Why politics is no joke | Al Murray | TEDxLondon
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2024
- Comedian Al Murray explores the weird, wonderful - and sometimes surreal - world of British politics. Having set up the Free United Kingdom Party (FUKP) and announced his candidacy in the 2015 general election, he was amazed at how many people didn’t get the joke...
Al Murray with his alter-ego, The Pub Landlord, is one of the most recognizable and successful comics in the UK. As a writer Al has enjoyed great success with his books Book of British Common Sense, and Think Yourself British.
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Alistair Murray - historian and Oxbridge graduate - showing how different (and satirical) his pub landlord character is. A very intelligent man.
Why oxbridge? Why not just put oxford? Pointless.
YTCoDSkillz314 waayoo
Comedians are very clever people
They tend to be fairly intelligent
But he doesn't understand what he mocks - he just mocks the middle class misconception of the working class.
Be careful running as a joke candidate. In 94 a joke candidate got elected in Denmark. His campaign promises included tailwinds on every bikepath.
Yeah but there are campaign promises everywhere and only one out of ten of those promises are ever *considered*.
Haha!!! That's hilarious.
That Danish politician has actually got the standing record for campaign-promises vs. promises fulfilled... Among them being Nutella in military ration-boxes and using at least 95% of his politician's wages on hot-dogs for everyone.
Lulu, good advice to adhere to! in 2016 a joke candidate got elected to become President of America
+Dave Smith Better than the criminal candidate. :^)
A lot of people dont realise just how intelligent he is.
You can see i little of it if he wants to in his Pub Landlord persona.
His documentaries are very good too.
tough crowd
"Ted" Uber hip trendy "V"olks and Das Audi Auto fans as Ms Ana K may say
they are better than you ,So much better
They don't have audience/room mics or they do but they're very quiet. You can see him reacting as if they're laughing.
Exactly
Heeh I remember him running in the general election and thought it was hilarious, now I'm hearing his reasoning behind it I think it's even better.
"Making a mockery of democracy"
Maintaining a great British tradition, following in the proud footsteps of Screaming Lord Sutch and the Monster Raving Loony Party.
Lol brexiters say that about everyone and everything they think is getting in the way of brexit. Luckily they are thick as fvck so nobody cares what they say.
Al Murray is brilliant. Keep up the good work mate!!!
*arsehole
No excuses now.
Imagine if Lord Buckethead did a TED Talk...
Easily best comment
Count binface is better thank you very much
Where I live in Canada we have the option of showing up on polling day and telling the polling officer that "I wish to decline my ballot". Thereby participating in democracy by officially declaring that none of the candidates are worthy of my vote. The number of declined ballots is listed in the election results alongside the votes for the candidates. I am proud to say that my riding leads the country in declined ballots for the last few elections. More places need this option.
I would welcome this in England. It would give me a reason to turn up on polling day ! Edit: I'm sure I wrote 'me a' reason, but it changed to 'a a' reason. This happens a lot, maybe YT wants to make us appear illiterate so changes it when we press the arrow 😁
in the UK you can "spoil" your ballot by filling it in incorrectly in several ways; these are also counted and reported.
If that many of you don’t like the existing candidates, why don’t you get together and form your own party? No good standing on the sidelines saying you don’t like stuff, and then doing nothing about it.
I have always wondered why Trudeau keeps getting to make a greater mess of Canada. Not a good tactic mate.
The only comedian to have ever been intellectually undermined by his own fans. A testament to how believable his heavy drinking, white populist character has been since its inception.
"Al Murray's typical audience, completely missing the point and laughing through gritted teeth."
-Stewart Lee
"...like the dogs they are."
The actual quote is a bit more brutal: "laughing through bared teeth like the dogs they are"
Yes...Stewart Lee......integrity at its finest.
The white bit always amazes me when I see those comments on youtube clips of his routine. He never as far as I'm aware actually mentions race but it's funny how people seem to ignore that.
2016: politics is no joke
2019: *low fi boriswave beats to get Brexit done to*
3 years on and politics/democracy are a complete joke in the uk.
manic .miner he was ahead of the trend.
Are you saying Brexit was democratic?
b9y yes, what has followed isn’t.
Manic miner your not wrong with that .it might have worked out better if Alastair had won at least we could get a laugh
Update ...Corbyn free now ...thank god
Brilliant
He would have made a spiffing Prime Minister.
He really is a gem, funny, intelligent, and sound as a pound. What a decent skin.
Good humour is the first sign of intelligence, same as one has bad humour to show idiocy- Al has excellent humour.
Great talk. Loved the manifesto pledge on pitching up in A&E without it being an accident or emergency. And the good fellow responded to me on Facebook on a Harry Hill moment. Top man !
In my eyes, Al Murray can do no wrong.
Wow unexpected and refreshing, good job Alistair.
I seriously love this guy so much XD
Bruuhhh. Wtfff. Ive never heard him speak like this
You mean normally? XD
He's done at least one war documentary and spoken about Great British tanks during WWII
There is a documentary of him travelling through Germany as well, not as the Guv but as a historian which he actually is, having an Oxford degree. I nearly shat bricks seeing this for the first time.
@@ancogaming Al Murray's road to Berlin.
,, you need to watch the old Harry Hill Show, from late 90s ch4 😏🥅⚽
Excellent
This reminds me of the film called Brwsters Millions, staring Richard Prior. He was a candidate and his slogan was "Don't vote above the anything"
Al Murray has become my new idol
I enjoyed the pub landlord political run it was good fun to watch
That was great. Even with the anechoic chamber of an audience, I was still giggling and nodding at his points.
6:33 Tough crowd!
Great presentation - nice ;O)
Superb
haha - loved the start - there will be no collateral here... what's your name?
Kinda surprised he didn't once mention the Monster Raving Loony Party. They've been an institution in British politics for years, and they are one of the 'joke-iest' political parties ever! One of their leaders was named Screaming Lord Sutch, for gods sake lol
Al Murray for Prime Minister of Great Britain 🇬🇧
Bluetrainer91 FireBlast *UK
It seems funny but he is quite intelligent so he would probably do a better job than most of the idiots that have been in number 10.
@@drac1st He is as well qualified as Boris but Boris is a clown, Al is a jester; historically the wise man of the court...
Politics is no joke but he makes a career from it.
Says thank you before the crowd starts clapping. Forces them to clap.
Well done Sir Al!
‘Steve’
‘Beautiful British name’
‘What do you do Steveeey?’
Maybe every constiuency should have a 'nonpolitical' candidate, with a compulsory voting requirement. That way there would be an opportunity for people who feel that 'none of the above' truly represent their needs.
That's against democracy 😂😂🤣
Who produced the sound for this? I'd like a word.
i didn’t realise his voice was so different!? didn’t realise he was putting on a voice for the pub land lord character! i thought it was his normal voice!
Are you serious?
,, that's cos yr a Muppet 😏🤔❓❗
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@@J5X7 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant man.
Love you better as the PLL. 💝
Tough Crowd, I was giggling over the comment about “Steve and Jeff”, not a murmur from the audience...
It was just before lunch and the proviso presenter had made every one cry.
There wouldn't have been any mics towards the audience, as is usual for talks. We only heard the louder bouts of laughter.
6:30 I phenomenon I call "Power Word: Real Name"
My uncle has a similar philosophy with regards to politics. Ran in his area and won.
"How about another joke Murray ?"
Wrong there was 301 spartans and 2 didn't show so technically there was 299 😂
Can't take you seriously as yourself 💝
Wow his voice is completely different!!
' If voting ever changed anything, they would not let us do it' Mark Twain.
tough crowd. Or is it just the sound edit? He's fucking hilarious, how come they are silent.
Poorly mic'ed up crowd is my guess. If they're relying on the lav mic that Al is wearing to pick up audience then they've got no chance
If you listen carefully you can tell it's the audio, there's a quiet volume of laughter yes, but it's the timbre of multiple blended voices laughing rather than a small number of laughing voices i.e what we're getting is an unmicced crowd
By the way he was going to skydive a headcorn in Kent if your interested
What's ur name : me mufasa
AL; beautifully British name
Did they forgot to turn on the mike?
Spot on......always vote!!!
Tough crowd! Lol
The US is not a democracy,we do not vote directly for leaders. IDK how it is in the UK, but we have the electoral college which, oddly, makes a bit more sense even tho it... does not make much sense. We vote for those who then vote for us. What is terrifying is, as many do not understand the concept as there are who understand it.
More comedians should run for office ... they're the only ones left that'll tell us the truth about difficult topics worthy of parody and satire.
just watched another video of him where he tells the same jokes, but that performance was in some school or something
Was this his alternative character for his 2015 tour?
I was disappointed he never said squire or drunk any beer.
OG Pub Landlord
Taking part in the elections not only means you accept and condone whatever outcome, it also means you endorse it’s outcome. You supported the system that brought about that eventuality! If you can live with yourself then that’s fine, I’m not trying to dissuade you. But I know how I genuinely feel myself about such matters and I will never endorse a corrupt and dystopian-leading out of date Trojan carcass that is 21st century politics.
My cat stopped me from voting for him! It was probably the 'dog for everyone' promise!
Politics is bread and circus. It is a distraction, a serious joke
Well said!
Tough crowd
oh my god all murray did a ted talk
„The world belongs to outsiders, even more so in broken societies, such as we live in“ - Slogan from Donald Trump for 2020
He should know. It’s billionaires like him who broke the country in the first place.
Jesus this man is acc very intelligent I'm mind blown
Tough crowd.
Whaaaaat David Cameron has a cousin how does that work, I thought he was grown in the science lab at his posh school
attish choo, who would he get married to if he didn't have a cousin?
Sam Green ha ha that's true maybe I'm overestimating the capabilities of science
'problem with satire is that very quickly you get outflanked by reality'
That posh school he went to was set up for poor children to be given a chance of bettering them selves by being given a chance of a good free eduction with a route to oxbridge.
Its scary to hear the sensible side of Al Murray
If Al Murray goes into politics, Who’s going to organise the badger parade?
Trust al to do his talk at London 😂
If I were British I would have voted for him. Liven things up a bit!
This Arabic translator is new and I liked his method very much, mother's shoulder of greatness broo,,🔞🔥🔥🔥
This is just confusing. What a clever dude.
2022
The comedian president finally realize politic is no joke
I've thought about running for public office as a joke candidate, but I decided not to go through with it, because... What if I actually won? We'd all be fucked!
Maybe a comedian should go in to politic,s after all it,s a joke in parlement.
Alphonse Gabriel 👈🏼👈🏼 shots fired
Eddie Izzard says he will
He's a good comedian but he's a bloody pillock. If Al Murray ran (not the pub landlord), I'd vote for him easily.
oxford educated historian/politician. He's not just a comedian mate I'm sure he'd honestly go far
Al Franken is already a member of the U.S. Senate.
Deadly serious audience..
love you all marry and going to see you soon and can't wait.
I thought it was Woody Harrelson
stop doing politics with 8 billion people share nicely and wisely we all are on the same planet ...
no
I thought the Monster Raving Loony party was a good thing. When Screaming Lord Sutch was on stage for the results it stopped the 'real' politicians from being quite so pompous and full of themselves.
Trust me... Politics *is* a joke nowadays. But you should vote.
For some reason I hate it when he stands on the edge of the red rug on the floor. I prefer it when he's in the middle. No idea why.
He makes more sense as his comic persona.
Intelligence shines here...
the guv is doing a bloody great impression of a normal man here
Check out the European MP Martin Sonneborn!
WOW! Strange to hear him speak in his regular accent!
course, stands to reason dunnit?
Try making a mockery of religion they will throw you in jail for hate speech
Hmmm
He never played that HARP!
fuckin love al
ps as a bona fide cat lover ,who wants free dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The title of this video makes me laugh because in America we hold our comedians to a higher standard then we hold our politicians so politics is kind of a joke pal
The Pub Landlord is meant to be a caricature, but that really doesn't matter. Most Englishmen either covertly or overtly agree with him.
I'm not sure about most. I think most of his fans recognise the caricature. There will be those people though who don't see what's funny about it because 'it really is common sense', just like there were a few that didn't get The Royale Family because they just saw it as a fictional version of their own lives and what was wrong with that?
Right?
Eh?
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