To be fair, the make up was probably done by a make up artist. They do brilliant things for comedy shows. I heard an interview with a make up artist on the radio who said one of her most interesting requests was when Bob Mortimer turned up one day asking to be made to look like a cauliflower so he could pretend to be Greg Wallace in a sketch.
The genius of this sketch is the first impression is that it makes fun of the Americans. On further watching, it's actually the distance and coldness of the British. The clever part is when Enfield pauses and thinks for a moment at the indifferent reaction and still carries politely and positively. The look on his face here is perfect.
It is very much making fun of the American tourist stereotype and it hits the nail on the head but it’s also mocking us miserable brits’ lack of tolerance of anyone remotely happy or enthusiastic. It’s mocking a culture difference and it’ll never grow old
I met an exact replica of these two in NE Scotland the other week, asking for directions. They were from New England and they were lovely. Same clothes and glasses 😆
@@Theblacksheep81 just be careful not to get in a road rage situation ( most have guns in their cars ) and the stupid stand your ground law. In July 2018, police say Michael Drejka fatally shot a man who shoved and knocked him to the ground in an argument over a parking space in Florida. Although critics say Drejka’s use of deadly force was uncalled for, the Pinellas County sheriff declined to arrest him, citing the state’s “stand your ground” law, which gave him immunity. The decision sparked outcry
No. They are not open. They are desperate to make ‘life long friends’ as if it’s a collection. It’s as if they think life really is like ‘Leave it to Beaver’
I've served this exact couple multiple times everywhere I've worked. I bet this was also one of those cafes you have to order at the till which is why the owner was already fed up when he came over
Hahahahahaa yeah it basically says "this American tourist doesn't understand how to order breakfast in a BRITISH cafe in about 2009 or thereabouts why doesn't he just go back to America if he wants pancakes or like one of the many other cafes around London and the UK that do American style breakfasts why has he come here trying to influence our ways when so much of the rest of western culture has been dominated by American culture can't my son just read fourfourtwo and I as a British man drink my tea in peace without FOREIGN influence?" 😂😂😂😂 It's so spot on
Or it's a directly copied Welsh or East Anglian placename because that's where some of the British migrants ended up. New England has shitloads of placenames taken directly from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and sometimes Yorkshire. Pennsylvania is full of Welsh stuff.
@@Sogeking995 It's weird, those names aren't English but they're not really Aborigini either. Or in New Zealand it's faux-British mixed with Maori, for example you get Thomastown just up the road from Wauehitikianane
It's not just that Harry sounds like John Wayne ... it's that so many Americans sound like John Wayne. His mindset and talking style are so stereotypical of that nation. Hate it, hate them.
There's comedy pedigree and provenance there mate . . . Refugee from the Fast Show and the earlier Police comedy show "The Good Guys". So many of these things come from observation of ordinary members of the public.
'Many a truer word...' and all that. But I'll tell you what - a small group of us Brits hired Harleys and rode east to west coasts USA, from Florida to California, a few years back. We stopped at one motel in Shreveport, Louisiana and a railroad worker saw us parking up in the motel car park. He came over to us admiring the bikes and we struck up a conversation. He insisted on cooking us up a barbecue off the back of his truck and even bought us a few beers and we had a great chat with him. Proper Texan cowboy type, massive handlebar moustache and everything. We met many friendly Americans like that on the trip, which you wouldn't do in the UK. We all have our own stereotypes but I've always generally met good people in Americans, despite theirs.
And yet, I have fond memories of traveling alone in Britain about 20 years ago. Even as a somewhat introverted guy, I remember having a good lengthy conversation with some English folks at a pub in Wareham in Dorset. Of course, I did not act like the couple in this sketch. Their clueless, über-extroverted style would scare me away, too! I know I find myself acting more English when I'm in England, more German when I'm in Germany, and so forth...
Well intentioned just too much. Where I live in Australia it's a popular cruise ship stop over and people just sigh when they show up on the old dirty P&O boats.
I'm sure when you were in a different country you ordered more than normal to try and get a taste of as many things as you could. Why not? You are most likely not going to return to the same country, so why not try as many things as you can while you are there?
I'm in an American here in Suffolk, and I'm still half like this, with the hey, how ya doin, and the cheerfulness. Am I missing something with the Paedo thing?
This reminds of when myself and my mate went to the World Cup in 2010 and we had to share a cab with an American Dad and his son to the England v USA match. The Dad was OTT, but didn’t understand football at all!
WOW! Used to watch these sketches all the time when I was younger yet somehow had never seen this one until now. Love The American Tourists sketches. They get it so perfect. xD Only mistake I noticed is they said 'pedo' the British way instead of the American 'peddo' pronunciation. (But it is for British television tbf. xD)
That's why the joke works. The Americans are saying the word 'paedo' because they don't realise its meaning in the UK. If they knew what they were saying they wouldn't be chanting it in a cafe.
How is it a mistake? The whole point is that they don’t realise that what they’re saying, with that pronunciation has a meaning in Britain that they don’t understand
I used to deal in Blackjack in the Bahamas and we had a lot of British dealers and American tourists, the conversation of a couple of yanks went like this : " Honey I'm coming over to play on your table, that dealer said I had wanker disease, I know what a wanker is I've been to London" his wife replies:" Oh dear honey, is there something you can get for it from the Doctor?" I knew the dealer who called him that, not the sort to mince his words if someone upset him.
Oh boy they would hate me lol 😂. I’m from the south where people are really open and friendly . Plus my accent sounds like a hillbilly. I may have to visit sometime 👍
@@seantoner7392 A certain type of English tourists certainly, the type that go on cheap package holidays and get wasted on cheap beer. I'm a Brit and they act much the same when they're here
It wouldn't be quite like that in a British café. After the list of what the tourists want for breakfast, the owner would sigh heavily, say "Board" and point to the list of set breakfasts on the board behind the counter. Any further questions would be met with "Is it on the board?" no matter whether they were asking for specific items, if there was a toilet they could use or where the nearest hospital was that they could get a sauce bottle removed at.
@@ReachForTheSky I've had sheep cheese, goat cheese, even buffalo cheese. But there's no way anyone is going to get me to eat vegan cheese. I didn't even know you could milk vegans.
@@StefanHillier crisp sandwiches are where it's at if you really want to be hip. Processed cheese, thin slice of spanish onion and a whole packet of cheese and onion crisps. Big mug of builders and enter thee to gastranomic heaven.
Enfield' s grand homme de bonne famile, American style, and Whitehouse's expression of incomprehension and mild terror at the mere mention of the word Paedo . . . Clutching the kid . . .just shows you what 2,600 miles of water and a different emphasis by the red-top press can do ! Smooth-as-silk sketch.
" red-top press ". never come across that phrase before. guessed it's meaning but looked it up anyway, just to check. thanx Nicholas for furthering my education. （⌒▽⌒）
