Dave Allen Joke of the Day

[@HowlinWilf13]

A lovely chap, Dave Allen. As funny as they come and a huge contributor to good Anglo-Irish relations. Always hilarious while never condescending, vicious, or smutty. Bless his clever cotton socks.

[@johnmalcolm4822]

I loved his jokes even before he told them.

[@ratusbagus]

There's Irishness for you.

[@waltershumer4211]

I think that today no one would understand this joke for the lack of Education

[@originalveghead]

Don't underestimate people. Looking down on "kids today" is no better than looking down on Irish Labourers. Isn't that the point of the joke?

[@lamnag01]

@@originalveghead I don't think Walter was looking down on anybody but just stating an obvious fact and that is that we are been intentionally been dumbed down.

[@originalveghead]

@@lamnag01 "we are been intentionally been dumbed down." I would have said "speak for yourself", but you already are.

[@ratusbagus]

@@originalvegheadI completely agree with your sentiment, but having been increasingly dismissed with "ok Boomer" and "educate yourself" in what I thought online debates, I'd say the "looking down on" sentiment runs in both generational directions. Additionally, I've noticed also that over the last decade and without fanfare, "ageism" appears to have been dropped from the list of groups, in establishment policies, that must not discriminated against......and that's the result of those now at the helm (speaking as a retiree). Honestly, check it out. Things aren't as progressive as they're being made out.

[@originalveghead]

@@ratusbagus I agree it's a problem in both directions but AFAIK age is still a protected category. In the US it's pretty strictly enforced, but I don't know about the UK.

[@plugh1]

Dave allen was brilliant.

[@leonschoeman6770]

One of my all time favourite comedians.

[@seanmacleod470]

I used to watch him in Canada in the early 80’s in my parents bed with a tiny t.v. Loved him.

[@jenniferwells9032]

Love him ❤️😂😂😂

[@samnous2002]

99.9% of comedians would not have produced something so very intelligent.

[@ratusbagus]

Being of Irish parentage after they moved to the Eastend of London and before retiring back to Donegal, I've lifelong experience of these language differences. So being an Irish raised cockney, I don't know if this is more, or if it's less funnier to me than to the just English or just Irish, having been neither. The non-Irish may have to read that twice. But if an Englishman ever called me an Irishman, the implication mightn't be complementary.....whereas if my father called me an Englishman it was definate and delivered as or with a kick in the arse. To my family, and probably Dave Allen, the joke was the irony of English jokes about Irish stupidity.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

As an English man I totally got Daves meaning 😉

[@WilliamRoss-hx4ut]

Funny bloke

[@dode5064]

Used to love his show. Great comedian

[@PortsladeBySea]

Dave Allen and Ken Dodd were masters of their profession. They were never rude, or insulting, towards their audience. Ken told us once that it’s the audience who pays his wages! 😂

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

Yes and Jens comment is something that celebs of the last decade have forgotten!

[@phila2361]

I can spot a punchline a mile away, but that one sneaked in the backdoor 😂

[@originalveghead]

Matron!

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

@@originalveghead 😂😂😂😂 great mind eh?

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Genius 🇮🇪

[@venginandhanjangiti3351]

Thank u sir.

[@originalveghead]

Actually I've just edited the automatically generated subtitles because they were useless. Try now.

[@michaelstephen819]

Q: Why are Irish jokes so stupid? A: So the English can understand them.

[@highdownmartin]

Reminds me of spike Milligan’s story. When he was in the army at the end a drill one day the drill sergeant said Right you orrible lot, today the Brigadier is going to give you all a talk about Yeates. I bet none of you bastards even know what a yate is!

[@originalveghead]

That's fantastic! Genuine lol reading that

[@robertholland6012]

Clever

[@blackrabbit212]

I wonder how many Americans didn't get that.

[@sensei-lr4cj]

Why would americans watch these? I don't think most americans even know Mr.Allen.

[@reedyd]

The subtitles helped immensely. I initially heard "gorilla". And as an American I love Mr. Allen. I grew up watching him on PBS after Monty Python's Flying Circus aired. It was some of the first "adult humor" I was permitted to view.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

American here. Watched it. Got it. Didn't need subtitles.

[@lydialily846]

Ambulocetus . Thank you 🙏.. He was b4 my time but I’ve watched lots of vids of him & am so proud to call him Irish ☘️ ... God bless .

[@frankybakker5692]

Trump did not get it , lol

[@callumodey4532]

The pronunciation of George...getting the joke is not about intelligence...but simply exposure to language's...and ...a bit more...at least for this one

[@venginandhanjangiti3351]

I request to the uploaded person, pls I needed subtitles.

[@mw8252]

Click the "closed caption" button (CC)

[@charlieleonard7610]

"What's the difference between a girder and a joist" "Goethe wrote Faust and Joyce wrote Ulysses"