Top 10 Things America Stole from Britain REACTION

[@Shoomer1988]

Baseball is based on _Rounders_ not cricket. It's basically the same game played in England for at least 500 years.

[@Crispi-ws6ju]

Don't know if this is correct, but I'm sure I've seen a doc about this. Apparently ancient south American cultures played stick & ball games...

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

​@@Crispi-ws6ju Sticks and the heads of their enemies, I think.

[@Crispi-ws6ju]

@@trytellingthetruth.2068 Ok, yeah, why not! It's just not cricket though...

[@TerencePearse-x3j]

Actually based on Stoll Ball. Played still in Southern England.

[@geoffmelvin6012]

Rounders in the UK is basically a children's game.

[@johnwilson5743]

When I first toured around the USA back in 1976, Americans told me that it was the USA that invented the Automobile. It was difficult to mention that it originated in Germany. LOL

[@johnbateson5909]

The world is full of people who stood on the shoulders of giants and took the praise.

[@bonand007]

And the pies!!!! Don't forget the pies!!

[@MrDaiseymay]

True, but in many CASES, AND THE LIGHT BULB IS ONE OF THEM, A GREAT IDEA, WAS OFTEN LEFT ON THE SHELF INCOMPLETE, BECAUSE THE INVENTER (S) LOST INTEREST OR MONEY, TO PROGRESS. LATER SOMEONE PICKS UP THE 'BALL' AND RUNS WITH IT. SWANS EFFORTS TO CREATE A LASTING LIGHT BULB ,IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE. THE FILEMENT KEPT BURNING OUT AFTER VERY SHORT PERIODS, HE TRIED MANY TYPES OF MATERIAL WITHOUT SUCCESS. tHOMAS eDISON'S CLAIM IS QUITE VALID, IF YOU ACCEPT, HIS CHOICE OF FILEMENT MATERIAL, GAVE US THE LIGHT BULBS WE HAVE KNOWN, FOR MOST OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

[@Isleofskye]

True like Andy Bradbury on Peter King's shoulders.

[@IanDarley]

Don't forget the key ingredient - apples. The Pilgrims took apple seeds to the US.

[@Arnaud58]

Or, did they (too, but later)?

[@jillosler9353]

And Sir Walter Raleigh brought potatoes and tobacco to England's shores from 'The New World' (now known as America) in the 16th century!

[@johnwilletts3984]

One year before Edison patented the Light Bulb, the first street and domestic house in Britain was being lit by the Light Bulb invented by Brit Joseph Swan. Swan was by then already building a factory to mass produce the bulb. Edison purchased a share in Swan’s company and so the Swan Edison Light Bulb Company was born. Edison did not cheat here, he did invent the light bulb, but a year after Swan. It was the Swan version that lasted longer.

[@RNTV]

@johnwilletts3984 Absolutely, Joseph Swan played a huge role in the development of the lightbulb, and you're right to point out that his work preceded Edison’s. Swan’s design was already being used to light streets and homes in Britain before Edison patented his version. The partnership between Swan and Edison helped merge their efforts and bring electric lighting to a larger market. Edison didn’t necessarily 'cheat' here, but he did benefit from the groundwork laid by Swan and others. It’s great to see Swan’s contributions getting the recognition they deserve in discussions like this!

[@tk9780]

The big question is who invented the light-switch

[@rimskykorsakov2892]

How can Edison invent the light bulb a year after Swan? Did you even read your own post?

[@steveclarke543]

Edison was not daft. Inventing a bulb that lasts a long time is not good business..

[@AlBarzUK]

Cricket DID CATCH ON across the Atlantic. That’s where the Caribbean is.

[@mariuscheek]

And the first international cricket match (recorded) was between the US and Canada

[@kelletman]

America bud, the Caribbean sea is a sea of the North Atlantic Ocean.

[@AlBarzUK]

@@kelletman correct!

[@Simon-lt6fe]

Most people don't think about or even care for where something is invented. Occasionally however you'll get an American talking about something like they're taking personal credit for it or say something like "America, land of the free" and half the world just colectivly think, well only if you close your eyes and squint your ears

[@jenscee7679]

The Office is so painful to watch if you’ve ever worked in a UK office. It’s so close to the knuckle.

[@Jeni10]

The word sandwich is actually the name of a place on the east coast of England, not too far south east of London. “In 1762, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich®, invented the meal that changed dining forever. As the story goes, he was playing cards and did not want to leave the gaming table to eat. He asked for a serving of roast beef to be placed between two slices of bread so he could eat with his hands.”

[@calibrax]

I live not far from the town of Sandwich, and there is a village next to it called Ham. There is a road sign in another nearby village called Finglesham which shows Ham and Sandwich together on it, and it's actually become a tourist attraction - people go there to take photos of it! Google "ham sandwich sign" to check it out.

[@mrtrickay7111]

so... what the video said.

[@Jeni10]

@@mrtrickay7111 I know but I typed that before the video played.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

@@Jeni10 Did you expect people to read your comment before watching the video?

[@Jeni10]

@@lumpyfishgravy I had no expectations, I was responding to Mike.

[@russbaxter1806]

Actually, the Team America film's entire visual style, and especially the puppetry, is basically from the UK as well. It's all based on the kids TV programs from the 60's created by Gerry Anderson in his studios in Slough (just outside London) - programs like Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet

[@johnrothwell1044]

Programmes

[@michaelstamper5604]

I used to get called Joe 90 at primary school, because I wore very similar glasses.

[@CagedPaps]

You can have our apple pies, but if you come for our crumble and custard, I'm willing to fight.

[@myrarowlands9216]

😂😂😂😂

[@linnettsamuel5026]

I wonder what kind of apple they use, as the one I tasted on a trip was't anything like a Brambly. Hard and unsweet😢

[@lat1419]

Or the custard. Fight to the death with spoons fir the custard skin.

[@crackpot148]

​@@linnettsamuel5026 Bramley!

[@lyndseybeaumont7301]

Hahaha

[@kirstygunn9149]

There are bakeries in the UK that are older than the United States of America, so if something didn't originate from the UK, it's probably from another part of Europe

[@bobm4378]

so why do most of USA speak english?? you know the 'founding fathers' ?? Two were born in England (Button Gwinnett, Robert Morris), two in Ireland (George Taylor, Matthew Thornton), two in Scotland (James Wilson, John Witherspoon), one in Northern Ireland (James Smith), and one in Wales (Francis Lewis).

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@bobm4378 In those days, Ireland was one country and part of the UK. Si. there were 3 Irish founding fathers.

[@kevanwillis4571]

As for the fifty American people commenting on Edison's light bulb. How many of them would say cars and steam trains are an American inventions.

[@afoifa]

And bicycles - first named rover, now rover does the land/range rover

[@marlecmarine5393]

I live a few minutes down the road from Sandwich, l have had a sailing boat moored there for over 30 years. Sandwich is an ancient and beautiful riverside town on the river Stour. The river Stour runs into the sea at Sandwich Bay about 4 miles down stream from the town and is part of a stunning nature reserve and home to a large seal colony. Sandwich is one of the 5 original 'Cinque Ports' ( pronounced 'sink' and meaning 5 in French) charged by 'Edward the Confessor' with the defence of England back in the 11th Century. The Earl of Sandwich and his wife are depicted on a stained glass window in the old church at the centre of the town.

[@frank9446]

They forgot to mention 'A1 Sauce' Although it's considered to be an American Steak Sauce, it was actually created by a Henderson William Brand - a chef who worked for King George IV. The king was so impressed with the sauce, he proclaimed it to be 'A1' - The name stuck, and Brand set up his own company to make and sell the sauce in the UK. It eventually found its way to the USA in the late 19th century where it became a staple sauce for serving with steak.

[@TheMontyman007]

With reference to the light bulb, it's complicated. However, Mr Lewis Latimer (A black American) invented the carbon filament making bulbs affordable & practical rarely gets mentioned.Which is a shame.

[@patrickneylan]

PG Wodehouse, c1910, had an American visitor looking for a baseball game. Jeeves (actually an earlier version of him) directed the visitor to primary schools where the girls played rounders, commenting, "I was not aware it was a pastime for adults."

[@linnettsamuel5026]

I remember playing this in 1960 at school and loved it .

[@timholder6825]

I used to live in Canterbury, which is near Sandwich. There's also a place locally called Ham (I've been to a few places in the UK called Ham actually). Normally you won't see it, but if you approach Ham from one particular direction there is a roadsign that reads, Ham Sandwich.

[@lat1419]

There's also a village called Twat. And a river Piddle.

[@Daniel-deMerrivale]

We should listen to the commentary. Plastic surgery came about from World War 1, military men having parts of their face or bodies etc blown, burnt or shot off, disfigured, needing something done so they could at least return to society without the problems from people who perhaps did not fight and wanted them shut away. Now days it majority seems to be more about dissatisfied rich people but remember, it had very honourable beginnings and still does for anyone truly needing it.

[@KeriDeYoundercotte]

Actually The Ancient Roman Empire was doing forms of Plastic Surgery!! However when I was young I was educated Plastic Surgery Came from WWII with The Ginny pig Club, but it has since been rediscovered as originating in WWI

[@anniemoore6455]

The Liberty Bell was Made in Bow London

[@Trebor74]

Whitechapel bell foundry. The same one that cast big Ben.

[@Isleofskye]

Where I said I lived when really living near Brixton when I met my first ever Black and Mixed Raced kids in Kennington Park, South East LondonMin around 1967/68. Naturally,I got mugged for 2 old pence(1p) but because I said I lived in Bow, East London they gave me a 1penny refund. What lovely fellas!

[@johnpublicprofile6261]

And the Statue of Libert was made in France

[@clinging54321]

​@@Trebor74originally Big Ben was cast in Northern England - when it was tested before being placed in the tower it cracked badly - it was then recast at the Whitechapel Bell foundry

[@mervinmannas7671]

Another peice of music well known to Americans is played at your graduation ceremonies but was actually composed by Edward Elgar and is called Land of Hope and Glory. You should do a reaction to it at the last night of the proms. The 2012 one on KZbin is good.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

There';s also the patriotic US song "My country 'tis of thee", the tune of which sounds vaguely familiar :)

[@RushfanUK]

The 2012 one is wrong, the audience start singing too soon.

[@bilbobaggins706]

Baseball is way more similar to rounders than it is to cricket. As the name suggests, the hitter runs around in a circle from base to base, while the fielding team tries to catch the ball and throw it back.

[@JohnnyDrizzle]

The UK office is the one, the only, the OG, the best

[@Clive-js8ej]

Who told Gervais he was funny?

[@JohnnyDrizzle]

​@@Clive-js8ej no, he's not funny.. that's why he sells out venues for millions of people all over the world. What have you accomplished?

[@stevemurrell6167]

Hello Pommy, I don't agree.....Gervais sowed the seed for a better show.....the US version.....and I grew up on British comedy.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

The people who gave him all the awards that are in his house. ​@@Clive-js8ej

[@voidrat9176]

i am from the uk a tbh i find both versions of the office cringe and unfunny

[@dinger40]

Played cricket in Miami a couple of weeks after the riots 1980, Was advised not to go there but had a great time with the local Caribbean community. If we wanted to go to the shop or get a burger we were escorted by a local. The game was interrupted by the Police who stopped in the middle of the pitch and asked if we were alright and what we were doing. We told then to get there car off the pitch. After the game we drove past what was once a 2 storey building, now nothing taller than waist hight. Cricket is alive and well in the US, and played mostly by those of Caribbean, Indian sub continent and Brit communities.

[@helenwood8482]

Baseball was mentioned by name in a Jane Austen novel before it was "invented" in America. It was a game for girls.

[@stewartmackay]

It still is :)

[@peckelhaze6934]

@@stewartmackay 😃

[@lat1419]

Like netball.

[@davehoward22]

If youd have walked around 18th century north america,the only differance between,say,boston massachusetts and boston lincolnshire wouldve been the climate.Lanquage,laws,,culture,theatre,pubs,fashion,architecture,what people read, ate,drank etc,etc,on the whole, wouldve been exactly the same.

[@jezfield8547]

Loved the proper, original office. Won loads of awards!....while you are over here, you must watch a game of cricket, either at a County ground or on a village green next to a pub, for a jolly good pint of English ale😀 Thankyou Mike and Jess

[@MrAki1960]

In the UK during the 60's & 70's we were taught it was Edison who invented the lightbulb. In later years we are taught that Nokola Tesla invented the filament lightbulb we see today. Tesla worked with electricity and it's uses including free electricity most of his life. He worked under Edison and Edison patented this lightbulb and so Edison has been proclaimed the inventor. Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia and emmigrated to the USA where he worked for a time under Edison. As it turns out Edison patented many inventions that were not his and this is why he was concidered a great inventor back in the day.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I was taught that it was Swan who invented it, in the 70s but that was in Scotland. Even back then we had a better education system than Englandshire.

[@shamteal8614]

Sir Harold Gillies the pioneer of plastic surgery was actually from New Zealand although he spent most of his life in the UK. My grandfather was one of his assistants when performing plastics surgery procedures.

[@Diseased_Mr_T]

Dude your lightvulb rant was genuinely insane 😂

[@flawedgenius]

There being a place called Sandwich and another place called Ham, both in East Kent, there is a famous road sign that reads "Ham Sandwich"

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

The sandwich is named after the Earl Of Sandwich

[@geoffmelvin6012]

Which is about 2km from where I live

[@bobm4378]

and 'ham' is old english for Village..

[@martyndavy1707]

One of the clips was from a program called QI with Stephen Fry. Now there’s a rabbit hole to go down.

[@markbrooks8144]

This one was a bit silly. Try “what have the Brits done for us?” for some of the things we have genuinely gifted to the world. It’s never been a one way street though. You gave us “the blues” and that was precious gift indeed.

[@WilliamBennett-up6gs]

Rounders has been played in England for a out 500 years, rounders is basically a simple form of Baseball

[@bernardmcgowan4129]

You've got it the wrong way round?...baseball is a form of rounders!

[@dalj4362]

Mike's getting better at his banter. He must be watching too much British comedy 😂

[@RNTV]

😂

[@Isleofskye]

@@RNTV You are NOT there yet, Mike as we NEVER say "Just messin' or "Just Kiddin"' as our recipients and audience are intelligent enough and secure to know that:)

[@RNTV]

@Isleofskye I might not ever make it to that point. I have to do that here in the US. Most people just don't get that I'm joking with the face I make. It's gotten me in trouble at work several times. It even gets me in trouble with Jess 😅

[@Isleofskye]

@@RNTV I like it,Mike:)

[@PHDarren]

09:40 the answer if you want it is the word "Hello" when answering a phone or meeting someone. Before that the word was more of an expression of surprise, which you would still hear used in old B&W movies like the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes adventure films, "Hello what's this, a footprint...."

[@lloydcollins6337]

That was "hullo" though, as an exhortation of surprise

[@denniswilliams160]

@@lloydcollins6337 Alexander Graham Bell proposed ‘ahoy’ as a standard phone greeting before Thomas Edison popularised the use of ‘hello’, which has stuck up to today.

[@joebaron7247]

Baseball used to be very popular in the UK but for some reason it died out and was replaced by football and cricket. Many football clubs established in the 19th century, such as Nottingham Forest, even started out as baseball clubs. Some of us still love it!

[@Isleofskye]

NO NO NO ! The REASON for the Original Office only having 2 seasons plus Christmas Specials is that it was made for The BBC and our Number 1 and the World's oldest TV Station does NOT have adverts so there is no pressure, commercially, from advertisers and sponsors to continue. Also, unlike many USA Shows, there is not a team of writers in our comedies just 1 or 2 Guys and they might move on and will not be replaced as they are the originators but the MAIN reason is that many British Shows adhere to the old showbusiness maxim "Leave Them Wanting More" so 2 or 3 Series and Goodbye😀😀

[@iainrendle7989]

Actually according to Ricky Gervais he did not want to do anymore and therefore it finished, the BBC had no say in the decision.

[@Isleofskye]

@@iainrendle7989 Fair Enough..

[@shady8479]

I love Ricky, he's a great comedian but I hate the office, I thought it was boring and annoying.

[@Isleofskye]

@@shady8479 Each to their own but how many full episodes did you see as it was groundbreaking,20 years ago? I used to work in Offices as Ricky did, and he was spot on, which was part of the fum and very relatable. One of the episodes called " The Quiz" I viewed a record 7 times and my first UK Sitcom was in 1961 and still there were references, jokes, and expressions that I missed in early viewings. lol

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The bbc has not been the 'No.1' UK TV company for 2-3 decades now and still going downhill. They need to go commercial or close it down.

[@robertwhite952]

Joseph Swan demonstrated the first light bulb in December 1878. Edison patented it in January 1880. The math is not hard guys.

[@fionagregory9147]

Maths FFS. Short for mathematics.

[@chelseamewsbodycorporate9851]

America with my country tis of thee tune is from the British National Anthem God Save The King/Queen. Did you know that?

[@RNTV]

I actually did. If you hear each of them even once you will know

[@1chish]

@@RNTV Ah but did you know that the tune for your own anthem 'Star Spangled Banner' was a Royal Navy drinking song stolen to fit the magnificent words written at Baltimore? Ironically enough where Americans defended a British built fort (McHenry) from an attack by the Royal Navy.

[@gibsonms]

I live a mile or so from Ashley Park in Walton On Thames - which has a plaque showing the location of the world’s first game of baseball!

[@russellstanton7583]

I don't know if you have reacted to Afterlife with Ricky Gervais yet but I'm sure you would love it. Sometimes sad , surreal and thought provoking but brilliantly acted with classic comedy moments. Well worth a watch...

[@BeckyPoleninja]

Love the fact there's World series, where only 2-3 countries take part

[@dib000]

It's named after the original sponsers the world news paper.

[@eddhardy1054]

​@@dib000 True but that doesn't stop US sports reports from calling the winners world champions.

[@robcannon9165]

Hi Mike as we say in The UK " YOU THREW YOUR DUMMY OUT THE PRAM" over Donuts 🍩 and Light Bulbs 😮 and you got a right "Gob On" and over here we would say back to you Mike "Am I Bothered" and as we say here in The UK " WIND YOUR NECK IN" 😂😂 Keep up the good work you Guys and I really like your channel and Hey Mike you really had a "Titty Lip" today 😂😂😂 you can Google all these English sayings TTFN Guys

[@rawschri]

One of the Golf courses on the " British Open " golf Championship rota, is the course at Royal St Georges, Sandwich, on the Kent coast ...

[@silasfatchett7380]

There is no such thing as the "British Open". There is "The Open" which is played in the UK.

[@glennspringthorpe6227]

Americans do play cricket & real football (soccer) & they do have teams playing these great British games in the colonies.

[@watchreadplayretro]

Apple Pie Not American Origin!.... Agent Dale Cooper is devastated! (at least he still has his "damn fine" -American- Ethiopian coffee, hmmm) Thanks guys, great reaction as always, and yup agree with others, please try the UK Office!

[@Blue.723]

Apple pie always reminds me of a day at work when a customer came out of his house asking me and my colleagues if we liked apple pies. We said yes. He asked us to wait two minutes and went inside his house and we thought we hit the jackpot in getting a free Apple pie. The customer came out with a bag of cooking apples. Was so disappointed😂

[@Jeni10]

Doughnuts: “The history of the doughnut itself is generally traced to Dutch immigrants in 17th- and 18th-century New York, then New Netherland, who prepared fried dough balls called olie koeken or olykoeks, which means “oil cakes.” They were similar to modern doughnuts, although they did not yet have the iconic ring shape.” The hole was invented by Mike’s Great Grandmother. 😝

[@AlBarzUK]

I thought it was New Amsterdam!

[@Jeni10]

@@AlBarzUK “Following its capture, New Amsterdam's name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission. The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey.”

[@AlBarzUK]

Thanks@@Jeni10 I never knew that… and I’ve lived a long time. One lives and one learns.

[@Jeni10]

@@AlBarzUK Except the last sentence, that was for Mike. 😜

[@Lily33McC]

When my boyfriend got a job as a security guard his boss told him part of his job was to watch the office, he watched the British version and 4 series of the American version but so far it’s not relevant to his job at all 😂

[@pooman2]

‘Why you should thank the British - for their inventions and science’ is a good one

[@adelia988]

I find America just has the money to buy all and say it’s theirs even apple pie is British. America bought Cadbury chocolate and it’s gradually been getting cheap and disgusting

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@adelia988 Cheap is a word we Brits use for low cast. Cadbury is not a low cost product anymore.

[@bobm4378]

@@Thurgosh_OG there are lots of 'varieties' of cadbury's chocolate.. a lot of the very cheap stuff has more sugar and fat than choc(cocoa solids) the 'Cadbury perk' bar has only 5% !

[@mozzyquodo5532]

Haha, Mike definitely spoiling for a rumble today, come over to the uk man, we'll sort this out right now! Ok in fairness I'd probably just buy you a pint, but still, the principal is there.

[@RNTV]

You're on! I'd be happy to have a drink or two with ya and hash things out 😅

[@mozzyquodo5532]

@@RNTV 🤣🍻

[@ianjenkins1905]

@@RNTV I wouldn't have a drink with a person from the UK, it doesn't go down well.

[@noone-y4b]

​@@ianjenkins1905hush up. We are lovely drunks 😁

[@quiddity1977]

Totally get the relaxing nature of listening g to baseball. Try cricket for a similar effect, especially a test match which it is up to 5 days, 11am til 6pm & up to 2,400 bowls/pitches of a ball. As for the office only being 2 years, in the UK basically all series are 6 episodes long & they try not to overstay their welcome! So the office was 2 series plus 2 Christmas episodes....with joyous, crying ending! 😍😭

[@petersheppard6085]

Oooh....the Light bulb touched a nerve, I think.....LOL

[@carlrowland3757]

You have to watch team America on here now, please

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Not just The Office - several US TV classics are based on British originals, from "All in the Family" (based on "Till Death Us Do Part") to "Three's Company" ("Man About the House") to "House of Cards" (same name). As for plastic surgery, my home town of Dunedin, New Zealand is seen as its origin (Sir Harold Gillies and Sir Archibald McIndoe, two Dunedin-born surgeons, began doing reconstructive surgery on servicemen disfigured during WWI and WWII). BTW, NZ also has a possible claim to beating the Wright brothers to powered heavier-than-air flight...

[@keithalanbaker535]

Also Steptoe and son was remade in America as Sanford and son.

[@edwardlongshanks827]

@@keithalanbaker535 Sanford and Son. Not Stanford.

[@smogthehorse9409]

Pearce and his heavier than air machine, strangely the cornish take credit for this also as his family moved to nz from Cornwall, I do think Pearce's claim is credible

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

@@smogthehorse9409 I'm prepared to believe that the Wright Brothers made the first *controlled* flight, but that Pearse got in the air first. Couldn't really be called controlled though - legend is that he crashed into a hedge.

[@smogthehorse9409]

@@jamesdignanmusic2765 nevertheless I like to think he flew first ! On a personal note, I used to live in Levin for a couple of years around 2008, beautiful county, I miss it.

[@longshanks90]

Definitely add the UK office to the channel it's amazing 😂

[@barrygentry5364]

On the topic of cricket, there are videos on KZbin that explain the basics of the game, using baseball terms to aid understanding. If you’re ever tempted to watch a game, start with the 100 or the 20/20 styles, as they are the shortest and most dynamic to watch. The 20/20 World Cup series was played this summer, with some games taking place in the USA with a USA team competing. ❤

[@larey12]

Wow, as a huge Elvis fan, I am loving that jumper/sweater that adorns Jess.

[@kelletman]

Take heart, the Americans invented 'loud Shirts', the rest of the world can spot an American a mile off.

[@stephenizzy1]

😂

[@johnpbh]

Yes... I stayed until the end... and as Jess says.. we can SHARE them..... LOL.

[@ArsonFire00]

3:45 Why would you think American pie is American. Apples aren't native to America. Who did you think it was that brought the apple trees too America in the first place?!

[@fellforit]

Cricket did catch on across the Atlantic, with English teams doing tours in America against local teams and drawing big crowds, but the sport petered out during American civil war and baseball took over in popularity.

[@EnglishRalph]

In a U.S. “rock”umentary (Free Solo, amazing!), there’s a Cassandra, who is generally known as “Sarnie”. Sarnie in the UK is an extreeeeemly widely used slang term for a sandwich.

[@richardwaddington2038]

The rock and wood comment had me roaring laughing 👍

[@shkeen57]

Your point about who invented stuff, a British writer and presenter James Burke wrote a book called Connections which was also a documentary series..which explores Your point...

[@derrickworthington7351]

I was a British Army medic. The medical graft shown that you cringed at is known as a Pedicle Graft. Yes I did Plastic Surgery as well as other stuff in the Operating Room

[@gravewalker8723]

The liberty bell was made in England at Whitechapel London , its even pressed into the bell , for ppl who dont belive it . (edit thnx to soccxcross .

[@SgtOfChaos]

Whitechapel

[@Jill-mh2wn]

The flag was made from material imported from Sudbury in Suffolk "The iconic flag was found to be made from the same stuff used by Thomas Griggs ,who ran a warehouse in Cross Street Sudbury, producing bunting to be used for flags .He used outworkers in Sudbury and the surrounding villages to weave the bunting ,some of which was exported to the United States." Courtesy of the Sudbury Heritage Site.

[@gravewalker8723]

@@SgtOfChaos well i was close :) the company also cast big ben in Westminster , thats were mistake came from,

[@SgtOfChaos]

@@gravewalker8723 Yeah, same difference, to be honest, it's all the Roman founded city of London. Why didn't we give it back again? xD

[@stewartjones2173]

Is that why it's got a crack in it.

[@tonydakin2767]

When I heard Jess refer to "The Star Spangled Banner" I was reminded of the Al Murray video on national anthems. His take on the American anthem had me in stitches although a friend of mine who hails from the colonies didn't see the funny side. If you haven't done so already, give it a try.

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

I bet no American can make donuts as good as my local shop in Australia

[@fionagregory9147]

Doughnuts*

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

@fionagregory9147 thank you for correction didn't have brain switched on to many drinks

[@fionagregory9147]

@GregDunne-zf2ep it's ok.

[@anthonyball7324]

There's a cricket format in the UK called the 100 , I think you'd enjoy, give it a go.

[@gailstevens6831]

The US now has a cricket league played across several states, using locals as well as international players.

[@HaroldGreb]

Americans play the game our girls play. Baseball is rounders, basketball ball is netball and is football is rugby for girls with padding and helmets

[@marvinc9994]

One thing that the Edisonians dislike talking about is his involvement with the electric chair (despite his being an abolitionist) - one of those things Civilisation could probably do without.

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

*Britain invented America!* 😮😊

[@williamsimpson5808]

America was discovered many times but it was always hushed up

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Only the USA and Canada bits. The rest of modern America was down to the Spanish and Portuguese.

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

@@Thurgosh_OGAgreed! 👍

[@vaudevillian7]

Because UK series are written in a very different way to US comedies, usually one or two writers who are usually also the creators - and they have the say over whether they continue not ‘studios’ they tend to not write loads because they don’t have the time or resources to do so, and if they feel they have no more to do creatively they stop. Incredibly common. It’s the artisan approach (UK) vs production line (US)

[@alanhiggins2112]

Edison started work in the US patent office. 'lost' some patents and refiled them in the name of his mate. That's how he started and that's how he continued. He was a superb salesman. But not an inventor.

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

Yes, your National Sport is basically a child's schoolyard game.. ha ha ha

[@EASTASIANLEGENDS-mw7ee]

Have to sub this was so much fun wish you all the best. Take care.

[@tomwhite4736]

How someone looks , can cause a mental disorder/ breakdown . Tell a young lady with a parrot nose , she is beautiful stay as you are . I saw a recent before and after surgery for such a young lady . It was a tremendous improvement , she was delighted and it's improved and changed her life .

[@kevin982]

I am a little late but I was here for it all.

[@baz0348]

We had a classic show called "red dwarf" that American TV tried to make but only lasted about 8 episodes before being cancelled. "Life on mars" was a great British show and failed in the American spin-off. "Faulty towers" top gear UK among the few I can remember.

[@lyndseybeaumont7301]

Joseph Swan was the first person to have electric light all through his home, Cragside in Northumberland UK. However, he didn’t patent it, Thomas Edison did. Hence Edison gets the credit. Humphrey Davy, who invented the miners lamp for headgear, also had a lot of input in the electric lightbulb. The thing is guys, what you got to remember, they were all British. In this case it doesn’t really matter which one invented it, it just wasn’t an American lol. xx

[@steveaga4683]

First powered flight....not the Wright Brothers! The accolade SHOULD go to Welshman Bill Frost from Pembrokeshire. He managed a 500 yard flight (5 times longer than the Wright Bros) some 7 years prior. Unfortunately, his flight was not witnessed by officials and his flying machine was destroyed by a storm the day after. His patent was not renewed as he was broke and couldn't afford the fees.

[@aileenl7227]

I remember the Waltons very well. It was always blueberry pie being baked....so I will always thought our apple pie was like your blueberry. 🤣🤣

[@john43397]

The name sandwich = a sandy beach where trade took place. wich in olde English means a trading place often on a river or estuary, or a coast. The area in Kent England that the Earl of Sandwich owned.

[@iainrendle7989]

Sorry but the Earl of Sandwich homes and lands were in Dorset and Northamptonshire and did not own the land where Sandwich stands. He was named as the Earl of Sandwich for reasons of him being the admiral in charge of the Navy that returned Charles Stuart (Charles 2nd) to the throne, which was based off the Cinque port of Sandwich. He was of the linage of 2 different very powerful Montague Dukes and already held titles and lands.

[@john43397]

@@iainrendle7989 Yes you are correct. I knew that but I made a mess of explaining it in the comments. It's all sorted now. Thanks for the correction.

[@gnwithi]

While your watching the british version of the office also look up the british version of Shameless! Worth a watch!

[@BrianMac2601]

Too many others to mention mate. The light bulb hehe, mike so overly long winded even jess wanted you to shut up 😂 And jess you really have to watch team America, in fact i want to watch you watching it lol.

[@adrianbrown8887]

Absolutely love your vids and please, more taking the piss. We love it. It's how we live. The 1 thing us brits think of Americans is too serious and too sensitive. Loved your banter (taking the piss). Keep it up. :)

[@RNTV]

Glad you enjoyed friend!

[@chrishowlett8779]

Great video guys, the office US is absolutely brilliant of course but the uk version is the original and itself spawned almost a completely new type of comedy show

[@lloydedwards809]

"Taking the piss" is our proudest export, an exclaimation made when someone made extravagant claims about what they were doing (at a time when human urine was collected to be used as a mordent in 16th century textiles). "Hello Jack, what are you doing?" - "I'm taking a barrel of wine to my brother" - "Yeah, right! You're taking the piss"

[@johnwilletts3984]

In the 18th century many English villages had posts set up as bases for the game of Baseball. The posts had rounded tops and so the game became mostly known as Rounders and still played in England but mostly by children. Only in the Liverpool area is the game called Baseball. The first international cricket match was played in the 19th century between the US and Canada. Check google for images of the US national team in the 19th century.

[@marko120572]

Chocolate originated 5000 years ago in central and south America, drank by Mayans and Aztecs. My favorite thing in the world!😁

[@iainrendle7989]

The Cocoa drink was totally different to chocolate.....no milk (as no cows) and certainly no sugar. You would not like the original drink as it is very bitter and astringent. Try 90% Cocoa chocolate and even that is sweetened and diluted by fats.

[@dave_h_8742]

Yorkshire pudding was touted as an invention in NYC recently, THAT caused a bit of a kerfuffle over here more so than Old sticky fingers 💡 lodge sold his inventions to Eddison, eg. The spark plug as being a UK inventor is expensive.😂

[@cynthiajennings5792]

I somehow doubt that. I don't even know what it is.

[@coot1925]

From the information I've gathered about the light bulb is that Joseph Swan invented the first light bulb, but Eddison improved it by using tungsten filaments which lasted longer, (a whole 12 hours), he then registered the patent.

[@panchomcsporran2083]

One of the few conspiracies that are fact, is lightbulb manufacturers conspired to shorten the lifespan of lightbulbs. There is a lightbulb in California that is 121 years old, and still working, so not good for manufacturers bottom lines.

[@coot1925]

@@panchomcsporran2083 yep. Thank God for LEDs 😂

[@panchomcsporran2083]

@@coot1925 until the LED manufacturers get together and agree to make shitter LEDs. I believe it's called " planned obsolescence"

[@coot1925]

@@panchomcsporran2083 yep. I'm an engineer and I know all about this. When you think about it, it would be the end of commerce if products lasted forever. However, some manufacturers take the piss.

[@Bob-67]

UK's Steptoe & Son became Sanford & Son in US. Classic TV comedy in the UK.

[@colinclarke7957]

Guy! you are doing great just being yourselves.

[@bungietwab4868]

I'm from Bristol, sad to see when they closed the Cadburys factory in Keynsham and then sold the brand to America. Tbf, they've baby sat and brought out some great stuff since then.

[@vaudevillian7]

The first international cricket game was the US va Canada, it used to be very popular - especially in Philly, that was a holdout for a long time. But the civil war saw baseball become the more widely played sport because it was easier to set up and pick up and play

[@helenab7390]

What did the British ever do for us? Excellent video....thanks.