Comedian Charlie Berens talks his stand up and beef with Illinois

Comedian Charlie Berens is known for his stand up called "Manitowoc Minute" where he tells the news in a Wisconsin accent. Berens talks about leaving the local news world for comedy and people from Wisconsin`s beef with Illinois.

[@bodarville7860]

As a long haul trucker from California I can say with no reservations the people within the borders of Wisconsin are the friendliest in the nation.

[@Tamra_77]

Bo Darville thank you! ✌🏻

[@adriannaz7954]

Bo Darville *cries in Iowan*

[@rsohlich1]

what about Michigan? Interested in you're honest opinion.

[@kimjameson7979]

Bo Darville - My experience, too. "Cheesehead" is clearly a compliment.

[@tannwich5350]

Unless you live there and have to hear the relentless gossip and attacks on each other. Talk about your sticky floor.

[@kepler438b8]

As a Wisconsinite, I wish more of us sounded like this guy.

[@gfhgfghhh]

As a Michigander you do, you’re just used to it

[@cleverusername9369]

As a North Carolinian, I can assure you that everyone north of Virginia, west of Pennsylvania, and east of Washington state sounds something like this guy 😆 if yer between Eye-da-hoe n Oh-hi-yo yah prahbly he-ave theat (y)accent

[@coldvoid7579]

Yeah everyone I talk to from outside the state says we do actually sound like this. Lol

[@samplautz5586]

No honestly most people in southern Wisconsin do not sound like this. That’s why Minnesota people say we’re from Chicago, because we don’t have much of an accent

[@TheAngle92]

Dude im in Illinois and everyone loves this guy hes hiliarious

[@tannwich5350]

Are you in Illinois or Chicago?

[@TheAngle92]

Tannwich illinois

[@TheAngle92]

Table-Country pinxing THRYM Firearms 27 im fuckin sayin

[@anangryjuicebox2799]

Me too

[@gxtmfa]

As an Illinoisan from near the border, I have a lot of love for Wisconsin. We don’t fight like enemies, we fight like brothers.

[@K1dsCanPlay2]

Nah

[@HauntedDreamz1]

I lived near the border of Wisconsin years ago, but if you drive then you'll know it's not brotherly since people from WI don't know how to drive at all.

[@scygnius]

I feel the same way man I love Wisconsin Where you from gftmfa I’m in Rockford

[@jacobandersen6075]

Just as long as you don’t fight like sisters.

[@jakobarend4526]

Facts IL gang rise up but we love our Wisconsin boys

[@maureentuohy8672]

I’m a Bear fan from Chicago who loves the “Manitowoc Minute.” Charlie, full speed ahead kiddo, or to put it in simpler words. Keep er moven.

[@EssaysByTom]

go packers and f**k the bears

[@hypnos_debts7977]

Thomas Kremer Amen

[@cleverusername9369]

He's won an Emmy?? Had no idea, well deserved! Love this guy! Ope, keep her movin'

[@josiahp.6960]

and watch out for deer!

[@Raphael_Bizmann]

Even Illinois people hate Illinois people. That's why we love Charlie so much.

[@ericfricke4512]

"I'm doing the Lord's work."

[@rurikschutte2188]

Up north is North of HWY 8

[@jWestray95]

Keep er movin

[@ccubsfan94]

He literally pulled a true midwest move at the end. They said something about his shirt so he had to tell them the deal he got on it

[@K3ithmm]

Moved to Texas with my native Texan wife. Decided to double down on the accent, absolute best business decision I’ve made. Watching your videos brings me home thank you!

[@jaceyeah]

I was born in Texas and raised in Arkansas, so when I moved up to the Midwest, I also decided to double down on the accent if anyone has the possibility to do it, do it at some point it'll just become natural

[@butteredbiskit3497]

I'm born and raised in west texas, lived in wisconsin for ten years and all you wisconsin peeps sound like him to me!

[@LQOTW]

Oh, you gaht dat right, der.

[@RufeeColada]

Dems fighting words, dere. Bud.

[@butteredbiskit3497]

How big a boy are ya? (Roy D. Mercer reference) lol

[@destroyanad8651]

Its called an accent

[@lsingstock1646]

Y'all sound the same throughout the south.

[@Condesamontes]

I absolutely love this guy! I didn’t know I sounded like this until I bought our home in East Tennessee. They quickly told me though. 👏🏽

[@michaelkenefick]

You and Red Green would make a great combo, me thinks.

[@briandodge7095]

from an Illinois guy, this guy is FUNNY! I get alot of crap from my friends because I'm aPackers fan in flat land. love goin up nort to fish. Hello Birchwood! Keep er movin!

[@c.r.8019]

His last video on boat landings was filmed at the Chippewa flowage in Birchwood! Went to grade school there

[@jonahlerberg4478]

How ofter go you fish in birchwood? I live in birchwood and go to school there

[@frankthompson1918]

Just discovered Charlie a few weeks ago, and have been bingeing Manatauk Minute ever since. Keep 'er movin' !

[@shadowlynxv6082]

Sorry you spelled Manitowoc wrong.

[@BobBilly980]

A Wisconsin Treasure

[@erinsr02]

It’s ok, I hate Illinois too and I’ve lived here pretty much my whole life.

[@tannwich5350]

Well that's the whole cool thing about being from there is you survived it. Like being a Vietnam vet, you're an Illinois vet.

[@erinsr02]

Tannwich oh cool, can I have a medal then?

[@tannwich5350]

@@erinsr02 Sure, you can get one shaped like a hot dog or an etched photo of your choice.

[@erinsr02]

Tannwich I think a better choice would be shaped like corn, but whatever works for me lol

[@Bluenose352]

I like the state itself. But, I can't stand every politician in the state, unfortunately. The main reason why so many are leaving.

[@karisap]

I, too, am a Midwesterner who has mispronounced faux. We should start a club

[@shanetaylor5403]

As a Michigander, I did it up until the age of 12, at which point I took a french class and the teacher very gently told me I was very much wrong. Learned a lot of things about a lot of words in French. It's also fun to say Detroit as Day-twah (the 'correct' way to say it) around literally anybody who has ever been anywhere near Detroit, they will go bonkers, gotta sit em down on the Davenport so they can chill off.

[@karisap]

@@shanetaylor5403 that is brilliant!! XD

[@orion5425]

I'd like to say Charlie is our representative for Wisconsin

[@JoeCole_social]

Moved to Indiana from the southeast and I got to say, the Midwesterners are the best part!

[@MW-lx2iu]

I'm from northern Illinois originally and I love Charlie, I watch all his KZbin videos. Tell your mom I says Hi!

[@jackoneill6292]

We have bears in the U.P of Michigan, we tried to put a helmet on one it didn’t turn out to good!

[@tomardans4258]

I had a friend from Chicago who hated Wisconsin. We were in Wisconsin, driving back to Chicago from Six Flags. He said ‘We call them cheeseheads, and they don’t have a good name for us!’ I immediately said, ‘How about Chiggers?’ There was a long pause. He said ‘Don’t tell them that one.’

[@501764727]

Lol as a Wisconsinite, I always remind fellow cheese heads and other Midwesterners that without Illinois we wouldn't have our resort vacation towns like Minocqua, Door County, Lake Geneva and The Dells. The Chicago & Illinois folks with the $$ helps our tourism. I easily have more beef w/ Minnesota and their teams. I always say FIB stand for Fellow Illinois Brethren.

[@swirledworld340]

and why do you think they built those resort towns??? to get away from the other FIBs 😂

[@gfhgfghhh]

No

[@MiracleWinchester]

He's not kidding about the shirt. A quick YT search would show he wears it a lot. I love it

[@501764727]

Also growing up as a kid we would vacation at the cabin in the Dells for a week and I would always make friends with kids from Chicago all the time and many Great memories. And now I come down to Wrigley for the Cubs-Brewers games, have been doing this for the last 8 yrs and everyone is friendly and nice. All the problems at Miller Park are from the Wisconsin Cub fans who start trouble at the games in Miller Park.

[@paulandersen9386]

You are a Wisconsin treasure. Keep er movin.

[@donaldvandenbusch8289]

I live in Manitowoc and am very proud that its called the Manitowoc minute.

[@kerplunk9434]

Im not even from the States but I enjoy his accent impersonation. I think anyone can relate to the hilarity of his act.

[@tommymaxey2665]

He's not impersonating anything, there are legit people who talk like that

[@whisperingeaglelanders2339]

I adore him, he is hysterical!!🤣😂

[@ann-mariemeyers9978]

I've been in Texas 25 years and I still sound like that.

[@fuzzyrockhound]

It’s amazing. You get off the plane in maaaaawakee and everyone talks like this. I’m from wiscannnnsin, now in Texas lol.

[@73honda350]

I can remember back in the 70's or 80's when John Landecker on WLS radio out of Chicago had a routine on his evening radio show based on the Wisconsin character, Johnny Peshtigo, the nicest guy in the world. Coincidentally, several years later a new job took me to WI and we lived in the Town of Peshtigo and my kids went to Peshtigo schools.

[@denisefuentes1352]

Eddie Abler from Johhnie B

[@barbaraarcher4895]

no this guys not exaggerating the wisconsin accent and idioms a all. a friend of mine who spent the first 30some years of his life in Washington state moved to green bay for a bit over ten years and came back sounding just like dis guy does lol

[@lsingstock1646]

In about,1969 at Summerfest I received a bumper sticker that said Don't Ill Annoy Wisconsin.

[@DSToNe19and83]

Charlie is a champ! As a “purple” he still can get bent! 🍻

[@sigsin1]

I’m a Troll and until Charlie I didn’t realize that Wisconsinites sound like Yoopers. Makes sense.

[@Fiona-68]

Speaking as a born and bred Wisconsinite it is true we don't hate Illinionians we just hate the Bears. Also I feel bad for ya'll. Wisconsin is much more beautiful and has many more lakes.

[@lynntaylor9681]

Pretty much the same for me except I'd substitute Bears for the Cubs. Illinois is pretty too. Although I've only driven through it on the way to Indianapolis.

[@NeilMcLinden]

Janeen Heller Except for when they drive: FIBs everywhere

[@coastaku1954]

He sounds like what Americans think Canadians sound like

[@roccobierman4985]

This guy is great. Would love to see more of him.

[@drewt3210]

"We've always said this business is ripe for a parody." Yeah, for sure, somebody oughta make a movie about an anchor man.

[@edburgmunchin2328]

This guy’s hilarious

[@shaneh1003]

I can’t even read the comments without hearing his mid-west accent reading them all to me.

[@Ragejaw]

How he is not more famous is beyond me.

[@venomlink2033]

Wisconsin hates Illinois like Sweden hates Norway. Indiana hates Illinois like Serbia hates Bosnia. We are not the same.

[@paulthefish33]

You gotta love the guy.

[@krogers852000]

They let you in Illinois? Keep er moving. Jk - fan in Illinois Ps. I'll never be a pecker fan. Go bears!

[@krogers852000]

🤷‍♂️ they do suck

[@rnrcustoms2599]

@@dylanspice914 and fuck you

[@shimes424]

@@krogers852000 hey last week wasn't too bad. Ya win some, ya lose the important ones, but that's Bears football for ya.

[@gxtmfa]

I’ll put it this way: I hate the packers because rivalries are fun but I hate the Patriots because I hate the Patriots.

[@michaelkenefick]

Hey Charlie paid the tolls just like most every pone else! =)

[@koleyw932]

Miss the midwestern accent, youse guys.

[@michaellodge5456]

This was a good interview

[@johnsiran2810]

One of the funniest people out there! My family has a place in Chetek for over twenty years! My favorite place to be… love the people!

[@StevenAlpert]

HOW DID I MISS THIS NEWS CAST? I've legit been watching his KZbin channel for like a little over a year now, and I've been watching the WGN Morning News since I could count to 9... When did this happen? How did I miss it?

[@nobodyimportant7192]

Can somebody for The Love of Hobbit Logic tell me if this Man is Married or Single in REAL LIFE TIME... IF THE FORMER, COOL IF THE LATTER, HOW TALL IS HE? IT'S FOR A REALLY CUTE FRIEND OF MINE ASKING....

[@GregBedard]

Midwesterners are so adorable in their mannerism and dialect.

[@Bebby_Binkins]

That's how us Minnesotans feel about Sconnies

[@jackg2212]

I’m a Illinois resident packers fan

[@543dp3555]

Best thing to come out of Illinois is Abraham Lincoln and even he said keep 'er movin' and left.

[@richiejohnson]

I wanted to know Charlie's story. This was great. He has it all

[@PabloHz]

Chicago for life! Lol but I love this guy xD

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

I love La Crosse Wisconsin Cardinal Burke Lives there I get a newsletter from the Lady of Guadalupe Shrine it is called Salve a good newsletter to subscribe to truth. Love Wisconsin Illinois dumpster fire truth way to go Charlie truth

[@maryrudelich9000]

This woman from Chicago suburbs who always wore a dress showed up to meet her friends one day, wearing a flannel shirt. It was wasn’t long after that she moved to Wisconsin. 😊

[@davidbrumbaugh7809]

Who can not like charlie?

[@elizabethhowe4684]

I'm from South Florida and I love this guy!

[@captainawsomeist]

Charlie is so damn funny!

[@Jefff72]

If anyone rivals Wisconsin, it's us folks in MinnesOda. Ok, I'm in Germany now but I was born & raised in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. No state or province is closer to WI in geography, climate & demographics than MN! We were once a part of the Wisconsin Territory. So we should get a little hate around here!

[@stevencrippen6609]

I thought he was using a fictional town to do his Manitowoc Minute but there actually is a town called Manitowoc. 🤯🤯🤯😂😂😂😂

[@michaellara7046]

If Mac Demarco grew up in Wisconsin

[@keithlibner9259]

I miss the Channel 9 morning news. Those people are hilarious.

[@urfat3320]

I hate when Illinois people always try to pass you in a no passing zone with that dang grey Honda minivan

[@Rodeo07]

Well here in Indiana we love our brothers up in the cheese state

[@badguy1481]

Born and raised in Chcawgo..but moved to Wisconsin 50 years ago. Tank GOD da Chicawgo n'd Milwaukee accents got a lots in common. Udderwise... I couldn't uh "passed".

[@tannwich5350]

Jus settin in da frunchroom lookin at TV like anybody else, eh?

[@travisjazzbo3490]

This guy has 11 siblings. Can you imagine?

[@jeffreyvarchmin9262]

Love your stuff, Charlie! A fan from Illinois.

[@kadenbouse8870]

Chicago is not Illinois

[@annazapata4423]

Wisconsin loves Charlie❤️

[@maryrudelich9000]

Charlie is so spot on Wisconsin. All true. 😂

[@janicesullivan8942]

I was glad to leave Illinois in the rear view mirror, although I really miss living 15 minutes from the Wisconsin state line.

[@echoedinnocence]

I also live like 20 min away from the border and will be glad to see it in my rear view too but I'm running up to the promise Land... Wisconsin! 😂

[@tannwich5350]

@@echoedinnocence It useta be

[@Jerk_ANC]

Congrats Charlie. ❤ Manitowoc, ❤ Manitowoc minute!!

[@erinthesystem9608]

Always great to know an origin story! Also interesting to hear how careers develop (for someone like myself, who has had only jobs)

[@montygates8767]

That was wonderful

[@cobblerama]

Love dat guy

[@peggy2360]

Nice interview! Tell your folks I say hi :)

[@cemetery76]

shitcago is not all of illinois

[@TheSaltblock]

U damn skippy!

[@ormorphe]

Chicago rocks. The snotty suburbs north stink!

[@stella-gx8ne]

Hysterical love it!

[@timbuktu8069]

I give up. Can somebody explain what F I B means?

[@sambailey4481]

Fucking Illinois bastard haha

[@nobodyimportant7192]

Finally, Someone uses the prefix, "Co" to refrain from Intellectual Plagerism....now I'm just showing off my mad skills... While I can't spell accurately Plagerism

[@m0thman815]

The hurtful thing is I relate to his videos so much but also... I’m from Illinois

[@susanxyz5730]

Hey ex FIB here… still love your comedy.

[@tthappyrock368]

Love Manitowoc Minute!

[@badguy1481]

Hey...der guy? Der's a "S" in Illinoi-S!

[@AustiuNoMatterWho]

This guy has me rolling

[@shutupandlisten873]

Wish I lived up there. Accent is dead on

[@stvp68]

Emmy winner!!!

[@douglaslanners6221]

love rock on !

[@dobiedude7479]

You make us sound stupid. Gee, how many comedians make fun of southern accents. Or chicano language? I saw a Navajo comedian a while back. It was funny. People need to lighten up a lot. The line from My Cousin Vinny, these two Utes. I live a few miles from the Southern Ute Reservation, that is a classic line around here.

[@carolinaumana10]

This was a nice laugh… right before bed

[@nobodyimportant7192]

Flourished like a fleur-de-lis? Ya know dat French Ting?

[@briancasey4917]

Crossing the Cheddar curtain, brave man.

[@Goo42021]

This is his job when he graduated from Wisconsin he had a little show like this I believe it was on KZbin but it was actually liked I think news

[@annebergstrom1250]

I lived for years trying to suppress my accent.