Romesh Ranganathan's Controversial Opinions | Irrational | Universal Comedy

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @OrinSorinson
    @OrinSorinson 2 года назад +2130

    I've never said this to anyone, but I also find myself disagreeing with ISIS.

    • @421less1
      @421less1 2 года назад +107

      Yeah, the more i learn the less i like them. Seem like jerks

    • @deus_ex_machina_
      @deus_ex_machina_ 2 года назад +61

      I take umbrage with their beheading livestreams.
      At least they could edit it down to a 5-minute video.

    • @Mozzie7920
      @Mozzie7920 2 года назад +11

      @@deus_ex_machina_ 😂 that’s a risky one there

    • @xhantTheFirst
      @xhantTheFirst 2 года назад +9

      Yeaa but did you see their wifi though

    • @sin-jay733
      @sin-jay733 2 года назад +4

      Really? They seem nice enough.

  • @abujunayed
    @abujunayed 2 года назад +9057

    Love how the British crowd instantly knew what Romesh meant when he said "for a little bit of authenticity"

    • @KitagumaIgen
      @KitagumaIgen 2 года назад +639

      It is kind of a bit unusual when the punch-line is so obvious, everyone simply anticipate it and wait for Romesh to "just tap it in" - and it is still funny.

    • @charlesmurray3255
      @charlesmurray3255 2 года назад +136

      @@KitagumaIgen yes, it always makes it funnier when you know the next line.

    • @SubjectDelta20
      @SubjectDelta20 2 года назад +25

      What did he mean?

    • @Infidelx
      @Infidelx 2 года назад

      @@SubjectDelta20 everything said about isis is pure propaganda.

    • @tapioca6863
      @tapioca6863 2 года назад +46

      @@SubjectDelta20 8:49 it was a set up for this

  • @mikes5637
    @mikes5637 2 года назад +9515

    Ah yes, the good old days when all we had to worry about was Ebola and ISIS.

    • @petercollier9073
      @petercollier9073 2 года назад +100

      Actually if you think about it, your life was never about Ebola or Isis. Duh. Someone told you it was but reflect: was your life actually about Ebola and isis?
      Maybe you were being sarcastic?

    • @bernhardalbrechtgroeneveld4500
      @bernhardalbrechtgroeneveld4500 2 года назад +350

      @@petercollier9073 He didn’t say his life was about Isis or Ebola, he said all we (as humanity) had to worry about was terrorist attacks and ebola outbreaks. Compared to what we faced with covid and possibly WW3, they almost seem trivial

    • @sharonritchie6365
      @sharonritchie6365 2 года назад +15

      @@bernhardalbrechtgroeneveld4500 meh, I’m not bothered.

    • @rupeshsane8175
      @rupeshsane8175 2 года назад

      Hdjjdjjs

    • @vandykebeard2216
      @vandykebeard2216 2 года назад

      @@bernhardalbrechtgroeneveld4500 dude you have one long name to cause me a stutter. Keep a nickname just like they nicknamed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 as SARS-CoV-2.

  • @JargonMadjin
    @JargonMadjin 2 года назад +3932

    "The infidels are sucking up our bandwidth."
    "Do we blow up a building?"
    "No, we'll change the Wifi password."

    • @oliverseiler2871
      @oliverseiler2871 2 года назад +34

      First time they dont opt for the click-BOOM option, lol

    • @KantHandleThis
      @KantHandleThis 2 года назад +10

      Peace 💓🕊️✌️

    • @Ammar-vb2oz
      @Ammar-vb2oz 2 года назад +25

      @Il Manticore racist much … but ok

    • @Ammar-vb2oz
      @Ammar-vb2oz 2 года назад +23

      @Il Manticore so you are admitting to being islamaphobic?

    • @saurabhponkshe
      @saurabhponkshe 2 года назад +1

      @Mel C excuse me?

  • @pavasite4278
    @pavasite4278 2 года назад +345

    “Red button, what’s Africa?” That part really cracked me up 😂😂

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 3 месяца назад

      Africa is a country, and the capital of this country is Ebola.

  • @elbarto8282
    @elbarto8282 2 года назад +1048

    8:30 look at the perfect control of the timings top comedians have.
    He sets up the joke, delivers a first punchline by making the crowd anticipate it, pauses then delivers a second punchline by over-fulfilling the anticipation. Two punchlines, one joke. Brilliant.

    • @JamaicanMeCrazy
      @JamaicanMeCrazy 2 года назад +10

      Drink 6 Guinness all at once. Brilliant

    • @MaticTheProto
      @MaticTheProto Год назад +2

      Americans learn comedy

    • @elbarto8282
      @elbarto8282 Год назад +1

      @@MaticTheProto I'm not murican I'm from the first world you absolute 👳🏾‍♂️

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@elbarto8282Who asked you to dissect the joke/bit and why did you need to be racist in your retort you🤡

    • @notfunny007
      @notfunny007 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@elbarto8282what kind of insult is that

  • @billgreen576
    @billgreen576 2 года назад +3504

    Good point Romesh. The billions spent on airport security means they have won.

    • @andersandersen6295
      @andersandersen6295 2 года назад +147

      They got a victory there for sure, but one can also argue that it played right into the hands of governments wanting more control over us.

    • @axellorenzojohansson4925
      @axellorenzojohansson4925 2 года назад +102

      @@andersandersen6295 so the only ones that guaranteedly lost from it is the vast majority just flying because they need to travel

    • @axellorenzojohansson4925
      @axellorenzojohansson4925 2 года назад +3

      @@andersandersen6295 i know very well

    • @neku2741
      @neku2741 2 года назад

      @@andersandersen6295 yep the government are using these terrorist to boost up their power

    • @41-Haiku
      @41-Haiku 2 года назад

      I think ISIS and a few other similar groups would claim not to have fully won until everyone on earth was either on board with their particular denomination or dead. But I would definitely agree that the west has lost in some important ways.

  • @starchan2036
    @starchan2036 2 года назад +3465

    The bit from 08:30 onwards just shows how much of a master romesh is with his comedic pauses. I've seen the bit before but i was almost crying laughing

    • @r13hd22
      @r13hd22 2 года назад +16

      Woke jokes amateurish. Masters avoid jokes that are politically correct and fit the norm.

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai 2 года назад +157

      @@r13hd22 he literally said he was joining isis mate.
      Trying too hard to avoid PC topics is just as bad as avoiding offensive ones. He knows how to be funny either way.

    • @r13hd22
      @r13hd22 2 года назад +1

      @@NihongoWakannai A joke about a white woman rapping sounding like a black man is racist, is not woke, because of a different joke?
      Go back to sleep you ponce.

    • @Jakecmuir
      @Jakecmuir 2 года назад +71

      @@r13hd22 are you, perhaps, offended?

    • @ziyad1809
      @ziyad1809 2 года назад +61

      @@r13hd22 okay snowflake

  • @sevrynthorndyke3675
    @sevrynthorndyke3675 2 года назад +634

    Big shout out to automatic closed captioning for displaying the man's name as RUBBISH. Everyone's a critic.

  • @kumo9993
    @kumo9993 Год назад +78

    I absolutely love this man's delivery. He knows exactly when to pause, let the audience think they know the punchline and then deliver something even better, or simply plow through the laughs with a followup that pushes the momentum even higher. Wish more comedians understood how powerful delivery can be cause there's a lot of people with great material and boring/sub par delivery

    • @pjemje
      @pjemje Год назад +1

      This is so true. Being able to play with an audience and take them on a tour through your mind.. is a whole different skillset. He does this excellently.

    • @razor1uk610
      @razor1uk610 Год назад

      Ricky Gervais springs to mind as a supposed comedian, who has bad timing, poor audience interaction & reading moods; personally I find RG is largely too much ego wrapped up with a dull level of humour suitable for persons who think they aren't that dumb...
      Then again, I am a comedy child upon Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Mel and Smith, Rik Mail & Ad Edmondson, French and Saunders, Two Ronnie's, Only Fools and Horses, Red Dwarf, Young Ones, Black Adder, Who's Line Is It Anyway, QI, Mock the Week etc...

  • @RendallRen
    @RendallRen 2 года назад +303

    I must admit I played that clip 4 times of him saying "would you like a pappadam". It was glorious.

    • @zephyrkhambatta
      @zephyrkhambatta 4 месяца назад

      Come to my house you'll hear it twice a day. Glorious laughs forever HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. If you're in Singapore or Mumbai just hit me up.

  • @ATTACKofthe6STRINGS
    @ATTACKofthe6STRINGS 2 года назад +208

    He straight up made the joke, laughed about it being taken out of context by a tabloid, then gave them the headline picture, and I’m over here listening from 6 feet in the earth!

    • @endxofxeternity
      @endxofxeternity 2 года назад +2

      ??

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 2 года назад +3

      @@endxofxeternity laughed to death, and that honestly was the Best thing he did, absolutely brilliant

  • @loridrblake9770
    @loridrblake9770 2 года назад +242

    In Good Omens by Terry Pritchett and Neil Gaiman the demon Crowley creates all sorts of ‘inconveniences’ that are quite effective just as Romesh indicates, but, the boss demons don’t get his approach At All, still doing things the old fashioned way, ‘tempting and turning, one at a time, as long as it takes’ instead of just annoying the entire populace of London during one noonday traffic jam or mobile phone blackout. Such a relevant read :-)

    • @tarafallon7678
      @tarafallon7678 2 года назад

      Lovvveeeddd that series!!

    • @Friek555
      @Friek555 2 года назад +23

      Also the entire M25 is a satanic rune. I love that book so much

    • @handlesarefeckinstupid
      @handlesarefeckinstupid 2 года назад +1

      He invented the M25.

    • @tgeh448
      @tgeh448 Год назад +5

      Came to the replies to mention the M25 and I'm American....that's how good that book is. I've read it 3 times.

  • @questioner1596
    @questioner1596 2 года назад +2481

    The bit about being more concerned about inconvenience than loss of life really reminded me of anti-mask protests.

    • @iyziejane
      @iyziejane 2 года назад

      Imposing the filthy face rag superstition on others was an extreme ethical violation born out of your cowardly hysteria. That's why we refused it. The perpetrators of that atrocity will admit fault and be punished before we can move on as a society.

    • @iyziejane
      @iyziejane 2 года назад +141

      The point is that we don't believe in this cowardly superstition that you made up and tried to impose on everyone out of a desperate hysteria. Protestors was standing up for not letting people asinine stupid superstitions on others.

    • @davidalexander3320
      @davidalexander3320 2 года назад +540

      @questioner you nailed it. Even managed to summon one of them.

    • @NsTheName
      @NsTheName 2 года назад +90

      As someone who was never anti mask, I understand where you're coming from, but don't think it's quite right. The protests were about the freedom to choose. Being allowed to make their own decisions and not have their rights taken from them.

    • @26183
      @26183 2 года назад +1

      @@NsTheName yeaaa i doubt the founding fathers thought it was necessary to include caveats when there are plagues and epidemics when their towns had populations in the few thousands. not like people get the right to choose whether or not they pay taxes, right? clearly some stuff cant be rights if it impedes the functioning of the country. wait till USA gets a similar virus to SARS, i wouldnt be surprised if a quarter of the population gets wiped out then.

  • @MrJekyllDrHyde1
    @MrJekyllDrHyde1 2 года назад +1014

    His jokes are great, his pauses are awesome

  • @GlennDavey
    @GlennDavey 2 года назад +280

    Some comedians' names are a guarantee of quality, and Romesh is one of them. I never regret watching his stand-up. Always funny and true.

  • @maryanne1830
    @maryanne1830 2 года назад +173

    100% agree on the Iggy Azalea thing. Aussie hip hop is similar to UK where there are loads of rappers who rap with their Australian accent. You don't have to do an American accent and you def don't have to do a deep south accent.

    • @gothnerd887
      @gothnerd887 Год назад

      Can you recommend some good Australian rappers?

    • @playstationarusu
      @playstationarusu 11 месяцев назад +4

      Idk why Romesh seems to think thats a deep southern accent

    • @KindredBrujah
      @KindredBrujah 11 месяцев назад +4

      So read up on Silibl N' Brains. A Scottish rap duo who got no traction at all rapping with their normal accents, so pretended to be American and were signed by Sony. This is most certainly a thing.

    • @andyarken7906
      @andyarken7906 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@KindredBrujah I just looked them up, but even their 2004 stuff sounds American. Is there anything on youtube in their original accent?

    • @nekrataali
      @nekrataali 5 месяцев назад

      @@gothnerd887 Flithy Frank

  • @Hhajsjeieirhrbbr
    @Hhajsjeieirhrbbr 2 года назад +174

    Just stumbled upon this on RUclips. What a class act, brilliant comedy. Good to see great comedy still being written

  • @opheliawoods
    @opheliawoods 2 года назад +178

    08:30 I listened till the end of the joke seeing where itd go... And when he said "for the authenticity-" i got it the second and said "OH, FAIR ENOUGH."
    I love this mans humour..

  • @danielmoore7976
    @danielmoore7976 2 года назад +760

    Romesh is one of my favourites, his delivery is just something else 🤣

  • @scottbutler5421
    @scottbutler5421 2 года назад +28

    LOL @ 6:17
    "What I'm hoping is nobody just releases only that clip on to RUclips."

  • @keithlightminder3005
    @keithlightminder3005 2 года назад +427

    “What if The terrorists have already won” total audience silence as they think of 150 years of British foreign policy…

    • @viewer-of-content
      @viewer-of-content 2 года назад

      Pretty sure that's damb close to 500 years of American and Brittish history. From Queen Elizabeth Sponsoring Pirates to raid Spanish Gold Ships, to America sponsoring the Taliban on their fight Against the Soviet Union. We've been sort of Sponsoring terrorists to Fight weird proxy wars since English emerged in it's modern form. Can't bring up Colonial expansion or CiA operation without uncovering weird stuff if you look too long. It's not everything America and U.K. do, but it does stain our Legacy😅

    • @seekingabsolution1907
      @seekingabsolution1907 2 года назад

      Well, we did have to pull out of most of our overseas colonies so those guys won, and it was righteous that they did. Not so sure about these current terrorists, seem a bit too right wing to me, still a right wing government that hates imperialist powers isn't necessarily worse than a right wing government that brutalizes workers on behalf of American corporations because they're funded by the CIA.

    • @proctoscopefilms
      @proctoscopefilms 2 года назад +3

      Hilarious !!!

    • @nekrataali
      @nekrataali 5 месяцев назад +1

      I legit laughed at that line. The audience seems like a bunch of squares.

  • @cjearnest203
    @cjearnest203 2 года назад +75

    “Decoconut myself” best line I’ve ever heard

    • @matthewbartsh9167
      @matthewbartsh9167 2 года назад +1

      What do you think it might mean?

    • @ayanlethesomali7357
      @ayanlethesomali7357 2 года назад

      @@matthewbartsh9167 Coconuts are brown outside, white inside. Slang for assimilated people in white countries.

    • @defaltcm
      @defaltcm 2 года назад +23

      @@matthewbartsh9167 He mentioned before in this show or another cant remember his family calls him a coconut, basically meaning he is brown on the outside but inside he is white since he doesnt speak his familys language and stuff.

  • @gusbisbal9803
    @gusbisbal9803 2 года назад +622

    I am Australian and I am ashamed that Iggy is even associated with us.
    I am with you Romesh....

    • @thomasjones4570
      @thomasjones4570 2 года назад

      Its important for fake woke people to give each other group therapy. Its needed.

    • @dannyarcher6370
      @dannyarcher6370 2 года назад +19

      Iggy Azalea? Have a heart for us Saffers and Die Antwoord, mate.

    • @lachlanwelsh5880
      @lachlanwelsh5880 2 года назад +19

      @@dannyarcher6370 wa??? As an Australian that loves Sth Africa what’s the problem with Die Antwoord??? They destroy azalea!
      Note, I can’t call her Iggy cos there is only one Iggy and his first band was called the Stooges!

    • @conornutt
      @conornutt 2 года назад +21

      @@lachlanwelsh5880 Better question , what isn't wrong with them ? Do a google or 2 mate

    • @DarthPudden
      @DarthPudden 2 года назад +10

      When he was talking authenticity, my head went straight to Hilltip Hoods.

  • @JackHeathWriter
    @JackHeathWriter 2 года назад +2486

    Great set. Seriously though, heaps of Australians rap/sing/act/write with American accents and expressions, because we're bombarded with so much American culture that it feels weird not to. (In fact, Australians make fun of other Australians for sounding too Australian)

    • @aaronleverton4221
      @aaronleverton4221 2 года назад +157

      Yes, the cultural cringe has always been one of our major flaws, but having a neutral singing accent and putting on a distinct spoken-word accent are not the same thing.

    • @ThisIsANameBruh
      @ThisIsANameBruh 2 года назад +191

      mate, I'm Greek and even we make fun of Australians for sounding too Australian and we usually speak English as if we're getting uppercut by Mike Tyson.

    • @hhiippiittyy
      @hhiippiittyy 2 года назад +33

      Singing also seems to erase/dull all but the most extreme accents.

    • @goldenpony822
      @goldenpony822 2 года назад +9

      @@ThisIsANameBruh 😂😂🤣🤣

    • @ksg568
      @ksg568 2 года назад +39

      I think everyone does this, I'm an Aussie but when it comes to rap i turn hood American real quick even doing gun and gang signs like i know what they mean smh. It's not to offend it's just how I've grown up seeing rap and i enjoy it and it would not sound the same with my Aussie accent

  • @yikes7084
    @yikes7084 2 года назад +96

    8:31 made me spit out my drink

    • @tonycat721
      @tonycat721 2 года назад +7

      The crowd went MAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is what you call comedy at its best.

  • @pavannair6469
    @pavannair6469 2 года назад +21

    Romesh is hilarious. Not just the things he says but it's how he delivers them, the pauses, the facial expressions all together which is what makes it special

  • @1one3_Racing
    @1one3_Racing 2 года назад +82

    Isis probably does have better WIFI.
    I moved from a small country town where we could stream HD on 3 devices at once to the middle of Sydney where I have to ask my wife to pause Netflix so I can download my emails. It's terrible here.

    • @power50001562
      @power50001562 2 года назад +13

      Well your first mistake was living in Australia, a place that refuses to upgrade their copper lines to fibre.

    • @Berry-fr5wj
      @Berry-fr5wj 2 года назад

      @@power50001562 they need to update their coppers

  • @ontheroad5317
    @ontheroad5317 2 года назад +583

    The reason he’s so funny is that he’s always aggravated. Watching him on Taskmaster he is just always angry, and the other contestants can’t stop laughing.
    (PS: Tree Wizard might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life)

    • @finestjellybeansrawlol9486
      @finestjellybeansrawlol9486 2 года назад +24

      THERE WAS NO BOX, MATE

    • @ontheroad5317
      @ontheroad5317 2 года назад +4

      @@finestjellybeansrawlol9486 hahaha! God was he angry about the box!

    • @davidfellows1650
      @davidfellows1650 2 года назад +1

      Yes, but that can tire. David Mitchell is at risk of doing the same thing. Just ranting isn't funny. It needs to be mixed in with jokes.

    • @romainsavioz5466
      @romainsavioz5466 2 года назад +2

      @@ontheroad5317 TREE WIZARD

    • @romainsavioz5466
      @romainsavioz5466 2 года назад +3

      @@davidfellows1650 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @Chloe-yx9jc
    @Chloe-yx9jc 2 года назад +358

    He predicted the mental crisis during and after the pandemic! People in the US are just so pissed and done with any inconvenience in society

    • @NotSure109
      @NotSure109 2 года назад +1

      Because they're violations of human rights, and bring down society (as the root cause, not 'because of people's reactions to them').

    • @Fullyautomagic
      @Fullyautomagic 2 года назад +5

      Never wear the masks hahahahahaha

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 2 года назад +9

      He absolutely nailed it with how simple we'd disregard things and how much we'd be up in arms for the simplest discomforts...
      That Ebola bit of him absolutely was foreshadowing things if we'd noticed it

  • @shawnconway9957
    @shawnconway9957 Год назад +15

    Love the fact that he says the deep south and even as a brit everyone knows he means America. No other south that's deep anywhere.

  • @scottd9448
    @scottd9448 2 года назад +45

    As an Indian looking coconut, I wholeheartedly concur.

  • @jayraiya92
    @jayraiya92 2 года назад +42

    Just give this guy his Netflix special

  • @wyskass861
    @wyskass861 2 года назад +34

    Mitchell and Webb did a great re-enactment of the recap pre and post break of shows, where it's all just recaps and nothing happens.

    • @axldave9940
      @axldave9940 2 года назад +5

      Next time, on The Gift Shop sketch...!

    • @wyskass861
      @wyskass861 2 года назад

      @@axldave9940 That's it

  • @myguitardidyermom212
    @myguitardidyermom212 2 года назад +417

    He really hit the nail on the head with the inconvenience stuff. We had people here in the US losing their god-damned mind because they had to wear a face covering to go to the grocery store.

    • @LordSchnoz
      @LordSchnoz 2 года назад

      All because of misinformation spread on social media by Russian troll farms no less. Putin has cracked the code, or is taking notes from Romesh, lol.

    • @kellidinit3725
      @kellidinit3725 2 года назад +26

      Ugh! Selfishness at its finest. Also, the hoarding!

    • @TheChocoboRacer
      @TheChocoboRacer Год назад

      No bro, you don't understand. Protecting other people by wearing a flimsy little mask is clearly relatable to slavery

    • @cindy5213
      @cindy5213 Год назад +7

      You must consider the leadership in the White House. A whiny president who thought little of protection.

    • @oxymoron02
      @oxymoron02 Год назад +5

      ​@@WilliamTyndale007 Trump, yes.

  • @reesespieces8173
    @reesespieces8173 2 года назад +48

    This dude's hilarious, can't believe this is the first time I'm seeing him

  • @stevenpeeven3169
    @stevenpeeven3169 2 года назад +37

    Red button! What's Africa? 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @zarasbazaar
    @zarasbazaar Год назад +18

    I remember after 9/11 blue eyed blondes telling me that it was okay to racially profile at the airports and I was like "Right. Because you're the one they're going to pull out of line." Romesh is so unbelievably funny and so spot on with his social commentary.

    • @friedrichbaeker
      @friedrichbaeker Год назад

      anti-white racist. maybe stop doing terrorist attacks?

  • @kellydalstok8900
    @kellydalstok8900 2 года назад +56

    Someone I know told me, that in the late seventies he went to a Chinese restaurant a few times where the waiter was white but was wearing makeup to resemble a Chinese.

    • @wordzmyth
      @wordzmyth 2 года назад +12

      Wow. A different time but even then weird as weird can be

    • @thatsdifferent103
      @thatsdifferent103 2 года назад +2

      What, he dressed up to look like sweet and sour pork?

  • @BarryKennedy
    @BarryKennedy 2 года назад +25

    "Iggy Azelea is a minstrel who couldn't be asked to black up" - I died.

  • @LinasR
    @LinasR 2 года назад +32

    Now I am scared finding out I've been living in the ISIS country by definitions "good wifi", "no unpredictable car stops"

  • @dannyarcher6370
    @dannyarcher6370 2 года назад +71

    Brits, protect this man at all costs.

  • @bigsuey
    @bigsuey 2 года назад +26

    Seen him live. He was excellent. Honestly my video just buffered at the exact spot!

  • @mou7866
    @mou7866 2 года назад +13

    For a little authenticity:
    "Would you like a poperdom?" Lolololol

  • @Mindfookfilms
    @Mindfookfilms 2 года назад +12

    8:50 it took me 'voo doo like a papadum' to go full bwahahaha 😂 great stand up act. Cheers from Mumbai 🤘🏾

  • @GhERM2SOIED72
    @GhERM2SOIED72 2 года назад +81

    What depression looks like:
    Alone in the dark naked watching a standup routine because you feel too tired to get a glass of water.
    Naked. But you still raise your hand when the performer asks if you've never heard of Iggy Izaelia.

    • @silverlinings3946
      @silverlinings3946 2 года назад +7

      Aww I'm so sorry, depression is a btch if ever there was one.

    • @ankitm3439
      @ankitm3439 2 года назад +4

      Hope you're feeling better

    • @GhERM2SOIED72
      @GhERM2SOIED72 2 года назад +14

      @@ankitm3439 Just got back from Europe and I feel INVIGORATED. I'm changing my look and going to the mountains!

    • @rowlerberry
      @rowlerberry 2 года назад +3

      I’m u 3 weeks ago hopefully I go to the mountains in 3 weeks

    • @ErwinPommel
      @ErwinPommel 2 года назад +4

      @@rowlerberry I'm you three weeks from now. You don't.

  • @carlosnavarro1091
    @carlosnavarro1091 2 года назад +120

    Best stand up comedian! He slaggs off white society and himself, his culture and we all laugh and love it!

    • @mallardofmodernia8092
      @mallardofmodernia8092 2 года назад +8

      Everyone should be a target.

    • @FIshfood500
      @FIshfood500 2 года назад

      He’s bloody awful

    • @romainsavioz5466
      @romainsavioz5466 2 года назад +10

      @@FIshfood500 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @thatkidwiththehoodie
      @thatkidwiththehoodie 2 года назад +6

      @@mallardofmodernia8092 most others are. More so than white people, historically speaking. Because of that, white people often hear comedians nowadays cracking jokes at white culture and get very nervy about it (dare I say, offended), because we’re not used to that particular shoe being on the other foot.

    • @mallardofmodernia8092
      @mallardofmodernia8092 2 года назад +8

      @@thatkidwiththehoodie erm self deprecating white racial humour has been around for quite awhile although back in the day nationality was more treated like race like 'the german/japanese/british/french race ' etc.
      But yh no one should be safe from humour especially those in power and those with social protections.

  • @joshuawhere
    @joshuawhere 2 года назад +107

    I just want to say, Australian rap, done with Australian accents is a thing, and a lot of people here love it.

    • @silverlinings3946
      @silverlinings3946 2 года назад +1

      How do you do existential angst in Australian accent?

    • @JenniferIngrey
      @JenniferIngrey 2 года назад

      Except when it's Allday. That guy is unbearable to listen to.

    • @joealgos8007
      @joealgos8007 Год назад

      Hilltop hoods!!!!!

    • @ninakore
      @ninakore Год назад

      Whites taking another aspect of black culture for themselves

    • @ozipk
      @ozipk 11 месяцев назад

      🚫

  • @ronrice1931
    @ronrice1931 2 года назад +45

    A great comedian. Good crowd here, too, which helps!

  • @cherrytate7149
    @cherrytate7149 2 года назад +107

    Have not heard of this guy before
    BUT....WOW!! WILL be looking out for him now....HILARIOUS!!!!!🤣🤣🤣

    • @Phelixc
      @Phelixc 2 года назад +3

      He is hilarious in stuff he shows up in, I've seen him on QI, HIGNFY, countdown and Taskmaster. He's always funny.

    • @juliazay5148
      @juliazay5148 2 года назад +2

      @@Phelixc Also one of the Big Fat Quizzes.

    • @Phelixc
      @Phelixc 2 года назад +1

      @@juliazay5148 Oh, yeah, that one to!

    • @RevanaViv
      @RevanaViv 2 года назад +1

      Seriously?wow. Enjoy his videos he's hilarious ❤️

    • @ontheroad5317
      @ontheroad5317 2 года назад +4

      Hundreds of videos out there of him. And he shows up on pretty much every British comedy show. I’m an American that loves Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, all of those wacky shows.

  • @krishnanunnimadathil8142
    @krishnanunnimadathil8142 2 года назад +52

    Airport checks are a butt pill and a serial humiliation. Well dealt Romesh!

  • @Kumarrr9
    @Kumarrr9 2 года назад +28

    *"it's easy to not care about something that don't affect someone who looks like you"*

  • @TheTilitus
    @TheTilitus 2 года назад +126

    Romesh Ranganathan is one of the best comidians alive.

    • @SunGsam-rd7tu
      @SunGsam-rd7tu 2 года назад

      Hahahahahaha you must have a sad life

    • @TheTilitus
      @TheTilitus 2 года назад +8

      @@SunGsam-rd7tu Well comeing from someone that leaves that comment everyone arond you must have a sad life.

    • @bowserpouncer64
      @bowserpouncer64 2 года назад +2

      Check out Andrew Schultz

    • @SunGsam-rd7tu
      @SunGsam-rd7tu 2 года назад

      @@TheTilitus English please

    • @Mediados
      @Mediados 2 года назад +3

      @@TheTilitus Fits so well into my favorite quote from Ricky Gervais
      "That's the best thing about being dead, it's like being stupid. It only hurts everyone else."

  • @onebigadvocado6376
    @onebigadvocado6376 2 года назад +7

    4:50 is mind-blowingly on point, given he said it pre-covid.

  • @JeremyMYG
    @JeremyMYG 2 года назад +30

    Romesh killed me. I laughed so hard several times.

  • @TheTyke
    @TheTyke 4 месяца назад +4

    When he said a black woman from the south, he needs to clarify he means in the US. I imagine most people thinking he means a London accent lol.

  • @thegreenpianist7683
    @thegreenpianist7683 2 года назад +9

    4:12 most underrated line

  • @anneanne9009
    @anneanne9009 2 года назад +62

    This is one of the reasons British comedy is always the best!

    • @yeahyeahwowman8099
      @yeahyeahwowman8099 2 года назад +3

      Best at what exactly, dry wit? Wit comes in many forms, many funny British people, broaden those horizons, when it comes to pure rapid fire wit, most can't stand on the mountain that is Dave Attell

    • @Berry-fr5wj
      @Berry-fr5wj 2 года назад

      as long as it politically correct

    • @crownking9206
      @crownking9206 2 года назад +2

      The slang is polite, serious and sarcastic. It adds to comedic element.

    • @Mediados
      @Mediados 2 года назад +3

      @@Berry-fr5wj He just made fun of terrorists and racist jokes, at which point was that politically correct

    • @Berry-fr5wj
      @Berry-fr5wj 2 года назад +2

      @@Mediados Tell that to every comedian that has been cancelled apart from your mate Romesh because his jokes are inoffensive

  • @nickstocker5697
    @nickstocker5697 2 года назад +14

    How about getting cold calls from someone who has the strongest Indian accent ever then they say their name is Peter stuart!🤣🤣

  • @AmazinglyAwkward
    @AmazinglyAwkward 2 года назад +61

    How accurate his Iggy Azalea impression was is sus

    • @invisalats841
      @invisalats841 2 года назад +1

      I guess that means y'all are both fans of Iggy?

    • @Jam-ku5tf
      @Jam-ku5tf 2 года назад +1

      😆 you're white!

    • @AmazinglyAwkward
      @AmazinglyAwkward 2 года назад +1

      @@Jam-ku5tf that’s not my name?

  • @Raxerm
    @Raxerm 2 года назад +9

    Just straight up solid comedian stuff right here.

  • @vvatherton
    @vvatherton 2 года назад +2

    I love keep coming back to this every few months. Brilliant

  • @petemapstone9512
    @petemapstone9512 2 года назад +6

    Why is it that when Romesh talked about his 'friend', he sounds like Jack Whitehall?? 🙄😂

  • @LoudSilences
    @LoudSilences 2 года назад +12

    This guy is actually funny. What a nice change.

  • @JamesOKeefe-US
    @JamesOKeefe-US 2 года назад +35

    Brilliant content and delivery! My first time seeing Romesh but looking forward to more!!

  • @TheLearningLounge
    @TheLearningLounge 8 месяцев назад

    What I love about him, is he says things, uncomfortable things, and we laugh...and just maybe...we learn something. Hats off to him.

  • @klila16
    @klila16 2 года назад +49

    To be fair if a train blew up it would annoy a lot of people waiting to get to work on time.

    • @itsmealex8959
      @itsmealex8959 2 года назад +1

      Id be more concerned for the snack store on the train being closed than the medical attention I'd need from the explosion.

    • @derekmills5394
      @derekmills5394 2 года назад +3

      British Rail regret to advise delays to all services due to a fucking big hole somewhere near Chorley Wood

  • @jojobee1921
    @jojobee1921 2 года назад +70

    Romesh is one of my favourites he’s so funny 🤣

  • @ftroop2000
    @ftroop2000 2 года назад +6

    Nish Kumar - the reason I'm unpopular, is because of racism.
    Romesh - 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😅😅😅😅🤦‍♂️

  • @tacticalDMZ
    @tacticalDMZ 2 года назад +31

    Zero Fs were given by our guy romesh while doing this piece..... 🤣🤣

  • @ultraderek
    @ultraderek 2 года назад +3

    I don’t know why but “What is Africa?“ got me going. Lol

  • @cako666
    @cako666 Год назад +1

    The timing on that "for a little bit of authenticity* joke was amazing 😂

  • @towelie5127
    @towelie5127 2 года назад +12

    why they can't recap the news :
    "last week we were lying , the week before we were lying , please believe us today ."

  • @justynakorczynska4592
    @justynakorczynska4592 2 года назад +3

    OMG Romesh absolutely killed me with the poppadom 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

  • @ekdaufin1485
    @ekdaufin1485 2 года назад +22

    Agree about Iggy! Thank you! Most folks are alright with cultural appropriation. You are NOT over reacting! Thank you.

    • @thevoxdeus
      @thevoxdeus Год назад +3

      "Cultural appropriation" is a nonsensical idea, so there's no good reason for anyone to care about it.
      You can't own a way of being, and you can't own an idea that you had no part in making.

  • @siyabongantombela1762
    @siyabongantombela1762 2 года назад +6

    "For a little bit of authenticity"

  • @DogofRaw
    @DogofRaw 2 года назад +18

    Thanks for talking about Iggy. She is mad disrespectful.

  • @samedesu2205
    @samedesu2205 Год назад +1

    "what affects your mental state more? a train blowing up or a guy stopping in front of you in the middle of the road?"
    yeesh that one aged like fine wine

  • @kenyakickz25
    @kenyakickz25 2 года назад +48

    His style reminds me of Ricky Gervais. I hope Ramesh gets the opportunities to do his thing, he'll go far.

  • @OnizukaAllMighty
    @OnizukaAllMighty 2 года назад +83

    I Wanna take down the West now 😂😂, wifi killed me

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 2 года назад +1

      Romesh Ranganathan's Controversial Opinions | Irrational | Universal Comedy 9,403 views29 Apr 2022 2142pm 29.4.22 come dine with me? excellent none eventful telly. i am one of those who cant wait until t he next show so wait to watch a whole day of the shows en masse. a most excellent comedy show... erm, reality show.

  • @breakingbadheisenberg9703
    @breakingbadheisenberg9703 2 года назад +14

    oh geez this guy knows exactly how to bring down America-inconvenince

  • @develynseether4426
    @develynseether4426 4 месяца назад +1

    No follow up unless it leads to another story relating to the first is worse in my opinion.
    "Todays news is tomorrow fish wrapper"
    How true a statement

  • @cormacmccoy1
    @cormacmccoy1 2 года назад +5

    Ahh Romesh mate! Rookie mistake... Giving away ideas before you even get the call *head in hands.
    Great set :)

  • @arianamaria_
    @arianamaria_ 5 месяцев назад +1

    6:15 “I really hoped nobody puts just that clip up on the internet”
    Me, shoving Cheetos in my face as I lay in my dark bedroom watching that specific clip: heh *ironic*

  • @oldbrokenhands
    @oldbrokenhands 2 года назад +8

    His beard and jokes were on point.

  • @EazyMac
    @EazyMac 2 года назад +1

    What a solid and tight set, bravo!

  • @rubberbandshee2188
    @rubberbandshee2188 2 года назад +12

    Romesh Thank you you made me laugh 1st time in days!

  • @BlackNumber1
    @BlackNumber1 2 года назад +1

    He's hilarious! I'm not seeing any US tour dates, I hope he comes soon!

  • @ToniGlick
    @ToniGlick 2 года назад +3

    As a call center rep for a cable company I can attest to the fact that people REALLY care about losing their wifi.

  • @tracisr
    @tracisr Год назад +2

    Ramesh callig out Iggy for doing a Blaccent! 😂 I love it!

  • @ihavenojawandimustscream4681
    @ihavenojawandimustscream4681 2 года назад +4

    That sesame street terrorist bit is the funniest bit about terrorism i've seen

  • @hollybigelow5337
    @hollybigelow5337 Год назад

    Man, that comment about the news not recapping is SO true. That feels like the definition of my life with the news.

  • @erwannkermanach6090
    @erwannkermanach6090 2 года назад +6

    His timing is so good

  • @Maldini009
    @Maldini009 Год назад +2

    this guys making me crack up at 6am during ramadan

  • @astonrichardson5288
    @astonrichardson5288 2 года назад +25

    I was waiting so long for this clip 😂

  • @shirinmalik2235
    @shirinmalik2235 4 месяца назад

    So glad to have found this, I needed the laughs

  • @z3dda
    @z3dda 2 года назад +3

    This guy is hilarious, he’s got the perfect delivery

  • @shaun5761
    @shaun5761 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love this guy 😊 he is amazing

  • @dylancourtney9765
    @dylancourtney9765 2 года назад +31

    I know it's just a comedy show but we also have hip hop artists in Australia that rap in their own accents.

    • @laurahall3094
      @laurahall3094 2 года назад

      Names?

    • @jackdee7733
      @jackdee7733 2 года назад +5

      He never said you dont... he just said iggy doesnt

  • @locohobo1925
    @locohobo1925 2 года назад +1

    1:29 ‘after the break…’
    ‘Before the break…’
    THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND