He and Joe Lycett are both wonderfully chaotic. James, I think, is chaotic neutral, sometimes good, but Joe is chaotic good for sure. He has a whole TV show where people email him about some shitty thing a corporation did or some way they got scammed, he MASTERFULLY trolls them and usually gets some kind of compensation for the victim, and THEN he broadcasts the shitty thing they did and what he did back to them on national TV lol. There was one he did on UberEats because they allow restaurants that have a failing hygiene rating to be on their platform and deliver their food and don't display the hygiene rating on their website. So he creates a restaurant in a dumpster, the local govt. said it was too disgusting to even give a rating too, but UberEats let him set up on their site, and then orders food from it and they pick the food up from a literal dumpster and deliver it. So then he "starts his own food delivery company" that only delivers food from UberEats restaurants with failing hygiene ratings and only delivers to one place: the UberEats headquarters in London. So one day, the executives at UberEats HQ start getting delivery after delivery of gross ass food. He's done hotels, banks, etc...
"How unnecessary. I don't know what I've done to offend this woman in the past, but she had laid a language loophole for me and I've fallen for it." - You can't come up with such sentences unless you're an absolute genius.
Oh you must see it in its entirety - the loophole is part of a running joke. Even his kneeling down and the double barrel comment all have precedents! He is a genius
If you're new to this guy, I couldn't recommend enough watching his Repertoire specials. And all of his appearances on panel shows. And everything he's ever done
does he... always color-coordinate his wardrobe with the background ??? update: i watched his netflix specials and he does, in fact, color-coordinate with the background lol
I absolutely love him throwing in "I'll take off my disguise (I was wearing a disguise all along)" like he's so passionate about this revenge story that he's now rushing through the details
James as the doctor: "This is the TARDIS, it can travel anywhere in time and space" Companion: "Oh then I'd like to see the future" James: "I didn't say it can travel anywhere in time and space... FOR EVERYBODY" (Starts traveling everywhere in time and space while making disturbing noises)
Doctor James: I once burnt down a banana plantation. I regret it, really; could've cultivated a sonic banana Companion (David Mitchell): Well, why do you need a plantation when you can just grow one in the TARDIS? Doctor: The same reason I wouldn't use a banana cultivation for space-time travel. Sure, it _can do_ that, but it's against its own principle.
When he was in a groove telling the climax of the story and he stood up, the energy he exudes to just halt for a moment and click on his watch and continue is the full embodiment of the word "comic."
4:35 onwards never ceases to crack me up. "It's lucky to have you if anything, that... banana." is one of the most wonderfully absurd sentences I've ever heard-with a delivery that is hilariously nonchalant for something so bizarre. I laugh so hard every time I hear that! Thank you, Acaster!
@@lavane26 I've been commenting on several of his videos. Hopefully someone notices, or others keep doing it until someone does. I mean James has the mannerisms of a Doctor, dresses in corduroy trousers and long sleeved shirts and The Doctor always wanted to be a ginger.
I love that they kept in the "cold like a wanker" bit. Just seems like such an unnecessarily aggressive thing to do to an audience member if you haven't seen what comes before.
James: "The bananas were gone but my nemesis was not." Also James: "This is Mick and for 6 months he was my sworn enemy." Me: Vengeful much, you adorable whimsical cutie??!!
James is next level. Wonderful facial expressions and vocal inflections, goes from deadpan to spastic instantly as if he's a puppet of his own emotions. Great squeal in his voice like a Rowan atkinson character. Masterful vocabulary and feel for language makes him a great storyteller and a feel for the absurd as if he has Python blood.
“Once you’re in the shop that only sells bananas, you’ve got to buy a banana. Because only a maniac would go in the shop that only sells bananas and go, ‘I’m sorry, you haven’t got what I’m looking for,’ and then leave” Probably my favorite line, gets me every time
'I don't wanna Manger no dead banana' 'If there's any shallow people in here tonight, GET OUT' 'Never before! Have I been so offended by something I completely agreed with' 'The bananas were gone...but my nemesis was not' I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣
Andy Pandy the original version on josh widdicombe’s radio show is a million times better, you get all the details as it slowly unfolds over the course of a few weeks
@levitating monkeys "how are you?" "furious. I've been cabbaged again!" But I second listening to him tell the cabbage story, and all his other scrapes, on the radio. Someone made a compilation of them all. I think my favourite is him spending the night in a bush. On WILTY, he's purposely making it sound like a lie so the details he gives and the order he gives them makes it seem completely ridiculous. But when you listen him tell it on the radio, he explains his thought process and you can see how he ended up in that scenario.
Acaster is the funniest person I've ever seen. Best comedian? Stand up? I dunno even know if he is any of those things. All i know is that he's a person, and when he does things, it makes me laugh.
I lost it after "Oh Pret a Manger, your generosity continues to astound us." I had to take a hysterical wheezing break for a few minutes, after visualing the pool of banana mush. 🤣
James Acaster netflix is just phenomenal. I already love the guy on all the panel shows he does and you can see true comedic genius in obviously improvised moments even if many of the jokes they write is prewritten. Holy jiminy, not expecting an entire narrative. I'm always impressed by comedians who can make jokes that harken back to old jokes but Jame Acaster, on another level!
@@mahfuzurchowdhury2765 It would be better if you watched it yourself. It's hilarious but since you asked... It's a loophole. He only has so much time to do stand up. He's technically not doing stand up if he's on his knees, therefore he can get more time on stage.
For James Acaster, you just make up shit, but then at the end of the show reveal it was all a metaphor for you questioning your religious beliefs, or a divorce you just went through, or some other tough thing you are going through in real life.
this is one of my favorites of his. i keep going back to it. also, something about the lighting makes him look a bit like a greek statue in some angles
@@applepye87 Where I'm from, no one knows what that is and since he's focusing on referential humor about Pret a Manger, an audience possessing prior knowledge is important. I'm just trying to help.
Aisling Bea: “I love sitting down, I even wanted to do this gig sitting down but they said they couldn’t legally classify it as stand-up” James Acaster: *k n e e l*
Most under rated comic ever. Half the world probably doesn’t get his level of humour coz let’s face it, most ppl are dumb as shit. His witty structured stand up goes above ppl head. For me, all four shows put together, best stand up performance ever.
@@gaz7067 At the start of the show he said "the show doesn't start til i stand up since it's stand up comedy so im going to kneel" or something like that. thats also why he buzzed his watch when he stood up
The first time I saw James was on Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Even the king of quirky comedy, Noel Fielding, was blown away by his "Potassium Vision" quip. I thought then that James is on his path to comedy greatness.
Comedy: Stand-up
James Acaster: *kneels*
It has not officially begun as long as he's not standing up
That was the joke, he said the stand-up comedy didn’t officially start until he stood up, that was why he started his watch when he stood up
doesnt count yet bud
I thought he didn't have legs past his knees at first! (This is my fitst time seeing him)
It’s even funnier cause he’s stands up ha,f way through
this dude's energy is so wonderfully chaotic
If you think this is chaotic watch his "would I lie to you" clips, he is the living embodiment of chaotic good
690 like yeay
He's James Veitch after being very slightly overcooked.
It's briliiant.
He and Joe Lycett are both wonderfully chaotic. James, I think, is chaotic neutral, sometimes good, but Joe is chaotic good for sure. He has a whole TV show where people email him about some shitty thing a corporation did or some way they got scammed, he MASTERFULLY trolls them and usually gets some kind of compensation for the victim, and THEN he broadcasts the shitty thing they did and what he did back to them on national TV lol. There was one he did on UberEats because they allow restaurants that have a failing hygiene rating to be on their platform and deliver their food and don't display the hygiene rating on their website. So he creates a restaurant in a dumpster, the local govt. said it was too disgusting to even give a rating too, but UberEats let him set up on their site, and then orders food from it and they pick the food up from a literal dumpster and deliver it. So then he "starts his own food delivery company" that only delivers food from UberEats restaurants with failing hygiene ratings and only delivers to one place: the UberEats headquarters in London. So one day, the executives at UberEats HQ start getting delivery after delivery of gross ass food. He's done hotels, banks, etc...
These are both great stories with the same type of energy lol
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"How unnecessary. I don't know what I've done to offend this woman in the past, but she had laid a language loophole for me and I've fallen for it." - You can't come up with such sentences unless you're an absolute genius.
I also like "Oh Pret a Manger, your generosity continues to astound us."
"Hook line and sinker!"
Burnished perfection.
Oh you must see it in its entirety - the loophole is part of a running joke. Even his kneeling down and the double barrel comment all have precedents! He is a genius
What...is genius about that sentence?
If you're new to this guy, I couldn't recommend enough watching his Repertoire specials. And all of his appearances on panel shows. And everything he's ever done
I also recommend these peaches.
He’s crap
Manolo Bustamante your crap if you think he’s crap
You’re*
His appearances in WILTY are just great!
"I love French cuisine."
"Mama mia!"
That's why he goes to prêt-à-manger
Romain Savioz mama Mia is Italian don’t know if you know. I freakin studied French and I almost missed that.
@@dontburstmybubble686 yes I know but prêt à manger is english
Romain Savioz really?
@@dontburstmybubble686 yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pret_a_Manger
What's really impressive here is how he's kneeling so well on such tiny knees.
Such tiknees
@@repzo5551 heheh
That's a deep cut hahaha
RIP Sean Lock.
He acts like a college professor who comes to school wasted often.
So John Oliver on Community?
College has really slipped...
@@michaelbrucato7180 that's Professor Ian Duncan to you
The last little bit of that sentence sounds like you tried to make an acronym
You already said College Professor.
does he... always color-coordinate his wardrobe with the background ???
update: i watched his netflix specials and he does, in fact, color-coordinate with the background lol
Thanks for sharing your findings.
But what's with the mic and stand color?
@@drorbedrack8720 i think thats part of it. His mic is brown and cable is tweed, rather than black/black.
I think only in theese specific shows since its technically a Netflix series and he wanted to have it look connected
Why am I not surprised
"Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with" 4:17
thanks, been looking for it :)
@@zommy5re77 No worries I just thought someone would use it.
Hero. I clicked on this video just for that line
I absolutely love him throwing in "I'll take off my disguise (I was wearing a disguise all along)" like he's so passionate about this revenge story that he's now rushing through the details
James would be awesome as the 14th Doctor. Imagine him talking like this to people all the time.
James as the doctor: "This is the TARDIS, it can travel anywhere in time and space"
Companion: "Oh then I'd like to see the future"
James: "I didn't say it can travel anywhere in time and space... FOR EVERYBODY"
(Starts traveling everywhere in time and space while making disturbing noises)
he WOULD be a good doctor
Doctor James: I once burnt down a banana plantation. I regret it, really; could've cultivated a sonic banana
Companion (David Mitchell): Well, why do you need a plantation when you can just grow one in the TARDIS?
Doctor: The same reason I wouldn't use a banana cultivation for space-time travel. Sure, it _can do_ that, but it's against its own principle.
I don’t think the BBC want white males to play the doctor anymore, no matter how good he could be he doesn’t tick the diversity boxes 🤷🏾♂️
thats exactly what i was thinking watching this lmaoooo
When he was in a groove telling the climax of the story and he stood up, the energy he exudes to just halt for a moment and click on his watch and continue is the full embodiment of the word "comic."
This guy personifies "chaotic good"
Or lawful evil...
i think he’s more chaotic neutral
Nah, using someone else's rules against them? That's lawful evil.
endymion enby You can do that and be chaotic, and not evil
@@endymionredacted1304 it would be lawful evil but u cannot deny the absolute chaotic energy of running around the shop eating all of your own bananas
“I love french cuisine, Mamma Mia!”
This dude
no hate but it's mama not mamma.
@@changedchannelspleasedonot7059 no hate, but "mamma mia" is correct. "Mama mia" isnt really italian
I guess it makes about as much sense as a popular British chain of pre-made meals having a french name
4:35 onwards never ceases to crack me up. "It's lucky to have you if anything, that... banana." is one of the most wonderfully absurd sentences I've ever heard-with a delivery that is hilariously nonchalant for something so bizarre. I laugh so hard every time I hear that! Thank you, Acaster!
Make him the Next Doctor Who please.
I didn't know I needed this until now. I second that motion.
@@lavane26 I've been commenting on several of his videos. Hopefully someone notices, or others keep doing it until someone does.
I mean James has the mannerisms of a Doctor, dresses in corduroy trousers and long sleeved shirts and The Doctor always wanted to be a ginger.
may be the only way anyone could persuade me to watch it
I always think this when I watch him. He has the same type of doctor attitude and mannerism. But weird but funny. XD
You mean he isn't already?!
Well *I* bear a lot of grudges, and I love... these peaches.
Goddamn he loves those peaches
I still laugh at this
Winston?
Top Acaster knowledge displayed here
I prefer apricots
This is so perfectly delivered, it sounds like this all just happened to him and he's telling you about it for the first time.
Alternatively as she walks out with her free banana, you lay it on her: "That's a plantain".
AllaMortify 🤣🤣🤣
Nah. That would be a rubbish joke.
@@13strong it is.
4:18 that might be what you are looking for eh?
You are a good man thank you
You , yes you , are the love of my life.
Huzza! A man of quality!
thx bro
Logan Hund thx
Red hair, and a hand me down robe? You must be a Weasley.
Bruh, when i saw the meme for the first tine, swear i thought it was rupert grint😂
@@ethanhananel569 hahahaha!
@@ethanhananel569 you mean Ed Sheeran? XD
I can hear this
@@randompilot1 lmaoooo
I didnt even realise he was kneeling until he stood up
The whole time I was wondering why is he kneeling
legomypancakes you should watch the whole special, he explains it right before this clip
_ Is it anywhere to watch? (for people not in the UK)
DeathnoteBB Netflix. I’m pretty sure it’s on Netflix everywhere
_ Ah okay. I’m used to things with British actors that I wanna watch not being on US netflix
3:02 hats off to the editor for cutting to reverse angle to show just how black is "black as the night sky" 👏🏼
excellent mic technique too, these things help.
Thats the best Kneel-Down comedy i've ever seen.
I love that they kept in the "cold like a wanker" bit. Just seems like such an unnecessarily aggressive thing to do to an audience member if you haven't seen what comes before.
The fist in the mouth.
His culmination of revenge.
Had me in tears.
“The bananas were gone by my nemesis was not.” 😂
Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with
Hello there
@@emmettmacklem1986 well good evening to you
hello there 😉
Timestamp?
4:17
James Acaster's paradox: He's too good for the free bananas yet all his bananas are free to himself 😂
Love this dude
This whole set is the most high energy this bloke has ever been
This is the content I want. I’ve watched before but still
Emilyissocool he’s amazing isn’t he ! Why is he knelt down in this ?
@@georgiacooper95
Coz its James Acaster lol
Georgia Cooper part of a bit from the full special
I love james acaster. 4 specials was not enough.
James: "The bananas were gone but my nemesis was not."
Also James: "This is Mick and for 6 months he was my sworn enemy."
Me: Vengeful much, you adorable whimsical cutie??!!
whimsical cutie is so appropriate
He would have been a great Newt Scamander
he did says he holds a lot of grudges
The cabbage wars
@@CLLee1621 I'm going to start a petition to have him as the next James Bond. They definitely won't do it, but maybe they'll make him the next Q.
James is next level. Wonderful facial expressions and vocal inflections, goes from deadpan to spastic instantly as if he's a puppet of his own emotions. Great squeal in his voice like a Rowan atkinson character. Masterful vocabulary and feel for language makes him a great storyteller and a feel for the absurd as if he has Python blood.
You did not just compare him to Rowan Atkinson...ah james would love this
I love how I can pick out Ed Gamble's laugh throughout this whole special 😂
He’s Basil Brush. Boom Boom!!
Its nice when you discover a new comedian who deserves the stage.
First saw him on would I lie to you he's hilarious
He looks like he hasn't slept in 20 years and for this I'm in love with him
“Once you’re in the shop that only sells bananas, you’ve got to buy a banana. Because only a maniac would go in the shop that only sells bananas and go, ‘I’m sorry, you haven’t got what I’m looking for,’ and then leave”
Probably my favorite line, gets me every time
Man I love his delivery. He can whinge about buying bananas and I'll still laugh at his reaction.
'I don't wanna Manger no dead banana'
'If there's any shallow people in here tonight, GET OUT'
'Never before! Have I been so offended by something I completely agreed with'
'The bananas were gone...but my nemesis was not'
I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣
James acaster holds the weirdest grudges and i'm here for it 😂
I came to find out the context of the meme and found a story of pettiness and bananas. Not disappointed in the least.
What meme?
Ah yes, the pandora box of my James Acaster addiction has reopened
Is it a rule that James always matches the background and the mic 🤔🤨
As it should
It all started with a humble cabbage...
I loved that episode of WILTY
CABBADGED
Andy Pandy the original version on josh widdicombe’s radio show is a million times better, you get all the details as it slowly unfolds over the course of a few weeks
@levitating monkeys "how are you?"
"furious. I've been cabbaged again!"
But I second listening to him tell the cabbage story, and all his other scrapes, on the radio. Someone made a compilation of them all.
I think my favourite is him spending the night in a bush. On WILTY, he's purposely making it sound like a lie so the details he gives and the order he gives them makes it seem completely ridiculous. But when you listen him tell it on the radio, he explains his thought process and you can see how he ended up in that scenario.
"Look, I know you can't tell what a banana is like on the outside based on the inside, I know that, I'm an adult" 😂😂 3:09
This is a cross between stand up and performance art.
4:18 and a meme was born
It's the reason I'm here. I love this guy but when I saw the meme I was like my god I need to see
@@AnonymousCaveman lol that's exactly what I did
I just came here from the meme
Acaster is the funniest person I've ever seen.
Best comedian? Stand up?
I dunno even know if he is any of those things.
All i know is that he's a person, and when he does things, it makes me laugh.
I lost it after "Oh Pret a Manger, your generosity continues to astound us."
I had to take a hysterical wheezing break for a few minutes, after visualing the pool of banana mush. 🤣
the moment he adjusted his watch was so perfect
"and then I eat all the bananas" is an exceptional punchline
Honestly I can’t get enough of this story. Every time I watch this I laugh to the verge of tears.
Its hilarious how he keeps a straight face through this entire story
A stand-up comedian who didn't need to Stand Up to deliver amazing comedy about freaking bananas 😂
"I ain't gonna monge no dead bananas!"
Netflix. Keep uploading clips. I want more
James Acaster netflix is just phenomenal. I already love the guy on all the panel shows he does and you can see true comedic genius in obviously improvised moments even if many of the jokes they write is prewritten. Holy jiminy, not expecting an entire narrative. I'm always impressed by comedians who can make jokes that harken back to old jokes but Jame Acaster, on another level!
Can you tell me why he is on his knees?
@@mahfuzurchowdhury2765 It would be better if you watched it yourself. It's hilarious but since you asked...
It's a loophole. He only has so much time to do stand up. He's technically not doing stand up if he's on his knees, therefore he can get more time on stage.
Do comedians have interesting lives or do you have to have an interesting life to be a comedian?
You just make up shit
No.
They make the best out of ordinary experiences
@@t33cael to be relatable, and accepted ... Legit ... Experiences form a good preformance ... It forms the personality makes one unique.
For James Acaster, you just make up shit, but then at the end of the show reveal it was all a metaphor for you questioning your religious beliefs, or a divorce you just went through, or some other tough thing you are going through in real life.
"Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with." I love that meme
THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!!!!
- How petty do you feel, James?
James: YES
This man is too wholesome yet wickedly funny at the same time 😂
IKR
“God damn I love these peaches”
Riyoohkey fuuuck i wanna hear the end of that joke
this is one of my favorites of his. i keep going back to it. also, something about the lighting makes him look a bit like a greek statue in some angles
4:19 this is the part you wanted to see when you search "Never before have i been so offended by something i 100% agree with"
Between James Acaster and Hugo Boss (formally Joe Lycett) I am always laughing.
To this day this is still my favorite bit of any comedian I’ve ever seen 😂
This guy's the textbook definition of Chaotic Good
4:15 Oh my gosh these is where the meme came from I didn't even recognize him 😂👏👏👏
He's so quintessentially English! Lovely 😂😂😂
Only a maniac would go into a store that only sells bananas, and then say you haven’t got what I’m looking for. 😂😂😂
James almost killed me the first time I saw his stand up. Laughing isn't breathing and my body likes breathing.
To learn that the famous quotes is about bananas is amazing
"The bananas were gone - but my nemesis was not." 😂
The fact that he's kneeling and the beginning line is a good combo and it really sums up the energy you sign up for when clicking on this video. Lol
Pret a Manger is an international sandwich shop chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as *Pret*
Uhm. Thanks?
@@applepye87 Where I'm from, no one knows what that is and since he's focusing on referential humor about Pret a Manger, an audience possessing prior knowledge is important. I'm just trying to help.
@@Alassandros I appreciate it, as I went in the comments to understand
@@lawnjart16 I'm glad I could be of help.😁
@daAnder71 Thanks. It's been changed.
Aisling Bea: “I love sitting down, I even wanted to do this gig sitting down but they said they couldn’t legally classify it as stand-up”
James Acaster: *k n e e l*
"I hear a lot of grudges, and I love French cuisine" 😂
Bear* I bear a lot of grudges
Every use of “manger” is hilarious.
Most under rated comic ever. Half the world probably doesn’t get his level of humour coz let’s face it, most ppl are dumb as shit. His witty structured stand up goes above ppl head. For me, all four shows put together, best stand up performance ever.
I just realized I sat thru a 9 min joke on bananas an loved every minute of it lmao
I listened to it 4 times today. haha
I absolutely love his netflix special, my absolute favorite stand up of all time
Handing someone a danish… like a prick 😂
I love how he’s just kneeling on the floor
He's a stand up comedian, so the show doesn't start until he stands up
i love his colour co-ordination with the background
I feel bad for anyone watching this and not understanding why he's on his knees.
Anush Gopalakrishnan Could you let me know?
Anush Gopalakrishnan oh, no I don’t know why he’s kneeling 😂
@@gaz7067 At the start of the show he said "the show doesn't start til i stand up since it's stand up comedy so im going to kneel" or something like that. thats also why he buzzed his watch when he stood up
the8bitrobin Hahahahahaha 😄 Not surprised he would pull off something silly like that.
the8bitrobin And thank you for the explanation!
Ive watch his special about 10 times and this is by far my favorite story
I always love when I see a new James Acaster video come up in my recommendations... :)
The first time I saw James was on Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Even the king of quirky comedy, Noel Fielding, was blown away by his "Potassium Vision" quip. I thought then that James is on his path to comedy greatness.
That *BEEP* absolutely kills me lmfao
“To... everybody...” 🤣🤣
I adore James Acaster!!! He is hilarious!!! Fabulous!!! :-)
4:18.
When your friend asks you if you only know this guy from _this_ line, but you don't wanna admit that you've been looking for it the whole time.
When a Brit says the word "banana" more than 3 times in a minute, it's funny.
Awe the dealt with both barrels part is really funny if you've heard the rest. These 4 specaisl are some of my favorite comedy to date
Such a comedy genius to make this material funny. But it really is!
gotta appreciate how humour geniuses can make great comedy out of such ordinary life stories!
This whole part of the act sounds like one big metaphor for something...
Nah the mummified bananas were foul but the smoothie is what really got me😂