Its all scripted Michael !! (only joking) There is a technique he uses. He's done thousands of gigs over the years in this character and has gathered a huge amount of material. He's met thousands of people that do the same sort of jobs and the same names. So if a particular job title comes up or name he has a huge archive of jokes that apply. It's still a joy to watch.

He and Dara O'Briain are the best at this imo.

He's not making it up as he goes along. He's asked the same questions to thousands of people in hundreds of gigs over two decades.

@Rosida Andriyanahe makes it up as he goes along and remembers, that's not the same as making it up as you go along.

@@doovbaloevera1430 Yeah, he's always meeting English teachers called Ursula in french comedy stores. He's got a library of gags about that.

I can barely remember my own name so I have no idea how he does it.

He certainly turns it on. Saw him live in liverpool a few years back.

History graduate from Oxbridge.

I always dismissed him as one of those outrageous, stupid comedians because of the way he portrays himself. Then I actually stopped and listened. It blew my mind how funny and smart he is.

Well, he read modern history at Oxford, where he graduated, so he'd better bloody know what he's talking about :)

History knowledge is ace. And he's a fellow drummer. Two reasons I like the guy, other this hilarious stand up of course.

it was an amurrayzing night

The

Broken Silence 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Broken Silence not a proper job between them? Just by that i can tell you’re a judgemental scumbag

@@Gematrinator Good job you're not.

Billy the dog - nicely done

It was the most middle class audience ever 😂

It's rather ironic that you should say that considering he is actually from a family of the aristocracy and puts on a working class persona to entertain.

Oh. So thats why almost all of his materials are about history

He still knows a lot by heart, which is why his take on the Euro Crisis or his explanation as to why Great Brittain defeated every country in the world at least once are one of the best pieces of satire which I've ever heard. What I find even more stunning, however, is that he's able to memorize several names of people in the front row at every gig he does, and that he creates material on the fly according to those people's trade. First of all, it's really funny and second, I myself could never do that, I am not that sharp ;)

Watch his video on how GB defeated every nation. Answers in seconds.

First class honours.

horst baur me too

wines for the ladies :)

Thanks John,

It looks to me like smaller crowds can prove more troublesome.

MichaelKingsfordGray *im his mum I can confirm that he is dead*

Being from the UK was probably a good advantage.

They are mostly all English

The thing is most Europeans learn English as well as their own language at school. In the words of Al that's so the English don't have to bother learning another language:) most of the crowd were English. Why they want to live in FRANCE is beyond me.

As another comment says a lot of Europeans learn English to a more competent level than most English speaking countries learn other languages but also in France and especially Paris there are a decent number of ex-pats.

Totally, mate...

As Stewart Lee (who is a good mate of Murray) says: a large portion of his audience completely misses the point and takes it at face value and laughs through bared teeth like the dogs they are.

Was the O2 gig in the US, by any chance?

CaesarInVa no it was at the O2

@@nick260682 so it's ok for the wonderfully patronising Lee to find his mate funny but if anyone else does they think it's real?. Lee is a plonker.

sid stewart No. You just made up something in your head and then tried to argue against what you made up. Which is a weird way to carry on.

not to my knowledge

french dont have sense of humour neither do germany

Blade ManX very few french there maybe one or two germans though

Blade ManX They do in Germany, but it's different. In France I don't know-or care!

chap666ish he worked that crowd extremely well in that small space.

Blade ManX French dont have a sense of humour and nether do germany? you realise different cultures have different humours, if you understood french and knew the culture you would know the french have some of the greatest humour there is

It's British humour in its purest form.

Erm... yes. It’s called humour, don’t you know? Unless you’re a softy snowflake?

Not sure you understand it. The person he's taking the pi55 out of the most is himself. You dont go to see Al Murray without having to expect his comments may also be aimed at you.

bonjour al..

wrong. they def do

james calveley logic is telling me you have never lived in a city

logic is telling me that you sit behind a computer and have never been out of your house.

Your not very logical are you

babble?

@@DogOfKrondor nonsensical words mate

Liam Panesh no it isnt

Sorry but its not.

Doesn`t look a bit like him or sound like him.

michaelsan70 yes it's must be tough having to sit through this , especially for such a well respected comic genius like yourself .

michaelsan70 could you improvise better

michaelsan70 It’s the point of his show. If you don’t like it you don’t go.

TWAT! If you don't like this go and watch Frankie Boyle, you'll really hate that.