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When Al said "it doesn't matter who comes first when you're on your own" it was a double edged joke. Not just a reference to getting to the moon but also a masturbation joke. He shakes his hand and states "it's been a year" to imply he has had no sex for a year and has had to jerk off, as you Americans call it, whereas we refer to it as wanking.
The thing you need to remember is that British humour, is 99% ripping the piss out of everyone, everything, and often times, ourselves. Self deprecation is the British way. One you get that, everything else falls into place!
If it was an Olympic Sport we'd get Gold, Silver and Bronze every 4 years. Liked his comment about no representation, unfortunately the US Constitution is based on Magna Carts, we've had representation for 800years. It was this that gave us everyman's home is his Castle.
I've only just started watching his channel so I don't know if he's aware that, A. Al's playing the character of a old fashioned pub landlord and, B. He takes the piss out of everyone in the UK too. Everyone and everything is fair game in his act. You can look a bit of an uptight, insecure twonk if you can't take the piss out of yourself....
He is playing a character. A pub “know it all, slightly belligerent, very patriotic” landlord. The type of guy that “knows” it all. The secret being, that he actually does know it all as Al is an Oxford history graduate and all round very clever bloke.
Thanks for all the love everyone! A lot of you are commenting not to take the jokes too seriously but I promise whenever I look like I am offended, I really am just joking around too 😀 Thanks again everyone! and I'll keep reacting to stuff like this if you would like so let me know down in the comments! I hope to understand more British humor as we go forward!
John, you’re missing the whole point. British humour. He is acting a part - of a jingoistic pub landlord (the clue is in the name FFS). In doing so he is taking the piss out of us. British humour.
@@alistairkelton645 When you criticise "yanks" for spelling wrong...... I think you meant to say ourselves..... just cheeky banter mate. I take the piss out of myself too....... or as you would probably spell it "my self to" ;)
“Redcoats, tax, and no representation?” Ummm, no redcoats. Yes, tax, (first $15,000 dollar is tax free). Parliament for representation, tick. Oh, and don’t forget, free healthcare. Your welcome. 🇬🇧😄
Part of the Pub Landlord backstory is that his wife has left him, which is why when he says "It doesn't matter who comes first when you're on your own!" he follows it with "It's been a year!" He often says this when the subject of sex comes up.
This is part of the British sense of humour - never take things, or yourself, too seriously. If you can't laugh at yourself, be sure someone else will do it for you.
62 countries in the world celebrate their independence from Great Britain. If you like history you should check out every country England has invaded. Love us or hate us there would be no trial by jury parliamentary democracy or industrial revolution or English language without us.
@@SimSim-zf9if You belittle & mock the nation that gave YOU Democracy & industry.. You have no respect! That is also what qualifies for being a troll! 🇬🇧
This is Al playing his character The Pub Landlord. In real life he's an Oxford graduate (ie smart). Nothing the character says is serious - he's just mocking this type of person (the guy who runs a pub and has an opinion on everything).
The fact you didn't get the joke for a moment because you misunderstood the word "period" to mean what comes at the end of a sentence, and two minutes later Al says "to the American the word period probably means something like full stop" One of those wonderful and precious moments when Life imitates Art.
I absolutely love the way this young guy fooled you. I have seen endless videos by him and he is excellent at pretending to take offence though it DOES occasionally touch a nerve...:)
The ability to laugh at yourself shows tremendous character and self confidence, every British person has it. Don't take things personally, America is shit as well as the UK. We were being bombed constantly during the 2nd World War but we just carried on as normal, British people are hard as nails and our humour reflects that. You take the piss out of me and I'll come back with something more offensive until it comes to the point where we just laugh at each other. It's the British way!
'No representation', you do realise we have a democracy right? XD Back in the 18th century though, I wouldn't have had representation either even as a native of the UK. Not even in the 19th century. Over here, the working classes didn't get the vote until 1918. It wasn't just you guys. We had to fight hard for it as well.
You should definitely react to Blackadder Goes Fourth ep6 “Goodbyeeeeee”. A perfect example of British humour. Set in WW1 so…historically accurate/relevant too!
Well done, you took it on the chin. The bit where you said stop laughing wasn't a dig at America, it was a sexual reference to being on your own. Also, have a good day tomorrow.
Hi Connor, have just watched you reacting to this and I can definitely see that you understand more than, I think, even you think you do. I can see a wry sense of humour in you & you seem to not be as offended as people think you are about the jokes. He’s playing a character & as is the way of UK humour he takes the piss out of all of us and we have to be able to laugh at ourselves or what’s the point right? Keep up the good work 😉🙌 Raine 🏴
Connor, Al Murray is putting on an act good and proper: he is an Oxford educated historian, an academic. When he speaks with his normal voice he is polite and very much a gentleman. He is a very brainy man indeed.
Don't take it to heart Connor. AS JOSH has mentioned; British humour is steeped in Self-deprecation and sarcasm. It is nuanced. Al is a charming, highly educated Oxford history graduate. This is an act. You need to visit a few British pubs to get the character lol. Watch his programme entitled 'Why does everyone hate the British?' He rips it out of us too lol. Keep watching his sketch: you will see those nuances and how sophisticated his humour is. As for double-entendres and backhanded compliments - that I'm afraid is just being British lol.
Who was it said, "If the British like you, they take the mickey out of you. If they aren't sure they like you, or even DON'T like you, they are polite at all times." "Not Funny?" Hmmm - ok, if you want more serious stuff, try "Al Murray's Road to Berlin" series - from D-Day onwards. This is his serious historical stuff (with a bit of humour), you'll find it far more complimentary to the USA - although you might find a British perspective interesting, you won't find it offensive. Edit: Darn, can't find it on RU-vid.
I'm from Bracknell, UK, yes everything is compact but you have to think about how many people live in London alone, there's 67 million people in the UK the majority live in the London as its central and the Capital of the UK, we are a small island we can't have many people live on the island, buut he was only doing as a joke Al Murray is a British comedian his stand ups are only to be taken as a joke
That has gone completely gone over his head, it appears he is your typical USA, USA, character, they take things so literally a man with a history degree from Oxford knows his stuff, quite quick to the boil as well, oh dear. Best he does not see The We have defeated everyone in the world skit.
You've been to London? My condolences, us Britons don't consider London British or English. The Mayor with surname "Khan" says the city is a "global city" alright Ghengis stop colonising my capitol. want a good representation of England go to the Midlands, the country.
The reason America is so spacious with development is because of Manifest destiny, america took as much land as possible in the mid 1800s and spaced all their towns out so that they would hold that territory and lay claim. That is why if you live in the US you need a car. In Great Britain and Northern Ireland shops are like 5 minutes walk away. instead of a 15 minute drive away
Al Murray is actually mocking the type of person he's playing. It's an act. He's a history grad, too, I think. He doesn't mean anything bad it's just British humo(u)r lol ;p Great reaction tough, bro.
He's actually an Oxford University graduate in history and here he is playing a character called the "Pub Landlord " . Notice the amount of self deprecation in the jokes , we're laughing at ourselves as well .🇬🇧
Listen to "To Anacreon in Heaven" and see if it rings any bells. It's an 18th century British drinking song... Russia had the first satellite, the first animal, the first astronaut and realised the moon wasn't possible. America had to keep going thanks to their President stating "we will go to the moon in this decade and return safely". Strange no one has even attempted it other than 6 manned missions between 1969 and 1972. Even now they recon it's going to be 2024 before a manned mission could be attempted. That says a lot to me... Try watching "the time Britain nuked The USA twice"... Back in 1960-1961...
It should be emphasised that Al is actually very educated, but plays a character in his stand-up, which is why he can make people look very stupid indeed.
Don't take it the wrong way geez, it's British banter mixed with comedy. We, the British majority, by far love America deeply. Our friends, our allies and our brothers in arms. ♥️🇬🇧🇺🇲🥂
Pride in your own country is to be applauded. If Johnny Foreigner takes the piss out of it, you have the right to be slightly aggrieved. We Brits feel the same when someone says something about dear old Blighty, BUT, you have to remember that as Brits, we have the perfect right to take the piss out of our own country whenever we want, and do!
Your a top bloke, seen other Americans watch this and get offended and not realise the butt if the joke is himself, he’s mocking the “know it all patriotic landlord” you find in old school pubs, basically the old guy in your life who says “in my day……” but also throwing in some jokes at Americans, it’s a mix, it’s British humour for sure we will make jokes about everyone but we will Do it to ourselves at the same time, oh and American flag covering your face made me laugh lol
So many of Al's jokes went completely over this bloke's head. His three point comment at the beginning of Al's dialogue also demonstrated that he has swallowed the American politically screwed view of history, hook line and bleeding sinker.
If your looking to understand British humour ,never ever take anything seriously the whole point of al Murray is he’s pretending to be an old school bigot ,the better he does it the funnier it is ! The pub landlord is a cartoon character al Murray doesn’t actually hold any of these views, he’s taking the piss out of people who do . Hope this helps on your quest👍
Not a back slap as an insult. British and Australian humour is very different from USA, we all laugh at jokes at ourselves and our countries during comedy. It’s never meant as an insult at all. If you were to have a normal conversation with him, he’d be friendly and polite never insulting. Just before you stopped your show you were about to be seriously insulting. Many American don’t understand British humour is not insulting at all. Once you do understand you can finally see the funny side. If he cracked and humorously talked about Australia, where I’m from, I don’t get insulted at all, it’s funny.
He plays a nationalistic big mouth barman. who loves the sound of his voice. A very funny guy, who is quite bright. It’s not him, and in some ways it makes it funnier.
Isn’t that the one where the US narrator says that John Briton ‘is a good man to have in our team’? When John Briton had been on the team for two and a quarter years before the USA was forced into WW2? Interesting perspective.
The hall mark of British comedy is self deprication, of which Al is a master of, half the jokes are about the British as much as whoever he's talking about, it's not something Americans tend to encounter too much of in their own comedy, but seems to be growing in popularity across the Anglosphere. I'm glad you kinda like it, but I'd honestly suggest watching a full show, most of the famous clips are from 'giving it both barrels' but there's far more in it then just those clips.
London's compact because it's essentially. a medival city. Grids weren't a thing back then. If you ever come back go to a different city and you'll find there's no difference. If you like metronomic order akin to the US Russia might be a good bet or any of the liberated countries of the Soviet Empire
If you actually pay attention, you'll notice he's just as much making fun of Brittain as he is of the US (the whole moon comparison with British colonialism). I love how he interacts with his audience, brilliant and I'm neither British or American.
Al Murray speaks several different languages FLUENTLY and knows his History Like an Encyclopedia , extremely clever man . But a Comedian he is and I know he loves different culture . Typical British humour done in a non aggressive way , we really love our American Brothers and I for one know our mutual friendship is important ……
In the 2000's, around the time this show was recorded, Al had a 'chatshow' on a mainstream channel, in character as the Pub Lardlord. One guest was Buzz Aldrin and Al was star struck and could barely stay in character. He did congratulate Buzz on punching that conspiracy nut who had been following him, yelling insults and calling him a liar, a couple of years before. Though more a geopolitical and military history buff, Al will know the Soviets were in the Moon race, he might know that the Kremlin only approved the Soviet response 3 years after JFK's announcement and with a fraction of the budget, they were never going to win.
Remember this darlin. When a Brit teases, mocks and lays into you; it normally is our way of saying we like you. You've been accepted as one of us. The Americans have lots of unsubstantiated, untrue stereotypes of us, we don't take it too seriously as we know it's not correct. Calling us a bunch of ..... is not helpful. People are strange when you're a stranger. The Yanks in the audience probably live or have lived here so get the humour and were not offended. We still love you. X
So glad you're not really upset. I was a little concerned that you may have been. Keep viewing and vlogging. I really enjoy them. It's good you're taking the time to look into our culture and try to understand it. We are a nice bunch really.
If you met an absolute stranger, how you know he was an America? Easy...it's the first thing he'll tell you. Don't ever ask one if he's married, for he's honour-bound to take out his wallet and extract a photo of his wife and kids - as if anyone is bloody interested! If you'd never met him how would you know he was American? He's got a Stars and Stripes badge in his lapel. Don't ever ask him where lives, for the photos will come out again, just to show his Stars and Stripes sticking out of his bedroom window. If you're standing in a crowd outside the Tower of London, and you spot him, just prtend you're a foreigner; guaranteed he'll tell you the Queen lives there.Ask him what car he drives, and it's out with the photos to show a very large 4x4 with bull horns - and the bloody Stars and Stripes on the window and bumper. Ask him if knows what Big Ben is, and with all the puffed-up arrogance of having an honours degree at Wottacrock State Junior Infants School, he'll tel you its "that big tower with the clock on it." Don't ever ask him what he thinks of Britain, for the ansers could be one or all of the following, "You sure do talk funny, but I love the British accent." (there are only about 100 different accents in Britain)! "You Brits don't have good coffee/your streets are sooo narrow;you drive on the wrong side of the road/ does your Royal Army all wear those funny hats?/we have the biggest army in the world in the USofA." But what can't you say to an American? Well, for starters, don't ever say anything about their flag, they don't like anyone saying anything they don't like; theyll happily tear Britain to shreds with their opinions, but don't understand when the Brits take the piss out of them. Don't ever mention the fact that they "escaped" from Vietnam, got their asses kicked at the Bay of Pigs...and don't risk life and limb by reminding them of their recent debacle in Afghanistan. "Special Relationship with the UK?" An old chestnut that was smoke and mirrors - there was never any special relationship. I found myself highly amused with McJibbin - he was more than taken-aback with Al Murray's incisive wit - most of which went over his head, as it does with most Americans. The British sense of hmour has served our country well for hundreds of years; it's part of what mage Great Britain great!
