FIRST TIME REACTING TO | BILL BURR AND HIS WIFE ARGUE ABOUT ELVIS REACTION

[@TharpFam073]

Wilbur and Orville Wright were white. They "invented" flight for lack of a better term. So, he's saying "If you fly in a plane, you're appropriating something white." Which, is obviously not true, but true in the sense that he was talking as far as the rest of the conversation. Good reaction!

[@recycler6237]

Just airplanes 😀

[@sket179]

Yeah maybe if someone non-white wanted to become a pilot would be nearer to goal of this effed up example. ;)

[@mikearroyo3961]

Thanks, I don't know how many times I have seen this clip and didn't get it either and I'm white.

[@Mx12b]

They invented "powered flight"

[@brittreacts]

@@mikearroyo3961 😂😂😂😂😂 glad in not alone!

[@pyroishere]

Depending on the "version" of Elvis's biography, he appreciated the black entertainers which is why he wanted to do the music he did, but his true passion was gospel, even had a favorite song for his mama. I'm not an Elvis fan, but I love music history.

[@MaxSoininen]

The "real" truth is that he grew up in the ghetto. So white culture wasnt his culture. And for some fucked up reason (the color of his skin) black culture couldnt be his either.

[@GeorgeD1965]

sort of a bio, Priscilla met Evis when she was 14, but she was 21 when she married him. His manager kept control of Elvis as well, he wouldn't let Elvis perform outside of the US because he wasn't allowed to leave the country and was afraid he would lose Elvis. Many in Hollywood said Elvis could have been a great actor his manager Parker thought the money was only in his music. Yes, he did die on the toilet. He was heavy on drugs, most were pain killers and some for depression. Later they found that Elvis was in the early stages of MS or Parkinson, I can't remember which one, probably why Elvis took drugs.

[@adamburnett6415]

Airplanes. The Wright Brothers. Two white dudes from North Carolina made the first airplane.😆

[@mervinmerencio6861]

The Wright brothers were from Dayton Ohio, they took their prototype to Kitty Hawk North Carolina where the winds and the conditions were better for testing out their plane

[@adamburnett6415]

@@mervinmerencio6861 I sit corrected.

[@keithartworker]

I'm convinced that Honda built their aircraft factory in North Carolina because of the wright brothers when all along they could have stayed in Ohio where their original Honda Accord factory lives in Marysville. As a North Carolinian I'm beginning to see Ohio's point of view.

[@chriscr21]

😂😂😂

[@justing823]

Also, there's some debate here and there about the long distance flight stuff due to black Wallstreet being burnt down. Dunno how deep his joke goes, but take some time if you will and Google black Wallstreet. It was a disgraceful moment for everyone involved just as the rest of human history. But, yea, check it out.

[@papafiendish6263]

“Some dirty white kid from santa monica came up with that” always gets me

[@tjwendel4676]

It's true girl, Elvis lived the dream haha. Thanks for the reaction! Keep em comingggg

[@brittreacts]

Will do!!

[@tjwendel4676]

@BrittReacts I don't know if my comment saying that if you want to get to know bills wife Nia, there is a clip from his podcast that she joins him, and all I have to say is that you find out exactly why they are totally made for each other, she goes off on a female listener, it's hilarious. This is the clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ-qn3pjdpKse6s

[@mattcoyle5867]

Ahh you know its getting gritty when Bill pauses....and says...HOWEVER...lmao...loving your BB reactions Britt thanks for the laughs x

[@davidsimi2322]

Always love your reactions! The Wright Brothers invented the airplane and were white boys. That was Bill's last punch line

[@RobertNorthrop]

I think Bill Burr is hilarious but I would not take his word as gospel on Elvis Presley who grew up around black people, listening to gospel in revival tents, crashing juke joints and hanging out on Beal Street in Memphis, listening to rhythm and blues. His circles included people who played music that had been passed down generationally. To say he appropriated black music without giving credit is inaccurate. As for his wife, Priscilla - yes she was a minor when he met her. But he did not marry her until she was an adult (22 years old). According to her, they didn't even consummate until they were married. His pill addiction was well known - and severe. Doctors at the time were not aware of the damager prescribing large amounts of barbiturates, amphetamines and opiates could have on a person, though they did try to ween Elvis off of them when the effect became apparent. While Elvis became overweight in his final two years, the pills exacerbated his condition - making him more bloated, constipated and destroying his organs. I hope that in the end, people continue to remember Elvis for not how he died but that he was a super talented entertainer as well as a kind, generous and decent man. In the end, Burr is hilarious and I love him as a comedian - but even he would say don't take him seriously as a historian or an expert on any other topic.

[@lll9416]

You have such sincere reactions, subbed. "Elvis Presley & The Black Community - That Echo Will Never Die" - required viewing, probably..

[@grahammalcolm7130]

For context on elvis check out elvis and the black comunity

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

Absolutely. This stuff is funny, but clueless.

[@shadowsources]

I hate that Netflix cut that in the middle of the bit. The rest of the bit has him saying, that yeah black people are smart enough to have invented air travel first but if they had, then their music might have suffered and then the situation would be reversed. The synopsis sounds dry but it was a funny call back.

[@TheBeatenPaths]

Yes, that was 49 second life of Elvis.

[@41italia]

hopefully the 49ers win the superbowl

[@mikehunt5637]

No, that was like 30 years of his life explained in 49 seconds. :)~

[@donjackson5522]

💯 facts

[@danielhoover2790]

This from Jerry Lee Lewis: Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis were close friends before they became famous. The came to Elvis' home one day and ask Elvis' mom to listen to them play and sing and tell them what she thought. Her evaluation: "You're pretty good but you'll never be Chuck Berry!"

[@welterw8ak702]

Bill is a wild man lol

[@EnlightenedMaster_Saneiv]

make no mistake about it, Bill's wife keeps him in line

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

His wife doesn't have a clue.

[@grigoriorifiel]

A lot of things about Elvis get twisted. Elvis married Pricilla 23 days before her 22nd birthday. She did move in at Graceland at 17. Lisa Marie was born exactly 9 months, to the day, after their wedding. What Elvis did was bring a new type of music called Rock 'n' Roll which was a fusion of R&B, country, and gospel to the masses at a time when no black person could get radio air time. By doing that he created an interest and demand which began opening those doors for black musicians. Had he not come along when he did the relevance of black music may have taken years longer, and many of the early entertainers of color, icons in early rock, may have never been heard of. Except as influences to performers who came later. The entire landscape of music would be different. Not only that, as if that is not enough, Elvis was the first musical entertainer. Singing and dancing just didn't exist before Elvis, outside Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the Rockettes. I can't forget Sammy Davis Jr., who was as much a part of breaking down those color barriers as anyone.

[@CRUISERJ1]

Bill was referencing the one of many inventions that we enjoy today and took it further than he probably should have by mentioning the Airplane being a culturally appropriated event by people labeled white. What is so funny is that Bill's humor is always asking the questions we all would like to ask, but in todays modern era, are afraid of triggering over sensitive groups. I liken his humor to the Dave Chappell style of presenting the obvious and then taking you down the road of ridiculous, yet making complete common sense of the touchy topics.

[@drdr76]

Exactly, Burr and Chappell are in their own comic universe. I can't think of any other comedians who even come close to these two.

[@drobichaud1000]

I like her... she gets it.

[@brittreacts]

😌😉😏

[@kuyaspanky.]

Wish U used the longer version of this skit. I've seen it and it's out there. But great reaction! Ur channel is great!

[@hunterXhamster]

They have the whole stand up too

[@pookie717]

Just to add a point that Bill and/or his wife doesn't get exactly right, yes he played music and songs written by black folks who didn't get their due credit. BUT, he played the music he was given by his managers and producers. He had no say in the matter. Elvis constantly gave back to the black community. He loved them as much as he loved his own family. He was one of the most generous men of his stature to ever exist. But he had no choice in his music decisions for the most part. Hopefully this statement doesn't come off wrong, but I just hate that people treat Elvis like he was traveling around looking for underprivileged black folk to take advantage of to line his pockets. It's just factually untrue. Unfortunately back in those much more racists times, it's just how it worked for white "pop" stars. Producers didn't want black people representing their labels so they'd give white people that black flavor so their racists customers could stomach it. Not saying it's right, just saying that how it was.

[@JimmyLee27]

But the issue is specifically the rock & roll Elvis of the early days, who supposedly stole R&B music from black artists. If he did, then everybody who covers (or samples) a song does. "Stealing" in music is when you do not credit the original writers, who have their compositional and publishing rights. All songwriters who had their songs covered by Elvis or who wrote specifically for him, were happy to give up their publishing rights (a contractual device EP's sleezy manager came up with), because of the unprecedented astronomic sales figures to be expected when Elvis Presley released a song. So they would settle for the composition rights, because they knew having an Elvis record on their resume would give a huge injection to their songwriting careers (and their bank accounts all the same). "He played the music he was given by his managers and producers" is untrue: the only song Col. Tom Parker ever suggested to Elvis was "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". Producers usually don't suggest songs - A&R managers and publishers do. Elvis was suggested many songs from his publisher's catalogues, out of which he always chose the titles himself. In addition he got a lot of ideas for songs to record by listening to the radio, other people's records and going to see shows. The only times he had no real say in what to record was when he was making movies and he was contractually bound to make soundtrack records with songs that needed to fit a movie-script. Which is about through all of the sixties. @BrittReacts: that's why the '68 TV-special was called "comeback special", because it marked his return to television (indeed the medium that catapulted him to (inter)national stardom - like Bill B. said) and performing live on stage.

[@cobie0606]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the reaction!!! And YES…. You can chop the hair off. You have the facial structure and beauty for it 🤙

[@brittreacts]

Thank you so much!!

[@sulatlalaki]

Brit is gorgeous, to be sure.

[@cinemacodey]

I never understood that last joke either. I’ve thought about it and thought about and never got it till I read the comment section here.

[@danilomcvi]

Planes were invented by white people.

[@michelleespino9814]

Ur just so innocent and that makes ur reactions so much better

[@Canucklehead557]

Well you've gotta watch Elvis and the black community. Thay ate it up. He introduced the music to white listeners and changed the world.

[@thereisnogod6240]

Elvis Presley married his first wife, Priscilla Ann Wagner, on May 1, 1967, in Las Vegas. She was just 21 years old at the time, while Elvis was already 32. The couple had met three years earlier, in 1964, when Priscilla was just 18 and Elvis was 25. They dated for a little over six years before finally tying the knot.

[@2badger2]

Priscilla Presley Born: May 24, 1945 married 1967.

[@nancyj795]

Great reaction! Wright Brothers discovered the airplane.

[@thispincer8404]

Wait, discovered...? Did they just find that shit in the wild?

[@nancyj795]

@@thispincer8404 No: In a Petri dish.

[@thispincer8404]

@@nancyj795 Yeah. A petri dish, in the woods. Im pretty sure I read that somewhere one time.

[@Orimbar]

Hello there Missis. Last Joke was about the Wright brothers who invented the first flyable plain and took off with it.

[@countryjackson3102]

hi. i really love your reaction videos. you are so beautiful and your laugh is so amazing. greetings from cold germany

[@RyanProductReviews]

You gotta watch the ocumentary on Elvis about how NOT racist he was because people think he was ..

[@innovativeeditingmediagrou191]

Yes!

[@tyrone42ful]

Pricilla was only 15 when he married her ... YES indeed he did .. no one blinked an eye this still goes on in hollywood now

[@billysturgeon8616]

Priscilla Presley was 22 when she married Elvis. Jerry Lee Lewis was another rocker at that time, that married his under aged cousin.

[@timtravasos2742]

Love your laugh and reactions. Glad I found you here.

[@christophergriffin9619]

I love his wife stories

[@George-ux6zz]

You should listen to, Elvis and the black community parts 1 and 2. Plenty of well known artists such as, Sammy Davis Jr. 50 cent, 3 6 mafia, Whitney Houston, and many others from his youth. It shoes people who hated him and destroyed his records and said his music was n-word music. Real crude racists. So some is very offensive. But it will be worth the listen.

[@suspiciousminds1750]

Hmmm...Burr's synopsis of Elvis is true in the same way describing George Washington as a slave owner with false teeth is true. Sam Phillip's of Sun Records was the "old man" who discovered Elvis, he did not describe Elvis or black music that way. He actually promoted black music and was known for treating all his recording artists very well. Elvis did not "appropriate" anything, he combined many styles and created something unique. Burr is talented but he's a punk when it comes to The King.

[@kyleb.8153]

You can say it Britt, you are great! So is he😂

[@KlippityKlop1]

I used to like Bill Burr until I heard him say all that about Elvis! And no Elvis didn’t marry a minor! She was 21 when they got married.

[@chrisalbrecht4217]

I love your reactions. You're a cool young lady. I saw a few Bill Burr reactions, n a couple other ones. Thanks for doing what you do. I appreciate ya.

[@jayduffy10]

elvis was far from a racist

[@George-ux6zz]

Priscilla Presley was 16 when Elvis started dating her. But by the time they married she was over 18.

[@dionhalic]

> That's what Bill was saying and knew it was going WAY too far, and that's what SHE understood immediately. :-) Thanks, Britt, for the video.

[@pureogkush4207]

Yes I believe his wife was 16 or 17 at the time they married but she was 14 when they met

[@deejayturtle]

:p love this Burr reactions.

[@stillhere1425]

Of course it’s true!

[@kennyg823]

Yes

[@robbieanderson7832]

He's talking about the wright brothers that were the first to invent the plane and take flight

[@nightmoves7989]

I saw a reaction video you did on one of Elvis' comeback performances and you commented that Elvis was "fine" and he was a handsome dude, my dad was an Elvis guy so I grew up with Elvis and he was the epitome of cool for years. I have to say without sounding like a "toxic male" or any of those monikers that are so prevalent in today's society, so no offense intended but you are insanely FINE!!! Incredibly cute... and strikingly beautiful...

[@shadowbannedmel]

I’m sure someone else has answered you by now, but Bill admits that his last example was out of line and his wife, Nia, makes him explain to her that he knows that black people did not historically have the educational or financial opportunities to invent things like planes.

[@joshbull623]

"black people did not historically have the educational or financial opportunities to invent things like planes." It is a bit of a cop out. People of color did not have educational or financial opportunities 'in the U.S.' . While is was similar in places like Europe though for a shorter period of time, this was not the case everywhere in the world. Also, even what I just said wasn't entirely accurate, "most" black people did not have the educational or financial opportunities to invent a plane would be correct. I mean one of the most educated and intelligent people of color in the U.S.'s history was Frederick Douglass who actually escaped from slavery and not just discriminatory states and this was in the 1800's. To simply say black people were in no position to do it is dismissing the significance of what was required to successfully make the invention. It is also just a historical fallacy as presented. If you read all that and still think "that is BS", here is the pin in this thread. By 1900, 3 years before the plane was officially invented and successfully tested, there was over 1.5 billion people in the world, hundreds of millions of which were white with education and finances available to do the deed........and they didn't and some even tried and couldn't. Specific to the U.S. based on census bureau records, there were over 81 million white people in the U.S., yet none did it, again, some tried and failed, only two truly succeeded. Not to mention every other race and ethnicity, again, over 1.5 billion of which black people were one of the smallest fractions, and none of them did it. If 'more'(because some did) black people had the education, opportunities and finances to potentially build an airplane, it is highly improbable it would have changed anything.

[@kyleb.8153]

You love him lol. Welcome to the club! Lol

[@lbc787]

yo that is so true you can go deep in the jungle of Nigeria and hear jazz an hip hop you can even fine soul food jk Nigerians hate black Americans and look up "jungle Justice"

[@richiewest7495]

Yep.

[@catastrophe6837]

The LA to New York joke is in reference to the two white brothers who invented the plane

[@Ingolenuru]

Elvis was very connected to the black community and saying he appropriated a culture is just ridiculous shit. If it was true it would still also be true that he brought that culture to the mainstream and paved the wave for the persons in that culture to follow in the wake of his popularity. He opened doors, either way you look at it.

[@robertyorko2702]

True all 49 sec.

[@praapje]

The last joke FLEW over your head? Lol

[@RyanProductReviews]

I love that you love Bill Burr as much as me ahha

[@HarryNicNicholas]

just when you think bill has gone too far, it turns out he was just illustrating the facts, and people are so daft, you have to laugh.

[@michaellivesey4354]

All true

[@travisyarbrough4033]

Britt never gets it ....... Thank God you are pretty ...... That's gonna help you a lot

[@StevenSmith-mv4ge]

I like u and I like ur videos. I also like ur rational thinking. Thank u for being u.

[@guyhogan4882]

As far as the Elvis bio he gave yes it's true.

[@garythornbury9793]

its true

[@ikewp901]

Bill's hilarious, but he and his wife are totally wrong about Elvis! Elvis didn't marry a minor White dude, Sam Phillips was not racist Elvis didn't get his shaking leg from a black guy, and he didn't appropriate a culture, that's BS! He was born and grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods, went to black and white churches as a small child, heard blues music on porches in the streets where he lived...and also listened to country music on the radio. Elvis absorbed and was inspired by all the music encompassing him, it was part of who he was. More BS "he never gave a shit or a shout-out" Elvis always gave credit and a shout-out to black artists who influenced his style of music(many were his friends). He also gave a lot of money to black and white charities and went to all-black charity events in support of their causes. Society of the times did stop a lot of African American artists from prospering, but that was no fault of Elvis' it was to his credit that he embraced "race" music when it was forbidden by much of white society, he was vilified for it, but he did not see color in music, he sang what he felt and liked! Many great black artists of that era knew him and were his friends! Yes, he broke through and became famous and made a lot of money, he also made the black songwriters that wrote "some" songs for him rich and famous! Many more of his songs came from white sources. Elvis did not name himself the King, he said that was his friend Fats Domino, Elvis's only king was Christ! Little Richard "Elvis was a blessing, they wouldn't let black music in, he opened the door. Elvis was an integrator!" You should watch "Elvis & the black community - That Echo Will Never Die" kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpWUoYutZqmgqaM Elvis's black childhood friend Sam - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqOpdKyEgtuNjc0 B.B. King on Elvis, and appropriation. link: cleverjourneys.com/2020/06/17/b-b-king-others-knew-and-defended-elvis-presley-against-all-racist-assertions/

[@Isleofskye]

..........but other than that, they were right though....

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

All this and much more. You nailed it.

[@Universemasterj]

Actually love that hairstyle girl

[@RenaissanceMundo]

Two white brothers made the first plane. So planes are a white thing he was saying

[@MrFabower77]

I 💞 your reactions

[@Hrd2fndmale7825]

Please please please react to more Bill Burr

[@brittreacts]

Okkkk!!!

[@Isleofskye]

@@brittreacts The Late, Great Black Comedian: Patrice O'Neal is THE one to react to Britt...

[@z8ne_DemeGod313]

@BrittReacts yea we need a reaction to Bill Blur "losing your shit"

[@RaidersAlLDaY2519]

Bill burr took Jerry seinfelds comedy style to rate r and to our generation. I challenge anybody to argue that with me...because that's why seinfeld is the GOAT! He took normal everyday/what everyone is thinking and can relate to and applied it to comedy...that's why I will pick bill burr over dave chappelle or any other comedian all day and night...everyone can relate to bill burr...not every race can relate to other comedians....bill burr can very simple

[@jiiig8667]

It's true. Elvis married Prescilla when she was 14 I think. And she still honors him. I think Jerry Lee Lewis ended that tradition. Now there's laws. But Priscilla Presley is a Queen.

[@xoxojimroy]

You didn't get it because it was such a stretch that it was almost not gettable. Love yur vidz!

[@Jackd-lz2hn]

This is a good one. I'm with Bill here I'm a guy. You notice your girl is getting pissed turn the channel or cut it off. And have a good day.

[@Isleofskye]

True otherwise she WILL shoot the passive mesenger=YOU!

[@arsenalfansince1994]

You should check out Jessie j - purple rain

[@IkramKahn-ov8fq]

First time I heard this

[@mortenBP]

No, Priscilla was 21yo.

[@jimbayler4277]

@BrittReacts: "Plane Flights": I believe he's referring to the Wright Bros.. Who invented aviation as we know it today. They were white.

[@jacobtate8]

Youve gotta watch the philly roast

[@George-ux6zz]

Colonel Parker was looking for a white guy that sounded black. Elvis filled that requirement.

[@leesmith9299]

these comments saying it's because white folks invented flight are not explaining the joke at all. that would be no worse than the skateboard example. not seen the rest of the clip myself but apparently she goes on to explain that black folks would have been able to invent flying themselves if they weren't so downtrodden. no idea why the audience laughed there though. i guess he just got them in a giddy mood. i'm sure he found some way to make that explanation funny. i'd like to see the full thing but does not seem to be easily findable on youtube.

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

The last joke was about flight...the Wright brothers who were the first to make flight were white

[@bobbymyers1189]

Cause the Wright brothers invented flying airplanes

[@JockJutManhwaRecap]

Thought of another one cars

[@APaganPerspective]

you should out his podcast on youtube with his wife Nia

[@CumpasFilms]

I think the last joke is maybe about how white people take more direct flights and black people do a lot of stops because the flights are cheaper.

[@jeffreymayberry2496]

Not to underestimate the brain power of Bill Burr, he could be referencing the development of jet technology by German scientists during WWII. Claiming people were appropriating that time period of German culture is very low. Also, I don't think anyone is making it from New York to L.A in 6 hours in a commercial prop plane. Assuming the 6 hour part is pivotal to the joke. I could be wrong.

[@knyght67]

Priscilla was 18 when they were married.

[@adamjameswhitesel4482]

😍

[@NewAeonWarlord]

Did the joke go over your head just like the Wright brothers invention? ;) sorry! had to do that one.....

[@carlop3393]

Jup its true

[@vancemcneil9716]

Not only was she a minor, he was also her legal guardian.

[@BossANova-xw9qi]

😩

[@danieldiggs9574]

Sadly most rock stars were with minors back then. A lot of rock stars in the 70s were with teens as young as 14. It prob went on in the 80s and 90s too. Look at what they did to Aaliyah and all the R Kelly stuff.

[@carolynussery8189]

Please react to Brodnax "NOLA "!!!

[@مأرب-العزوالشموخ]

He is saying while people invented the technology

[@MarmaladeOutdoors]

Just found you and love your videos on bill burr. Binge watching them but it’s a bit frustrating when you sometimes talk over some of the best parts of the video. Not only can’t we here it but you’ve completely missed some of the funniest jokes in the videos. Anyways you’re gorgeous and have great energy so I’ll keep watching. Cheers

[@markwood8824]

Not just a minor but his cousin.

[@tuckernevel]

wait the video ended there?! literally in the next minute of the special he explains the joke 😅

[@robertdalemccollom6250]

Extraculate the funny out of a bad situation. Maybe.

[@chriscr21]

Oh yeah, Elvis p[ut himself through hell, all of the debauchery you hear about today, Elvis did all of them way back in the day. And yeah sadly he died alone. Great reaction little lady!