James Acaster gets into trouble with lads on a night bus - Classic Scrapes

James Acaster had a lucky escape from some lads on a night bus in London. From the Josh Widdicombe XFM Podcast live from the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 (night 4).
Attention scrapefans! If you're enjoying these videos then you should check out the new book from the Scrapemaster himself, Mr James Acaster. The book contains the full versions of many of the scrapes featured here, plus brand new ones from throughout James's life, and there are drawings too. The book is available in hardback, audiobook and e-book, and can be bought here www.amazon.co.uk/James-Acaste... And if you fancy hearing the scrapes in person why not see James on his Scrapes tour this autumn! www.jamesacaster.com/gigs/

[@c.l.p.8363]

He always starts with "This doesn't show me in a particularly good light"

[@eoinpuplett4817]

I’m 😢😅

[@krisc2535]

Never acceptable to drop in your own story while someone is mid-way through theirs.

[@LukeLjJames]

HOW THE HELL DID HIS STORY GET INTERUPPTED BY A STORY FROM THE OTHER UNFUNNY D**KS ,, JESUS STFU

[@Widdekuu91]

9:00 If you're stuck on the part where Josh talks and you réálly don't want to hear his story.

[@rhonaaquilina348]

THANK YOU!

[@mrduckfatty]

HAHAHAHA

[@ShadesmarRS]

mvp

[@satchelyork]

You da real mvp

[@wiionmii1111]

Lol

[@poppyalice3950]

i love james so much how do these things even happen to him

[@Cruxador]

Just general laddery and bad decisions.

[@sarcasticsquareflake1466]

Classic Acaster

[@astrangermagi]

There are some people that radiate pure chaos and some that attract chaos

[@StygianWorm]

@@astrangermagi and then there's james acaster who is both

[@music-ty5we]

@@astrangermagi I'm a bit like him in the fact that I attract a lot of chaos and misery but unfortunately for me I was bullied out of school diagnosed with schisophrienia, medicated and now I don't remember a thing, 2016 really was the worst year ever.

[@UncleRedDog]

I've tried the "oh, my phone's ringing" trick to avoid a scrape before. Trouble is, whilst I was talking to my self, my mum rang and my SpongeBob ring tone nearly deafened me. I just looked like a twat.

[@LHoriginal]

Lol, i hope you were ok though

[@lisahenry20]

"hey mum, why did you hang up and ring me again?" That's how I would try get out of it. But I also keep my phone on silent or vibrate so I wouldn't have that problem.

[@thelankylegendshow182]

Yeah Alistair. You wanna watch your mouth

[@TheDuked]

I do wonder if Alister is watching this and creasing at himself hearing the situation from the other dudes perspective

[@TeetoPlastic]

I don't know what "child of the teeth" means but I still laughed...

[@SeventhEve]

search for the video where he talks about 'The Wow! Scenario'

[@alicebrown2393]

It’s an early acaster band

[@Bendoverstoke]

Is that Robins' impression of Josh ahah? He's nailed that.

[@dhsjakhdsajk]

sometimes i cant even tell if its john or josh lmao hes perfected it

[@chariliy]

That was a great e-scrape

[@soapysoappla942]

classic james

[@jowhy7243]

classic soapy soap pla!

[@anheedadhump9173]

Haha! Classic jinzojar!

[@jowhy7243]

classic Anheeda!

[@Widdekuu91]

classic wolfstone!

[@matthew5386]

classic Widdekuu91!

[@carveylover]

I heard this on WILTY but this so much more troublesome than James sleeping in a bush.

[@scoob1670]

Woah! James is the original joker! Ahahaha

[@dargosian]

Who knows, if Acaster's stand-up had failed, he might have caused a socio-economic upheaval in the form of violent riots after killing a talk-show host

[@MarkPentler]

Buy his book, it’s very, very funny. Lots of great stuff like this in it

[@jenniferholden9397]

Mark Pentler The bonus is that Josh Widdicombe can’t interrupt.

[@ryanspencer1482]

Love The Acaster!

[@bobbobson4277]

easily my favourite scrape

[@maxbusiness69]

1:48 when your name's Robert, this part is difficult to hear. Sounds like he's talking to you.

[@user-dx8nj7qj2g]

James: *gives them the middle finger* *bus drives off* *bus drives down the street and stops, door opening* *youth get out and point at james*

[@felicitydowns6651]

“Yeah Alister don’t mess with me I’m from the projects!”

[@user-qk8vq2sm1n]

Wish the others would stop butting in and cackling like witches.

[@blandinus_8683]

bruh they're at least allowed to laugh🤦‍♂️ just like you should try instead of complaining

[@user-qk8vq2sm1n]

@@blandinus_8683 Thanks for your speedy response... Bruh.

[@rojhatek]

Took him 2yrs😂😂😂😂

[@anguishingquark]

Classic Alistair

[@Isleofskye]

First time I have even dreamed of criticising Josh but his interruptions were unnecessary, his story should have waited and his laughter seemed false...

[@10aallkins]

This was weird for me.

[@nicosmind3]

A scrape where im from ia an actual fight. This was a lucky escape!

[@cassdy91]

Josh was enjoying this way too much

[@kieranjordan3313]

duff you up

[@ulalaFrugilega]

Good Yarn!

[@morris9337]

A lot of the “comedic” quips from the others, were absolutely woeful.

[@xelumbra]

Just wondering if you heard the rest of this show as a lot of the quips by the others are referencing jokes that were made earlier on.

[@janiyawest7023]

FYI Mace is made from nutmeg. Pepper spray is made from Cayenne pepper, which is also used in hot sauce.

[@PH5221]

Pepper spray is made with capsaicin, which is what makes things spicy. Not specific to cayenne pepper.

[@vickigarner7331]

Brilliant plus side Josh's laugh as well....😂

[@thebluequiche1]

Ha ha ha The Acaster Massive

[@sollybrown8217]

It's like a parody of joker train scene.

[@mistacoz]

If I'd been on that bus I'd have been joining in lol

[@turnbull832]

Cosmic Steez joining in with the travelling to your destination in silence while some chavs try kicking a weird drunk guy.

[@stuartbeattie12]

X doubt

[@quarantimeslifeinisolation2075]

A, we'll fight them on the beaches B, I really like these peaches I need to know what C/the punch line was x

[@laurengrant9470]

It was “I really like smoking cigars”

[@KB-jr9bd]

@@laurengrant9470 and D. is "I like this caviar"

[@pipdog-gc4tc]

thats funny james they are called buswankers lol

[@DaraHill]

Love the N29, met my partner on it.

[@alexentwistle1398]

How much mace did that take?

[@DaraHill]

@@alexentwistle1398 she prefers nutmeg, but it goes well with Tarragon

[@explodingstatue]

never felt so awkward at having the name aleister as i do listening to this

[@beakycole9211]

Josh sounds like Zippy from Rainbow...

[@contentsniffer]

You sexy man.

[@DaChaGee]

Where does he live, if he takes the number 29? Don't see people like James on it.

[@fernandogigabyte1883]

someone find allistair

[@teddytwit5827]

How do these things happen to James

[@Widdekuu91]

James radiates innocence and a nice-dude-attitude and therefore, evil people victimize him. The wrong solution that many have to that, is to stop being innocent and nice and youknow, 'wear a leather jacket and curse at people' in order to keep people far away from you. But that's a bad solution. The right one is very difficult. Keep on beaming innocence and nice-dude-attitude, but know when to adress people that ignore your boundaries. Incredibly difficult. But he's pretty good at it nowadays.

[@avaborch-solem2300]

Widdekuu91 I think you're looking too much into it. He got into this because he made fun of a group of daddy issues radiating lads on the bus. Made for a hilarious story though

[@beautifulassassin7962]

That's not mace that's pepper spray.

[@fatbelly27]

Can we edit out Widdicombe from this clip? It's a funny story ruined by all the interruptions.

[@chopschat8415]

And his wheezing...

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear James: At 9:18 minutes: Were you talking to an American, who said he is from the projects?

[@micklucas9771]

I'd rather listen to my own mother fall down a flight of concrete steps than listen to Josh Widdicombe. His laugh is equivalent to toothache.

[@Widdekuu91]

Oohhh I hope your mother never falls down the stairs but that was beautifully described.

[@datashat]

This is the comment I was looking for. He sounds like a hen.

[@convolution223]

his laugh is obnoxiously annoying. I can't stand it either.

[@FayLongthorn]

josh’s laugh

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

Lol

[@benjackson7284]

Funny story, but the others ruin it!!

[@ignacio4648]

Whats "The projects"?

[@eviesharp17]

From what I understand, it’s a built up, imposing, poorer area with tower blocks cramped together. It’s a US thing rather than a U.K. thing

[@Kyoto_Ed]

it's like a council estate

[@anguishingquark]

Ignacio The US government has built inner city housing “projects” that are subsidized and are known for high crime

[@nick260682]

It’s a sort of joke, he’s pretending to be a US gangster basically, when he very obviously isn’t.

[@solomanvendi2970]

that josh pfffft

[@Bladesmobile]

Is there anything worse than nish Kumar interrupting

[@vivavaldez87]

This was better with Gervais, look up James on Deadly Sirius...

[@prunehead]

Sucks when widdicombe starts talking and ruins the whole vibe

[@abbie1200]

Geedub has

[@LoxiDays33]

I mean it's his show

[@Widdekuu91]

@@LoxiDays33 Yeah, so he gets enough time already.

[@LoxiDays33]

@@Widdekuu91 Don't think that's how radio works, bud

[@Widdekuu91]

@@LoxiDays33 Tbh, if I had a show and I invited people on, I'd avoid interrupting and talking over them, at all costs.

[@FS-dk1io]

I wonder if any of these scenarios are actually true

[@gweflj]

None. Vastly exaggerated if so.

[@alexentwistle1398]

The Enfield one sounds pretty spot on.

[@matthew5386]

all of acasters scrapes are true

[@syncops834]

Josh's laugh makes my ears bleed

[@markfalloon4424]

Josh Widdicombe can't laugh.

[@JosephE-yd6ks]

mark falloon Nor can he cause other people to

[@LukeSmithjkpram]

rrrroasted

[@smidgens1]

He's trying way too hard

[@sophiebailey752]

J E looool excellent. I don't get why anyone finds him funny.

[@krainey]

Even his Mum Anne is funnier than him..

[@chuck1prillaman]

BORE: Someone who repeatedly interrupts others who are more interesting.

[@josephpickard3108]

At no point did anyone laugh at Nish's quips. Football grounds should hire him for Remembrance Day games

[@AD-kv9kj]

Aw, poor old Nishy Twenty-Nugs ☹

[@juankusoff]

Nish consistently fails to say anything funny

[@DaChaGee]

Widdecombe isn't funny and Enfield is in London!!!

[@Baioue]

na it's not. no post code no london

[@countessbathory5360]

It's in the London Borough of Enfield but it's Middlesex really.

[@alasdairogilvie3895]

It’s really not mate

[@nick260682]

Baioue Middlesex hasn’t existed since 1965 mate

[@peterfarrabuhk123]

Josh Widdicombe’s forced laughter makes my ears cringe.

[@michaelannetts5839]

Christ, that laugh is horrendous

[@bustedfender]

I could do without the incessant cackling.

[@garygregorius]

The other guys are not funny zz

[@jrpipik]

Why are all the other guys constantly interrupting? Did they think the story wasn't going well and they had to help out? Just listen to the actual comedian be funny, boys.

[@joescho]

No idea who this third guy is but he's just not funny at all and I've absolutely no idea why he's there. Really hope he's not a comedian

[@jenniferholden9397]

joe schofield I think it’s Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe who constantly interrupts a really funny story. Note to James, always take some gaffer tape when you’re telling a funny story, to shut the egos up.

[@Bladesmobile]

Nish Kumar always ruins these clips

[@amyblackshawx2377]

@lee sherbourne I think there’s no need for all of these comments about Josh and Nish but this comment is the worst one, you’re literally racist,

[@greasyphilip]

@@amyblackshawx2377 the house party one has the worst comments. Nish makes 1 remark. All the comments are about how he is not funny. Baffling

[@schuletrip]

Not funny

[@harryturner8701]

I can’t be the only person who assumed a guy with a name like Alister was black. Like there’s no white kids called John these days.

[@ProtestTheIndie]

Have you ever been to Scotland? There’s white Alastairs all over the fucking shop

[@harryturner8701]

Rory H yeah but this was in London so...

[@SixteenJacobsCreams]

@@harryturner8701 All the ones I can think of are white

[@hannahdiane8451]

Harry Turner yeah but London has people from everywhere , most people who live in London aren’t actually from London

[@harryturner8701]

Hannah Diane what kids on the night bus yeah I bet the where from Kazakhstan

[@gazriley624]

is this supposed to be funny?

[@bchesh94]

Classic Gaz

[@robertstorey7476]

needs to learn how to tell a story without rambling.

[@Isleofskye]

Based on seeing who has caused the most trouble by a Country Mile EVERY YEAR since The 1960s when I grew up near Brixton and Peckham I, automatically, assumed these 10 Guys were mostly Black but the name " Alaistair" tells me otherwise, so I was wrong it seems :)