What I love about this is it’s a complete flip on the trans-exclusionary status quo on comedy. I see Christian conservatives getting offended in these comments and it’s like the pin never drops for them
After watching his netflix specials, hes def one of the top 5 comics out there right now. Original, funny, and doesnt resort to picking on anyone that doesnt deserve it
@@mikemack9701 Legal Definition of pure speech : the communication of ideas through spoken or written words or through conduct limited in form to that necessary to convey the idea
There's several gags he has in this special that are this peak design of doing something that doesn't seem all that funny or is kind of cringe, only for him to retroactively make it hilarious with how he caps the bit off. It's brilliant.
Yes it's a really interesting take on audience expectations, the tacit 'rules' about what he can and can't say before his jokes start to seem off. If anyone could pull it off it had to be James I can't imagine what it's like to become famous for a few appearances on panel shows and one bakeoff meme; he really had to work on his standup persona to stay true to himself I bet
@@fairy5668 you're right but he does address those things in Cold Lasagne, there's a difference between being a rising star/winning awards and becoming known internationally for a meme/panel show clips - some people who don't really know you come to your show expecting a specific type of comedy that definitely isn't what you usually do, and then they get angry when you don't give them what they feel entitled to
Tea in a clear mug does feel wrong and I'm not even british. I have 1 or 2 clear mugs and I only ever drink water or herbs out of them, no tea, that feels wrong.
Wait... we can drink herbs? Which ones, and why, and the clear mug makes that work better? Is this like drinking essential oils? I won't make that mistake again.
@@robandtina Nah, I mean herbs like peppermint, sage, chamomile etc. I don't call that tea, cuz there's no actual tea in them. They're good for stuff like stomach ache, indigestion, sleep and stuff. And it just doesn't feel wrong drinking them out of a clear mug like it does with tea.
i cant stop watching all these different videos from this night.....I've seen this like 10 times along with rando British Bake off Scenes, soooo good. Best baking guest by far...James, Keep telling the tale of the tea and get rid of those wholesome Chrizzos
@@mikemack9701 Why are we making slurs about people's religions now? It's not okay to do to M uslims or J ewish people, it's not okay to do to those guys either.
@@becominghero9754 Then again, Christians are repressive, hypocritical and overwhelmingly arrogant in their evangelism. "Making fun" of them is, likely, the nicest way of dealing with them.
Bad luck! That's his job. He's a standup comedian, he's meant to challenge people. If you don't like being challenged, don't watch his shows. What's the matter, too challenging for ya? That's his job. He's a standup comedian, he's meant to challenge people. If you don't like being challenged, don't watch his shows. What's the matter, too challenging for ya? That's his job. He's a standup comedian, he's meant to challenge people. If you don't like being challenged, don't watch his shows. What's the matter, too challenging for ya?
The scummy top of the tea is a thoroughly Southern problem. I miss having Buxton mineral straight from the tap, and all because there's no jobs North of Kettering 😪
This is the first time I realized he says he was 16 in this story. You need to leave your kids alone by he age of 12 to learn from these mistakes. 16 is way too old. I've been rationing my Halloween Reese's peanut butter cups to myself since I was 11, cuz I learned the hard way what happens when I don't ration them when I was 10. ... You run out too soon and then you're sad.
I hated this bit so much when i watched it (as im sure many people did) but man's tryna get rid of the Bappos and i cant hate him for it. Also I always say "top of the tea" to myself now
Right wing politics that invariably remove human rights, mismanage the common funds, and induce suffering. Also a holier than thou attitude that is surly, unpleasant and quite arrogant.
Gawky English attention to detail, filtered through green pastures of absurdity and generational disappointment. He is such a typical Brit. And yet stands alone. Maverick.
Definitely cringe at the end…but everything else I’ve ever seen from him is brilliant, and hey it had a punchline and recovery. Idk what he has against baptists tho 🤔
That's part of his opening where he says he swears now because he wants to drive way "Chrissos" aka Christians from his gigs. It's part brick joke, part political jab.
I gotta give it to James his comedy is..unique..but I find him to be funnier off the stage like when he’s on game/panel show’s 🤷🏻♂️ I remember a while back him being on James(🤮)Cordon’s late night show n the audience(American) just not gettin it..it was a bit cringe but he powered through it.
I'm really scratching my head over this... I'm glad you liked the clip but if you're not a fan of the "woke dung heap" I'm not sure what you're going to think about the rest of the set
@@pauldecoster I've seen the whole set 😊👍 He's a hugely intelligent and talented comedian. Not somebody from a minority group who has been shoved onto the stage to tick a diversity quota box despite a relative lack of comedic skill.
Thing about us Chrizos is that some of us basically pride ourselves on being unoffendable 😂. You can make fun of us all you like and we'll probably just agree saying "yep we're all sinful hypocrites who need Jesus". Make fun of God and I'll simply stop watching, but make fun of Christians and I'm laughing with you
Genuine question: if God is all powerful why is it bad to make fun of him? Surely he can take it. If God is all knowing and all seeing then surely he knows that the world is ridiculous and that by extension he is ridiculous for making it. And if God is all good then shouldn't he be able to laugh at himself and allow others to laugh at him too? (I'm not trying to undermine your faith, I just want to understand it)
The point of the bit is he's pretending to be a senseless "edgy" comedian. It's a callback to an earlier bit where he rants about his audience having become too soft. It's very different from his earlier work
@@kenlavicka Funnily just today I relistened to the opening bit of this special, the part where he mentions Ricky Gervais, and absolutely loved it! I'm hard to please when it comes to stand up specials I will admit that
Watch Clips from Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 - ua-cam.com/play/PLQ2q_0gNMbqGe-fo-zZEaAWLJmrSCluYS.html
Man.. when are you coming down under.. Ah stuff it.. I'll come to Britain and see you there... Love your work Acaster..
You are a comedy genius.
Can't get this link to work
@@johndaly9570 Believe in yourself
NO RESULTS FOUND
I love the physicality that he adds into his bits. Like, it would be funny without it, but with it it’s HILARIOUS.
What I love about this is it’s a complete flip on the trans-exclusionary status quo on comedy. I see Christian conservatives getting offended in these comments and it’s like the pin never drops for them
After watching his netflix specials, hes def one of the top 5 comics out there right now. Original, funny, and doesnt resort to picking on anyone that doesnt deserve it
James is proof that you can be funny without even getting close to being offensive. You just need to be talented
I hadn’t watched the other half of the clip-
You should watch the whole special before saying something like this lol
Ask a Baptist if they got close to being offended.
@@thatonekid565 in your defense, baptists dont count. we all know they arent people
is it really offensive if its about christians? are we sure?
16 years old, hes home alone and he drinks hot chocolate? What a good kid!
Loves his family too.
I guess that's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to him. He has to scream the story so they don't fall asleep.
Then again, he also spent a night in a bush, wearing a dress, scared of some hoodlums.
Yes, 10 heaped teaspoons though? Maniacal.
Lmfao...
So glad they made this top of the tea joke a clip. Was a highlight of the show for me in the audience!
I hate it so much but god do I quote it constantly
I'm just laying here, speechless, from the top-of-the-tea joke 😍
Apparently not speechless...
@@venoxidae Typing, after all, is NOT the same as speaking.
@@mikemack9701 Legal Definition of pure speech
: the communication of ideas through spoken or written words or through conduct limited in form to that necessary to convey the idea
@@venoxidae The legal concept of "pure speech," also is not the same thing as "speaking," but enjoy your imaginary gotcha.
@@venoxidae You'd be fun on a night out.
I hereby declare that Mr. Acaster is the current greatest.
Genuinely the funniest man alive
Grim
1000
I hope that was sarcastic.
@@iambetterthanu can’t wait for your first gig must be pretty incredible
"You better *heap* " -J.Acaster 2021
"[...] faith" 😉
*gotta
Not sure how you mess up a quote of 3 words
*2019
You gotta heap them teaspoons baby!
4 heaped teaspoons = 2 normal desert spoons = 1 flat ladle full. You're welcome!
Well, I have 3 ladles and they're all different sizes.. so naturally I'll be using the biggest one I got
You gotta HEAP
Nah you gotta heap
You are by far the most genius comic ive ever heard.
You. Gotta. HEAP
The way he ends that joke😂
There was a joke somewhere in this shaggy dog story?😊
I started to cringe a bit towards the end, but that recovery was perfect 👌
There's several gags he has in this special that are this peak design of doing something that doesn't seem all that funny or is kind of cringe, only for him to retroactively make it hilarious with how he caps the bit off. It's brilliant.
Yes it's a really interesting take on audience expectations, the tacit 'rules' about what he can and can't say before his jokes start to seem off. If anyone could pull it off it had to be James
I can't imagine what it's like to become famous for a few appearances on panel shows and one bakeoff meme; he really had to work on his standup persona to stay true to himself I bet
@@__-cd9ughe's been a rising star in stand-up for most of his career actually. He's won so many awards from before he ever appeared on a panel show
@@fairy5668 you're right but he does address those things in Cold Lasagne, there's a difference between being a rising star/winning awards and becoming known internationally for a meme/panel show clips - some people who don't really know you come to your show expecting a specific type of comedy that definitely isn't what you usually do, and then they get angry when you don't give them what they feel entitled to
Am I the only one who didn't know that James is 2 months shy of 37?? 😳 I thought he was around 28-29...
And he's already peaked.
He used to be
You WHAT
@@willseabury6971 that's true.
@@Missmelencholy you didn't?
Leave it to James to make drinking tea weird.
It’s because of this I call baptists “bappos” now
Tea in a clear mug does feel wrong and I'm not even british. I have 1 or 2 clear mugs and I only ever drink water or herbs out of them, no tea, that feels wrong.
Wait... we can drink herbs? Which ones, and why, and the clear mug makes that work better? Is this like drinking essential oils? I won't make that mistake again.
@@robandtina Nah, I mean herbs like peppermint, sage, chamomile etc. I don't call that tea, cuz there's no actual tea in them. They're good for stuff like stomach ache, indigestion, sleep and stuff. And it just doesn't feel wrong drinking them out of a clear mug like it does with tea.
I didn't even know there was such a thing as a "clear mug". Isn't that just... a glass?
This guy is 2016 James Acaster’s evil twin
The only way to use Milo too XD Oh my goodness, I nearly died at the tea's true desires XD
Hello fellow Aussie :)
I feel somehow validated by an extended riff on the word "heaped"
maybe it's because I was raised Baptist
i cant stop watching all these different videos from this night.....I've seen this like 10 times along with rando British Bake off Scenes, soooo good. Best baking guest by far...James, Keep telling the tale of the tea and get rid of those wholesome Chrizzos
Thank you big James
Are 'Chrizzos' Christians?
Are 'Bappos' Baptists?
Serious question.
Yes, from earlier in the special
Obviously. That would leave "Dummies" for Evangelicals.
Serious answer.
@@mikemack9701 Why are we making slurs about people's religions now? It's not okay to do to M uslims or J ewish people, it's not okay to do to those guys either.
@@becominghero9754 Then again, Christians are repressive, hypocritical and overwhelmingly arrogant in their evangelism. "Making fun" of them is, likely, the nicest way of dealing with them.
@@becominghero9754 “slurs” 😂
Bless him. He’s a sweet boy.
He’s forty 😭
@ and yet such a sweet boy.
I'm DYING 😂🤣😂 LOVING him so much lately!!
- Look, I don't enjoy that bit any more than you do.
Well, you better not because I enjoyed it a lot.
Heap 'em high!
The 'top of the tea' bit was too challenging for me. 🙈
So long, Bappo!
@@hweigel528 Heh, if only. I'm an agnostic and was still offended lol.
Bad luck! That's his job. He's a standup comedian, he's meant to challenge people. If you don't like being challenged, don't watch his shows.
What's the matter, too challenging for ya?
That's his job. He's a standup comedian, he's meant to challenge people. If you don't like being challenged, don't watch his shows.
What's the matter, too challenging for ya?
That's his job. He's a standup comedian, he's meant to challenge people. If you don't like being challenged, don't watch his shows.
What's the matter, too challenging for ya?
Too CHALLENGING for ya!?!
(from earlier in the special)
I got an ad for handcrafted wooden mugs under this video and wonder how much that would bother James
Well... off my tea now.
I’m a Christian man I’m still watching; sorry James, gotta try harder 😂😂❤️
Get out of here, Chrizzo
But are you a Baptist?
his evil laugh is the best in the business!!! ROFL
‘You gotta heap’ 😂 🙌🙌🙌
Can't believe he threw up after he drank to much hot chocolate 😂
Multiple hot chocolates with too many heaped spoonfuls in it. I hope he made it to the bathroom.
You havent???
I believe it.
4:07 "You know what they say..." lmao
Just think about how this is as boring as Acaster gets, his day to day is more entertaining than most comedians life work.
The ‘you gotta HEAP’ was very Seinfeld😂
Peephole tea! 🤣🤣😂 oh man, I'm creasing
Creasing? You mean laughing?
@@iambetterthanu yes, laughing. Maybe it's just a Scottish saying...
@@xxPenjoxx is it laughing so much that your face goes all creased with wrinkles?
Takes a really unexpected turn at 3:50
pretty sure that's Ed Gamble laughing at 4:11
Had to listen a few times to come to the conclusion that it might well be Ed Gamble
jesus christ
that sense of humor does NOT suit james... ig that's what makes it so much funnier
I swear James Acaster gets me.
I enjoyed this too much! 😋🤤🤭
HEAPING TEASPOONS!! HA. HA. HA. HA. This is the funniest human alive.
The clear mug thing is true! 😂
My condolences to whoever just realised they have The World's Most Specific Fetish 😅
This is so beautifully unhinged
The scummy top of the tea is a thoroughly Southern problem. I miss having Buxton mineral straight from the tap, and all because there's no jobs North of Kettering 😪
Not all south- I live in the south west and we don't have hard water. Beautiful water straight from the tap every time 😍
This is the first time I realized he says he was 16 in this story. You need to leave your kids alone by he age of 12 to learn from these mistakes. 16 is way too old. I've been rationing my Halloween Reese's peanut butter cups to myself since I was 11, cuz I learned the hard way what happens when I don't ration them when I was 10. ... You run out too soon and then you're sad.
"There you are, you filthy top of the tea..." OM??G
"So long Chrizzos" Jokes on you James, I'm still 'ere, still laughing! :P
I read this as very drunk British problems.
"So long crisoes"??? Can someone explain what he said here? I was in tears at the top-of-the-tea bit but I don't get that part. : (
In an earlier part of the show, he says he'll do whatever it takes to get Christian /Chrizzos to leave his show.
@@bwkelley thanks for that answer! I ended up watching the full show. : )
So long, Bappo's!
Symphony of random… 🙌🏻
James- are you ok?
pretty funny, but when was the show recorded?
Late 2019, not too long before the first lockdown
Bloody bappos! hahahaa
The clear tea mug. Nope nope nope.
Yeah, but were they Uriah Heaped?
Ugh
You gotta heap. YOU. GOTTA.
HEAP.
You. Gotta. Heap.
UNHINGED
JAMES.
I hope the catholic priest next door to me enjoyed this bit
You gotta heap, baby
He’s so cute😂
as a non english speaker, can someone explain what 'chrysos" and "bappos" are slang for? ty
I believe it stands for Christians and Baptists, who are stereotypically very conservative Christians
Truth
What a fucking fever dream
Surprised he didn't get blind tipsy.
its good. quite.
I hated this bit so much when i watched it (as im sure many people did) but man's tryna get rid of the Bappos and i cant hate him for it. Also I always say "top of the tea" to myself now
Why does he not like Chrisos?
Right wing politics that invariably remove human rights, mismanage the common funds, and induce suffering. Also a holier than thou attitude that is surly, unpleasant and quite arrogant.
4:28 What is happening
Gawky English attention to detail, filtered through green pastures of absurdity and generational disappointment.
He is such a typical Brit. And yet stands alone.
Maverick.
Definitely cringe at the end…but everything else I’ve ever seen from him is brilliant, and hey it had a punchline and recovery. Idk what he has against baptists tho 🤔
That's part of his opening where he says he swears now because he wants to drive way "Chrissos" aka Christians from his gigs. It's part brick joke, part political jab.
@@praguepride9350 oh that’s sad
I’m genuinely confused by James’ persona & I’m not sure if I like it.
If it gets bapos out the door omg
there is nothing like too much chocolate...N then there is nothing like too much hot chocolate...could be too hot 🙄
I think u ve just lost it since the bake off
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Still drinking chocolate milk, heaps n heaps how it came to ur mind...dude take a shower n u gotta do better than that
I gotta give it to James his comedy is..unique..but I find him to be funnier off the stage like when he’s on game/panel show’s 🤷🏻♂️ I remember a while back him being on James(🤮)Cordon’s late night show n the audience(American) just not gettin it..it was a bit cringe but he powered through it.
💀💀💀🍵
Tea in a clear glass cup just feels wrong and I don't like it.
what the.. is he the British Brian Regan or is Brian.. whos in charge here?
Just as I worried modern British comedy had died on a massive woke dung heap of tedium.... God bless you mister Acaster our saviour, top form!
I'm really scratching my head over this... I'm glad you liked the clip but if you're not a fan of the "woke dung heap" I'm not sure what you're going to think about the rest of the set
@@Sammie1053 I thought the whole set was absolutely amazing. Acaster is a rare talent and has spent years of hard work on his jam; it really shows.
"Woke dung heap?" Well, you gotta heap.
You didn’t see the first part of the set. He renounced any “Chrisos”
@@pauldecoster I've seen the whole set 😊👍 He's a hugely intelligent and talented comedian. Not somebody from a minority group who has been shoved onto the stage to tick a diversity quota box despite a relative lack of comedic skill.
To be fare Chrissos would find it funny they like a cup of tea after Sunday mass.
I heard they preferred Dicken's Cider.
Thing about us Chrizos is that some of us basically pride ourselves on being unoffendable 😂. You can make fun of us all you like and we'll probably just agree saying "yep we're all sinful hypocrites who need Jesus". Make fun of God and I'll simply stop watching, but make fun of Christians and I'm laughing with you
James, you know what to do.
I think you're not the kind he's worried about
Genuine question: if God is all powerful why is it bad to make fun of him? Surely he can take it. If God is all knowing and all seeing then surely he knows that the world is ridiculous and that by extension he is ridiculous for making it. And if God is all good then shouldn't he be able to laugh at himself and allow others to laugh at him too?
(I'm not trying to undermine your faith, I just want to understand it)
@@JackDearnley hey great question. Can you elaborate more on what you mean when you say the world is ridiculous?
The whole chrizzos bit is more a joke on Gervais than actual bappos anyways.
Yikes! That's not my cup of tea...
Haven't laughed for even a split second.
Just kidding. I laughed for a whopping half second at one of the jokes, actually.
too ChAlleNgiNg fOr yA?
as a comfortable AMERICAN bappo..........may i say "lol"
:(
Not as funny as I expect from him
How is he so funny on panel shows and then this is his standup? 🤔
The point of the bit is he's pretending to be a senseless "edgy" comedian. It's a callback to an earlier bit where he rants about his audience having become too soft. It's very different from his earlier work
People like Sam showing up to complain about the comedy when he doesn't understand the comedy is so appropriate for this stupid era we live in.
@@kenlavicka Funnily just today I relistened to the opening bit of this special, the part where he mentions Ricky Gervais, and absolutely loved it! I'm hard to please when it comes to stand up specials I will admit that
@@mrSam3ooo Yeah he has high bits and low bits.
He said Kevin McAlister... Did he mean Kevin McCauley? XD
He mean't Kevin McAllister - from Home Alone.
Kevin McCallister from Home Alone, portrayed by Macauley Culkin