Best of London Jokes & Crowd Work | Gianmarco Soresi | Stand Up Comedy

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Gianmarco Soresi is a stand-up comedian, actor, and a little too much for some people. He’s told jokes on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central, Netflix’s Bonding, Don’t Tell, The Real Housewives of New York for some reason, and he was a JFL New Face in 2022. He’s acted in Billy Crystal’s Here Today, Hustlers, The Last OG, and in his theater days shared the stage with some people who’ve gone on to become huge real estate agents. You can see him post the kind of crowdwork clips that are arguably destroying the artform of stand-up comedy everywhere @gianmarcosoresi and he obviously has a podcast called The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi.🎤
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Upcoming shows 2/28 • Calgary, AB, Canada 2/29-3/3 • Edmonton, AB, Canada 3/7 • New Haven, CT 3/8-3/10 • Austin, TX 3/13 • Los Angeles, CA 3/14 • Hollywood, CA 3/21 • Columbia, MO 3/24 • New York, NY 3/29-3/30 • San Diego, CA 4/4-4/7 • Plano, TX 4/11-4/13 • Uncasville, CT 4/19-4/20 • Nashville, TN Get Tickets: beacons.ai/gianmarcosoresi

[@followthetape]

please come to portland ;_;

[@Summer_Lee]

Come to Hong Kong!

[@michelleku6379]

noo! I just missed the Calgary show, hope you come back again!

[@siriany]

Did you ever come to Quebec or is it too far away (or too cold (or both))?

[@marshawallace3893]

I'm a new fan and watch your crowd work vids everyday...wish you would come ( back ) to the DC area..maybe the Birchmere in Alexandria

[@dl2725]

“I mean, if it’s something, I will have to mention the nostrils” is in and of itself the most delicate and devastating read.

[@glomgotmisselhammer8081]

i was wondering why that didn’t get as big a laugh as it got out of me purely for delivery

[@adamk.7177]

This man's going to look at his nostrils every day for the next year 'cause of that comment

[@rawkhawk414]

@@glomgotmisselhammer8081same T.T lmfaoooooo he was being so polite but also insidious hahahaha

[@xyippee]

said it like a doctor giving a deadly disease diagnosis 😭

[@dielaughing73]

​@@xyippee I'm sorry Sir, you have nostril cancer

[@superherocollege]

The bell rings counter jumping from 14 to 56 made me crack up lmaooo

[@anna-fleurfarnsworth104]

SAMEEEE lmfao what a perfect cut

[@aliciles]

i live nearby to a church that sometimes just goes ham on the bells for up to 2 hours

[@MiloMurphysLaw]

Is it counting the minutes???

[@Abzify1]

@@MiloMurphysLaw It's supposed to but I'm wondering if there was a bell ringing class going on at the time as some churches offer that.

[@KingLagalot.]

​@@Abzify1now that you mention it... This does ring a bell...

[@MissZencefil]

I don't how you can get so good at crowd work but you are the only comic that handles it with both grace and heinous setups.

[@ozibuyensin]

aa miss zencefil ablam da burdaymış :D

[@davidz2690]

same way you get good at anything lol

[@ConsciousConversations]

He is literally the best ever at this!

[@useazebra]

Jimmy Carr's crowd work is also excellent

[@Skitz0frenix]

Jeff Arcuri is a pro too and 😂

[@kelly-bo-belly]

MISSED OPPORTUNITY: Guy: where’s the line? GS: …no line, don’t use a slur Guy: With nostrils like that, you’d think you know where the line would be.

[@broblerone413]

DAMN 😂

[@Kat-vo7ze]

ohh thats good

[@fahrenheit2101]

WOW, that's good. Damn near impossible on the spot tho

[@michaeld4861]

No wonder that guys analogy was "it's like going to the circus and not seeing a clown".

[@francisadams1834]

"So only her upper teeth are fucked up" 😂

[@obz1357]

the clown guy insults would`ve been funnier if the conditions were more like what he usually does

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Thank you LeyLey

[@comettripper]

Sure, he just didn't wanna be put in the spot. But he's great on a stage under the lights

[@MrMyers758]

Yeh, if Gian was at a gig in the audience and the person on stage found out he was a comedian and asked him to tell a joke he would likely panic and fall on his ass 😂

[@Nebulaoblivion]

Yeah from what I understand, clowning is kind of like, a method actor, where they sort of become a different person once they put on the makeup. It's weird to do it outside of the uniform. Almost like asking an olympic swimmer to swim, but in his jeans and sweater. He can still do it, but its not as graceful or fast as he would be in his speedo, swim cap, and goggles.

[@fahrenheit2101]

@@MrMyers758 Idk, he handles crowd work pretty damn well, and does a lot of it, and you can't script it, so I imagine he's pretty decent on the spot Edit: well, you can *sort of* script it, but you get what I mean

[@Kalladdin]

that tattoo story is WILD holy shit. Gianmarco joking that the tattoo was just going to be whichever parent said yes AND THEN IT WAS?????

[@Tonyhouse1168]

“Kids, we’re getting a divorce..” “WOOHOO, two christmases!!”

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

I absolutely loved the jokes and atmosphere of the show, I wish I was there with Kate Moss.

[@tylerboothman4496]

10:16 Sudden spotlight panic!

[@justjo_king]

Having attended the show, I've been waiting months to relive this wildness of this crowd

[@bentley230]

7:48 he doesn’t say he’s Greek, he says he’s rich

[@johannakalytera9574]

Makes much more sense. Thanks

[@aurvis835]

I was raised UU and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a reference to OWL in the wild. Jokes aside it’s actually a really great and educational program; really made planned parenthood visits to health class feel super redundant for the next few years

[@lsedge7280]

The bell ringing does tell the time. There are four funky little tunes corresponding to quarter past, half past, quarter two, and the hour, then when it is on the hour (which has the longest jingle), big ben is rung a number of times for the hour. (the biggest bell in the tower we casually call big ben, the tower itself not having a name until 2012 till it was officially named Elizabeth Tower). Given you hit 61 bells, I'm going to guess your show (by that point) was about an hour long starting about 10. 16 bell jingle before the show began. Show began. 10 bells for the hour. 4 bell jingle for quarter past. 8 bell jingle for half past. 12 bell jingle for quarter to. 16 bell jingle on the hour. 11 bells for the hour. 10+4+8+12+16+11 = 61 bells.

[@sickregret]

Thank you. You think the English could of negotiated with God to get it down to just five times a day.

[@crispysquidoftheacidcats295]

​@@sickregretwe sold our souls to devil a long time ago, ain't no way.

[@150booyadragon]

Brother a woman in the audience loud and clear literally says it's not even 6 yet, meaning the show started before 6, and it's not even on the hour. The British people living there said they didn't know what it was doing.

[@Topperfalkon]

It's not playing a jingle, that church doesn't have quarter bells. Maybe that's what they're doing but I hear that bell a lot and they should consider reining it in a bit

[@Moonastronaut]

I didnt think they were hearing big ben

[@JolanXBL]

The funniest part about the bell ringing, is that the video editor had to sit there and copy the subtitle every time that number changes

[@QiotiCoyote]

So mean to put him on the spot 🤣🤣🤣

[@schroedingerscryptid]

watching the ring counter go from 16 to 56 made me cackle

[@jmpht854]

"Where do you go from New York?" Literally anywhere dude 😂

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

Gianmarco you're the only standup i watch these days

[@LeninCat1917]

lmao I'm UU and that was hilarious. Because she was put on the spot she didn't explain it the best, but OWL is amazing sex ed that teaches kids about alternative family models like having gays parents or only having one parent, and teaches kids to be outspoken if they are being abused, and when she said "we saw everything" she meant we don't shame body parts or use euphemisms. Kids are taught an honest anatomy lesson and taught not to be embarrassed by their bodies.

[@clarewillison9379]

That sounds really healthy. I’m an English-Scottish-Irish mongrel Christian but never heard of UU until today!

[@graceygrumble]

So, like Dutch sex-ed?... Without the religion, obviously.

[@LeninCat1917]

@graceygrumble OWL isn't even religion focused either

[@graceygrumble]

@@LeninCat1917 Just part of 'The Witches and Wizards' curriculum at Hogwarts?

[@LeninCat1917]

@@graceygrumble idk what that means lol I haven't consumed hary Potter media since I was like single digit age

[@mangonow6350]

Love the hustle man, keep up the good work and dont burn out cuz u fire 🔥

[@andrew9145]

My god the intelligence in his crowd work is so great

[@trinleywangmo]

OMB! LOL! I'm a NY-er who grew up in Germany and even I know the phrase about "stabby stabby" (seeing an episode of Futurama in my head here, but you'll get the reference if you watch this)!

[@Clara-xk3uv]

I'm a whole European who's never set foot in the US and has met like 3 Americans in real life, but somehow I too knew the phrase, no clue how 😅 love it though, for someone with little knowledge of the "cultural differences" between the individual states it's very informative imo

[@starcycle4308]

I've lived in California my whole life and this is the first time hearing it XD

[@pooramateurvideo]

i've lived in new york, california and germany and have never heard of it, lol

[@bluecolamusic]

Oh my gosh this was so funny. I love clown guy

[@lays5277]

first stand up comedian to perform with a metronome

[@_fudgepop01]

Your crowd work is fantastic in that it just feels like listening to impromptu guests on a REEALLLY good podcast where you’re just having a basic conversation about someone and cracking jokes while being careful to not go *too* far with any of ‘em (obviously there’s some leeway at a comedy show but there’s a certain level of self awareness that makes yours work so damn well)

[@caatabatic]

as the clown I would have roasted by saying "I came here to steal all the funny jokes from you today, and I got nothing!"

[@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz]

Zinger

[@IndigoIndustrial]

Good crowd. The crowd work is so smooth.

[@jelliifish]

Food in London bangs. So much variety.

[@solaguinto]

As an American musician living in England, I would love to have been at this show 😂 Please come back soon (and maybe also to Manchester? 👀)!

[@EmyrDerfel]

+1 for Manchester

[@jamesforeman3096]

why does he always... cling to walls lol

[@pochaccocino]

barnacle

[@ErikUden]

THIS!! What's the deal?? Is he pressured and scared and tries moving back?? Why is he like spider man sticking to the walls

[@SnowLeopard1011]

He got that spiderman in him

[@128Gigabytes]

I was wondering that too, I think its very cute!

[@AielHeart]

Because it’s funny :P

[@squirrelonmapletree]

Now, I don't know if I'd love to see Gianmarco's show in person or keeping watch it on KZbin while safely away from even the faintest possibility of accidentally being put in the spotlight.

[@jasminesemujju3016]

WAIT WHEN DID YOU COME TO LONDON?! 😫😫 I MISSED IT 😭

[@atlanderwrites]

Of COURSE this is in Soho!

[@TinkletitsMcGee]

That bell ringing count 😂

[@djr3386]

5:15 Turning into John Mulaley

[@vedikamishra009]

omg i thought exactly the same, and when i read the comments no one was talking about that

[@milissaleatherwood6837]

I got my son his first tattoo when he was 16. Had to get it done in Vegas because it's illegal in Washington State where we live 😂 it was a treble clef. He's 18 now and has a full sleeve that's music themed. I just got my first tattoo after paying for his sleeve for his graduation gift 😂

[@ashby7m]

So glad you could come to london!

[@Hachiro]

Woo I recognize that stage from Shoot From The Hip! Should definitely collab with them the next time you're in London.

[@Anabriella]

Brit here. LOVE your comedy 🙌

[@Mymymayya]

I fucking died 🤣 of one the few comedians that makes you laugh from start to end. ❤️

[@madinagazieva7761]

Come back to Londonnnn

[@kinsellaandmulcahy104]

as a UU, my mom didn't have me do OWL cuz she thought it was way toooo comprehensive.

[@MrJason300]

Nice checking of the crowd haha, all with the vibes

[@pollitorsiones]

you are the best ever at crowdwork, a fucking genious!

[@deliri0um]

the upper teeth being f*d up was so funny haha

[@mursalinmosaddeque8999]

This got so intense lol❤

[@laurelbeach4529]

Really undersold Unitarians and Our Whole Lives there…

[@128Gigabytes]

I disagree I never heard of UU before and it made it sound pretty great

[@potofshamrocks8128]

3:14 I was in Germany over the summer and there was this tower near the hotel room that rung over 100 times every night just after 10

[@eleven3079]

I'm from SC and my mom joined the UU so that me and my brother could get good sex Ed! Welll worth it it was a great bonding experience I made lifelong friends there

[@tedtalksrock]

Trauma bonding? (Just kidding;-))

[@tedtalksrock]

Gives a whole new meaning to learning about the second coming…, lol

[@KaraZiasapiens]

My fiancé's father is Jewish, and he was raised UU. I swear, this is exactly how he describes it, too. 😂

[@beccarola]

ah i went to this show!

[@ziet4647]

I think the clown guy is a stand up comedian too, his voice sounds like him, i forgot his name.

[@dliap98]

Glasgow show when!!!

[@Sagester129]

i converted to uu as an adult and always wondered what they taught the kids when they went to their own lil breakout sessions. not what i was expecting but it tracks

[@theq8688]

That poor clown guy was blanking so hard

[@doctorsteevo]

Hi when are you touring in Europe? 🙏🏾

[@Josie.770]

He has a link to the tour dates in the description

[@doctorsteevo]

Yes I know thank you, but there is no date in Europe.@@Josie.770

[@davidz2690]

@@doctorsteevo Scotland and Ireland were both in Europe last time I checked

[@kuchen_]

Come to Aus (Sydney)!!

[@GianmarcoSoresi]

I don't have a Sydney date as of right now, but I will be in Australia this August! You can find tickets on my website! www.gianmarcosoresi.com/tour

[@ITR]

​@@GianmarcoSoresi Any plans of coming to Norway within the next 10 years?

[@kuchen_]

@@GianmarcoSoresi hey mate you’re going to be in Marrickville on Aug 10th, that’s in Sydney. Can’t wait to see ya!

[@ShovelChef]

It was verrry generous of you to basically put an open mic on the end of your set.

[@godsdemons2421]

He was like "I'm going to call him the F slur" "Don't call me a slur!" "Fuck, uhhh, something about his nose?"

[@okaysrishti]

You look like Mitchell pritchett from modern family

[@MaccaroniAndMemes]

you remind me of a mix between john mulaney and brandon rodgers sometimes lmao

[@WhoThisMonkey]

The UK has free national dental care. The US does not. Who is more likely to have healthy teeth?

[@ronmastrio2798]

Free doesn't mean good or even available.

[@SpaceMonkeys105]

UK on average has better teeth than America. However, in terms of public image; we don't. This is purely down to the fact whitening of teeth isn't done as much in the UK, as opposed to America.

[@mimimoo949]

It's deffo not free, nhs only covers some parts of it. I have to pay 25 quid every time i get a check up. Heard some of my colleagues saying they skip the checkups bc they cant fork out loads of money if they happen to stumble upon a cavity during the appointment.

[@LanceCorporalKitty]

It is not fucking free!!

[@fahrenheit2101]

You'd think so, right? But it's just manifestly not true. Well, maybe healthy, idk, but the visible condition of our teeth is definitely worse. Stereotypes don't come out of thin air, and like all of them, there's gotta be some truth in this one, or some other good reason it came about.

[@madmintentertainment6268]

"they dont take confrontation well" because Americans think confrontation means screaming in your face

[@RossBradley-vd5rc]

He's a New Yorker, they are all short tempered grouches. They don't understand that Brits don't do confrontation, we do passive aggressive instead. If a Brit isn't isn't responding to confrontation it isn't because they can't handle it, it's cause they are waiting for you to have said enough that they feel justified in their own mind when they headbutt you.

[@elliottsw]

Meanwhile everyone else in the audience is thinking "yeah, in the UK we all get comprehensive sex ed at 13 as well, at school."

[@aisham4242]

i want to see a bit by the clown

[@emordnilap4747]

7:54 Real question is, would Germany have paid for the tattoos?

[@ians7184]

Were clown people the extra weird theater kids when they were younger?

[@um2913]

Clown guy should maybe not say “it’s like what you do” and then not have any real good jokes 😅 Like if ur not prepared to back up your cockiness don’t hype yourself up so much 😂 I was waiting for some zingers and I got more from the comments than from this guy 😂

[@hadorstapa]

Just a guess, but when I was vicar of some rural churches there was one church that used to ring the bell at a funeral, with one strike for every year of the deceased’s life. Could have been that?

[@foxjacket]

I love clown guy's accent

[@jessehamlin-navias4559]

My great uncle was the original creator of O.W.L.. Ask me anything.

[@geekdivaherself]

Is it available online?

[@nine9nine9]

Are you joking?

[@geekdivaherself]

@@nine9nine9 I was thinking it was something milder than what it must have been, judging by your reaction

[@clarewillison9379]

You can be justifiably proud 🎉

[@IssisP]

was the bell ringing around the time Mulroney passed? sometimes they will ring bells at govt locations for stuff like that.

[@josephfoulger9628]

Who are these Americans wanting to talk about their life in the middle of a comedy show?

[@gifgoldblum7940]

2:54 What the hell time zone were you in??

[@AnonEyeMouse]

What could go wrong? Lying about being a clown to a room full of strangers? They're never going to find out... what are they gonna do? Ask me the simplest of questions about my job?

[@octiiXpies]

i don't think he's lying

[@yuki97kira]

To be fair..i would be nervous too

[@Dionaerys]

@@octiiXpies Pretty sure he was, he agreed to everything that was suggested, but whenever it came time for him to add detail he just didn't have much to say.

[@Anduar0]

@@Dionaerys seemed more like he couldn’t find the right words in English to describe it. He was doing a lot of hand gestures when he talked before giving up. I’ve seen that a lot in ESL people.

[@deltablaze77]

Gianmarco is particularly good. But comedians' ability to read people is fascinating. It seems to be a common trait amongst good comedians anyways.

[@theprime8]

There's a lot of good mexican food in London... literally round the corner from that venue 🤡

[@TaniaSaucy]

I mean , what else would you say about Brits while on a British stage???? Ofc the Brits are very posh and polite and they do not yell.....lololol!

[@yveslafrance2806]

I find funny he was leaning against the wall as that is a reputation Americans have in Europe (at least that I heard on other videos)

[@RoryGlynn]

What kind of stage school brat pronounced the "erables" part of Les Mis

[@titularhero]

Honeslty, i cant think of anywhere with better food than london. I dont think theres a city in the world with a greater variety of excellent cuisine. Obviously the uk has few good local favourites, but who tf actually eats british cuisne? The defualt food in england is really italian or indian.

[@waldorfmcvitty4854]

We don't take confrontation well? Its confrontation. Its not a good thing. Why would we take it well? It something that can very much ruin your day. I also don't take people urinating on me well.

[@GameInDorf]

I'm sorry, was that US-american guy's point that british people can't handle *being yelled at*?! Get some therapy sessions my guy.

[@galrjkldd]

tenets not tenants

[@donkey_oaty]

That much buildup to the insult “I would have to mention the nostrils” is just absurd.

[@applequeersp]

im uu

[@raymondkymsuttle]

TENETS not tenants!!!

[@lnrael]

Whoa whoa what's with the les mis hate 💀

[@a_businessman]

that might be the worst explanation of Unitarian Universalism I've ever heard

[@hrmmmmmm]

Dude. If you are the new Yorker in the audience, you need to either get some coaching on how to communicate or drink less

[@Conradmlarsen]

Global warming better than global cooling, perhaps

[@egg_mittens]

there is no goddamn way he is a clown.

[@JamesKite-r9o]

He should have kept his mouth shut. Very annoying. Not funny at all. Hmm. Maybe he was a clown.

[@AdmitthatijustdiditX]

Wow what a clown!!

[@Catatonic419]

I don’t know about the very comprehensive sex ed at 13 that seems insane for an adult to stand up there and show porn to kids.

[@bluebook709]

So only her upper teeth are fucked up.... That should have gotten a much bigger laugh than it did.

[@ShragaMatate]

in islam sufism seem great but then you're expected to praise mohammad as your pure and top morality guy. in christianity quakerism and uu seem great but then you're expected to pretend you believe jesus saved you for hell, and also to pretend you believe in hell. there's always some fine print.

[@catsmom129]

Universalism means universal salvation. It means that everyone goes to heaven, either immediately after death or after some learning & repentance. UUs today don’t have to believe in Jesus or hell. It has roots in Christianity but a lot of UUs are atheist or pagan or whatever. There’s no set creed, only values and principles.

[@ShragaMatate]

@@catsmom129 well, that IS a creed. fine print: you're expected to believe in a certain afterlife, or at least pretend you do. (sorry i was inaccurate about which afterlife it is) how does this belief fit with atheism? do they do the "oh it's all metaphors" bit?

[@catsmom129]

@ No, let me try again. UUism *originated* from two sects/offshoots of Christianity - Unitarianism and Universalism. From those roots it eventually became more secular. So *now,* you’re not required to believe in God or an afterlife. My point was that Universalism sprung from critiques of hell, especially eternal conscious torment. (There’s different versions of Universalism.) So, no, Universalists *don’t* have to believe in hell - that’s their whole thing.

[@ShragaMatate]

@ okay, no mandatory belief in hell, nice! do you have to believe in heaven though? maybe that's what i don't understand

[@catsmom129]

@ no you don’t have to believe in heaven. It’s very open on religious issues. It’s about the individual journey towards truth Edit: to be clear, UUs don’t need to believe in heaven. UUism is now a mostly non-Christian church, just with Christian roots. Christian Universalists typically do believe in heaven.

[@Ellierua]

Can't cope with cringe.. the 'clown'