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  • Watch Nigel Tufnel's unorthodox theory on how Stonehenge was built with
    the help of dinosaur saliva and why aliens didn't build the site.

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  • @davidvonallmen19
    @davidvonallmen19 2 роки тому +73

    "They built the pyramids for sure, but they had nothing to do with Stonehenge." Genius.

  • @paulcooper8818
    @paulcooper8818 6 років тому +498

    Nigel is so logical.
    It's like, how much more logical could this be?
    And the answer is none. None more logical.

    • @andyderksen8455
      @andyderksen8455 4 роки тому +11

      I understood that reference.

    • @soapboxearth2
      @soapboxearth2 3 роки тому +8

      his logic goes to 11, innit?

    • @objectivereality5613
      @objectivereality5613 3 роки тому +1

      The Pentagon has confirmed UAPs built Stonehenge.

    • @kcuhc84
      @kcuhc84 2 роки тому +1

      Logic worthy of Doctor Spock, playing trivial pursuits and listening to The Eagles.

    • @FigmentSALabel
      @FigmentSALabel 2 роки тому

      @@kcuhc84 Doctor Spock was a real person who never flew on The Enterprise.

  • @Varone26
    @Varone26 11 років тому +217

    Amazing...I can still hear the sustain.

    • @Land-Shark
      @Land-Shark 6 років тому +20

      It's still ringing in 2017. You have to ask yourself, just how much more sustain can there be? The answer is none. None more sustain.

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 6 років тому +8

      That's because it's in Dobly

    • @SC4211
      @SC4211 6 років тому

      It was a pretty nice Les Paul.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 2 роки тому

      Wahhhhhh!

    • @richardanderson-ze3sk
      @richardanderson-ze3sk Рік тому

      Don't. Don't even listen. Don't even listen to it.

  • @UnderStoryProd
    @UnderStoryProd 13 років тому +646

    Nigel's IQ goes up to 11

  • @stratdx
    @stratdx 3 роки тому +36

    I like how Chris sped up Nigel’s usual slow thoughtful delivery. Like he is so passionate about Stonehenge that his excitement has exponentially increased

    • @averyellis
      @averyellis 3 роки тому +5

      He’s been doing him for well over half his life. Who’s to say where Chris ends and Nigel begins anymore? Hell, I wonder if he dreams in Nigel.

    • @daneenmurf1043
      @daneenmurf1043 Рік тому +1

      @@averyellis i think he dreams in Doubly

  • @SuperHeliboy
    @SuperHeliboy 5 років тому +53

    "I had no intention of saying UFO." "You just did!"

    • @Arckitekt
      @Arckitekt 3 роки тому +4

      Walk right into his trap

    • @jesuguru2394
      @jesuguru2394 3 роки тому +2

      "Can I ask you a question?"

  • @userbeverage
    @userbeverage 11 років тому +108

    "Aliens had nothing to do with Stonehenge...but they built the pyramids for sure"
    Haha :-)

  • @zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz
    @zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz 8 років тому +464

    You might not think it, but it takes someone fairly intelligent to play someone so hilariously stupid. This guy is a genius.

    • @LisaDawnn
      @LisaDawnn 8 років тому +30

      +Joe Blow Very much genius. And to boot, Guest is just making his lines up as he carries on too. They all do. There is absolutely no script. No rehearsal. There's just a general idea what the movie is about and how each scene is supposed to go. That's it. 100% genius. I imagine Chris Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis have very talented kids ;)

    • @jbcoops
      @jbcoops 8 років тому +11

      +Joe Blow absolutely! i majored in drama education (en route to a teaching credential in english). i really liked improv classes cuz they required very quick thinking. the actors really didn't like them at all. Guest, McKean et al. are all brilliant. they also use improv to best effect... building on what's gone on before them in adding to the inanities. you can't do that unless you have razor sharp minds.

    • @craiga2002
      @craiga2002 7 років тому +3

      Sorry, but no kids, they adopted instead. Oh, well.

    • @BluesLicks101
      @BluesLicks101 6 років тому +7

      What do you mean by "to play someone"??? I see no reason to insult Nigel!

    • @guimarboy
      @guimarboy 5 років тому

      He is and he has been for years check out his debut at the end of death wish.

  • @skramamme685
    @skramamme685 10 років тому +53

    "I don't think so, it's a little chilly"
    story of my life

  • @koookeee
    @koookeee 3 роки тому +10

    "It’s the first thing you learn at school". Well, that shows again what kind of shoddy school I had to attend...

  • @socialmediachallenged6628
    @socialmediachallenged6628 Рік тому +12

    Never seen this one. Lol moments galore.
    As usual Nigel is hilarious, but it’s the “acting is reacting” from the interviewer that really takes this from a 10 out of 10, and turns it up to 11.

  • @Elcapitaan5
    @Elcapitaan5 5 років тому +33

    I love the way he slips in "they built the pyramids for sure". I thought it was strange that he was actually making sense, knew it couldn't last long.

  • @rosshaugh7937
    @rosshaugh7937 Рік тому +2

    the raised eye brows at 1:01 is absolutely brilliant!

  • @marcocolecchia4147
    @marcocolecchia4147 5 років тому +5

    Without this kind of logic where can you go? Nowhere, exactly

    • @douglasgreen437
      @douglasgreen437 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly & how would your gps work in nowhere?

  • @greva2904
    @greva2904 5 років тому +101

    Poor Nigel - these days flat earthers are out-Nigeling Nigel. Nigel is a voice of sanity by comparison!

  • @BlueCrayon77
    @BlueCrayon77 2 роки тому +6

    Never seen this before! Do the other parts exist?
    "it's the first thing you learn in school... drool, peat, rain.. stone. yeah" hahaha classic Tufnel knowledge!

  • @alabamahebrew
    @alabamahebrew 5 років тому +55

    Lol, Nigel (Christopher Guest) is absolutely hilarious in every interview, far better than the other members of the "band", not to say the others are "bad" it's just his delivery and his absolute sincerity in what he says and his comedic timing is just fantastic! If you didn't know this was a character you might actually believe he was a real rock star and he was really this umm "naive" lol. Why didn't aliens build stonehenge? Nigel's answer? The weather lol.

    • @Crunch_Buttsteak
      @Crunch_Buttsteak Рік тому

      Makes sense when you think about it

    • @darioinfini
      @darioinfini Рік тому +2

      Christopher Guest had to work at this stagecraft. For Jeff Beck it came naturally LOL.

    • @yommish
      @yommish 11 місяців тому

      the first time I watched an actual interview with Mr Guest I was so impressed at how well he embodies dumb British rock star

  • @richardcooper9167
    @richardcooper9167 3 роки тому +13

    First thing you learnt at school: Drool, peat, rain, stone. Obvious when you think about it.

  • @cmcull987
    @cmcull987 Рік тому +7

    OMG. Nigel's thought perception is truly beyond human comprehension.

  • @LisaDawnn
    @LisaDawnn 8 років тому +20

    That's Jim Piddock interviewing, right? Can't tell without the accent.
    These guys (Guest, Levy, McKean, O'hara, Shearer etc) are so exceptionally brilliant. To improvise all these scenes in all these films... on top of being so musically talented is almost an impossible act to follow.

    • @cmcull987
      @cmcull987 Рік тому

      Also, Lisa Coolidge. I may have her first name wrong. But I'll never forget her line in a Guest movie saying, "The Latin people" while sipping wine through a straw.

  • @TomthatiscalledTom
    @TomthatiscalledTom 14 років тому +18

    Have you noticed that if you take the top stone off each of the Stonehenge tryptics, what do you get?
    Eleven, eleven, eleven....

    • @mez7736
      @mez7736 6 років тому +3

      TomthatiscalledTom - LMAO! Can totally hear Nigel's voice saying that too. Then David St. Hubbins chips in - _"Rock and more rock."_

    • @eddierayvanlynch6133
      @eddierayvanlynch6133 3 роки тому +2

      😦
      That's why drummers keep combusting...
      ...when both sticks go up...
      Whoa...

    • @andrewfrankovic6821
      @andrewfrankovic6821 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, you get 11, but what happened to the henge? To this day henge is a lost word. Or did ancient visitors steal iT as a souvenir.

  • @jackiedaytona2434
    @jackiedaytona2434 3 роки тому +21

    The thing is, the sight had structures made of wood built on it before the stones were placed there, so....he’s not completely wrong.

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 Рік тому +8

      And before that, it was a manicured row of bushes. Hedgehenge.

    • @chumbucketjones9761
      @chumbucketjones9761 Рік тому +4

      KIng Aurthur hauled those stones up there for the Knights Who Say Nee. It's all right there in the movie, really.

    • @Surv1ve_Thrive
      @Surv1ve_Thrive Рік тому +2

      Well it's obvious isn't it? Where do rocks come from? Small stones which grow. So they only had to put small rocks there. Back before the dawn of history. Where do you think beach pebbles come from? Grown from sand! It's all taught at school.

    • @gregorymoore2877
      @gregorymoore2877 Рік тому +1

      @@Surv1ve_Thrive Small stones that grow? So they really could have started out being 18" tall?

    • @Hereford1642
      @Hereford1642 Рік тому

      @@Surv1ve_Thrive The big school word for it is accretion. So, its possible but I have seen the petrified forest (in pictures obvs) so I am going with wood to stone conversion.

  • @stephencorfield7720
    @stephencorfield7720 7 років тому +17

    Drooling all over the place got me laughing.

  • @Diego.Mattos.
    @Diego.Mattos. 9 років тому +52

    But what about the Druids?! Could it be that they were able to transform into dinosaurs, just to drool all over Stonehenge?

    • @user-pp5oh9ee1k
      @user-pp5oh9ee1k 6 років тому +3

      Diego Mattos the druids put the wood up.

    • @greva2904
      @greva2904 5 років тому +5

      The Angles were later invaders. It was definitely drooling dinosaur druids what built stone ‘enge.

    • @greva2904
      @greva2904 5 років тому +2

      But flour is white. I’m confused. Almost as confused as Nigel. But not quite.

    • @giovanna722
      @giovanna722 5 років тому +8

      @Diego M. The Droolids?

    • @cuffzter
      @cuffzter 3 роки тому +2

      Well duh. The dinosaurs were the druids animal companion of course.

  • @user-mm6oi7wm2z
    @user-mm6oi7wm2z 2 роки тому +8

    Nigel is just brilliant, love him❤

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver 2 роки тому +2

    This was no. 5 of a 42-part interview that took 7 years to complete.

  • @chimpinaneckbrace
    @chimpinaneckbrace Рік тому +4

    Nigel is just auditioning to be the host of literally any “History” Channel series.

  • @LetsGoMetsGo33
    @LetsGoMetsGo33 11 років тому +10

    sublime as always.

  • @zenlee1109
    @zenlee1109 12 років тому +7

    such a great improviser!

  • @DominicSalzillo
    @DominicSalzillo 13 років тому +7

    You can say saliva, but where does come from? HELLO. DINOSAURS!

  • @MrPostm
    @MrPostm 11 років тому +8

    Is that the periodic table of elements on his shirt? That's gold!

    • @eddierayvanlynch6133
      @eddierayvanlynch6133 3 роки тому

      Gold and ten other elements.
      (The table goes to 11, my friend)
      👾🥇🔺👽‼️🤔😎

  • @ImTheDaveman
    @ImTheDaveman Рік тому +2

    That's incredibly funny! Nigel has an amazing sense of humor

    • @daneenmurf1043
      @daneenmurf1043 Рік тому

      The trouble is ; he's not trying to be funny

    • @ImTheDaveman
      @ImTheDaveman Рік тому

      @@daneenmurf1043 He's trolling - lol. He seriously is.

  • @drunkwrestlingf7583
    @drunkwrestlingf7583 10 років тому +58

    I honestly think he's on to something.

  • @glory777
    @glory777 Рік тому +1

    Drool + peat + rain = Stonehenge.
    Makes perfect sense.

  • @HeatherSpoonheim
    @HeatherSpoonheim Рік тому +3

    He says it so convincingly that I have to wonder.

  • @christophercringle896
    @christophercringle896 3 роки тому +3

    No we're not gonna do bloody Stonehenge!!!

  • @petehilario3292
    @petehilario3292 Рік тому +6

    This should be in the history books.

  • @PsD14JR
    @PsD14JR 11 років тому +11

    The Stonehenge Effect.. goes eleven.

  • @Djarra
    @Djarra 14 років тому +12

    Guess what, they found a wooden version under the stones. Nigel was right!

  • @sandrafaith
    @sandrafaith Рік тому

    How have I gone all my life never seeing this?! Brilliant.

  • @dbus1635
    @dbus1635 11 місяців тому

    Well Im glad thats finally been cleared up. Thanks Nige!

  • @jjmorgan2869
    @jjmorgan2869 10 років тому +31

    Haha, it's the first thing you learn in school!

  • @bugbait42
    @bugbait42 12 років тому +8

    The whole operation was quite likely managed by the pterodactyls, flying overhead overhead and barking out instructions!

  • @Kowasi
    @Kowasi 4 роки тому +4

    Spinal Tap had Stone Henge built... I saw it in a documentary. Tufnel's trying to pull a fast one...

    • @AlanCanon2222
      @AlanCanon2222 2 роки тому

      Thank goodness for model Stonehenge, otherwise they never would have gotten the idea for big Stonehenge.

  • @kcuhc84
    @kcuhc84 2 роки тому +4

    Every time he says saliva, I laugh out loud.

  • @Djarra
    @Djarra 13 років тому +2

    @6669990 It was in the newspapers there is a new archaeological survey and they found evidence that the inner circle, the older part was originally wooden before being replaced by Welsh blue stone. From what they can tell it was wooden for over 100 years.

  • @beastman206
    @beastman206 14 років тому +7

    this helped me with my project :D thx

  • @romankrhounek5974
    @romankrhounek5974 Рік тому +1

    That accent is something else Nigel is a legend

  • @MrYowen88
    @MrYowen88 5 років тому +4

    he's so wise

  • @garypellerin5576
    @garypellerin5576 2 роки тому

    Not only was the Stonehenge chilly it was full of dinosaurs.

  • @dustinmichel7608
    @dustinmichel7608 3 роки тому +1

    This is the most logical thing I have seen.

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Рік тому +1

    just realized the interviewer is the same actor as Fred Ward’s co-commentator in Best in Show 😂

  • @AbsurdistAgent
    @AbsurdistAgent Рік тому +1

    MORE NIGEL PLEASE 🙏🏻

  • @lenneychristopher
    @lenneychristopher 8 років тому +21

    "and, don't say. "aliens." "No. I wasn't even going to suggest. aliens." "there. ya are...ya just did..."

  • @jlobiafra
    @jlobiafra Рік тому

    Hes right about it being cold where stonehenge is. When i went it was the coldest ive ever experienced in my life.

  • @sphereballs
    @sphereballs 11 років тому +2

    I always had lot of trouble learning to rain when I was in school.

  • @woofowl2408
    @woofowl2408 11 місяців тому

    It's a fine line between cleaver and stupid, Nigel is firmly on one side of that line!

  • @Nonplused
    @Nonplused 6 років тому +1

    Most of the "Nigel" appearances aren't very good when the rest of "Spinal Tap" isn't there, he works best when he has someone to play off. But this interviewer actually did a really good job as the setup man.

  • @TheMentalblockrock
    @TheMentalblockrock 4 роки тому

    Nigel is right on Stonehenge.

  • @IlaughedIcried
    @IlaughedIcried 12 років тому +2

    OMG, I have Nigel's exact same t-shirt! I knew we were soulmates!

  • @650nelson
    @650nelson Рік тому

    This interview is part two of a four part trilogy. Let's see the rest, please

  • @tozag
    @tozag Рік тому

    Guests comedic timing is unreal

  • @Surv1ve_Thrive
    @Surv1ve_Thrive Рік тому

    I should be able to help I have been to the visitor centre at Stonehenge 25 times and always listen to the audio guide headphones so I know quite a bit. They only ever have the Japanese language headphones when I am there though. I dont speak any Japanese unfortunately. But what he said seems to chime pretty well from what I can understand of that Japanese commentary. It dovetails. So I think Nigel is on the right track.

  • @CardinalSin
    @CardinalSin Рік тому +3

    Laughed out loud for the first time since the first film

  • @ZeMPzo
    @ZeMPzo 12 років тому +12

    This reminds me of the infamous Tom Cruise, Matt Lauer interview where Tom Cruise is explaining his views on medication and how "Matt doesn't know the history of psychology," but Tom does. The sad thing is that Tom Cruise was not acting stupid for laughs. If you haven't seen it, watch it right after this video. The similarities are hilarious.

  • @angelcanez4426
    @angelcanez4426 5 років тому +6

    Aliens build the pyramids but they had nothing to do with Stonehenge lol

  • @Jantonov1
    @Jantonov1 2 роки тому +1

    You can laugh but he's right about the aliens finding Salisbury too chilly

  • @scooterinvegas1
    @scooterinvegas1 Рік тому

    As soon as he said rain, peat and saliva my first thought was "peat!?"

  • @donkerwin6289
    @donkerwin6289 Рік тому

    Nigel Tufnel needs to be interviewed by Philomena Cunk.

  • @O2N2Concepts
    @O2N2Concepts 12 років тому +13

    Stone Henge! Where the daemons dwell, where the banshees live and they do live well

    • @barnabyaprobert5159
      @barnabyaprobert5159 6 років тому +2

      "There was a very real possibility of it being crushed by a DWARF!"

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 6 років тому +2

      when the dwarves emerge and start dancing is still one of my all-time favourite moments

    • @thunderfoot11
      @thunderfoot11 6 років тому +3

      Where a man's a man and the children dance to the pipes of pan...

    • @douglasgreen437
      @douglasgreen437 3 роки тому

      I love the "& they do live well"..🤔🤣😆😂😅

  • @SteveSingsThings
    @SteveSingsThings Рік тому

    I’m convinced that Philomena Cunk is Nigel Tufnel’s love child. It must have been on Shark Sandwich tour.

  • @tristramcoffin926
    @tristramcoffin926 Рік тому

    This is exactly why the aliens are not behind Thor's hammer, Ragnarok or Yggdrasil. Even more chilly.

  • @pat12pack
    @pat12pack 6 років тому +3

    The lit-ooh pee pull of Stone Hendge built Stone Hendge!!!

  • @valeriotagliaferri2125
    @valeriotagliaferri2125 6 років тому +2

    Fascinating

  • @toddpeterson5904
    @toddpeterson5904 Рік тому

    The real Stonehenge is much smaller than the one in Salisbury. In fact, it's about 1/10th the size

  • @Ricimer671
    @Ricimer671 Рік тому

    Well, I asked the fairies at the bottom of my garden and they said he is right, that's good enough for me!

  • @SilasMoleCatcher
    @SilasMoleCatcher 12 років тому +3

    Genius.

  • @butchtropic8455
    @butchtropic8455 3 роки тому +2

    Heroin has really taken its toll on Nigel.

  • @i_dont_live_here
    @i_dont_live_here Рік тому

    This guy is an entertainer. To someone.

  • @OoMASEoO
    @OoMASEoO 15 років тому +3

    wow this guy is funny.
    1:20 = hilarity

  • @laonza7036
    @laonza7036 6 років тому +1

    Hard to argue with the logic.

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 6 років тому +1

      It's quite easy to argue with the logic. It's just hard to argue with Nigel :)

  • @mymixture965
    @mymixture965 2 роки тому

    I would love to hear Nigel explains Corona. Maybe his theory would be close to some conspiracy guys.

  • @jkorshak
    @jkorshak Рік тому

    They really put Stonehenge on the map.

  • @Top10WizardReviews
    @Top10WizardReviews 2 роки тому

    Salisbury really is a bit chilly for aliens.

  • @Diogenes425
    @Diogenes425 Рік тому

    Reminds me of Jack Nicholson telling ( stoned) Dennis Hopper about space aliens in the movie “ EASYRIDER,”

  • @KeithNagel
    @KeithNagel Рік тому

    Ring ring ring. Hello? It's for you Christopher Guest. It's Michael Caine on the line. He wants his voice back...

  • @dominicjohn8954
    @dominicjohn8954 Рік тому

    Don't know what he's taking but I want some. Looks like a trip

  • @googoogjoobgoogoogjoob
    @googoogjoobgoogoogjoob 3 роки тому +4

    This is exactly what rock fans think.

  • @vanillathunder3024
    @vanillathunder3024 3 роки тому +1

    Rain, peat and dinosaur drool = stone? Who knew?

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 Рік тому +1

    The first thing you learn in school?!
    I never learned about saliva and wood and stone
    But I didn’t attend school in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @marks.6480
    @marks.6480 Рік тому

    you can't argue with that

  • @guruartist9777
    @guruartist9777 13 років тому +1

    Sorry I forgot the thousand of tones of TRex saliva!!!!

  • @davespears2241
    @davespears2241 Рік тому

    Very clever something you don't hear to often comedy that's actually funny.

  • @SaccoBelmonte
    @SaccoBelmonte 7 років тому +2

    Nigel is in reality Paul Simon with a wig.

  • @mikeyluk5113
    @mikeyluk5113 Рік тому

    It makes as much sense as anything else.

  • @pepperdog5957
    @pepperdog5957 3 роки тому

    Bilbo looks great with straightened hair.

  • @fins59
    @fins59 Рік тому

    You've got to respect a man that can chew gum and talk at the same time.

  • @TheMichaelseymour
    @TheMichaelseymour 12 років тому +1

    @IlaughedIcried yes...and just like his ribcage t shirt ....that console on his new T, is exactly pinpoint dimensions of the first console tap recorded on . Thats what i heard.

  • @badbenito
    @badbenito Рік тому

    Hard to believe that's the same guy who plays Harlan Pepper.

  • @joelstein4657
    @joelstein4657 Рік тому +1

    Nigel would fit right in modern amerika. What a great movie......