The name Alexa is ruined

[@BrownieX001]

Tom's "just unplug it" going unnoticed makes sense.

[@trinaq]

I agree, I love that they simply ignored the most basic solution. 😅

[@hirudinaria]

Tom??

[@SomeGuyAsWell]

You can also change the trigger word.

[@TheDarkVampire666]

​@SomeGuyAsWell yeah I had to change the name on mine as a TV show I watch has a character called Alexa and it kept setting it off

[@recoveringsoul755]

I have a relative, trans, who actually wants their new name to be one of these ruined names Where was Siri?

[@LatelyFashionable]

I went to a summer camp in the mid 90s with a girl named Siri. I thought it was the coolest name I'd ever heard! I wonder how she's doing...

[@tuseroni6085]

"Hey siri, how's siri doing?"

[@thelawofficeofjbhilliard8666]

@@tuseroni6085 🤣🤣🤣

[@sammiller6631]

Siiri is a common name in Finland and Estonia.

[@MrRizeAG]

Booba?

[@alexneff]

​@@tuseroni6085 beat me to it

[@briangriffin71]

My real name is Brian Griffin. Apparently everyone thinks that I am the dog on The Family Guy. But I can use my real name online and be hidden in a billion accounts of a white dog.

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

boo Brian Griffith lol. He was a fun character in the early seasons

[@alienatedlibrarian5017]

Iconic

[@cBe9999]

This is 100% true - I went to school with kids named Oliver Cromwell, William Hague and Guy Pearce (though being called Guy Pearce is kinda cool)

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

I think on Survivor there was a character name Tom Buchanan a character on the Great Gatsby. At Scad there is a professor named Robin Williams doesn’t look like him and is more serious then funny. He has a KZbin channel on Savannah neighborhoods. He’s a good professor

[@seaninness334]

That kind of anonymity is gold. I have a similar name. Googling me is very difficult, and I love that.

[@markb.3013]

"Want to meet me outside, and we’ll find another dead Epstein.", best line! Great skit.

[@JeremiahBryant]

I lost it at this line 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrklean0292]

That almost made me spit out my lunch. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MR-MR-ud5oo]

" At least my billionaire is not a P****" LOL

[@BrownieX001]

Julie playing Karen is so spot on. Damn the acting was great all around.

[@trinaq]

It really was, I hope that Alexa, Andrew and Carson all make appearances on this channel in the future.

[@chongliu646]

Maybe not acting😂?

[@MeppyMan]

@@chongliu646 we will never know.... :D

[@secularmonk5176]

@@chongliu646 I'm old enough to have watched the evolution of "Karen". It was coined online by millennials, pre-social media, and explicitly referred to women with too-high standards for commercial service ... from the perspective of inexperienced and lazy youths in the service industries. Because of the demographic shifts in America, as the term slid into use by GenZ, it took on a racial element, because young people in the 21st Century are increasingly not white. They are no less OBNOXIOUS than previous generations of American youth, but now they could blame all criticism on older women's racism. Very convenient! And for every video of a disturbed woman holding up a cellphone, remember that we have evidence of that only because the "victim" is also aggressively documenting the interaction. How do we enforce a common standard of decency in society without calling out the obnoxiousness of youth? Just because the outlier events blowup online doesn't mean there isn't a legitimate need to call out cultural disintegration.

[@Reashu]

​@@secularmonk5176sounds like you should shop somewhere that pays enough to be worth giving a damn, Karen

[@karlsangree]

"My last name is Wetjet!" 🤣

[@JohnnyBeegood1]

Hey it's Chinese!😂🤣

[@aleksandrrakowski4953]

@@JohnnyBeegood1 well, i am chinese, and i am sure no one in china has "wetjet" for their last name. but on the other hand, as a first name, it could be "伟杰”, Wei Jie. which means “great and illustrious”making it a great name for a guy.

[@sammiller6631]

@@aleksandrrakowski4953 What's the Chinese for Swiffer?

[@aleksandrrakowski4953]

@@sammiller6631 i did some research, there is none. They just use "swiffer" as a brand name, like addidas, or nike.

[@waynehendrix4806]

@@aleksandrrakowski4953 On of the oddest Chinese names I ever encountered was a guy named Larry Wei.

[@andrewpowers2249]

I had a manager whose daughter was Alexa, and her best friend was Siri. At least they could bond over that...

[@flyerfan8]

We talked someone out of naming their child Ashley Madison… they didn’t know

[@captainpoppleton]

child would have been served with legal papers every few years

[@michaelramsey82]

How on earth does it not occur to people to Google the name they're about to give their child, just to make sure it isn't this exact situation?

[@evilsharkey8954]

Thank God they listened!

[@zemoxian]

My kids came with their own names so it wouldn’t occur to me to google kids names if you already had them picked out. But, individually the names are fine. No one would suspect an issue with combining them. I guess it would be a bit like Isis not knowing her last name Cosby was ruined.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

@@michaelramsey82 well last names are inherited, so you're really just picking out the first and middle names. sometimes a couple picks out a name they like the sound of, or named after grandparents or other family members etc.

[@KarmaticBuggAdventures]

"Cosby might be worse than Isis" 😂 I almost spit out my coffee! This was great everyone!

[@Viking355th]

Then someone else said "yeah, you should have lead with Cosby." Good stuff.

[@garyp.7501]

Yeah I didn't see that coming either... So much for a clean keyboard today.

[@mmogaddict]

Reminds me of the episode of the IT crowd where the guys name was Peter File.

[@mmogaddict]

@JimAllen-Persona I actually went to a private boys school, we had a student called Stuart Bates who during a house meeting was referred to by the House Master as young Master Bates. It went down as well as you can expect in a room full of boys.

[@sammiller6631]

I thought Jen pronounced it "peta" not "pet-er" in that episode of the IT Crowd?

[@xant8344]

@@sammiller6631 Because people with most British accents don’t pronounce the R at the end of Peter unless there's a vowel starting the next word

[@garyp.7501]

It's not as bad as "Robert; Drop Tables"....

[@graceaxisa4213]

Yes! I remember that episode 😅

[@trinaq]

This was a hilarious skit. A friend of mine is actually called Alexa, and she deals with all of these "Alexa, play X", jokes on the daily.

[@KulebyakMaster]

Here's a comment totally unrelated to a topic of this video, but i just saw your comment under dear kristin's video, which is kinda funny to me, so i wanted to share!

[@trinaq]

​@@KulebyakMasterHaha, thank you for your response. I'm basically everywhere at this stage. 😅

[@MR-MR-ud5oo]

hmmm

[@ainival4ever]

My coworker also is Alexa, some days she gets mad when too many questions are asked out of the blue.

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Swiffer being the only person with a ruined name to clean up by eating all the cookies finally gave Swiffer his just desserts.

[@McHaro0079]

0:01 who wouldn't love those?

[@77thTrombone]

I guess "Swiffer" is the new "Hoover?" I've never heard anyone called [a] Swiffer.....

[@loltubelvr007]

THANK YOU for putting 'Alexa' somewhere in the title so I could quickly hit the mute on my Echo.

[@GarrettWorcester]

DOWN goes the volume on my computer speakers!!

[@Echo-ib4du]

Rude..

[@laurahewitt5451]

One of my college professors named her child Alexa, because Alexa means, “beyond words,” and she loved the baby beyond the power of words to convey. It’s one of the most beautiful thoughts behind a name I’ve ever heard and I’m sad to see it ruined.

[@RWorley3sl]

You can change the name it answers to

[@lforlight]

It doesn't mean "beyond words", though.

[@laurahewitt5451]

@@lforlight Without words. A, as in asymmetrical, asexual, asynchronous, Lexa. That’s how she meant it. Sorry I misspoke.

[@lforlight]

@@laurahewitt5451 Wow. That is... stupid beyond words. Alexa is a derivation of Alexander.

[@eobardthawne324]

​@lforlight It means defender of man from what ive looked up.

[@trinaq]

Isis Cosby is definitely an awkward name, and I liked the joke of her having apparently never heard of Cosby.

[@farinkany9903]

I'm not getting it . Please explain ?

[@darude1420]

Yes please explain Cosby

[@totallynotgad]

google "bill cosby"

[@trinaq]

The Joke is that Cosby is referring to popular sitcom actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, who was revealed to have been a repeated sex offender, back in 2014, which effectively ended his entire career.

[@trinaq]

The joke is that popular sitcom actor and comedian Bill Cosby got convicted of being a predator back in 2014, which effectively ended his entire career.

[@brandonnewby178]

Props to Alexa for almost losing it, then immediately reigning it in. 😂😂

[@nickmajora]

I legitimately had to doubletake because I didn't recall Alexa almost losing it and then I realised you were talking about the person.

[@jacetheboogeyman3797]

1:15 Alexa's look of realization and regret is so perfect

[@zSpirall]

The look of OMG a Karen is here. Lol.

[@kiranmuraleekrishnan]

yep..! came to say that.!

[@billlange9408]

ANDREW PHUNG! I just finished rewatching Kim's Convenience for the third time. lol. Loved him as Kimchee!

[@Roblynmaz]

I knew I recognized him! Thank you!

[@justforplaylists]

He also has/had a sitcom he stars in called Run the Burbs

[@laura2677]

And he was in Wynonna Earp! I keep meaning to watch Kim’s Convenience, will have to stop forgetting to do that.

[@oromab]

I started this skit thinking, "At least they haven't got it as bad as Isis" Nothing had changed by the end

[@Zaiohd10]

This level of talent is almost unbelievable. Leaves SNL golden era skits in the dust!

[@jookm]

So many great gags in this, from the Swiffer guy hand motions and his last name to the contant "Alexa STOP!". Even Karen living up to her ruined name. I was litterally lauguing out loud. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@charlottet7379]

“ALEXA STOP” 😂 the acting was *chefs kiss*

[@douglasmeis7482]

"Swiffer. You think I don't know that!?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Itharl]

Andrew Phung cracks me up everytime he starts talking, he's amazing.

[@snowballeffect7812]

yeah, he made me crack

[@jimmyjams962]

Idk why but the "YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT" outburst caught me off-guard and left me in a heap. Julie's videos are always hilarious but I was actually physically wheezing throughout this one. Another 10/10 to add to the collection.

[@vmcmark7578]

I'm not even that lady named ALEXA & I went ahead and changed mine to respond to the name ""COMPUTER"" just like as if I was piloting the star ship ENTERPRISE!! That can be done in the settings department of your devise, your welcome.

[@SylviusTheMad]

That's so cool. They really should advertise that feature.

[@TheLionPear]

Make it so!

[@GustavSvard]

And then one must also change the ringtone on one's phone to the TOS communicator beep. TNG beep for text messages.

[@alvallac2171]

*device (different meaning and pronunciation)

[@robertarisz8464]

Teaching English in Beijing I was shocked to learn that another teacher had given a student the English name of Dick. Dick Wang! After having him as a student myself, I realized how valid the name was.

[@elentari15]

"dick" is the german word for "fat", as in "a fat person" :D It doesn't have the bad connotation of "fat" though, it's more neutral.

[@graceaxisa4213]

😂

[@azzamatic4190]

My name's Dick Wang my middle name is Dong apparently it's a really common name in Taiwan province

[@whatdafrog]

"I realized how valid the name was." So... either he WAS a dick, or... 😳😳

[@jenniferpearce1052]

@@azzamatic4190 You mean the country Taiwan?

[@pqrs_987]

read the description and found that 'Alexa' here is played by a person named Alexa.... she probably doesn't need to act, i assume those are frustrations in her real daily life.... also, sparing a thought for all the nice people who just happen to be named 'Karen' or 'Isis'....

[@jamesphillips2285]

She also wrote the script!

[@everafterhighgirlie]

idk if isis is a real name

[@pqrs_987]

@@everafterhighgirlie Isis was an Egyptian goddess in the Greek-Roman Empire times, so there would have been some girls/women named after her.... But then the other ISIS came along and spoiled the whole thing

[@Somone_final_final_v2]

​@@everafterhighgirlieit's an Egyptian goddess. Was an ok name pre terrorist organisation.

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

Alexa FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! -- That delivery discombobulated me OMG. Alexa's delivery is always so perfect

[@Olvenskol]

Spectacularly great script and acting!

[@not_old_yet]

“Wet-Jet is Chinese” 😂😂

[@sleepinglionarchives]

Swiffer (the actor) caused me to do a spit take with his asides. "It's Chinese." And Karen pulling out her phone about Tom's name. The entire short was hilarious, great job by everyone

[@ecamacho21]

I can't wait to see you on SNL Julie. Keep auditioning please. Bring back the golden age. :,(

[@marcelbpunkt]

"Alexa, for the love of God, stop!!" 😂👌

[@radix4801]

I have four siblings, and three of us have "meme names." But our names given decades before they became what they are now.

[@tychoderkommentator2989]

What are the names and what is the 4th one, because I guess that one will be the next meme

[@markaitkenguitar]

This just won the award for the fastest thing I’ve ever busted out laughing to. Poor Alexa no. 1. Alexa stop!

[@golfrguy04]

I love when Gina shows up!

[@tommo123456789000000]

who's gina?

[@klchu]

@@tommo123456789000000 Isis Cosby

[@LeisureTimeLarry]

@@tommo123456789000000 Gina played Ms. Cosby

[@whatdafrog]

Izzat pronounced Geena, or Gyna?

[@korbell1089]

"It's not my fault that Chuck E. Cheese does not have Pinot Grigio!"🤣🤣

[@xiaolinstyle]

"You think I dont know that?!" Perfect delivery. Hilarious.

[@somagraphics]

These actors all had incredible moments throughout. Well done.

[@PAPIKen0728]

This one is one of the funniest I've seen in a while! 😂😂😂😂😂 Five out of five laughs!

[@Billionth_Kevin]

Same, was starting to think I was dead inside and didn't laugh at jokes anymore, but so many giggles thru this one

[@robertpayne9009]

Thanks!

[@auctavio]

The first thing I did after I got my Amazon device was to change the wake up name to something else that is not a human name, I have a friend who called Alexa as well and I have always thought it is so disrespectful to her by calling a soulless device that way, love the sketch, I have been wondering about it for years

[@GeneSavage]

Two things: #1, Alexa perpetually starting was a RIOT. (Changing the name to "Computer" or "Ziggy" of course would have ruined the joke... but it's what I had to do as I work in tech support and am hearing the name CONSTANTLY.) #2, Julie's makeup and hair are SPECTACULAR in this video!!! When I first clicked play, my first reaction was "WOW!" She cleans up GOOD. 🙂 Hysterical video; props to everybody!! This one is an immediate classic.

[@MeliYT]

The Alexa background sends this video to a whole other level!! And Isis Cosby coming at the end 😂

[@madcow3417]

2:10 "At least my billionaire is not a pedophile"... that we know of.

[@RedCurlyQ1]

For real though.

[@JoshuaBPino]

If that is your real #, or a joke- people better leave you alone. We can talk to you here, Julie. Great content yet again!

[@noodle_fc]

_So_ many great lines and line-reads here. First time through, I gotta give _"you think I don't know that?!"_ top honors

[@_Sapphires4YourLove_]

My grandma has the name Karen and she is the sweetest person you’ll meet but people make jokes everytime they hear her name.

[@graceaxisa4213]

I have a niece, good friend and work colleague who are all named Karen and they are all beautiful, kind, funny, lovely people.

[@lavatr8322]

yea its like the _red head_ thing .. meanwhile red heads are the unique and cool

[@fredmonroe6042]

Julie you have gotten real good at playing different characters. The glasses, different hairstyles. The different voices, amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@captainpoppleton]

At first I thought Swiffer was an actual guy.

[@michaellatta7699]

Reminds me of a skit “ It’s a Southern Thing “ did a few years ago dealing with horrible monogram initials.

[@mightyzeus1e]

This was SO funny, all the little off-hand remarks had me rolling, and Alexa butting in over and over was genius. Loved it!

[@anthonyd4309]

This video deserves an award. Friggin' hilarious.

[@1987mdr]

"the customer is always right in matters of taste", pretty much everyone forgets the latter part of the sentence, which leads to the sentence being used erroneously and usually for selfish reasons.

[@thatHARVguy]

No matter how tacky the thing is, they're more than happy to sell it to you. Returning it though, that's a *no* chief.

[@1987mdr]

@@thatHARVguy That would depend on where in the world you are and that country's consumer rights

[@waves291]

Julie, just thank you for all the laughs.

[@gordonfitzgerald5935]

Julie's hair in this hilarious sketch is phenomenal.

[@zom8680]

Thought the cigarette was hinting her name would be Nicotina... it was so much worse 😂😂

[@seanstumpf4190]

One of your best skits yet.

[@thelawofficeofjbhilliard8666]

I almost spit out my food on this one!! 🤣🤣🤣 And thanks for the reminder to add Swiffer refills to my shopping list.

[@markchapel]

Great idea - great writing - kudos!!!

[@patrickrobertshaw7020]

I've watched this about 6 times, and somehow it gets funnier every time. Well done. The thought of someone walking around with the name Isis Cosby is just comedy gold

[@Sicod79]

Swiffer, that's not a name, You think I don't know that? exchange was hilarious!

[@jonathanmatthews4774]

EPIC collaboration!

[@evillemike2009]

Great concept. Great Writing. Great delivery. Just outstanding.

[@natern]

I LOL'ed IRL at Isis/Cosby. And I'm dead inside. Thanks for an awesome skit!

[@Alpine_Forensics_Locating]

I think I'm going to have little chuckles remembering this for the next 24 hours!

[@craigedmund4744]

This is one of the best skits I've ever seen. Bravo!

[@e25023]

Thanks Julie, another great video. I have to watch it again.

[@derrickmcadoo3804]

Gold. Everyone was brilliant!

[@thhall459]

YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT!!! another killer line!

[@stephenking5251]

Julie I feel seen. It’s been a long hard life dealing with this issue

[@g10films53]

This was literally laugh out load funny. Well scripted and acted👍🏽 Keep these videos coming!

[@ellenmichael9193]

This is a perfect sketch.

[@joebiondi6085]

One of the best. Thank you!

[@donjones4719]

This is such genius. Btw, the slang for a junkie feeling the need for another does of heroin is "Jonesing for a fix." There are a lot of junkies and a lot of Joneses in the world! Then it became an overused phrase, like, "I'm jonesing for some pie."

[@HSkraekelig]

So I guess "keeping up with the Joneses," means feeding ALL of your addictions.

[@kevind369]

Great video Julie! Have a great summer

[@johnrwilker]

Awesome! Julie wins the internet today 🎉🍾🏅

[@davidnelson4960]

This might be your best yet.

[@FeuerhammerX]

Omg, that was good. I needed that today.

[@edmundlee3356]

Fantastic and brilliant skit! I have a co-worker named Marci, and she is a beautiful human being who also looks just like the character Marci on Married with Children! 😊

[@raysun2be]

😂 the entire ensemble was great and had me laughing but my favorite wss Alexa. 😂 well done all! After this, being called Dennis the Menace isn't so bad...

[@bigfork8509]

Outstanding skit! I know a professor named Anita Ho and then there was the Letterkenny skit with Anita Dyck.

[@kreiner1]

I know a young lady named Isis, and yea, it sucks for her. Needless to say, she was named off the god, not the terrorists group.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I am still to this day surprised by how most people know of Isis exclusively as the terrorist group. It's like they never heard the term before seeing it on the news. I had a Dagger of Isis once, and I have long been fond of Isis and Osiris mythology. I knew of at least one person named Isis. This was all before that terrorist group had even been formed. I'm not even that old, I'm a millennial.

[@kreiner1]

@TheReaverOfDarkness I like the name too, and yea, most people have never heard of the god. But you can go too far, my best friends sister named her son Anubis Pain 😢 I don't think she ever liked that poor kid.

[@justforplaylists]

Yeah. Like, she's pretty common in media. She's in Age of Mythology, I assume she's in Smite and Fate. Probably Percy Jackson as well. Apparently there's a band called Isis - I think I'd heard of it before. Plus I'm pretty sure we covered Egyptian mythology, or at least a simplified version of it, at some point in grade school Social Studies.

[@jeremyashford2145]

@TheReaverOfDarkness Among many other connections with that name is a famous comment from Bill Clinton.

[@FireBlade57]

I had a poster of her on my wall as a kid.

[@Dan-dg9pi]

I thought for sure Tom's name was going to be Adolf.

[@solvseus]

I had an uncle named Adolf. And no, not that one.

[@calmyourmind5665]

@@solvseus I bet he could never express his love for concentrated juice, though.

[@decomeout]

They chose names that were ruined AFTER the parents would have named them.

[@helgesandve5260]

I had a great uncle named Adolph. When his parents gave him that name, it was no more sinister than Rudolph.

[@Dan-dg9pi]

@@decomeout You are correct. So I guess the next meeting will include Siri, Bixby, and someone named Clippy.

[@jackfroste]

This was totally awesome!

[@phueal]

I recall a man in America being interviewed in the 1970s or something whose name was Adolf Hitler. The interviewer asked him “so have you ever considered changing your name?” and he replied “Look, I’m not going to let one asshole ruin the good name ‘Adolf Hitler’ for the rest of us!”

[@vegangirll]

I really enjoy your videos! So funny and creative!!

[@bemasaberwyn55]

😂😂 this was PERFECT Julie

[@richandrews4488]

Many years ago I worked with a guy whose first name was Adolph. He was born long before the other guy became well known.

[@obviousalias132]

He was born long before the 1930s?

[@richandrews4488]

@@obviousalias132 I just looked him up, he was born in 1918

[@solvseus]

@@obviousalias132 "Many years ago". My uncle was also named Adolf. Born in the 20s. I am old.

[@paulnewman2000]

My Grandfather's name was Adolphus. in the late 1930's he shortened it to 'Dolph, and let people think it was short for Rudolph or Randolph.

[@DrifterBG]

Holy hell! I don't think that "ALEXA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP" was acting. This was amazing!

[@johno6590]

"Alexa Stop" are going to be my son's first words

[@annsumner8570]

She is too good.

[@justincoombs9048]

Some of your best work. :)

[@afleming1118]

That took so many turns I ended up dizzy - and I loved it hahaha

[@bluewarbler]

I totally want to see more of this Alexa!! She’s awesome. (“For the love of -!”)😂

[@jamegumm474]

That was seriously awesome

[@Mitchellius]

Best for a while. Love it

[@RamblinRick_]

My name is Jack...Jack Kauf.

[@PhatPazzo]

When you started that sponsored bit, i was sure that you were talking about Better Help again.

[@cuteuser6719]

Hahaha awesome video 😃 btw that reminded me of The Sims and how some citizens have weird names like Bob and Eliza Pancakes, Agora Tchotchke, Bonehilda (skeleton woman), Summer Holiday, Callia Maebey, Candy Behr, Izzy Fabulous, Felix Psyded, Des Eyre...