Philomena Cunk vs Dr Brian Klaas

But bears don't have arms? I thought they were legs
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Sharing all things Cunk - a fictional character from Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, Cunk on Britain, Cunk on Shakespeare and Cunk on Earth - Portrayed by the incredible Diane Morgan.

[@trevora5568]

Unstoppable troll meets an untrollable intellect

[@gentleeyes]

Being confident doesn't mean correct. He said a few incorrect things with total confidence.

[@holyn8]

@@gentleeyes "said a few incorrect things" tell me how i know you have no idea about history

[@gentleeyes]

@@holyn8 Not the first photographed war; not even the second photographed war. Try a little skepticism and fact verification once in a while. It's good for you.

[@OddBet]

@@gentleeyes Guess it's a good thing he didn't say that, then. The American Civil War was the first time that combat was photographed and was by far the most extensively photographed war of the 19th century, surpassing even later wars. The war photography of the Civil War laid the groundwork for the war photography of the 20th century. But hey, at least you were right about that whole "being confident doesn't mean correct" bit.

[@urbainleverrier1]

@@gentleeyes ...He didn't say it was the first photographed war, though?

[@spiros7m]

"Not as a corpse unfortunately" He's good

[@rin-eri]

Corpse Lincoln for pres 2024. I think he'd win in a landslide vs Trump and Biden.

[@ezrakim1323]

Of course he's unfazed by these questions, he's an American and these are the average conversation in a New York subway

[@FatShork]

💀💀💀

[@shrinkwrap1770]

True story.

[@marnoster]

They are aware this satire before the interview. Same set up as “between two ferns”

[@STho205]

I've tubed in London, and sat in cafes/pubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham....same.

[@georgelayton6641]

@@marnoster When you go with it you get to insert a bit of history into the, yeah but I'm the real victim here, America.

[@thomasbrown7174]

He is disappointingly good at this game.

[@flobelacqua8460]

No its funny he's so serious and the americanness just makes it even more humourous.

[@denniskaufmann2889]

Diane Morgan was interviewed about her Philomena character. The experts are told it’s a comedy show and they also cut out and redo the footage where the experts break.

[@marksmith3947]

He's a UCL professor. He's smart and undoubtedly knows who she is

[@rlowethewitch8417]

@@denniskaufmann2889 According to a Twitter post, there was a segment that he managed to do in one take. I think it was the segment about Lincoln.

[@Garrett1240]

@@flobelacqua8460 He's playing it straight and undoubtedly knows the dynamic.

[@kevinabbott3890]

The cube and missile crisis, which was more dangerous, the cubes or the missiles. The line is genius.

[@jean-philippegarneau6224]

There's no bad question, only bad answer. This professor aced the test !

[@davidcattin7006]

His reaction to the question of why Kennedy killed himself is stunning. The nano-seconds of disbelief, deep breath, and answer is so clear on his face! I always have to replay it several times.

[@BasedGamerX]

I love how he understood the assignment completely.

[@FatShork]

"but at the very least, you're god's bitches" had me on the floor😂😂😂😂

[@Ritziey]

😂

[@Darius89x]

Got me cackling outside at night 😂😂

[@lupask]

- But bears don't have arms, do they? ... - I'm not a biologist but when they [bears] stand up the're probably arms 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jeepliving1]

Bears are Nature's transformers.

[@wadeseymour7706]

And he almost smirked😂

[@heatherstubbs6646]

You have to give Diane Morgan full marks for trying. She threw everything possible at him, and he didn’t even blink. I think you met your match there, Philomena! 😂

[@maximusasauluk7359]

He's American, every American on the show is used to these stupid questions from reality from day to day life

[@StevesSammiches]

When she asked why he shot himself, he definitely took at leasr half a second to recover from the ridiculousness

[@tim8602]

When they stand up they have arms... LOL I spat out my tea!

[@STho205]

They are giant racoons.

[@jeepliving1]

They're like Transformers.

[@masodemic4509]

If this man is teaching at a university somewhere I would go to his classes just to ask the most random questions and see what he comes up with 🤣

[@billsmith5166]

I wish they would have included some of the periods in between the questions. You can tell in many of his responses that he's just recovering and a slight smile remains.

[@ianjohnson1249]

"Oh bears have arms? I thought they were legs" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@XP-nt9iy]

Who could forget the cube and missile crisis.

[@user-gj8bd]

Love this one! Hilarious conversation, both did incredibly great!

[@Pete_Finch]

When I walk on all fours my arms are probably legs

[@jcmore7971]

Cunk is brilliant...she is one of the few comedians that really gets me laughing hard 🇨🇦🤣✌️

[@molochi]

He's a great straight man.

[@peterjohnson350]

I think a bit of smirk was forming right at the end.

[@an-liesbethvds1182]

Dude is good-looking , not gonna lie

[@XxW12ARDx0x7IONxX]

I'm a man and I agree

[@charleslambert8648]

@@XxW12ARDx0x7IONxXsame

[@drea4pres970]

Right! Lol it’s distracting

[@AM-lm6dw]

I actually thought so too!! lol!!

[@bridgetclayton4052]

😮

[@beaubrent]

"Why did he shoot himself afterwards," OMG HAHAHAHAHA

[@harrysheffield624]

Amazing . . . how he carried on is beyond belief !!

[@nilsqvis4337]

Tbh it's probably for the best that Lincoln couldn't carry on his presidential duties as a corpse

[@TheActionAsk]

Basically what modern presidents are trying to do

[@youseff500]

​@@TheActionAsk what *Biden's doing FIFY

[@Redolentleek]

Worrying about Cuban missiles while it was a Texan gun that took him out. America in a nutshell

[@Neilhuny]

I LOVE her description of the missile crisis!

[@benjaminacuna8013]

Dr Brian can get it

[@KamranRazvan]

How can he possibly keep his straight face? & true.. cube is a very bad aerodynamic shape.

[@CBlargh]

3:21 There was nobody behind him except for John Wilkes Booth. I mean, it sort of proves Philomena's hypothesis, innit?

[@Garrett1240]

This guy is good

[@stephenreeds3632]

The first war that used photographic evidence was the Crimean War.

[@gentleeyes]

The Mexican-American War (American invasion of Mexico) was actually photographed as well in 1847, so both were before the US Civil War. Either way, Klaas was wrong, but because he says it with such confidence, people here believe it.

[@hatrickmusicnz]

God, this is funny.

[@jamesperkins191]

Hahah the Cube & Missile Crisis

[@hasnanhussain6512]

We chose her to represent the UK here. Let that sink in 😄

[@KH75013]

Dr Brian, Class !

[@patriciafeeley7997]

Great job Diane

[@rdubitsk]

This guy is brilliant dead pan hilarious

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

The funniest woman ever recorded...or was she?

[@a1librarian]

Read Brian Klaas' book Fluke!

[@pettylisa3]

off-topic: he FOINE

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

If Lincoln had had doubles, he could've ruled forever.

[@bridgetclayton4052]

🙄

[@rafaelortega854]

Gods converastion

[@voornaam3191]

Where did this Klaas family come from? In the Netherlands, Klaas is Nicolas. Every Nick would be called Nico or Klaas, here. Why is he not Brian Nick? Is there a Dutch or Southafrican connection? German, maybe?

[@zatmax5332]

I thought he was South African,because I am and it's quite a common surname here.

[@user-qm8by7sh6m]

Me asking chat-gpt questions at 3am

[@spongedev]

Who are you?😐

[@Westpark16]

❤🇺🇸When they stand up they have ARMs😅😊 good one YANK from another.

[@kphk3428]

His answers sound like they were written by ChatGPT

[@FelicityDyertyu]

Martin Brian Johnson Margaret Davis Michael

[@AnthonyLee-e3t]

Garcia Gary Lee Carol Johnson Matthew

[@gentleeyes]

He was the least interesting expert she interviewed. He seemed annoyed and didn't seem to understand the humor. Also, he was wrong about the first photographed war. There were at least two instances before the US Civil War.

[@tookitogo]

He was hilarious. I think it’s you who doesn’t understand the humor. And as others told you in another comment, he didn’t say that the Civil War was the first war to be photographed.

[@ClaraBell3452]

As an American, I felt genuinely irritated when she suggested that Kennedy shot himself 😅😂

[@bridgetclayton4052]

You know she's a comedian.....

[@mrsgingernoisette]

He literally owned the game.. Damn average American illiteracy...

[@FredGriselda-z1f]

Anderson Laura Wilson Richard Walker Jeffrey

[@JoelHodges-u6b]

Taylor Kenneth Jackson Patricia Martin Maria

[@MontgomeryPeter-j6i]

Jones Gary Robinson Sarah Young Eric

[@JamesWomack-r4j]

Jackson Mary Taylor Carol Moore George

[@joycestevenson1609]

Wilson Michelle Harris Nancy Perez William

[@bengeurden1272]

He is probably used to these kind of dumb conversations.. because he's from the US ... and Americans live there 🤣🤣

[@liberalbias4462]

That's crazy coming from a country that elected conservatives for the past decade. Lol

[@SilverWingedOne]

Did he get dressed in the dark?

[@drea4pres970]

He looks fine to me

[@codykaufman2835]

I really like dark humor but this one went a little too far for my taste. Joking on Lincoln is pretty rough

[@depeat1]

Too soon?

[@EDZ1LLA]

Humour as dark as milk, sweetheart.

[@bectionary]

Only to Americans

[@codykaufman2835]

@@bectionary :O crap it all makes sense now

[@Garrett1240]

Cody you are one giant cliche

[@lazaromurad322]

he is skipping leg day thats for sure, he Is lucky Philomena didn't mention it

[@VascoDaGamaOtRupcha]

She's not really funny, but its still entertaining.

[@bridgetclayton4052]

It's called observation comedy. She's not telling jokes. Obvs not yr forte

[@VascoDaGamaOtRupcha]

@@bridgetclayton4052 I noticed she's not telling jokes, I also noticed and pointed out she's not really funny. Reading is apparently not your forte.

[@bridgetclayton4052]

@@VascoDaGamaOtRupcha Oh please.... A sense of humour quite clearly isn't yrs is it

[@VascoDaGamaOtRupcha]

@@bridgetclayton4052 No complaints, but if you find her hilarious, I'm afraid it differs from yours.

[@bridgetclayton4052]

@@VascoDaGamaOtRupcha from my what? Nonsensical

[@davegallin4442]

Christ, to funny at all.

[@the1HLT]

I love British comedy but this isn’t at all funny. The only thing she does is play stupid. And the interviewees only go along with the stupidity because of the cameras. She’s wasting everyone’s time with these incredibly unfunny stunts.

[@Sommerchan]

Piss off

[@bridgetclayton4052]

Wasting yours maybe......

[@Benjy9845]

Like Ali G but not funny

[@thevorace]

No this is hilarious

[@solemnwaltz]

She's pretty frickin' funny

[@ThePallasAthene]

If you don't find this funny you should search for another planet and move in

[@flobelacqua8460]

More funny actually..

[@vladtheimpaler8995]

Ali G punches down . Cunk . Punches up , which makes her much funnier

[@davegallin4442]

Christ,not funny at all

[@amsterdammancom]

Well.... He didn't... Patience of a special Ed. teacher!

[@al-bot1094]

Well it ended it.