Hilarious Reaction To Dave Allen - "Teaching Your Kid Time"

[@7thsealord888]

Dave Allen was brilliant. He probably could have elicited laughter just reading the phone book out loud. Anything by him is worth watching.

[@PanglossDr]

True, his recitation of the Vladivostok Directory was hilarious.

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

ROFL!@@PanglossDr

[@jaymac7203]

"The third hand is the second hand" 😭😭 lol 😂

[@unwrittenwizard910]

I'm 46 but grew up watching Dave Allen, a great story teller

[@64endlesslove]

I always remember my Dad laughing till he cried watching the great Dave Allen.

[@lindsaynordstrom6621]

Dave Allen was fantastic.

[@64endlesslove]

@@lindsaynordstrom6621 so funny and smart

[@robertstrong6798]

It’s so clever how he has a conversation with himself 👏

[@barbd8047]

I watched his live show in London 30 years ago. He sat on a chair with a glass of whiskey but had us rolling out of our chairs with just 2 topics: standing in line at the post office & losing his glasses. A whole performance - 40 minutes on each topic. Absolutely brilliant.

[@julienewman1761]

You so lucky to see him live. I bet he was hilarious. A true comedy legend.

[@derekbland5253]

He was Irish but he made his name on British TV. I think his series was on the BBC. I have very fond memories of watching him with my mum.

[@Steve-Cross]

Dave Allen was a comic genius. He didn't tell jokes. He told stories and made them hilarious. The teaching of time sketch, is timeless. Pun intended. Bob Newhart, had a similar Style. His driving instructor sketch, still cracks me up. Thank you. 😊

[@mattmid7012]

One of the best comedians of all time. So many to watch on here too.

[@blazingsaddle166]

I see what you did there...

[@anitahargreaves9526]

As a child I loved hearing my mum and dad laughing at him. Seeing this brings back many happy memories of him jokimg on a stool drinking his whisky on the tv.

[@liamwashington2046]

I was pre teen in the seventies and I loved that man, why? He made my mum and dad laugh so hard it was a total joy to watch. I do have one particular memory of my mum getting up suddenly half way through his show and my dad asking where she was going. Her reply? I just peed myself a bit. God that just totaly killed me. I remember being on the floor almost in pain from laughing. It is a memory I truly cherish. Thank you Dave Allen for giving me these. RIP you are truly missed.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

The Match of the Day music too, would send me asleep. Miss my family.

[@burnttoasteditorial1552]

I saw Dave Allen live in the 1980s. A two-and-half hour gig with only a 20 minute break. Laughed myself silly throughout. The audience were in raptures. God Bless him x

[@jgee19]

This was literally me today trying to teach my 5 year old how to read a clock, because it’s in one of her workbooks. When I said the 1 means 5 minutes she looked at me like I was crazy.😂😂😂😂

[@ReedoTV]

But why does it go round TWICE in ONE day? 😂😂

[@dougaltolan3017]

​@@ReedoTV Well, there's one that made me go look it up.... I thought it was because the first clocks were on church towers had only an hour hand, and from a distance that would mean that it would be harder to tell the correct hour if it was a 24 hour clock... But I can't find anything to back that up... Internet wisdom says its because the Egyptians used a 12 hour sundial during the day and a 12 hour water clock at night..

[@Seeker7100]

Dave Allen At Large was one of the best comedy shows ever - it was Dave telling us his brilliant stories and then comedy sketches in between. Used to love his scary stories and they would put the studio lights way down - he was hilarious!

[@angelanicholson951]

I spat out my tea. The shouting to a child. I taught my son to drive, too. And yes, i did a bit of this shouting. However, he laughed so much.

[@dockaos924]

Dave was a living legend 👍

[@casperwallace9685]

So many memories - I watched this when he came out in the 70's/80's he was such a success. How he can hold a conversation in his head was just so funny.... plus it draws on everyone's experience of learning how to read the clock. Dave Allen was a master of his craft.

[@isabellaallum4967]

Dave Allen was absolutely brilliant! A genius! He could say anything and he would make you laugh! When he was first on tv, he use to smoke and he would have a glass of whisky on a side table. Can't imagine that being allowed now!

[@karenstrong8887]

I remember watching this man on TV in Australia when I was a child. He was young with dark hair and everyone loved him. I didn’t learn to tell time at school because I knew how are age 3. I remember my teachers teaching it but they never asked me for an answer because I knew it. I learned to read my fathers newspaper at the same age. Upside down from the other end of the table. When I was given my first reader at school they thought something was wrong with me because I turned it upside down and started reading. They stopped worrying when I got it all right.

[@shawnj1966]

I grew up watching, Dave Allen. His show was hilarious! I loved the sketches mostly, because as a child I didn't want to hear funny things. I wanted to see them! As I got older, I really appreciated his stand up comedy as well. Though my memory of him is from his show, so he was seated with a glass of liquor, and I always remembered that one of his index fingers, was a stub. He was great!

[@clemdane]

I used to watch the Dave Allen at Large show on PBS when I was a kid in the 1970s and 1980s and I loved it! I think I actually love him even more now that I have an adult perspective. I am so glad to see KZbinrs appreciating him now - he's definitely making the rounds

[@alanoneill3065]

What a BRILLIANT performance by Dave Allne...faultless

[@davidriley1188]

Many thanks for checking this out....took me back to the days when this guy had his own TV series. The things we take for granted today...telling the time is soooooo simple. Yeah. Wonderful to see the smiles on your faces.

[@IrlBandit]

Dave Allen and my Mum used to swim together as kids in the Dodder in Dublin, they grew up beside each other in Templeogue and she had such funny stories about him - mind you, she too was a wild and fun lady - miss ya Ma! Great to see Dave breaching other shores to this day - love it! X

[@charliebourne3269]

Hilarious. Just discovered Dave Allen and can’t stop laughing

[@rigsby1454]

Dave Allen, a glorious genius. The modern stand up

[@nedrasellayah9314]

Absolutely brilliant comedian.!!! Fantastic!!! Always!!!

[@gleadhill79]

I taught my brother how to tell the time when I was 10, he was 11. He couldn't get what the teacher was saying, but when I told him he said it was easy. Some teachers are just too complicated!

[@liamwashington2046]

I was pre teen in the seventies and I loved that man, why? He made my mum and dad laugh so hard it was a total joy to watch. I do have one particular memory of my mum getting up suddenly half way through his show and my dad asking where she was going. Her reply? I just peed myself a bit. God that just totaly killed me. I remember being on the floor almost in pain from laughing. It is a memory I truly cherish. Thank you Dave Allen for giving me these. RIP you are truly missed.

[@steerpike50]

AAAAAAAH i used to love watching Dave Allen when i was young , great stuff

[@garethrichardson7999]

Absolute legend...possibly one of greatest story tellers of all time

[@Steve0272.]

Dave Allen... "First day at school " is epic 👍

[@catwoman7462]

I used to watch him when I was a child - he's so brilliant. Such a great loss to the world of comedy.

[@deborahdennehy9937]

Dave Allen was the best!!!

[@clivem.791]

Pure class..

[@vallee3140]

so pleased you are doing these, I watch him again and again, have seen this one so many times, but it still makes me laugh. Hope you do the rest like Adam and Eve.

[@piscesfem1969]

They have already done Adam & Eve

[@vallee3140]

@@piscesfem1969 I know. after I posted I went to look, and I had posted on them too, I watch so many I get confused who I have and have not watched,

[@MorDreadful]

This was similar to how I learned to tell the time with all 3 hands and so that's why it's so funny to me. Dave Allan was something I looked forward to seeing. I used to listen to the goons (Goon Show - radio comedy so you have to imagine the scenes more) but you need to set your mind back historically for those. Political too for the time. I also remember Russ Abbott with Les Dennis, Little and large, The Two Ronnies, Fry and Laurie, Hale and Pace and many more that used to crack us up with inuendos, double entendres.

[@BlackieNuff]

I finally learned to tell time (grade 2 or 3) when my dad said : "You know how to count by 5s, right?" and I said "Yeah", and he proceeded to count by 5s around the face of the clock (1=5, 2=10, etc) and suddenly ALL the time references I ever heard ("it's five after", etc) but never understood all made sense. Everything finally fell into place. I could finally tell time - all the "quarter to" and "half past" references - all of it. Year later, since about the 90s, I discovered military time and decided to apply it to all my clocks and digital time devices... now and I gotta teach the dummies who look at my 24hr clocks and go "what time is it...on EARTH??" lol. I wonder what Dave Allen would do with the 24hr clock? "After 12 noon, you keep going til you reach 24 - no no, there is no 13 o'clock! It's just 1 o'clcok, but it's a 13! If you say 13, then it's referred to as 13 hundred hours! No, I KNOW I said there's only 24 hrs, but it's still 13 HUNDRED hours! Because it just is!! Anyway, you continue after 12 noon all the way around to midnight, which is 12, but it's also 24 which is also zero! But only at (mid)night! To figure out the afternoon and evening values you subtract 12, that's why 12 plus 12 is 24 and 12 minus 12 is zero!! WHY AREN'T YOU GETTING THIS??? Ahhh why bother? The bloody army wouldn't have you anyway!!"

[@keithparkinson6170]

Problem I had was being a army brat learnt the 24 system before really learning the 12.

[@manofthehour6856]

Great reaction, TNT and thanks for sharing. I grew up watching Dave Allen here in the States when his "Dave Allen At Large" show was broadcast on PBS. That show was a BBC production which may be where your confusion of nationality. If you were Irish Catholic or familiar with much that goes with it especially the religion, the humor resonated that much more. Dave must have had a tough experience with the priests and nuns, but for whatever reason, he was an athiest. I did not know that at the time, but regardless, his poking fun at "The Church" still got a laugh from even the churchgoers in my family. Never take yourself too seriously! Cheers!!!

[@jeffstevens4262]

God rest his dear soul, Dave was such a wonderful comedian. Whenever I watch this particular routine, I'm always shocked when the camera pans out to reveal he's on his own and there's no little child there with him. Absolute genius. 🙋‍♂ ❤

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

He was one of the best!

[@danielmc8670]

The abbot and costello classis "who's on what base' came to mind watching this, brlliant.

[@rayvinloony2322]

Dave Allen was a true comedy legend and nobody ever replaced his humour, sadly his humour would be woked to death nowadays.

[@kalasatwater2224]

Another legend!!

[@judsdragon]

even tho Dave Allen is from southern Ireland us Brits still like to think hes one of ours lol i grew up watching him in the 70s and 80s and there was never a dry eye in the house when he was on, his tv shows were a mixture of standup (usually sitdown) routines and pre-filmed sketches with other comedic actors that always had u in stitches laughing and crying ur eyes out, theres a ton of them on youtube but one of his funniest for me is the Two Coffins sketch and literally any of his religious sketches

[@theradgegadgie6352]

He calls the letter H "Aitch", which is usually a sign of being a prot from the north. But I know he was neither.

[@seanscanlon9067]

People from Ireland generally hate their country being referred to as southern Ireland.

[@MrMittens1974]

My late mother used to work for HTV studios here in the UK and met Dave Allen a few times and had a few games of chess with him in the green room too.

[@elizabethrobb8620]

I grew up with him. He's Brill. And as a child I was obsessed with his missing finger.... can uou see it. 😂

[@JPMonstie]

Dave Allen was my hero as a 5 yo growing up in Australia. I’ve long suspected there’s some kind of genetic link between Irish and Australian humour.

[@annaakin7174]

Always liked Dave Allen. Hope you do the one about aeroplanes

[@Luckylad57]

One of the best comedians of all time

[@paulanderson1614]

Those were the days when parents shouted at children without social services or the police getting involved. Great sketch.

[@robinhatcher8021]

Please watch his skit regarding 2 funerals on the same day. It's hysterical!

[@martindunstan8043]

Hey there👍great reaction, you're right about kids at school learning go home time🤣nice one✌️

[@midnightchannel111]

So funny, thank you for posting!!

[@louise.feather8789]

So funny! How on earth did we ever learn to tell the time, it’s a crazy complicated thing, children have amazing mental abilities!

[@3dcarbonuk243]

My dad taught me to read the time, then he bought me a digital watch..... not sure what year that was as I remember dave Allen as a child but my first watch was in 1982! Maybe check some billy connolly..... he is the og of British comedy!

[@tinajefferies5682]

Thanks guys so much for this. I live in the UK and used to love watching Dave on TV. I missed this one though or don’t remember it and I was so funny.

[@IsasChannelShortVids]

I LIKE DAVE 😂I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Rip Dave Allen 😢he's the best jokes ever he's a legend....ever as huge! 🥹✝️♡

[@raymeedc]

Great Last Line 🤣

[@mariabolt3881]

O'h God I remember learning to tell the time at 9 years old. The penny did drop and I learn to tell the time. My 10th birthday gift from my Grandparents was my 1st Timex watch. Happy Days!

[@redscouse7056]

Bloody hell I was 5

[@mariabolt3881]

Maths was never my strong point. Science and History so bad!

[@mariabolt3881]

Not So Bad, is what I meant!

[@nicbobags8241]

Tee hee hee. I remember seeing this when trying to teach mine - you picked an excellent thing to react to!

[@michealcaseres914]

Comes across as a Beautiful couple, with Great personalities ! Have watched a few of your pleasant shows and always Finnish with a smile 😁✌️☮️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

[@angelacraw2907]

So funny. Have you seen the funeral of a sinner sketch by Dave Allen? Its really short but hilarious.

[@conniekat3424]

Oh my gosh when it comes to this I was not so bright...had a hard time learning how to read a clock...when they taught us this in school all the other kids picked it up right away but I just couldn't grasp it at the time 🤓

[@CPACK1]

I had Teachers like this back in the day. They made class fun and we learned.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Nobody made this make sense to me as a kid. I just remember one say sitting in junior school, aged eight or nine, and it dawned on me that if there were twelve numbers in the hour and an hour was sixty minutes, the passage between each number had to equal five minutes. It was like the first ever epiphany of my life.

[@michaelcox8820]

Oh I remember being perplexed as a kid trying to make sense of learning the clock.

[@JulieLevinge]

Yep👍agree, no seconds hand, but how the heck we ever learnt to tell the time?😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@larrysimmons6082]

Thats some funny stuff .thanks for ur videos making me laugh long time needed

[@peekeyeseek]

Hiya, I'm a 48 yr old and this was how I was taught the time. I hadn't a fecking clue! It's reassuring to see that even adults today are confused by this method. I swear I still have to think about it before I can tell the time. HOWEVER,,,,,, I found a clock that tells the time by moving the dial not the hands. People have great difficulty reading it though. I have another clock which is a cube and the mechanism turns three separate parts , when the numbers line up it gives the time. Think I'm making this up? Of course there are different ways of portraying the time. Bloody hell imagine if we stopped at the sun dial.😂

[@lynnatk50]

Loved watching Dave Allen with my mum and dad. Hilarious! You should also have a little look at "What time is it Eccles" from the Goon Show. Also hilarious and sadly missed.

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

I'm glad he didn't teach me how to tell time. After watching this, I'm not sure I can tell time anymore. LOL

[@_H_2023]

I had a primary teacher during the 1960s in the UK who taught the time just like Dave Allen.

[@Peter-pf6bz]

Suggestion: Try the Dave Allen joke about the man with a hunchback that died and they had to bury him.🤣🤣🤣

[@sarahwagland1559]

Dave Allen was one of my first crushes. Good looking and funny. My kinda guy.

[@JustAboutTime]

As someone who works for a watchmaker I find this one particularly funny.

[@colincharlton9339]

What a storyteller. How can anyone get laughs from telling the time..genius..

[@grandpaallie1553]

When my oldest was being prepared for kindergarten, we’d often ask him ‘what time is it?’ He [having become accustomed to Digital Displays] when asked would answer thusly (say it was 12:15) … Nater, what time is it? “Why, it’s Twelve ‘square dot, square dot’ Fifteen, of course”💁🏻‍♂️😁

[@coling3957]

well David Tynan O'Mahony was born in Ireland, but he travelled to London aged 19 and spent his life in the UK , becoming Dave Allen - and he essentially became "British - there are a lot of Irish in the UK, living and working and have dual nationality. about 1 in 16 Britons have some Irish ancestry apparently.

[@tonyneal4716]

As a baby boomer we learnt how to tell the time in 3rd grade using the clock face. Back then everyone used a wrist watch. Think of the lunar landing in '69, the US astronaunts used Omega watches.

[@claretoland3362]

Eddie Izzard intelligent humour. Brilliant

[@wtchtower]

All I can say is, teaching is not for everyone. It doesn't mean you know something or anything very well that you can already be a good Teacher.

[@krazycatz]

I forgot what grade I was in when I first started to learn to tell time. I do remember that before we started to learn the teacher had every student in the class make a paper clock using construction paper, a marker, and a pin or something. After folding the larger paper into half horizontal and vertical we cut out a circle. I will admit that my circle was a bit lopsided. We then cut out from the other colored construction paper a short fat hour hand and a tall slender minute hand. Where the vertical fold meet the horizontal fold we used the marker to draw a small dot. Around the outside of the paper clock but slightly inside we used a marker to write down the numbers 1 through 12 with the number 12 at the very top and the number 6 at the very bottom. The teacher allowed each student to borrow her ruler so that we could line up the numbers on our paper clocks. The 1 and 7 lined up, the 2 lined up with the 8, the 3 lined up with the 9, the 4 lined up with the 10, and the 5 lined up with the 11. I forgot exactly how we pinned the minute and hour hands to the center dot we drew so that we could move them around. I do remember that the teacher had a clever way of getting every student in class to tell time. Each day the teacher would select a different student in the class to be the time monitor. The teacher would announce a fun activity we would do at a particular time each day but only if the time monitor on duty that day reminded her when it got to be that particular time. The time for the fun activity changed each day. Although only the student that had been chosen to be the time monitor for the day could tell the teacher it was time to do the fun activity the other students in the class could let the time monitor know when it was that particular time. There was a catch and that was if you missed the time or announced it was time for the fun activity before the time the teacher said then the class did not get to do the fun activity for that particular day. We did not need to be exactly on time to the very minute but we did have to be close to the time the teacher had given in the morning to enjoy the fun activity. We naturally made some mistakes in the beginning of the school year when we were just starting to learn to tell time but we quickly learned and by the end of the school year we enjoyed doing a fun activity every day.

[@zaktoob]

Loyiso Gola - from South Africa originally, but now London resident.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

think he's been mentioned before but i think you would love Micky Flanagan talking about 'Peeping'. He does have a strong cockney accent but you shouldn't have any trouble.😊

[@susanclark3095]

Funny, I didn't teach my children the time so I could tell them it was later than it was when I wanted them to go to bed early, or on time...😂

[@fortuitousthings8606]

Dave Allen class

[@gillbailey3852]

He was great

[@Rip2UDude]

Yes there are parent who tried to teach the time like this. Over complicating thing. I played dumb and my dad gave up after about 30mins and YES!...I did get a digital watch! It was so cool...neon coloured Pink and yellow slap on bands. For some reason it always reminded me of Fresh Prince intro graffiti

[@frankparsons1629]

Our wall clock in kindergarten school, it had to be wound daily (there were no battery clocks, thank goodness) and had Roman numerals. Nobody told us about that, you had to use your loaf. The result was that I wanted to know more about these Roman clockmakers! Kids soon catch on, they seem to have more common sense than some adults, especially these days!

[@msbevking]

The difference between learning to tell the time and learning to drive is, if you get the time wrong, you’re not so likely to have an accident

[@nemo6686]

Pretty sure I learned to tell time by getting into trouble for being late.

[@kevinduff3584]

British and Irish comedy is quite similar it's very strong and very funny!

[@inapickle806]

That was super cute. Check out Bob Mortimer on would I lie to you. Hilarious stories.

[@rosemarybaxter9120]

Reminds me of my dad trying to teach me to tell the time. I was at least eleven, and just couldn’t get it.

[@liverpoollass7600]

Please react to Dave Allen Airplanes, it is one of his funniest ever. You will never look at flying in the same way again, and the next time you fly you will remember it and find the flight funny. It is on the channel Simon Tilley and has over 3 million views. N

[@wedge4hire]

I've seen teenagers and kids that have graduated from HS (?), who are absolutely lost if you ask them what time it is on a traditional rotary clock with the minute and hour hands! Digital clocks have crippled many of our young people

[@teamfugldriverpops7850]

To put things into perspective if you live in the United Kingdom,you are only referred to as British if you do not live in England But if you ask a Scottish,Irish or Welsh person if they are British you’re going to get one of two answers, 1 you will be extremely rudely told that they are not British 2 you will be completely ignored And on extremely rare occasions you’ll get a punch in the face

[@dangelo1369]

My dad was a Marine; I learned military time. I’ve used it ever since. I also use the metric system; easy.

[@raymeedc]

It sounds more complicated and incomprehensible than it is because theirs are no visuals. In real life there would be an actual clock or drawing of a clock with movable hands to lend a hand to the understanding. ⏰

[@TruthHurts-s7g]

Sadly missed 🇬🇧❤️😂