Americans React | AL MURRAY | Why Modern Medicine Is Ridiculous

King Boomer's Reaction to Al Murray performing stand up comedy as the pub landlord explaining why modern medicine is ridiculous. ENJOY!
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[@BigAlCapwn]

I'm 42, I was walking to school by myself by the age of 8 and back then 95% of kids made their own way to school (either by bike or on foot). I still walk past my old school sometimes an Al's right, now 95% of kids are being chauffeured in like celebrities

[@helvete983]

Britain is becoming afraid of it's own shadow. We'll be like the Americans soon. I'm an Expat living in Sweden and work in a school. Pretty much every kid here either walks or cycles to school. The only reason a kid would get driven here is if their parent was passing.

[@yiepie]

So true I also used to walk 45mins to knock on my best mates door to find out he was at his nans for the day too many times

[@ecj6082]

Not really a celeb if a parents takes a child to school in A car, ( this era also has a lower kidnapping rate ) so I don’t see the issue of simple evolution ?

[@dylanmurphy9389]

I’m 25 and everyone walked to school as far as I remember, my mum would walk me 2 miles and then walk back home and have to do the same when picking me up

[@BigAlCapwn]

@@ecj6082 Can I ask where your kidnapping rate figure comes from? Don't remember it ever being rife in my day. I went to three schools with about 2000 kids and not one ever got kidnapped. Besides, nowadays we have grooming gangs and online predators who have no need to snatch kids off the streets and they walk home from school

[@shinyvolcarona8489]

I had the great fortune to see him live twice, and scored front row seats both times! He tore me to shreds and I loved it! 😂😂😂

[@evorock]

The Black death (The Bubonic plague) is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is carried by two vectors, that being the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the fleas that feed off of it. Both the fleas and the rats bit people which then spread the disease. This was not helped as there huge amounts of squalor, and due to the fact that the church had put a death sentence on all cats a couple of years before. This meant that there were few cats around to hunt the rats, causing an acceleration in the diseases spread. It got worse after it mutated into pneumonic plague, as this meant that the disease could be spread from person to person Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has a suite of symptoms mainly around tiredness , but can also cause joint pain, headaches or tachycardia (irregular heartbeat) and is caused by either viral infections, such as glandular fever bacterial infections, such as pneumonia problems with the immune system a hormone imbalance genetics - ME/CFS seems to be more common in some families

[@stevieduggan1763]

Bit of trivia for you. Al Murray is the great, great, great, grandson of William Makepiece Thackeray, a renowned English author. 🇬🇧🇺🇸💜

[@northnsouth6813]

In 1665 - 1666 the Great Plague struck England. It brought devastation in London, then spread across the country. Hepworth near Holmfirth West Yorkshire was the most northerly point that it reached. According to local legend it is supposed to have come in on cloth brought from London. In an effort to save the village the residents split the village into two parts at Barracks Fold. Those that were infected remained, isolated from the world, in one half. Thirteen of the residents died from the disease, which was a considerable percentage of the population in such a small village and thirteen trees were planted to remember them. The trees still stand today, by the local football pitch. Two subsequently fell down and in 2004, replacements.

[@gildo101rossi]

I thought it was Eyam that the plague got to from cloth from London? My ancestors lived there during that time, the caught the plague but didn’t die from it, they actually survived due to a genetic mutation that only 10% of white people in the whole world have and it only accrues in them.

[@martindunstan8043]

Great bit of info there👍

[@davey1602]

In contrast the village of Titchfield suffered 75% casualties to the Bubonic Plague. I don't know if that included livestock but it is recorded in the Domesday Book and the village is still around today.

[@59jalex]

Eyam Plague museum was once voted the best museum in England. And rightly so.

[@YouAreTrash.]

Wow awesome, I never knew this.

[@kilastyles2856]

Gets itself a nursery rhyme... Ring-a-ring-a-rosies A pocket full of posies A tissue, a tissue We all fall down The king has sent his daughter To fetch a pail of water A tissue, a tissue We all fall down The robin on the steeple Is singing to the people A tissue, a tissue We all fall down The wedding bells are ringing The boys and girls are singing A tissue, a tissue We all fall down

[@kilastyles2856]

Apparently at the time they thought carrying posies in your pocket stopped you catching and ring of roses refers to the ring shaped rash, which was a first sign that you had black death

[@gazb87yorkshiresalt48]

And the most famous one......... Little robin red breast say upon a thistle, every time he scratched his star he made that robin whistle!

[@merlynsfire1275]

Could be wrong but I think the posies were worn for the pleasant smell as the thinking was at the time that the plague was or could be spread by 'fowl odours' or vapours and they thought the sweet smelling posies countered or over came them. I wonder if they would have held them to their noses when they could smell the death or were in areas of infected almost like a surgical mask but 'filtering' smells rather than particles like a modern mask

[@martindunstan8043]

@@kilastyles2856 true👍 didn't work though obviously and they all got hay-fever 😂👍

[@terencehill1971]

@@merlynsfire1275 The Common people ponged too, so the Gentry and Aristocracy carried posies (called nosegays) to hide the stink.

[@laurenaspreyart]

I saw Al murray live at Richmond theatre in October and he got the whole audience to howl like wolves at the full moon. It was glorious

[@trevorhutchinsonUK2506]

Maybe its been on here before ... for the record Great Britain is not a country; it's a landmass. It is known as 'Great' because it is the largest island in the British Isles, and houses the countries of England, Scotland and Wales within its shores.

[@stevemorris6855]

Re the "yards of Welsh" comment. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

[@garylamb7640]

I think there’s a new thought that plague was carried by lice in bedding and clothing! Keep up the good work!

[@KevinStones]

Love Al Murray and glad you enjoyed his British sense of humour. Did you know he's also an accomplished historian? He's done a few series here on UK TV regarding WW2. M. E. is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, an illness that leaves you chronically tired. It surfaced in the 90's, I think. Anyway, you enjoy. Glad you get fun from British humour. It's unique. Don't forget it's in the name, it's GREAT Britain

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Read "The Black Death" (1969) by Philip Zeigler. It's almost certainly one of Al Murray's sources for that part of this show. It's also bloody shocking. Between a quarter and a third (some studies indicate more than that) of the entire population of 14th Century Europe was killed by this (genuine) pandemic. If the same rate of attrition had happened with that recent little flu thing, 200 million people (out of 500 million) would have died in Europe. Britain, which suffered far worse than other European countries from the plague for some reason, would have lost the modern equivalent of 30+ million people on its own - that's nearly half the entire population. As I said, though, there are studies that suggest the death rate in 14th Century Britain was even worse than that. Puts bloody Covid in its place, that's for sure.

[@jackmason4374]

Fleming didn’t discover the mould it was one of his assistants he just took the glory

[@AishaIsFabulous-x-]

Correct, on a plate of leftover food in his office whilst he had gone away on holiday, if I recall correctly -x-

[@AlBarzUK]

My grandmother (born 1892) talked of her aunt who used to save uneaten bread. That’s what they did in he 19th century. And she used to rub mouldy green bread onto the wounds of wounded relatives (children, mostly). I’ve often thought that the knowledge of that “old wives’ tale” was what prompted the scientific discovery. 🤔

[@lloydevans2900]

When penicillin was being developed, they wanted to find the strain of mould which was most efficient at producing it - which could have come from just about anything mouldy, since penicillium fungi are extremely common. But the one actually selected for commercial production came from a mouldy cantaloupe melon found at a supermarket.

[@darkraft1020]

Years ago, I banned Americans from using the 'C' word. This; because they just can't say it right. It's our word! I since gave Aussies a free-pass. Their culture is similar, pronunciation sounds good, and they respect their heritage - Free pass! King Boomer - If you keep practising your 'tw**' - You might be the first American that I award a C-Pass to! - need to learn how to say it right though.

[@jimmy-stourbridge-fc8980]

Afternoon King Boomer because you like Al Murray you should check out The Pub Landlord sitcom Time Gentleman Please it's top quality.

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

Al Murray explaines "how global finance really works " is great but you may have played it.

[@charlesdanaa8514]

He has. Watched it the other day.

[@Pitmirk_]

Twat is rude and could start a fight, you might get away with twazzock, but pronouncing it twot is rare and usually to emphasize when it's being used as the c word for a part of the body.

[@waynenorth5322]

Hey KB your favourite Leeds nutter here!!! Ive been banging on in previous links for you to react to Brassic. I have been watching the 3 previous series' and will be treating myself on Christmas Day to the recently released 4th. I have to say, I dont think it will be suitable to react to because there is a lot of bad language in it and references. That said, the humour is akin to the Inbetweeners although a bit more dark in certain aspects that address mental health and some complicated love connections. The characters are amazing though. And the flow of humour is non stop so even when the dark moments happen, its not long before they are back on form. The favourite characters for me arent even part of the gang!! The farmer is piss funny and the doctor (GP) just as much! I hope you and your lovely Queen give it a bash and get back to me on your thoughts. Im sure you will love it By the way, about a week ago I received a PM "from you" saying I had won a prize so yeah they are still around

[@R.Sripper]

Totaly agree Wayne. Brassic is so funny, a very much grown up Inbetweeners like comedy with great story line & capers

[@1960ashort]

Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down Fishes in the water, Fishes in the sea, We all jump up, with a 1, 2, 3! about the plague

[@paulmartin4396]

STILL GAME !!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙

[@marcelrenes2435]

You're correct! It was the flees, who bit rats and then jumped to humans who were bitten. But also rats who had the plaque and bit humans. The Black Death resulted in 1/3 of the European population to die. Strange thing was that after this pestilence, the survivors got a better life. Farmers etc. where paid more by the nobles to tend their lands. The common folk suffered dearly, but the ones who stayed alive got a better life.

[@anthonymoore1705]

check out a programme called SNUFF BOX, the boyfriend sketches will make you piss yourself,

[@geoffbuss3699]

Some of Al Murray's audience participations look like the outcome of a bet: "I bet you I can get 1000 people miming and saying 'a pice of mould and a fucking plate'".

[@trevorfrankland9941]

I would like you to react to comedian Rhod Gilbert. Especially his duvet sketch.

[@mohammedsaief8846]

@King Boomer. Since you love Al Murray so much why don’t you watch his old show Time Gentlemen Please? It’s a brilliant show that depicts the same pub landlord character he does with many of the same jokes. I guarantee it will be a good laugh for you

[@kevinrobb86]

ME: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (Chronic fatigue syndrome)

[@Jonah-Hosein]

Should definitely check out Al Murray "Name a country we've defeated them"

[@jamiew4824]

KB;- CHECK OUT, SCOTTISH COD PLAYERS BEST INSULTS, BY MARLEYTHIRTEEN! YOUR AMERICAN COUSINS, EMBRACE THE SUCK21 ALREADY DID THIS! WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR REACTION TO THE SCOTTISH PUTDOWNS! YOU HAVEA GREAT LAUGH! PS, CHECK OUT DERRY GIRLS, & KEEP UP WITH, PEEP SHOW, IT GETS BETTER & BETTER!

[@JimWalsh-rl5dj]

You are right about the fleas on rats spreading the plague. But by God, I think given your sense of humour, you would wet yourself if you come to the UK and went to a loacal boozer. Pub culture in the UK is constant banter, not dissimilar to Uncle Al here.

[@ruk2023--]

It doesn't really bother me whether you spell it twa or two. What is important is that you commit and say it with feeling.

[@KingBoomer]

Lol great comment!

[@ruk2023--]

@@KingBoomer Here's a perfect example of how to use it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inW2nWpqgMqHg9U

[@davidmcnulty8181]

In my early 20s I called my friend a tw*t at his family garden barbeque. The place went silent. I had no idea it was a swear word, thought it was like twit. Then another friend kept pointing at his groin, and the penny dropped.

[@wadefite]

In Britain kids used to sit an 11 plus exam about age 11. After that you either went to a senior secondary or junior secondary school. Al is alluding to this saying failure at 12.

[@ianstopher9111]

In my borough, it was Grammar if you passed, Secondary Modern if you failed.

[@freefolkofthenuminousoccid9054]

Al Murray actually does hosting of war documentaries. Is very smart guy and good host

[@richardcrossan6637]

Think you're right about the fleas biting the but the humour wouldn't flow 😏

[@sorbetingle]

Al done ww2 vids...charting different battles, how, why and what happened.

[@davey1602]

The weird thing about Great Britain is that it is not promoting our best profile. "Great" Britain is simply the largest island on the peninsula. It's also the reason why the full name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, because the land mass of the Emerald Isle is lesser.

[@martindunstan8043]

Hey KB✌️nice one buddy, the oriental rat flea was/is responsible for carrying the bacteria yersinia pestis biting humans causing the plague,of course they had no idea(why would you back then) regarding hygiene or micro- organisms. The term 'bring out your dead' was used as a cart would go through the streets collecting the dead with a guy ringing a bell so people could bring out dead relatives , great stuff KB👏👏👍🙏

[@mollykeane2571]

Britain is called Great to distinguish it from Brittany in France which used to be called Little, Less or Lesser Britain.

[@gazb87yorkshiresalt48]

Little robin red breast say upon a thistle, every time he scratched his star he made that robin whistle!!......... 👀

[@sligobhoy8152]

Glad to see a boy compensate by growing a beard with a receding hair-line.....oh the tides now ebb and flow

[@sparkz9803]

Al is a very clever man, he plays the patriotic and mysogonist local Pub Landlord and wears the uniform as such whilst behaving in the manner that has been seen. He is an Art Historian with great knowledge and applies it in his delivery. His best sketch is when he explained to the young “victims” in his audience, how Global Finance works. That is right up there with the “Only Fools and Horses”, lost hunter watch auction.

[@lordsoros627]

"New man poncey French derived nonsense..." This is unironically true.

[@dannjp75]

“Homeopathy is just a great big lie. I’m the same as anyone else, if I’m in a accident I want to hear sirens, not wind-chimes” Sean Lock

[@paulstarr6316]

Not heard that,hilarious,thanks.

[@dannjp75]

@@paulstarr6316 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIaQcqukaNx6iLc 7:30

[@mathiasosiriswoodhal]

yeah think it was fleas they thought it was the cats so they killed loads of cats which boomed the rats which the fleas lived on what i remember lol

[@davidcooks5265]

To fucking 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💪👋🍵

[@davidcooksey1390]

We saw Al Murray recently at Buxton Opera House . It was a great night , will definitely see him again.

[@derekdamms7380]

THAT IS CORRECT, AS YOU SAY, THE FLEES BIT THE RATS & THE RATS BIT PEOPLE

[@donepearce]

Turns out it is pretty certainly nothing to do with rats and fleas. It was simple person to person transmission.

[@stoneoutdooradventures2286]

And don't forget Brian... Send The Haterz To The Gaterz 🐊

[@bpfromowc]

Bo Selecta - Mel B on holiday. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF6Qfa2MiKmUjq8 This is hilarious KB. QB would also love it. 😂😂😂 Merry Christmas guys. ✌️🙏🏻

[@darrencooke4207]

My favourite is Al Murray on Global Finance. His accents are hilarious!

[@geoffe949]

A ring, a ring o' roses, A pocket-full o' posies;

[@MrPicard91]

Watch romesh raganathen, he is hilarious. Plus love your channel

[@robmullen3871]

Was carried by rats,fleas were on the rats the fleas then jumped to people

[@diane9656]

Do the Al Murray, countries we defeated, he's so clever

[@tordoff80]

al murray is very clever

[@davidcooks5265]

I blame the French 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@xanderathome]

Need to react to 'Al Murry Name a country', it's genius

[@tick999]

Ring-a-ring-a-rosies A pocket full of posies A tissue, a tissue We all fall down

[@chixma7011]

They didn’t have tissues when this nursery rhyme was written! It’s ‘Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down.’ That is to say, they are sneezing. 😊

[@kimbirch1202]

I used to walk, or run , a mile to primary school and back.

[@stevendevonside4647]

The reference to yards of Welsh is that a lot of place names in Welsh with LL as in Llandudno or the famous long name of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch which translates into 'St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave',

[@KenUbeleveit1]

I remember the weatherman reading out the name of that Welsh town during a weather report. He read it out with a stutter lol.

[@davidclarke2513]

Did you know a that is a pregnant goldfish

[@passionfruit5320]

It was IAN flaming that wrote the James Bond Books.

[@paulswainson5167]

Youi are right it was the fleas, but the Rats carries them.

[@hillbill79]

Ringa Ringa Roses is the nursery rhyme he mentioned about THE Plague.

[@stevegasparutti8341]

Boomer, Please check out Harry Hill

[@Brummie31]

An awful of people use the word twat without knowing the meaning it's actually a woman's genitals. You are right about the fleas on the rats.

[@necessaryevil3428]

Not quite according to QI ....... fleas on humans

[@markkelly9621]

Yes, the rats gave the fleas a lift off ships into harbours and ports and into people's houses.

[@savvysocialshow7324]

It was eradicated by the great fire of london

[@davehadley3567]

lol the scriptures according to Al

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

Check out Catherine Tates Derrick

[@paulmartin4396]

Start reacting too Still Game, Scottish series 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙

[@petermoore4526]

Not the same without queen boomer. ❤ lovely couple 🎉

[@narelleday434]

Yep fleas from rats.

[@robertmarriott6767]

Yes you're right about the fleas on the rats 🐀

[@philipocallaghan]

The rats carried the fleas and mites that then bit us to give us THE PLAGUE. Ring a ring a rosies........ Is the nursery rhyme, check it out......dark material to sing to babies but it taught a tough lesson, THEN CAME PENICILLIN and happier days.

[@paulmartin4396]

Should start reacting to Still Game, its a Scottish series, SCOTTISH COMEDY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙

[@savvysocialshow7324]

Try only fools and horses bar scene

[@and2rew]

Please react to Sir Les Patterson.

[@marcballard9428]

GB specs ...it's in the name

[@charlieovenden3755]

Hi King Boomer the Muppetmeister.. Sending you another Al Murray suggestion . Try Secretary by Al Murray another funny video where he roasts the audience. Enjoying the content. Keep up the good work.

[@ltsecomedy2985]

Hi K.B., Merry Xmas to you, Q.B. & your family. Compliments of the Season to your other subscribers & commentators !!

[@harryzero1566]

Curiously it was thought that the stray dogs and cats would spread the black death, bubonic plaque (buboes). A bounty was paid for each dead stray, the rat infestation would have been more controlled had the strays been allowed to do what they normally do. Once the plague fleas infected humans, the humans, through coughing changed the symptoms to the more infectious disease, pneumonic plague.

[@nikkihayes5411]

Rats are funnier😈🐀

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

2:15 Isn't it twots? 6:01 M E : Myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS, is a long-term condition with a wide range of symptoms, similar to multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, congestive heart failure and other chronic conditions. 11:05 I wonder if Steve's got a headache now, I doubt he'll get any sympathy from Al ?

[@AlBarzUK]

No ! Don’t be a twat !

[@WhiteHawk77]

No, it’s twat.

[@waynejones2492]

yup, 'twas fleas!

[@markdavis9980]

And body lice

[@mikerayland]

Fleas on the Rats'

[@ShaneWalta]

I don't know if it's on KZbin, but Al made a 10 part documentary series a few years ago called "Road to Berlin"

[@trevorhutchinsonUK2506]

Yes it was the fleas

[@michaelmay5453]

Off to the north I go (above the arctic circle) for a week or so and if I can't get the net to work (sometimes it does, it's in the middle of nowhere so sometimes it doesn't) and if I shan't return before the 24'th when we celebrate Jul... God Jul from Sweden or Happy Christmas as Brits put it. I'll be seeing you in your next video. Take care.

[@Zombie-Tog]

Yes, it was the fleas

[@raistormrs]

in a later bit he used that mother drive kids to school joke against SUVs which, i think, was so much better.... i think it went like SUVs exist for mothers to drive their kids to school so they wont be run over by SUVs from mothers driving their kids to school...

[@barryderrick4693]

Scottish thinking

[@scaleyback217]

Murray has done some serious documentary work (historical of course) He's written at least a dozen books. His latest and probably his most serious is this one Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War (Hardback)zoom Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War (Hardback) Al Murray (author) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★1 Revie I understand, through a secret poorly kept, that I have this one waiting for me under the tree in a couple of days. Looking forward to it and the bottle of mead I'm going to consume whilst reading the opening chapters.

[@dalbhuie_youtubeaddedanumber]

There are three more of Al's videos you have yet to do that are very overdue on your part. Al Murray - National Anthems, All Murry - All Jobs are Terrible and lastly but far from least, Al Murray - Every Parent Must Watch This.

[@Thebigdog_1984]

Al Murry is a very VERY smart man, i've got his book "Watching war films with my dad" - highly recommend it

[@slowtrain2975]

There's some audience participation in his piece on the financial crisis of 2008-ish. Well worth watching and reacting (to). kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWTdaywab2EftU

[@DavesStuff100]

Lovin the channel me old cocker, from your biggest boomer fan from Wales in the U.K

[@slaintejimmy]

Al' is such a History Major, I'm sure you enjoyed his bounce around British Empire. hiccup was Scotland during 'Why hate English?'

[@rogermellie8068]

Twat = two hat 😆👍