"School in Shakespeare's day and age was vastly different to our own. In fact, it was far easier because you didn't have to study Shakespeare." I love this show.
Whether you like Shakespeare's plays or not, there's no doubt that they are almost as popular as "Pump Up The Jam", the 1989 hit song by the Belgian dance-pop group Technotronic.
Popular? Sure. But one of those examples is timeless art, crafted with love and sublime talent, and certain to live until time itself ends, while the the other is a vast cesspool of dung water written 500 years ago by an overrated hack with a marketable name.
@@manmaas You're probably doing it wrong. You're supposed to walk by, see a dirty knife fight on stage, pay your pence and stand for that, go off and get something to eat, come back and see a young boy in a dress, pay a pence and go back in to watch that, wander out again because it got boring, amble by and see another knife fight, pay a pence to watch, and so on. That's the reason it's four hours long. You aren't supposed to stand for the whole bit, ya cheap bastard.
It also shows you just how much preparation goes into this format. There's actually a team of people watching old Shakespeare productions... finding exactly the right moment when Harry Potter appears on the scene! 😅
I literally had to pause because of laughing too hard and came down in the comments at that moment. My drink went down the wrong way cause I choked a little
that's my favourite bit. I showed it to my family and they laughed so much at pretty much the whole thing, but no one else laughed at the letter H thing. no sense of humour smh
Her confident manner contrasts so well with her profound ignorance and unawareness. She packs an amazing amount of subtle humor into every line. Very talented.
@Qwfwq66 Aye, nathelees me thinks ye may nat spare swich éducation. I wol myselven gladly techen Chaucer, for to vouche-sauf the youthe from smoterlich ignoraunce.
You have to watch this over and over, because if you laugh at one joke you miss the next three it's so tightly written. Diane Morgan is a bit of all right!
She's certainly paid her theatrical dues. She worked with Ken Campbell for several years and I think he helped her develop her Maverick style. She's unlike anyone else.
Have to be careful tho. There are some common misconceptions in her voice over. Completely in character to have those misconceptions, but if you don't already know they're wrong, they'll be reinforced. The "pooping out their windows" bit, for example.
Love the Lauren Cooper/ Doctor Who effort too, though that’s a lot less about the texts. Tbh Cunk would be absolute boss in so many Shakespearean roles. I guess I know the comedies better than histories or tragedies.
This one scene, in which the librarian explains to Philomena that they don't wear white gloves at all, is one of the best! My father was an archvisit and was always incredibly annoyed about people on TV handling items with white gloves: "Look at these amateurs..." he would always say. :D
@@artsed08 What about it ? North = UK ???? The most extreme northern part of the island is in the Republic. Only 6 counties of the North (Ulster) are under UK jurisdiction. And every bit of it is Ireland.
@@olliephelan 😅 why you getting so angry and confused, he said northern ireland...the place, not north = uk. The game of thrones scenes where filmed in northern ireland and that is part of the uk so what point are you even trying to make?
I was holding it together until she talked about Richard III wandering around a car park, using keys to make a horse’s ass light up. I laughed for a solid 5 minutes straight.
@@bakica_vangica She does say 'rang' my friend. She has the same local accent as me, so I'm very sure. But i did enjoy listening to this again, so thanks for that - started my day with a smile.
"What sort of people come to see Shakespeare today? Is it mainly people who wear glasses?" It's not just the line, it's the way she says it as if she genuinely thinks it.
“ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING?!” I swear every line of these shows is absolute perfection, some because of hilarious clever writing and some just because of her delivery
"As a baby, Shakespeare showed few signs of becoming the most significant figure in literary history." Good god. I laughed for about a minute straight on that one. How have I not discovered this character sooner? I mean, I know why, the answer is that I'm Canadian, but still. I gotta marathon her shit. This was tremendous.
@Kratosx23 - Check out Philomena Cunk on British history, it’s a five-part series, and it’s the same great mix of jokes you’ll get if you already know the history plus Trojan horses that’ll teach you even more of the history. 😊 I know at least a couple of people who are largely unacquainted with this sort of subject matter, and who probably think they’re disinterested in it, but who’d be drawn in by the humor of this series and wind up learning a lot despite themselves. I’m pretty well-versed in Shakespeare, but I’m a little wobbly on any world history outside of Latin American history, and I quite happily learned a few things from “Philomena Cunk.”
Same here, but American. She is phenomenal, and I'm going to be binge watching all her stuff. She (the three men who write for her, actually, combined with her earnest, deadpan delivery) is far-and-away the funniest comedian I have heard in years. Guffawing at 3 a.m. here, shouts of laughter through the day even just listening... if laughter is the best medicine (which she debates in one of these videos), my health will improve dramatically in short order!!
I also remember writing in high school, "If Hamlet is about a thinker who does not know what to do, MacBeth is about a doer who does not know what to think." Nice to know Philomena agrees with half of that. Great minds thinking alike is something I think I greatly like. With my mind.
THAT was indeed an excellent observation and also a brilliant opening for an argument. I'd used that for a whole class to get them think and talk about both plays and meanwhile work on their argument skills. I can see by the previous comment that your teacher wasnt that thrilled about your observation and he/she missed an opportunity there.
@@annafirth6738 He didn't die in a car park, though, he died at The Battle of Bosworth. They discovered his remains while excavating a car park in Leicester (before this video). The joke is that she thinks he died in a car park.
she's THIRTEEN years old???? I'm not surprised their families are trying to split them up. I'd of rung the police!!!. Laughed until almost wetting myself. this series is pure entertainment.
It's a small miracle she can get through any of these takes at all without cracking a smile. Everything she says is so ridiculous it would take me a frankly ridiculous number of attempts to get through them with a straight face.
She's a lady and I'm pretty sure they cut out the parts where they laugh and ask them politely to take it again. Usually only the first few reactions are genuine.
It's called acting. Sometime ask your friend to tell you jokes and challenge yourself to keep a straight face. Tell yourself "It doesn't matter what's funny. The appropriate facial expression for this moment is a straight face" and if you really need to then distract yourself during the punchlines. It's not a miracle once you learn the skill.
I'm a Yank who just recently discovered Philomena.I don't know who writes her stuff but he/she/they is/are hilarious. And Philomena's delivery is absolutely legend. I came to realize that British comedy is the best and she absolutely carries on the tradition.
@@user-wi9hv2pb2q if you pronounce it phonetically as two separate, smaller words. But if you say it correctly then the emphasis goes on "pen-TAM-eter"
This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I’ve barely stopped laughing the whole time. So cleverly written and perfectly delivered.
I also LOVE the scenes at the museum (?) at roughly 18:00 He's looking at her like he's only just realised he's being interviewed by someone who lost all her marbles. The expressions on the faces of those she interviews is just priceless!!
I always liked the story about the elderly lady who was taken to see Hamlet, the first time she'd seen a Shakespeare play. Afterwards, she was asked what she thought of it, and she replied "I didn't think much of it really... it were all made up of quotations".
re - 13:01 I absolutely LOVE the expression on the guy's face when she mispronounces the names of the feuding Romeo & Juliet families. You can see that he WANTS to correct her, but his better nature convinces him that there's no point... At that point, he decides that he just has to accept hearing her call out the wrong names, at which point you can see the shadow of disgust pass over him.
Massive yawn. There were so many interesting writers and imaginative folks around that time - When Shakespeare lived. Yet these british geezers will only yack about bullshit historicism all their lives...
i dont mind stacey dooley, that girl has some balls she just waltzes into some of the most dangerous situations, situations i whould NEVER even contemplate taking on.
What was all that about then ? 22:50 That is the absolute pinnacle of all the grief that a Shakespearean tragedy could never display, wrapped up in one sentence. She is brilliant
She is just so delightfully funny, I am telling my friends and family to come here to watch and hear her! Thanks from the US! All of these shows she does are treasures. : )
Interesting perception, @@towerofgodfan4107 . I'm from Latin America, and from my point of view, it seemed like she was making fun of the pomp that often comes along academic achievement.
"School in Shakespeare's day and age was vastly different to our own. In fact, it was far easier because you didn't have to study Shakespeare." I love this show.
“This is the actual school he probably went to” 😅
Possibly the best line in the whole thing! LOL
This
@@emgee44 I missed that!
That line and "...we have to learn all the bits in between" are my 2 most memorable from this. lol
Philomena's deep vendetta against the concept of theater never fails to make me laugh
Exactly my thoughts!!! 🤣🤣
I'm dying here!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Especially hilarious considering the actress’ other work
She refers to sports as “ theatre for the stupid “ ❤
and mother
As an actor it's one of my favorite bits. Actors who went to theatre school playing people who just think it's all dumb 😂
Whether you like Shakespeare's plays or not, there's no doubt that they are almost as popular as "Pump Up The Jam", the 1989 hit song by the Belgian dance-pop group Technotronic.
Popular? Sure. But one of those examples is timeless art, crafted with love and sublime talent, and certain to live until time itself ends, while the the other is a vast cesspool of dung water written 500 years ago by an overrated hack with a marketable name.
🤣
If you're going out could you get me a Coke Zero and a Twix?
It’s even more wild how that song came out only three short years after the premiere of the BBC sitcom “Brush Strokes”…
You forgot the word "unrelated" 😂
"People used to enjoy standing for the shows"
"Who's told you that?"
"Uh...ermm"
The way Cunk keeps a straight face is pure brilliant!
Having stood in The Globe to watch Shakespeare I can say it's a pretty exhausting experience and not enjoyable at all!
@@dashroodle9507 r/woosh
@@sortof3337 class, mate - pure class.
@@manmaas You're probably doing it wrong. You're supposed to walk by, see a dirty knife fight on stage, pay your pence and stand for that, go off and get something to eat, come back and see a young boy in a dress, pay a pence and go back in to watch that, wander out again because it got boring, amble by and see another knife fight, pay a pence to watch, and so on.
That's the reason it's four hours long. You aren't supposed to stand for the whole bit, ya cheap bastard.
If that gentleman was a politician, his career would have just ended.
“Which all happened in front of a frightened Harry Potter” I absolutely lost it at that
Me too😂
This will start appearing in YT "time traveller" videos.
@@ryanmendes6520 6:19
It also shows you just how much preparation goes into this format. There's actually a team of people watching old Shakespeare productions... finding exactly the right moment when Harry Potter appears on the scene! 😅
I literally had to pause because of laughing too hard and came down in the comments at that moment. My drink went down the wrong way cause I choked a little
"Did he actually write boring jibberish? Or did it just look, sound and feel that way?"
Her absolute hatred for all intellectualism is so funny
How did they make the ink put sounds in your head?😅
Shakespeare isn't intellectual 😂. It's just soap opera in olde English
@@JD-ku3xt and boring!
There isn't a thing she says that you haven't heard someone either in real life or on the internet say with all seriousness.
@@tjmarx it's quite common here in Brazil!
I love how she perfectly captures all the stereotypical nuances of television documentaries 😅
And she’s like super smart. She has to be.
What
Ask Starkey
Exactly, that is maybe the best feature of this.
Start speaking in one location...
"I've been studying Shakespeare ever since I was asked to do this programme." 😄
I still thought it was a real documentary when she said that.
@@thesame4076 , It is. Sort of.
_"Played here by the letter 'H'"_ gets me every time. Cunk am an legend!
that's my favourite bit. I showed it to my family and they laughed so much at pretty much the whole thing, but no one else laughed at the letter H thing. no sense of humour smh
Lord that kills me. Every time.
I laughed again just reading your comment.
Her confident manner contrasts so well with her profound ignorance and unawareness. She packs an amazing amount of subtle humor into every line. Very talented.
"Her confident manner contrasts so well with her profound ignorance"
Hey, we've got LOTS of those here in America!
@@marcalvarez4890 but they're not funny
It’s kind of a satire on populism but with English comedy’s touch of affection - we all have our Cunk moments.
@@didntlistendad it's on a whole other level in the U.S. though. People will take pride in their lack of education.
@@paulduffy4585 some do. But the level of public discourse amongst the educated and open minded is truly excellent.
"Soon Romeo and Juliet are in love, even though they come from two different families, which is how we know it isn't set in Norfolk."
Good job they weren’t killed by the bionic plague
@@callum5392 Romeo and Juliet was the finest Romance of the pre-Dirty Dancing era.
The Capulets, who invented the headache tablet 😂
Is Norfolk like the Alabama of the UK?
@@Emma_Boney yeah diz a no no fam joke innit? 😅
We need to appreciate how graciously she walks the thin line between awkward/cringe and pure comedic genius
Why?
@@ziraprod6090Why not?
IKR. She's like Ricky Gervais... but good.
@@garychap8384Except she doesn't write any of the material
@@hmq9052 The written material wouldn't go anywhere if she didn't deliver it.
School was easier in Shakespeares day because they didn't have to study Shakespeare lol
exactly!! hahahaahh i cant breath listening to this woman
Or know about the juxtar postion in Macbeth. And question what the hell juxstar postion even means.
They studied Cicero, possibly in Latin. So...
@Qwfwq66 Aye, nathelees me thinks ye may nat spare swich éducation. I wol myselven gladly techen Chaucer, for to vouche-sauf the youthe from smoterlich ignoraunce.
Stuart Thomas And they also could understand what he was saying.
"A devastating illness called the bionic plague"
That just caught me totally broadside.
best joke for sure
Thanks, I noticed that but was totally convinced I misunderstood her. :D
Yeah, it causes "coughing", which got people down.
The image it immediately conjured was unnecessarily precise and baffling all at once. Truly an experience.
@@PotatoSmasher420 No, best joke was, "It's about 4 hours long."
the absolute tone shift when it cuts to her without the gloves is soo good
And the hard cut to her with her arms folded, looking really put out. Priceless!
The “letter H” joke gets me every time
It’s so beautifully stupid.
Where is it?!?
@@advancewarstournamentseries 16:13
What kind of deranged sesame street shit is that?
Hahahahahahahaha!!!! Genius!!! 🤣
"He wrote about universal human needs like wanting to murder a king"
I love when she talks to the theater director. “Are you calling me a liar?” 😂😂😂
@@Frank183847572828my man, she doesn't miss the point, she actively avoids the point
"I just doubt that 80 percent of the audience wore glasses."
"I think they were." The way she said that lol
You have to watch this over and over, because if you laugh at one joke you miss the next three it's so tightly written. Diane Morgan is a bit of all right!
Exactly.
You are so right!!
She's certainly paid her theatrical dues. She worked with Ken Campbell for several years and I think he helped her develop her Maverick style. She's unlike anyone else.
@@thedativecase9733 Criminally under=utilized in Gervais' After Life.
Deep beneath Stratford and Avon, in a secret location ....( big sign outside shows the way).
Yep, know what you mean.
"Like when your mum buys the local paper because your brother’s court appearance is in it…."
This is a classic comedy line
That was the best!
Honestly, you can still learn history from these. Her delivery just makes it that much more memorable. It is absolutely brilliant.
That’s the true joke. Teaching people about something, that they wouldn’t research on their own, through comedy.
Yeah the way she makes silly comments that lead the professionals to reply with the most relevant information seems pretty skillful honestly
Yeh, I had to review who authored Dick Whittington before continuing. Dum de dum.
Have to be careful tho. There are some common misconceptions in her voice over. Completely in character to have those misconceptions, but if you don't already know they're wrong, they'll be reinforced. The "pooping out their windows" bit, for example.
In all seriousness, productions like this are fantastic trojan horses to get people to learn about Shakespeare or develop an interest in him.
Love the Lauren Cooper/ Doctor Who effort too, though that’s a lot less about the texts. Tbh Cunk would be absolute boss in so many Shakespearean roles. I guess I know the comedies better than histories or tragedies.
Yes no one would ever guess lol
Or it confirms that he is overrated, if you already believe he is overrated.
She's full of shit. Shakespeare has a dirty knife fight in a kitchen or something similar in more than half of them.
I can feel my head getting bigger. It's like this is a computer game.
Just found this series a few days ago. What a masterclass in comedy writing and deadpan acting. Seriously funny people.
13:21 something about ‘ringing the police’ in Shakespearean times is just absolutely hilarious to me
Best part is the experts have no idea Philomena is a character
we're do u watch it all..I can't find it on netflix...😢
english humor at its finest
@@kneticnrg yes they do.
"Who carried a devastating illness called the bionic plague" made me laugh so unreasonably hard.
I was scrolling to see if someone wrote this up in the comments. 😅😅😅
"Who are you, and what's your game?" is delivered masterfully.
- So he invented computer games.
- No, not really, no.
- That is amazing.
I absolutely love how she rolls everything with ignorance and low IQ.
....And the dead pan looks. She is a very clever girl.
@Aero01 most of the humour some adults won’t even catch and most of it no child would find funny…
@Aero01 You must be a blast at parties.
@Aero01 Good humour then
totally a copy of ali g
This one scene, in which the librarian explains to Philomena that they don't wear white gloves at all, is one of the best! My father was an archvisit and was always incredibly annoyed about people on TV handling items with white gloves: "Look at these amateurs..." he would always say. :D
i love the cut where she suddenly isn´t wearing the gloves anymore looking all pissed off lol
@@clarabruselas8444 loved her having a strop about her white gloves, she's just brilliant 👏
agreed, omg, the funniest part of the whole show imo, but it is all genius level funny.
This librarian seemed genuinely annoyed and afraid that she was about to touch the book with her white gloves.
Isn't it the case that wearing gloves actually is WORSE because the lost dexterity can make it so you accidentally tear the page?
'set in Scotland, probably for tax reasons'
Jesus Christ that came out of nowhere!
Well , I think the film industry in Ireland is still tax free.
Thats why Game of thrones saved millions here.
@@olliephelan Northern Ireland, UK.
@@artsed08
What about it ?
North = UK ????
The most extreme northern part of the island is in the Republic.
Only 6 counties of the North (Ulster) are under UK jurisdiction.
And every bit of it is Ireland.
@@olliephelan 😅 why you getting so angry and confused, he said northern ireland...the place, not north = uk.
The game of thrones scenes where filmed in northern ireland and that is part of the uk so what point are you even trying to make?
@@seldom_bucket
Im not angry or confused.
Donegal , where most of it is shot , is not in the UK
I was holding it together until she talked about Richard III wandering around a car park, using keys to make a horse’s ass light up. I laughed for a solid 5 minutes straight.
Hearse?
It’s even better if you know where archeologists finally found Richard III’s body: under a car park in Leicester.
@@MIRobin22 that was the joke.
ahahah
@@MIRobin22 Um, Robin?
Never understood dry humor until this woman.
The way she ask these questions with a straight face that leaves professionals just lost for words lol
My favorite is watching the faces😂
Ali G was the real pioneer of this kind of humour. AKA Sacha Barron Cohen.
"I'd have rung the police" is an underrated moment in time
Indeed! And actually she subtly adds the broken grammar of 'rang' instead of 'rung'. Nice touch.
@@goldeneddieI think she says rung no?
@@bakica_vangica She does say 'rang' my friend. She has the same local accent as me, so I'm very sure. But i did enjoy listening to this again, so thanks for that - started my day with a smile.
@@goldeneddie hahaha awww I'm glad then 🤍🤍🤍
"What sort of people come to see Shakespeare today? Is it mainly people who wear glasses?"
It's not just the line, it's the way she says it as if she genuinely thinks it.
How did he keep a straight face 😂😂😂
It's a legitimate question.
Trust me. I know a LOT of English teachers.
80% of them wear glasses.
it's true!
Get stuffed, Bummy McBumface.
I’ve worn glasses since I was 8, and I do like to watch Shakespeare plays.
“ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING?!” I swear every line of these shows is absolute perfection, some because of hilarious clever writing and some just because of her delivery
Her having the expert spoiling the end of Romeo and Juliet to her. I love it
I was SHOCKED. Just SHOCKED.
Especially funny because he got it wrong.
To be fair, the first 14 lines of Romeo and Juliet spoil the ending.
@@thebadpoethow so?
@@EnjoySackLunchbecause Romeo poisons himself and Juliet falls on a dagger through the chest after finding he died
"As a baby, Shakespeare showed few signs of becoming the most significant figure in literary history." Good god. I laughed for about a minute straight on that one. How have I not discovered this character sooner? I mean, I know why, the answer is that I'm Canadian, but still. I gotta marathon her shit. This was tremendous.
Brilliant isn’t it
She's bloody genius 😄
You are NOT Canadian. A Yenghi would use "shite", a Canadian would use "talented skills and time experienced actress".
@Kratosx23 - Check out Philomena Cunk on British history, it’s a five-part series, and it’s the same great mix of jokes you’ll get if you already know the history plus Trojan horses that’ll teach you even more of the history. 😊
I know at least a couple of people who are largely unacquainted with this sort of subject matter, and who probably think they’re disinterested in it, but who’d be drawn in by the humor of this series and wind up learning a lot despite themselves.
I’m pretty well-versed in Shakespeare, but I’m a little wobbly on any world history outside of Latin American history, and I quite happily learned a few things from “Philomena Cunk.”
Same here, but American. She is phenomenal, and I'm going to be binge watching all her stuff. She (the three men who write for her, actually, combined with her earnest, deadpan delivery) is far-and-away the funniest comedian I have heard in years. Guffawing at 3 a.m. here, shouts of laughter through the day even just listening... if laughter is the best medicine (which she debates in one of these videos), my health will improve dramatically in short order!!
The "But shitting out the window wasn't all fun" bit had me crying.
“Played here for some reason by the letter H.” I absolutely love this joke.
It precedes Sesame Street by 400 years!
So it's just an empty chair?
That was easily the best performance of the letter H's career.
It was never up to much on Sesame Street. I don't know why they kept asking it on there.
Blue don't look good on you
Bu wot wen e dun eyedrijin
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It was pretty good on Whose Line Is It Anyway
The frequency of jokes in this series is incredible. I need this to be a series forever.
No matter who tells her she's wrong, she barrels on with tractor-like passion. And they all manage to keep straight faces.
She's dumb (the character) but geniune. That's what makes her hilarious.
I wonder how many takes they had to go through.
Imagine how often they had to go “Cut! Do it again. Not moronic enough.”
"We don't know anything about his childhood, except that he had one, otherwise he never would have become a grownup" - classic
I love that philomena's scripts always sound like a 5th grader being forced to write a book report
Now with AI assistance.
"if I find it confusing, it must've blown the minds of Shakespeare's first audiences, they were only slightly sophisticated than trees" got me :D
"How do they get the ink to make sounds in your head?". I'm dead.
The ancient technique of sounding out, long forgotten since Lucy Calkins has popularised Chinese style of reading.
I laughed pretty loudly at several points, but the bit where Juliet's family invented the headache tablet got me the hardest.
Aspirina Caplet; Juliet's younger sister-approved....
For me, it's always _"Played here, by the letter 'H'"_ ... gets me every time.
“Here lies Shakespeare, no ordinary word-monger....” would be an epitaph the Bard would truly appreciate.
I think he would like it too
""Even though they come from two different families, which is how we know it wasn't set in Norfolk."
Bless - that was a quote I was going to go back and search for!
She might have said the same of Tennessee.
Hey! I'm from Norfolk! I was married to my Sister though, but not anymore, bloody woman ran off with my brother.
I randomly clicked on the time line and I kid you now that's where it took me.
Felix Klempka fuck you
The fear on the librarian's face when Philomena wears those white gloves was so funny.
"the bionic plague" caught me so far off guard. Amazing.
it was one of those jokes that came and took like, 3 seconds before I realized a joke had been made and hit me in the forehead
"I'm not surprised their families tried to split them up. I'd have rung the police!" Howling.
I also remember writing in high school, "If Hamlet is about a thinker who does not know what to do, MacBeth is about a doer who does not know what to think." Nice to know Philomena agrees with half of that. Great minds thinking alike is something I think I greatly like. With my mind.
That is a brilliant observation
@@masodemic4509 Thank you. The teacher of the class didn't like it as much. Docked the grade for me saying it.
THAT was indeed an excellent observation and also a brilliant opening for an argument.
I'd used that for a whole class to get them think and talk about both plays and meanwhile work on their argument skills.
I can see by the previous comment that your teacher wasnt that thrilled about your observation and he/she missed an opportunity there.
And that is your theory, which is yours. And it is a good theory. (a la John Cleese)
Seriously, a good observation.
George Martin did an amazing job of adapting Shakespeare's greatest work, Game of Thrones, into a television series.
"With his famous speech about bees"
lost it
I lost it at the point she talked about Richard 3rd dying in a car park
@@waqasahmed939 He did! That's where they found him. Spooky if this was before that.
Hahaha!
@@annafirth6738 He didn't die in a car park, though, he died at The Battle of Bosworth. They discovered his remains while excavating a car park in Leicester (before this video). The joke is that she thinks he died in a car park.
@@johnmartinez7440 I do understand humour, but thanks.
"what is it about? well it's about 4 hours long" made me laugh the hardest I've laughed in days
"Lady Macbeth, who was Ms Pacman to Macbeth's Pacman". This has to be the most quotable show in TV history.
"Who are you, and what's your game?"
I have to keep my asthma inhaler beside me when I watch Philomena. 🤣
This comment made me need an inhaler too, gosh you're spreading it!
she's THIRTEEN years old???? I'm not surprised their families are trying to split them up. I'd of rung the police!!!. Laughed until almost wetting myself. this series is pure entertainment.
she was born in 1975...
@@rumenok ...who?
@@liyre4189 diane ofc
@@rumenok i think its about Juliet's age....
Wrong. I'd of is wrong. It's I'd have, so I'd've. Simple English.
Never in history has someone been this perfect for a role
The edit when she takes off the gloves at 17:30 is perfect!
This is a very fucking high level of comedic writing.
Charlie Brooker.
@@funkyalfonso Charles Bronson.
@@Manhandle730 Charlotte's Web.
@@WillHeritage Charles In Charge starring a young Scott Bayo!!!!!
@@WillHeritage It's Chico time.
This girl is briliant. How she doesn't laugh at the facial expressions of her hapless victims i dont know.
*woman.
It's a small miracle she can get through any of these takes at all without cracking a smile. Everything she says is so ridiculous it would take me a frankly ridiculous number of attempts to get through them with a straight face.
She's a lady and I'm pretty sure they cut out the parts where they laugh and ask them politely to take it again. Usually only the first few reactions are genuine.
A lot of people in the academic field suffer from autism that might be the reason for social issues. They are also British
It's called acting. Sometime ask your friend to tell you jokes and challenge yourself to keep a straight face. Tell yourself "It doesn't matter what's funny. The appropriate facial expression for this moment is a straight face" and if you really need to then distract yourself during the punchlines. It's not a miracle once you learn the skill.
I have both sympathy & respect for the experts who must answer her absurd questions with a straight face. Rock on & please make more of these.
"like when your mum buys the local paper cause your brother's court appearance is in it"..... hahahaha!
I love his restraint at hearing "The Montagons and the Caplets:" 12:58
Lmao his face
😂 he was visibly shook but kept his composure
Well the capulet did invent the headache tablet
"Montagons, roll out!"
Montagons...I love this word
I'm a Yank who just recently discovered Philomena.I don't know who writes her stuff but he/she/they is/are hilarious. And Philomena's delivery is absolutely legend. I came to realize that British comedy is the best and she absolutely carries on the tradition.
-80% of people wore glasses right? -I doubt that. -youre saying im a liar?
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The bionic plague LOL. I love this woman.
Her consternation around the gloves...perfect! Putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable for pentameter...perfect!
but penta meter is correct.
@@user-wi9hv2pb2q if you pronounce it phonetically as two separate, smaller words. But if you say it correctly then the emphasis goes on "pen-TAM-eter"
The writing and delivery on this is so fucking spot on. Diana Morgan plays it so well. Some proper gut laughs during this, holy shit.
You know something is great when even reading the comments makes you laugh out loud 😂😂
"But Hamlet didn't know what to do. Which is why the play is so long." My favorite line! 😄
She is absolutely brilliant ... quite outstanding delivery and timing. She needs every award going!
Well of course she's outstanding! The Globe has no chairs for the audience members to sit on!
"...a long dark night, like in Finland".
As a Finn I can subscribe to that description.
It caught me woefully off guard.
I love that within every insane, outlandish thing she says, there is some nugget of truth
This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I’ve barely stopped laughing the whole time. So cleverly written and perfectly delivered.
It is like the most perfect half hour of comedy ever. Every line she delivers is a classic.
I also LOVE the scenes at the museum (?) at roughly 18:00
He's looking at her like he's only just realised he's being interviewed by someone who lost all her marbles.
The expressions on the faces of those she interviews is just priceless!!
I can't get enough of the incredulous "Who's told you that?" 🤣
I am so glad I have discovered this woman, the best laugh I have had in a long time!
I always liked the story about the elderly lady who was taken to see Hamlet, the first time she'd seen a Shakespeare play. Afterwards, she was asked what she thought of it, and she replied "I didn't think much of it really... it were all made up of quotations".
I'd love to see the outtakes! How these people can do it without cracking up is quite an achievement 😂
"Played here by the letter H" -- this is screamingly funny!
I roared with laughter at that!
It's hard to believe today, but back then people really did go to the theatre on purpose.
To be fair, Wimbledon didn’t get a roof until a few years ago
To be fair, jokes hadn’t been invented yet.
2020 makes it funnier
"Soon, Romeo and Juliet were in love...even though they come from different families, so we know it isn't set in Norfolk" spit out my tea 🤣
re - 13:01
I absolutely LOVE the expression on the guy's face when she mispronounces the names of the feuding Romeo & Juliet families.
You can see that he WANTS to correct her, but his better nature convinces him that there's no point...
At that point, he decides that he just has to accept hearing her call out the wrong names, at which point you can see the shadow of disgust pass over him.
This is fucking brilliant, in the stupidest way possible.
Massive yawn. There were so many interesting writers and imaginative folks around that time - When Shakespeare lived. Yet these british geezers will only yack about bullshit historicism all their lives...
Tolstoy didn’t rate Shakespeare at all.
@@Coneman3 He did, he just rated him poorly.
Sentences like words can have more than one interpretation. I think you knew what I meant.
He was an INFP like many fictional writers. Probably explains an over focus on the individual, via being an Fi Dom.
And the capulets who invented the headache tablet! My God the brilliance of this writing team!
This woman taught Stacey Dooley everything she knows about making insightful, hard-hitting documentaries.
i dont mind stacey dooley, that girl has some balls she just waltzes into some of the most dangerous situations, situations i whould NEVER even contemplate taking on.
@Aero01 well yeh, she stands her ground and confronts drug dealers, stalkers, sex offenders she is pretty balsy.
I've been wondering all this time who she reminded me of and you've cracked it with Stacey Dooley.🤣😂🤣😂 Spot on.
Interesting s as Dooley was making Documentaries long before this tripe
What was all that about then ?
22:50
That is the absolute pinnacle of all the grief that a Shakespearean tragedy could never display, wrapped up in one sentence. She is brilliant
She befuddles some of the most educated and respected people in their specialties. The reactions are amazing.
She asks thought-provoking questions!
Such pompous asses
As an actor and teacher who loves Shakespeare, I adore every second of this. I am thrilled it exists. Mixtape😂
Bromance!
She is just so delightfully funny, I am telling my friends and family to come here to watch and hear her! Thanks from the US! All of these shows she does are treasures. : )
Don't think i've laughed so much in years. This lass is a living tonic. Brilliant!
"Queen Elizabeth I, the person not the boat" 😂
God she's so funny. The argument about how to pronounce "pentameter" kills me. And then when she asks if Shakespeare invented "mixtape" and "sushi."
You cited "mixtape" and "sushi" over the majestically hilarious "titwank"? Sheesh.
She has the rare skill of asking all the right questions. "How important are the words in Shakespeare's plays? Could you do it without the words?"
The way she looks at the last bit of the word Coriolanus, brilliant!
The shock and then acceptance in the face of that man at 12:59 always makes me laugh out loud.
True gentleman, ignoring trite errors for the greater good.
He's so gracious not even Philomena can fully mock him
Interesting perception, @@towerofgodfan4107 . I'm from Latin America, and from my point of view, it seemed like she was making fun of the pomp that often comes along academic achievement.
@@remissao13 in my opinion it’s a bit of both
@@leem2155 yeah I guess you're right
Has anyone noticed how beautiful the music is for the Conk show? It's truly inspiring and beautiful.
all in front of a horrified harry potter