How We Got Things Ass-Backwards | James Gregory

Comedian James Gregory, the Funniest Man in America, goes OFF on how ass-backwards things have gotten...
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[@patsyware1788]

I remember those days. If the phone would ring and it was supper time my grandma would say "Don't answer it. If it's important they'll call back".

[@patsyware1788]

@j a Amen!!

[@andybunn5780]

Same, but my grandmother also said that if it rings more than 4 times, then you should hang up out of courtesy

[@user-zg1qz8oz2u]

If I heard that once, I heard it a thousand times!

[@franciscodanconia45]

My wife says that, but trouble is that it’s usually me calling! 😂

[@slimjim5487]

😂😂😂😂

[@howardhardee43]

I can remember yelling when the phone rang,"IF IT'S FOR ME I AIN'T HERE." My how times have changed.

[@MrJawnyNumFive]

Oh, thats so funny...memories. Thx.

[@carlheinz6699]

I still do that today :)

[@cutdabull1187]

And then the child says my daddy say he ain't here

[@dougoverhoff7568]

When I was a bartender we had plenty of guys that would say "If that's my wife, you haven't seen me all night"! Now, these darned cell phones have ruined that.

[@bloodymary12100]

I would be sitting right next to the phone when it rang and yell "SOMEBODY GET THAT".

[@SnookOnTheFly]

I whole heartedly agree with this as I’m watching it on my cell phone🤦🏻

[@tdhawk167]

me, too🤦

[@tammymock9678]

Me to

[@zlatte2594]

Haha yep

[@justasmalltowngirl9430]

Exactly

[@davesalisbury1820]

Ironic... ain’t it!

[@sportdr]

remember in the country we had “party lines”....if you dont know what those were watch Andy Griffith

[@mattygates1]

I retired from a phone company in a rural mountain area 5 years ago. We still had them then and some still have have them now.

[@dougwalters1545]

I grew up in Central Illinois in the country, in the early 70's. We had 3 houses on the the same party line.

[@m_d1905]

I had one as a kid. I wasn't allowed to answer the phone though, I was too young. LOL I do recall it would ring different patterns, but I can't recall ours.

[@TheTsar1918]

I remember when the man in a hurry could use the phone because the Mendlebright sisters visit over the phone every Sunday.

[@coryvermillion8679]

The phone tree!

[@stevelawrence8352]

One thing that drives me crazy is when two people are sitting at the same table at the same time and they're texting EACH OTHER!!!!

[@comestayawhilewithl5696]

Their paranoid thinking someone is listening to their conversation lol. Oh I know let's be government agents today. One too many Tom Cruise movies.

[@shedmanx3640]

I saw that once on Valentine’s Day. Some idiot took his lady out to dinner and they sat at the table texting all night. Never said a word to each other or looked at each other all night. What a date. 😔

[@richardfowler3254]

I am deaf and that is how I communicate with my wife... Cant throw everyone in the same bowl without doing some research. Live by the "Golden Rule" and if they don't just let it be, KARMA will take care of its self

[@comestayawhilewithl5696]

@@richardfowler3254 Totally understandable. Actually with the type of work I do I would benefit learning some sign language. I took a class last year on how to communicate better with someone who is deaf when you don't know sign language. A lot of it consist of common sense and being respectful.

[@Sunflower8587]

Or they are texting other people not there. Why are they even sitting at a table together if they're not talking to each other? I put my phone away when I'm with people in person. Unless I have something to show them on my phone, it's put away.

[@rick-kx7gy]

Wanna real shocker - tell a kid how we used to have to go over to the TV to change the channel . With a choice of three stations if we were lucky .

[@Hey___you]

And they played the National Anthem at midnight when the tv was over for the day.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

In black and white

[@thisismagacountry1318]

@@Hey___you Ours flew Air Force jets and had flags waving in the D.C. suburbs. I may buy a local TV station to do just that.

[@rick-kx7gy]

@@Hey___you then streamed the black & white Indian Head test pattern .

[@dougoverhoff7568]

You mean you had a TV at your house?

[@steverodgers8425]

Growing up in my family we never let the phone interrupt our dinner, watching a television show, walking out the door. We treated it like a convenience not permitting it to be an intrusion.

[@fatlarry1184]

Still that way in my house. Love being old school, drives some people crazy

[@jamesbizs]

Sure. So ringing non stop totally Wouldn’t interrupt watching a show

[@robertscarpello6067]

@@jamesbizs saw q

[@eastsideterri22]

Us too

[@eastsideterri22]

@@jamesbizs no set ringer to 6 rings and it stop or 3 rings you had a choice

[@frankchilds9848]

James is very wise 👌he uses humor to show us how foolish we are!

[@leospring6264]

Imagine having James Gregory for your history teacher! Best damn comedian I've heard in a looong time!

[@kevingray8616]

Former colleague said it right, “It’s an invitation, not an obligation. I pay for the thing, I can answer it (or not) if I want to.”

[@mre4u422]

i feel the same way about answering the door when someone knocks

[@puttervids472]

I’m that way about my cell. I rarely answer it. You have to leave me a message first if I don’t know you. I have it to reach my wife or to be reached by the kids school. Period.

[@bubbadano1508]

Damn right! Same with the door.

[@shawnmarie459]

@@bubbadano1508 Amen!

[@bubbadano1508]

@@shawnmarie459 Yes ma'am, Amen!

[@calbob750]

Truer words were never spoken. What makes the phone technology even worse is that every second of your phone use is being monetized and analyzed without your knowledge or permission.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

Technically speaking it is with our full knowledge and permission, it's all in that contract none of us actually read before we click "Agree."

[@niklasdahlgren7641]

@@phaedrussmith1949 The without knowledge part could be what is being sold to 3rd parties regardless of the phone company promising not to do it, or the App's doing the same thing.

[@colthenderson7839]

@@niklasdahlgren7641 if you read the terms they tell you if they sell your information to a third party.

[@niklasdahlgren7641]

@@colthenderson7839 i was more thinking about those companies and apps that has been found to sell your information WITHOUT our knowledge.

[@inkelf]

I have a cell phone but I never take it with me when I leave the house. That drives my friends and family crazy! "How am I supposed to get ahold of you if you don't have your phone with you?" I tell them, "Leave a message. When I get home and check my messages, I'll call you back." That's how everybody did it back in the day before cell phones, and it's still how I do it today.

[@lolaridner2908]

We laugh but it’s truly sad.. mind addictions ..

[@mr.d.572]

Sad story: I saw a dad in WF with his toddler, who was standing on a table in front of his dad and just wanted some attention & a hug. Even while hugging his kid, the dad kept staring at and playing with his phone. The boy was so frustrated and finally he yelled out "Daddy, daddy, WHO'S ON THERE???"

[@janishart5128]

That's pathetically sad!! Poor little guy!!!

[@danny6247]

Poor kid,

[@aaronm.3581]

What's the little tyrant doing on the table? The father did the right thing. Do not encourage such behavior.

[@danny6247]

@@aaronm.3581 funny

[@lorenzoparedes2306]

Or even worse. I have seen parents give a cell phone to a baby in diapers to play with it and serve as a pacifier.

[@amyigou7942]

Actually, I prefer texting most of the time. The reason is so that the person on the other end can answer at their convenience and not have to stop other, more important things like taking care of their kids or working. If I actually call someone, it’s because it’s important.

[@cheryljune1603]

I text, say what I have to say and I’m done. No long drawn out conversation

[@gtcam723]

I call when I’m sick of typing words

[@timsmith2525]

Texting: A boon for the antisocial.

[@robertwalker5521]

Never pick-up the incoming call if you are not ABSOLUTELY SURE it is a person you know and trust

[@deborahabernathy1757]

Years ago before cell phones, we had house phones, I can still hear voices saying " hold on I'm coming" ! So funny 🤣 ,you have got to Love James Gregory! He makes my day!

[@michellepost2986]

My parents had a rotary dial phone until 1992. I used one during 1960's on through 1980's. Some kids would call the operator and tell her a joke. James Gregory is funny, and talks about stuff I can relate to.

[@vickiemalone9098]

Agree 100 % . I LOVE it when you're in the middle of a conversation with someone & out of nowhere, they pick their phone up & start doing WHATEVER they're doing, NEVER hearing another word you're saying 😡🤬. I know some ppl that walk around with their phone in their hand, they NEVER lay it down....geez. They certainly don't GET IT, but they are addicted.

[@joaoportesantava1412]

What a great comic and great person to teach through comedy

[@Elim-meister]

If Lorne Greene had a big ole Southern brother....

[@diannameade495]

😂😂

[@larrysfarris]

And all this time, I thought I was the last person on earth who was still thinking the phone is here to serve me and NOT the other way around. 🤐

[@wearystranger8681]

GUILTY here I'm on my phone and this guy is exactly correct...

[@Hey___you]

I've just stumbled upon Mr Gregory. I'm glad I did! 😂

[@rattler8041]

The more you watch, the more you want to see. His mannerisms and expressions are priceless, and his humor is real life based.

[@M0UNTAINEER]

Its Bass Ackwards now

[@joshdinsmore4804]

Gotta be politically correct these days lol

[@adwhite804]

100% Mountaineer

[@jakemorrison2314]

It’s back asswards😂

[@simosc2]

What a delightful comedian. So talented.

[@rodmoore1577]

How true. Me and my sister had the same duties at home. We were the dish washers remote controls and answering machines. My added duties taking out the trash and mowing the yard. How times have changed.

[@kimleone5496]

Damn true. Today's younger generation doesn't know what hard work is anymore. They expect something for nothing, as if they after royalty

[@ITG45]

Kim Leone you are wrong! First of all, who’s fault is it? They, at the age of 18, 23, whatever, didn’t wake up one morning and say, “you know what, I’m not going to work anymore.” No, if your kids are that way, YOU raised them to be that way! My kids know that they will not be in my house until they are 30, and that if they want something in life they have to work to get it. I absolutely hate when people generalize the youth of today into a category of a useless, worthless, generation. We are teaching our kids that if they want to succeed in life, they must go to college, which is not true. We have to take responsibility for raising our children, and not just let them do whatever.

[@kimleone5496]

@@ITG45 I'm talking about people who aren't willing to put a shopping cart away I'm talking about people who aren't willing to put trash into trash can instead they throw it out their car window I'm talking about people that aren't willing to pick up their dogs crap I'm talking about people that aren't willing to clean up their front yards I'm talking about people that are protesting and burning down buildings those are not 60-year-olds they're younger and I'm not talking about all kids I'm talking about a generation that doesn't seem to care about the environment but they say they do

[@kimleone5496]

@@ITG45 And as for requiring a college degree for a basic entry-level job I am totally against it 75% of the jobs that are out there don't require any kind of bachelor's degree most require nothing more than a knowledge of the subject or an AA if anything.

[@ITG45]

Kim Leone but don’t you agree that all these people rioting, looting, and burning learned that lack of respect from home? Not that I am a perfect parent, far from it, but not one of my kids would even think about disrespecting our great nation. It’s these helicopter, or lawn mower parents that teach their kids that they can have anything they want, give them participation awards, that are the cause of these issues.

[@lisafiveash3089]

@@ITG45 Not True!!! the new generation just do not have RESPECT for their selves or any, One else and are very lazy!!!

[@viperexpress305]

I'll be retiring soon & I'm going off grid as fast as possible !! 🍺

[@silverstar4289]

viper express two years, four months. I won’t see another human the first month if I can help it.

[@melindaunknown6411]

Congratulations to both of you! Relax and enjoy yourselves! Ya’ll have earned it!!

[@karenmurphy6749]

@@melindaunknown6411 I've been retired for 5 years. I LOVE being off the grid!!

[@tree7249]

We are all going off grid one day.

[@speedrazer2000]

Karen Murphy - Going off the “grid”, and yet here you are... lol.. 😁

[@niniandsunny1353]

I BUSTED out laughing because while he was talking about the fat finger typing one letter at a time...my husband was doing that!

[@jbsnyder1736]

I'm watching this on my phone!

[@susanorr8348]

We used to avoid talking to grandma and the relatives because our friends never called us-they would show up at the front door to come out and play.

[@daltontannery3243]

I've actually had people text me and tell me to call them. I mean seriously think about that a person with a cellphone actually texted my cellphone and said "call me" instead of just calling me themselves

[@JH-tj9jd]

I do that with my brother and wife occasionally when I'm free to talk but unsure of their availability. My wife is on conference calls several times a day and my brother drives a fuel tanker truck. It's just better for them to call me at their convenience.

[@supermama4748]

@@maddawgnoll So let it go to voicemail.

[@supermama4748]

@@JH-tj9jd They can let it go to voicemail and call you back.

[@JH-tj9jd]

@@supermama4748 That would work out for some people. Neither has voice mail set up. Taking a quick glance to see that they have a text from me, would be easier than having to listen to a bunch of recorded messages.

[@daltontannery3243]

I've called someone and had it go to voicemail then I'd text them afterwards but that's about it

[@cyrilculton1181]

Yes indeed it's all upside down. So many people are so "Connected" that they're completely Disconnected from those around then. They are just plain Rude & self centered. I see it everywhere. 4 or 5 people sitting at a table and they are all looking at the damn cellphone. No polite conversation, it's disgusting! 🤯

[@rachelphelps6347]

@infinityrose92 I like the Chatty Cathy's out there! I have a cell phone but I just use it for my work or when I'm traveling mostly. At home I still have my land line which I like talking on much better. I think cell phones are really too much of a thing for some people. I see them texting and driving (which is against the law), and, like the other guy said, all at a restaurant and each looking at their cell phones. I think it is very rude when you are talking to someone and they have to look at their phone. Lords knows if it rings they at least have to look and see who is calling. I think it's rude, unless of course your family member is in hospital and you are waiting on a call about how they are, etc. I was at a doctor's clinic one day and this mother with a little toddler behind her, and she was on the phone walking fast and the poor little guy could have been kidnapped or ran over, she never looked back or took him by the hand, just kept walking and talking. When she finally got across the lot to her car and then saw him, she did come back for him thankfully, but still........... Really sad how some people can not be without the phone for even a few minutes. To each their own though. Things change over the years and so it goes!! Progress I reckon!

[@paceflchick]

The phone is my. Radio Newspapers Magazines Clock Mail TV Appointment book Ect ect. I barely use mine to talk, I dont talk to anyone. Hes right. Its ruined society.

[@JohnSmith-un9fy]

Thanks for all of the laughs. I hope you are doing great.

[@rickeaton5288]

I love his comedy

[@SaltyNationalist]

He says as I'm watching this on my PHONE..🤣🤣

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

Spot on! I hate phones!

[@katherinekerbow8344]

This man is awesome!!!! He is so right!!! I guess u would have to have been born before 2000 to realize how right he is!!! And I am so glad that I remember all of what he's saying.......thanks buddy!

[@darlaflorence7428]

My granddaughter says she can't cook. She can't get off her phone long enough to pay attention.

[@teresacowles4189]

Growing up, I heard, “bassackerds.”

[@jasonlewis1257]

Love this guy & he's right!

[@barnabasgray8038]

Without a doubt James you are the funniest man ever. I have never laughed so hard in my life. Thank you so much

[@dougyates7218]

I too miss the simpler times! Fishing in the pond, playing in the creek, helping Grandma in her garden.......oh, how I miss her biscuits.......

[@bobburnitt5389]

It's TRUE!!! We have LOST IT!!! It is upside down. What I HATE MOST is TYPING ON THE PHONE *TEXTING* I DON'T TEXT except with my Computer and I hate it too!!! And then the ROBOT CALLS, they save the OTHER GUY'S TIME NOT YOURS OR MINE!!! I have "people" call me with their Robots, that give me 7 or 8 "Choices" none of which fit me, but I have to "PICK ONE", then I get ANOTHER 7 or 8 "Choices" that don't 'fit' either. At this point I HANG UP. It saves MY TIME to write them a LETTER and Snail Mail to them telling them if they don't have time to talk to me by CALLING me DIRECTLY then I do NOT have time to do business with them. I am the one WRITING THE CHECKS therefore MY TIME IS VALUABLE. You should do the same. BB

[@imogenedykes5890]

Iwe lived in the country back in the 1940’s and let out a yell over the barn to my grandparents house and they would yell back. Same with our neighbors , just yell. Finally got a party line phone in 1950.

[@sabinrawr]

James: When the phone rang, it was usually interrupting something more important in life. Also James: Just call the sonofabitch!

[@jessejjames5678]

I raised my kids that ‘Supper is FAMILY TIME’ so now his family has ‘Supper is FAMILY TIME so NO TECHNOLOGY at the table’. I LOVE they have true time together!!

[@loisjohnson7272]

I miss my old rotary phone so much ❤,,loved it 😊

[@lucyhad.9362]

Thank you for making me laugh.

[@elainestriinger7929]

On my cell phone before I start to bed watching James Gregory. You are so right the ruins of this generation is going to be the CELL PHONE. This younger generation can’t put the phone down to spend time with their children or their soulmates! Try putting it down for 2 hrs a day spend that tome enjoying your family! Love Your Comedy!!’

[@ronniepharris9132]

Hit the nail on the head!!!

[@rodneycook8758]

👌 James says the very same thing(s) I have said, often...especially the just call part.

[@patriciagarrett4243]

I was the oldest, so I was told to answer the phone and depending on the person on the other end I might have to lie and say so and so isn't here. Now no one calls me but people wanting me to buy something or other.

[@jayanderson6016]

...or trying to pull a Medicare scam on you......happens to me frequently.

[@adameverett7882]

I literally thought this guy was Louie Anderson looks identical

[@wilburmcbride8096]

That's why a click on to him. I mistaken him for Louis Anderson, but I think he's funnier.

[@1PITIFULDUDE]

I was texting with my other phone while watching this on my phone.

[@maryw3989]

I had an answering machine so I could screen my calls. I'm watching this video on my cell phone.

[@nicholaswoodard9211]

Love this man he speaks the truth ❤

[@misslin1717]

😂 I needed this today

[@ruffles4scruffles]

Who is watching this on their phone?

[@Ringele5574]

Technology is humankind's downfall.... Not all, but so called "Social Media" is. People have gotten so preoccupied by others opinions that they base their lives around it. Look at politics today!

[@garybanglebangle7949]

Amen. This is so true today.

[@chrismcbee4653]

Nobody in my house wanted to stop watching TV to answer the phone.

[@ck1abe515]

Agreed and anyone remember the caller ID box, hahaha same thing, I ain't gonna answer 🤣🤣

[@paulstokes1831]

I would have LOVED to see James sitting on the porch with Jerry Clower. Two southern neighbors just talking about things. Would have been the best ever skit!!

[@armymobilityofficer9099]

Remember: "I am calling long distance."

[@shanktonlewis9408]

How we HAD to answer the phone when I was a kid, because mom or dad sure weren't going to. And with nine kids in the house the argument about who was going to answer it could take a while. Hello Lewis residence, may I ask who's calling? Then we'd get the I ain't here look from one or both. None of us were allowed on the phone for longer than five minutes. If you were one of them would walk by and hang it up. So you'd better watch the clock. No calls during supper. No calls after eight o' clock. No calls on Sunday at all. The only phone was in the kitchen on a wall. And I remember how excited mom was when dad got her a push button model.

[@stephenvision]

Just wanted you to know I'm watching this video on my cell phone

[@warrenfloyd1484]

Ya can make me laugh when I'm mad!, love ya!

[@jeanettemccloud964]

Love his humor !!!

[@dozer1642]

I remember those days. I’m watching this on my phone.

[@danny-li6io]

Truth! People in all societies report feeling the loneliest and most disconnected ever in history.

[@danny-li6io]

infinityrose92 very true, however, people are more isolated and disconnected from family and community than ever before. And yes, paradoxically even with the internet. 90%+ of human social interaction (fulfillment/connection) is non verbal. And semi reliable sociological and psychological surveys are not exactly that new. Psychology Today took the increase in reporting and increase in psychotherapy and HUGE increase into psychotropic medications into consideration when analyzing the data, or it would be totally invalid

[@Karcarius]

I work at a restaurant and I'll walk out into the dining room and see 4 people sitting at a table.Not talking to each other but all of them on their phones and I'm like,you got to be kidding me.

[@richietherantingrican7403]

My favorite is other people phone can ring and you reach for your pocket

[@UsTheMusicTVOfficial]

Spot on! I miss those old daze tho ...

[@leroy4065]

I cant wait to hear this dude talk ab covid lol

[@murph55]

my phone goes to voicemail after two rings

[@ScottGrammer]

A cell phone is like a baby. If you walk away from it, it cries.

[@rebeccasmith8567]

Love this guy!

[@Ty_Sinister]

Watching this while cooking burgers on the grill with my friends. 😂

[@f5tornadeau]

He’s so right. Something isn’t right. “Quiet down! I’m watching a video on my phone!” Oh, damn...

[@ndisguz]

James Gregory, Thank you for the laughter 🤣

[@stevenotes3996]

Amen and Amen!

[@hyper-lethal-sigma3]

Sad truths often make the best comedy

[@richardjohnson7563]

As Grandpa said when the phone was ringing and he did not answer it, “ I had that phone put in for my convenience”.

[@nothingnew69]

You are awesome. Love it

[@jadefire2817]

I couldn't agree more. I don't own a cell-phone. Drives my Momma bonkers. She said, "How am I supposed to get ahold of you?" I told her, "Pretend it's the '80s Momma, and call me at home!!!"

[@diggernash1]

Unlike people, the phone has a power button...an upgrade...

[@CDJNineteen83]

Watching this on my phone 😂

[@moonshadow7772]

Cell phones have destroyed connectivity, not helped at all. Can't wait for that big CME that will end them. 😀

[@r.stanley1049]

Hope it takes the entire internet down too!

[@grinninggoat5369]

Lol, a "Cellular" Mass Ejection!

[@darinweidman2769]

I have say I want 100 percent agree

[@darlatidwell6255]

I love this guy.😂 He so reminds me of my neighbor.

[@claudiaporter4269]

Sometimes we were on the phone all day at work and did not want to talk to anyone.

[@Mosely2007]

Thanks for posting, always funny! ✌️👍

[@Kyle-yx9tz]

I miss the old phone days.

[@scootron2000]

I'm watching this on my cellphone. 🤣

[@stevenotes3996]

The cell phone HAS indeed destroyed civilization. Well put Maestro!

[@chiefsnarlsnortz1610]

This Is Absolutely So True!

[@reneebrown2968]

We had party lines when I was a kid. That would flip more than a few folks out now days

[@anthonymarrone6868]

I admit it. I’m watching on my phone