Philomena Cunk on America - Historian Reacts

[@WrathOfGrapesN7]

"America became known as the land of the free, which must've come as a surprise to all the slaves."

[@garth56]

Yeah must have been a bummer when they saw their medical bill???

[@luminyam6145]

So good!

[@1313Mockingbirdlaen]

Read this before I even saw the video and snort laughed 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

There was a clause at the bottom. "Free if you're white and wealthy"

[@adrian3355w]

​@@jean-lucpicard5510 land of the free where nothing is free 😅

[@katec9893]

What I really like about her character is that she accidentally on purpose points out glaring holes in history, hypocrisies, things that don't make sense, euphemisms etc about accepted historical events. It's similar to how children notice things and ask questions that adults try to gloss over. It's very clever humour. Edit: Thanks for the enjoyable discussion to everyone who engaged positively. To the bizarre trolls who are oddly triggered by this comment, go outside, take a deep breath and really ask yourself if this is how you want to engage with the world. Peace everyone 😊🙏

[@Kaspisify]

Absolutely love her. She's kind of like the female version of Karl Pilkington.

[@anthonycann3716]

😊

[@anthonycann3716]

😊😊

[@anthonycann3716]

😊😊

[@anthonycann3716]

😊

[@9Ballr]

"Well, I'm not a biologist, but I suppose that when they stand up they're probably arms." I didn't think the funniest line in this video would come from one of the historians.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Ignoring the fact that people have a 'tolerance' to smallpox....!!! 'Cleats' are 'Boots'??

[@jaywalker1233]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek I don’t think so - the idea was to just “run with it”, shoot much more than needed and then find a few nuggets of comedy gold for the quite short broadcast programme. It’s a technique that’s worked well in other BBC comedies

[@Yakerina]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek No, I've seen people who are quick on their feet. Or on their butt, as he is.

[@chasemathis2016]

He Philomena'd Philomena

[@bullmoose9280]

As upbsurd as it sounds to you there's an entire group of ppl in America tht think and act this way

[@Kaspisify]

"But americans back then weren't the humble, unassuming people they still aren't today". Hahahaha what a roast.

[@jindlespog8045]

America, fuck ya!

[@1313Mockingbirdlaen]

That's classic😂

[@Aviation380]

As a pilot i can confirm none of us know how on earth those things work. We just push buttons, send a prayer, and the thing seems to go up

[@rubberyowen1469]

Cunk would agree with you.

[@wessexdruid7598]

The air cadets taught me the theory of flight and principles of aeronautics over half a century ago... 😕

[@RossNixon]

@@wessexdruid7598 But that air speeding up as it goes over the top of the wing sounds a bit suspect to me. I don't think that would provide enough lift.

[@daloki349]

When an aeroplane stops for refuelling, do they just fill it up with belief?

[@Aviation380]

@@daloki349 50% belief 50% magic 20% mind control chemicals

[@thor.halsli]

I'm a norwegian, but the absurdity of british humour always gets me. She's like a female version of John Cleese

[@johnpoile1451]

Misunderstanding for comic effect. Spike Milligan, MPFC etc.

[@davidsweeney4021]

no she's not. She's "something completely different", cue music.

[@robharris8844U]

When you think about it, LIFE is absurd, so in Britain we laugh with it,- as it laughs at mankind.😂

[@BrHck]

And if you don't know who John Cleese is, he is the male version of Diane Morgan

[@robharris8844U]

She is very good 👍

[@rickwiles8835]

I think by now most historians know who the character of Cunk is and are familiar with the act. As such, I believe history directors and professors want to be interviewed by her. I think an interview by her would be considered a badge of honor.

[@Adamdidit]

She's essentially mocking the dumbest things they have to hear from people. I can see why they'd enjoy it.

[@janfrodeengh5904]

The series "Cunk on Britain" premiered on the BBC in 2018. The newest series, "Cunk on Earth" premiered on BBC in September 2022, and Netflix in January 2023. Before being aired on Netflix, "no one" knew of Diane Morgan. After Netflix, she's known by everyone. But I guess Phelomena Cunk isn't the goto-show for the majority of the people she interviews.

[@j_ellyjelly]

like the academic version of weird al covering your song

[@jurgnobs1308]

most historians I know like jokes about history

[@lperea21]

She's actually Sasha Barren Cohen... Guy's a chameleon!

[@JulietteReacts]

That one “bears actually do have arms” Yank absolutely understood the humour and the assignment. I’d like to see him on the show again.

[@christinemarshall1366]

I think bears are quadruped (four legged).

[@thomaskalinowski8851]

The historians aren't supposed to be the ones making the jokes but I figure they pretty much had to leave that one in.

[@marksauck3399]

I think women should have the right to bear chests, as well as arms, legs and whatever appendages besides.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Paw's on the end

[@AmitKumar-nq7wk]

Actually the Lincoln part was funniest in the video but everytime interviee answered they cut it Around 11:30 to 11:45 Watch the original video. His answers were funnier than her questions 😂

[@savagedarksider2147]

Fun fact: the last American revolutionary veteran died in 1868.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yep. John Gray.

[@kaminsod4077]

Must've been a hell of an experience watching the country whos independence you fought for tear itself apart before your very eyes.

[@TheMasonK]

@@kaminsod4077 but at least he died knowing the Union had been preserved and that the baptism of fire was over.

[@averongodoffire8098]

@@TheMasonK it’d have been an ordeal for him to watch his home state go down the road it did, but as you said, the trial was over and liberty won the day

[@TheMasonK]

@@averongodoffire8098 for sure

[@llandrin9205]

As a native North Carolinian, who grew up there in the 1950s, it might make you feel better to know that in my school we were never taught that the Wright Brothers were from North Carolina. We were always taught that they were from Ohio and built their plane in their bicycle shop there. We were told they chose Kitty Hawk, NC because it had the conditions they were looking for to test their plane.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I think what confuses people is North Carolina license plates saying “First in Flight”

[@llandrin9205]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Yes, those license plates are controversial. Not everyone in N.C. likes them either. Some people in the state taped over that part of the plate and got fined for it. Another controversy was when N.C. put the Wright Brothers plane on the back of the N.C. commemorative quarter. I think Ohio may have sued them (or threatened to do so) over that. I thought N. C. was wrong on that too. They had the Mecklenburg Resolves for Pete's sake.

[@estranhokonsta]

​@@llandrin9205 I am curious. As someone who is not from the US and has little practical knowledge of it (just the normal popular shared knowledge disseminated in europe and some acquired later in life), it is hard to understand the why of the controversy in the licence plates and the quarter plane's image that you mentioned. After reading your comment (i was totally ignorant of the situation) I made a quick search and the whole thing still looks to me as pretty vain. I am all about celebrating the great/small accomplishments of humans. It does help in this hard world. But why can't the two states celebrate their own part in this story? I mean , discarding the idea of who were the first to fly in the whole world (there are always such rivalries), aren't they just celebrating the popular history of the first Wright Brothers flight in NC? Or have they made much more controversial claims and associated them with those other symbols? All of this leads me to suspect that there is a long relevant history behind it that i am still unaware. This might make an interesting documentary if done from a "good" perspective.

[@Krushak8888]

​@estranho konsta because the wright brothers built and did everything in Ohio. They went to kitty hawk cause of the conditions to fly their plane. Ohio license plates say birthplace of Aviation while NC said something else about being first in planes.

[@jackson4672]

And interestingly enough, the place they did their first flight wasn't in Kitty Hawk. It was at Kill Devil Hills, which didn't exist at the time. So, they just used the name of the closest town, which was Kitty Hawk.

[@marcelostalker]

Oh hell yeah, she is hilarious. Props on the guy that kept up with her with the "bear arms" bit, good job.

[@MartijnHover]

It maybe deserves mention that the character of Philomena Cunk was actually invented by satirist Charllie Brooker, who is the main writer of the series. The actress playing Philomena Cunk is Diane Morgan.

[@anthonycollins5305]

And Brooker took the idea from Dennis Pennis?

[@MartijnHover]

@@anthonycollins5305 That is entirely possible. I am sure Paul Kaye got the idea for Dennis Pennis somewhere too. There is nothing wrong with that. But that is beside the point. I was just pointing out that the writers of a series like this are as important as the actors performing in it.

[@julianfp1952]

It’s definitely always worth giving credit to Charlie Brooker for newcomers who don’t know about his incredibly good comedy writing that is a big part of this and I suspect that pretty much all of Diane Morgan’s (DM) solo stuff to camera is from the scripts that he writes maybe with input from a bigger writing team(?). By the nature of the format though once it gets into the interviews with the experts DM has to use her quick thinking stand up comedy skills to improvise since she doesn’t know exactly where the experts’ answers are going to take her. All in all it’s a pretty impressive ensemble piece in terms of on-screen dialogue.

[@thebandcoca]

I think Chris Morris is more the inspiration behind a lot of British comedy.

[@moreplease998]

@@julianfp1952 It also puts Brookers other works on peoples radar. Black Mirror is a great tv series all in all that everyone should watch. Not all the episodes are brilliant but enough are to make the whole thing worth watching and even if the not so great ones put a person off, each episode is a stand alone, so you can simply skip the ones you don't enjoy.

[@laurenbright3759]

What I love about this programme is that while you are watching for the comedy, you are absorbing the facts that run through it. We have something similar for kids in the UK called horrible histories, its a comedy show with multiple sketches but it improved history knowledge in the ages it was targetted at massively!

[@janenseling4295]

... and Stupid Deaths. 😊

[@nolovedrjones9668]

I like watching horrible histories with my kids, but theres a pretty shocking amount of poetic license taken when it comes to English history which undermines the whole show for me now.

[@someverycool4552]

Honestly, the show is one of the best history lessons I've ever received. Particularly because it makes you think along to try and unpack the jokes, during which you will learn the actual history.

[@WaluigiPlushBros]

This was like the most dead truth about American History; I mean all of the points are accurate just explained in a hilarious way; I love this

[@jeffbenton6183]

Kind of like the equally Bri'ish "Horrible Histories" show

[@seth7745]

Not entirely. The slaves were not stolen from Africa. Africa sold them.

[@paulgoogol2652]

​@@seth7745Just a matter of different wording. People oftem got kidnapped to be sold.

[@peolt]

​@@seth7745Well the people who sold them stole them from their villages and countries so both statements are right

[@Ubique2927]

@@MostlyUseless141.. learn history. No white man went into the African heartland. They bought them from Africans.

[@user-ld4xx1el6q]

OK, in the spirit of this please remember that Pat Paulson said that most of the problems in the United States today can be trace to the failed immigration policies of the Native Americans.

[@kaz1015]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Lioness_UTV]

Not just the indigenous people's but the black slaves and the lesser known Irish slaves too. It's the original sin of the country. Over time (hundreds of years) this original sin will fade as I think people easily forget that the US is relatively very young. Other older countries have made mistakes, have been conquered, sometimes many times and have evolved thru brutal times.

[@judsdragon]

@@Lioness_UTV exactly, consider how mostly well loved the UK is and yet at one point or another we have conquered the vast majority of the rest of the world lol we did give most of it back tho somewhat reluctantly on occasion ;)

[@catgiles3268]

In an interview with her, she said the people she’s interviewing only know that it’s a comedy. But they have no idea what the questions are going to be, that they are asked.

[@dshepherd107]

That makes it even funnier

[@dshepherd107]

That makes it even funnier

[@teachersusan3730]

😂

[@Longshanks1690]

14:10 The assassination of Lincoln gets super weird when you acknowledge Edwin’s existence, as after John shot Lincoln, he said “Sic Semper Tyrannis,” a line most often associated with Brutus in the play Julius Caesar. And who was most famous for playing Brutus? Edwin. For a modern comparison, it’d be like Liam Hemsworth shooting the Prime Minister of Australia in the chest before saying “I should’ve gone for the head.”

[@henryolsen8232]

Pulled straight from Tumblr

[@chrismackett9044]

I’ve not read Julius Caesar since I was at school many years ago but I don’t recall that the phrase ‘Sic semper tyrannis’ is actually a quote from the play.

[@downinla4076]

I believe Booth yelling Sic Semper Tyrannis may also have been due to the statement being on the Great Seal of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia was the primary capitol of the Confederacy.

[@jeffbenton6183]

That's not even the weirdest part of the Edwin Booth connection. Only a few months before the assassination, Edwin saved the life of Robert Lincoln at a train station. Robert was Lincoln's eldest son; Edwin didn't even know who he had saved until R. Lincoln joined the army, and Edwin's friend in the army told him that Robert had been telling people about it. After that Robert and Edwin became pen pals, and (if I remember correctly) stayed in touch for decades.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

The phrase "Sic Semper Tyrannis" originates from Lucius Junius Brutus, whom drove out the last Roman King. While a foundational event of the Roman Republic, I don't believe a major play covers this event.

[@MasqueradeCrew]

I like how the historian threw in his own punches with the bear arms response.

[@mishripettinger6242]

​@@pathopewell1814yeah the people that she interviews are actually experts

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

And he then doubted himself because like most Americans they don't have a clue

[@adweetiyamohapatra7326]

British humour is top notch 👌

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Even our new King is a comedy character

[@markhepworth]

@@ChubbyChecker182 What are you,a Liverpool supporter..🤦‍♂️😂

[@asterlyons8564]

​@@ChubbyChecker182really? I thought he was a tragedy

[@asterlyons8564]

​@@ChubbyChecker182really? I thought he was a tragedy

[@bcjammer]

I love watching cunk, hilarious character, british humor at its best...absolute genius level deadpan comedy 🤣

[@darrenhodge7800]

The red coats being shot in their thousands whilst looking 🌟amazing🌟 made me laugh so much.

[@mushmello526]

Honestly, that's a great way to learn about history. A really dumb question that sticks to your mind, you now give it attention. Then the historian explains how it really was, so you'll remember it more easily. Pretty clever actually

[@dshepherd107]

Those “clueless” zingers she throws out are just brilliant! Love her

[@bluevol1976]

I love how obsessed she is about toilets on transportation. There’s a story behind that.

[@capitalb5889]

It’s a big deal

[@ytwos1]

Colitis ulcerosa.

[@terilerke1849]

tbh you travel long distance once in your life and then it's an issue forever bonus points if you saw someone get sick with diarrhea because they didn't wash their hands or smth like that

[@kennym5898]

I really enjoy watching you closing your eyes in the knowledge of really getting the gag and the fact you really understand the history. A pleasure to watch. Kudos to you sir.

[@madelaine6]

I love her! As a Brit, she was waaay more gentle to the absurdity of the US than others would be... please reqct to more of her 😊

[@alanansara2190]

The mockumentary is an awesome genre of comedy when done right. The succession of movies by Chris Judge, Mike McKean, and their ensemble of talented comedian/actors were all great. Spinal Tap is my favorite but they were all fantastic. For Your Consideration, A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman, and Best in Show. I also have to give huge props to all the historians and experts who manage to play straight man through all of her shows. Their lack of response and dead pan faces are as crucial to her comedy as the ridiculous things she says.

[@Paul-hl8yg]

Ali G too 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@Lioness_UTV]

Agree, the early shows they were not initially aware so real expressions and responses are included. And then they were in on the joke.

[@pierrotpierrot4768]

That “land of the free” line will always be my favorite 😂

[@paulgoogol2652]

Probaly meant "land of the 3" rich kids.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

That's favourite. Learn to spell our language correctly.

[@pierrotpierrot4768]

​@ermindfirst9418 technically, the episode is on America. So this spelling choice is apt. Heh.

[@richeybaumann1755]

6:30 Not only was James Monroe there, he was nearly killed at Trenton. He was 18, serving as a scout, when he and William Washington (a cousin of the general) rushed a Hessian cannon position. He was shot in the shoulder by a musket ball, but managed to survive. Imagine that alt history scenario.

[@churchgrim5655]

1:43 If anyone is interested in learning more about small pox I recommend the book Pox Americana by Elizabeth A. Fenn. I read it in graduate school when I was getting my master's in history. It's considered an older text, now (published in the early 2000s) but it still holds up as a great historical survey on the spreading of small pox and the impacts it had on war, trade, and everyday interactions between people.

[@GremlinHunter]

Early 2000's is old now? We considered anything 1980s and beyond obsolete and anything pre-2000s old. But there's still some sources depending on the subjects that hold up in the 2000's. Then again, U of M Bachelors degree is a different ballpark and probably more lenient then a Masters in many ways.

[@churchgrim5655]

@@GremlinHunter I had a professor during my masters (keep in mind this was only a few years ago, 2021) who said anything older than a decade can't be held up as 'current' lit from a historical perspective. I didn't agree with him, and still do not agree. My disagreement comes from my assertion that because historians need to pull from the greater historiography when covering a topic, in order to show the reader how the understanding has changed and evolved, then ALL literature is still relevant to the discussion. His rebuttal was always, "Well, historians pay homage to the historiography in their review of literature at the beginning of their books, therefore there is no need to cite within the body of the text from literature that is a decade old." Bah humbug, is all I can say to that. If I want to write a book and mention how Finn's Pox Americana is still a great historical survey text on small pox-- no amount of scholarly bullying on what is 'proper' will stop me lol XD

[@rubberyowen1469]

@@churchgrim5655 If you do write a book then for the sake of good sales then you should write it in a way that the average person can understand what you are writing. Good luck.

[@blackbob3358]

Ca'nt remember the name of the book, talking 50 years a go, but it was about the Iroquois siding with the Brits in leaving piles of blankets out for the "Cree" , not sure, deliberately infused with smallpox. One of the best books i've ever read, used to read loads.

[@mariamanasewitsch2977]

LmAO I still read “older text”!!!! I ❤️ that the early 2000’s are considered ancient!!! Of course, I WAS born in the mid-1900’s, according to TikTok!!!!

[@davidely7032]

This series is ... brilliant. So much irony is used and used correctly. I love it! A favorite quote of mine ... Jesus was born Jewish but later converted to carpentry.

[@corden9941]

Fun fact: The USAF museum is in Dayton Ohio too. The Wright brothers were from Dayton and flew in North Carolina. The home of the airborne division, 82nd Airborne, is in North Carolina and there is a drop zone in Dayton, Ohio. I have jumped out of airplanes in both North Carolina and Dayton, Ohio. The Ohio jump was out of a C-47. I feel honored to have done this.

[@3ducksinamansuit]

Lincon had such a great sense of humor, I'd like to think of him seeing this and really having a good laugh at it.😂

[@blackbob3358]

One would assume he had a grasp of basic english grammar too, duck face.

[@haddow777]

Her thoughts on flying are similar to those espoused in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 5 book trilogy. In there though, it discussed flying without a plane which is slightly different. Instead of believing a plane can fly so much it does, those books discuss the technique of distracting yourself while falling just before hitting the ground, so you miss and just start flying. It works in basically the same principal. If you fall and keep paying attention to the ground racing up towards you, you will believe your going to hit it and you will. If instead, you distract yourself well enough, you will forget to believe your foing to hit the ground and you can miss hitting it and just fly off into the sky. The real problem there though, is you have to keep yourself distracted from realizing that the ground still wants to hit you. So, it takes some practice. Most have found it a steep learning curve as even while practicing, it's an unforgiving hobby.

[@bard6184]

I never tire of the parts about Manifest Destiny and Lincoln being forced to see a play. It's funny EVERY time.

[@BenjWarrant]

But Booth didn't put him out of his misery until the third act...

[@bard6184]

@@BenjWarrant Booth's cruelty knew no bounds

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Chris, she is absolutely brilliant and your comments fit in perfectly. I do prefer the full episodes to the clips, they fit together better. As we've just passed VE Day it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on Mark Felton's Germany's three surrenders. Its good

[@Longshanks1690]

13:25 I always suspected that aeroplanes run on Warhammer Ork logic. 😂

[@melvinvalerius5834]

Or the Mechanicus😂

[@douglas9521]

Haha,I was thinking the same thing. I thought very orky of her!!

[@thumbwarriordx]

Diane Morgan is great in a few other things too. And it's such a different take on the character interview thing than your Borats and such. Charlie Brooker's compadre Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci got into some hot water in the 90's with their fake news interviews that really made the interviewee the butt of the joke. Charlie and Diane found a way to take most of the buffoonery on their end. Those early shows lasted a couple years each. This has lasted longer. Not humiliating the guests helps longevity lol

[@221b-Maker-Street]

Chris Morris is an absolute genius. _"I don't like it but I'll have to go along with it"_

[@pauldobson2529]

Gary McDonald played Norman Gunston, doing the same deadpan interviews in Australia in the 1970s. In one interview of Paul McCartney, he asked him if the rumours of Paul having died, as the basis of A Day in the Life, were true. Paul was quite dumbstruck. He always played the gormless man, with little tissues covering shaving cuts.

[@pauldobson2529]

But Australia's best deadpanners were John Clarke and Brian Dawe, who never bothered with makeup but just asked satirical questions. John Clarke was a Kiwi comic who played Fred Dagg, a Kiwi farmer, who came to Australia probably in his early 30s and was tragically taken from us in his mid 60s when suffering a heart attack out bushwalking with his family outside Melbourne. A comedian who was a credit to both countries, and we could do with him today. He would have had a picnic with our previous government.

[@winter-qb5bs]

Hi VTH, I would like to recommend for your reaction a channel called Keystone History, specifically their series on the ratification of the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation. The series is very interesting as it goes into details of the individual States during the ratification process, what their internal politics were like, what particular issues mattered to them, who the big shots were in each State, etc. The stories of the ratifications in the individual States are intriguing, as well as the earlier part of the series which shows some details on how America (tried) to function under the Articles. For the whole story from Articles to Ratification (and even the Nuremberg (hope I spelled that right) conspiracy), I recommend the whole series; but for just the story of the Constitution I recommend the ‘constitutional convention’ video and the rest of the series following that, the parts on the AoC can be retro-watched for a prequel after. I hope that if you react to this series/channel you’ll enjoy!

[@gbulmer]

I like your idea of reaacting to Cunk's 'understanding' of history, and putting it into context. Educational _and_ Funny. Maybe I'm weird. However, your clarifications and reaction felt inspired; a great way to weave history into peoples minds anchored on a 'mad but true' look at history. Brilliant! 😂🤔 Best Wishes. ☮ PS This is my first visit, caused by a YT recommendation.

[@CptColumbo]

The performance of Our American Cousin that Lincoln attended was actually a benefit performance for the lead actress Laura Keene. They actually changed one of thelines of the play to honor the President that night. "Well, you're not the only one that wants to escape the draft" was changed to, "The draft has already been stopped by order of the President!"

[@TamagoSenshi]

She has a point about planes, I've never seen a plane and Peter Pan in the same place at the same time

[@irrelevant_noob]

Meh, we haven't seen planes and Captain Nemo either, that doesn't make them submarines...

[@tcrown3333]

Great reactions with the bonus of interesting, informative commentary throughout 🤣👍

[@tommcdonald1873]

This humor from Cunk on History, reminds me so much of George Carlin, so I can not help laughing, wincing and nodding, "That's so right," constantly.

[@tridentfire1203]

Quick correction: 'into touch' is a rugby term not a football term, easy to mistake!

[@markhepworth]

I facepalmed hearing that 😂

[@amberlee6878]

I LOVE your reaction videos to her! I wish they were longer though- like 30- 40 mins

[@manningbartlett522]

A minor correction - "into touch" is not a term from soccer (football), but from rugby. Random facts: American football evolved from rugby. To score in rubgy you have to touch the ball down to the ground. This was originally called a "touchdown" but the term eventually got changed to a "try". Meanwhile, American football no longer has to touch the ball on the ground to score, but they still call it a "touchdown".

[@daviddownie817]

I think the term 'try' for touchdown arose because it gave you the opportunity to 'try' to kick a goal. The resulting goal was called a conversion because you converted the touchdown into score. You didn't originally get a score for the touchdown ('try') but could have a shot at kicking a goal. Not easy to explain really. You still need to 'touchdown' to score a try. Clear as mud.

[@christines6108]

I love her attacks on the theatre. Cracks me up every time. 😂

[@flatoutt1]

you've found a very valuable informative niche . love your commentary ,it really adds something .

[@comradepetri5085]

I am loving these Cunk reaction videos

[@davidsweeney4021]

Thanks for your detail on Lincoln's assassination. So much I didn't know.

[@harshadjoshi3944]

Would be cool to see behind the scenes of these interviews. The crew must be laughing like crazy in the background 🤣😂

[@billy9497able]

King George’s character was so good in Hamilton.

[@dougearnest7590]

For all of you confused about the soccer reference and which 'football' game is which: - Association football: You can identify this game by the players pretending they're injured. - Rugby football: You can identify this game by players pretending they're not injured. - American football: You can identify this game by players pretending they're oppressed.

[@adrian3355w]

It's interesting to hear about the American war for independence.. The British Empire tried the same tactics in South Africa. We lost the war against the empire though.

[@EileenHall-j9f]

She’s so good, her delivery is superb.

[@brmolnar]

15:00 I think the play was named 'Sockdolager'. In the mid-1800's, it was one of those words that was just funny.

[@markadams7046]

I always wonder how all that tea dumped into Boston harbor would have affected the marine life there.

[@crptpyr]

that's where all the mirelurks came from

[@FortisConscius]

A few of the fish developed gold-plated monacles and scientists have now translated their body language into English. Some of them are saying "what-ho" and others say "jolly good show, ol' chap".

[@ashleyscoble9023]

They probably all bought bowler hats

[@jurgnobs1308]

i mean, tea is very bio degradable, so probably not a huge issue.

[@Jacob-ps5xl]

@@FortisConscius so they weren't british then, they were american fish who liked to make fun of the british? very patriotic of them

[@binman5233]

What both American and British humour have in common is that they can both laugh at themselves. It’s wonderful.

[@Sundae_Times]

And one difference is that Brits don't go round shooting each other.

[@Amanita._.Verosa._.]

​@@Sundae_TimesNo, they prefer knives when roasted.

[@Sundae_Times]

@@Amanita._.Verosa._. But by not even a fraction of the amount. Sorry to disappoint you

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

Brilliant Intelligent British Humor , love it

[@colinwilson4609]

My favourite Philomena line is when she talked about Charles Babbage having his name auto-corrected to "cabbage".

[@greenspringy1]

Hi , I hope you don’t mind but just in case you didn’t know … the top drum that you saw on the Drumhead service , the list that we could see were Battle Honours that the Regiment had won in its history, I hope you don’t mind me pointing that out . I love the information on your videos , thanks very much x Viv x

[@zetetick395]

Cunk is amazing, she never fails to REALLY make me laugh at some of her ideas. 🤣 'Cunk on Christmas' is an absolute annual tradition with us now, so so funny!

[@emPtysp4ce]

8:03 I see you pronounced "Appalachian" correctly, very cool. This is one of the small things I feel strongly about, like how the entire Delmarva peninsula is rightfully Maryland territory

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

My family roots are in Eastern Kentucky so I pride myself on getting that right.

[@adamg.5525]

As a Marylander, I fully support this 😂

[@lukessportsacademy]

lol, my man talked about “boots and cleats” or “out of bounds and in to touch.” Failed to mention the whole “soccer / football” difference. lol, love this channel ❤

[@josephmayo3253]

I'm thinking you're addicted to her. She is hilarious.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

About diseases, it's important to remember Europeans at the time believed in the MIASMA theory of disease. They didn´t know about germs and even diseases being contagious was a highly controversial topic. Yes, still in the 19th century there were doctors in Europe that didn´t believe diseases were contagious. Doctors would perform autopsies and then deliver babies without washing their hands.

[@dre32pitt]

No wonder people look at me weird when they ask me how I got to where I am in my life and career and I say, 'manifest destiny'.. I'm referring to the literal meaning of the two words. I manifested my destiny through planning and will power.

[@wessexdruid7598]

So - whose land did you steal?

[@dre32pitt]

@@wessexdruid7598 lol

[@jonb1807]

They look at you weirdly because it's a bizarre thing to say.

[@dre32pitt]

@@jonb1807 Falls right in line with how I am, lol.

[@ariaslegacies341]

Katheryn Howard didn’t cheat on Henry. She was an abused child. As a historian you really should know this, and the affects of what victim blaming can do. Justice for that young girl

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I never said she deserved to be executed, but to deny she had an affair with Thomas Culpeper would be to deny reality.

[@endgamer322]

You said the Brits had agreements in place with the Natives that they weren't going to expand beyond the mountains, I'm curious to know how it is they were able to overcome the language barrier and how long that might have taken.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

They drew pictures on the floor in the dirt.

[@Lioness_UTV]

This was an interesting fact I wasn't aware of. And it's in line with how the Brits generally maintained and grew its Empire by trade vs force. I wonder how things wld have turned out if Britain had held on for a little longer. Canada has done alright for itself, although it could have done far better by its indigenous peoples as well. I guess in an alternative universe the US became a smaller country and not a Superpower. And in WWI and WWII it (and other euro countries) would not have been part of reshaping Europe and the world's boundaries 🤔

[@kekistanihelpdesk8508]

The natives (elders, holy men) had been speaking English since the beginning of the 1600s. They learnt it from traders before the official English colonies were even established.

[@thomaskalinowski8851]

There were British people in America like William Johnson who understood the native languages and acted as interpreters.

[@shy404usernotfound]

Brits like to think that they weren't horrible to the Natives and act like Americans bad, Brits good to Natives. Yet conveniently forget that the Natives didn't kill Brits for no reason.

[@arwelp]

15:00 “But apart from that, how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?”

[@theonesillyboy]

good that you watch this episode on America. it'll make you understand and appreciate her humor more. she's like that on the British history/culture too but Americans viewing her show on YT pick up on only 30% of her jokes at most. she's really savage and many of her jokes, while seemingly dumb, there's usually a deeper meaning to them and often are a savage critique and showing the absurdity of things, like pointing out how slavery was allowed in a country built on the myth of freedom

[@shy404usernotfound]

Lol what? No. We definitely "get it". And the whole "must have been a surprise to the slaves" thing.... well they should have asked those whom brought them there. The British.

[@rod4607]

A reaction video that’s actually worth watching

[@gregdiamond6023]

Mr. Terry covers her stuff a lot. I love her world history bits. Good on the BBC for doing this! Why can’t we come up stuff like this?

[@tommcdonald1873]

We are afraid of honest sarcasm.

[@rubberyowen1469]

@@tommcdonald1873 Very true, it seems to be the American way.

[@gregdiamond6023]

@@aandreya Maybe It depends on how it’s presented.

[@gregdiamond6023]

@@aandreya Who said slavery has to be covered? It’s just humorous snooty of history. Stay away from controversial topics.

[@Moamanly]

@@gregdiamond6023 Looks like you just made aandreya's point for her. The facts shouldn't be seen as "controversial".

[@daveangel2991]

I only recently found out that the rock band Living Colour were American. I had a couple of their albums back in the 90s, but had never heard them talking, and assumed that they were British because of the way they spelled colour.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

I've never heard the term "into touch" used in football

[@glenchapman3899]

Not in soccer but Rugby and Rugby League use the term. Also 'finding touch' is another common term.

[@chatteyj]

@@glenchapman3899 What do they say in football (uk) then? I thought that it was into touch.

[@quarkwrok]

@@chatteyj Gone out of play.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

@@quarkwrok or more often simply "gone out"

[@quarkwrok]

@@wallythewondercorncake8657 'Gone for a throw' is another one.

[@helenamcginty4920]

The writing by Charlie Booker is just wonderful. His writing career has been prolific.

[@ticketyboo2456]

I agree but Charlie Brooker is even better.

[@markwalker4142]

When they say women aren’t funny they forgot Diane Morgan in the equation .

[@KidFresh71]

To me, she's the funniest comedienne working today. Brilliant stuff.

[@lightwalker222]

Isn't Samuel Mudd's destroyed reputation the source of the saying "your name is mud"? I seem to recall reading that at some point. Thanks for the content as always Chris!

[@Timbo_Slice]

I learned that from National Treasure!

[@paulnejtek6588]

I've heard that, too, but recently read that the expression can be dated back to at least 1823, well b4 the Lincoln assassination.

[@lightwalker222]

​@@paulnejtek6588 Wouldn't be the first time we've attributed something to an incorrect source! Like how everyone thinks "Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake" was Sun Tzu

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

Dumping tons of tea into the water - UNFORGIVABLE!! 😡 We will never forget. 🇬🇧 (though we do like those burgers and fries)

[@richardlahan7068]

She gives new meaning to the words "clueless dingbat" but she is hilarious!

[@tessSGS]

She's not clueless, though, a lot of what she says is spot-on.

[@ChocolateKnight2]

She was spot on

[@ilias856]

@@tessSGS Pretty much nothing was lmaaoo. It was the typical garbage, like "white men bad". I wonder if they would ever had the balls to do the same to other countries, like in Africa or the Middle East.

[@oliversherman2414]

I just started watching this show a couple of days ago and I'm loving it

[@jacksonjack7838]

Can you clear something up for me as I am ignorant on the subject? Was not 300 of the 400 years of Slavery under British Rule? Considering America didnt exist until 1776 and just 100 years later we were fighting to abolish slavery and what not? The British like to act like they had nothing to do with, or werent part of the triangle trade and benefited from it while turning a blind eye, and also like to forget they were pretty much the only Ally to the Confederacy(under the table) during the Civil War because they loved that cotton? Help me out here.

[@wolfen210959]

First of all, Slavery has existed for thousands of years, so those 300 to 400 years where Britian was constantly at war in Europe, slavery was endemic throughout the world, it didn't only exist in the colonies. Secondly, slavery was illegal in Britain, but governors of colonies were allowed to set their own rules, which is why slavery existed in the colonies. The British Parliament turned a blind eye to the slavery in the colonies, because the taxes helped to finance the many wars that Britain was involved in around Europe, until the British people, through the Abolitionist Society, successfully petitioned Parliament to end slavery in the colonies and throughout the world. This brought about the campaign to end slavery. If the British loved the Confederate cotton, as you claim, then why did the workers in the cotton mills of Lancashire in England go on strike against the use of slave grown cotton? It is true that many British merchants made vast amounts of money from the transportation of slaves, but the many African rulers and slave traders made a great deal more money, selling their own people in the many slave markets throughout Africa, to anyone who wished to buy them. Incidentally the British merchants did not transport the most slaves across the Atlantic, as many people wrongly believe, it was the Portugese merchants who transported approximately 50% more slaves than the British merchants. Since the British ended the anti-slavery patrols around Africa and Asia in the 1970s, the slave trade has sprung up once more in Africa, mainly across land to the Arab states, an example being a Facebook advert, circa 2012, of a "16 years old male, castrated, African slave" for sale by his Saudi Arabian owner.

[@dougearnest7590]

It was less than 100 years between Independence and Emancipation for most, but not for all the slaves. Many Native American tribes also kept Black slaves and it took a bit longer for them to be set free. I can't wait for VTH to do a video on .... oh wait ... never mind.

[@claregale9011]

It was actually Britain that began the abolishon of the slave trade . William Wilberforce..campaigner for the anti slave movement .

[@shy404usernotfound]

They were brought to the US by the British. And technically yes, until the revolutionary war they were under British rule, in the British owned part of the country. Brits never "owned" all of the US we know today. They only had the East of the smallest 13 US states. They also weren't the first Europeans to arrive.

[@davepx1]

​@@wolfen210959 The existence of slavery in earlier times doesn't excuse its continuation in modern societies proclaiming their attachment to "freedom". The perpetrators in the 16th-19th centuries weren't backward toga-clad ancients in thrall to some crazed god-emperor, they were becoming us, and that's why they should be held to a modern standard. Slavery had only been abolished in England in 1772, three years before the north American colonists rebelled: the 12th-century prohibition applied only to Christian captives, and nearly a million remained enslaved in Britain's Caribbean colonies until the 1830s. Britain's ending of its part in the slave trade in 1807 came only after it had deported over three million Africans into servitude. Nor does comparison with Portugal wipe the slate clean: nothing can. If Britain had been as anti-slavery as you suggest, Lancashire millworkers wouldn't have had to take action (in fact a boycott of slave-picked cotton rather than a strike): the country would have been solidly behind the North rather than having millowners & merchants and their political mouthpieces advocating for the Confederacy. Whitewashing Britain's record won't do, any more than overlooking the opportunism and hypocrisy of the USA's founders: neither comes out of this with clean hands, far from it. The likes of Saudi princelings and their rich hangers-on still get away with murder because their pals in the US and Britain care more for cash than principle.

[@macroman52]

I believe "into touch" for out of bounds in soccer came from the original "rule" which was once the ball goes out of the playing area the first person to touch it (grab it) gets to throw in it. That terminological (but not the rule) is still used in rugby.

[@drachior]

"They stole people from africa. And let them do it." Didn't they buy them from african slavers along the coast? no reaction to that, historian sir?

[@lucascoval828]

Bought.

[@dougearnest7590]

Nope, no reaction to that. We don't want to upset the "America bad" segment of the audience when there's money at stake.

[@Lucien234-i2z]

@11:45 I never knew historians were this funny, this guy is comedy gold, he really embraced the comedy, love it.

[@thorbeorn4295]

Have you seen the Hunting Hitler documentary, Chris? Would love to know your thoughts about it :)

[@Shoomer1988]

In the early Charlie Brooker days (the guy who created the character) the people she interviewed had no idea. It was even better then.

[@WaywardVet]

Wow. I have got to check out the original content. This is hilarious. And I don't care what facts you brought to the table (although they are always appreciated), my story from this point forward is always take your hat off during a presentation because not doing so is what got Lincoln offed.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

The entire Cunk on Earth series is on Netflix if you have it.

[@WaywardVet]

@@VloggingThroughHistory I do. And as always, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@leonielson7138]

5:07 "... what amounts to a million dollars of worth of tea [off their own ships] into the water ..." because they weren't legally allowed to offload it and they couldn't outfit the ships for another voyage while their hulls were full of cargo.

[@waltergiles86]

Fun Fact: Yankee is an native American word for thief🧐

[@martinburke362]

Wrong! Yankee was a British term for a native of new york

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

And now we call them all yanks​@@martinburke362

[@venicawood3894]

Love the knowledge, thank you. Subscribed.

[@Saphthings]

I love American history and how they just sort of... take stuff... like flight. St. Dumont just didn't exist to them, it's about the Wright Bros. Meanwhile outside the country many don't even know who the write brothers are outside a few excerpts of "these American brothers performed some shows" and the actual pioneers of aviation are subjects to learn about x_X

[@SuperNevile]

Or even Sir George Cayley who got his coachman to fly a heavier than air glider across Brompton Dale Yorkshire England, in 1853. This was 50 years before the Wrights or St. Dumont. After the flight his coachman, who was 79 years old (Cayley was 80years old) said "please Sir, I wish to give notice. I was hired to drive, not fly!” So it wasn't an American or even a Brazilian who got there first but Englishmen of advancing years. A lot of "stuff" was invented in Britain and appropriated by the rest of the world.

[@Moamanly]

There was a man called Richard Pierce in New Zealand whom many claim to have got off the ground before the Wrights too......not that it really matters.

[@jdotoz]

​@@SuperNevile Gliding isn't powered flight.

[@jdotoz]

The Wrights' first powered flight was in December of 1903. Santos-Dumont doesn't seem to have done anything with heavier- than-air powered flight at that point.

[@Saphthings]

@@jdotoz yes of course, your wright guys totally did stuff *pat pat* there you go. loool

[@melvinvalerius5834]

13:25 "I think they run on believe" Didn´t think the Cult Mechanicus was founded back in M3 023

[@anderskorsback4104]

The point about diseases being exchanged both ways is true but kind of misleading. The exchange was very asymmetric, with the Western Hemisphere suffering far worse from it. The peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere simply had more diseases among them, and more built-up overall immunity from living among said diseases. Living on a more interconnected continent with more domesticated animal species and large, poop-filled cities does that.

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

Ive noticed vlogging through history always downplays the effects disease had on natives.

[@sputnikmoonchild]

The bear having arms when it stands up dude! 😅😅😅😅

[@shadowofchaos7675]

well to be fair smallpox was probably not intentional

[@carpediem5232]

Yes and no. While the main spread happened without intent there are instances and even military orders that show that there was the intent if not to cause outbreaks to make them considerably worse. This can also be seen in how native people were concentrated in camps over winter or shipped crammed in unsafe and overfilled boats over the Mississippi.

[@lucascoval828]

@@carpediem5232 No.

[@carpediem5232]

@@lucascoval828 Yes

[@levvellene570]

I recently read in some science magazine (or whatever) that studies of European skeletons seemingly (?) shows that syphilis was actually present here well before Europeans went to the Americas. So it might not be true that we got our (only?) payback that way. And Philomena's comment around 13.50 is priceless! Until somewhat recently no one could explain how bumblebees could actually fly, which she's confusing with 'her thing', which again has nothing to do with the original issue! And I so much love how these actual scientists can keep breaking down with laughter as they make VERY serious replies to her inane questions! I love it!