never thought I'd see a masterclass on physical comedy by the legend himself 👍

I watched this so many times as a kid, now I'm a part time comedian. Thank you Rowan.

Laughing while learning.. they should use these techniques in schools

@ashtmi008live9

2 жыл бұрын

Thats Rowan Atkinson

@PhilJonesIII

2 жыл бұрын

Education has been a joke for years.

This is so impressive. Rowan Atkinson is a genius

@GEECHOO

2 жыл бұрын

never knew so many aspect of comedy, undoubtedly a living legend.

I can't tell you how grateful I am, I have been searching for this for YEARS. :)

A truly wonderful comedian. Would love to see more of these from the series.

Thank you, Rowan and colleagues! You've been the greatest performers of the art.

This might be the best parody ever written while teaching what might be the best ever masterclass on comedy. A comedic documentary, perhaps?

I absolutely adore Rowan to the moon and back. Been watching him for the longest time.

great class! I've watched it I guess twice or three times. Rowan is great

This is a very complete essay or dissertation on comedy. Well-explained and thorough.

@shawon265

3 жыл бұрын

All while being a comedy itself. What a guy!

This is truly such an insightful and enjoyable video. Rowan Atkinson is such a brilliant man and truthfully as are all of the pioneers of staple comedy. One of my favorite bits is starting at 27:52. As Mr. Atkinson was saying, I am so invested in what I'm watching and after repeatedly seeing a chair be moved over or break as you sit down (as that's the joke) I am fully expecting that chair to move/break (at some point) but it doesn't causing it to be even funnier. It's because although I know in real life that a chair won't move and shouldn't move and therefore as he sat should not be funny... It is. It's because of his little smile and nod to the audience saying "I know what you're thinking" or how he leans back with his leg up so confidently as he imitates someone who knows that we just watched people falling off/breaking chairs... But don't worry silly audience, that's just in the movies. Therefore when it doesn't happen you truly find yourself waiting... Almost longing for the punch line so that after it happens you can say "I knew it!" and laugh... Yet at the same time if you're left with the curiosity of 'if' and 'when' it's much like a child's anticipation growing for a present to be opened on Christmas to see if he got what he wanted or not. I can not truly articulate just how incredible all of these artists are for their perceptions and abilities for being able to do what they do and be so insightful to the human condition. Because we all innately have it, but only some can truly put it into words, let alone teach it. Such an incredible video.

@papafrank2894

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

Thankyou so much Rowan...

Rowan Atkinson is today the master of visual comedy

That last sentence changed everything though

And then after doing this Drama/Comedy, Mr. Rowan Atkinson based his life's biggest gag "Mr. Bean" on "Kevin" and was recognized by everyone on the planet and won the hearts of everyone a like and continuous to do so for the upcoming generations. If Chaplin was the master, and the 3 Stooges continued Chaplin's work of art with some dialogue, BEEN (Rowan Atkinson) took a step back with small talk and has been the Genius of our lifetime in comedy.

This is a brilliant find. I love Rowan, and this is like a good Ted talk. Or masters thesis.

Absolutely fantastic, thank you and your fellow comedians. Utterly amazing 👏

If its rowan i will watch it. Legendary comedian

Don't know how long I've been looking for this video for. Thanks for posting!

久々の「ローワンアトキンソンinコメディ」を観ました。ローワンアトキンソンさんが「Mr.ビーン」の時と同じテーマで演じてるシーンが多く観られました。今でも笑えます。😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣ローワンアトキンソンさんはコメディの天才です。😁

This is basically the theory preparation for Mr. Bean

"so if you like, you can ignore everything I've said" -Rowan Atkinson

this is incredible. thanks for uploading!

I love chaplen I actually still laugh at his jokes and i am 19 years old

@willemjansen1141

2 жыл бұрын

It's chiplan*

@evm6177

2 жыл бұрын

😆😆👍

@choixero2395

2 жыл бұрын

Why does age matter? Comedy isnt restricted by age

well M.Bean sums up all those techniques

This man is the legend of legends...

.... and then there was Spike Milligan, the only man I know capable of doing visual comedy on the radio. The Goon Show contains many examples.

@goodclover

2 жыл бұрын

Visual comedy on the radio? I need to -see- hear this!

@simonkamau32

2 жыл бұрын

True, but might I add Chech and Chong? I'm specifically thinking of the "I'm glad I didn't step in it" sketch.

The physical comedian is not only indestructible, he also has the last word.

Chaplin's style isn't as relevant today because it is fairly challenging for the audience to relate to the silent film era, a war-torn world and such extreme financial depravity showcased in his films. No matter what though, Chaplin's style remains the most studied and explored in the modern times, for he lead a revolution of sorts. I also don't think there's anyone who hasn't at least watched a few clips of his.

@bluesque9687

3 жыл бұрын

Chaplin is the ultimate. It is like we have gotten less sophisticated! His act did everything... for the kids, grown-ups...amused men or women... the artistically inclined, the boisterously loud... the cinema goers, the home theatre buffs... for the one who looked for a message; and the one who wanted to forget it all!!

That was great!

And while Rowan Atkinson is explaining the components of comedy he is making fun of Carl Sagan explaining which books to read

I genuinely don't know if he is trolling, or actually giving an actual video lecture to actual Oxford comedians.

@KazzamPsycho

3 жыл бұрын

Both. That's why this is great.

@AndreasDelleske

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@EvilGremlin100

2 жыл бұрын

@@KazzamPsycho is there a word for this? Something that both informs competently, yet at the same time, parodies other instances of the very format that the media is set?

@KazzamPsycho

2 жыл бұрын

@@EvilGremlin100 no clue!

@toast123ist

2 жыл бұрын

Does that really matter?

4:30 His zelfvoldaanheid face makes me happy.

4:22 best expressions❤️😄

barely two minutes in and I'm already laughing my arse off

Аткинсон великолепен !!!

Hacker news brought me here

Amazing

It’s a half-shoot or a semi-work, however you want to phrase it. In the generation since this appeared, Chaplin, Keaton and, yes, Langdon have been re-embraced by my comedy students.

Thank u so much scapino

41:47 Don't think this bit would be happen in a 2021 comedy

thanks for sharing especially since it has dutch subtitles

Grandiose!

Sono una fan di atkinson da sempre. Peccato non aver trovato la traduzione in italiano. Sarebbe davvero utile. Lo trovo davvero unico e geniale.

lovrly

Years of exposure to ironic humor has totally destroyed my ability to appreciate high comedy :(

@blacat2168

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

Behind the scenery

chapplin make me crack up

hi fellow classmates

@etan2610

3 жыл бұрын

who

@qazwax9955

3 жыл бұрын

Today is Sunday

@deadmanzghost8018

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta learn from the best right😉

Young Lynne Benfield.

Evolution of mr bean

Brilliant!! HAHAHAHAHAH I wish he'd used Three Stooges footage!

So Mr. Bean's first name must be Kevin 😉

The nazi copper bit was brilliant

@Pedro-tm6ue

2 жыл бұрын

Deutschland uber alles in the backgound 🤣

he actually realized british jokes and roles like blackadder etc was too high intellect for everyone to understand, maybe that's why as a true comedian at heart, he changed his strategy.. to a format where even a baby could laugh watching him-a visual comedy

When?! What?! 🥳

14:59 Hey look the Germans and the soviets are at it again.

Cosmos - From Rowan Sagan

9:35 I am almost certain I have stepped into an alternate universe. I am being schooled on comedy by a comedian who doesn't speak. 14:44 So you are telling me we have an innate joy from peek-a-boo lol

I think it was Charlie Chaplin that pioneered a form of physical comedy that is, in essence, a bait-n-switch (I can't remember the actual name of it). 1: The set up. The audience sees someone walking on the sidewalk towards a banana peel. 2: Expectations. The audience now knows the set up and know what the delivery is going to be...walking person steps on banana peel, slips and falls down. 3: Unexpected delivery. Just before walking person steps on banana peel, he is hit with a wrecking ball or the peel explodes like a landmine or the banana peel screams in pain from being stepped on...then asks walking man if he's got a spare cigarette. Combining physical/visual comedy with the verbal element can complement one another in the most unexpected and delightful ways. For excellent examples of what has been discussed in this video and what I described, I'd like to recommend the following movies; Top Secret, Hot Shots, Airplane is always a good one and finally Scary Movie.

Ho to be human 101

The presenter is obviously a Carl Sagan inpro.

For me, visual comedy is rarely as funny as verbal comedy. At the beginning, Hugh Laurie, dressed as a police officer, wiggles his legs for 15 seconds...mildly entertaining. Exclaiming: "This job of mostly leg work"...Hilarious! Nearer to the end, the baton battle, barely funny. The woodpecker joke, funny. Verbal humor almost always wins out for me.

@AutPen38

2 жыл бұрын

I guess it's mainly a matter of personal taste, but slapstick has definitely declined in popularity over time, as audiences became a bit more sophisticated. Personally, I liked physical comedy a lot more as a kid, but grew out of it, and tend to find adults that laugh out loud at pratfalls and comedy violence to be a bit dim. Rowan, of course, is an absolute master at clowning, and I still laugh at some of his physical routines, but I definitely prefer his wordplay in Blackadder over his Mr Bean and Johnny English stuff.

4:49 Mr Bean

When was this film made?

@AutPen38

2 жыл бұрын

It was broadcast by the BBC as part of the series 'Funny Business' in 1992. Wikipedia has a decent write-up if you're interested.

Atkinson is right to lambast academics that attempt to define comedy or identify underlying structures. You simply can’t pin down what is funny. Being funny is not so much a formula as it is spontaneous and what is funny at one point in time might not resonate in another. On the other hand, Rowans mastery of facial expressions and physical comedy are quite unique. Also those Terry Gilliam cartoons made me titter. There was in fact a BBC series from a university don called Seriously Funny which I believe was an attempt to academify humour but I don’t remember if it was any good - I suspect it was bollocks though.

2:30

Apparently "Turning one thing into another" translates to Gedaanteveranderingen in this language (dutch, is it?) Do you people not space out your words?

@hassanh4512

2 жыл бұрын

@Tobias Bulk As a German, that's an amusing thing to think of. What our space exploration future looks like in the light of that... Oh dear

@FenceThis

2 жыл бұрын

Why make words into more words ?

@hassanh4512

2 жыл бұрын

@@AngelitaPreciosa88 exactly, it's one word both ways. Veränderung in German is the same meaning basically to change something to something else.

12:02 🤣🤣

The Benny Hill library……Ha

Apparently this was before Mr Bean, right?

@memesfromdeepspace1075

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

Is it on 3:35 hugh laurie?

Thankyou oh for so much-needed mind laughing. I have this opportunity to learn from you. I also have this opportunity to tell you how much you are loved. From ,,,,Shoe Clicker... East End Bethnal Green 36 Bishops Road 1897.

10:07 HE STOLE THAT FROM ANIMATOR320!

I suspect the German subtitles are all jokes. As in not actual German.

@AutPen38

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct to say they aren't actually German. The subtitles are in Dutch, which some might say is the comedy version of German.

Quality humour stands the test of time.

31:05 "hardly anyone laughs at him now" WRONG !!!!!!!!! HOW COULD YOU MAKE SUCH A TERRIBLE MISTAKE !!!!!!!!!

The 'direct' approach has not aged well

The Professor sought to eliminate the actor once he had no more use for the man now that his lesson was recorded and complete.

god this is so not funny at all