been cancelled. Jerry Sadowitz and Graham Linehan - there are plenty of others - are living proof that there are things we can't say anymore unless we are prepared to pay a very high cost. That's not freedom of speech.
@davidloveday8473
@davidloveday8473 7 күн бұрын
@@carltaylor6452 what do you mean by "cancelled"? They haven't been executed for what they've said (as has happened to brave souls in other places or other eras). They aren't in prison. They haven't been convicted of any speech-based crimes. The state has in no way limited their freedom to say controversial or offensive things that fall short of hate crimes. The state has in no way compelled them to say things they don't want. And as a result of their speech, they are not facing any threats to their safety from which the state is failing to offer them protection. All that being so, they have freedom of speech. Freedom of speech has never been absolute. Nor has saying things that others think are controversial ever come without cost to someone. That's the nature of things. You seem to be confusing freedom of speech with the non-existent right to demand to be actively given a particular public platform of one's choice by others, or the non-existent right to speak without others speaking back. Take Sadowitz. The only thing that ever seems to have actually happened to him is that a private venue once decided to cancel a planned series of events with him on the grounds that the people running the venue thought the content inconsistent with their values. If a private venue want to do that, then they are free to do so. Otherwise the private venue and its owners are being compelled to actively promote spoken content against their will - something which would be a clear infringement of their free speech. Doing so doesn't rob Sadowitz of free speech. Sadowitz remains free to stage his act at any venue that will have him. And if he can't find an existing venue that wants him, he's free to start a venue of his own or to propose that others do so. If he can't find a live venue, there's the internet. If he still cant secure and maintain a platform for himself, then like 99.9999% of us, he is not currently someone that people are interested in seeing do a comedy routine, in which case he may want to rethink his routine and its relevance. But according to Wikipedia, the cancellation of Sadowitz's Edinburgh fringe show caused increased sales of tickets for his subsequent UK tour, to which an extra performance was added. A person is not "cancelled" if their comedy act is more popular and more successful than ever.
@DeadlyKiss000
@DeadlyKiss000 8 күн бұрын
I once gave offence and a gate too! Now that's humour!! Don't nick it off me Ben!!!!!!
@ianhaynes3127
@ianhaynes3127 8 күн бұрын
Solid geeza! Wish I was in the UK to watch. Saw him in Leeds once. Nearly split a kidney!!!!! Should be on Netflix !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@davebassP5
@davebassP5 8 күн бұрын
Ben is brilliant in We will rock you. So ‘Ben Elton’ even after all these decades.
@jayseabie215
@jayseabie215 9 күн бұрын
Leonardo Carpatchio is probably the funniest thing Ben Elton has ever said.
@ryiin
@ryiin 9 күн бұрын
Agreed 😂
@techtinkerin
@techtinkerin 10 күн бұрын
Yes Ben Elton
@wswan9478
@wswan9478 8 күн бұрын
Always liked this guy. Had his stand up on vhs when I was a kid and always loved Blackadder. Well, once Ben joined Richard anyway.
@hpoonis2010
@hpoonis2010 10 күн бұрын
Leonardo Gaspatcho. I think that's what I shall call him.
@_Ben4810
@_Ben4810 10 күн бұрын
Hang on...This guy wrote that turgid Queen mu$ical "We Will Rock You"...🙄 Oh well, altogether "Yes-In-Deedy...!!! My name is Ben Elton...Goodnight..!"
@EdwardLindon
@EdwardLindon 10 күн бұрын
I mean, that's not what trigger warnings are. It's not too much to ask that we tell people "This production contains scenes of violence" so that victims of social violence can make informed decisions about whether or not to watch. Which suggests that, in this respect, it's good old Uncle Ben who needs to listen to what is actually being said. That quibble aside, this lovely old fart, a comic staple from my childhood, is largely right in what he says here.
@bipolarminddroppings
@bipolarminddroppings 10 күн бұрын
It's ironic that in answering that question Ben said something about people not actually listening to what was being said, and you've clearly not listened to what he actually said...
@homertangler9529
@homertangler9529 10 күн бұрын
@@bipolarminddroppings Why are you lying about the OP? Never mind. I am sure you will never even attempt to provide evidence. Anyhow, I guess you've managed to live up to your name anyhow.
@FF101100
@FF101100 9 күн бұрын
If that was all trigger warnings were used for, then perhaps. But it isn't. Books written a few decades or more ago are awash with warnings of 'outdated attitudes' - are people too stupid to realise that a writer in 1924 probably had different attitudes to a writer in 2024? If people are too fragile to tolerate out-dated attitudes don't read old books. 'Contains scenes of violence' warnings on crime fiction novels - seriously, isn't it kinda obvious that crime novels will contain violence? It's like putting a warning on a packet of nuts that they may contain nuts. Same with comedy - anyone who objects to bad language must surely know not to watch any stand-up from the last half-century. Treat us as if we are intelligent people capable of exercising judgement.
@GreenwashTheMusical
@GreenwashTheMusical 4 күн бұрын
He’s a legend….
@DiarmuidOhibicin
@DiarmuidOhibicin 9 күн бұрын
Ben is a wonderful human being. I wish everyone on the planet was Ben Elton! What a f**king great place to live it would be then.
@sjwillis1137
@sjwillis1137 8 күн бұрын
Thank you Ben for being authentically real .
@amandaely9983
@amandaely9983 8 күн бұрын
I have never been so conflicted over one person…
@mikeanderson7549
@mikeanderson7549 3 күн бұрын
You British?
@successschhoolofmotoring
@successschhoolofmotoring 9 күн бұрын
A very funny author on top of his stand up routine.
@rinsomatic9295
@rinsomatic9295 9 күн бұрын
I agree with him.❤
@seanjones180
@seanjones180 8 күн бұрын
It's clear that social media has given audiences/viewers /listeners a right to respond in a way like never before which can involve pathetic and damaging pile ons. But its also true that todays comedians have MORE freedom than at any point in hundreds of years to say what they like.
@CityOfTinyLines
@CityOfTinyLines 10 күн бұрын
Elon Musk's "Starbase" often reminds me of what they were doing in Ben Elton's novel "Popcorn"
@user-ub1dz8js7s
@user-ub1dz8js7s 7 күн бұрын
Right On !!!
@alanwllms5172
@alanwllms5172 10 күн бұрын
If proof was needed how idiotic we are, just look at the numbers of people who watch Eastenders or Corrie
@PGHEngineer
@PGHEngineer 9 күн бұрын
Ah ha! So we're about 8 times less idiotic now than we were in the 80s? Great!
@NickyNustar
@NickyNustar 7 күн бұрын
There is little wrong with Great Britain at the moment aside from perspectives.
@notorio526
@notorio526 10 күн бұрын
This is entertainment, not news.
@robsawalker
@robsawalker 7 күн бұрын
Ben Elton, the British Seinfeld. Sort of. Love him.
@SubcideWebzine
@SubcideWebzine 6 күн бұрын
Go Ben!
@EGC316
@EGC316 6 күн бұрын
I’ve missed Ben Elton.
@lisadefries6718
@lisadefries6718 6 күн бұрын
Agreed being offended is not a hate crime. I am certain history is littered with totalitarian /fascist governments and people who support them who are offended by criticism and political non violent actions.
@craiggibbs1892
@craiggibbs1892 10 күн бұрын
Nice Ben 👍
@markportch6526
@markportch6526 8 күн бұрын
Motormouth, one of the greatest stand up shows of all time
@Dianikes
@Dianikes 5 күн бұрын
'Authentic Stupidity' certainly chose the right channel to host this interview
@Seansaighdeoir
@Seansaighdeoir Күн бұрын
Coming from a member of the most 'protected' group in society this is a bit rich.
@TheMikenificent
@TheMikenificent 8 күн бұрын
That has always seemed to be the case - man to make something better than itself, make itself redundant.
@InfernalPasquale
@InfernalPasquale 10 күн бұрын
Clearly the audience of this clip are in midlate 40s +. The comments are on a different plane than the one I currently reside at
@SmokeroftheFuture
@SmokeroftheFuture 10 күн бұрын
@InfernalPasquale eh?
@bertbox69
@bertbox69 10 күн бұрын
Yes because you live in the social media era of idiocracy and anything goes Aa long as I'm 'expressing myself'. A embarrassment to the human race basically
@markstorer7204
@markstorer7204 9 күн бұрын
Always been a fan of Bens comedy even though i disagree with a lot of his views, he never offended me , we just laughed together, so to say ❤😂😂
@uzi_Justice
@uzi_Justice 11 күн бұрын
Being offensive obviously isn't a crime, that's why they it's called a non crime hate incident.
@StuartJ
@StuartJ 11 күн бұрын
And should the non crime hate incident be be reported to, and recorded by the police?
@thebaneofyourexistence.3377
@thebaneofyourexistence.3377 11 күн бұрын
Surely there are crimes and not-crimes?
@InfernalPasquale
@InfernalPasquale 10 күн бұрын
Our world truly is dystopia
@j7ech402
@j7ech402 10 күн бұрын
Whilst the rest of us call it 🤡🌍
@emmabrooker166
@emmabrooker166 10 күн бұрын
If it’s not a crime it shouldn’t be recorded anywhere. We have the Stasi-adult version of going to teacher when a classmate is rude.
@kevinporter3212
@kevinporter3212 7 күн бұрын
Tell that to Channel 4 news!
@Tossphate
@Tossphate 8 күн бұрын
He writes good books too.
@alphaomega1089
@alphaomega1089 10 күн бұрын
How to avoid hateful individuals? Hard without censorship!
@kamandi1362
@kamandi1362 8 күн бұрын
Who decides who the hateful individuals are?
@alphaomega1089
@alphaomega1089 8 күн бұрын
@@kamandi1362 you do.
@muttley5958
@muttley5958 6 күн бұрын
The looney left thought police. 😳
@alphaomega1089
@alphaomega1089 6 күн бұрын
@@muttley5958 next it'll be who is funny or not, and what books can be read. Can give a warning. I'd like it. How do I know if to read or listen or not? When say ban: I need to know why and judge for myself.
@Bobbynutty
@Bobbynutty 6 күн бұрын
He's looking well
@grantwallace1882
@grantwallace1882 10 күн бұрын
Ben Elton - surprisingly sensible.
@63earthlover
@63earthlover 3 күн бұрын
A flatshare? 🤣🤣🤣
@jungleboy1
@jungleboy1 5 күн бұрын
haha why haven't i found this guy before.
@WhizzRichardThompson
@WhizzRichardThompson 6 күн бұрын
Nobody has the right not to be offended.
@nigelwest3430
@nigelwest3430 9 күн бұрын
I agree with Ben Elton on Thatcher, I hated the woman with a passion BUT she knew her own mind and did not bend to momentary public opinion like the more recent muppets
@weswheel4834
@weswheel4834 9 күн бұрын
tbf, you can say that about a few other historical world leaders. "You've got to respect him, he knew what he wanted."
@simonkramer9463
@simonkramer9463 8 күн бұрын
We need to get serious as a culture and society.
@keithmcgowan3141
@keithmcgowan3141 8 күн бұрын
goodonya Ben...a voice of (t)reason
@mikearchibald744
@mikearchibald744 10 күн бұрын
Good god I'd be rich if I had a dime for every older male performer who joked about how you can't make jokes anymore.
@alanrorrison1278
@alanrorrison1278 7 күн бұрын
Always preferred, Alexei Sayle to be honest!
@robertskolimowski7049
@robertskolimowski7049 10 күн бұрын
Pure sense👏✌️
@garethb1961
@garethb1961 8 күн бұрын
Ben Elton would be somewhat of an expert on stupidity. But better late than never, I guess.
@XxTheAwokenOnexX
@XxTheAwokenOnexX 6 күн бұрын
In 100 years time history will look to us today, and realise how uneducated society is becoming 😁👍
@bertbox69
@bertbox69 10 күн бұрын
We need Ben to come back and re awaken the idiocracy of this social media age. He has always been able to illustrate the absurd without alienating anyone. Todat though, the freaks that want to ruin society further will still protest or be offended.
@VictorMaxol
@VictorMaxol 8 күн бұрын
Pretty obvious vacuum to fill.
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