How to do the perfect Liz Truss impression | Jan Ravens

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
  • Jan Ravens is an English actress and impressionist, known for her voice work on Spitting Image and Dead Ringers.
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Комментарии • 173

  • @johnsonrob
    @johnsonrob Год назад +68

    The best description of Truss that I have heard - "... little girl whose daddy had always told her that she was funny..."

    • @LambsyLamb
      @LambsyLamb Год назад +3

      Daddy was too kind!

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 Год назад +2

      @@LambsyLamb Daddy should have pulled out.

    • @anonUK
      @anonUK Месяц назад

      Funny ha-ha or funny peculiar?

  • @barriewilliams4526
    @barriewilliams4526 Год назад +92

    At the age of 85 I've seen a lot of politicians come & go, but modern politicians don't seem to have what it takes. Perhaps it's just that people of the right calibre do not wish to be politicians, so we are left with mediocre?......

    • @MrUniman609
      @MrUniman609 Год назад +16

      Liz Truss is more on a town councillor level, than an M.P.

    • @petyrkowalski9887
      @petyrkowalski9887 Год назад +11

      I agree… and the ones tht do want it see the opportunity for self-enrichment. They dont actually care about British people one jot.

    • @fancyhat6505
      @fancyhat6505 Год назад +7

      It's a catch 22, you can't be a politician without being a sub-par human

    • @matty7758
      @matty7758 Год назад

      @@priapus56 wouldn't call Blair and thatcher mediocre

    • @mareksieczko7329
      @mareksieczko7329 Год назад +4

      @@matty7758 I would reserve worse terms for those two

  • @DavoInMelbourne
    @DavoInMelbourne Год назад +29

    She's still gorgeous. Love the grey too. Hollywood actresses could take a look at what growing old gracefully looks like.

  • @21Diddley
    @21Diddley Год назад +45

    How wonderful! The lovely Jan Ravens has nailed Truss completely. I'm going to enjoy the next few months hugely thanks to this fabulous woman. Thanks Jan!

  • @MartinParnham
    @MartinParnham Год назад +23

    Love Jan Ravens! Could never watch Kirsty Wark on Newsnight without thinking of her impression from Dead Ringers. More on that story later…

  • @LaurenceBoyce
    @LaurenceBoyce Год назад +17

    Fascinating and brilliant.

  • @orraman5427
    @orraman5427 Год назад +28

    "You're cracking on a bit, give us the crown". I don't see that travelling well somehow.

  • @Scotlanz
    @Scotlanz Год назад +12

    Wow. Jan is 3yrs and one day older than me…and she is gorgeous! 😀

    • @j.b.9260
      @j.b.9260 Год назад

      She's 31 years older than me and I think she's dreamy.

  • @TC_83
    @TC_83 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great impression... reminds me of Miranda Richardson's Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder II

  • @davidspencer5380
    @davidspencer5380 Год назад +6

    Jan - your a genius!

  • @alecbryant817
    @alecbryant817 Год назад +8

    Brilliant as ever

  • @Angela-en6oh
    @Angela-en6oh 11 дней назад

    Jan Ravens - always a class act.

  • @cmasseylynch
    @cmasseylynch Год назад +3

    Spot on . impressed as always ,thanks.

  • @Chardonbois
    @Chardonbois 9 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant Jan!

  • @brianwilkinson6891
    @brianwilkinson6891 Год назад +4

    Jan is perfect !

  • @edcosgrove9730
    @edcosgrove9730 Год назад +22

    If only Liz Truss had the energy of Jan Ravens...

    • @danielcrafter9349
      @danielcrafter9349 Год назад +2

      Replacement batteries for those units are hard to come by, and very expensive....

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 Год назад

      @@danielcrafter9349 Are they slightly a hurdy gurdy too?

    • @arthurpewtey
      @arthurpewtey Год назад +3

      Or the intelligence. Not to mention decency.

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 Год назад

      @@arthurpewtey Are you sure? You like actresses as people, or actors?

    • @edcosgrove9730
      @edcosgrove9730 Год назад +2

      @@therespectedlex9794 Hurdy Gurdy would be fantastic! Hari-kari is the Liz Leader solution.

  • @spartybrearly7221
    @spartybrearly7221 8 месяцев назад

    Jan is absolutely superb!

  • @chrislambe400
    @chrislambe400 Год назад +28

    Nerine Skinner has some great sketches here on YT

    • @jonathanbarraclough5917
      @jonathanbarraclough5917 Год назад +2

      Nerine Skinner has the mannerisms and parody material but hopefully deliberately not the voice.

  • @janegreen9340
    @janegreen9340 Год назад +5

    Liz Truss = QE1 from Blackadder

  • @SuperTed19021
    @SuperTed19021 3 месяца назад

    *CORNEILA* and many others from 1989's BBC children's show "Barney the Dog". Now *that was* a huge part of my childhood. *God, am I getting old?!*

  • @robertfrancis7767
    @robertfrancis7767 10 месяцев назад +2

    Please also have a look at Nerines portrayals especially "Liz Struss" she deserves a larger audience very talented.

  • @markcarrington8380
    @markcarrington8380 Год назад +3

    Jan is a genius.

    • @SuperTed19021
      @SuperTed19021 3 месяца назад

      Why she and Harry Enfield made "Barney" such a *wonderful* success!

  • @andydinesguitar
    @andydinesguitar Год назад +15

    Uncannily good!😂

  • @andressanchezcasado4433
    @andressanchezcasado4433 Год назад +4

    When a door shuts another one slams your face

  • @zzhughesd
    @zzhughesd Год назад

    Solid content

  • @billywoodward584
    @billywoodward584 Год назад +4

    I've had Goods delivered into my wheelie bin, Dizzy Lizzies Deliveries will probably end up in the bin also.

  • @cobbler40
    @cobbler40 Год назад +22

    They said whoever replaced dear old cheekie chappie fascist Johnson would be worst. I thought it could never be possible. But I was wrong !

    • @elric6084
      @elric6084 Год назад

      How exactly do you define fascism?

    • @londonalicante
      @londonalicante Год назад +3

      @@elric6084 Boris certainly had (and still has) one of the elements of fascism:
      He wants to be in power FOREVER!
      And just like Cincinnatus (obscure reference to Roman politician in his resignation speech), Arnold Schwarezenegger and every kid's TV baddie:
      he reckons "he'll be back."

    • @Qatari2007
      @Qatari2007 Год назад +3

      Sure sure. They said Cameron was the worst, then May, then Boris, now Truss

    • @Aspartame69
      @Aspartame69 Год назад +1

      @@londonalicante Thats not in any definition of fascist. You are confusing it for dictatorship. I dont recall the last dictator that left office because someone he peripherally knew pinched someones bottom followed by 12 months of media activism to depose him.

    • @petyrkowalski9887
      @petyrkowalski9887 Год назад +4

      @@elric6084 go and read Umberto Echos 14 steps to fascism… the tories tick most of the boxes.

  • @robertsmith5744
    @robertsmith5744 Год назад +10

    Boris Johnson is Benny Hill's son.

    • @cobbler40
      @cobbler40 Год назад

      Fred scuttle

    • @ronaldsimpson8890
      @ronaldsimpson8890 Год назад +1

      Robert Smith , i have met Benny Hill and believe me Johnson is not Benny Hills son, for starters Benny was coherent and didnt tell lies .

  • @janein6491
    @janein6491 Год назад

    David Davis, your master negotiator !

  • @robertpodbery242
    @robertpodbery242 Год назад +7

    Jan Ravens is a great impressionist, but her comments about truss acting as a girl that has been told by her dad etc, was dead right

  • @sarangistudent8614
    @sarangistudent8614 Год назад +12

    She also annoyingly nods her head whilst speaking when she lies. It’s as if she’s trying to persuade you to believe that whatever she’s saying is true. It’s quite obvious once you realise it.

  • @LambsyLamb
    @LambsyLamb Год назад +5

    WOW Jan Ravens does the perfect impression of the feckless Liz Truss! Quite possibly the best rendition of Liz Truss I've ever heard!

  • @Broadmaynewood
    @Broadmaynewood Год назад

    Brilliant 👍😂

  • @Firebrand55
    @Firebrand55 Год назад +4

    Nerine Skinner IS Liz Truss.

  • @shantibel
    @shantibel Год назад

    Best LT impersonation ever.

  • @damiebconnor2370
    @damiebconnor2370 Год назад +2

    Jan has the posh Liverpool down to a tee

  • @courcheval
    @courcheval Год назад +17

    It s fascinating and tragic at the same time to watch an ex global Empire fall into the abyss of insignificance. English people are falling into mass poverty and the Times, a former respectable institution, dances on the brink of the social volcano with a record level of inconciousness. That s truely fascinating! Keep the show going on!

    • @sarfaraz.hosseini
      @sarfaraz.hosseini Год назад +7

      The Times has a fun little piece about impressions, it's not the basis of an existential crisis. Chill out, and stop being so weird.

    • @russellsmith6476
      @russellsmith6476 Год назад

      AH AH YOUR RUSSIAN BOYS ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED

    • @Randomstuffs261
      @Randomstuffs261 Год назад +7

      Bro, we were always in poverty, Empire basically only benefitted the 1%

    • @chrislambe400
      @chrislambe400 Год назад +5

      A freight train crash in slow motion for the last 12 years. One wagon piling onto the next and no sign of it stopping. It is hard to look away.

    • @edmunddonnelly3881
      @edmunddonnelly3881 Год назад

      And apparently you can´t spell, either.

  • @spartybrearly7221
    @spartybrearly7221 8 месяцев назад

    Liz didn’t mention growing up in Paisley and Leeds.

  • @j.b.9260
    @j.b.9260 Год назад

    She's dreamy (and I'm 33).

  • @StratsRUs
    @StratsRUs Год назад

    Jan is gorgeous

  • @jellymollett
    @jellymollett Год назад

    Genius.

  • @largeladsteve25
    @largeladsteve25 Год назад +11

    she's too charismatic to be truss lol

  • @johnsykes9623
    @johnsykes9623 Год назад +5

    Thanks Jan, very good with the voice. You need to develop your look of dazed and confused and blink a lot more

  • @martinsmith8487
    @martinsmith8487 Год назад

    The Grimleys 👍

  • @misfit2022
    @misfit2022 День назад

    “I knowwwwwww” 🤣 Oxford really no wonder it’s slipping down the rankings. I definitely miss the Brexit Bulldog and Duncan Wisbey in an unsung hero among the greats like Jon Culshaw and Lewis McLeod

  • @BongoAboutBedfords
    @BongoAboutBedfords 8 месяцев назад

    She looks like Liz Truss after a night on the tiles !!.

  • @alistairsavoury1074
    @alistairsavoury1074 Год назад

    Hahahahahahahaha quality!

  • @fearnpol4938
    @fearnpol4938 Год назад +1

    Jan Wavens?

  • @illwobble
    @illwobble Год назад +1

    Shame Jan didn’t get a chance to do any Dead Ringers before Liz was ditched.

  • @csharpe5787
    @csharpe5787 Год назад +1

    Truss, is simply aunt Sally.

  • @58JMG
    @58JMG Год назад

    "All those Boris Johnson impersonators will be out of work soon..."
    As opposed to the Liz Truss impersonators?
    Aged well.

  • @Nuevo_tipo-amoladora_angular
    @Nuevo_tipo-amoladora_angular Год назад +1

    Мучас грасиас пара ту видео!

  • @TheIkaraCult
    @TheIkaraCult 4 дня назад

    I always felt Truss sounds like a slightly better spoken version of Queenie from Blackadder

  • @benyomovod6904
    @benyomovod6904 Год назад +6

    Only hard masochists want to be Lizz Truss

  • @JAMAICADOCK
    @JAMAICADOCK Год назад

    Liz Truss sounds like some a Victoria Wood caricature

  • @pickyricky820
    @pickyricky820 Год назад +4

    this didnt age too well two days later.

  • @sunilmajevadia3865
    @sunilmajevadia3865 Год назад

    when will the conservative politicians answer a simple question every time you ask a question to them say waffle on about something

  • @DavidHolliday
    @DavidHolliday Год назад +6

    De-liver, de-heart, de-kidneys, de-lungs, what’s next?

    • @tonib5899
      @tonib5899 Год назад +1

      De ar*eholes. Of which we now have in abundance.

    • @tomgl6684
      @tomgl6684 Год назад +1

      De-feet at the next election with any luck.

    • @DavidHolliday
      @DavidHolliday Год назад

      @@tomgl6684 Yes, let's hope so!

  • @andrewmark2783
    @andrewmark2783 Месяц назад

    This was old school Truss before she took speech lessons to sound like Thatcher

  • @samanthathompson9812
    @samanthathompson9812 Год назад +1

    To a Canadian Truss sounds like she has a plugged nose but maybe it's a type of accent over there.

  • @regina1892
    @regina1892 Год назад +3

    Keir Starmer obliterated Liz Truss during PMQS!

  • @ttoughtask7296
    @ttoughtask7296 Год назад +1

    Who knew Jan would be out of a job within 45 days

  • @nrobertson33
    @nrobertson33 Год назад

    🤣

  • @damienocallaghan2648
    @damienocallaghan2648 Год назад

    UNLUCKY JAN
    She is on the DOLE QUEUE NOW😀

  • @StPiter111
    @StPiter111 Год назад +1

    We have a lot of expectancies from her in Russia 😎

    • @rob4214
      @rob4214 Год назад

      Be the same as Boris. Plenty of support for Ukraine.

  • @PeteMachini6732
    @PeteMachini6732 Год назад +3

    That is a disgrace 😡😡😡 pork market 😀😀😀

  • @farokudahitam
    @farokudahitam Год назад

    De,liver and bacon

  • @sairhug
    @sairhug Год назад +2

    Much as I love Jan, her Liz is nowhere near as good as Nerine Skinner's ... taken out of context I would have had a very hard time knowing who she was meant to be doing.

  • @fatbelly27
    @fatbelly27 Год назад

    Nerine Skinner has nailed the gormless grin. Needs better material though

  • @andrewbutcher3391
    @andrewbutcher3391 Год назад +1

    I would love to see more Liz Truss from Jan….but you’ll have to be quick Jan….🙄

  • @DouglasBrightman-yb8ry
    @DouglasBrightman-yb8ry 4 месяца назад

    Yeah Liz got to be PM then she f….. it up

  • @emmanuelgoldspleen2905
    @emmanuelgoldspleen2905 Год назад

    *cackles in Clintonese*

  • @shuddupeyaface
    @shuddupeyaface Год назад

    Brilliant. Her Fiona Bruce is better than Fiona Bruce!

  • @annepoitrineau5650
    @annepoitrineau5650 Месяц назад

    And soon after, adly, the queen did die.

  • @jonathanwalker8730
    @jonathanwalker8730 Год назад

    Nerine Skinner's impersonation is better; good content too, check her out.

  • @michaelmouse4024
    @michaelmouse4024 Год назад

    How to do an impression of Liz Truss? Have your brain removed.

  • @patricka.crawley6572
    @patricka.crawley6572 Год назад

    Easy.
    Lisp the 'S' whispily.
    Lizszs Truszsz.
    Sounds so afsfecetstatioszs.

  • @MrChiefWeasel
    @MrChiefWeasel 11 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant lady. (Not Liz Truss).

  • @A_kiwis_view
    @A_kiwis_view Год назад +1

    De liver just a part of de body

  • @perfumeaddict1204
    @perfumeaddict1204 Год назад

    And that's poor Jan out of a job after 45 days.

  • @dufus7396
    @dufus7396 Год назад

    Truss put on that working class drawl..now she cant break out of it.

  • @marcor4706
    @marcor4706 Год назад +1

    This didn't age well (re Queen Liz)

  • @jstone247
    @jstone247 Год назад +1

    Truss comes across as bland. She appears to have had a personality bypass.
    How would a mime or comedian extract anything to parody her?

    • @tomgl6684
      @tomgl6684 Год назад

      You've just seen how. Personally I thought Ravens nailed it.

    • @phil2854
      @phil2854 Год назад +1

      She's bland, but also incredibly goofy and pleased with herself. A perfect combination for mimicking.

  • @marklimbrick
    @marklimbrick Год назад

    Come on and do the resignation with the smile and smirk. Coughy should be good because the next PM! Truss was shire speeches because she didn't trust pro writers. Churchill had Bracken as wing man.

  • @redalert2834
    @redalert2834 Год назад +1

    Liz Trus has a stilted, childish way of speaking. She seems to be incapable of fluid speech - completing sentences without inserting irritating pauses. And it's not as though she ever says anything that demands much brainpower to interpret.

  • @KevTheImpaler
    @KevTheImpaler Год назад

    Is Liz Truss working class then?

  • @negativeone7151
    @negativeone7151 Год назад

    Oh dear
    Liv Struss is far more accurate

  • @karengayehammat4199
    @karengayehammat4199 Год назад +1

    He needs elocution lessons another who can't get the Ts Ws and Rs correct

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 Год назад +5

      Nothing to do with elocution lessons. He has a rhotacism. So what?

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 Год назад +3

      @Pete Cockcroft Maybe, but it didn't stop Jonathan Ross or Lucy Worsley. Also some of the finest singers have lisps and rhotacisms.

    • @GG-ml3vr
      @GG-ml3vr Год назад

      Get a life

    • @peterrenn6341
      @peterrenn6341 Год назад +3

      Nasty troll comment

    • @karengayehammat4199
      @karengayehammat4199 Год назад

      @@peterrenn6341 some people do improve these afflictions with speech therapy my daughter is one of them and others don't bother trying to include every letter of the alphabet especially if they've been raised that way as if have doesn't start with H but A because family and community say it that way then it appears an issue of "class" . My older brother used to say thecoz instead of because until I corrected him now I wonder why our parents didn't pay any attention to it .

  • @karlos543
    @karlos543 Год назад

    Short career

  • @wotdoesthisbuttondo
    @wotdoesthisbuttondo Год назад

    Bit nasty really.

  • @jamesmertins1618
    @jamesmertins1618 Год назад

    Bloody awful impressionist,just like Culshaw.

  • @coppershark1973
    @coppershark1973 Год назад +1

    No need now.