St. Patrick’s Day Message: Liam Neeson Combats Harmful Irish Stereotypes

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  • @neverendingcrafts4u
    @neverendingcrafts4u Год назад +525

    I'm a black American. I spent a summer in Ireland. I felt so welcome. I love Ireland. I love the people. I love the food. I loved riding the bus into Dublin. I Love Dublin. I had so much fun. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

    • @AdultThirdCultureKid1971
      @AdultThirdCultureKid1971 Год назад +23

      That's awesome that you spent a summer in Ireland and felt so welcome. I visited Ireland in July 2013 and I loved it!

    • @thevexoffender8197
      @thevexoffender8197 Год назад

      Well from Ireland fuck you

    • @aliciajohnson7951
      @aliciajohnson7951 Год назад +7

      Yes Ireland is a really nice place. Dublin is great outside of Dublin Clondonkin is so picturesque.

    • @Shirdimajid
      @Shirdimajid Год назад

      He s from. Northern Ireland.. It s a shit over here very racist

    • @roymunson1
      @roymunson1 Год назад +11

      ​@aliciajohnson7951 you on the wind up mate, clondalkin!!?! He'd wanna check out West finglas, or tallaght for real picturesque views. To die for.

  • @joycliffe266
    @joycliffe266 Год назад +605

    Liam is such a good sport for doing this. He really carries off that self-deprecating humour and Irish charm with ease. Highly recommend watching his guest spot in "Derry Girls".

    • @joycliffe266
      @joycliffe266 Год назад +11

      @Bob Valdez Ha, ha true! I had to do the same thing but it was well worth it.

    • @breakdancinfool
      @breakdancinfool Год назад +1

      AMEN! A Derry Girls Cameo would be brilliant. I think DG was canceled tho

    • @sueyourself5413
      @sueyourself5413 Год назад

      They ruined Derry Girls by including Clinton. Completely pointless.

    • @kenna163
      @kenna163 Год назад +18

      ​@@breakdancinfool no Liam Neeson was on Derry Girls. First episode of Season 3

    • @barry4649
      @barry4649 Год назад +7

      @@breakdancinfoolhe was in it

  • @VSVickery
    @VSVickery Год назад +389

    His reaction to his own mention of Ralph Fiennes had me 😂😂😂

    • @mannym3515
      @mannym3515 Год назад +2

      Me too😂😂

    • @stevepatrickjarvis
      @stevepatrickjarvis Год назад +15

      I shouldn't have been drinking tea when he said, "Branahanamanaghergehgen man".

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад

      @Laurence O'Connor Hello my amazing fan🙋....You can leave a message to my via email address regarding to the best platform you'd want to contact me I will respond when I'm less busy or you can kindly drop your email.. huge fan once again thanks for your love and support..I really appreciate your love towards my movies❤️
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    • @barbaravyse660
      @barbaravyse660 10 месяцев назад

      Same

  • @lexslate2476
    @lexslate2476 Год назад +1033

    Now I want to see Liam Neeson play Leslie Nielsen in a comedy with a needlessly complicated plot about going undercover and the importance of committing to the bit.

    • @joycliffe266
      @joycliffe266 Год назад +20

      What a great idea! I would watch Liam in something like that.

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 Год назад +24

      That does sound interesting.
      Im thinking a mockumentary of the making of Dracula, Dead and Loving it. Starring Liam Neeson.

    • @TheIvymouse
      @TheIvymouse Год назад +3

      I also have thought that they would really make an interesting and incredibly tedious film that only true comedians could attempt. However I think they should scrap the mashed potatoes bit! 😂🤔😂

    • @PenneySounds
      @PenneySounds Год назад +40

      Wasn't there already an announcement that Liam Neeson would be starring in a reboot of The Naked Gun?

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 Год назад +10

      @@PenneySounds yes there was. Well spotted.

  • @dietsoba
    @dietsoba Год назад +429

    My name’s Siobhan, so I felt this with my soul, BUT ALSO Liam played my great grandfather’s cousin and best friend, revolutionary Michael Collins in the film of the same name, so this had a special sort of Irish family impact

    • @Justusson
      @Justusson Год назад +15

      Thanks to Late Show and their continuous work they do in Irish names, I dare to say (and hope I get it right) that you pronounce your name as: Shován.
      Am I right? Don’t really know how to spell the pronunciation with those special letters,.. ☺️

    • @noamfinnegan8663
      @noamfinnegan8663 Год назад +12

      My grandfather is from mushroom mountain. I have wonderful memories of West Cork.
      Family still live from Leap to Blarney and places in-between.
      We still hang out our colours for the best patriot lreland ever knew.
      His centenary last year showed the world the love we still have for the "Big Fella".
      Erín go bragh
      Revenge for Skibereen

    • @abbycross90210
      @abbycross90210 Год назад +6

      Michael Collins is killer to pronounce.

    • @jedsithor
      @jedsithor Год назад +9

      @@Justusson Shiv-Awn (awn like dawn, shiv like...don't stab me please lol) though depending on the accent "Shove-Awn" works too.

    • @jedsithor
      @jedsithor Год назад +7

      @@Justusson Shiv and Shove are both equally fine. It's an accent thing more than anything.
      While I'm here though, another one, Oisin, is pronounced "Ush-een." If you ever come across that one you now have the knowledge you need to correct people lol

  • @pj1995____
    @pj1995____ Год назад +83

    “Silly man Christopher Nolan guy” made me laugh out loud 😂😂😂

  • @GroovyShelly
    @GroovyShelly 5 месяцев назад +14

    Liam's comedy bits on Colbert are a pot of gold that would make any Leprechaun jealous!

  • @hutch1197
    @hutch1197 Год назад +212

    This man fully commits his acting skills to even a 2-minute talk show skit.

  • @rocknhippiecat
    @rocknhippiecat Год назад +104

    I'm Irish and it's wonderful to see Liam just getting better with age!! Love him ❤️

  • @patton3338
    @patton3338 Год назад +235

    They had to pay someone to make Liam Neeson a potato spoon for this bit. That warms my Irish heart.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Год назад

      I hope that someone was Liam!

    • @Lowlandlord
      @Lowlandlord Год назад +5

      They paid for that? I woulda done it for free! May have tried to eat the first couplea spoons though. Wonder how well a deep fried spoon works? Hmm, spoon.

    • @dafrasier1
      @dafrasier1 Год назад

      Drunken Child Sex Abuse , Irish Catholics.

    • @Oneshot8242
      @Oneshot8242 Год назад +2

      Sent me into laughing spasms!

    • @jedsithor
      @jedsithor Год назад +7

      He brought it from home.

  • @alexw4482
    @alexw4482 Год назад +51

    Lyle Nelson is such a great sport for doing this, amazingly talented actor.

  • @beenaplumber8379
    @beenaplumber8379 Год назад +99

    I love it that he added Ralph Feinnes! Been there, done that, not to his face of course... Schindler's List cured me. Liam, nice guy. Ralph, in my nightmares for a month. I never imagined that guy from The English Patient could act so evil! That role makes Voldemort seem cuddly.

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 Год назад

      @Tessmage Tessera I'd believe it. His historical character (Amon Göth) was one of the most sadistic Holocaust perpetrators ever, and if she knew the actual guy, I bet she's have a powerful reaction. I found this in the Wikipedia article about Amon Göth: "When Płaszów survivor Mila Pfefferberg was introduced to Fiennes on the set of the film, she began to shake uncontrollably, as Fiennes, costumed in full SS dress uniform, reminded her of the real Amon Göth."
      In Schindler's List they showed a problem with his execution at the end. His actual execution was apparently unremarkable, but at the time of filming Schindler's List there was confusion about a filmed, badly botched execution of Ludwig Fischer, who was believed to be Amon Göth. As I recall, the film producers discovered the film wasn't Göth but decided to give him an ignominious execution anyway, since there was no record of exactly how things went.

    • @paulaolson8956
      @paulaolson8956 Год назад +7

      Liam does a bit on a talk show (maybe Graham Norton) about being mistaken for Ralph Fiennes.

  • @RockU2Death5150
    @RockU2Death5150 Год назад +44

    "Magically delicious." I fell off the goddamn couch.

  • @arcturionblade1077
    @arcturionblade1077 Год назад +140

    I could listen to Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin read out loud an Irish phone book all day.

    • @HeleniqueToday
      @HeleniqueToday Год назад +1

      he’s an open racist. 💔

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Год назад

      @@HeleniqueToday And you're too quick to judge. While Liam Neeson openly admitted that back in the 1960's or 70's (I believe) he wanted to hurt the first black or brown male he came across the precise context of this emotion was that this was after a good friend of his was SA'd/r@p3d by a person of said color. That's why he felt the way he did. Neeson also followed this story up by saying it was totally wrong of him to do this (and to be fair, he never actually carried out any such physical attack, unlike, say, Mark Walberg who did actually assault a Vietnamese man back when he was younger).
      People can and do change for the better. Can you honestly say you're the same person you were 50 years ago? 20 years ago? 10? If you said yes, then you're lying.
      Good day and have some empathy.

    • @tamb9729
      @tamb9729 Год назад +1

      Love his voice.

    • @someghosthunter
      @someghosthunter 6 месяцев назад

      ​​@@HeleniqueTodayno he's not, don't be a jerk

    • @meekdook4236
      @meekdook4236 4 месяца назад

      Ooof…….the thirst….

  • @susanwilson9241
    @susanwilson9241 Год назад +20

    One of my all-time favorite actors. So nice to see him do this bit :)

  • @stevepatrickjarvis
    @stevepatrickjarvis Год назад +91

    The way Liam can do all that without laughing is interesting.

    • @thomasdecker7976
      @thomasdecker7976 Год назад +12

      That's what made him so perfect for Airplane! and the Naked Gun series.

    • @stevepatrickjarvis
      @stevepatrickjarvis Год назад +2

      @@thomasdecker7976 LOL I see what you did there.

  • @emu_warrior
    @emu_warrior Год назад +74

    I love Connie O'Bingbong

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Год назад +3

      Connie O'Bingbong did his best work on The O'Simpsons ("O" for original).

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 Год назад +1

      @@arcturionblade1077 It's the O'Thompsons.

    • @anorourke8682
      @anorourke8682 7 месяцев назад

      So stupid. As if anyone mispronounces Conan’s name. Americans just can’t seem to touch on the subject of Irish without having to somehow make it about them. Even Colbert with his French last name had to throw it in the monologue.

  • @Ganiscol
    @Ganiscol Год назад +33

    I love Leslie Nielsen! He was magnificent in the 'The Naked Taken' and as Rob Roy on 'Airplane!'

  • @0Fyrebrand0
    @0Fyrebrand0 Год назад +23

    I laughed REALLY loud when he said "Leslie Nielsen." I've seen people online call him that. 🤣

  • @GD-my5hm
    @GD-my5hm Год назад +19

    Love the voice of this man

  • @baileyhallfilms
    @baileyhallfilms Год назад +28

    what a bundle of laughs excellent sense of humor!

  • @daniellongsworth4484
    @daniellongsworth4484 Год назад +17

    The Late Show produces comedy gold, and having Liam Neeson doing a sketch is an added bonus.

  • @pattytheseeker8902
    @pattytheseeker8902 Год назад +54

    Liam Neeson can definitely do comedy! ♥

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад

      Thanks for your love and support ♥️❤️

    • @AdultThirdCultureKid1971
      @AdultThirdCultureKid1971 Год назад +2

      He did comedy in the movie remake of "The A-Team". 😄

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад

      @@AdultThirdCultureKid1971 Hello my amazing fan🙋....You can leave a message to my via email address regarding to the best platform you'd want to contact me I will respond when I'm less busy or you can kindly drop your email.. huge fan once again thanks for your love and support..I really appreciate your love towards my movies❤️
      Send me your email:

  • @yvetterobertson2770
    @yvetterobertson2770 Год назад +12

    The sacrifices great artists make for their art...

    • @yvetterobertson2770
      @yvetterobertson2770 Год назад +2

      @Sonomacats Yes, it's obvious he had a great time doing this, but HE ATE DRY LUCKY CHARMS WITH A POTATO SPOON. 😝

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Год назад

      Ralph Fiennes ;(

  • @cheriemather4832
    @cheriemather4832 6 месяцев назад +3

    Oh yes, Liam Neeson is such a wonderful and handsome man with a very real Irish taste!!!

  • @marial870
    @marial870 Год назад +80

    As non-native English speaker, I am always happy to hear how we are supposed to pronounce names 🙂.

    • @emilydavison2053
      @emilydavison2053 Год назад +15

      Us English get them wrong too! These are Irish language/Gaelic names. There are also Welsh, Scots Gaelic, cornish and Breton languages from a similar part of the world. The thing that connects them is that they are bloody difficult to speak, read or learn.

    • @Echo81Rumple83
      @Echo81Rumple83 Год назад +1

      same, because even everyday names like Miranda (my birth name) can also be mispronounced by Americans horribly.

    • @emilydavison2053
      @emilydavison2053 Год назад +4

      @@Echo81Rumple83 Miranda is one of the names invented by Shakespeare. Perhaps you know that. Perdita is another one.

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад +1

      Thanks for your love and support ♥️❤️

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад

      @@emilydavison2053 Thanks for your love and support ♥️❤️

  • @tuckerbowen4626
    @tuckerbowen4626 Год назад +103

    how could you not love the Irish? they gave us what is arguably the greatest of all holidays, Hallowe'en!

    • @gmunden1
      @gmunden1 Год назад +3

      Cute! 😂

    • @psdeas7530
      @psdeas7530 Год назад +10

      But the greatest Halloween tradition is “guising,” dressing in costume and demanding treats-and that is from Scotland.

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Год назад +2

      ​@@psdeas7530 as someone from Scotland, can confirm.

    • @bwenluck9812
      @bwenluck9812 Год назад +2

      Was that the tradition of "ghosting" that we got from the Irish then??? 🤔

    • @vercoda9997
      @vercoda9997 Год назад +4

      We also gave you rippable stamps, hot air balloons, ferris wheels (usually incorrectly attributed elsewhere, but actually from the Irishtown section of the 1893 World Columbine Exhibition in Chicago), flavoured crisps/chips (in Americanese), hypodermic needles, and even the spaces between words in western writing, which few people know. The Irish: A great bunch of lads.

  • @bobpratt7112
    @bobpratt7112 Год назад +3

    Colbert Jackal in training: He said we don't produce collagen. He meant melanin. Thank you .

  • @ytbatelaine
    @ytbatelaine Год назад +10

    Ralph Fiennes: I get compliments for what I did in Taken 2. He's been complimented on his English Patient.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Год назад +1

      I think they do autograph swap like Matt Damon and Mark wahlburger

  • @kerryarrant1523
    @kerryarrant1523 Год назад +13

    Laugh out Loud, American Irish , I always spelled my name and tried make people understand. But, Sir you have given me renewed hope of a proper pronounced Irish name. The Lucky Charms bit was sold hilarious!

  • @notsure1969
    @notsure1969 Год назад +9

    I've always loved the work of Kenneth Branahanamanaghergehgenman.

  • @noamfinnegan8663
    @noamfinnegan8663 Год назад +34

    My twins are called Oísin and Clíodhna.
    Good luck with those, one's a girl 😉
    From the Celtic legend of Tír na Óg.
    Long live our Republic's 🇮🇪💚🇺🇸

    • @seandoran2209
      @seandoran2209 10 месяцев назад +2

      Grand names .

    • @daftirishmarej1827
      @daftirishmarej1827 8 месяцев назад +3

      Oísin I know. Thanks to Foil Arms and Hog. Clíodhna is new to me. My ex and I always said we'd name our first daughter Aoife. Sadly we didn't stay together for our Eef.

  • @nancykane8680
    @nancykane8680 7 месяцев назад +5

    I love Liam's sense of humor 🤣 😅❤

    • @Kidrock-fr9yn
      @Kidrock-fr9yn 6 месяцев назад

      Thanks for your continuous love and support. How long have you been a fan?

  • @DrAndyShick
    @DrAndyShick Год назад +140

    Saoirse has indicated that she isn't confident that she pronounces her name correctly

    • @ValliW
      @ValliW Год назад +7

      That's ok, according to the director of the Karate Kid Ralph Macchio doesn't pronounce his name right either.

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 Год назад +20

      The only correct way is the way the owner of the name says it. So if Saoirse says it differently to others, then her way is still correct for her. Same goes for Macchio or anyone else. If someone tries to 'correct' it, they are in the wrong. 🙂

    • @Lowlandlord
      @Lowlandlord Год назад +2

      @@Elwaves2925 She says it different ways depending where she is though, changes how she pronounces the vowel sound in the middle

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 Год назад +2

      @@Lowlandlord I haven't heard that but I see nothing wrong with it. Especially for an actress who deals with multiple accents, it may be down to the context it's said in. Just a guess though.

    • @vercoda9997
      @vercoda9997 Год назад +2

      Seeing as she alternates her accent depending on where she is - she always has a faux Oirish accent whenever she's on home turf, that's a bit... Ballykissangelish (other Irish people will get what I mean), it's no wonder she says her name differently here and there. Life's easier when you're just called Tom, or Bill, or Sue, or Ann.

  • @TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox
    @TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox Год назад +16

    Right on, Liam. We don't get to see Liam lightheartedly much, and it is a refreshing change. People like Liam, Morgan Freeman, etc. should truly do a lot of recording with reading audible books.

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад +1

      Thanks for your love and support ♥️❤️

    • @Bullshit_Media
      @Bullshit_Media Год назад +1

      @@liamneeson-ub2hv You look a bit like Dylan Moran.

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад

      @@Bullshit_Media I just wanted to thank you again for being so supportive and following me on my journey, I love inspiring and encouraging others. People like you help me to keep showing up! Hope you have great day.

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Год назад

      he does a cameo on Derry Girls ;)

  • @jedsithor
    @jedsithor Год назад +11

    While we're on the subject of names, it's not "Patty's Day" it's "Paddy's Day."
    The name "Patty" is typically a shortened version of the woman's name "Patricia" (Patty from The Simpsons for example) whereas Paddy is a shortened name for "Patrick" or more specifically, "Pádraig" which is the Irish language name for "Patrick."

  • @tinarussell2966
    @tinarussell2966 Год назад +1

    I so admire that you always recognize the Band! They are amazing!

  • @kennyhagan5781
    @kennyhagan5781 Год назад +7

    Liam is gold. Be nice to him. After all, he's going to be in FALLOUT, and I will not allow people to talk smack on him.

  • @davealfdergraue3266
    @davealfdergraue3266 Год назад +16

    Mighty Cú Chulainn, what a wonderful speech! 😛😅☘️☘️☘️

  • @Neoyoshi-FFXIV
    @Neoyoshi-FFXIV Год назад +5

    I love the sense of humor of the Irish.

  • @pr-fe
    @pr-fe Год назад +39

    Liam Neeson probably didn’t even know how doubly appropriate it is that his spoon…
    Is potato

    • @littleguynoir3253
      @littleguynoir3253 Год назад +5

      I bet he did know! Everyone is a fan of Stephen Colbert! So everyone knows!

  • @serendipityshopnyc
    @serendipityshopnyc Год назад +26

    They should have had him washing down the Lucky Charms with beer!

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Год назад +6

      Harmful stereotypes!

    • @dermur68
      @dermur68 Год назад +7

      Fun fact - Lucky Charms are American. They don't exist in Ireland thankfully. We don't believe in luck or charms...this is purely an American construct. The luck of the Irish? WTF is that? Straight out of Walt Disney and Darby O'Gill top-o-the-mornin' BS. Thanks for the casual racism though.

    • @michaelbayer5094
      @michaelbayer5094 Год назад +4

      Could not be just a beer. A Guinness followed by a shot of Jameson.

    • @Jr42fan
      @Jr42fan Год назад +2

      ​@dermur68 so leprechauns aren't a thing at all?

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Год назад +1

      ​@@dermur68wait! What about the faeries?!

  • @gypzs9
    @gypzs9 4 месяца назад +1

    OMG! Incredible! Proving yet again, Liam Neeson can do any role! An Emmy, at least 😅

  • @likebot.
    @likebot. Год назад +7

    On St. Patrick's Day we'll all go down to The Cock and Bull, raise a pint and cheer: _"Thank Guinness it's Friday!"_

  • @Majzs
    @Majzs Год назад +3

    Silly man Christopher Nolan guy 😂 💀 2:31

  • @lisamessiana1032
    @lisamessiana1032 Год назад +11

    🤣Friggin hilarious!!!!😂😄 Great job Liam!👏 By the way, my ex-husband can't say ur name . . . To him, you're "Neely Nielsen" !! 🤣😄 LOL

  • @honorahs.3262
    @honorahs.3262 Год назад +2

    Bless the Irish humor! This St. Patrick's I made a creamed potato spinach (to make it green!) soup, it was so good and healthy my hubby said I should sell it as a medicine! LOL! Make it and you will find out why!

  • @christinepark1398
    @christinepark1398 Год назад +8

    If you are one of those that listens to "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving, please listen to "The St. Patrick's Battalion" on St. Patrick's Day.

  • @Bluswede
    @Bluswede Год назад +1

    Not really your average set of comments! I learned much reading through them.
    I'm Germanic/Norse-Viking/Scot by birth... Though the Gaelic-rooted surname Murdock, and French-English 'Allard' figure in there too...Prob'ly not much Irish in the mix.
    YIKES! I'm googling as I type this, ancient/historic Britain sure was an active place, from a genetic standpoint!!
    For the most part, the peoples of Europe seem to have stayed out at home, but the adventuresome, fight-y, ones went to a small group of islands off the coast of France!
    Thank you all who posted those pearls of knowledge that I will be adding to my collection!!
    My shamrock pin will feel a little greener this year!

  • @TheAmazingDOGG
    @TheAmazingDOGG Год назад +3

    I'm really looking forward to see Mr. Neeson kicking ass in the Naked Gun Reboot.

  • @elizabethobrien5702
    @elizabethobrien5702 Год назад +1

    OMG that was classic!!
    Yeah Leslie Nielsen 😂
    Love Liam

  • @TheMonroemomma
    @TheMonroemomma Год назад +7

    “The Redwood of Love”…… Liam still makes my heart go boom boom 💥. Rob Roy is my favorite of his movies.

  • @yurielcundangan9090
    @yurielcundangan9090 Год назад +5

    Famous last words...
    "We don't need no stinking Regulation."

  • @nickadams2451
    @nickadams2451 Год назад +15

    The Ralph Fienes comparison had me in 😂.

    • @nickadams2451
      @nickadams2451 Год назад +1

      Would love to see them in a skit together.

  • @sevenirises
    @sevenirises Год назад +31

    Liam ages so well. He's a very sexy Irishman.

    • @HeleniqueToday
      @HeleniqueToday Год назад +1

      he has made openly racist and violent comments in an interview, knowing the world world see & hear it. i guess it worked, because he found his people. 💔

    • @aggietha1688
      @aggietha1688 Год назад +3

      @@HeleniqueToday He said he was wrong to think that, specifically "ashamed". He also said he went to talk to a priest about it and what he did was 40 years ago. I didn't see do anything racist now, so he did learnt.

    • @tamb9729
      @tamb9729 Год назад

      It was something he thought when he was much younger after a friend was raped. People do change over time.

  • @joshjones6072
    @joshjones6072 Год назад +2

    That Liam Neeson bit was great! 😂

  • @joannejohnson7006
    @joannejohnson7006 Год назад +10

    I just love him 😊

  • @Herowebcomics
    @Herowebcomics Год назад +1

    Wow!
    That was a great message!
    Liam is a legend!
    And so is that "Christopher Nolan guy" XD

  • @Jay16Mar
    @Jay16Mar Год назад +10

    Liam Neeson is a national treasure and must be protected.

    • @timhiggins6212
      @timhiggins6212 Год назад

      Ahhhhhhh ha ha ha, ahhhh ha ha ha, he's vermin, I can't stand anyone who would harm an innocent unborn baby.

  • @saoirsevicteoiria2759
    @saoirsevicteoiria2759 Год назад +12

    Here are some tips, for Irish names: if it looks unpronounceable in English, decide if it has too many vowels, like Saoirse, or too many consonants, like Domhnall.
    If it's too many vowels, replace the vowels with a long "E" sound. Saoirse becomes "seer-se". You're probably thinking Seer-cee, which is wrong, but it's pretty close! Aoife becomes "EE-fe". Next, take the dividing constant/s, and replace the next vowel with a soft "Ah" sound. Saoirse becomes "seer-sha", which is correct! So if "Ee-fah" for Aoife. (This won't work all of the time, but it will get you close!)
    If it's too many constants, like Domhnall, the constants are either silent, or not pronounced that way at all. "mh" and "bh" are interchangeably used as "v" or "w" -- if in doubt, use "v". Naimh and Maebh? Neev and Maev (like the name May, but with a v at the end). "gh" is usually silent at the end of names, but a hard "C" sound in the middle, or when discussing bodies of water (e.g. the Loch Ness Monster; in Irish, it's Lough, pronounced exactly the same as Loch). Coughlan in the US is often pronounced "cough" (like covid) "lan" (like a network). In Ireland, it's more likely to be "coc-lan". Other combos like "dh", you can just assume are silent.
    If it has too many of both vowels and consonants, like Siobhan, sounding it out won't help. If you use the tips above, you'll get close, "see-van". Siobhan is trickier than that! The S there has a silent 'h' attached to it. And the vowels don't make an 'e' sound. Siobhan is "shah-vahn" or "shah-wah", depending on the person.
    Pronunciation varies in Ireland! Feel free to ask, if you have the opportunity. There is an almost 100% chance you will be teased, because humor is a first response among Irish people. (If you don't like being teased, I am with you. But it's almost certainly meant in a friendly banter way. Also, Irish people will try to convince you of ridiculous things. If it seems too silly to be true, it probably is. I have no idea why my countrymen find this hilarious, but they do.) Humor in return is welcome!
    I would say/advise: please don't make fun of our pronunciation; it can be touchy or tiresome. Some of the things we say the way we do are remnants of when Irish was everyone's first language. The name Colm is pronounced as if it has a hidden 'i' in it. Just the same, Irish people pronounce 'film' as if it is "filim". A lot, if not most, of Irish people will pronounce "th" as "d" if it's at the start of a sentence. Yes, that means 'third' is 'turd'. It's not that funny after a while.

    • @suzannezoubeck5216
      @suzannezoubeck5216 Год назад +2

      Am impressed by the time and effort it took re: posting this language lesson! Very cool! However, I have to tell you my brain started to cloud over fairly early on as I find Gaelic a challenging language. The way I see it, when it's written in English I just know what I'm looking at will have little to nothing to do with how I'm supposed to be saying the words. That said, I think it's a beautiful language and have sung songs in Gaelic and learned them by writing under the lyrics how I needed to say the words for them to come out proper (have Irish folks in my family tree but they're sadly all long gone so never learned any Irish Gaelic from them). If I really wanted to learn I'd take a course on DuoLingo online. Hope you had a pleasant St. Patrick's Day! ☘❤☮🌎☘

  • @keithbraham6438
    @keithbraham6438 Год назад +3

    I applaud Liam!!

  • @Jenifer_R_
    @Jenifer_R_ Год назад +8

    Liam starts at ~1:49 ~

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko Год назад +6

    AKA Ralph Fiennes 😂

  • @steelmanf339
    @steelmanf339 Год назад +1

    Holy cow! That bit at the end is eerily similar to a bit we did in a home made movie more than 20 years ago!

  • @robertdullnig3625
    @robertdullnig3625 Год назад +6

    Really thought this was going to end with him correcting Stephen's pronunciation of "Colbert."

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 Год назад +4

    I'm from Scotland, you should see some of the batshit names we've got. Ealasaid is Elizabeth, Ruairidh is Derrick (??), Seoras is George, Leagsaidh is Lexie, Ceiteag is Katie... seriously, Scots Gaelic has no respect or regard for letters or their meanings whatsoever.

    • @beardedchimp
      @beardedchimp Год назад

      My ex-wife used to work with the man who did all the wine sourcing for The Cooperative. His name is "Paul Bastard". She said in meetings people who didn't know him would address him as "Paul B'stard" and many other variations. He would correct them and say "No, its pronounced Bastard as you would expect" hahahaha. Everyone was desperate not to offend by actually saying the word, but he was a proud Bastard and would correct them.

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Год назад

      Rory not Derrick

  • @MulrySquare
    @MulrySquare Год назад +5

    Liam Neeson is still dreamy.

  • @nkay81
    @nkay81 Год назад

    His face when says "Brana hana haghhhh.." 🤣
    Silly Man Chris Nolan Guy 🤣🤣

  • @jhwheuer
    @jhwheuer Год назад +50

    How did you guys miss Siobhan?

    • @Robbie_S
      @Robbie_S Год назад +6

      See you Bahan 😂

    • @rutgercolinkips7453
      @rutgercolinkips7453 Год назад +4

      More importantly, how did they miss Colbert?
      🤔
      🤐

    • @billboyle1588
      @billboyle1588 Год назад +1

      Siobhan: RUclips's A-cute Fiddle-case, MD

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Год назад +3

      And Oisín! And Aoife! And Grainne!

    • @Lowlandlord
      @Lowlandlord Год назад +1

      @@rutgercolinkips7453 Colbert is a name of French origin. When Stephen's family pronounces the t they are really mispronouncing French

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel 9 месяцев назад +1

    I lived in Dublin for most of the 70’s. Leaving Dublin was the hardest thing I ever did.

  • @EyeofHorus2347
    @EyeofHorus2347 Год назад +7

    I’ve never seen Liam do comedy before. That was a great sample! Love to see him in a comedy now. It would work. Think of all the straight men in the Airplane series that made it happen!

    • @celestine023
      @celestine023 Год назад +3

      Search for his skit with Warwick Davis and Ricky Gervais from a few years ago - trust me!

    • @catherinemckeown2746
      @catherinemckeown2746 Год назад +3

      @Brian Bouvier he did a great bit on season 3 of Derry Girls!

    • @celestine023
      @celestine023 Год назад +1

      @@catherinemckeown2746 There is. No. Tape 😂

    • @yermanoffthetelly
      @yermanoffthetelly Год назад +1

      ​@@celestine023 The show is Extras, Neeson was hilarious in it. It's that uncomfortable awkward humor that Gervais is legendary for. Patrick Stewart was also brilliant "and then her clothes fall off and I can see everything" 😂

    • @paulmcgrath6118
      @paulmcgrath6118 Год назад +1

      @@celestine023 it was one of the funniest things I’d ever seen

  • @SumDumGui
    @SumDumGui Год назад +1

    Liam Neeson on negative stereotypes...🤣🤣🤣
    Oh how quick we are to forget...

  • @LMM7880
    @LMM7880 Год назад +3

    Two kinds of people in the world, those who are Irish and those who wish they were.

  • @firebladetenn6633
    @firebladetenn6633 Год назад +1

    You are the man, Lyle Nelson!

  • @ruthieo54
    @ruthieo54 Год назад +3

    Liam is the man! 🍀❤

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 Год назад +1

    Jimmey McTavish 😂 from Ballymena . The real Ireland

  • @Greenbambu78
    @Greenbambu78 Год назад +2

    this is too funny, rolling on the floor! yes, sir, a man with a specific set of skills.

  • @tyrannosaurusburke
    @tyrannosaurusburke Год назад +2

    This 2-minute sketch is literally better than 95% of the movies in which Liam Neeson has starred over the last 10 years.

  • @BaronSupremacy
    @BaronSupremacy Год назад +3

    The Irish have a very particular set of skills.

  • @pelicanformation3802
    @pelicanformation3802 Год назад +10

    On pronouncing an Irish friends name: She introduced herself and then listed all the mispronounciations. I am terrified.

  • @mpmcassey
    @mpmcassey Год назад +3

    Liam omits the most common mispronunciation of Irish surnames,: the ones that begin with Mc. Most non-Irish people often mispronounce the Mc as "mick", whereas every true Irish person knows that the only correct pronunciation is "mack".

  • @Archmetal06
    @Archmetal06 Год назад +1

    Make sure he gets the "Pink Elephant" for his GF. -From Darkman 1990.

  • @mohammaderfani5742
    @mohammaderfani5742 Год назад +3

    God do not take this man away from us

  • @JLeppert
    @JLeppert 4 месяца назад

    The commitment it takes to eat Lucky charms with a potato is astronomically High

  • @sci-fi.tsunami
    @sci-fi.tsunami Год назад +3

    First time I saw Liam was in Krull when I was a kid. I LOVE that damn movie.

    • @janel.8921
      @janel.8921 Год назад

      Wasn’t he the guy with several wives?

  • @Hockeyfan9884
    @Hockeyfan9884 Год назад +1

    Oh my gosh, this one is so funny.
    Thank you.

  • @tbarry4990
    @tbarry4990 Год назад +3

    (That's hilarious.) Being of Irish descent I found this profoundly true. My last name being murdered in variations I'm afraid are too offensive to mention. Thanks for bringing this to light ............... Lamb Nissan.

  • @jrbaskind
    @jrbaskind Год назад +1

    Massively silly, and great fun! 😆

  • @renatacantore3684
    @renatacantore3684 Год назад +3

    I enjoyed this educational presentation.🏆♥️😎⭐️

  • @PenneySounds
    @PenneySounds Год назад +3

    So he returned that box of Trix and got Lucky Charms instead

  • @KerriForsberg
    @KerriForsberg Год назад +85

    He's pretty handsome for an old guy.

    • @infoblack4455
      @infoblack4455 Год назад +9

      Um...very...😉

    • @spencerkagen1386
      @spencerkagen1386 Год назад +15

      *for an Irish guy.
      (Age don't mean a thang, baby!)

    • @thend4427
      @thend4427 Год назад

      Ur pretty cute for a white girl lol...also that's crazy u have vids on ur channel when u were a cute kid

    • @stephenkennedy8305
      @stephenkennedy8305 Год назад +4

      Most Irish are.

    • @davidlundquist1979
      @davidlundquist1979 Год назад +4

      And pretty fly for a white guy.

  • @kimberleyphillips6671
    @kimberleyphillips6671 Год назад +9

    Luv my Liam more.❤😂

  • @TheOfficialTarynTots
    @TheOfficialTarynTots Год назад +5

    Siobhan is another name most people can't say here. I'm lucky that mine is easy. I do look like a typical Irish girl even though I'm not a red head like most of my family. I don't usually drink, never had a green beer or even went out on St.Patty's day but I do love me lucky charms and eat boring classic Irish-American food on St.Patty's day.

  • @erinduncan8833
    @erinduncan8833 Год назад +1

    Oh, by all that is holy, that was delightful. I have one of those names. For the last 61 years I have been correcting the pronunciation of my name and the spelling of my last name. Sweet Mary save us.

  • @jhonshephard921
    @jhonshephard921 Год назад +15

    The potato thing should be hurtful because they actually starved to death, mostly due to British policies on top of the potato blight. The world tried to come to the rescue but was blocked by the British. The Chocktaw sent food, Ottomans wanted to send more money but were advised not to because it would insult the queen. And to escape they came to the US. Their population has still not recovered. Happy St. Patrick's day from a Pakistani-American.

    • @vercoda9997
      @vercoda9997 Год назад +7

      To this day, a number of representative leaders from American tribes still visit the Republic as honoured guests, as we remember still how their people, despite being oppressed and impoverished themselves, still gathered what meagre aid they could to send to our ancestors in a land far across the sea that they'd never see.
      Indeed, where my parents live has a Famine Pot paid for by one such indigenous nation - a large black metal round pot, about four foot wide, which was used to prepare food to try and feed starving locals, many of whose forgotten, nameless remains are buried in a mass grave mere feet away.
      From a population of 8m people at the time of the Famine, we've only recently hit the 5m population mark in the Republic, thanks to a massive wave of immigration in recent decades, with the New Irish - whose parents come from the Philippines, or Nigeria, or China, or Brazil, or Anywhere and Everywhere, helping to shape our new country and identity, which is fine.
      Better to be a living, evolving people than one endlessly trying to claw back a distant past, as we see certain other western nations trying to do.

    • @bluemistyj2
      @bluemistyj2 Год назад +1

      @@vercoda9997 "A million died, a million cried" (emigration).

    • @InionnahEireann
      @InionnahEireann Год назад +1

      We don't find references to our dependence on the potato hurtful, in terms of the events of 1845-1852 - there's a very well known quote that "The potato caused the blight, but the british government caused the famine". During these years where 1 million died and 1 million emigrated, there was enough food (including meat produce) being exported from Irish soil to feed the Irish natives TWICE over, but british government policy decided to apply a laissez-faire policy, with many political sides seeing it as nature sorting out their problematic territories for them (i.e. killing off the natives who refused to give up their culture, language and land and fall in line with being oppressed and occupied). They also blocked much of the assistance from foreign lands and people, out of embarrassment at how this foreign charity would make them look. There are plenty of videos on youtube which detail the policies and events of those years. It was truly a genocide, one that could very easily have been prevented, had the british government humanely administered over the nations they decided to invade and occupy. We hope history will one day accurately document what the Famine really was. Thanks for the interest in our little country's history - wishing for peace for the current political situation in Pakistan.

    • @InionnahEireann
      @InionnahEireann Год назад +1

      ​​​​@@vercoda9997 agreed. The people who believe our newfound diversity is a threat to Irish culture tend to be, in my experience anyway, those who can't string trí focail le cheile, and have little (if any) deliberate exposure to Irish culture. There is only a threat if the culture is not being practiced in the first place. On the contrary, it feels like all of the new cultures we are seeing have made a lot of Irish people rediscover our own, and that's reflected in the rising numbers of Irish language speakers. It's wonderful to now see more adverts as gaeilge, on tv stations that arent tg4! We Irish have long made our homes in other lands, and long may we continue to be the land of the céad míle failte for others in return. Who knows, we may even have a decent shot at the World Cup in a decade or so with all the new talent! 😊

  • @ashrithreddy5967
    @ashrithreddy5967 Год назад +2

    Happy early St. Patrick’s Day, sending good luck to all!

  • @wendydabee
    @wendydabee Год назад +12

    Since it's on a Friday this year, I'm a little worried as to how much people are going to over-do it this year.
    Which says a lot considering how crazy people go normally!
    Edit: Holy crap Liam Neeson is freaking hilarious! I think, it's the impression I got, that it was truly hard for him to keep a straight face; but that's just how good he is, I guess, that he succeeded.
    Seriously funny shit, there.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Год назад +2

      My city had its parade last weekend. The University always schedules their spring break so that students will be gone when it happens, but I'll bet money that lots return a bit early for Friday

    • @dianewilliams1125
      @dianewilliams1125 Год назад +1

      My Son lives in Southern New Hampshire and due to the fact its not very far from Massachusetts, I have asked him not to go out anywhere on Friday night! He has his own business and has to work on Saturday, so stay home! He doesn't drink but I'm more concerned about the drunk drivers😮 Everyone enjoy this Holiday but please stay safe! Thank goodness for Uber ❤😊

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад +1

      Thanks for your love and support ♥️❤️

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Год назад +1

      @@LindaC616 Thanks for your love and support ♥️❤️

  • @tylersmash7134
    @tylersmash7134 Год назад +19

    Irish are not alcoholics and don't chase leprechauns for cereal.

    • @stephenkennedy8305
      @stephenkennedy8305 Год назад +9

      That right we are heavy drinkers, not alkies.

    • @tylersmash7134
      @tylersmash7134 Год назад +5

      @@stephenkennedy8305 that's the same thing me little clover.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Год назад +4

      ​@@stephenkennedy8305"he's an ENTERTAINING man, Kathleen!"

    • @dermur68
      @dermur68 Год назад +1

      @@stephenkennedy8305 Speak for yourself, I'm only 11 stone!

    • @Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry
      @Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Год назад

      Denial ain't just a river in Egypt ...or in Ireland, or anywhere else!

  • @likebot.
    @likebot. Год назад +13

    You can tell he was rushin' the punchline because his spoon is potato.

  • @VivianeJones
    @VivianeJones Год назад

    I’ve nearly spit my drink with Kenneth Branagh 😂