My Granddad when I tried to convince him to get his hearing aid fixed or a get a new one: "Why would I want that? With a new hearing aid I would be able to hear everything she says every day!" Could not argue with that. My grandparents were married for over 70 years.
It´s funny how different are our life experiences. Because right now, there is this girl that i know, that i wouldn´t mind to listen to all day long. In fact, i would be willing to pay just to listen to her talk to me...
My grandpa on my mom's side passed away when I was fairly young (10ish). He use to literally turn his hearing aid either down or completely off at times because my grandma for her entire life was a HUGE nag and never showed him any love, despite the fact that he literally provided everything for her. Never worked a day in her life, even when he was away during WWII. We still joke to this day that she nagged him into an early grave. Congrats on the 100k subs! Well deserved.
I normally avoid reaction videos like the plague. For me, they don't seem to offer anything. But, with this channel, I genuinely want to hear what she has to say. There is a kind of warm authenticity that I really enjoy. Not to mention how well spoken and articulate she is. ❤
You also noticed? I started noticing when she started linking some of the things she reacts to to books she has read. She suggested books and it was refreshing and unique
One day when I was a child, my mother took my grandmother and I to McDonald's for lunch. When ordering a hamburger, my grandmother loudly announced, "and don't put any of that slop on it!" (she wanted it plain). It embarrassed my mother. Decades later when sending my sister and I to pick up plain hamburgers for her she'd jokingly say, "and don't put any of that slop on it" and we'd all break out laughing. Miss my grandmother (d.1981) and my mother (d.2015).
This is very relatable for me. I am going to be the guy with that face. I may be only 53, but I have had 5 strokes already. 4 in the last year. Like Bill said, I already have an exit plan. My granny was awesome. She was tall, strong, and the super kind type that babies and puppies loved her on sight. She was the super intelligent type that you never, ever wanted mad at you. She was all the things that my grandfather wasn't. Dementia got him when he was 83 or 84.
I am 56 years old and entered my teens listening to a lot of rock from the 60s and 70s. My grandfather was born in the 1880s and so he may have been listening to Ragtime, Jazz, or early Blues if anything.
Im 25 and my grandma is 90 and she's sharp as a knife, it's unbelievable! Meanwhile my grandpa unfortunately died much earlier at 83, with signs of dementia. I think it really is true that women in general get older "better".
I (43) had the opposite. My grandpa passed at 82 in the 90s because of pneumonia. He was also up to the task between the ears, but war and his profession (roofer) took their toll off him. My grandma is still there at 93, but she doesn't recognize anyone of us any more and because she feels something is odd in the head, she turns angry and it makes you think she became a different person. Really something you don't want for yourself...
@@willvr4 Exactly & comes across as jealousy when my comment was not that deep. It was surface level compliments not flirting or whatever he's reading into it
I'm an old old man from the UK (well late 50s) and my dad often sung songs by "The Platters" when I was a child. I've watched several youtube videos of The Platters and they are very very good. Well worth a look at good music from yesteryear.
Songs my grandparents listened to... my grandfather was really into classic, so mostly Mozart and Haendel (I can't stand Handel). Thanks to him I got to know Dvorjak and it's one I really like. As for my great uncle, anything jazzy or played with clarinets and saxophones. I cannot overstate just how good it is to listen to Benny Goodman's Quintet! 😅
My grandma once told me that in Christmas people go all out but when new year arrived the are eating sh-t out of a wooden spoon.Never understood it till I was older . Then funny ,Still is.She was making the point that we must not spend all of our money and not have anything to rock back to after the holidays.True wisdom ..she died 1year before Covid..But those words will always be with me.
The quote that I live by is, "We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing." (some cite George Bernard Shaw as the author and others cite Benjamin Franklin). I'm 73 and I play video games and D&D with my youngest son and his friends (ages mid 30's). I'm always reading to learn something new (I'm currently reading "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" by Brian May (lead guitarist of Queen) which was the subject of his Thesis for his PhD. Doing so keeps my mind sharp as ...... What was I talking about???? ROFL
I checked out Bobby Goldsboro's Honey, never heard that one before, but a light went on when you mentioned his name, the song I'd heard before from him was Sumner (First Time), it was a regular on the radio station my Grandparents would listen to..just saying though, when it comes to your music recommendations, there's been quite the flavorsome array of tastes which is great
Hey NP!! Really have missed you posting comedy reactions. It's a joy seeing you laugh and smile. This bit is from his 2010 special "Let It Go" and has many of his best bits and is on YT. Have a great day!! ✌️☮️
Howdy Miss No Protocol 👋 love your channel. How about some Glenn Miller “in the mood” i love the big band era of my parents from the late 30’s through the 40’s. 👍 have a great day now. ☀️
Hi Steve, I started the song & immediately recognized it from a movie it was featured in called the Parent Trap, gave me such nostalgia (: thanks for suggesting it! Excellent song
My Father got that at a relatively young age and didn’t make it to 70. He was diagnosed with “Vascular Dementia” and was told he’d start forgetting a lot of things. His “Old Man Face” would show up in photos, but I didn’t notice it in person. I didn’t notice him becoming forgetful either. He died of a heart attack. I used to reference this bit when joking with him about it.
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This was great. I hope everyone ages well. Enjoy old age if it is possible. You get to be so free when you are old like most never do at a younger age because the judgment of society matters to you so much more.
I am a Grandparent myself, as of 3 years ago. I do not remember my Grandparents listening to any music, but they definitely did not have any kind of filter. My dad listened to Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Dean Martin, and Classical Music. Everybody on my Dad's side of the family lived into their 90's unless they died due to an accident or something. I am with Bill, in that I don't want to be a vegetable, just draining my families bank account and inheritance. If I am not at least able to read a book, then I would just assume be talked about in the past tense.
I am a Great Grandfather now - some of my music from the 70's was Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Elton John, David Bowie, Santana and , of course, Disco Duck :D. My favourite comedians were Cheech and Chong who also had some reasonable music soundtracks on their LP's.
I can relate. I'll be 52 in a week and I don't know how the arthritis is gonna let me walk around for another 30. Not looking forward to it. This is me getting out of bed ... pop pop crack owww! pop crack ack!!
You mentioned David Foster Wallace which strangely was one of Bill Burr's English professors at I think Emerson College. There's also a good movie about David Foster Wallace going on tour to promote his book Infinite Jest called The End of the Tour.
For humorous fantasy try some Tom Holt novels. My Hero is good, about an author whose character comes to life. The Moving Door is a good one too. A guy finds a rolled up poster of a door that can take him anywhere.
Yey! A surprise Bill Bur reaction! Great as always! Hope you have a lot more time to spend with your grandma :) Would also suggest some Steven Wright comedy. I think he'll tickle your brain!
Ahhh, the passage of time - yeah, time, the great leveller! I am happy to go on whilst I am still compos mentis and have the ability to tie my own shoe laces! For a book "The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson is a fun romp with a HUGE number of name drops! For music, how about "Time Stand Still" by Rush?
My grandfather had a similar look before he passed away at 96. My grandmother outlived him by a few months. Nagging was involved, I think Bill Burr was in to something.
Still love your style, still love you. And, even though I'm old, I'm not making that face. It's hilarious. My parents are that old and they don't make that face, but I certainly have seen it!
there was a real contrast of the faces going on there. It was almost too much to point out all the contrasts: delight, anger, middle age, youth, staring death in the face while looking like his mirror visage versus spotting him just above "objects in mirror are closer than they appear" while still being able to outrun him. I really liked Mr Burr's observations here, but it was the above stuff that made it for me.
If you get the chance or are interested, I would suggest watching Orson Wells on the Dick Cavett Show. Some fascinating stories about the old Hollywood industry, Hilter, Churchill, his childhood etc... and Cavett being a great listener. Wonderful stuff.
My maternal grandfather dropped dead in his early 40s from a heart attack. I never met him. My paternal grandfather lived to be 93. In his late 80s and early 90s, he regularly told me not to get old. At that point he had come to the conclusion that a man should not outlive his usefulness. I am beginning to see his point. If a man doesn't feel like he has a purpose or is useful to those he cares about, what is the point? I have often wondered if this is why we have seen such an increase in depression issues for men. Many men perceive themselves as having no useful purpose in modern times.
The old man face... Haha, i want to over share again but as the punchline goes, too soon 😅 Still, ol' Billy Freckleface (one of his few PG nicknames from his podcast) got a laugh out of me at the end!
I am a grandparent, and I'm much less filtered for the simple reason that, as you get older, you realize it's ridiculous to stress over what people think of you, plus you've been through so much shit. you've used up your lifetime supply of patience and diplomacy. So you just say what you think. I mean, what are they gonna do to me that's worse than what aging has done to me?
If you like DF Wallace tennis stuff, then try Andre Agassi's own memoir/Bio-thing Open. I don't usually like that kind of books, but it is raw and surprisingly funny.
She always looks beautiful, and yes she is beautiful in this one too,I'm 80 yrs. Old, and I do watch a lot of reaction programming, some good, and some not so good, she is not one detentions, she appears very well read, she can discuss any subject,, she is by Far my favorite !!Summation; she is naturally BEAUTIFUL ,she is SMART, that's a powerful combination, let all of us continue to ENJOY, ❤😂❤🎉😂❤😂🎉
This is one of the ones where it becomes obvious how much the camera moves have been planned out line by line. Another one where his acting skills come into play is "Losing your sh*t".
Dick Cavett is worth a thousand Johnny Carsons. A couple of good episodes to look out for are the ones with Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange.
Never seen Johnny Carson haha but I watched the Anthony Burgess episode over the weekend! The Salvador Dalí interview is good as well although that Jimi Hendrix one is a favorite so far
@@NoProtocol I enjoyed the Jimi Hendrix episode. He was a shy person off the stage, and he loved science-fiction novels. I haven't seen the Dali interview yet. Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer is another good one, though it feels like they're ganging up on Mailer. Rumor has it he and Vidal fist-fought backstage.
My grandmother was very religious and didn't listen to secular music... Except Lionel Richie, but I think it's because they were cousins. He is an amazing artist though.
You're so sweet. I really enjoy your reactions and thoughtful commentary. Bill Burr has another bit I absolutely love called "Helicopter Story". You have a lot of reactions, so, not sure if you've seen it already. There is an animated one here on RU-vid, but it pales in comparison to the live version of the story which is available on one of the other video platforms.
It's from the special -> Bill Burr - Let It Go (2010) It's weird how this dark/poor quality video is the only one on RU-vid which reactors choose to watch. I do recall a much better quality version being available years ago. Ahh, wasn't difficult to find, this is a better version from 7 years ago -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yOTClcVNOL4.html
@@NoProtocolOh, that's unfortunate. How about the full Let It Go special - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o8DG01q73Nw.html Hopefully that's not blocked for you.
@@NoProtocolWow, how strange. I'm from Australia, so I figured we would have access to the same videos. You are from USA, yes? Keep on trying to find this special as it is one of his best for sure.
A good book would be The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat by the neurologist Oliver Sacks. A book which shows just how much we are merely our fragile brain, and many of the things which can go awry with them.
@@NoProtocol You're welcome. It was a NY Times best-seller I believe. If you're not familiar with Oliver Sacks himself, he was a very eccentric guy. Neurologist, power lifter, open water swimmer in NYs dirty rivers no less, amongst other things. Enjoy!
6:35 This makes me wonder if married men are happier if they are more social? Or have multiple male friends that they get around to seeing and spending time with. It always seems the end result of a happy long marriage is the husband trying to isolate from time to time. And the wife wanting to talk or articulate their desires. lol it’s such an odd ending to the war and bonding happening throughout a lifetime of love and wanting to make it work. Perhaps it’s satire, or just something to do?
