IM CRYING! | American Reacts to "Al Murray On Nations of The World

[@jimiyakuza9523]

As an Italian living in the U.K., I'm all good with the jokes. He rips into everyone so it's all good

[@aaronbennett7474]

You know the jokes which is good as you live here...but some people can go too far...they call it banter...but really there taking the piss...im from Newcastle and i know when people take it too far...and in my eyes a joke is a joke but dont take things too personal at somebody because it can lead too a punch up..Happy easter.

[@francaperotti5934]

I was born in the Uk my parents immigrated to the Uk in the late 40s and 50s i am ok with some banter but there is that fine line but PC is acceptable to only other nationalities.

[@maccapaccabrump9731]

@@francaperotti5934 you moved to a country where comedy consists of making fun of people , nothing is too pc for a joke as long as it’s meant as a joke

[@davidcook7887]

I bet you get the jokes more and more as you get older. They really arn’t meant to be horrible!

[@hazhoner5727]

@@maccapaccabrump9731 Making fun of people except themselves

[@777petew]

When you here him ripping into the Irish, Welsh and Scots I would wager that they are laughing and smiling, AND thinking of how they can give it back. It's just fun in the UK, not meant as offensive.

[@jimmy2k4o]

I’m a Scot and I endorse that comment.

[@polly2220]

I am English and we can laugh at ourselves so there is no problem with laughing at anyone else. My family have married many Irish people and I love them.

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

Cruel as our humour seems, we really really don’t mean it. We are one of the nicest people’s and countries on this planet, which is why everyone wants to come here. The British are very accepting

[@paulgardner6239]

Exactly.

[@patrickholt2270]

The bit about Peru and bears is referencing the much loved animated children's show Paddington Bear.

[@KitsyX]

I think it started as a book or set of books or something, but I’m not 100% sure

[@patrickholt2270]

@@KitsyX Yep.

[@nickthefox72]

You have to bear in mind he is playing a character on stage. A very xenophobic parody of an Englishman. He’s actually a very well educated man who makes many history programmes and written many books on history

[@andrewgoatley9057]

Thanks you've answered the questuon on the tip of my tongue.

[@aldozilli1293]

Exactly, noone seems to get that Al Murray is a character, a parody of your typical bigoted East End pub landlord. It's all about context in comedy. That man went to Cambridge I believe and actually has a posh accent in real life.

[@donnalee4928]

I'm English, now living in Canada. The humour is all tongue-in-cheek. We saw a lot of jokes and references went over your head a lot. Lots of political and historical references. Hilarious.

[@SubjectRandom21]

After the first 5 mins, I had a feeling you'd misunderstand. But you reacted quite well. Always remember one basic principle with the Brits of the UK................taking the piss is fundamental. Not harmful insults but mockery. Great vid.

[@mrb5132]

And with us Aussies always taking the piss out of something or life is boring 🤣🤣🤣

[@bendover9663]

@@mrb5132 that's because you're our cousins 👍

[@siknotesimpkins3399]

@@bendover9663 yeah the cousins ya cba with haha

[@StewartEvans52]

@@mrb5132 Did your ancestors get a free trip then? or were they perhaps a guard? lol

[@mrb5132]

@@StewartEvans52 they got the free trip all expenses paid for stealing a pig 😅

[@meansy7753]

You need to realise that he's playing a character of a stereo typical English pub landlord, but in real life he's an extremely educated and enlightened man. That's what makes the act work, and it appeals to the 'mass audiennce' because we *English( tend to rip on all nations, and ourselves!

[@airman617]

This is Al Murry ( a comedian) but in his persona as 'The Pub Landlord', a proud, English man!

[@DraconimLt]

'Bannockburn and Culloden, the heat and the final' joke = The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was a famous victory of the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. (If you've seen the film Braveheart, its the bit right at the end) The Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Jacobite (mostly Scottish) army of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") was decisively defeated by a British government force under William, the Duke of Cumberland, on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. He is basically saying that the English won in the end/beat the Scots in the last battle we fought, 'the final', so it doesn't matter if we lost earlier ones, even if they were completely different wars. 🙂

[@annierea7228]

the last bit was also a footballing dig ... the Scots team don't have a good record at making the World Cup Finals :D

[@DraconimLt]

@@annierea7228 yeah, but he got that part didn't he? I was explaining the other part.

[@goldylocks3904]

You don't have to be from the UK to know it's history. I'm from the UK but know about the history (what little it has) of the US. It's about being interested in the world around you and not just your own country.

[@jimmy2k4o]

Yeah I’m British I know more about American history than British. But then again it’s a thinner book.

[@cockertoo8920]

@@jimmy2k4o Too right, just a pamphlet in fact!

[@glennhills3476]

I've been lucky to see AL live and I've never laughed as much. He made fun of my area and everyone cheered. I hope you get to see him. I do think you should do a reaction video to AL comparing different accents from around the UK. It is so funny

[@josephdolman]

The Peru joke was about a character called Paddington bear who was sent by his family to the UK

[@deniseperryman2814]

Al Murray is just brilliant but when he’s not playing the Pub Landlord he’s doesn’t sound like that at all he’s quite a quiet man really lovely man and never take anything personally it’s all just great fun Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍👏👏😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👋

[@samsmith92samsmith]

I would say that the European perception and stereotype of an Italian from Italy is really different to the American stereotype of an Italian American... they're not particularly aggressive, but disorganised that kinda thing... Also northern Italians really don't like southern Italians and vice versa !

[@susanpeters5392]

From England ... hi humour is what we have in good times and bad

[@rogermalpas3002]

Children's story, Paddington Bear comes from Peru and eats marmalade sandwiches.

[@cyrus2728]

have you seen his passport oris he just another economic migrant

[@madoldbatwoman]

@@cyrus2728 He had better than that, a label saying "Please Look After This Bear." Only absolute monsters could refuse that?!

[@adamnash5085]

He has a 6:30 minute video called 'Al Murray vs Americans, if you want to see him do more on America you should watch that. 🙂

[@thequietman760]

We Irish love a bit of shtick. We give as good as we get if not better

[@siknotesimpkins3399]

at what running to another country...granted

[@siknotesimpkins3399]

happy saint paddy day where its celebrated all around the world....because cant stand ya ground .... god bless Ireland...I think saint pat was on our side chasing out snakes in his motherland hahahah

[@thequietman760]

You keep licking those batteries and eating those crayons siknote simpleton

[@siknotesimpkins3399]

@@thequietman760 what ever turns you on bro....weird but whatever....im referring to your confusing account name not ya weird sexual fantasises your visualising me doing btw.....its just not very Irish is it

[@michellemessenger8392]

@@siknotesimpkins3399 2:22 2:23 2:24

[@commonsense4438]

Your interruptions are mucking up the punch lines .

[@cyrus2728]

you know they dont have punch lines in usa.they just do a joke and repeat it for 3 minutes like it gets better with repeats.bless em they just dont get it.

[@allenjohnstone9945]

Most of the punchlines went right over him anyway.

[@timberwolf5211]

The bit about the Scots and Bannockburn, refurs to the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Where their Scots, under their King, Robert the Bruce, beat back the English, winning the battle. The comment about Culloden, refurs to another major battle between the Scots and the English in 1746, where the English not only won, but later sadly decimated the Scots. Which led to the comment of Scotland not getting into sports finals.

[@CammyK1872]

Al Murray's pub landlord is a character he plays, he doesn't mean what he says. He is a parody of your typical British pub landlord. Lambasting them. I'm from Scotland and have loved Al since the early 2000s

[@ItsJps]

Oh I got ya

[@alexander9703]

In regards to the English language, when Al Murry says "though your boss needs a few lessons" he's referring not to Donald Trump, but to George W. Bush. Which dates this video for you, circa 2005 maybe.

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Works for both though haha

[@22skiddoo]

The guy in the front row at 14:08 (between the cute blonde and the guy in the pink T-shirt) is a brave man... he's German and he came to the gig knowing full well who Al Murray was and he wore a T-shirt bearing a picture of von Strohm, the idiotic German colonel from the UK comedy series "'Allo, 'Allo". He must have know he'd be a prime target for Al Murray's jokes. In fact anyone sitting in the front row must have realised when they booked their seats that they'd be paying dearly for the privilege!

[@jimbo6059]

Oh he was wearing a tee shirt with Colonel von Strohm on. Maybe someone else was wearing one with Hans Geering.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

At UK comedy gigs, you only buy a front-row ticket if you want to be 'attacked'. ;-)

[@BaresEatBeats]

You’re pausing too much in the middle of punchlines. If you’re going to pause, at least rewind back a few seconds.

[@nicksykes4575]

Subbed, the joke about the Korean War, "we found out they were eating dogs and sent in the RSPAC rifles". RSPCA is a charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. You have a similar organization in the US.

[@bobmirdiff2043]

And the Provisional Wing of the Salvation Army to sort out Northern Ireland! :)

[@alexfoster307]

The one about Peru he said bear, not beer, as in Paddington Bear lol.

[@caretaker2222]

Half Irish, grandparents where immigrants Half Italian and all I can say is ACCURATE

[@adrianhempfing2042]

So you're a funny and angry person ? Just joking

[@dakrontu]

At 24:20: Reference to a fictional young bear who arrives in the UK from Peru and is given the name Paddington having been found at the station of that name in London.

[@peter.a.langan5872]

You should know he is very well educated he plays the landlord guy part.

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

Al is a very educated man. He has a History Degree from Oxford University

[@samuel10125]

Funny thing is you can tell its an act because if you pay attention he tries not laugh at himself.

[@JBW27]

Spain is such a good place to go to relax. Went there for a week in 2019 and spent 9am till midnight every day drinking rum. Perfect 😅 Gotta say though, The Bahamas and New York are equally good vacation spots imo, just depends what you're after.

[@andrewhudson3352]

If you actually listened to it instead of stopping it all the time you might hear his act

[@patriciawilliams1291]

Yes I'm Irish but he is hilarious 🤣

[@alexnorman4919]

At 6:10 he seems to say Westlife sang "I believe I can fly" but that was R Kelly not Westlife,,, he meant to reference "Flying without wings".....

[@brianfowler1879]

Seen Al Murray live and was picked on in the front row! Very embarrassing 😂😂

[@russcattell955i]

Brian, you are a braver man than me mate !

[@donlove3741]

No this isn't local stuff ,it's called history!

[@sooevers9411]

He's actually making fun of us English/British too

[@shoutinghorse]

Al Murray is playing his alter ego character 'The Pub Landlord' based on the archetypal pub landlord being slightly bigoted.

[@unclegeemus]

grrreaat, alter ego that's too confusing for us trying to find something funny but glad to be informed of the club

[@MsLeewood]

I find it so funny the other people from around the world are horrified while the British are laughing there ass of because its our British banter. Lol🤣🤣

[@mickmackem1479]

Only country in Europe we never had to fight or to invade is Portugal

[@kieranmilne7808]

Yeah mate, oldest alliance in the world

[@cottoncandy4486]

Never heard of this guy, so thanks for this one.Funny guy. But the facts are spot on in some cases. Tongue in cheek as they say. He talking about the battles between England and the Scots. Then the Irish, sorta a bit derogatory. But he is the same about everybody.

[@galactica0433]

People try to complain about Al Murray, they throw all the 'phobes' at him. Which is ridiculous as he never singles anything out except how great England and he colonies are.

[@leoleeuk]

You have a amazing ability to pause video in the best jokes.

[@maccapaccabrump9731]

Italians are aggressive until they see you are winning, that’s when they join your side

[@keeperofthecheese]

The Scottish part: Bannockburn - Battle where Scotland defeated England - "where the fields ran red with english blood" Culloden - Even bigger battle which came later, where the English shot the Scots to pieces. He calls it the "Final" because it ultimately led to Scotland becoming part of the UK. Hes talking about something which most UK folk don't really know about either to be honest. I'm sure there would be a US Civil war equivalent.

[@louisepye4387]

It's a football joke. For the World Cup you play heats to get to the Final.

[@ericspaans4008]

One of my favorites.

[@rde4017]

The RSPCA Rifles still cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣

[@diogenesagogo]

There's 2 films about Paddington Bear. Second one is really funny.

[@racheltaylor6578]

All the call centres are in India.

[@AnglOsAxOn2]

Love how you got offended by the Irish jokes, oh the Irony.

[@meganclaridge2235]

I’d love to see you react to Sarah Millican at some point - she’s a comedian who says all the things that other females would stop before it comes out of our mouths 😂 I love her

[@BTtr3]

you thought he said beers lol, he said the way peru streats BEARS because of the story book paddington bear. lol

[@daduondaduon5832]

You should watch this again on your own. You missed almost every good punch line with your pause

[@sleepyjones1]

There are a lot of penguins in Argentina and Chile, there's also penguins in New Zealand

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Melbourne, Australia has some too

[@grizzlygamer8891]

If you ever go to a comedy show and don't want to participate, don't buy front row tickets.

[@jefffranklin4894]

Tip: if you pause to say something do a quick ten second rewind because you missed multiple punch lines

[@darrencooke4207]

Do 'All Jobs are terrible'. That one is really funny and does feature the USA in some way 🙂

[@ItsJps]

I will, thank you!

[@ajaxlewis7664]

I recently turned 28 and my voice still cracks.

[@adrianhempfing2042]

I have a feeling Jps will be the same- joking

[@grahamcampbell8297]

Bears and Peru = Paddington Bear. He is a little cartoon bear sent to the UK. He loves eating marmalade sandwiches. Very British thing. The Queen even had an audience for the bear and showed him her marmalade sandwich in her handbag. Look up Paddington Bear.

[@johnroper5627]

You have to see Paddington Bear 2. All will be explained about Peru.

[@Isleofskye]

I like you but you paused midway thru' the jokes so you missed the next bit.. Easy solution, my friend. Please do what most experienced Reactors do after pausing and talking in that they REWIND the video by just a few seconds to return to the start of the part that they were commenting on and that way you have continuity and nobody misses anything:) The Peru Bear joke was about "Paddington Bear" a famous cartoon bear in stories here in The UK. The 118 India joke was about India taking a lot of "Call Centre" work away from England in this case "The Geordies" from Newcastle who used to do it but wanted too much to get their British Telecom contract renewed so it went to India. The number was 118118.

[@trevorpitt5883]

He said "BEAR" and was talking about Paddington Bear.

[@realman6ft6]

Lol when Joel doesn’t get the reference to Paddington Bear coming from Peru..

[@adrianhempfing2042]

I didn't realise that either until later in it. To be fair, with the name Paddington and the English accent and Peru not being a first choice of where bears come from, wouldn't naturally guess he was from there. Saddened to think , Paddington recently met Her Majesty and said Thank you. Now, HM has gone

[@demonic_myst4503]

Mp is a poliyician in uk so when he said exsplain it for the mp he was looking at a politicin in the crowd

[@lesart3446]

And uses a mockney rather than a cockney accent...

[@MrBrendanus]

As an "Irish" don't worry, this is funny.

[@neilmurrell281]

Not penguins in Argentina, penguins on the Falklands and South Georgia 😅

[@racheldicker5611]

Paddington bear famous story in Britain very sweet

[@frette3946]

The Bear joke was about Paddington.

[@peterkennedy6220]

Have a look at Dara O'Briain, Irish comedian. One of my favourites is "Live at the Theatre Royal"

[@Lar308]

I don't believe americans get Irish or UK humour - they don't seem to get satire generally taking everything too seriously or simply not being aware of the background knowledge needed to get the joke. I am Irish and we are used to the usual back and forth between English Irish Scots Welsh etc - its quite funny. Even within Ireland there are jokes between the regions especially Kerry and I am from Kerry.

[@ianpunter4486]

Painful watching this reaction!

[@keithcraig7736]

Just had to subscribe,,,,👍,,,luv watching and listening to your reactions,,,you have a cracking good channel here,,,,nice one,,,,kc,keith,uk,👍,,,keep them coming,,,,,,respect always,,peace,

[@johnmcaleer7099]

Paddington bear arrives in the uk from Peru and eats marmalade sandwiches and didn't have a name until he arrives at paddington railway station

[@ItsJps]

Oh got it

[@juneseghni]

I also wonder how old this is with the reference to Yugoslavia

[@joannalarkin126]

Beers....BEARS.....national treasure...Paddington Bear....children fave character for many years....came from Peru🙄

[@ninagray4441]

What you call shade is comedy. American comedy tends to be a lot tamer and your country generally a lot more sensitive.

[@kyberwolfuk]

He's a comedian that plays this stag comedy act called the pub land lord..

[@unclegeemus]

most pub land lords are funny

[@chrisharris5497]

The peru joke wasn't about beers mate it was about Bears, in paticular Paddington Bear, a childrens TV show and book in the 1980s, a bit before your time bro but they have made films over the last 5-10 years.

[@derrickwhittle9012]

The marmalade eating bear from Peru is Paddington, famous children's book.

[@justcode2822]

Have a look at Al Murray's "Bacon Proves The Existence of God" or even better The Two Ronnies Four Candles Sketch

[@annierea7228]

China lifted the One Child policy in the mid 2010's. The birth rate has been steadily declining over teh last 20 years so there was no need to restrict birth rate anymore.

[@demonic_myst4503]

The rusian alphabet roboem is because alot of the world use the roman alphabet due to romans conquirng then britain also spread the roman alphabet with its empire so its a very wide spread alphabet

[@john_smith1471]

This is a nostalgic reminder for me after 12 months of covid restrictions in Britain, seeing a full house venue with a live audience, no anti-social distancing, every seat occupied, this used to be our old normal.

[@ange1098]

It’s now called history 😢

[@markw7982]

He’s funny, but you made it funnier 😂

[@cyberash3000]

there is a video of al murray vs americans

[@tobeytransport2802]

8:33 then he’d take the piss out of you 😂

[@LegsAkimbo]

Yugoslavia was an Eastern Bloc country in Europe. Civil war broke out between various regions. Yugoslavia is no more. Now it is divided into several countries including Serbia and Croatia.

[@johnnybeer3770]

Try reacting to" The Best of Dave Allen "

[@ItsJps]

I’ll check it out!

[@anonymoose2505]

Seen people commenting that he doesn't seem to get the punchlines. I think he does, there'll just be a few-seconds delay in his audio.

[@dianeleitch7049]

He doesn't...

[@JamesLewis]

Al Murray started with a TV series called "Time Gentlemen Please", that's where the persona comes from. EG. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGXIdnd_iqaBaJI

[@perryedwards4746]

its called freedom of speech mate....

[@stuartcarefoot4804]

4 mins in and given up. Al’s great but you spoil it

[@TheBobbymcd]

al murray in canada is reaaly funny..one of his best

[@paulsymons7643]

He is taking the piss. That's what comedy is. You mustn't be afraid of what offends you. Laugh about it, show the idiot that offends you that he doesn't matter. Laugh in the face of adversity. That's comedy and they want to kill it.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@PeterJPickles]

Missed every joke, stop stopping in the wrong place dude and if you do, rewind a bit :)

[@King-Omega-]

Yeah that was so frustrating to see. Just hit the left arrow key an knock it back 5 secs, it's painful to watch him missing nearly every punchline or set up.

[@rmcguire7033]

You Mr American, are an embarrassment to your Nation and your Educational System Near enough ALL enough of Al's comments went entirely over your head, check out 'Eclectic beard' to learn a lot.

[@PeterJPickles]

@@rmcguire7033 I'm English pal :)

[@rmcguire7033]

@@PeterJPickles Then you should be qualified to use the language, but apparently not. What went wrong in your life? Nevermind, .......

[@PeterJPickles]

@@rmcguire7033 I have seen this stand up several times and never once had a problem with understanding, where do you get that I don't understand, I was pointing out that he spoke over or stopped the vid in the wrong place and never rewound. Your conclusion jumping is Olympic level dear chap.

[@jordantillcock2961]

When he on about the jocks he talking bout the rebellion the scottish did against the English, I believe

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

This sketch is over a decade old the president he is referring to is Bush jnr......The character he is playing is an old fashioned bigoted pub landlord which does not always translate abroad but most of it does......