What British People Really Think Of Americans | Dara Ó Briain

[@cantrip7]

Thank you, algorithm

[@78625amginE]

Lol sometimes it works

[@greg_216]

It's not easy crafting a foreign language joke that most of the audience will get. Brilliant stuff.

[@the_grand_tourer]

Starting to realise he's definiatly not Vanuatan, a true genius.

[@quinnreilly7681]

Yeah, reminds me of Eddie/Suzie Izzard. Very impressive.

[@scottgleeson4905]

It helps that almost all English people learn basic French in school. And that was VERY basic French.

[@joeasher2876]

Eddie Izzard did a great sketch almost entirely in broken French for a non French speaking English audience and it was brilliant.

[@seansmith1405]

@@scottgleeson4905 I don't know any French, but I thought it worked well because all of a sudden he said "full Irish breakfast", and I felt like I retroactively understood the jist of everything else just with that context.

[@sjukfan]

As a Swede I'm highly offended, it's us who are shite at small talk.

[@RannonSi]

Yeah, you tell him!

[@DeeLee-p8c]

😅😅😅😅😅 Swedes 😅😅😅😅😅😅 fuck

[@romansdump]

​@@RannonSi he's trying, but he's shit at it (?

[@RannonSi]

@@romansdump Heh

[@unreasonable-man.bsky.social]

Everyone is shite at small talk, especially people who think they're good at it.

[@tyrant-den884]

Love him being all "Uhh, what do you Parisians call a baguette shop?" To speaking in fluent French like he's Eddie Izzard.

[@hannahk1306]

Not quite fluent" he kept saying "je veux" like a small impatient child instead of "je voudrais". Although maybe that was the character he was aiming for 😂

[@danvernier198]

Nah, Eddie Izzard actually speaks French. Dara, well, what he says is not technically wrong per se, but the pronounciation is horrid and the directness of the phrasing makes it unnatural and impolite.

[@johnmunro4952]

"impolite"? So perfect french then? 😂😂😂

[@seamusoflatcap]

​@@johnmunro4952That deserves lots of likes.

[@josephinemonahan915]

He’s a Gaeilgeoir...fluent in the Irish language🤩

[@billyeveryteen7328]

As an American, I would be offended about him calling us fat and stupid if I understood what he was talking about and wasn't so tired from eating my big lunch.

[@Dr-Weird]

As a American I didn't get the joke.

[@irandude1655]

I can understand as a well travelled American, other countries often equate Americans as Trump, MAGA Followers which means, Fat, Stupid, Christian Family Values Straight men caught sexually assaulting other men, very loud, poor and ill mannered. It is a universal reputation outside of the USA. Of course so many Americans that never left the country will never know that.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

​@@Dr-WeirdDear Doctor; It doesn't matter! There are people who make you laugh, not so ? So laugh at them ! Never mind Dara !

[@Dr-Weird]

@@ripdbtpoo1441 hehehe

[@coalkey8019]

Why did I hear this in the voice of Philip J. Fry?

[@Hana9916]

What a day to learn that I'm rampant and well-read 🤣🤣

[@judythompson8227]

I get the feeling a lot of what he says is of the moment, not rehearsed at all. When you work with an audience as part of the show you have to be on-the-spot creative. I love this man.

[@leec6707]

I wouldn't be so sure. I saw Harry Hill live on consecutive nights and he asked the audience for a song suggestion (same song both nights) and for any random questions (same question both nights). Also, never believe those 'mistakes' aren't scripted. They usually are as they get the biggest laughs.

[@sg72646]

Brilliant comedian and also very intelligent. I've watched this particular gig many times and it never gets old!

[@rightpowered]

Dear Dara, thank you so much for starting the official KZbin channel. Your humor is universal. I've shown your stand ups to many different people and they all laugh the same out loud on all your jokes.

[@WhatfaceRoberts]

This man always makes me laugh to tears. I wish I could see you live, but thanks for posting here! 🤗

[@LogitechXibanga]

you have an easy laugh it seems

[@WhatfaceRoberts]

@@LogitechXibanga Not really. It's partially his delivery, his fast-speaking style, the faces and body gestures he makes, partially the absurdity of it all, but mostly how right (albeit in an.exaggerated fashion) he is. In comedy, it seems to me, the ones who are the funniest have a razor-sharp perception

[@WhatfaceRoberts]

of the absurdities and strangeness of life and people's behaviors.

[@LogitechXibanga]

@@WhatfaceRoberts ok you have an easy laugh it shows

[@Schroefdoppie]

Good laugh to get me through Friday afternoon. Thanks. Being Dutch i watched it stoned obviously 😂😂

[@robertdavidson8028]

only on Friday?

[@AncientActivist]

Being an old hippie, I watched it stoned, too. Dang, he talks fast!

[@GBfanatic15]

is that what he said? I couldn't understand that bit XD

[@maryhurley5884]

😅😅😅

[@sixstringedthing]

People always say the French are arrogant and rude, but I found them to be quite polite when I visited from Australia. Especially the way they would usually make some attempt to mask their horror and quickly switch smoothly from their native tongue into English, in an effort to stop me from continuing to butcher their language with my 2-terms-of-high-school-back-in-1995 level of pronunciation, shockingly confused verb tenses and crazily mixed up masculine/feminine nouns.

[@patricialewis1464]

Yeah- but - you definitely not European. We just live hating each other. We’ve been at war with each other for thousands of years. Enjoyed every minute of it 🤣

[@frndofbear]

Everyone was very nice to us in France, except one waiter who we absolutely UNINTENTIONALLY pissed off when we only popped in his restaurant for a dessert. LOL

[@LogitechXibanga]

they are arrogant rude and disgusting, just like the americans even their gastronomy is disgusting and have lots of rats on turist areas, french waiters are also very rude to costumers you can see their true self on the streets burning other peoples cars rioting looting stores and so on, they taught that to the americans when they help them with their independence, those bastards..

[@JakobusVdL]

I learned when I visited France as a college student, that the easiest way to get on with French people is not be English. As soon as we put the Saltire on our backpacks people were open and helpful.

[@chockydog6960]

I agree. I really enjoyed France 🇫🇷 and the French. High school French didn’t help “ où est le crayon? le stylo est sur la table” was 100% useless to me

[@drbobiwsky]

I decided to go and do duolingo and chose French... thank you Dara because of this skit I got a pretty good score for knowing about "boo -lingerie" I also enjoy watching the news to check for the countries that were mentioned!

[@dianacfleming]

A full Irish breakfast inside a baguette is fucking amazing.

[@alanrossiter6626]

It's simply called a Breakfast Roll. If you're very hungry you can upgrade to a Jumbo Breakfast Roll.

[@robertdavidson8028]

you eat enough and you'll have an amazing heart attack too!

[@thehellyousay]

@@robertdavidson8028 ooooh, a full on Scottish breakfast on a baguette, then. Deep-fried to prefectio-😳😲🤪 ... n ...

[@typacsk]

Meanwhile, *we're* supposed to be the fat ones ;)

[@dianacfleming]

If you can get it inside a baguette, it only counts as a sandwich. @@typacsk

[@GBfanatic15]

I got a minute into this and I am in TEARS laughing so hard

[@DeeLee-p8c]

Saw him in Dublin yeats ago. He is absolutly briliant. Really really funny and interesting. One of the worlds greatest Comedians❤

[@Missydee-72]

Saw him live a few years back. Much of his act was ad libbing and the audience were actually rocking with laughter. Brilliant.

[@patricialewis1464]

My jaws are currently aching🤣. What a great bloke and a great audience too

[@Fifury161]

OMG that after credit outro - I forgot Dara is human and he can age too. Miss your live shows!

[@vangroover1903]

The whole COVID thing really hit the MegaBus industry hard.

[@robedmunds7163]

Can you get a full breakfast baguette anywhere in Wales. I can eat it as I drive along at 20mph.😂

[@TheTruthKiwi]

Having just been to Vanuatu I can confirm that they are not at all vacuous, they don't in fact use vacuums at all but prefer to sweep out their huts with coconut fronds.

[@-MakeItGood-]

He was like a fun uncle on Taskmaster

[@AlmostEthical]

Great crowd. The audience is almost as funny as he is.

[@TheRuben_music]

I LOVE YOU! Need to watch you once a day to keep my mood up :D LOVE FROM TROMSØ NORWAY! (the latino land ;) )

[@raigrant680]

Ah mate, cracking up at 3am n trying to be quiet for my neighbours 😂

[@puirYorick]

Beaucoup de baked beans.

[@joemagnus5085]

The funniest part is that Tongans are quite large on average & have a culture of respectful ethics

[@LeoDragon34]

I don’t think those were random comments. I’m guessing he knew that. He’s one smart cookie.

[@sixstringedthing]

Respectful and ethical they are, but I still wouldn't want to piss off a Tongan or any of his family/mates/community.

[@joemagnus5085]

@@sixstringedthing well duh.

[@oldfartinthenight9201]

This looks like a good game for after the Christmas dinner and a few dry sherries 😅

[@martialme84]

This is brilliant stuff and i woulda laughed my ass off. Am German tho.

[@Pax_Veritas]

It's good that even after losing Two World Wars you can still laugh. Chin up Fritz!

[@martialme84]

@@Pax_Veritas I was built 84. I didn't lose no wars, brother. Nice try tho.

[@h2ojr1]

Germans are....

[@jonathanmorrison2225]

A German who laughs? Never heard of that 😂😂🍺🍺🍺🥃🥃

[@timbirch4999]

​@@Pax_VeritasAre you American?

[@Damien_Clarke]

*[EDIT]* So... only learned about Dara a few weeks ago. Absolutely AMAZING Comedy!!! Even ordered 3 DVDs, which I should get sometime in October, i.e. regular postage from UK to Canada. Several comedians are funny, but Dara takes it many levels above the norm, while completely engaging his audience. I would LOVE to see this gentleman live, only I fear I would PISS myself laughing!!! So, so funny!!! *My Dara DVDs:* [Edit] 1) Dara O Briain - Craic Dealer (Live 2012) 2) Dara O Briain - Live at the Threatre Royal 3) Dara O Briain - This is the Show 4) Dara O Briain - Talks Funny (Live in London) 5) Dara O Briain - Crowd Tickler (Live)

[@Relativecalm2]

I have pissed myself laughing and it was worth every drop 😂😂😂😂😂

[@terryhayward7905]

Not just a master of comedy, Dara has a degree in mathematics and theoretical physics from University College Dublin.

[@zakarmstrong4502]

If you want a fun bit of Dara in a different situation, this was wonderful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3uZlquXeJqlr6c&ab_channel=Natala

[@blackcat3785]

welcome ,you finally found hilarious,hope you keep watching him...from one fan to another

[@Dr.Bong_]

Then you may want to check out a show called “mock the week” which he is the host of. Absolutely brilliant show, the older the episodes the better.

[@dalenesbitt2491]

Seen him live in Derry. Unreal!

[@JoeCantona-u4s]

We Irish are Very Funny People. Best In The World.

[@dalenesbitt2491]

I'm from Donegal lad 😂

[@blogsfred3187]

I grew up in Swaziland and fought in a war against Angola….

[@Halinspark]

How's your small-talk?

[@nealjroberts4050]

How angry were they?

[@busylivingnotdying]

Do you guys still answer to the name "Swaziland?"

[@wimaazikiwe1308]

Bro .....I moved to Swaziland 3 years ago

[@wimaazikiwe1308]

​@@busylivingnotdying yea we do, we are still adjusting ourselves 😅

[@richardlindquist709]

An absolute master of crowd work

[@sweeneyrob]

In the 19th Century, the British Foreign Service had a manual that did exactly as Dara is describing as a primer for traveling officers. 'The Chinese are polite, sly and unethical.'

[@AxR558]

You wouldn't happen to recall what said manual was called as it sounds like it might make for an interesting read?

[@francisbtube]

When I taught English at a University in China I was told I couldn’t do much about Students cheating during tests because it generally wasn’t considered unethical. This was in 2003

[@vangroover1903]

@@AxR558 The Occupation era US Army Manual For Japan is endless comedy. It was on the web in the late 90s, in one of those old style PDF files.

[@Pax_Veritas]

Hit the nail on the head with that one!

[@ianshaver8954]

The Chinese are still sly and unethical even today. Just look at their building practices.

[@India.H]

Watching the Opening Ceremony to the Paris Olympics... they called out Vanuatu and all I could think of was Dara going "those vacuous pricks"😂

[@nickrich56]

Just make shyte up about people; that's what we should do !!😂

[@fender4brad]

Funny guy, glad this video popped up! Thanks for the post!

[@anujchandkapoor]

Finally you came out with a KZbin channel. Please please do some more standup. Unless you are already doing it and I am living in a box in Singapore

[@thinktwice-me7ie]

Wonderful. Wonderful wonderful

[@richardpaxford5792]

"Cork!" 😂😂😂

[@annfrancoole34]

Yep the real capital/😀😃😄

[@jenster29]

Every country has its stereotypes... you just dont know what they are to *their* neighbours 😂 I'm sure Croations have Slovenian stereotypes and Nigerians have some for Angolans.

[@velapjaca]

Damn right we do 😂😂😂

[@Moamanly]

Uh....Nigerians and Angolans are neighbours?

[@DianaAmericaRivero]

Full Irish Brekkie on a baguette!? That sounds amazing! Bring it to Los Angeles!

[@thegolfgrinder1]

Thank you Dara!

[@josephinemonahan915]

How weird….”and there’s a situation brewing in Vanuatu”…a few weeks ago they had a 7.3 earthquake near Port Vila….17th December 2024….and then a 5.1 earthquake 23 KM from Port Vila…...30th December 2024

[@patrickprucha5522]

Well done!!!

[@Slayer_of_Bacon]

Excellent lad.

[@LokiLivewire]

I think it's high time Dara had another trip to Australia.

[@remnantsofNikki]

Maybe after Long Beach, Ca, 😊please

[@eoinc9511]

New Zealand - friendly and chilled out

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

Loved it.. Thanks!

[@drxym]

What's great is the audience interaction throws in some random and it's like water off a duck's back.

[@mdp4440]

When I saw the title - What British People Really Think Of Americans - I didn't expect an Irishman.

[@yusaki8064]

The Angolan Flag has a Machete on it. Sounds pretty violent to me.

[@r3gret2079]

" ah those vacuous pricks" lmfao

[@David_in_Thailand]

Brilliant free styling Dara.

[@myleswalsh6854]

Loved your gig in Kristiansand! 👍

[@carycoombe3380]

Thanks for the info on Vanuatu. 😄

[@lorrainehamilton5051]

...avec beaucoup de Baked Beans! 😂

[@gregh988]

I’m entertained that the American bit was what they used to title the video

[@leavingitblank9363]

Always an easy target, the ones everyone loves to hate on.

[@karonsky1]

Bring it on Dara-miss you, love you!💕🇨🇦

[@brendandax]

5:40 Has this audience member been on TV in some capacity? He looks very familiar

[@williamjones7163]

As an American, I thought we were ugly.

[@AlbertaGeek]

Uh, no - that's just yourself. Sorry, dude, we all thought you knew.

[@williamjones7163]

@AlbertaGeek I was visiting West Germany in 1985. I went on a picnic outing with my sister and her family. Before we went home, we did a quick pick-up of garbage in the area. I found Budwiser beer cans. In Germany, the only people who would drink Budwiser and throw the cans on the ground were American service members. That's when I found out how ugly Americans could be no matter how handsome they were.

[@bsb1975]

In Australia, there is an appearance that some of the people possess that I can only describe as "British". Think "Fawlty Towers" or "Are You Being Served?". Not an attractive lot, at least in my opinion. You know who some of the really attractive Australians are? The daughters of immigrants from Poland and the Czech Republic. Young Melania Trumps walking around. Striking.

[@TheMockatiel]

Nah fam you’ve got a good array of hotties, but I’d be scared to date any of em coz youre definitely seen as a bit “shooty” over there, like… shootier than most 🔫 🤠 Just talking to you feels like I’m taking my life in my hands and living dangerous 😂🎉

[@leavingitblank9363]

No, Americans are generally considered attractive. "Ugly American" is an entirely different thing.

[@RashendiYT]

His French is very good.😊

[@annfrancoole34]

He is fluent "As Gaeilge" (in Irish)

[@jcortese3300]

One of the Americans should have bellowed "LOUD!" after the fatness was established.

[@timbirch4999]

They're doing that in the comments...

[@yomogami4561]

there is life after whose line.....i mean mock the week thanks for the early morning laughs dara

[@quakerninja]

I'm so American I thought his name was Brian.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

Dara Ó Briain like Miles O'Brien ftom Star Trek TNG.

[@anthonyforfare7223]

Brilliant work!😅😂🤣😆👍

[@robertmcdonald8342]

I followed him throughout "Mock The Week"

[@chele277]

Hope you never got a restraining order for all that stalking 😉

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@bbert-fauxlopher]

I did subscribe, like and now I'm commenting about it.

[@meloshea8991]

Ah yes 2017 zordon loves Dara

[@lisaboban]

More funny clips!!!

[@ThaddeusVilain]

Loving this

[@jonofthehill]

We aren't fat and stupid. We are well fed and can survive without much reading.

[@reverandbigshow8171]

Funny and spelled correctly. I'm impressed 👏

[@MOEhock]

I moved from Scotland to Paris and ordered a poulet crudités baguette every lunchtime at the boulangerie. Eventually I decided to work out why they looked at me funny each time and asked. The woman said a baguette is the bread. I asked what the baguettes with filling were called, she said they are called sandwiches.

[@helengorton894]

Loved your comment billyeveryteen!!!!

[@Paininthrneck]

Bring back mock the week

[@ernietech-101]

I'm an American and I was in Blackheath one afternoon in 2022 in the little bookstore at the corner and I was lambasted by a guy complaining about our 'government's policies. I kindly asked if we could not have this conversation, and he got even more animated about his displeasure with Americans. The older lady that ran the store asked him to leave and he resisted at first. I departed the shop, walked quickly across the green back to Greenwich, grabbed the Uber boat and went back to Embankment in the city. 😕

[@leavingitblank9363]

Yes, I'm surprised at the rudeness of so many Europeans. For some reason they think it's okay to be completely open with their unfavorable opinions about the U.S. and want to discuss them in detail. (It's especially offensive because they're such hypocrites in the process, accusing people from the U.S. of being ignorant when it's exactly what they're being.) I don't find people from other parts of the world doing that.

[@Walleyedwosaik]

As someone who lived in Vanuatu for ages they are literally the friendliest f'ckers I've ever met this one guy traded with me and not long after invited me to his cousins wedding

[@seanjosephhayes]

Un full Irish breakfast 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jekanyika]

I transited through Angola in the 90's and the capital city had dirt roads.

[@stevetierney4324]

Speaking of obscure countries, I wonder what they would say about Canadians. Polite and apologetic?

[@dylancobalt7807]

We love Canadians, what do you mean an obscure country, Canadians live here and the tourists are lovely! Some of the best tourists in the world we do feel bad that their accent sounds similar to the scummy Americans though

[@Painter75-z5l]

“Polite and apologetic” that’s up a notch from when it used to be “boring”

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@dylancobalt7807 Last I checked, Canadians WERE Americans. I'll give you a pass, though, because I know how bad ya'll are at geography.

[@dylancobalt7807]

@@leavingitblank9363 you clearly knew what I meant, knowing your country however you definitely dont know the amount of countries in n America. Great to know all mexicans are considered Americans in your eyes though, your country seems to forget that

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@dylancobalt7807 The "amount" of countries?

[@deannarachelbobiwsky2366]

I decided to come here after Vanuatu made the news.

[@garryokeefe1605]

The trouble is, Ireland really IS changing and the results are being seen every 2 weeks at least by its people.

[@williamsuarez9486]

Ireland's answer to Robin Williams

[@TheJAMF]

What was said about the Dutch?

[@ShaunCushley97]

That they're stoned.

[@TheJAMF]

@@ShaunCushley97 Right. Kinda like everyone in Dublin takes their pet sheep for a walk to graze on city lawns.

[@robertdavidson8028]

@@TheJAMF So did they use to then?

[@TheJAMF]

@@robertdavidson8028 Well, it's legal and everyone is informed, but that does take away the thrill of being naughty. So Amsterdam smells of weed, but it's the regulars and the tourists that are smoking it up in the coffeeshops. In statistics, the Netherlands is just after Italy, who is in 5th place.

[@robertdavidson8028]

@@TheJAMF Thanks for the information, but I was asking about the Dubliners really.

[@Paul-te8mz]

Comic Genius!

[@MrKaywyn]

Sensational.

[@kevinfoo8031]

Not only did I laugh but learnt new words, ftw.

[@chrisneumann4202]

I'm an American and agree that many of us are fat and astonishingly stupid. Nevertheless, I love watching Dara when I can catch his stand up and other shows. I miss him on Mock The Week!! 😢

[@LogitechXibanga]

when you say many you ment to say almost everyone, dont forget that a man over 90kg and 1.80m tall is already consider fat,when you say an american is fat the reallity is that he is already morbid obese

[@jonathanmorrison2225]

He may be drunk and carrying on. The Irish are always drunk and pissed off😂😂😂

[@DiogenestheGreek]

Subtitles please, what language is he using?

[@charleskinuthia5728]

Hey, That's the glorious, groin stimulating British English.

[@waynejorgensen4433]

Very clever dude comment from oz.

[@EricksonEtc]

This is quite the incorrect title summary of the content.

[@TheCanadiangirl4]

I'm both afraid to ask and curious what the two words to describe Cdns would be. Polite and frozen?

[@kat8295]

We get a lot of Canadian tourists. NO ONE would describe them as polite. lol That's a very outdated stereotype .

[@TheCanadiangirl4]

@kat8295 Where do you experience this?

[@NewMessage]

Hope he did this americans bit on his recent tour of Canada.

[@mrquirky3626]

I saw him last Thursday in Calgary. He didn't do a lot of American stuff but he did joke about how we Canadians are starting to invade the UK now that there's apparently a new Tim Hortons in Birmingham.

[@fryeday]

And here's me thinking, "I wonder how @NewMessage has been doing, I haven't seen them comment on KZbin lately. I hope they're taking care of themselves, getting enough to eat, that kind of thing." Only to see you condoning this tired kind of American bashing. I mean we deserve it, but I somehow expected better out of you.

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@fryeday How was the comment American bashing???

[@realhorrorshow8547]

Je voudrais une baguette de full Irish breakfast s'il vous plait.

[@romanrob]

KZbin wants to translate this

[@mikemondano3624]

The people of Vanuatu are "up to their knees in water". I've always put Vanuatu as my country of residence when asked on the internet. They seem to have few content prohibitions and no one would find me if they started looking there.

[@Nostromo2144]

Micronesia...even better! ;).

[@yankinwaoz]

I like it. I’ve been to Vanuatu. So I could at least fake some passing knowledge of the place v

[@mikemondano3624]

@@yankinwaoz Ah! So you are the one!

[@gridlock1]

.vu domains are always available. As far as I can tell, it's their only industry. I think they have a gravel pit, or something, too.

[@mikemondano3624]

@@gridlock1 Yes, the .vu is popular due to fewer restrictions on content than the less free countries.

[@seamuskelly2330]

Would Egyptians be described as mummies boys

[@charlottelindsey5662]

There is a LOT of people who dont understand comedy watching this. The comments are nearly as funny as the show!

[@jamesvandemark2086]

A full Irish breakfast should include a Guinness!

[@hidemehere1]

Guinness is Japanese for feck sake

[@Morningdovecamp]

Ver funny! 🤣😂😅👍🇺🇸