@paradisekohchangstyle2150 Correct. I hate American networks trying to take credit for British things, by adding words like "Original" and "Exclusive" to the intros. I hate people using Americanisms. I hate people who can't spell simple words or names correctly. And I hate stupid people.
Absolutely. My brothers both loved it and would watch it every week when it aired. I just couldn’t get into it at all as the cringe level was painful. It’s still bad in the US copy but it’s dumbed down enough that I can just about bear it 😂
So so true! I LOVE the UK office because I absolutely love when people hold a cringe! That moment when you want it to stop and it keeps going, is the absolute best 😂
Hugh Grant was caught by police in Hollywood with a known prostitute performing a lewd act and was charged. He was in a long term relationship with model (and often voted one of the most beautiful women) Elizabeth Hurley at the time.
If anyone doesn't know what the lewd act was I'll give you a clue...for some time people changed the nickname of Hollywood from Tinseltown to Tonsiltown.
"Ali G is Borats original character"? That doesn't even make sense. If I'm not mistaken Cohan created Borat even before Ali G. And they're both original characters
@rawfish83 No, I'm sorry but you are just wrong. Ali G's first appearance was in 1998, long before Borat was even thought of. And of course they are both original characters, that's not what I meant. Original means (according to the Cambridge Dictionary): "existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form of something". Ali G was the first character he created, therefore it was his original (first) character.
@xyzabc198 Borats first appearance was on F2F in 1997, roughly one year before Ali G first appeared. And saying that Ali G is Borats original character doesn't make any sense since Borat is not a subsequent version of Ali G, but an entirely different character. Actually Alexi Krickler was the original version of Borat, since that was the original (first) name of that character.
British people are some of the funniest people in the world. I think there's lot's different things good about many countries but Britain is just funny that's for sure 😂
Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith west London and for a while lived up the street from me. His character "Ali G" mentioned a lot of local pubs and venues.
Omg Simon Cowell owns the names of all the talent shows. Does not matter what country version it is.. he not just a judge , he is the one with the money
Uh, er... No, he doesn't. Heard of "The Voice"? That is Endemol (or whatever mega-super-corporation it is now), owned by Jan de Mol, a Dutchman. Jan de Mol (and/or Endemol) also invented and "owns", as well as "The Voice" - "Big Brother", "Deal or No Deal" and "Pointless". An executive at Endemol called Richard Osman pitched the "Concept" for "Pointless" to Endemol/the BBC, apparently. And got to be co-host to host (comedian) Alexander Armstrong. Until he quit, for some reason.
@Doctor_Who_Rocks Most of the stuff Endemol and Banijay owns was created and/or produced by ITV. Most of them were also broadcast by ITV too, which is partly why ITV beat BBC One in the annual ratings every single year, until the early 2000s. ITV has largely been run by stupid people for the last 15+ years, which is why they cancelled all their biggest shows, sold all their international channels, let BBC Studios distribute most of their stuff outside of the UK, and many more stupid things. Richard Osman still presents the celebrity version. He only left the standard version of Pointless so that he could concentrate on House of Games, 8OO10CDC, and Deal or No Deal, all of which he also produces, along with writing his books, one of which he's adapting into a film with a big name cast. I've also just noticed that 1000s possibly 10s of 1000s of Richard Osman's producing credits are missing from his profile, 100s of which are from this year alone.
Goodness! Ok, you need to do a deep dive on Rowan Atkinson, he is prolific. I remember him from my childhood in the late 70s and 80s, called 'Not the Nine o'clock News.' I'm glad you at least have heard of Blackadder. Mr Bean is big with kids in many foreign countries, the comedy doesn't need a lot of translating, but it always irks me that people only know Rowan for bean (although I'm sure Rowan doesn't care!)
Once you have seen the origional version of "The Office" (14 Episodes) you don't need to see the stupidly long American remake of it (201 Episodes). As Gervais said himself "quality not quantity"
just a warning for the UK office, it’s more like awkward comedy and cringey and uncomfortable which is what the brits find funny, less over the top moments and more dry humour :)
@johnoliver8240 I am one of those people. I remember coming across it on BBC2 and was open mouthed thinking it was the weirdest documentary I had ever seen. I was literally in a state of shock. It put me off actually watching the series.
@reactingtomyrootsnot sure if you have ever mentioned it previously, but if you have not seen it and like some dry humour maybe look into watching Idiot abroad, it will not disappoint you
Miriam Margolyes' interviews on "The Graham Norton Show" are outrageous and hilarious. Graham is a great talk show host and has lots of great guests on there and brings out the best in them including coaxing funny stories out of them. He often has top film stars on the couch and more often than not a comedian amongst the the 4 or 5 guests and also has a slot for a singer/band and at the end a member/s of the audience telling personal and funny, "Stories From The Big Red Chair". One of the funniest of his shows is when Matt Damon was on with Bill Murray and Hugh Bonneville. Matt Damon even said - "This is the most fun I've ever had on a talk show". You really must watch this episode, it will have you in stitches.
Rowan Atkinson is know globally best as Mr Bean . Did you ever watch not the nine o’clock news in the late seventies early eighties? Atkinson was hilarious in that ! It was usually on Sunday evenings
The UK Office isn't as songy and dancey as the American version. It was actually shot like a documentary and is very skin-crawling at times. I prefer it to the American version not just because there aren't 50,000 episodes of fluff, but it also feels more real.
But on the whole, Americans prefer the American version and British the British version. The American version only got popular after they changed direction and made it more American in style. I think it was still good, but I never made it to the final series.
@capitalb5889 Customer/Client Services Supervisor early 1980's. Rotating 24hr. 3 shift pattern boosted by additional 9-5 staff. The canteen the place where the most daft and innuendo filled conversations took place, along with the accounts office as the only place smoking was allowed as the accounts manager was a pipe smoker and my desk was visible through the windows so could see if a phone line was ringing, most came from the 16/17/18 year old young ladies along with the downright filthy ones, lost count of the number of times my bum was squeezed at the vending machines, had to remind them I was their supervisor and wrote the initial staff appraisals. Open plan offices, no partitions between desks. Accounts, Customer Service and Transport offices all interconnected. but separated by glass walls. Main switchboard and reception only manned 9-5, relevant numbers switched to relevant supervisors desks outside those hours.
‼️🦇 Ozzy thought the bat was rubber as very often in previous gigs the audience would throw fake bats at him and he’d rip the head off…just so happened that THAT time it was real. His book “I am Ozzy” I highly HIGHLY recommend ‼️
Them saying they haven’t seen Mr Bean had my jaw on the floor. Mr Bean is an icon and a legend for the British people. So much so that even releases of the earliest Mr Bean shows (1990-1995 version) are shared among the younger generations.
@TheJaxxT me too..!! Ali G absolutely banging funny ..!!! I remember the interviews, folks really believed that he was a real person, we all knew he was in character...!!!! 😆😆😆😅😅😄😃🤣😂😂
*Dame Helen Mirren* is a winner of an *Academy Award,* four *BAFTA Awards,* five *Emmy Awards,* three *Golden Globe Awards,* an *Olivier Award* and a *Tony Award.* She stars in all sorts of genres, but is mainly known for appearing in films in the *Heist* genre, and the *ITV* detective TV series *Prime Suspect.* However she does occasionally play historical characters like *Queen Charlotte, Catherine the Great, Queen Elizabeth I* and *Queen Elizabeth II.*
@johndistick9702 She loved my city while filming "The Duke" (2020), yet most people who have never visited, claim it's rubbish. She hung out with Billy Pearce, Paul Chuckle from the Chuckle Brothers, and Faye Tozer from Steps, while she was here, mainly just 1.5 to 2 miles down the road. In the same month or two: 1 - Zayn Malik came home to celebrate his mums 50th birthday just 1 mile South of me and went to watch Bradford City in the box he bought for poor kids. 2 - Prince William and Kate Middleton visited locations 1 to 1.5 miles North & North-West of me. 3 - Plus some other big names were in the city to film at least two other productions, which I can't remember now, but was probably something like The English Game, Say Your Prayers, or All Creatures Great and Small.
@NorthumberlandmadGeordie Which isn't a historical character like they were talking about. Most films she's in mainly involve crime, usually in the heist genre.
Blackadder 2 was one of the most innovative radical comedies (of the 80s) written by the team that went on to write 4 weddings and a funeral and Notting Hill both starring Hugh grant -the cringing fly on the wall of the original office reminded me of work and was radical 20 years ago - the humour for all these are very british
With Blackadder start with Blackadder goes forth. It’s the final season, sitcom set in the trenches of WWI, but absolutely sublime. And the ending of the final episode has been voted best/most impactful thing ever in British comedy.
Yes - you'd be forgiven for approaching a comedy about the Great War gingerly or assuming the jokes would be disrespectful, but the humour actual makes really powerful and bittersweet points.
Rowan Akinson and Hugh Laurie( aka Dr House) were both genius in BlackAdder series 3 and 4. A must watch. Get your snacks ready coz they are bingeworthy shows!
Simon Cowell is a Music Producer/Mogul and owner of SICO records, he is the big boss behind Britains Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, American Idol and numerous other talent shows where he usually appears as a judge. He’s constantly on the look out for the next big global music star, he used to be really critical of the wannabes as they would perform but he would overstate this as an on screen persona, over the years he’s changed his style and is now more even handed though if an act is bad he will politely say it directly.
Ive just said about Ali G but I wonder if the comedy is a bit too British . Its obviously taking the micky out of British Youth at that time period so it might not be relatable to an American audience
He felt genuine guilty about it, and in a future show stopped everything because someone had bought a live chicken into the crowd which was stressing out. He stopped the show and made sure the chicken was taken out and looked after before carrying on@reactingtomyroots
Sasha Baron-Cohen (aka Borat, Ali G, Bruno & many others) also has a cousin, Cambridge Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, who is one of the world's leading experts on autism and genetics.
Footage if him from Britain's Got Talent featured in One Chance, a biopic of opera singer Paul Potts who won the first series of the show. Potts was played by James Corden.
Harry Potter books were - and probably still are - recommended reading in schools in the UK. My sister used to help reluctant children with their reading and said the books were brilliant at pulling them into the story...
Rosen Atkinson had his own show just Mr Bean and He played Blackadder in the show called blackadder which was brilliant,He actually started out in the 70s in a show called not the 9oclock news with 3 other stars I was in my teens then and it’s was just so funny with all the skits they did.
I think you’re thinking of Hugh Laurie maybe? He has done many films and programmes in an American accent, the one I know him best from is Stuart Little when I was a kid. Most Americans think he’s also American but he’s English.
Also, saying you can’t get into Harry Potter is blasphemy😂 You need to watch them all from the beginning and don’t give up on them! I watch them all year every year for the past 20+ years!
@LukeCaddyUK As a 76 year old Britonwho has neither read, heard nor seen any Harry Potter whatever I rejoice at any Americans who do not drag their knowledge of ‘Hairy Pahdur’ in at every opportunity when reviewing UK-based videos.
@johnkemp8904 I'm also relieved about not knowing so much about Harry Potter. I always thought I was just another rehashing of Enid blytons the famous five and Terry Pratchett's the wizards university in the discworld series, but the works went into meltdown over it all.
@ I agree it can be annoying (as can Americans celebrating St Patrick’s Day annoys me) but as a 76 year old Brit, I wouldn’t have expected you to have watched nor been interested in Harry Potter, each to their own. For me, the films are nostalgic and without sounding cheesy, magical (pun intended). Enjoy your day John!
@MartinaNugent-yt8ig Oh really, well please tell us the real story as Ozzy Osbourne, the medical staff and all the people at the concert who saw it happen seem to have got it wrong, I'd love to hear what really happened then from you.
You should try to find Daniel Radcliffe doing the periodic table of elements. I think he did it on the Graham Norton Show. Also Helen Mirren on the Graham Norton show is always a good watch
A fun fact about Sasha Baron Cohen (borat) is that his brother is a psychologist, so in A level psychology we literally do a study called Baron Cohen et al
There's a little vein you've tapped into recently of a tradition of comedians totally inhabiting their comic characters. So with Al Murray, he created The Pub Landlord; Rowan Atkinson created Mr Bean; Sacha Baron Cohen did Ali G, Borat, The Dictator and Bruno; the late Paul O'Grady created Lily Savage. Another one to check out is Matthew Hall, a former doctor who is better known as the anarchic character Harry Hill.
Just to say when "The Office" first came on TV people were talking about it the next day all over the UK and people weren't sure what it was! Many really thought it was a documentary about office life!! It was so cringing my husband still can't watch it! I loved it! 😍🤣 Though we BOTH watch his other series' he's created.... 🎭
Uncle Simon dxed me autism, but he's gone over to neurodiverse movement stating autistic traits are a gift, differance and that crap, which it isn't it a serious neurodevelpmental disability with major impairments
Here's some fun facts you might enjoy, which barely anyone realises... JK Rowling is a massive fan of Monty Python, and that's where she got a lot of her ideas from. Three of those ideas are from the Sci-Fi sketch, which filmed in Leeds and Bradford. They include: 1 - A man named Harold Potter - Which is clearly where she got the Harry potter name. 2 - The introduction for the Brainsample Family - Which is practically identical to the introduction for the Dursley Family. 3 - A Bradford City fan spinning a ratchet at Valley Parade Stadium - Which is clearly where she got the idea for the Gryffindor House colours. It's also why Monty Python were heavily involved in Harry Potter, and would've been even more involved if JK Rowling had her way, as she wanted Terry Gilliam to direct the films. Also Monty Python's accountant, former manager (1979-1997) and production companies co-owner, is the producer Steve Abbott from Bradford.
Mr.Bean was a character with his own show, it was his surname. Then years later he did two movies. He started as a comedian in London, I think you can still see his original stuff on YT. Mr.Bean was also turned into an animation with its own season as well. I grew up watching it. The Harry Potter movies are guaranteed worth watching. I get the whole not being that into it, but I’m sure if you had a family movie day Sophia would really love it. Sasha Baron Cohen has done so many characters and shows; he even did one where he dressed up as different people and made American people believe whatever he wanted it was so funny. He did an artist who used poop and other things.
"might not be able to understand me" Tbh sounded like you were just parody of your normal voice. Was easy to understand but I think thats because we have a finer tuned ear in Britain for accents than Americans.
Apparently, fans used to throw rubber bats on stage, and Ozzie bit their heads off, but somebody threw a dead bat on stage, and he bit its head off because he thought it was a rubber one
Simon Cowell was a music producer and entrepreneur in that business. Through all the tv talent shows he has made he has become a wealthy man. He bought Sony music
Simon Cowell is on so many of those talent shows because he created those shows. The Blackadder series is a MUST WATCH! Baldrick (played by Tony Robinson) was my favorite character in all of them.
Cant help but feel like you’re just being pedantic so I’m not going to bother. Slough is literally on the London side of Berkshire and is close enough. He’s actually from Hammersmith so it’s irrelevant. Like a load of Americans reading this are guna even know where Berkshire is when it’s literally it’s just outside London 🤦♂️🤣
Don't worry about not telling people to subscribe until the end. When RUclipsrs say it at the beginning it always feels like being asked to make a purchase without getting a chance to browse the shop (for brand new people who have never laid eyes on your content before). So don't worry about that :)
Sacha Baron Cohen (as I am sure someone has mentioned in other comments) first burst onto the scene as a character called Ali G on Amando Iunucci's satirical show on Channel 4 in the UK called "The 11 O'Clock Show" (episodes of which you can see on YT). He is absolutely British and you can find him chatting on various YT videos here. :)
Yes Ozzy did bite the head off a bat, someone from the crown threw a live bat onstage. Ozzy thought it was a prop bat and bite the head off, he ended up having to get a whole load of Tetanus injections afterwards. He also once snorted a line of ants on a bet. And once got arrested for peeing on the Alamo when he was drunk.
It always amuses me when Americans are so shocked at someone being British. I mean, why wouldn't they be? What's so surprising about it? Is everyone American until proven otherwise?
@reactingtomyroots Very good point! I think WE may have assumed that you had assumed he was American. You didn't, or at least gave no indication that you did. I guess that proves that some of us non-Americans can also get caught in the assumption trap. For my part, sorry 'bout that. I'll try very hard to see that it doesn't happen again!
The art college bit was because Hitler was famously rejected from Vienna's art college. He later was homeless in Munich and sold drawings to survive (he could only really draw buildings apparently).
The best thing about British comedy series is they are usually a season of 6 or 8 half hours for 2 to 3 seasons so time sunk is not too severe. For this reason I suggest The Office (UK) and Blackadder Goes Forth (the 4th Season of Blackadder, the series have a common cast but are set in a different time period so it doesn't matter where you start).
Borat is one of the many characters played by British comedy actor/journalist Sacha Baren Cohen. He became famous on British TV playing a character called Ali G. He was famous for playing a character while interviewing SERIOUS people like the DEA and politicians etc, they thought he was actually this person and he was really ripping it out of them without them knowing. It was so clever
When you say "I haven't seen them all" in reference to Kitchen Nightmares etc... trust me, if you've seen one you *have* seen them all because every "episode" is EXACTLY the same script.
Blackadder is great, completely the opposite of Mr Bean but very hilarious. Each season he plays a member of the Blackadder family at various points in British history.
US talk show hosts take themselves so seriously, that it's great fun to see them taken down a few pegs now and then. Thanks for this video, my American cousins. Hugs from my youngest grandson in Barnes to his agemate, your daughter, as they both are excitedly anticipating mince pies, crackers, singing at Midnight Eucharist, and sampling the wassail 👱♂️🇬🇧 (or not 👧 🇺🇲).
I think you'll find that the "UK version" of The Office is the original - the USA is a version of the original.
Americans don't know what the words *"Original"* and *"Exclusive"* mean.
@danielgardecki1046Sounds like you come on here to get angry.
@paradisekohchangstyle2150 Correct.
I hate American networks trying to take credit for British things, by adding words like "Original" and "Exclusive" to the intros.
I hate people using Americanisms.
I hate people who can't spell simple words or names correctly.
And I hate stupid people.
@danielgardecki1046 Don't hate yourself bro.
@danielgardecki1046 But I passed the spelling test, correct? 🤣
You should only watch the UK original 'The Office' IF you can cope with second hand embarrassment.
Agreed. Having to watch all that phony American _niceness_ is like drowning in Maple Syrup! Yuk.
😂
Absolutely. My brothers both loved it and would watch it every week when it aired. I just couldn’t get into it at all as the cringe level was painful. It’s still bad in the US copy but it’s dumbed down enough that I can just about bear it 😂
So so true! I LOVE the UK office because I absolutely love when people hold a cringe! That moment when you want it to stop and it keeps going, is the absolute best 😂
Nobody could touch Oliver Reed for outrageousness on chat shows. Truly the all time king of chaos.
Blackadder goes forth. Must watch guys.
Absolutely. Especially the ending of the final episode.
Probably one of the best endings I''ve seen.
Absolutely
Agreed the last episode always brings tears to my eyes, so emotional.
All the Blackadder series
Omg absolutely! A masterpiece!
Hugh Grant was caught by police in Hollywood with a known prostitute performing a lewd act and was charged. He was in a long term relationship with model (and often voted one of the most beautiful women) Elizabeth Hurley at the time.
Then he asked us to trust his judgement and "vote x". Muppet.
But to err is human.
Every person to ever ask you to trust them has made mistakes and you're no different @Trebor74
Not just a prostitute. A man in a dress prostitute.
If anyone doesn't know what the lewd act was I'll give you a clue...for some time people changed the nickname of Hollywood from Tinseltown to Tonsiltown.
You should absolutely look at the Ali G best moments! That is Borats original character. And yes, he is very British :D
Borat was one of Sacha's earliest characters and was a regualr on the Ali G Show
The FBI episode was brilliant: FB I!
"Ali G is Borats original character"? That doesn't even make sense. If I'm not mistaken Cohan created Borat even before Ali G. And they're both original characters
@rawfish83 No, I'm sorry but you are just wrong.
Ali G's first appearance was in 1998, long before Borat was even thought of.
And of course they are both original characters, that's not what I meant.
Original means (according to the Cambridge Dictionary): "existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form of something".
Ali G was the first character he created, therefore it was his original (first) character.
@xyzabc198 Borats first appearance was on F2F in 1997, roughly one year before Ali G first appeared.
And saying that Ali G is Borats original character doesn't make any sense since Borat is not a subsequent version of Ali G, but an entirely different character. Actually Alexi Krickler was the original version of Borat, since that was the original (first) name of that character.
Rowan Atkinson played hapless British secret agent Johnny English in 3 movies with a 4th on the way.
😂😂😊so funny
British people are some of the funniest people in the world. I think there's lot's different things good about many countries but Britain is just funny that's for sure 😂
Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith west London and for a while lived up the street from me. His character "Ali G" mentioned a lot of local pubs and venues.
From Hammersmith as well....big up West London 😂
Which area as I live near the Princess Victoria.
@lotuselise4432 ...Fulham Palace Road close to Charing Cross Hospital...
Imagine living in a world where the only thing you have seen Rowan Atkinson in is ‘Ratrace’.
This was supposed to be chaos? Well, I suppose it was WatchMojo
Omg Simon Cowell owns the names of all the talent shows. Does not matter what country version it is.. he not just a judge , he is the one with the money
Simon Fuller, Nigel Lythgoe, and Simon Lythgoe own more.
Pete Waterman taught him well.
Uh, er... No, he doesn't. Heard of "The Voice"? That is Endemol (or whatever mega-super-corporation it is now), owned by Jan de Mol, a Dutchman. Jan de Mol (and/or Endemol) also invented and "owns", as well as "The Voice" - "Big Brother", "Deal or No Deal" and "Pointless". An executive at Endemol called Richard Osman pitched the "Concept" for "Pointless" to Endemol/the BBC, apparently. And got to be co-host to host (comedian) Alexander Armstrong. Until he quit, for some reason.
@Doctor_Who_Rocks Most of the stuff Endemol and Banijay owns was created and/or produced by ITV.
Most of them were also broadcast by ITV too, which is partly why ITV beat BBC One in the annual ratings every single year, until the early 2000s.
ITV has largely been run by stupid people for the last 15+ years, which is why they cancelled all their biggest shows, sold all their international channels, let BBC Studios distribute most of their stuff outside of the UK, and many more stupid things.
Richard Osman still presents the celebrity version. He only left the standard version of Pointless so that he could concentrate on House of Games, 8OO10CDC, and Deal or No Deal, all of which he also produces, along with writing his books, one of which he's adapting into a film with a big name cast.
I've also just noticed that 1000s possibly 10s of 1000s of Richard Osman's producing credits are missing from his profile, 100s of which are from this year alone.
Goodness! Ok, you need to do a deep dive on Rowan Atkinson, he is prolific. I remember him from my childhood in the late 70s and 80s, called 'Not the Nine o'clock News.'
I'm glad you at least have heard of Blackadder.
Mr Bean is big with kids in many foreign countries, the comedy doesn't need a lot of translating, but it always irks me that people only know Rowan for bean (although I'm sure Rowan doesn't care!)
The most "dangerous" talkshow guest is Miriam Margolees , because she has no 'filter' but she is extremely funny doing it.
She’s been in the Grotbags character for decades. 😂
RIP Miriam
She’s not dead so why RIP?
Mariam was lit on the Graham Norton Show
I have great respect for miriam!! Top lady💚💚💚💚☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
The English accent changes every 20 miles or so. I live 15 miles away from my home town, but my accent is recognisable by the locals here.
The closing sequence from Blackadder goes forth, tissues on stand by, Lindsey.
I thought the same. She will be in tears bless her. Such a sharp and clever woman 🙏
Absolutely 💯, comedy gold throughout the series finished of with touching tribute, Steve and Lyndsey you should definitely check this out 😊
@LilMonkeyFella87Agee- good on a stand-alone basis, but it will never have the full impact.
you cant skip striaght to that episode though
Once you have seen the origional version of "The Office" (14 Episodes) you don't need to see the stupidly long American remake of it (201 Episodes).
As Gervais said himself "quality not quantity"
I think you're thinking of Hugh laurie. He plays House..he is English with an American accent in that show.
Or Hugh Jackman
@jemmajames6719 Hugh Jackman is Australian.
@jemmajames6719 or as one of my friends calls him.. hugh jump me jackman 😂😂😂😂
@Lozmart Huge Jackman
just a warning for the UK office, it’s more like awkward comedy and cringey and uncomfortable which is what the brits find funny, less over the top moments and more dry humour :)
@johnoliver8240 I am one of those people. I remember coming across it on BBC2 and was open mouthed thinking it was the weirdest documentary I had ever seen. I was literally in a state of shock. It put me off actually watching the series.
😂
Ricky Gervais created the Office
@johnoliver8240 Ricky had been on previous shows, much forgotten now. Even The Office took it's time getting known.
@reactingtomyrootsnot sure if you have ever mentioned it previously, but if you have not seen it and like some dry humour maybe look into watching Idiot abroad, it will not disappoint you
Simon Cowell owns America does talent, he is a judge, but he owns the Brtish idea franchise in every country it is shown in!
Didn't know that! Thanks for sharing :)
Miriam Margolyes' interviews on "The Graham Norton Show" are outrageous and hilarious. Graham is a great talk show host and has lots of great guests on there and brings out the best in them including coaxing funny stories out of them. He often has top film stars on the couch and more often than not a comedian amongst the the 4 or 5 guests and also has a slot for a singer/band and at the end a member/s of the audience telling personal and funny, "Stories From The Big Red Chair". One of the funniest of his shows is when Matt Damon was on with Bill Murray and Hugh Bonneville. Matt Damon even said - "This is the most fun I've ever had on a talk show". You really must watch this episode, it will have you in stitches.
James Cordon and Gordon Ramsay on the same show! Please keep them! We don't want them back.
James moved back to his home town over a year ago
Ricky Gervais presenting golden globes is a MUST SEE.
Steve's show is too wholesome for that.
It really isn’t ..
The greatest moments in Hollywood, particularly his last one.
@jsquire5pa is that you weinstein?
Rowan Atkinson is better known in the Uk for Blackadder my favourite comedy programme of all time
Rowan Atkinson is know globally best as Mr Bean . Did you ever watch not the nine o’clock news in the late seventies early eighties? Atkinson was hilarious in that ! It was usually on Sunday evenings
@ yes I did very amusing
The UK Office isn't as songy and dancey as the American version. It was actually shot like a documentary and is very skin-crawling at times. I prefer it to the American version not just because there aren't 50,000 episodes of fluff, but it also feels more real.
But on the whole, Americans prefer the American version and British the British version. The American version only got popular after they changed direction and made it more American in style.
I think it was still good, but I never made it to the final series.
The original UK is more like what offices could be like back when shot before we all went too PC.
@tonys1636 when was the last time you were in an office, Tony?
@tonys1636 'before widespread internet use and social media' is the phrase you're looking for.
@capitalb5889 Customer/Client Services Supervisor early 1980's. Rotating 24hr. 3 shift pattern boosted by additional 9-5 staff. The canteen the place where the most daft and innuendo filled conversations took place, along with the accounts office as the only place smoking was allowed as the accounts manager was a pipe smoker and my desk was visible through the windows so could see if a phone line was ringing, most came from the 16/17/18 year old young ladies along with the downright filthy ones, lost count of the number of times my bum was squeezed at the vending machines, had to remind them I was their supervisor and wrote the initial staff appraisals. Open plan offices, no partitions between desks. Accounts, Customer Service and Transport offices all interconnected. but separated by glass walls. Main switchboard and reception only manned 9-5, relevant numbers switched to relevant supervisors desks outside those hours.
‼️🦇 Ozzy thought the bat was rubber as very often in previous gigs the audience would throw fake bats at him and he’d rip the head off…just so happened that THAT time it was real. His book “I am Ozzy” I highly HIGHLY recommend ‼️
Them saying they haven’t seen Mr Bean had my jaw on the floor. Mr Bean is an icon and a legend for the British people. So much so that even releases of the earliest Mr Bean shows (1990-1995 version) are shared among the younger generations.
The books and Films of Harry Potter are superb.
Two thirds of the actors in the mini series, Band of Brothers are British.
Please start a Patreon where you watch UK comedy shows! I'd happily pay a few pounds a month!
☝️ this. Pls start with the uk office and inbetweeners 🥰🥰🥰
@ImAPunGuy Yes, and Peep Show!
Hugh Grant plays an Englishman in most if not all of his parts. He is not known for doing accents at all, but he’s a good actor.
He might have been thinking of Hugh Laurie.
Ricky is a huge dog lover, and advocate.
Sasha Baron Cohen (Borat, Ali G, Bruno) is 100% British. those are his characters. lol
I was gonna comment about Ali G, til I saw your comment. I totally forgot about Bruno tho!
@TheJaxxT West side!
@TheJaxxT me too..!! Ali G absolutely banging funny ..!!! I remember the interviews, folks really believed that he was a real person, we all knew he was in character...!!!! 😆😆😆😅😅😄😃🤣😂😂
Sacha was also in the film "Hugo".
@LarryJimbobeastside 😅
*Dame Helen Mirren* is a winner of an *Academy Award,* four *BAFTA Awards,* five *Emmy Awards,* three *Golden Globe Awards,* an *Olivier Award* and a *Tony Award.*
She stars in all sorts of genres, but is mainly known for appearing in films in the *Heist* genre, and the *ITV* detective TV series *Prime Suspect.*
However she does occasionally play historical characters like *Queen Charlotte, Catherine the Great, Queen Elizabeth I* and *Queen Elizabeth II.*
She is truly superb.
@johndistick9702 She loved my city while filming "The Duke" (2020), yet most people who have never visited, claim it's rubbish.
She hung out with Billy Pearce, Paul Chuckle from the Chuckle Brothers, and Faye Tozer from Steps, while she was here, mainly just 1.5 to 2 miles down the road.
In the same month or two:
1 - Zayn Malik came home to celebrate his mums 50th birthday just 1 mile South of me and went to watch Bradford City in the box he bought for poor kids.
2 - Prince William and Kate Middleton visited locations 1 to 1.5 miles North & North-West of me.
3 - Plus some other big names were in the city to film at least two other productions, which I can't remember now, but was probably something like The English Game, Say Your Prayers, or All Creatures Great and Small.
Don't forget RED as the British assassin
@NorthumberlandmadGeordie Which isn't a historical character like they were talking about.
Most films she's in mainly involve crime, usually in the heist genre.
Come on guy's...all the best comedy is from the UK😂
Blackadder 2 was one of the most innovative radical comedies (of the 80s) written by the team that went on to write 4 weddings and a funeral and Notting Hill both starring Hugh grant -the cringing fly on the wall of the original office reminded me of work and was radical 20 years ago - the humour for all these are very british
blackadder is class. even the first series. some great actors on that show
17:28 big up Lindsay on that recall.
With Blackadder start with Blackadder goes forth. It’s the final season, sitcom set in the trenches of WWI, but absolutely sublime. And the ending of the final episode has been voted best/most impactful thing ever in British comedy.
Yes - you'd be forgiven for approaching a comedy about the Great War gingerly or assuming the jokes would be disrespectful, but the humour actual makes really powerful and bittersweet points.
Rowan Akinson and Hugh Laurie( aka Dr House) were both genius in BlackAdder series 3 and 4. A must watch. Get your snacks ready coz they are bingeworthy shows!
Simon Cowell is a Music Producer/Mogul and owner of SICO records, he is the big boss behind Britains Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, American Idol and numerous other talent shows where he usually appears as a judge. He’s constantly on the look out for the next big global music star, he used to be really critical of the wannabes as they would perform but he would overstate this as an on screen persona, over the years he’s changed his style and is now more even handed though if an act is bad he will politely say it directly.
Sacha Baron Cohen was also in the movie Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp. A man of many talents and accents
I can remember Sasha Baron-Cohen as a young presenter on a London based Children's TV Channel many many years ago.
If you're still not convinced that Borat is English, watch a couple of his acceptance speeches. They're pretty funny. 🤣
You guys have got to see The Ali G Show! Sasha Baron Cohen is a national treasure and all his characters are genius
Ive just said about Ali G but I wonder if the comedy is a bit too British . Its obviously taking the micky out of British Youth at that time period so it might not be relatable to an American audience
The Christmas Episode scene of Mr Bean cutting twigs off a tree outside his window to make extra Twiglets lives rent free in my brain
Ozzy did accidently bite the head off a bat during a show. He thought it was a prop and not a real bat. There were rubber bats on the stage.
@LilMonkeyFella87fucking quality
He also bit the head off a dove in a record company's office
What?! I bet that was shocking 😅
He felt genuine guilty about it, and in a future show stopped everything because someone had bought a live chicken into the crowd which was stressing out. He stopped the show and made sure the chicken was taken out and looked after before carrying on@reactingtomyroots
Sasha Baron-Cohen (aka Borat, Ali G, Bruno & many others) also has a cousin, Cambridge Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, who is one of the world's leading experts on autism and genetics.
Simon Cowell has never done any movies.
He’s a judge on Britain and America Got Talent.
I believe he did a brief cameo in _Scary Movie 3_ as himself.
He owns the show internationally plus record labels
Also a record producer. He has signed a few X Factor winners and some who didn't make it to the top on the shows.
Footage if him from Britain's Got Talent featured in One Chance, a biopic of opera singer Paul Potts who won the first series of the show. Potts was played by James Corden.
You didn't know Sacha Baron Cohen was from England,but then suddenly you knew he's from London? Not Birmingham,or Nottingham etc.?
Harry Potter books were - and probably still are - recommended reading in schools in the UK. My sister used to help reluctant children with their reading and said the books were brilliant at pulling them into the story...
Sacha Barron Cohen is awesome
On Ricky Gervais you really should see the series "Derek" and "After Life" you will laugh one minute and cry the next, totally brilliant.
Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) is an amazingly intelligent man
Rosen Atkinson had his own show just Mr Bean and He played Blackadder in the show called blackadder which was brilliant,He actually started out in the 70s in a show called not the 9oclock news with 3 other stars I was in my teens then and it’s was just so funny with all the skits they did.
7:40 I think you're thinking of Cary Grant, but he's also British!
I think you’re thinking of Hugh Laurie maybe? He has done many films and programmes in an American accent, the one I know him best from is Stuart Little when I was a kid. Most Americans think he’s also American but he’s English.
Also, saying you can’t get into Harry Potter is blasphemy😂 You need to watch them all from the beginning and don’t give up on them! I watch them all year every year for the past 20+ years!
@LukeCaddyUK As a 76 year old Britonwho has neither read, heard nor seen any Harry Potter whatever I rejoice at any Americans who do not drag their knowledge of ‘Hairy Pahdur’ in at every opportunity when reviewing UK-based videos.
@johnkemp8904 I'm also relieved about not knowing so much about Harry Potter. I always thought I was just another rehashing of Enid blytons the famous five and Terry Pratchett's the wizards university in the discworld series, but the works went into meltdown over it all.
@ I agree it can be annoying (as can Americans celebrating St Patrick’s Day annoys me) but as a 76 year old Brit, I wouldn’t have expected you to have watched nor been interested in Harry Potter, each to their own. For me, the films are nostalgic and without sounding cheesy, magical (pun intended). Enjoy your day John!
you should try to listen to Hugh Laurie singing the blues, self accompanied on the piano with a backing trio
Never read a Harry Potter book, never watched a film. 😄
Yes Ozzy Osbourne did bite the head off a bat, although he didn't know it was a real bat when he bit it, he thought it was plastic.
... after a fan threw it on stage.
@hellsbells8689 And after that he had to get a rabies vaccination
Nonsense no one is that dumb!! You can tell the difference between a plastic and a real bat!! 💚☘️☘️
@MartinaNugent-yt8ig Oh really, well please tell us the real story as Ozzy Osbourne, the medical staff and all the people at the concert who saw it happen seem to have got it wrong, I'd love to hear what really happened then from you.
@mattsmith5421 Have you ever picked up a bat?? Believe me you can tell the difference!! That was deliberate!!
He also player "Time" in Through the looking glass.
Was just thinking the other day, it would be great if you started watching full half hour episodes of Fawlty Towers.... you'll love it!😊
Really, really would! Steeve, your sides would split!
Borat was put on an FBI watch list.
I guess they didn’t know that was his character 🤭
I'm a little surprised they had the time to decide, as an organisation, which shows to see, or that they would reach a concensus.
Poor, poor Americans. How sad can that be? A British actor gets on the FBI watch-list because of the character he portrays.....oh dear.
😂
You should try to find Daniel Radcliffe doing the periodic table of elements. I think he did it on the Graham Norton Show. Also Helen Mirren on the Graham Norton show is always a good watch
Thanks for the suggestions! :)
Peter kay caused chaos on Jonathan Ross talk show
Yep...all of Gordon's shows started in the UK.
A fun fact about Sasha Baron Cohen (borat) is that his brother is a psychologist, so in A level psychology we literally do a study called Baron Cohen et al
There's a little vein you've tapped into recently of a tradition of comedians totally inhabiting their comic characters. So with Al Murray, he created The Pub Landlord; Rowan Atkinson created Mr Bean; Sacha Baron Cohen did Ali G, Borat, The Dictator and Bruno; the late Paul O'Grady created Lily Savage. Another one to check out is Matthew Hall, a former doctor who is better known as the anarchic character Harry Hill.
You need a comma after doctor and before who ass I know Matthew Hall was never Doçtor Who!!
Just to say when "The Office" first came on TV people were talking about it the next day all over the UK and people weren't sure what it was! Many really thought it was a documentary about office life!! It was so cringing my husband still can't watch it! I loved it! 😍🤣 Though we BOTH watch his other series' he's created.... 🎭
Im surprised the Spice Girls aren't on that list.
They caused complete chaos in every interview.
Lindsay would have loved to see that! 😂
As Ricky Gervais said at the Oscars, " The British version of The Offuce, or as I like to call it, the original ".
Sasha Baron-Cohen is definitely a Brit. One of his cousins is a noted Clinical Psychologist, so the family have a wide range of interests :-)
He's Born here but still calls himself Jewish.
@SandyWynneI’m not sure they’re mutually exclusive - you can be British and a Christian
They all seem to be a talented family 😊@C2112-s7y
@SandyWynne Because Judaism is a religion, are you dense?
Uncle Simon dxed me autism, but he's gone over to neurodiverse movement stating autistic traits are a gift, differance and that crap, which it isn't it a serious neurodevelpmental disability with major impairments
Hugh Grant's greatest role was in Paddington 2. Classic.
Here's some fun facts you might enjoy, which barely anyone realises...
JK Rowling is a massive fan of Monty Python, and that's where she got a lot of her ideas from.
Three of those ideas are from the Sci-Fi sketch, which filmed in Leeds and Bradford. They include:
1 - A man named Harold Potter - Which is clearly where she got the Harry potter name.
2 - The introduction for the Brainsample Family - Which is practically identical to the introduction for the Dursley Family.
3 - A Bradford City fan spinning a ratchet at Valley Parade Stadium - Which is clearly where she got the idea for the Gryffindor House colours.
It's also why Monty Python were heavily involved in Harry Potter, and would've been even more involved if JK Rowling had her way, as she wanted Terry Gilliam to direct the films.
Also Monty Python's accountant, former manager (1979-1997) and production companies co-owner, is the producer Steve Abbott from Bradford.
Mr.Bean was a character with his own show, it was his surname. Then years later he did two movies. He started as a comedian in London, I think you can still see his original stuff on YT. Mr.Bean was also turned into an animation with its own season as well. I grew up watching it.
The Harry Potter movies are guaranteed worth watching. I get the whole not being that into it, but I’m sure if you had a family movie day Sophia would really love it.
Sasha Baron Cohen has done so many characters and shows; he even did one where he dressed up as different people and made American people believe whatever he wanted it was so funny. He did an artist who used poop and other things.
"might not be able to understand me" Tbh sounded like you were just parody of your normal voice. Was easy to understand but I think thats because we have a finer tuned ear in Britain for accents than Americans.
Apparently, fans used to throw rubber bats on stage, and Ozzie bit their heads off, but somebody threw a dead bat on stage, and he bit its head off because he thought it was a rubber one
That moment when we hear the watchmojo voiceover
Simon Cowell was a music producer and entrepreneur in that business. Through all the tv talent shows he has made he has become a wealthy man. He bought Sony music
Simon Cowell is on so many of those talent shows because he created those shows. The Blackadder series is a MUST WATCH! Baldrick (played by Tony Robinson) was my favorite character in all of them.
Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Boom, boom, boom, boom,
British version of the office also known as The Office 😂
19:01 lol yes he is from London. Slough I think. Have you guys not seen Ali G 😂
Slough is not in London 😂it’s in Berkshire lol
Cant help but feel like you’re just being pedantic so I’m not going to bother. Slough is literally on the London side of Berkshire and is close enough. He’s actually from Hammersmith so it’s irrelevant. Like a load of Americans reading this are guna even know where Berkshire is when it’s literally it’s just outside London 🤦♂️🤣
Staines massiiive 😂
Don't worry about not telling people to subscribe until the end. When RUclipsrs say it at the beginning it always feels like being asked to make a purchase without getting a chance to browse the shop (for brand new people who have never laid eyes on your content before). So don't worry about that :)
Just like when you walk into a shop and straight away someone says "Can I help you?"
Sacha Baron Cohen (as I am sure someone has mentioned in other comments) first burst onto the scene as a character called Ali G on Amando Iunucci's satirical show on Channel 4 in the UK called "The 11 O'Clock Show" (episodes of which you can see on YT). He is absolutely British and you can find him chatting on various YT videos here. :)
Yes Ozzy did bite the head off a bat, someone from the crown threw a live bat onstage. Ozzy thought it was a prop bat and bite the head off, he ended up having to get a whole load of Tetanus injections afterwards. He also once snorted a line of ants on a bet. And once got arrested for peeing on the Alamo when he was drunk.
Poor ozzy!! Having to get all those shots!! What about the poor bat?????☘️☘️
I was surprised when I heard that a lot of Americans thought that Stephen Hawking was American.
It always amuses me when Americans are so shocked at someone being British. I mean, why wouldn't they be? What's so surprising about it? Is everyone American until proven otherwise?
Yeah, they don't seem to understand 'acting'!
I really want to comment that this should read "...until proven guilty", but I won't as that might seem a little rude.
Well in the case of the Borat character, it's the accent... 😂 I mean, why would I assume he's British?
@reactingtomyroots Very good point! I think WE may have assumed that you had assumed he was American. You didn't, or at least gave no indication that you did. I guess that proves that some of us non-Americans can also get caught in the assumption trap. For my part, sorry 'bout that. I'll try very hard to see that it doesn't happen again!
@Stuffed_Cat (love the username by the way)--no worries, it happens.
Borat, AKA Sacha Barron Cohen, was born in Hammersmith London.
The art college bit was because Hitler was famously rejected from Vienna's art college. He later was homeless in Munich and sold drawings to survive (he could only really draw buildings apparently).
I heard that why he grew to hate Jews.
He drew cityscapes with no people in them. No animals, no signs of life. Just the buildings.
Kinda prophetic really
And borders. 😅😅
@raphaelperry8159 We're the buildings all bombed out rubble? 😂
The best thing about British comedy series is they are usually a season of 6 or 8 half hours for 2 to 3 seasons so time sunk is not too severe. For this reason I suggest The Office (UK) and Blackadder Goes Forth (the 4th Season of Blackadder, the series have a common cast but are set in a different time period so it doesn't matter where you start).
oh please do Blackadder, the classic Black Adder Goes Forth makes me cry laughing each and every time...
Baldric is hilarious , " I have a cunnng plan " 😂
Borat is one of the many characters played by British comedy actor/journalist Sacha Baren Cohen. He became famous on British TV playing a character called Ali G. He was famous for playing a character while interviewing SERIOUS people like the DEA and politicians etc, they thought he was actually this person and he was really ripping it out of them without them knowing. It was so clever
16:59 borats not British 😂😂😂 yessss he is. He did Ali G, borat and Bruno. He’s one of our favourite all time actors. Wicked. Respect 😂
Sasha is actually Jewish
@ being Jewish is a religion😆 has nothing to do with Sasha being British
@ruddyy123 😆🤣😂
@SandyWynne Jewish isn't a nationality! There are British Jews!
@SandyWynneyes, a British jew
When you say "I haven't seen them all" in reference to Kitchen Nightmares etc... trust me, if you've seen one you *have* seen them all because every "episode" is EXACTLY the same script.
You should watch the UK office.....its so much better.
8:30 "No I want to know what he did" No, no you don't lol
Yes, it would be amazing to watch you react to an idiot abroad. I wish you both well and keep the great videos coming 👍 ❤ x
Blackadder is great, completely the opposite of Mr Bean but very hilarious. Each season he plays a member of the Blackadder family at various points in British history.
US talk show hosts take themselves so seriously, that it's great fun to see them taken down a few pegs now and then. Thanks for this video, my American cousins. Hugs from my youngest grandson in Barnes to his agemate, your daughter, as they both are excitedly anticipating mince pies, crackers, singing at Midnight Eucharist, and sampling the wassail 👱♂️🇬🇧 (or not 👧 🇺🇲).
Borat is a character played by Sasha Baron-Cohen, who also does the characters, Bruno and Ali G.
You dont know Helen Mirren ?! WoW!!
Think of a thinking man's Meryl Streep.
Yes I was a little taken aback by that. She is one of my favourites ❤