I want this guy to be my tour guide when I'm visiting London. I'm sure it will be a fun and informative tour.

@dukeofhaas

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Palmer: We enjoyed a private tour with Julian only last week and we can assure you of a fantastic time. Julian is exactly as one sees him in his films: He's exceptionally informed, funny, and his pronouncements take on a lyrical quality seldom heard on a tour. It's as if one is strolling with a dear friend.

@poggis49

4 жыл бұрын

Re: The Dogs Bollocks I heard that it was a printer's term for the symbol :- Love the videos

@mysticallymerry5523

4 жыл бұрын

Great vid as usual Jules!👍 I love the history of our old words and sayings, they're so colourful and fun. Thanks.😊

@riceyo62

3 жыл бұрын

Just shows you that although he never gained much fame in his acting career .. how could those people not see his talents .. der .. he is such an affable intelligent and engaging character

@catherinehazur7336

Жыл бұрын

@@riceyo62 he was just meant to be doing what he's doing. You have to admit he is a very unique character filling a very unique niche

There can only be "ONE" Julian McDonald and he has the best character and personality for intelligent and thought provoking tours. 👍🏻💗🙏🏻🙏🏻 !!!

Ah Julian, you're a refreshing dash of educated banter in a dumbed-down world. . . thank you! 👍👍👍

@josh0g

4 жыл бұрын

especially the wank jokes.

@noorimeldaelle3403

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Patrick i am from Singapore i met lots of British here in my country honestly i think u British are really full of humour. I really love British comedy sitcoms. 1 of my favourite is the thin blue line starring Rowan Atkinson. And my favourite British movie is Bernard and the genie starring Alan Cumming. Also the Irish and the Scottish are full of humour.

@patrickfitzgerald2861

2 жыл бұрын

@@noorimeldaelle3403 Sorry Noor, I'm an American, but I do enjoy UK movies and television shows! 😎

@noorimeldaelle3403

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickfitzgerald2861 oh! i am so sorry. i should had asked u 😢 my bad.

@patrickfitzgerald2861

2 жыл бұрын

@@noorimeldaelle3403 No worries Noor! 😎

Amazing how many of these expressions are still in use by we Americans...not having the vaguest notion of their origins. Thank to you Joolz for giving us these very interesting explanations.

@katearcher6073

Жыл бұрын

Thats the best part....Americans not knowing ....love that bit

@jeffreydavis3117

Жыл бұрын

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I have an antique beer mug with a glass bottom, now I know why! Thanks Joolz

I could just listen to him all day, very interesting facts, humorous absolutely great 👍🏻

I always thought "the dog's bollocks" was just a more slangy version of "the bee's knees".

pop goes the weasel was great to know...

Many a pint have I quaffed in The Eagle. Cheers, Joolz, and bottoms up!

Merry Christmas Joolz. Thanks for another year of great videos!

@Joolzguides

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And a Merry Christmas to you too!

Nothing makes me happier than learning the true meaning of Idioms! Thank you very much!

Never tier of this educational, humerous waffle. Wish our old history teachers had one tenth of this knowledge 😅

Brilliant! Another awesome vid! so glad you continued the English Idioms, Phrases and Sayings series. Much enjoyed and appreciated. I always wondered why some tankards had clear bottoms! That's amazing! Thanks again for making my Sunday morning and for the OFAH reference. I always wondered what the "stick a pony in your pocket" meant. Thanks for posting!! Keep em coming!! This time next year, you'll be a millionaire!!

Jules, I absolutely love your videos! You are a national treasure to England. Keep up the good work, please!

Brilliant. The Cockney translation of Pop the Weasel is worth the price of admission alone!

As an American I always enjoy you videos , humor, and intelligence.

I wonder if the clear tankard bottom led to the expression, "here's looking at you"? Great video! Joolz, you are definitely the guy to contact when visiting London for the first time!

Joolz, you’ve done it again! Brilliant, totally brilliant.

Amurican here...I loved this. We share so many of these expressions because historically our language and cultural references are so intertwined. But our knowledge of these origins and history that Joolz drops here is sadly lacking. Thanks for the schooling!!

So great to see new video. Just love seeing you walk us through London

Wish I could afford to go to London. She will always be in my heart. Love your channel. Greetings from Germany

@seanmckenna8807

Жыл бұрын

Ive Made it 6 times from Texas. GERMANY should be no problem to get to London.

You sir confuse and entertain me at the same time. I love it!

London fell off of my bucket list 15 years ago. Your videos have put it back on the list!! Merry Christmas Joolz! Cheers!

Joolz, love your guides. Look forward to seeing the UK in the not too distant future.

Brilliant, as always. Cheers!

I don’t get tired of watching his videos I really enjoy them. Very informative and funny. Great work as always.

Amazing !! Thanks !! Looking forward to the next one !!

The Christmas lights were a beautiful addition. Thank you :)

Terrific video. I had heard a few of these before but loads of new ones (or old!!!). Always enjoyable. Always look forward to them

I learn something new every time I watch a Joolz video...... Thanks for posting.

Make more of these videos. So much learning and entertainment in one video!

Love this....always a great time watching your videos...

So informative. Love it. Please do more of this kind of videos.

Thanks Joolz, I loved hearing about "the weasel" and seeing the Christmas lights of London. Wishing you a Merry Christmas for you and your family.

You have the most amazing videos! I love seeming them. You are a fountain of knowledge.

I like these English language videos a lot. Keep making them, please.

Loving the language stuff, keep it coming. Merry Christmas and thanks for a great year. Cheers

Once again Joolz !! Your videos reveal my wretched ignorance and then rescue me from it. A true gentleman, raconteur, and bon vivant. Merry Christmas and the very best in the New Year - and my regards to LLL.

These are just great... Thank you!

Loving these idioms videos!!! Please do more of these - so fun and interesting :)

Brilliant video Joolz!

Very much look forward to each new episode. Happy Holidays, Julian!

Brilliant!

Brilliant love these videos

You are so fun! I always smile when I watch your videos & sometimes giggle!! I have always been perplexed about the saying ‘bottom’s up!’ 30 years later, now I know. Thanks.

Very well explained Joolz. Thank you.

Thank you Joolz!! Its always so delightful to hear from you. Lovely Christmas decorations on Regent Street! I wish I was there to see them with you. Merry Christmas luv!

Love your videos keep up the amazing work

I teach legal English in France and sharing your videos all around

Your "eye of the kneadles" explanation has got a few right at it geez!!👉💣👈👉💎

Delighful and informative as always 👏💝

I loved this episode of Idioms. Always learn something new. Thanks again Joolz. Your friend, Steve Bonds from bay city, michigan USA

Cheers Joolz, Have a good one!

Excellent. Loved every fun fact moment.

Thanks for posting . Love the video. To quote a fellow viewer Here's to another great year of videos, Merry Christmas Joolz.

I love learning about words

Another fabulously informative video.....you are fantastic Julian 👍🏻👏🏻

Brills as usual Joolz. Merry Christmas to you and all the very best for 2020.

Wow! I have just discovered your channel and, year 2021 with Covid keeping us all cooped in, you make my life better and always put a smile on my face. Thanks!

Fascinating stuff!!

We also have the saying Humble pie in the USA as well as Crow.

@Joolzguides

4 жыл бұрын

Crow was a new one to me!

@quinncowan7551

4 жыл бұрын

It is to me too and I’m American.

@amberhiggins6327

4 жыл бұрын

@@quinncowan7551 You never heard eating crow? Its an old one thats been in Movies, Films, and TV. Are you young? I asked that because I don't hear it much these days.

@feroz5927

4 жыл бұрын

as in, eat crow!

@quinncowan7551

4 жыл бұрын

I’m 21

Love it ! Bottoms up! 🍻

wow loved it, Thanks Joolz 🙏🍀

Very interested about words off the past London thank you jozzls

So good. Some of the best content on KZread.

this is great ! love the sights and info. new subscriber

Wandering around London at your own peril these days!

Whenever I'm back in London, I am booking a tour!

Love the bit where we could see your shadow while filming yourself. Fun video. Merry Christmas, Julian! ⛄️🎄🌟

Love your videos! Can’t wait to go back to London-and get a private Joolz tour! Cheers!

@POGGIOALSERE

4 жыл бұрын

Kathy Melchin That’s exactly my intention too! Next year for sure

Hi jools.... great vid as usual

Thanks, Mate !

Joolz you are very simply the most entertaining presenter on KZread in 2020 and i just loved this episode, all best from Australia....PS: Love your Only fools and Horses y Minder references too!

Well done you are so logical I love your explanations

Brilliant.

Excellent video as usual.

The Eye of the Needles was the name of a Jerusalem city gate. It was narrow and difficult for a loaded camel to pass through, but not impossible.

@ianbarkham5080

4 жыл бұрын

Contemporary evidence?

@denisemayosky1955

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a very interesting explanation. It makes perfect sense to me, as that would be a good illustration of why it would be so much harder for a rich man - he'd have to "unload" many more worldly attachments!

I love being English. :-) :-) :-) Cheers Joolz! 🍺

Learned a lot Old Boy, great job and bottoms up!🍻

I'll be heading over that way next year. Can't wait to set up a tour. Happiest of Christmas, to you and yours.

Another quality video 👍

Another fun episode!

Another absolutely spiffing video 😊

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street was a play at the Great American Melodrama, over in Pismo Beach or someplace. It is still a revival music hall there. I saw it once in the 1980s. Their was a "Needle gate" in Jerusalem.

That was great! 🤹‍♀️

Just have to say again this was a GEM..... Bottoms up, love it

I love your vidz, Julian. The "box deluxe!"

Thanks Joolz. Will broaden my usage of bollocks from now on. 😆 Love seeing London at Christmas - nobody does it better. Cheers!

I love these idiom videos Joolz!

Loving the Budgie Smugglers. See you down The Prince of Teck!

Most enjoyable Just like your lovely walks. Thanks you

By Jove. Excellent stuff and keep it up. Thank you

I was always told Pop goes the weasel is from the Hat manufacturing districts of Stockport and Denton in Manchester. The weasel was a tool that the men used and the women would have to pop it in order to buy the food as the dad had spent all the wages in the pub. Mad as a Hatter also originated in Denton because of the mercury used.

Hey Jules how about doing a video of film locations around London?

@MissPresley69

4 жыл бұрын

GREAT IDEA!!! 👍

@brainwaiver1

4 жыл бұрын

Seaside resorts.

@alphamale068

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea - would have to include a tour of Aldwych Tube Station - now unused and often used for films requiring a 'tube scene'. Super interesting!!

Every day is a school day with Mr Joolz 🎓 💕

Very Good. Cheers

Fantastic video Joolz.

Great mate, you must feel knackered after that!

Spinner’s weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which looks like a clock) and an internal mechanism which makes a “pop” sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). You were paid by the length so the weasel's pop meant your pay was going up.

Cracking as usual 👌