In the words of the late, great Patrice O'Neal: "Comedy shouldn't be everybody laughing. It should be about 50 people laughing, and 50 people horrified."
It was a clever line but sadly I think most of his gags went straight over the audiences' head like a doodle bug. " More hits than Dresden" ... really! Hah.
@@dogchaser520 I think you miss my point. I don't mind the joke being silly but it's not original at all. When I said it was a Christmas cracker joke I meant literally. And again you're right, nothing wrong with silly stupid jokes but I wouldn't class it as a "great line" It's not original and I've heard it about a thousand times.
@@monkeynews8311 Well, we can screw ants over the details if you'd like, but I'd say your rating of it has a lot to do with having heard it many times before. It was the first time for me, and it made me laugh. It may not be original, but any borrowed joke that's any good tends to get repeated in some form (often modified) until it fails to surprise and thereby amuse. Sounds as if he bet his audience hadn't heard it, or maybe had heard it just enough times to hit the campiness/semi-ironic region of humor. Or he may not have realized he'd borrowed it. Or may have even come up with it independently. Alternatively, every December he's sitting on the floor by himself opening one Christmas cracker after another, mining for gold and next year's act...
Every so often he suddenly goes turrets syndrome explosive screaming for a second … that makes it authentic. Reminds me of Macron and Trudeau revealing their true nature.
As Italian and a guy who have seriously frequented schools learning history and spent also the last 20 years studying more history... I found this show banal. Kinda superficial and grey. I mean I'm not scandalized, not even close, by his jokes. But I also did not laugh at all. There's literally nothing to laugh at. I won't consider this as commedy. Nor a history lesson. Sincerely speaking, I'm still trying to figure out why you guys laughs at this. 🤔 Maybe for the occasional screams the guy makes in order to look like the stereotypized version of Adolf Hitler? Yeah that could be fun. Maybe. But... Ok... It's not a bad show after all. 🤔
This guy just cracks me up from: The very concept of Hitler singing That's Life; The satire of Nazism; The costume; The lyrics; The accented delivery. All so, so great.
@@douglascoe1385 Hitler never wanted to conquer Britain. He liked us. Hated France as they crippled Germany, after a world war, with sanctions. If he never went after Germany, less countries would have got involved. French government should have been done for war crimes as they made German people starve and thus the Nazi Party gained power.
Dark humor as it should be done. This guy has some great audience interactions. Mel Brooks would love this guy. This man proves you can do offensive material without being offensive.
The trick to more delicate subjects like this kind of thing is making sure you make the character you're making fun of, who is a terrible person in reality, is portrayed in a way that to a rational person could not be construed as positive. Mel Brooks is a master of it, this guy is following the recipe exactly and killing it
@@postmellon8138 I said offensive material without making offensive jokes, not what you misquoted. the subject matter is offensive, making jokes about it that are NOT offensive is what makes good humor out of atrocities.
The fact that this video has the most views on this channel is a good sign. A sign that people who appreciate comedy, know that the best remedy for uncomfortable truths is laughter. Also, that Frank Sanazi is a very funny guy!
Damn I love real comedy - that strange place where cringe and embarrassment meet rapt amusement. This act took massive balls. It's important to ask the question: why should it require massive balls?
So true! Stan Boardman would have been cancelled before he even got on tv nowadays and Frank Carson too, although he was Irish I'm sure many folk these wokey days would not appreciate him making jokes about his own countrymen.
This guy is an absolute genius. The audience doesn’t know what to do with him. Super funny and pushing the comfort barriers but always a bit ahead. Excellent and too scary for people to handle. Very funny!❤
That first song was amazing. He got Sinatra's mannerisms on point and was able to sneak in an occasional, super accurate Hitler rather smoothly. Not to mention the brilliant lyrics and the fact that he's actually able to sing. Astonishing.
Hmmm... This is the only pro-Mussolini act I know of. Wonder if he could've been referring to... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lw0htGpveHQ.html
Couldn't have had a tougher crowd if he tried. Even if you don't like the jokes the songs were incredibly well thought out and performed. I'd have been off my chair. Keep it up sir.
Yeah, we find this funny, but I’m sure if a Holocaust survivor was watching this, they would be triggered and appalled at all of us, laughing having a good time, while still fresh in their mind are memories of their loved ones, being brutally, stripped of their dignity and mass murdered. But on the bright side, it’s better than those folks that deny the holocaust ever happened.
As a World War II expert I can confirm this is Peter Cunningham, a British comedian performing in front a very small audience at a London comedy club. And he’s brilliant.
Very clever, it'd be a dull act if it was from a UK perspective, but the Rat Pack ref means he needs to be an 'American' ... but I s̶i̶n̶k̶ think this only v̶e̶r̶k̶s̶ well to a UK audience ... wheels within wheels, all very odd and curious, but great fun.
Why would he make it up? Its actual history...why would he make it up rather than just make his act based around true historical facts? Why are you excited about this comment of yours? Goddamn some people are f**king dumb
This guy is great, really charismatic, animated too. He knows how to draw a crowd and get them really going. Give him a few years heil really be taking the world by storm, he's a real gas too!
@@Owen-hg3cuGet stuffed pal, do us a favour and go to Palestine if you care so much about it, instead of jumping on the bandwagon and running your keyboard warrior mouth.
This dude has balls of steel performing that, and as a ww2 buff, Jesus christ, he really nailed it hard 😂 the rat pack joke all his history is awesome lol.
True. That guy has balls of steel. He got them from his father who was also his grandfather. Heard it‘s still common practice in the US, at least in the south.
American guy here, one of whose hobbies is discerning people’s accents. “Frank Sanazi” aka Pete Cunningham is English but when he speaks in this character he really sounds American like Frank Sinatra. He performed the American accent pretty well, so much so that I only detected his English accent a couple of times.
This is my friend Pete, one of my oldest friends. We were in a band together 😊 in the mid-80's and he was a brilliant frontman then always had a great voice but will appreciate your comment, I'll let him know. He's being performing as Frank Sanazi for at least 15 years 👍😊
He's been around a long time bit under the radar. You're right though mate Channel 4 were going to have him in a show but bottled it in the end. It's obviously all ironic, when we had the band going we did an anti-racism gig once.
@@charliecoutts3003 Well done you Charlie! Your friend Pete is terrific and I am amazed that I’ve never heard of him before, but I shall watch his imminent meteoric rise with great interest, especially his annexing of the Sudetenland, mein Führer! 😈
It's been a while since I've laughed this hard at something. When he asked the audience to guess how many copies he sold, was I the only one to think 6 million?
@@kathleensullivan4547WW2 propogandist 'common knowledge' is hardly scarce in any culture or any generation. Could just be it wasn't that funny.. the whole thing felt like slapstick without the slap.
This is one of the most intelligent, well thought out, and brilliantly written (and performed) comedy bits that I’ve seen in quite some time. Easily two plus decades, at least. Well done, sir! PLEASE……keep doing this kind of comedy. The world REALLY needs it!
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This was funny to me as a WW2 historian. I imagine most of the audience didn't know the many events was referencing. I admire the balls on this guy - the Sinatra/Hitler blend is clever.
“I was in-führer-iated” 😂😂😂 I find it hilarious how he’s peppered little facts, turns of phrase and reworked words throughout his act. That took quite lot of work. Someone else mentioned how this had a kind of Monty Python-esque feel to it and I agree. Another person brought up that comedy often has offensive bits, which this does. I don’t know if that’s okay with everyone but it’s okay with me... even the Jewish part of me.
And nothing should be off limits.... If you can't make comedy out of anything and everything,you're taking life too seriously.Why should it matter to me,what someone else is laughing at,it don't matter to me,even if you're are laughing at me,it can't harm me.The world's gone crazy,way too far off track,no wonder half the people need anti-depressants if they can't take or make a joke... 'If you can't laugh at yourself,then i'll do it for you' -One of the Marx brothers,I can't remember which one,but I think it might have been Groucho
A bit more appreciation from the crowd would have been nice. It takes real skill to be able to develop and deliver a set of that quality and be right on the razor's edge without falling off it.
People are dead inside because they are serving the devil and he wants to rip their soul and heart out so they cannot feel things which leads them to resorting to obscene, egregious and inappropriate measures to be able to *feel* something because they are so thoroughly jaded and cynical and unable to feel things….🙁
I heard somewhere, the British are more reserved than many other western countries when it comes to laughter and other shows. I am not sure how true it really is because even though I have watched brits do acts in America. I have never seen, or at least known if, an act was in the UK. Maybe someone from there can enlighten me if this is actually unusual or the norm. To me I was laughing so hard. The raw humor and mockery was brilliant and word play. Plus the one dude who knew what to say when he asked how many albums he sold....it was pure joy.
@@MrReaperHand There's lots of laughter. It's literally a non-woke comedy club, with a crowd that all voted for Brexit, so this is exactly the sort of act people want to see. Are people supposed to be jumping out of their chairs?
@@bluedeskfan2754 No, maybe they kept the mic only to pick up him (which is great less audience distraction). I am just used to very loud crowds when watching comedy. I love my old British comedy I would watch. It was less raunchy and always seemed more witty as well. It was carefully crafted to truly be funny without needing anything crass to stand on. So I am glad to hear it is normal and there was plenty. It just seemed due to what US is like (over the top to almost fakery level) which can dull me to what other countries are like. This made me laugh a lot and made me happy it exists and not canceled to hell and back.
That 'swore stickers' joke at the end was the cherry on top! Hilarious act overall with some comedic genius written singing talent. Keep up the great skits Frank Sanazi!
