Wow. Amy Goodman's patience and composure is out of this world.

@fazbell

Жыл бұрын

Amy knew exactly what she was getting into. A very clever woman.

Russell Brand and Noam Chomsky shouldn't even be in the same sentence together.

@catweasel28

9 жыл бұрын

Danny Smith It's true that they shouldn't, but, alas, you've just done exactly that.

@burbuqerakovica4449

9 жыл бұрын

***** haha priceless!

@kustomkure

8 жыл бұрын

both useless so can be in a sentence together easily

@dannysmith785

8 жыл бұрын

***** its a fucking joke - jeeez

@dannysmith785

8 жыл бұрын

***** but that is the whole point of the joke :-(

Amy Goodman, unintentionally, does a better impression of Chomsky from 0:45-0:50 than Brand

@TrueMithrandir

Жыл бұрын

weird how Brand, Vanda Shiva, and tells more truths than Goodman and the liberal establishment these days.... 😂

@mathewwright4129

Жыл бұрын

It's all in the hands.

The next video to play suggested by youtube is "Noam Chomsky on stupid people"

@tedl7538

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthias Traut LOL, you're right, good point!

@xavierlordofdarkness6953

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthias Traut Ironically! ahahahahaha

@trishthompson4109

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao! Good one!

@awadaawada6738

7 жыл бұрын

ikr

This was so painful, I couldn't watch it to the end.

@JavierBonillaC

8 жыл бұрын

+Tatarevic23 Totally agree

@syndiccalls6993

8 жыл бұрын

+Tatarevic23 To the end? i made it till 23 sec.

@vandelayindustries5814

3 жыл бұрын

Amy’s apology at the end made me feel better

@classwarhooligan923

2 жыл бұрын

This interview was cringe worthy, but I can relate somewhat to Russel. I struggle with substance abuse and despite the problems that come with that, I still take the time to attend demonstrations and speak out. I don’t know about Russel, but substance abuse is my self destructive way I cope with a fucked up world while I actively try to change it. Don’t hate on the man for being a little manic. I’m sure there’s a lot more to him than what you see in this short video. It’s also not fair to discount his activism because he’s an actor/comedian. At least he’s not using his platform to commodify social justice movements like the Kardashians. 🤢

@Toto8opus

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

Did anyone actually watch this long enough to hear that Brand supports Chomsky?

@nervinokaras

7 жыл бұрын

WORST CHANNEL EVER nobody cares about you

@TheLegenDacster

4 жыл бұрын

Comments sections are for venting ignorant and unyielding angry viewpoints and not for intelligent discourse Jamie. The proof is right here.

@trisha7162

3 жыл бұрын

I agree ,and idoubt if anyone did .I have tried to watch him on various shows but hvnt been able to watch 'till end .If he wants to be taken seriously he needs to stop behaving like an idiot ,but that would be difficult for an idiot

@tahaismetsevgili1801

3 жыл бұрын

I expected more from Chomsky's audience. I guess people are dumb.

@varamyrz2920

2 жыл бұрын

Underneath it all, he means well. But the very stuff about him that annoys people here is exactly what makes him huge in online media. Don’t be in any doubt _ he’s a *master* when it comes to self-promotion. I detested him for years _ but I changed my mind when I realised that he uses his position to get important points across to people who otherwise wouldn’t hear them or accept them.

God he is awful. He talks over her, sounding manically unable to focus and be intelligently polite.

@varamyrz2920

2 жыл бұрын

Underneath it all, he means well. But the very stuff that annoys you (+ me too) about him is exactly what makes him huge in online media. Don’t be in any doubt _ he’s a *master* when it comes to self-promotion. I detested him for years _ but I changed my mind when I realised that he uses his position to get important points across to people who otherwise wouldn’t hear them or accept them.

That's like the worst impression I have ever heard any comedian do ... admittedly Chomsky is hard to imitate, but then don't do it.

Why is Russel Brand a thing?!

With an attention span like that, how could he ever have listened to a Chomsky lecture?

Im much more interested in hearing Amy's story about how her father was alleged bit by Chomsky at summer camp. That sounds way more interesting than anything Brand has to say.

Why do you keep cutting her off? That wouldn't be appropriate even if you were funny.

Brand writes a book called revolution and thinks he's a political analyst - when in reality - his heart is in the right place but intellectually he's not even fit to scrape shit off Chomsky's shoe.

I like him. I really do. But he gets it so wrong some times.

@marinanononsense

9 жыл бұрын

ooooh shut it lol

@marinanononsense

9 жыл бұрын

Love the creepy bastard for his brains .still a jester though, sometimes obnoxious as hell .

@RICHARDGRANNON

9 жыл бұрын

He is very brave, but self defeating at times too.

@milascave2

9 жыл бұрын

SPARTANLIFECOACH He got it more or less right. He just said it like an idiot.

@PokerZen87

9 жыл бұрын

SPARTANLIFECOACH I think it's the accent. It's almost impossible to pull off another accent to an audience who has that accent. See Tom Hanks' attempt to impersonate the Queen in front of a British audience...

does Russ interrupt everyone this way? that would get exhausting.

@spiderknife4142

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, it's the fault of someone else that he's a cunt, just like in his "book"

@spiderknife4142

9 жыл бұрын

If only he had the cajones to do that his "book" would have been a pamphlet

I love Noam Chomsky, but it would not hurt him to crack a smile now and again. Laughter is also good for the soul--as is the Truth, which Noam does embrace and share.

I like the fact that ANY popular comedian or actor promotes Chomsky but I found Brand's comments to be painfully stupid at times and really hard to listen to. For one thing he says that Chomsky has no sense of humor. If you actually read Noam's work carefully, both political and philosophical he can actually work in some excellent bits of humor and sarcasm, I've read books like "New Horizons in Language and Mind" and every once in a while had laugh out loud moments at the (very subtle) digs at people like Hilary Putnam. And even more so for Chomsky's political work.

@Deehvad

9 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Dedless Agree 100%. I think what makes the biggest difference is the subtlety with which it is employed. People like Brand are trying SO hard to be hip and funny all the time that it just ends up being stupid most of the time. But Chomsky will on occasion really surprise you with unexpected wit and sarcasm which ends up being much more funny than the gibberish people like this clown will spout.

@santosd6065

8 жыл бұрын

+Nicholas Dedless I thought I was the only one that read that, or heard him subtly ridicule Hilary Putnam.

@nicholasdedless4881

8 жыл бұрын

santos D LOL, at least there are two of us. I think one of the reasons I find those little moments of levity so funny is Chomsky is usually so rigorous and analytical that the little bits of humor seem hilarious in contrast.

@santosd6065

8 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Dedless Just finished "reading" (audiobook) The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (1979), he and Ed Herman wrote it before Necessary Illusions,Manufacturing Consent and Deterring Democracy. The writing and structure is like a work of German engineering. Spectacurlarly well constructed. Depressing reading, but pretty much a monument of scholarship and research.

@peerhuggins4392

8 жыл бұрын

+Nicholas Dedless laughing at your own cleverness is not a sense of humor. He's about as warm and friendly as an anaconda.

i did a little background research on Amy. She's a truly, incredibly amazing women.

Did Russell Brand do this interview during his drug-using years?

WATCH the FULL VERSION! You won't regret you did. It's Awesome! His song is GENIUS!

Bless him, he does try.

@OghamTheBold

8 жыл бұрын

He is - trying

Behave Russell!!! You´re on democracy now now!

@raffy_rodriguez

9 жыл бұрын

Haha, Amy is trying so hard in this interview to be super serious. I wish she just let loose a little, but it was still really fun to watch. Russell is a hoot.

@NickC341

9 жыл бұрын

David Vazquez i wonder if she's that up tight in her private life ? comes across as so stiff and dull ..

@raffy_rodriguez

9 жыл бұрын

Nick Clifford I doubt it, I've seen her be playful before in other interviews. She's just takes her job very seriously which she should since she's only one of a handful of people left in this country who have any right to call themselves journalists. And because of that she and her show carry an enourmous responsibility of doing what all of the entirety of the rest of American news media isn't doing which is talking seriously about the most important issues that everyone else isn't. No time for playful banter when you have that burden to carry. Nevertheless, I still think it would have been funny if she had at least tried a little bit to let herself go in the interview, just because her show rarely has playful characters like Brand on as guests. It would have been funny to see Russell catch her off guard and make her say something silly or embarrassing.

@NickC341

9 жыл бұрын

David Vazquez I've never seen her "playful" side, doubt it exists but who can blame her, my god ... dealing with what she looks at day in day out , all the evil wrong doings in the world would take its toll. she's awesome though and agree with what you say

@benbald6732

3 жыл бұрын

@@raffy_rodriguez could you name some of the other journalists you'd put in that group?

damn, so many people in the comments with sticks up their arses! it's called a sense of humour, smh

@PaulA-fp3vs

7 жыл бұрын

Yea but the humour itself was lacking.

It’s funny how Russell is now really acting like Chomsky. Life is so dang ironic

@TrueMithrandir

Жыл бұрын

the only thing ironic here is how Goodman used to speak truth to power, but nowadays just repeats the national security state propaganda line 😂

He's the only celebrity I'm aware of that is using their existing platform to speak about corporate rule, 911, endless war, corruption, alternatives, despair, misery, TTIP, organic farming, consciousness, state controlled media. He has a long history of political activism. He is doing the best he can with what is left of his years. There's no time to waste. Him and Matt Bellamy of Muse. Can anyone name anymore? Hi Mum x

@classwarhooligan923

2 жыл бұрын

This interview was cringe worthy, but I can relate somewhat to Russel. I struggle with substance abuse and despite the problems that come with that, I still take the time to attend demonstrations and speak out. I don’t know about Russel, but substance abuse is my self destructive way I cope with a fucked up world while I actively try to change it. Don’t hate on the man for being a little manic. I’m sure there’s a lot more to him than what you see in this short video. It’s also not fair to discount his activism because he’s an actor/comedian. At least he’s not using his platform to commodify social justice movements like the Kardashians. 🤢

@TrueMithrandir

Жыл бұрын

weird how Brand, Vanda Shiva, and tells more truths than Goodman and the liberal establishment these days.... 😂

@clarissamarie4605

Жыл бұрын

7 years later and your comment still rings true

@ericneiss852

Жыл бұрын

Dude is only 47 and he was 40 when you wrote this. "What is left of his years"? Haha

@meltedjax3619

8 ай бұрын

Yes theres definitely more than 2 im kind of shocked you could only come up with two artists

I think Brand means well but he is a bit thick.

@brennam954

3 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of a spoiled child that constantly interrupts and likes to be the center of attention, and the parents just praise and enable that behavior. I believe he was on drugs during this time and is not quite like this anymore. I've seen more recent interviews of him and he seems calmer and more respectful. But yeah - he's acting like he's on The View.

@hattielankford4775

2 жыл бұрын

@@brennam954 It's not much better, though. Some of it makes sense, but he's a bit off the deep end in some ways.

Russel Brand.The epitome of anti-intellectualism.A self proclaimed leader of a volatile revolution.Seriously he hasn't got a leg to stand on to be attacking someone with such intellectual prowess as noam chomsky.Brand is just a dilettante media mogul.I wish he'd be forgotten about.Btw that was a pretty shitty Noam Chomsky impression.

@skimpoppy

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Smith He didn't attack him though, he made jokes and called Chomsky a genius.. Or did we not watch the same video?

@MattFoleysGhost

8 жыл бұрын

Sounds like only one of you actually watched it mate.

@465marko

8 жыл бұрын

+Niklas Rendboe He called Nomsky a cannibal!!!! If that's not an attack, then I really don't know what is. Brand is clearly a media mogul who owns all the media outlets so he can push his anti-intellectual, liberal (yes, its a bad thing) and anarchist propagandhi.

@skimpoppy

8 жыл бұрын

Lel

@peerhuggins4392

8 жыл бұрын

+Ikazuchi No he didn't. He has always been soft-spoken and quiet, barely pushing the syllables out of his pursed lips. Just watch him on Firing Line in 69.

Wow this was WILD to watch. Amy "saintly-patience" Goodman

Haha Russ

You guys are taking this way too seriously. I thought this was hilarious

jesus christ Russel let the woman speak. i love you and all but, damn you can be annoying sometimes.

I don't know where this perception of Noam Chomsky being overly serious comes from when he really is a very playful, sensitive, sweet man. Yes a lot of topics he discusses are serious, but he has a lot of emotion and passion in his speeches and talks. Otherwise he wouldn't be so popular. I don't know about you, but monotone speeches put me to sleep, Chomsky is NOT monotone. Plus, Chomsky has a great sense of humor to boot.

@augnkn93043

3 жыл бұрын

I particularly like it when Chomsky gets mixed up in genocide denial. I laugh so much!!!

@thebreadtable4880

2 жыл бұрын

It's a joke lmao. Chomsky talks about serious issues often. When you think of Chomsky you don't think of idk Robin Williams or comedy in general.

How dare you put Russell Brand in the same category as Chomsky? Now Mr. Political on this show, put him on a show that is like Coast To Coast AM with Art Bell and he goes off the deep end with New Age nonsense. This guy is just speaking to whoever will pay him to speak. Brand brings NOTHING to the table. He spouts feel good New Age nonsense to the point it has become a meme. He is a New Age jargon generator in action. He throws a mess of big words together hoping no one notices he is talking bullshit. The left is dead if your reaching for people like Brand to represent you. Destroying the legacy of Lucy Parsons, Eugene V. Debs, Howard Zinn and thousand of other heroes Democracy Now should be focusing on. Having Brand on does a disservice to the left. While the liberal institutions which existed to swing the pendulum back to center crumble, documented by Chomsky and Hedges, you worship this false idol parlaying a second career into speaking and writing. The past few years Brand has been on radio and television shows equivalent to Coast To Coast with Art Bell. Did you all just miss the past few years of what Brand has been saying? All the crazy New Age nonsense of how positive thought without action will change the world.

@PixelDansIronFist

9 жыл бұрын

I think you've missed the meaning of this vid friend

@MsBeauregard-zp3cj

9 жыл бұрын

He has talked of such New Age things but he is constantly talking about communities organizing themselves, direct action, people taking over their workplaces, cooperatives, disobedience and he knows 911 was controlled demolition. He wants to get focused on how we become unshackled. Yes the left is dead. The right is too.

@thundavolt

9 жыл бұрын

Funny how he says I'm not on the same level as Chomsky in the video and you write a whole paragraph denouncing the notion that he is. You didn't watch the video mate.

@OzzyMandias

9 жыл бұрын

You need to get out more...

@ddandymann

9 жыл бұрын

***** Brand is now operating strictly not for profit when it comes to his activism. All profit from his books go to organizations such as occupy furthering the cause or in the case of his childrens book to childrens charities. He goes on these shows for free to promote the books. He still does stand up to make money and has a tour of the USA in November, you should go you seem like a light hearted guy. He also only claims to be a celebrity mouthpiece for the people doing the hard work below is a link to the website of David DeGraw, economist and founder of the occupy/99% movement who has been a major influence in Russells activism. Give it a read, it made me realise that Russell truly is backed by people who know their stuff. daviddegraw.org/peak-inequality-the-01-and-the-impoverishment-of-society/

The difference between the old Left and the post-modern Left has never been more apparent. With self-appointed spokespeople like Brand, how can we expect out political enemies to take us seriously?

@DjViceroy

9 жыл бұрын

So true. When Brand is mentioned in the same breath as Chomsky, the left is lost.

@GoopBlue

9 жыл бұрын

Your perception is exactly the reason why he's allowed to speak in major commercial media. That is, he doesn't matter or harms the left. However, he takes great care to point out that he is the baffoon and often cites a path for a more thorough discussion. His simple message is the problem is not you; the problem is the system. He is attempting to breed solidarity which is something the left desperately needs. Brand is not a leader. He is not a solution. He is a sign of cultural change. He is a symptom of shifting social mores. Brand is doing his part.

@lsobrien

9 жыл бұрын

Blue Goop "Brand is not a leader. He is not a solution." Unfortunately, for many people, he is. Take a look at the protest movements on British campuses: he is seen by many as the solution, a future leader (much to Brand's enjoyment). But this isn't the issue - Brand only highlights a wider rot - the real problem is all the postmodern, cultural-relativist nonsense which has come to poison so much leftist discourse.

@GoopBlue

9 жыл бұрын

***** A quick Google search for "Russel Brand British campus protest" only found articles where Brand joined preexisting gatherings that were in no way centered on him. Google may think I'm not interested in that level of England's politics and buried it below more popular articles. I don't live in Britain, so I must admit I'm mostly unaware of what sort of following he's generating there. I will say this. He's a celebrity. Of course, some people will be infatuated with him. It's blatantly obvious that Brand craves attention. This, you seem to believe, is a point of contention and invalidates what he's saying. I see this characteristic of his personality as evidence of human frailty. Personally, I would take more care with other's weaknesses especially if tempted to use those as a means to dismiss their point. I have less an idea of what you mean by "cultural-relativist nonsense." Maybe you could elaborate?

@LearnToJuggleNOW

9 жыл бұрын

Relax, he's not anyone's leader, he's an entertainer who also happen to be smart, articulate and insightful (and maybe narcissistic too, but I don't see why we should care). He can reach people who would otherwise never pay attention to Chomsky. How can regular people identify with the left if we piss on everything that isn't super serious and academic?

Also musicians MIA, Lupe Fiasco, Rage Against the Machine, Enter Shikari.

That is actually a spot on impression

Russell can get noam's message to the masses. This could be a good thing

everyone is a musician, everyone is a writer....

People are really too serious. He's just joking, fuck sake 😂

LMAO @ "Especially if it was called CHOMPsky!"

"He's a cannibal!" Lol

At what point in the video does the "Chomsky" impersonation begin?

I want what he is on ! Mr. Brand you are on the most awesome prescriptions known to man !

I love brand and i love chomsky

Looks like 685 wankers showed up, checked their senses of humor at the door, gave the video a thumbs down, and went home to cry about oppression with their lights off.

"he's a cannibal" XD

Not even remotely funny. Doesn't even sound like him, speak like him or share any of his mannerisms. Just being a goof on live TV. I can take a joke as well as anyone, but so many comedians just aren't even funny. At all.

I often like Russel Brand, but here he is pretty annyoing imo.

"you can do anything with a bayonet ... except sit on it"..

A love Amy Goodman.

brand x music ?

😸let’s imitate him, mercy consciousness my dear .

This Russell Brand talking about Chomsky is the equivalent of a coma having a discourse on the subject of alphabet.

ugh. i deserve this. i dont know what i was expecting to get in the first place

..I don't know if it was humorous but I found it peculiar that he said he changed Chomsky's words so that people could understand. That's definitely a type of funny.

"its spingbreak noam!"

His chomsky voice is more bearable than his actual voice

Brand isn't and probably will never be in the same league as Chomsky

Please see my comments/challenges on the Noam Chomsky KZread podcast entitled "Why you can not have a Capitalist Democracy!" if you have anything to say on this subject.

The easiest way to get popular is to challenge the popular

I support Amy in this..

My friends agree.

Chomsky already uses plain language and is an easily understood intellectual. We don't need Brand to "translate".

I like Russell but this is embrassing.

C'mon guys. Brand is just kidding around and im sure he shares a lot of Chomskys thoughts. Amy had a hard time keeping him in check.😂😂😂

I thought it said intimidates

common, even people I take seriously deserve to have a laugh sometime ^^

I feel bad for Amy... with a person like that, you never know what to expect

Russel, I follow your stuff, and I've read your book, but man; you gotta sometimes just take it easy brotha.

lmao why are y'all so mad? He clearly appreciates the man.

Nah.....Russell's a wonderful human being...here, he is acting out. Having watch it today (2020) he was be apologizing profusely! - RB is always forward in admitting his weaknesses, his faults. Give a great human being a break.

That was entertaining, lol.

Did Russell Brand really just say he is as good as Noam Chomsky at political analysis? Surely he is joking?

As long as it won't be the opposite, there's hope...

It’s not only for any doctrines but practical ways is my Father🙏🏻.

Idgaf this was pretty funny as a spectacle, no judgement made on brand as a person

I'm sorry too, Noam !

Ha. Hahaha. This was fun.

I wonder: before he came on the show, had he snorted or smoked the stimulants (or perhaps IV?) lol Praise Lord he's sober & productive these days; his show is one of the few shows that have legitimate goal of staying nonpartisan or to avoid/point out bias; using guests from across the political spectrum, IMO

Lmao why does Russel sound like Shaun

He is good man obviously he is not Chomsky but he knows right and wrong not everyone can be super intellectuals but I bet you if conditions he would in the front of the battle.

I think Brand in ways has done the reverse of some early American comics.

He still makes me laugh even though I really disagree with his ideas.

I'll bet you another thing Russell, barring summer camps, Chomsky is a lot more than you give him credit for. Not that he needs your help with that. You may have done a decent job with Mika Brzezinski at MSNBC, but let's not kid ourselves, we're yet to see you challenge Chomsky on the same level as far as political analysis goes. What a sad show, to see someone who can't even read fluently from his own book, chipping at the reputation of an educated old man who wrote in excess of 100 successful books, only to use that as a product placement segue for that same book - which by the way is 1 of a grand total of 3 - 2 of which are called "Booky Wook". It's hard to be taken seriously - isn't it? - when that title alone, speaks volumes about your targeted audience. But that shouldn't be a problem, since being taken seriously was never on Russell Brand's agenda. Selling books is.

@peerhuggins4392

8 жыл бұрын

+root9065 People have been chipping away at Chomsky's reputation for decades. Literally, decades. The problem is, he doesn't actually say anything that can be proved or disproved. He states facts associated with an event, and then creates lines of reasoning from those facts that are purely opinionated and have little to do with the implications of the events in question. In short, he is a glorified lobbyist for contrarians.

I'd like to see them out partying

Brand just keeps proving his a lightweight

One troll imitates another troll

Why ?

Is he full of it?

noam chomsky is who russell brand wishes he was

chomsky is who russell brand wishes he was

Noam Chomsky has a head full of brains and Russell Brand doesn't even have a brain.

The Russell Brand Show

How things have changed with Russell…..not for the better!!!

Everyone dislike this video if you truly dislike Brand and his message. Since Democracy Now never checks the KZread comments, the thumbs down is your only way to communicate disapproval over this video.

You mean he is going to sit there and be totally redundant and sickeningly obtuse?

@scumvs.scum.3248

7 жыл бұрын

Umm, give me a year or two to decide, there is much to choose from.

@scumvs.scum.3248

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, spoken like a true suprememsist, but I gotta ask, if so supreme, why all the fucking bullshit...dumbass. No offense, but you all really are fucking up alotmof...shit...thuis your a dumbass. Bye now.

Who is that?

Wow, this guy is exhausting.

I don't know if I love or hate this guy.

He looks good. Does this dude not age?