Just watched this again for the first time in years and am shaking my head at the pure quality of it. That this was done in one take is almost unbelievable. A pure masterclass in comedy monologue, but such a lesson in subtlety and sadness as well. So many themes and emotions are crammed into the five minutes it’s hard to unpack them all. How does the performer makes us both pine for and revile at the things he describes. Perhaps because each of us was once a member of his party, and in a way the story involves us all. How melancholy is the feeling of these years drifting away beneath the bridge of life.
Lmao wtf. Calm down bro. " A pure masterclass in comedy monologue " hahaha. He's doing a really poor rip off of Ricky Gervais' creation. The shtick is "I'm a really cringey person that you love to hate with strong undertones of sadness" ala, David Brent from the office.
@@jackglossop4859 nobody said that lmao. Absolutely nobody mentioned anything along the ridiculous lines you've just vomited out. There's taking inspiration, and then there's plagiarism.
I mentioned Thomas James Gray at my high school reunion, as we all loved Tom's channel back when we were at school. Everyone still remembered it, 10 years on. Thank you Tom for 10 years of laughs! From Sydney Australia
A Stag Do guide to quotables: 0:08 greatest weekend of my LIFFFFEEEE 0:42 ill TAKE IT 0:44 AS LONG AS IM INVOLVED 0:46 do not leave me OUTTTTTT 1:01 mmmmm i think i will 1:04 pshh h pshhh glug glug beer beer lads lads lads 1:17 i wish i was with them 1:32 PRETTY ROPEY 1:40 THE BOYS WERE BACK IN TOWNNNNN is that the tune? 1:59 16 slices, what a legend 2:05 shot shot, pint, shot, pint, *SICK* 2:55 it was a LITTLE bit awkward 3:01 some of the more HAIRIER BOYS 3:11 MENTAL *laughs* it was MENTAL 3:19 10 pounds is that all? phhhh take it 3:24 could i have a round of SEVENTEEN SHOTS PLEASE? YEAH SEVENTEEN! How much? *giggles* 3:32 on the dance floor just *makes dancing noises for like 10 seconds straight* 3:47 ALL THE LADS 3:49 LADS LADS LADS 3:52 just in a BIG huddle just LOVING each other just absolutely LOVING each other 3:56 any girl comes over, SMASH! elbow to the face! Get outta here! Boys night only! BOOF BOOF BOOF 4:09 some RIDICULOUS HOUR like one oclock we left, obviously because it was ONE OCLOCK 4:22 made of STERNER STUFF *immediately coughs* 4:36 if this is a cliff and this is the edge im here. 4:40 IM ONNNN THE PRECIPICE IM LOOKING DOWNNN THE GORGE 4:44 WOOOOOO BABY, MICHAEL JACKSON WOOOOOOO 4:58 SLOOOOSSSSHHEEEDDD 5:04 WINE! *immediately coughs*
Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 - 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.
The fact that some people don't understand that this is a story fabricated for everyone's amusement and a great example of self deprecating humour amazes me. This is one of the funniest things I have seen in ages..., Great Work.
I think we can all identify with the character Thomas plays; either in people we know or ourselves. His delusional view of himself is what keeps him upbeat and positive, regardless of the variety of hopeless situations he finds himself in. Very clever and well executed piece of self deprecating comedy. Have seen a few of Thomas' videos and often seen comments like 'Why hasn't he got his own TV show' In a selfish way I'm glad he hasn't as no doubt the very essence would be lost by 'big production influence' The low budget static camera phone and 4-6 minute monologue wouldn't be right for TV but fits in perfectly with what Thomas does here.
I went to college with a lad that was actually like this. Because the bullying we gave him was so much less than what he got in school he was over the moon with that deal.
Anyone else watching this during the COVID-19 quarantine of 2020? Wish I could be out having a belter of a weekend like this with my own cohort of lads. I miss having it large.
I went to my sister's graduation and a few months before my family appreciated this video. At the graduation my family were at the student bar and wittingly changed the words to "ALL THE GRADS ALL THE GRADS!" chanting in the ladish manner. Needless to say we were not very popular among the SOAS graduates and their families.
To recap: A couple of cans on the 6.45 train to London The Sherlock Holmes film Pizza Hut Spoons Flat party Nightclub until 1am Did well to fit so much in, ladsladslads. Can well understand this being the greatest weekend of your liiiiife!
You really inspire me and my friends, I love you a lot and this video had brought a lot of laughs and giggles to me and my fiends lives, I love you xxxxx
Watching this years later i realize the considerable influence this video had on my joke and story telling. Remember watching it multiple times amazed at how captivating it is even tho hes chatting straight shite
One of the most perfectly performed pieces of amateur comedy out there. Still holds up all these years later.
David Brent out looking for him.
It's a complete rip off of the office
@@Flipmode1900 Not every piece of satire on British culture is a rip-off of The Office
@@ixICocoIxi correct. But this literally is
The Office is british you bloody plonkers
If David Brent and Boris Johnson had a child.
A young Alan Partridge, if you asked me.
Nah hes much more likeable than Partridge and prob Brent too
Haha! I reckon David Brent and Colin Hunt from 'The Fast Show' :) uncanny!
thats pure brilliance
rowley birkin
From this to Prime Minister in 7 years. Doing alright for himself.
What?
Haha good one
johnny he’s saying he’s young boris johnson
@@Sweegan7 stalin 😮
Lmao
16 slices what a legend
Jam Bot made of stoner stuff!
What a legend!
Just watched this again for the first time in years and am shaking my head at the pure quality of it. That this was done in one take is almost unbelievable. A pure masterclass in comedy monologue, but such a lesson in subtlety and sadness as well. So many themes and emotions are crammed into the five minutes it’s hard to unpack them all. How does the performer makes us both pine for and revile at the things he describes. Perhaps because each of us was once a member of his party, and in a way the story involves us all. How melancholy is the feeling of these years drifting away beneath the bridge of life.
I'm shaking my head at the pure quality of this comment.
Lmao wtf. Calm down bro. " A pure masterclass in comedy monologue " hahaha. He's doing a really poor rip off of Ricky Gervais' creation.
The shtick is "I'm a really cringey person that you love to hate with strong undertones of sadness" ala, David Brent from the office.
@@idrinkmilk282 sorry I forgot that all comedy has to be 100% bleeding edge fresh, never done before.
@@jackglossop4859 nobody said that lmao. Absolutely nobody mentioned anything along the ridiculous lines you've just vomited out.
There's taking inspiration, and then there's plagiarism.
@@idrinkmilk282 I know your type mate 😉
"Do not leave me ouuuuut!" Haha
Jacob Lee 😂😂😂😂😂 funniest thing I’ve heard
"Some ridiculous hour like one o' clock"
lol
CL Racing UK ludurkris wanna race sometime soon eeh bud?
2:22 "I think she was into footba- well, I...we were talking about footb- I was talking about football to her, y'know"
Classic!
Lol
We’ve all been there 😂😂😂
True English banter in that sentence.
so many one liners- still using them with my friends 2 years later... fantastic video
16 slices, what a legend.
"Beer. Beer, LADs, LADs, LADs" will always top them all
me too
Still using them?
@@AJUCE99 i am yes
This looks like it was filmed with Vaseline
Your patter is shite fannybaws
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This comment is too much
Why does this make so much sense
Putting Vaseline on the lens is done in a fair few old films
LADS LADS LADS
Hannah Moen L A D S
LADS LADS LADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Beer beer
hannah moen LADSSSSSSS
Lads
Archbishop of Banterbury right here
Bantersaurus Rex
The greatest scholar of our generation
sUNNY
vintage sunnyv2 comment, before his first video
a rare find
@@jeffjefferson1503 yes
yes
this is such a weird find
Lads lads lads
beer beer beer
@@iryan99x11 lmao
1 AM???? Absolute legend.
made of sterner stuff, remember?
To be fair they were out since 7.00 am
trains in London stop about 12:30/1
but the buses start
@@Jordan4601 there's these things called taxis
Anyone who doesn't get this humour - you are this guy
I personally find this hilarious, he is basically David Brent. However, I think there's a lot of people who wouldn't find this funny.
@T W M took that personally
@@WorldWidePatriots bruh it’s been 7 years why did you even bother replying to his comment 😭
@@Twigz72 I dunno, we could ask you the same thing couldn’t we 😂😂😂
@@sir_rick_dickpump no you couldn’t , I didn’t reply to the guy who commented 7 years ago you wallad
Thomas, your drum and bass throwdown at 2:40 is legendary
3:40 mate
but yea aha
"16 slices, what a legend..."
I mentioned Thomas James Gray at my high school reunion, as we all loved Tom's channel back when we were at school. Everyone still remembered it, 10 years on. Thank you Tom for 10 years of laughs! From Sydney Australia
This is most likely the best video on RUclips...
Who's still watching this half way through 2019? ALL THE LADS ALL THE LADS
EDIT: I'm stuck in quarantine in 2020 and I can't see ALL THE LADS 😭😭😭
It's time-proof
Weird English people
The dude's a legend.
I brush my teeth to this shit LAAAAAAAAADS
Yip. Not watched it for a few years haha
It's like David Brent in an Oxford students body. 'Shot shot, pint, shot - sick ' Priceless.
I was genuinely slightly heartbroken when I learned that this is a character. I want this guy to exist, he's just purity.
Why did you ruin it
@@patangry4653 it’s kinda salient it’s a character tho I mean come on 😂
Please make this true
Please make this true
You literally ruined it for me know you prick
8 years on still incredible
Olive skin, great beard.
I lost it at this part hahaha
Still gets me everyone time, “first stop the cinema” 😂
A Stag Do guide to quotables:
0:08 greatest weekend of my LIFFFFEEEE
0:42 ill TAKE IT
0:44 AS LONG AS IM INVOLVED
0:46 do not leave me OUTTTTTT
1:01 mmmmm i think i will
1:04 pshh h pshhh glug glug beer beer lads lads lads
1:17 i wish i was with them
1:32 PRETTY ROPEY
1:40 THE BOYS WERE BACK IN TOWNNNNN is that the tune?
1:59 16 slices, what a legend
2:05 shot shot, pint, shot, pint, *SICK*
2:55 it was a LITTLE bit awkward
3:01 some of the more HAIRIER BOYS
3:11 MENTAL *laughs* it was MENTAL
3:19 10 pounds is that all? phhhh take it
3:24 could i have a round of SEVENTEEN SHOTS PLEASE? YEAH SEVENTEEN! How much? *giggles*
3:32 on the dance floor just *makes dancing noises for like 10 seconds straight*
3:47 ALL THE LADS
3:49 LADS LADS LADS
3:52 just in a BIG huddle just LOVING each other just absolutely LOVING each other
3:56 any girl comes over, SMASH! elbow to the face! Get outta here! Boys night only! BOOF BOOF BOOF
4:09 some RIDICULOUS HOUR like one oclock we left, obviously because it was ONE OCLOCK
4:22 made of STERNER STUFF *immediately coughs*
4:36 if this is a cliff and this is the edge im here.
4:40 IM ONNNN THE PRECIPICE IM LOOKING DOWNNN THE GORGE
4:44 WOOOOOO BABY, MICHAEL JACKSON WOOOOOOO
4:58 SLOOOOSSSSHHEEEDDD
5:04 WINE! *immediately coughs*
@@stuartmalloch7535 ohhh that makes way more sense XD thanks
Legend
Get a job pal
1:32 pretty ropey not rupee!
@@ManWalksDogs Oh my god i cant believe ive been saying it wrong all this time!
Surprisingly good beatboxing though.
It was!
Agreed
Indeed - proper bass n drum vibes, quality!
I typed in 'Stag' hoping to find a documentary on deer, instead I found this. Hilarious. Subscribed
😂 🤣 😅 😅 😅 😅
DEEAH DEEAH STAGS STAGS STAGS
I bet you did
What a legend
But who the fuck would watch a documentary on deer
Literally the best video on the net.
Girl comes across, ELBOW TO THE FACE!
9 years later and this is still a masterpiece!
Why wouldn't it be?
2016 and he still has the world chanting LADS LADS LADS
hes like a young david brent
my thoughts exactly, thank you joe
Mixed with a kind of public school reverse snobbery
with a little Alan Partridge mixed in
He reminds more of a young conan
Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 - 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.
Think he'd be great on the Inbetweeners
wills cousin
+ScottishGamer briefcase mong
+ScottishGamer neils cousin 😂
doubtful, seeing as thomas is actually funny
Now that's a great call.
Shot, shot, pint, shot, pint, sick
LEW pnefc Shot, shot, pint, shot, pint, shot, sick, lightweight
Come back to this annually.
😂😂 same
The fact that some people don't understand that this is a story fabricated for everyone's amusement and a great example of self deprecating humour amazes me. This is one of the funniest things I have seen in ages..., Great Work.
This is the greatest video in RUclips history
Christmas Day ritual to watch this with the family before we open presents
sixteen slices. what a legend
I think we can all identify with the character Thomas plays; either in people we know or ourselves. His delusional view of himself is what keeps him upbeat and positive, regardless of the variety of hopeless situations he finds himself in.
Very clever and well executed piece of self deprecating comedy. Have seen a few of Thomas' videos and often seen comments like 'Why hasn't he got his own TV show' In a selfish way I'm glad he hasn't as no doubt the very essence would be lost by 'big production influence' The low budget static camera phone and 4-6 minute monologue wouldn't be right for TV but fits in perfectly with what Thomas does here.
except he does have a TV show lol
I do this irl, everyone now thinks I'm autistic, help
Yep on our friendship group he’s called woody, he even looks like Thomas
I disagree, we see tons of this sort of self-deprecating humor in television. This lad is basically like a 20 year old David Brent.
Meh it's funny but pretty basic David Brent rip off
I went to college with a lad that was actually like this. Because the bullying we gave him was so much less than what he got in school he was over the moon with that deal.
So, you admit you're a bully?
When he laughs he sounds like Yoda.
This was very very well done and should really have been a TV piece.
Hilarious, well done!
bobjenz wow, verified
8 years later... yo
@@hollyo4758 algorithm at it again
Hmm
Aren’t you the guy that voices the grapefruit on that awful annoying orange channel?
I come back to this video every year to make myself smile again, legendary stuff
its 2020 and this is still one off the best vids on this whole website its amazing
Alex from Love Island
now its curtis from love island
Seriously, don't watch love Island you unthinking moronz
@@boahnation9932 get over yourself
Ahohoiii
I always need to watch this every so often just to remind myself how funny it is ! LADS LADS LADS !
Anyone else watching this during the COVID-19 quarantine of 2020? Wish I could be out having a belter of a weekend like this with my own cohort of lads. I miss having it large.
7 years later and still cant believe this is a genuine bloke
This is the funniest thing I have ever seen omg honestly though this is the exact type of humour I just find hilarious
I can’t believe this is 7 years old
i wish it was only 7 years old
A scholar and a poet, truly the chronicler of our generation
Years later I still come back to this
Such a masterpiece after all these years
underrated line.. "got the 6:45 train to london"
Why? What does that mean
@@paddymuldoon6718 well its a bit late for a stag innit? Wanna start at 12am latest
@@didzy400 Oh I didn’t know that, never been to a stag.
He means 18:45 you fool
@@didzy400 😂😂
Watched Peacock on BBC for the first time a few days ago and knew I recognised Spooner from somewhere!
Watching peacock tonight and we spent AGES trying to figure out how we knew you! Good seeing on the tele, LADS 🍻🍻
Proud to say I recognised you in Peacock from this classic video
Glad this appeared on my news feed 7 years later, I forgot this video exists ‘lads lads lads’
The best part is we've all met someone like this before
I went to my sister's graduation and a few months before my family appreciated this video. At the graduation my family were at the student bar and wittingly changed the words to "ALL THE GRADS ALL THE GRADS!" chanting in the ladish manner. Needless to say we were not very popular among the SOAS graduates and their families.
Watched this for the first time in 2022 and its one of the best videos I've ever seen on RUclips
He's like a posh Brent with the laugh of the character in extras who says 'do the catchphrase' in the pub.. think it's brian gittins in derek lol
I just thought the exact same
You're clearly a fan of Ricky Gervais' work as am I, good choice, I honestly think he's a genius, along with Steven Merchant!
You're clearly a fan of Ricky Gervais' work as am I, good choice, I honestly think he's a genius, along with Steven Merchant!
"The catchphrase! The glasses!"
Dave Earl !
I oftentimes take a pilgrimage back to this video
I didn’t realise he was doing a character until it got to the train beers part 😂
How have i gone all my adult life without ever seeing this legend
“Im on the precipice, I’m lookin’ down, I’m lookin’ down the gorge” 😂😂😂😂
Bi yearly comment to reaffirm this videos greatness.
"Any girl comes over, elbow to the face!" hahaha
jbirr15 LADS LADS LADS
this is a boys night only!
Ah this gem has came in to my recommendations. Lovely stuff!
To recap:
A couple of cans on the 6.45 train to London
The Sherlock Holmes film
Pizza Hut
Spoons
Flat party
Nightclub until 1am
Did well to fit so much in, ladsladslads. Can well understand this being the greatest weekend of your liiiiife!
Never gets old. A TRUE RUclips CLASSIC
I think she was into football
We were talking about football
*reality hits him*
I was talking about football
One of the all time best RUclips videos of all
All the lads just loooovin each other
I like to imagine this is a video message to his ex he hasn't seen in 3 years
I actually love this guy, he'd just be the best person to talk to! His laugh
"Don't leave me oooouuut." Lovely stuff
rewatching this in 2015
Same
I'm watching it in 2990
What A Legend😂😆
Amazing video, ultimate parody of modern KOL influencer culture vlogging. Aged like fine wine
Yeezy is the god within my religion bought me here!
Coming back to see the invention of comedy
Nigga
Damn
Based
This is the best thing ever
This is how aliens will learn about human culture
its incredible how close to the line this goes to being almost unbelievable but never crosses it
Love that this has blown up. Hilarious mate, keep them coming
Reckon he can play in net?
2022 come back to see this again
That's Paul The Party Animal Parker.
incredibly accurate reference
A top 25 RUclips vid without a doubt. Arguably top 10 😂
"Some of the Hairier boys felt a bit uncomfortable"🤣🤣🤣
watching "Call the Housewife" and Chummy reminded me of this lad so much I had to find this video again.... lovely
August 2019 and here to cheer me up. Do not leave me outttttt
LADS LADS LADS!
"The boys were back in townnn!"
This is amazing, had me in stitches! Very well done
You really inspire me and my friends, I love you a lot and this video had brought a lot of laughs and giggles to me and my fiends lives, I love you xxxxx
Watching this years later i realize the considerable influence this video had on my joke and story telling. Remember watching it multiple times amazed at how captivating it is even tho hes chatting straight shite
probably the best video on youtube