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Morgan Freeman's narration of the wildlife film March of the Penguins comes under Stewart Lee's close scrutiny in this clip from his Comedy Vehicle series. Contains adult humour.
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[@Retrostar619]

I love how you can hear the penguin say 'in a dance as old as time'

[@zorantaylor3190]

The cosmic ballet....goes on.....

[@vivavaldez87]

There are subtitles in that bit, not sure why they were left out here...

[@cessrcd]

…it’s not a real penguin 🐧

[@GothamClive]

I would love to see that duck documentary, but narrated by Werner Herzog.

[@Doctor_Kissworthy]

"Unt now look how ze mallards f**k each uzzer VIGOROUSLY! See ze vay ze feathers fly from zere little bodies as zey shag unt shag unt SHAG! They take vot zey vant. Zat's how zey haf ALVAYS done it, from ze dawn of TIME!"

[@corinphillips4445]

Werner did appear in a documentary including penguins... Search for nihilist penguins 🤣

[@saxongreen78]

"Zhere goes der kleine Mallard...räping zat dead Mallard...in his dead arsch. It would zeem zat he ist having an existential crisis!"

[@turnerthemanc]

I think Stewart Lee's impression of a penguin was far better then his impression of Morgan Freeman lol

[@RobertWarrenGilmore]

As a penguin I must say his imitation of my native accent is disgraceful and offensive. His penguin grammar is atrocious as well.

[@Jeremyramone]

stewart lee, the best stand up ever. thanks for sharing this video, cheers from san diego

[@HTHAMMACK1]

jeremyshambles he wouldn’t even make the top 59.

[@fritspas]

the penguin sounds like sean lock

[@jdixon390]

Holy shit it actually does

[@sligiseesi5393]

the return of HISTOR at the end there :)

[@ledjarde]

Ang Lee's let himself go

[@trojanthegreat]

ledjarde don't make me anglee

[@97channel]

i'm sorry, what did you say?

[@colinmcsloy2694]

You won't like me when I'm Ang Lee!

[@MaggotTayne]

After watching this clip, I felt I needed to research the mallard duck. Turns out Lee's facts were all true. They always struck me as such peaceful creatures, too.

[@masteryoda394]

This guy is awsome.

[@ryanisme1989]

I listened again to the 'penguin' narration, and it says "in a dance as old as time" at the end. Brilliant.

[@SendyTheEndless]

"ih ah eahhh ah ehhh ah eaeahhh"

[@ketchup5344]

Best standup on the planet as all of us with a brain realise.

[@DoctorVell]

Great sketch comedy and great at the end of it with the "documentary" of Morgan Freeman.

[@blindreefer]

Thanks, lover. You too!

[@AmberScorpion]

Love this man so much.

[@appoNo1]

awww man i want to see that so badly now!!

[@smead5919]

Nice Gruntilda Cameo there

[@interminablecreature]

@interminablecreature I have never commented on a you tube video before or since this. I'm not sure why... The responses to this comment are such a source of genuine pleasure for me.

[@Torahboy1]

If the target of the attack is dead.... is that still ‘rape’ ??? Yes, there has been no consent to the act. But then again, the ‘victim’ is dead. This will form the basis of my defence if ever I am standing trail for rape of a boy scout. “I was under the distinct impression, m’lud, that the little chap was deceased. It was only upon his complaining that I came too quick, that I realised my grave error”

[@creasicle]

I was with my nephew a couple of years ago and we saw it. He said "look Uncle Tom! They're having a battle!"

[@moodini99]

Morgan 'the mallard' Freeman's really let himself go!

[@DeviantincTV]

@NSsnIpeZ except that a great many KZbin videos do not have ads. My understanding was that the ads paying the KZbin bills were the banners at the top and boxes at the side. The ads that are locked to videos that you cannot skip are ones placed by whoever runs the channel. Is this not the case? In which case, why do other popular commercial channels not have ads placed to pay KZbin bills?

[@JackBrindelli]

There goes that little Morgan Freeman...

[@davecurtis2395]

If Morgan Freeman is not available for narrating march of the mallards then perhaps Patrick Stewart would fine job of it.

[@Jcolinsol]

Yet another kickstarter campaign that needs to happen.

[@betabenja]

alan rickman would do a fine job at anything

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

An isotope of the highly unstable synthetic element ununpentium (115 on the periodic table) has let itself go

[@bettyswumcrack]

Did the narrating mallard at 2:44 remind anybody else of Ann from Little Britain?

[@djgtuk2012]

Pingu

[@mizofan]

I recommend Tom Michell's charming book The Penguin Lessons. Yes, the penguin is good. The mallard couple who come to the small pond that forms in the field by us after a lot of rain are kind to each other- the male stands guard while his beloved eats. They too are good and all is right with the world

[@mikeynma]

Letting themselves go has really let themselves go...

[@TheAjdam]

***** the licence fee isn't just for BBC programming. A TV Licensing spokesperson said: “Anyone who is caught watching or recording TV programmes at the same time as they are shown on TV without a valid licence risks a prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000. "You cannot be imprisoned for not having a TV Licence. A custodial sentence can be imposed by the court for non-payment of court fines, including fines for failure to have a TV Licence."

[@TheAjdam]

+wolfie498 I haven't opened my haribo hole, I typed it.

[@romannosejob]

@thedivers100 but other people might, and I intend to make a special point of finding your comments and replying to them now, and I will definitely be responding to any further replies you send me here.

[@rugbylover95]

@mikeyk181 no i agree!! everyone bums his socks of- not one joke of his i have laughed- and ive heard a lot

[@fragglet]

@drongovids The full text of what the penguin says is: There goes that little Morgan Freeman, making out with a woman he picked up at the Academy Awards Ceremony. In a dance as old as time... (The actual episode had subtitles, but they're missing here...)

[@phillipbailey70]

@Epicurus341 This stuff should not be available on KZbin, because I pay for it with my license fee. And I would go further - the iPlayer should be blocked unless you provide your licence number. Why should I give content to you - and/or - why should I have to sit through an advert for content I've already subsidised...?

[@terrardwhey281]

why does his Morgan Freeman impression sound like Snoop Dogg?

[@francescanash6220]

We aren't reading the comments we are listening to the vid.. Shhhhh

[@moodini99]

Francesca Nash No. You're reading and responding to the comments. Clearly. Shhh.

[@Mintsauce27]

@KneejerkHateMachine - I cant remember any others Armando said - hit us up kneejerk!

[@butlerjp9019]

Richard herring has let himself go the raping dead mallard bit was amusing...at best but I like the thought of a dishonest penguin

[@Nimnil]

Too much Animals Of Farthing Wood and Redwall I suspect... Eddie Izzard also has a part to play in my inherent belief that all animals are secretly sentient!

[@hfdpayner]

Thanks for saving me the Google.

[@gerardwhytelads]

The title of this video is Misleading.

[@KitCalder]

oi oi

[@StephenCymraeg]

Is the penguin played by one of the aliens from Mars Attacks?

[@2901Josh]

Penguin sounds like the aliens from mars attacks!

[@billhicks8]

Take care sweetheart x

[@romannosejob]

@thedivers100 well it shouldn't matter if I reply to them or not. and public debate isn't necessarily about changing your mind, it's also because I think your initial statement was a load of bollocks and it doesn't deserve to go uncommented on in the public domain. if you don't want someone to critique your opinions, keep them private.

[@youevilbaastard6937]

0:33 im batman!(actly a long sigh) 0:48 ahoy 0:56 yes it did mean that/ 1:05 o ayup jim 1:47 maid

[@bokehintheussr5033]

March of the penguins is good. But I prefer the werner herzog documentary in which a depressed penguin marches off into the wilderness to die and werner herzog reflects on the meaninglesness of the universe

[@SamuelDaram]

Stewart Lee looks like Morrissey here!

[@97channel]

Snakes on a plane have let themselves go.

[@Widmerpool99]

@interminablecreature When I look at Michael Mcintyre I feel clever. More so when I look at his fans.

[@elicohen6348]

Penguins... Stew tells it in black and white Just like Michael Jackson’s song ...and, indeed, MJ himself.

[@DeviantincTV]

I pay a TV licence, so why the fuck am I watching an ad for Sky?! It's not even an ad for something related to the Beeb!! Fucking lame! Stewart Lee rules.

[@spacesciencelab]

In a parallel universe I made a funny comment.

[@WhiteElephantLives]

Looks like 12 mallards have watched this video so far...

[@dunbar9finger]

@DrumTrimmings88 It's not that I don't get the jokes. It's that I feel as if he's condescendingly packing the jokes for a slower-thinking crowd because he drags out the repetition part longer than necessary to make the joke work. Basically a joke with the pattern "say A, then repeat B 3 times, then say punchline" is the same exact joke as "say A, then repeat B 12 times, then say punchline". The extra repetitions of the middle bit don't help at all.

[@Epicurus341]

@longliveE I imagine there are adverts because this is KZbin and all those servers don't run for free. Everything costs something. Except for manners of course. Manners cost nothing.

[@oneman1960]

Stewart Lee reads the Grauniad it's here and reasonably funny. He could have delivered this and the audience would have wet themselves given that they laugh when he moves the mike stand. As he recounts in his seminal paper, The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard anas platyrhynchos, he was in his office in the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam, when he was alerted by a bang to the fact a bird had crashed into the glass facade of the building. "I went downstairs immediately to see if the window was damaged, and saw a drake mallard (anas platyrhynchos) lying motionless on its belly in the sand, two metres outside the facade. The unfortunate duck apparently had hit the building in full flight at a height of about three metres from the ground. Next to the obviously dead duck, another male mallard (in full adult plumage without any visible traces of moult) was present. He forcibly pecked into the back, the base of the bill and mostly into the back of the head of the dead mallard for about two minutes, then mounted the corpse and started to copulate, with great force, almost continuously pecking the side of the head

[@phillipbailey70]

@lager1188 Hee hee - I was kidding - I enjoyed the sparkling brevity of your first sentence - I'm glad you consider me your mate...... if you're going to watch Stewart Lee vids, beware of trolls!!!!

[@Jac70]

I think he is funny. His last series on BBC2 was great. Watching his videos on KZbin though I do find him a bit self-righteous.

[@ChrisCantHaveItAll]

@iamthegreatest2006 so just because this is a youtube comments section and not something like a televised political debate, people aren't allowed to be intelligent? Just out of curiosity, what comedian were you watching to get sent here?

[@lager1188]

@phillipbailey70 *slow claps* well done sir. consider me trolled, hook line and sinker.

[@cessrcd]

This is now banned on Facebook 🤷‍♀️

[@thegabrielhyde]

@jeremyshambles 41st best, actually.

[@juliane3683]

Some of the lights behind Stewart … have let themselves go.

[@elena16350]

Unfortunately, this is a sad fact, but some of Lee's comedy wasn't always accessable to me, but surely it's like reading some books- you just don't get them, it doesn't mean your stupid your'e just on a different level, there- that sounds so much more palatable.

[@iamthegreatest2006]

@interminablecreature KZbin is an open forum allowing people to look up something to express an opinion. That is the point of the comment section. I didn't search for this video, it was suggested to me after looking at another comedian. Maybe that happened to other people who did not like this video. Stop trying to look intelligent on a comment section that really is the bowels of the internet.

[@eksteelman]

emperors new clothes

[@chailizard]

@interminablecreature it didn't occur to you that I looked him up to find out if I thought he was funny, and I'M the stupid one? If a film critic gave a film 1/5 someone like you would say "then why did you watch it? I guess you feel stupid"

[@interminablecreature]

Why do people... look up stewart lee on you tube... watch it... then say... "I have never found this man funny, he is not funny, I have watched him loads, he does not make me laugh" It suggests a certain mentalism. I don't look up Michael McIntyre videos for the same purpose. I think maybe, not finding Stewart Lee funny makes people feel stupid and that bothers them. And that is sad. I wish they didn't feel like that. Because it does make them stupid and they should learn to accept it...

[@alfamonk]

@BlunderCats nothing wrong with that. Doubt if you enjoy watching something that makes you feel stupid.

[@heff1964]

I've had many a conversation about homosexual, necrophiliac ducks! And sadly they were before I saw this. I need to get out more.............

[@tmurphy07]

well this is awkward now...

[@Dmanlamius76]

@edwards21416 We don't have to pay for it. It's free. Good 'ol youtube, eh?

[@alfamonk]

@BlunderCats It's all good. McIntyre is ok if you're in the mood for light-hearted stuff, but it bothers me that he never says anything remotely challenging or risky. Lee can be a repetitive pedant, but when he hits a sweet spot I think he's untouchable. But hey, that's just my opinion.

[@a.aa.a2310]

Frank zappa has let himself go

[@KneejerkHateMachine]

Morrissey's let himself go

[@billhicks8]

I pick the third lane; leaving this conversation. Bye.

[@rogfed529]

Slobodan Milosevic has let himself go.

[@JohnSmith-ji6lu]

Piss flaps.

[@comanchio1976]

@jeremyshambles San Diego eh...didnt know his stuff had made it all the way over there. Unless you're one of those emigrants...going over there, taking all their jobs, all in a quest for massive prawns?

[@Grundibular]

@mm1k3y ...and more

[@mikeyk181]

@bobeagle007 doesn't sound anything like him....

[@Azmoslam]

morgan freemand reminds me or gordan freeman :P

[@rax816]

all these lies about mallards..😌

[@meddeyc]

@interminablecreature I was with you till you started the stupid bit. I think being buoyed up by your own taste in comedy is fine, till you start saying anyone who doesn't like this is stupid.

[@iainrae6159]

Stewart Lee is the thinking man and woman's comedian and the godsquad are too thick to understand his digs at the religious.

[@NCUK11]

@interminablecreature McIntyre's fans aren't as punchable. Well, I wouldn't want to assault them for a minor annoyance. Maybe I'd just throw a box of muesli at them. Let's face it. Lee's a decent comedian but when I'm told that I'll have to prepare to be challenged I would feel insulted if I wasn't so apathetic.

[@francescanash6220]

Shhhh don't speak..just watch..

[@dominicconroy810]

Francesca Nash shhh don't watch just speak.

[@MrJayel27]

That wouldve been funny had he actually sounded anything like Morgan Freeman...:/

[@Ine7tia]

Stewart Lee is kind of hit or miss for me, some of his stuff I just don't find funny, some I do. What I really hate though, is the attitude of, "if you don't like him, then you're stupid", which is complete bollocks. Comedy is subjective, and attitudes like that show arrogance, or an inferiority complex. Get over yourselves, @interminablecreature

[@dunbar9finger]

Stewart Lee: 10 minutes of very funny material, unfortunately packed into a 30 minute show using his annoyingly repetitious delivery. The technique of over-emphasizing repetition to the point of boredom and them blasting through that barrier to where it's funny again is funny once or twice, but now when it's constantly happening with each and every joke told.

[@elchad252]

worst morgan freeman impression ever

[@cons4943]

Penguins are also one of the gayest species on the planet. Just mountains of gay penguins

[@noisyneil]

morgan freeman has a cool voice but he's not really much of an actor. have you seen along came a spider? if he was any less concerned about the rampaging psychopath at the heart of the plot, he'd be asleep.

[@lordofthebeltsthereturnoft1127]

Actually nature does want us to be good, it's called being a communal species. Such concepts of fairness, empathy etc have been found in nearly all major communal animals. We are indeed part of nature and our own ideals are based on our own nature. This is why all major large groups of humans across time have all agreed to make laws that are similar (that most people agree with). Of course a small minority of humans are messed up rapists and killers, but the small minority (which a lot of the times have been victimised as children) don't represent normal human behaviour. Just take the concept of a mother loving and caring for it's young. The simple evolutionary pressure here is to select for this behaviour. This is because mothers of animals or humans who discarded or didn't care for their young would not pass on their genes, as their young would simply die. The young taken care of by the females with the more caring behaviour will grow up and pass on their genes, thus there is a selective pressure for this kind of motherly instinct. This nature also is within men's behaviour to a degree as well, which is why most men feel good to provide for their children. This behaviour is within most mammals (especially advanced ones), essentially the concept of the family is not a human concept, it has predated humans, the concept of a tribe has also predated humans. These behaviours are not things that started with us, only things we inherited. Of course Stewart is not a biologist or an evolutionist, so he doesn't really understand any of this. So he just jumps to ignorant conclusions.

[@YummyBananaFish]

Attenborough documentaries annoy me greatly.

[@m35926]

March of the Penguins is for the Christians March of the Mallards is for the Muslims

[@drongovids]

you can hear the penguin trying to say "in a dance as old as time" at the end.

[@rickbacklane2982]

Thank God for Stewart. In down moments, he cheers me up. Thanks, Stewart!

[@normalizedinsanity4873]

sure does

[@SlatesAwesomeness]

lol theres a movie called farce of the penguins with samuel l jacckson narrating. its a rip off of march of the penguins. funny as hell