The Comedy Store was the core London venue for what was called “alternative comedy” in the 80s. So many famous Comedians emerged from there, with the main compère being the legendary Alexis Sayle
@@js0988 I don’t think anyone has used the term for 20 years, and many who were labelled as such back then would swear allegiance to Tommy Cooper and Hilda Baker now. Very little of that self righteousness exists now.
Wetherspoons traditionally have a different themed meal depending on the day of the week. That meal will generally be at a better price and a more appealing set price including a drink. Typically, Thursdays-at least for a very long time (and perhaps still)-are 'Curry Thursday'. Friday is generally 'Fish Friday', and so on.
Spoons is much derided by comedians because of its reputed daytime customer base, consisting of people, with transparent alcohol dependency making every penny count; if it was a US institution, you would imagine lots of MAGA hats. The chain has a self-publicising borderline sociopathic CEO, who is pals with Nigel Farage, called Tim Martin. Of course, much of the above is exaggerated, apart from the description of Tim Martin, which is somewhat restrained for legal reasons.
Wetherspoons is a bargain-basement pub chain. A friend of mine was working away from home for a few days and he said: "You know a town is a shit-hole when Wetherspoons is the most expensive place in town."
curry thursday is when you can get a curry meal and a pint on a discount... bit like taco tuesday... they have different meals of the day on different days..
Ah few of these things like Argos, Wetherspoons curry Thursday etc would have been difficult for anyone out of the UK to understand. This was the comedy store in London
"never had to end an NTL subscription" NTL (a US owned British company) which eventually merged with Virgin Media and is just Virgin Media which provides phone, cable tv and fibre broadband, he's referring to the pain in the backside we had to go through to cancel a subscription, though tbh Virgin is the same.
Wetherspoons is basically a British ‘value’ bar, can often be quite rough, relatively cheap compared to most places but things can get rowdy. NTL was basically a TV service here in the uk well over a decade ago now, it was notoriously difficultly cancel your subscription. Also the places he mentions he’s made love in are basically southern part of the UK (like London where’s he’s from) so those places are barely a couple hundred miles away at most.
If you consider wetherspoons 'rough' then you're a posh twat. Dozens of tougher pubs and rougher bars most towns I've been to, like anywhere with a Yates' bar. Those places are for scum.
@@samhilton4173 I’m from east London mate, and a part of a working class family, and yes, my local Wetherspoons can get quite rough on occasion what’s the issue here?
@Marie Whitbread no I avoid rough places, just saying as a fact, whetherspoons are not rough. As a chain with certain insurances the staff will always call police when shit kicks off. Rough places are where the police don't show up. And you've clearly never been near a Yates', those places are real dives fir chavs. @Berserk Broadcasting there are plenty of posh twats from East London, lol I've been to like 9 'Spoons' in London; not rough Simply facts, kids
@ 7':55" _"they've never had to end an NTL subscription, have they ?"_ He's referring to one of those nightmare Internet providers, with crappy 48 month contracts that you can never get out of, when you ring up to cancel you get passed from department to department, speak to 20 different people, no one will give you a straight answer, left on hold for 2 hours, no one calls you back . . . etc
I've worked in two Wetherspoons kitchens. In fact it was my first job. Still don't know how to cook xD that being said, my fish and chips were the best. I hated doing the breakfasts, though. The worst part was when the bar staff ordered food on their break. Dude, seriously? xD
Wetherspoons is a chain of pubs that sell cheap food and drink. They have themed days for different food where you can get a deal on that kind of food. Because it's cheap and not really high quality, people who drink in there often (especially during the day) are seen as people who are alcoholics, are depressed about life, or have some kind of issues. That's why he said the joke about people who have no hope and no future in India, but they could have come straight to a Wetherspoons pub instead.
Wetherspoons is a popular family pub/restaurant chain in the UK and certain meals are cheaper depending on the day of the week; like "Curry Thursday", "Fish Friday", etc.
Say what you want about Josh but he'll make you laugh out loud at comedy bits you've already seen, enjoy some you've never seen and absolutely fuck with your body clock
Wetherspoons is a large British pub chain popular with working class people. People might refer to it as Wethers, or the Spoons. They are known for selling cheap beer/drink and food. They have different themes through the week, so Frday is Fish and Chips Friday, and Tuesday is Steak Tuesday.... Thursdays you get deals on curry, so, curry Thursday! The food isn't amazing, but the prices are decent and the beer is often really good (fresh cask English ales). Burger with a pint is probably the most popular deal. Another common Spoons reference is the table number; you have to walk to the bar to place an order and give the table number you're sat at, so you always see people walk to the bar and remember they didn't memorise their number, and walk back, or shout to their party across the pub "what's the number??" Then after ordering you grab a basket of condiments and walk back to your table to wait for your meal to be microwaved. NTL was a cable TV and internet company... long gone now.
@@andrewjones575 There is absolutely no proof that anyone got Covid from pubs -- many of which spent up to £10,000 making them 'covid safe'. The are using a test which is 97% innacurate and which the inventor of says should not be used to measure Covid. He actually started speaking out before he died a mysterious death just over a year ago. The more tests they do the more false positives. We have less deaths this year than at any time since 2014. Open Up Society Now!!!!!
Wetherspoons is kind of like applebees but they build and buy pubs and put them under their chain. They normally sell the cheapest drinks in town and they do food as well. Theres a set menu but each day has a different theme as well (Thursday is for curries). It's also known for being the place where all the local sad old men spend their day. Argos is what we had before amazon. They have a big warehouse with a shop at the front with catalogues and computers. You find what you like, give the codes to the servers and they go in the warehouse and find it. It's kind of dying away now
The comedy store is all over the world now, I think the first one was opened in LA, you might remember Mickey going to the opening of the one in Mumbai in India and how that went for him 😂
I worked with a guy who told me about hooking up with an older woman when he was still young. He wanted to be all hot and sexy, like he’d seen in the movies, so while making out he tore her shirt off, sending buttons flying. Instead of being turned on, she was pissed he ruined her shirt, and told him to go home.
Love micky, although i have a new comedian for you to check out. Jasper Carrot He is fantastic Jasper carrot talking about teenagers and elderly is a great one to start with I hope you take a look Still loving the content keep it up and take care 🙂
@@louisemagill8295 I think he means new to the channel as he hasn't reacted to him before. Though my word, Jasper Carrot is not a name I've heard in what feels like 500 years.
You get a cheap curry on Thurdays in wetherspoons and a free drink....usually £5.99 They are alright! they also have Steak night and such but wetherspoons steaks are no good, they removed sunday lunch on sunday because it was no good but its a great pub.
Witherspoons = cheap bar chain. You get pissed for £10. You go with your tracksuit on for a pint and a night out NTL/Virgin media - Cable subscription service
In the uk in pubs they dedicate a night to things like karaoke fri.. curry thurs is a cheap curry and a pint also meat draw wed where you buy a raffle ticket an can win a piece of meat if your ticket is drawn.. common sense really 😂
Wetherspoons is a cheap pub where you'd get certain people queuing before it opens and have people drinking beer as soon as it opens at 11am (or whatever or it is). It specialises in value so does promos like beer and burger for £5, Curry Thursday, Steak Tuesday etc and at one point you could get 2 drinks for £5 so the stereotypical customer is ways referred to as single mums, alcoholics, the unemployed, teens, slags, man-whores etc But tbh everyone goes wetherspoons because some of them are are actually decent and not full of dickheads lol
Hi love your reactions to our British comedy,your laugh is the best I've heard fair play yo you,my suggestion is have a look at rab c Nesbitt it's great humour but you will struggle with his and the other characters accent,anyway love to you and the good lady take care bro.☘
The references were wetherspoons curry Thursday - Wetherspoons is a chain pub that sells cheap food & drink and discounts a certain type of food depending on the day NTL - This was the sole cable tv provider in the UK a while back
Love micky try some sean lock stand up as you haven't done any before id say do him like at the apollo ruclips.net/video/8wdMrtRvizk/видео.html the second half of this is absolutely hilarious you'd love it
lee evans is cringeworthy, tried to watch his stuff so many times and i always cringe. micky is way funnier, but i think frankie boyle is the funniest comedian in the UK
It might just be me being Scottish, and bias. But I honestly can't stand Micky Flanagan. "Awwight, cause geezers right and aww im soo suffern Landan, im like ohhh. You know, ohh hes a righ' ol don actua'll say words like they spelt like.." Nope, not for me. Keep it "Souff of River mate"
The Comedy Store was the core London venue for what was called “alternative comedy” in the 80s. So many famous Comedians emerged from there, with the main compère being the legendary Alexis Sayle
Alternative comedy=normal comedy losers thinks is edgy and controversial.
@@js0988 I don’t think anyone has used the term for 20 years, and many who were labelled as such back then would swear allegiance to Tommy Cooper and Hilda Baker now. Very little of that self righteousness exists now.
Alexis used to do my head in on the Young ones, used to fast forward those bits lol.
@@shaneord7527 Maybe he was an acquired taste
Awesome man thanks for the info!
Wetherspoons traditionally have a different themed meal depending on the day of the week. That meal will generally be at a better price and a more appealing set price including a drink.
Typically, Thursdays-at least for a very long time (and perhaps still)-are 'Curry Thursday'. Friday is generally 'Fish Friday', and so on.
They did last time I had a shift which was about 12 months ago...
Miss a Wetherspoons breakfast
Spoons is much derided by comedians because of its reputed daytime customer base, consisting of people, with transparent alcohol dependency making every penny count; if it was a US institution, you would imagine lots of MAGA hats. The chain has a self-publicising borderline sociopathic CEO, who is pals with Nigel Farage, called Tim Martin. Of course, much of the above is exaggerated, apart from the description of Tim Martin, which is somewhat restrained for legal reasons.
Spoons!... where you have to embark on an adventure of 13 flights of stairs to find the toilet
Wetherspoons is a bargain-basement pub chain. A friend of mine was working away from home for a few days and he said: "You know a town is a shit-hole when Wetherspoons is the most expensive place in town."
LOL thanks for the info, much appreciated.
curry thursday is when you can get a curry meal and a pint on a discount... bit like taco tuesday... they have different meals of the day on different days..
I love spoons me 😂 But then again I live in a town with a reputation for being a hole so your theory is probably right 😆
@@josiahcole3186 I'm in there all the time, pal.
Lee Mack and Micky Flanagan are my two favourite British comedians.
Saw mickey in nottingham about 3 years ago. Omg he was totally brilliant. 😃😃😃
This was Micky setting out around 20years ago. Some references outdated but for Brits of a certain age, he's hilarious.
Armstrong and Miller pilot sketches. That was great.
Ah few of these things like Argos, Wetherspoons curry Thursday etc would have been difficult for anyone out of the UK to understand. This was the comedy store in London
Bob Mortimer was on WILTY again last week. Gold as always!
Damon Hill powered by a Scotch Egg.
"never had to end an NTL subscription"
NTL (a US owned British company) which eventually merged with Virgin Media and is just Virgin Media which provides phone, cable tv and fibre broadband, he's referring to the pain in the backside we had to go through to cancel a subscription, though tbh Virgin is the same.
Wetherspoons is basically a British ‘value’ bar, can often be quite rough, relatively cheap compared to most places but things can get rowdy.
NTL was basically a TV service here in the uk well over a decade ago now, it was notoriously difficultly cancel your subscription.
Also the places he mentions he’s made love in are basically southern part of the UK (like London where’s he’s from) so those places are barely a couple hundred miles away at most.
If you consider wetherspoons 'rough' then you're a posh twat. Dozens of tougher pubs and rougher bars most towns I've been to, like anywhere with a Yates' bar. Those places are for scum.
@@samhilton4173 I’m from east London mate, and a part of a working class family, and yes, my local Wetherspoons can get quite rough on occasion what’s the issue here?
@Marie Whitbread no I avoid rough places, just saying as a fact, whetherspoons are not rough. As a chain with certain insurances the staff will always call police when shit kicks off.
Rough places are where the police don't show up.
And you've clearly never been near a Yates', those places are real dives fir chavs.
@Berserk Broadcasting there are plenty of posh twats from East London, lol
I've been to like 9 'Spoons' in London; not rough
Simply facts, kids
Yesss -- strapping in for this one. This is from the comedy Store, Piccadilly, London
That was the 1st one that comes to mind.
This was hilarious man I loved it!
@ 7':55" _"they've never had to end an NTL subscription, have they ?"_
He's referring to one of those nightmare Internet providers, with crappy 48 month contracts that you can never get out of, when you ring up to cancel you get passed from department to department, speak to 20 different people, no one will give you a straight answer, left on hold for 2 hours, no one calls you back . . . etc
React to more Micky he’s hilarious 😂😂
I will for sure man he is awesome!
Wetherspoons: chain of pubs
“Curry night” : lots of pubs do promotions during the week
NTL: a telecomms/internet supplier
Argos = Retail store
Weatherspoons = National pub franchise
NTL = cable subscription
Love Micky Flanagan. That cockney humour 👌 😄 Good story telling.
Best comedian alive this might be the 1st one I seen of micky flanagan,
He is hilarious man I enjoy his stand up a whole lot =]
@@AfterWorkReactions yer man, that French one is funny af when he says no wounder they eat snails it's the only fucking thing they can catch 😂 😂 😂 😂
gotta love seeing the welsh dragon in the background on the best flag in the world :D Cymru am Byth!
I've worked in two Wetherspoons kitchens. In fact it was my first job. Still don't know how to cook xD that being said, my fish and chips were the best. I hated doing the breakfasts, though. The worst part was when the bar staff ordered food on their break. Dude, seriously? xD
LOL thanks for sharing bud!
Love watching this guy laughing it truly brightens my days
Such a infectious laugh
Wetherspoons is a chain of pubs that sell cheap food and drink. They have themed days for different food where you can get a deal on that kind of food. Because it's cheap and not really high quality, people who drink in there often (especially during the day) are seen as people who are alcoholics, are depressed about life, or have some kind of issues.
That's why he said the joke about people who have no hope and no future in India, but they could have come straight to a Wetherspoons pub instead.
Thanks for the info man =]
Weatherspoons - UK chain of pubs, seen as cheap / inauthentic pubs.
Curry Thursday = Cheap curry deal on Thursdays.
Wetherspoons is a popular family pub/restaurant chain in the UK and certain meals are cheaper depending on the day of the week; like "Curry Thursday", "Fish Friday", etc.
Oh ok cool thanks bud!
He defo has used that 'driving a van ambition' joke in his bigger shows that you've watched.
Dont listen Hutton. Jimmy can't fix that....
Upload at 9am UK time....watch this with my Shreddies then 😂
Or your pint and full English at spoons if they were open
@@danieloliver4558 sh!t how can I forget the breakfast 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Say what you want about Josh but he'll make you laugh out loud at comedy bits you've already seen, enjoy some you've never seen and absolutely fuck with your body clock
Good timing lol
please do a reaction to nighty night. its darkest tv comedy ever
@@andrewjones575 Jam is a masterwork
I will check that out thanks bud!
God I forgot about that one, thanks
Loving the videos. Loving them even more now you have the Welsh flag in the background. You have it the correct way too! Greetings from Cardiff
Wetherspoons is a large British pub chain popular with working class people. People might refer to it as Wethers, or the Spoons. They are known for selling cheap beer/drink and food. They have different themes through the week, so Frday is Fish and Chips Friday, and Tuesday is Steak Tuesday.... Thursdays you get deals on curry, so, curry Thursday! The food isn't amazing, but the prices are decent and the beer is often really good (fresh cask English ales). Burger with a pint is probably the most popular deal. Another common Spoons reference is the table number; you have to walk to the bar to place an order and give the table number you're sat at, so you always see people walk to the bar and remember they didn't memorise their number, and walk back, or shout to their party across the pub "what's the number??" Then after ordering you grab a basket of condiments and walk back to your table to wait for your meal to be microwaved. NTL was a cable TV and internet company... long gone now.
Pubs need to open the fuck up!!
@@annother3350 yes they do!
NTL is now Virgin Media.
@@andrewjones575 There is absolutely no proof that anyone got Covid from pubs -- many of which spent up to £10,000 making them 'covid safe'.
The are using a test which is 97% innacurate and which the inventor of says should not be used to measure Covid. He actually started speaking out before he died a mysterious death just over a year ago.
The more tests they do the more false positives. We have less deaths this year than at any time since 2014.
Open Up Society Now!!!!!
Josh, when you visit the UK I'm gonna take you to an Argos and a wetherspoons for curry Thursday 🍛
Sounds good!
@Marie Whitbread 🤣
The sketch show plaza general info line 👌😂
I will check that out thanks bud!
Weatherspoins is the UK's most popular pub chain. And curry Thursday is a themed day where curry is cheaper than usual and comes with a free drink.
Wetherspoons is kind of like applebees but they build and buy pubs and put them under their chain. They normally sell the cheapest drinks in town and they do food as well. Theres a set menu but each day has a different theme as well (Thursday is for curries). It's also known for being the place where all the local sad old men spend their day.
Argos is what we had before amazon. They have a big warehouse with a shop at the front with catalogues and computers. You find what you like, give the codes to the servers and they go in the warehouse and find it. It's kind of dying away now
The comedy store is all over the world now, I think the first one was opened in LA, you might remember Mickey going to the opening of the one in Mumbai in India and how that went for him 😂
Alan Partridge
One of my favourite comedians
I'd not seen this clip before 😂 just what I needed after a 32 hour shift. Brilliant 🤩
Hey Josh. You will not find a Micky Flanagan video that isn’t funny. An absolute comedy legend here in the U.K. Thank you for showing & reacting.
Witherspoons is a pub/restaurant chain in UK does deals like lunch and a beer for £5 hence curry Thursday
NTL subscription was old cable tv, notorious for being a nightmare
Thanks man appreciate the info.
I worked with a guy who told me about hooking up with an older woman when he was still young. He wanted to be all hot and sexy, like he’d seen in the movies, so while making out he tore her shirt off, sending buttons flying. Instead of being turned on, she was pissed he ruined her shirt, and told him to go home.
Love micky, although i have a new comedian for you to check out.
Jasper Carrot
He is fantastic
Jasper carrot talking about teenagers and elderly is a great one to start with
I hope you take a look
Still loving the content keep it up and take care 🙂
New?
What year are we in? 1985?
@@louisemagill8295 I think he means new to the channel as he hasn't reacted to him before.
Though my word, Jasper Carrot is not a name I've heard in what feels like 500 years.
@@louisemagill8295 yeah Louise, God relax ya batty
You get a cheap curry on Thurdays in wetherspoons and a free drink....usually £5.99
They are alright! they also have Steak night and such but wetherspoons steaks are no good, they removed sunday lunch on sunday because it was no good but its a great pub.
NTL was a British cable company.
He's done that van joke in his later work as well.
lol my secondary school education produced a metal key fob and a wooden pencil case
I left with a wooden spoon and a weirdly shaped heart keyring for my mum lol.
Witherspoons = cheap bar chain. You get pissed for £10. You go with your tracksuit on for a pint and a night out
NTL/Virgin media - Cable subscription service
Micky is Brilliant.
Just move here josh Ul for right in. Will take u weather spoons lol
There was plenty of cultural references in here. But overall very funny
Curry Thursday in weatherspoons pub,fish Friday,, etc,days for offers on the food x
Love the Welsh flag. Good lad.
Thanks bud.
This is The Comedy Store in London.
some of these jokes are from other comedy shows he's done so you will no doubt of seen most of them before. still funny though
There is a comedy store in LA, I was out there a couple years ago and we went there to see Tom Segura, I think this one is in the UK tho..
Yeah it's near Soho and Trafalgar Square.
In the uk in pubs they dedicate a night to things like karaoke fri.. curry thurs is a cheap curry and a pint also meat draw wed where you buy a raffle ticket an can win a piece of meat if your ticket is drawn.. common sense really 😂
Meat draw Wednesday? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is it a Northern thing, or something?😅
The comedy store is in the west end of london.
The comedy store in the states is in LA and theres un related ones in london and manchester i think
Love your reactions. Please give Black Books, Spaced, Man Down and Friday Night Dinner a watch. You won't be disappointed.
Wetherspoons is a cheap pub where you'd get certain people queuing before it opens and have people drinking beer as soon as it opens at 11am (or whatever or it is).
It specialises in value so does promos like beer and burger for £5, Curry Thursday, Steak Tuesday etc and at one point you could get 2 drinks for £5 so the stereotypical customer is ways referred to as single mums, alcoholics, the unemployed, teens, slags, man-whores etc But tbh everyone goes wetherspoons because some of them are are actually decent and not full of dickheads lol
My local opens at 8am, one in town opens at 6am. I do like a wetherspoons but then im an unemployed, alcoholic man-whore 👍🍺
@@TP-uf6fn 6am really?? We've all been an unemployed, alcoholic man-whore, or a combination of them at least one time or another lol
Love your Welsh flag .love from Wales.
Hi love your reactions to our British comedy,your laugh is the best I've heard fair play yo you,my suggestion is have a look at rab c Nesbitt it's great humour but you will struggle with his and the other characters accent,anyway love to you and the good lady take care bro.☘
Wetherspoons = A low cost eating/drinking establishment for the poor.
ninety nine percent of the population then
Someone please explain Jimmy saville to him.
gary hutton is that gangster on shaun attwoods podcast
#daddygate 👍
NTL subscription - cable subscription.
Oii...you! 🦶
😆
You should watch the comedy show Big Train
What’s a curry Thursday lol
Comedy store in London
Agros is hard to explain you really have to google it to get an idea.
Thanks man will do.
Have you covered The Young Ones?
I know you enjoy Mickys stand-up but can't believe that you haven't yet reacted to his classic set "Going out out". C'mon Josh, sawt it aht, mate!
The references were wetherspoons curry Thursday - Wetherspoons is a chain pub that sells cheap food & drink and discounts a certain type of food depending on the day
NTL - This was the sole cable tv provider in the UK a while back
Curry Thursday.
Obviously.
Why do you have the Welsh flag?(it's good to see it there 😊)
Please please react to billy Connolly old lady on a bus
He has.
@@pauljohnson5190 you sure. I have found the fart one and dwarf on bus but not the old lady on a bus
Love micky try some sean lock stand up as you haven't done any before id say do him like at the apollo ruclips.net/video/8wdMrtRvizk/видео.html the second half of this is absolutely hilarious you'd love it
Can you please react to the lady of heaven trailer? ❤️
hes not that funny,but best is lee Evans......but this guy,no way
lee evans is cringeworthy, tried to watch his stuff so many times and i always cringe. micky is way funnier, but i think frankie boyle is the funniest comedian in the UK
It might just be me being Scottish, and bias. But I honestly can't stand Micky Flanagan. "Awwight, cause geezers right and aww im soo suffern Landan, im like ohhh. You know, ohh hes a righ' ol don actua'll say words like they spelt like.."
Nope, not for me. Keep it "Souff of River mate"