Romesh Ranganathan’s An Englishman In a Sri Lankan Disguise | The Jonathan Ross Show

[@mattkinsella9856]

Romesh's brutal honesty about his family and pretty much everything is so refreshing and it's part of what makes him so bloody funny.

[@mxgirl918]

He was like that on A League of Their Own too. I loved that he didn't give a shit about being in a room with huge sports stars. 😂

[@fasthracing]

True

[@thcdavies8479]

@@mxgirl918 sure he didnt mind being paid to be there.

[@archankumarmyana40]

He is just a bad parent. Period! If he just said lies for the show, that's just a whole different story.

[@mattkinsella9856]

@@archankumarmyana40 I feel far more sorry for your kids than I do for Romesh's.

[@Ziggyziggy1]

Amy doesn't hide the fact that she really enjoys British put downs, She's constantly laughing, Brilliant...

[@greg_216]

I'm on board. As an American who prefers darker, self-deprecating humor, it feels like I might have been the victim of a trans-continental swap at birth. (And there's also the fact that on British chat shows you get to sit on a sofa with a bunch of people and relax a bit. Less of a job interview and more of an actual chat.)

[@anniemack6855]

@@greg_216 i echo these thoughts, precisely!! Verrry Funny- British humor! Couches are great...as well.

[@classichindisongs-90]

Loved her haha

[@sarveshayre3281]

Sacha had only one question in this segment and he absolutely blew it out of the park with that response. He is just incredible.

[@WunnSEN]

"Too early too say"🤣🤣🤣 i almost spat my brew out everywhere 😂

[@kevindodangoda8487]

Same here😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@WunnSEN]

I come back to see your comment, watched it again and still crying 🤣 Sasha is just brilliant

[@jayaseelanram6071]

He was silent all the while and then he gave comment single liner.. Sacha is another level..❤️

[@siletamus2016]

Especially with Stephen Fry next to them. The uncomfortable laugh from Wossy....

[@JithinJacob333]

It was brilliant!!

[@samueltovey4646]

“The vewy vewy funny, mister Womesh Wanganathan”

[@krusty_k8454]

Samuel Tovey looking forward to his show „it’s not wocket science“

[@prabhdeep__]

mistew*

[@Seannn94]

Samuel Tovey 😂😂😂

[@gtc_0075]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nirmalsuki]

I scrolled down to see this comment, saw that I had liked it before, and now I am sad I can't like it again.

[@MultiBigbird01]

Jonathan ross doesn't know how to do the whole more-than-one-celeb-on-sofa format. Jonathan doesn't help in creating a natural interaction between the celebs, and rather just takes turns talking to each of them whilst the others just sit silently looking ignored. I never get that vibe on the graham norton show ever.

[@Phoenix.219]

Graham Norton is the only chat show host who engages with everyone on his sofa in same way and make them connect even if they are from different fields and don't know each other...some people are just naturally good at it and he is one of those

[@abdulhannan9771]

I noticed it too but think one of the factor is that Graham uses curved sofa so it helps celebs to maintain eye contact and then you can have more friendly conversation among celebs

[@j4man574]

I think they all enjoy listening u thickish

[@verneata1788]

This was confusing as Jonathan is also Romesh legal first name.

[@benjic80]

@shredderkrang Actually Romesh's real first name is Jonathan. Google it if you think I'm joking.

[@BigVelliWorld]

Jonathan - “ you got two girls and one son” Sacha - “Too early to tell” Hahahaha Pure gold

[@imnotgayyy8489]

I didn't get that joke

[@gauravsolanki4794]

@@imnotgayyy8489 He's not sure what gender they are going to identify themselves.

[@WiseEyes313]

@@gauravsolanki4794 I thought it meant he isn’t involved in their lives to know i.e. his never changed a nappy

[@WiseEyes313]

But kinda knew it couldn’t be that coz it wasn’t that funny

[@BigVelliWorld]

@@WiseEyes313 nah it’s because nowadays you could have a son then 15 years later he’s now a she and not Tony but Toni

[@henryhoward2150]

this is so badly edited

[@WeAreTheTrueMedia]

I read this response only a couple of minutes in thinking you were being fussy...... fucking hell, it looks like a 6yr old child edited it!

[@jalaaldous3511]

As a British person who's dad's family comes from Sri Lanka I relate so much to this! When I visited people would speak Tamil or Sinhala to me and I'd just stare back blankly. The looks of disappointment when explained I only spoke English. I felt like a disgrace to my heritage XD

[@reneedoiron7560]

I'm from Canada and know the feeling. The embarrassment was one of the reasons I decided to learn French. I speak it reasonably well now but still wish I'd grown up bilingual.

[@mogznwaz]

Not a disgrace - you’re ENGLISH!

[@kpin80]

I'm actually here for Romesh! Number 1 on that sofa for me.

[@skoll_2024]

Kal King next to Stephen Fry? Sorry but, he got a career to catch up.

[@rahulkemp8347]

@@skoll_2024 & ali g! aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@TheDoh60]

Norton is the no: 1

[@moist.teabag]

borat?

[@t.least.he.is.honest]

fucking suck up

[@tharithamurage431]

What a weird question from Jonathan about stepping into a different time - handled with class by Romesh

[@thiscommentor2858]

The set, the host's hair and wardrobe choices are from a different time. Add a bit of blur and this can pass for an 80s show.

[@shivasrinivasan80]

I simply do not understand that question. It absurd the ignorance displayed in so many fronts.

[@wazm91]

It was a perfectly reasonable question

[@shivasrinivasan80]

@@wazm91 How so?

[@thisulajay1875]

@@shivasrinivasan80 I'm Sri Lankan and I kind of get what he means but it was a bit s risky question to ask

[@RodneyEdits]

He's my old maths teacher, he has been always funny, he was my favourite teacher!

[@mrcrazychickengaming7918]

Are u sure?

[@RodneyEdits]

@@mrcrazychickengaming7918 yes

[@mrcrazychickengaming7918]

@@RodneyEdits Dark brown guy?

[@RodneyEdits]

@@mrcrazychickengaming7918 yes..

[@betty4hughie]

@@mrcrazychickengaming7918 errrrrrmmm the answer is yes! Why do you doubt it? 🙄

[@dailyelevation2813]

Very jarring editing

[@Forestgravy90]

I get the feeling when i see her in our TV shows that Amy Pohler loves English people

[@RookieTravelDiaries]

Came for Romesh; stayed for Amy's constant giggles and cheerfulness ☺️☺️

[@coyoluo]

imagine Romesh and Richard Ayoade having a one on one

[@bonnie04]

omg dream duo

[@elysiandaydream]

Yes pls!!!

[@drraziashahine8160]

Richard ayoade is on a different level to everyone else on this planet.

[@stellaboulton9531]

@G S Romesh is far funnier.

[@motion.resolved]

@@stellaboulton9531 Its not about who's funnier, its about who can deadpan it the best I reckon ;)

[@mikee101]

I love how Amy is laughing the whole time

[@nameredactedmessageretract7225]

Hate that I just now found out about this guy, but damn glad I did. He should be a household name. Truly brilliant.

[@TheYeetusLord]

“What if I gave you a letter that said you are?”😂

[@GaseousGorgon]

6:54 Sacha was like, "wait a minute, I recognize that voice."

[@anniemack6855]

Absolutely 🤩😍😎 Romesh. Brilliant deadpan "brutally honest" , hysterically funny humor. Love the guy 😁😂😃.

[@AnuMadhubhashinie]

Romesh is so much fun. Love from Sri Lanka ❤️

[@vision-oe7hx]

One of the funniest comedians on the planet

[@sc1788]

Really isn't.

[@vision-oe7hx]

S C yes he really is! End of conversation

[@kpin80]

@@sc1788 Nobody on the planet agrees with you.

[@sc1788]

@@kpin80 he is funny. But not one of the funniest. 95% of his jokes are about race... gets boring.

[@RS-ti7bz]

S C What ... he talks about so many things other than race. What material have you even seen of his? He’s always ripping on his kids.

[@socialjustice7564]

Happy to see a fellow Tamil, make it big in UK. Thank you UK!

[@carpinchipedia7009]

From the UK, you are very welcome and thank you for letting us have him :)

[@stevenstins1437]

He can’t even speak Tamil...

[@rajkishore95]

@@stevenstins1437 that's okay, he at least expresses his roots

[@noguruespanol]

@@stevenstins1437 So his 3 sons with white british wife will be fully British and origin will not be Srilanka. My Personal experience, me an Indian Tamil with 4 adult kids with a Chilean wife, living in Chile. Makes one wonder at times!!

[@tamilnationalist1806]

How could you say happy. He can't speak Tamil. He should ashamed to can't speak his mother tongue

[@thinesajayy]

haha I’m Sri Lankan too (but Sinhala not Tamil) and his experiences in Sri Lanka are tooooooo relatable..there’s just something g about Sri Lankans having no filter 😂

[@lbcthinkingoutloud3427]

Kawaii _TimTam sadly romesh never mention the fact that sinhala is the major language in srilanka. He kind of gives the idea that whole srilanka is Tamil and they speak Tamil.

[@lbcthinkingoutloud3427]

MADARA UCHIHA yes you tried last 30 years and got f..led. Or rather took 2500 still failed. But please keep dreaming

[@sbandz569]

anura kumara why you gettin worked you it’s not that deep. He’s tamil so he’ll speak on tamils

[@lbcthinkingoutloud3427]

Sharan Kalamohan my point is that he gives the idea that majority of our people in srilanka speak Tamil, in fact over 75 percent speak sinhala. He says when he landed in Colombo airport immigration officials speak in Tamil this utter bulls...t . They speak either English or sinhala. I don’t have problem with him speaking Tamil but do not like when people try to paint a wrong picture.

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

@@lbcthinkingoutloud3427 it's not relevant to the discussion. You sound like a racist.

[@JoestArrrrrrrrrrr]

Romesh is hilarious! Unique and an absolute master of performance!

[@RIXRADvidz]

I can't believe I sat here and had SBC on my screen, blessedly he's keeping quiet, I'm all about Romesh, even from his first appearance on Mock The Week. He's Got The Funny On Him.

[@ChillVibes245]

Proud Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 Englishmen. Hope to meet you some day mate.

[@TimeAndDateAndName]

I love Leslie knope and I miss her so much.

[@hell1972]

the editor should be fired...

[@crypticTV]

0:20 Won a prize 0:48 Will Smith 1:20 Coconut (racial slur) 1:33 Sri Lanka 7:35 Teaching 8:10 Amy Slavery 8:50 Asian parents hit

[@Harz77]

Him and rob on the fashion, is one of the funniest things I’ve seen.

[@fabianofori3826]

Lol that's the way to tell a funny story this guy really knows how to crack people up on a chat show. 👍😁😂😂

[@Nicklessization]

Romesh is so refreshingly hilarious.

[@pdfbanana]

watched this literally immediately before seeing will smith lost his shit at the oscars and then also won his first one

[@wordsmith451]

😂😂 laughed so hard when he mentioned Will Smith. Like, "heh, about that..."

[@zabindhanji]

I'm so glad that I have discovered Romesh! I'm sitting here laughing out loud!

[@James-sc1lz]

He’s hilarious. One of my favourites ever

[@jaihind2816]

Wow, what a lineup

[@sankadill]

This must be a clip from years ago. Asian provocateur was released a long time ago

[@livb6945]

They're talking about his 2016 tour, so, yes. And Fry is thinner now

[@amin9245]

I was looking for this clip the other day...

[@alexbowman7582]

I had a Malaysian friend who had a TV repair shop in Glasgow and he had two Sri Lankan customers in and he spoke to them in Tamil. He said to me it’s like Irish.

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

Im not sure what it could be, but I want a Romesh and Amy team up!

[@acorntree404]

Look at those guests. Best comedians ever.

[@jahedmiah7661]

9:21 2016 tour, this is an old clip confirmed!

[@visalek9912]

Ramesh we love you 😍.. from Singapore 🇸🇬

[@ChiranthakaSampathJayakody]

When this was telecasted? I want to watch the whole show. If I can find the time I would love to watch the whole show from the first episode.

[@Pablosplace]

Televised*

[@potterjayan]

He's Hilarious! And Brutaly Honest! Must be the mix of Sri lankan & British xD

[@nasfannazeer1683]

Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️

[@omar7239]

We love 💘 YOU brother ROMESH. God bless 🙏. From Sri lanka 🇱🇰.

[@nijoyjohn4366]

This guy was on a Roll....Wow

[@piqueny8872]

Middle kid syndrome that’s kids gonna be a star in his own right! The middle ones all do.

[@aj6365]

He needs the 4th

[@SyntheticFuture]

Romesh isn't a comedian. He's just a guy not afraid to tell the truth. And the sad truth is that that in it self is funny to us :|

[@hayezflyest]

Lol Sacha Baron Cohen is literally on another level. 😂😂😂

[@thiscommentor2858]

I had no idea he looked like that. I was waiting for Sacha to join the panel at some point. :))))))

[@nirmalsuki]

He will go down as one of the greatest comedians of our time....

[@estebancomulet]

Iss’a hoverboard lol

[@imnotgayyy8489]

@@nirmalsuki like Chaplin

[@jamesdance1326]

these are the reasons i like Romseh, he is funny and entertaining and to top it off he just said he is English not British. bloody brilliant.

[@mrcrazychickengaming7918]

What do u think of that

[@iPrometheusQ]

He has excellent, excellent timing

[@makeyourself1988]

Sri Lanka is such a magnificent country. Travelled around the whole country and I loved it. Even went right up north and I loved it. I would recommend it to anyone.

[@JohnTyson46]

Next episode should be Richard Ayoade, James Acaster & Romesh And another guy I guess

[@mahisathsarani5678]

I can imagine this is my brother. Being the oldest, I sorta learned it on my own by eavesdropping on my parents' and their friends.

[@GriffsUp]

"The thing about teaching is that it's all about the children, and I wanted to do something that was all about myself" 😂

[@Nefariousbig]

This is edited like i'm having a fever dream about Wossy

[@billywood4173]

favourite comedian at the moment.

[@shahosh]

"the very very funny Mr. Wu Shuang Nathan" - from auto generated English caption. 😂

[@KarmicKnight97]

Even watching old footage, within a minute they're already talking about Will Smith and the Oscars

[@tahiriperera2139]

Very weird to see someone talking about my country

[@imnotgayyy8489]

Watch the series online ASIAN PROVACATEUR

[@antonymanuel5008]

Now imagine Romash and Sasha in a movie together... That would like Kevin Hart and DJ 🤣🤣🤣

[@paulfeldem]

6:58 how no one but Sasha and the audience detected that slight Borat in Romesh’s answer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nihilisticnirvana]

not borat- tamil

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Love Romesh😁💓

[@waffleswithburberrysauce9019]

I’m Sri Lankan too

[@jezcorrigan651]

He’s just a 2nd generation immigrant who’s mostly culturally British. Like most 2nd generation immigrants - but the Daily Mail etc prefer you not to think that way

[@chomalen]

That dad and the letter interaction is so accurate.

[@TheWadanambi]

Love from Sri lanka... 😎😇😘

[@mr.t.1237]

His daughter goes to the same school as my cousin in Crawley.

[@nadzyea9780]

who gives a shit

[@purimuadmuang2259]

Jonathan speaks just like Kripke from Big Bang Theory hahaha

[@shanenesa1726]

The way he speaks he gives a false notion to the audience that people living in Sri Lanka cannot converse in English. The fact is that this tiny island that was once colonized by the British and was called Ceylon changed its medium of instruction in education to English. Starting from my great grandparents they all had the privilege of studying in English and their own mother tongue became a second language in school. Today there are many private and international schools where the medium of instruction is in English and in state schools, it's taught as a second language. One has to be cautious and clear when presenting on public television rather than making a mockery of a county that is so rich and diverse in culture.

[@Zazacollector]

IT'S NOT THAT DEEP, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN. YOU'RE MAKING US LOOK LIKE SNOWFLAKES.

[@monsieurmike2072]

Never heard of Romesh....but he is bloody funny...🤣🤣😂...I was hoping to hear a little bit more from Borat...🤣😂😁🤟

[@PriyaPans]

Probably in another segment

[@missizz1497]

Okay, i'm excited for this.

[@kkarand1]

Romesh Ranganethan! Funnyyyyy!

[@zzz-xj3lu]

bees and entire civilisations live within that beard!

[@kingda117]

Waldo's hiding place?

[@earlludwig3614]

"too early to say" Best Line of the show.

[@RaulBaracus]

This is an interview from 1986. You can clearly see from the set deco and the host style

[@axelmotors3137]

Are you dumb

[@tonyalvarez9984]

Anyone else freaked out by the way Sacha Baron-Cohen is sat at 9:48.. It is fucking with my head! ahahahah

[@sportsmusiclover]

What makes Romesh incredibly funny is that he is very British.

[@archankumarmyana40]

Here we go again! Another episode with Womesh Wanganathan!

[@musicandhorsefreak]

*According to the captions, he’s Chinese, too.* 0:02 ‘mr. Wu Shuang Nathan’ 😂

[@mjanders1579]

his impression of sri lankans are wrong. he sounds more like an indian

[@mohammedburhanahmed5170]

That's because he is ethnically indian so to say as in in that his family are in the northern parts of Srilanka which are predominantly indian.

[@vishaanthraguraj3407]

@@mohammedburhanahmed5170 As a person of North Sri Lankan heritage I can tell you that we don't have that much in common with Indians. Although the Tamil language there is similar to the Tamil spoken in India the dialect is different. Basically there are no Indian at the north of Sri Lanka.

[@mohammedburhanahmed5170]

@@vishaanthraguraj3407 I understand due to being there for centuries and that cultures evolve and change as you stated but they are closely related. That's not to say that they aren't Srilankan which they are but are closely linked with the southern cultures in India.

[@ravlarrs4373]

Is this old? I am confused

[@frolickinglions]

Must be as the Oscars So White thing was a few years ago as was Romesh's series about his travel to Sri Lanka.

[@literallyme12]

I died at womesh wanganathan

[@petegiant]

Why is this so heavily edited?

[@maryisaac9439]

"I wanted to do something that was all about me" 🤣

[@MrFuguDataScience]

what is wrong with the editing? Amateur hour---

[@laveran64]

M Musashi I know

[@ianmartin9778]

If an Englishman lived in Sri Lanka, would he be called a Sri Lankan?

[@marcushudson6528]

Ian Martin better question if a man of English heritage was born and raised in Sri Lanka would he be Sri Lankan or English?

[@mrcrazychickengaming7918]

@@marcushudson6528 Bruh this guy is indian

[@mannyk2755]

Yes, there are few white Sri Lankans still live in Sri Lanka. Their ancestors came from colonial Britain.

[@delicionmichael3992]

@@mrcrazychickengaming7918 he is srilankan tamil from north

[@lumixs1np289]

The very very funny Womesh Wanganathan! We know him!

[@shk2199]

The subtitles are Hilarious 😂

[@Mariana-ud7dw]

True, had to go back and rewatch, to check them out. 🤣

[@jamesfernandes2842]

5:45 .. Too crease and so true nowadays

[@gregbyrne6909]

The Will Smith joke didn't age perfectly.

[@ala7515]

Anyone in for bobble head Romesh Ranganathan's doll with his teeth-popping smile on? I'm buying one.

[@Juniormorientes]

"What if I gave you a letter that says you were" 😂😂9:14

[@followtheboat]

Recent subscriber to this channel, although I've been a big fan of JR for years, and I'll let it slip that all the recent uploads are quite old cos on the whole the entertainment is great, but the editing on this was diabolical, almost unwatchable. Sort it out, please!

[@ruhulchoudory2178]

the edit on this video is so bad.

[@Mina-px3zb]

9:49 anyone want to share what the nudge given to Romesh means?