Americans React AL MURRAY HOW GLOBAL FINANCE REALLY WORKS Reaction 

He actually speaks fluent German and the Messerschmitt 109 was the arch rival of the British Supermarine Spitfire and Hurricane during the Battle of Britain 😁

You don't have to worry about knowing anything about Global Finance, mate. Politicians don't, either.

Lolol so funny. Half of the German phone call set was the German character calling English football ‘Sh*t’ and taunting the English character about it, with various examples 😅

Extension 109 refers to the Messerschmitt 109 - a German World War II fighter aircraft 😀

I worked in the Financial Markets for 30 year's (in IT), Al's depiction of the Trading Floors is a wickedly accurate caricature of international trading. It makes it so funny. Trading follows the sun in reality, so the sequence would be Germany, UK, USA East coast), USA (west) Tokyo & Hong Kong; but it doesn't matter for the story.

"Sie sind scheize und si kennen si sind" means, "You're shit and you know you are", which is a popular British football chant. There was also, "Fussbal kommt zu hause", which is "Football's coming home", because Brits invented football and that was a popular song at the time.

When he did the German phone ringing, I absolutely died of laughter. That kills me every time I see that bit.

Health warning ...I saw him live a Drury lane years back and I laughed so much I was actually in discomfort by the interval ,my face ached so much. lol

Al is an extremely intelligent guy (I'm sure he used to teach history), and when I've seen him interviewed he is so quick-witted. Plus, he can play the drums.

Al Murray stood in the 2015 UK general election. He ran for the constituency of South Thanet, against Nigel Farage (UKIP). Murray got 318 votes and Farage failed to win a parliamentary seat again, finishing second behind the Conservative candidate.

Yeah, he was speaking German. The thing about living near Europe, you sort of pick up bits and pieces of other languages from time to time, and just catching a word or two for us lets us in on the joke (as well as singing well-known English football chants) - he was imitating a German gloating about their football prowess over England, mostly. I caught the 7-1 Brazil reference and Argentina in there too.

Al Murray uses his humour to educate the masses. Its so great seeing how he gets people into history

Saw him live couple of months ago, was crying with laughter throughout, Al Murray is incredible 😂

Willy Messerschmitt had an aircraft company that in 1934 designed a metal skin monoplane that was technically far ahead of the competition. This was the Bf 109, or Me 109. The plane went on to be the mainstay of the Luftwaffe fighter arm through World War 2. While bypassed by later and better aircraft designs, it was still in service in differing versions in 1945. Hence the joke being that Al names the German caller as Fritz Messerschmitt, and he's on extension 109. The names of the German traders, Focke-Wulf, Dornier, Heinkel and Junkers, are all WWII German aircraft manufacturers.

Fritz was singing English football chants, such as "You're shit and you know you are", and "Football's coming home". Germany had won the World Cup, and England were knocked out in the first round. Germany beat Argentina in the final, and had beaten Brazil 7-1.

I just watched this on my lunch break and have a big meeting in 15mins, lads my eyes and face are red and teary, what a stand up and reaction 😂😂😂

All British schoolchildren learn French, and maybe a quarter also learn German. Murray's crowd tends to be quite well-educated, so I reckon more than half of them understood his German. I did and it was quite funny.

Gotta love the ME109 reference - I nearly wet myself I was laughing so hard - Al is also quite accomplished historian especially when it comes to WW2

He was referring to the football rivalry between England and Germany , when Germany won the World Cup and the song .. footballs coming home ..it didn't ☹️ . Also WW2 fighter plane messerschmitt bf 109 . He also mentioned other WW2 planes Dornier , Focke Wulf , Heinkel . There was also a hint at Germans being a bit villainous and kinky . 😉

Ur the only actual reaction RU-vidr who knows his stuff. The historical knowledge you have is great

A friend of mine went went to college and studied economics and sociology. He’s never had a job, but at least he knows why 😝

Yes he was actually speaking fluent German, the guy's a genius by the way!

Knowing this Al Murray sketch so well, and just how you double up laughing at times, I knew watching your reaction would be gold. Your joy is infectious. More!

He speaks fluent German. In one of his DVDs he did a whole musical piece at the end all in German. Hilarious

He’s saying’did you know you were shit, football’s coming home’ in German 😂

Fritz was bragging about German football being world chapions.

Ah man, he's doing a nationwide tour at the moment. Got to see him a few weeks back for the first time. His new material was hilarious.

He can speak German and many other languages fluently he is also Oxford educated and a very well renowned historian....

If you want more British comedians, try Bob Mortimer. His best bits are on here from a show called 'Would I Lie To You'. They are amazing. You will never look at eggs the same way again.

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

Al is the only dude in the uk that I think would actually do a great job at being prime minister!

That was fantastic thanks 🙏 for showing this, made my day brighter

You wouldn’t think he’s got a phd in history from Oxford university would ya. Have you done any Mickey Flanagan yet? I can’t remember, he’ll have you in stitches, bit of east London humour. You & the Queen will love it 👍

The Messerschmitt ME109 was a fighter plane from World War II - Al's joke about "Fritz" not being a stereotype German name just used for comic effect was followed by giving him a surname most commonly known to UK listeners as a wartime plane. Extension 109 refers to the fighter plane model

To do a whole section in German and still have people rolling is genius.

I'm reminded of seeing my first Monty Python film in the cinema when I was about 11, i fell out of my seat laughing so hard and realized looking up that the people behind were laughing at my reaction, I saw in your enjoyment I was doing the same.I was watching you and loving it.

Wow had not seen this one before. MAGICAL! Sheer genius ! And there you were worried about Global Finance terminology lol this was a lesson in doing impressions! Thanks so much, Brilliant! Oh and glad your back's better too.

I saw him trial this set in my local town before the tour. He is fantastic, his shows are 2 part, the first half is just bantering with the crowd and improvised, the 2nd half is scripted like this. Cheers!

It was German, bad German but he was taking the piss out of the English football team for losing to Germany in the world cup , being that guy who won't let England forget and reminding them to humiliate them and then talks about how Brazil is also humiliated in another world cup.

I loved this reaction video Brian! I've never seen this scetch before but it was brilliant. I'm so glad your back is better. It was a beautiful theatre too. I couldn't tell you which one it is bit its awesome. Thanks for the upload Brian, my favourite parts are watching your reactions. Stop it as much as you want bro. Its your show! Have an awesome day bro. God bless you dude from a UK Muppet! 😊👍

Al did some really good documentaries on ww2 where he drives round France in Willy's Jeep ,he really knows his stuff(no comedy involved) 10 parts called the Road to Berlin

Europeans often have a basic understanding of the other European languages. Not so much that we can speak them or understand perfectly but we can often figure out what they say by piecing together words here end there and add them to the context. I have studied Swedish, English, Japaneese and Spanish but never German, but i know enough words to get the gist of what he says.

Lmaoooo this was so funny especially when Al said "Nigel Nintendo" 🤣

Two Al Murray reactions in one day, can't be mad at it.

Messerschmitt 109 was a German WW2 fighter.

Messerschmitt 109 was the "go-to" German fighter of WW2. Some of it was in german/English.

What you said about the New York accents being working class, and that stock traders would not be, in the UK they are stereotypically working class hence the choice - it was deliberate.

Like all of Al Murray's material but this is the best sketch. The problem for American's is perhaps how much he does on Germans both them ridiculing us for being "shit" at football and the British reminding them that we beat them in two world wars and beating them in 1966 in the world cup. The weird thing is we are actually close to the Germans in many ways since the war, it's the French we ridicule more and feel they don't like us. Its all to do with history which is his subject and the material he uses for his humour. Also if you see an AL Murray full show he picks out members in the audience, asks their names and country and then uses them in his act which is very clever but watching a section can be confusing when he seems to pick on someone randomly. He is great and the over acting on characters is deliberate and the New York is mixing dodgy traders with the Godfather Mafia.

The reason for the Irish accent and asking about the money is because of a phenomenon called the Celtic Tiger in the Republic of Ireland. From the mid 1990's until the stock market crash in 2007/8 the Republic's economy, especially around in and around Dublin went crazy. Massive development and investment, banks and institutions couldn't hand over money quick enough, that was until the smelly brown sticky stuff hit the rotary air circulation device when the markets crashed. Then the banks and institutions couldn't get their money, or what was left of it back quick enough.

The reference to pele who was Brazil's greatest ever football/soccer player combined with the spanking motion with the words 'sieben - eines' was reference to Germany thrashing Brazil 7-1 in the 2014 world cup tournament on their way to being wold champions (again)

Going to see him in October…can’t wait…man’s a legend.

Thanks for the reminder. I'm off to see him on Sunday.

As you liked the layout I think it’s an opera house, they’re usually quite cylindrical like that, but the detailing is common in lots of theatres here

Come on, you can guess what "arsche ficken" means if the acting wasn't enough, it sounds pretty close to English too. The German guy is talking about all of their recent football results against Argentina, Brazil etc. and how they gave it to them.

Messerschmitt Bf 109. German fighter aircraft of WW2. Went head to head with the Spitfire. Debate continues to this day over which aircraft was superior. Al jokes that using the name "Fritz" isn't at all stereotypical, but then mentions his last name is "Messerschmitt" and that he's on extension 109.

"Goofy voices get me everytime man " - at this moment I knew this was going to be a good one for you mate :'D

If you get to Japan, I personally would recommend an escorted tour, you could easily waste a lot of time finding your way around. When we left our tour we made our own way to Tokyo by train, we couldn’t find the way out, and had to get a map of Tokyo station to find the exit.

The singing bit he's doing at 8 mins in is german for a song that football fans sing here. The song goes " you're shit, and you know you are, you're shit and you know you are" repeated over and over.

Of all the reaction videos( concerning comedy) i have to say that you have the most British esq sense of humour. It's not an insult, more of a gift 😊 You might struggle with understanding the unbelievable range of ascents, but you should watch as many episodes of The Fast Show, to finely tune those senses. 👍

He was referencing the black Labrador's name who was mentioned in the classic British WW2 film The Dam Busters.

I wonder how many people get the "Wo its Steiner" line near the end? I mean that is a pretty oscure history/movie refference, but great if you get it.

I think Al Murray watched too much Supranos for the New York accent 😂

Damn, I remember this one! This is literally the second time I've ever seen it. It was simply brilliant.

Heinkel, Dornier, Junkers, Focke Wulf- German plane manufacturers of WW2. Tiger Tank- famous German tank WW2- the two songs (in English)- "You're shit and you know you are" and "Footballs coming home".

He was speaking Anglo German. little bits of German intermixed with English - enough to understand what he was saying. Most of Fritz Messerschmitt's conversation was about Germany's victories in the Soccer World Cup, with his "Sie ist scheiss und sie kennen sie ist, sie sind scheiss.... ( You are shite and you know you are - that's what England footie fans sing to their opponents. it's hilarious if you know any German words at all.. it's a clever mixing up of two different languages and cultures... Gotta love Al's inventiveness...

Basically, he taunts England fans for "going out in the first round" then sings "You're shit and you know you are!" Taunts them with "Football's coming home!" States they gave Argentina a good "arse f***ing" and celebrated beating Brazil 7-1 on their own midden! He can speak German fluently and I believe his wife is German! Very clever guy! I think he's a decent drummer too.

Extension '109' is the German fighter plane in WW2 -Messerschmitt BF109.

you ashed about extension 109, Al said that Fritz is the rel name then gave him the surname Messerschmitt, the Messerschmitt 109 was a German fighter plane in WWII one of the few that could keep up with and take down Spitfires, a very feared and capable aircraft.

The wartime German fighter aircraft were called Messerschmidt bf109's - Think Boeing 747 (instead of Jumbo Jet) and it's along the same lines

I bought a ticket to see Al Murray in Liverpool in November.

In the final German exchange, a reference to Hitler in his bunker asking, ‘Wo ist Steiner?’, the general who was supposed to relieve Berlin…

That's a kind of German with lots of mistakes. I guess he lived there for a while. I love how he gets the aggressive tone. Spot on.

With regard to the venue. It looks like the Theatre Royal, in Bath (Somerset).

The Pub Landlord character came from a show called Time Gentleman Please many years ago, it was ok. Worth a look

Along with all the other historical and WW2 references, I think that the black labrador was a reference to the Dam Busters.

Yes he did run for the district of South Thanet, lots of party political broadcast on you tube.

That was fun! Just a word of warning. If you go to a comedy show with a UK comedian and do your usual trick of getting up and walking away, they are guaranteed to rip the p*ss put of you!! You have been warned! 🤣🤣

The extension 109 reference alludes to the WW2 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft.

He was speaking fluent German and singing English football songs about how shit we are and how we were out in the first round of the World Cup

Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the main fighter plane for Germany during WW2, the other names he used were all German planes, except for the tank. He was speaking a mix of German and an extremely exaggerated German accent in English making reference to them spanking us in football.

Hi Boomer, the Messerscmhitt bf 109, was the main single seat fighter used by the German airforce in WW2., seems Al can call fritz on that extension number !

Great reaction!

He started off by making comic noises so this is a bit of a throwback

This is the best I seen almost pissed myself laughing lol

The comment about instructions is probably about German word concerning machine parts tend to be descriptive as in the c spanner 1inch and 1 1/2 inch, this would translate to the Long two ended nut tightening tool of size !!! Etc.

He did a TED talk about running for a place in parliament, it did happen.

To answer your question. Two different show's, at the same venue. This one was at least a few years back & your recent one, probably is his latest, judging by the dialogue.

I liked the comment of the Japanese when talking to San Francisco when he said he was talking on the Fault Line. This was a quick reference to the San Andreas fault line.

He's actually a very middle class chap. That's not how he speaks. The man is a comedy genius.

Going to see Al in Perth, Scotland in July

Even politicians don’t know how Global finance works. 🤣

I don't speak much German but the few words I did understand were in context of the football tunes he was mimicking.

I didn't watch it to begin with for the same reasons as you, but I'm glad I did in the end sir 😂

WW2 German aircraft known as the Messerschmitt 109 used in the Battle of Britain and beyond in great quantities.

I think a bit of it went over your head but you'd really need to be British to appreciate all the nuances. Al's humour is very clever even if it looks simple. Glad you like it.

Yes he is fluent in German and was talking about Germany beating England in football and mention Argentina

Messerschmitt 109 was a German WWII fighter aeroplane and the main adversary of the British Hurricanes and Spitfires.

How is it possible to be simultaneously _that_ offensive while not being one little bit offensive?

He's touring the UK currently until the end of the year.

Yeah he was speaking German. Guess what Arscheficken means. Yes, it does.