Wackiest Conspiracy Theories | The Russell Howard Hour 

My niece has spent her whole life deaf as a result of a high fever with measles she had when 8 months old. This was 2 years before a vaccine was available. My older brothers best friend died of polio, I was only 6 years old and can still remember the panic of the parents in our neighborhood. RIP Billy Matchet

If the earth was flat, cats would just push everything off the edge

I have been attacked by antivaxers who said I'd given my son autism by getting him jabbed. I explained he had shown signs of autism before he was vaccinated, because he had leukaemia as a baby his vaccinations were delayed until he had a bone marrow transplant and diagnosed in permanent remission! People are daft. The Internet is creating idiots who don't think for themselves and aren't educated or bright enough to do their own thinking. Love you for this Russell.

It’s like George Carlin said: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

Considering that Flat-Earthers call normal people "Globetards", can we start calling Flat-Earthers "Flatulence"?

This man does what most people can't, gets his point accross and is political while being funny, genuinely talented

As John Oliver put it "Conspiracy theories... Science fiction for people who don't realize they're reading science fiction"

The problem with flat earthers is that you can’t prove them wrong. If you launch them to space, they will say that the windows and helmet visors are screens that make the earth look round.

As an autistic person, I'd rather be autistic, and have vaccines, so I don't die.

Love the way he can make us laugh over very serious topics. He's a breath of fresh air... Agree with his politics

The fact people believe the earth is flat is ridiculous

LOVED this hilarious and informative and HILARIOUS - as usual. New series please!!

I absolutely love Russell Howard's content. He's so super smart, and very funny.

I love Russell Howard!!! he somehow manages to make current events funny

The “God save the Queen” version sent me 🤣🤣🤣

I wonder how awkward it must’ve felt for russel to do this in lockdown, with no crowd to laugh in real live

12:17 - 12:55 : Well done to this lady's colleagues. This conversation with this lady should have happened in her formative, childhood years. She was let down, educationally. It's most definitely not her fault. It's obvious that she was eager to learn from her colleagues. It's quite a refreshing side of humanity to see kind, and understanding people like her colleagues. She's not to be ridiculed; she was modest, and keen to understand.

Thanks Russell....in a world gone insane if you don't laugh you will cry.... thanks for keeping us laughing.... well done 👍

My brains just melted out my ears listening to that woman at the end talking about country's and county's. It hurt lol

The Finnish guy saying Finland doesn't exist is taking the piss out of the Finland deniers. Voi vittu.

If you're ever feeling down just remember the girl that thinks Stevie Wonder is not blind.

Russell is a genius. Plus he can carry his message, jokes and timing while filming in an audienceless studio (thanks covid!). He's spot on and one of the (the?) best comedians we have. Sorry, Ye he's the real voice of a generation. 😉

Oh, Russell... you make me so happy. Thank you for being an island of sense in a sea of nonsense. Sometimes it feels like the world is spotted with small islands of sense, surrounded by raging seas of idiocy. It makes me sad. But you, Russell, are a wonderful key of sanity. 💋Thank you!

Seen Russel live, he was as good as he is on the small screen. He does a great job at making good points with a sense of humour.

Well done for spreading information in a funny way Russell!

Jesus shit. Did she really think Spain was in the UK? 🤯 The day she'll find out there are European countries outside of the UK and EU will blow her mind 😂

So Finland has joined Australia on the plateau of non-existence. 🤪

I feel at least with the last woman she had been failed in her education and was actually trying to understand so shouldn't be shamed for that. The other people's stuff is absolutely conspiracy nonsense and a lot of it harmful to others so definitely should be called out on it!

Another example of why Russel Howard needs more views

First couple seconds already laughing 🤣

That girl at the end needs a lot of help. I don't see how she is ever going to survive adulthood without being ripped off at every turn.

The reason people believe in conspiracy theories is issues with their own egos. 'Extra' 'info' makes them feel above others. 🤦🏻‍♀️

It's funny how they say "Spain is in Europe", like England isn't in Europe 😂

3 vaccines later and I'm still not magnetic 😂😂😂😂😂😂

You rock Russell! You should include some Aussie news into your videos. Your take on anything is better than the mainstream media's news reporting.

My mums brother eventually died from vaccine related injury. My nan was devastated when his mumps and measles vaccine made him disabled. To this day she will always say that she would much rather a disabled child than a dead one. My uncle lived a happy life. All of my aunties and uncles are vaccinated and so are their kids. No other issues have cropped up. Some people do get unlucky, we admit that. But it helps so many that the risks have to be understood as absolutely tiny

I remember the first time a flat -earther asked me how I Know the earth is a sphere. My reply: "Topography!" 😵

The more you Research the crazier you sound to ignorant people

I'm suspected high functioning Aspergers, IQ 138, social skills 4/10. At a family event a few weeks ago, some-one asked me if i wouldn't prefer a life with less intelligence, but being able to associate with people better. Me : So, knock off 30 IQ points, but get on better with normal people? Them : Yes Me : No, i've met normal people. Most of them are idiots.

The flat earth society has branches all over the globe.

I am autistic, I had the vaccine as a baby, when I was at school (very recently) there was a question in my exam about would I give my child a vaccine which had been "proven" to cause autism with 2 lines to answer, I had to ask the teacher for more paper to argue how fucked that question was. I had to argue with my class over it, and we were the top set in science in secondary school..

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. - Harlan Ellison

When she asked, "is the UK in Europe?", Is What made me scream.

It’s mind boggling just how unbelievably stupid some of these celebrities actually are.. When I think about how many people trust them over proven science, I weep for humanity 🤦‍♀️

On the upside: One in five turning down something new (like a vaccine) is stellar results. That means 4 in 5 (or 80%) are informed. When can we generally say that 80% of people around us are behaving semi-rationally? From my own experiences with my own family at a Christmas dinner, I have a ball if 60% of the attendees are behaving remotely coherently. My family parties are in general small, so I know percentages are precious from the start since my mother's uncle and his wife will be jumping out of the blocks with some "climate is imaginary because weather and CO2 are the food for plants" from the get-go. This is before some other distant relative pops up and proclaims his trust in crystal healing - after 2 bypass operations have saved his life twice from cardiac arrest. When a group of reasonable people reach 51% majority they should consider themselves lucky and never leave. I am yet to meet a person in distress that answer "yes" after I ask if they want me to call the emergency homoeopathy service during my 30 years in mountain/river rescue service. They are ALL really eager for me to treat them with science-based first aid and for me to call in helicopter rescue services that provide everything except "just water" and a "suite of pretty rocks" on board. An old-school ER is suddenly sounding great. Rationality seems to kick in hard when a limb has chosen to stick out at an interesting angle or when a friend has stopped breathing. Regarding Covid. It is funny how many chose to say "yes" to those very expensive respiratory machines instead of a bottle of bleach. Ignorance is, in other words, a luxury you can afford when everything is going tip-top.

The queen isn’t a canibals she just consumes their life to be immortal obv lol

He always does his research and shares information in a hilarious way😂 thanks Russell.

The amount of lunatics out there... It's f*cking scary.

Bruh did they use a BuzzFeed unsolved clip at the start? Poor Ryan being lumped in 😭

0:56 gunpowder, guillotine, dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind....

not them using a clip from buzzfeed unsolved though

The truth stares us right in the face 😂 funny times we live in

I understand the pro-vaccine and anti-vaxxer positions. I certainly believe in science. I also understand the marketing and branding that is allowed in the process from research to practice. The truth is that the vaccine controversy is fueled by a failed communication campaign which was designed in 1986 to obscure high-risk groups. (Hint: Autism is a red herring, not the central problem.) Instead of exempting the high-risk children, who had serious reactions but escaped permanent damage, parents were encouraged to play roulette. The result is such that people without any increased risk have also lost trust in our public health system. This was further entrenched when WHO adopted CDC policies on adverse vaccine reactions.

Russell Howard puts on glasses and becomes instant Stephen Merchant.

As a scientist who has spent 2 years having those arguments with anti-vaxers (and even more crazy theories) i have to say, Thanks Russell. Thanks for trying to help educate.

LMAOOO THE FACT THEY ADDED RYAN TO THIS

2:15 that guys face just says it all LOL

As someone with autism, it's really not that bad. I am really bad at reading people, but despite that I absolutely adore the way my brain works. I have no idea what's going on half the time, but that's okay. And I am also extremely happy that my favourite comedian supports autistic people and doesn't think we're dumb or retarted. Thanks, Russell❤

Didn’t expect to hear Ryan from Watcher/BFUnsolved in here lol.

Only three things cannot be long hidden. The sun, the moon, and the Truth.

The problem isn't the science It's the profit motives and behaviour of big pharma/governments around the world

You cannot reason with the wilfully ignorant, and we've spent far too long indulging those that choose to be stupid in spite of the facts to change them now. This is what happens when we value politeness over reality.

I was honestly hesitant about how fast the vaccines were being produced until I saw Russell talking about how it was made so fast...I was the first person in my family to get jabbed. And as someone who is Autistic, I find it highly offensive that people treat Autism like an incurable disease.

Thanks for the laughs Russel

0:20 I recognize Ryan Bergara's voice! He's not a conspiracy theorist, but he talks and documents them.

Also, i volunteered to test the covid vaccine and spoke to the researchers about it: 1. Its normally very difficult to get people to volunteer as test subjects. Consequently it can take a long time to recruit enough people which slows everything down. With covid they had loads of volunteers and could get started straight away. 2. Usually a vaccine development team would start with a small group of test subjects and run a full set of tests. They then have to apply for a second round of funding which tests the vaccine on another small group of subjects but larger than the original group. They then have to apply for a third round of funding which is to test the vaccine on a much larger group. This process can take a number of years because funding rounds tend to be annual. Plus add in the time it takes to recruit volunteers. With covid the funding was available immediately plus they went immediately into large scale trials. So yes, technically they skipped a couple of steps but FFS, the vaccines were still tested on a very large group of people.

people saying corona doesn't kill anger me so much. A family member of mine died if it along with tens of thousands more.

We should appease the lizard people and elders of the internet by chucking the flat earthers over the edge. As a strictly empirical study of course.

I got kicked out of a flat Earth Facebook group for asking if social distancing pushed anyone off the edge.

Well Russel mate - a lot of the tinfoil hat nutters are being proved correct

Canned laughter for an establishment goon

The other thing with COVID-19 vaccines was that literally everyone in the world who worked in molecular biology basically dropped everything else to work on it. But, y'know, that would mean experiencing minor inconvenience for the sake of someone else, which the anti-vaxxers just can't deal with

Absolutely love your humour, I've made my tinfoil hat ready Russel 😂😂😂😂🙄🤦

LOL You're for the high jump fella!

That end clip " how can anybody be that dumb we all went through school and learn geography .

My favourite conspiracy theory is "Russel Howard is funny".

always enjoy your comedy thanks

Seriously you are just amazing!

In other words, the reason the vaccine rolled out so quickly was because the scientists didn't need to worry about funding or test subjects. Hmmmm.

Me and the boys laughing at the globetarts thinking stevie wonder is blind

Thanks a lot Russell! You ruined my life!! I live in a country, that does not even exist! WTF? I wish you had told me that sooner😁😁😍😍. Regards from Finland or somewhere from the multiverse!

People believe this shit because they think it makes them unique and don’t like the fact of being told what’s right and wrong so they make their own right instead of being told what’s right. The typical mindset of ‘it’s my body so I can do what I want with it’

Anti vaxxers bit is aging well 🤣

0:19 hey, that’s Buzzfeed unsolved! They don’t believe in that theory, they were mainly making fun of it.

Check out Professor Dave Explains debunking of FErs, anti-vaxxers etc. He's brutal. Lol

Mix crazy conspiracy theories with conspiracy facts

The comments are filled with angry nutters

"If you were a farty pervy little goblin" Oh my goodness those girls...😮

Lizard Aliens are real, it's so obvious I can't believe I didn't realise it until you proved it, it totally explains mime artists.

That's how knighthood is achieved in Hollywood movies not in the real world. Tells me Russel have no personal experience of it. Which is why he is still around I guess.

Four of my grandads five children died of tetanus - please vaccinate your child

People love conspiracies, coz apparently it's comforting to think that someone is in charge and controlling things, even if that person is insane and evil, rather than absolute chaos where the world is rudderless and everyone is basically pretending they've got a clue what they're doing.

The idea that giving people autism is something parents should be frightened of is inherently flawed. I'm autistic and I don't think it should be considered a disability - I'm less able than other people in some ways, but more able in others (not that I'd waste my time trying to explain any of that to an anti-vaxxer).

I genuinely feel bad for those who are in the "truther" movement. It must be very stressful to your mind believing every day that pretty much everything in the modern world is connected to some larger crazy scheme.

These sort of conspiracy theories just show how devolved and mentally thick some humans are. And we're meant to be the smartest species.

the ukranian dolphins guy is what travis says. he makes videos about doctor who and it was almost certainly a bit

If the earth was actually flat, they would say it's a globe... These people are obsessed with the idea that they are being lied to, rather than using logic, science and common sense.

Another great video 😀 My daughter was born when the mmr thing was about, because we didn't want to take the risk, we had the single vaccines done privately. Cost £100 but it was the best thing at the time, no one wants to risk harming their child but there's no point in protecting them from possible side effects if they are going to get a potentially deadly or life altering disease.

Some skinks and geckos freeze, very few lizards do. Probably too busy running the globe

just got jumpscared by buzzfeed unsolved