WILTY - Did James Acaster Try to Drown Because He Couldn’t Get a Present REACTION

[@gcarm76]

99% of our swimming pools are indoors.

[@renejean2523]

So is that 99 out of every 100 pools, or that half a meter of each pool is outdoors? 😁

[@gcarm76]

@@renejean2523 they have a small balcony

[@dazediss6629]

There’s an outdoor pool in Shap as you go past the Lake District on the M6. It’s absolutely insane; it’s 2000 feet above sea level & is almost always covered in snow. It’s like the coldest fucking place in England….. but they built an outdoor pool

[@gcarm76]

As I live in Lancaster I know the area well. More worried about the coincidence now.

[@robmartin525]

I once went in an outside pool in Wales. I think that sums up the entire experience!

[@postiekeefveness4415]

When I was 11 my parents gave me an empty shoe box and told me it was an Action Man deserter. This was better than the previous year when they gave ne a Yo (no strings attached). The year before that they gave me 2 batteries with a note attached that read " toy not included"

[@gooshie3]

LOL!

[@davidholmes5165]

Like it 👍

[@kimbirch1202]

My parents tied a bone around my neck , so the dog would play with me, when they went out drinking.

[@reinholdmueller4882]

Great reaction! This Christmas episode was especially good. Please, consider reacting to more bits from this Xmas episode! Noddy Holder's donkey story is good, too, but Lily Allen's reindeer story is hilarious! Have fun watching & reacting!🎄🎅

[@Sam-yd6]

Yeah it’s really good one of the funniest they’ve done

[@renejean2523]

This was one of the classic episodes, in my opinion. So funny from beginning to end. And don't forget David's tablet/wasp story.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

James Acaster (pronounced 'Ay-caster'), has such a quirky style of humour with a great dead pan delivery. Love it.

[@Tendo8002]

James had (and still have) a genuine music interest, he has a pretty vast collection of -90's albums which in his opinion is the greatest music era. And as many have mentioned before, northern Europe are mostly indoor pools.

[@bucklberryreturns]

He has more than a "genuine music interest". He's had multiple bands, and I'd wager he'd give up comedy today to be a moderately successful musician.

[@watchreadplayretro]

^ what they said

[@js0988]

This was a great episode all around, all stories were amazing. Lilly Allen's raindeer story, Noddy Holder's christmas party story is one of the best of all times.

[@Tendo8002]

Oh god, I forgot the raindeer story 😅

[@Max_Flashheart]

James Acaster is amazing

[@runningsuperska]

Outdoor pools would be pretty useless in England most of the time.

[@renejean2523]

Yes. It's not a place for outdoor swimming, that's for sure.

[@Isleofskye]

I understand but last year in The South,we had 2 successive months without rain.

[@SimonNemeth]

​​@@renejean2523@runningsuperska You both obviously don't realise that outdoor swimming is actually a tradition in the UK?

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

@@SimonNemethNot many people do it nowadays though.

[@SimonNemeth]

@@Howling-Mad-Murdock It's on the incline. More people are doing it. I would if there was one a bit closer.

[@nickname6747]

Jodi... outdoor pool... in the UK... in December? Have a word. Thanks for uploading, guys.

[@kieranclarges2514]

If you like James Acaster, You should try "James Acaster's Best Taskmaster Moments" . Also if you Bob Mortimer try "Bob Mortimer's Best Taskmaster Moments" .

[@raythomas4812]

I watched WITLY last night ( on BBC1 ) it never fails to make me laugh - It's a great show.

[@BKPrice]

"How do you do that?" "I don't know, I'm unconscious."

[@TommyHax]

I loved the Spice Girls as a kid, my sister and I got the Spice World movie on video, in a metal tin that had Geri Halliwell on it 😂 I believed this story immediately

[@Isleofskye]

Did you still like it when you started Nursery? :)

[@renejean2523]

@@Isleofskye- lol Ouch!

[@Isleofskye]

@@renejean2523 lol. Hi,again.:)

[@renejean2523]

​@@Isleofskye- Och the noo, my Hebridean friend! (was that racist?)

[@Isleofskye]

@@renejean2523 Good Heavens: NO, renejean.Kindly give The Scots as much banter as you want as I am English from London and have never been to The Beautiful Isle Of Skye. The only reason I chose that, totally inappropriate, name is that I love "The Skye Boat Song" and 15 years ago,I chose it It is a lovely, poignant song and are you familiar with it ? In return NEVER call me Scottish again as Sports wise, they are our Arch Enemies, especially at Football. After England won The World Cup in 1966 they played Scotland in London in 1967 and they beat us and had 80,000 out of the 100,000 crowd and most of them were on the pitch after their victory.

[@johnhewett9483]

Wow!! You are on a roll. Yeo in a row, well done you two. Can you make it three ? ❤

[@davidjb-750]

A great Christmas episode this. The older gentleman is Noddy Holder who is Xmas icon over here as he is singer of one of the most popular Xmas songs with his band Slade.

[@Isleofskye]

£500,000 a year Xmas Royalties:)

[@tomfoolery9749]

Noddy is known more for his Christmas hit with his band Slide but their song 'How Does It Feel', still holds up as one of the best songs of the time.

[@botticellirejectbotticelli2668]

*Slade

[@tomfoolery9749]

@@botticellirejectbotticelli2668 Bloody auto-correct!

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

@@tomfoolery9749

[@RedcoatT]

Public indoor heated swimming pools are common in the UK, often run by the local government.

[@misterc5783]

After seeing the twitter thread of a biologist who tested public pools about ten years ago, I’ll never ever even walk past a public swimming pool again let alone swim in one. Safer to drink from a puddle.

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

9:21 - 9:44: I'm guessing that it was an indoor pool. Because in December here, most outdoor pools would have a solid surface

[@NoxiousRob]

What you should have picked up by now from all of your WILTY reactions is that Lee Mack is one the quickest witted comedians out there.

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

Love Noddy Holder😊

[@Isleofskye]

Never realised what he was diagnosed with 5 years ago,until yesterday but seems fine:)

[@mancbiker17]

He’s great on Taskmaster as well to be fair

[@jrswinhoe58]

In the case of my sister and me it was the Grease Album

[@GregGriffiths-m3b]

You should try finding James a caster on a sugar rush

[@Nikolaiwww]

Indoor pools like that are eighter full or half olympic size. At least here in Norway. Often own by the city.

[@Isleofskye]

Good Reaction Guys. 99% of UK Pools are Indoor, No need to even begin to defend any Dad giving that Album priority to his Sister as the alternative is ridiculous particularly when both kids return to school after Christmas and reveal who got the Album. Neither kid (especially James) would ever hear the end of it. FUN FACT: "Noddy" sitting next to David wrote the all-time best-selling UK Xmas single and earns $500,000 each year from Royalties from it. "Merry Xmas Everybody"..

[@steveross8364]

"I was right she rode my coat-tails as usual" I hid under the table at that point, fearing the outbreak of WW3...

[@gritnix]

Find David Mitchell's take on tax avoidance. That's classic.

[@johndbrandhorst4434]

Noddy Holder from Slade 🎶🎸

[@HAYDNBBH]

I've loved in the UK all my life, im 30, and I've never seen an outdoor pool here

[@SimonNemeth]

You just need to get out more. There's plenty.

[@dib000]

We had one in my village in Wales, used to go there everyday of summer holidays as a kid.

[@4211234]

we can very easily split people geographically by asking who thinks of a swimming pool as an indoor activity than an outdoor one.

[@CLINT473]

Bob mortimer on would i lie to you ,you need to see

[@Obi-J]

The trick to this game is to wrap up the truth in as much exaggerated and/or entirely made up nonsense as possible, so that it's just too ridiculous to believe. Or if you're lying, do exactly the same thing but try to make them suspect that's what you're doing, so they think it's so ridiculous that it must be true.

[@Isleofskye]

No spoilers but Lee and David are definitely "playing the game" sometimes as years ago,I worked out,in certain situations,that occurred,occasionally,whether someone was telling the truth and in that particular scenario(that occurs every 2nd or 3rd programme) then ,even,I have a 100% record so they must know,as well and yet ,sometimes,get it wrong:)

[@debbiecurrie7336]

Im sure true

[@helenwood8482]

American dad's might be weird about that stuff, but a British dad wouldn't find it odd for a boy to want an album by women. There's a lot less misogyny over here.

[@mossyman65]

Got to again throw Henning Wehn out their, think you would love him on WILTY, very Bob Mortimer like with his stories.

[@triptwo425]

James Acaster was on The Ricky Gervais podcast on Sirius, he tells the funniest story of a car crash. If i can find the cllip i will post it. Really worth a listen. Yeah his standup is a bit meh.

[@NoxiousRob]

James just wasn't smart enough to play the situation to his own advantage. I remember when I was a young kid in the early 70s and my mum said that me and my younger sister could pick a single, this would be the first records we'd ever owned. I wanted Life on Mars by David Bowie, but so did my sister. Her alternative choice if she didn't get Bowie was some piece of crap from David Cassidy. My alternative was a single by Slade. So I let her get the Bowie single and I picked Slade. That we we ended up with my top 2 picks, rather than my top pick and a piece of crap.

[@xaj1543]

Are you kidding?? “Is it cold in England at Christmas,” “I know seasons change around the world,” No they don’t, they change from the northern hemisphere to southern hemisphere. You must be aware that England is in the northern hemisphere, aren’t you? After all, you did travel to Britain in 2023. As a teacher, what exactly is it that you teach, based on observation I have managed to eliminate, English, history, geography and science.

[@rhondafoy8009]

The lady with the pink hairs brother was Theon in Game of Thrones, just saying

[@AzimovTube]

He also stole John Wick's car and killed his dog.

[@enemde3025]

Ay ( as in hay) caster. Outdoor pools in the UK !! Are you having a laugh !?

[@triptwo425]

Down south, duck. HAhahaha although not in winter. Youre right! im wrong!

[@Isleofskye]

When I moved to this house in Outer London in 1983 there was one ,in the park, which was 80 yards away but they closed it that same year. All the kids,apparently,came from miles away.

[@MeFreeBee]

There are 2 outdoor pools close to me in SW London. One is summer only but also has a regular indoor pool for all year use. The other one is open all year and popular with nutters xmas morning.

[@SimonNemeth]

​@triptwo425 There's quite a few up north as well. There are pools in Hathersage, Ilkley, Ingleton, Skegness, Scarborough, and Hull, and one due to be restored and reopened in the North of Leeds as well, for that matter. They were on about building one near me as part of a health club as well, and quite a few of the posh houses on the south west of the city have outdoor pools. I knew someone in East Ardsley who had fairly large swimming pool in their garden and a sauna inside the pump house.

[@dib000]

There's quite a few around.

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

If i had asked for that album, my brother would have taked the piss and would have still been taking the piss now, being young he may have punched me. I was too much of a Indy girl to shame myself for the Spice Girls, too busy lisoning to the Smiths, to go swiming.

[@MikeSmith-ye9ho]

I’ve just paused I think it’s false what boy wants to go back to school and tell his mates he got the Spice Girls album. I was sure that was a lie, but I’m wrong. So he had no street cred at school

[@MsGeoffh]

I bet it made you a bette rperson though...povert is the best teacher.

[@renejean2523]

If you have any respect for your genitals, you don't ever go swimming outdoors in the UK.

[@lesleyclaff3172]

Please try not to say 'like' every other word. So American, so annoying. And Acaster is pronounced A-caster

[@paulbromley6687]

I was a fan of James Acaster but not since he failed to support Ricky Gervais when he was being open and honest and treating all members of society in the same way. He chose to join the cancel culture so I have personally cancelled him.

[@jaydunna2645]

Brit shows are funny, but i dont find any of their stand up comedians funny. Jimmy Carr being one of the exceptions.

[@lakelady57]

Dara O' Brien is great stand up, Micky Fanagan is funny, Billy Connelly has always been funny .