He's not drunk. He's playing a character, an opinionated pub landlord. The beer he drinks is non-alcoholic. He has a degree in History - he's a very educated man! His accent is a London working class accent.
@@uingaeoc3905 not arguing with you here, as I don't know much about it, but I have seen a lot of bands drinking on stage, and I don't see why the rule would apply to one, but not the other.
You had it right; 'Yore 'beautiful people' is the Brit equivalent of 'Bless yore heart". Even both have yore in which is probably an ancient term of abuse.
@@Isleofskye It's not a joke about space or who got to the moon first. Its a joke about masturbation. 07:35 It takes the audience a little while to realise the joke, hence the delayed clapping. And also the reason why he shakes his wrist and says "It's been a year" as one of the other comments in this thread mentions
Al isn't the character he portrays in his shows. He attended a private boarding school and is an Oxford graduate. He hails from a family of Scottish landowners and European minor nobility. His father was a Luit Colonel and his grandfather a knighted diplomat. That his stage presence is convincing as an East end London pub landlord simply exemplifies how good an actor and comic he is.
More Al Murray? Ok. sure. "Nations of the world" is another of his best...and it's on UA-cam. "Countries we've conquered" is another good one where he also shows off his incredible knowledge of history too. (He has a degree in History from Oxford University)
When he starts his shows, he talks to the audience about 6 or 8 people remembers their names and jobs, and incorporates them in to the show, hence the guy he spoke to was a musician.
He had a TV programme called TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE where he plays the pub landlord...as on stage. Try to watch it. Al was born in STEWKLEY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE in England. He is a very intelligent history buff. " As ugly as a stump " I love that. I'm going to use that from now on.
What makes it more awesome is all of it is off the cuff...anyone he picked out could of been from anywhere in the world...just happens to been American..and then has to route around in his head for his American facts/jokes/history etc he has stored and comes up with this utter gem ...he's a very smart guy got to admire it tbh
Al Murry is one of the, if not the top, history academics from Oxford University. He speaks several languages. His accent is ~ East London,ish, among other things he has a profound knowledge WWII history. Whatever you see on stage, including his persona, is an act through and through. If you ever get a chance to see him live, I highly recommend it. His wit and comic talents are unbounded; so long as you understand British satirical humour. BTW, I notice your title is MidWest Americans. As it happens my daughter lives and works in Kansas. Just sayin'. Thanks for the post.
He is playing a character 'The Pub Landlord' a stereotypical over patriotic self opinionated man, that has died in four consecutive pub fires (for tax purposes) 😃. He is actually a very well-spoken and intelligent Oxford history graduate and nothing like his stage character.
Al Murray is a wonderfully complex performer. This character he plays, The Pub Landlord, is a stereotypical English pub/bar owner, who is very nationalist, misogynistic, homophobic, very rightwing/conservative. So while here he has some very funny material on how Britain is better than the US, he's also mocking people in Britain who genuinely think like that. The high point of that was when he stood for parliament in 2015. In character he stood for the Free United Kingdom Party (FUKP) running directly against Nigel Farage of the ultra conservative/nationalist UKIP. One of his slogans was, most politicans offer you the moon on a stick, I offer you a British moon on a British stick.
Al Murray has a degree in history from Oxford University. He does not speak in real life like he does when he does the pub landlord. I also think the beer is non alcoholic.
He's an Oxford-educated well-spoken guy playing the character of a working-class, Southern pub landlord who believe in British exceptionalism etc. There's plenty of people like the character he's playing in England.
Al Murray, a totally different person when he's not the 'pub landlord'. You'd probably walk right by him in the street as he grows his hair out and sometimes sports a beard in between his tours. The shaved head is all part of the act. A great reaction from you both, you had me in stitches.
Newton 'invented' (dicovered) gravity in 1666. He's sober and a Oxford University history graduate. He specialises in military history programmes on t.v. Bless their hearts...
Al isn't actually pissed, this is the character "the pub landlord" basically it's a piss take on all publicans they have an opinion on everything. As well as drinking too much in general. Basically all is acting in this role Al has actually made some other programs on a more serious note. He has excellent knowledge of world history and makes programmes and written books on history
Re: 'Bless his/her heart'. We sometimes say that in the UK as well. A variation we use is 'cotton socks'. As in, 'She's not the brightest star in the sky, bless her cotton socks!' 😁
Why do they say bless your cotton socks? 'Bless their cotton socks' It comes not from the cotton material, but from George Edward Lynch Cotton. In 1858 as Bishop of Calcutta, Mr Cotton created schools for Eurasian children. As part of his philanthropy, he ordered dozens of pairs of socks to be sent over for the children, blessing them on arrival
The stereotype of a British pub landlord is a brash, ignorant know it all with a heart of gold. That's what he's playing to. As for being drunk, well no. He's topping up his drink whilst not actually drinking much of it. Also his accent is deliberately thick & very Southern.
Brilliant man, his real voice is nothing like his stage persona. He did an excellent series about Germany, and had me in tears, when he visited a family run " butt plug" factory, I kid you not !!!! LOL.
What he does before a show is to come out of his dressing room and talk to the first 3 rows of the audience and even sometimes those in a box and this gives him a feel of the audience plus remembering who sits were and who they are , then he goes back to his room and waits for his time to go on stage .
i love the way a lot of American's reacting to this act not just these loverly ladies think that beers is the worst form of sin and that one mouthful will reduce you to a bumbling acholic!
He's playing a character a Pub Landlord, he's actually got a degree in History, he's very clever. I'd recommend his take on How the Financial system works. Brilliant 👏
The guy in the audience (Steve) is a concert pianist. Al Murray spends the first half hour of the show getting to know the people in the first couple of rows and what they do for a living. He then references them throughout the rest of the show.
Yes, seen him 'live' a few times and he remembers at least a dozen + names and various details while chatting to people, which he recalls and uses all through the show...
Ladies. Al Murray, otherwise known as the Pub Landlord, i.e. manager of a public house, comes from a village in Buckinghamshire about 90 minutes from London. He acts as though he’s been drinking but has an Oxford degree in Modern History. He has done some excellent TV programmes on WWII. He was also a drummer in the band Evangelista.
His stand-up act is based on being a typical older-style Pub Landlord, ladies . . . people known around the UK for being full of knowledge about anything and everything - but not always correct either - (but they always think they are)! --- He's also a very bright man himself with a history degree . . . As to his drinking, it's a part of the act, (Pub Landlord . . . always quoting their facts or figures from behind a bar usually.) - His drinks will likely be watered down somewhat, just to wet his throat here and there just as others do with bottles of water, etc . . . and as he also does a lot of off the cuff stand-up in his shows - so his being plastered wouldn't help him remember so many peoples names during them. Stand-up shows-wise, he's still out there doing his live shows and his small to large tours nearly every year though . . . (I think Steve was a musician as far as I can remember now, who he asked about the notes to God Save The Queen . . .)
Al Murray is a quick-witted genius with his comedy and goes in on EVERYONE equally and that's what the platform of comedy was always supposed to be about!!! In real life, Al is a highly educated history expert and that's why he talks a lot about history and geography and how each country has done things over the decades and centuries! Thumbs up from New York City, ladies!
Most reactors miss the line, doesn’t matter who come first when you’re on your own, or do not understand its sexual,context. His line after, it’s been a year is the giveaway. Al Murray is a very well educated man studying history at Oxford. He certainly would not have been drunk on stage. He portrays here a typical pub landlord from London.
Brits love to take the piss (Mickey) out of each other. Its actually a sign of affection. Look up Reginald D Hunter take on it as a brilliant American comedian talking about his UK friends. It sometimes doesn't work with Americans as they take it too factually. But when it does, it's lovely.
Al Murray is as everyone else has said is playing the part of a Pub Landlord. Someone who would listen to his customers problems! He tours UK every year & can I suggest you have a look at another very funny video. 'Al Murray & Global Finance'.
I love watching Americans react to this video,some of you realise it's just his British humour and some take it personally but it's only an act,he's a very well educated historian from London and a very funny man,I've watched the reaction to this video lots of times and laugh at the reaction as well as AL every time,at the start of Al's Pub Landlord show he interacts with the front row of the audience and gets name and occupations from them and uses that info throughout his act,obviously the guy Steve he is talking to told him he is a musician,hence the God Save The Queen reference
It's lovely seeing two sisters riffing off each other with such obvious affection and humour, and just plain old enjoying to be with each other. Well done girls. I wish you rainbows.
He wasn't drunk, it's just a character. He's a historian, not as much money in that so that's where the stereotypical southern pub landlord comes in. History is a passion, comedy is a pay day.
Th fort time I saw Al Murray not being this 'Pub Landlord' character it was quite a shock! He is well spoken, calm and very intelligent. As others have said he is very highly educated. This is a character he puts on, gently mocking our rather boozy type of patriotism.
Al Murray is closer to Larry The Cable Guy than Ron White. That's not his accent, not his personality and not even real beer. He is still touring, I saw him live in October, but he has also recently published a history book called Command, as well as running a business making drum kits and a charity that builds schools overseas I believe. He's a busy chap.
Al Murray is from the Buckinghamshire countryside, the pub landlord and drunk persona is from London(the beer is non-alcoholic 9 times out of 10). He has an honorary degree (Hon MA) by the University of Bedfordshire and an honorary Doctor of Social Science (PhD) by the University of Wolverhampton and graduated from Oxford with a degree in History. His pub landlord accent is london working class.
Well done angela and sister maybe keep it up with guest appearances thoroughly enjoyed the reaction here in uk not far from manchester look forward to the next one
Great clip, I'd not seen it before and I have admired him for many years as a fellow Brit. It's not just that he is at least honest about this country and its history, his whole character and line is to lambast other countries and cultures but always with the intention of assassinating British stupidity and those aspects of British cultures that are, in truth, pretty unpleasant. If you want to see Al Murray more as himself, there is a documentary episode in a short series he made, like a travel show where he visits countries that he has 'dealt with' in his persona as the pub landlord. His voice and accent change, and these are highly cultural and slightly academic little studies. In the one where he visits Germany, I admit, I was expecting trouble. Instead he is amusing rather than funny, the mockery is very gentle, more teasing. At one point he visits Leipzig which had a choir school for many hundreds of years. We have a lot of these in the UK but Germany even more so. So, he is chatting with the students, quite fluently, and is invited to the choristers' practice session. The next scene is him in a perfectly respectable light-baritone, sight-reading and singing the base line of a Bach cantata. He's nobody's fool.
Al Murray is actually a very intelligent man he started off with a programme with his character called the Pub Landlord which he is carrying on here live on stage. His reference to gravity being invented here was reference to Sir Isaac Newton and his falling apples!
Damn! I've watched tons of Mid West vids and it just came to there who you look like. A young Sissy Spacek with Martin Sheene in Badlands. BTW, that's a massive compliment.
Coming from a Brit, girls are great. Willing to embrace our very quirky humour and laugh along (even if you don’t always understand the jokes) FYI, we love some of your comedians too and I like to think that our humour is often something that can unite us as nations.
Al is still touring. He was in my home town back in November. I would have gotten tickets, but it was my daughter's birthday, and we already had plans. So he's still doing stand-up, but you won't find me near the front when I do go and see him, I'm not that brave!
Loved your reaction, are you twins? ANYHOW, having seen the whole show out here somewhere in YT land, Neil and our good and great American friends got off lightly, AM completely and utterly ROASTED for the rest of the show every one of his countryfolk in the audience. You missed the joke 'doesn't matter who comes first when you're on your own' [a LOT of our humour is smutty based 😂] and Steve in the front row is/was a pianist/music teacher
We British take the piss out of anyone ourselves included we've had centuries of practice with the French and they with us. The ultimate love/hate relationship.
As far as you saying Al is a British version of a American comedian. Al studied at Oxford University the most prestigious university in the world and is very intelligent. If you want to see the British version of the comedian you mentioned. Sorry I can't remember his name. But judging from the thumbnail you showed. You need to check out an Irish comedian ( now sadly passed) by the name of Dave Allen.
He's not drunk. He's playing a character, an opinionated pub landlord. The beer he drinks is non-alcoholic. He has a degree in History - he's a very educated man! His accent is a London working class accent.
Are you sure it is non alcoholic as I see him as very intelligent guy able to be professional after a couple of beers 🤔
@@chrislawley6801 I think that Equity and Public Performance Rules do not allow consumption of booze on stage.
@@chrislawley6801, I think it used to be, but not anymore.
@@uingaeoc3905 not arguing with you here, as I don't know much about it, but I have seen a lot of bands drinking on stage, and I don't see why the rule would apply to one, but not the other.
He is a distant relation to William Makepeace Thackeray
He is from London. The 'pub landlord' is just a comedy persona . He is also a very knowledgeable historian and has written numerous books.
And his persona's accent is working-class London.
Al Murray is from the Buckinghamshire countryside, the pub landlord persona is from London.
@@alan- So eat your heart out, Dick van Dyke!
He studied English at Oxford University.
You had it right; 'Yore 'beautiful people' is the Brit equivalent of 'Bless yore heart". Even both have yore in which is probably an ancient term of abuse.
"It doesn't matter who comes first, when you're on your own" I'm yet to see an American get that joke ;p
That is because they will say they beat The Russians who went space travelling 8 years earlier:)
@@Isleofskye Not trying to offend but *whoosh!*
@@Spiklething OK. Humour me,please. Explain what I missed.
@@Isleofskye It's not a joke about space or who got to the moon first. Its a joke about masturbation. 07:35 It takes the audience a little while to realise the joke, hence the delayed clapping. And also the reason why he shakes his wrist and says "It's been a year" as one of the other comments in this thread mentions
Ha, After also seeing this video being reacted to by many Americans, I thought exactly the same thing as that bit went over their head!
Al is playing a character called ‘the pub landlord’, sounding slightly drunk and being overly opinionated is all part of the act 😂
This was key for me to understand. He annoyed me before I found out it was a character.
Yes, Al Murray and The Pub Landlord are vastly different.
@@Cnith almost all comedians are playing some sort of character when they perform, even if it's just a charicuture of themselves
@@michaelcolbourn6719 I know but the characters/personas are usually a notch up from those "normal comedian"-ones, from what I've seen.
Met many a landlord and landlady just like his character. He didn't have to travel too far (a good few pubs probably) to find the inspiration.
Al isn't the character he portrays in his shows. He attended a private boarding school and is an Oxford graduate. He hails from a family of Scottish landowners and European minor nobility. His father was a Luit Colonel and his grandfather a knighted diplomat. That his stage presence is convincing as an East end London pub landlord simply exemplifies how good an actor and comic he is.
You forgot the bit where he and his chums were lined up like a toast rack in the dorm, by the prefects. He cut his teeth the hard way.
Al Murray's stage persona is 'The Pub Landlord'. He's actually a very intelligent man, he read Modern History at Oxford.
Love your reaction, British humour is very tongue in cheek, we can laugh at ourselves as much as anyone
More Al Murray? Ok. sure. "Nations of the world" is another of his best...and it's on UA-cam. "Countries we've conquered" is another good one where he also shows off his incredible knowledge of history too. (He has a degree in History from Oxford University)
Al Murray has the bar as part of him being a pub landlord stage theme. The beer is low alcohol I heard him say.
He's from Buckinghamshire/London.
When he starts his shows, he talks to the audience about 6 or 8 people remembers their names and jobs, and incorporates them in to the show, hence the guy he spoke to was a musician.
He had a TV programme called TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE where he plays the pub landlord...as on stage. Try to watch it.
Al was born in STEWKLEY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE in England. He is a very intelligent history buff.
" As ugly as a stump " I love that. I'm going to use that from now on.
What makes it more awesome is all of it is off the cuff...anyone he picked out could of been from anywhere in the world...just happens to been American..and then has to route around in his head for his American facts/jokes/history etc he has stored and comes up with this utter gem ...he's a very smart guy got to admire it tbh
Al Murry is one of the, if not the top, history academics from Oxford University. He speaks several languages. His accent is ~ East London,ish, among other things he has a profound knowledge WWII history. Whatever you see on stage, including his persona, is an act through and through. If you ever get a chance to see him live, I highly recommend it. His wit and comic talents are unbounded; so long as you understand British satirical humour. BTW, I notice your title is MidWest Americans. As it happens my daughter lives and works in Kansas. Just sayin'. Thanks for the post.
He is playing a character 'The Pub Landlord' a stereotypical over patriotic self opinionated man, that has died in four consecutive pub fires (for tax purposes) 😃. He is actually a very well-spoken and intelligent Oxford history graduate and nothing like his stage character.
Al Murray is a wonderfully complex performer. This character he plays, The Pub Landlord, is a stereotypical English pub/bar owner, who is very nationalist, misogynistic, homophobic, very rightwing/conservative. So while here he has some very funny material on how Britain is better than the US, he's also mocking people in Britain who genuinely think like that.
The high point of that was when he stood for parliament in 2015. In character he stood for the Free United Kingdom Party (FUKP) running directly against Nigel Farage of the ultra conservative/nationalist UKIP. One of his slogans was, most politicans offer you the moon on a stick, I offer you a British moon on a British stick.
Al Murray has a degree in history from Oxford University. He does not speak in real life like he does when he does the pub landlord. I also think the beer is non alcoholic.
(In slow motion) Ohhhh noooooo non-alcoholic beer....
He's an Oxford-educated well-spoken guy playing the character of a working-class, Southern pub landlord who believe in British exceptionalism etc. There's plenty of people like the character he's playing in England.
I loved the blank faces when Al said “it doesn’t matter who comes first when you’re on your own does it Neil?”
The name Neil comes from the Gaelic meaning champion. A great British name!
‘It doesn’t matter who comes first when your on your own’ classic British word play joke.
Double entendres are the mainstay of British humour 😆
You two are lovely. Great to see you both watching al Murray. Fabulous live. 🇬🇧
Al Murray, a totally different person when he's not the 'pub landlord'. You'd probably walk right by him in the street as he grows his hair out and sometimes sports a beard in between his tours. The shaved head is all part of the act. A great reaction from you both, you had me in stitches.
We can take insults as much as we give them, What annoys us is when people get our History completely wrong.
Al, it‘s you?😅
Another great Al Murray video is "how global finance works". He does various accents in this one - really funny.
Newton 'invented' (dicovered) gravity in 1666. He's sober and a Oxford University history graduate. He specialises in military history programmes on t.v. Bless their hearts...
Enjoyed this, looking forward to seeing you react to more Al Murray please 😊
Al isn't actually pissed, this is the character "the pub landlord" basically it's a piss take on all publicans they have an opinion on everything. As well as drinking too much in general. Basically all is acting in this role
Al has actually made some other programs on a more serious note. He has excellent knowledge of world history and makes programmes and written books on history
I mean, basically 😄
Re: 'Bless his/her heart'. We sometimes say that in the UK as well.
A variation we use is 'cotton socks'. As in, 'She's not the brightest star in the sky, bless her cotton socks!' 😁
You are a true Joy 💕
Turns out your sister is gorgeous too! 😮💖
The British equivalent of "Bless your heart" is simply "Bless" The two phrases have exactly the same connotations 😊
Why do they say bless your cotton socks?
'Bless their cotton socks'
It comes not from the cotton material, but from George Edward Lynch Cotton. In 1858 as Bishop of Calcutta, Mr Cotton created schools for Eurasian children. As part of his philanthropy, he ordered dozens of pairs of socks to be sent over for the children, blessing them on arrival
Al Murray on nations of the World is a great one too.
The stereotype of a British pub landlord is a brash, ignorant know it all with a heart of gold. That's what he's playing to. As for being drunk, well no. He's topping up his drink whilst not actually drinking much of it. Also his accent is deliberately thick & very Southern.
Brilliant man, his real voice is nothing like his stage persona. He did an excellent series about Germany, and had me in tears, when he visited a family run " butt plug" factory, I kid you not !!!! LOL.
What he does before a show is to come out of his dressing room and talk to the first 3 rows of the audience and even sometimes those in a box and this gives him a feel of the audience plus remembering who sits were and who they are , then he goes back to his room and waits for his time to go on stage .
He's not drunk. That's the act.
i love the way a lot of American's reacting to this act not just these loverly ladies think that beers is the worst form of sin and that one mouthful will reduce you to a bumbling acholic!
That is because God will punish them.
@@legend9335 hehe priority's beer bad firearms good!
He talks in a cockney accent, from London.
That bar is motorized actually; he drove it on to the stage from the street, at the start of this show.
I went to see Al Murray on his last tour and there were times I could hardly breathe because I was laughing that much 🔥🐻
He's playing a character a Pub Landlord, he's actually got a degree in History, he's very clever. I'd recommend his take on How the Financial system works. Brilliant 👏
The guy in the audience (Steve) is a concert pianist. Al Murray spends the first half hour of the show getting to know the people in the first couple of rows and what they do for a living. He then references them throughout the rest of the show.
Haha that makes more since now!
Yes, seen him 'live' a few times and he remembers at least a dozen + names and various details while chatting to people, which he recalls and uses all through the show...
I thought "Steve" was Steve Jones guitarist for the Sex Pistols, which is why Al was referring to God Save the Queen
@@ferroshus904 absolutely correct! The Sex Pistols recorded a punk spoof of God save the Queen, and it is Steve Jones.
Dara O’Briain does the same thing… and then gives a big shout out to them at the end…
Ladies. Al Murray, otherwise known as the Pub Landlord, i.e. manager of a public house, comes from a village in Buckinghamshire about 90 minutes from London. He acts as though he’s been drinking but has an Oxford degree in Modern History. He has done some excellent TV programmes on WWII. He was also a drummer in the band Evangelista.
His stand-up act is based on being a typical older-style Pub Landlord, ladies . . . people known around the UK for being full of knowledge about anything and everything - but not always correct either - (but they always think they are)! --- He's also a very bright man himself with a history degree . . . As to his drinking, it's a part of the act, (Pub Landlord . . . always quoting their facts or figures from behind a bar usually.) - His drinks will likely be watered down somewhat, just to wet his throat here and there just as others do with bottles of water, etc . . . and as he also does a lot of off the cuff stand-up in his shows - so his being plastered wouldn't help him remember so many peoples names during them. Stand-up shows-wise, he's still out there doing his live shows and his small to large tours nearly every year though . . . (I think Steve was a musician as far as I can remember now, who he asked about the notes to God Save The Queen . . .)
He still does stand up. I went to see him on his tour last year, was in tears of laughter all evening.
Al Murray is a quick-witted genius with his comedy and goes in on EVERYONE equally and that's what the platform of comedy was always supposed to be about!!! In real life, Al is a highly educated history expert and that's why he talks a lot about history and geography and how each country has done things over the decades and centuries! Thumbs up from New York City, ladies!
More of you two! Was fun!
“Take the piss” boom. Haha. 😂
You and your sister reacting... Brilliant, love it! You bounce off each other.
Most reactors miss the line, doesn’t matter who come first when you’re on your own, or do not understand its sexual,context. His line after, it’s been a year is the giveaway. Al Murray is a very well educated man studying history at Oxford. He certainly would not have been drunk on stage. He portrays here a typical pub landlord from London.
I like the vibe you two have
He's just done a small tour with up to date material, saw it the other week. Excellent character.
Brits love to take the piss (Mickey) out of each other. Its actually a sign of affection. Look up Reginald D Hunter take on it as a brilliant American comedian talking about his UK friends. It sometimes doesn't work with Americans as they take it too factually. But when it does, it's lovely.
You thought he was actually drunk?? Aw bless you sweethearts ❤️
We use "bless your heart" in the UK too. 😄
But more often it's just 'Bless him' or Bless her' or even just 'Bless'.
He's an Oxford educated historian playing a part... The Pub Landlord.
Watch his TV show...
Al Murray is as everyone else has said is playing the part of a Pub Landlord. Someone who would listen to his customers problems! He tours UK every year & can I suggest you have a look at another very funny video. 'Al Murray & Global Finance'.
That reference to Issac Newton is pure genius.
I've got no time for anyone who doesn't get it
I love watching Americans react to this video,some of you realise it's just his British humour and some take it personally but it's only an act,he's a very well educated historian from London and a very funny man,I've watched the reaction to this video lots of times and laugh at the reaction as well as AL every time,at the start of Al's Pub Landlord show he interacts with the front row of the audience and gets name and occupations from them and uses that info throughout his act,obviously the guy Steve he is talking to told him he is a musician,hence the God Save The Queen reference
Steve Jones of the sex pistols.
It's lovely seeing two sisters riffing off each other with such obvious affection and humour, and just plain old enjoying to be with each other.
Well done girls.
I wish you rainbows.
he's not drunk! he's playing a part! he's being a pub landlord from the 70's jeeeeezz
6:05 He obviously spoke to Steve earlier in the show and found out he was a musician. Remember that this is just a clip from the show.
He wasn't drunk, it's just a character. He's a historian, not as much money in that so that's where the stereotypical southern pub landlord comes in. History is a passion, comedy is a pay day.
Al Murray very funny guy. Shame he doesn't appear on uk TV much any more
He's on TV all the time!
@@bethcushway458 probably not the tv channels glad to hear he's still entertaining people
Very funny and very smart. I first saw him on 'Time Gentlemen Please'.
Loved this reaction, nice to see your sister, forgotten that fella’s name who used to sit next to you already 😂🤣😝👍🇬🇧
Th fort time I saw Al Murray not being this 'Pub Landlord' character it was quite a shock! He is well spoken, calm and very intelligent. As others have said he is very highly educated. This is a character he puts on, gently mocking our rather boozy type of patriotism.
Not sure you can take ownership of ‘bless your heart’ definitely a British phrase, well done ladies, enjoyed that👍🏽👍🏽
Al Murray is closer to Larry The Cable Guy than Ron White. That's not his accent, not his personality and not even real beer. He is still touring, I saw him live in October, but he has also recently published a history book called Command, as well as running a business making drum kits and a charity that builds schools overseas I believe. He's a busy chap.
He wrote and presented a really interesting documentary on Germany a while back. Fascinating guy.
He also fought the last election against Nigel Farage - they both ended up losing, but Al did his best to teach people about how democracy works.
I could have sworn I saw a video form you guys saying you were quitting UA-cam? Glad you didn’t
A couple of weeks ago Al Murray was interviewed during which he said that he is currently making a series for Sky History on the British Empire.
Well done ladies! You ‘nearly’ understood him
Actually Al was born in Hammersmith, London.
Al Murray is an Oxford University Historian. He is acting. He doesn't have a pub. He speaks very posh.
You are right, us Brits "take the piss" about everyone,including ourselves.
Glad you enjoyed Al Murray.
Al's been doing a lot of history docs recently. A book on Allied strategy in WW" came out last year. Currently doing Normandy walks on UA-cam.
Great to see you both enjoying Al Murray's Pub Landlord character. He's hilarious and very clever too. Always has me in Stitches 😂
Al’s great great great grandfather was William Makepeace Thackeray who wrote the novel Vanity Fair
Al Murray is from the Buckinghamshire countryside, the pub landlord and drunk persona is from London(the beer is non-alcoholic 9 times out of 10). He has an honorary degree (Hon MA) by the University of Bedfordshire and an honorary Doctor of Social Science (PhD) by the University of Wolverhampton and graduated from Oxford with a degree in History. His pub landlord accent is london working class.
Well done angela and sister maybe keep it up with guest appearances thoroughly enjoyed the reaction here in uk not far from manchester look forward to the next one
Thing to understand about British humour is that it’s often self deprecating. We’re great at throwing shade at ourselves
Great clip, I'd not seen it before and I have admired him for many years as a fellow Brit. It's not just that he is at least honest about this country and its history, his whole character and line is to lambast other countries and cultures but always with the intention of assassinating British stupidity and those aspects of British cultures that are, in truth, pretty unpleasant. If you want to see Al Murray more as himself, there is a documentary episode in a short series he made, like a travel show where he visits countries that he has 'dealt with' in his persona as the pub landlord. His voice and accent change, and these are highly cultural and slightly academic little studies. In the one where he visits Germany, I admit, I was expecting trouble. Instead he is amusing rather than funny, the mockery is very gentle, more teasing. At one point he visits Leipzig which had a choir school for many hundreds of years. We have a lot of these in the UK but Germany even more so. So, he is chatting with the students, quite fluently, and is invited to the choristers' practice session. The next scene is him in a perfectly respectable light-baritone, sight-reading and singing the base line of a Bach cantata. He's nobody's fool.
He has a working class London accent. He doesn’t sound drunk to me! I think that’s just the accent you are hearing
Steve is a pianist in a band,
NO Al is not sloshed he drinks 0% beer 🍺 on stage.
Al Murray is actually a very intelligent man he started off with a programme with his character called the Pub Landlord which he is carrying on here live on stage. His reference to gravity being invented here was reference to Sir Isaac Newton and his falling apples!
Last year I saw him in concert in the North of England Newcastle brilliant stand up comedian
Can tell you'r sisters. Been following since you were uncomfortable t appear on camera. You have grown to enjoy this more now : )
He did a tour last year and a TV series called "Why Do the Brits Win Every War?" (including an American episode).
Damn! I've watched tons of Mid West vids and it just came to there who you look like. A young Sissy Spacek with Martin Sheene in Badlands. BTW, that's a massive compliment.
Probably, the "blue collar" vibe is because he's portraying a character; the pub landlord.
Coming from a Brit, girls are great. Willing to embrace our very quirky humour and laugh along (even if you don’t always understand the jokes)
FYI, we love some of your comedians too and I like to think that our humour is often something that can unite us as nations.
He better still be doing stand up, I've got tickets to see him at the Royal Albert Hall in May.
"Steve" is a musician, previously worked by Al. Al Murray is actually related to some very high-born people in British History.
AL Murray has a first in History from Oxford, he knows what he istalking about. Sloshed, drunk on stage never. He used to be called the Pub Landlord
Loved the reaction :D
(Ron White is also hysterically funny, love it!)
You didn't get the joke of ' Its doesn't matter who 'Comes' first when you're on your own. Its been a year', and shakes his hand.
Remember that's Al Murray's Pub Landlord. It's a Character and he takes the piss out of everybody including us Scots 😆
Al is still touring. He was in my home town back in November. I would have gotten tickets, but it was my daughter's birthday, and we already had plans.
So he's still doing stand-up, but you won't find me near the front when I do go and see him, I'm not that brave!
This is a played persona : the 'Pub Landlord' ..
The beer consumption : not to a level of being drunk ..
The accent : a Southern accent ( London ) ..
Loved your reaction, are you twins? ANYHOW, having seen the whole show out here somewhere in YT land, Neil and our good and great American friends got off lightly, AM completely and utterly ROASTED for the rest of the show every one of his countryfolk in the audience. You missed the joke 'doesn't matter who comes first when you're on your own' [a LOT of our humour is smutty based 😂] and Steve in the front row is/was a pianist/music teacher
We British take the piss out of anyone ourselves included we've had centuries of practice with the French and they with us. The ultimate love/hate relationship.
As far as you saying Al is a British version of a American comedian. Al studied at Oxford University the most prestigious university in the world and is very intelligent. If you want to see the British version of the comedian you mentioned. Sorry I can't remember his name. But judging from the thumbnail you showed. You need to check out an Irish comedian ( now sadly passed) by the name of Dave Allen.