- Oh no, not the Spanish Inquisition! - Oh! (laughs)
- I love this sketch! It is so weird!
- (Greg) I pulled my mother's pants back on.
- (laughs) If you just heard that. - Yeah.
- Ooh! - Okay, okay!
- I think the only ones I really know of
are like Monty Python and... - The Office.
- Yes, The Office. - And Ali G Indahouse.
(Clare screams)
- Derry Girls! (bell rings)
- Oh, it's Derry Girls.
- Have you seen this? - No.
- Okay, yeah, me neither.
- (Clare) He wants to kill us all! All of the Catholics!
- All the Catholics. - All the Catholics are crazy.
- (Clare) A Fenian-hating madman! - Pfft!
- (Clare) Don't get the Jaffa bastard hurt me, please!
- Oh my gosh, the nun!
- (Erin) Jesus, Clare! - (Michelle) [Censored]-a-doodle-do.
- [Censored]-a-doodle-do! (Nicholas laughs)
- (Clare) Last night, you said you hated Catholics, admit it!
- (Philip) I said I hated athletes.
(both laugh) I'm not much of a sports fan.
- Oh! (Cassie laughs)
- Look at him, Scottish Timothee Chalamet.
- (Clare) Why would you have thought we were talking about athletes?
- Athletes!
- (Philip) Because I'm deaf in one ear!
(Sharon laughs)
- I'm deaf in one ear!
- No way! - Yeah!
- Hold on. - It's true.
(both laugh)
- So judgy, look at him.
- (Erin) What the hell's that supposed to mean?
- The Troubles summed up in one video. (laughs)
- What makes the series, I think, so good is they do a comedy
of these four girls just going through every day life,
and every day struggles, during wartime.
- It's funny.
- Yeah, just the whole situational comedy
of her just being on the side of that cliff,
yelling about this conversation
that no one else knows anything about,
and then everyone just picks context clues off of what they're saying.
- It's so good, but you have to watch it with subtitles,
'cause their accents are so thick! (laughs)
- I'd watch that, that was entertaining.
- Yeah, that was funny. - Yeah, I love the accents.
- That was funny.
- The way they tied up the series,
it was one of the best series finales I've ever seen.
- I am sad that I didn't know about this,
because I wanna watch it so bad.
- (Carol) But what on earth does that mean?
- (Graham) I don't know!
- Oh, Monty Python. (bell rings)
- No, I don't know this one.
- He kind of looks familiar.
- Oh no, not the Spanish Inquisition! - Oh! (laughs)
- Is this Monty Python?
- Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
- Yes, Monty Python!
- Surprise, surprise!
- Is this Monty Python?
- (Ximinez) Fear and surprise, and ruthless efficiency.
(both laugh)
Our three weapons are fear and surprise,
and ruthless efficiency,
and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
(Sharon laughs)
- Ah, no. (Cassie laughs)
(Sharon laughs)
- I love it.
(both laugh)
- And there's the dry bit.
- (Ximinez) Such elements as fear, I'll come in again.
(both laugh)
- (Graham) I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
- Oh, back to one.
- Yes, as you should.
- Huh? - Yah!
(both laugh)
- Yeah, I've seen Holy Grail, a lot of their stuff.
My dad showed me their stuff.
I kind of grew up on it.
- I like that like, when you watch Monty Python,
you kinda have to know a little bit about history, you know?
Or like, world events.
It's like now, they kinda like spoon feed you everything.
- Yeah. - But there, it's like...
Sometimes I have to go look stuff up. (laughs)
- I feel like it's leaning in to absurdity,
but like playing it straight, and relying a lot on repetition.
Like, the silly walk sketches, a lot of repetition.
- Ugh, so good!
- But the more they do it, the funnier it gets!
- It's so good!
- (Fleabag) Hair looks nice. - (Claire) Oh [censored] off.
- Oh yeah!
- (gasps) Fleabag!
- Uh, Fleabag!
- I think I've seen the previews of this.
- Fleabag!
- She's hilarious.
- (Claire) I have two degrees, a husband, and a Burberry coat.
- (Fleabag) You [censored] in a sink! (Sharon laughs)
- I love how like they're so loud,
and no one around them is paying attention.
- Yeah, yeah yeah.
- Watch this.
- (lecturer) If you would trade five years of your life
for the so-called perfect body.
(both laugh)
- Weren't supposed to raise their hands.
(Cassie laughs)
- Like really, like what?
- They're sisters. - (Fleabag) We're bad feminists.
(Brian laughs)
- (gasps) Hot priest.
- It was really fun the way she would break the fourth wall.
- Now they're whispering? - Yeah, now they're whispering.
- Yeah. - When there's nobody in the room.
- The juxtaposition that goes into it.
- Fleabag, is that the name of the show?
Fleabag.
(both laugh)
- (Fleabag) I sometimes worry that I wouldn't be such a feminist
if I had bigger [censored].
(Cassie laughs)
- Oh my God! - Dude.
- I think that's something I would love to watch.
- What was that!?
- The way she treats dudes in the show is pretty hilarious.
(laughs) Like, as like disposable items.
- Oh my God.
- All any of us want to do is get into the pants of hot priests.
It's played by Andrew Scott. (laughs awkwardly)
(Brian laughs)
(Cassie laughs)
- Um, the degrees in the room... - Hoo!
- Just went up.
- One of the reasons that British comedies are so good
is they don't drag 'em out.
That lasted what, two seasons?
- So they're smart with it.
- They don't cancel it, they choose to do that.
They go out on the top.
- I might need a minute, I just need like...
- Let, you know what? Take your time.
- I need like an ice cube.
- (friend) Jay, I'm off mate, cheers.
- (Jay) Alrighty, mate.
- Alrighty, mate!
- (Simon) Who was that?
- I've seen something of this. I don't remember what it is.
- (Simon) Oh, a friend? Since when have you had other friends?
- Oh God.
- Oh, friend, West Ham!
- (Jay) He's just some guy!
- Some guy?
- He's just some guy.
- Why are they all jealous?
- These are like a group of gamers,
and it's like their first time going out.
- (Simon) Oh friend, oh, new friend!
- New friend, new friend!
- Oh wow. - (Neil) Oh, friend.
- (Jay) [Censored] you lot, where's the beer?
(both laugh)
- They just play video games all day, I swear.
- Ah, got him! (Cassie laughs)
- Run the joke back.
- It's like a dude thing to do, right?
You kinda like rip on your friends.
- I can relate to that instinct, 'cause I think that's what
most, guys, a friend group, girls, whatever would do.
- It's giving a combination of the first American Pie
and Big Bang Theory.
- I like how he's like trying to divert the attention off of him.
- Yeah.
- It's such a guy thing, right?
- They don't look like teenagers at all.
(Cassie laughs)
- The blonde had the hair of a young Bieber.
- Yes, but also...
- Yeah, but the face of a man who works in a mill.
Twice divorced, he's just trying to support those kids.
- (man) I get one shot at this?
- Oh my God, I love this show! I don't remember what it's called!
- Oh, yes!
- Oh! (crowd cheers)
- Oh! - Nice!
- He did it! What?
- No!
- Oh no, he touched the red!
- Oh, he went up to it. - Oh, he lost.
- Boo! - Oh!
- Yikes!
- (man) Those couple of centimeters that he gains over the red...
- No!
- (man) Were you to take them away and it be a clean shot.
(both laugh)
That potato would've been all rim and bounced out.
(Cassie gasps) - No!
- (Greg) And they were unable to conclusively do that.
- Wow!
All against him.
- This is Taskmasters. (bell rings)
That's what this show is called.
- (Greg) Your attempt was null and void.
- Aww!
- Oh my God!
- I can't be, I can't!
- That's rough!
- Friendship done.
- So Taskmaster is a show where they do random challenges,
kinda like the one that you just saw.
- A lot of times they just so overthink the challenge.
Then when they show them what they could've done,
they're like God dang it. (Angel laughs)
- Can you imagine watching that,
like, after it airs, and then finding out your friend,
the one who had been like tough break man,
had been the one to betray you,
just a Judas at your side?
- I would actually watch more.
I would like to see some other challenges that they have.
- I'm surprised they don't have an American version of that.
- We're just not smart enough to think about it.
- (Philomena) Which was more culturally significant?
The Renaissance, or Single Ladies by Beyonce?
- (laughs) Single Ladies!
- (Martin) They both have their period.
They both have their time.
(Angel laughs)
(both laugh)
Beyonce, I'm rather fond of.
But what the Renaissance was trying to do was to reform culture.
- Renaissance.
- (Martin) I don't think she's quite got that ambition.
(Jillian laughs)
- Okay. - Oh wow.
(both laugh)
- (Philomena) Is that what you're saying on camera?
- Mm-mm!
- Oh! (laughs)
(screams)
- (Philomena) For a go on the American dream.
- The way she's so like, just dead serious.
- Oh. - Like, so what you were saying.
- Titan 1C. (laughs)
- Single use submarine, dude? (laughs)
- Uh-huh. - That's the Titanic.
(Brian laughs)
- No!
- Oh, it was the Titanic, I'm dumb. - Yeah.
- (Philomena) It was a huge success.
On her maiden voyage, the Titan 1C
sailed straight from Southampton to the bottom of the sea.
(Sharon laughs)
(both laugh)
Where the brave explorers could live in the lap of luxury.
- I don't get it!
- It's the Titanic. - Oh! (laughs)
- Was non-breathable! - Oh my God, dude.
(both laugh)
- Brutal!
- It's called Cunk on Earth. (bell rings)
I've only watched the first like two episodes.
- Pause. (Cassie laughs)
The fact that you knew the show, but you didn't understand
that she was talking about the Titanic?
- I got there, and that's all that matters.
- Its form of comedy is, I would say,
a little bit elevated, just a little bit,
'cause if you're not really paying attention to the screen,
or you're not really paying attention to what's going on,
it does, in fact, just sound like a history documentary
in the background.
So if you're not paying attention, you won't get it.
- The Titan 1C. (Angel laughs)
That is so funny!
- (man) So how come every Friday night we end up here, eh?
- (man) Because that's what you do.
- It's Friday, you gotta go for Indian!
They're like ah, it's Friday, you gotta go for English!
- (woman) Anyway, I love English food.
- (man) Ah, get off, you just fancy the waiters innit, huh?
(Angel laughs)
- (man) Alright, mate!
- Mate. - Mate!
- Oh my God.
- Mate.
- Oh [censored]!
- (woman) You're my mate, aren't you, Jam-es?
Jam-es is my mate, you know?
- (James) It's James.
- (woman) Jams, yeah, that's what I said.
- Jams! Jam-es!
- Oh lord.
- (man) 12 bread rolls.
(both laugh)
- (laughs) Bread rolls!
- (man) Butter.
- (laughs) I love it! - They don't know what it is.
- Oh no. Oh no!
- Really good, really good.
- (man) What's the blandest thing on the menu?
- Why, is it 'cause Indian food is too spicy?
- Like... - Yeah, what is that?
- I love that they're still giving the shoulders.
- It never really occurred to me how much bull [censored]
the servers at these restaurants hear of like, you know,
pilgrims like me. (Brian laughs)
- I think the stark contrast of the role reversal
really just like, brings to light the way everybody else knows
people are acting at these restaurants and stuff like that.
So by flipping it, it's a really like hilariously,
almost safe way to make fun of what actually happens.
- I love how they twist it.
- The fact that they were literally like
(laughs) no, get something bland!
- Like... - I was like, ooh!
- Oh God. - That hit! (laughs)
- (Ronnie) Here you are, four candles.
- (Ronnie) No, fork handles.
- Oh God.
- Is it a pawn shop, or...
- (Ronnie) No, fork handles, handles for forks.
- Yep, I knew it.
- Oh, fork handles. - Fork handles!
- Fork han, ah! - Ah!
(Cassie laughs)
- Even like the roll of the candles back across the table,
and him having to turn it is just so great.
- This is literally the same joke as A-A-Ron.
- What even is that? (laughs) - A fork handle?
- Oh!
- I was thinking like dinner fork. - Oh yeah, me too.
- I wasn't thinking pitchfork.
- Wait for it. (audience laughs)
- Plugs, a round one for the bathroom.
- It's thinking man's comedy. - Uh, plugs, wait.
- Now that you get the joke, you're trying to see what he's thinking.
- Oh, is he getting plugs?
- Plugs, he said.
- What else could it be?
- (Ronnie) What size? - Just wait.
- (Ronnie) 13 amp.
(Sharon laughs)
(Nicholas laughs)
- He's like let's be specific here, okay?
- It's cute. - Yeah, it was okay.
- But that kinda comedy isn't my favorite.
- It's simple and it's up to the actors to deliver.
It was great.
One guy set up, and the other guy knocked it out of the park.
- I love jokes where it's straight man against straight man,
just not understanding what it is
that's going on in between them.
It's like Who's on first. - Right.
- It's like when you talk to people from the south here, you know?
(Travis laughs)
Sometimes you just don't know what the hell they're saying.
- Yeah, sometimes they slur their words together,
and you just don't know what is going on?
- Right on down there, going down,
right at the bottom, by the creek.
And you're like what the hell? - (laughs) Wait, what?
- And also, again, dry. - Completely straight.
- I don't understand how they can do it.
- (Greg) Yeah, I went home to see my mother.
(Cassie gasps) - Oh.
- This is one of my favorite stories.
(Nicholas laughs) - Yeah.
- Graham Norton?
- Is this the Graham Norton show?
- The Graham Norton Show.
- I'm a huge Graham Norton fan.
- Jodie Foster, I think. - Yes!
- Oh look, it's Ryan Gosling!
- Russell Crowe. - Wow.
- Oh no.
- (Greg) And it was quite a rough school,
but they had a really brilliant hearing-impaired department,
so they were hearing-impaired kids who, you know, struggled.
- Mm-hmm.
- Where is this going?
- No, no!
(Cassie laughs)
- (Greg) I thought something's not right, you know?
So I went to the toilet, and I pulled my trousers down,
and some of my mother's knickers had got...
(audience laughs)
Had got mixed up in the wash she's done,
and I was wearing my mother's underwear.
(audience laughs)
And I went oh God, no!
- He couldn't tell?
- (Greg) Oh, you loser, this is such a low point,
you [censored] loser. - Oh God, you loser!
- (Greg) So I cleaned myself up,
and I pulled my mother's pants back up.
- (laughs) If you just heard that.
- Yeah. - Like, by itself.
- Ugh!
- (Greg) And I saw one of the hearing-impaired kids,
just looking at me like this. (Angel laughs)
And that's when I remembered that I had a microphone directly on.
(Cassie laughs) (Brian yells)
- Oh no! (laughs) - Oh.
- Oh God!
- Some of the stories that get told on there
are just utterly hilarious. - That was funny.
- It feels so cozy. - Yeah.
- Like, you feel like you're just sitting there having a chat,
which is what they are doing on stage,
But they are having such,
it makes the audience feel like you're there.
- I've watched clips of the Graham Norton show.
He does really well with that. - Yeah.
- Humanizing people that are idolized or whatever.
- I think everyone feels safe. - Mm-hmm.
- Because he's such a kind person,
and that just really comes across the screen.
I have seen so many interviews from Graham Norton.
- Yeah. - I love him.
- Oh yeah.
(eerie sounds)
(Cassie gasps)
- Yeah, I love this one! This is Old Gregg!
- This is the Mighty Boosh sketch of Old Gregg!
- I love this sketch! It is so weird! (laughs)
- (Howard) Who are you?
- I'm Old Gregg!
- Pleased to meet you!
- (Howard) What do you want?
(Tyler laughs)
- Maybe I should ask you the same question!
- What you doing in my waters?
(both laugh)
- He's a genie, come on!
- Is it a genie, like, situation?
- (Gregg) Then how come this hook's in my head, fool?
- Oh, fool!
- (Gregg) It's attached to your rod, mother licker!
- (both) Mother licker!
- (Howard) I've got so much to give!
- Easy now, fuzzy little man peach.
- You ever drunk Bailey's from a shoe?
(both laugh) - (Howard) What?
- Oh!
- (Gregg) You wanna come to a club where people wee on each other?
- What? - No!
- (laughs) I'm gonna hurt you.
- I like you. What do you think of me?
- I'm gonna hurt you, I like you, what do you think of me?
- (laughs) Make an assessment.
- Make an assessment.
- The toxicity of it. (laughs) - Yeah.
- Don't lie to me, boy!
(Travis laughs)
- (Gregg) I know what you're thinking, here comes Old Gregg.
- He's scared.
- (Gregg) He's a scaly man-fish, you don't know me.
(both laugh)
You don't know what I got.
- Not the man-gina!
- (Gregg) You know what that is? (Jillian screams)
- Gregg's vagina! I got a man-gina!
- I'm Old Gregg! (laughs)
- What the heck is this?
- I don't know if I would watch that, to be honest.
- What!? Are you serious?
- You're into it, huh?
- That's hysterical! (Jillian screams)
- I think, 'cause it was so stupid, it was funny, that's why.
- Could be. - But not for me.
- Don't know what to make of everything that just happened.
(laughs)
- Don't lie to me, boy. (laughs)
- That was like some weird Cajun southern accent thing happening.
- It only gets more random. (laughs)
- The first time you watch Old Gregg,
it becomes a core memory,
your brain just goes I like that, it lives in my brain now.
- In American shows, it's very much like
dah-dah-dah-dah, dah! One, two, three, punch.
- Rule of threes, and stuff like that, a lot.
- And this one, like, just, the people observing what's happening
is just as funny as what's happening.
It's a little bit more subtle with British humor.
They're not going to explain the joke to you.
They're just gonna be like here's the joke,
you're gonna pick up on or not, we're moving on now,
so catch up dumb-dumb, or you know, change the channel.
- They do not care about what they say,
if it's funny, it's funny, like dark humor,
you can tell that's where they lean more to.
- Right.
- But we, American comedies care more about what people think,
or the controversial part, so we tend to be safer.
- I still was surprised that so many of them were funny to us,
because you know, the culture is still pretty different,
but it kinda just shows that, like, comedy can be like a common ground
between different cultures and different countries.
- Bye! - Bye!
- Peace!
- Bye! - Bye everybody!
- Have a great day! - Cheerio!
- Cheerio!
- I made a friend!
- Made a friend, a friend, a friend, a friend!
(both laugh)