Benedict Cumberbatch and Jude Law read letters about some VERY potent whiskey

[@viktorhammerstein]

How both of these exemplary Englishmen affect so effortlessly the American accent, from well over a century ago no less, is unimpeachable testimony to mastery of their craft. Hats off, fellas...brilliant!

[@pennclick]

Law’s very good, but his accent can’t really be placed, it’s a mix of various American sounds. Cumberbatch however, nails the east coast. He’s a true master.

[@jorilindley]

All those harsh words, yet note that the reverend's response begins not with "I return to you the whiskey" but with "I return to you ~some~ of the whiskey..."

[@YukonWilleh]

had to be sure :P

[@rowenaburke4689]

Two very fine men and actors! Breathless.

[@iamshotty]

I am not a whisky drinker, but now I think I must "DRINK IT" 😂xx Teresa ❤🇦🇺

[@realhorrorshow8547]

Ingersoll is our enabler.

[@blackc1479]

Yep. Sign me up.

[@dixonballes2940]

why is that in quotes teresa what are you going to do to that whiskey im scared

[@ConversationBomb]

After watching this, I had to look up R.J. Ingersoll and I was not disappointed. :)

[@nekokaitou4027]

Could you invite Christopher Eccleston? Also, I love Beneticts little smiles

[@joshborra8407]

Sherlock and Watson

[@fourofcats5803]

My first thought too haha

[@septicstache9625]

Was about to comment this

[@joshborra8407]

@@septicstache9625 yeah is there any problem for you

[@LordSkella]

Both letters sold me on buying this whiskey!

[@joxerthemighty9148]

seems like the recipient needs to figure out their limits >.< I'm enjoying these "letters" videos, A new joy

[@FightingTorque411]

"So, you... liked it?"

[@CatsandJP]

Sounds like Whiskey and regret to me 🤣🤣🤣

[@m.h706]

Benedict's delivery is always the best. he puts so much energy on his readings!

[@kimsherlock8969]

Thank you both Well done 🎉🎉

[@tahoemike5828]

How well they chose their parts.

[@unseelie63]

They have done themselves proud! Great accents-Brits are usually better with accents-Benedict always wonderful but I find I liked Jude even better.Perhaps because Benedict's natural voice and accent is so compelling,especially in the deeper registers.I wish people still wrote so beautifully,so expressively,so...yes,over the top by today's standards,perhaps,but a pleasure for the ears just the same.I love this whole idea!

[@ATLGaGirl09]

I NEED this whiskey!!!! ALSO, why are their American accents better than mine?? 😂😭

[@BobGeogeo]

Spelled with an "ey," as Americans do.

[@Lilacleaf49065]

I cant take jude law seriously, I'm used to his lovely and quite specific voice haha. It sounds surreal when he's American 😂

[@ATLGaGirl09]

@@BobGeogeo 😂😂😂

[@ATLGaGirl09]

@@Lilacleaf49065 It is ALWAYS wild isn't it!??

[@PolGara0139]

@@Lilacleaf49065it’s surreal hearing him speaking in southern American accent.

[@EastEndBen]

both those letters were damned near Shakespearean!

[@ahlishaholloway233]

Clearly Robert Ingersoll had a brand deal with the whiskey distillery.

[@jq8974]

😁

[@kimsherlock8969]

Yessssss Belvedere 😂🎉😊

[@rin_etoware_2989]

the second letter was a parody of the first by a Prohibition advocate, but damn does it make me more curious about the whisky

[@kimsherlock8969]

Yeap classic

[@jtmartin1170]

Back in the old days, men would get drunk and send some of the most eloquent, poetic and sensational expressions back and forth. Nowadays we urinate on fire hydrants, call upon maidens who have little to do with our affection, and try to start a fist fight with stop signs (and lose)

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Ah then. There's your error. If you fought fire hydrants and peed on stop signs, things might turn out differently. LOL

[@AliciaRainbow]

To be fair, there was a lot of peeing on things you shouldn't, shouting at women who didn't appreciate it, and fighting with inanimate objects you couldn't win against back then too, we just didn't have a record of it the way we do the fancy sounding letters.

[@GallowglassVT]

Folks have always done that. Years come and go, but drunken jackasses remain much alike.

[@Moondog-wc4vm]

I have wide ranging tastes in literature, poetry, maidens, fire hydrants and stop signs (and a strong bladder) I'm quite happy with my life. I reckon the Rev. Dr. J.M. Buckley just had a bad case of piles and was wanting to take it out on someone. He should have had more wit than to bad mouth his future father in law though. I'm betting his wife to be gave him hell for THAT badly thought out missive!

[@luciahoneybee]

​@@Moondog-wc4vm I don't think the Rev. from the reply was the son-in-law who was the intended recipient of the original letter. According to the description of the video, he was the editor of the Christian Advocate. He must have read the letter when it was published in the papers and decided to take the chance to do a little... preaching of his own 😅

[@kathrynwebster6307]

Wow! Their American accents are incredible!

[@paolagrando5079]

I would like very much a father-in-law so nice.

[@jayabee]

Sounds like there were some shrooms in that whiskey.

[@YulkaKiska]

Brilliant!

[@lechatbotte.]

That’s why it’s called spirits lol

[@Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle]

Who else was waiting for the response letter to be more like, "Dear Friend... it tastes like shit."

[@Ghostbusters4life]

I can imagine a Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century reboot featuring Benedict and Jude.

[@mkprocter882]

they'd both have to live another 76 years

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

Nnnice - hadn't heard Jude Law's American accent since I ❤ Huckabee's...

[@daveretash9153]

This is exactly what to the experience is like it seems so safe and ends in total danger.

[@CatsandJP]

Ah….Whiskey is the answer….because when you drink it you won’t remember the question 😂😂😂

[@Hun_Uinaq]

I wish I knew what kind of whiskey that was, because it must’ve been some good shit! Noticed that the second guy only returned some of it. That means he drank a lot of it. He got hung over and couldn’t hack it. I am ready, willing and able to be next to try it. Especially the way it was described by RJ Ingersoll. Best description of whiskey I think I’ve ever heard.

[@rowanliggett]

Awesome

[@nachgeben]

Their American accents are so amazing. If I had no idea who they were, I'd genuinely think they came from the same area of the USA I have.

[@johnharrison2086]

Brilliant

[@UATU.]

Cumberbatch at the mic is evocative of a spelling bee on local cable.

[@JadeTheorist3942]

2:19 2:29 2:43 3:15 OMG that smile!!! 😍

[@pleappleappleap]

So I guess it's a love-or-hate thing.

[@LFTRnow]

Translation: Dude check out this whisky, its the $hit! Woah, that $hit is crazy, take some back!

[@kimsherlock8969]

Sounds like an invitation for lust and want in verbose language Language in coded pen. The respondent In the same verbosity 😮 Says no.😂

[@blackc1479]

Yeah, flowery language to say that he's a buzzkill lol

[@Dgg2005]

Sherlock in the multiverse of madness 😮

[@PRANAV4877]

Jude Law should next do "The path of a righteous man is beset.."

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Wow!

[@Cat919]

*Quill drop*

[@tweegeTX3]

Is there such thing as a Widow’s Warf?

[@rocarr180]

🙏❤️

[@TheMichaelBeck]

👏👏👏

[@cindyj5522]

Aren't they magnificent?!

[@kariburns6682]

❤

[@price724]

Sounds like Dylan Thomas

[@joshborra8407]

#KINGMAKER BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH FANS

[@JachAnen]

Both of those would make for en excellent whiskey commercial. I sure want to taste it and I don't like whiskey

[@arlenehutchinson9259]

Pure ACID wit

[@jillcrowe2626]

I am an adult child of two alcoholics. I can see the point of both.

[@Osiwan960]

welp. that escalated quickly.

[@katrin712]

Has anyone you ever realized that wherever Men (humanity) settled and found/grew food, they also fast made alcohol out of the grains/fruits/plants they found/harvested?

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@katrin712 And yet, interestingly for anthropologists, not every indigenous race fermented and brewed. It's said that certain indigenous peoples are destructively susceptible to the madness of alcohol because their livers are deficient of a particular enzyme which helps to break down alcohol in our bodies. Their physiology has evolved with other unique attributes that aided their survival, but not this liver process. From memory the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, the Maori from NZ, and Pacific Islanders. I'm not sure about the native peoples of Canada, the US, South America and African countries.

[@katrin712]

@@comealongcomealong4480 interesting piece of knowledge :). Did they not have ritual beverages? The first purpose was often this... and/or having something proper for consumption.

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@@katrin712 Apologies that I am not an expert. It seems more likely that many of these alcohol free cultures chewed substances (eg coca leaves, betel nuts) for relaxation or hallucinogenic effects. Or smoked various substances in pipes. (Native Americans, Central and Southern Americans). I know the Fijian people prepare and share a fermented ceremonial drink called Kava. I believe the effects are calm and euphoria, rather than drunk. > Indigenous peoples were as vulnerable to the poisonous effects of alcohol, as they were to European diseases and guns.

[@katrin712]

@@comealongcomealong4480 you know, the “Pithy” in Delphes got her hallucination for oracles from gases coming up from a crack. I heard of Chavin de Huantar where there was initiation with also use of hallucinogenes. If I remember the coca leaves help with heights as it comes from areas in high mountains. Every plant had good and bad sides, depending of the part of the plant, so they probably made good use of that :)

[@JiveDadson]

Easy on the virgules there, Bud. You know that stuff is exponential, right?

[@anmolbanerjee941]

Doctor Strange and Dumbledore

[@spencerdokes6056]

Jude struggling with the accent

[@dm-31024]

Great letters. Terrible filming. First letter fixed on Benedict. Second letter constantly cutting to Benedict. Should have focussed on Jude!!!

[@cecilecochet6198]

😁😋😆😘

[@addie_is_me]

🥹😄

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Holy crap. People fell for all kinds of excessive verbiage back then. Forget whiskey. Was the guy on cocaine and/or 'shrooms?

[@marleneashten2052]

Promo`SM

[@anyahathaway9613]

I don't drink, and this does not make it remotely tempting.

[@eightbitriddle]

"In 1728,[2] Benedict Cumberbatch's 7th-great-grandfather, Abraham Cumberbatch of Saint Andrew, Barbados (died 1753), acquired properties on the island of Barbados in the West Indies,[3] which used enslaved people for labour. St Nicholas Abbey was owned by Cumberbatch's ancestors for at least two hundred years."

[@tjmcguire9417]

What EJIT is incapable of casting Americans?