It occurred to me while watching Black Books that the cast of that show, including Dylan Moran, are basically the voices in my head, unfiltered. They control me, Inside Out style.
As a vegetarian german: yes. I just got served roasted potatoes with bacon. Asked the waitress if they could add to the menu that there's bacon in it, so people who don't like it know. The confusion on her face was priceless! "But you can't make them any other way." 🤣
It's Germany. They follow the recipe! To the letter! Whether if it involves the hair of orphan paraplegics and the letter is a pictogram of a squirrel smoking a chair made from horseradish is beside the point; rules are rules and instructions are law and they are there for a reason! Everything is illegal except that which is to be done, specifically, now and immediately and there is the booklet! Pick it up and read! And the booklet _itself_ is made of bacon, because that's how early they want to get you! Not even your eyes are supposed to be vegan. Not that I don't understand the sentiment, mind. I mean, who the hell respects vegans? You can barely see them, they're so thin and transparent. And I'm speaking morally here... But Germans... Bit of a problem with the concept of zero, there. People say that Germany is a grey and rather depressing place. Nonsense. Germans don't have a concept of grey; even if you think it looks that way, if you look close enough at the surface it's actually gradated dots, spaced very, very precisely according to a standardized chart. Including on the people. They don't understand "pretty" or "fairly" either. I mean, either sense of the words. "Vat? It funchshions, and dat is dat. I don't kaer if it luuks like a tractor vomited on a hobo. Dis is how ve do it! Eet your beykon unt be happy dat it's not Vednesday and ve beat you viz sticks, you auful bathrobe-vearing person"...
About German comedy: I recently talked to a German woman, and I mentioned that I had watched this German comedy with the actor Til Schweiger, and I asked if she knew of this film. She looked at me, deadpan: "German comedy? I didn't know there was such a thing."
many germans try to deny, that movies with Til Schweiger exist. His older movies (especially "Manta, Manta" and "der bewegte Mann" (the most desired man)) are guilty pleasures because you can't really tell if he's a great actor who acts as a drunken proll, or a drunken proll who miserably fails at acting.
First saw him in SLC Punk. Stereotypical handsome German with, in my opinion, an interesting accent. Maybe I'm just homesick as I came to America from Germany 30 years ago as a kid.
I still find it hilarious and wonderful that my first time experience Dylan's comedy was when he played "four eyes" in Shaun of the Dead, which is so damn incredibly ironic as he was playing the almost exact opposite character from nearly every other bit of comedy he's ever done. (neat, tidy, responsible, as opposed to the extreme pork slop mess he bases his schtick around now.) I love it
I moved to Germany 3 years ago and while listening this part I realised I was sitting there, drinking my Tee with piece of toast and Teewurst. Which is technically a pig.
It was good. Just not very german. We aren't wordy like that. Also, what's this obsession with pig? We cook up so many different meals from pig, you couldn't tell they're all from the same animal unless you knew ;)
It's not funny at all. We germans are actually very funny! A german and a Frenchman are sitting in a train. The german is eating bread. The frenchman looks at the german, pulls out some frogs and proceeds to eat them. HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂 OMG DO YOU GET IT??? 😂😂😂😂😂 FROGS......😂😂😂😂
@@evel-keneval8210 I'm only in my mid-forties and I've never seen this before. Although, to be fair, I've come across a lot of strange, made up "words" / phrases on the internet - which, in reality, is just from people being lazy (or uneducated) - and I guess I'll have to add your sentence on the list. I've never heard any grownup talk like this 😉
@@ElvarMasson See also the American slang saying: "Stick a fork in me, I'm done" - meaning a situation is so funny, that it's more than they can handle - or so frustrating that they feel they've tried every method and idea, but they still cannot prevail, they concede defeat.
We boomers couldn't give a toss anymore. We had all the best years - so ha ha, and all the best music - but now everything's properly screwed - we tried, it doesn't work, all is hopeless, best of luck with it...
Jens Grabarske i would love to! I speak afrikaans which gives me about a 20% understanding of german, if i listen very very carefully to a slow speaker lol i can make it work one way or another lol
@@zutejudd7603 They might, but it's actually extremely uncommon. My guess is most wolves know that messing with humans can have bad consequences. The wolves in The Grey were more horror movie wolves. I just had to pretend they were a force of the supernatural. Then it was fun to watch.
He has been doing that since forever. You can see it in his old shows. It may be an affectation, or he may be genuinely nervous when he presents new material, or he may just be genuinely excited by what he is creating, as he should be.
His Liam Neeson sounds like Harrison Ford. Why have those two never been in a movie together? I feel like they would play two aging sharpshooters still haunted by all the Nazis they didn't kill. edit: I just remembered they were in K-19: The Widowmaker. Make another movie, you two! Have Ford reprise his Jack Ryan role and Neeson seeking revenge for killing his brother Sean Bean.
schadenfraude is a German word that takes a lot of English to translate. So yes, cultures emphasize different aspects of being a human. To observe an aspect of that, understand it, and portray it with wit and empathy is a service comedians get paid for. "We use the face because it is the soupiest part."
Good ol' Dylan. I've been a fan since Shawn of the Dead, and Black Books. He rants and rambles on like a drunk Irishman. Which is to say... Not much. But he's feckin funny!!
@@zargonthemagnificent330 The second time I had black pudding was nice. The first time I thought they wanted to trick me by offering pudding, then serving the blood of a former guest they murdered.
To which case, middle-aged people on jetski's are always ones having a mid-life crisis...so it's still rather sad. Further solidifying the fact that there is no heaven about it.
@@ferinca7655 If jet skiing was just about showing off then I'd agree, perhaps. Have you ever done something because you just like it, or does it matter so much what strangers think of you?
Yes, there are a bunch of extremely long compound words in the German language. The word "Gemüsesuppe" is not one of them. It's actually two letters shorter than its literal English translation "vegetable soup".
He's always had that, I have one of his earlier DVDs and his hand still does that when he gets close to the punchline. It might be due to his past drinking addiction, but he's tee total now.
'let me get one thing straight: we germans like a laugh. honestly, we really do.. just like the brits. the only difference is germans laugh once the work is done rather than instead of..' (henning wehn)
Another difference is that Brits can laugh at themselves while Germans prefer to laugh at others. And yes, I have lived for over 10 years in both countries and speak both languages at native level so yes, this is based on lots of experience and not prejudice.
Yeah. The way he was talking in that Liam Neeson bit was a bit worrysome too tbh. Talking about not being able to take the pressure and abusing alcohol...
I never really liked RW standup, always seemed too try-hard, too show-off, more about speed than quality. DM has a poet's gift, a full blast Irish lyricism which cannot be faked. I say that as an Englishman.
@@dh1380 Could be. But hand tremor is quite possible from a young age. I would get it sometimes in my 30s. I mean, he may be as big a drinker as his performance persona suggests, but it could also be a reaction to medication.
‘Liam Neeson climbs a mountain using only his face’
Why can I imagine that? 😂🤣😂
Because once you hear it, you know it can be done.
He has a specific set of skills xD
I hadn't imagined it. Until I read this. I've been laughing uncontrollably for 5 minutes now.
The dramatic music and the obvious intense close up shot
@@combatRidders ...very..!
Dylan makes me feel like it’s OK to let things run free in my head
it is
It is. your thoughts and feelings and tastes are valid.
He's cosy brain blanket❤
I love his dishevelled look. And his comedic style. The clever set ups. The observations by and large.
I’m glad this man exists. I don’t feel alone in my messy mind any more.
Indeed
It occurred to me while watching Black Books that the cast of that show, including Dylan Moran, are basically the voices in my head, unfiltered. They control me, Inside Out style.
@@0g0dn0 I’ve just started watching BB for the first time. And all on UA-cam…* slurps red wine* it’s exceptional. 😊
As a vegetarian german: yes. I just got served roasted potatoes with bacon. Asked the waitress if they could add to the menu that there's bacon in it, so people who don't like it know. The confusion on her face was priceless! "But you can't make them any other way." 🤣
Yeah, it is basically counted as a spice in most kitchens... though its gotten better nowadays. In the bigger cities. Mostly.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ShinJefLebowski Bacon Spice... she wrote the songs.
That just about sums up what I love about Germany in a single anecdote. 🇩🇪❤️
It's Germany. They follow the recipe! To the letter! Whether if it involves the hair of orphan paraplegics and the letter is a pictogram of a squirrel smoking a chair made from horseradish is beside the point; rules are rules and instructions are law and they are there for a reason! Everything is illegal except that which is to be done, specifically, now and immediately and there is the booklet! Pick it up and read! And the booklet _itself_ is made of bacon, because that's how early they want to get you! Not even your eyes are supposed to be vegan. Not that I don't understand the sentiment, mind. I mean, who the hell respects vegans? You can barely see them, they're so thin and transparent. And I'm speaking morally here...
But Germans... Bit of a problem with the concept of zero, there. People say that Germany is a grey and rather depressing place. Nonsense. Germans don't have a concept of grey; even if you think it looks that way, if you look close enough at the surface it's actually gradated dots, spaced very, very precisely according to a standardized chart. Including on the people. They don't understand "pretty" or "fairly" either. I mean, either sense of the words. "Vat? It funchshions, and dat is dat. I don't kaer if it luuks like a tractor vomited on a hobo. Dis is how ve do it! Eet your beykon unt be happy dat it's not Vednesday and ve beat you viz sticks, you auful bathrobe-vearing person"...
For german efficiency's sake: German humor see 15:46
Bless you. :))
Very efficient thank you
Danke, sehr verbunden. Schweinewasser, Prost!
Vielen Dank hierfür
Oh Dankeschön.... that saves me a lot of time because I have to make my kettle of pork soup!
About German comedy: I recently talked to a German woman, and I mentioned that I had watched this German comedy with the actor Til Schweiger, and I asked if she knew of this film. She looked at me, deadpan: "German comedy? I didn't know there was such a thing."
many germans try to deny, that movies with Til Schweiger exist. His older movies (especially "Manta, Manta" and "der bewegte Mann" (the most desired man)) are guilty pleasures because you can't really tell if he's a great actor who acts as a drunken proll, or a drunken proll who miserably fails at acting.
@@patatanectarian Der bewegte Mann is very good. How I got into Til.
@@pianystrom8137 yes. but its good despite ts, not because of him.
First saw him in SLC Punk.
Stereotypical handsome German with, in my opinion, an interesting accent.
Maybe I'm just homesick as I came to America from Germany 30 years ago as a kid.
4 years later, there's still no german comedy.
Am I the only fan to tune in for Dylan's philosophical nuggets?
There's always gold in there. ❤️
That was a rhetorical question, right?
I still find it hilarious and wonderful that my first time experience Dylan's comedy was when he played "four eyes" in Shaun of the Dead, which is so damn incredibly ironic as he was playing the almost exact opposite character from nearly every other bit of comedy he's ever done. (neat, tidy, responsible, as opposed to the extreme pork slop mess he bases his schtick around now.) I love it
L G Same here! And then I watched Black Books.
He really is one of the best comedians. I love listening to him
"Do I look like a fuckin' cat counter to you?" Dead xD
Dylan destroys the misery of your worst day. Quality comedy is such a rare gem, once the crust of politics has been polished off.
"Stop standing in the doorway, like fleshy bunting" 😄
That killed me. I had to take a moment.
@@SimDeck you lose an arm? what'd the necromancer cost?
@@spongmongler6760 What are you on about?
@@SimDeck you've seen the afterlife, what was it like? who was the necromancer? why did you want to come back?
@@spongmongler6760 Whatever it is you are smoking you need to lay off a little. No idea what you are banging on about.
"Oh no he'd be wrong as well" 😂
As an Eurovian, you Sir made me laugh out loud 😄
ever been to the museam of suicide?
Eurovian?
Sounds made up.
I feel like he’s 12 different types of high at all times.
He may just be very linguistic
That feeling is just the contact high you get from watching him because he is that high lol
@@johnmonk4793 hahaa!
@T A haha, right!
That would make sense of there weren't only 7 types of high.
A few of the other ones are mental instabilities.
I love the pig story at the end, classic.
I moved to Germany 3 years ago and while listening this part I realised I was sitting there, drinking my Tee with piece of toast and Teewurst. Which is technically a pig.
Dylan Moran just cracks me up. Brilliant.
I love this guy's threads, brilliant stream of the absurd.
Funniest live comedian I've seen in the last few years. Saw him at the Clyde Auditorium a couple of years ago and he was on fire
Hope he got better
'Huge bunches of dill' got me 😂😂😂
Yes. That convinced me he’d actually visited Eastern Europe
hahah yep!
German Humor bit got me laughing with tears. His accent and context was so ... mad!
It was good. Just not very german. We aren't wordy like that. Also, what's this obsession with pig? We cook up so many different meals from pig, you couldn't tell they're all from the same animal unless you knew ;)
@@Volkbrecht It's comedy... it's not real. It's just a silly way to capitalize some laughs. It works because of his delivery and choice of words.
It's not funny at all. We germans are actually very funny!
A german and a Frenchman are sitting in a train. The german is eating bread. The frenchman looks at the german, pulls out some frogs and proceeds to eat them.
HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂 OMG DO YOU GET IT??? 😂😂😂😂😂 FROGS......😂😂😂😂
@@Rico-oz4ct 😁
@@Rico-oz4ct p
"look like you make a living fighting pigs, in a hole in the ground..." - I'm dead. 🤣
You're dead ?
@@ElvarMasson We say this, to mean that something funny has caused us to laugh uncontrollably - we feel we might die laughing. 😂
@@evel-keneval8210 I'm only in my mid-forties and I've never seen this before. Although, to be fair, I've come across a lot of strange, made up "words" / phrases on the internet - which, in reality, is just from people being lazy (or uneducated) - and I guess I'll have to add your sentence on the list. I've never heard any grownup talk like this 😉
@@ElvarMasson See also the American slang saying:
"Stick a fork in me, I'm done" - meaning a situation is so funny, that it's more than they can handle - or so frustrating that they feel they've tried every method and idea, but they still cannot prevail, they concede defeat.
@@evel-keneval8210 Aha !!! I haven't heard / seen it here in Europe
"Cornea-destroying confection" 😂
He's all over the place with his jokes all the time that's why I always lose it 😂😂😂😂😂
The essence of campy German humour is captured perfectly.
"CAMPY"
@@SoopSoopa *Kampy
@@Freakazoid12345Mein Kampy
@@MissBlueEyeliner oh nein you didn't...
@@Freakazoid12345 just just made my day!😂
His Liam neeson impression sounds like a normal conversation with hunter S. Thompson
"i moisturise, 2-3 times a day. Its a scrotum, how young can it look".
I had to pause and put my phone down while i laughed
No Dylan! You’re not a baby boomer, you’re gen X, the young quite like your generation
Baby Boomers from Ireland aren't the same as baby boomers from America.
Ok Boomer
We boomers couldn't give a toss anymore. We had all the best years - so ha ha, and all the best music - but now everything's properly screwed - we tried, it doesn't work, all is hopeless, best of luck with it...
Boomers really like to pat themselves on the back
This is true, baby boomers in lots of European countries did actually have it hard
This is German humor, mate it's no laughing matter
The skill to make this look easy is skill full.
omg the german sense of humor one had me dying 😂
good shit. makes me wanna visit germany 😂
Oh yes, do come over here. We will make you soup.
Jens Grabarske
i would love to! I speak afrikaans which gives me about a 20% understanding of german, if i listen very very carefully to a slow speaker lol i can make it work one way or another lol
Jens Grabarske
do you happen to have good vegetable soups in germany?
@@BothHands1 Sure we do, if you don't mind the pig faces in them.
"fleshy bunting" 🤣
Help, I can't breath!!!
Dylans jokes about us germans are so gentle :D
Just like Germans =.O
Check his 2006 Germany bit
@@chuckhockey9464 saw that before I saw this one. Its hilarious.
Gentile
@@sibanbgd100 ouch 👌
Fleshy bunting! You're weird and naughty...
Lmao
I thought it was "flashy". Lets see if we can make this a long thread.
I’ve seen him live. He was feckin unstoppable.
'They have all these stalls, you know, "Guess the weight of the testicle", and "Throw rocks at the old woman"...!' Ahh, pure Dylan😁👏.
Read this as he said it.
I love when that happens.
As a half German I can confirm this is accurate
*Half confirm
I didn’t even know that Flula Borg used to work at a soup place.
I was looking for that comment. Thankyou.
Oof haha "two states of being: about to be on the phone or on the phone"
5:40 The biggest suspension of disbelief that you need to watch The Grey is to believe that wolves go around hunting humans.
wouldnt they eat ya if you were in their territory tho
@@zutejudd7603 They might, but it's actually extremely uncommon. My guess is most wolves know that messing with humans can have bad consequences. The wolves in The Grey were more horror movie wolves. I just had to pretend they were a force of the supernatural. Then it was fun to watch.
His Liam Neeson sounds more like a Decent Harrison Ford impression 🤣
Who could ever predict what he was about to say next...
MORAN is the Dave Allen for the 21st century
why is his hand trembling like that? I absolutely love his act, I hope his not too ill
He has been doing that since forever. You can see it in his old shows. It may be an affectation, or he may be genuinely nervous when he presents new material, or he may just be genuinely excited by what he is creating, as he should be.
Caoimhín Benjamin Beautifully said. 🖤
It's because he's a hand puppet but with all the other bits still attached.
@@C.I... OO/
Wonderful - thank you.
The veggie soup guy didn't sound German, he sounded like Tommy Wiseau. "It's bullshit I did not hit her. I did not. Oh hi Mark."
Not entirely human, either, but definitely some sentient creature.
Which is odd, because all his other accents were so convincing.
KaeYoss it started out sounding German but morphed into something else.
it's a pretty good german accent
i loved the movie The Grey. saw it twice.
His Liam Neeson sounds like Harrison Ford.
Why have those two never been in a movie together? I feel like they would play two aging sharpshooters still haunted by all the Nazis they didn't kill.
edit: I just remembered they were in K-19: The Widowmaker. Make another movie, you two! Have Ford reprise his Jack Ryan role and Neeson seeking revenge for killing his brother Sean Bean.
Plot twist: They're the same person!
That was brilliant
Jeezum, he's just wonderful!
schadenfraude is a German word that takes a lot of English to translate. So yes, cultures emphasize different aspects of being a human. To observe an aspect of that, understand it, and portray it with wit and empathy is a service comedians get paid for. "We use the face because it is the soupiest part."
schadenfraude=cumuppance=Karma.. :)
Harmjoy is shorter to say. Silly Germans and their compound words.
Good ol' Dylan. I've been a fan since Shawn of the Dead, and Black Books. He rants and rambles on like a drunk Irishman. Which is to say... Not much. But he's feckin funny!!
He's great!
Omigod, loved it all! Esp. about the soup!!
the bit about nigel farage really got me XD
Only Actor who ever truly plays themself
A smart joke about German humor? I'm impressed!
Something about nazis?
I think I know that restaurant in Berlin...
You are my everything
"fleshy bunting."🤣
Leather shorts!? I thought that was just during German Week on Are you Being Served..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“You become this Schlumpf” which is german for Smurf.
"the whole country runs on pig"
You people have full sausages AND bacon for breakfast!
Hey, you forgot black pudding. Breakfast isn't breakfast if it doesn't include a nice fried slice of black pudding. Yummy.
@@zargonthemagnificent330 The second time I had black pudding was nice. The first time I thought they wanted to trick me by offering pudding, then serving the blood of a former guest they murdered.
Thank You
Will you still be Eurovian after Brexit, or will you be forced into a reeducation camp to learn proper British? Love the show.
He is a star! Love his humour. So true about Berlin... das kinky/funny yah? 🤣
I never really thought that he was funny but this is wonderfully HILARIOUS. Bravo Dylan.
2024 this is amazingly funny and incredibly real in a horrible way.
I've recently descended into middle age; Dylan is pretty much the guide for that circle of hell or heaven. Depends on how you do it.
Whichever way you decend into your middle aged era, it's still decending...there's nothing heaven about it.
Unless you're on a jetski.
To which case, middle-aged people on jetski's are always ones having a mid-life crisis...so it's still rather sad.
Further solidifying the fact that there is no heaven about it.
@@ferinca7655 If jet skiing was just about showing off then I'd agree, perhaps. Have you ever done something because you just like it, or does it matter so much what strangers think of you?
As a German, I really appreciate gallows humor.
Same.
It's my favorite.
I suppose when you're children's stories are horror stories that's bound to happen.
you look like a young boris johnson with dark hair in this one! love your humor, cheers
I love this guy!😅😅😅
Is that the stand comedy club in Edinburgh?
How does he know what women think...??? How?! I feel so exposed 😂
" we only use their faces"
Actually, it's 'only' the cheeks we use. *cough*
😂😂😂 Oh my god! Soo funny 🤣🤣🤣❤
Love this man
Pigface veg soup is my fave.
3 THUMBS UP FROM ONE OF THE THREE PLP. IN THE U.S THAT DIDN'T INHERIT THE STUPID GENE. LOVE FROM THE STATE OF VERMONT - EAST COAST.
Yes brilliant
Yes, there are a bunch of extremely long compound words in the German language. The word "Gemüsesuppe" is not one of them. It's actually two letters shorter than its literal English translation "vegetable soup".
I love Dylan Moran, but does anyone know what the deal is with that tremor in his right hand?
Just wanted to ask that
DTs?
He's always had that, I have one of his earlier DVDs and his hand still does that when he gets close to the punchline. It might be due to his past drinking addiction, but he's tee total now.
Sweet!
While Dylans take is hilarious as always, The Grey is actually a great movie!
Germany: Has "fahrt" on every other building's sign
Also Germany: ZÄT'S NUT FANÍ😤🇩🇪
'let me get one thing straight: we germans like a laugh. honestly, we really do.. just like the brits.
the only difference is germans laugh once the work is done rather than instead of..' (henning wehn)
Indeed.
Well said.
Another difference is that Brits can laugh at themselves while Germans prefer to laugh at others. And yes, I have lived for over 10 years in both countries and speak both languages at native level so yes, this is based on lots of experience and not prejudice.
I hope that tremor in his right hand is just nerves and not a sign of something worse. Stay well Dylan!
Was thinking the same
Yeah. The way he was talking in that Liam Neeson bit was a bit worrysome too tbh. Talking about not being able to take the pressure and abusing alcohol...
Just imagine you're watching Robin Williams in a dream. He even looks like him.
Dave Allen meets Malcolm Lowry.
First.
One of them is Rudolph!
...And the oother is Bambi!!!
Dylan Moran reminds me of an Irish Robin Williams!
I never really liked RW standup, always seemed too try-hard, too show-off, more about speed than quality. DM has a poet's gift, a full blast Irish lyricism which cannot be faked. I say that as an Englishman.
Is that Big Tex as a child playing Russian roulette?
Why don't they make "shorts " with this man's material?
What’s with the Tremor?
Worried coz I like this guy. 😕
S H Adrenaline
He has a hand tremor, has had it ever since he was young. You can see it in his oldest standup. Live performance probably doesn't help either
DTs - if he isn't drunk it's because he isn't drunk YET...
@@angrytedtalks that's what I reckon it is
@@dh1380 Could be. But hand tremor is quite possible from a young age. I would get it sometimes in my 30s. I mean, he may be as big a drinker as his performance persona suggests, but it could also be a reaction to medication.
when he said Eurovia he means WALES....clearely
The beautiful North. Lucky bleeders. ❤️
"stop standing in the doorway like fleshy bunting"
Hmm guess there's not many kosher restaurants in Germany 😅
mostly in the bigger cities
Not one of his better ones. He is a class act tho
2015 when natural immunity wasn't wrongfully dismissed as a "conspiracy theory"