How The Battle of Trafalgar Started Told By Joe Lycett | Drunk History UK

[@Asrahn]

I love how King George has a gay, sassy friend.

[@alilemon]

ikr

[@laineylarsen245]

+ 😂

[@happydays2300]

Charles, dear. King Charles.

[@janeysgala]

Asrahn 😂😂

[@lassebauer]

Like the PM and Sebastian from Little Britain :D

[@TheGroundedAviator]

For the record homosexuality was legalised in France in 1792 so I guess there were gay clubs.

[@marcelofa89]

+Lance Anderson interesting. And still everyone makes a fuss about it being legalized in the USA last year. It was log overdue

[@TheGroundedAviator]

marcelofa89 Something said about it in the bible. Means a lot too many American's. Personally I don't remember which part as the last time I read it was in a New York hotel board out of my mind.

[@marcelofa89]

+TheGroundedAviator well that's when you know you are really bored. Good thing that the people who actually want to enforce these ridiculous believes on others are not the ones in charge of running the country. Oh wait ...

[@TheGroundedAviator]

marcelofa89 Well the current guy is modest about it, where I live it's an agnostic/atheist Jew (one can say a few rich jokes about him) and they don't lead despite their flaws like that. Too be honest I knew about that part before reading it, was more shocked/disgusted by what Moses and Joshua did at Jericho.

[@marcelofa89]

+TheGroundedAviator just generally speaking it's ridiculous how hard some people still fight against this. May I ask where you live?

[@kathleenmms]

I lost my shit at "Been up in Paris hitting up all the gay clubs."

[@plantmom4909]

Same XD

[@janeysgala]

kathleenmms Same xD

[@nardoumizaki3086]

I lost it at napoleon bonermanparte

[@sgtsantiagousmc79]

kathleenmms I died twice! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tiang5132]

YOOHOOOO!

[@brendanobrien8198]

"Yep, don't know how you lose an eye in Corsica, but ya managed it." 😂 I cracked up.

[@abbywolffe4114]

The best part is that they think that Villeneuve had a long name You do not just simply FORGET about General Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

[@barbaradanku977]

Abby Meacham LAFAYETTE!

[@anjaliagarwal2917]

I'm taking this horse by the reins, making redcoats redder with bloodstains!

[@nopeg5730]

LAFAYETTE

[@hypo.critter]

Jonah Epstein LAFAYETTE!

[@jamilabrownie]

Watch me I’m engaging them escaping them enraging them

[@SorrySod]

Dunno how you lose an eye in Corsica, but you managed it

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

There is an 'i' in Corsica.

[@annettealexismarieandal4283]

i can't believe i passed my history test just because i watched this

[@antianti328]

Wait. Seriously?

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

No you didn't

[@nataliagarrid]

r/thathappened

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

I kinda believe you considering I once also passed my war of roses test by watching feature history over and over again lol

[@williamchitwood8114]

I'm your 600th like 😂

[@Marvinskanalify]

"He's got quite a weird french accent" reference to his Corsican origins or just pure coincidence?

[@MohamedAhmed-ms9eu]

+Martijn van der Son This is why I love this guy lol

[@Marvinskanalify]

***** It was actually conquered by the French around the time of his birth, And Italy at this time was not a united country. Before the french conquered it it was its own independant republic and before that it was a genoese territory.

[@Marvinskanalify]

***** I can't speak for Napoleon but I doubt that he ever saw himself as truly Corsican or truly French, more likely he saw himself as somewhere in between, but in the end I think he was more French then Corsican. But I doubt he saw himself as a Genoese the Corsicans were never happy under their rule. And he spoke Corsican as his native language not Italian, but to be fair alot of very different languages are considered "Italian" even if they are mutualy uninteligible.

[@krashd]

Odd bit of trivia, Napolean was Corsican, Hitler was Austrian and Stalin was Georgian. If you ever want to become a powerful megalomaniac use someone else's country to do it :D

[@MadameCorgi]

Isn't Trump half Scotish?

[@VC-xj1fs]

This narrator is absolutely adorable.

[@chiroptera626]

Vicki Cupper This is Joe Lycett, actually very popular in the UK. Many comedian sets and British panel shows to be found with him on KZbin. I recommend his appearances on Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown

[@RPG_Angie]

I just love that Anthony Head is playing in these. I get even happier whenever he pops up.

[@indiciaobscure]

Yes I've just been watching Merlin, so it's a treat!

[@pearlofagirlnursery]

Yess. Giles forever

[@MsArtivisual]

As soon as I recognized him I yelled GILESS!!! at the screen

[@ophelias4172]

@@pearlofagirlnurseryyes! I miss Giles.

[@alilemon]

HAHA I'M DIYNG Napoleon:but I can't be botherd I'm halfway through sex in the city that is were I lost my sanity

[@plantmom4909]

Me too XD XD XD

[@solank7620]

Napoleon didn’t have a French accent. He had an Italian accent, and apparently it was pretty strong. He’d often pronounce French words the way they’d be phonetically pronounced in Italian. He was also a notoriously bad speller when it came to French.

[@marsmontufar6319]

More Corsican than Italian. Corsican accents are not quite like land Italian accents. But yes, he was mocked as a child for sounding so foreign.

[@appleslover]

@@marsmontufar6319 I love Italian ACCIDENTS

[@marsmontufar6319]

apple's lover ta for pointing it out 👍

[@RJLbwb]

"Yes, lost an arm there, something dodgy in the buffet"

[@LS-dp2gs]

“Not sure I’m happy about this actually.... We should probably think about...Not allowing this.”🤣🤣🤣

[@gh00stic8]

"Just go with Charles"

[@Kerlesh]

I like how they portray the English as not knowing of the conflict that was about to happen, when they were the ones who started the bloody war

[@MrPancake777]

kerlesh no nation can be directly blamed for the conflict. England and France has been enemies for a long time.

[@Kerlesh]

+Lancer yeah, Napoleon was just buying time so he could invade Britain, but it was Britain ho started the war

[@heliotropezzz333]

kerlesh. Knowing Napoleon's plans, maybe they thought attack was the best form of defence. Maybe they thought it's a big risk allowing this power mad emperor to control so many European states. If he gets away with that we'll be next in line. After all, he did seem to want to invade everywhere he could, including Russia.

[@BazzBrother]

it was started because napoleon was eating cheese! pay attention!

[@morphineprincess098]

Just go be ChAAAarles

[@chegeny]

Love how Napoleon is tucking into an unadorned slab of brie for his supper.

[@samvidas9599]

1:00 That guy has nothing on Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette!

[@barbaradanku977]

Samantha Vidas true

[@paulwagner688]

Oh please: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso

[@Mkristensen6745]

“Don’t know how you loose an eye in Corsica, but you managed it!”

[@turthurt5857]

Lol, King Charles and his Gay friend. Why is an unnamed background character one of the highlights in this?! XD

[@aerinpage]

Napoleon Bonaparte? More like Napoleon BornToParty! 🎊🎉🎉🎊🎉🎁🎉🎉🎊🎉🎁🎈🎈🎉🎈🎁🎊🎊🎉🎁🎁

[@eddac7656]

"just go with Charles" my life motto

[@prik9802]

King George III... You'll be back

[@calzoneyyy]

Dandelion soon you'll see

[@milmet3553]

King George III you'll remember you belong to me

[@isabeleagleton7070]

HAMILTON FANSSSS

[@gazepreyed]

@@milmet3553 You're on your own. Awesome, Wow. Do you know what's gonna happen now?

[@johnindermuehle7632]

Nelsons death is one of the most cinematic, heroic, romantic deaths in all of history

[@MyNameHere101]

That's Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Admiral Nelson btw.

[@LollipopLozzy454545]

Anthony Head as Nelson? More of this yus pls

[@LadyOfBroadway333]

I like this guy! 😂😂😂

[@willdavis7479]

"...just something dodgy in the buffet there"

[@blarecough3968]

IM CALLING YOUR SHIT RIGHT NOW Napoleon has an Italian accent, get it right!

[@Suite_annamite]

He probably didn't even have that either, as Italians would've also seen Corsicans as "foreign"; so I wonder what a Corsican sounds like to both a Frenchman or an Italian.

[@MunchenerFrance]

Bollocks mate

[@gardiendesportes]

Le Huy-Anh A french with the accent of the south-west (Toulouse, les Landes etc...)

[@TheAnarchistBeekeeper]

Le Huy-Anh The most used language in Corsica during that time was Italian, for what concern the accent usually it change depending from which part of the island a person is from: at the extreme north of Corsica they have an accent that sounds like a mix of some Tuscan and central italian accents while in the southern part of the island the dialect is similar to Sicilian so it is possible that a person from there would have somehow a Sicilian like accent .

[@laurabowden5]

Blare Cough he's too drunk to remember that, come on 😂😂😂😂

[@TheArchiTenshi]

How have I not seen this one yet???

[@Kwak444]

Dude, the British version of this is fucking hilarious.

[@em4957]

My european history teacher accidentally played this video in front of the entire class

[@Miamcoline]

luv this dude

[@RicAnger]

At the end, immediate image of ricky gervais, stephen merchant, and karl pilkington! I dare say..cannot unsee

[@barbaradanku977]

I love how King George is wearing blue and try Lafayette's name it's longer than that what is up with the French and ridiculously long names

[@m.h.7364]

Bruh let me tell you about Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre will you. Oh and there was that guy name Paul Esprit Marie de Blossac too

[@deekum6557]

Hahah the actor who s playing Napoleon is actually an Ottoman Prince in real life

[@huntress1013]

The best bit is Tony Head as Lord Nelson.

[@uniqueorn_1717]

K usually they’re a little tipsy. This guy... This guy was absolutely hammered 😂😂😂

[@antianti328]

Why is Joe the best human being on Earth?

[@equinox2672]

KING GEORGE III *screeches in Hamiltrash*

[@Hana_H]

HE IS BACK DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DAYA DA

[@Sammie1053]

Joe Lycett sure didn't throw away any shots while filming this I'll see myself out

[@la-lv4fq]

WE MADE A PROMISE *WE SIGNED A TREATY!*

[@Sammie1053]

Oh yeah, about a month back I was on a plane and there was a girl in a sweater that said "HAMILNERD" and as someone who has never seen Hamilton and only heard like two songs from the OST, I was FURIOUS. THAT'S A TERRIBLE PORTMANTEAU AND YOU KNOW IT. APOLOGIZE.

[@CJtheRad]

Is that Anthony Stewart Head as the dude with the eye patch? I believe so.

[@ThePhilosopher-ww6jt]

Napolean was born on Corsica which was part of the Republic of Genoa (a commune of Italy) and it was transferred to France the year he was born. He spoke with a Corsican accent so he probably sounded more Italian than French.

[@andymilinokis3118]

I need more of this show in my life

[@daniellemhall1358]

I would watch Joe Lycet talk about anything. Especially a two paragraph marriage proposal. For.... Reasons. Even if its just for a laugh

[@thearthippie]

I like his one fancy nail

[@shantanupanda1650]

Joe lycett definitely deserves his spot on attitude magazine's top 100

[@Firewurxmusicismylife42055569]

whats the drunk comedians name hes very funny

[@jayymeszaros8744]

I think it's Joe Lycett, but I'm not 100% sure

[@eviebradney2068]

@@jayymeszaros8744 yes it is. Hes great.

[@gabbi3]

This is my favourite one

[@bardlover6]

Joe Lycett is a Napoleon expert? I mean, I buy anything he tells me

[@AngelineProductions]

Why does this man sound like how I imagine Oscar Wilde sounded?

[@TheMistyMolly]

This is one of the best ones 😂

[@andyanderson5326]

Lol love it !! But Napoleon couldn’t speak English until he was exiled on Saint Helena.

[@Michael-zf4pi]

i noticed, such better story telling from the uk show lol idk if its just you arent getting as drunk, but i love it!

[@indiciaobscure]

Oh! the actor who plays Nelson was in Merlin and Galavant! I knew I recognized him!

[@barbara3911]

@ComedyCentralUK I feel like this is only a snippet of this, where's the rest?

[@misst-1538]

The narrator would make a great doctor

[@ダンピール]

The song in the background at the very beginning is called the Blue Danube. (A waltz.)

[@randomguy7563]

Napoleon Bonaparte- A great emperor and an able commander.

[@shamsalfarabi6107]

Nelson lost his sight in Denmark not Corsica. (1:55)

[@bevybaby1587]

No, he actually lost his sight in Corsica. Due to a splitter or something. But he never wore an eyepatch for the affected eye looked pretty normal if I remember correctly.

[@thENDweDIE]

0:27 Borat..?? XDDDDDDDD

[@minhtue90]

What's the soundtrack for Nelson?

[@chiroptera626]

Joe Lycett I'm so used to seeing you on EOOTCDC etc I'm so pleased to see you here my lovely camp friend

[@IzumiHanjinozuka]

Two things: 1) If you think that's a long name, try on Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso for size. Yes, that was Pablo Picasso's full, legal name. 2) I love the number of Hamilton trash in the comments 💗💗

[@_notlexluthor]

Napoleón Bonaparte more like Napoleón BORN TO PARTY 🎉🎉🎉

[@anatatran7560]

is.... is that a block of tofu instead of cheese?.

[@EvevanKaat]

No that's brie.. The cheap stuff you buy for a euro at lidl too.

[@SMILESZ2]

...Napoleon Bonaman-parte

[@bad2bone]

I love all o this so much

[@peterdewell1143]

Not drunk enough! Get em plastered!

[@brettjohnson536]

The French had a Villeneuve trying to invade us...

[@annaliseallen5111]

another great french name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

[@Eddy1938-b]

Y’all remember that vid of the black guy with a really long name, this is his French cousin 0:57

[@XanderNotZander]

One of my ancestors at nearly the same time in France was Joseph Raymond Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux

[@leonardodavid2842]

Napoleon, didn’t have a french accent. He had an Italian accent in french.

[@geneveroycote3038]

I need more of NapOlEoN

[@teuntje2863]

Joe Lycett is the reason I live

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

Admiral had 6 names...thats a progress n a nightmare for bureaucracy..lol

[@tomripsin730]

Mad King George seems pretty reasonable here.

[@HigHrvatski]

Press F for admiral Nelson

[@cleoalexander7590]

Russel Kane has a great voice

[@dramaqueen4christ]

Ooh We should probably think about not allowing this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Geospasmic]

He's like a mini David Mitchell.

[@fireboltthegod]

what is the music in the background in the beginning

[@demh7823]

Finally, an American show co-opted by the British! Drunk history was created in the united States.

[@annapurna9893]

Yo, if he thinks Villeneuve’s name is long he should look up Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette...

[@thyde9535]

Nepolian's favorite cheese smells very similar to stinky feet. But it is not bre, although it has a somewhat similar looking rind & is also made from cows milk. Not only does it smell rather foul, but it has such a pungent scent that the French have even banned that particulate cheese from being carried on public transport (which says A LOT). I've heard it's actually pretty tasty though, it's called Berthaut Epoisses De Bourgogne. But like cultural savages, in my country, we can't buy it or possess it, as that's illegal. As our all knowing bureaucracy, in their infinite wisdom, decided to ban ALL unpasteurized cheese. The irony of which is not lost on me; by that I mean, the French invented the pasteurization process, yet even they think it's unnecessary for most cheeses to be pasteurized.

[@nappythegreat667]

I approve

[@NaomiLangenberg]

grrrrrr why cut off?

[@tiakushniruk7744]

omg hes my fav storyteller

[@sitavenier2798]

Am I the only one who had a heart attack when seeing how Napoleon ate his cheese in a weird freaky way ? (Btw this is definitely not brie !) And, yes, I might be French ;)

[@rijn1855]

Now I want Bree

[@kaylabarton4191]

What episode is this

[@LeanlovesLain143]

Napoleon bonaman was there.

[@sfoster.23]

Just call him Charles!

[@engagingathena9965]

where do i know that actor from

[@happyswedme]

Never herd of this saw 11 secomds instant like

[@ARNafi-ev2xr]

Whats the music???

[@aisnota5192]

*insert Assassin's Creed Unity joke here*

[@aisnota5192]

0:32 Well...... the thing is..... Napoleon isn't actually French. He was Italian.

[@thebagelsproductions]

Corsican. The family did include Italian nobles too however

[@aisnota5192]

@@thebagelsproductions That is true. Turns out the two countries had a few things in common.

[@BrizzB]

I love Joe Lycett so much