12 of Louis Theroux's most painfully awkward encounters | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends - BBC
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Twelve times Louis Theroux got too involved with his subjects.
Documentaries by writer and presenter Louis Theroux delving into the weirder fringes of American society.
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends is a television documentary series, in which Louis Theroux gives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses into the worlds of individuals and groups that they would not normally come into contact with or experience up close. He interviews people with extreme beliefs or subcultures not known to exist by most or just frowned upon.
In 2001, Theroux was awarded the Richard Dimbleby Award as well as the Best Presenter BAFTA for his work on the series
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He’s the most confident shy person I’ve ever seen
thats because hes packing close to 10 inches
@@afganno3385 Huh?
All I'm gonna say is AllGasNoBrakesShow
Confident Introvert is the phrase you are looking for !
He spends his time travelling around meeting new people.. often integrating himself by living with them.. doesn’t sound like an introvert to me.
Louis is a master at polite manipulation of people who are very odd.
Much like the BBC itself then.
I have been trying to figure out a good way to describe him for years and this is it lol
I don't think he manipulates them at all.
I feel like that first women is a journeyman manipulator of very confused and sad men using uncomfortable eye contact and southern accent.
These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty where can I find full episodes?
Louis is so incredibly subtle he has a brilliant ability of coming across as a naive fool but his subject matter don't realise he is just baiting them and then hands them the rope, and at the same time he is a very professional and intelligent journalist and not afraid to get himself into some very hot water. you have to love him.
Hmm, I agree to some point, but I think you're theory has some holes in it. He's not like Borat, where in that case he really makes people out to look like fools.
@@tylerm0089 what a pointless comment why even bother
Spot on description.
& 1:20 ... LMAO
Didoooo!!! LOL !!!
You wouldn’t shoot a ghost with a gun..... you’d shoot them with a ghost gun.
Makes sense tbh
The more you know lol
damn, wise words
The guy is obviously a very wise man
If nothing else, we can can safely say that we have one sound piece of advice to take away from this video.
"with minutes left I finally got going and drove into a wall"
i was dying !!
I started reading this at the exact moment he said that.
@@MarkLatimerRussell that happens to me all the time haha
@@MarkLatimerRussell lol me too 😂
His innocent face makes people trust him..
The Louis is immunized against all dangers: one may call him a scoundrel, parasite, swindler, profiteer, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat. But call him a Jew and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back: “I’ve been found out.”
@@cowboyanimal6700 he isnt though. Although i can see how people would leap to that conclusion.
@@cowboyanimal6700 🤙😂🤙
A south african boer person didn't tho and almost ask him to leave.
@Veritas Omnia Vincit so does you're mother..
2:12 ‘You wouldn’t shoot a ghost with a real gun, you’d shoot a ghost with a ghost gun’
Brilliant
Peter Pizzarelli Come on, that guy has killed 20 extraterrestrials - he even has the badges to prove it. Lol
Uses the same techniques as Ali G to expose stupidity and extremity, but in a well mannered middle class way, love it.
I think they also attended the same school? I know louis went to the same school as Adam and Joe
Louis Theroux is a goddamn British national treasure
Underrated comment.
I think he is !American.
@@rkzinczy hes American Singaporean and British
No question
@@jeanmichellelaurent i think he’d consider himself British
12:02 still my favorite Louis moment ever. 'Waldo's the name and London, England is the place of origin"😅
Fair play to the one wrestler that went over to make sure Louis was okay
@Simon Simon Louis did become genuine and more friendly in his later work, which I do enjoy.
The wrestling episode was hard to watch. How dare those apes throw our darling Louis around like that!
Brutal how sarge was harboring feelings from the get go. He legit asked how the moves are thought out cause they know who's going to win already. But the guy took it like he said they faked every bit. Only a meat head would jump to that conclusion
quinn king Steroids cause temper tantrums.
Yes what a babe that guy was
I feel like him in America is all gas no brakes.
It would be awesome to see Andrew from All Gas No Brakes do a show like this. I feel like him and Louis have a similar talent with people
Louis is OG all gas no brakes
He said in an interview that Louis was a huge inspiration for all gas
@@jacobmoyer2991 yep, searched up Louis after the vice interview
@@User28645 That's why I landed here too.
Holy moly those two women during the prayer staring at him was uncomfortable
Angeles on your body!
It was so cultish ahhh
That's how they catch their prey.
That photoshoot he did absolutely killed me...😂
"we have kind of a wood problem"
"say sexy things"
"don't move like that"
xD
Louis takes British approach to sex and you can imagine him repeatedly saying sorry during sex......
ohh , you have to take into account the upper (mind ?) and lower termite problems ,yet if you sign up to USA military for free college, think what you are going to do after going to war for politics , ask Manchin or Sinema , 'what you gonna do when they come for you' on the presumption (esp. non whites) if they let you go without adding a few ounces of Lead ,to cover the 3 oz's they left, in your boot,with no footage , All dash & bodycams should be automatically be turned ON (gives an entire new feelo upon leaving station ,be rolling ,untouchable (ie no ability to disable,turn off etc) ,during entire shift , returning to footage live for 'training purposes' The actual ,word for accuracy , "Bundy Cameras" for cops ,Bezos does it & doesn't give out guns ,
@@Antpeople1 ,yes whilst looking light to switch off ,
@@duncanyourmate2433 This comment is written like tags on a video, this is total word salad. I can't tell if there's a reply that's missing but I'll have to assume not. To say kindly I think it could do with editing to be understandable.
@@PlatoonGoon what does that meannnn
Sarge completely misunderstood Louis’ question and punished him HARD for it lmao
He completely understood Louis’ question.
This was back in the day when it was supposed to be a closely guarded secret that wrestling is semi choreographed. I think it makes it even more impressive myself.
Sarg isn't too bright. But brain damage will do that!
@@janemorrow6672It was like a teacher asking a 5 Yr old about the gross national product of Nigeria.
Sarge keeping Kayfabe
"with minutes left I finally got going, and drove straight into a wall" Imagine trying to do the commentary without pissing yourself.
"I wasn't sure what I'd experienced, I was just glad it was over"
Apparently Batista has a similar experience with sarge
Louis Theroux makes the best docs, great journalist/filmaker
Adz Adzy he’s literally the don of documentaries
@@Twistedviolets Or the 'Doc' of documentaries.. 🤔 I'll let myself out...
cya bye @@ynoten
"You have six months to live"
I've listened to him in several podcasts and was surprised at just how funny he was, too. I'd recommend listening to Adam Buxton feat Louis Theroux
I watched it again what Louis asked. He was just curious how their training did look like. He never said that they weren't atletes. This man really doesn't listen.
RoozB14 he was honestly just too thick to comprehend his basic English
I agree. I feel very bad for Louis. But I hope it is footage the trainer is not proud of, he is a total dick.
Louis put the guy on the spot by asserting that pro wrestling is predetermined while he was being filmed. In that era of wrestling that's a very disrespectful move because if he said "yes it's scripted" he'd be outing everyone in the industry.
@@toprightchannel3080 I feel like it was pretty common knowledge that wrestling was fake back then.
@@BaldMancTwat Yes but that trainer would've wrestled and come from an era where they maintained it was real. Also Louis was clearly trying to trigger the guy.
“With minutes left I finally got going, and drove into a wall”. Bravo Louis, bravo
No one understands the meaning of "keep it professional" like Louis does. This guy's got a poker face like a mofo!😂
I love his ability to not care
i think that is an act ,he truly cared about ex-westborough baptists , I Hope he's just waiting ,until he has enough to Expose Scientology ,(a very big country not lacking in vexatious litigants) whom will literally take your kids off you ,whom will actively ,viciously go after you ,or your family
The thing I love with Louis, and also the same is true of Karl Pilkington, is that the people they talk to in their documentaries believe that they're talking to a person who is beneath them and somebody who should be in awe of them and their usually peculiar ways. When in actual fact both of them are ridiculously well travelled, have experienced everything under the sun and have a humongous public platform.
Alright n' that.
It’s a skill anyone can learn. Genuinely listen, put yourself in their thought process, while maintaining your own individuality. Most people either go into attack mode, or believe whatever they are told.
“Takes a superior intellect.” Always cracks me up.
LT '' you guys have the utmost athletic and strength capabilities ''
following clip the Shortarse proceeded to show LT that they were athletes even though LT already said they were. What a dope.
That's what roids with no braincells bring you
“Don’t move like that ill get the wrong idea” LOL
I really wanted Louis to end it with, "I did everything you told me to, now please answer the damn question!"
I really liked the red shirt wresler that kept telling Louis the he could do it, showing support, a little agresive, but nice. He looked like a nice guy.
It's way better than having people scream in your face.
“You can do it” and “don’t give up” are encouraging… but forcing a mans face into a corner because he doesn’t want to injure himself or vomit on his classmates is just ridiculous.
@@PTS156 Right? At some point I felt like I was watching something borderline illegal.
In high school, one of my classmates invited me to a hangout with some friends after school. I was 16, had just started a new school where I knew no one, so I said yes. We went to this local place where a band was playing, I talked to some people and it was pretty cool. They were all SUPER friendly. A few minutes in though I realize this is not just a normal 'hangout', this is actually a church meeting. I only realize this after the bands starts singing about Jesus. Sure, at first it's not that bad - just normal music but they sing about Jesus, sure, why not? The band's pretty good. But after a while, it gets weird. Everyones starts dancing around the room and the band tells everyone to scream Jesus' name and that we accept him 'in our hearts'. I'm a very shy kid and also not even christian, so I kind of just stare awkwardly into a wall. Meanwhile my classmate is looking to me the entire time, nodding encouragingly to sing along with them. I just continue to sit there awkwardly. When it's all over I rush to say goodbye and just get out of there quickly. So basically, my classmate tried converting the new kid in school under false pretenses. Probably one of the most uncomfortable experiences in my whole life. So I feel you Louis. I feel ya.
Yes its difficult ,especially when you had some friendship / respect with the friend ,whom turned out to be deceitful ,and whom ,did not lie just left out the truth ,(and don't forget your %10 Tithe on your wayout ,and the reciept too) ,they do not realise they put people off ,the Amway of religion ,except amway actually works ,
@@duncanyourmate2433 10% tithe so the pastor can roll up in a new Mercedes’
At the very least you recognize, real people are real ,
@@Jarvalicious don't worry about the pastor, he gotta face karma
Trying to push you to join their cult.
“Say sexy things”
“Stop moving like that”
😂😂🤣
"I am a dying cockroach SIR" oh Louis you made my day 🤣
6:43 the makeup artist was actually right lol
you need a special gun to shoot aliens because normal bullets dont work... has a hatchet...
Only in america.
Maybe its a ghost hatchet
You can’t just use a regular axe for a ghost “pulls out lightsaber”
Wow that guy slapping Louis's bottom... Yep that was definitely a weird weekend's moment ‼️
cBearTv got to admit I’m jealous
Me too.
Only true homies slap each others asses
Louis slapped the other guys butt first in that episode
@@Galloway5090 If it's not harming anybody...?
louis: 😜
photographer: you have six months to live
louis: 😔
When it comes to documentary making, he's the master of his niche. He's up there with David Attenborough and Ken Burns as one of the elite
And werner herzog he's made some brilliant documentary films him and louis are great
John Wilson comes to mind, in a similar niche of naively procuring really illuminating situations for candid documentary purposes. It's hard to describe, they are very different but there are some very solid parallels.
Every second of Louis Theroux's life is an awkward encounter...but that's what makes him so awesome
Louis was like "I will gladly sit in this corner with my head on the wall if it means I get a break..."
"It's rectum is bubbling." Best and worst sentence I've ever heard.
I love how the contour guy was actually spot on 😂
8:05
Louie: This is dangerous!
Wim: I agree, that's why we're not selling it here... But I may sell it in Asia 😂
At the risk of inciting trolls- it fills me an odd joy and dare I say even pride that I've watched ever single Theroux doc at the time of airing since he started his solo stuff in 1998. Theroux is simply great, and has been a backdrop in my life over those 21 years. His docs mean a great deal to me, especially since he changed his tone from quirky to much more serious in the late-mid/late-2000s.
Damn, I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing all his pieces that’s an awesome achievement
I've watched most of them multiple times
I wish I could but they don’t air everything of his in the US 😢
That’s amazing!!! I literally just discovered Louis Theroux yesterday through his interview with Chelsea Manning (although I’d heard his name thrown around) and I have a lot of catching up to do!!! But knowing there’s been 21 yrs of content fills ME with joy :)) I’m happy to join the ranks of Theroux fans & im super impressed by ur dedication!!!
Awee I miss young Louis! So awkwardly dreamy.... and so unintentionally funny.
Louis trolling the "Win Gym" guy is one of my favorite moments in all of his specials.
18:01 what a sweetheart amongst the meatheads...
"You wouldn't shoot a ghost with a real gun."
I mean, that's just common sense
Great name!
@@sammya7117 haha thanks man you too!
@@jibjub2121 Us against the world mate 🤣
I love that wrestling episode, he had no choice other than to along with the sarge but despite the uncomfortableness of the situation he knew it was making great TV.
I like that one too - the key bit is that while they are so macho and pushy about him finishing his reps and such, the spirit behind it is to encourage him! I think Louis knew that which might explain his repeated, often unconvincing statement of "no I can't". The gang isn't ridiculing him, it's an attempt (for their taste) at motivation. It's actually kind of sweet.
@@lisar3944 maybe sweet in a very missguided sort of way. I would just rate that whole experience as abusive, it's the most hardcore form of peer preassure I've ever seen
@@Ramdapanda yeah nothing sweet about it.. if that was me I'd have punched the seargant in the face and run out. Absolutely nobody is speaking to me like that.
@@Ramdapanda you've never played a team sport i reckon?
@@thomasmccann3679 I have plenty. Don't have to be like the way shown if that's your only experience
It's amazing to think about how all of those interviewees have now become one with Louis.
there can be no pain, no suffering if there's only Louis
I love how the portfolio photographer instantly went to 'you have six months to live' on the doctor getup 😂
I’d welcome documentaries from Louis like these again. But anything from Louis is a gift, serious or silly.
That was really cool and cute of him to finally chant along with the lady. I totally understand not doing it but it was very gracious and classy of him to do some of it.
It seemed to mean a lot to her, and he didn’t actually believe it himself, so it was a nice little gesture.
This makes me want to watch all these documentaries again!
they're on netflix :)
That's what this is designed to do hahaha
auditioning for the musical was definitely the most awkward. i physically cannot watch it.
the worst bit is that girl obviously starts falling in love with him and he just walks off at the end haha
He’s got a great voice tho
the Wrestling screaming part cracks me up every time. the L in Louis stands for legendary troll.
This man is the literal embodiment of awkward. Thats what makes him, him.
Not a chance bru
“Do you really want ‘shroom’? That might be too quick” 😂
Thanks Louis, for all the hours of enjoyment you've brought me. You're one in a million and I wish there was more content like yours
Waldos the name, London england is the place of origin!
I love you Louis omg 😂😂💯❤💖
Actually Waldo is called Wally here in London..
@@barbaragray5883 What a wally 😄
It was so cringe but he is awesome! He still gives it a go! 😊👌😎
“You wouldn’t shoot a ghost with a real gun you’d shoot a ghost with a ghost gun” ah yes of course makes sense haha Louis deserves an award for keeping a straight face in the name of of journalism and keeping a nonjudgmental naive polite attitude so they feel comfortable to open up
I couldn’t do that. How can he not even crack a smile?
the implicit distinction between "ghost" and "real" kills me
weird weekends was his peak. i miss the irreverent boy louis.
As much as I really enjoyed weird weekends I think it's best to look at the 2 different sides of his documentary filmmaking as separate things and rather than contrasting the 2 just enjoy both for what they are. I miss his early stuff as well but I think there was only so long he could do that for before either the public in general got a little bored and saw him as a one trick pony or before he himself got fed up as he grew up. But I totally understand where your coming from, he was wonderfully unique in his weird weekends stuff
He is still fantastic. Gas said himself he cant picture doing weird weekends anymore, that he enjoys more serious topics. No matter the subject. Louis has a unique ability to.give the subject just enough rope to hang themselves.
I agree Weird Weekends was peak in the sense that it contains all my favorite moments of Louis on television, but along with what others said in this thread I also believe it's age; There's something much less compelling about a host in their late 30s or 40s sleuthing around these fringe subcultures and oddball individuals. His youth fed into what made it funny. He did it at the right time.
Contrail All Gas No Brakes is his successor, check him out
@@elijahgavin6706 I'll do that, thanks
We all need a friend like the photographer to get us through the day...
"You wouldn't shoot a ghost with a real gun, you'd shoot a ghost with a ghost gun!"...
*Perfect logic* 👌
🤣
The wrestlers 😂 how is he not laughing the whole time
Weird weekends was a great time for Louis. That's when I found him and Hes been my favorite documentarian since.
Who else was expecting that cow to explode at any moment?
lmao
Hahaha yep that thing was just ready to blow
Is that normal? His anus is bubbling 😂😂😂
When he’s doing the wrestling promo it cracks me up. Just so funny 😂
When the cow mutilation came on and he removed the Cover I could smell it and I thought wow I've heard of this but then it dawned on me my dog was laying at my feet and had obviously passed wind. God I'm stupid.
This comment made me snort quite loudly
Watched Louis from day dot, entertaining, amazing interviewing style and has an underplayed likeable character that make his shows unique.
I am so glad his rap went viral because I hadn't heard of him before and clearly, I've been missing out.
12:50 - the guy’s mind honestly went blank after hearing Louis ask him a basic question. Really gives a new meaning to the word “numb-nut”.
He even says that you need an enormous athletic and acrobatic ability. And his questions were basically what kind of training they do for what happens in the ring". This incredibly stupid ass man gets all upset because he thinks Louis said that "they weren't athletes". I swear this man is too stupid to poop.
@@RoozB14 No, they both knew what he was asking, which is 'is it scripted?'
He's a wrestler they don't like talking about it being scripted and made up so he just blanked him
@@spikeypineapple552 That would be an assumption. Louis didn't say that, so he can't help that that man did interpret it that way.
RoozB14 sure, I mean you can say that about any implied question.
"I'm going to throw every move I know, I've been practising, I've been trying really hard." - Waldo (world's most adorable wrestler)
OMG... Did Louis Theroux single handily bring down #WCW ❓ 🤣🤣
cBearTv 😂😂
Hey, give Russo the credit he deserves!
Lol
11:12 is like a totally different person lmao 🤣
I love the photographer who takes his acting headshots he is the classic stereotype of an LA photographer ‘this shot is so sexy I love it’
By far the best documentary maker [protagonist] EVER - genius - will be hard to beat - thanks Louis for all the laughs!
My favourite ever louis documentary was the night in question.so tense the way he questioned that uni student,he was very calm and collected throughout.
Louis plays 5D chess with the people he documentas. That wrestling one is classic
i often wonder how much pressure is brought to bear at excec ,producer meetings , (his blooper reels many thousands of feet thereof , would be a true National Treasure)
Louis singing the Beatles is awesome lol
Isn't it George Michael
I really like watching louis’s doing his documentaries, I just find anything I can on YT, I hope he’s still making films! 🥰
Louis with makeup looks like Bruno.
😂 I thought the same !
I was thinking Chris Noth for a split second.
Awkward?
This is not awkward, this is comedy gold
Great content thanks BBC loved this one
I loved Craig Revel Horwood's expression after his audition :)
"That's dangerous!"
"Yeah I agree, that's why I'm not selling it here, but I might sell it in Asia"
I'm dead.
He is amazing, the best episode was when he took the piss out of those wrestlers and they exercised him until he was sick.
Legend LOL, forever one of the best journalists out there, because of his personality.
4:02 "Don't move like that cos I'll get the wrong idea" / "Harder! Harder!!"
Love louis, I hope he still continues his antics..
Pistol Pete, with all due respect, I’m afraid to tell you that I think you’re going down!
The ufo people are literally sitting there waiting for an alien to show up so they can shoot it and chop it to bits but it never crossed their mind that no alien is going to show up to that situation ? Lol
Louis is like another Sasha Baron Cohen one of the most socially adept people on earth
Omg that wrestling vid is something else poor Louis!!!
Lol holy shit
“ You wouldn’t shoot a ghost with a real gun, you’d shoot a ghost with a ghost gun “
Logic
"Sir, I am a dying cockroach sir!!!!!" LMFAO
" It takes a superior intellect"
I Fuckin lost it at that point 😂
“don’t move like that cause i’ll get the wrong idea”
the dude slapping his butt seem too like it too much
Yep lol.
He definitely was 🤣
That’s always been my favourite part from him that he cares about her so much xx
Wierd Weekends was awesome. Fun and serious all at once!
Sadly, Louis wasn't terribly pleased with the "weird" aspect the producers foisted off on him. According to a book he wrote about some followup visits he made to some of the people he visited he hadn't intended to present it in this manner at all.