Comedy: Stand-up James Acaster: *kneels*

@Melly_Mel0dy

3 жыл бұрын

It has not officially begun as long as he's not standing up

@hellopeoplez8636

3 жыл бұрын

That was the joke, he said the stand-up comedy didn’t officially start until he stood up, that was why he started his watch when he stood up

@andrealiee

3 жыл бұрын

doesnt count yet bud

@theundeadpancake9869

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he didn't have legs past his knees at first! (This is my fitst time seeing him)

@ooodilydoodily5781

3 жыл бұрын

It’s even funnier cause he’s stands up ha,f way through

he looks like a dying victorian chimney sweep boy. i love him

@mrpooptash

4 жыл бұрын

He looks like Rodney from only fools and horses

@wiionmii1111

4 жыл бұрын

Why dying? 🤣

@doom3798

4 жыл бұрын

@@wiionmii1111 hehe because he's so pale and gaunt

@CS0723

4 жыл бұрын

He looks like every background character in Harry Potter

@vexisvibin

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like one too

He acts like a college professor who comes to school wasted often.

@michaelbrucato7180

4 жыл бұрын

So John Oliver on Community?

@squishypineT03

3 жыл бұрын

College has really slipped...

@CommunalPissRug

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbrucato7180 that's Professor Ian Duncan to you

@shreekingthing

3 жыл бұрын

The last little bit of that sentence sounds like you tried to make an acronym

@SugarSnapDragon

5 ай бұрын

You already said College Professor.

"How unnecessary. I don't know what I've done to offend this woman in the past, but she had laid a language loophole for me and I've fallen for it." - You can't come up with such sentences unless you're an absolute genius.

@rikdegraaff891

3 жыл бұрын

I also like "Oh Pret a Manger, your generosity continues to astound us."

@striker8961

3 жыл бұрын

"Hook line and sinker!"

@bobschaaf2549

3 жыл бұрын

Burnished perfection.

@ituber09

3 жыл бұрын

Oh you must see it in its entirety - the loophole is part of a running joke. Even his kneeling down and the double barrel comment all have precedents! He is a genius

@MarlowWhere

2 жыл бұрын

What...is genius about that sentence?

this dude's energy is so wonderfully chaotic

@unanimouslyrandom2981

4 жыл бұрын

If you think this is chaotic watch his "would I lie to you" clips, he is the living embodiment of chaotic good

@blue__lama

4 жыл бұрын

690 like yeay

@puddlel1ama327

4 жыл бұрын

He's James Veitch after being very slightly overcooked. It's briliiant.

@rachelk3887

4 жыл бұрын

He and Joe Lycett are both wonderfully chaotic. James, I think, is chaotic neutral, sometimes good, but Joe is chaotic good for sure. He has a whole TV show where people email him about some shitty thing a corporation did or some way they got scammed, he MASTERFULLY trolls them and usually gets some kind of compensation for the victim, and THEN he broadcasts the shitty thing they did and what he did back to them on national TV lol. There was one he did on UberEats because they allow restaurants that have a failing hygiene rating to be on their platform and deliver their food and don't display the hygiene rating on their website. So he creates a restaurant in a dumpster, the local govt. said it was too disgusting to even give a rating too, but UberEats let him set up on their site, and then orders food from it and they pick the food up from a literal dumpster and deliver it. So then he "starts his own food delivery company" that only delivers food from UberEats restaurants with failing hygiene ratings and only delivers to one place: the UberEats headquarters in London. So one day, the executives at UberEats HQ start getting delivery after delivery of gross ass food. He's done hotels, banks, etc...

@rachelk3887

4 жыл бұрын

These are both great stories with the same type of energy lol m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGGetMOKe8LInto.html m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJuh27ilmrbPmM4.html

If you're new to this guy, I couldn't recommend enough watching his Repertoire specials. And all of his appearances on panel shows. And everything he's ever done

@luuketaylor

4 жыл бұрын

I also recommend these peaches.

@MB-jy7nz

4 жыл бұрын

He’s crap

@kaleabimlach3664

4 жыл бұрын

Manolo Bustamante your crap if you think he’s crap

@kaleabimlach3664

4 жыл бұрын

You’re*

@xxoAsIsxx

4 жыл бұрын

His appearances in WILTY are just great!

does he... always color-coordinate his wardrobe with the background ??? update: i watched his netflix specials and he does, in fact, color-coordinate with the background lol

@friedteabags6570

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your findings.

@drorbedrack8820

3 жыл бұрын

But what's with the mic and stand color?

@bossfan49

3 жыл бұрын

@@drorbedrack8820 i think thats part of it. His mic is brown and cable is tweed, rather than black/black.

@wingnightbackwards

3 жыл бұрын

I think only in theese specific shows since its technically a Netflix series and he wanted to have it look connected

@megetu2942

3 жыл бұрын

Why am I not surprised

"I love French cuisine." "Mama mia!"

@romainsavioz5466

4 жыл бұрын

That's why he goes to prêt-à-manger

@dontburstmybubble686

4 жыл бұрын

Romain Savioz mama Mia is Italian don’t know if you know. I freakin studied French and I almost missed that.

@romainsavioz5466

4 жыл бұрын

@@dontburstmybubble686 yes I know but prêt à manger is english

@dontburstmybubble686

4 жыл бұрын

Romain Savioz really?

@romainsavioz5466

4 жыл бұрын

@@dontburstmybubble686 yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pret_a_Manger

What's really impressive here is how he's kneeling so well on such tiny knees.

@repzo5551

4 жыл бұрын

Such tiknees

@floor.smorenburg

4 жыл бұрын

@@repzo5551 heheh

@156football

2 жыл бұрын

That's a deep cut hahaha

@mrswanson5013

Жыл бұрын

RIP Sean Lock.

4:18 that might be what you are looking for eh?

@geekymetalhead5112

4 жыл бұрын

You are a good man thank you

@galenerso1594

4 жыл бұрын

You , yes you , are the love of my life.

@noahnitrobenzaldehyd4755

4 жыл бұрын

Huzza! A man of quality!

@runningeagle1826

4 жыл бұрын

thx bro

@haydenmike4357

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Hund thx

"Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with" 4:17

@zommy5re77

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, been looking for it :)

@tiagoroberto6887

3 жыл бұрын

@@zommy5re77 No worries I just thought someone would use it.

@chalor182

Жыл бұрын

Hero. I clicked on this video just for that line

This guy personifies "chaotic good"

@gundamofspitara7583

3 жыл бұрын

Or lawful evil...

@plateoffrogs4709

3 жыл бұрын

i think he’s more chaotic neutral

@endymionredacted1304

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, using someone else's rules against them? That's lawful evil.

@DeathnoteBB

3 жыл бұрын

endymion enby You can do that and be chaotic, and not evil

@DIGITALGH05T

2 жыл бұрын

@@endymionredacted1304 it would be lawful evil but u cannot deny the absolute chaotic energy of running around the shop eating all of your own bananas

Make him the Next Doctor Who please.

@lavane26

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know I needed this until now. I second that motion.

@hop-skip-ouch8798

4 жыл бұрын

@@lavane26 I've been commenting on several of his videos. Hopefully someone notices, or others keep doing it until someone does. I mean James has the mannerisms of a Doctor, dresses in corduroy trousers and long sleeved shirts and The Doctor always wanted to be a ginger.

@owenparsons2064

4 жыл бұрын

may be the only way anyone could persuade me to watch it

@yogurLAPIZ

4 жыл бұрын

I always think this when I watch him. He has the same type of doctor attitude and mannerism. But weird but funny. XD

@beemel5734

4 жыл бұрын

You mean he isn't already?!

Red hair, and a hand me down robe? You must be a Weasley.

@ethanhananel569

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh, when i saw the meme for the first tine, swear i thought it was rupert grint😂

@johnn.617

4 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhananel569 hahahaha!

@jstmarton

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhananel569 you mean Ed Sheeran? XD

@louisc8873

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear this

@johnn.617

3 жыл бұрын

@@louisc8873 lmaoooo

James would be awesome as the 14th Doctor. Imagine him talking like this to people all the time.

@DraakjeYoblama

3 жыл бұрын

James as the doctor: "This is the TARDIS, it can travel anywhere in time and space" Companion: "Oh then I'd like to see the future" James: "I didn't say it can travel anywhere in time and space... FOR EVERYBODY" (Starts traveling everywhere in time and space while making disturbing noises)

@hellyhellhound

2 жыл бұрын

he WOULD be a good doctor

@69_pigeons_in_a_trenchcoat

Жыл бұрын

Doctor James: I once burnt down a banana plantation. I regret it, really; could've cultivated a sonic banana Companion (David Mitchell): Well, why do you need a plantation when you can just grow one in the TARDIS? Doctor: The same reason I wouldn't use a banana cultivation for space-time travel. Sure, it _can do_ that, but it's against its own principle.

@TayWoode

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think the BBC want white males to play the doctor anymore, no matter how good he could be he doesn’t tick the diversity boxes 🤷🏾‍♂️

“I love french cuisine, Mamma Mia!” This dude

@changedchannelspleasedonot7059

3 жыл бұрын

no hate but it's mama not mamma.

@maryusv7848

2 жыл бұрын

@@changedchannelspleasedonot7059 no hate, but "mamma mia" is correct. "Mama mia" isnt really italian

Well *I* bear a lot of grudges, and I love... these peaches.

@m3rryg0ld

4 жыл бұрын

Goddamn he loves those peaches

@TheFloatingBartender

4 жыл бұрын

I still laugh at this

@cr33pycrawley74

4 жыл бұрын

Winston?

@ryanmorgan4424

4 жыл бұрын

Top Acaster knowledge displayed here

@jameshill2450

4 жыл бұрын

I prefer apricots

I absolutely love him throwing in "I'll take off my disguise (I was wearing a disguise all along)" like he's so passionate about this revenge story that he's now rushing through the details

I didnt even realise he was kneeling until he stood up

@legomypancakes

4 жыл бұрын

The whole time I was wondering why is he kneeling

@user-pp5oh9ee1k

3 жыл бұрын

legomypancakes you should watch the whole special, he explains it right before this clip

@DeathnoteBB

3 жыл бұрын

_ Is it anywhere to watch? (for people not in the UK)

@user-pp5oh9ee1k

3 жыл бұрын

DeathnoteBB Netflix. I’m pretty sure it’s on Netflix everywhere

@DeathnoteBB

3 жыл бұрын

_ Ah okay. I’m used to things with British actors that I wanna watch not being on US netflix

When he was in a groove telling the climax of the story and he stood up, the energy he exudes to just halt for a moment and click on his watch and continue is the full embodiment of the word "comic."

Alternatively as she walks out with her free banana, you lay it on her: "That's a plantain".

@elizabethweigle6146

4 жыл бұрын

AllaMortify 🤣🤣🤣

@13strong

3 жыл бұрын

Nah. That would be a rubbish joke.

@lizziebkennedy7505

Жыл бұрын

@@13strong it is.

This is so perfectly delivered, it sounds like this all just happened to him and he's telling you about it for the first time.

4:35 onwards never ceases to crack me up. "It's lucky to have you if anything, that... banana." is one of the most wonderfully absurd sentences I've ever heard-with a delivery that is hilariously nonchalant for something so bizarre. I laugh so hard every time I hear that! Thank you, Acaster!

3:02 hats off to the editor for cutting to reverse angle to show just how black is "black as the night sky" 👏🏼

@TheMaxwellee

9 ай бұрын

excellent mic technique too, these things help.

Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with

@emmettmacklem1986

3 жыл бұрын

Hello there

@arthursurname

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmettmacklem1986 well good evening to you

@julesking1303

3 жыл бұрын

hello there 😉

@suspiciouscanadian6478

2 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@obi-wankenobi1916

2 жыл бұрын

4:17

“The bananas were gone by my nemesis was not.” 😂

Is it a rule that James always matches the background and the mic 🤔🤨

@eimearkeaveney1192

3 жыл бұрын

As it should

I love how I can pick out Ed Gamble's laugh throughout this whole special 😂

@thejames666

Жыл бұрын

He’s Basil Brush. Boom Boom!!

This is the content I want. I’ve watched before but still

@georgiacooper95

4 жыл бұрын

Emilyissocool he’s amazing isn’t he ! Why is he knelt down in this ?

@adelebrown1861

4 жыл бұрын

@@georgiacooper95 Coz its James Acaster lol

@jm6406

4 жыл бұрын

Georgia Cooper part of a bit from the full special

4:18 and a meme was born

@AnonymousCaveman

4 жыл бұрын

It's the reason I'm here. I love this guy but when I saw the meme I was like my god I need to see

@jacobofgardena

4 жыл бұрын

@@AnonymousCaveman lol that's exactly what I did

@will819

3 жыл бұрын

I just came here from the meme

I love that they kept in the "cold like a wanker" bit. Just seems like such an unnecessarily aggressive thing to do to an audience member if you haven't seen what comes before.

The fist in the mouth. His culmination of revenge. Had me in tears.

Its nice when you discover a new comedian who deserves the stage.

@deedeesodelicious0

3 жыл бұрын

First saw him on would I lie to you he's hilarious

I came to find out the context of the meme and found a story of pettiness and bananas. Not disappointed in the least.

James acaster holds the weirdest grudges and i'm here for it 😂

It all started with a humble cabbage...

@andypandy8584

4 жыл бұрын

I loved that episode of WILTY

@levitatingmonkeys9544

4 жыл бұрын

CABBADGED

@levitatingmonkeys9544

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Pandy the original version on josh widdicombe’s radio show is a million times better, you get all the details as it slowly unfolds over the course of a few weeks

@lisahenry20

2 жыл бұрын

@levitating monkeys "how are you?" "furious. I've been cabbaged again!" But I second listening to him tell the cabbage story, and all his other scrapes, on the radio. Someone made a compilation of them all. I think my favourite is him spending the night in a bush. On WILTY, he's purposely making it sound like a lie so the details he gives and the order he gives them makes it seem completely ridiculous. But when you listen him tell it on the radio, he explains his thought process and you can see how he ended up in that scenario.

Do comedians have interesting lives or do you have to have an interesting life to be a comedian?

@t33cael

4 жыл бұрын

You just make up shit

@Ludifant

4 жыл бұрын

No.

@berendkooiker3538

4 жыл бұрын

They make the best out of ordinary experiences

@jstmarton

3 жыл бұрын

@@t33cael to be relatable, and accepted ... Legit ... Experiences form a good preformance ... It forms the personality makes one unique.

@user-pp5oh9ee1k

3 жыл бұрын

For James Acaster, you just make up shit, but then at the end of the show reveal it was all a metaphor for you questioning your religious beliefs, or a divorce you just went through, or some other tough thing you are going through in real life.

He looks like he hasn't slept in 20 years and for this I'm in love with him

This whole set is the most high energy this bloke has ever been

I love james acaster. 4 specials was not enough.

James: "The bananas were gone but my nemesis was not." Also James: "This is Mick and for 6 months he was my sworn enemy." Me: Vengeful much, you adorable whimsical cutie??!!

@aceofspades3667

3 жыл бұрын

whimsical cutie is so appropriate

@CLLee1621

3 жыл бұрын

He would have been a great Newt Scamander

@arturhours

3 жыл бұрын

he did says he holds a lot of grudges

@snargemccoy8813

3 жыл бұрын

The cabbage wars

@yohei72

Жыл бұрын

@@CLLee1621 I'm going to start a petition to have him as the next James Bond. They definitely won't do it, but maybe they'll make him the next Q.

Ah yes, the pandora box of my James Acaster addiction has reopened

James is next level. Wonderful facial expressions and vocal inflections, goes from deadpan to spastic instantly as if he's a puppet of his own emotions. Great squeal in his voice like a Rowan atkinson character. Masterful vocabulary and feel for language makes him a great storyteller and a feel for the absurd as if he has Python blood.

@elenemamulashvili5476

Жыл бұрын

You did not just compare him to Rowan Atkinson...ah james would love this

Man I love his delivery. He can whinge about buying bananas and I'll still laugh at his reaction.

James Acaster's paradox: He's too good for the free bananas yet all his bananas are free to himself 😂 Love this dude

“God damn I love these peaches”

@sugarnads

4 жыл бұрын

Riyoohkey fuuuck i wanna hear the end of that joke

'I don't wanna Manger no dead banana' 'If there's any shallow people in here tonight, GET OUT' 'Never before! Have I been so offended by something I completely agreed with' 'The bananas were gone...but my nemesis was not' I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣

THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!!!!

the moment he adjusted his watch was so perfect

This is a cross between stand up and performance art.

- How petty do you feel, James? James: YES

"I ain't gonna monge no dead bananas!"

Netflix. Keep uploading clips. I want more

Thats the best Kneel-Down comedy i've ever seen.

Its hilarious how he keeps a straight face through this entire story

This man is too wholesome yet wickedly funny at the same time 😂

@audrinaluvstaylor

2 жыл бұрын

IKR

"and then I eat all the bananas" is an exceptional punchline

To learn that the famous quotes is about bananas is amazing

A stand-up comedian who didn't need to Stand Up to deliver amazing comedy about freaking bananas 😂

"Look, I know you can't tell what a banana is like on the outside based on the inside, I know that, I'm an adult" 😂😂 3:09

Pret a Manger is an international sandwich shop chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as *Pret*

@applepye87

4 жыл бұрын

Uhm. Thanks?

@Alassandros

4 жыл бұрын

@@applepye87 Where I'm from, no one knows what that is and since he's focusing on referential humor about Pret a Manger, an audience possessing prior knowledge is important. I'm just trying to help.

@lawnjart16

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alassandros I appreciate it, as I went in the comments to understand

@Alassandros

4 жыл бұрын

@@lawnjart16 I'm glad I could be of help.😁

@Alassandros

4 жыл бұрын

@daAnder71 Thanks. It's been changed.

This guy's the textbook definition of Chaotic Good

He's so quintessentially English! Lovely 😂😂😂

Between James Acaster and Hugo Boss (formally Joe Lycett) I am always laughing.

Most under rated comic ever. Half the world probably doesn’t get his level of humour coz let’s face it, most ppl are dumb as shit. His witty structured stand up goes above ppl head. For me, all four shows put together, best stand up performance ever.

this is one of my favorites of his. i keep going back to it. also, something about the lighting makes him look a bit like a greek statue in some angles

Honestly I can’t get enough of this story. Every time I watch this I laugh to the verge of tears.

I love how he’s just kneeling on the floor

@lisahenry20

2 жыл бұрын

He's a stand up comedian, so the show doesn't start until he stands up

i love his colour co-ordination with the background

“To... everybody...” 🤣🤣

I feel bad for anyone watching this and not understanding why he's on his knees.

@gaz7067

4 жыл бұрын

Anush Gopalakrishnan Could you let me know?

@mayanderes9084

4 жыл бұрын

Anush Gopalakrishnan oh, no I don’t know why he’s kneeling 😂

@SuperRedRobin

4 жыл бұрын

@@gaz7067 At the start of the show he said "the show doesn't start til i stand up since it's stand up comedy so im going to kneel" or something like that. thats also why he buzzed his watch when he stood up

@gaz7067

4 жыл бұрын

the8bitrobin Hahahahahaha 😄 Not surprised he would pull off something silly like that.

@gaz7067

4 жыл бұрын

the8bitrobin And thank you for the explanation!

4:15 Oh my gosh these is where the meme came from I didn't even recognize him 😂👏👏👏

James Acaster netflix is just phenomenal. I already love the guy on all the panel shows he does and you can see true comedic genius in obviously improvised moments even if many of the jokes they write is prewritten. Holy jiminy, not expecting an entire narrative. I'm always impressed by comedians who can make jokes that harken back to old jokes but Jame Acaster, on another level!

@mahfuzurchowdhury2765

3 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me why he is on his knees?

@limerence8365

3 жыл бұрын

@@mahfuzurchowdhury2765 It would be better if you watched it yourself. It's hilarious but since you asked... It's a loophole. He only has so much time to do stand up. He's technically not doing stand up if he's on his knees, therefore he can get more time on stage.

"I hear a lot of grudges, and I love French cuisine" 😂

@wiionmii1111

4 жыл бұрын

Bear* I bear a lot of grudges

I just realized I sat thru a 9 min joke on bananas an loved every minute of it lmao

@TheMaxwellee

9 ай бұрын

I listened to it 4 times today. haha

Well now I gotta go watch the whole special to figure out that watch bit.

@dannyallen2894

3 жыл бұрын

It’s worth it

@thatonek1duno

2 жыл бұрын

He said “the show doesn’t officially start until i stand up” He basically forced the venue to allow him more showtime by putting a loophole in his contract that says his show doesn’t start until he stands up, so he MENTIONS that he’s setting his watch earlier on in the show

That *BEEP* absolutely kills me lmfao

4:19 this is the part you wanted to see when you search "Never before have i been so offended by something i 100% agree with"

I absolutely love his netflix special, my absolute favorite stand up of all time

Ive watch his special about 10 times and this is by far my favorite story

"Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with." I love that meme

James almost killed me the first time I saw his stand up. Laughing isn't breathing and my body likes breathing.

I always love when I see a new James Acaster video come up in my recommendations... :)

Only a maniac would go into a store that only sells bananas, and then say you haven’t got what I’m looking for. 😂😂😂

These shows are amazing. Episode 3 especially.

Ha Acaster’s produce section nemeses keep growing

To this day this is still my favorite bit of any comedian I’ve ever seen 😂

This whole part of the act sounds like one big metaphor for something...

I adore James Acaster!!! He is hilarious!!! Fabulous!!! :-)

The fact that he's kneeling and the beginning line is a good combo and it really sums up the energy you sign up for when clicking on this video. Lol

this man is out here wearing a digital watch

Such a comedy genius to make this material funny. But it really is!

4:17 Is what you're looking for

@Neko_014

4 жыл бұрын

Wth is going on with ur profile pic

@dao8844

4 жыл бұрын

@@Neko_014 *Some things are better left unknown*

@ogejr007

4 жыл бұрын

These comments are underrated

4:20 ladies and gentlemen we got em

gotta appreciate how humour geniuses can make great comedy out of such ordinary life stories!

I don’t understand a word he’s saying but it’s still hilarious beyond belief

James reminds me of myself, I also hold on to grudges for a long time.

@Ludifant

4 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of U2.

@lizziebkennedy7505

Жыл бұрын

That's what you got out of this? 🤦‍♀️

@Cinedragon

Жыл бұрын

@@lizziebkennedy7505 Hey, I recognize my flaws. It's something.

I love this dude. Just found him. Still love him.

Awe the dealt with both barrels part is really funny if you've heard the rest. These 4 specaisl are some of my favorite comedy to date

He looks like he came straight out of a Wes Anderson movie, down to the microphone