Perhaps the single best lesson on politics

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

“what you’re being called depends largely on who’s doing the talking” YES YES YES

[@Maloman05]

Wish they mentioned that the Contras committed genocide and the Sandinistas didn’t.

[@joeavreg2254]

@@Maloman05 It's still a show made for US TV. Not like they are interested in too much truth and accuracy, yanks might start thinking all these coups in the south america might not be ok.

[@avi8r944]

@@joeavreg2254 Well they are being flooded by some of their victims now, so in a way karma is biting back. Hope they brush up on their Spanish.

[@sirhandsoap3953]

A Republican will object to gun bans and push for more secure borders, and will get called a Nazi and a Racist. A Democrat will talk about climate change and better healthcare and be called a Retard and a Communist. A lot of these people need to start using more than 2 brain cells to think about this stuff.

[@olivesantos1840]

@@sirhandsoap3953 "secure borders" lmao and republicans like guns? then explain Reagan gun ban in california

[@catmantommy]

Another great Billy quote “The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.”

[@TonyTalksBack]

Parallels to Plato’s Republic. No truly good man would desire the money nor the power that comes from an office of governance over his fellow men.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

That quote could work just as well for jannies.

[@r.p.k9028]

"Don't vote. It encourages them." The Big Yin is a legend

[@hnguyen5656]

This is why ancient Athens selected their leaders from a lottery of eligible citizens.

[@marlonbrando6615]

@Al Tee Do you know of a direct quote from Socrates which says this? I'm not sceptical, just curious

[@khukri_wielderxxx1962]

"Hypocrisy is the vaseline of political intercourse." Quote of the century 🤣

[@hamman_samuel]

Truly

[@yt-sh]

You are not even exaggerating lol

[@tommorrison8424]

Updated for today..."Hypocrisy is the KY of political intercourse."

[@cxar71]

Right, and it goes way beyond that, really. It was spoken in the millennium before the current one, and it's still very true today. 😉

[@dariuszscharsig568]

Yep, it qualifies as a timeless truth.

[@Mr223P]

My favourite billy quote on politics and the one I hold true “the desire to be a politician should be enough to bar you for life from ever being one”

[@priyadarshiniprasad5747]

Where can I find the video where he says that?

[@Lewis.Alcindor]

Reminds me of Adam Carolla's joke about how to weed out possible child molesters. Ask a bunch of dads who wants to watch over a bunch of kids one weekend. If a dad raises his hand too fast to volunteer, then you know who the child molester is. Give the job to the dad who has the least interest in watching over children.

[@googiegress]

@@Lewis.Alcindor If vampires exist, I guarantee one runs the blood bank! ;)

[@lain-ih6jj]

Well...shit

[@quack437]

And how right he is

[@fiddlerontheroof4099]

As the saying goes, "Every villain is the hero of his own story". 🎭

[@eneco3965]

In other words, heroes don't exist

[@SmokeymcJoint420]

@@eneco3965 Bingo,

[@toddnolastname4485]

Yeah, but if you have to lie and steal to get yourself into power, you are definitely not the hero.

[@seatspud]

@@eneco3965 Don't be too cynical now. There can be real heroes out there. Just need to know where to look.

[@kaboomgaming4255]

@@seatspud I suppose the problem is that true heroes are the ones the world never knows. Once someone gets popular for being a hero (and rich, I assume), they stop being a hero simply because there's now too much for them to live up to.

[@elemanielpagan8519]

"I'm not brave enough for politics" ~Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@elemanielpagan8519]

@Sebastian I cant tell if you're being passive aggressive or just genuinely intereted in a character

[@abhishekgadag9457]

@@elemanielpagan8519 more like "coward enough"...

[@elemanielpagan8519]

@@abhishekgadag9457 haha that one doesnt even make sense

[@abhishekgadag9457]

@@elemanielpagan8519 that was the point of the comment dude... MAKES NO SENSE....

[@abhishekgadag9457]

@@joehigashi3584 ohh, alright genius....

[@SentinelGhost]

“Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.” -Daniel Webster

[@dxqx3794]

“Wisdom: People attain wisdom in large part by remembering what happened in the past. No generation can attain wisdom without studying and remembering the past. None of those who believed in the 1960's aphorism, ‘Never trust anyone over thirty,’ became a wise person. Without wisdom, all the good intentions in the world amount to nothing. Intending to do good without having wisdom is like intending to fly an airplane with no knowledge of airplanes or the laws of aerodynamics. Good intentions without wisdom lead to either nothing or to actual evil.” ― Dennis Prager, The Rational Bible: Exodus

[@michaelleonetti8564]

In this day n age no truer words are spoken hopeful we are not screwed

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

@@dxqx3794 You should definitely not trust Dennis Prager, but it has nothing to do with the fact that he's over thirty.

[@lukecox6317]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Fas est et ab hoste doceri. It is right to learn, even from the enemy

[@justinamerican8200]

@@saberswordsmen1 That argument falls flat when the "particular line" is free speech and study history. Truth is truth no matter the mouth from which it comes. I don't need Dennis Prager to tell me that people who ignore history - basically real world stories of cause and effect - are only going to succeed at the pace of a broken clock.

[@Lumibear.]

I was previously unaware of the existence of this show, interesting.

[@J-S.P]

It's not one of the most standout shows of the 80s, and until recently has been mostly obscure to watch. The first 2 seasons were only recently put out on dvd, and the entire series can be bought digitally on Amazon Prime. Also keep in mind of course that Billy Connolly was a replacement for Howard Hessemen.

[@Lumibear.]

@@J-S.P cheers, I’ll look out for it, I’m just curious to see a bit of Billy acting in his younger days is all.

[@Mhor_Al]

@lumibear check oot a auld film called down among the big boys it's a belter of a film wi the big yin and even better it's set in Glasgow.

[@Mhor_Al]

@netwitch56 ye fink? How? Whits the hampden roar? Ye must huv a scoobie! 😉

[@randomobserver8168]

I watched it at the time. Two of the girls were of an age with me and cute. More to the point, Billy Connolly was an unusual and creative substitute in the last season- he had little profile in the US & neither had Scottish culture in general. He did a good job. The previous seasons, the star was Howard Hesseman. He was excellent.

[@adams3627]

Initially mistook the teacher for John Cleese in a bad wig, expected a Monty Python sketch. Instead got an earnest and forthright statement of political philosophy.

[@silverfawkes1219]

That's Billy Connelly! Aka "one guy with six guns"

[@hootsifer-darling]

Yep so did I 😂

[@jbrisby]

He's no Howard Hesseman.

[@J-S.P]

@@jbrisby and Howard Hesseman is no Billy Connolly

[@onyekaobilo]

My EXACT experience!

[@1981stonemonkey]

Who else here is happy old Billy gets recommended again by the algorithm.

[@mateopavolini]

Im a 27yo latin guy, ive never seen him before, but i am sure glad he got recommended

[@ComradeHellas]

Haven't seen this old content before, so yeah I am pretty happy

[@inconnu4961]

This guy is hysterical! His fart jokes are primo! definitely recommend binge watching Billy Connelly!

[@randomuploadsism]

Comedians are some of the smartest people. So smart they realise the best thing they can do with their lives is make other people laugh

[@blakeroberts818]

Actually yeah, comedies are also best played by actors who can do so dramatically because when the actors in their roles play everything sincerely and accept the situation, the audience finds it funnier, so comedy isn’t about lightheartedness, it’s essentially just about life

[@ExtremeSquared]

Plenty of comedians grow up just as sheltered as anyone, thanks to tv and the internet. All they need to do to be successful is have a large enough audience of similarly sheltered people who find them funny. It's not especially difficult. It even works with satire -- note the explosion in popularity of "satire" shows written for people whose worldview comes from memes.

[@qx4n9e1xp]

I just realized this knowledge. Humans & conflict never change, only the vocabularies & people in power.

[@eddixon2015]

Plus La Change

[@mishafinadorin8049]

It's not always about power.

[@jacobhargiss3839]

@@mishafinadorin8049 its always about power. You either want to change whos in power, how power is distributed, how power is decided, or what the powers should be.

[@mishafinadorin8049]

@@jacobhargiss3839 To think that a thing as complex and rich as the human condition revolves or is described in its entirety by power alone is a dangerous delusion. Fortunately, most people grow out of it as they get older.

[@jacobhargiss3839]

@@mishafinadorin8049 its not the entire human condition, just the part that deals with the human connection to conflict (ie politics). The human condition (in my oppinion) is mostly driven by our natural tendancy towards survival getting pushed to the extreme. Creativity, love, greed, compassion, friendship, etc. It all stems from trying to find the easiest path to survival. And Im saying this from a perspective of blunt mechanics. There is, in practice, far more to being alive than the simple mechanics that drive it.

[@dvsxavier]

"It sounds great, but it's all lies." So true, even today

[@johnjaleco5683]

Thankfully the American president is an honest man😋

[@Someone-ft5lw]

@@johnjaleco5683 Are you being sarcastic or are you dumb?

[@billyfox6368]

@@Someone-ft5lw The emoji would indicate sarcasm.

[@n.z.s.l2676]

Yep, fuck trump and fuck fascist republicans

[@johnjaleco5683]

@@Someone-ft5lw come on man ain't you black ? You know with the thing......

[@PJMwarp]

"They didn't like what they saw so they changed it to sound better" just like how we went from 'kids in cages' to 'migrant overflow facilities'

[@EDGEDAZZA]

His delivery is superb. Actors would dream of having that genuine speech

[@cchanc3]

I could nail this on the 47th take. easy

[@chuckfinley6747]

It’s genuine because it’s what he actually believes. Can’t fake that kinda honesty

[@moransteve]

I suspect a stand-up comedian can outshine an actor when it comes to delivery. Used to having to get it right first time, every time.

[@elsquibbs]

You're right. He did a great job with that.

[@robpegler6545]

Connolly's natural delivery was always one of the main strengths of his standup shows. He never sounds rehearsed, even when doing material he's done a thousand times before. He just gets up on stage and starts talking as if you're hanging out with him at the pub. He once described his act as "It's like we're having a conversation where you don't say anything."

[@sonicdiablo8968]

This is timeless

[@cornbreadthedog]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Billy Connolly! Brilliant, funny, with great comedic timing! Plus, when he talks, I close my eyes and picture Disney's Scrooge McDuck talking.

[@trajan74]

I get the feeling Billy would have a few words for Scrooge McDuck.

[@ced1106]

History: You can't change the past, but you can always rewrite it.

[@RojaJaneman]

Revisionist history

[@tiatrips]

History isn't written by who's right, just who's left.

[@alisterfolson]

"If you don't like the conversation, change the subject." - Mad Men

[@Sycokay]

"Hypocrisy is the vaseline of political intercourse" - I have to remember that one

[@TheBehm08]

And remember someone is always getting fucked in the ass

[@colt1903]

The fact that he's an Irishman/Scottsman just makes us so much better.

[@SarahWilder93]

He is Scots.

[@Theohybrid]

"The winners decide history from their narrative."

[@iamzeronothing]

The thing about political hypocrisy, is it's only the other side that does it, not yours. And that always holds true even if you move from party to party to party constantly... you'll always be in the one that isn't hypocritical.

[@alnat950]

@@251rmartin How lucky you are to not be a hypocrite

[@flavioardizio7242]

@@251rmartin lol no self-awareness ?

[@pepesupreme6451]

@@251rmartin The problem with this, is that in modern America, we are more or less not allowed to dislike our masters, much less identify them. It is social taboo. Hence, divide and conquer.

[@_mickmccarthy]

@@pepesupreme6451 Bit of a general issue with two-party systems though. You can't call out issues on 'your side' because that'll give 'the other side' an advantage. So people just dig their heels in and outright disagree with everything the other side has to say. Disclaimer, I've only ever lived in areas with two opposing parties so am unable to say for sure if it's strictly a two-party FPTP system issue. But I'd wager it's less of an issue in areas with more parties in proportional representation elections (granted there are some pretty politically dodgy countries that make use of that system, but I don't think that's an issue with the system itself).

[@virambharvad8059]

Not me🥰😎

[@rabendranath]

Sometimes I am very thankful of the KZbin algorithm.

[@zargonfuture4046]

Yes not having to search or think for one's self is the best.

[@ragingchimera8021]

"“The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies "something not desirable"...In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.” - George Orwell

[@thedistinguished5255]

Democracy is when every citizen can influence every change of law and management, co-creating the country. I dont remember what fascism meant but it had to do with ethnic discrimination and nationalism when it started in italy (or whatev the area was called in 1930s). In my opinion both the u.s. and russia lean towards fascism and not many countries are truly democratic, but i dont travel much i only read things

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

@@thedistinguished5255 The USA are progressive fascists. When the people got sick of the government for it's warmongering & pillaging, all the government and the capitalists had to do was rebrand themselves and say "we're progressive now! we care about social issues! we're one of you now!". Capitalists appeal to the consumer & materialist with their woke ads that are basically "we support *insert group or social issue here* so buy our product!". America will drop bombs across the world and even oppress it's own people in the name of social justice if you're not onboard with it. Whatever gives the country and it's people the moral superiority to blow up & sanction whoever they want. America will start killing off whatever country it deems full of bigots while people go along with it. America is going to start killing the world in the name of equality & egalitarianism & progressivism and all the other left-wing, liberal ideals the Western world has dwelt in since as been afforded by the French Revolution and founding of America.

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

​@@thedistinguished5255 Wrong on two points. 1. Democracy as the Greeks defined it wasn't a 'representation of the people', they considered the average pleb to be an uninformed dullard who couldn't be trusted to pick what was best for him - Tyranny of the Majority as they put it politely. They also didn't have elections because they thought they would turn into farcical popularity contests - instead they would put the names of qualified nominations into a pot and pick a random one. Look at modern day elections and the politicians the people choose and ask yourself if the Greeks were wrong. 2. Fascism originally had no racial component, Mussolini supposedly was quoted along of the lines of 'There are no Black Italians or White Italians, only Italians', it wasn't until he partnered with Hitler that it became 'racist'. Fascism is simply the style of government of absolute authority, where all aspects of the nation (both citizens and business) are merely components of the state and exist to serve the needs of the state, and all power is centralised to one place of governance, and at the decision of one man. Many proto fascist writers like Evola believed in a hierarchical structure, much like a caste system where yes the majority of the upper class were white, but being white didn't automatically make someone better than a black - it wasn't until their actions had proved their worth that they could be considered exemplary people, and there was nothing to say that an exemplary person couldn't be black (they just believed that they would be a lot rarer)

[@MBOmnis]

@@krullingmyballs I got that reference lol

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

YES, the fascists have done everything in their power to RE-brand or otherwise misrepresent the true meaning of fascism. but fascism STILL maintains a factual definition. and i've been RESTATING this fact to the trump fascists over the last 6 years! BOTH sides have been taken over by a fascist fanaticism that abuses and corrupts science for political purposes. both sides commission "scientists" (pseudo-scientists) to FIND, distort, or otherwise "make-up" any scientific position that leads to their predetermined conclusions and supports their political agendas. BOTH SIDES now violate women's rights, labor rights and deny the most basic of scientific facts. what the hell's wrong with you people? I DENOUNCE THIS FASCISM coming from both the right and the left! there are more directions in the world than "left" and "right." and, as an equalist, i choose "UP." i want to rise ABOVE the distortions, prejudices and injustices being presented BY BOTH SIDES as the only means of save humanity FROM HUMANITY!

[@ROLtheWolf]

"Hypocrisy is the vaseline of political intercourse" -?Billy?

[@Decurion505]

Well, it IS politics. You KNOW somebody's getting screwed.

[@ataphelicopter5734]

One word: Scotland

[@ewanmacvicar]

What’s your point caller?

[@andrewuy1294]

hey ron

[@jaimecoutanche5977]

@carlos rivas Haha You have a dementia ridden creepy fake president that is... comical

[@methag-mm1he]

Humor and truth is the best education one can get.

[@Tomsthumb]

Don't vote it just encourages them. (Billy Connolly)

[@Balazak]

Words I still live by to this day.

[@gr8dvd]

Ask him again after 4 years of IQ45. Tho you may not like the choices there’s ALWAYS a lesser evil.

[@presidentskroob]

@@gr8dvd Except the lessor of two evils is still evil. That’s why things never get better in government.

[@woocifer]

Billy Connolly is so good...I'm saddened at what life has dealt him at the end. But I have to say, I don't think I've seen another man live with such joy in life. Maybe Michael Palin...but man I wish him well and have enjoyed just about anything he's been a part of :)

[@dominicsisinni75]

Now that he is older he said : "Never waste an erection, or go past a toilet, and never trust a fart."

[@13thvarebel16]

What happened to him?

[@dominicsisinni75]

@@13thvarebel16 Parkinson's disease

[@matimus100]

@@dominicsisinni75 same as my father

[@denbecr49]

@@dominicsisinni75 I hope you are correct, but I clearly recall that quote being attributed to Jack Nicholson.

[@thelaughingrouge]

This series was criminally underrated. Especially since Billy didn't even come in until later on.

[@David_Fellner]

George Carlin put it this way: "If firefighters fight fire and crimefighters fight crime, what do *freedom* fighters fight?!"

[@Lark88]

If congress proposes a bill called the "Save Puppies Act," it will probably do the opposite.

[@jacobhargiss3839]

Exactley, but ask most of the population if their going to support "save the puppies act" and they'll say yes without even asking what it does.

[@heretohear1847]

im a nicaraguan american this hits hard, sadge, got family on all sides of the conflict contra and Sandinista, hypocrites who thought they knew what they were doing yet today our country is still in poverty, i believe in my people, i hope they will get through, viva el nicaraguense pueblo.

[@zhouwu]

They'll get through. The world goes on, through poverty and wealth, through sickness and health, until death do us part.

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

The more I watch this guy's work the more I love him. Dude is exceptional.

[@TheBugkillah]

He should be the fourth guy on “The Grand Tour”.

[@munkiking4511]

Would probably be great tv but him and clarkson would definitely end up fighting in the street!

[@iffracem]

Why would you lower Connolly down to the level of that fool Clarkson? Clarkson is a simple, one dimensional clown, Connolly is the complete package

[@jackson5116]

The weird part of this series is that it started when I was in junior high and ended when I was in high school- felt like I was living with my own generation watching it.

[@J-S.P]

somewhat same here; started when I was in the 5th grade, and ended when I was a Freshman in High School

[@ryancoulter4797]

You get the feeling that Billy snuck in the Vaseline line by the look on the other actors faces.

[@Shushkin]

The laughter was fake

[@munkiking4511]

He often jokes about Vaseline, A relic from hias days in the shipyards more than likely!

[@christopherwilson3085]

"Also beware running with scissors. Its all good fun until someone loses an EEEEYYYeee!"

[@thewengerinn5555]

😂😂💪

[@twojuiceman]

Profile pic checks out

[@DubberRucks]

🤣

[@s.armstrong701]

Best movie ever.

[@mideon84]

We are standing in a room with A DEAD GUY!!!!

[@marcoh703]

As a future former city council member.. I can tell this happens in every branch of politics. The need for someone to fight against. So long you can direct attention to your enemy the people won't pay attention to you. But it sucks to be a straightforward guy and terrible at lying. I really suck at it and mostly tell how i see things... and in constant batlle in politics the officers doesn't like when people tell the truth or what they think. I learned one lesson beside billy connolly lesson '' nuance and paitence is the key for a life long job in politics ''. Be wary of the politicians who are nuanced everytime they speak. They strategize everything. If you are a treat you will never have a future in the party.

[@thetr00per30]

Head of the Class was a Great show, reminds me when schools taught you how to think critically, not what to think, Anything like that on TV today?

[@protorhinocerator142]

Rick and Morty.

[@TheGasMan666]

@@protorhinocerator142 he asked for shows that make you think critically, not tell you what to think.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@TheGasMan666 That's because I'm like the next Redgren Humboldt of critical thinking.

[@LaurenGlenn]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ?

[@TheGasMan666]

@@LaurenGlenn thats a great joke

[@U2QuoZepplin]

Why were most of my teachers in school and college not even a tenth as good as Billy. I swear Billy Connolly could teach you 99% of what you need to know about life for the rest of your life!

[@tsunderecat413]

still holds up, and always will until the end of time

[@Mark73]

I loved this show when I was a kid. I was sad when Howard Hesseman left, but Billy Connolly turned out great for the last season.

[@TheBonny720]

What is the name of the show?

[@Mark73]

@@TheBonny720 Head of the Class

[@MalloryKnox.]

This video lives in my head rent free

[@charlesshreeve319]

Q: How can you tell a politician is lying? A: His lips are moving.

[@m1k3yb0y260587]

*Their lips. Not only men can be politicians.

[@martinjnagy]

Leave the jokes to Billy mate, eh?

[@charlesshreeve319]

@@martinjnagy What, just cause I'm not a professional comedian, I can't tell a joke?

[@charlesshreeve319]

@@m1k3yb0y260587 Thank you Mr Pedantic. I knew somebody was going to gripe about this. I wasn't implying only men can be politicians, I just thought I'd spare women the insult. But you're right, they definitely all can lie, men and women alike.

[@coling2692]

Another classic Billy Connelly joke.

[@sebastianbabbie8290]

The last 5 seconds sums up politics perfectly.

[@Stew282]

Billy Connolly's best advice on politicians: "Don't vote, it only encourages them!" EDIT: I'm getting replies saying that this is bad advice and trying to explain democracy to me. NEWSFLASH: It's a fucking joke, not literal advice. EDIT 2: Well the first edit was pointless - they're still fucking harping on!

[@corndogrequiem1728]

You know when I'll vote? When politicians stop being politicians.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

Alright, don't vote - let politicians claim that you actually voted for them.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

Even if this is the position you hold you should still vote, at least in the Uk. I'm not sure if this applies outside the uk, but if you spoil your ballot (as in mess it up so that you have written on it but it cant be counted as a vote for any of the parties) then it won't count as a vote towards any of the parties, but it will still be counted as a vote. This actually makes it much more clear to the politicians that you dont want them than simply not voting, as if you weren't gonna go and vote anyway then your opinion on them doesn't matter to them anyway, and makes them more likely to change their policy to try to win you to their side. Granted this will never accomplish a lot of change on it's own, but it will still do more than not voting at all.

[@Stew282]

@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 I think it was a joke, mate; not literal advice!

[@neilstewart5123]

Or the desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.

[@MonolithMike]

Brilliant show.

[@krishm16]

People want to hear the lies and be lied to because they can't handle or really care for the truth because ultimately it also goes to shine badly on them. Human nature is a funny thing.

[@Xedlord]

Facts

[@ErwaAngler]

Tell this a vegan an there will be a total fury 🤭

[@zeltzamer4010]

@@ErwaAngler What

[@ErwaAngler]

@@zeltzamer4010 all I can say is analyse the ideology of the vegans critically and you won't have to ask...

[@HectorFontanez]

Head of the Class was such a great show.

[@themurph7780]

Loved Head of the Class!!

[@baileyryan96]

It's sad they gave this guy only one season *I'm not counting his spin off show* but I understand the kids had to graduate at some point

[@J-S.P]

truth be told I'm in the minority when I say I never had a problem with Billy McGregor. Not saying he was better than Charlie Moore, but he was different; Like Ronnie James Dio and Ozzy Osbourne.

[@Mark73]

When it finally ended, wasn't this high school sitcom in its fifth season with mostly the same cast of (advanced placement) students.

[@baileyryan96]

@@Mark73 yup. So they had to graduate at some point. I mean they could've given us an entirely new class but I don't think it'd be the same without dan schneider

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

@@baileyryan96 you mean alleged foot fetishist and all round creep Dan Schneider?

[@chuckfinley6747]

@@TheKnobCalledTone. yep. Same dude that, more or less, ran Nickelodeon until 2018.

[@jdsb-3707]

Truth be told, the truth is seldom told.

[@derbagger22]

Such a great show...

[@houdannycomedymagic8642]

Hail, Connolly! (I was one of those "nerds.") And yes, someone who posted, we were all in our 20s!

[@ibtaba]

Whaaa, next you will say the kids on 21 jump street were also in their 20’s, blasphemy!!!😀

[@J-S.P]

Thanks for the comment Mr. Frischman😃 Just subscribed to your channel. Given your practice of stage magic did you ever watch the Bill Bixby show The Magician?

[@houdannycomedymagic8642]

@@ibtaba Ha, right???

[@houdannycomedymagic8642]

@@J-S.P Thanks, and yes, never missed an episode of The Magician! Loved it.

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

Shut up

[@gunslingerscreed81]

Ohhhhh man I forgot about this show. Thank you

[@jbrisby]

Whenever you read something in a newspaper or on the Internet, you're reading it because a very wealthy person put it there. So the most important questions to keep in mind are, what does this person want me to believe, and why?

[@itszena5961]

@Coldheart Zero What? lol. He obviously isn't talking about the shitty low quality comments you and millions of others post on the internet or a rural town newspaper read by 200 people. Google "media consolidation", 6 corporations own 90% of all media. Look up "noam chomsky's five filters". And you weren't even nice when saying something so brain dead, so I'll just copy and paste you "I assure you, you're as dumb as you look, if not more so. It's not based in fact, it's not based on or in anything other than your sad attempt at trying to sound like you're intelligent."

[@VXGaming]

We need more Billy Connolly.

[@rileydavidson207]

Billy Connolly. The man you never want to get into an argument with because he will either win by debate, violence or sheer fear

[@EGarrett01]

Or people not knowing what the fk he's saying.

[@RGV250FORSALE]

What a man - and although written for a sitcom - there was never a truer word spoken!.

[@jasminedragon11]

As a politics student THIS WAS THE BEST LECTURE THAT I TOOK

[@Grim_Concept]

Eye opening truth from a comedy.

[@lordyellowman]

Being the best ruler in existence is easy, you need three things. A noble good heart A really good perception (specially of character) A bit of vision backed by sound logic The rest you can just find another good person who is more qualified to do it.

[@muadibadder3345]

True 😂

[@laaaliiiluuu]

To quote an interviewer who once asked an intelligence employee: "Why is it that everything the enemy says is propaganda and everything that we say is information?"

[@michaelcole8196]

I know this show was already growing stale when Billy took over for Howard Hesseman, but I think he did a phenomenal job while he was there.

[@younggun7722]

Absolutely fantastic

[@jargon2532]

why does he look like Jeremy Clarkson , James May and Richard Hammond at the same time

[@Adriana.Gabriela]

Hahahhaha so true. And a bit of Jon Cleese

[@greengamerguy623]

He doesn't

[@jaredwhite571]

Let that sink in! Marvelous language sometimes delivers clarity.

[@frasermunro8766]

Personal adds have become social media. We are all liars who believe lies as the truth is too uncomfortable

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

I'm not a liar. Only the other day, my good friend the Dalai Llama dropped by my penthouse in Monaco and said "Ey, Zac, me old mate, you're the most honest man I've ever met."

[@douglasskinner6348]

Billy is amazing.

[@JonatasMonte]

What you are called basically depends on who is in power/winning. When the Germans were bombing Britain it was "terror bombing", but when the allies were bombing Germany as if it was an anthill, it was "strategic bombing".

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

Ah, Billy Connolly. What an amazing actor and voice actor. Heard him as Merida's dad in the 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave

[@billybobkingston5604]

Jesus, I thought it was Roy Keane for a moment, discussing Manchester Utd ownership

[@SMacCuUladh]

He does a really good billy connolly

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Love a bit of Billy. TFS, GB :)

[@mikedoran9851]

You left off the front part of this, wherein Billy described his experiences in dating from newspaper personal ads. Extremely funny (and about as close to Connolly's GB comedy as USTV could get), and it did tie in (however indirectly) to the political stuff that followed.

[@J-S.P]

Oh I'm well aware. As much flack as this season gets from most people I actually enjoyed it.

[@kitty6720]

Wow, that is so accurate "Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of the politics".

[@Mark73]

Political _intercourse_. It's important to use that wording.

[@pharaohbubbles1547]

Whats sad about politics is that its so engrained into our way of life its damn near impossible to fully remove

[@J-S.P]

Unfortunately....

[@rogerhickson7256]

"Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of Political Intercourse" Now that about says it all. I wouldn't doubt Billy wrote that himself!

[@HeathWatts]

Billy Connolly made "Head of The Class" worth watching.

[@jackson5116]

I started watching it in 1986, because I used to watch WKRP

[@Teeveepicksures]

I loved this show.

[@Samudbhava]

All outrage is selective. Protests are engineered. Activism is a business model.

[@Black2KGSR]

I used to love this show

[@tomv5988]

They should gave him a couple of more seasons.

[@J-S.P]

While I agree with the sentiment the problem was that ratings were down on this show, and the class had not changed much(they added student characters, and this was it's 5th season). On top of that he actually got a spin-off series the following year called BILLY. It lasted a whopping 13 episodes.

[@tomv5988]

@@J-S.P Of course it would have been new group of students for the most part if he stayed on.

[@ronhawk1231]

Head of the class followed by Parker Lewis cant lose. Loved both those shows.

[@J-S.P]

Maybe in syndication, but not on ABC

[@ronhawk1231]

@@J-S.P tbs, sat afternoon at 5ish.

[@whitleypedia]

Wow Billy Connelly really couldn't be bothered to learn those lines could he.

[@Ming1975]

I remember watching this sitcom after the success of Mind Your Language.

[@ronaldjones5589]

I remember seeing this episode, it pissed me off then, and now in 2021, it still pisses me off

[@christiancrusader9374]

Because it's true?

[@DubberRucks]

"You want the truth? You can't *handle* the truth" lol jk

[@lasagnasux4934]

I forget whoop said this: "Don't memorialize me until I'm dead. I've still got plenty of time to become a politician. "

[@tom_something]

Just a word of caution here. While Vaseline is a great lubricant under certain circumstances, if you're using a form of protection that involves latex or polyurethane (most condoms, diaphragms, dental dams, Vaseline should _not_ be used, because it will dissolve the material away quickly and viciously.

[@danschuster5187]

Head of the class great show

[@mattfromowitz5690]

Slightly younger James May who is somehow now Scottish

[@ekathe85]

There was a Scottish George Carlin all along? As George said, "if firefighters fight fire, and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?"

[@mattevans4377]

This also doesn't just apply to words, it also applies to what is written....

[@agnidas5816]

you mean like 'the written word' ? :P

[@allthelonely4287]

I don't know what this show is, but I now want a complete series box set.

[@erikandrus4387]

"Head of the Class" and he was only on it for one season, the last regretfully :(

[@erikandrus4387]

However, they did spin him off onto his own show after "Head of the Class" wrapped up in 1991. But that only lasted 13 episodes. The teacher who played on "Head of the Class' up until Billy took over was Mr. Moore, played by veteran TV actor Howard Hessman.

[@GiantSandles]

“Both sides are equally bad no matter what” - me after studying politics in my father’s dojo for 15 years

[@urmama54]

so should we vote to not have a government

[@GiantSandles]

@@urmama54 I was joking I think the video's stupid

[@musicdev]

@@GiantSandles I agree to a point. First off, the "both sides stupid thing" is just what people who know absolutely nothing about politics say (I'm assuming you were making a joke though), but in this vid, the dude basically points out that projection is really what politics is about. Obviously it's somewhat of a "both sides are dumb" argument, but this is definitely something I've seen coming from the political right as of late, there's a tinge of truth somewhere in here

[@GiantSandles]

@Zulu Necker It’s a stupid framing which engenders apathy in people who might otherwise be well meaning but don’t know any better and leads to the worst possible people prevailing in any political conflict, if that’s what you want keep running with it lol

[@GiantSandles]

@@musicdev You could make the exact same point about some of the most black and white political conflicts in history though, WW2 being one example. It may be true but it’s also really banal and obvious, yet it’s presented as if it’s some revolutionary insight and mostly used to justify not caring at all because ‘they’re all the same’ even when they very demonstrably aren’t

[@michaelxu7951]

Never thought I would get so much from a 45 second clip

[@watkinscopicat]

must have been really hard for Billy to not swear

[@JnEricsonx]

No more than Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who I imagine, another Scotsman!

[@RichWoods23]

@@JnEricsonx "You! Yes, you, ye fuckin' shitstain dalek!"

[@KesB72]

Maybe there’s a blooper reel 😉

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@RichWoods23 I want the Daleks to swear. "YOU WILL OBEY US OR GET FUCKING TWATTED"

[@jesussaves2043]

It's like the Katt Williams bit about "Insurgents".

[@henrys3629]

I don't remember any 25-30 yr old students at my high school.

[@lennycook206]

Just watch any 80s American college or high school movie... 😂

[@Rodshark75]

I do, but there were a lot of idiots at our school. Most of them dropped out when they turned 18 though.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

It was the 1980s. High school students looked middle-aged back then. Probably all that cocaine.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

I was 14 when "Grease" was released and thought that US children stayed in school until they were in their late 30's.

[@jackson5116]

@@TheKnobCalledTone. this actually used adult actors in the series, and part of that was because of the work hours of those under 18 were significantly lower, so if you have adults, it's easier to constantly shoot, that's why many 80's shows and movies used adults pretending to be teenagers.

[@csmith2662]

That line on hypocrisy tho... 😂