American Reacts to Dave Allen on Vagaries of the English Language
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- American Reacts to Dave Allen on Vagaries of the English Language
I react to Dave Allen give us the vagaries of the English language and the convoluted way in which we use it. These vagaries include being nice to people we don't like and being rude to people we love. Dave Allen's way of joke telling was masterful storytelling. So enjoy Dave Allen give the Vagaries of the English Language.
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pissed as a fart does not mean you are annoyed, it means you are really drunk.
I remember my dad explaining the difference between guys and their friends and women and their friends when my mum asked why he insults his friends. He told her a guy will insult a close friend when he sees them, but doesn't really mean it whereas a women will compliment her close friends when they meet, but she doesn't really mean it either 😊
Its why when three women are seen on the street corner they talk so long. They all know if they leave the other two will talk about them.
So true 😂🤣😂
@@paulbanks223 did you hear about the three blondes who walked into a building? You'd think one of them would have seen it
Two cow's standing in a paddock one cow says to the other cow are you worried about MAD COW DISEASE? .....NAH NOT ME SAYS THE OTHER COW I'M A FUCKING DUCK
@@heathcornbeef two cows standing in a paddock, one says to the other "are you worried about mad cow disease?"
The other looks shocked and says "fucking hell, that cow just spoke!!"
Salmon Rustie was a migratory fish that got into trouble for publishing a book of poetry on the subject of shipwrecks which he called the Titanic Verses.
Hahahaha 🤣
cobgratulations sir, you has won the tinterweb today!
@@keithskelhorne3993 it's our principal human duty , to try to breed smiles. That helps save us😁
@@keithskelhorne3993 I am deeply honoured by your comment
deffo a laugh out loud comment!! thanks!
Dave Allen was the absolute master funny story teller. Never bettered.
Dave Allen, absolutely a diamond League comedy Giant with a style yet to be copied and bettered.
Hugely and most sadly missed.
👏👏💗
One of the funniest comedians ever to come out of Ireland 🇮🇪
I found myself sitting next to him in 94 on a flight from Farranfore to London. He was a total gentleman, not a hint of arrogance, or any of the I'm a VIP BS. Only time I ever pissed on an aircraft without leaving my seat. (Laughed that much)
A Big beard on a big man, with a big heart.....love from the UK, great channel :-)
Ill go along with you on that one. 🙂
In this context 'pissed' is being used as one of the British slang terms for extremely drunk. rather than annoyed.
Unless, you follow it with the word "off" as in "pissed off", then that means the same both sides of the Atlantic.
In summation; Pissed Off = Annoyed, Pissed = Drunk
Haha I was gonna say something along those lines 🤣
pisst north of the south(ha) means reletivity
@@tabletoparcade4203 Is there an English/ American dictionary? I think it would have a place in the world . Are you the man to do it?
@@patchthesinclair5896 Oh god no, I don't have nearly enough time.
In Ireland we insult each other as a term of endearment! Dave Allen is sadly missed he defo was a one off god bless Dave 🇮🇪
try The Vicar of Dibley. youll love Alice. RIP Alice, thanks for making us laugh...
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Dave Allen is so funny . The line that got him into the shit described at the start of the film was " what do they fucking give you? a clock" when talking about retiring after living your life to the clock
Yep i remember watching both shows as they were aired, he was so funny i hated missing any of his shows.
I just love this guy! The laugh😭😂 love from England
My dads favourite comedian... both sadly missed ❤
The reference about him going into hiding with Salman Rushdie comes from the time when Salman wrote the Satanic Verses and it offended every Muslim known to man which caused him to end up in hiding. So because Dave used so many swear words on TV and had the complaints was why he said that. Hope that explains slot for you. Keep the reactions coming, I love watching your videos and listening to that laugh of yours. It's brilliant !!!
To add, Salman wrote in that book that Islam was tantamount to Devil worship. Because of that the Ayatollah Khomeini put a bounty on his head. Salman had to go into hiding.
@@TheMattlockyer Yes, I believe Khomeini wanted to convert him from Salman Rushdie to Salman Patty
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One of the funniest stories ever made in my opinion is Dave Allen's thoughts about Adam and Eve.
Your laughter is a medicine all to it’s self.
Dave was from Ireland we love him here .he was so funny 🇮🇪 he was one of our own 🤗he lived I firehouse ireland
Yea. Lived in London didn't he.
He was brilliant!!!
Huge miss him! What a guy. 🤗
@@Steve-gc5nt he lived in Ireland .moved to london
@@Steve-gc5nt firehouse ireland
Dad used to let me stay up late to watch Dave in the late 1960s-70s, Daves show was always very funny, Though I was a bit young to get half the stuff, I enjoyed the sketches most.
Great review, Keep em coming.
He also allowed me to stay up and watch, The Phil Silvers show, Bilko, another of my old favorites :)
Master of the pregnant pause and the perfect inflection :D
(Also - apologies if you've already been told this - but en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie was a journalist at that time who had written a contentious book (The Satanic Verses) and was living under a death threat (a ) - hence the gone into hiding bit)
"Master of the pregnant pause". Now that is poetry of language. More in my life, please.
Rushdie is a novellist, not a journalist.
Rushdie was living in Wales when he was keeping a low profile.
If I remember correctly, the joke that got him into trouble was about his dad, "who worked for the same company for 50 years man and boy. Never took a day off sick. Never late a single time. When he retired what did they give him? A f@*king alarm clock!" A great joke that needs the profanity to work correctly. Other comedians had swore on the BBC- it was several years after The Young Ones- but it was really unexpected from him by his usual audience.
I remember that fekin brilliant!
Indeed. Now look at how often they swear on t.v.
That was a recording of a live show that was broadcast in installments. BBC left the expletive but it was in the papers the morning of the broadcast day. Spot the BS in this video. Mike Harding shows were done the same way...safer. His stage act was more family oriented.
Love your reactions. I remember my old man used to laugh his head off at Dave Allen.
This takes me back, my dad loved this guy
Mine too!
And mine
I'd forgotten how hilarious Dave Allan was..... I was only a nipper 1st time around 😂
Dave Allen. One of the first to pick up a microphone and just tell funny stories.
All his career he had to endure conservative small mindlessness especially from the BBC and the Catholic Church.
Even ITV deserted him in the end. His like will not be seen again!
Just hearing you laugh is enough to make me laugh .Thanks for making my day so much better
I like your vids because your laughter is so infectious - often funnier than the actual content. Keep them coming.
You need to bottle your laugh, man! Brilliant!
I don't think there's a bottle in the world strong enough to contain it!
Sadly he's no longer with us. But he was so funny.
You should try watching Yes, Minister or Yes, Prime Minister. How they use the English language for comedy is well worth looking at.
I remember this episode. I laughed so hard I couldn't breath. I also remember the debate in Commons regarding this episode. It happened because there were so many viewers complaining. All the one with common sense stated: Don't like it switch it off. They had to discuss it as the program was transmitted on BBC, which is a "government " channel.
Salman Rashdie was British novelist. He was born in India. He wrote a book which was regarded as controversial and he got death treats. He was under police protection for a while.
Dave Allen is Irish,we use plenty of bad language as a matter of routine.😊😊
I’m from New Zealand but now living in Australia. We grew up with mainly British comedy in the 60’s & 70’s, the best times for a laugh. We did eventually have American comedy but as you said, American comedy seemed to always ‘state the obvious’ and leave nothing to the imagination & therefore to “us” was generally not funny to “us” such as Roseanne,. But there have been exceptions, we loved “All in the Family”. The only adaptation from a British comedy ( From death do us part ) that really worked for American & International audiences. My favourite American comedy show is “ Seinfeld” where the comedic delivery is expertly done, the characters are varied with their individual personalities. It definitely is “Thinking Man’s comedy” leaves a lot to the viewers imagination, well written, it also plays on the “myths & legends” peculiar to America in a way that lampoons the myths & legends themselves. One that comes to mind was when Kramer copped some (I think)chewing gum to the side of the head, the way It was written, filmed & acted was straight hilarious. IMO nothing has come close to Seinfeld.
Love you channel, I didn’t know that you know so much Brit comedy. 👍
some of Dave Allens sketches or stories about nuns or priests are so funny
Pissed : drunk as hell
Pissed off : annoyed enough to want to get pissed
Got to love some Dave Allen,, he was hilarious..
Hey dude, I love your laugh. I decided you are a really nice, warm, and loving person. Cheers from faraway Japan ;)
Oh shit I've just stepped in some dog do do ...I just spat my coffee all over myself that was FUCKING FUNNY
Dave Allen was a genius of a comedian.A one off.
You ain't too bad for a crimson boy. Subscribed. Geaux Tigers ;)
Hey buddy...i love your video's...always hilarious ..you should check out a Glasgow comedian called Kevin bridges..he's the best comedy act since Billy Connolly,i'm not sure if you've covered him but if not you should give him a try...he has a sketch on youtube called..did ye aye..omg it's hilarious
Take care big fella
This guy was before his time comedy genius 👍
Words are like wheelbarrows... They carry whatever you put into them 😜
Loved Dave Allen, grew up watching it
Hi EB , Dave Allen legend Comedian
Religious Jokes ... Hilarious
Some classic British documentaries to have a look at. Don't expect a reaction because they are so long but a must watch all the same. They'll be on DVD if not available to download.
Kenneth Clark, Civilisations
BBC, World at War
BBC, Great War
Life of mammals/plants etc... David Attenborough.
Jacob Bronowski's, Ascent of Man [?]
A lot of these really show how TV and photography really developed over the years to because the techniques were often new for their time.
I'd be interested in a reaction to Alan Whicker in Disney Land. Be good to hear a response to a British perspective on US social history. Whicker was another great presenter. Very 'English' in his character but natural IMO. (I don't know why but TV presenters on the BBC today all seem to need a gimmick - a bit distracting sometimes IMO).
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Brilliant! 🤣
Dave Allen was, and still is, very famous over here in the UK and Ireland!
God bless him xxx
(I hope you don't mind, being from the UK (South Yorkshire), and recently a new subscriber, i thought you may find this helpful.... "pissed as a fart" means 'extremely drunk' over here ("drunk as a skunk" and "hammered" is another two meanings for extremely drunk)
I know you guy's say "pissed" when someone has made you feel angry/insulted??)
We have a few terminology expressions for feeling, or being pissed at someone.... :-
* pissed off
* peeved off
* radged off
* f**ked off
* balls'd off
I hope this helps should you come across this 👍 xx
I really enjoy your posts, and feedback, including your infectious laugh!!
Thank you for making my day a brighter one 😊👍 xxx
From Clare (UK) xx 🇬🇧
This is a great channel Electric Beard's reactions are fantastic to the great Dave Allen and of course his wonderful observations on the effervescent Guy Martin. Best regards from the UK
It's just his beard trimmer that's electric.
This is hilarious. Great reaction as always. There's a new Pete and Bas you need to react to 😄
He was the master story teller.
Dave Allen was just so good. Please react to more of him. :)
Dave Allen was brilliant, loved your reaction and appreciation of his comedy.
I know this video is a year old and therefore someone has probably mentioned it, but I'll stick my oar in anyway..."pissed" in the UK, New Zealand and Australia means drunk. And "pissed off" means, well pissed off. (pissed) Righto, taking my oar out now!
Oops. I am watching this in one room and my mother is working from home in another and she just shouted, Who keeps laughing?
😂
Hope she watched Alan..
Still miss this man ,I think we all do
Love your laugh!
Funniest thing i heard was a woman saying "oh shit I trod in doggie doo doo"
He's such a loss to the world of comedy. One great thing about RUclips is that you can still find him.
Thanks for that,just home from a really bad day at work,I was sorely tempted to tell them to shove it,and this got me laughing
Good find eb not seen that one before🏴❤👍
Dave is my second favourite comedian
Dave Allen was brilliant at accents; i think he gave Peter Sellers lessons!
British friend of mine went to visit family in Canada; one night they went out to a bar, and had a few drinks, then a few more. She told them that she was getting pissed, and they asked her to tell them who was doing it and they'd sort him out.
Cue mutual confusion until the North American/British uses of the word were explained. Your "pissed" is our "pissed off"
It's not just in the English language or English-language-related culture. People of other cultures do the same, in whatever language they speak.
The words "fuck, fucking, fucked" in Dave Allen's time and mine were looked upon as extremely rude, in fact it couldn't get any ruder !
It's interesting that (at around the 6 minute mark) DA speaks about the Americanism of putting "you know what I mean?" at the end of a sentence. Well one of your comedy heroes from this channel, Ronnie Barker did it a lot as Fletcher in Porridge. I've seen you've checked out some scenes from Porridge, so hopefully you'll see what I mean ...know what I mean?
Brilliant old school legend 👍🇬🇧
He was Irish. But still a legend.
You’re great! I just found you and currently binging on your channel
As an Australian, I highly recommend “Steve Hughes live at the Apollo London” ☺️
If you want to see some real swearing check out Chubby Brown, he also featured on a great pop song, with the words Alice, who the f*ck is Alice, still sung today.
Thank god for you tube so we can get to see and listen to Dave Allen a comedy legend thank you love your laugh 😃😃😷✌
For the various uses of the words Shit and Ass, watch the Finnish comedian Ismo explain his difficulties
In English we say "vay-geries". It's from "vague", meaning imprecise.
Just today. Our neighbour can around on his mobility scooter with a pint of Guinness in hand (not a drop spilled). I open our gate and greeted him with "how you doing, you old geriatric bastard" and we both chortled. Lol.
2ouble worst start to one of ya vids and i love that you left it natural
Always good to see folk appreciate Dave Allen. :)
Apparently the C word is used much less in the US than the U.K.; in the U.K. it’s not used commonly but certainly heard fairly often.
Checkout a comedian called Ross Noble, he's so funny and 99% of his shows are totally spontaneous with the audience and each show is never the same.
In New Zealand you might hear the expression “yeah, nah” which means maybe or a way of saying no if you don’t want to offend or hurt someone.
In Scandinavia, and South Africa they do the same thing, ja nei.
Dave Allen was a master. 🇮🇪
Dave Allen and Billy Connely, masters of their craft. Way ahead of their times.
Us Brits say ‘bollocks’ meaning it’s bad, but ‘the dogs bollocks’ is good 😁
Hi there have you ever heard Michael Mcintyre? He's a great stand up comedian. You should especially hear hgis visit to the dentist.
Cheech and Chong, "Hey, man, this shit's real shit." "Yeah, man, my dog ate it"
Salman Rushdie is an author who incurred the wrath of the Islamic world in one of his books and he had to go into hiding for several years in fear of his life. Dave is saying he expects the reaction to his swearing on TV to mean he'll have to go and hide out with him
Pissed in the UK means drunk, not annoyed. Pissed as a fart means really drunk.
its like what i say to me mum "you can take the girl out of fulham.but you cant take the fulham out of the girl " you are what you are and as long as you dont harm anyone all is good :)
Alan you may like Stan Boardman, a Liverpool stand up comedian with a broad Liverpudlian accent who takes the piss out of Germans, old stuff again but not sophisticated at all :-)
When we say pissed in the UK it means Drunk
Dave Allen was a legend 👏😀
Good stuff ,sir ,thanks for sharing Dave Allen, s musings ,I often get accused by Mrs C for beating around the Bush, that is because a good tale requires time and attention...speaking of which..what are your thoughts on Handforth parish council..?? keep well and safe over there peace and love from the wirral.....E
You have to react to Dave Allen on religion, it had me crying with laughter!
Me and my brother greet each other with the most insulting derogatory profanities and insults, trying to be more hurtful than the last time we saw each other.
It's almost the same with good friends, but not as base...
But it's war if anyone else talks to us that way.
Crazy huh?
Dave is a true genius , a brilliant comedian , and a great story teller
I believe inflection is a useful tool within the English language .
Dave Allen was the master of observational comedy.
Over here in the UK and Ireland "pissed" means very, very drunk . In the US it means angry or mad so I think you're not understanding when we say "pissed as a fart" it means stinking drunk!
Alan, here's a little something for you to enjoy on how we talk to our closest friends over here in the U.K.
I'm male and I have a long-term lady friend that I've known for over 35 years and many years ago we went out shopping together because she was intent on buying a new dress. After her dragging me around an untold number of dress shops she finally bought one ( I think she spent the equivalent of a Third World country's GDP on it ) - the worst of it was that we went back to the first shop that we'd been in and she bought the first dress that she'd tried on, Sigh! The moral of this story for any unsuspecting man is not to go out clothes shopping with any woman because you'll lose several hours out of your precious life by having to put up with their indecisiveness....if you don't lose that amount of time you'll lose innumerable brain-cells simply by being there.
To continue, when we eventually got back to her house she immediately rushed upstairs and changed into it and then came back downstairs and did the typical female fashion show for me to admire her in it - it's not as if I hadn't seen her in it already in the shop where she'd bought it or the myriad other flippin' dresses that she'd tried on at all of those other shops, is it?
She came out with the line " Does my arse look big in this dress? " to which I immediately replied " No, does it heck....although your arse looks big in ALL of your dresses so why should this one be any different? ". She then said " Fuck off, you bastard....!" and stormed back upstairs and changed back into the outfit that she'd been wearing all day. Surprisingly enough we're still very close friends to this day despite us saying some of the nastiest and crudest things to one another even when we're out in mixed company.
Really?
Sounds made up to my ear.
Anyway,
when a female asks "does my bum look big in this?"
You're supposed to respond: "Hang on, let me step back a bit so I can get it all in!"
Well that's very original of you, isn't it, @@justjones5430? Especially when you can somehow miraculously read with your ears....does this mean that you can also speak through your eyes and listen to things through your mouth?
Where I come from I would never dare to regard women or girls as females as you've managed to do....this is because I grew up in a huge family with five sisters and two brothers and my four older sisters would've beaten the living snot out of me for showing such disrespect by referring to any of them as females - just add my mother into the mix as well and I doubt very much if any individual man could overcome the onslaught of five women all at once, don't you?
@@Phil_A_O_Fish .
Obviously You are unable to deal with reality and have to resort to the censorship of (backed by someone who obviously doesn't actually speak English, and can't tell the difference between being accused of 'writing in the style of' an arrogant deluded a-hole and 'being' an arrogant deluded a-hole. Which are two totally different things btw) any alternative opinions on your mewlings.
If you can't handle your writing style being compared to Archer's, then stop writing like he does!
@@justjones5430, what on Earth are you drivelling on about? If you don't believe anything that I write then just give me a thumbs down and be done with it, will you? I really can't be bothered to try to interpret any of your nonsense! 🖕😠🖕
@@Phil_A_O_Fish .
It would be perfectly clear to anyone with an understanding of English language and access to all the comments, but when parts of the thread are deleted it will seem disjointed to an outside observer.
I'm sorry if that concept is beyond your level of comprehension.
I will endeavour to sign up for a course in both ''Bullshit' & 'Retard' so I'll be able to explain it to you in your own language 🙂.
As a 15 year old lad, my parents took me to see Dave Allen, his TV show was tame compared to his live show -- so much so,12 nuns got up and walked out, about a third of the way through his show. Dave and the whole audience were acutely aware of their departure, it only added to the comedy of the evening. It was a performance I think fondly of and one which I've never forgotten - though, I don't think I would've taken my 15 year olds to see him. 😊
When Americans say 'i'm gonna go ahead and..'
Being “Pissed” in the UK means drunk
This man gave me an education! Will always love him and his incredible humour.
Completely unrelated, but you should react to Clark and Dawe's "Front fell off".