Romesh Ranganathan Live at the Apollo

[@user-ed5ix1sw6i]

'A kid your age... made that'

[@Ri9e]

Fuck that Chinese child Labor joke never gets old.

[@merwen33]

*Cameraman proceeds to film the only asian/chinese guy in the audience and zoom on him*

[@adjjal]

@@merwen33 😂😂😂😭😭😂

[@kennethn10]

This man has impeccable pausing

[@SquirrelTheater]

Kenneth N One of the keys to great comedy......

[@eswyy]

And the fact that he's in poker face the whole time makes it so much funnier hahaha

[@geertbeerens826]

That endless pause (a full ten seconds !) where everyone's in eager anticipation of him imitating a white guy imitating an Indian accent is as gratifying a wait as I can remember

[@TsarOfRuss]

for the audience to digest what he already said

[@MrSlashdotdashdot]

@@TsarOfRuss Dave Chapelle is the master of the pause

[@StephanieTips]

"Being famous is fine but don't pretend it's noble. It's not a noble ambition. It's vacuous". A lot of young people need to listen to that carefully.

[@AnujKumar-vk1nt]

Strongly agree...

[@LeofromFreo]

There appears a trend in, when asked what do you want to be when you leave school etc, wanting to be famous but rarely knowing how that's going to happen without talent and struggle.

[@35PHaaton]

@@LeofromFreo is that how it is now? Don't kids still want to be astronauts, soldiers, doctors, etc?

[@35PHaaton]

Preach

[@RD-jd8hq]

For real

[@amse7119]

Romesh is a straight up comedy gangsta

[@finallyfinally9317]

Lots of types of gangsta

[@Craig91214]

'Iggy Azalea is a minstrel who couldn't be arsed to black up'....perfectly put!

[@xXdreamer4alwaysXx]

what does that mean?

[@bettythebutcher]

Minstrel shows were a historical tradition starting in about 1830. White performers would paint their faces black (such make-up is also called "blackface"), perform mocking and racist stereotypes of people of African descent, for the entertainment of primarily white audiences. So Romesh is saying Iggy Azalea is exactly the same, except that she's too lazy to put on blackface makeup.

[@acacius9903]

Thanks, I wasn't getting I either.

[@sanjeevvij7699]

bettythebutcher r

[@frankl4750]

Brilliant bit

[@Truth1994]

He's fast becoming one of the best in British comedy

[@gumbi6633]

MisterJattSingh yay go my Uncle

[@CTE-6000EagleVeryHeavyFighter]

Again?

[@brain8484]

MisterJattSingh really , thats sad. not much talent about then.

[@gonfreecs1361]

Raven goddam why so much hate

[@devonzway7853]

@@brain8484 Well to be fair Britain is a sad place to begin with, so yeah.

[@Myzelfa]

"Fuck off, Donald!" is a phrase we can all get behind right now.

[@khalifthefilmlover2920]

Generality Why explain why

[@Zack_exe28]

Generality lol I get it

[@Barry_Tone]

Not all Donalds.

[@kledhs2890]

The battleship joke was great!

[@maryrosekent8223]

Kerry Zeppelin My favorite part of the routine! 😁😁

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

I’ve seen him on various shows and he’s really good, but this is the first time I’ve seen his standup. A lot of celebrity comedians are not that great, they’re more like an actor pretending to be a comedian, but he’s the real deal.

[@SmokingCures]

6:41 I have literally sat in an exam hall while he walked around like this haha

[@SundaraRamanR]

SmokingCures You think any battleships sunken because of you?

[@crypticTV]

0:35 Diversity quotas 1:34 Brown Santa 1:58 Disneyland 2:35 Donald 2:47 French 3:40 Fisted by mickey 4:15 Star wars 4:56 Toy car child build 6:15 Teachers 6:33 Exam 7:00 Snigger 7:10 Battleships 8:05 Chasing dreams 8:21 Teachers Pt 2 9:10 admit amount to nothing 9:45 Shitting on normal jobs - X factor 10:27 Being famous is vacuous 11:22 Iggy Izelias 12:36 Authentic accents

[@alexdebarr5516]

'Daddy's being fisted by Micky here' 😂😂😂

[@UncleBuck3t]

Alex DeBarr I just started the vid and scrolled right to this comment on accident but there's no better way to get me pumped than a wacky out of context quote!

[@rachelw821]

Oh wow. Im 3 years late to the party, but omg this guy is on POINT

[@andrewaronson3364]

hey baby hey baby love I love love love you hey baby

[@Coastfog]

I just saw his stand-up for the first time, so from my perspective, you're still one of the early ones.

[@Tropicaya]

@@Coastfog Yup. Literally, like yesterday. RIP KZbin. But I love this guy.

[@michellemullins6741]

Legend

[@itsnotatoober]

This is for all the teachers who said I had so much potential and was squandering it. You have a knack .

[@ahmedelzayady1724]

Perfect message in there :)

[@L1VE3V1L]

This guy NEEDS more standup stuff out there. He’s incredibly funny.

[@gyqz]

This guy is fucking hilarious!! Greetz from yer south-eastern neighbor....

[@anshulsharma2095]

Life is about Compromising your ideals and waiting to die

[@KwelNews]

Never thought about the Iggy Izealia thing like that before. But he's right.

[@KwelNews]

jalila love that's hardly why

[@KwelNews]

jalila love what?...

[@fenecofeneco19]

she was manufactured and produced by black men though

[@christina4012]

@@fenecofeneco19 yeah they hype up her, this white woman, like she's a black woman. But just because they are black, it doesn't mean they are allowed to let this happen

[@Mr-E.]

Keith Urban has entered the chat

[@muttley9520]

'A minstrel who couldn't be asked to black up' - brilliant :D.

[@gxqx797]

Muttley i thought he said 'arsed' ? as in 'couldnt be arsed to black up'... no ?

[@muttley9520]

I don't think so...I've turned the volume right up and it sounds like 'asked'.

[@gxqx797]

Muttley lol nah dude ur wrong, its arsed. not huge deal though the punchline still works i guess lol

[@muttley9520]

anees ur-rehman Yeah, whatever he says it's still a great line :D.

[@icedragon979]

can somebody explains what this means exactly? I didn't get it (not from england) thanks!

[@NSalonen]

Somebody apparently laughed so hard at 9:00 they dropped their glass

[@sebmania17]

Niko S c

[@BruceWayne-em1xm]

Niko S how did you hear that haha

[@katmandoo7279]

Your comment made me go back and listen, 5 times... you have great hearing

[@samk2283]

Yep I heard it but blimey only after read this

[@georginasmith441]

this guy is funny...thanks for the upload ArseRaptor

[@BrianBaastrup]

For a split second I thought you wrote ArseRaper

[@thebipedCentaur]

@@BrianBaastrup 😂

[@SK-vu1de]

Absolute gold! Love this guy

[@murph3292]

seeing them smile is so unsettling after seeing them on taskmaster

[@kylas3637]

FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS WHY I HATE IGGY AZALEAS MUSIC

[@MJAY-N7129]

Legend. I ain't a fan either. It's just not my scene

[@ryynerwicked2762]

I mean I dnt like it bc it's just shit music lol but these are also excellent reasons not to like her or her music literally every single thing about her is fake

[@askvanita]

Love this guy, very good material and delivery

[@JasonSmith-my7ug]

I love how he goes on about his kids!

[@maryrosekent8223]

Jason Smith, you look remarkably like Richard Ayoade. 😁

[@deludedgooner9538]

@@maryrosekent8223 ayoade ayoade ayoooade

[@andrewaronson3364]

@@maryrosekent8223 I can improve your grill got to Ivar's academy s cleaning commercial calories beef fast food near me movie Harvey you are going to be

[@sureshpurushothaman6776]

You are smashing 😅😆😆😆👍

[@jakelear792]

“Unless he’s built a shed” 😂😭😭😭

[@mikee101]

i remember shouting "would you like a poppadom?" at him when I saw him in public one time. Out of context.. that would have looked pretty racist

[@prabhatsingh9111]

Pushing 30 hahaa XD

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD

[@rtelkin2194]

Must be you shouts at my mother when she goes out without her wig. I always wondered who that was.

[@thebipedCentaur]

@@rtelkin2194 😂

[@AnujKumar-vk1nt]

Lmao... u should have done that bro... he wouldn't have mind...

[@Sarah-lc2ov]

This guy is pure gold! Very clever dude, love his dry sense of humour.

[@preemie4800]

That’s his uniform… neat!

[@ftroop2000]

"Do you want a poppadom"... Knew what was coming during that pause😂

[@mannykhan7752]

Stumbled upon this guy randomly. Thank you YT algorithm. He is really funny

[@mickd9220]

I watched this a couple of times. Romesh... hilarious!! Thanks mate!!

[@FuckFeminists]

Funny, good viewpoints, cynnical, and a teacher. Rarely do I see three things I genuinely like in a standup comedian.

[@tukRfukR]

That's 4 things. Funny, viewpoints, cynic & teacher. Wasn't Romesh a maths teacher? He'd school the fuck out of you. You actually wrote down those 4 things, called them 3 things, then posted it. But then, stupid is as stupid does.

[@onelean5935]

@@tukRfukR could also be interpreted as 'rarely do i EVEN see three things i like in a comedian' yet romesh has four, exceeding her expectations.

[@Sprunkle2]

Greg Davies?

[@jaybayg3388]

Greg Davis? Lol

[@prathikkannan5441]

Teachers make the best comedians. Guz khan, Romesh and Greg Davies are some of the top of my head

[@kamaldas1338]

He just killed it with that Iggy Azela and Indian restaurant comparison. Excellent 👌! Throughout exciting!

[@sajeshthomas7995]

4:58 Dude, a kid of your age made that! :)

[@1976DSCH]

Jesus. I am late to your jokes. I love you man.

[@SirSoloSoul]

In grade 8 my teacher took me and my buddy aside on the last day of school because we were his favorite students. He said that life would be hard for us because we never put in any effort. He was right, we're 25 and struggling because we didnt care. Lol just thought I'd share since he asked.

[@monstertruckess]

my best friend told me the same happened to her. I'm 41 now, never had a decent job. Can't stick to anything long enough to be good at it so i'd enjoy doing it. Sad huh

[@awakenthegreatnesswithin]

@@monstertruckess stick to one thing. It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.

[@agimasoschandir]

Not chasing dreams is what Mike Rowe (host "Dirty Jobs") concluded in his TEDx talk

[@perfectpeterpan]

The Iggy Azalea bit at the end was the best bit... 'authenticity'

[@TheLMMish]

good content, good delivery. glad I found this dude.

[@rr876]

3 days later i am still Laughing had to come back to leave a comment. 🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂 😎

[@rr876]

So funny

[@joeedwards9721]

Funny guy👍😂

[@shapeshfters]

That timing at the end was perfect.

[@melpeddle7243]

Using the lazy eye. In his jokes works Everytime. Brilliant Johnathon.

[@juha-mattiluokomaa5376]

Perfect perfect perfect

[@katrosebrewer4949]

this guy is a LEGEND

[@noah6351]

This is the exact thing that i cant stand about rich/famous people is the disrespect for working class proffesions

[@MJAY-N7129]

Agreed. I feel the same way

[@nifralo2752]

How is being a teacher working class? What even is working class these days? You could be a secretary in a small company for minium wage or be a secretary in a large company have less work to do and get paid 5 times the minimum wage

[@Delinae]

@@nifralo2752 no one said being a teacher was working class. Romesh was talking about X Factor, not himself.

[@mildredpierce4506]

Thanks KZbin for putting this in my feed. It is nice hearing a funny person who isn't raunchy.

[@rezeneg8627]

Love this Dude From Eritrea

[@ElanTee]

This is smart comedy. Love Romesh!

[@happybunny2541]

Never seen this one and I’m a big fan of romesh can’t believe Iv never come across this

[@bamit1979]

Damn!! He's good! :D

[@Boahemaa]

"Iggy Azalea is a minstrel who couldn't be arsed to black up" And that is the essence of the problem with blaccent.

[@ryynerwicked2762]

What do u mean exactly I'm not familiar with that term

[@Boahemaa]

@@ryynerwicked2762 it means talking in the accent and manarism of a black person as a persona. Like he said Iggy doesn't speak like she raps. She's copying the accent and manarism of some black Americans.

[@leesimone2]

I like this guy! 🥰🥰

[@robthornton6288]

Only recently discovered just how funny Romesh is. I fully agree with Stefania's comment: "Being famous is fine but don't pretend it's noble. It's not a noble ambition. It's vacuous". A lot of young people need to listen to that carefully. Spot on 👍

[@erichambrick1802]

He has very good delivery!

[@melisaboughey7515]

He’s excellent

[@wasaym3436]

Clean relatable comedy. I am a brown indian, I watch these parts again and again, still cracks me up all the time.

[@mwjw14]

nice social commentary

[@709mash]

Love this guys delivery!

[@suvambhattacharjee1642]

Loved his philosophy

[@jeniferhahn1134]

What a delivery! Delightful punchlines, outstanding pauses. I am starting to like this dude.

[@ttthecat]

He came for Iggy Azalea and was ferocious! (And dead on!)☠☠☠

[@ZarkowsWorld]

One of the few comedians of recent performance on the Apollo that has a set that is solid through-and-through, no boring fillers.

[@TolgaPala]

This man is a downright murderer. His delivery is impeccable!

[@MsKikidarling]

He is brilliant!

[@Mr-E.]

Keith Urban sighed from relief... no one has caught on to him being Australian, but singing like a country guy from the South.

[@callumsnaylam1758]

He's from NZ no?

[@Mr-E.]

@@callumsnaylam1758 You are right that he was born in NZ, but he grew up in Australia

[@callumsnaylam1758]

@@Mr-E. Either way he's still selling a lie lmao

[@Mr-E.]

@@callumsnaylam1758 lol exactly

[@ryynerwicked2762]

I got to admit I never knew he was from Australia

[@braddwrightt6753]

I've had three kids and I regret it.

[@MrBrownnn696]

BraddWrightt lmfao

[@paghal11]

All of them, or were the first two OK, and having the third put you over the edge ?

[@giannabirrer779]

since you used past tense im guessing you got rid of them somehow

[@happytime11]

@@giannabirrer779 That would be the past perfect tense.

[@giannabirrer779]

@@happytime11 thank you for the perfect addition to my comment

[@blackhokage1744]

I love his tv series the landlord

[@IamSuperEffective]

Romesh's finest hour

[@DaddySantaClaus]

my teachers used to tell me no one was gonna bury me, because i had no parents and treated the other kids with family issues like shit, but treated the posh kids nice. i thank them for teaching me not to be like them, i strive for fairness

[@sozekyser2837]

That is a horrible thing to say to a child @lone wolf. I hope you're a strong person who hasn't let those horrible heartless comments get to you. Stay strong always :)

[@moonsofourmother2815]

You cut that too short Apollo!

[@jillhbaudhaan]

Where's the rest??

[@edbaldwin7454]

jillhbaudhaan iiiiii

[@Stray..]

I’m not sure what rock I’ve been living under that I’ve just found this guy today. He’s so funny! I’m really enjoying his work.

[@ThatScootFanboy]

Happy to hear it; Welcome to club!

[@BritGirlJay]

Love Romesh, very funny man.

[@Mac2point1]

I like this guy he's quite funny

[@greyforge27]

thanks ArseRaptor

[@clementk.2561]

This guy's hilarious!

[@kingslickster9841]

?

[@Run187]

The spotlight person - keep fucking stilllll..

[@superneko99]

probably the best gig ive seen from him. awesome shit.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

I love romesh XD

[@caralama08]

αвѕolυтe αвѕυrd Awwwwww I L❤️VE Rom too! We could make badges and membership cards and start an “I ❤️Romesh” Club! Heheheheheheee! ❤️🦋🙏

[@Becktastic01]

He is such a dad.

[@shoppinmadnesz22]

*I can't believe Romesh isn't more popular than Russell Peters. This guy's comedy is so much more clever & refined. All Russell does is pick someone from the crowd and make fun of their ethnicity/race - and not even in a witty sort of way. it's just crude & unoriginal*

[@martini668]

One of my favorite comedians

[@StrobeFireStudios]

Fantastic standup comedian. I'd love to see this guy on Joe Rogan's podcast

[@ramthyagarajan]

I love pappadums...

[@dsmvfl363]

12:39 greatest joke delivery of all time.

[@IamSuperEffective]

His comedic timing is legendary

[@syasol]

gonna become an exam invigilator just to play battleship

[@Tobypleass]

would you like a poppadom 😂

[@Tobypleass]

Jamie Welton Thankyou :-)

[@noluvuyomtshotshisa]

Amazing!

[@DadgeCity]

Good to hear the truth about Iggy Azalea.

[@amywalsh1406]

Wow

[@rpsnider85]

I cant believe I've never heard of this guy before today. He's a beast. My favorites are still Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle. But this guy is definitely in my top 10 current comedians. Jimmy Carr, Steve Hughes, Ricky Gervais, etc. America may have invented (well popularized it to the point of being a viable career) stand up comedy, but there seems to be a much greater quantity of amazing quality comics in Europe. Particularly coming out of the UK.

[@shak9558]

Check out frankie Boyle.

[@dare2liv_nlove]

Trevor Noah! :)

[@lucymariewelch2318]

@@shak9558 he's so racist and sexist

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@lucymariewelch2318 also dave Chapelle is transphobic, while you're denouncing the various comedians in this comment thread. Be equal with it

[@tonys490]

pure genius .... very intelligent man

[@2ambroadcastnetwerk604]

IGGY AZEALIA POINT IS SLAAAAAAAAAY

[@nabilaaliskandarani6609]

Brilliant!