Ismo: Ass Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language | CONAN on TBS 

The most of what?

@@siimu111 he never heard a Finnish person speaking so many words ;)

These comments are a perfect parallel to the video!

Take this like. And now go away.

The most stereotypical assumption of the Finnish person ever. Yours, a Finn.

the punchlines are so minimal that they can be surprising. had a sip of beer when he said "car is included in the ass" and just about lost it on the keyboard

I started imagining things

@Hugh Ropp ... but if you're A BIT of an ass, then you're annoying.

@Snooks Minimal punchlines = typically Finnish ;D

I read this when he said that

Like a quote.. 🤣 Bad is bad, but badass is good! - Ismo

Or may be “I’m not bad, I’m just being Badass”

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.uksia

Or you can say this: If you are a bad person, you are a bad person. If you are an ass, you are an idiot or something. But if you are a badass person, you are terrific!!

@@danielbec4287 that sucks.

Omfg! Yes!

Lol and headass

Don’t forget kickass 😂

What about jackass?

I CACKLED 😂😂😂😂

I though it was badass.

Badass my ass

He even finnish ed with a lot of applause.

That means some good comedy.

Vellu smart ass

WebzToke I didn't see any asses being kicked. I'm from Finland.

Henry Oivo LOL Whoa whoa... what's up? No need to grill my ass about this. 😂

The whole ass?

Hopefully, only a piece...

lol

He knows how to close a segment with a punch that one can hardly guess!!

Jonizzio _ i dont see why not, he is entertaining. Even more than many

Jonizzio _ Are you implying the recent netflix specials have all been of great quality? If so; Have you seen Amy Schumers netflix special? Ismo Leikola is waay above that - and many others. Though sure, opinions differ.

there is one atleast watchable at finnish netflix

Jonizzio _ What is this quality in netflix you are talking about ?

Some day maybe but not there yet.

Two of the most legendary Finnish TV comedy shows of all-time (Tankki täyteen and Reinikainen) were written by an English guy who moved to Finland as a 20-year-old: Neil Hardwick. He speaks pretty good Finnish.

@Yonder Fankman Dettman was actually born in Helsinki, so he's not foreigner. In my opinion Roman Schatz deserves the merit along with Hardwick.

There's one UK born stand-up comedian in Finland, that I know of. Been in Finland 20 years or more, has family with a Finnish wife. He has quite an obvious British accent, but he handles his stuff, manages his Finnish enough to make the gig in Finnish. Sorry I don't remember his name.

@@timomastosalo You might be thinking of Paul Westlake? Funny guy, also wrote some English school books for Finnish schools.

@@murasama8733 Would have to watch some stand-up of that guy again to remember the name :) Only saw him in the Finnish TV

Yeah, it's great. It's more on the nose on his English sets but that's pretty much Ismo's stage persona. He has always had somewhat an awkward delivery in Finnish too. (Search for "no niin" if you wanna see a classic finnish set with english subs.)

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.erdaa

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.dljia

Timing is a huge part of both stand up comedy and comedic acting.

Doctor Soles11 well he lives in US

no terve sullekin

Swedish is the second *official* language of Finland FYI

unlock me how exactly can you say that you are from Finland and at the same time you're not Finnish??? These two usually go hand-in-hand

finlandssvenska?

Jake Allen Oh people can`t say what they found funny 84 people found that part funny and liked someones comment way down in the comment section but I guess you want to be different and a jerk to others who are having a talk about what they found funny in a comedy video like... try to be better

@@kristianvaris2996 A bunch of dimwitted crying emojis deserves to be called out.

The Jake Show ...you're an ass! Lance ...and you're an ass! get your asses outta here! (‿ˠ‿) 💨💩💩

😆😆😆

@@DlcEnergy I wouldn't worry about them to be honest. There are billions of funny videos across the internet, with trillions of comments just like mine, and they chose my innocent comment to waste their energy to take issue with it. I'm flattered! 😂 Bored douchebaggery at its finest.

That actually hurts.

I think you meant to say behind you?

@@FreakyNightmare 🤣 lmao

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@@thomasturner8093 I hate that you're not that wrong 🤣

It's an intensifier. Nothing strange about those. Dem words gotta have sum booty.

You can never have too much booty

Never

Dat some deep ass question

Why are you assking these questions?

As a non-native speaker, I'd like to present you with some food for thought: Food for thought doesn't necessarily involve thinking about food or that your thoughts need actual food. How am I supposed to know that bureaucrat is spelled like that? And not 'burocrat'? How am supposed to now it's not pronounced as boo-reeah-oo-crat, based on the way its spelt. What's the real pronunciation of GH? "g" as in ghost? "f" as in tough? "j" as in sengh silent as in night? You had to look up 'sengh' to make sure it's a made-up word.

@@RayMusicman9 can agree, as an italian, english language is strange ass

Another word he needs to talk about is dead ass.

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.qpsca

Look at words like "application" and "topical"... They have a thousand meanings!

Darude hii!

DARUDE PERKELE

What is the song's name at 0:20 ?

The man himself!

DUN DUNDUNDUNDUNDDUN

John Jacob exactly, Carlin-esque.

The only thing in common with Carlin's stuff is that he is quite analytic. And that's that, not much in common at all

Now that I think of it, he's very Carlin-esque. RIP George Carlin, one of the absolute best! He must be having a blast up there with Ronnie James Dio and all the other greats!

Also, American comedians usually build up to their punchlines for a long time. Ismo on the other hand can have a punchline every sentence for a while or not have one for minutes. They are very subtle in nature and can surprise especially Americans with their timing.

Carlin-esgue. I will use this word whenever its possible.

He missed that one. Laugh my ass off doesn't mean that your ass will be gone. No, it's still there.

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.tbhra

He studied the physics of that ass.

He even skipped a few, like "kick-ass".

He had prepared, he didn't do it half-ass.

He did a whole five ass minutes

I think he's one of the best stand up comedians in Finland. He doesn't scream and try to act like an international superstar. He just tells his well thought views in a funny way and goes about his life. Usually he wears common clothes, he doesn't need a suit. He's very relatable and seems like a fun guy to have a conversation in a bar without making a scene. Down to earth.

He's badass, that's what he is 😁

Narek Avetisyan I see what you did there. 😄

Heeey...did he forget this?!

according to the comic, you're laughing "no" off. uh. 4:38

again ..its confusing ..my ass means NO but you sound pretty impressed.

What a funny ass dude

:D

😂

LOL I thought the exact same thing!

Glad there is this #metoo going on for him.

Yup, Ismo’s hug quota full for at least this year.

I think they would say may instead of can. I think we all have the intuitive fear that saying can is quite rude.

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.sinta

Them meatballs is made of ass.

@@dickmccarthy9496 or vice versa

Good my ass

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i didn't get that joke.

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I live in Texas too (but not remotely Finnish). I had no idea that was how you were supposed to respond. I would probably respond "Not much. You?"

@@Cillana That's what I would've guessed. But it seems it's going down the same road as 'How do you do?' which used to be a question meaning 'What's up? How are you?' - like it looks like, if you think it litterally. But later it became just a type of 'Hello', even shortening to 'Howdy' etc.

Acceptable responses to what's up: (may include but not limited to) how are you, what's going on, oh nothing much, same ole same ole, ect.

I am surprised people in Jyväskylä don't know how to reply to it... "What's up?" "Rally cars. When they jump, they are very high up. Except in Harju. Road is flat there."

TheRelaxingEnd Moi (;

RELAXING PERKELE.

TheRelaxingEnd dude didn't know you were a conan fan aswell

TheRelaxingEnd vai onks tästä uutisoitu jo suomalaisessa mediassa

Eero Helemäe Kyllä ainakin maikkarilla juttu

I just want to hear Conan say Finland.

Pretty sure he could get in anywhere? The laugh factory had him three years prior to this.

Conan love Finland. He made a whole show about Finland once. You should look it up on yt.

The reason why Conan loves Finland, or the time when he heard that Finnish people speak about him was when we had a woman president, first woman president in the world. Her name was and still is Tarja Halonen and she looks quite much like Conan and vice versa.

@@markuskeitaanniemi4381 yes she looks like ismo too

Tarja😳

True... was always confused about half-ass! :D

Yeah we're a weird people.

Ayush Mishra It’s like saying you’re not putting you’re whole ass into something, you’re just half adding it. Don’t know if that helped but there ya go.

yea, and cuz your azz and quads are the work horse muscles.

Corn Cob- I'm American and it was great to hear his perspective. He actually managed to make sense of what I always though were just a bunch of dumb-ass expressions! 😂 He really explained it well.

You can add ass to that list

You've got some nice ass teacher. Now wait ...

@@timomastosalo i would eat that ass

You should, my ass. Ismo studied some linguistics in Helsinki University. Not as bad as some others... :-)

@@mrvulture8981 Ah, you know Saphire Artist's English teacher? Wow. I must be in the middle of a cobspiracy...

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.hnmia

Because he really has the best delivery ever 😄 it has gotten so tiring with all these comedians nowadays who only think they need to be angry at everything and shout all the time. Ismo is so above that ;)

Also Conan is a sweet humble guy 😄

LifesmythTV Michael McIntyre has also the same style mostly parenting/family jokes

LifesmythTV Reminded me of George Carlin's humor.

It's been Ismos style of comedy back in finland for many years

This needs to come back.

Idk, I think this guy is just talking out of his ass

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.otpaa

But does he really have Koskenkorva or is he just getting Ismo's hopes up?

Not a bad thing my ass.

He should mention salmiakkikossu

Conan talks about Koskenkorva but in reality he prefers Haitian mud cookies made from dirt!

Minttu is even better ;)

yes the delivery

Fun fact: Ismo Leikola used to be a Physics student at the same University I am currently attending on studying Psychology and the Physics department is right next to us on the other side of the lake (bridge leads trough it) on a city known as JyväsKylä (GrainVillage, but it is actually a larger city in Finland). Pic: www.google.fi/search?q=Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4+Yliopisto&rlz=1C1AVNC_enFI580FI580&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq1PqPz4nZAhXFFywKHQeHDcsQ_AUICigB&biw=1745&bih=885#imgrc=xY_4jNYisSZbBM: - My school, and the Phsycis department: www.google.fi/search?q=Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4+Yliopisto&rlz=1C1AVNC_enFI580FI580&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq1PqPz4nZAhXFFywKHQeHDcsQ_AUICigB&biw=1745&bih=885#imgrc=IXlCTUtinGG1NM:. During his years there he started doing stand up comedy and has been on that path ever since.

Who gives a damn about fiancé?

Lielyn Arboladura bif

You could have just said: “I enjoyed this routine.” Fiancé is irrelevant.

John Keitz Ass a Finn, I’d love to see him perform in the US, ass a fly on the wall.

Oho, no sitä en todellakaan huomannut. Syynä taisi olla sana Korskenkova, joka ei mennyt mulla jakeluun...

Mix

Ass.

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.gxwja

Finland is not a part of Scandinavia

@@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 it’s a part of fennoscandia.

Solid ass performance 👏

​@@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 No one cares. Finland and Sweden were the same country for 1000 years. So it's the same culture.

@@jshk877urk

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.unsqa

Dirty Deed Indeed as a hardcore student of George Carlin for roughly 30 years, this guy comes the closest Ive seen yet to equaling his style and penchant for language deconstruction. Its simply brilliant and fascinating.

Yeah, I'd never thought much about that particular word, but he's right, it's really interesting! "Ass" often has less literal meaning, and more attitudinal meaning. Funny, that's not a feature I associate strongly with English. I study Japanese... Sort of -- I took two years in college, and now I'm able to read manga with the help of a dictionary, pick up lots of conversations in anime. Anyway, Japanese has a lot of words like that. I get hung up on what is meant literally by a expression, what kind of implications a usage carries, word histories and relationships... Basically, I try to understand the language the way a native speaker would. For instance, why is "mono" ("thing") used to indicate strong emotion or a reason for something? Does it have something to do with making something more concrete for emphasis, like how we use "literally"? ...Huh, I never thought about it before, but actually, that sounds about right. Anyway, the point is, sometimes have to stop and remember -- native speakers don't think about it that much. It's the same for English speakers. I mean, yeah, some things are obvious, but others, like here? I've intuited how to use "ass" without ever stopping to think about it. There are a lot of other things I HAVE thought about, like... Just off the top of my head, why do we use "now" to mean both "in the present," and as an interjection to create emphasis (often to draw comparison)? Those seem like kind of disparate usages. ...If I had to guess, I think it has some kind of implication of immediacy, it makes the topic seem the present situation. And there's another one -- "present," how it can mean either the current time, or that someone or something is physically there, or it can be used as a verb to indicate that something is being put forth (and THAT usage extends to a noun meaning "gift"). All of these usages are related, but we usually don't even recognize those kinds of relationships. Being fluent is definitely not a matter of grasping every nuance. Remembering that helps me let it go and just read or listen.

XplosivCookie ambASSador

But USA has not send ambassaor to Finland. Or fake news have not covered that?

NO. You had your turn!

Yes pls

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.kzosa

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.wbzla

Juan Rodriguez he won the "Funniest man of the world" competition. Cant remember if it was 2016 or 2017. EDIT: It was 2014 apparently.

Einea5mk really? I'm gonna need check out more of him

Einea5mk 2014. Time flies.

Well finland has the best comedians

beebikinis no niin!

no niin...

Nonni

no.. niin.

Noni.

IIRC this is just a part of the whole ass set. I think he touches on kissing ass at some point in the full set.

@ortomy Turns out the love has grown towards the entire you, not just your ass. Tho for some men, it my start from that end. For me, that's more like the bust. Yet an agreeable face makes my ass forget for a while she has some body below her neck.

Just say ”the ass guy” and everyone will know

Tall-ass ass

The Ass man

but he has no ass, no disrespect tho cause a I'm kissass for Conan

That means the whole person is tall, not just his ass. 🤣

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.cutja

Kaapo Kakko baby!!!

Not enough to spell the name correctly apparently.

@@Iarlen "....said n too long" - Mitch Hedberg

*finland

I dont even know Finland*

It reminds me of *_this sawfish_* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDRdjcDhEAk.html&.daqja

Flawlass. :-)

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Kalle Laakso I heard that Conan prefers Haitian mud cookies over Koskenkorva

Kalle Laakso Lmao

I'll have the pontikka instead.

Just say kossu.

Doesn't it taste like ass?