James Acaster’s Disappointing Christmas Present | Would I Lie To You? at Christmas

[@josemaria8177]

The existence of James Acaster proves that a Bob Mortimer exists in every generation and that their purpose is to drive David Mitchell insane

[@Tao_Tology]

Although the existence of two Mortimer-Acasters **at the same time** means there is an over-abundance........ .....meaning there will inevitably have to be a period of darkness and misery and lack-of-mortimer-acasters to balance things out. I fear for the people in that future time.

[@max.wingert]

Absolutely brilliant comment

[@liminal_fruitbat]

@Tao_Tology It is also possible that their numbers are increasing, and one day humanity will be replaced by the Mortimer-Acasters. Except for David Mitchell, who shall remain, deathless and despairing.

[@josemaria8177]

@@Tao_Tology When that innevitable colapse happens, I hope we can all remember One thing: You're warmer in a Bush than in a bench

[@Tao_Tology]

@@liminal_fruitbat 'I am Mitchell'

[@parryyotter]

I knew it was true as soon as he said he threatened to drown himself because that is 100% a James Acaster thing to do. Completely and violently overreact to the smallest bit of disappointment 😂

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

So you know him personally do you, can you get his autograph for me please?

[@parryyotter]

@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 I hope you feel as dumb as this comment is

[@sunhammer420]

@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 nah mate look if you research more Acaster material I think you'll find that indeed this checks out with everything else we know about him, at least as a public figure.

[@vgvlogs4182]

Hahaha exactly. This was so him thing to do. 😂

[@robot_spider]

"Oh, you're not treading water during a family meeting..." ROFL

[@janvesters4437]

Klok.k..l.k.lkl .l.k.llk.l. . L.k.k.ll. . L.l .l ll.l.ll,k

[@michaellangston4976]

When will the panel learn that if it sounds absolutely made up and out of this world and its come from James's mouth then its absolutely true.

[@olenilsen4660]

Well, It´s the same thing with Bob Mortimer. They tell the most outrageous stories, so who really can tell the truth from one of their lies?

[@SirQuack-mi9sz]

He spent the night in a bush in a dress after all

[@parryyotter]

Exactly. James is ludicrous 😂

[@rghtscrsdr]

The wit of James is beyond belief in this segment. Within the range of no mare than fortyfive seconds he unleashes no less than THREE unbelievably funny remarks; at 1:54 he says "seven swans a-swimming", soon after comes "not treading water" and the absolutely hilarious retort to Lily, who implies that the whole situation is ridiculous, but in James' reply he subtly means that the ridiculousness was that he also couldn't get it for Christmas! Absolutely brilliant! 😂

[@Ben-ft2vo]

I’ve always said James looks really happy in this episode, maybe it’s the Christmas spirit

[@sarahfaith6531]

This story never disappoints Life does but this story doesn’t

[@poppop.ehrmantraut]

hope your life's getting better rn :( James Acaster is my only reason of living

[@jimmylin7233]

James Acaster and John Mulaney have the uncanny ability to tell the most mundane stories with the most dramatic and therefore hilarious overtones. I put this up there with Mulaney's "My dad definitely didn't murder the little Victorian girl whose ghost haunted my childhood home" story 🤣

[@Pinario]

It's why James was the natural choice to replace John Mulaney in the Cinderella movie! 😂

[@lauraduffy9055]

Ohhh I don’t know this reference.. please tell me more if you would. Thanks!

[@jimmylin7233]

@@lauraduffy9055 It's his first bit in the "Kid Gorgeous at Radio City" special, where he and his mother were discussing the fact that she repeatedly saw a ghost in their home when he was a kid, and his father interrupted the conversation very abruptly. I encourage you to look it up - it's hilarious. :)

[@tmobz]

Can we appreciate Sian Gibson’s contribution: which happened?! And I just love James, massive crush ❤

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

James is the best of the younger comedians.

[@SirQuack-mi9sz]

The dude is over thirty tho He just looks young

[@fiachnaodonnell7895]

For me I think he shines on panel shows, I've loved him so much on WILTY and taskmaster so I thought I'd check out his stand up...nah...just ain't it tbh

[@smacksoftSMA]

He’s nearly 40

[@IxiaClover]

@@fiachnaodonnell7895 yeah he has some funny stand up stuff but he shines on panel shows

[@AlisonGranger-s5z]

One of the UK's best comedians.

[@nickers0077]

This is the funniest story I've ever heard on Wilty. The way he tells it - hilarious! 🤣😂🤣

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

One of the funniest bits on WILTY! Great storytelling. I'll keep grinning over this one. (Thanks to a dad who couldn't figure out the solution of buying two albums!)

[@Nexadvenio]

So just out of boredom, I decided to look around James’ home town on google street view. He makes a lot of jokes about it and I wanted to see what the place was like. I came across an indoor public pool in the town and immediately thought “oh my god, he actually could have come to this place in the winter!”

[@JehanineMelmoth]

Bless him. He’s a sweet boy.

[@vgvlogs4182]

Honestly from everything I have seen and heard of James Acaster and what would have happend in my own family in that sitation…I 100% beleived this story as crazy as it is.

[@Britenus]

Right there with you. With me it was Boy George Culture Club.

[@paulwalsh2344]

James Acaster, or Jacaster as he's also know as, is up there in the lofty heights of compellingly implausibly audacious truths with Bob Mortimer as far as i am concerned !

[@robertryan6782]

Top post bar the space before the exclamation mark, spoiled it a little for me.

[@24magiccarrot]

This wouldn't have been a big deal when I was a kid, if my sister had an album I liked or vice versa we'd just copy the CD to a cassette and each have a copy.

[@kevinw712]

tbf, the exact same thing could've happened in this instance. the first Spice Girls album was what, like 96 or 97? A CD then was perfectly capable by a typical household of being able to copy it to cassette at least. I always thought the story was too well told to be a lie (even considering James' talents) but it does make me wonder what the father was thinking. like was it entirely about the money? I mean I was born in 76 and my family definitely grew up fairly poor (we were on food stamps multiple times), but a brand new CD back then would've been like $20 at most. surely each kid was getting moderately more than $20 worth of presents. Even if it was the only one he'd be getting that year, James made it clear how badly he wanted it.

[@24magiccarrot]

@@kevinw712 That was my point dip shit.

[@41rmartin]

Shame the audience didn't get the "I did a width" joke. I liked that one.

[@jossypoo]

Only Noddy reacted.

[@Norsilca]

I didn't understand what he said. But I'm American so that adds to the difficulty.

[@toni_the_toni]

I still don’t understand, can someone explain?

[@MsRainingDays]

@@toni_the_toni a number of lengths is something you do when swimming. He did a width

[@Norsilca]

@@toni_the_toni "Doing a length" is doing half a lap: from one end of the pool to the other. Importantly, it's going the long way. A "width" is going across the pool, the short way.

[@acptelford1307]

Never realised until recently that Lee Mack got the idea for this show from an old game show called Call My Bluff…..

[@annettealex1]

i believe it because he had a cabbage war with a kid a while back lol

[@chewar7537]

James is hilarious!!!

[@Martinbeef]

James is a very funny man!! ❤

[@maxmorgan3370]

I was going to be genuinely surprised if this was a lie lol, you could just tell that this actually happened to him.

[@parkame1]

could someone explain the joke at 1:11. "who's your friend. big ears?"

[@jeremyfletcher7804]

I'm Canadian, so I might be totally off, but.. this is what I think. Noddy Holder is the older gentleman on the other team, he was a rocker in the 80's and played in a band called Slade. He also once was invited to join AC/DC, so he was a pretty big deal back then. Noddy also was a kids cartoon about an elf looking kid who lived in a strange British small town, and his best friend was a guy called Big Ears. So, its a poke at Noddy comparing him to the cartoon character. Also, to add, earlier in the show Lee had said "who's your friend, big ears?" joking to Noddy, James having just stolen Lee's "Really, Really" joke, did a reference joke, back to Lee's earlier "Noddy" joke.

[@jacintanandi7854]

Lilly Allen grew up so rich no way ordinary 90s parents bought two CDs lol

[@nickaston2468]

That was very funny. 😂😂😂

[@guenniwan]

Can someone explain the "Who's your friend"-joke please?

[@PhantomProductions]

A month late, but there used to be (still might be) a cartoon called Noddy, in which the main character Noddy had a close friend named “Big Ears”

[@MIK23458]

Earlier in the show Lee had cracked the same joke. James was keeping the spirit of using Lee’s joke as he did with the ‘I really really wanted it’ response.

[@Fredz162]

what does 'who's your friend, big ears' mean

[@LurkerPatrol]

Who is the woman sitting next to David?

[@sanatprasad1594]

Lily Allen I think

[@bobsmith12345]

banger

[@blackbird5634]

Lilly is lovely!😍🥰

[@RatelHBadger]

Was it cabadge related?

[@samharper5881]

cabij

[@StrahilMinev]

Why don't these videos have subtitles?

[@strawhill]

@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 So first you try to be obnoxious by saying there are subtitles, but that I didn't turned them on, which is false. Then you edit your comment to make another obnoxious statement that because they are speaking English, there shouldn't be subtitles. Just delete your comment and don't bother us again.

[@teehee.1862]

@@PetroicaRodinogaster264And?

[@Lixhewettcreative]

@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 So deaf people… hard of hearing people… ESL speakers who aren’t fully fluent… people with auditory processing issues… none of those exist in your world, do they

[@missy3240]

7 🦢 🏊‍♀️ 😂

[@1063-x6b]

That was actually cruel to do that. Dad could've got 1 for them to share or none at all instead of playing favourites and being sexist, he probs thought that boys shouldn't be into spice girls. My dad never got us the right presents but at least he didn't make us share it.

[@boneeque]

That's a lot of blame to put on the father when you don't know the whole story. The album could've been sold out at that time, and why do you think he chose his sister because she was female? It could be because she was the oldest, the youngest or because she asked for it first. He didn't share this story for you to blame his father, he shared it because it was interesting and he didn't share everything, so don't jump to conclusions.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@boneeque Or because, being a sullen boy teenages, Acaster hadn't ever told them his deep love for that group.

[@1063-x6b]

@@boneeque even if there was just one left or even if the sister asked for it first, it was a xmas present that they would've both opened at the same time and by the time the father bought the present he already had the son's request as well so the best and fairest option was to not get it at all or get them to share. He obviously was upset about it at the time but has grown out of it and saw the funny side, doesn't mean it wasn't unfair. He's sharing a story and I'm a viewer who have a right to judge, just as you do on any other topics that you take offence to and I don't.

[@boydstephensmithjr]

I really hope this is an official channel, but I don't see a verification checkmark.

[@dielaughing73]

What, do you thing the Beeb has $8 just lying around?

[@boydstephensmithjr]

@@dielaughing73 Heh. I just don't want to boost a "pirate" channel with my comments and likes and subscriptions.

[@dielaughing73]

@@boydstephensmithjr I don't see any issue with it. The content owners can either place ads on their own content posted by others or just have it removed. If KZbin was only original content there wouldn't be much to watch

[@boydstephensmithjr]

@@dielaughing73 I have an issue with it, which is why I hope this is an official channel.

[@dielaughing73]

@@boydstephensmithjr noted

[@spaceo8568]

Wow. Britain was so proud of the Spice Girls when they were popular. They were a symbol of British female pride. Now this?

[@acciid]

I wasn't. I found them bloody annoying. Still do.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@acciid Why 'still' ? They aren't performing or putting out any new music or even appearing on telly that much individually.

[@kevinw712]

I still unironically quite enjoy the "spice up your life" song

[@apples5565]

usually lee mack says "keep it light" on the xmas episodes when theres a bit of a sad topic. but i guess he isnt allowed to talk about the WILTY writers bringing this suicide question up? crazy. KEEP IT LIGHT . yeesh.

[@leighgridley5397]

Writers didn’t bring it up, it was a truth - and clearly just a well re-told comedy story. Besides….it’s funny.

[@Tao_Tology]

You'll be amazed to learn that not only did James not actually commit suicide but none of the panelists nor the host think that he did.

[@crypticcryptid4702]

@@Tao_Tology Now that is shocking news.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@crypticcryptid4702 Ikr?

[@nghnnn2991]

people don't jump off bridges when they hear the word "suicide" lighten up, jeez...

[@TedInATL]

It would be most accurate if the title was just : James Acaster’s Disappointing

[@megmcfoo7680]

What

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

@tedlnATL you sad little troll…

[@TedInATL]

@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 Oh NOOOOO! I pissed off an idiot!

[@Tao_Tology]

Get out of here, Paul Hollywood, with your fake accounts and your ongoing war against James.

[@CT2507]

Bullshit. He wasn't trying to kill himself. He was just angry and held his breath under water for an extended period. That's all. Not at all the same as attempting suicide. This one shouldn't count as a true story.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Ok, because this show is about only all truth and nothing but the truth?😊 I am watching this all wrong then, I am watching it as entertainment...

[@CT2507]

@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Everything is entertainment. He still lied and the other team were rightfully confused. Crap entertainment.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

@@CT2507I recommend you to not watch WILTY videos again then, be well. I don't think he would, or anyone expects him to, talk about a true suicide attempt on this show so everyone there knew it wasn't meant literally. We just differ on how we read the situation, no biggie.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

@@CT2507 "everything is entertainment"? I sure as hell do not agree with that. There are lots of programs talking about serious things, like real suicides, that aren't entertaining at all to me. If you mean everything on WILTY, well then you agree with me on that his story was well within the show's "rules and regulations" 👍

[@CT2507]

@@bennylloyd-willner9667 bla bla bla...

[@BenjaminGoose]

Least funny person on the show.

[@concofps]

James Acaster? He's great lmao

[@TedInATL]

For some reason this bland, beige, dullard has captured a certain portion of the less intelligent public's attention.

[@chrisb8075]

That should read, "least funny person on the show ever.... is nish Kumar, what a jerk"

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

@concofps but still funnier than you hey!

[@parryyotter]

Still funnier than you are

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Great Frikkin Christmas playlist ! 6 / 7 Videos are hidden ! 😢 🫥 🥷