Our boy had two lines written for him on that card and he made the most of it and stole the entire scene!!
@angeleinagrant43803 жыл бұрын
YAAASSSSS!!! lol.
@kerstinola61413 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@02ujtb006263 жыл бұрын
Yaaaaaas!
@LMD29153 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I came here to say! ROTFL
@smn44813 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@daniellebelisle47479 жыл бұрын
Nearly spit out my beverage when Allen spoke. The wait is worth it.
@annabfaizi30699 жыл бұрын
+Danielle Belisle hahaha me too!!! this was brilliant
@kingkingjustin9 жыл бұрын
+Danielle Belisle haha me too I was like why doesn't he have any line and then it hit me :))
@joe-bro_119 жыл бұрын
+Daisy Quake Or Kip from Napoleon Dynamite.
@gaca5208 жыл бұрын
+Daisy Quake I think he was trying to imitate Tim Gunn.
@jdstep978 жыл бұрын
gaca520 I wonder if he was attempting to sound like that, though, or if that was the only accent he can do that is American (USA).
@squamish42447 жыл бұрын
Hugh Bonneville still sounds like he's an aristocrat from a period drama, except now he's a captain of industry in New York.
@blakes58276 жыл бұрын
And not bad acting actually.
@Tubie11115 жыл бұрын
He sounded like a 1950s movie actor
@theberrby68365 жыл бұрын
👍
@duckwhistle5 жыл бұрын
I love that they all went with completely different accents.
@Jolamprex5 жыл бұрын
valar He sounds straight out of Hell On Wheels.
@jemetjean7853 жыл бұрын
Hugh immediately went full Rockefeller-capitalist for this scene 😂
@ageofechochambers9469 Жыл бұрын
More like jp Morgan, Rockefeller would have had some eugenic references .
@benjaminguilatcoiv6 ай бұрын
missed a step though on the word: "lovely".. i give him a pass, it's a very British expression and he couldn't help it on short notice 😊
@josephzepeda76082 ай бұрын
He's just using Alec Baldwin as his template
@Jorindeify2 ай бұрын
@@ageofechochambers9469 Was he into egenics as well? I read an article about Lindbergh who, they say, did experiments on his own kid, with a doctor-friend.
@rainloriАй бұрын
Thurston Howell III 😆
@MsGrapeNehi8 жыл бұрын
"Yeah, hey, guyssss?" xD I lost it. He sounded like Tim Gunn.
@comic-concon56028 жыл бұрын
just googled Tim Gunn lol
@CamilaVanilla8 жыл бұрын
I think that's why he said at the end, "Hey, Mary, what/who are you wearing?"
@mmorris74197 жыл бұрын
What-If Machine :Yep. That's what I heard.
@jspence88636 жыл бұрын
it's the only american accent he can do XD
@maaariiia5 жыл бұрын
I was expecting him to say “Good heavens!” Hahaha
@fromthehaven946 жыл бұрын
Leech: the gay flight attendant Dockery: valley girl Bonneville: juror #3 in 12 Angry Men
@janedoe58295 жыл бұрын
Christopher C this!
@tuckercrowe51885 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@incisivecommenter59745 жыл бұрын
Lol
@rebekahasay66105 жыл бұрын
Spot on
@arlenerodrigues58165 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@deadoux5 жыл бұрын
THE ‘HEY GUYS’ GOT ME
@knightingale56604 жыл бұрын
ME TOO I WAS SCREAMING
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
I was ⚰️⚰️⚰️
@fc46604 жыл бұрын
Me too, he didn’t have much of a chance to make an impression and it was perfect.
@m.l34833 жыл бұрын
I liked Allen Leech before, now I LOVE him
@letgoofwill3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the comment I was looking for so that I don’t have to make one 😂
@komalahayes15353 жыл бұрын
THAT'S TALENT. No small parts, just small actors. Took two lines and made that scene. And threw in "Who are you wearing?" 😄 Wouldn't be surprised if he got hired after that👍💛
@deecal41043 жыл бұрын
That had me dying!!!! 🤣😅👏🏼
@superficialdramafan70058 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just the accent. It was also the exaggerated facial expressions and the hand gestures. These are good actors.
@conlasganas5 жыл бұрын
British actors are always FANTASTIC performers, that's why
@eggizgud5 жыл бұрын
And the American slang.
@511dydy5 жыл бұрын
Almost all british actors come from drama school and or theatre background.
@karianne19705 жыл бұрын
Superficialdrama fan: The minute Michelle started speaking I laughed myself into a coughing fit. Her facial expressions are *priceless.* Allen had me in tears, and Hugh’s so emphatic I was just guffawing. 😂🤣
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Yes they are so talented in every way! Too much! 😹😹😹😻
@OhEmJeessica8 жыл бұрын
did Allen learn to do an American accent from watching project runway exclusively or something?
@um22w228 жыл бұрын
OhEmJeessica hilarious!!!
@junedreamer8 жыл бұрын
bahahshsha!
@MikeRoberts19647 жыл бұрын
He made it work
@lamb4life3276 жыл бұрын
Dead 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
@kayehenry37376 жыл бұрын
Yes! Good news for Tim Gunn. If he ever needs to retape a voiceover and can't make it, Allen would do a great job!
@pabriny4 жыл бұрын
It turned into Housewives real quick with the american accents lol .
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Hahaha such an accurate description!!
@freslieslieson98774 жыл бұрын
Omg!!
@CamilaSaurus4 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@danielalford48353 жыл бұрын
Or the Donald, Ivanka and Jared Kushner
@Ozarka6363 жыл бұрын
Omg! American accent just killed it🤢😖😖
@pinkosmondfan3 жыл бұрын
I love how Hugh bellowed "Do you think that's wrong?!" right in Michelle's face, and she didn't even bat an eye. LOL
@DR-eq6qe3 жыл бұрын
Downton damaged her 😆
@shaungordon97378 жыл бұрын
Hugh did a classic upper class American accent from the 50s which was pretty accurate. Michelle did valley girl and the other guy did Protect Runway lol
@LaKellita4 жыл бұрын
That moment when Downton Abbey turned into Dynasty.
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
😹😹😹😹😹
@Alfredo919974 жыл бұрын
Girl you deserve more likes
@strivingformindfulness23563 жыл бұрын
OMG! Hugh Bonneville as Blake Carrington! YES!!!!
@Sosoph0983 жыл бұрын
Or schitts creek lol
@fromthehaven943 жыл бұрын
@@Sosoph098 You were supposed to be at lunch! Why were you not at lunch?
@darkness21219 жыл бұрын
Hugh Bonneville still sounded classy with the American accent.....
@ayatollahrocknrolla9 жыл бұрын
+darkness2121 I kept expecting him to say "Hello Seattle, I'm Dr. Frasier Crane. I'm listening..." he sounded just like Kelsey
@Kelaiah019 жыл бұрын
+ayatollahrocknrolla Really? I thought he sounded more like Ed Asner. ^^
@jennible9 жыл бұрын
+Kelaiah01 See I was hearing Liam Neeson...
@shuboy059 жыл бұрын
+Jennifer Diemer I was thinking the same thing. I was rather disappointed Hugh didn't start talking about his particular set of skills..
@mwduck9 жыл бұрын
+Daisy Quake Or Fred Flintstone!
@LDi1413 жыл бұрын
The "Yeah hey guys" came out of nowhere and now is tattooed on my brain forever 😂😂
@songbirds37123 жыл бұрын
Absolutely forever!
@masrahman82312 жыл бұрын
I can't stop laughing... 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@calebanderson62059 жыл бұрын
whoa an accent change just turned it into cheap American daytime television
@HelloGudbye939 жыл бұрын
+Caleb Anderson Yeah, nothing to do with their over-dramatized voices and mannerisms. Just the accent change -______-
@robertoliver82899 жыл бұрын
+HelloGudbye93 The entire joke was lost on you.
@charlie-jt1pc9 жыл бұрын
+Robert Oliver AHAHAHA so true XDDD
@JudgeJulieLit9 жыл бұрын
+Caleb Anderson An accent change to Cockney would turn it into a cheap Coronation Street bar and tenement scene.
@JuanKuzov8 жыл бұрын
+JudgeJulieLit coronation street isnt cockney its lancashire accent lol nothing like fucking cockney
@spookyloop51745 жыл бұрын
My parents watched the whole show, they now insist on being called MaMA and PaPA, or my dad prefers His Lordship
@evelina23635 жыл бұрын
😂
@arcticwolf93325 жыл бұрын
Thats so funny! In my house my dad is now Lord Grandtham and my mom is Lady Grantham and I even have them like that in my cell phone
@willrichardson5195 жыл бұрын
Go further, mater et pater
@willrichardson5195 жыл бұрын
@@arcticwolf9332 grand-thumb? Stamford is much nicer, poor old Grantham is a bit tired...
@MrRoztoc5 жыл бұрын
Mama and Papa is so German!
@-C.S.R5 жыл бұрын
A New York tycoon, a valley girl and a gay guy all walk into a bar......
@weltschmertzz4 жыл бұрын
... and forgot some commas
@Ionabrodie694 жыл бұрын
He’s not gay... and a girl from the valleys... what’s your point..?
@MarianaAguirre4 жыл бұрын
@@Ionabrodie69 the accent she did is what people call valley girl accent. And he is not saying he is gay, but the accent he did can be recognised as the way some gay people talk. A stereotyped version off course. Just for the fun sakes
@Ionabrodie694 жыл бұрын
Mariana Aguirre Ah right...because a valley girl over here is Welsh, and I’m sure she’s not. as to the gay bit,I’ll have to take your word for it, cos my two closest (not closet, that door opened long ago 😂) friends sound nothing like him 😂
@ejones83604 жыл бұрын
Ballroomdiva you mean a valley girl ‘here’ is a girl from the valleys (in wales) , it’s not the only place in wales...
@hg82met3 жыл бұрын
I like how Allen Leech's way of acting American is acting camp.
@SessmaruKusanagiGaming2 жыл бұрын
The campier, the better! That's what I always say lol.
@LesserMoffHootkins2 жыл бұрын
He had to make a choice. He chose wisely.
@terellison2 жыл бұрын
“Mary, who are you wearing?” 🤣🤣🤣
@GGMoonish4 жыл бұрын
And in one instant.... Downton Abbey becomes a comedy
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
😹😹😹😹😹 That’s what we turned our cats into.
@ian_edits_4 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's because I'm very comfortable listening to a British accent, so it no longer phases me, but to me, Downton already was partly a comedy. It's definitely the funniest show I've ever watched. Witty jokes and pointed stares get me laughing much more than any classic American comedies I've ever watched tbh.
@ixlnxs4 жыл бұрын
Dynasty.
@vivebien1454 жыл бұрын
@@ian_edits_ oh actually I do have amazon, i didnt think it'd be there since its a british show but I see it is, thank you 🤲
@chantalcaraig883 жыл бұрын
@@ian_edits_ I was about to say the same thing! I'm bingewatching the series now and I didn't expect the sarcasm, the witty dialogues, the characters and their comedic timing... There are certain scenes that I repeat on loop, because they're hilarious to me
@annehebert5109 жыл бұрын
British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors are exposed to far more American film and television than the other way round, and so can more easily imitate North Americans. As Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan said when he first met an American "It was like talking to the television"
@kismetau9 жыл бұрын
So true!!
@Doiucbklse9 жыл бұрын
they're exposed to more American than actual Americans? are you kidding? have you seen American television??
@ddha00009 жыл бұрын
+Anne Hebert Ironically, most American TV and film seems to be dominated by British actors.
@danchube90169 жыл бұрын
+Anne Hebert lots of british shows on u.s tv, major u.s shows dominated by english actors, I would say the other way around.
@raspberries69929 жыл бұрын
+Anne Hebert - Having lived in both the US and the UK, I have to say there seems to be a fairly even swap of programming between the two, but that still creates a bit of tunnel vision. I'm going to ramble for a moment... Neither country seems aware of how hard it is to imitate the opposing nation's regional dialects. Defaulting to a stereotypical variation is a common trick used by British actors to mask inconsistencies. Usually it's a (generic) Southern drawl, as the speech patterns are easier to adopt, but in this video it's "Mr. Fabulous" and the "Valley Girl." - Likewise, American actors often resort to what I call "Stage British." This is s direct result of what the US is most often exposed to. Classically, British actors were encouraged to mask their own regional accents with a generic, easy to understand manner of speaking. America had a similar policy of their own. Thankfully, this trend is slowly dying, but that bleached British is usually what American actors attempt to (or are coached to) mimic. Likewise, the bleached American is often attempted across the pond. The truth is, the two countries are very similar. To the untrained ear, most regional accents are lost. It only takes a tiny amount of exposure to sort New York from California, or Ireland from Scotland. But, the ear learns faster than the tongue. At the end of the day, we should all just hang out more.
@campin_sasquatch77408 жыл бұрын
omg Allen! lol he only had 2 lines but he made the whole skit for me XD
@Diamondelle848 жыл бұрын
He did so much with so little. lol
@willrichardson5195 жыл бұрын
@@Diamondelle84 skill...
@MatthewCYN154 жыл бұрын
Justice for Tom.
@anneneville62553 жыл бұрын
Does someone knows if that was really in the series
@ashcross3 жыл бұрын
Lol at those saying those are not good American accents. They were deliberately using cliched American accents! That was part of the joke. Trust me, if they wanted to fool you with an American accent, without being tongue in cheek, they could do it. There are a number of American actors who can do English/British accents, but I think British actors find it easier to do American accents because (a) they grew up with American movies, in a way many Americans don't grow up with British movies, (b) someone with a RP accent (BBC English / the Queen's English) find it easier to "add" an American accent, whereas Americans find it more difficult to "remove" their accent to sound British RP, (c) British actors tend to be terrifically well-trained and there is an excellent tradition of acting schools and repertory performances that make them very rounded performers, (d) American producers love hiring Brits because they tend to be cheaper and more conforming than some bigger American actors, so British actors get a lot of real-world exposure to American culture and film-making, and (e) Brit actors want to make it in America in ways most American don't want or need to make it big in the UK, so they don't bother to develop a British accent. I would also add that Brits are renowned for their natural acting ability, sense of humour and irony, for playing a role, and for using linguistic skills to say one thing and mean another. As John le Carré said, the English, above all nationalities, make excellent spies. Thus ends my essay.
@anenglishmanplusamerican7107 Жыл бұрын
As an English, I approve this message. Good job friend.
@elizabethnelson10 Жыл бұрын
Plus, it's way funnier with stereotypical accents :P
@socalgirl_nyc54233 ай бұрын
Dork
@ashcross3 ай бұрын
@@socalgirl_nyc5423 How eloquent!
@kaoutermouslimhaliba71454 жыл бұрын
" Yeah ,hey guys ,that may be hard to achieve" I went nuts ! 😂😂😂😂
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
😹😹😹😹😹⚰️⚰️⚰️
@MaggieTheCat013 жыл бұрын
Me too. I had to pause the video to wait for my laughter to subside. 😁
@SessmaruKusanagiGaming2 жыл бұрын
I lost my shit 🤣🤣😂😂😂
@LesserMoffHootkins2 жыл бұрын
Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading
@02mjan2 жыл бұрын
He sounded like a gay guy calling their BS of a plan 😅 He was like, "Oh no you didn't, girl!" 😅
@23tessil8 жыл бұрын
The American version: Downtown Cali
@JClover25 жыл бұрын
STOP! hahahaha
@roseblossom20235 жыл бұрын
LOL
@OnceUponAKid15 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@michaelli96975 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@abbeyroad4305 жыл бұрын
It made me think of SNL’s the “Californians” actually lol
@daniellebelisle47479 жыл бұрын
"Mary, who are you wearing?"
@MrTuskam9 жыл бұрын
+Danielle Belisle whats means who are you wearing?
@daniellebelisle47479 жыл бұрын
It's a phrase a lot of American interviewers will say at red carpet events when they ask celebrities the designer of their dress. I believe Joan Rivers was the person who coined the phrase. Mostly now asked by Ryan Seacrest at something like the Oscars. Allen was being cheeky here. So great.
@IReallyMissCybertron9 жыл бұрын
+max kaz It means that he wanted to know what brand of clothing she is wearing, which is usually the name of a designer (Versace for Donatella Versace, Gucci for Guccio Gucci, Prada for Mario Prada, Dolce & Gabbana for Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana, and so on...) "Who are you wearing?" is a very "Hollywood" way to ask someone rich, famous, or one wearing something that looks really expensive "Who was the designer or what brand is that dress?"
@MrTuskam9 жыл бұрын
Noah Bain thx
@MrTuskam9 жыл бұрын
I really miss Cybertron... thx nice answer!
@NiVi1922 жыл бұрын
Damn, those three actually nailed their American accents!
@hellomimibanana2 жыл бұрын
It has to be the easiest accent tho lmao
@NiVi192 Жыл бұрын
@E Ní D Tat depends... I mean, in comparison to what? Because, for some Brits, an Irish accent or an Aussie accent might come a lot more natural. 🤷🏽♀️
@curtiswhiteheadjr1322 Жыл бұрын
💯 Like Friends 20 years later.
@lilspring1057 Жыл бұрын
from different states and eras lol :), but it's still hilarious
@mymulticolouredyouniverse8 жыл бұрын
"Mary, who are you wearing?" I can't even XD I'm cry laughing right now XD
@brookemartin61015 жыл бұрын
I also love Michelle's reaction when Allen talks.
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Me too! I’m sure they genuinely love and respect one another.
@MaggieTheCat013 жыл бұрын
She collapsed onto Hugh, both laughing like drains. 😁
@LavenousForever7 жыл бұрын
She sounds like Reece Witherspoon!! 😂😂
@jessicawalton46906 жыл бұрын
and hugh sounds like frasier
@choirkitty6 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha now that's all I can think of when I hear this! :)
@getreal19916 жыл бұрын
I was going to say Drew Barrymore!
@NellieKAdaba6 жыл бұрын
LavenousForever Interesting
@cheepes3d5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing! And Allen sounds Mitchell in Modern Family
@Earle29 Жыл бұрын
Michelle Dockery’s laugh when Allen Leech spoke was Golden!!!
@thesenceofmorality8 жыл бұрын
This scene would have been complete if Hugh had a cigar in his mouth, Michelle had bubblegum and Allen... the latest fashions from Milan.
@AC_RDR2_Q2 жыл бұрын
You wouldn’t have bubblegum in the 1920s mate
@dmell94568 жыл бұрын
Their versions of american accents are hilarious
@Irisrune6 жыл бұрын
That is so true! It's cool that they each covered different demographics. XD
@aberamagold75094 жыл бұрын
Not as hilarious (or just plain very bad) as Americans doing/butchering British accents
@MiceAl4872 жыл бұрын
wdym "versions" that's what y'all sound like fr lmao
@spongebobby60272 жыл бұрын
Version my ass you mfs sound like that
@MiceAl4872 жыл бұрын
@@spongebobby6027 right lmao
@Prokomeni8 жыл бұрын
This should have been a lot a lot longer
@anirbandutta10916 жыл бұрын
Nasa That's what she said
@20shourya6 жыл бұрын
that's what she said.
@fionagregory79366 жыл бұрын
yes. It is easier for British people to do a yank accent than the other way round.
@redsquirrel10866 жыл бұрын
@@fionagregory7936 They certainly make it sound easy. From my time living in the UK the Brits are great mimics. They are also self deprecating. They laugh at themselves which is admirable.
@ryancunningham92915 жыл бұрын
Title of your sex tape
@lisadavis41623 жыл бұрын
The last time I took students to Europe, I was walking down a street in London with some of the kids when we passed a British mom walking in the other direction (rather quickly) with her eight year old son. Just as we passed them, he was saying, "But Mummy, I promise I won't do it again!" (Say that with your very best high BBC accent!) I could see that my students were trying hard not to laugh out loud while we were still close. Once we got a bit further down the block, one of the girls said laughingly, "Somehow I didn't think people who sounded like that when they talked COULD misbehave!"
@maple12559 жыл бұрын
They were all great, really funny. It's great too to see how well they are get along.
@gabriella2806599 жыл бұрын
+maple1255 Oh, thank you my friend ! ^_^
@maple12559 жыл бұрын
***** You're welcome, my friend! * - *
@garbage639 жыл бұрын
+maple1255 They are get along many goodlys indeed.
@maple12559 жыл бұрын
☺ ☺
@carmendagcioglu27517 жыл бұрын
maple1255 ii
@Unownshipper8 жыл бұрын
Tonight on the Late Show, Colbert interviews Tim Gunn, Hilary Banks, and Fred Flintstone.
@comic-concon56028 жыл бұрын
lol I had to google Tim Gunn but that is spot on
@jo_verabradleyfan47437 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@MikeRoberts19647 жыл бұрын
More Mr Slate than Fred but otherwise true
@DazzlingGreenEyes7 жыл бұрын
I was thinking more Donald Trump but okay...
@lordlickorice7 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣
@sithlordsoup8 жыл бұрын
Allen sounded like one of the gay dudes from American Dad
@wife977 жыл бұрын
Could he be trying to tell us something?
@cookiemonstaaaaaa2347 жыл бұрын
he's mimicking tom ford 😂
@wife977 жыл бұрын
Who is Tom Ford?
@idkatthispoint46577 жыл бұрын
Ma Bee a top designer
@wife977 жыл бұрын
Thanks, my age is showing. I'm also a grandma.
@joliecide3 жыл бұрын
The wife and I started binge watching the show last month, and it vastly improved our grammar and diction. True story.
@kensellar2 жыл бұрын
I say, that's jolly well marvelous!
@FelicianoCookie2 жыл бұрын
I just finished it myself and almost every time I was done with an episode I found myself talking much more properly and phonetically xD
@HaroldDavidsonUS9 жыл бұрын
All they need to do is talk about freeways and we got ourselves an episode of "The Californians" right here. :)
+Harold Davidson Hahaha...you're absolutely right man. Good catch :)
@Yimello9 жыл бұрын
+Jalen Lee "Get back on San Vicente, take it over to the 10, then switch over to the 405 north and let it dump you out onto Mulholland where you belong!"
@catsadilla3249 жыл бұрын
+Harold Davidson Oh, you American! Little do you know that to the rest of the world, you all sound like The Californians.
@Nati824 жыл бұрын
It's so funny to me how British actors can switch to an American accent and sound perfect yet when American actors try to speak on a British accent they sound like a cartoon! 😜
@lazyriver534 жыл бұрын
They sound perfect???
@IRISHATLANTIC4 жыл бұрын
Allen Leech is Irish.
@buppie20004 жыл бұрын
@@IRISHATLANTIC Ummmmm, Irish are British, but not English, am I right? Like the Welsh and the Scots? Northern Ireland, anyway?
@SadPeterPan19774 жыл бұрын
@@buppie2000 You might want to back away slowly from that minefield you've stumbled into...
@thedrunkenelf4 жыл бұрын
Because there’s a lot of American media in British lives but out doesn’t really go the other way around. Most Brits have seen friends, seinfeld, Brooklyn 99 etc, not many Americans have seen Miranda or IT crowd or Black Books.
@oggyreidmore9 жыл бұрын
Apparently: 1 in 3 Americans is a loud mouth, 1 in 3 Americans is a valley girl, and 1 in 3 Americans is a gay fashionista.
@danielreckman9 жыл бұрын
+oggyreidmore when americans do a british accent they make everyone a cockney. Of course they'll go for the most exaggerated accents, they're being funny.
@fautismus59939 жыл бұрын
+oggyreidmore They're exaggerating it and being funny fam. Bet you ten quid your average american won't be able to tell apart a 'Cockney' (Kinda dead tbh. All there is the whole 'neutral' TV ting and whatnot) from a Posh from a Scottie from even an Aussie (And even the fucking Irish, I've seen it myself man). Then you mix in all them Northern accents and all the chavs and even the minuscule regional differences and it's a whole new game.
@TheZackBriggs9 жыл бұрын
+Faust Imus I'm American and watch plenty of British television. I can distinguish between Manchester, Scouse, Bristol and Birmingham accents. Not that difficult for me.
@fautismus59939 жыл бұрын
Zack Briggs Keyword here is "average" man. Plus, it really ain't all that impressive in here/for anyone that regularly watches/whatev British media and whatnot. If you can tell the postcode and apartment block/neighbourhood of someone from their accent, then I would be truly amazed. Anyway, I don't like this whole penis measuring contest thing so I'll just shut up man.
@ryanbinrichard9 жыл бұрын
+oggyreidmore "1 in 3 Americans is a loud mouth, 1 in 3 Americans is a valley girl, and 1 in 3 Americans is a gay fashionista." The rest of the world congratulates you on finally realising what the global impression is of the American people. Seriously, this comment nails it to a tea.
@Raydog076 ай бұрын
That's what makes Downton so appealing. I love the accents, the countryside, the afternoon tea, the outfits, amazing ❤
@EllieC1308 жыл бұрын
Michelle Dockery goes full valley girl I love it
@sssophie92928 жыл бұрын
That's the one we hear the most, I guess. Over here in England 😜 So funny though, she vamped it up
@EllieC1308 жыл бұрын
Sssophie lol I'm English too. Represent.
@sssophie92928 жыл бұрын
I feel like only a virtual fist bump is what is required of us now. *extends out fist*
@sssophie92928 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's probably true. Of course, we know accents are more diverse, but say, I could probably only pick out 5 or 6 different American accents and there's bound to be, what 100? Just too subtle for us 😛
@sssophie92928 жыл бұрын
Anglophile? yeah it *is* a little annoying hearing the Cockney accent, but what you gonna do 😛
@ssprngroll8 жыл бұрын
he looks like Niall Horan
@OP-10007 жыл бұрын
kiara sandoval . Yes. Yes, he does.
@AmberDoubleU7 жыл бұрын
Yes, he’s very hot!!!
@missisfreddiemercury6 жыл бұрын
both Irish
@OP-10006 жыл бұрын
I bet they share genes.
@Emily-vv6sk6 жыл бұрын
kiara sandoval. OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS NIALL. IY IY IY
@deliriumdarko8 жыл бұрын
I watch this video a lot and it never gets old. Downton was such a serious show so it's great to see the cast being so silly.
@amylydiad8 жыл бұрын
Teehee... It never gets old. I mean... Hugh Bonnievale's "American" is still awfully posh, but this is still gold. It was an absolutely splendid idea.
@jenniferggreer4575 жыл бұрын
and now finally, A MOVIE!
@jamesrobiscoe11743 жыл бұрын
This was so enjoyable. You guys are fantastic to transform so quickly not just accents but values. Brava-o!
@supernovakovaa8 жыл бұрын
1:49 Allen looks so proud of himself that he did such a good accent it's so cute
@CaraPicone8 жыл бұрын
I like that they imitate the dumbest American accents they can.
@CaraPicone8 жыл бұрын
Ugh, I am ashamed....
@christophercrowley75748 жыл бұрын
Cara Picone well if you watch US TV that's pretty much what the accents sound like , like say yes to the dress for instance we get here in Ireland and they all have OTT accents
@gandaruvu7 жыл бұрын
It's the same when most americans will use cockney accent when they were told to do a british accent. The dumbest ones are the most noticeable one, so they're easier to be picked up by people.
@CaraPicone7 жыл бұрын
Mitch 99 Gee...thanx...
@lana16617 жыл бұрын
Cara Picone una
@nattcattt5 жыл бұрын
Apparently Allen can only do an American accent if he's also doing a Tim Gunn impression! lol
@thenightporter3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, he absolutely sounds like Tim Gunn. 😂😂😂😂
@barbarabaldwin71202 жыл бұрын
IT WORKS !!!!TIM G.. IS A KIND SOUL
@adad-ec6ht2 жыл бұрын
oh please all American accents sound same
@DeepSeas..2 жыл бұрын
@@adad-ec6ht don’t be ignorant. There are at least Midwestern, Wisconsinite, Southern, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, Valley Girl, and generic (non-regional) American accents. I’m sure there are more but those are the most easily distinguishable ones
@adad-ec6ht2 жыл бұрын
@@DeepSeas.. everyone knows that...It was not meant to be taken literally.
@ohnonialler58673 жыл бұрын
PBS presents a all new show: the real housewives of Downesty
@Thegungus9 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how a change in the accent of a language such as English can make you sound so much less intelligent at a moments notice.
@janedoe58369 жыл бұрын
+JimJamX Well it's also that she used a "valley girl" accent (not really the standard normal one) and that accent is usually associated with those of less intelligence (usually one would picture a sorority girl sounding like that).
@ddha00009 жыл бұрын
+JimJamX so, is they why they all appear dumb in the republican debates.
@sergeantbigmac9 жыл бұрын
+JimJamX IDK if they sound less intelligent, or if its just that everyone with an English accent immediately sounds more intelligent.
@greeg7ify9 жыл бұрын
+sergeantbigmac you realise by what your saying, either way they would sound less intelligent speaking with American accents?
@sergeantbigmac9 жыл бұрын
greeg7ify Yes, that was sort of the joke. Sorry I wasnt more obvious.
@511dydy8 жыл бұрын
That thing is hilarious. These are very good actors
@mmitch279 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best thing I've ever seen
@VideoSaySo3 жыл бұрын
I didn't see Allan Leech coming with that one! It's amusing until his line, then it just gets hysterical!
@AndreggvilJammer6 жыл бұрын
"mary, who are you wearing?" tim gunn is that you
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
I love Tim Gunn!!!
@ttanizawa9019 жыл бұрын
Interesting to note the choice their accents and what that means as far as their impressions of Americans. Hers sounds like a whiney valley girl, Hugh's sounds like a gruff dad and Allen Leech's sounds oddly whiney and feminine.
@MrProgrampro9 жыл бұрын
+Cucha Racha More likely they're just trying to be funny.
@lukedodd29939 жыл бұрын
+Cucha Racha +MrProgrampro Or they are just using an American accent that goes with the lines.
@sergeantbigmac9 жыл бұрын
+Cucha Racha True, its always interesting to see which accent a foreigner picks when they do an American accent. Says a bit about the person IMO.
@EddieFivespeed9 жыл бұрын
+Cucha Racha Yeah, the dumb dad, gay son, and the spoiled daughter...'merica.
@petermaag96229 жыл бұрын
+sergeantbigmac mh no
@donaldoconner8 жыл бұрын
It's funny how some British celebrities do a generic American accent, and some of them do a specific dialect. (Valley girl, southern, etc.)
@Divaliciousbeauty1234 жыл бұрын
Crafty Ship I think that’s exactly it
@elsalemony84454 жыл бұрын
@Rachel P I'm from Cornwall (well actually Devon but close enough) and I've never heard of this before, it sounds interesting! I'd love to hear the slightly Americanised version of our accents! What island is this?
@neildennis72943 жыл бұрын
Southern accents are super easy for Brits...hell, look at Gone with the Wind where most of the cast were British.
@shevetlevi28214 жыл бұрын
Love it, and very timely. We just finished binge watching Downton Abbey, including the movie. Hugh sounds a bit like Judge Smeels on Caddyshack.
@myvalley1098 жыл бұрын
Oh god, Allen is GREAT. I laughed so hard every time he said something. Love him
@merindymorgenson31844 жыл бұрын
I’m really impressed how well they ditch the British accent and adopt an American accent.
@lucyluca66024 жыл бұрын
There is something I have a hard time wrapping my head around... And coming from a part of the world that is recognized in part for its accent (Quebec), it boggles my mind that I can't understand this : I hear the specific sounds the Brits use in the way they speak. I can easily imitate that. But I have no idea what is so distinctive in the American accent 🤔. I can't seem to be able to hear it. Maybe because I'm used to it... but then again I am used to hearing my own accent and I still know what makes it distinctive... I don't get it. And Brit actors are really good at speaking American. I had no idea, for example, that Hugh Laurie was a Brit.
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
They are so talented!
@lotsavideoful59824 жыл бұрын
Yeah no, not even close, these are terrible stereotypical accents which I think is the point. It is comedy after all.
@TorontoJediMaster4 жыл бұрын
| think Michelle Dockery seemed to be the best at it of the three.
@katherinetepper-marsden383 жыл бұрын
Only Hugh had a decent accent. The other two were terrible.
@korneliamckenziemusic11268 жыл бұрын
Hugh just turned into a deeper, warmer-voiced Tom Hanks 😂
@HERGist3 жыл бұрын
OMG! I was smuckling at Michelle and Hugh's exchange...then Allen chimed in and I completely lost it 😂😂😂 Bravo👏🏽👏🏽 you guys
@stella-bp8od4 жыл бұрын
maybe it's just the expressions they're making, but has anyone noticed that when british people do american accents, they make slightly harsher/scrunched up faces, and when american people do british accents, they sort of raise their eyebrows and make their face kind of smoother? idk, just me?
@superbucko86404 жыл бұрын
American vowels are more narrow than British ones. You have to arch the roof of your mouth for British vowels
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Haha interesting observation! 😹
@mbs8113 жыл бұрын
@@superbucko8640 whoooooaaaas so true
@rainbowruler64533 жыл бұрын
Love this comment.
@heidibower25383 жыл бұрын
You ah quite right dahling!
@MrDcseltzer5 жыл бұрын
Hugh would make a great starship captain on Star Trek
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Haha yes! I didn’t think about that.
@bra-balllegend39403 жыл бұрын
Or engineer? He could stand in for Colm Meaney (STNG) without anyone noticing.
@Tmanaz4802 жыл бұрын
Omg...I want to see that.
@loboestepario24245 жыл бұрын
At least Hugh Bonneville got right how incredibly LOUD United Statians are.
@ArmednotTriggered5 жыл бұрын
Not all of us. Plenty of shy, introverted Americans too.
@bramleydragon5 жыл бұрын
Not all of them are loud, I've met many over here visiting Britain who were very pleasant and respectful. And if course, I always make them feel most welcome.
@nunyabiznez63814 жыл бұрын
Most foreigners only hear actors and politicians speak and both of those are loud. Most of the rest of us are not but if you only hear the loud Americans then you will think we are all loud. Just like only Smart Asians move to America so we think all Asians are smart.
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
It’s so embarrassing! 😹😹😹😹😅😅😅😅
@crispinjulius50324 жыл бұрын
I’m a “United Statian” and I’M NOT THAT LOUD, PAL!
@insertaliashere13794 жыл бұрын
Hugh Bonneville has an American accent, but an American accent from the time of Downton Abbey.
@BeccaLovesSRK8 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe that voice is coming out of Allen's face. It just sounds so wrong.
@commodore6658 жыл бұрын
sounds like scene from Dynasty or Dallas
@Uioit5 жыл бұрын
Yes! It's like JR on Dallas talking one of his oil deals. 🤣
@willrichardson5195 жыл бұрын
Isn't it die nasty?! Genius suggestion, remake them in posh English?!
@teerich20115 жыл бұрын
I was really thinking they sound more old soap opera-ish.😂
@papsphaks44084 жыл бұрын
Better than 7de laan😉
@excrono7 ай бұрын
Starring Bobby J Crawley.
@wickandde6 жыл бұрын
This needs to come with death by laughter warning, I nearly choked on my water when Allen spoke
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Right?! Same. They are hilarious.
@brookemartin61014 жыл бұрын
I love the knowing look Michelle gives Allen at 1:40, and then she bursts into laughter.
@hellobethel74644 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I missed this 4 years ago, but it's hilarious!
@f.c.laukhard36234 жыл бұрын
Yes. But why is it recommended now?
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Right?! I just saw it today and thought the same thing!
@Padfoot87018 жыл бұрын
OMW - I love that Michelle went Valley Girl and Robert went Gruff & Angry, and WHATEVER ALLEN IS DOING. This is the BEST.
@bennettwaisbren8 жыл бұрын
As an American, there's something endlessly enjoyable about listening to non-American people attempting to speak with our accent. It's actually pretty fascinating watching for all the nuanced little differences between how each person attempts it: Australian, British, Chinese, Indian... When any of them are good enough at their craft, it's a joy listening to their interpretation of us :)
@Graanvlok6 жыл бұрын
Thoughts on Hugh Laurie as House?
@saysHotdogs6 жыл бұрын
I find it nearly impossible to tell when it’s done right. The one who can’t do an American accent to save her life is Natalie Dormer. I love her but that yank accent is tough to swallow
@lindentree66855 жыл бұрын
I'm an Australian, and there are very, very few actors who can pull off an Aussie accent. But Kate Winslet in The Dressmaker, and Tom Hiddleston's impression of Chris Hemsworth, are an absolute treat to hear.
@JRobbySh5 жыл бұрын
The play I ever saw perfomed by professional actors was Shaw’s “Pigmalion.” Brits grow up in a country acutely aware of differences in. not what we call “accent”but dialect. People living within a few miles of one another would speak very differently.People living in the same area but belonging to different classes would talk differently. Here in the USA the differences are found only regionally. Hence their actors do this sort of thing well, and our actors find it hard to do regional accents well. Most of ours just do not have have trained ears. I think of Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. Good actors but the voices are wrong.
@jenniferggreer4575 жыл бұрын
i have been watching "Midsomer Murders" for the past few weeks, and every once in a blue moon, there is an "American " character. and usually it is a British actor faking an American accent. Its funny because they do a decent job but you can tell they are REALLY trying hard to fake it. they almost have the stiff jaw that we have when we fake a snobby British accent. they are really almost over enunciating practically every word. lol Thats what i think British and Australian people must say about us when we try to fake their accents. To us we are like "oh yeah, totally, he nailed that Australian accent" to them they probably laugh . lol
@Sqwrl3343 жыл бұрын
I finally finished binge watching all seasons on Netflix and this is the first video afterwards and I must say, this floored me! Great work!
@anonymoususer59367 жыл бұрын
lol american-accent Downton Abbey sounds like Schitt's Creek 😂
@emiperkins9 жыл бұрын
Was his American Tim Gunn? Because I wholeheartedly approve.
@mgparis9 жыл бұрын
+emiperkins You're right!! I knew he reminded me of someone :)
@VickysStuff8 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I love Michelle Dockery, she's hilarious! She and Allen have appeared in several comedic skits, and they're both so down to earth and ready to poke fun at their roles :)
@virginiavarble78184 жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I watch this it never fails to make me laugh!
@kayafae5 жыл бұрын
Why is Hugh channeling 1920s transatlantic vibes
@artdecotimes29424 жыл бұрын
Kurt russel as a captain perhaps, 1920 Transatlantic was far more refined and statureous
@thaylamay35318 жыл бұрын
these three are hilarious! and super good at improvising cool accents so bravo :D
@meximoan8 жыл бұрын
lmfao nice Tim Gunn impression
@meximoan8 жыл бұрын
anonymice11 awww i just saw someone poointed it out months before me, i thought i was original
@jillschaefer13606 ай бұрын
"Mary, who you wearing?" I can't 😂Best.Line.Ever.
@mariannel7538 жыл бұрын
this video never fails to make me happy
@anshulmelville19 жыл бұрын
please do the exact same with cast members of Game of thrones!!
@klina76456 жыл бұрын
Anshul Melville Good idea!
@lefinlay6 жыл бұрын
The Brits should do a better job at an American accent than Dinklage does for an English accent
@redsquirrel10866 жыл бұрын
@@lefinlay I like Peter Dinklage but in common with 99% of Americans he struggles with a British accent. He sounds like he is about to serve tea in the drawing room.
@Crowleas6 жыл бұрын
Or, please, NO!!!
@funkyfranx5 жыл бұрын
I’m English and I actually thought Peter’s accent was pretty good!
@DippinSauc8 жыл бұрын
I lost my shit at 'Hey Guys' 😂
@claires11773 жыл бұрын
Totally loved it!😂🤣😂🤣Mary, who you're wearing?🤣😂🤣😂
@chasenip24 жыл бұрын
OMG! I lost it when Branson came in😂😂😂. If you love Michelle Dockery as much as me, hopefully you have seen Good Behavior. It was only 2 seasons, but it was incredible because of her.
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
That was too much!!!! I need to check that out too! Thank you!
@q8512309 жыл бұрын
I wondered what will John Oliver sounds like in American accents
@visigothic679 жыл бұрын
+q851230 In real life he sounds almost exactly like Snoop Doggy Lion Dude.
@q8512309 жыл бұрын
+visigothic67 What is Snoop Doggy Lion Dude????
@MrYouarethecancer9 жыл бұрын
+q851230 "It's 2015! I mean come on, dudes!"
@q8512309 жыл бұрын
+visigothic67 I'm not from US so I don't understand ,sorry@@
@ZipplyZane9 жыл бұрын
+q851230 He's an American rapper and marijuana aficionado Snoop Dog. Originally his stage name was Snoop Doggy Dog (named after the dog in the Peanuts cartoon), and, for a while, he went by Snoop Lion. His real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., but no one knows him as that. To learn more, here's his Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg. To hear what he sounds like, type "Snoop Dog" in the KZbin search box.
@EL-gu8fv3 жыл бұрын
Love Downton! Just shows how good the actors are, they didn't just adopt the American accent, but the gestures and personalities. Never fails to impress how American actors can adopt upper class British accents too, really impressive. ( this is coming from someone who sounds like Billy Connolly, so.....I guess I have to adopt the famous words of Oscar Wilde. Be yourself- everyone else is taken).
@cberryman14145 жыл бұрын
Very hilarious!! It would be nice to see the rest of the Downton Abbey cast using american accents at the same time. It would be fun to see Maggie Smith using one. 😂
@scotty30345 жыл бұрын
Hugh sounded like a dandy old Knickerbocker from the 1890's. Amazing.
@downtoncatbey85964 жыл бұрын
Bwahaha! I have not heard those words in ages.
@ewechoober33555 жыл бұрын
Alan Leech never interjected that his character does not in fact have a "plummy" British accent, but an Irish one in real life and in Downton Abbey.
@sonnet573 жыл бұрын
Isn't Irish one of the British accents?
@Megan-ti8yn3 жыл бұрын
@@sonnet57 Nope, Ireland isn’t part of Britain.
@americanfairy3 жыл бұрын
@@Megan-ti8yn Northern Ireland is still very much a part of the U.K. The Republic of Ireland, which consists of most of the island, is a separate country.
@Megan-ti8yn3 жыл бұрын
@@americanfairy People use Ireland as a shorthand version of the Republic of Ireland, denoting the independent 26 county Republic. Since Allen Leech is from Dublin, that’s obviously what’s being referenced here. Don’t be obtuse.
@sonnet573 жыл бұрын
@@Megan-ti8yn My question was about accents not about countries. Which accent do they use in, let's say, Belfast?
@juanitajones6900 Жыл бұрын
"Downton Abbey" with American accents is called "The Gilded Age".
@TheCulturalBomb9 жыл бұрын
Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Daniel-Day Lewis, Damien Lewis, some of the best actors alive, all of them do fantastic American accents. I mean Daniel-Day Lewis in Lincoln and There will be Blood, you cannot criticise his accents a single bit.
@TrangPakbaby9 жыл бұрын
Idris Elba does a great American accent as well
@JudgeJulieLit9 жыл бұрын
+SWalkerTTU And DDL too in film "Last of the Mohicans."
@JudgeJulieLit9 жыл бұрын
+TheCulturalBomb And some of the best British actors dead, epitome Vivien Leigh's perfect American Southern woman accents in Gone With the Wind (where Leslie Howard, perhaps decorously to his university educated Southern aristocrat role, didn't even try) and A Streetcar Named Desire; Maggie Smith's in Night of the Iguana; and Jean Simmons' Midwest US in Elmer Gantry. And Peter Sellers' brilliantly bland Middle American accent as the US president in the film Dr. Strangelove. And the actor who plays the genius American chief surgeon title character of the US tv drama series House. The only flawed assays by British actors at an American accent that I recall are Sean Connery's in The Untouchables (whereas he'd sang persuasively as an Irish buck an Irish ditty in Darby O'Gill), and Emma Samms' attempt to play a Denver Colorado heiress on Dynasty; she had done better on General Hospital playing an English girl. Did Renee Zellweger's accent as Bridget Jones sound British to you British on this thread? Elizabeth McGovern's as the "buccaneer" expatriate American, Lady Cora Crawley on Downton, sounds transitional.
@RedcoatT9 жыл бұрын
+JudgeJulieLit Zellweger's British accent was widely praised over here, a lot of people were worried that she would sound wrong in the role but she was spot on. ps: Elizabeth McGovern has lived in the UK for nearly 20 years so its not surprising her accent has a transitional feel.
@TomRipley73509 жыл бұрын
+JudgeJulieLit Renee Zellwegwer was flawless as Jones. I saw it never having heard of her and thought she lived in my town.
@eksiarvamus8 жыл бұрын
Hugh Bonneville is straight out of Bonanza.
@BarnDoorProductions5 жыл бұрын
Lorne Greene was, of course, a Canadian.
@jamesmartin94014 жыл бұрын
Watch at 0:49 when Allen's face changes as he figures out how he's going to play the scene.
@eden199663 жыл бұрын
Plain boring.
@piperj49782 жыл бұрын
that's a brilliant catch - I see what you are saying - his face totally transforms as it hits his brain what he's going to do, instantaneously. So interesting!