Americans Watch British Comedies For The First Time! | React

[@kJ922-h3j]

Well that Titanic submarine joke on Cunk has aged perfectly 😂

[@sgtnubbings6501]

Right, especially the "single-use submarine" line.

[@JohnG500]

Wow. The timing is crazy.

[@JohnG500]

Wonder when this video was filmed? Is this a new one or a repeat? If it’s a new one, wonder if they knew about the titan sub when filming.

[@steeldawg_steffie]

​@JohnG500 I doubt this was filmed since it went missing. Using context clues from other videos I've noticed they probably film weeks before the videos are released.

[@JohnG500]

@@steeldawg_steffiewould have been crazy if it was since the sub saga. Then again, they may not have included it to not be insensitive

[@blueboymcmeme6142]

One of my favorite British comedies has got to be Horrible Histories. It puts a hilarious spin on historical facts

[@TheBreadthatcausedLesMis]

I'd also have to put forward BBC Ghosts as well

[@DarrenLamb-on3py]

But in uk thats regarded as a kids comedy. Yeah its funny but its aired with childrens shows. I grew up with it, way back. Its decades old now.

[@jgog59]

If you really understood the history, you would not be calling it a British comedy. You didn’t learn your lesson.

[@ABrickTooObvious]

@@DarrenLamb-on3py it’s not very old, it first aired in 2009

[@ChadHammond]

Taskmaster is one of the best series on television in years. I've watched every series! British comedies in general just hit different

[@helzbelle13]

The fact that Blackadder did not make it onto this is a criminal offence! 😂

[@JwD163]

Little Britain and Come fly with me will never be topped tho

[@Vamp1reCJ]

Can't believe that The IT Crowd didn't make that list. If you do a part two, then that show needs to make it on there.

[@kuldan5853]

Really, no Fawlty Towers, IT Crowd, Black Books, and no Blackadder? For SHAME!

[@robertdavezac]

@@kuldan5853 I can sort of see not including Fawlty Towers because there were so few episodes, but it would be hard to argue that any show was as impactful when it was essentially a flash in the pan.

[@lavenderllamamusic]

The Inbetweeners (UK) is one of the funniest comedies in existence. First caught wind of it in high school, sophomore year, i think. Loved it then and still love it now. Never gets old! Cheers to our cousins across the pond for these brilliant series!

[@l.sdesilva3218]

Inbetweeners ruined comedy for me lowkey, whenever i watch American Comedy films i never laugh and instead cringe at how forced so many jokes are. Show like Inbetweeners, Jonah from Tonga, summer heights high are peak cos the comedy feels more natural and they dont ponder on a joke for too long.

[@gnu_andrew]

@@l.sdesilva3218 that's how many of us Brits find American comedy too

[@KaraDestare]

We need a part 2, so many shows got missed out. Blackadder, Porridge, Open All Hours, Not Going Out, Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers, Vicar of Dibley, Black Books, IT Crowd, Morecombe & Wise, The Goodies, Bottom, Young Ones.

[@gav_lcfc9387]

Only fools and horses...

[@sie4431]

They picked some of the least funny programmes. No father Ted, one foot in the grave or extras. They could have had would I lie to you for modern representation

[@ktkinsella02]

@@sie4431 father ted isn’t a a British show, it’s an Irish show

[@PInglett1]

Not the nine o'clock news. The kitten kong episode, the scotsman fending off an attack from a black pudding with a set of bagpipes - I think they're in the goodies.

[@sie4431]

@@ktkinsella02 Actually it's a British show

[@Fidel_L.Bousquet1970]

The Graham Norton show is the best talk show ever, because Graham gives the guests some alcohol, chills in his seat, and he lets them speak. He explained the secret to get the most embarrasing stories from celebrities: they don't care about the audience, or him, but they always want to be the one with the "best" story on the show and impress the other famous people sititng on the couch.

[@jgog59]

Graham is also an Irishman, which are good at the ring leaders of chat. When he has other Irish people on there, it’s a pure craic.

[@dragoneye025g6]

Derry Girls are Irish not British, no need to start another war

[@Ailumer]

Yeah not the right island either.

[@BulletDrummer]

Northern Ireland is part of the UK so it’s technically valid.

[@ianbrown3948]

@@AilumerYou need to learn that part of it is owned by England

[@Ailumer]

@@ianbrown3948 Yeah but not on the right island, the one on the right in the British isles is Britain (containing England, Scotland and Wales) the one on the left is the Irelands which the northern one belongs to the UK but is not part of Britain. So the northern Irish are not British because they're not on the right island even if we do "own them".

[@MinecraftImplosion]

We are British pal

[@Teeb2023]

It's no wonder they weren't "getting" the humour, they wouldn't f**king shut up for more than half a second!

[@roseability86]

I did think this, especially during Old Gregg. The humour in Boosh is as much the dialogue as the visuals.

[@jumpingturtle8830]

We do all understand the producer removed all the bits where they didn't talk, correct? Did we all understand that part?

[@finalfaw]

No IT crowd, no Still Game, no Blackadder, No Bottom or the Young Ones, no The Fast Show or Harry Enfield and Chums, disappointed.

[@TiocfaidharlaYmaoHyd]

More British Classics yous Missed Out on: Friday Night Dinner Peep Show Plebs Cuckoo Afterlife Not Going Out Outnumbered My Family Mind Your Language

[@lewismacleod8735]

I’m guessing mr bean counts as well

[@finalfaw]

@@lewismacleod8735 True, there is a ton of genuinely funny British Sitcoms they missed out on, I just went for the ones off the top of my head.

[@katiestevens75]

Problem with using philomena clips with americans is that so many of them don’t actually understand its an act

[@creaturion_cosplay]

black books? rowan atkinson? little britain? this needs a second part

[@zcst4eva]

Yes, please, there is SOOOO MUCH good British Comedy out there, we definitely need another episode.

[@chiakeetong8539]

Fawlty Towers?

[@doublekushhh]

They're also missing Ackley Bridge, and Hetty Feather. 😂

[@slopernafti902]

Only Fools and Horses?

[@yazmac9294]

Green Wing!

[@thatsjustgreat]

I think they need to do a second one. We need The IT Crowd, Are you Being Served, Little Britain, Him and Her, Father Ted, Mrs. Brown's Boys, Black Books, Red Dwarf, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown...so many to choose from!

[@Nathan-xr6uk]

Mrs brown's is shite

[@ChrisCrossClash]

Dad's Army, Blackadder, Only Fools and Horses, 'Allo 'Allo! the list goes on.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

How could I forget Faulty Towers, bloody amazing show.

[@TheDeathOrange]

Peep Show

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

1:18 just to put this comment into perspective, there are more deaths from gunshots in one year in Washington DC than occurred in the entire troubles. It wasn’t a happy thing in the UK by our standards, but if it counted as ‘wartime’, wtf is going on with gun violence in the US?

[@ooscardls]

I'm french and I understand every english accent globally. So the fact that Americans are like I need subtiles to understand british accent is crazy for me....

[@thatgirl9532]

I think it’s because there are words people aren’t used to… I mean just because most countries speak English doesn’t mean we use the same words if you get me 😅

[@Quasar900]

Avez-vous vécu dans un pays Anglophone !? Well, It's very difficult for me to understand all what they say in American films, But 70's Fantasy Hollywood films with British Actors , It's Alright ! Je Comprends L'arabe, Le Français, L'Espagnol, L'anglais & un peu de Japonais

[@Krissy331]

There needs to be a part 2 of this! Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served? and others should be featured. Classics. Please make a Part 2.

[@PHSDM104]

We need Mrs. Bucket and her white slimline telephone with last number redial.

[@malalaz66]

I own the Are you being served entire series and Grace and Favor! Loved Fawlty Towers too!!

[@trakll]

@@PHSDM104 Oh, Sheridaaaaan!!! How are you, my dear!

[@Generalized.Dystonia.Advocate]

_"Are You Being Served?",_ _"Absolutely Fabulous"_ & _"Chef"_ must have been too raunchy for FBE.😁

[@daveecc9]

They DID do a US Taskmaster, but it failed miserably, as do many US adaptations (Inbetweeners being a topical example). However, the New Zealand and Australian Taskmaster are excellent too

[@Angelicwings1]

Yes they are awesome.

[@BeardyBaldyBob]

Graham Norton is so good because he genuinely is a host and does his best to make the guests comfortable and have fun and NOT like he is in competition with them to be the "funny centre of attention" like most of the American hosts I've seen.

[@jolinkarlsson8569]

Monty Python was way out there and unpredictable and we love them for it and we still watch,quote and sketch them today i love these so much

[@AmyEsnocron]

The second I saw this I was like “oh well Fawlty Towers of course”. A shame it wasn’t included- This calls for a part two! 🎉

[@mattesongroner5730]

Coupling, Fawlty Towers, Absolutely Fabulous, IT Crowd, literally anything Catherine Tate and Rowan Atkinson......

[@deweyx3768]

No Only Fools And Horses is criminal

[@ralflittlerules]

The Might Boosh took up so much of my teen years, waiting up till 2/3am to watch them on BBC3. I was obsessed!

[@kthxbi]

I always amazes me how much Americans love the sketches of Monty Python, and are yet totally unaware of the existence of the Two Ronnies

[@melissagerber7231]

They were on Iowa Public TV in the '70s,and, I loved them!

[@alexiscrowley7269]

Y’all need to do a part 2 and this time include Only Fools & Horses, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers (JOHN CLEESE c’mon y’all), Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, like there’s allll those classic comedies that absolutely need to be shown. They’re hysterical 😂

[@Phtephknee]

and Love Island 😝🤣🤣

[@TheBreadthatcausedLesMis]

For the Modern side of the comedies I feel BBC Ghosts, Outnumbered, The Thick of It & The goes wrong show.

[@Generalized.Dystonia.Advocate]

_"Are You Being Served?",_ _"Absolutely Fabulous"_ & _"Chef"_ must have been too raunchy for FBE.😁

[@TheLizzerazu]

Where is Blackadder?? You cant do british comedy without Blackadder!! Come on people!! its Blackadder!!!

[@Edhelvar]

Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.

[@chantalallan8019]

There needs to be a part 2 as there're so many more shows you can show them. British humour is the best!

[@ifthisismyhandlewhereismyspout]

Yep they're definitely american

[@lani4269]

Glad they included the Inbetweeners, shame they didn't show the bus w**kers episode 😂😂😂

[@Gunnhfran2]

Miranda, mrs brown boys, it crowd, little Britain, blackadder, fawlty towers … we need part 2

[@ktkinsella02]

Mrs browns boys is Irish not British

[@Gunnhfran2]

@@ktkinsella02 alright you got me there I had Northern Ireland

[@ktkinsella02]

@@Gunnhfran2 no, Mrs browns boys is set in Dublin, which is in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland

[@HardlyNormal12]

So many iconic British comedies Americans need to react to: The Young Ones, The Vicar of Dibley, The Catherine Tate Show, Absolutely Fabulous, Q.i, 8 out of 10 Cats…

[@buckowens6]

"Keeping Up Appearances" is my favorite British comedy!

[@jay_ooh]

I totally feel Absolutely Fabulous should have been in this video.

[@jay_thebaguetteman]

Cunk on earth has to be the funniest thing I’ve personally watched as a series

[@sarahbroom1636]

Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Dinner Ladies, Victoria Wood as seen on tv, Ghosts, Psychoville, French and Saunders should’ve been on there too.

[@ExMedal]

also Bottom, Young Ones, Goodies and Horrible Histories

[@selfy296]

Needs to be a part 2 with Only Fools and Horses,Red Dwarf,Blackadder,dads army,Come Fly With Me,IT Crowd,Peep Show,Fast Show,8 out of 10 cats does countdown,bottom and still game

[@oliviabates1503]

And Vicar of Dibley!!!!

[@DEATHSxNEMASIS]

@@oliviabates1503 and father ted and young ones!

[@linussamuelsson2927]

Jeeves and wooster

[@xdeathknightx]

Where is Young Ones, Bottom, Black Adder, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd, Father Ted, Alan Partridge, Mr Bean?

[@bonjovikirsten]

Allo Allo

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Also: Are You Being Served? Cockroaches Berry & Fulcher's Snuff Box Garth Marenghi's "Darkplace" Mongrels Monkey Dust Fawlty Towers

[@joshtiley7008]

Mr bean is total garbage never got the appeal to be honest.

[@Francis-dnd]

There needs to be a part 2! So many good British comedies out there, ie Ghosts, IT Crowd, Fresh Meat...plus all the comedy panel games AAAHHH

[@tyddlup]

The fact that a few of them know the lines from The Boosh makes me SO happy as a British Boosh fan! Thank you for loving it! (Yes, it is very, very weird and surreal (I'm glad you didn't show them the Crack Fox), but it was created and starred amazingly weird and surreal people lol.)

[@unclelink]

No "Vicar Of Dibley?" Had the best after credits scenes! Black Adder, Mr. Bean...

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Fawlty Towers...

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

The Young Ones, Bottom

[@ChrisCrossClash]

Dad's Army, Faulty Towers, 'Allo 'Allo!

[@amajinjams6966]

I find it funny how the title of this video was "...for the first time" yet they all have been saying "I know thos show!!! I love thos show!!!" 😂

[@TrevorSturman]

So many other good shows you could have chosen. Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Bottom, Porridge, Dads Army, IT Crowd, Are You Being Served, Black Adder

[@jamesadamson8037]

Can't go without Peep show

[@selfy296]

IT Crowd is goated

[@mattbaker6656]

As a Brit myself, I would say our comedy is dry wit, great timing of jokes and the unexpected which makes it hilarious, and the topics are so far out there and it just works.

[@roseability86]

I love that one of the women hit the nail on the head as to why I often prefer British comedy - we do not spoonfeed jokes or have a character explain the punchline afterwards just to make sure everyone in the audience gets it. I also think a lot of the time, the punchlines are less predictable. I do like American comedy too, but I've noticed this key difference.

[@ItsBrenOakes]

No IT Crowd. That’s one of the best British show ever.

[@RareKumiko]

Funny timing with the Titan 1C submersible joke...

[@samanthadavies53]

Where was Black Adder, Are you being served, Little Britain, the Catherine Tate show, Harry Endfield etc?

[@callnight1441]

There are so many great ones, they obviously couldnt do all of them

[@Musicalsfangirl]

OMG please do Kevin and Perry!!! 😂

[@hexxmondette90]

Love Monty Python and Fleabag. I am constantly binging Fleabag over and over again. I prefer British humour over American humour tbh. But there are some good American humour out there.

[@CDTwitler]

You need to show them The IT Crowd! Especially the emergency number scene!!!

[@R989D]

Or the Peter File episode.

[@ZappaSheik]

I'm starting to understand why Americans need laugh tracks

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

Also - "Americans Watch British Comedies for the First Time". Then they all clearly recognise them all, and even know the scripts.

[@paulwilliammonks1]

Watching Americans trying to understand Cunk on Earth is sooooooo funny! A whole show based on irony and sarcasm is gunna go over most americans heads lol

[@anu83]

Should have shown more of the inbetweeners :D Also there are so many other shows that should be shown. Absolutely fabulous, fawlty towers, keeping up appearances, etc.

[@idde4345]

Taskmaster is one of the most consistently fun shows and formats out there (and all on youtube!). Even if you don't know the contestants. Can't recommend it enough. Especially if you like React. That part with Joe Wilkinson is one of the most savage moments in the show no, recorded television, ever. Just hilarious.

[@sabinehufnagel9561]

I loved loved loved the IT Crowd!!!

[@kubrell]

Derry Girls is Northern Ireland which while part of the UK is not part of Britain

[@robertjohnson592]

I was just about to make this exact comment!

[@amyw6808]

But half the people in NI identify as British (though the other half don’t, and that disagreement is not to be taken lightly!)

[@kubrell]

@@amyw6808 no they don’t, they identify as Unionists and being part of the UK.

[@seablock]

@@kubrell Unionists are British. It's like asking a Labour voter what their nationality is and expecting them to say "Labour". Those in Northern Ireland are located in the British Isles.

[@thisismargi]

Are we seriously calling Derry Girls british?! They're the irish catholics of Derry during the troubles !?!?

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

It's proof they don't research anything at all

[@thomsboys77]

Made by a British company and made for a British TV channel

[@jgog59]

@@thomsboys77 Irish directors, writers , and talent yeah. That sounds like British is written all over it you dose

[@MURKYDEEP]

northern Ireland is a part of britain

[@Mat_Rural]

You mean Londonderry? Part of Northern Ireland, which is part of Britain? So this is a British show with British actors made for a British audience? But yeah, totally not British at all.

[@chiefdave]

How has this not got Carrot in a Box? Not to mention IT Crowd, League of Gentlemen, Father Ted, Phoenix Nights or Friday Night Dinner

[@beckiestevens7584]

Could of showed them the best British comedy show. Only fools and horses, especially the one where Del falls through the bar 😅

[@Jakejakejakejakejake]

I’m so glad taskmaster is getting the love it deserves

[@at1ce475]

Derry Girls is Irish

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

Northern Irish, which is British.

[@aid3n_420]

@@ConnorEllisMusicpretty much sums up the whole thing

[@UNITDW]

@@ConnorEllisMusicNorthern Ireland is in the Island of Ireland, it is part of the United Kingdom (for now) but it is not on the island of Britain, which is the island on which England, Scotland and Wales are situated. Derry is in Ireland.

[@tonib597]

@@ConnorEllisMusicNorthern Ireland is not in Britain

[@thomsboys77]

Made by a British company and made for a British TV channel

[@ChrisLoonytoon]

Seeing Derry Girls on React has just made my day and to see how much it's loved, even more so! As a Derry man (with a Derry Girl state of mind) I've seen many scenes being filmed and know many of the locations where it was filmed. I've also had the privilege of spending time with the likes of Siobhan Sweeney (Sister Michael), Ian McElhinney (Granda Joe), Saoirse Monica Jackson (Erin), Jamie Lee O'Donnell (Michelle), Peter Campion (the Priest) and Leah O'Rourke (Jenny) when we hosted the season 3 premiere. We actually have a Derry Girls exhibition opening at work next week given how popular the show has become.

[@evaandava2439]

I love love love Derry Girls, it’s my fav TV show! But one of the guys thought the boy who’s deaf in one ear was Scottish?! He’s Northern Irish!!

[@venadacent7696]

Brian and Travis quoting Old Gregg word for word 🤣🤣🤣

[@helenroberts1107]

One difference between American tv and British tv is British tv prefers to use ordinary looking people instead of pretty people

[@kylejde]

the best part about the Graham Norton show clip, was that was the Teacher and Writer of "The Inbetweeners" and some of that story made it inot the Intbetweeners show

[@lheajane]

Chewing Gum and Only Fools and Horses should be here! I loved those shows :))

[@louiebaldwin6402]

Yes, only fools and horses is British masterpieces

[@cruelmilo3132]

Chewing gum is the best show ever

[@kuurocks]

There is this comedy show called "Fawlty Towers" it should be included for the next video. The wit and sarcasm always makes me laugh

[@Turk2112]

I can't believe that you skipped the phrase "fecal Jackson Pollock". That's comedy gold.

[@o.m.a.r3311]

No Mr. Bean or even Top Gear? We need a part 2. 8:36 I don't know why but I kind of enjoy slightly offensive comedies.

[@lydiamichaels1976]

EVERY american who watches the inbetweeners thinks Jay's hair is a Bieber thing 💀 it's inspired by oasis and that revival mod style

[@MrSurfingdreamer]

What a sad existence.

[@Workrategetschingy]

Having no only fools and horses was a crime

[@markorollo.]

committed by the Occhetti's,,,,,

[@GuyWilson706]

Massive respect for the fellas and that lady who knew the Mighty Boosh scene! You guys understand our dark humour

[@pagehughes9550]

"nobody expects the spanish inquisition" is a daily quote in my household

[@gerbrandlub]

Blackadder should've been on here. Some shows I havent seen on the comments yet though: Keeping up appearances, and "Are you being served?"

[@Angelicwings1]

Yes and there was no Mr Bean!

[@Jevone9388]

It should be a crime to not include “Only Fools and Horses” in a video about British comedy. Easily one of the funniest shows to ever be created.

[@genageeraert8039]

As a Canadian I grew up on British tv and I love it.

[@kirstybrown1185]

Cunk on earth is amazing. Think people don’t realise this is the same man who brought us black mirror! It was never not going to be unhinged. Go Charlie Brooker, you absolute writing genius 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

Goodness Gracious Me is so, so hysterically funny. The Going for an English scene is a classic. Love how they poked fun at both Asian and British cultures and did it absolutely brilliantly.

[@rogerjenkinson7979]

I loved that the pub in GGM was called the Rub-a-Dub, pronounced in a thick West Indian accent simultaneously poking fun at them and also Cockneys. No culture was safe.

[@amputeeright]

No Red Dwarf? No Blackadder? No Absolutely Fabulous?

[@timwallace8153]

For next time how about The Young Ones, Mr Bean, Red Dwarf, the IT Crowd, Little Britain, That Mitchell and Webb Look...

[@robertsouthard1174]

The Vicar of Dibley, Waiting for God, As Time Goes By, Mrs. Brown's Boys

[@thescotchsonnet5614]

My favourite part was them already having watched whole seasons of these comedies they are seeing for the first time

[@bamboozla9977]

FOR THE FIRST TIME is just baiting basically. Reactors do the same, pretend they haven't seen something so they can go "ooo I never expected that!" *thumbnail face*

[@O.19-m6y]

I love British comedy of course but I feel like this made me realise how easily Americans will laugh

[@britbazza3568]

A lot of the British humour is totally brutal. These comedies if you can call them that are very simplistic. To appreciate real British comedy youn have to go back to the nineties and before

[@KirkHaviland]

The IT Crowd…….how was this missed?? So funny.

[@Bristolian-girl]

The two Ronnie's are British legends.

[@TheTradge]

Should have included Blackadder and Fawlty Towers!

[@ScreamingScallop]

The Young Ones and Father Ted

[@davidpaylor5666]

It gives me such joy to see Americans getting The Boosh. It's probably the most idiosyncratic and strange comedy of recent years. As the young lady says, it becomes part of your mind and lives there forever. A show you might want to try is "The League of Gentlemen", it is the only horror-comedy I've ever seen, it will giver you nightmares but it is THE funniest show. But in a very, very bad way.

[@Xtalllll]

Luxury Comedy is even better than Mighty Boosh, imo.

[@davidpaylor5666]

@@Xtalllllnot in a million years mate, Noel needs Julian to sort of hold him down on the ground to some extent.

[@MsKaz1000]

also Inside No. 9 with two of the main writers and actors of The League of Gentlemen

[@eclaire_x88x]

Four candles is like the greatest sketch ever written, it's soooo British.

[@ashleyjones2461]

I was waiting for Little Britain or The IT crowd!!!!

[@paulosa8823]

Big train since it features Simon Pegg would be nice.

[@arnodereux]

Little Britain, 'Allo 'Allo, Blackadder, Gavin and Stacy, the IT Crowd, Fawlty Towers, A Bit Of Fry and Laurie, Red Dwarf, Keeping up Appearances, The Thin Blue Line, Black Books, the Young Ones, Father Ted... Seems like you somehow missed just about all of the best ones 😅...

[@janesmith5244]

The league of gentlemen too

[@redhillunited]

Where is Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, and the probably the best ever, Only Fools and Horses

[@oliviabates1503]

We need a part 2 with Vicar of Dibley and Miranda! Such amazing shows 😂😂😂😂

[@noonecares379]

A lot of americans don't watch normal british tv shows and thats why they don't understand their accent. Most americans are used to watching the stereotypical old history british shows. Thats why whenever they try to speak in a british accent they exaggerate it so much.

[@kizzyycat6574]

They talk all the way through... surprised they heard any of it 😂

[@AdamPersson]

They were ripping into the guy from the inbetweeners and saying there was no way he was a teenager. He was 20 years old when it was broadcast, he probably WAS a teenager when it was shot...

[@A_Mini_A]

I think BBC Ghosts and Horrible Histories would be great to react to.

[@bfreefles]

"Are You Being Served" & "The Young Ones" are brilliant as well.

[@garibaldilebeau]

Comparing A-Aron to Four Candles is a crime against comedy. A-Aron is good, but Four Candles is legendary!