American reacts to American Comedians describing Australia 

“Everybody is white” probably sums up how little he knows or understands Australia and our humour.

The British love Australian humour. We crack up at it. I guess the Brits and the Aussies are more culturally similar.

Australians are known to be a tough audience regardless of wether you are known or not. We don't treat famous people any different to ordinary people. Famous people come to oz to be left alone.

People here know Louis CK, but being known doesn't guarantee a laugh, you've actually got to be funny.

People in Australia don't take themselves too seriously.

Our humour is “Different” many Americans don’t get our humour.

Please watch Billy Connelly. Scottish and much loved in Aus. He loves aus. Too

Eric Bana was an Australian comedian before he started his film career.

Josh Rogan makes an astute comment: "they'll (Aussies or 'Ozzies') laugh at things over there that we (Yanks) don't laugh at" I was at an Emergency Services conference in the 1980's and a visiting American psychologist (US Navy Officer) was touring as part of his study for a PhD. He was gathering information for his thesis about how various 'front line' medical personnel handle their situation and dealt with the psychological effect of facing trauma etc. He pointed to the 'sense of humour' as being a vital tool. In his studies he'd come across a story about Australian soldiers fighting in New Guinea during WW2: A group of American soldiers were heading toward the battle zone to relieve Australian troops who'd been in heavy combat. The US soldiers were taking a break on the side of a clearing. The opposite side of the clearing was a makeshift cemetery where several enemy soldiers had recently been hastily buried. Some of the 'Yanks' were mesmerised by an arm that was sticking up out of one of the graves. An Australian Infantry patrol then came into the clearing heading away from the Battle area. The Yanks were HORRIFIED when every 'Digger' (Australian Soldier) shook the lifeless hand protruding from the grave on his way past! (complete with comments: "goodonya mate!' "well done Tojo" etc etc) Different strokes for different folks!

I know who Louis CK is, but didn't know he'd been here. As for the lack of response from the Aussie audience, comedians probably have to work a bit harder to impress us because we can be a bit wary/cynical sometimes.

I’m an Aussie. Never heard of this Louis guy. Americans truly do think that they are the only country on earth that’s important . If someone is known in America then of course everyone on the planet knows them. I’ve been to America about 15 times and I can say that quite a lot of them have never left it. They know nothing about the world around them. It’s quite refreshing to meet a well traveled American as they realise how varied and fantastic our whole planet is, not just what’s in America. In fact I’d say a lot of them don’t realise how great there own country is past the stupid Hollywood and McDonald’s

Omg 😂😂😂 FIFO workers don't sleep in a bunk beside the mine 😂 There are FIFO jobs all over Aus, one of the blokes the owners of my house know is currently in the mines in North Queensland and he hasn't gotten many shifts for the last few weeks so he's just been chilling in his motel room (that's completely paid for), eating whatever tf he wants there (that's also completely paid for), and chilling on the net or watching TV (again, all completely paid for). My ex used to do FIFO fencing job near Roma, QLD (6 weeks on, 2 off) and he said it was better than living at his other house because of the constant access to free food, free drinks, free accommodation etc. with epic pay. He was on around $3000 a week before tax (around $2000 a week after tax). They do not have it as rough as people think 😂😂😂

Just because you don't see parrots flying around in the States, doesn't make them tropical! Some are, but not by default. Ya flamin' Gallah! 😉

Years ago we had Seinfeld visit us in Melbourne and he got mixed reviews here because not everybody appreciated his rather acerbic sarcastic humour. Even less so when on leaving he called Melbourne the arsehole of the world. I much prefer British humour thanks.

Perth began as the Swan River Settlement in 1829 but it wasn’t doing so well (it wasn’t growing) so it became Australia’s third penal colony in 1849 and soon there was more convicts than freemen, 9,700 to 7,300. They built the roads and many of our important, and now oldest, buildings. They even had to build their own jail, which I think is a bit rough. 10,000 convicts were sent here in 18 years.

We got electricity and everything here now 🙄🤣

Australian humour is more akin to British humour, I think we see USA humour as too in your face,

I liked Fluffy's description of Australians. He said "Australian's don't care about your feelings." I guess compared to Americans, he's right.

No, Australians do not get paid in USD. Touring Europe for the last couple of months, I met an American lady who said she wanted to visit Australia. I did my usual spiel about not just seeing Sydney or Melbourne, go visit far North Queensland, the Kimberleys, Central Australia etc. Then in all seriousness, she asked me if we use the Euro. I said "no, Australian." " Yes, but do you use the Euro?" "No, Europe uses the Euro. We use the Australian dollar. You might want to do some research before booking a trip there."

Americans for whatever reason can't insult each other that's the difference, Americans get offended, and then the energy gets unpleasant. Australians however thrive on insulting each other, that's the pinnacle funniest moments we have with each other. You see it as "Banter" but we turn banter into an art form. What Americans consider to be bullying or inappropriate, Australians see as friendly endearment and hilarious that's our main difference.

No Ryan, knowing them doesn't make it more funny, funny makes it funny.

I live in Adelaide in South Australia and we have parrots Galahs Lorikeets Rosellas and heaps of others birds in the trees around my home, no need for aviaries here.

One of the key differences between American and Australian comedy culture, is that ours if more aligned to the British. American comedians (and particularly comedy TV shows), it seems that you are told that we are getting ready for you to laugh, now it is time to laugh etc. UK/Australia tens to be more subtle (some notable exceptions) and its up to the audience to decide if they want to laugh or not.

American's tripping out about wildlife in Australia is hilarious really, America has wildlife and American wildlife is far more deadly than outs. I can camp anywhere in Australia and zero worry about dying. But America you have bears, all sorts of wildcats, bison 🦬, wolf's. I'd rather camp in Australia

I like seeing you read the Aussie comments to this Ryan. Its so interesting to see how people perceive the Australian culture. I like Louis C.K but he obviously experienced another Aussie trait of not being too enamored by celebrities. They are just normal people at the end of the day. He's right, we don't give a fuck really 😂

NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

I'm Australian, never heard of Louis CK. Just watched part of his performance. Different humour. But do you know who is funny and practically everyone knows? Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy). He's hilarious

There's a good chance the "parrot" you saw was a sulphur-crested cockatoo, which ranges from the tip of Cape York (the continent's northmost tip, definitely tropical) to the southern tip of Tasmania (which is as far south as Chicago is north, but is in the direct path of the Roaring Forties and as such is VERY windy - and decidedly not tropical.) Or a galah (which cover a bit more range generally, but doesn't get quite as far north.) If you were in Perth, a galah is more likely. The rainbow lorikeet LOOKs more "tropical" (per the name) but also gets as far south as Tasmania. The only strictly tropical Australian bird that comes to mind is the cassowary, which is decidedly not a parrot.

never heard of Louis CK....

Every state and territory was convict founded including the Perth Colony. The only exception was South Australia's capital Adelaide, which had zero convicts and was founded by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, an English forger of bank notes which was at the time, equivalent to online hacker. He also founded Nelson in New Zealand. I also lived an flew in Louisville before returning to Melbourne Australia in 1981.

When our culture gives us comedy for free, we need to hear a type of humour that's unusual. Goodness knows how many times I've heard people quote funny ads ("should've gone to specsavers" for example) in random places 😂

Perth is the most isolated city on the planet, further from anything than any other city.

Theres a serious Tall Poppy Syndrome in australia, its called that because tall poppies get cut faster, so it means famous people much of the time get scrutinised way more seriously and not put on a pedestal that much here

American comedy is different to Oz. "Roasting" each other for example is popular over there, not so here. Some Americans make it in comedy over here, but only those who study the comedy culture. Arj Barker is successful in Australia because he understands what Aussies find funny.

It’s not that, we have a British Australian sense of humour. American comedy is the same across all comedies and we’ve grown bored with that.

America had convicts sent from Britain too before the Revolution. Stonewall Jackson was the great-grandson of an Irish convict named John Jackson sentenced in London for seven years transportation to America. He and two of his sons fought against the British in the Revolutionary War in the Virginia militia.

Australian and English have the same sense of humour, I found Americans don’t have that sense of humour. When are you coming to visit?

And that's the thing... we DON'T give a fuck. If you're funny, OMFG, we'll die laughing and love you to death. If you're NOT funny... we don't lie...

Never heard of him however he seems quite informed except you'll find Australia has a huge European and Asian population.

The whole of Sydney had to be built by convicts and settlers. No cities had any infrastructure,eg housing, water, buildings, etc. The convicts were helping the free settlers to clear land, and plant crops, herd cattle, sheep etc. this applies to most major cities. People were living in tents, they had very little food and on several occasions they almost starved whilst waiting for ships to arrive from England with supplies. Imagine arriving in an Australian Summer , the heat,inappropriate clothes and the humidity. They were a tough lot and a lot of us still are,

Ryan, do your self a favour and use the internet to look up parrot species across Australia. You will find them from the cold south of Australia to the hot tropics of this great land. Yes bird life in Australian cities is common. We haven't totally destroyed our ecosystem yet.

Parrots are everywhere in Australia, not just in Queensland! We have dozens of species in all sizes and colours.

Perth, the most isolated capital City in the World. From a Sandgroper.

This dude has not a clue about AUS!

Hi Ryan, Australian's and Americans have a VERY different sense of HUMOUR 100%!! Pete Far Nth NSW 🌄

Never heard of him but I'm not a venue-goer, nor am I from a big city. He might have been more successful if he talked more about his experience with the parrot and other stuff that was weird to him. Billy Connolly is hugely popular because he talks about his experiences that we can relate to.

Americans are better than they used to be. In 1983 while in Rome an American knew I was Australian BUT then asked "Why don't you celebrate Christmas in winter like everybody else?"

as an Aussie, I've never heard of this guy.. and you do get parrots in tropics, but not just there, lots in the outback too.

We have parakeets in London, I guess Britain is tropical 😂

And by the way, America was a dumping ground for British convicts, too. You never talk about that when mocking Australia.

Yep, never heard of him.

Everybody needs a taste of reality and humility to keep them grounded. The first settlers in Western Australia were free settlers but failed to thrive and ended up asking Britain to send convicts. They were the last colony to stop the transportation of convicts.

We like very dry humour! Like the Queen. EIIR. The wit that creeps up on you. Sounds OK & then hits you later. Has a dark side. Still got that 20% of convicts as a base.

Paul Hogan described the difference when asked if he was a patriotic Australian. Hogan scrunched up his face and responded ' It pleases me to be Australian' , Paul Hogan the painter and docker union man spoke for a lot of Australians.

South Australia was also not founded by convicts but free settlers. Maybe that’s why the Victorians hate us??? 😂

OK, really not putting Americans down but have you ever noticed that if you see the release of a movie the American version has to have a ‘revelation’ or a ‘pivotal moment’ explained to them whereas in the version released in Australia that is left out because they know that we will understand or ‘get it’. The first that comes to mind is a poor example but the first Librarian movie has several extended explanatory scenes in the American version that is not in the one released in Australia. Another example of over explaining is in Mamma Mia when the spring erupts and Donna says something about Aphrodite and it’s like ‘duh, foreshadowed earlier - didn’t need to explain it’. I know that these are poor examples however I have seen this sooooo many times and after a while it’s like “do you guys think that the audience are all stupid and you have to dumb it down for us?” It’s also in TV shows. Maybe it’s the execs that think they have to spoon feed us all. I’m not saying Americans are stupid and don’t understand. Ryan and his wife are not stupid. My Nanna was a WWII bride to an American Naval shipman and my American relatives weren’t stupid, well except for maybe an Aunt, when she visited us, who 1. Thought Australia was in Europe; 2. Was astonished that we had hills because she thought that Australia was totally flat; & the best of all 3. Had we heard of God because if we hadn’t she was going to convert us heathens - we kindly told her that yes, we had heard of God and that we were confirmed in the Church of England. So I suppose there’s always one that needs further explanation 😂😂😂😂

Ryan, you are now showing how little you know about Australia. Most of those "congratulatory" comments were being sarcastic. Parrots are not tropical birds in Australia or New Zealand (there are even alpine parrots). Australian humour is different to American humour because we are a different country. If Louie C.K.'s description of FIFO workers was an example of his humour, then it surprises me that anyone in Australia found him funny. Louie C.K. was not well researched at all, and Australian's react poorly to visitors who appear condescending, as he did.

Never heard of him, and do like comedy. so many generalities.

Australian comedians you should check out: Carl Barron, Jim Jeffries (slthough he went mainstream with a US talk show, so you probably know him already), Lano and Woodley, Kitty Flanagan, Fiona O'Loughlin, Dave Hughes, and Akmal Saleh.

Living on the outskirts of Perth, one neighbour is fifo, the other is Bangladeshi. The rest are cows. All of them are great to live around for their own reasons. Perth is very isolated, culturally and physically. Don't go to the beach much in the city, but in my hometown, you expect not to see anyone else. To the point it's a faux pas to set up your beach spot within earshot of the next person. It goes 100's of kilometres either way, find your own bit of beach. Not that we're hostile, if you walk past we'll be best mates in minutes. But there is alot of beach and alot of bush. Find your own slice of paradise. On American comedy... It usually feels very... Flat, linear, basic. Yeah OK, I get the joke. But we're not going to split our sides on a dumb quip. If you can fit a few layers of meaning in and deliver it deadpan, that's where humor lies. So I can see how American stand up could fall very flat. Not that it isn't funny, it's just very clever... Overgeneralising, but that's my experience.

I'm Australian and I have known about Louis CK for Ages. Melbournes Comedy Festival is really good.

GET RUDE ON !!! Rodney Rude -McDonald's .

I mean, I DO know who he is, and I'm CERTAIN I'm not the only Aussie who does, OR who gets his humour.

If you want to hear true Aussie humour try Tim Minchin reciting his ‘Storm’ act but most of his comedy is done to music try listening to ‘Thank You God’ for a taste of what true Aussie comedy is all about.

When you don't know what it is you don't know...♧◇♡♤

American comedy you know what’s coming next Australian comedy you can never guess what they are going to say

Dunno who he is. I've found that I find very few American comedians funny. It's either too over the top or just meh. British comedians are much funnier usually. I prefer clever comedy over stupid comedy. Don't make me watch a movie with Adam Sandler. That's not funny. It's stupid.

To put the vast size of Australia into perspective, the distance from Sydney to Perth, is greater than the distance between London and Moscow. Also, as the crow flies, most of the land between Sydney and Perth is largely unpopulated. PS: when an American former “star/comedian” comes to Australia to do gigs, they’re not doing as well as they used to back home.

Australians are NOT like Americans. We love you though, Ryan

We have a lady in Australia Gina Rhinehart who owns many big mines and recently she had a raffle for the workers and it was for $100,000. What the staff did not know was that she did not just draw out one ticket but drew out 42 tickets and each person got $100,000. That was a couple of years ago and she has just had her 70th birthday and she repeated the raffle but drew out 70 tickets giving away $7 million dollars. Well done Gina.

I’m very aware of Louis C.K in Australia.

Any comedy fan would know who Louis is.

Please please react to more Carl Barron. Especially his Aussie shows he's so funny

Melbourne is not tropical and we have tons of Parrots. The are very loud and very colourful.

That Louis turkey knows FA about Australia.

One aspect of Australian comedy that occurs a lot is to make jokes about Australian criminals that are offensive. When Schapelle Corby got jailed for 20 years in Indonesia for drugs, there were jokes about her boogie bag and the Bali Nine, a different group of oz drug runners, taking the "Contiki tour". There have been comedians whose whole routine has been to imitate various gangsters; the "Ronnie Johns hour" was comedy about hit-man "chopper read". I don't know if the US would have comedy about say Ted Bundy or other serial killers.

Good Aussie comedians, Steve Hughes and Jim Jeffries

Hi Ryan.. Alan Nelson from Geelong Victoria.. Aus.. I am an 85YO Richmond Tiger Member and I just watched a video of Peggy O'Neill being inducted into the Richmond Football Club HALL OF FAME..Peggy was born in U S A (I think Mid West)..I suggest you Google her.. VERY Interesting person.. She was our club President when we won the 3 premierships..2017.2019 & 2020 Cheers Alan

Speaking as an ex-pat American who makes her home in Perth (and has for nearly 40 years)… Perth is the World’s best kept secret. And, I wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else.

I live in Dandenong which is part of Melbourne. You would never call it tropical but I have two very different types of parrots that are residents of my area - Lorikeets (green yellow and red) and short billed Corellas which as white. With these two groups and the magpies it is not a quiet place. It is good to see a visitor take the time to learn a bit about us.

I notice the difference.... Americans need laugh tracks to tell them something is funny. We dont get that unless there's a live audience. I cant stand them personally. I dont need recorded laughing to tell me when there's a joke

The only time I've heard of Louis CK is relating to the controversy surrounding the outrageous thing he did in front of his colleagues. Don't really like him or his comedy or Joe Rogan.

The colony in Australia that was (successfully) founded as a business venture was South Australia. Perth attempted the same thing but soon reverted to convict labour.

$100k minimum for FIFO, extra skills ramp it up.

Don't EVER call them aboriginals. They're called aborigines. 'Aborigine' is a noun, while 'Aboriginal' is an adjective.

Louis CK is reasonably well known. Maybe more on RU-vid.

Ryan. Watch Judith Durham at the 1994 AFL Grand Final at the MCG. If you don't cry you are a rare sole.

Perth and Adelaide were cities founded as free settler colonies. However Perth later had convicts transported there due to a labour shortage and in 1849 Western Australia formally became a penal colony. By 1868 convicts outnumbered free settlers (source: Australian National Museum). Adelaide was the only city in colonial times to never have convicts sent there. This is typical for Joe Rogan and guests on his show - a bunch of half-truths but not much consistently accurate information.

Hey Ryan, I think you pick interesting topics to comment on but your videos would be be so much better if you just be quiet and comment about 50% less than you do. Let the damned clip roll and speak for itself ... and then make a "thought through" and "considered comment" on the clip. In a word ... Shhhhhh. Just saying !

We do have an Indian community and really recently a Sudanese community; but yes we are majority white northern Europeans and English.

Louis CK knew nothing about Perth. Western Australia was a convict colony so CK was talking through his proverbial. The only colony that wasn't a convict settlement was South Australia. Oh, and FIFO workers don't get covered in shit and sleep in the mines; they have air-conditioned habitats and pretty reasonable facilities. But yeah, apart from getting everything wrong, sure CK knows Australia well haha

Australia has a very different diversity of cultures. Very few black immigrants but thousands of Asians, Europeans and British, make for a very broad sense of humour, aside from the bogans, we tolerate those, for the most part. Check out Austen Tayshus, Carl Barron and Jimoein. “Far more Australians are descended from assisted immigrants than from convicts, the majority of Colonial Era settlers being British and Irish. About 20 percent of Australians are descendants of convicts.”

Check out Jimoen while you're looking for Aussie comedians, or Bush Barbie ... there's plenty to pick from

Also never heard of him. Can confirm we are not America! 😲 It's a mistake to think all English-speaking countries share the same culture. It's a mistake many (NOT all) American travellers often seem to make. Different upbringing, different heritage, different living conditions (despite that American hotel) means a lot of the 'hooks' CK might have been taking for granted for his act just aren't here. A lot of American humour just gets a 'huh?' from us. We don't get it. To us it's not funny. Plus I think as a nation we tend to be more cynical and discount all the PR spin and image-boosting. If we don't know you, we look for real talent, to see what you can actually do - not just a great intro.

So..... Make me laugh funny man, prove how funny you are, I don't care about who you are. 😅🇦🇺🇬🇧

We know who he is, but Aussies don't tend to be nearly as starstruck and in awe of celebrities like Americans are. Personally, if I saw him on stage at a comedy club, the penny probably wouldn't drop as to who he was until I heard him speak for a couple of minutes. I'd then recognise the voice, ask myself "where have I heard that before, where do I know you from?" and a minute later it would hit me. I find him personally an "everyman", a very ordinary-looking person, and hard to recognise.

As a horrible blanket statement, I find Americans and their humour is less self-deprecating than that of the Australian comic. Aussies take the piss out of themselves and each other more than is typical in US, without being offended (though BS wokeism is certainly rearing its stupid head and interfering in this harmless pass-time!). Americans seem to find more offence in such humour, not sure why. Canadians, poms and aussies seem to have a more similar view on comedy. Not saying that US comics arent funny - theyre bloody funny, but different for sure.

Maybe fall flat if he used American injokes? Also terminology is often different and we have to stop and think what he meant by that. I have watched serious American movies and LMAO because it means a totally different thing to us.

He's not really to our taste generally speaking, hence he is big there not so much here. Our taste in comedy is more in line with the British, largely sarcastic and self deprecating with a hint of tall poppy syndrome.

Of course we know who he is… we just don’t care that much. Not like the US. You don’t get props just because you’re famous. We still expect you to put on a show funny man!