10 Things Brits Are Bloody Good At - American Reacts

[@Manc-king]

Did anyone els face palm when he said is there a British version of the office?

[@Radders100]

Literally facepalmed then paused and came to the comments to see if anyone else did 😂😭 Now back to the video

[@brentwoodbay]

I think we all did! At least he accepted it right away. Another reaction video that I watch would say, "No, you're wrong!"

[@MrWelshboy81]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@steveh9428]

@@Radders100 Exactly what I just did! 😂🤣🤣

[@steveedwards5280]

As a Brit, I'm aware that UK office was first. However, US office was better.

[@aceofspoons8382]

As a Brit, I don't notice when the bad guy is British. I usually just think they sound polite and reasonable

[@andrewisotope8146]

Yeah but polite is just showing clarity of why us Brits are bad, you cannot be say Craig Fairbrass in Cliffhanger and kill folks without a good enough reason otherwise it leaves loved ones asking "why oh why?" Think about it lol

[@Barbaragood84]

One dose ones best sir.

[@Barbaragood84]

@@andrewisotope8146 thank you I was thinking of an oldie to watch! Lol

[@kennethconnell9174]

T in the park Scotland

[@lpgibbo7463]

Intelligence intimidates Americans(not all!!), they're big on muscle, guns & kicking ass! Want proof? I said that exact line to a bar full of marines in Arizona talking about Brit bad guys in movies while on detachment with the RAF & after a little chin rubbing they all agreed? Thank f**k cos even though I'm not small they were frickin huge! Couldn't drink for shit though! 🇺🇸Lets go Brandon🇬🇧

[@lewismcbride8465]

imagine his face when he finds out Ricky Gervais the british Comedian writes all the jokes for both the british and the American office shows XD

[@flynna]

He what??

[@DextroDNAOfficial]

Ricky was an EP (alongside Stephen Merchant), but he contributed very little to the US Office. I think he might've written one episode

[@SH3LLHeAD]

@@DextroDNAOfficial He is involved in pretty much all of it but there are like 8 or 9 writers for it.

[@DextroDNAOfficial]

@@SH3LLHeAD he's not involved at all outside the episodes he wrote. He's an executive producer on the show, meaning he does essentially nothing. He's even admitted he didn't do anything on the US Office and can't take credit for it

[@woomeebly]

Or that two out of three Spiderman and a batman were played by a Brit! That'll burn his biscuits!

[@chrisdavies9821]

The Office was a British comedy that was adapted for the USA

[@Martyn2712]

And one of the only ones they got right too! They didn't try and copy our style or script, they made it their own! And did one hell of a good job with it too.

[@builderds5013]

@@Martyn2712 its cuz they had ricky gervais to help them out

[@TomGodson95]

@@Martyn2712 their inbetweeners was a disaster 😂

[@JD-eo7dr]

@@TomGodson95 and Shameless they ruin everything 🤣

[@dannystruggles5504]

@@JD-eo7dr there about to fuck up BBC series ghosts aswell

[@sangfroidian5451]

Rolling Loud is said to have up to 80,000 people, Glastonbury record attendance is over 300,000.

[@xneurianx]

Rolling Loud had 80,000 during Covid, Glastonbury's record was set pre-Covid. That said, even if you compare then year on year, Glastonbury is still usually around 25%-50% bigger (2018, for example, had 180,000 people at Rolling Loud, 250,000 at Glasto).

[@glastonbury4304]

@@xneurianx ...yeah , go every year it's on 🎶🇬🇧💪

[@dirtbikerman1000]

Rolling loud is a little get together on a Wednesday night compared to Glastonbury

[@Zephyr616]

yeah but if you want big, as in variety, you wanna go Boomtown. Boomtown is massive, and way more interesting than Glastonbury.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@Zephyr616 Never heard of it (Boomtown). Try saying that about Glastonbury. Edit: Having looked at Boomtown, it's even smaller than JTs Rolling Loud.

[@queenslanddiva]

The Poms make the BEST television drama in the world. Hands down. As an Aussie, I love the Poms.

[@niallmillar7153]

I say fantastic,

[@michaelpalmer4013]

You'll no doubt be reassured to learn that we (Brits) are quite fond of you Aussies too!

[@briwire138]

"there's a British Office?". I nearly fell off my chair. Course ours was first. Don't try to compare the two though. The British one is a spoof documentary set in an office, funniest thing for years but the jokes are very subtle. The US version is more of a comedy set in an office, with more open humour. Depends what you prefer.

[@claudebylion9932]

Every time the Americans copy one of our comedies they downgrade it so they can understand it because British humour is the best in the world.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@claymore7315]

@@claudebylion9932 *cough cough the inbetweeners cough cough*

[@colinmayes5892]

Claymore inbetweeners was crap

[@catsaremylife8946]

@@colinmayes5892 true

[@Benny10001]

You’ll never find a laughter track on a UK comedy. We know when to laugh without being told. 👍

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

To give you an idea of how big Glastonbury Festival is: a full hospital with resus, pharmacy, x-ray etc is built on site along with ambulance stations, a fire station and a police station. It is effectively a new town that springs up every year for a week.

[@grandpazhang2455]

I've had to use it too. It was really good. The meds I got from the pharmacy had dispensed at Glastonbury Festival on the label. I kept it for years.

[@andrewisotope8146]

Yeah but with sh*t bands on nowadays and a mate of mine likes going there, he reckons he only goes now soes he can sh*t in other folks tents, so folks returning to their tents after watching Oli Murs or little mix are gonna say crap outside & crap inside? Lol

[@tonypate9174]

And more Das Audi Auto window (tinted) licking uber kool with a "K" hip trendy volk with a "V" than can shake a stick at...bless them

[@booth2710]

yes all that and it usually all ends up founded in mud

[@trickygoose2]

@@andrewisotope8146 I am pretty sure neither Olli Murs or Little Mix have ever played Glastonbury.

[@JakeTheTrouserSnake]

"How was America's past-time invented in the UK?!" I'm not sure what's funnier, his facial and vocal expression whilst saying this or the fact that he ignored America being invented in the UK too 😂 If that isn't guaranteed to annoy a few Yankees I don't know what is 😉

[@daryldixon3933]

Britain modernised America without us they wouldnt exist

[@kennygregg9571]

Britain invented modernisation full stop.

[@djalice]

At school in UK the boys had to play Rugby (American Football without protection) and the girls played Rounders which is pretty much Baseball isn't it?

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

It might also be because when many of these sports were invented the USA didn't exist

[@Salix631]

@hognoxious As in pass-time not past time.

[@vaIentinerose]

I’m coming out the worst of my depression, I washed my face and brushed my teeth, but going outside is still ye no, but I used to watch you 24/7 during the worst of it, your vids helped me a lot and ye thanks

[@KumaBean]

'I’m coming out the worst of my depression, I washed my face and brushed my teeth, but going outside is still ye no,...' I felt that, 🤝

[@tigerpaws77]

baby steps my guy...keep on keeping on!

[@1878kevin]

you will get there just keep believing

[@sammj5638]

Small steps, keep going. You've got this. 💚 🤗 💜

[@Rod_2E0RLR]

I sincerely hope you reach your goal

[@richardcook9794]

To be fair we have had a headstart remember, there are restrooms in london older than the US

[@markthirkell7056]

I think JT would understand the proper terminology for "restroom" - we don't have restrooms in the UK - call it what it is - a toilet !

[@richardcook9794]

@@markthirkell7056 thank you i am fully aware of that, was going for John or bathroon orginolly phew

[@markthirkell7056]

I was trying to say that JT was probably able to handle the truth - not that you couldn't 😁

[@colinmayes5892]

Do you mean toilets instead of restrooms

[@The_Prophet...]

There's no restrooms in London there called toilets ya dick

[@johnmoncrieff3034]

The British movie stars are first and foremost well-trained ACTORS! with a wealth of experience behind them playing different roles on stage & TV!

[@colinmayes5892]

Films we invented them

[@joncieelmore8056]

@@colinmayes5892 French inventor Louis Le Prince invented film.

[@colinmayes5892]

Joncie Elmore my mistake..

[@claymore7315]

@@colinmayes5892 the French invented them iirc.

[@colinmayes5892]

Claymore already been said

[@MetalRocksMe.]

The US remakes everything that’s foreign instead of just showing the original so their citizens can be more cultured. Which is a bit of a shame on their part…

[@welshpete12]

No that is not the case . They make their own versions of many of our TV shows . But they are never as good , I do not know why !

[@trayadams9742]

They remake them because we have different slang that alot of Americans don't understand and also different humour so they adjust to suit there audiences just like they did with shameless

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

@@trayadams9742 Non Americans manage to learn American slang by watching American TV, you don't see us remaking all of their shows.

[@MehWhatever99]

It’s also why Americans often end up with the mistaken assumption that everything outside of the US is second rate. They never get a chance to see any of it on their TV, and few ever travel outside the country. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@jameshughes5722]

to be fair the US shameless is infinitely better.

[@stumblepuppy606]

Did you say Rolling Loud? Was that what you said? That's a really big festival? Rolling Loud generally has a crowd size of ~80,000. Glastonbury has a crowd size of >200,000.

[@xneurianx]

That 80,000 was this year, during Covid. It's usually much bigger. That said, it's not even close to the biggest festival in the US. Coachella get's nearly 600,000 people, and something called "Summerfest" (which I'll admit I've never heard of before) has a record of just over 800,000 people. Comparaitively, though, America has a population 5x bigger than the UK so for something to have an attendance comparible to Glaso in terms of the proportion of the population going to it, you'd need over 1,000,000 there.

[@colinwelsh2874]

Coachella attracts 600,000 people over two weekends with most having day tickets. Glastonbury has a larger attendance at any given time, at over a quarter million.

[@davehughes9718]

@@xneurianx yeah but the us population is spread out so much it's probably impossible for them to have 1 iconic festival.

[@fefid2218]

A Glasto is just one weekend and has a large crowd compared to a single Coachella weekend

[@lmcgregoruk]

@@Sukkamaisteri No, just no.

[@cybertrophic]

Fun fact: Basketball was invented by a Rugby coach who wanted a game players could play in the off-season that kept passing skills fresh but didn’t involve tackling and other physical impacts…

[@Gynra]

And he was Canadian.

[@tobyzane2834]

Cool

[@dcarbs2979]

@@Gynra Which is a colony, so it counts as British

[@Gynra]

@@dcarbs2979 Yeah, but don't say that to the Canadians! Lol!

[@Sol3UK]

"Baddies" are generally British because of their better command of the language and menacing delivery.

[@SusanLH]

I think it's more America prefers to make the immoral, nasty, illegal acting megalomaniac bad guy ... well, not American.

[@eleanorcooke7136]

@@SusanLH unless it's Lucifer. The bad guy is just an American version of the protagonist.

[@JulieWallis1963]

@@eleanorcooke7136 you _dont_ think lucifer, played by a Brit, is the ‘baddie’, bless ya!

[@eleanorcooke7136]

@@JulieWallis1963 nah, at the end Michael was the baddie. He was played by a Brit but was more American-ised. I thought that was odd if Americans want the baddies to be non-american.

[@aceofspoons8382]

Performing Shakespeare in theatres to prove your skills will do that for you

[@rosaliagallo931]

Just discovered your videos recently and I can see how you made such a difference to people here in the UK. After a year and a half of lockdown after lockdown, you have reminded people of the things that makes this corner of the world so special. After 30yrs in England, I can tell you it’s full of amazing places and people. You must come. 🇬🇧

[@gracelawson7046]

Look up the history of 'Trooping the Colour'-a military ceremony performed every year in London ( except for this year and last, where a much reduced ceremony has been held at Windsor Castle owing to the pandemic). There is lots of footage on KZbin. Perfectly choreographed marches and fantastic music. Now that is something that the British really do well!,

[@danosverige]

"Pomp & Circumstance"! (see 'last night of the prom's' for relevance!)

[@Dave-r4u]

I wish they would "LEVEL UP" the parade ground at Horse guards where the full ceremony takes place. Most of the time when you see the marching, it looks like they are all over the place, but it''s due to the uneven surface and the camera angles that they show.

[@PedroConejo1939]

The American perception of British people being baddies has the added benefit that when we go to the States, people are naturally wary of us as soon as they hear us speak. The more polite we are, the greater the effect.

[@matthewgodding777]

And yet within the British Isles, this comment remains true for Cockney's

[@JonInCanada1]

@@matthewgodding777 Yup, if you're from the East End, you're probably a gangster....or so the stereotype goes.

[@daynegilbey3674]

I can’t imagine a yam yam having that effect though 😂

[@lozzylols]

The wonderful Alan Rickman did make a perfect baddie though! As a kid watching Robin Hood, I was petrified of his Sheriff of Nottingham! That voice was just iconic. A big loss to the UK!

[@chocoholic832]

I'm a Brit but everytime I've been to the states they think I'm from South Africa 🤔

[@wrorchestra1]

The Glastonbury festival lasts for 5 days. How could they not even mentions the Proms? 75 concerts spread over a month and a half.

[@beccabbea2511]

i wondered that myself, especially as it is usually broadcast around the world. My German stepdad used to listen to it on the radio in Germany in the 1990s and he loved it.

[@david-lt9wj]

British policemen are really good at talking to a motorist without filling him up with lead

[@louisejackson8770]

And running after them. Yeah they get pissed off because they've been made to run but they can still run and detain someone without killing them

[@Mean-bj8wp]

Maybe, but they're just as good at violating your rights.

[@shawnscannell8855]

The UK doesn't have LEO's they have candy a** swj soi boi social workers in uniforms!

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Be fair, most policemen are really good at talking to motorists without filling them up with lead (in Europe and the majority of the commonwealth at any rate).

[@Chalky-t5c]

But that's all they do....harass the British motorist. Any proper crime gets ignored for one of two reasons......they either ain't got the bottle to address a serious situation hiding behind risk assessments, or their woke lefty agendas won't allow them to carry out their duty, as recently witnessed by the snowflake handling of soap dodgers glueing their heads to the motorways. Once the envy of the world, the British Police Force is now a marxist poodle. It would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic.

[@rde4017]

Basically, when it comes to the arts, humour, science and history Britain is second to none. x

[@Iamtheilluminati]

Formula 1 as well

[@toddhoward7649]

Art and history? Nah not really, but our humour and science are the best can't lie

[@scottking869]

@@toddhoward7649 deffinatly history

[@nixiethepixie]

I actually strongly disagreed with History. I mean, China's history is much more extensive than ours. We're not even in the top 10 (whilst our "old" rivals, France, is).

[@mildredsparks6684]

@@toddhoward7649 ‘the arts’.

[@bigthecat100]

'The theory of everything' was a movie about the early life of Steven Hawking, so yeah, while it was Eddie Redmayne you saw on screen, he was playing Hawking!

[@mayajrj]

@Gareth Tucker Unlike the Film about Alan Turing.

[@garypugh6222]

There was a British version of The Office....lol....its the ONLY version 😆🤣

[@freenarative]

JT: "Music is what the British do best." Me: "Nobody tell him about our sarcasm. The lad'll think we're chattin' pure bollocks! Mind, our ability to yank ya crank is almost as good as our penchant for profanity."

[@robinbishop468]

Were pretty Good a war too.. & yes I fought in one. gave the Argies a slap 😜

[@josephsalmonte4995]

@@robinbishop468 Pathetic.

[@robinbishop468]

@@josephsalmonte4995 how bad does that make the cowardly argies LMAO. Is Salmonte spainish for Mong, just wondering. V

[@bjs7442]

@@robinbishop468 Yes we have always fought above our weight. Sheer quality.

[@randomhistoryfan7803]

@@robinbishop468 thanks for your service thanks for dealing with the argies. Hopefully port Stanley will fly the Union Jack from now on

[@TheShmoo123]

The British Office was written by Ricky Gervaise ( a British comedian, actor, writer, director and animal lover and supporter) who played the leading role of David Brent. You can see him in action hosting many golden globe events screened around the World. He’s multi talented, acerbically funny and fantastic!

[@Steventrafford]

I would have called our sense of humour as number 1😂. No one, and I mean no one is better at funny than the Brits.

[@peteranderson6231]

British invented the office you should know we invented almost everything

[@dale2uk102]

Yea I'm pretty sure it was Ricky gervais that came up with it aswell

[@ukp42]

Mostly stuff invented by us Scots!

[@cemmehmet382]

@@ukp42such as ?

[@HaydenAgnew]

like time

[@ukp42]

@@cemmehmet382 ask Google, the list is too long to mention :D

[@danny1ft1]

We don't tend to remake American shows we can just appreciate the good ones we don't need to change them to understand them.

[@ruthfoley2580]

We tried a British version of The Golden Girls. It was called The Brighton Belles. Utter utter shite.

[@andybaker2456]

@@ruthfoley2580 I was about to say the same thing! The Brighton Belles was terrible! 😄

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

Family Fortunes (Feud), Wheel of Fortune.......

[@andybaker2456]

@@ajorngjdonaydbr There are others, like Celebrity Squares, which I believe originated in the US as Hollywood Squares. But game shows are in a bit of a different category really. They do go the other way too though, for example Strictly Come Dancing migrated to the US (and many other countries) as Dancing with the Stars.

[@JB-hq4il]

@@ajorngjdonaydbr Game Shows are different, the point being made was that fictional series get adapted because American audience won’t understand the jokes and references. We can’t just air American game shows because the whole point is that people apply to go on them and we watch people win prizes that are our equals.

[@carlaspinall7418]

Awesome reaction video man🇬🇧uk

[@ianprince1698]

the British like playing villains, the devil has the best lines. other actors shy away from evil creatures but the British lap them up and don't mind being typecast as evil, its all work

[@archiebald4717]

What about the Proms? The largest classical music festival in the world.

[@davidhoward2487]

Even had a great one for the kids...The Doctor Who one....

[@CaptLoquaLacon]

@@davidhoward2487 They usually do something a bit different every year - There was an Ibiza prom, there have been ones about movies, there was a hip-hop/urban one. That's part of what makes them great, they try to have a prom for everyone who might be interested, from ones dealing with complex modern compositions, to the accessible classics, to events that offer an entry point for people who may not otherwise be interested in classical music. What's most pleasing is that has been a mission statement they seem to have clung to for what is over a century now I believe

[@CaptLoquaLacon]

@Archie Bald I think that forms a part of the wider commitment to cultural enrichment. We also have things like the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures where they have these 3 science talks about a topic giving kids an entry point in to complex ideas, the one about the brain and language from a few years ago was brilliant. I'm slightly disappointed that a lot of what the BBC used to do on the main two channels have been pushed away to BBC4 where people are less likely to come across it by accident

[@hughmuir3063]

It's always good to hear, from abroad, that we the Brits are appreciated. Thanks for that video.

[@marcushull12]

Apple Pie is also British and the recipe goes back to 1381 ! So you can now pull some one up when they say ," It`s as American as apple Pie " lol

[@colinwelsh2874]

We have the same saying. As English as apple pie.

[@scoops0406]

doubtful, apples aren't a native UK species. Nor are they native to NA.

[@marcushull12]

@@scoops0406 Whos said they where native ? . "From the Romans the French learned great fruit-growing skills which were developed in the monasteries. This knowledge - which included expert cider-making - was taken to Britain during the Norman Conquest in 1066, along with new varieties of cider and dessert apples." "apple pie first originated in England, where it arose out of culinary influences from France, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire as early as 1390-centuries before the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock." be Doubtful no more ....

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@marcushull12 The Romans brought apple trees with them to England. Along with rabbits and walnuts.

[@missyjo9164]

​@@gilgameshofuruk4060 The Romans did indeed bring over cultivar apples, but we already had native crab apples (wildings...around 8000BC) which are just smaller apples.

[@eddieboy4667]

I don’t know what it is, but for a pretty small nation, we do seem to produce a disproportionately amount of creative, inspired, inventive people. ??

[@VincitOmniaVeritas.]

Yes we bloody do - Proud Brit 🇬🇧.

[@lozzylols]

All those years of good breeding!! We should be proud of who we are!

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

its because it rains alot so we are stuck indoors left to think too much

[@EricIrl]

The advantage we have is that we speak English - and that automatically places our products (whatever they are) high on the sellable lists all around the world - but particularly in English speaking countries. I'm pretty sure that the French, Spanish, Germans and Italians are every bit as creative as the British - but unless they write what the write in English, their markets will always be more limited.

[@Mr-__-Sy]

Dude you're from Europe, what did you expect? But on the literature, arts and music part it's really a shame that Greece, one of the countries you should thank for making you who you are, the other being Italy/Rome, doesn't play catch up with you, wel at least France does or tries to anyway

[@sophiastuart-watts7971]

We also stop more wars than you'd know, and The Royal Family are instrumental in that. Any yes music. 😋

[@LoriCiani]

Way back, I used to play a game called "Rounders" at primary school in Glasgow. It was part of physical education (or P.E). It was played a lot in girls school playgrounds along with skipping ropes, Chinese ropes and bouncing small balls against the wall during playtimes as well as strange rhyming games. The school playgrounds were gender segregated except for P.E lessons. The boys tended to play football in their playgrounds during playtimes. A lot has changed since I went to school.😕 When I first saw a Baseball game on television I thought it was so much like Rounders with bat, ball and bases.😊

[@AndrewJonesMcGuire]

Boys played Rounders too - but at the Youth Club. Give me rounders any day over dodge ball. I'm still convinced the point of P.E. was to try inventive ways to kill the students.... You know, like the Bleep Test. and Dodge Ball....

[@traceyrhoden9808]

I was in the rounders team in secondary school.

[@CarolineElanorMcloughlin]

As a Brit I have played rounders often enough but was never any good

[@waynegray2284]

The first artificial ice rink, that was mechanically-refrigerated, was built in 1876, in Chelsea, London, England near the King's Road in London by John Gamgee. The rink was named the Glaciarium

[@jamesreynolds2867]

Englan?

[@francespetrak4600]

When I was young, "rounders" (baseball) was a game for girls.

[@Poison_AppleXx]

Well, that’s stupid. Everyone plays rounders. Top notch game, innit. It’s easier to do but still requires some skill (being able to actually hit the ball, to be able to throw and be able to think quickly in order to make a decision whether to keep running or to stop)

[@HoodedScot2108]

Rounders is defferent to baseball, not by much but its still a different game

[@iandixon7641]

@@HoodedScot2108 I think in the video they meant without rounders there would of been no baseball.

[@NeuroticNicky87]

I'm 33 and rounders was always played by both boys and girls when I was in primary school 1992-1999. I didn't even know it was much more popular as a girls sport.

[@FreyaHatfield]

At my primary school we always had the whole class playing rounders for pe 2000-06 didn't know it was more of a girls sport, same went for football and rugby we all played in mixed team's.

[@sood9876]

It annoys me that they never mention British food. I mean the real, genuine traditional home -cooked stuff. We have some of the best meat, fish, fruit , veg and cheese anywhere, and if you have a sweet tooth , British puds and cakes are world beaters. Please note - I'm talking about HOME COOKED food, not take aways, restaurants or pubs. The kind of food that some one in the family cooks for you, like Sunday roasts or shepherd's pie. If you've never eaten a traditional meal in a British home, it's difficult to know what I mean

[@johanhalvarsson2148]

I think you forgot the "/sarcasm" at the end there.

[@gthjzby887]

The British are somewhat known for having bad food. It's greatly improved since the mid 20th century but part of the reputation is still there.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@gthjzby887 English cuisine was the envy of Europe. Foreign royalty sent their chefs here to learn from us. Then along came the Victorians and Mrs Beeton and the whole "Boil it until it's flavourless mush" ethos. I suppose they thought food that had texture and taste might be obscene. Sanctimonious hypocrites.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

We have great real food as the quality of our ingredients is so good. The French basic food was rubbish hence the sauces to hide the poor quality.

[@simeonselmon8318]

Because we have the worst food in the world 🌎

[@lynnhamps7052]

The Office was written by Ricky Gervais for British tv, adapted (and imo not as good) for America because of it's huge success over here...the American version is tempered for American audiences and has done well there but it isn't the same.

[@alexbur6021]

The later seasons of the office US is more enjoyable and then season one and the first few episodes of season two in my opinion

[@ShakemeisterS64]

True fact. I've a Dunder Mifflin baseball cap that was given out to cast and crew from the US version of The Office. Mint condition never worn once, still has the thank you label attached. Should I stick it on ebay?

[@alexbur6021]

@@ShakemeisterS64 your choice

[@memeharbour1012]

69

[@lil_starxox]

plus ricky had multiple cameos in the us one

[@Nebulanyx]

Great vid bud! As a UK born and bred British National I'm really enjoying the stuff you do regarding the UK. Great to see an American add a bit of flare, comedy and knowledge to our very way of life! Keep it up brother! I would say, check out Download Festival - Devil Driver biggest Mosh Pit. That'll show you our real Festival fun and how we really get down with our Rock and Roll. Keep it up man!!!!

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

Stephen Hawking got his Bachelor's degree at Oxford, but went to Cambridge for his PhD. During his viva (an oral examination, mecessary since his final written exam was borderline), he told his examiners, "If you award me a First, I will go to Cambridge. If I receive a Second, I shall stay in Oxford, so I expect you will give me a First."

[@jillhobson6128]

UK universities are not colleges or schools!

[@jillhobson6128]

@louis george Because Oxford University was referred to as a school!

[@g4joe]

Kris kristofferson went to Oxford.

[@jimcook1161]

Hi there JT! The Office isn't the only sitcom that started in the UK. US 70s sitcom 'All in the Family' and 'Archie Bunker's Place' was a remake of 60s UK sitcom 'Til Death do Us Part'.

[@chchchcherrybomb37]

And House of Cards is a remake of the 1990 UK version.

[@youknownothing8226]

Stanford & Son was a US remake of Steptoe & Son a classic English sitcom

[@whitedrguy6503]

Archie Bunker was no Alf Garnet that’s for sure, Alf was one of the best characters ever thought up and Warren Mitchell played him perfectly. ‘Til death do us part’ was probably a little bit much working class and British based for the poor old seppo’s.

[@historydave1143]

The first recorded game of baseball took place in September 1749 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. The Prince of Wales and his friend the Earl of Middlesex were amongst the players. Baseball is also referenced in a British childrens book from the early 1740's "A Little Pretty Pocket Book"

[@mayajrj]

yes Bur Rounders came first sometime in the Tudor era:)

[@thatwastheweekthatwaswasit1707]

The fact that you didn't know about the original 'The Office' after doing videos about the UK for so long... amazing. You should react to that... (and many of our other comedies: Toast of London, Shooting Stars, Taskmaster, Would I Lie To You?) I think you'd get a kick out of them. 😉

[@DarkDemonicDating666]

Mock the week

[@ampersandcastle1091]

Taskmaster is ridiculously good

[@oj3458]

He should watch Blackadder. They tried making a US version with adam west but it flopped.

[@thatwastheweekthatwaswasit1707]

@@oj3458 I had no idea they attempted it. I just saw a large chunk of the pilot and I kinda wish I hadn't now...

[@oj3458]

@@thatwastheweekthatwaswasit1707 yeah it’s terrible 😂 Blackadder is a type of comedy Americans will never be able to do

[@DocRobAC]

What you called a castle is a college in Oxford. You should really take a look at both Oxford and Cambridge. I’ve no idea how long you intend to visit for but I’ll tell you now it’s probably not nearly long enough. I tried taking a friend on a bit of a tour over five weeks. I had to really be ruthless about where we went. Even now there are places I wish we’d had the time to go. I’d advise deciding what you feel you have to see, and planning your trip around them.

[@lozzylols]

As a Brit, living here my whole 37 years, there is nothing I'd love to do more than to have the money to tour the country for a year at my leisure. Towing a caravan or staying in reasonable priced hotels. There is just too much to see on home turf before considering exploring abroad. Maybe one day!!

[@peterbrown1012]

There is evidence of teaching at Oxford in 1096 and Cambridge was founded in 1209.

[@pineappletree50]

If you’re mind is blown learning that the office is originally a British comedy, wait until you hear about shameless, it’s also British 🤣🤣🤣

[@xneurianx]

Looking at pre-Covid numbers; in 2018 Rolling Loud had 180,000 people attend, Glastonbury had 250,000. Glastonbury is HUGE. Reading has 105,000, Download had 80,000. Festivals are a really big thing over here. They all happen within a few months of each other as well.

[@KarrierBag]

back in the 90s i remember the wall / fence coming down at Glastonbury in the green fields, the festival doubled in numbers over night, it was just soooooo packed. I went from around 85 to 2002, finished with a live broadcast of my show and straight into an interview on BBC but I have not been back since, have been invited but it is just way too commercial for me these days.

[@tracytabb2882]

ye we played baseball in primary school but we called in "rounders". google glastenbury festival. its one of our biggest festivals. we used to have one in scotland called " T in the park" but that stopped. we got some amazing festivals over here.

[@mindthegaphj637]

I loved rounders like you I too played it in primary school along with British Bulldog/Red Rover. In high school we played everything, specifically I played netball, tennis, field hockey, 400 metres, 800 metres, cross country ( hated running through the farmers field who always had his bull out which gave me an extra push lol ) good times long gone sadly. Baseball came from rounders but I think netball and basketball came out around the same time.

[@tracytabb2882]

@@mindthegaphj637 wow bulldog and red Rover lol now that takes me bk. Wow nostalgia here 😂😂👍👍

[@mindthegaphj637]

@@tracytabb2882 yes I know I miss those days.

[@ethanbutler7866]

@@tracytabb2882 my school banned British bulldog cos it got too "violent" 😭😂

[@sammyjanerambles2312]

'There's a British Office?!' *triggering in tea intensifies*

[@ethanbutler7866]

*sips tea aggressively*

[@hughmuir3063]

I think we suffer from many nations' envy because, yes, we are the best and they know it. After all our country was made over thousands of years and when you put the time and effort in you generally end up with the best outcome.

[@normanno8514]

are you smoking crack?

[@JohnsysChannel]

The American Office is a remake of the English one.

[@Daniel-no4nt]

as a brit you gotta admit they did it better

[@Neenie1976]

@@Daniel-no4nt our inbetweeners is better also. America cocked up on that one

[@JohnsysChannel]

@@Daniel-no4nt gotta be honest I don't like either. Not my cup of tea. Plenty of better shows out there

[@davehughes9718]

@@Daniel-no4nt the American office is better imo simply because the actors were much better and the technology and probably the budget.

[@DabbaRanx]

@@davehughes9718 the technology shouldn't be in the equation. Part of the charm of the British one was it's low-budget mockumentary style. It's one thing I just can't enjoy about the American version - so much of it seems forced and other than the first couple of seasons it really feels more like a scripted sit-com than a mockumentary. You could watch the original and think it was real. You could never do that with the remake

[@tonyjackson7322]

The best way to look at it, is think of anything, and it's come from Britain First, in part or in whole.. Britain was inventing things 1000 years before America was formed, which was by the British..

[@johnbrownbridge873]

We're also extremely good at kidding ourselves that "next time" we'll win/do really well/be world beaters at e.g. Football, Olympics, Cricket, Rugby, Tennis the list goes on. Though to be fair we do sometimes get the results we want.

[@TheYBGOON]

It’s coming home... we just didn’t say when. But it definitely is coming home.

[@johnbrownbridge873]

@@anaseijas3923 Yeah I know and that's great but it's still usually built up more than the results deserve. Tbh I was expecting a real roasting for this comment, but time yet I expect.

[@lozzylols]

If every country worked out their productive output of sport, music, books, movies, TV series, scientific findings etc against the population of the country....... Surely we have to be up there! For a small island we make a big noise!

[@suzip6728]

We have world leading athletes; gymnasts, cyclists, rugby players, swimmers, rowers, divers, the list goes on. Football is the one that we haven't won an international for some years, which many shout loudly about and which is all over the media constantly, whilst others such as our mixed tri team merrily win gold so that Johnny Brownlee can complete his set of Olympic medals, Max Whitlock is greeted not by thousands of fans but his little girl on return to the UK and Tom Daley sits poolside knitting.

[@johnbrownbridge873]

@Gareth Tucker I don't disagree with any of you and I know we have our successes but I still say we have a tendency to have higher expectations than experience would suggest we should have. This is more to do with the media hyping things up too much.

[@alexandria6054]

There's been a few studies into the creepiest accents and posh english always comes out on top which is one reason why we excel at always being the baddie. it's often cited as an untrustworthy accent because it sounds quite cold and condescending. also, our actors are typically more trained in varied styles as we have more theatre over here as well as tv/film so the nuances of complex characters are probably less lost on folk from the uk.

[@ciaracairns1778]

The office is originally British based on Slough trading estate. My first job was in an office on Slough trading estate 😂 It was a pretty funny environment.

[@scorp77snake]

USA tried to make an American version of Red Dwarf as well it didn't get past the pilot it was so bad , yet its last 12 series(seasons) so far in the UK even tho it had a 10 year break its still going strong

[@anxiousmess1787]

They tried to do the same with Fawlty Towers three separate times and all three were failures.

[@dnf-dead]

2 separate pilots were made and both were terrible

[@MrKeefy]

And "coupling". If you've not heard of it check it out it's funny.

[@AndrewJonesMcGuire]

God imagine how bad The Brittas Empire would be in America!!!

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

Not a slur, just a friendly poke, but the whole "what, wait there's another version of xyz rather than the US version?" That's why so many people think Americans are, erm, slow... It's not true of course, but that's the perception, because 99% of the time the US stuff is the remake.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

America was the Americans remake of America.

[@Cazammaf]

Exactly. America, is just a remake of England!

[@joealyjim3029]

True, its not that i think theyre slow so much as uncultured. They tend to only know things about their own country (and even then normally only what theyre told, ive yet to meet an american who knew of the french and spanish involvement in the revolutionary war).

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

@@SaintPhoenixx winner!

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

@@Cazammaf oh well, it's a very bad remake. Oh, wait...

[@Stargazer3131]

Music and comedy are deffinetly what us brits really excel at! We are the true innovators!💯

[@iangreenway5580]

Yes that’s the school, I am an Oxford graduate and it’s an amazing place. 👍👍👍 Glastonbury Festival has a crowd of over 100,000 each year. The American version of the Office is a copy of the British (original) version. In the UK it was first seen in 2001, the American version was launched in 2005.

[@williamchampion5483]

Wow! Yes @Ian Greenway at last. A comment on social media with proper written English. Properly constructed sentences, paragraphs and no spelling mistakes. Absolute proof of your Oxford education. Obviously only second to a Cambridge education. Well done sir.

[@woomeebly]

As was the supernatural drama, "being human." I loved the British version, didn't really like the American version much.

[@susanashcroft2674]

A good reaction video. Although when it mentioned historical sights all the sites shown were in London! There's the rest of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has 'old stuff' too! 😉

[@danielgardecki1046]

Most of the things and places shown in all *WatchMojo* videos are false stereotypes, and misinformation, which the *Canadians* at *Watchmojo* constantly bang on about, then block you when you point out their mistakes. Most of these *"London"* (the city which isn't a city, never has been a city, and never will be a city) aka *Greater London* tourist attractions, are specifically in the 1 mile square *City of London* and the 8 mile square *City of Westminster.* For example the *Houses of Parliament* which is officially called the *Palace of Westminster* is in... you guessed it... the *City of Westminster* not the non-existent city of *"London,"* despite what the 56 year out of date post towns might say.

[@susanashcroft2674]

@@danielgardecki1046 Thanks for your explanation on this Daniel. I just felt that the rest of the UK which has so much history was not represented, was brushed over and was worthy of some pictures in this section of the video. It was more JT's enthusiasm/ reaction that I was commenting on, as I'm not keen on these and the cartoon style videos.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

What, like Skara Brae in the Orkney’s which is older than either The Pyramids or Stonehenge? The Tin Mines and Celtic Monuments dotted all over Cornwall? The sheer amount of Castles in Wales? The Battle Fields and Roman Heritage sites dotted all over the country? The Historic Docks, Shipyards, Bridges and Fishing Ports that span the length of the coastline? Nah, surely there’s nothing more culturally, nationally or internationally significant than what happens within the Greater London area.

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@susanashcroft2674 I started making a list a few years ago when *WatchMojo UK* first joined KZbin in April 2017, as one of many *WatchMojo* sister channels, which consisted of: The subjects of each video. The 10 entries of each video. Everything else they mentioned audibly in a video. Everything else they mentioned visually in a video. Some of the many factual mistakes they make in each video. Some of the many mispronunciations in each video. Why was I making that list, just a couple of month after they joined? So that I could show them and their bosses how repetitive they are. They constantly go on about people, places and things like *Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Alan Partridge, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars, The Cornetto Trilogy, Broadchurch, Black Mirror, Game of Thrones, Horrible Histories, The Graham Norton Show, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Office, Little Britain, Bottom, The Young Ones, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Gavin and Stacey, The IT Crowd, Peep Show, Spaced, Black Books, Green Wing, The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Rock Music, Richard Attenborough, Graham Norton, David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Eddie Redmayne, Ian McKellen, Charlie Brooker, Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Edgar Wright, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, David Mitchell, Olivia Coleman, David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Catherine Tate, Jack Whitehall, James Cordon* etc, and most of all *London.* However their favourite subjects are easily: *London,* everything in it, and everyone born/educated/raised in *London.* The same goes for *Manchester* which isn't that far behind, with *Birmingham* in a distant 3rd place. *Doctor Who* and all the main people who have appeared in it, mainly *David Tennant.* *Harry Potter* and all the main people who have appeared in it, mainly *Alan Rickman.* *The Cornetto Trilogy* and all the main people who have appeared in them, mainly *Simon Pegg.* *The IT Crowd* and all the main people who have appeared in it, mainly *Richard Ayoade.* *Peep Show* and all the main people who have appeared in it, mainly *David Mitchell.* *The Graham Norton Show* and mainly *BBC shows* in general, with *Channel 4* not far behind. They rarely mention *ITV, Channel 5, UKTV* or *Sky* shows. However in mid 2018, *Ashley Bowman* who narrates for them, and many more channels, blocked all 3 of my channels from pointing out his mistakes on there, and every other channel he narrates for. I carried on with the list for a while longer, which I was going to email to the bosses at *WatchMojo,* but then I thought *"what's the point? they'll most likely ignore it anyway."*

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@susanashcroft2674 I've just had a quick look at their channel for the first time in around a year, and in the last month alone, they've made *5 videos* about *Rick and Morty* an *American cartoon* which has *nothing to do with the UK.*

[@hannahfirmstone]

This whole video just made me feel great about my culture. I’m really glad this was on my recommendations :)

[@Simon_PieMan]

It made me understand why USA continually fail to impose their culture and politics on others due to them being so insular.

[@amh9494]

@@Simon_PieMan you don't own any jeans?

[@seandonohue6793]

It’s great that you’re giving shout-outs to your subscribers. Keep up the hard work, you’re entertaining all of us and I hope it’s paying off for you!

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

Just as an aside to British actors playing bad guys I used to live in Burnley in Lancashire and walked past Sir Ian McKellen's birthplace almost every day of my life on my way to the local shops. In fact I have photos of the blue plaque that's on public display outside of that house as well as a couple of photos of his birth certificate which the owners had on display on their walls inside of it. He's a great actor and has done everything from Shakespeare to appearing as the older Magneto in 'X-Men' and as Gandalf in the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Hobbit' films . He's so versatile that he even spent some time appearing in 'Coronation Street' as well as in the British comedy 'Vicious' alongside Sir Derek Jacobi. Another aside for you, JT, you and Anna might want to think about visiting the U.K. in late June of next year when your beloved Lizzie is due to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee and we're all due to have a four day long weekend celebration to mark the 70 years of her being our Queen. By that time you should've reached your goal of 60,000 subs and your British slang, sarcasm and accent should be up to par by then, shouldn't it? Maybe you can do updates of trying to improve your British accent every 10,000 subs on top of the 60,000 that you're currently striving towards although keep your Kentucky one because we Brits obviously love it as well because it's so original and distinctive....we love anything like that. Peace to you, Anna and of course Maggie. :-)

[@iplayeddsharpminor]

Great list but I feel absolutely science and engineering (e.g. aerospace, F1 - the pinnacle of motorsport etc.) was greatly overlooked though granted it probably comes under educational institutes

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodju3406]

More than half of the teams on the F1 grid are based here

[@paulbantick8266]

It's still played by girlies in the USA. They all have to wear hard hats and need gloves to catch the ball...diddums.

[@tonypate9174]

Who needs a Kettenkrad when can have a Morgan 3 wheeler ? Did the team at ze bunker ever have a final solutio...sorry er, fix to the auto turn right far far right " glitch" pre stomp over Poland on to Old mother Russia (till snows) or we're they "taken" out the bunker and shot ?...Did the DNA live on in Das Audi Auto A2 ?

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Many of todays scientific discoveries and principles were originally discovered at Oxford in the 1200s/1300s, usually by monks/friars. Today we call it physics but then they called it natural philosophy. Too many names to mention but a fascinating subject.

[@iplayeddsharpminor]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou very interesting I am a physics graduate and had no idea of that thank you!

[@fensolo9694]

We are also the best at inventing things so that others can copy, and we're good at leading the way like a good shepherd, so the rest of the world ( the sheep) can follow!

[@abibradley9990]

💖

[@Retrochild1979]

Thanks for cheering me up today JT, had a sucky day and was so pleased to see you’d posted a vid. Keep up the jolly good work old chap! 🤩🇬🇧

[@theaces3697]

the funny thing is here in the UK baseball is called rounders and is played by pretty much only schoolchildren

[@IanDarley]

As an English man, I would suggest a British tattoo, else you will be insulting our Scottish Welsh & Irish cousins 👍

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

Yeah thats cool, I didn't think of that.

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

Plus getting a Scottish tattoo may not age well if they vote for independence.

[@Bear_the_shepherd]

@@joshsheffsagain4662 let's hope they don't

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

@@Bear_the_shepherd seconded.

[@georgejob7544]

Good call mate, allow him he,s a Yank! I'm Scottish!! Educate the boy !

[@JSAnstock]

Mate, I just found your channel and it's really making me smile (I'm British I don't do emotions so consider that a compliment). As far as baseball taking a long time, please allow me to point you towards a five day test match. One game of cricket FIVE DAYS it's a thing of beauty, particularly England vs Australia or the Windies. I don't even mind when we don't win. Why do we play the villain? Alan Rickman put it best ' I don't play baddies I play interesting people '

[@mickeykyrle4240]

Keep going bud there's so much to learn about us in the UK it would take several lifetimes to complete. Then to learn anything else you may have missed learning the past of the UK. Your great giggle to watch keep smiling.

[@seanhanna3209]

another incredible British show that the Americans made a hash of, was "Shameless"

[@nathanthom8176]

It is a good show though, and certainly better than the terrible later seasons of the UK version.

[@julieandgary]

the british one was miles better oi frank haha

[@anta3612]

JT, you brighten our gloomy grey skies over here. Sending love from England. 💚

[@terryhayward7905]

Glastonbury festival has around 210,000 people each year.

[@firevr]

HG Wells: “War of the Worlds” should have been mentioned here. The Alien landing site from his book is 10 minutes walk from my house.

[@chrisfortune1813]

Lovely area, I used to walk my dog around there as a kid. He always got skittish around the crater. Have you walked the lake in winter when it freezes over?

[@chrisfortune1813]

@Ben Wilcox the book remains unchanged, reinterpretation by others can never change the way it was written

[@mayajrj]

And Rudyard Kipling - Thinking of the Jungle book that Disney did NOT write

[@butIwantpewee]

These videos never mention Formula One, Britain absolutely dominates the F1 record books. There have been 10 different British F1 champions, the next best countries are Germany and Brazil with 3 champions. Most of the cars are, and always have been built here, all within a few miles of each other.

[@Mrmhibbert]

He said inventing sports... There are lots of sports we're britain dominates

[@woomeebly]

And formula e. Had it on my cousin's doorstep last year. Great stuff.

[@barnseyfrommossley]

EVERY Indy car is British built.

[@CatGrindle]

Yeah, but until recently F1 was pretty much unknown in the USA.

[@KeithGadget]

I believe baseball is a derivative of cricket and rounders. “Rounders” is a game very similar to American softball, and rounders is usually played by younger children. Rounders has its origins from the 16th century; Tudor times.

[@karenrawling3632]

Yes the UK is absolutely brilliant at producing music. My favorites are Genesis and Queen.

[@leedave9314]

Genesis😂😂😂😂

[@mildredsparks6684]

@@leedave9314 Naughty but I laughed too.

[@patmcnair2784]

@@leedave9314 Nah! Freddie Mercury and Queen are the absolute best of the best! 😀😀

[@fullenglishbreakfast3289]

@@patmcnair2784 Freddies voice was astonishing and will be forever the best in music

[@patmcnair2784]

@@fullenglishbreakfast3289 His voice and stage presence was truly astonishing, watching him perform was really something to see, never seen anyone to match him. Amazing voice range! 😀

[@GaryHayward]

"The Office" is originally British. "House of Cards" is another one.

[@lauravander]

You might think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.

[@TheArgieH]

The remake of Dad's Army was not too good. " Don't tell him Henderson" doesn't have quite the same ring as "Don't tell him Pike."

[@debbieadams5315]

And Shameless x

[@debbieadams5315]

@@lauravander Well Ricky Gervais created the office and starred in it and he's British. It was well received so he took it to America

[@alexbostock7826]

And Shameless and Inbetweeners…I think they stole everything! 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@adelucas5472]

Loved your enthusiasm mate….. I didn’t know the baseball thing either! but yes definitely the office was a British original

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

"Socks are on.... let's do this." That's dedication. Also,a good movie with Gary Oldman playing a bad guy- Book Of Eli.

[@OblivionGate]

And Leon-The Professional and his small but amazing part in True Romance

[@joealyjim3029]

Book of Eli is bloody brilliant

[@burntcrumpets5616]

"LEON"

[@louischallener5527]

I never realised he was in the book of Eli but I ain't seen it since I was like 13 so I guess that's why lol

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

@@OblivionGate I also like him in Romeo Is Bleeding.

[@TheJrr71]

Go and watch The Office right now (the original one)! Go on... don't come back until you finish it 😂

[@02023683]

The British are also the best in the world at any sport that involves sitting down! Cycling, rowing, sailing, horse racing. You name it - if its a sport you have to sit down for, we are world beaters!!

[@alexgawthrop1748]

Shit you're right we are 😂😂

[@paulwild3676]

@@alexgawthrop1748 Swimming?

[@davelanham7115]

You like history and learning things about the UK? React to Sharpe.... fantastic Nepoleonic war stuff. I think Bernard Cromwell (the author of the novels it's based on) said the he took real battles and just plonked his character in them.

[@minoumcduff5727]

It's shite

[@patriciahaigh9657]

Sharpe is brilliant and Sean Bean doesn't die!!

[@ethanbutler7866]

@@minoumcduff5727 thanks for that in-depth and well formulated opinion, I am positively enlightened

[@Rowanie]

I found out recently that the US has a shorter life expectancy that most of the western world 🥺

[@andywright8803]

And it's reducing while for the rest of the world it's increasing

[@Rowanie]

@@andywright8803 yeah I am not surprised. The lack of access ability with health care due to cost and obesity as well don't helps. Apparently the mid East is the worst compare to life expectancy. Yet Americans pay more taxes and really the Only ones to pay medical premiums

[@chrispop99]

...together with a death rate from vehicle accidents of four times that of the UK.

[@Rowanie]

@@chrispop99 you joking?😮

[@mwatson5702]

@@chrispop99 always amazes me when driving in the US and you come across an accident at a junction in the middle of the desert in Arizona. There is no traffic but somehow they manage to crash. It’s like they wanted to or had a really strong magnet on their car

[@jgibbs651]

"The Office" is originally a British show. Likewise House of Cards, Love thy Neighbour, etc, etc, etc.

[@beefsuprem0241]

Swearing, we're outfuckingstanding at it 😃

[@BlackfiguresSAD]

Yup, people should go and watch F1. All nationalities, but when things go wrong at 180MPH they all swear fluently in English. :)

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@BlackfiguresSAD The English language, uniting the fucking world.

[@anhistorian7255]

Two of the USA's biggest comedy hits from years ago, Sanford and Son and All In The Family, were both originally British shows (Steptoe and Son and 'Til Death Do Us part). As for history, it always blows my mind that I live in a fairly small city with a 900 year old Cathedral sat in the middle of it. It also makes me laugh (sorry) when I watch anything American on tv and they're going crazy about the amazing history of a building that was put up in the 1800s.

[@naycnay]

I'm friends with the ancestral descendants of the family that owned and named one of the 13 colonies. Their family home, a gothic manor is 900+ years old. Written history and direct lineage for a millennia. Feudal Lordship that predates the Norman invasion of the UK. On the rare visits I get to the place, it's always fascinating and I've still not even seen a lot of it.

[@peterjackson4763]

I used to live in a town with a church that celebrated its millenium in 1979.

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American Continent, not just in the united states.

[@alasdairniven6578]

You think baseball takes time? A cricket test match takes five days!

[@Gilly9244]

Asked ‘Do we have big festivals’ just after hearing about Glastonbury 😂😂

[@glastonbury4304]

You're a great guy, but with the money you earn, get out and travel and see the world, there's more to the world than biased reporting in the US 💪🎉💕

[@KumaBean]

Is now really the best time to be seeing the world? I envisage lots quarantine hotel bills and wasted weeks, lol 🍻

[@brian5154]

The Office is a British creation.

[@margaretnicol3423]

Talking about books - let's not forget William Tyndale who first translated the bible into English from Latin and Greek. He may not have written it but he did ensure it became No. 1 in the best sellers list. :-)

[@spanishpeaches2930]

He did manage to get strangled and burnt at the stake for his translation though.

[@baybay4906]

lets not forget about Ian Fleming, the creator of the best spy James Bond

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@spanishpeaches2930 Well what do you expect when you allow the peasants to read a book for themselves instead of relying on what their betters tell them it says!!! :-) I wonder why Bill Barr popped into my head. Nope. That's a whole different topic for a different place. Sorry!

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@baybay4906 Yes - the Scottish writer about the Scottish spy!

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@margaretnicol3423 A Scottish soy based in Christopher Lee, English with Italian nobility on his mother's side.

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

The reason we are so good at music, along side Americans, is because we have perfect present tense in our language, which allows and fits perfectly with a 137 beat which most songs are paced at. Facts. 👍

[@Cazammaf]

If that’s actually true then that’s pretty cool, I didn’t know that.

[@eddieboy4667]

Impressive fact.

[@hod2116]

Most songs are 137 beats to suit the language

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American Continent, not just in the united states.

[@justjen3394]

Its always funny to me to see americans react to brittish stuff! But its really cool to know there are folks in the u.s who are genuinly interested in learning about our country. Respect. And Yes the office was brittish first 😂.

[@MrTubbymarshall]

Blimey……please, there’s only one T in BRITISH!!!! 🤦‍♂️

[@justjen3394]

@@MrTubbymarshall and what? Is there only 1 t in scottish too?

[@sirtarquin7288]

@@saltiresteel6647 Scots are British, some don't like it but it's a fact

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American Continent, not just in the united states

[@TicketyBoo.]

Britain invented America - so we're not perfect 🤣

[@michaelpalmer4013]

Let's be frank, we are perfect but our colony has been, er, 'confused', following independence.

[@kennygregg9571]

😂🙊

[@kennygregg9571]

@mary carver you keep telling yourself that. 😂

[@Revolución_Socialista]

America is a continent, not a country

[@punkoid76]

We definitely take the influential music crown, imagine these scenes without british bands...rock, heavy metal, punk, goth and indie (alt rock to you yanks). The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Sex Pistols, The Sisters Of Mercy and The Stone Roses were all pivotal to those genres becoming a world wide success.

[@jakeheath9541]

Rolling loud… glasto is twice the size

[@emmabh2166]

Large cup of coffee in hand! You’re becoming my fav KZbin; brighten my days 👏🏼