James May tries to find the ultimate sweet sandwich

[@miheerthampi343]

Lucy: "Diagonal" James" Tom would you like to test the sandwiches?" absolute destruction this man is.

[@MrJuanDover]

He's a loose cannon

[@DoomPlague]

She probably answered this way knowing that she could get out of eating on camera.

[@MasouShizuka]

She's posh.

[@brego129]

@@Tealdragon204 Disagree.

[@glennwhittaker197]

Cut em in 1/4’s then everyone can try (still the problem of diagonally though lol) 🥪👍🏻👍🏻😆

[@SudiptaKarmakar87]

In my teens: Clarkson is the man! Twenties: Hammond rocks!! Now in thirties: May is and has been my spirit animal, why had I not realized that before!!!?

[@sgthop]

Clarkson is the man, Hammond is hilarious, but even in my teens I knew that May's was the one whose path I must follow.

[@IncredibleMD]

Looks like I'm 15 years ahead of the punch on you. Once, my brother realized that I was wearing the exact same thing as May as when he said "I'm not a particularly fashionable person". It was eerie.

[@Snyde91]

I’ve always liked Jeremy, even more so James. And always despised Hammond.

[@TheOctoshock]

@@Snyde91 why don't you like the hamster

[@TheAratine]

James has always been my favorite

[@mrgeneralism]

James May eating sandwiches is far more interesting than current Top Gear.

[@Scruffy1000]

MrGeneralism Only just ... :0)

[@cammy9994]

100% agree

[@gordonlawrence1448]

Listening to paint dry is more interesting than the current top gear. The only redeeming feature is when they have Sabine Schmidt on. I think they had Abbie Eaton on once as well she's pretty cool.

[@astrogtr]

Literally true 😂

[@jeesmith99]

He’s right you know.

[@davidrobins1021]

"....Diagonal" "Tom, would you like to test the sandwiches?"

[@jacoblawrence3702]

This is the most dull yet brilliant and entertaining thing I’ve ever seen

[@spinningchurro]

watch James May’s The Reassembler

[@JoelTehMole]

Welcome to James May. Captain slow, yet also one of the three titans

[@Roy_1]

I feel like James is testing us, a social experiment of sorts. How loyal are we. It will culminate in the final Kool-Aid episode.

[@Skozerny]

@@Roy_1 Unironically he's testing what kind of dull shit can he get away with and still get us to watch it

[@jacobszymczak9323]

"I can cut the sandwich in any way you want, *so long as it's Rectangular"*

[@bevstarrunner9472]

Rectangular aka the Correct way

[@youweechube]

Rectangular is for peasants and people who cant use a knife.

[@Jonas-xl4wg]

reminds me of “you can have any beer you want, as long as it’s a corona”

[@k.j]

I cant be the only one who thinks sandwiches taste better when they are cut diagonally

[@mightypharaoh7586]

@@k.j Makes better cross-sections and its easier to eat.

[@nariman_kashefi]

James, Our man in Japan was fantastic, congrats.

[@Ben_Mayall]

Nariman Kashefi Bim, guess what? Mm mm mmm mm mm mmm.

[@dickjohnson4447]

Shijo-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto that crosses the Kamo river over Shijo Street. It is also called Gion Bashi.

[@iseeolly9959]

I agree sir!

[@travingo3750]

Hey Bim!

[@dyu8184]

@@dickjohnson4447 HEY BIM!

[@JL-ef7bh]

And apparently this was the guy who beat Gordon Ramsay in making a fish pie.

[@wowdogememe1541]

Yes

[@timmason7430]

Yes, what's your point?

[@Tomlong65]

is there a video of this?

[@PGraveDigger1]

@@Tomlong65 Yes. Search for The F Word.

[@brandoncromwell8101]

Thomas Long lol just search James may vs Gordon Ramsey, it’s quite hilarious actually.

[@WTFIsThisGuyDoing233]

"What are you watching?" "I'm watching an old man make a sandwich while rambling on about it. "

[@xwhogafx815]

Lol yeah hard to explain to other people

[@codyblea3638]

Well my first guess would be "What Monty Python sketch is that one?" The whole situation just screams British humor to me.

[@DigitalMonsters]

..... and i couldn't be more content.

[@fish7598]

I think the small production team on this kind of content is a real blessing. Don't have too many people in the room, and keep it unpretentious. Lovely stuff

[@IOwnThisHandle]

James is the richest poor man you'll ever see.

[@awinis]

That was Gandhi, it cost his supporters a fortune to keep him in poverty.

[@BaldMancTwat]

Karl Pilkington springs to mind.

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

@@BaldMancTwat I always wondered how Karl survived life when he's thick as pig shit and twice as dense.

[@ashmitjaitely2492]

@@awinis here comes the modi dog. This is not the place to shit lil boi

[@IOwnThisHandle]

Stephen Byker James has an estimated 20 million dollars. I think I’d cope

[@evaniscool1341]

"I did once find my dad watching it while my mum was out" lads I'm screamin

[@ronaldoliverenos7179]

"don't bother to comment, you're simply wrong" No wonder we had all of these arguments, every time

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Yet you did.

[@RoderickGMacLeod]

These sandwiches absolutely require a glass full of cold full fat milk.

[@RoderickGMacLeod]

@Timothy Mckee I guess that depends on your digestive system.

[@RoderickGMacLeod]

@Timothy Mckee many years ago.

[@Chickenlegz1]

Nah bro semi skimmed is the nicest of them all

[@bigrandomun9267]

Bro, how were you allowed full fat milk? That plastic blue cap was the only cap on a milk bottle I ever saw, apart from that flimsy plastic thing from the milkman from when he used to come around.

[@RoderickGMacLeod]

@@bigrandomun9267 When I was a kid the only two choices were skim or full fat. Skim was like white water.

[@barneyc788]

For some reason I find watching James may make sandwiches the most entertaining videos on KZbin

[@Audiojack_]

James May doing anything is usually the most interesting thing anywhere.

[@arenddelignie1395]

His voice is just nice to hear.

[@randomergy683]

James May seems like me. He tolerates being around people because he has to. But if he could, he'd live on a tropical island in total solidarity. Just him and his hobbies.

[@lpsp442]

The power of pure selfishness eggs on many an original mind

[@GildaLee27]

"That combination of very sweet, very sugary, lumpless strawberry jam and the thick, cloying bread of despair is fantastic because it's like the end of the world, but with hope inside it."

[@Taolan8472]

"Chocolate spread is too dark. I dont mean the color, I mean the mood. Chocolate spread is austerity all the way through. Jam has sunshine in it."

[@Mortthemoose]

Genius 😂😂

[@dangerstx]

Just to remind everyone.... This beautiful man defeated Gordon Ramsay in his own restaurant. That is all.

[@diego61422]

3:37 licks fingers, wipes them off on the back of his jeans, proceeds to handle the bread with said fingers. Absolute madlad.

[@bohdan_lvov]

That's how they've did it in 70s.

[@andrewt836]

Bohdan Lvov only they’d have had a roll up hanging out their mouth at the time.

[@lwaves]

James likes to live life on the edge.

[@maxximumb]

And?

[@metalfan9000]

@@bohdan_lvov I'll take your word of it. I wasn't around back then...

[@p.marley7361]

Remember one of the first episodes, when James talks about that food in the seventies was mostly distinguished by colour? The same goes for jam. In the seventies (and eighties), there usually was yellow jam and red jam. Nobody needed to know what fruit was in there. Mostly it was sugar, anyway....

[@mellowmike1302]

What has my life become, watching a 60 year old man spread jam onto bread

[@samarvora7185]

*plenty of it*

[@snobknob]

I’d say your life is pretty good.

[@adamrees400]

56

[@mellowmike1302]

@@adamrees400 same thing

[@League_Femboy]

@@samarvora7185 but not too much of it

[@XxSkydog71xX]

Nobody: Me at 2am: *watching James May eat chocolate sandwiches*

[@hertzair1186]

- XxJimmyPagexX - : I’ve had worse Tuesday nights...

[@cia438]

- XxJimmyPagexX - I am offended... its 2:45 am !

[@gubocci]

@PlebzOr Blapparapp you are a man of great wisdom

[@aNiceRusslan]

@@cia438 haha 5am. Still better then the time I watched at 7am.

[@toma6068]

James is the only KZbinr I know capable of casually could opening his video with an obscure HG Wells reference

[@aimeekearns15]

Husband: (Incredulously from the other room) Are you watching James May make a sandwich? Me: Yes, I am. (pause) Do you want to watch it with me? Husband: ..........ok.

[@swift2641]

I’m telling you we need a crisp sandwich! Come on like this so James can see 😎

[@Tiger351]

I second that, it's not the 70's without a crisp sandwich.

[@thetruthwillout9094]

A banana butty WITHOUT sugar on it.

[@swift2641]

Robert Leitch yes, it’s a staple I can’t understand why we haven’t seen it yet

[@fredahouston2395]

I love cheese and onion sarnies with cheese and onion crisp.

[@enchanted_blue9807]

I still eat crisp sandwiches

[@stevel6943]

Let's face it James could literally set a camera up in his garden and make watching grass grow compelling.

[@Hector-lc4ux]

I just love seeing his glorious face at 8am

[@chhavimanichoubey9437]

At night 😅 or early morning

[@RapperBC]

"Thick, cloying bread of despair": surely this is someone's next album or book of poetry.

[@decodolly1535]

Sounds like something Douglas Adams would have written.

[@PoisonousPen]

Sounds like a Bill Bailey stand up bit 😅

[@Swedishpine]

I'm 21 and I own the same fleece James is wearing here, not sure how I feel about it but I think I'm intensely proud

[@matthelonious6273]

What make is it?

[@Swedishpine]

@@matthelonious6273 Patagonia

[@conor44HD]

I came here just for this comment as I also do.

[@orangepekoe5243]

I have the same rugby shirt and button up shirt as James and I too feel massively proud

[@Burning_Dwarf]

@@orangepekoe5243 that rugby shirt has to be on purpose no?

[@carolevans-renteria3818]

I have to say that the 70’s sandwich series has been absolutely hysterical. I am afraid, however, that the true genius of it is probably lost on those who were not born in the 1960-1970 range. Thanks for some great laughs on this episode and the others. On the very day that I watched the cheese sarnie episode, I did in fact find that same cheese grater in the kitchen drawer.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

6:27 This was awesome. Being able to enter the psyche of these old men as they eat strawberry jam with white bread while getting dreary flashbacks to Batman and punctured bicycle tyres.

[@smr_0172]

i tried putting butter on one side and chocolate spread on the other. for a moment i was back in my childhood. i totally forgot my mother used to make sandwiches with butter. all those wasted years. thank you sir

[@TheHanf]

i just wanna say, i loved "our man in japan" Great work Bim

[@lwaves]

Agreed, it was fantastic and I loved how they kept in the bits that others would cut. It made it seem more real and less manufactured. James was correct about the bus going by. I wonder where he'll go next?

[@liha77-i9w]

Something about watching this man in a syrian bunker kitchen. Amazing just amazing

[@mannym2419]

This is the only show that ever makes me want a sandwich.

[@Bonhomme7h]

Try LGR Foods! Mouth watering sandwich making action.

[@MateiRacheru]

Im watching an old man spreading butter and jam on a piece of cheap bread. And yet i'm so entertained and happy.

[@jamesnapier6537]

You can see James getting triggered and holding back his pissed off twitch he has when Lucy said diagonal 🤣🤣🤣

[@ChildishChazbino]

*James, licking his fingers and putting them in his ears* - "Lucy Brown are you happy to test chocolate spread vs strawberry jam* *Lucy, visibly sweating* - "Sure.."

[@kidShibuya]

Sometimes I get the impression May is being held hostage....

[@o_hansda]

on the contrary, i think poor lucy brown is the hostage.

[@TheRguru1]

Holding May hostage wouldn't be very hard. He would just get lost trying to escape.

[@majesticfirebird2310]

Same here, i've noticed he's grown a beard and looks kind of tired.

[@IncredibleMD]

That would go a long way towards explaining why he was eating some of these disgusting abominations.

[@TJWhiteStar]

@@o_hansda I think they need to let her go because I really can't see what she adds to the video other than the Sulky tween watching 2 old blokes angle.

[@mistavimes3366]

just found these videos & love them. Anything that gets us more James May!

[@dickjohnson4447]

Shijo-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto that crosses the Kamo river over Shijo Street. It is also called Gion Bashi.

[@RCMPoui]

Dick Johnson Fantastic name... Fantastic comment.

[@CreatorCade]

But what does it have to do with sandwiches? 🥪

[@Rokudaimedono]

@Jos Cade Nothing. He's referencing James's new show, "James May, Our Man in Japan". It's funny, go watch it if you haven't done so yet.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

Hey Bim guess what?

[@like90]

I swear James just likes to talk about everything. I’m here for it.

[@vegnachaos]

Our man in Japan is really good been binge watching it :) can't wait for more episodes of the Grand Tour :)

[@Av-ks8uc]

This proves we could watch James do absolutely anything.

[@jamesl8640]

"caught my dad watching it once when my mum was out" just makes it sound like porn.

[@jrd33]

As a 1970s Brit I can completely understand. Everything sexy on TV in the 1970s was either smutty or "innocent" (like the dancers on Top of the Pops).

[@jamesl8640]

@@jrd33 as someone born in 2000 I could probably understand based on the innuendo in old Disney movies.

[@HaydenStewart12]

Thank you whoever edited this for leaving in the awkward digestive noise at 7:06.

[@vitaliycherginskyy166]

2:13....Then proceeds to do literally the opposite. Oh how we love you Richard Clarkson, yes we do

[@945wendy]

I am loving this little series- very informative and lots of fun. More please! I love James May

[@killerdove123]

Every time I watch these videos, I begin to wonder when he's going to use those cans of Heinz baked beans stacked up on the shelf.

[@SIGINT007]

killerdove Richard isn’t there, so it’s unlikely 🤣

[@elstukov]

This channel is so underrated!! People should see this. Love it

[@hellswench5388]

In the 70's I distinctly remember having sandwiches with butter and Lyle's Golden Syrup.

[@LukSter18998]

wooow

[@nickthestick8104]

KZbin: "Wanna watch James May prepare sandwiches?" Me: "...may I? Sure!"

[@Syncrxny]

2:12 I love how James spread the Jam and Chocolate the wrong way as He planned

[@kellingtonlink956]

Brilliant. And I agree. Thanks for the video.

[@Guptajixo]

Loved your show man in japan 🇯🇵

[@joshualangstaff3230]

James is the first person I have ever seen that also butters the bread before chocolate spread. 😎

[@JC_WT]

Bim! Guess what? Watching you make sandwiches is kind of getting me excited!

[@CuriousDiscourse]

So happy I found these other shows/channels/bits these guys are doing. Great stuff.

[@stevef01]

Just to say, Bim, I didn't even notice the bus...

[@jamble7k]

don't set him off 😁

[@TheAlexFrom1994]

haha yes let me second this, i’m a cinematographer / editor and i didn’t even notice it until tom made a point about it. in a documentary style film background action rarely takes your attention away

[@alllpha]

Love to watch Bim again! . . . . . . . Loved "our man in Japan Bim" !!

[@caw25sha]

0:20 James demonstrates his talent as a trained and qualified classical musician.

[@LookItsKalvin]

I.... I... I just.. keep coming back for more... MAN IN HEAVEN!!!!!

[@JayDMusic]

James May can make even the most mundane interesting

[@Filipe1020]

That's why we love him.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

6:28 this was just a brilliant moment of cinematic beauty. Thank you.

[@killerdove123]

*pokes a finger into his left ear "Diagonal or rectangular?"

[@raketata4]

Licked a finger as well.

[@Jack_Vickers]

After she said diagonal he instantly shunned her and turned to Tom :P

[@InXLsisDeo]

Lucy: "No"

[@arrunden7127]

Did wonder if anyone picked up on that! Neither please

[@lazyeejay]

Yup I caught that too😂😂

[@jakeslaughter7201]

May seems like the most down to earth famous person of all time. Fully aware he is a meme.

[@jas4341]

My dad would make butter and sugar sandwiches for us in the 70’s.

[@mbirth]

My mom used sugar and chocolate sprinkles (cake decoration) instead of plain sugar. That was in the 80s.

[@browndog9402]

yup used to eat those all the time.

[@GGiblet]

Yes!! Comfort food

[@alhakch.402]

Best match 😍

[@snobknob]

That’s why all British people’s teeth are horrible... yes I did eat a lot of sugar sandwiches

[@muder483]

James May creating content on KZbin is the best thing happen for planet Earth since born of baby Jesus.

[@the_cheese]

This was how my mum (who grew up in the Great Depression) made jam sammiches, though she'd have stopped at the first application of jam... In case the entire family showed up and needed to have jam sandwiches, there would be enough left for all to have some

[@Chick3nluvver]

I always use both in the same sandwich. One side each, tastes lovely

[@eclectarama]

Lucy looks about as disinterested it's possible for a human being to be.

[@willemm]

don't worry - that's the normal look of the post millennial generation

[@lpsp442]

*Uninterested* - disinterested actually means unbiased supervision, like a policeman.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

You couldn't find a worst person for the content he's trying to make

[@edd17sp74]

I feel like a lot of people would find this boring, but I could watch/listen to James May make and subsequently eat sandwiches all day.

[@GreyHulk2156]

Who else thought this was going to be about 70s confectionery in a sandwich? Foam banana and shrimp sandwich anyone?

[@peterskorec8246]

Love this series!!!!

[@HH-ph3gq]

Back then expectation for the future: Flying Cars Actual Future: Watching James May on the internet making Sandwiches

[@League_Femboy]

I think this is the better timeline

[@SilverScarletSpider]

6:29 i will never forget james may’s batman story

[@K20a3RSX]

I’ve never seen anyone cut a sandwich asymmetrically like May. Anarchy.

[@BlackHaloO]

James, I really enjoyed your new amazon series. I hope there is more to come. thank's kind sir.

[@costy866]

1995: i dream when i grow i fly in space like in cartoons 2020: watching this :))

[@RG-tm7uq]

I find grand comfort in these videos

[@MarkverseYT]

You could give James May a pebble and he’d make something interesting out of it

[@Mr-Trox]

"Oh, this pebble is made of granite... the interesting thing about granite...." *30 minute lecture on the makeup and general history of granite's use throughout history*

[@ljones396]

I never realised how witty James was until I stumbled upon these! (Maybe I was too busy cringing over Hammond's input on TG). These are an absolute joy to watch, irrespective of the the trivial topics of choice, makes it even better! 😂

[@toddvanduren4156]

And that, in a nutshell, is the secret of Top Gear; the clash between the Oaf, the Rube and the Intellectual.

[@stevenmorgan1844]

Is it a 70’s thing to put “butter” on every sandwich? Or is it a British thing? Or is there something I’m doing wrong when making my sandwiches.

[@liamward6649]

You're doing it wrong. I honestly though the definition of a sandwich was something between 2 pieces of buttered bread. It's like the seasoning

[@sw96]

Yeah I’ve never done the whole butter or margarine then another spread thing, I guess as James said I’m just wrong, and I’m okay with that 😁

[@Barless]

U people are all wrong; one slice of buttered bread and a filling of your choice

[@littlespottedgecko]

Can't abide sandwiches with no butter/spread. It's just wrong.

[@jackmeriustacktheritrix1114]

Butter and jam? Ummmmm

[@timexplore1984]

so British and funny, I am in Australia, but loving the vids. keep them coming

[@floerschel]

I am still waiting for that James May shows his watch collection video.

[@ClellBiggs]

I have been watching these for a while and didn't realize it was a different channel. Just subbed.

[@turbowolf302]

who else here watches Papa Slow do things to doze off to sleep because you find his voice soothing?

[@DigitalMonsters]

Our Man In Japan was amazing; looking through all of James' older stuff now

[@ethank5681]

James May is my de-facto father figure

[@ethank5681]

I don’t have any sexual feelings for the hamster

[@antwango]

@@Tealdragon204 Hamster is a knob

[@jamesy2301]

I used to have Jam and chocolate spread in sandwiches when I was younger. It was surprisingly nice!

[@Stu_Yorkie]

I remember having condensed milk spread over bread. That was a sweet sandwich !

[@motocrossstig6467]

Love your sannies of the 70's series. Here in the US, the condiments used are foreign, but thanks to online retailers, they are accessible worldwide (at a price increase of course). So far from your series I have ordered and enjoyed salad cream and branston pickle, nice flavors. I have been a fan of HP, Daddies, and picklelilly for years, nice to add some new condiments to my cupboards and experiment with them in my recipes. My favorite breakfast for the last few years is a center cut bacon (not American strip bacon) sandwich on marble rye drizzled with daddies and a thin layer of shredded smoked gouda (just enough to make a blanket over the bacon) to add a creamy flavor and texture. Keep up the good work mate.

[@toddvanduren4156]

What foreign? Salad Creme = Miracle Whip = sacrilegious mayonnaise substitute. Same goes for jellied pickled relish, (never my thing but I'm quite certain there was a US equivalent).

[@bobopet2]

"That was a terrible thing to say, why did I say that?"

[@littlespottedgecko]

Was feeling stressed, but watching this is surprisingly relaxing.

[@Hanes_Cymru-742h]

James - "oh man in heaven" the result of a Jam sandwich

[@MrAshtute]

I live just a few as the crow flies miles from hartleys factory and on some days you can smell the jam and the other products being made and its really nice 👍

[@tobogganclips5783]

Nobody: Me: watching James May eat sandwiches at 3am

[@mamons_2339]

same. i got bread and some eggs left. you want some?

[@LegendFromWoW]

Thanks for the sandwich video James.

[@aartyful]

"Don't put your jam directly on the toast, you're yet wrong." Me: No, I'm lactose intolerant

[@simplyorange8553]

Can't believe I watched 8 minutes of James May making basic sandwiches, and sort of enjoyed it. Also, nice watch, James.