Americans React To Al Murray Name A Country... We Have Defeated Them!

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    Al Murray is an intelligent Oxford teacher who has some of the funniest standup we have ever seen. Reacting to his standup is one of our more favorite pass times.

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  • @alanandconnielast
    @alanandconnielast 29 днів тому +159

    These do a good job at trying not to piss people off.. He was referring to the war of 1812 where the US declared war on the UK and invaded Canada and got repelled and ended up getting sieged with most battles lost, all war objectives lost hence signing a peace treaty. The US did win a battle at the end of the war meaning they did not lose any territory which gave the Yanks a reason to call for some victory even though they were the ones that declared war and got there arses handed to them ..

    • @the98themperoroftheholybri33
      @the98themperoroftheholybri33 26 днів тому +3

      The US declared war on the British empire, more specifically, to declare war upon the UK would mean they were attempting to invade the British isles

    • @alanandconnielast
      @alanandconnielast 26 днів тому +14

      @@the98themperoroftheholybri33 They did send a ship or two and had zero chance.

    • @Zentron
      @Zentron 26 днів тому

      ​​​@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Yes, though they did start making preparations in the 1920s in order to invade the UK, but gave up on the idea in the 1930s. Hitler was going to align himself with us to repel the American forces, in exchange for our aid in his military invasion of Poland and other countries in Europe, but with the sudden decision by the US to give up on its UK invasion, Hitler used the still steady uncertainty to begin his invasion plans without us... though there was no chance of us collaborating with him anyway!

    • @smithers4420
      @smithers4420 25 днів тому +3

      ​@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 The French won thst battle for them

    • @DeanMoxley87
      @DeanMoxley87 23 дні тому

      @@alanandconnielast was that a default setting

  • @Shoomer1988
    @Shoomer1988 27 днів тому +113

    He studied history at Oxford. He's a very smart guy.

    • @-M0LE
      @-M0LE 25 днів тому

      He’s just not funny

    • @Shoomer1988
      @Shoomer1988 25 днів тому +2

      @@-M0LE Not very in that clip. But it others he's hilarious.

    • @-M0LE
      @-M0LE 25 днів тому

      @@Shoomer1988 I’m English and never laughed at him
      It’s a crass humour imo

    • @silkaverage
      @silkaverage 24 дні тому +3

      ​@@-M0LE why are you even here then? commenting on a video about someone you clearly don't like?

    • @-M0LE
      @-M0LE 24 дні тому

      @@silkaverage what is the comment section for ??????

  • @JR-rv3xr
    @JR-rv3xr 25 днів тому +16

    Al Murray has started a new tour for 2024. I went to one of the shows earlier in the year it was great! At the end he sings a song called
    'We sre not Americans'. Its absolutely class 🤣👍

  • @tonyhaynes9080
    @tonyhaynes9080 26 днів тому +44

    Can you imagine how many people would have a degree in history, if there were more teachers like him around?

  • @bennyfactor1
    @bennyfactor1 27 днів тому +29

    He does do history documentaries. One to watch is The Road to Berlin; a 10 part series, where he drives an American WW2 jeep and follows the UK/American advance from D Day to the fall of Berlin.

  • @universalfleece
    @universalfleece 26 днів тому +14

    He has a degree in Modern History from Oxford and is a self confessed History fanatic so he genuinely does know his shit.
    The fact he is then also clever enough to twist anything into a patriotic British win is just genius.
    What is the best thing about his act is the people that don't get it is an ironic act..they say he is being "racist" when actually he us taking the piss out of people who are actually like that in real life

    • @mickieg1994
      @mickieg1994 11 днів тому +1

      Some Derek and Clive is perfect for that, they do this caricature of the 70's racist in some of their work, it's hilarious but we're so far removed from it now that the satire is harder to spot and so alot of people nowadays think they were genuine.

  • @leohickey4953
    @leohickey4953 26 днів тому +5

    Yes, Al's main on-stage character is the Pub Landlord, for which he's won comedy awards in the UK. Well worth checking out. The character is one you don't see so much of in real life anymore, but is a traditional "know it all" bar owner, with ultra patriotic views and an opinion about everything. He does drink a lot of beer during the performance, but it's alcohol-free stage beer. He also interacts fully with the audience, especially the front few rows, asking them questions about their lives, ridiculing their non-traditional jobs, flirting with the women (whose jobs he categorises as "teacher", "secretary", or "nurse" regardless of what they said), and generally tearing the place up. A few clips on YT show him picking on Americans in the crowd, so you might enjoy those.

  • @Alice-hp6yb
    @Alice-hp6yb 27 днів тому +47

    I think you have to remember that his persona on stage is very much a character that Al is playing. He actually has an incredibly privileged background. He went to boarding school from a young age. His father a lieutenant colonel, grandfather a ‘Sir’ from Scottish aristocracy. As others have mentioned studied at Oxford.

  • @user-pt6tt3tm2u
    @user-pt6tt3tm2u 27 днів тому +14

    If we had a teacher like him we would all pay more attention in history class 😂

  • @BrianMac1979
    @BrianMac1979 27 днів тому +45

    He doesn't get drunk, it's non alcoholic lager he drinks on stage as part of his persona/character.

  • @angelahawman4263
    @angelahawman4263 26 днів тому +9

    Al Murray on Task Master is him as himself. 😆I think you would enjoy it. From Yorkshire UK.

  • @jakefowler8522
    @jakefowler8522 19 днів тому +4

    Al Murray’s a genius.

  • @alanmurray5963
    @alanmurray5963 27 днів тому +10

    Al Murray has an excellent name......bloody excellent 😃

    • @jimbo_1312
      @jimbo_1312 24 дні тому +2

      isn't it short for Alastair? Close enough, though, I guess.

  • @kriswheeler5686
    @kriswheeler5686 18 днів тому +3

    Septic tanks are properly dumb sometimes 😂

  • @vilebrequin6923
    @vilebrequin6923 Місяць тому +18

    He's got a doctorate in History from Oxford University 😊

    • @andrewdoubtfire4700
      @andrewdoubtfire4700 27 днів тому +1

      Not sure he’s got a doctorate from Oxford. He certainly graduated with a degree (likely a BA) in History.

  • @bobjunoir6253
    @bobjunoir6253 26 днів тому +10

    You guys should check out. Al murray - nations of the world. Just a complete pisstake of every country on the planet

  • @matthewmcnerlin231
    @matthewmcnerlin231 24 дні тому +2

    Just a superior education system. Also it is the Irish that love Guinness

  • @Snaakie83
    @Snaakie83 26 днів тому +3

    Yankees is actually referring to the early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam...
    They were often called Jan or Kees...or the combination Jan-Kees...
    Somehow Yankees is the final version after a few hundred years...
    (Its the same for Boss (baas) and cookie (koekje)... Dutch leftovers.

  • @PeterJPickles
    @PeterJPickles Місяць тому +8

    He does both, the comedy and has his own programs, podcasts and a few other educational outlets. Check out "we have ways"

  • @baggyenjoysham
    @baggyenjoysham 9 годин тому

    He does a series called “why does everyone hate the Brits” it’s great.

  • @drum253
    @drum253 27 днів тому +16

    Yeah, yank is an old fashioned brit term for any Americans, but, rarely used nowadays..apart from piss taking, as this is.
    He wasn't a History teacher, but, studied history at Oxford University. Knows his stuff, for sure. Good amateur drummer too.

    • @lotuselise4432
      @lotuselise4432 27 днів тому +2

      I just call them Barclays and I believe he still lives in Chiswick so old Phil Collins stomping ground hence maybe the drum kit.

    • @drum253
      @drum253 26 днів тому +1

      @@lotuselise4432 Yes, and in typical fashion Al doesn't play a kit made by one of the big names like Yamaha, Tama, Pearl etc, he plays a kit made by a small firm called The British drum company 😁. They're a reasonably new firm and make very nice kits. It made me laugh when I saw which make he'd chosen.

  • @vallarian9690
    @vallarian9690 22 дні тому +2

    he had his own show called Time Gentlemen Please, its basically this but a sitcom

  • @WithTwoFlakes
    @WithTwoFlakes 5 днів тому

    Love Al Murray! As I'm a Brit, I've been lucky enough to have seen him live several times. Comedy genius and he has a degree in Modern History from Oxford. But he does have one or two small errors in this skit.
    UGANDA - Nope. He is doubtless thinking of Tanganyika which was German East Africa. Which we did indeed snaffle and add to the Empire at the end of WW One. Uganda had already been added to the Empire a number of years previously (in the late 1880's ) as the Protectorate of Uganda.
    WHITE HOUSE - No, that's an urban myth. It was indeed burned after the British victory at Bladensburg, but it was already known as the White House prior to the War of 1812. Its somewhat porous stone construction had been whitewashed to protect against freeze/thaw erosion for nearly 20yrs prior to the burning.
    BURKINA FASO - Nope. A French colony since the late 1880's. Since Al replied "used to be a German colony" I rather think he is confusing it with Togo which we grabbed after WW One (well technically Togo was split in two, we got half, the French got half).

  • @user-xz6qk9wf9j
    @user-xz6qk9wf9j 24 дні тому +3

    You're known as Yanks all over the English speaking world 😂

  • @codbudgie
    @codbudgie 18 днів тому +2

    Al Murray did a sitcom called "Time Gentlemen Please" which is based around the pub landlord, not sure if that was first or the character came first though, deffo recommend taking a look.

    • @Noob-Splaining
      @Noob-Splaining 5 днів тому

      He was at a comedy festival I think the Edinburgh one and the actual compare who introduces all the acts didn't show so he quickly created this character and stood in, the other acts loved it so much they even chipped in with some suggestions and so the Pub Land Lord was born....the rest is history.

    • @iamjurell
      @iamjurell 2 дні тому +1

      He started the character early on, I think, on stage and for other things.

  • @brianshockledge3241
    @brianshockledge3241 25 днів тому +2

    Britain did in fact invade Peru.

    • @MajorLeap-ww6bf
      @MajorLeap-ww6bf 25 днів тому

      Britain never invaded Peru, though some British pirate ships raided the coast, but there was no attempt to invade.

  • @EveryTongueShallTell
    @EveryTongueShallTell 27 днів тому +7

    Found out one day that Americans don't call themselves yanks which is one thing all Americans can be known as. Apparently, in the States it's only the people from the New England part of the country who are yanks.

  • @davemaullin2789
    @davemaullin2789 26 днів тому +3

    “Nations of the world” superb video, got to be done you yanks 😉

  • @chocolate-teapot
    @chocolate-teapot 25 днів тому +1

    Septic tanks have no idea

  • @dorothysimpson2804
    @dorothysimpson2804 26 днів тому +7

    Actually the Vikings never left.

  • @davehogg63
    @davehogg63 26 днів тому +1

    Yanks is a contraction of the Yankees. Coined by the early Dutch colonists their name for the British was John Cheese, in Dutch Jan Quese the J pronounced Y, like Yan kweese.

  • @Darrell3163
    @Darrell3163 26 днів тому +2

    i think i might be right in saying Al Murray has a first class honors degree from Oxford University for Modern history. I don't believe he was ever a teacher though.

  • @stuartmitchell3236
    @stuartmitchell3236 2 дні тому

    Calling an American a Yank. Is like the English being called Poms by Aussies (and maybe others) just a slang nickname that sticks.

  • @aidiess
    @aidiess 25 днів тому

    enjoyed it immensely guys ! Can I please recommend his skit on the world economy !! It is off the scale hillarious - especially when it gets to California and then over to New York ! I promise you, you'll love it

  • @GoldenKaos
    @GoldenKaos 26 днів тому +1

    Yeah, he himself admits that you have to stretch logic a bit to get every country in.

  • @DEAN0795
    @DEAN0795 17 днів тому

    “Perfectly poured”

  • @cyberash3000
    @cyberash3000 26 днів тому

    he also has a comedy sitcom called time gentleman please where he plays the pub landllord in his own pub with a barmaid barman and locals, its very funny

  • @NorthernWayfarer-Alice
    @NorthernWayfarer-Alice 27 днів тому +2

    Anglo-Satsuma 'war' 1863... UK beat Japan, the result of that skirmish had a direct impact on changing the entire Japanese political system.

  • @timmyelite2951
    @timmyelite2951 26 днів тому

    Like everyone has said he studied history but he also done a bunch of stuff on the history, wrote a book and did a Ted talk.

  • @goodgod77
    @goodgod77 2 дні тому

    some one check this to make sure i am correct. British invasion of the river plate 1806 - 1807 (present day argentina and Uruguay ) Spanish victory. English Armada 1589 Spanish victory. Afghanistan no one wins there. Ireland ended in a draw 1922.

  • @hanskneesun123
    @hanskneesun123 19 днів тому +3

    It's easier to look up the countries the Brits haven't invaded.

    • @smiddlehurst1
      @smiddlehurst1 4 дні тому +1

      We had a flag surplus, what else do you do with ‘em but go find a country, stick one in it then have an energetic dispute with the locals over such minor details as taxes and fealty?

  • @jimjams20001
    @jimjams20001 Місяць тому +3

    La fosse septique en argot rimant Cockney équivaut à "'yank"

  • @martinshepherd626
    @martinshepherd626 27 днів тому +1

    Alot of all this is fairly common knowledge in Britain

  • @richardbeaton7324
    @richardbeaton7324 Місяць тому +2

    You guys should check out Dylan Moran. Either his ( Like Totally ) or ( Monster ) show . He's another one for drinking on stage and he's Irish. He also did a little comedy series with Bill Bailey called Black Books.

    • @Axispaw1
      @Axispaw1 28 днів тому +2

      Dylan Moran is terrible 😂

    • @richardbeaton7324
      @richardbeaton7324 28 днів тому

      @@Axispaw1 So is your personality 😂 ,,,,

  • @Th3D3ltaforc3
    @Th3D3ltaforc3 9 днів тому

    He did this shtick at a gig I went to and I stumped him, he said he'd give me a free ticket to his next show in the area and give me an answer then, next time he showed up there was no sign of any free ticket

  • @MorganMontyMcKeown
    @MorganMontyMcKeown 20 днів тому

    Yank, Yankee I believe comes from how the North American Indian tribes engaged with early English settlers pre USA and referred to them as "Yangees" as they could not pronounce the term "English".

  • @cyberash3000
    @cyberash3000 26 днів тому

    americans came wit hthe term and told us to call them yanks, its after the song over there sung by american GI's says "over there over there,tell them the yanks are coming over there"

  • @dixienormus8097
    @dixienormus8097 19 днів тому

    You guys need to check out his one about great britain being the centre of the earth it's fantastic.

  • @alexdevine760
    @alexdevine760 20 днів тому +1

    Not a little stretch at all peru served spain we then defeated spain who owned peru end of.

  • @ETRTriad
    @ETRTriad 20 днів тому

    Never came across offended to myself 🤷🏾‍♂️ We brits should be able to see banter better than anyone.

  • @Soulvex
    @Soulvex 25 днів тому

    you showed this about 3 times now.

  • @beeby9689
    @beeby9689 27 днів тому +1

    nations of the world by Al Murray next, OR.... bacon proves the existence of god

  • @Mina-kq6cf
    @Mina-kq6cf Місяць тому

    hi!! have you guys completely abandoned show-jo channel and patreon? just asking, i accidentally stumbled upon this video and was curious.

  • @CM-1723
    @CM-1723 23 дні тому

    React to Every country England as ever invaded visualised

  • @marcozani6115
    @marcozani6115 26 днів тому

    Nobody mentioned Afghanistan

  • @patrickwheeler5701
    @patrickwheeler5701 25 днів тому

    Antarctica

  • @robertdaniel8125
    @robertdaniel8125 26 днів тому +1

    Re upload

  • @user-qf7ji5ql9x
    @user-qf7ji5ql9x 25 днів тому

    This is what happens when you don't have an American education

  • @newcastlelukelowther
    @newcastlelukelowther 24 дні тому

    Reading the comments on this no wonder they all got bored 😴

  • @alecbowman2548
    @alecbowman2548 26 днів тому

    He’s not correct about Uganda. It was never a German colony.

  • @richardmiller3839
    @richardmiller3839 27 днів тому +1

    Learn history everyone