"We don't hate anybody." "Well you should. Makes life more fun." Truly the French spirit.

@Blank-lp4fz

8 ай бұрын

It's actually wrong, we hate the Danes.

@Baba_Bahebal

8 ай бұрын

just hate the french it's that easy

@JustinCase99999

7 ай бұрын

... as seen by the Brits *

@kevingarnero2765

7 ай бұрын

Very funny indeed. However, in reality, it's just Germany (enemy) and England (rival), at least nowadays lol

@Mediados

7 ай бұрын

@@kevingarnero2765 Don't forget Austria. We mountain people also like to dunk on you for existing.

England: we're going to have to opt out of that one This has aged magnificently

@Gambit771

4 жыл бұрын

England opted out of the Euro before it was introduced. So it aged fine as it was accurate then and is now.

@martinbudinsky8912

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gambit771 The whole saying was "one state and one currency" so the state part... Not so much. :D

@jacqirius

4 жыл бұрын

Uh... *breathes infrequently* ihhh ufff *gasps* i ... hooo my goodness I came *phew* all the way from *taking last deep breath* sanctuary to tell you *A N O T H E R S E T T L E M E N T N E E D S Y O U R H E L P*

@mpcc2022

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm alright with that...it'll give future journalist something to write about."

@Vletra

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinbudinsky8912 is it? the eu effectively acts as a state diplomatically and as a government politically, especially in the eurozone where it sets monetary policy, though spending and such is still run by the local states and governments the eu is kinda diplomatically a single entity

"We just knew it on the continent and didn't give a toss really" is one of the most British things I've heard

@JasonFightsCrime

2 жыл бұрын

That's one thing that was passed on to the Americans who adopted whole heartedly.

@gradualdecay

2 жыл бұрын

apart from all the times they invaded france lol

@astrolillo

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonFightsCrime Adopted it by invading and robbing every single poor country with resources

@willemthijssen1082

2 жыл бұрын

@@astrolillo Sounds like they have truly lived up to their British roots

@evanjohnson1299

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonFightsCrime yeah but we have the advantage of 2 oceans and militarily weak economically dependent neighbors to separate us from all that drama.

You can 100% tell from the reaction of Hugh's face that "high grade narcotic you're so fond of" was adlibbed.

@njb1126

2 жыл бұрын

Vicodin?

@TechnoEstate

2 жыл бұрын

...and probably true.

@00BillyTorontoBill

2 жыл бұрын

@@njb1126 no... cocaine.,..its always coke. but this was 15 yrs before house... hed be dead if he kept it up..

@TBrl8

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Check the outtakes.

@rickoshay5525

2 жыл бұрын

Was Hugh an addict in real life, and if so, what was it?

It's amazing to see archival footage of the signing so well preserved.

@Sirinwara

4 жыл бұрын

This should be a top comment instead of itchy history buffs correcting a comedy scetch

@Timbone07

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sirinwara Hahah you are right

@neglesaks

4 жыл бұрын

This is doctored footage though. Napoleon Bonapetite isn't on it

@bowskiaws5432

4 жыл бұрын

Even the laughing crowd in the back is accurate

@franciscovarela7127

4 жыл бұрын

sentient oven Yes, amazing it is in color, I thought they only had black and white film in those days. In any case, just proves that diplomacy and international relations hasn’t changed since then.

"Plague victims crawl elegantly"

@xynn3rx116

4 жыл бұрын

@Juni Post Oh no! the brits will leave the EU whatever shall the rest of us europeans do without you?I guess that we will go back to the dark ages without the *strong*british empire guiding us :(

@leonorf2730

4 жыл бұрын

As long as you Brits keep your weak chins and your mangled teeth to yourselves it must be considered an upgrade.

@hishamseddiqee9528

4 жыл бұрын

XYNN3R X, and the funny thing is these inbred retards think that the 4% Muslims in Europe will be the cause of the “downfall” of Europe

@namingisdifficult408

4 жыл бұрын

Tokso Plaxmocis keep living in your delusions.

@uhhh4714

4 жыл бұрын

Tokso Plaxmocis me when I see people with more melanin than me: 😡

As a Swede i must say it was a pity we never got Luxemborg for storing our lovely pickled hering.

@Republic-A-Mapper

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget the shop that sells little things made of straw

@notgadot

7 ай бұрын

Universe Bless Sweden

@Listembourg_out_of_Molvania

3 ай бұрын

As a neighbouring Belgian I'm more than happy Sweden never got Luxembourg for storing your revoltive pickled hering

@ThomasCorfield

2 ай бұрын

Bit racist. 😉 (@@Listembourg_out_of_Molvania

@thenablade858

Ай бұрын

@@Listembourg_out_of_MolvaniaThat’s it. I’m starting to think the French really did invent fries.

What's even funnier is that in political science, the Treaty of Westphalia is literally when the basis for what constitutes a sovereign nation-state was created. It's almost universally understood to be one of the biggest milestones in human political development. ...and Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry still made me giggle like a little kid.

@TheWoozie147

Жыл бұрын

Historians don't really agree with this viewpoint. The universal peace didn't happen with Westphalia but brought peace to the HRE.

@ForgeBall

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheWoozie147 You're confusing two different debates in political science: attributing Westphalia as the first step towards 1) perpetual peace and 2) nationhood. Brady is seemingly talking about the latter, which is a lot more central to our modern understanding of political development. National sovereignty (also called westphalian sovereignty, go figure) essentially means that each nation is free to govern as it sees fit, and no other nation has the right to meddle in another's internal affairs. It might not seem like much, but the idea that each prince has the right to chose their own religion was pretty unheard of in the 1600's. The idea of a nation state in itself was very novel in comparison to the shared sovereignty of feudal monarchies.

@Turambar_499

Жыл бұрын

@@ForgeBall The idea that the Peace of Westphalia created an international recognition of a state's sovereign right to its affairs falls apart pretty quickly. The religious rights of German feudal lords did not grant them further practical autonomy within the Imperial Estates. In fact the next 200 years would be marked by the dissolution of nearly all those "sovereign" principalities. At best it reaffirmed the precedent made at Augsburg 90 years earlier. And the period between Westphalia and the Congress of Vienna was marked by endless international meddling in the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years War, the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Polish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years War, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution.

@ForgeBall

Жыл бұрын

@@Turambar_499 There's a reason why I referred to it as a debate. I never claimed this was settled science, I just gave a short description of the theory to Krupa since he seemed to be unfamiliar with it. Unless you think I gave a poor description, we don't disagree.

@APsupportsTerrorism

Жыл бұрын

Extreme Eurocentrism has entered the chat. Like the concept of nation states didn't exist outside Europe.

The dedication those painters had painting this scene frame by frame to preserve this historic moment

@ArgaAnders

2 жыл бұрын

Too right! I was thinking the same myself, but then I became distracted by a pickled herring!

@obiwankenobi661

2 жыл бұрын

yes, 25 frames for every second

@laurenzpelster2499

2 жыл бұрын

And even painting the soundwaves of their conversation!

@ismeza76

Жыл бұрын

truly a revolutionary period for painters

@JM-mh1pp

Жыл бұрын

@@ismeza76 Some say it took them their entire lives, to that I say, what is a greater gift than a life well spent!

" 'We don't hate anybody.' Well you should! Makes life more fun." The 1600s in a nutshell.

@avinotion

6 жыл бұрын

2000s* in a nutshell

@4600norm

6 жыл бұрын

Human history in a nutshell

@marmorealcandors

6 жыл бұрын

French history in a nutshell

@zabaoth

6 жыл бұрын

Dr. House in a nutshell.

@michelvanderlinden8363

5 жыл бұрын

more like "all of european history in a nutshell" XD

“We don’t hate anybody- well you should. Makes life more fun” is probably the most French thing I’ve heard in my life.

One of the best Fry and Laurie sketches, and that's high praise. What really helps this sketch is the three other actors are every bit as good as Hugh and Stephen. The english guy particularly nails it!

@torstenscholz6243

Жыл бұрын

It's actually from a different show called The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything.

@michaelw2816

Жыл бұрын

Robert Bathurst

4:11 "Oh coitus, we forgot the Balkans" is history worth remembering.

@thekinginyellow1744

3 жыл бұрын

Lance Geiger would like to speak with you. edit (added last name to remove any doubt)

@kielajellopecjo2153

3 жыл бұрын

History guy?

@VersusARCH

3 жыл бұрын

As a guy from the Balkans I confirm that we habitually feel like assasinating some heirs to the throne whenever we get forgotten.

@Anon26535

2 жыл бұрын

*angry Yugoslavian noises*

@wayzUX

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that seemed to work out fine 😂

The real hero is the cameraman who caught this great event on film.

@stalinsmum6475

3 жыл бұрын

and managed not to laugh too hard to save it

@kassandraofodyssey6475

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean cameraman? That clearly was a wizard.

@domainofthesun4400

3 жыл бұрын

I nominate the time machine inventor... thanklessly working away and the cameraman gets all the glory

@rextransformation7418

3 жыл бұрын

Here's the 600th like für du. 😁👍

@coced

3 жыл бұрын

What a good day to invent cinema !

“Well we just knew it was on the Continent and didn’t give a toss really” So many great lines here

@torstenscholz6243

Жыл бұрын

British policies on Continental Europe in a nutshell. 🤣

2:32 "Oh really? You didn't just fancy kicking some German arse?" This line defined the 20th Century.

This sketch is so Monty Python I half-expected the Spanish Inquisition.

@samarvora7185

3 жыл бұрын

*_NOBODY_* EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION.

@sanaddaoud6541

3 жыл бұрын

I certainly did not

@ericstoverink6579

3 жыл бұрын

Just because it's British doesn't mean it's like Monty Python. Monty Python would have done this sketch very differently.

@sjsbviufvibwvuspi

3 жыл бұрын

No

@VosperCDN

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjsbviufvibwvuspi Well, I didn't expect .... oh, nvm.

As a swede, I'm offended by the lack of pickled herring in this sketch.

@djcfb2889

3 жыл бұрын

3:56 check again

@Megadriver

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, I'm not swedish, but I do love pickled herring.

@edvindenbeste2587

3 жыл бұрын

I'm offended by how the Swedish ambassador didn't say "We don't hate you we only hate the danes" instead of "We don't hate anybody"

@japphan

3 жыл бұрын

@@edvindenbeste2587 Are you suggesting the Danes are somebody?

@katebradshaw9280

3 жыл бұрын

Don't listen to them, pickled herring is awesome!

Fun fact: Luxembourg remains the smallest country to host Eurovision. They've hosted the contest four times in 1962, 1966, 1973, and 1984. But Monaco was the smallest to win in 1971. They also would've been the smallest to host in 1972 but because Prince Rainier III couldn't provide a venue and the rest of the requirements to host, BBC decided to step in and host the contest in Edinburgh. And another thing, the restaurant with the *LONGEST* wine list is also in Luxembourg...ask for a drink at Restaurant Chiggeri and you could pick from *2,200 different wines*

@prointernetuser

Жыл бұрын

This is so random, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

@ryankelly9032

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t Iceland win this a couple of years ago?

@bobbyhill3323

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't have had the room for all the wine if the Swedes got to store their pickled herring there.

@scorpixel1866

Жыл бұрын

@@ryankelly9032 Uhhh, how small do you think Iceland is? There's not a lot of people but it sure is a sizeable island.

@ryankelly9032

Жыл бұрын

@@scorpixel1866 my comment had nothing to do with the size of Iceland. It was a reference to the movie Eurovision with Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams.

As a guy from Bosnia and Herzegowina i feel like this is totally accurate... we have always been kicked around by bigger powers, as a side deal or small gift :D

@cloud42269

Жыл бұрын

Pa tako je zato što bi radije da imamo nacionalni ponos i budemo sluge ostalih sila, nego da se držimo zajedno i budemo svoji na svome. Na Balkanu i ovako malo pameti ima, a sada je još izvozimo po svetu...

@somebodysomewhere2850

Жыл бұрын

@@cloud42269 nema to veze sa tim što si napisao

@ND-bf8qs

Жыл бұрын

Pa na kraju za Savage land of Balkans, svi se slože da "Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo go to Great Serbia", ahahaha i kažu "All satisfied! This will guarantee peace forever. Forever!" :)

@newtonwhatevs

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but you see, we needed that drink.

@jamespfitz

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm, as an American, all I know is "Balkanized" is not a complimentary descriptor.

"You should hate somebody. It makes life more fun!" A very Greg House line from Hugh Laurie.

@cancatalbas7849

3 жыл бұрын

I was watching this scene with my brain on life saving mode, not focusing at all, but that was the moment i realized the Frech was indeed Hugh Laurie...

@zyaicob

3 жыл бұрын

@@cancatalbas7849 SAME OMG I LITERALLY WENT "HOUSE?"

@Burning_Dwarf

3 жыл бұрын

Forshadowing

@t.c.thompson2359

3 жыл бұрын

Very French too.

@thibaudduhamel2581

3 жыл бұрын

A vey FRENCH line from Hugh Laurie. Let’s not kid ourselves. We hate the brits for a millenia, and the germans for even more than that. And we had honestly a quite fun history.

Meanwhile, the town's people became so skilled at making cute little tax evasion companies out of straw that nowadays everyone would like to have Luxembourg. Or be Luxembourg.

@tobyforrester

3 жыл бұрын

I think that is sort of what they referred to as using it as storage. It's storage for money, a bank economy.

@BosonCollider

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobyforrester The one country that manages to have 7000 registered corporations for each lawyer. Meaning that everyone wants to be registered there because no one will look too closely at the paperwork

@herauthon

3 жыл бұрын

tax straw evasion.. flax jobs

@herauthon

3 жыл бұрын

grass rooted

@herauthon

3 жыл бұрын

wanting a shrubbery

I am delighted to discover that the Rocher ad was quoted in this comedic masterpiece. The reason for this is that I am te one who wrote the original, Italian version of the commercial when I was a young copywriter in the '80s. It seems to have reached a cult status as the ultimate corny (or idiotic) advertising. My life wasn't useless, after all.

@asicdathens

6 ай бұрын

The Ferrero ad was played to death in Greece especially before Christmas and New Year

@user-ii9bl6de2j

5 ай бұрын

And I'm the Pope.

@Marksman_12

Ай бұрын

You made a mark on this world, sir.

@dudanunesbleff

Ай бұрын

If you are who you say, you have left a mark on this world, my friend.

That "Ohhh, she's _back."_ was delivered so perfectly

@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler

Жыл бұрын

The "owhhh" from a lady in the audience is icing on the cake.

2 months later "France has broken your alliance" "France desires your province: Eastern Luxemburg (-200)"

@Otterly_luna

8 жыл бұрын

TheGoldenFluzzleBuff So true :D.

@Paul-A01

8 жыл бұрын

TheGoldenFluzzleBuff I said FOREVER!

@ViridianVictoria

8 жыл бұрын

+TheGoldenFluzzleBuff You forgot something. France no longer considers Austria to be a rival. France has announced Sweden as their new rival.

@cocochanelleke

8 жыл бұрын

+SparkStop "Oh coitus, you've forgotten the Balcans".

@cocochanelleke

8 жыл бұрын

+spudnic88 I thought that was self-explaining (?!) - but never mind dear ;)

"Let's just use it for storage!"

@johnhaynes6761

7 жыл бұрын

We need it for our pickled herring. Plagues victims crawl, etc

@kxmode

7 жыл бұрын

Luxembourg comes from Lucilinburhuc (medieval for "Little Fortress") or Bockfiels (German for "fortified promontory"). Basically, it's a big storage bin. :P

@torstenscholz6243

5 жыл бұрын

Well, that's what Amazon and many other companies thought too, which is why they nowadays use Luxembourg for storing lots of money.

@johnmauer1974

4 жыл бұрын

Peeyew 😄😄

@vinny9868

4 жыл бұрын

Now they store their money.

I'm Luxembourgish, and I approve this message.

@ArgaAnders

Жыл бұрын

Have you got room for a barrel of herring or two? The kingdom of Sweden would be ever so gratefull if you do! We´ll even employ your humorous dwarf as a herring pickler if you do! What a boon to your local economy!

@ghostbuddy6004

8 ай бұрын

eis Streihpoppen sinn halt Legendär

'The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything' is a collection of television comedy sketches, produced in 1999, broadcast in two parts on 2 and 4 January 2000 on BBC One. Based on well-known historical events, it took its title and concept from the 1969 London Weekend Television series 'The Complete and Utter History of Britain'. Treaty of Westphalia * Patrick Barlow - Advisor * Robert Bathurst - English Ambassador * James Dreyfus - Swedish Ambassador * Stephen Fry - Ambassador * Hugh Laurie - French Ambassador

@boointhelotus5332

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was wondering when this was made!

They rattle these witticisms off so cleanly it makes me wonder how much was written and how much was ad-libbed. These guys are all comedic geniuses.

@renerpho

2 жыл бұрын

"That new high-grade narcotic you're so fond of" was clearly ad-libbed, judging from Laurie's reaction. Hard to tell for most of the rest.

@wadedewell

Жыл бұрын

I want to see more stuff like this. What show was this from? Where can I see more comedy like this?

@Overhemd

Жыл бұрын

It really annoys me how people always overestimate how much is improv. It's kinda insulting to the script writer(s)

@superdupertyson

11 ай бұрын

​@@wadedewell looks like Blackadder but I'm not sure

@EebstertheGreat

8 ай бұрын

The entire scene is scripted.

"Why can't you store them in Sweden?" "Oh the whiff" Had me dying.

@GreenMetalicDevil

4 жыл бұрын

Not as badly as if you lived here and could smell them! Surströmming is not for sane people!

@celestinekhasatsili9814

4 жыл бұрын

What is 'whiff'?

@mgg5418

4 жыл бұрын

CELESTINE KHASATSILI it’s the bad smell! My favorite line too 😂😂😂😂😂

@tttc

4 жыл бұрын

@@GreenMetalicDevil Surströmming is fermented herring though, not pickled. Just saiyan

@GreenMetalicDevil

4 жыл бұрын

@@tttc Ok, did I say anything else?

It speaks to astounding talent that they could make 17th-century geopolitics hilarious to a 21st-century audience.

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have always been top-notch comedians as well as Rowan Atkinson. British humor at its finest 😂

From the show, "The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything" in case anyone wishes to watch it.

@Steampunkkids

4 жыл бұрын

Harmeet Singh Walia, thank you. I had no idea

@rachard

4 жыл бұрын

Thx m8

@thekinginyellow1744

4 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks, I had assumed it was from "A bit of Fry and Laurie"

@felipepvistaiv

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this info :D

@yeahyeahyeah4488

4 жыл бұрын

YOu're the real hero here, thank you!

Category: *E D U C A T I O N*

@LuisAldamiz

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, you learn there's a country (or whatever) called Luxemburg. That's educative indeed.

@jacqirius

4 жыл бұрын

It's quite educating in comedy if you ask me Look at the "humorous" content on tv nowadays

@Cjnw

4 жыл бұрын

*L U X E M B O U R G*

@giovanniacuto2688

3 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz I thought it was just a radio station

@chissstardestroyer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that categorization of this video, though I think I remember it from my first college history course, come to think of it.

Absolute genius in evoking great laughter out of centuries old facts. I bet if history were taught like this in school, more kids would understand the roots of many of our issues as well as hopefully figure out now to not repeat them.

@waynemarvin5661

Жыл бұрын

Naw. Most kids, as always, don't care.

@bcj842

Жыл бұрын

@@waynemarvin5661 We’d be in geography class like, “Well, we just knew it was on the continent and didn’t give a toss, really…”

@chrisdawson1776

Жыл бұрын

@@bcj842 🤓❄️🇮🇱🤡👃🔰

@kishinasura1504

Жыл бұрын

Or hate even more people because its fun...

Everything done by this group especially blackadder aged so well. Absolute genius.

"We're going to have to opt out of that one." That aged well.

@generalerica4123

4 жыл бұрын

Mark A. Dunham, Jr. I mean, technically he was referring to Stephen Fry's (The Ambassadors) comment upon the single currency, saying that England would opt out of it (for you see, they pay in pound, not in euro), and not what many here seem to think, Brexit. I, however, would contend that this here sketch becomes even more brilliant with recent British political revelations in mind.

@Gambit771

4 жыл бұрын

@@generalerica4123 Spot on.

@josephstalin7353

4 жыл бұрын

@@generalerica4123 *unsure* about opting out

@tommerker8063

4 жыл бұрын

@@generalerica4123 to be fair brexxit wasn't realy that hard to predict, england never realy wanted the eu in the first place and basicaly just joint out of peer pressure(fear of european isolationism)

@foximacentauri7891

4 жыл бұрын

@@tommerker8063 European isolationism? Isolate from what? The Russians? The americans? The Chinese? All of them are quite nationalist countries. Work together in order to not let them surpass you economically is not isolationism.

This is EU4 to a tee

@olstar18

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not. EU4 had politics that made much more sense. This video is more like the real thing than anything put into a grand strategy game.

@TheNaturalnuke

7 жыл бұрын

Nah it's like the first hoi4 peacedeal ai.

@1973Washu

6 жыл бұрын

Europe , how it used to be...

@rapportlebon4823

6 жыл бұрын

So hot

@flyingpirate0456

6 жыл бұрын

Especially if you promise your allies land

Simply legendary! If this sketch continued an hour, i would watch it and rewatched it.

"We don't hate anybody. Well you should. It makes life more fun." That would be such a House MD thing to say.

54 offended Luxembourgers downvoted this. So that's all of them, then.

@KeeperofthePeace

6 жыл бұрын

Zzyzzyzzs Hah!

@tyler89557

5 жыл бұрын

They made babies and now it's 185.

@RYN988

5 жыл бұрын

French or Swedish ones?

@itsJojoCha

5 жыл бұрын

Luxembourger here, and I am here to confirm that there are no more than two hundred citizens in this country, and that the French/Swedish ratio is at a clean 50/50 split. And, yes, 90+% of them can be really butthurt, and all of them have watched this video, even the babies. Please take these jars of pickled herring away from us. They do not make for good house building material, and they are *EVERYWHERE*.

@jekubfimbulwing5370

5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure a couple of them voted twice!

"Plague victims crawl elegantly" is a 2020 mood

@alexandrugheorghe5610

3 жыл бұрын

😔

@alexandrugheorghe5610

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately.

@dlein93

3 жыл бұрын

@@selinesbeau *pose unmasked with guns

@TheVorket

3 жыл бұрын

We're all Luxemburgers now

@imperiumoccidentis7351

2 жыл бұрын

​@@dlein93 Yeah, they should be degenerate bootlickers and trust everything the state and media tells them, because if anyone is trustworthy it's them and their useful idiots.

The funny thing about this sketch is that everybody actually wanted Luxembourg, because of the bloody great fortress in the middle of it that commanded the high ground well into surrounding countries. The reason the city and the domain exist is because of that fortress. And I speak of it in the past tense, because the Luxemburgers got rid of it so that surrounding countries would stop trying to take it by force.

@leondarcy7367

7 ай бұрын

Partly true. The dismantling of the fortress was decided by the European powers in the Treaty of London. It had the desired effect that Luxemburg lost its strategic significance. The former fortified area is today the city park.

@Madcapredcap

7 ай бұрын

@@leondarcy7367 So it was less "We dismantled this thing to make our city less of a target" and more like the 19th-century equivalent of a strategic arms limitation treaty?

France and Sweeden: *Arguing about who keeps Luxembourg* Spain and the Netherlands fighting for 80 years for that region just to not being invited: 💀

"America that gave us .... that new high grade narcotics that you are so fond of" love the jab and the way hugh laurie reacted to it.

@eriksunden4704

4 жыл бұрын

What narcotic ia referred too?

@deadpan904

4 жыл бұрын

@@eriksunden4704 It could be opium or tobacco. Something else I can't remember except marijuana.

@tyrrhenamaxus

4 жыл бұрын

cocaine

@NapoleonBonaparde

4 жыл бұрын

@@deadpan904 Opium isn't from the New World but i believe India,Pakistan that area.

@mkadoza

4 жыл бұрын

@@NapoleonBonaparde Opium was primarily from Afghanistan. Heroin and opium are both mainly Afghani crops. They were referring to cocaine.

"I'm going to have to opt out over that one, I'm afraid." - England No kidding XD

@Yora21

7 жыл бұрын

Was this before or after the shit hit the fan in the Balkans?

@althesmith

7 жыл бұрын

Hasn't that been happening continuously in the Balkans since the 15th century?

@markomihajlovic7091

6 жыл бұрын

Continuously since there have been people in the Balkans covers it better. I do not think you could find a period longer than 50 years when there have been no major border changes or uprisings in the Balkans since the fall of Rome.

@methamphetamememcmeth3422

6 жыл бұрын

I want some titty, 'cause England is my city.

@fuzzydunlop7928

5 жыл бұрын

+Maintenance Renegade - 'several' is more imprecise than it should've been. This was filmed in the same ten-year span as the Balkan conflicts - as in the conflicts of the former-Yugoslavia.

'that'll give journalists of the future something to write about" is a beautiful line

“‘We don’t hate anyone!’ Well you should! Makes life more fun.” 😂

ha I like the little bit of actual political satire, the rushed and indifferent dividing up of the Balkans

@IllusiveSerb

6 жыл бұрын

Except they never made "greater Serbia". But in all fairness, Serbia *is* always great...

@filipkralj2618

6 жыл бұрын

yes they did, after WW1, Serbian ruled state by Serbian king with Serbian police beating Croats, Slovenes and other non-Serbs. Doesnt get much better that that

@johnvictorengland7703

6 жыл бұрын

I'ts not supposed to be realistic, it's simplistic satire. Very good satire at that.

@KoeSeer

5 жыл бұрын

meh, it's just a collective region of savages and weird women with head scarf. Whatever could happen from that region, anyway?

@staaannar1295

5 жыл бұрын

...no

2:24 "We don't hate anybody" The Danes, Norwegians, Poles, Lithuanians and Russians of the time would have to disagree with you, Mr Swedish Amabassador.

@TosothYaKnow

5 жыл бұрын

>_>

@torstenscholz6243

5 жыл бұрын

So would every Ikea customer today (so pretty much the whole of mankind).

@mr.normalguy69

4 жыл бұрын

We do like Islam though.

@Erik-sw3tc

4 жыл бұрын

JediJaras That was what I was thinking too. I thought he would atleast have pointed out that we hate the Danes.

@Schmorgus

4 жыл бұрын

@@mr.normalguy69 Your comment made me laugh so hard I almost made accidental Halal!

"That'll give journalists of the future something to write about"😂😂😂 how prophetic

I cant believe this was 2000... the quality makes it look like early 80s

More accurate than the History Channel.

@nemou4985

4 жыл бұрын

History Channel: And thats how nazi aliens divided europe

"Is it truely wise to divide a land in so wild and ragged a fashion . . . ." "Oh I don't know I think it will give journalists of the future something to write about." *Remembers basic history of Ireland, Germany, the continent of Africa* Oh I felt that

@antokarman2064

3 жыл бұрын

Also middle east

@Alystas

3 жыл бұрын

@@antokarman2064 And the Balkans... and to be honest any foreign land Europe has been involved in.

@secularmonk5176

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alystas What's important to remember is that the colonized people weren't just sitting around, perfectly content with their boundaries with neighboring cultures ... there was low-key warfare at all times, testing each others' resolve. Colonization suppressed communication and movement of the native population ... enforcing a sort of truce. Then, when decolonization was complete, the ethic groups could get back into "negotiations" with each other ... now with Western industrial weaponry.

@kenshin4113

2 жыл бұрын

*Israel and Palestine stares in the distance*

@Ravi9A

2 жыл бұрын

@@secularmonk5176 -turns sparks into conflagrations -There was always a fire! Sure, in the most meaningless usage of term.

I love that when you look up "Treaty of Westphalia", this is the first thing to come up.

Even as a german i never get tired of rewatching this, just brilliant.

*meanwhile in Sweden* "My King! France, Brandenburg, the Commonwealth and Russia have joined the coalition against us!" ... ...... ......... ............ ............... "Worrisome..."

@DaDunge

7 жыл бұрын

We won didn't we? Well for a while.

@jakalordarkblood4331

7 жыл бұрын

Well it would have been Saxony that entered the Coalition, due to them having a sort of Personal Union over the PLC.

@Derna1804

6 жыл бұрын

+Fredrik Dunge Knocked out in the fourth round fighting in the corner of the ring.

@YuiFunami

6 жыл бұрын

it'd be some random shitty HRE nation that starts the war

@eliotwessang9915

6 жыл бұрын

They will find no safety in numbers...

“What’s wrong with pickled herring?” “Nothing if you’re Swedish”

@ann-carolinemorner6405

3 жыл бұрын

Pickled herring is all right. Fermented herring is ... well I have had it and I survived.

@JonatasAdoM

3 жыл бұрын

@@ann-carolinemorner6405 Some of you has survived.

@ann-carolinemorner6405

3 жыл бұрын

@@JonatasAdoM Ha ha.

@tomf3150

3 жыл бұрын

@@ann-carolinemorner6405 Who doesn't like rollmops.

@efcpl

2 жыл бұрын

Its like a biochemical weapon.

Absolute perfection, I can't get enough of it after so many years and views. They should make one about the drawing of the borders of Africa, or even better, of the Middle East too.

No wonder Dr. House is so smart, he has been alive for so long

And peace was had forever after, especially in the Balkans!

@xanpenguin754

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, as Yuri Orlov said "When the Balkans say their going to have a war, they mean it!"

@stalinsmum6475

3 жыл бұрын

Xan penguin As a balkan i can only say: We dont war all the time but when we do we war all the way.

@stalinsmum6475

3 жыл бұрын

Broman Yes we had 2 revolutions, multiple wars and two great wars just to kick you out XD

@tincondra4307

3 жыл бұрын

@@stalinsmum6475 man it is the lack of diplomatic tendencies between countries. Everybody is just very xenophobic.

@alexandrugheorghe5610

3 жыл бұрын

@@tincondra4307 too much emotional volatility. 😕🤷🏻‍♂️😔😐

The sad fact is that those negotiators spent 4 years to end up with most of the borders of 1618 unchanged. The changes were just a few places for the Swedes to stash their herring.

@ulvschmidt7174

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly river outlets that we could tax

@perto1970

2 жыл бұрын

We do need a good place to stash it before easter, midsummer, christmas. It is a miracle that we dont eat on New Year as well.

@qp9vp

2 жыл бұрын

That was, in the end, the most important result.

@snazzypazzy

2 жыл бұрын

Well and the Alsace-Lorraine or Elsaß-Lothringen area. That messed things up for many years to come. If WW3 ever happens I half expect Germany and France to start fighting over it once more just for the hell of it. Even if they start out on the same side.

@flemingmggmail

Жыл бұрын

I've seen it commented somewhere that there have been many global conflicts, but a war cannot count as a true World War unless Germany invades France through Belgium.

And what a cast! Five comic actors at the top of their games.

@beenaplumber8379

Жыл бұрын

Fry & Laurie, Constable Goody, and I'm sure I know the other two but my brain is all fog right now. Their faces are so familiar!

What makes this funnier is when you remember that while the actual treaties that would make up the peace of Westphalia were being drafted, The war and fighting was STILL going on.

Oh coitus. We forgot the Balkans.

@JurgenErhard

7 жыл бұрын

I'll have to remember that one, just wonderful alternative if you don't wont to use the f-word. :D

@josephglatz25

5 жыл бұрын

GIVE IT ALL TO SERBIA, are you mad! That will give them control of access to the Black Sea.

@iliyaaleksov6397

5 жыл бұрын

we, Bulgarians have the black sea!! stay away serbs!! muhaha

@JamaicanCastle

5 жыл бұрын

They could've given it all to the Ottomans and waited ten or twenty years...Too soon?

@fuzzydunlop7928

5 жыл бұрын

You time-table's a bit off there, mate.

EU4Multiplayer.mp4

As a Swede I can confirm that proper storage of pickled herring is very important.

As an International Relations/Diplomacy graduate with two years' worth of Treaty of Westphalia topics, this 100% how Europeans would have been like to each other if they had something close to social media or memes back then.

Germany: "...one state, and probably with a single currency." England: "I'm afraid I think we'll opt out of that one." He's not feckin joking is he?

@manojoogo5003

7 жыл бұрын

That wasnt Germany tho. Germany didnt exist until 1871.

@SamuelKristopher

7 жыл бұрын

Manojoogo I know, I'm just simplifying for the sake of the joke :)

@James-th2oo

7 жыл бұрын

It wasn't Germany at all. That was either Belgium or the Netherlands.

@brahms63

7 жыл бұрын

James Witteveen indeed, Germany or more likely Prussia and Austria lost the thirty wars hence they gave territories to the winners mainly France and Sweden

@James-th2oo

7 жыл бұрын

It was the 30 year war, and Germany/Prussia didn't exist at this time. In a way, Austria lost, yes, but the territory that they are giving up here is not Austria's territory itself.

"oh we forget about the balkans" *proceeds to draw random lines for borders "thats good, lets all go get some tea now" this about sums every re-drawing of the balkans ever, since the beginning of time

@horstschlemmer9578

4 жыл бұрын

While funny, its not like you can actually make borders in the Balkans without pissing off somebody, since everybody claims each others territotry.

@NapoleonBonaparde

4 жыл бұрын

@@horstschlemmer9578 Its peaceful these days excluding Kosovo and that sleeping disaster which is Bosnia

@nuperaa6617

4 жыл бұрын

At least Hungary is little and Turkey limited to a city in Balkans

@AtaMarKat

4 жыл бұрын

NapoleonBonaparte Is that what we’ve got planned for June then? Another war in the Balkans?

@NapoleonBonaparde

4 жыл бұрын

@@AtaMarKat Well i hope not those countries cant wage a war without outside financial aid.

I love how England is just there to vibe, not giving a darn and just having fun going to war

That ferrero rocher ending was perfect XD

@Pulang_Diwa

5 ай бұрын

I don't get it. What did it mean?

"I MAY have to opt out of that one" - England, uncertain about opting out since the 1600s.

@LuisAldamiz

4 жыл бұрын

They have finally opted out of everything... in the worst possible time.

@foximacentauri7891

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz on the best way to opt out of great Britain.

@whynottalklikeapirat

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz One wonders what they opted inTO ... I am sure they don't know ...

@LuisAldamiz

4 жыл бұрын

@@whynottalklikeapirat - They opted to be the US Trojan Horse inside the EU. That's why most of EU isn't really worried about Brexit, it is good for us, at least not bad.

@whynottalklikeapirat

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz Good point

“And England.....gets this lovely carriage clock.” “Oh, thank you very much, how very kind.” “Oh really? You didn’t just fancy kicking some German arse?” “That’s what rather appealed to us, too.” Best lines ever.

@idc5309

2 жыл бұрын

“Oh coitus we forgot the Balkans” and “She’s back”

@mel_energy

2 жыл бұрын

“In future years there will be Swedish Luxembourgers and French Luxembourgers - Protestant and Catholic - _both_ at each other’s throats!” - “Oh, I dunno, I think that’ll give journalists in the future something to write about”

@LuckyBird551

2 жыл бұрын

That was weird, right? One would think that the English would fancy to kick some French arse.

@dillonwarcup6426

2 жыл бұрын

England, Agent of Chaos

@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_

2 жыл бұрын

@@dillonwarcup6426 Indeed. There is a funny quote _If two fish are fighting in a river an Englishman must have passed by._

bro my ap euro teacher made me watch this once in class in 2021 and now there's no escaping it, it just periodically floats back to the top of my recommended like an old bottle

"Savage lands of the Balkans" - the West still looks at the Balkans this way. Nothing's changed. "Racism is okay as long as it's against the Slavs" - the entire non-Slavic world

"Luxemburg is up for grabs; anybody want it?" Europe through most of history: "Nah man, we're good" Germany in 1914: *"I'lL taKe YOUr eNtiRE sTocK!"*

@Wickedonezz

4 жыл бұрын

Luxemburg was essentially a satellite state anyways

@VictoriaPatricia

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wickedonezz was?

@Wickedonezz

4 жыл бұрын

@@VictoriaPatricia in ww1 yes

@Yingyanglord1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wickedonezz for the most part Germany had nothing to gain from ww1 except colonies

@MrKozeljko

4 жыл бұрын

@@Yingyanglord1 what about diplomatic and economic dominance in Europe?

_Hugh's break when Fry tosses him that one about "*high-grade narcotics (๑•̀ㅂ•́)✧*"_

@q-tuber7034

2 жыл бұрын

Priceless

@jimmyjames417

2 жыл бұрын

Totally

@galengness5965

2 жыл бұрын

The joke was too funny he had turn and find the person who wrote the script 🤣🤣🤣

@rockstopsthetraffic

2 жыл бұрын

Coffee.

@downundanow5569

2 жыл бұрын

@JZ's Best Friend North America wasn't mentioned, just America. Many modern countries make no distinction between North and South and and South Americans will say that they are Americans. :)

"I think in the future all our petty squabbles over Europe will forgotten, it'll just be one huge state, probably with a single currency!" Britain: "I'm going to have to opt out over that one I'm afraid".

This is essentially what I imagine in my head whenever I finalize a treaty in Hearts of Iron.

Love the reference to Belgium, a country which wouldn't come into existence until nearly 200 years after this sketch takes place.

@thenoblepoptart

Жыл бұрын

The name for that part of the Benelux is old, it comes from the “Belgae” tribe of Gauls, which was mentioned in Caesar’s book The Gallic Wars

@ArkadiBolschek

Жыл бұрын

The French ambassador is wearing the tricoleur, so...

@Game_Hero

7 ай бұрын

Wasn't Luxembourg part of Belgium once?

@roc7880

5 ай бұрын

indeed. but the irony persists still since there is no certainty it will endure still

"You didn't fancy kicking some German arse?" Why is that delivery so hilarious and entertaining?

@TheRedKing247

4 жыл бұрын

Thats what rather appealed to us too.

@KarakNornClansman

4 жыл бұрын

Because it's true.

@Itachi951000

4 жыл бұрын

@BlackDeathViral03 France had been regularly throwing parties on german soil for centuries.... long before "that Corsican bloke" buttraped Prussia though lmao. They got more than great times. Almost half of metropolitan France currently was part of the HRE at some point... and look where all those lands are now.

@martinivanovs

4 жыл бұрын

@BlackDeathViral03 It hasn't been all down hill for the French since Napoleon. Indeed Germany kicked their asses in 1871, but in WW1 France performed just as well as the British against Germany. In WW2 it was the new superpowers the US and USSR that decided the war. Also, ever since the end of WW2, France has been the only real military power in Western Europe. The British and German armies of nowadays are mere shadows of what they used to be and rely heavily on NATO (US).

@ablethreefourbravo

3 жыл бұрын

What @@KarakNornClansman said.

I had missed this old gem. This is absolutely on point and hilarious at the same time, Good satire.

@no-ge9gd

Жыл бұрын

Where is it from?

@celorfiwyn8193

Жыл бұрын

@@no-ge9gd The BBC produced a show called "The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything" of different sketches, with as one can see comedians of its time like Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.

"...We need Luxembourg to store our pickled herring!" Blunt, utilitarian and essential!😆

[CAST] Patrick Barlow - Advisor Robert Bathurst - English Ambassador James Dreyfus - Swedish Ambassador Stephen Fry - Ambassador Hugh Laurie - French Ambassador Thanks for the info, Ben Toth!

@joshua333ify

5 жыл бұрын

I knew I recognized Dr. House in this video!!!

@Steampunkkids

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my, didn’t recognize Stephen Fry. How lovely

@mattl5797

4 жыл бұрын

The fact that you know him now as "Dr House" and not for skits like this and for Blackadder says a lot about are SoCiEtY

@DaDunge

4 жыл бұрын

I assumed Stephen Fry was the Dutch ambassador.

@DaDunge

4 жыл бұрын

@Batman The Dark Knight What's this about?

The whole sketch is awesome, but the bit that really made me lose it was "Oh coitus, we forgot the Balkans!"

@AymanB

9 жыл бұрын

vonteflon Yeah they really go bonkers with the writing.

@raisingwings2913

5 жыл бұрын

Well it's one funny way to say oh fuck , we forgot

@SuddenReal

4 жыл бұрын

@@raisingwings2913 One of my favourite lines of all time is from Monty Python "oh, intercourse the penguin!"

@dorianphilotheates3769

4 жыл бұрын

vonteflon - f@%#, no one should EVER forget the Balkans - that’s where the bloody problems always start!

@martavdz4972

8 ай бұрын

@@dorianphilotheates3769 Not true anymore, they start in Russia nowadays...

Blimey!!!The cameraman was present at the meeting. Well preserved and detailed. That too in colour. Amazing!!!! Hope,The cameraman got the video of the worlds creation too.

hilarious, what a lovely description of Luxemburg as well, lets use it for storage....

"We did it boys, we've ended Continental European warfare forever!"

@LuckyBird551

2 жыл бұрын

And then Napoleon shows up. And they made more treaties that will end Continental European warfare forever. But then came the German Empire, and again more treaties that were to end Continental European warfare forever. Except for this one very angry Austrian with a stupid mustache, who was angry at the Jews for existing...

@PeterDivine

Жыл бұрын

@@LuckyBird551 To be fair, if anyone was stupid enough to actually believe the Treaty of Versailles was stable enough to end WW1 by just saying "Germany admits they suck and pays for everything everyone broke AFTER we take basically half its territory," then they totally deserve what they set up. At least the lesson got learned: desperation breeds radicalism, radicalism causes war. If you want to stop a war, stop desperation.

@napoleonbuonaparte8975

8 ай бұрын

​@@LuckyBird551This happened more than a century before that tho.

I may have to opt out of that one... prophetic words right there

@e.a.1161

7 жыл бұрын

He didn't mean opt out of European Union. He referred to the single currency. Britain was a member of the EU when the sketch was broadcast but had not replaced its currency. So, I think it's a joke about the euro :-)

@geekoborabora

7 жыл бұрын

Oh That was surely what was intended.... but prophetic words are so often veiled, no?

@GastonBoucher

7 жыл бұрын

Well, Sweden never changed currency either.

@danendrahartawan9268

7 жыл бұрын

Britain joined the EEC quite late, not right away

@TheNaturalnuke

7 жыл бұрын

You mean when Greece set the ball on fire.

Henry Arero watching and listening from Kenya

In Westphalia, Born and Raised! Discussing Luxembourg is how I spent most of my days!

"We don't hate anyone." "Well you should. Makes life more fun." "That new high-grade narcotic you're so fond of." Points at Hugh. Hugh smirks. He's like a 17th century French version of Dr. House.

@MrChillerNo1

4 жыл бұрын

Cocaine was big in the 70-90ies So I guess Hugh smiked because he used cocaine at that time...

@Gottenhimfella

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrChillerNo1 I rather had the impression it was Stephen who had the cocaine habit. Didn't he once adjourn to the toilets at Buck House for a refresher?

@Crimethoughtfull

4 жыл бұрын

Those two points about hating people making life more fun and "that high grade narcotic", I find, are foreshadowing one Dr. Gregory HOUSE. ;-)

@MrDeVooluff

Жыл бұрын

Bleeding coffee addicts... they're everywhere!

"Well, we just knew it was somewhere on the continent and didn't give a toss, really."

@ERRandDEL

2 жыл бұрын

England's attitude towards anything not-England for about 99% of its documented history.

@JamesJJSMilton

2 жыл бұрын

@@ERRandDEL more like 60% of history. they spent like 300 years bothering the world over the crown of France, Hannover, and the Nazis,

@threenumbnuts

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesJJSMilton Hanoverians when Queen Victoria ascended the throne: "We're really sorry, Britain, but we just cannot allow a woman to hold our crown. If you'd like, we can try to change our constitution or find another arrangement to continue our personal union?" Leaders of the UK: "Oh thank the heavens, you're finally leaving? We'll throw in the Isle of Man if you do it before the next war explodes. From now on we'll *demand* that our heirs marry commoners so they won't accidentally inherit more impossible-to-defend territories."

Every time this shows up in my recommended I have to watch it. Such a classic.

An absolute classic. Spot on👏🏻😃

This is 100% how the original signing of the Treaty of Westphalia went.

@thedirtbagstash

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure my history teacher showed us this

@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. A bunch of aristocrats drawing imaginary lines based on what chunks of land with diverse populations they liked to own. What could go wrong?

sweden ambassador:"we don't hate anybody!!" french ambassador:" well, you should! makes a lot fo fun!!" looooooooooooool

@Mercure250

7 жыл бұрын

makes life more fun*

@paxromana1841

6 жыл бұрын

Lack rivals

@Jaceric2

5 жыл бұрын

@some boby We buildt a nuclear powerplant with bad safety rutines ( greenpeace broke in a few years ago haha ) about 4 miles from their capital Köpenhamn so its all good, we have them in check :)

@Jaceric2

5 жыл бұрын

@some boby Yeah pretty much. The bridge and roads connecting Köpenhamn and the swedish city Malmö in skåne ( scania ) across Öresund strait is about 15,9km. The whole county of scania used to belong to Danmark. Thats probobly why the scanian accent sounds danish. Or as the rest of Sweden thinks, it sounds like they try to talk with their mouths full of porridge.

@tsartodd

4 жыл бұрын

actually, the Swedes weren't overly fond of the Poles around the time of the Treaty of Westphalia.

My history teacher showed this to the class in middle school. Very nostalgic.

this never gets old