He was dead sober. He is highly intelligent and massivly well-educated with a first-class memory. No drunk could handle random choices from the audience like that. He is also a top-class comic.
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 do you have any idea how difficult it is to get into Oxbridge? Even for someone coming from a private school like Al did places are so oversubscribed that you simply don’t get a place at the university unless you are super smart.
Well, he was wrong about the creation of Belgium. After Waterloo there was a conference in Vienna in 1815 concerning the post-Napoleon future of Europe. The bufferzone idea indeed is true, they didn't want either France or Germany to control Europe but they didn't do that by magically creating Belgium. It was the opposite, they gave back former Belgian and Luxembourg territory back to the Netherlands, so that it could indeed be that buffer. The Belgians indeed did not like that much and revolted in 1830 and then became an independent state, but not because the UK wanted it; the UK and others saw to it in 1815 that Belgian wasn't founded and gave the land to the Dutch. Belgian became a country 15 years later exactly as a result opposed to that decision. Sorry Al. Another fib. Burkina Faso, former Opper Volta, was never either German or Britisch, it was French until its independence. Uganda was British but not because of some former German occupation, given to the Brits through the Versailles treaty. In 1885 already it was given to the Brits at a colonial conference in Berlin.
@@jackturner4237 quite often the Americans only need 1pint of our beer, I have an cousin that comes over to visit from the states and he loves our British ales but he only needs 2 pints to get pissed, apparently our beer is much stronger than theirs.
I love seeing people watching Al Murray because it confuses them so badly of how he acts the role of a Pub Landlord yet he's so educated. it's fantastic.
Al Murray has beer taps on stage. That bar behind him actually has a working beer tap< he drinks on stage and when the glass is empty, he pulls himself another pint. That is his comedy persona, Al Murray the Pub Landlord.
I was a pub chef for years and had a landlord like that with the "never ending pint". When the evening rush started to die about 8pm he would pull himself a real ale. And just repeatedly top it up whenever he got down to about a quarter. So he only dirtied one glass but by 11pm the geezer was always about 15 pints deep. And we'd walk out after a 12 hour shift doing nearly 500 covers and he'd make us pay full whack for our beers lmao. What a cunt 😂
The drink is part of the act - thats why his alter ego is 'the pub landlord'. He is insanely quick witted and intelligent, but I have seen him a little drunk in his local in chiswick 🤣
Excellent, YOU GOT IT!!!!! It was really lovely to hear you both laugh at Al's take on the 'war with the USA'... ''A lucky f++king escape!'' So many other 'React' vids presenters get upset and start to complain about his 'jokes'... several think this to be a real person... And no he's not a drunk. It may even be no-alcohol beer... do you think anyone would take the chance of ruining a show because he'd have 'one too many'? It could be a shandy (half beer, half lemonade) anyway as he always does(on purpose) he spills quite a lot. He's being what is thought to be a typical old-fashioned know it all pub Landlord... they always stood around with a drink whilst chatting with customers... not like the corporate-run 'pubs' now, with managers who are ambassadors for the company. They did have a charm and were characters in their own right. Not so now, very few and far between. In reality he isn't a loud-mouthed know it all. He is an extremely intelligent, well educated (Oxford University graduate) well versed in British culture, politics, World history and current events... oh, and a know-it-all ha ha ha. He ( as part joke and to prove a point) ran for Gov't/ to be an MP. as his character The Pub Landlord... The Guvnor as he's known too. He got 318 votes.
not exactly true he started off actualy drinking alcoholic beer but found he kept needing the loo, so he swapped it to non alcoholic, but he has his own beer made
The person you see on stage is a character called the Pub landlord. That's why he has a bar on the stage, he serves himself during the show. He playes on being a little drunk as it goes on behaves a little dirty when he see's an attractive woman, but always in courage joining in but he controls the crowd well. X great comedian 👌
To be fair, it's usually to put Americans straight about Al because they don't know any history older than 250 years ago! (that happened outside the US anyhow, and most don't even know that much about their own! lol ).
Clever man he when to Oxford university he’s a stand up comedian.he’s known as the pub landlord in the England we drink a lot something we have done for thousands of years he’s brilliant comedian 👏👏👏👏👏👍
I remember seeing him as a warm up guest comedian before he was famous. The guy is absolutely amazing at sound fx. It was a spot on sketch prob from 90s.
@Trevon Womack When and how? Britain last opposed Abyssinia in the 1850's and kicked their arse. And when did we fight against Haiti exactly? Really? And it's your not you're.
Al Murray did a degree in history. A number of years ago he did a documentary on WW2 on discovery channel. He was in character as pub landlord which he did in a comedy series Time Please Gentlemen.
just in case you don't know - Al Murray is a comedic character played by Alisatir James Hay Murray- The character of Al is a right wing, xenophobic,mysoginistic, homophobic pub landlord who belives Britain is still "the best" in everything - there are some complaints about him from people who don't realise that Alistair Murray is using the character of Al to satarise this type of "Little Englander" - he's gloriously funny in the way he mocks this type of person - worth checking out his other videos - there hilarious!
That’s the best description of him I’ve seen. I think he’s very good but I don’t think he is fully understood even here in the uk sometimes. I’ve see him live a few times all brilliant.
@@Cteabis - He asks the girl in the front row to measure the size of Russia with her fingers, then says "are you getting the idea yet?" chuckle* chuckle*. Also gets same girl and her Canadian friend to say "filthy" to each other and covers his percieved erection with the globe. Feminists tend not to like that kind of joke! 😆
You might enjoy "Yes Minister" & "Yes Prime Minister". Very sharp, very intelligent comedy about the nature of governments. Not right or left, it is what "The West Wing" and "Veep" could only aspire to dreaming of being.
He has a stage persona of a drunkard pub owner - in reality he's a very clever man who uses an incredible sense of humour to make so many laugh about Britain and the world - so glad Chicago Reacts appreciate his performance!
He studied history at Oxford University, the persona you see on screen is ‘Al Murray the Pub Landlord’, he is very well educated and holds a couple of Degrees, one being History
He is an Oxford university graduate, a historian and war studies grad. He is a highly intelligent and erudite man. English/British humour at it's best. Hooray Al😂😂😂💥🤘👏
He also created his own political party in the Isle of Thanet in the UK. A very intelligent man. Thank you Chicago crew. I enjoyed the video. I love the Chicago Fire, Med and PD.
He doesn't drink anything. Its alcohol free , how can he perform if he is pissed. This is an educated man and a total professional, you see the actor before you. Slash from Guns and Roses was always drinking his Jack Daniels on stage he laughingly admitted it just cold black tea, he said how do you think I can play with two bottles of bourbon inside me?
Although, like everyone said, Al Murray is a genuinely smart guy, he did make one glaring mistake: Burkina Faso was never a German colony. It was a French colony.
It's hard to fake a head on a pint. In other videos of live performances he's also drinking brown beers i.e. bitter. Which is traditional, proper British beer, as seen in war movies during WW2 with RAF pilots drinking in the pub from tankards - dark, not clear.
He studied Modern History at an Oxford University. He does a superb WW2 podcast with historian James Holland called ‘We Have Ways of Making You Talk’ - I have learned a great deal about WW2 since listening to that.
He has a PhD in history from Oxford. He is drinking non alcoholic beer. His persona is a stage act as the landlord of a pub, traditionally represented as a know all. Check out his Countries of the World, or even better Global Finance, amazing!
Al Murray is a very clever guy his specialism is History. Here in his persona of the pub landlord he is usually drinking while delivering his excellent comedy. Look out his other stuff I am sure you will like it.
What a lot of people DON'T realise about Al Murray is that he is IN FACT a fully-qualified Pub Landlord, with an Advanced Certificate in Landlording Studies from Watney University - and is only PLAYING the part of an Oxford History graduate doing a stand-up routine.............as a pub landlord. Hence, for example, his ability to pull a pint whilst pretending to deliver a history lesson. Brilliance such as this is rare (and non-existent, of course, in the USA).
it’s a pint for gentleman and a small white wine for the lady! 🤣 you need to check out Freddie Star and Roy chubby brown LEGENDS in the British comedy world
He was dead sober. He is highly intelligent and massivly well-educated with a first-class memory. No drunk could handle random choices from the audience like that. He is also a top-class comic.
Lol. Please. He's no genius he's just vert well educated and educated in Europe.
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 he literally has an Oxford degree in History
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 do you have any idea how difficult it is to get into Oxbridge? Even for someone coming from a private school like Al did places are so oversubscribed that you simply don’t get a place at the university unless you are super smart.
@Jacob Lahey Yeah. People who get into those universities save rich family members.
He's part of the Royal family.
@David Burke Lol
Murray has lineage to Royalty. It's not about brains It's about connections and money.
The guy is loaded.
I don't think anyone's ever mentioned it before, but he has a history degree from Oxford.
Noooo, no ones ever mentioned that!! 😆👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Beautiful British irony..... 😊
A first class degree with honours.
oh yes he is one clever guy
Only on every American reaction video 👍there's a lot 😂🤣😂
Al Murray is the history teacher we always wanted and needed.
Him and Sabaton.
Pub landlord is his character. He’s a well learned man who makes history documentaries and is an absolute genius 😆
Well, he was wrong about the creation of Belgium. After Waterloo there was a conference in Vienna in 1815 concerning the post-Napoleon future of Europe. The bufferzone idea indeed is true, they didn't want either France or Germany to control Europe but they didn't do that by magically creating Belgium. It was the opposite, they gave back former Belgian and Luxembourg territory back to the Netherlands, so that it could indeed be that buffer.
The Belgians indeed did not like that much and revolted in 1830 and then became an independent state, but not because the UK wanted it; the UK and others saw to it in 1815 that Belgian wasn't founded and gave the land to the Dutch. Belgian became a country 15 years later exactly as a result opposed to that decision. Sorry Al.
Another fib. Burkina Faso, former Opper Volta, was never either German or Britisch, it was French until its independence.
Uganda was British but not because of some former German occupation, given to the Brits through the Versailles treaty. In 1885 already it was given to the Brits at a colonial conference in Berlin.
The whole of Britain knows about this bloke , highly educated , piercing wit and stunning comedy . You weren't to know .
He wasn't drunk, guys.
It's alcohol free beer.
He only drinks about 3 pints during his act, so he was not drunk, nearly all of us Brits can drink about 5 pints before feeling a bit tipsy,
@@wilkywilky7814 pretty funny how American’s see a pint and think he must be drunk
@@jackturner4237 quite often the Americans only need 1pint of our beer, I have an cousin that comes over to visit from the states and he loves our British ales but he only needs 2 pints to get pissed, apparently our beer is much stronger than theirs.
By American standards he was
I love seeing people watching Al Murray because it confuses them so badly of how he acts the role of a Pub Landlord yet he's so educated. it's fantastic.
Helps that he studied history at Oxford University. He has done some highly acclaimed docs on the Allied advance during the Second World War
Watch his video's on the Tank Museum channel, same energy but about tanks. Amazing!
Al Murray has beer taps on stage. That bar behind him actually has a working beer tap< he drinks on stage and when the glass is empty, he pulls himself another pint.
That is his comedy persona, Al Murray the Pub Landlord.
They call him the Landlord.
I was a pub chef for years and had a landlord like that with the "never ending pint". When the evening rush started to die about 8pm he would pull himself a real ale. And just repeatedly top it up whenever he got down to about a quarter. So he only dirtied one glass but by 11pm the geezer was always about 15 pints deep. And we'd walk out after a 12 hour shift doing nearly 500 covers and he'd make us pay full whack for our beers lmao. What a cunt 😂
Good that you were so open to his humour, and didn't seem to be offended.
cant be offended if its all 100% truth of history
The man super intelligent and really knows history. He has a degree in history from Oxford university but I’m really pleased you enjoyed it 👍
He wasn't drunk, he is playing a character. Thanks for showing me that video :)
The drink is part of the act - thats why his alter ego is 'the pub landlord'. He is insanely quick witted and intelligent, but I have seen him a little drunk in his local in chiswick 🤣
Excellent, YOU GOT IT!!!!!
It was really lovely to hear you both laugh at Al's take on the 'war with the USA'... ''A lucky f++king escape!''
So many other 'React' vids presenters get upset and start to complain about his 'jokes'... several think this to be a real person...
And no he's not a drunk. It may even be no-alcohol beer... do you think anyone would take the chance of ruining a show because he'd have 'one too many'? It could be a shandy (half beer, half lemonade) anyway as he always does(on purpose) he spills quite a lot.
He's being what is thought to be a typical old-fashioned know it all pub Landlord... they always stood around with a drink whilst chatting with customers... not like the corporate-run 'pubs' now, with managers who are ambassadors for the company. They did have a charm and were characters in their own right. Not so now, very few and far between.
In reality he isn't a loud-mouthed know it all. He is an extremely intelligent, well educated (Oxford University graduate) well versed in British culture, politics, World history and current events... oh, and a know-it-all ha ha ha.
He ( as part joke and to prove a point) ran for Gov't/ to be an MP. as his character The Pub Landlord... The Guvnor as he's known too. He got 318 votes.
Yep. He's a professional who only drinks non-alcoholic drinks on stage.
not exactly true he started off actualy drinking alcoholic beer but found he kept needing the loo, so he swapped it to non alcoholic, but he has his own beer made
Al Murray is a historian and extremely intelligent. The stage persona he takes, is the pub landlord, the beer he drinks is actually non alcoholic.
He drinks American beer?
An historian.
The person you see on stage is a character called the Pub landlord. That's why he has a bar on the stage, he serves himself during the show. He playes on being a little drunk as it goes on behaves a little dirty when he see's an attractive woman, but always in courage joining in but he controls the crowd well. X great comedian 👌
Al Murray, a HIGHLY intelligent comic, hilarious Guy!
Now for the “Al Murray has a history degree from Oxford” Brigade to flood the comments section
Every single comment section of al Murray reactions 😂
To be fair, it's usually to put Americans straight about Al because they don't know any history older than 250 years ago! (that happened outside the US anyhow, and most don't even know that much about their own! lol ).
@@danosverige yeah true , it’s still funny to see half the comment section say it though 😂
@@jake_lol180 😁
Do they mention he's from an aristocratic family too?
Al plays a character of the Pub Landlord in his stand up. He doesn't drink real beer on stage.
Oxford educated
Clever man he when to Oxford university he’s a stand up comedian.he’s known as the pub landlord in the England we drink a lot something we have done for thousands of years he’s brilliant comedian 👏👏👏👏👏👍
You two need to watch as many of these as possible!
Al Murray is a British comic god. Absolute genius!
More importantly he’s English
He’s also a half decent drummer too, met him at a drum show years ago..nice guy
Al Murray knows his history. He's spot on!
I remember seeing him as a warm up guest comedian before he was famous. The guy is absolutely amazing at sound fx. It was a spot on sketch prob from 90s.
When al Murray was talking about Peru he was talking about Paddington Bare .
And the line going through Greenwich is called Greenwich Mean Time
Bear, not Bare.
HOLLYYYY HELLL I CANT BELIEVE THIS, I NEVER IMAGINED YOU’D BE WATCHING IT BUT AS A BRIT YOU ARE WATCHING TRUE GOLD!
I've watched several American reactions to this clip, just because it's funny as sh*t to see their well, reaction.
Are you shouting?
@@bobbod8069 No
@@bobbod8069 probably spilt tea on their keyboard and got the caps key stuck down 😉
@Trevon Womack When and how? Britain last opposed Abyssinia in the 1850's and kicked their arse. And when did we fight against Haiti exactly? Really?
And it's your not you're.
He is not drunk, it’s part of the routine.
It's rather cute that they were so easily fooled though. lol
I'm pretty sure he actually is drunk, but he acts more drunk than he is for the act
@@idot3331 believe me, he's not.
@@idot3331 No he isnt, and h was drinking non alcoholic beer.
@@Silver-rx1mh they're Americans
Al Murray did a degree in history. A number of years ago he did a documentary on WW2 on discovery channel. He was in character as pub landlord which he did in a comedy series Time Please Gentlemen.
just in case you don't know - Al Murray is a comedic character played by Alisatir James Hay Murray- The character of Al is a right wing, xenophobic,mysoginistic, homophobic pub landlord who belives Britain is still "the best" in everything - there are some complaints about him from people who don't realise that Alistair Murray is using the character of Al to satarise this type of "Little Englander" - he's gloriously funny in the way he mocks this type of person - worth checking out his other videos - there hilarious!
That’s the best description of him I’ve seen. I think he’s very good but I don’t think he is fully understood even here in the uk sometimes. I’ve see him live a few times all brilliant.
"Andy Kaufman"
Loved the reaction, you two should also react to Al Murray Nations of the world, it’s a lot less technical and much more fun
Unless you're a feminist! lol
@@Cteabis - He asks the girl in the front row to measure the size of Russia with her fingers, then says "are you getting the idea yet?" chuckle* chuckle*. Also gets same girl and her Canadian friend to say "filthy" to each other and covers his percieved erection with the globe. Feminists tend not to like that kind of joke! 😆
His character is called The Pun Landord!
He breaks character for just a second at 1:15 when he says "Canada" in his normal accent😂
Guy deserves an Oscar😂
You might enjoy "Yes Minister" & "Yes Prime Minister". Very sharp, very intelligent comedy about the nature of governments. Not right or left, it is what "The West Wing" and "Veep" could only aspire to dreaming of being.
Al Murray being the brilliant comedian is also a historian and has a history degree
Well done you guys for getting the jokes…Americans getting pommy jokes is rare well done
He has a stage persona of a drunkard pub owner - in reality he's a very clever man who uses an incredible sense of humour to make so many laugh about Britain and the world - so glad Chicago Reacts appreciate his performance!
I’ve seen him live he’s superb and knows his history 🇬🇧💪🏻🇬🇧
Except that Burkina Faso was a French colony not a German one.
He has a degree in History from Oxford University he knows his stuff . Brilliant Comedian .
He studied history at Oxford University, the persona you see on screen is ‘Al Murray the Pub Landlord’, he is very well educated and holds a couple of Degrees, one being History
I'm giving you a billion points for seeing al murry for the legend he is 👍🍻
He has a modern history degree from Oxford and no he was not drinking beer
He is an Oxford university graduate, a historian and war studies grad. He is a highly intelligent and erudite man. English/British humour at it's best. Hooray Al😂😂😂💥🤘👏
He wasn’t drunk . It’s a character he’s playing called the Pub Landlord
Al Murray is actually an extremely intelligent man and completely sober. This is just a character that he plays
pls react to more of Al Mzrry!! he is so glorious!!
It's alcohol free beer...he's playing a role.
I believe it's Fosters so yeah, alcohol free
Oxford graduate, history specialist, he puts on a persona of a working class voice, but in fact he’s a well spoken super smart guy.
Al Murray on countries is another classic
He also created his own political party in the Isle of Thanet in the UK. A very intelligent man. Thank you Chicago crew. I enjoyed the video. I love the Chicago Fire, Med and PD.
He's playing a character "the pub landlord" he just acts drunk, if you hear him speak out of character you can tell he's very well educated.
:-) you know AL Murray the pub landlord is a comic character
Love how everyones saying “he’s a character he doesn’t mean it”, it’s all true though everything he says, what we’re all thinking 😂
The command of history from Al is astounding
He doesn't drink anything. Its alcohol free , how can he perform if he is pissed. This is an educated man and a total professional, you see the actor before you. Slash from Guns and Roses was always drinking his Jack Daniels on stage he laughingly admitted it just cold black tea, he said how do you think I can play with two bottles of bourbon inside me?
Al Murray is actually a character
Al Murray isn't a character, the Pub Landlord is.
@@paulself8698 yeah sorry that’s what I meant, this is him as the pub landlord
Al's on-stage persona is that of a pub landlord.
The beer is a prop. Al Murray is a literal genius. He also has a history degree from Oxford.
He was a history professor before he turned comedian 👍
Instead of saying hero, just say bravo ! And buy him another drink .
Al Murray is a very well educated historian.
Although, like everyone said, Al Murray is a genuinely smart guy, he did make one glaring mistake: Burkina Faso was never a German colony. It was a French colony.
A good laugh and a history lesson too !
Al Murray actually went to Oxford and has a degree in Modern History. This persona he is using is his 'pub landlord' schtick. He's brilliant :D
Done his country proud 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Name a country America has had to rescue not once but twice ..... Britain 🤣🤣🤣
He's not drunk, the beer is fake. He's just very intelligent.
No, it's real beer (if you can call pissy lager real beer).
It's hard to fake a head on a pint. In other videos of live performances he's also drinking brown beers i.e. bitter. Which is traditional, proper British beer, as seen in war movies during WW2 with RAF pilots drinking in the pub from tankards - dark, not clear.
He has a history degree also history podcasts and documentaries and a fantastic comedian .
it shows how good his act is that you thought he was drunk
He studied Modern History at an Oxford University. He does a superb WW2 podcast with historian James Holland called ‘We Have Ways of Making You Talk’ - I have learned a great deal about WW2 since listening to that.
His character is a pub landlord, his comedy persona, he’s actually a history graduate from Oxford 😂😂
And it's all true!! 😂😂😂 Greetings from The Netherlands
He had a series on television where he played the pub landlord which is where this act came from and he was not drunk. This is the part he plays
He has a PhD in history from Oxford. He is drinking non alcoholic beer. His persona is a stage act as the landlord of a pub, traditionally represented as a know all. Check out his Countries of the World, or even better Global Finance, amazing!
He drinks that 0% alcohol naff lager on stage, plus puts on that "cockney" accent 😉
He has a degree in history and knows his facts,dates etc, plus he is very funny ....
Finally got tickets to see Al next April. Comic genius
Billion points? Great intervention sir.
It should be pointed out Al Murray studied modern history at Oxford. 😂 he cracks me up lol..
He is an Oxford educated historian of some distinction. In real life he is polite and well spoken. His pub persona is just that...
Al Murray is a very clever guy his specialism is History. Here in his persona of the pub landlord he is usually drinking while delivering his excellent comedy. Look out his other stuff I am sure you will like it.
Al Murray has a master's degree in history.
He is a historian and knows his dates, history.
He is very very convincing of his role, he is not pissed just a very good character of a good old British boozer landlord
He actually telling the truth these are actually facts
He has a history degree, the drinking bar tender is an act
Comedy is about exageration and Al exagerates a working class pub landlord .This is a bit adrift from his usual act but he is one smart man .
You have a great sense of humour,all the best from the UK 🇬🇧👍
And he is very well spoken, he's from Buckinghamshire 😊
What a lot of people DON'T realise about Al Murray is that he is IN FACT a fully-qualified Pub Landlord, with an Advanced Certificate in Landlording Studies from Watney University - and is only PLAYING the part of an Oxford History graduate doing a stand-up routine.............as a pub landlord. Hence, for example, his ability to pull a pint whilst pretending to deliver a history lesson. Brilliance such as this is rare (and non-existent, of course, in the USA).
He got his Uganda mixed up with Tanzania (Tanganyika) but I will let him off. Clever guy and very, very funny.
Enjoyed the reaction guys, cheers..
Al's very clued up, don't forget it's just an act though...
He's class!
Please react to "How Medieval Kings Would See Today" by Fire of Learning.
Don't drink in public just get the public inside lol
it’s a pint for gentleman and a small white wine for the lady! 🤣 you need to check out Freddie Star and Roy chubby brown LEGENDS in the British comedy world
No drinking it’s a character he portrays.