Why I Love My Working Class Parents: Best Bits Of Suzi Ruffell’s Live From The BBC

This laugh out loud show sees Suzi take to the stage for thirty minutes of stand-up about struggling in - and out - of the middle classes.
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[@Charlie-ql1wi]

quite stale coffee but quite fresh depression is honestly what i want on my grave stone

[@ethanmacdougall6996]

Samee

[@TheBritishActingCoach]

I actually think that’s the best line I’ve ever heard.

[@halfthewomanuk9409]

I’m sure I had that same teacher…

[@bubblegummel]

Omg my dad only writes in capitals and I never even noticed

[@superbad978]

bubblegummel never seen my dad write for 18 years

[@joeyxxox]

Same 😂

[@clivebby4877]

My dad writes in inbisible ink...

[@mors4612]

Same.

[@akulaa4853]

@@clivebby4877 "My dad writes in inbisible ink..." Is inbisible ink like invisible ink but used for businesses?

[@themaggattack]

The part about dyslexia and Wales was funny!

[@hannahcollings6358]

John bishop did a set about it too.

[@geministargazer9830]

I suspect her dad is also dyslexic because he writes in all caps, it’s easier for dyslexics to read all caps

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

Her dad is probably dyslexic too. When I got diagnosed with dyslexia at 10, they went through the symptoms it dawned on my parents my Dad he is dyslexic too. He also writes in capitals as lowercase is more illegible but did not know why until he was middle aged. It really helped him identifying his problem & knowing he wasn't just stupid, I am sure it would help this womans Dad too.

[@rachelfox8108]

Right?? I have Irlen's syndrome (sometimes called Visual Dyslexia) that I wear tinted glasses for, and it wasn't until I went through the symptoms with a specialist while my grandmother was there that we realised she had the same thing! She was 80 years old at the time, so you can imagine that came as a shock.

[@geministargazer9830]

Rachel Fox this is why I get angry at people who say kids these days are overdiagnosed. No, people back then we’re UNDERdiagnosed

[@stJek]

@@geministargazer9830 Woah! 🤯 So obvious and yet so easily missed.

[@GlaciesYin]

That's a good observation! I thought it was just a bloke thing

[@kittygrimm7301]

"I misread the word 'organism.' Most of you are ahead of me." XD

[@bravoalley228]

I was a part of this audience. I was looking for this comedian again. Thank you.

[@noodle9993]

Steve Terry chill out sweetie

[@Mydearestsquish]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE DAD Lmaoo I lost it sounds like my father.... I need more of Suzi she is Hilarious!

[@severussnape1212]

Her mannerisms remind me of Eddie izzard and I love that!

[@rcd2000]

Taylor Nuzzolo we need more people like Eddie and Suzi in this world

[@zarabada6125]

I don't see any similarities to Izzard. A big characteristic of Izzard's body language is his ability to portray arguments with himself. In this clip it is clear she is always focused on the audience, even when she is making a caricature. I'm not saying that is bad, just not something that resembles Izzard's style.

[@laurabowden5]

Zarabada She probably means her personality rather than his mannerisms. Honestly, I see what she means. She’s very much engaged with her audience, as any good comedian like Eddie Izzard.

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

She would kind of walk, stop, stoop, turn, and continue like Izzard, yeah!

[@BNL07604]

I didn't hear "so... yeah" though.

[@scouser2010ify]

She’s brilliant how haven’t I heard of her before

[@1815matt]

Why on earth would you edit out the punchline to her school routine? That was the best bit!

[@catherineeng186]

Took out the BEST part about how when the Dad came to talk to her headmaster, he sided with Suzi! It's on her instagram in the long video section (i forget what theyre called)

[@orbitalsummer]

G - Nochi to us all! 😂

[@MaxTilley]

I’m from Portsmouth too, can agree with everything she said, the art of comedy is keeping to what you know and if you don’t know... that’s not her fault, congratulations on being raised somewhere better than we did, does not make it less funny, just less relevant....Poppy!

[@BeanieBoyification]

MaxTilley just a quick ask mate, I’m from Southampton and whenever I see memes and that pinning the North and South of England compared to one another, I always feel like I relate more to the north despite being born and raised in Soton. Do you feel like Pompey and Southampton are the odd ones out in the south because we’re a bit more working class than the rest?

[@kelsey5511]

Harrison definitely I mean have they seen buckland mate 😂😂😂

[@Georgie1996x]

My middle class housemate also taught me how to pronounce gnocchi 👍🙄

[@superbad978]

Robyn Jones i can pronounce it any way cos am italian

[@cogidubnus1953]

I'm 67 and only just discovered the G is so elusive...just like the Spot presumably...

[@David-wh7rm]

Very funny, love Suzi, great comedian!

[@cam70980]

Been living in Portsmouth for just over 10 years now and she is bang on.

[@dragonnymphs5882]

Hearing her slag off my home city is honestly the best

[@woodlaura4219]

😂 😂 I always thought that it was only my dad who wrote in only capital letters!

[@geministargazer9830]

Wood Laura lots of men who work in trades write in all caps, they’re supposed to for work so it just carries over

[@theeverliving]

She's like a version of Russell Kane

[@InuandKagomeForever]

My Grandma only texts in all caps, so it always looks like she’s yelling. To be fair, she always yells when she talks, so

[@Lol78209]

So it’s basically feminism, but with a nice bit of grub chucked in. Dying 😂

[@DarkWandererAU]

@ThatOneAsianBroChick Meeting one of those types as a guy, is truly terrifying. Some women are so heavily indoctrinated with feminism, that you can actually feel the contempt for men ooze off them while you speak to them

[@just-tess]

yeah, that's not it...

[@amberhm7458]

Kid slapping his leg like he is in panto 😂😂😂

[@mateoleahy1285]

She should be in films. She could be a great character actor

[@luisarozo5495]

Freaking adore her accent and different voices. 😍😍

[@melissag7372]

quite stale coffee but quite fresh depression gets me every time

[@queerqueries]

Suzi Ruffell, you've got it going on! You're like a mix of Cameron Esposito and Eddie Izzard plus your own fabulous style.

[@jeffjefferson3364]

Even the birds are proper geezers in her family

[@jabberwocky3688]

More Suzi. More Suzi forever

[@TheBritishActingCoach]

Oh my days, a new fav comedienne!

[@user-ib3ro1pd7l]

Pompey bird? Wreeyyy - play up Pompey 😜

[@elenak.4521]

This is amazing!

[@laurenwalker950]

Cutting bits out was a crime 😭😭

[@nathandi_maggio8297]

I so did that mis spell and had the class and teacher almost piss himself with laughter, pleased to hear i wasnt the only one

[@millie1594]

Every thing she said about Portsmouth is 100% accurate

[@ameliawiseman1158]

“Mainly feminism hasn’t come to Portsmouth yet” so true 😂😂😂

[@orbitalsummer]

those lucky folks

[@lb8141]

She is brilliant

[@kamilesarakauskaite6450]

Amazing!

[@socialengineering8147]

"Oh fuck it, it's all African" 😂

[@katiefinnegan4649]

Sooo need to get to one of her gigs in the north. Love the developed style now.

[@thusharasiv]

My dad only writes in caps too when absolutely necessary, to the point even on my birthday cards he just signs 😂

[@myutubeaccount4542]

Googling what gnocchi is😂

[@KitKat-tx3yl]

1:27 that's sooo bad cuz i've done that 😂😂😭😂😂😍😂😂

[@cutedevil786]

I love her new look

[@Christina_xoxo]

I love her 😍😍😍

[@stephdidomenico6425]

“Gnocchi to you” 😂😂😂

[@millie1594]

Okay everything about Portsmouth is 100% accurate

[@sirgeorgioalastrata4104]

She is hilarious!

[@georgebronstein8588]

Funny!!

[@BimboMousey]

god she is hilarious 😂

[@anniecross4234]

Suzi's mum is my hero

[@151anja]

Lol gnocchi isn't pronounced like that at all, Poppy isn't nearly posh enough 😂

[@marinascopm]

151anja I think she was pronouncing the she used to before Poppy taught her!

[@caitlinmorrisxx9546]

She’s genuinely funny

[@tashazalinski5250]

Funny and fit as.

[@ninjasylph]

They cut off the past with the dad responding!

[@LetticeTravels]

v good!!

[@AlexaBellaMuerte]

I like her

[@meapmeap11]

......I was today years old when I found out that gnocci(?) is prounounced without the g

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

I'm impressed....as she's very likeable

[@marinascopm]

G-NOCCHI TO US ALL LOLLLL

[@yungfuckingblud1670]

“We’ve only just got Uber” YUP

[@louiselouise2686]

Woo Portsmouth

[@doadear4700]

Hardly working class she pronounces crayon correctly rather than as crown as I do

[@mooiemellow]

I'm from Portsmouth and my daughter is called Poppy. What does this mean for me?! Lol

[@amyclarke41]

hahaha

[@tnecb1730]

I found her from iFunny and I want to know where I can find more of her

[@BudokaiTH]

Same, I just got here. XD

[@skufflord8739]

Same lol

[@emy198]

Ha I have I did the same as her and it was on a test and we had to read out the test and some poor kid in my class had to read it and that was arkward

[@madeleinedavis7517]

"Feminism hasn't reached Portsmouth yet" truth 😭

[@cogidubnus1953]

Especially Paulsgrove...

[@spacecaptain9188]

The g is not silent. In Italian, it pairs with the n to make a sound like the Spanish ñ.

[@marshalclark135]

My gym teacher splites my class in groups of the three and said tiresome to 30 freshman students lol we all almost died of laughter

[@mischa2643]

Threesome?

[@ZirraAkuatic]

There's a captcha asked me to rewrite the word displayed. The word was "organism" guess what I read. Thought it was funny so I shared it on facebook group. Haunt me till this day.

[@becccole8741]

I want to know which school she went to now...

[@TheLadida9]

THE G IN GNOCCHI IS SILENT?

[@bodoorgeest]

The C, she can't help it.. She's dyslexic..😂

[@mmarialexx]

It’s pronounced “nee-O-kee”

[@HarPlayer]

I'm thinking of the movie Hobbs n Shaw n i can't help but think of Jason Statham 😆 how would they interact?

[@Macinizby]

She's like a female Russel Howard

[@EverySongEndsStudios]

Nothing is worse than being the teacher that mispronounces organism in front of sixth graders 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@satah5045]

If you want to get revenge on a teacher this is the way to do it

[@mmarialexx]

Can someone explain the last bit? What was Poppy asking for? A pale what?

[@sapphireblossom1982]

Where in England is this accent from?

[@satchelyork]

I met some posh bird at a pub, had a go at chatting her up, she said her name was Poppy, and I couldn't help but blurt out, "That's my dog's name!" Which is the truth but anyway needless to say I am still single. Love my dog tho.

[@sadboi3204]

Oof

[@fruitbarley9765]

This is literally a female version of Russel Howard

[@kaipalphreyman6127]

Yeet

[@kasdoesntdomuch]

Yote

[@lolajones5689]

The only female comedian I find numerous

[@krumble8327]

Lola Jones how many of her do you see?

[@ajivins1]

I find many of them numerous.

[@iceeblister]

Misread Organism?... I always did that on purpose.

[@saintreign7192]

Anyone here from iFunny

[@thomdrolet2624]

Because they're your parents?

[@ewwwitscosso2292]

She looks like a gay Tom Holland

[@sitas9827]

she's so hot

[@TrueAlpha100]

I can’t decide whether she’s the female Russell Kane or he’s the straight her 🤔

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

what are flat whites?

[@duckmcmad2843]

Being working class isn't a personality

[@bestcreations4703]

She’s a female Russell Howard

[@chrisallum9044]

Best most quick and on point description of todays western feminism ever haha

[@thatsdinnersorted6234]

feeding the gays

[@lewissefton3602]

If this is her best bits how bad are the worst? 🙄🙄

[@sarahholland1375]

It's 70% Russell Kanes act basically. She should ditch the class stuff as the other stuff was good (the dyslexia etc).

[@brenmoyer4896]

Hey everyone, here's an idea: let's just refer to a person as "they" when you're not sure of their gender? It's not hard, try it.

[@catlee8064]

why?

[@brenmoyer4896]

Sany0 because it's polite. And many people do not identify as he or she. Many people prefer to go by they.

[@89hatters]

Brenna Moyer no, not many people ,very very few people. Most of the world is grown up enough to not have to demand a new description to make themselves special. Here's an idea :focus on the jokes and don't make an issue of her gender or sexual preference.

[@pottedaloe9160]

Brenna Moyer These guys doing it on this comment section are not unclear on her gender. They're trolls who attack female comedians and they're deliberately misgendering her to add insult to injury while making their tired "women aren't funny" comments. So your educating of them is going to go to waste here (while I agree with your sentiment).

[@89hatters]

Snow Cinder get over yourself. Who attacked Suzi? I merely pointed out the ridiculous comment about what to call her. She is not a "they". She is a comedian who happens to be a lesbian, and I really don't care who she sleeps with. All I care about is is she funny, and she is. Misgendering? Wtf. Grow up. See any comments about women not being funny? Stop reading things that aren't there and take your smug arse for a long walk.

[@AAAReviews]

Must be British humor...

[@zimruleshumanity]

She is funny but i realized she reuses her jokes a lot

[@butterbean645]

Neptune1357 most comedians do...Lee Evans used the same old shit on repeat and he wasn't remotely funny except for his face

[@Generalscorpio]

She seems quite new so she'll probably do that, comedy is like everything other art form in the sense that you have to build up material over time.

[@alexfisher9080]

Horrible

[@signmaker7210]

Is it a career? Please NO