‘Babbage never foresaw the terrible consequences of his invention, a machine that would autocorrect his name to cabbage, every single time.’

@RJAamir

2 жыл бұрын

This almost killed me

@Sam-tz8ou

2 жыл бұрын

hahahahahhaahaha

@shelbynamels973

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you quote the rest of the video? That way we can just read your post and save us the watch??

@seaoftranquility7228

2 жыл бұрын

@@shelbynamels973 Time constraints.

@salehinkibria8377

2 жыл бұрын

I wheezed. This is a rare gem in the comment section

"Darwin eventually evolved himself... into a corpse." Best way to view death.

@glitchesandglitter

2 жыл бұрын

best line LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@eminence_

Жыл бұрын

it's devolving

@bmkrecordstaz

Жыл бұрын

@JZ's BFF well if you think about it, that was an evolution too

@vaibhavchadha585

Жыл бұрын

I bet he must have written about that in the "Oranges of Peaches"

@othernicksweretaken

Жыл бұрын

@@jzsbff4801 isn't every dead being immortal?

"She was not always a sour , disapproving old lady . She was once a sour , disapproving baby"😂😂😂

@wioi

9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love that part, also the one about the crown and that it must have been a relief for her mother 😂

@TheAndrewj96

Ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@wioi”Their untrammeled sexual passion is evident in every photograph of them” is what gets me the hardest.

@NormAppleton

Ай бұрын

LOLOLOLOL

“If Shelly’s one of the greatest poets in English literature, how come nobody gives a shit about him today.” “Thats a complicated question.” That shit sent me.

@lmb888

Ай бұрын

Sooo good. 😂

"The death of queen Victoria reduced the number of women in British politics by 100%" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dqwerty587

Жыл бұрын

💀💀💀

@thesubhumancomedy

Жыл бұрын

Great writer.

"must be a good book if you can overlook the fact that he slept with his sister" dead

@lesleymcshanemitchell9651

Жыл бұрын

Priceless

"I'll be starting sentences in one location - and finishing them in another." 😅 Classic trope. They must've watched a lot of real historical docos to nail all these clichés and it's brilliant.

@user-jc6vh8ck1f

8 ай бұрын

The same thing Nolan does in many of his movies

@AgentZ-1844

8 ай бұрын

they make the documentaries lol it's the same guys so easy

@STho205

4 ай бұрын

Has she done one where she is driving a car pointlessly and speaking to the cameraman?

@granthurlburt4062

14 күн бұрын

I love how she dons period costumes more or less unsmilingly as if it's an unnecessary burden. Parodying some other presenter who can't be stopped from so doing and smirking.

19:21 "so why was that considered entertaining" had me on my knees this woman is a miracle

@andrewfalconer8599

Жыл бұрын

I loved her ‘acid house’ joke.

@MiscEvieous

3 ай бұрын

lmfao dawg i was wheezing - Charles "Dickings" also caught me off guard 🤣

“Despite the spoiler in its title, Oliver’s Twist doesn’t have a twist at the end - which come to think of it, is a brilliant twist in itself” amazing

@malteschaper3782

Жыл бұрын

I love how proud she looks into the camera when she "comes to think of it".

@Yme7

Жыл бұрын

That’s how clever Dickings was.

@user-kf7dn5dh1f

7 ай бұрын

​@@Yme7yep and Dickens was quite clever as well...

@kmc7062

Ай бұрын

It’s the only time she smiles the entire show LOL!

The Victorian era produced more Victorian writers than any other period in history 😂

@MwauraXavier

Жыл бұрын

Queen Elizabeth was born right in time for the Elizabethan era

@editedbysummer

Жыл бұрын

The fact I read that as she said it, is so strange 😂

@paulinegallagher7821

Жыл бұрын

@@MwauraXavier lol you beat me to it

@MwauraXavier

Жыл бұрын

@@paulinegallagher7821 haha. This woman is just perfect.

@AngelBaby-md3mm

Жыл бұрын

“And he had brown hair like harry styles” HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAJAHAHA

As a historian I really love this series - it's funny, it's well put together, the questions are so basic and dumb that they actually can help give a very rough sketch of british history for those who are unaware of it. - Which likely is why the experts agreed to join into the series. That and because academics can't shut up about topics that interest us.

@user-pl6bh4bd7q

5 ай бұрын

totally random, but why do you all call yourselves academics? seems a bit pompous to me 😂 all it really means is that you read right? lol

@RuerlKhan

5 ай бұрын

@@user-pl6bh4bd7q It means you have a university degree in most cases - it's not being pompous, it's being a nerd who can't shut up about their favorite topic.

@user-pl6bh4bd7q

5 ай бұрын

@@RuerlKhan then why not just call yourselves nerds? lol also, louis ck has this great bit about asholes. basically it goes like this: “you ever have a friend that’s an ashole and you tell them and then they say, ‘im not ashole’. but you dont get to decide if youre an ashole. that’s for everyone else to decide” now replace ashole with pompous 😂

@RuerlKhan

5 ай бұрын

@@user-pl6bh4bd7q Well, because academic is an actual thing, not just "nerd" - it's not pompous anymore than it's "pompous" to call yourself an electrician or a plumber. (Both things that require a great deal of know-how, I should know as my academic degree just landed me with unemployment, so now I am in training to become an electrician). Academic is just a catch-all phrase for a teacher or scholar at an university - so to be one you have to be either graduated from it, studying at it or teaching at it. Feel free to think it pompous however, that's entirely on you and won't really influence me one way or another. (Merry christmas if you celebrate that btw).

@askthepizzaguy

3 ай бұрын

Historians basically have low standards for who they're willing to talk to. They're not very snobbish. Actually not kidding, you have to be very patient if you're going to teach anyone anything. It's a good quality.

"Workers did long, feckless hours, with no breaks and low pay, in squalid and threatening environment, conditions unthinkable to anyone today who isn't a junior doctor" - thanks Philomena for tribute to us :)

"Animals who were dead are less likely to reproduce than live ones." Quite a controversial sentence there.

@OlleLindestad

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually a brilliant summary of natural selection. One of the main reasons why people fail to understand evolution is that they overthink it as some kind of transformational driving force. In fact it really is just about some individuals leaving a lot of offspring and some leaving few or none.

@TheGreatestGoon

2 жыл бұрын

Life Happens exactly! It’s such a simple statement at face value but almost fully encapsulates the idea of natural selection😁

@RFC-3514

2 жыл бұрын

She's factoring in sperm banks.

@marcroy5089

2 жыл бұрын

A cold take

@mikeharrison1868

2 жыл бұрын

Tell that to Kent Hovind!

The fact that the academic from the London university appears always just about on the verge of crying really makes this episode

@kiobio7311

2 жыл бұрын

@@pashadyne i thought the same. Allthough i ask myself how they set up these interviews lmao

@Ukraineaissance2014

2 жыл бұрын

Yes theyre told to act along with it

@dorianleakey

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiobio7311 I think they are just told to answer sincerely, rather than start laughing or get angry, act like they think its real.

@hiimterry2009

2 жыл бұрын

I seem to remember reading that they're told it's comedy, but they have no idea what they'll be asked. Honestly, though, I'm not sure how they would be able to find enough experts who're completely unfamiliar with Philomena Cunk, or especially being unfamiliar with Diane Morgan generally.

@cheesobogo3199

Жыл бұрын

@@dorianleakey this whole time i thought they were actors too...

Let's not ignore the writers of this and other episodes. Their wit and play on words and satire are to be hailed as true and great British humour.

@daveroche6522

8 ай бұрын

Also all the interviewees keeping a straight face - full marks..

“And unlike horses, trains have a big smiley face on the front and the voice of Ringo Starr.” 😂😂😂

This woman is a comedic genius as are all the writers. I haven’t laughed this hard since the pandemic started. Feels good, man.

@QIKUGAMES-QIKU

Жыл бұрын

Cheers... I was wondering are these Brits for real or what !???? What does CUNK Mean ? I'm Australian we don't get any comedy here anymore 😳

@septemberwaqar6576

Жыл бұрын

One could die laughing!

@joemiller9445

Жыл бұрын

Why did you laugh when the pandemic started?

@handsomal2435

Жыл бұрын

@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU have you never watched A current affair before? That’s hilarious

@universal5459

Жыл бұрын

it was like watching an alien figure out how the world worked, funny as hell

The way he answered "Mr. Tickle" while looking terrified is just peak comedy!

@Plethorality

Жыл бұрын

It was a thing of beauty.

@hunkhk

Жыл бұрын

@@Plethorality he himself being athing of beauty - i want more!

@JustinLHopkins

Жыл бұрын

@@hunkhk Agreed. He’s gorgeous.

@kimhill3614

Жыл бұрын

He never laughed once. Tremendous.

@pathopewell1814

Жыл бұрын

I take my hat off to him. I have a Masters in literature, and look up to him as highly intellectual. Ron Byron!!😅

Queen Victoria is often portrayed as old and grumpy. But she wasn't always a sour, disapproving old woman. She was once a sour, disapproving baby.

"A face like Alfred Hitchcock watching a dove drown." What an incredibly random line! The writers come up with such original takes and jumbled readings, and her delivery is incomparable.

@damonedwards1544

Жыл бұрын

I though it was a dog drowning

@MrTomb789

Жыл бұрын

@@damonedwards1544 so did I...😊

@kmc7062

Ай бұрын

I think she says dog

@donjones4719

Ай бұрын

@@kmc7062 Sounds more like dock but I think you're right, dog fits better.

"With its year-round sunshine and abundant food, Australia was seen the perfect place to send its murderers." This stuff is absolutely hilarious.

@2HN.

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine, u commit crime and instead of punishment, get a permanent vacation abroad.

@charlesc.9012

Жыл бұрын

@@2HN. Everything is deadly whether or not it moves. Camping? Gum trees shed limbs to crush people, and leaves might cause excruciating pain when used as toilet paper. Walk in the woods? Koalas might drop down and maim someone, and the ticks could cause allergies to beef and pork for the rest of your life. Since chicken was still a delicacy, going vegan in 1850 is the worst experience. Swimming? Box jellyfish are lethal. Staying home? Most spiders are venomous, and the puddles outside have brain-eating parasites living in them. Most land is either arid or jungle, which are the 2 worst kinds of living conditions humans could settle in the 19th century.

@papercamera2989

Жыл бұрын

@@murph_mustela bruh where tf you living, Alice Springs?

@Falconlibrary

Жыл бұрын

When Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Australia, an Australian customs officer jokingly asked Philip if he had a criminal record. "I didn't realize that was still a requirement," Philip replied.

@Falconlibrary

Жыл бұрын

@@papercamera2989 Either that, or a town like Alice.

It's insane how seriously she speaks when everything coming out of her mouth is a joke. She's really gifted.

@OneOfTheLoveless

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to think she worked for that.

@johndawkins623

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it's almost like she's acting

@mmmar7317

Жыл бұрын

Gifted? Really?

@suspicioustumbleweed4760

Жыл бұрын

@@ajw9377 better than the fumbling neck smeller we have now

@m.n.executor1902

Жыл бұрын

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE KEEPS A STRAIGHT FACE! No way i could say things that funny and not let on i knew what i was doing, it really is a gift

I shouldn't have listened to this while recovering from pneumonia. I almost coughed myself to death through laughing so much!

@tamjac10

Жыл бұрын

I hope you feel better! 😄

@busboifinn

Жыл бұрын

It would’ve been a good way to go haha

@classicaldeb

Жыл бұрын

Oh dear! 😮

There’s something magical about Philomena marching up to these professionals and immediately blurting out “who are you?” lol

"It was immediately obvious to anyone that slavery was wrong, that's why it was only allowed to continue for hundreds of years."

@budweiser600

3 жыл бұрын

People with a life expectancy of 25 might welcome slavery as a method of survival.

@idno8955

3 жыл бұрын

1000s

@jimfiggerty833

3 жыл бұрын

More than half of the population of Rome were slaves at any one time.

@yuratea1700

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimfiggerty833 Yes, but being a Roman slave was quite different from being an industrial slave. Both conditions were horrible though.

@davidmacaart953

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimfiggerty833 ​ Roman slaves, among many others up until the transatlantic slave trade rose to prominence. The Emperor Pertinax was one such slave. The emperor Septimius Severus was an African and the last Roman Emperor to try his hand at conquering the Pics. Chattel slavery in perpetuity has never before existed in human history. To suggest there is some kind of comparison between the two is reductive at best and just plain ignorant at worst. I hope it's the prior Jim!

"You could go there for free...if you were Black and didn't want to go there " That took me out 😂😬

@user-bo9lo2cv1x

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely perfect comment on slavery. 7:11

that poor man at 4:53. he's so traumatized by the last questions, he boils his answer down to "Jane Austen was a woman who wrote novels" lmfao

Four years ago?? She's been around for this long and y'all just now shared her with the rest of the world on Netflix? 😭 She's brilliant lol

Watched her on BBC last night, best quote of that ep was 'He wanted Parliament to be dissolved but nobody could find a big enough glass of water.'

@beakfordflappering4647

3 жыл бұрын

shouldnt you be in the hague war crimes tribunal? LOL (line from stewart less, comdedeien)

@JoiskiMe

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@philippededeken4881

Жыл бұрын

Why?

- "He was your favorite?" - "YEAH!". - "The one who slept with his sister?".

@jollyfighter7319

Жыл бұрын

„Must’ve been a pretty good book, if you can overlook that he slept with his sister“

@harmonicpsyche8313

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of experts give funny absurd answers to Ms. Cunk's funny absurd questions. That particular expert managed gave an absurd answer right out of the gate. Unforced error imo

"When Britain fought two world wars but no world cups." That's brutal.

"their unbridled sexual passion for one another is evident in every photo."🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The most subtle joke in the intro has to be "to understand where Britain is heading, we have to look behind us"

@josephbennett4236

5 жыл бұрын

Not exactly the most 'subtle'.

@emjayay

5 жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett4236 Oh wait now I get it.

@michakwiatkowski1313

4 жыл бұрын

@@emjayay i dont get it

@ruqayyahqadri6618

4 жыл бұрын

@@michakwiatkowski1313 poor lad

@michakwiatkowski1313

4 жыл бұрын

@@ruqayyahqadri6618 poo on the loo

"Why would you want to turn a pig into a cow? Pigs are quite good at being pigs, and cows are relatively good at being cows." I love the experts in this series

@edwardianed

5 жыл бұрын

He says that, but if no other species other than cows have tried being cows, what's his frame of reference for cows being relatively good at being cows? Cows might be shit at being cows compared to pigs.

@danyellx615

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Prentice I love Chris Peckham

@andrewtrip8617

4 жыл бұрын

Edward Ashford I think a cow is better at being a cow than a pig is at being a pig .that said a pig can be a cow better than a cow can be a pig .

@LTPottenger

3 жыл бұрын

He does not seem to understand evolution. The environmental niche being available would create a cow if cows did not exist. You would have some sheep or pigs who were more cowlike over time and eventually would take over the whole niche, become larger, produce more milk, and so on.

@valyriantime910

3 жыл бұрын

"So why did he come up with a theory than turns monkeys into men? Aren't monkeys quite good as monkeys and men just quite good as men? " That should have been her next question.

This is comedy gold, the presenter, the writers. Everyone's just nailing it.

You have to hand it to all the interviewees, they were amazingly patient with Philomena.

I know she says it all the time but I still laugh when she says “Hello, who are you?”

@thegrayyernaut

11 ай бұрын

Later she even asked "What are you?" :v

@brianmgrim

10 ай бұрын

Bigsam4205: I agree. Did you see the Shakespeare one where she asks ‘who are you and what’s your game?’?

@snakejones9965

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget about her mate... I believe his name is Mark!😂

@bochenggu1439

9 ай бұрын

⁠@@snakejones9965it’s paul.😂

@assmahane3510

8 ай бұрын

@brianmgrim yea with Iqbal Khan I think. He paused a second lol

" These days people pay thousands of pounds to visit the sun kissed islands of the Caribbean. In the seventeen hundreds you could go there for free. If you were black ...and didn't want to go there " XD

@CR-zx2zi

2 жыл бұрын

I literally yelped out loud

@arthurrubents

Жыл бұрын

That one had got me. 🤣

@thebagelsproductions

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

'Oranges of Peaches' by Charles Darwin had me dead

18:00 The guy totally dodged comparing his beloved queen Vic to Darth Vader 🤣

5:04 "Austin wrote novels ... filled with words it's almost impossible to care about" - GCSE English Literature in a nutshell

@n.r.5380

2 жыл бұрын

FasCinating! :)

"Who's your favourite Mr. Man?" "Mr Tickle." Props for the poise on that counter-attack, sir. She tested you and you passed.

@darrenrobinson9041

Жыл бұрын

And the BAFTA for "most uncomfortable interviewee in a musical or comedy goes to ....."

@jasonporter5912

Жыл бұрын

I still haven't figured out if the interviewees are in on the joke but I like to imagine they are not.

@gregoryboatswain1605

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonporter5912 Originally they weren't. But I think the character has been around for so long that they are wise to it now. Although I suppose some of them might still be caught off guard.

@barbh1

Жыл бұрын

Reminiscent of Ali G interviewing Noam Chomsky.

@Blackadder75

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonporter5912 they are (and were) , they got instructions to answer all questions as genuine as possible, they didn't know exactly what she was going to ask, just that it was a comedy program

Diane Morgan is so funny! Don't know how she keeps a straight face sometimes. A big shout out to Charlie Brooker too for co-writing this series!

"him, her, them and tree" pretty much sums it up.

Asking stupid questions to experts... My favorite genre of comedy

i spat out my tea at 'by ron' this is a fucking masterpiece

@myview5840

Жыл бұрын

But who is Ron

@TheFallofTheEleventh

Жыл бұрын

@@myview5840 historian: *pure confusion*

@madridista3927

Жыл бұрын

Twas bloody brilliant!

@paulsolon6229

Жыл бұрын

Language

@Blackadder75

Жыл бұрын

@@myview5840 little brother of Fred and George

I almost spit out my drink when she pronounced the C in 'fascinated'. It's the details with this show.

@lizroberts1569

10 ай бұрын

😂 me too.

@Max-DuBois

Ай бұрын

@@lizroberts1569 I also almost spit out my drink.

@manuelcomparetti2143

14 күн бұрын

non native english speaker here, may you explain?

@Max-DuBois

14 күн бұрын

@@manuelcomparetti2143 The "C" in fascinated is pronounced like the "C" in pronounced - as an "S" consonant sound.

@manuelcomparetti2143

14 күн бұрын

@@Max-DuBois yeah got that. I was wondering whether there was a pun I missed

Gotta say, the people Philomena interviews are taking it so stoically that it makes me believe in their expertise more than any "normal" conversation would😂

"conditions unthinkable for anyone who isn't a junior doctor" savage

@terryplatt8115

6 жыл бұрын

'Babbage never foresaw the terrible consequences of his invention - a machine that would auto-correct his name to Cabbage every single time' - brilliant, classic line!

@chrisneedham5803

5 жыл бұрын

@@terryplatt8115 ....... I get as much laughter reading the comments (things people pick out) as I do watching the video

@williamchamberlain2263

3 жыл бұрын

My sister is a GP: try to stay awake while you're being treated by a junior doc on rotation.

@eloiseripley

3 жыл бұрын

True

@AIA1990

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisneedham5803 humor and laughter is a social activity that’s why :)

I love how angry the expert looks when she has to explain where steam comes from 😂

@andrewfalconer8599

Жыл бұрын

She was not having it that day lol.

@Rain-Man915

Жыл бұрын

At that moment it was coming out of her ears.

@snakejones9965

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget I'm going to be using the C word a lot then pointing at the Sea.😂

@rahatkhan_7

6 ай бұрын

Let's not ignore when one told her how much cow and pig are best being cow and pig

9:16 I really appreciate whoever had the idea to use "From the new World", a piece very explicitly not about Britain, as background music for this Britain Mockumentary.

Her interview subjects were absolute stars in this. Prof. Greg Dart (the first interview about the romantics) delivered the greatest straight man performance I've ever seen.

@matthewbartsh9167

Жыл бұрын

I think he was just being himself.

@LolaOpheliac

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewbartsh9167 no

@valnerothgaming8918

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewbartsh9167 I swear, when she's talking about translating Austen's works into "proper English" he looks like he almost cracks up.

@mrsantoro8306

Жыл бұрын

@@LolaOpheliac Yes!

@carolanjosmelo

Жыл бұрын

@@valnerothgaming8918 Yees, I love his face at 5:16 😅 It looks like he almost laughed

"Workers did long thankless hours, with no breaks and low pay, in a squalid and threatening environment -- conditions unthinkable today to anyone who isn't a junior doctor." As a physician in the US, this hit way too close to home :D

@Taz1451

Жыл бұрын

Not really the same though is it

@lesatmorhaim9546

Жыл бұрын

Junior doctor (resident) from the Philippines here. 30+ hr shifts, 36C weather with broken AC, and tuberculosis everywhere. All for 16,000 pesos ($275) a month after taxes. Very relatable 😂

@Plethorality

Жыл бұрын

Unfirtunately, it is very similar, and i find it morally wrong. Patients need sane doctors, not sleep deprived idiots.

@madridista3927

Жыл бұрын

Neurosurgery junior doctor from Germany here - this is SO on point it made my stomach twist...

@mysticmeg111

Жыл бұрын

She is speaking the truth- no joking at all. I am a retired RN and junior drs are treated terribly . Even when really tired they perform well and are not idiots.

Completely died at 11:33 when she walks up and just says "Hello, who are you?"

@rahatkhan_7

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I can’t believe that I haven’t caught wind of this woman before now. Where the hell have I been anyway? She’s utterly hilarious.

I love that she crossed all the voting boxes, ticked one then they hold the camera angle on her and a sign saying "put a cross in only one box. It's the small details that show the writers care.

@jpkey87

Жыл бұрын

This had me my crying, she looks so pleased with herself when she's putting the ballot in the box and it's not going to count.

@tigana

7 ай бұрын

I was dying. So subtle yet hilarious

Absolutely love that she keeps calling Dickens "Dickings"

@re-unbox896

2 жыл бұрын

And he died....forever

@PaTrick-cf6ev

Жыл бұрын

Was it before or after the industrial revelation?

@marilenafourli5990

Жыл бұрын

In the previous episode she refers to Middle Evil years. !

Thank you from Australia for hooking everyone up with Cunk. She’s gold!

She is a genius, I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. I’ve been binge watching all her videos since I discovered her

16:11 "It was immediately obvious to anyone that slavery was wrong, which was why it was only allowed to continue for hundreds of years" I died XD

@jshepard152

2 жыл бұрын

Thought that was a very predictable joke. Just me?

@yourmum69_420

2 жыл бұрын

@@jshepard152 you have a predictable pfp

@anon-tlv3399

Жыл бұрын

slavery was abolished in favour of a new term, minimum wage.

@rahatkhan_7

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

“Even though, at the time, half the men in Britain were women.” Sides still hurting from the laughter.

@kmc7062

Ай бұрын

And then the door she tries to open is locked. Effing brilliant!! 😂

The way she just calls Benedict Cumberbatch an ALIEN 😂😂😂😂

This series is all killer, no filler, and this episode should come with a warning! 🤣

@dudesayingthings

Жыл бұрын

I noticed this only a short while back. This series has almost ZERO filler. They had SO much good stuff that they wanted to get out, that they didn't have time to put in bullshit filler. It's jam packed with thoughtfully made content.

I love that 100 yards stare she has when she gets answers to her silly questions

I absolutely lost it when she referred to cumberbatch as alien 😂

@matthewhinkel9696

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, she is incorrect. Cumbledink Snaggleboof is actually a lizard man.

“It was immediately obvious to anyone that slavery was wrong. Which is why it was only allowed to continue for hundreds of years.” 🤣 Phelomena is a fricken genius & why she isn’t more famous is beyond me! GIVE THIS WOMAN HER OWN SHOW!!!

@matthewprice2626

Жыл бұрын

She does her own sitcoms and this is her own show really as she was a spinoff character originally.

@parkeydee

9 ай бұрын

This is her own show

@mitchybooooy

5 ай бұрын

@@parkeydeeI was hoping someone would say this 😂😂

Dickens came to create the most “time consuming” stories in history. Brilliant

“He came up with a theory, that said that animals who were dead, were far less likely to reproduce than those that were alive” 😂😂😂😂 LOL’ing

@markhardwick8032

Жыл бұрын

It’s so funny and also it’s actually not the worst summary of evolution by natural selection 😂

@K1RTB

Жыл бұрын

More intuitive than „survival of the fittest“.

@maniscalcane

Жыл бұрын

Pretty accurate description of the theory tho

@halloweenallyearround4889

Жыл бұрын

I mean in a way, that's what it is.

"The idea that man and ape were close relatives was considered both hilarious and shocking; a bit like Graham Norton, but with more profound consequences for humankind".

@maynan3

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

I love this woman. Her deadpan delivery is everything! 😂😂😂😂

I love the perplexed and irritated faces of expert whenever she posts a daunting question. Such a genius 😂

"Eventually Darwin evolved... into a corpse."

@Sirinwara

5 жыл бұрын

faskinated... :D

@LTPottenger

3 жыл бұрын

Just like western civilization has done

@James-gk8ip

3 жыл бұрын

@@LTPottenger you might have missed the point, but look at the Oranges of Peaches

@rufiosykes899

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@82892869hi

2 жыл бұрын

@@LTPottenger right wingers when they rant about the fall of the white race on a video about the minions or a coconut or some other completely unrelated shit

She interviews the most patient people in Britain 😂

@halloweenallyearround4889

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, with few exceptions, it's really hard to tell when Brits and Aussies are upset. They keep playing it cool and saying "that's/you're alright" or "oh, don't worry dear". You can only know their true feelings once you read the reviews. Some were being legitimately calm, but others were boiling inside.

How these experts answer her questions and not totally lose it is amazing.

Her timing and fluid movement from one idiotic statement to another is perfect.

It cracks me up how serious the experts seem to address her questions, lol.

@Stiffd1

2 жыл бұрын

It’s staged as your smile.

@TellyArchive

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stiffd1 No shit.

@generalkweizr7091

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stiffd1 thank you captain obvious

@SS-yr3ij

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stiffd1 wooooshh

@Jagar_Tharn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stiffd1 That doesn't make it less funny. Realistic reactions to her would be 99% boring as hell, confusion, refusal to engage further, leaving.

I had no idea the 1980s sitcom Brush Strokes was such a prominent cultural phenomenon throughout every period of British history.

@kitaster1546

Жыл бұрын

Im binging them and living for the Brush Strokes cameos

@adzdahlman9724

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't . They just picked it up , it could've been anything . It was previously languishing in obscurity , forgotten by everyone , barr a few , now adult , women who are prob married to / divorced from , the wrong men . It was sh*t , just watch AN episode .

@fleasy4393

Жыл бұрын

Is the joke that BBC documentaries make contrived segues to crap they still have the rights to in order to pad out time/content? I don't know, I don't watch that many actual BBC docs.

@Plethorality

Жыл бұрын

@@adzdahlman9724 i had forgotten that i had forgotten it.

@adzdahlman9724

Жыл бұрын

@@Plethorality yeah , me too , much like Hale and Pace had been ; until , some genius brought them to mind recently ~ I was quite annoyed , if ever anything designed to entertain didn't . Hope I haven't ruined your day .

"There was a young man from Nantucket... " Brilliant 👌🏼

“Filled with words, it’s almost impossible to care about” KO’d me hahah

... "Chewbacca?" "I think that's stretching it..." Brilliant

@srenjensen3817

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!

the "wrong/ron" part took me a few seconds until i bursted out laughing

@sortof3337

2 жыл бұрын

by ron . lmao.

I think the best part is that many of her questions are truly challenging to these academics.

A mere 3mins into it and I had to pause vid because I couldn't stop laughing! "Who was Ron?" "Ron?" "The one how wrote all those poems and signed it By Ron".....crying from laughter!

"Why would you want turn a pig into a cow?" "To see what it's like." 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

“We don’t even know if he died… he could be.. you, and thats terrifying cause you’d have no way of knowing” THIS SHIT IS JUST SO GOLD 😹😹

"How did it end?" I heard that professor utter that question 5 minutes ago and I'm still laughing!

Brilliant ! Thank you Diane and writers ! Just awesome !!!

British humor is unbeatable.

@MrGiorgioud

3 жыл бұрын

It is, no doubt about it. Unfortunately it is in danger of becoming extinct. Less and less people possess it, and there is a good argument that this nation is becoming progressively a humourless one. All the clues are thete....that is why, when one finds a gem like this one, it is to be cherished.....

@dw999

3 жыл бұрын

If there were some unified entity under the label "British humor," then there wdn't be such divergence between, say, "The Bennie Hill Show" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus," or among the many comics whose stand-up you can watch on "Live at the Apollo," or among the many comics whose quips you can catch on hundreds of "Mock the Week -- Scenes We'd Like to See" clips on YT. Yes, some British humor is sublime -- as is some American humor, and some Australian humor, etc. -- and some is crummy. Please avoid stereotypes -- they never do any good (even the so-called positive ones), and they usually cause a lot of harm. In addition, thinking in stereotypes is a sure way to become intellectually flabby, and the last thing this world needs, given the existential crises we face, is for anyone to let his/her brain turn to mush.

@trajancanada

2 жыл бұрын

@@dw999 Lighten up, Francis.

@sb_dunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrGiorgioud *Fewer

@georgelazenby7167

2 жыл бұрын

@@dw999 British Humor is funny.

"Babage never foresaw the terrible consequences of his invention: a machine that would autocorrect his name to 'Cabbage'... ever single time." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I absolutely love your dry, punny sense of humor. Sometimes self-deprecating, sometimes cynical, but always hilarious.

The junior doctor line killed me. So true, and not just in Britain....

"The oranges of the peaches" omg, I almost dieded

@LuisFernandoAstorga

2 жыл бұрын

As an English as a second language speaker, I thank you for helping me finally get that joke

@katherinetutschek4757

Жыл бұрын

​@@LuisFernandoAstorga Don't feel bad, I just got it now too😂

So cleverly made - intelligent humour with sharp comments. Philomena is perfect for this.

@docolemnsx

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect? She is Philomenal!

@justinmorgan2126

2 жыл бұрын

She's an utter idiot, with a stupid common accent... I can only assume you're being satirical.

Ha ha ha philomena! Love you. You lighten my heavy step. Thank god for artists and especially the funny ones. And thanks for the straight faced historians. We would be nothing without you, either. The purest of chuckles.

I love that Aaron Copeland's Appalachian Spring is the theme music for "On Britain"

12:27 - "Babbage never foresaw the terrible consequences of his invention: A machine that would auto-correct his name to 'cabbage'. Every. Single. Time."

The Literary expert was awesome. He just went along with the farce.

@GameAndStory

5 жыл бұрын

Who's your favourite Mr Man? Mr Tickle probably. I died.

@Alexandra-ix6cl

3 жыл бұрын

I love that he turned the tables on her and asked how the Nantucket limerick ended.

@jeanpaulsinatra

3 жыл бұрын

Always get faintly disappointed when the academics clock they're in a satire and play along tbf

His face when she said Chewbacca!! Priceless 😄.... Love this Woman....💪💯💙🌻🖖

There's so many fantastic moments in a single episode!

"...which is four more than Fast & Furious." She is casually spitting out some hilarious lines! 😆